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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[K-On!]]''{{'}}s Yui Hirasawa. Her guitar becomes "Gitah", Tsumugi becomes "Mugi-chan", Ritsu becomes "Ricchan", and Azusa becomes "Azu-nyan". Later, Mio's bass becomes "[[Bilingual Bonus|Elizabeth]]". Also, in the "extra" episode, she calls her pair of gloves "Tebukuro-chan".▼
▲* ''[[K-On!]]'''s Yui Hirasawa. Her guitar becomes "Gitah", Tsumugi becomes "Mugi-chan", Ritsu becomes "Ricchan", and Azusa becomes "Azu-nyan". Later, Mio's bass becomes "[[Bilingual Bonus|Elizabeth]]". Also, in the "extra" episode, she calls her pair of gloves "Tebukuro-chan".
** When her sister ([[Sibling Yin-Yang|Ui]]) [[It Makes Sense in Context|impersonated her]], her friends first became suspicious because Ui got all the nicknames wrong. [[Badass Teacher|Sawako]] saw through it immediately, though, because she instantly noticed the change in bust size... which is partially [[Not What It Looks Like|excused]] by the fact that she is the band's costume designer/creator... but still.
* Yachiru Kusajishi from ''[[Bleach]]'', the most infamous of her nicknames being "Ken-chan" (Kenny in the dub) to her giant, [[Blood Knight|bloodthirsty]] behemoth of a captain. Although it's not assured ''what'' she will call you or even if her nickname will be consistent, but she ''will'' give anyone, and ''everyone'' a nickname of some sort. Always.
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** Tyki Mikk also has a habit of doing this, calling Lavi "[[Eyepatch of Power|Eyepatch-kun]]", Kanda "[[Katanas Are Just Better|Kitchen-Knife]]", and exclusively referring to the young protagonist Allen as "[[Kid Hero|shonen]]" (boy).
** Kanda almost never calls people by their first names. [[Kid Hero|Allen]] is "Moyashi," (beansprout) and Lavi is "Baka Usagi" (stupid rabbit) or "Baka Lavi" (Stupid Lavi).
* The photography club's president in ''[[Manabiya]]'' gives everyone nicknames she comes up with on the moment; so while some of them [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906111144/http://www.onemanga.com/Manabiya/1/41/ are very pleased by this], others [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906111149/http://www.onemanga.com/Manabiya/1/42/ are] [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906111450/http://www.onemanga.com/Manabiya/2/15/ not].
* Shampoo of ''[[Ranma ½]]'', especially in [[Fanon]].
* Eve Neuschwanstein of ''[[NEEDLESS]]'', due to her atrocious memory for names.
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* Rintaro of ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' has nicknames for everyone. Itaru is "Daru", Moeka is "Shining Finger", and Kurisu has a truckload of nicknames, including "Christina" ([[Phrase Catcher|"There's no '-tina'!"]]), "The Zombie" and "Celeb-17".
* Sakuragi Hanamichi in ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' has a tendency of giving nicknames to some of his rivals: Akagi is "Gori" (short for 'Gorilla'), Uozumi is "Boss Monkey", Hanagata is "Glasses", and Nobunaga is "Wild Monkey" (and in turn, he's called "Red-haired Monkey" by Nobunaga)
* Hayate from ''[[Hayate
* Riko's father, Kagetora, from ''[[Kuroko no Basuke]]''. Kise may count to a lesser extent, as he adds "cchi" to the end of the names of people he's acknowledged, whether they want him to or not.
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' did this when he was a member of The Defenders. Dr. Strange became "Dumb Magician", Valkyrie became "Sword Girl" and Nighthawk became "Bird Nose".
** Savage Hulk calls ''everybody'' by a simplified nickname. In Heroes Reborn, he named Project X9500, worn by an [[Iron Man|Anthony Stark]], ''[[Appropriated Appellation|Iron Man]]''..
** And when Dr. Fate created a [[Expy|strangely similar team]] in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Solomon Grundy referred to his teammates in very similar terms.
* Harley Quinn of ''[[Batman]]'' fame is big on [[Affectionate Nickname]]s; she refers to her lover the Joker as "Mr. J" or "Puddin'",
** [[The Joker]] himself does this, particularly to [[Batman|Batsy]].
* Ra's Al Ghul calls [[Batman]] "Detective", and on the occasions he's faced [[Superman]], he calls him "Icon" or "The Alien". More recently, he's taken to also calling Tim Drake "Detective" after Tim proved his skills against Ra's and earned his respect.
