Only Known by Their Nickname: Difference between revisions

* Nicknames occasionally crop up in reality shows like ''[[Survivor]]'', and people who choose to go by these (like ''Survivor'''s "Dreamz", "Coach", and "Johnny Fairplay") are usually at least a little full of themselves.<br />(We'll give a pass to "Flight Time" and "Big Easy" on ''[[The Amazing Race]]'', though, as those are essentially their stage names on their day jobs with the Harlem Globetrotters.)

** In Survivor: Nicaragua, one of the contestants (Judd) was promptly renamed Fabio, eventually getting Judd replaced with Fabio in the captions and opening credits. If you missed the first episode, you might never know it wasn't his real name.

** Their principal falls into this too, as he goes by Teddy instead of Tedward.

** In the iCarly movie ''iDate A Bad Boy'', there's a scene where Sam enters the Shays' house and calls for Carly. She says, "Carly? Carly? Carlotta?" So Carly's real name is Carlotta.

* [[Mass Effect 2]] has the head of Cerberus, an elusive and secretive figure only known as "The Illusive Man".

** The tie-in comic series ''Mass Effect: Evolution'' reveals that his name is {{spoiler|Jack Harper}}.

* [[Fallout: New Vegas]] has Rose of Sharon Cassidy, better known as Cass.

* In ''[[Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath]]'', the main character is only ever known as 'Stranger', with his real name never being revealed. This is probably intentional on Stranger's part as {{spoiler|he's a Steef (a centaur-like creature), and does everything he can to keep it a secret. This includes running around with two legs bound together, and being prepared to undergo (most-likely complicated and ''unanesthetized'') surgery.}}