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* ''[[Red Line]]'' has "Sweet JP," our main character, a racecar driver who looks kinda like [[No More Heroes|Travis Touchdown]] with even crazier hair. "Sweet JP" is obviously not his real name, it's just been heaped on him because he's the only racer who doesn't mount weapons on his [[Cool Car]].

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Jeremiah is called Orange-kun/Orange Boy.

* In ''[[Bakuman｡]]'', Nanamine gets the nickname "Usomine" (typically translated as "Liarmine") from his contributors after they suspect, correctly, that he's lying to them about {{spoiler|how badly his series is doing in the rankings}}.

** Also Mashiro's middle school colleagues often call him "Saikou", which is an [[Alternate Character Reading|alternate reading]] of his name "Moritaka". When Takagi starts to use this nickname regularly, Mashiro starts calling Takagi "Shuujin", which is an alternate reading of Takagi's name "Akito".

* Merry Nightmare from ''[[Yumekui Merry]]'' is also known as, well... [[Character Title|Yumekui/Dream Eater Merry]].

* Ami and Mami have one for almost everyone on the main cast in the anime version of ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]''.

* In ''[[Black Butler]]'', Grell gives Sebastian the punny and flirtatious nickname of "Sebas-chan" in the Japanese version. In the dub, she goes with "Bassy".

* ''[[Harlem Beat]]'': Mizuki calls Naruse “Narucho”, Sawamura calls Kiriko “Witch” and Kobayashi “Umbrella Guy” (based on the image of aloof umbrella maker during [[Jidai Geki]]), Takao nicknamed Kobayashi as “Musashi” for his samurai-esque attitude, [[Scary Black Man|Zukeran Tetsuya]] from Kyan was often called “Kemp” for his resemblance to Shawn Kemp, [[Those Two Guys|Those Three Guys]] from Threemen’s Hoop only known by their nicknames.

 

* [[The Joker]] likes to call [[Batman]] by nicknames such as Batsy.

** Harley Quinn, in turn, calls Joker "Puddin'" and "Mr. J".

* ''[[Bookhunter]]'': "Kettle Stitch" is the Library Police's nickname for the book thief they're hunting; so called because their high-quality forgery (left behind to hide the fact that the theft occurred at all) used a kettle stitch to bind the leaflets, rather than the common catch stitch.

 

* ''[[The Blind Side]]'': "Big Mike" for the main character, Michael.

* ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' has a subversion. Everyone thinks "Mr. Big Nose" is the man's nickname... but it's actually his real name.

** Some became so identified with their characters that their nicknames followed them in life; i.e., Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, George "Spanky" McFarlane, etc.

 

* "Elephant" in ''[[Flatlander]]'' by [[Larry Niven]].

* [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] nicknames ''[[The Nicknamer|everything]]''. While most of them don't stick, a few catch on even with other characters. Notably, the Archive is Ivy, the skinwalker is Shagnasty, and the Denarians are the Nickelheads. It [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|says something about Harry]] that these are, respectively, the repository of all human knowledge, an [[Eldritch Abomination]], and an order of psychos and [[Fallen Angel|fallen angels]]. It even gets to be a plot point at times; {{spoiler|naming Ivy gave her her own identity separate from the Archive, which helped her avoid snapping when the Nickelheads caught her.}}

* Jenna and Septimus in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' call each other Jen and Sep, respectively.

 

* ''[[Lost]]'' has lots and lots of these, thanks to Sawyer.

** There's also The Others for the people who live on the island. What they call themselves is never revealed.

** Pearl called Crow "Art", which was actually an [[In-Joke]] based on a fan letter to the show.

** TV's Frank called Dr. Clayton Forrester "Steve" for no particular reason at all. There was massive debate among MSTies over whether it was some obscure pop culture reference until [[Word of God]] from Frank Conniff confirmed that it was just a random gag.

* The Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was known as "Theta Sigma" or "Good Old Thete" by his schoolfriends, apparently after his exam results. Also, Donna called him Spaceman, because he is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a man from Space]]...

** Ace (a companion of his [[The Nth Doctor|seventh incarnation]]) had a tendency to call him "Professor".

* On ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Jack O'Neill often calls [[Puppeteer Parasite|Goa'uld symbiotes]] "snakes". Except for Teal'c's, which got the nickname "Junior".

 

* ''[[Peanuts]]'' has "Sweet Baboo", Sally's puppy love nickname for Linus. [[My Name Is Not Durwood|Linus is not amused.]]

** Sally also refers to her big brother Charlie Brown as... 'Big Brother.'

* Bucky Katt gives out malicious and hostile nicknames to virtually every other character in ''[[Get Fuzzy]]''.

 

* ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]'': In addition to Molly always calling her husband "Fibber" (for good reason), Fibber had nicknames for many of the other characters:

** "Gildy"—Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

** "Butch" Williams

 

* [[PDQ Bach]]'s ''Oedipus Tex'': "...but my friends just call me Ed."

 

* Dr. Ivo Robotnik from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series is usually known by his nickname (and, in Japan, original name) Dr. Eggman nowadays.

* Neku in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' gets called "'phones" because of his [[Headphones Equal Isolation|headphones (and what they imply)]]. Neku refers to Minamimoto as "the Grim Heaper". Beat calls Kariya and Uzuki "lollipop" and "pinky", respectively. Many castmembers (and players) call Hanekoma "Mr. H", and Kitaniji gets called "shades".

*** Yodai has Ram-crotch, Steroids, Higgy, and Big Guy.

*** Konishi's are Iron Maiden, Ironface, Her Iron Frostiness, and Mrs. K.

** The equipment that is based off what each character wears tends to bear their nicknames, such as "Big Guy's Belt".

* In the English dub of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', Rikku was fond of calling Yuna "Yunie."