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* The Dragon Lady from ''[[Terry and the Pirates]]'' refers to everyone as 'something one'. Pat Ryan is 'handsome one', Terry Lee is 'youthful one', etc.
* [[Chaotic Neutral|Bean]] [[Funny Schizophrenia|the]] [[Mad Bomber|Dynamite]] from ''[[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic The Hedgehog]]'' is quite the nicknamer. He's called Sonic "Speedy [[Mc Quickness]]", "Mr. Needlemouse" and "Speedy Cheese"; called Tails "Propellor Butt"; called Amy "Piko Piko Valkyrie" and "Shouty Hammer [[Mc Pain]]"; called Jet the Hawk "Jettinson Q. Hawkington" and called Blaze "Little Miss Flaming Lilac". He also [[Companion Cube|named one of his bombs "Jamie-Kendall Duckingworth III".]] Unusual in that the nicknames he gives are always ''longer'' than the real names.
* Spider-Man is fond of shortening the names of his allies and
== Fan Works ==▼
▲== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Oh, do the four in ''[[With Strings Attached]]'' go to town with this trope! Some examples:
** Placenames: Ketafa = Ketawful, Ta'akan = Tacky
** As'taris: Ass, Asshole, Santa's Ass, and Jeez-Ass (after he's resurrected).
** The Hunter becomes “the Lumberjack” after they watch him cut firewood with his [[
** The Vasyn: The Vaseline, the Aspirin, the thingy, and [[Title Drop|the Big Pink Job]].
** The four attract their share of nicknames as well.
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* In ''[[Winter War]]'', Madarame Ikkaku starts giving nicknames in imitation of his missing vice-captain. For example, he calls Momo "Peaches" and Grimmjow "Boy Blue".
* Douglas Sangnoir from ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' seems to do this often, usually for people with whom he is at odds. For example:
** In ''[[Bubblegum Crisis|Drunkard's Walk 2]]'', the Knight Sabers became [[A Good Name for a Rock Band|"Lady White and the High-Heel Gang"]].
** In ''[[Harry Potter|Drunkard's Walk 8]]'', he gives Voldemort numerous nicknames: "Flight-of-Emo" and "Lord Emo" are the two most common. Referring to her amphibian-like appearance, he dubs Dolores Umbridge [[Cthulhu Mythos|"Lady Innsmouth"]].
== [[Film]] ==
* Gunnery Sgt. Hartman from ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' gives each of his Marines a nickname in bootcamp. Not only does this stick throughout the movie, but for many of the characters, it's the only name the audience learns.
* Brian, the floor manager in ''[[Extract]]'', refers to almost all of his subordinates as "Dinkus", with the one exception being a character he calls "Forklift Dinkus" or "Boy Genius".
* [[Iron Man]] does it a lot in ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]''.
** To be exact, Captain America is "Old Man" (who is technically 70+ years old), as well as "Capsicle" (due to his status as a [[Human Popsicle]]). Thor is "[[Point Break]]" (because of his long blond hair and beard). Hawkeye is "[[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]]" (being an archer). Loki is "Reindeer Games" (due to the helmet) and "Rock of Ages" (due to his regalia). Loki's staff is "the Glowstick of Destiny" (which glows and mind controls people).
* In both the movie and series of Disney's ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'', Hades had a tendency to give people nicknames.▼
* In ''[[An American Tail]]'', Tony Toponi immediately thinks up a new name for Fievel once learning his name, apparently finding it too foreign-sounding.▼
== Folklore ==▼
{{quote|"Fievel? Oooh, that name's gotta go! I'll tell ya what -- Filly!"}}▼
** In his sequel appearances he tends to give more people nicknames too, such as calling Fievel's parents "Mr. and Mrs. M".▼
* Sir Kay in [[King Arthur|Arthurian legend]] appears to be unpopular with the court partially because of this (and his tendency to make fun of whoever he does it to). When Sir Gareth comes to court in disguise and refuses to give his name, Kay calls him Beaumains, bad<ref>:Gendered names are difficult, aren't they?</ref> French for "Pretty Hands;" when Brunor the Black arrives at court wearing the coat his father was murdered in, he becomes far better known by what Kay calls him: Sir La Cote Male Taile;<ref>"La cote mal taillé"; French for "the knight of the ill-fitting coat"</ref> and he refers to Sagramore as "Morte Jeune" (young corpse) on occasion due to his epilepsy-like fits. In T.H. White's ''The Once and Future King'', he is the one that gave Arthur the nickname Wart because it rhymes with Art, or at least did in the accent of the age.▼
* Baloo the Bear in Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' calls [[Wild Child|Mowgli]] "little britches" and calls Bagheera "Baggy".▼
== Literature ==▼
▲== [[Literature]] ==
* Simon Darcourt, a repeat character in [[Christopher Brookmyre]] novels, makes his mark early by never calling anyone by their real name if he can substitute one of his own ("But you just ''are'' [insert nickname], don't you see?"). [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Div]], the [[Ditz|designated ditz]] in their circle of friends, even gets to call him on it:
{{quote|"He thinks he's Jesus the noo. "Simon, I dub thee 'Peter'".}}
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* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Johnny Maxwell Trilogy]]'', Johnny is the official nickname generator for his friends. In the second book it takes him a moment to remember that Bigmac's social worker would know him as Simon.
