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* ''[[And Shine Heaven Now]]'':
* ''[[Blank It]]'': Where do we start? The authors apparently have names for all characters, but they're rarely revealed to readers. Practically everything in the comic has been given a name by fans:
** The selectively intangible people whose hamlet was centered around the shovelbeam — Unsettlers, or Adumbrates
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** Helmut - The Helmeted Author.
** Shador - The Shadowy Author.
* ''[[
** [[The Dragon]] - Hazel.
** Stanny - [[Satan]].
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* ''[[But I'm a Cat Person]]''
** Cybele's Master, who has yet to be seen out-of-mask, gets called Nevada-san thanks to his sweatshirt.
* ''[[Ctrl
** WordsWordsWordsWords etc the Comic.
*** There's also Text: The Comic.
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* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]: Oracle for Hire''
** Deus Ex Miranda - [[Mama Bear]] Miranda Deegan.
** TIM - The Infernomancer (The InfernoMancer; [[Monty Python and
** Lord Dominus - derisive name for the main character and his use of [[Omniscient Morality License]].
*** First Puppet - derisive name for the female lead and her dependence on Dominus, [[The Chessmaster]].
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** The Aardvark - Supergreg, the frail and crippled white mage after turning into an overt Superman [[Expy]] in a medieval setting. How was this received? "The Aardvark" was coined later out of fear that he might come if his name was spoken.
** Patches - A fan nickname for Jacob's necromantic golem before he received the name Quilt. Got referenced in the comic as a [[Discontinuity Nod]].
* ''[[
** Squishy - the dragon like biogolem that Ariel gets from Mel'arnach due to her commenting that "It's kind of goo-ish."
** Piss'inhermouth - An unnamed [[Hot
** Sniffle, Snifile, SyFAIL - [[Jerkass Woobie|Syphile]], especially since at one point she throws down her crossbow and complains that it's not fair.
*** The Failcloak - her distinctive high-collared cloak, which seems to show up pretty much every time she does something stupid.
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* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'':
** Grace or GrrAce: Ace under the effects of the [[Gender Bender|Tiresias Orb]] in {{spoiler|and since}} "Big Girls Don't Cry."
* ''[[8-Bit Theater
** "Helldoken" for Black Mage's super-powered evil version of his standard [[Kamehame Hadouken|Hadoken]] spell.
** "Magus" for the dark god that appears to speak with Black Mage at times, since the sprite used for him is that of Magus from ''[[
* ''[[
** Tess - Female!Tedd. Used in [[Side
{{quote|
Tess is Tedd's analog in a different reality, and is always (as far as we've seen so far) female.
After all, if Tess was [[Shapeshifting|TFed]] into a male form, she wouldn't suddenly become Tedd. She'd be mTess.
You start mixing and matching your nomenclatures and you'll make discussion on this board an even bigger clusterfudge than it already is. }}
*** This practice was pretty much abandoned when a discussion thread revealed that no two posters had the same nickname for mGrace
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* ''[[Girl Genius]]''
** Da Boyz: the collective name for the Jagers Maxim, Ognian, and Dimo
** Agatha's
** "Mamma's Girlz"
** "Der Kestle"
** Pinkie: Zola. [[Captain Obvious|Because she wears a lot of pink.]] Definitely a derogatory term. Also, she is actually called that in-comic. And once in the scene jump dropbox ("Agatha Settles Pinkie's Hash").
** Lugatha and Lunevka: known Lucrezia's "essentiae".
** "Sneaky Gate"
* ''[[Goblins]]''
** The GAP - Chief, Thaco, Complains, Big Ears, and sometimes Fumbles. Stands for Goblin Adventuring Party.
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** A lot of nicknames have been thrown around as shorthand for the various [[Alternate Universe]] players in the Maze of Many arc. Mostly applied to Minmax in particular due to how well his name lends itself to such things. [[Big Bad|PsiMax]], [[Domino Mask|MinMask]], [[Ludicrous Gibs|MinceMax]], and so on.
** FMK - The Forgath - Minmax - Kin trio.
* ''[[
** Red and Blue - The two Regional Fairies from Chapter 8. Named for their respective hair color.
*** The second pair of fairies are also referred to by their hair color, but none of the fans can agree what those colors are. (Green, Teal, or Lime? Purple or Fuchsia?)
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** Suicide Fairies - The Regional Fairies who undergo the test to become human. (While this is a misnomer, since they [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|Cannot Self Terminate]], it's a heck of a lot more memorable than any of the more-accurate alternatives, like "Euthanasia Fairies".) Later used on the cast page.
** Adminbot, the Guardbots, Horsebot, and Barberbot - Various robots, named after their job or appearance. (Following the example set when Tom Siddell referred to two other robots as Boxbot and Doorbot.)
** Birminghell, Bummingham, Evil Birmingham, Zimmingham, [[
** Not-Jones - Brinnie, before the revelation of her name, back when the only information about her was the [[Word of God|Word of Tom]] that she and Jones are not the same person.
** Chuckles - Ysengrin.
** Beesmuth - The [[Master of Illusion|wisp]] who claimed it's Seed Bismuth.
** Frankenbot (later abbreviated to Frank) - The [[Super Prototype|first-generation robot]] that Kat reactivated, due to his resemblance to Boris Karloff's portrayal of the character.
** Courtnie and Frannie - now that there are [[Doppelgänger|more than one Annies]].
* ''[[HERO (Webcomic)|HERO]]'': It's hard to discuss a nameless protagonist, so ''[[HERO (Webcomic)|HERO]]'''s nameless protagonist was fanicked "Lost", after Valentine introduces him by explaining that "He's lost. I said he could come with me," and Vin deliberately misunderstands it as his name.
