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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.

** Kyoraku refers to General Yamamoto as 'Yama-jii' (old man Yama)

* Tohma is called "Tonma" by Masaru in the original Japanese ''[[Digimon Savers]]''.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', Pegasus gives several characters the nickname of "____-boy" based on their name (Yugi-boy, Kaiba-boy, Dukie-boy).

** And in the Japanese version of [[The Movie]], he shows that the nickname has a female variant when he calls Anzu (Téa) "Anzu-girl".

** Speaking of Yukari-sensei, she calls her old friend Kurosawa-sensei "Nyamo" rather than her actual personal name Minamo. Tomo being essentially an adolescent Yukari does the same.

* In ''[[Ghost Hunt]]'', Mai immediately starts calling [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] paranormal investigator Kazuya Shibuya "Naru", because it reminds her of how narcissistic she thinks he is.

** <s>Albireo Imma</s> [[Insistent Terminology|Ku:nel Sanders]] loves referring to Evangeline as "Kitty", simply because it pisses her off.

** And since {{spoiler|Zazie's recently revealed [[Evil Twin]] sister}} won't reveal her name, Negi has taken to referring to her as "Poyo" after her [[Verbal Tic]].

* Tamahome from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' has been known as "Obake-chan" since childhood because of his markings. [[Berserk Button|Don't call him that, though]].

* In ''[[Last Exile]]'', Dio calls Claus "Immelman" after his trademark piloting maneuver.

* ''[[Lucky Star]]'' plays with this one. Tsukasa calls Konata and Miyuki Kona-chan and Yuki-chan respectively. (Fairly normal.) Also, Konata tries to come up with a nickname for Kagami. Tsukasa mentions that an alternate reading for Kagami's name kanji is "Kyou", so Konata calls Kagami "Kyou-chan". That embarrasses/pisses of Kagami, and when Konata asks what she can call Kagami, Kagami's suggestion is to call her Kagami-sama (roughly translates as "The Great Kagami"). [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Naturally, this backfires when Konata actually does it.]] Kagami is so embarrassed that she asks Konata to stop, ''please, for the love of God''.

** Sheryl Nome's is "The Galactic Fairy"

** Ranka Lee's is "Super Dimension Cinderella"

* In ''[[Chrome Shelled Regios]]'', Layfon is nicknamed "Layton" by a trio of girls he meets, because it's apparently easier to pronounce. Felli gets jealous when she hears this and decides to call him "Fon-fon". When Layfon objects, she [[Crowning Moment of Funny|runs through several variations of nicknames ("Lay-kun, Lay-chan, Lay-cchi, Senko no Lay...")]] before he finally just accepts Fon-fon.

* In ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'', Ryouhei Sumi is called "Pei". Likewise, Miki has been called "Chief" by Ryouhei due to her being the chief mechanic for the first 3 series.

* 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".

* [[Spider-Man]] has about a dozen of these, such as "web-head", "web-slinger", and "wall-crawler".

** His girlfriends frequently called him "Petey", although MJ is well-known for calling him "Tiger". In the 1970s she sometimes also called him "Browneyes".

* [[Daredevil]] is "Hornhead".

* From the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]:

* ''[[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.

** And it turns out Anakin 'Darth Vader' Skywalker was called 'Ani' by his girlfriend, which kinda [[Nightmare Retardant|detracts from his scariness...]]

* In ''[[The Shining]]'', Dick Hallorann calls Danny Torrance "Doc", briefly confusing Danny's mother:

'''Wendy Torrance:''' ...Well, it's possible, but I honestly don't remember calling him that since we've been with you. }}

* In ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man 2]]'', the term 'Hammeroids' is used by Tony Stark to refer to Justin Hammer's drones, and it's become so popular that it's become often confused as a [[Fan Nickname]].

** 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.

* Thirteen, on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''.

** Can't forget Amber "Cutthroat Bitch" Volakis.

** And let's not forget the nickname the FBI gave Scully after she started working with Mulder: "Mrs. Spooky."

* Bones... both [[Bones|Dr. Temperance Brennan]] and [[Star Trek|Dr. Leonard McCoy]].

* [[Stargate Universe|Eli Wallace]] seems to have picked up "Math Boy".

* The hosts and mad scientists had new nicknames for each other nearly every episode on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3k]]''.

'''Pearl Forrester:''' I give the nicknames around here Nel... son. }}

** 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".

* Faith from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' refers to Buffy as just B sometimes. [[Badass Longcoat|Spike]] calls Dawn "Little Bit" and "Niblet". Other characters frequently shorten Willow to just Will.