* [[The Bible|Jesus]]. They were generally [[Meaningful Name]]s (or [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Not-Really-Names-At-All]] like Peter), but then you throw in the [[Retcon]] that is [[This Is My Name on Foreign|Paul]] and he'll probably [[Never Live It Down]].
* Howard in ''[[Gone (novel)|Gone]]''. He names The FAYZ [[Fun with Acronyms|(Fallout Alley Youth Zone)]], the Zekes {{spoiler|(Easy-Killers)}}, and presumeably Orc.
* Though she rarely addresses them by their nicknames to their faces, [[Everworld|Senna Wales]] can get into this habit. By her account, the four members of the series' [[Nakama]] are called, "[[Heroic Wannabe|General Davideus]]", "[[Plucky Comic Relief|the clown]]", "[[The Smart Guy|the smug bastard]]", and "[[The Chick|the cow]]."
* [[Aaron Allston]]'s [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] short story [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Clone_Wars:_The_Pengalan_Tradeoff The Pengalan Tradeoff] has Joram Kithe, an accountant sent to gauge the skills of clone troopers, finding himself cut off in enemy territory with them. Annoyed with their lack of names and [[You Are Number Six|the inconvenience of using their numbers]], he gives them all nicknames - Tooth, Mapper, Digger, Hash - based on little differences, which he encourages in order to make it easier for him to tell them apart. In doing this he damages their absolute unity, making them considerably less interchangeable, but also encouraging them to think more creatively and humanizing them, for himself and the readers.
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* In David Carkeet's whimsical linguist mystery ''Double Negative'', the characters' [[Meaningful Name|MeaningfulNames]] (the clumsy guy is called Woeps, the weird inquisitive guy is Aaskhugh, the {{spoiler|soon-to-be-dead guy is called Stiph}}, etc.) are reinforced for the reader, though not for the slightly oblivious characters, by Aaskhugh's peculiar nicknames (his name for Woeps is "Daisy," and so on).
== [[Live
* Murdock
▲* Murdock, from [[The A-Team]] could be considered this. He frequently comes up with nicknames for his teammates (well, for B.A. and Face, at least). He usually only uses a nickname once or twice; he calls B.A. 'The Baracan One' a couple of times. His most frequent one for B.A. is [[Insult of Endearment|mud-sucker]]. He's also called Faceman numerous nicknames, including, 'Visage Man', 'O Facial One', 'Man of the Countenance', and 'Faceyman' (he used all of those only once). Also, some of Murdock's remarks about Face in the fifth season episode ''Family Reunion'' have led some fans to suspect that Murdock may have been the one who came up with the nickname 'Faceman' in the first place.
* Sawyer from ''[[Lost]]''. So much so that at one point the rest of the islanders forbade him from using nicknames when he lost a bet. Juliet is noted as the only major character to not have any of them, outside of briefly being called "Blondie" in season 5's finale.
* Dr. Cox does this on ''[[Scrubs]]''. Elliot is "Barbie", J.D. is "Newbie" or "random feminine name", Turk is "Gandhi" or "Turtlehead"/"Turtleneck" and Kelso is "Bob/Bobbo/Beelzebob/Bobcat".
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*** He called Buffy "Goldilocks" until Buffy responded by getting an [[Important Haircut]].
** Faith had a habit of calling Buffy 'B', but does so less later in the series.
* On ''[[Angel]]'', Gunn sometimes called Wesley 'English' in reference to his nationality.