* ''[[
** [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Wayward Vagabond, Peregrine Mendicant, and Aimless Renegade]] are almost exclusively referred to using their initials (WV, PM, and AR) outside of the comic.
*** This also helped by the fact that they have two (or more!) such names each. And both of them have the same initials.
*** The initials are actually used in the [[Text Parser]] commands.
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** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Horace Focker]] for Sagittarius-themed troll Equius (centaursTesticle).
** BLUH BLUH HUGE BITCH for Vriska Serket (arachnidsGrip), because she, well, [[Jerkass|kind of is]].
** Hass "The Flame" Harley for Jade's Grandpa, in a gag carried over from [[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]].
** "Fatferi" for Feferi (cuttlefishCuller), referring to the [[Fanon]] idea that she is overweight.
** Eridan Ampora (caligulasAquarium) is usually called the "Douche of Hope" in light of [[Wham! Episode|certain events]].
*** Before that, we just called him a douche.
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005692 John's new hammer], which people were nicknaming minutes after it was revealed. "Vriskammer" and "Warhammer of Vriskyhoo" are the most common though.
*** Turns out it's actually called the "Pop-A-Matic Vrillyhoo Hammer," so they weren't too far off.
** {{spoiler|"Kanpire", "Kanaya-pire", or "Vampaya"}} for Kanaya Maryam (grimAuxiliatrix) after {{spoiler|she is [[Exactly What It Says
** {{spoiler|Post-[[Came Back Strong|God-Tier-resurrection]]}}, Aradia Megido (apocalypseArisen) became known as {{spoiler|Alive-radia}}.
** Before his name was revealed, {{color|#2ED73A|D}}{{color|white|o}}{{color|#2ED73A|c Scratch}} was simply known as "White Text Guy."
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** The enemy general is called "[[Badass Normal|Commander Kickass]]" by some.
** A small number of people refer to Richard's village as "Alvuc" (A Little Village Up the Coast) or "Pretty, Pretty Unicorn."
* ''[[
** Moecow: Yuyuko's [[Crazy Awesome]] pet cow, named so due to defeating Chibi Yuyuko herself in a battle of [[Moe]].
* ''[[Megatokyo]]''
** Niho: Miho's bishi male Endgames avatar, used to an extent that some people have mistaken it for canon, and remained in wide use even after the real name was revealed.
** Yuki's Red Hot Mom: Meimi Sonoda, for being one of the most attractive women in the comic despite her kid's ages making her at least forty.
** Kimizilla: Kimiko, the sweet, meek and [[Beware the Nice Ones|slightly emotionally unstable]] heroine. Actually used as an insult in the strip itself, after she snapped particularly badly at her boyfriend.
** Angry Schoolgirl: Often used to describe Largo's angry student Junko Ibara before fans actually learned her name.
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** Before his name showed up in the comic, Logan earned the nickname '[[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud]]' due to his haircut.
*** And once he and a girl named Eponine started getting interested in each other, the pairing was called ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|'Cloud Nine']]''.
* ''[[The Order of the Stick
** MitD -- The Monster in the Darkness.
** Not fan-based but in-comic-used and widespread throughout fandom are Belkar Bitterleaf's nicknames "Sexy shoeless god of war", "teh Belkster" or "Death's lil helper".
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** ... better not mention not the nicknames [[Lawful Stupid]] [[Knight Templar]] Miko get from the fans who dislike her.
*** Before readers ever saw Miko's face, she was known as "the Blue Guy". Once she was shown to be a female, but before she named herself, "the Blue Girl" was briefly used -- or rather, avoided, thanks to its unfortunate resemblance to the title of [[La Blue Girl|a certain adult anime]].
** {{spoiler|Darth V}} -- {{spoiler|Vaarsuvius}} after the [[Deal
** A [[Red Shirt]] was promoted by fans to [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] after the forum decided to name him "[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86816 That Guy with a Halbred]".
** Sangikins for [[Blind Seer|Sangwaan]].
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** The comic itself: QUESTIONING CONTENTS by JEFF JACKS (yes, all-caps)
*** Some of these "[[Fan Nickname|Fan Nicknames]]" are either used in, or originally come from, the comic itself, such as "Hanners" and "Maribear".
* ''[[
** DaMEs - Dark Matter Entities.
** Really Old Dude, Very Old Guy - the decrepit immortals Rod and Vog.
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* The [[Walkyverse]]
** Dexter - The resurrected Head Alien of ''It's Walky!''. Resurrectees in the comic are mirrored left-to-right. This moved Head Alien's claw to the other side, so he became right-handed (Dexter, in Latin).
*** Was given a [[Shout
** Britjas, short for "British ninjas" - the London-based secret agency run by Dargon Chesterfield (later Penny Worthington) which pulled the strings behind SEMME in ''[[
*** Also called 'JFO' (Jason's Father's Organization).
*** The suggestion to call them [[Uke|UKKE]] (as a pun on [[Seme|SEMME]]) was not well received.
*** Nor was the suggestion to call them PMS (Penny's Marauding Stormtroopers).
* Black Hat Guy of [[
* The [[Our Zombies Are Different|Zombie]] [[First Person Snark|Narrator]] of [[Hanna Is Not a
** Once his pre-zombified self became a popular subject of fanfiction after the release of supplemental art depicting him, he acquired the nickname Not!Zombie.
** Also Conbat, {{spoiler|Conrad's}} bat form. Followed by Casbat and Finbat, Casmiro and Finas as bats, and of course Sassybat, {{spoiler|Conrad's}} [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|Vampire Mom]].
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