* In-game trades in the ''Pokémon'' games will always have said traded Pokemon already have a nickname. For example, in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue|Pokémon Yellow]]'', you can trade your Cubone for a <s>Machoke</s> Machamp named "Ricky".

** In ''[[Poke Park Wii]]'', the main character is a technically nameless Pikachu, but the Pokemon of the Lava Zone nickname him Lightning Strike.

** Taokaka is quite [[The Nicknamer]]. Her repertoire also contains "Lacking Lady",<ref>Noel Vermillion</ref> "Green Guy",<ref>Hazama, who has green hair</ref> "Ice Man",<ref>[[An Ice Person|Jin Kisaragi]]</ref> "Creepy Guy" <ref>[[Depraved Bisexual|Jin again]]</ref> and so on. Ragna also gets called "Raggy" and "Rags" by Hazama.

* In the North American version of ''[[Chrono Cross]]'', certain children from your village will add a "Y" to whatever you choose to [[Hello, Insert Name Here|name yourself]]. This worked fine for most names, but created a rather odd looking/sounding name if what you put in ends with an O or a Y, resulting in names like "Marcoy" or "Tonyy."

* In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]],'' Mario earns the name "The Great Gonzales" as his fighting name in the [[Inevitable Tournament|Glitz Pit.]] Even after he stops being a Glitz Pit fighter, his Yoshi partner continues to call him "Gonzales." Then again, he ''was'' quite literally hatched in the pit, as he points out when saying goodbye to Mario in the ending.

* Each of the three main characters in ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' has a canon nickname. Jade's is "Shauni," after her [[Reporting Names|IRIS callsign.]] Double H's is "Hub," which the people of IRIS call him and may or may not be his real name. Pey'j's, which he gets only late-game, is {{spoiler|"Chief," because he ''is.''}}

* Subverted by Otacon and Solid Snake in the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' games. Most everyone uses those names for them, as they are their official code names. The depth of their friendship is shown in the fact that they sometimes refer to each other by their ''real names''—Hal and Dave, respectively.

* [[Professor Layton]] has minor nicknames for the two kids in his life. His apprentice, Luke, is often "my boy," while his adopted daughter Flora is the only person he ever addresses as "dear."

* [[Perky Goth|Uriel Chuluun]] and [[Professional Killer|Kira Thanos]] are the primary source of this (among [[Les Yay|other]] [[Ship Tease|things]]) in ''[[Rift]]''. First, Uriel calls Kira "Kay Tee" (much to her dismay). Kira snarkily calls Uriel "Princess" (which is [[Rebellious Princess|technically true]]) in response (much to her ''delight''). And the tie-in story "Drowning in Snow" has Kira referring to the Mighty Leap ability (a racial trait attributable to being [[Elemental Embodiment|part air elemental]]) as "Bahmi Bounce."

 

* ''Infinity'' series:

** In ''[[Ever 17]]'', Sara calls her friend Tanaka You "Nakkyu", and You calls Sara "Mayo". Additionally, Coco uses "Takepyon", "Tsugumin", and "Shou-chan" for Takeshi, Tsugumi, and the Kid.<ref>aka. ''Shounen'' in the original Japanese version, whereas the english version has her use "Kiddo" as a nickname instead.</ref>

** Pearl gets called "Pearls" by Phoenix and "Pearly" by Maya. In the former case, it was because he couldn't bring himself to call her by her real name (she was too cute).

** As for Apollo Justice, he is sometimes called "Polly", but his most famous nickname is Klavier's "Herr Forehead".

 

* In the webcomic ''[[The Dreamer]]'', Nathan calls Alexander "Captain Fancy Pants" behind his back.

* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', Nathaniel Harris is referred to as Blood Boy on the sole basis that hardly anyone knew his real name. Also to an extent are most of the terrorists, and Yelizaveta 'Bounce' Volkova.

* In [[LIS DEAD]], Dramatic Detective and Mysterious Mr. M will call each other DD and M respectively most of the time.

 

** And let's not forget Azula's much-despised nickname for her brother, "Zuzu."

** Rolph rarely calls any characters by their real names. The Eds are often called "____ Ed Boy" by him. Nazz is also either referred to as "Spindleshanks Nazz-Girl" or "Go Go Nazz Girl". Kevin also calls Jimmy "Fluffy".

** The protagonists are rarely called by their full names; Eddward, Edward, and Edward.

* In ''[[Recess]]'', the gang sometimes refer to Gretchen as "Gretch" and Spinelli as "Spin".

** T.J. always goes by his nickname (his full name is Theodore Jasper Detweiler), but even his nickname has a nickname: he's often referred to as "Teej".

** Also from ''X-Men Evolution'' are Chuck (Professor-X), Cyke (Cyclops), Red (Jean Grey), Elf (Nightcrawler), Half-pint (Shadowcat), and Porcupine (Spyke).

* Many characters of ''[[Adventure Time]]'' have these. For example, there's Princess Bubblegum, who is on occasion called "PB" and "Peebles".

** it doesn't end with just Spike. Applejack is sometimes called "AJ", Rainbow Dash is occasionally called "Dash" but more usually, "Rainbow" and once called "RD", Apple Bloom was once called "AB", Sweetie Belle's name has been shorted to just "Sweetie" sometimes, Pinkie Pie is usually just, "Pinkie", Twilight Sparkle is almost always just called "Twilight" (or "Twily" by her brother), Big Macintosh is sometimes called, "Big Mac", Sweetie Belle once called Scootaloo, "Scoot" and new colt, Pipsqueak was sometimes called "Pip" in his debut episode. Also, Rainbow Dash calls Scootaloo, "Squirt". Cadence's full name is "Mi Amore Cadenza".

 

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