** Lorne, "And stop calling me pastries!"
* Somewhat like Xander above, Topher on ''[[Dollhouse]]'' usually uses real names but often makes up nicknames. Most are only used once; his most persistent one is "Man-Friend" for Boyd.
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* Malcolm Tucker from ''[[The Thick of It]]'' and ''[[In the Loop]]'' has an insulting nickname for everyone. He hardly ever uses the same nickname twice, but they are inevitably themed - Julius Nicholson's relate to him being bald ("Nosferatu", "Baldemort"), Ollie's relate to the fact that he looks young ("Joe 90", "Baby from ''[[Eraserhead]]''"), and Nicola seems destined to be stuck with "Glummy Mummy".
** Not that any of the other characters are slouches, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEDILRgNESM as evidenced here].
* [[House (TV series)|House]] provides a Jerkass version of this trope. He comes up with new, insulting nicknames for everyone every time he sees them. Only one sticks: "[[Only Known by Their Nickname|Thirteen]]" for Dr. Remy Hadley. Although black Mormon "Big Love" and [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Cutthroat Bitch"]] both had pretty good runs. House ''not'' calling Amber Cutthroat Bitch even makes for at least two distinct [[OOC Is Serious Business]] moments.
* Jeremy Clarkson on ''[[Top Gear]]'' assigned his co-presenters (Richard "Hamster" Hammond and James "Captain Slow" May) [[In-Series Nickname|their nicknames]]. They stuck, and have been affectionately taken up by the fanbase.
* Hiro from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' does this enough that it might as well be one of his superpowers. Sylar is "Brain-Man", Daphne is "Nemesis", {{spoiler|Matt Parkman}}'s baby is "Baby Stop-And-Go", Nathan is "Flying Man", Claire is "Cheerleader", and Samuel is "Evil Butterfly-Man". Fans tend to accept the [[Engrish]] forms of Hiro's nicknames as their own. Isaac => Mister Isaac => Mystery Sock.
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* Rumpole of ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' gives most characters in the series nicknames, most of which only he uses. Some of these are [[Affectionate Nickname|affectionate]] (e.g. "Portia" for Phyllida (Trant) Erskine-Brown), some are joking ("Soapy Sam" for Sam Ballard, "Miz Liz" for Liz Probert), and some are not particularly complimentary ("Bollard" for Ballard, and the judges--"The Mad Bull" for [[Hanging Judge|Mr Justice Bullingham]] being the most notable). The most notable is his nickname for his wife, which she never hears: "[[She|She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed]]".
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* For better or worse, Nate in ''[[Big Nate]]'' has gained a reputation as the school nickname guru.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
▲* Sir Kay in [[King Arthur|Arthurian legend]] appears to be unpopular with the court partially because of this (and his tendency to make fun of whoever he does it to). When Sir Gareth comes to court in disguise and refuses to give his name, Kay calls him Beaumains, bad<ref>:Gendered names are difficult, aren't they?</ref> French for "Pretty Hands;" when Brunor the Black arrives at court wearing the coat his father was murdered in, he becomes far better known by what Kay calls him: Sir La Cote Male Taile;<ref>"La cote mal taillé"; French for "the knight of the ill-fitting coat"</ref> and he refers to Sagramore as "Morte Jeune" (young corpse) on occasion due to his epilepsy-like fits. In T.H. White's ''The Once and Future King'', he is the one that gave Arthur the nickname Wart because it rhymes with Art, or at least did in the accent of the age.
* A sketch in ''The Long Hot Satsuma'' took nicknames, and those who give them, to ridiculous extremes.
{{quote|'''Man:''' Come in, Ms. Peters! Meet the team!
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'''Woman #2:''' But you must call him Zog, King of the Pixies! }}
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* Police Chief Damon Gant from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'', who usually uses a variation on their surname (e.g. "Edgeworth" becomes "Worthy" {{spoiler|"Or should I say ''un-Worthy''"}}, "Wright" becomes "Wrighto", the Judge, Udgey).
** Also Larry, who appears to have officially dubbed Phoenix and Edgeworth "Nick" and "Edgey."
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** Lord Dearche, meanwhile, is a [[Royal Brat]] who simply couldn't be bothered to call people she doesn't care about by their name. So she just calls [[Rose-Haired Girl|Kyrie]] "Pinkie", and calls [[Winged Humanoid|Hayate]] either "Little Raven" or "Stupid Raven".