** Spike, (whose real name is William), has nicknames for almost everyone. He calls Angel "Peaches", Willow "Red", Xander "The Whelp", Anya "Demon-Girl", and so forth. He calls Buffy "Slayer", "pet", and "love", but these probably don't count, as she simply is the Slayer, and "pet" and "love" are used as pretty standard slang.

** See also: Frank "Ferretface" Burns, "Trapper" John McIntyre, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Oliver "Spearchucker" Jones, and "Ugly John" Black

* Berta of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' calls Alan "Zippy", possibly referring to the fact that he's always running under stress.

* 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:

** "Doc" Gamble

** "The Old Timer" for an otherwise unnamed old man

** "Waxy" for series announcer Harlow Wilcox (the series was sponsored by Johnson Wax)

** "Myrt" (short for Myrtle) -- a nosy telephone operator

* ''Amos 'n' Andy'': What's a race comedy without some racially insensitive nicknames?

** George Stevens, aka "The Kingfish"

** "Lightnin'"

* The title character of the detective series ''Boston Blackie''

* ''The Jimmy Durante Show'': During the 1940s, a sexually provocative character was named "Hotbreath" Houlihan.

** "Hotbreath" was played by Florence Halop, who replaced Selma Diamond on ''[[Night Court]]'' about forty years later. (You wouldn't think it to look at her on ''Night Court'', but she could really sell the sexy voice on radio when she was in her twenties.)

** "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."

* Every character in the ''[[Backyard Sports]]'' series has their own nickname.

* In the ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games, you get a nickname from your spouse once you [[Relationship Values|get married.]] Some games will offer up their own suggestions ("Honey," "Sweetie," "Darling"), but you can also come up with your own in a [[Hello, Insert Name Here]] fashion.

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', Link is given all sorts of nicknames to get around the whole custom name business and simplify programming: Fairy Boy, Hero Boy, Mr. Hero, and so on.

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'', Romani takes to calling Link "Grasshopper", since he apparently patters about when he walks and wears green.

* In ''[[Devil Survivor]]'', Yuzu and Atsuro do this to each other. He calls her "Yoohoo" to needle her and when she gets mad at him she calls him "Okatsuro" to make fun of his [[Otaku]] tendencies. Furthermore, you can chose a nickname for your [[Hello, Insert Name Here|protagonist]], which will be used by Yuzu and Atsuro (other characters will use his real name, which you also chose).

* Yangus constantly refers to the main character of ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' as "Guv". Even Jessica called him by that name once when they were imprisoned.

* 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.

* 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."

* A boatload amongst the [[Original Generation]] of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'':

** Characters, fans, and the ''game itself'' - as soon as Laharl declares "Your new name is Mid-Boss", that's what appears as the header for his text boxes whenever he speaks.

* While being called [[Sempai-Kohai|senpai]] is easily an [[Japanese Honorifics|honorific]] for the [[Persona 4]] main character, he is called 'Sensei' by Teddie simply for his coolness factor. His [[The Lancer|Lancer]] Yosuke calls him "Partner".

* [[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."

* Lord Alden from ''[[Vanguard Bandits]]'' has earned the nickname Ice Wolf for his powerful ice-based [[A Mech by Any Other Name|ATAC]], ruling over the coldest land on the continent and cool demeanor in combat.

** IF is called "Iffy".

** Nepgear from the sequel is called "Ge-Ge".

 

* ''Infinity'' series:

** In ''[[Remember 11]]'', Yuni refers to Kokoro as "Kokoron", and Lin as "Tobilin".

* Nick and Edgey are Larry Butz's nicknames for [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth]], respectively. Mia catches onto "Nick", and {{spoiler|when she dies}}, she passes it on to Maya, whose use of it inspires Pearl to call him "Mr. Nick". Edgeworth, on the other extreme, is rarely called by his nickname, and rarer still by his first name.

** 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 ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'', Rocky tends to nickname people. He nicknamed Angelika "Bitch Girl" and dubbed Pauline "Beast Bitch."

* The ''[[Downfall (film)|Downfall]]'' meme has a bunch of both this an [[Fan Nickname|Fan nicknames]], but the one most popular in-series nickname belongs to Joseph Goebbels, who is often addressed as "Skeletor" because he is (or at least he is shown in the movie ''Downfall'' to be) extremely pale and thin, which many characters believe makes him look half-dead.

 

** 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".

* Skipper from ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' calls King Julien "Ringtail" and Mort "Sad-eyes".

** Another example is Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III.

** There is also the Lane siblings' [[Affectionate Nickname]] for their youngest sister "Janie."

* 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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