Only Known by Their Nickname: Difference between revisions

* The title character of ''[[Beelzebub]]'' is simply called Beel, or Baby Beel, by everyone. Justified, as his real name, [[Overly Long Name|Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV]] would be a mouthful... and Oga doesn't remember his full name anyway.

* Boss from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and the various spin-offs/sequels thereof. He's claimed that even [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|the author]] doesn't know his real name.

* ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]'':

** Sanada East's [[Student Council President]] is only known as "Ringo-chan."

* "Captain" in ''[[The King and the Clown]].'' Might be considered an example of [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]], except he gets the nickname of Captain ''before'' he gets leadership of the performing troupe.

* In ''[[The Gamers]] 2: Dorkness Rising'', the GM's name is Kevin Lodge, but almost everyone calls him Lodge. The newbie player addresses him by his first name, and the rest of the gaming group expresses astonishment at Lodge having a first name.

'''Mark''': Dude, you have a first name? }}

* ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' has Red, who is never referred to by full name in the movie.

* In Ocean's Eleven there is "The Amazing Yen" and Basher Tarr.

* [[Thank You for Smoking]] Nick Naylor's boss, BR. He even has that name on his office door.

* Most people in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe refer to him as Jabba the Hutt, probably completely unaware of his full name: Jabba Desilijic Tiure. This is never mentioned in the movies, but does appear in the Expanded Universe.

* The five protagonists of ''[[Sucker Punch]]'' are referred to only by the nicknames the antagonist, Blue, gives them: Baby Doll, Sweet Pea, Rocket, Amber, and Blondie. Even Sweet Pea and Rocket, who are sisters, don't call each other by their real names.

** Taken to the extreme with Croaker. He once is asked for his real name so that he can be promoted, and he has to spend a little bit just trying to remember what his original name is.

* The [[Mad Max|strangely familiar]] road-warrior dwarf in ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'':

"It ain't a name." }}

* Pumpkin in ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]''. Chiyo/[[Meaningful Rename|Sayuri]] gave her the nickname within a week of meeting her, never mentions her given name, and goes on to mention that it continues to stick even after she takes a new name as a geisha. Which must ''really'' suck for Pumpkin, because she spends the latter portion of the book {{spoiler|hating Sayuri's guts and deliberately sabotaging her chance with the man of her dreams, since she and Chiyo were forced rivals as girls and Pumpkin's life became very dismal as a result.}}

* Subverted in ''[[Roseanne]]''; Jackie is a nickname, but even she herself wasn't aware of that fact until Bev casually brought it up in conversation. Her real name is either Marjorie or Mary-Jane; Bev can't remember which. Roseanne, as a child, was unable to say the original name and it came out as "My Jackie", which led to her just being called Jackie.

** Also used for DJ.

* Turtle on ''[[Entourage]]''. His first name (Sal) was not revealed until season five.

* Benjamin 'Hawkeye' Pierce, Walter '[[Hypercompetent Sidekick|Radar]]' O'Reilly and 'Trapper' John MacIntyre from ''[[MASH|M* A* S* H]]''. Averted with BJ - everyone assumes it's a nickname at first, but he apparently is really named BJ, after his parents Bea and Jay.

** According to [[That Other Wiki]], Jamie Hyneman is "James" on his birth certificate.

* ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' featured a story called ''The Reunion'' of Hancock's old army buddies, "Ginger" Johnson, "Chalky" White, "Smudger" Smith and "Kippers" Hancock. Smith arrives first.

Sid James: (Characteristic cackle) Clarence! }}

* Many characters in ''[[The Sopranos]]'' are referred to by nicknames (Big Pussy, Junior, etc.).

* "Soap" MacTavish, the British playable character from ''[[Call of Duty]] 4'' is never given a real name, and all of his squadmates refer to him exclusively by his nickname. Captain Price even points it out in the training mission, remarking, "What kind of a name is 'Soap', anyway?" Presumably, being a [[Silent Protagonist]], Soap wasn't able to correct him. In the sequel he's just Captain MacTavish, but ''[[Modern Warfare]] 3'' confirms that Soap's first name is John.

** {{spoiler|Price}} still calls him Soap. Which confuses the hell out of the TF141 [[Red Shirt]] in the room when you break him out.

* Wilhelmina "Billie" Church from ''[[Clive Barker's Jericho]]''. She despises her birth name, as her father, {{spoiler|who, amongst other things, raped her,}} was the only person to use it.

* Nikolai "Sledge" Slidjonovich from ''[[Quake 4|Quake IV]]''. Pretty much every character, except for Strauss, refer to him exclusively by his nickname.

** That is until "Chill of the Night!" when Bats {{spoiler|confronts Joe Chill, and declares, "I...am Bruce Wayne!"}}

* In ''[[Arthur]]'', everyone refers to the title character's sister as D.W., her real name is Dora Winifred (after her grandmother). This is lampshaded in a later episode when she goes missing in the White House.

'''White House Guard''' That's it? Initials? You didn't give the kid a full name? }}

** Also, there's the Brain. His real name is Alan. His classmates are often confused when he is called this.