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Black Mage of ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''.
*
* ''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'' [http://hijinksensue.com/?p=1973 demonstrates this trope].▼
* ''[[Underling]]'': All the Lilitu, which backfires when they call Lazarus {{spoiler|"Nephewkins".}}▼
▲* [[Hijinks Ensue]] [http://hijinksensue.com/?p=1973 demonstrates this trope].
▲* [[Underling]] All the Lilitu, which backfires when they call Lazarus {{spoiler|"Nephewkins".}}
* Hedge of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' as [[Lampshaded]] by Elliot [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-10-23 here].
* Unity from ''[[Skin Horse]]'' is an imperfect example.
* Layla in ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' refers to people by nicknames she invented more often than by their names.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Senor "[[Cloudcuckoolander|Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth]]" Cardgage from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.
* Faun from ''[[Tasakeru]]'' gives everyone nicknames. The theory is that it's because she [[My Name Is Not Durwood|loathes her full name,]] and is trying to cope.
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* Fantastico, leader of the Good Ol' Boyz at [[Super-Hero School|Whateley Academy]] in the [[Whateley Universe]]. It's pretty obvious that he's an [[Expy]] of George Bush (see below).
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Toph from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Oddly, she doesn't use nicknames nearly [[Never Live It Down|as often]] as [[Fanon|fans seem to think.]] "Twinkle Toes" is really the only nickname she ever sticks with. Others such as "Snoozles", "Sheddy," "Sugar Queen", "Madame Fussy-Britches" and "Sweetness" are all one timers.
** Sokka as well. "Sparky-Sparky Boom-Boom Man" didn't stick, but "Combustion Man" did. "Team Avatar" was invented by him too.
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* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' featured a sketch where [[Dick Tracy]] is one of these.
* Both Rattrap and Waspinator in ''[[Beast Wars]]/[[Beast Machines|Machines]]''
* ''[[Hey Arnold!
▲* In both the movie and series of Disney's ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'', Hades had a tendency to give people nicknames.
▲* [[Hey Arnold!|Helga G. Pataki]] ''lived'' for this. She would rarely call anyone by their real name. [[Mad Love|Arnold]] suffered the most - "Football Head", "Hair Boy", "Arnoldo", "Goody Two-Shoes"... but she had a name for everybody.
* [[Lethal Chef|Chef Hatchet]] from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' refers to all the campers by nickname, [[Loads and Loads of Characters|possibly because he can't be bothered remembering their real names.]]
** Occasionally, [[Sassy Black Woman|Leshawna]] would do it as well, mostly as a way to show her attitude.
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* [[Wolverine]] from ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' had a huge habit of this as well. [[Deadpan Snarker|Rogue]] was Stripes, [[Teen Genius|Kitty]] ([[Intangible Man|Shadowcat]]) was Half-Pint, [[Teleporters and Transporters|Kurt]] (Nightcrawler) was Elf, [[Mind Over Matter|Jean Grey]] was Red, [[Bad with the Bone|Evan]] (Spyke) was Porcupine and [[Gentleman Thief|Gambit]] was Gumbo, to name a few.
* One of these was the "villain" in an episode of ''[[Captain Flamingo]]''.
▲* In ''[[An American Tail]]'', Tony Toponi immediately thinks up a new name for Fievel once learning his name, apparently finding it too foreign-sounding.
▲{{quote|"Fievel? Oooh, that name's gotta go! I'll tell ya what -- Filly!"}}
▲** In his sequel appearances he tends to give more people nicknames too, such as calling Fievel's parents "Mr. and Mrs. M".
▲* Baloo the Bear in Disney's ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' calls [[Wild Child|Mowgli]] "little britches" and calls Bagheera "Baggy".
== Real Life ==▼
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Truth in Television]]: This was the first of [[George W. Bush|George "Dubyah" Bush]]'s quirks to percolate into the public consciousness, back when he was but a candidate (before even his tendency to [[Malaproper|malapropism]] became widely mocked). He even tagged his own senior adviser '''Turd Blossom'''. This tends to be exaggerated in parodies... ''Somewhat''.
** Used in [[Will Ferrell]]'s one-man show ''You're Welcome America'', where he plays Bush as an ignorant (but not [[Psychopathic Manchild|psychopathic]]) manchild. In an improvised bit, he asks various audience members' occupations and gives them each a corresponding nickname.
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