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** 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]].

* [[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. }}

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

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

* ''The Whistler'' -- self-named title character as per the series' intro:

* ''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.)

* 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.