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* 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".
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', Kotetsu immediately takes to calling Barnaby "Bunny" after their first outing as a superhero duo.
* Merry Nightmare from ''[[Yumekui Merry]]'' is also known as, well... [[Character Title|Yumekui/Dream Eater Merry]].
* In ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'', Touma gives [[Shock and Awe|Misaka Mikoto]] the nickname Biri Biri, which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for an electrical discharge.
* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]''' Keima, ''very'' well-known among gamers he's known as "The Capturing [[A God Am I|God]]," was also predictably nicknamed "[[Otaku|ota]][[Megane]]" by his [[Real Life]] classmates.
* 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".
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* [[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]] is often referred to by other characters as "Old Stonyface".
* ''[[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.
* ''[[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.'▼
** 'Peppermint' Patty calls Charlie Brown "Chuck" and Lucy "Lucille." There is also '[[Only Known by Their Nickname|Pigpen]]'.▼
** Charlie Brown is 'that round-headed kid' to Snoopy and 'Charles' to Marcie.▼
* In his younger days, Michael Patterson of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' referred to his sister Elizabeth as "Lizardbreath."▼
* Bucky Katt gives out malicious and hostile nicknames to virtually every other character in ''[[Get Fuzzy]]''.▼
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* On ''[[NYC 22]]'' four of the main cast have these starting from day one. Best one, though, is the rookies' Field Training Officer, Sgt. Daniel Dean, who really hates being called "Yoda".
* 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".
▲== [[Newspaper Strips]] ==
▲* ''[[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.'
▲** 'Peppermint' Patty calls Charlie Brown "Chuck" and Lucy "Lucille." There is also '[[Only Known by Their Nickname|Pigpen]]'.
▲** Charlie Brown is 'that round-headed kid' to Snoopy and 'Charles' to Marcie.
▲* In his younger days, Michael Patterson of ''[[For Better or For Worse]]'' referred to his sister Elizabeth as "Lizardbreath."
▲* Bucky Katt gives out malicious and hostile nicknames to virtually every other character in ''[[Get Fuzzy]]''.
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== [[Visual Novel|Visual Novels]] ==
* ''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>
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'', Marik calls Yugi Binky-Boy.
* In the webcomic ''[[The Dreamer]]'', Nathan calls Alexander "Captain Fancy Pants" behind his back.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Toph from [[Avatar: The Last Airbender
** And let's not forget Azula's much-despised nickname for her brother, "Zuzu."
* On ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', Edd is usually called "Double-D" to avoid confusion with Ed. Eddy gives Edd the more derisive "Sockhead", while Ed is "Lumpy".
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