History FanNickname / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': "Baby Yoda" (the nickname for the "The Child", a 50-year old infant of the same species as Yoda) is one of the most famous, if not '''the''' most famous, fan nickname ever, due in part to the character still being unnamed in-universe. Indeed, the nickname is so unanimous that the cast and crew of the show use it regularly, and even ''the CEO of Disney himself'' has used it in official business emails. Interestingly, showrunner Creator/JonFavreau isn't a fan of the nickname, because, as he points out, the character isn't actually Yoda. Of course, since Yoda's species has notoriously remained a secret since the beginning, one that Creator/GeorgeLucas ouright forbade anyone from exploring in the ExpandedUniverse (a mandate kept even after [[Franchise/StarWars the franchise's]] sale to Creator/{{Disney}}), we don't really have anything ''else'' to call The Child.

** Icky Vicky: Victoria Metcalfe

** The Trip Puzzle for the Prize Puzzle due to only trips being offered for solving the puzzle (with only three known exceptions). With the diminished quality in writing ''Wheel'' has had over the past few seasons, fans have begun to call it the Trippin' Puzzle.

** Picard's 'shirt tug' became known as 'The Picard Maneuver.' This one probably started with the show's production staff rather than fans.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': "Baby Yoda" (the nickname for the "The Child", a 50-year old infant of the same species as Yoda) is one of the most famous, if not '''the''' most famous, fan nickname ever, due in part to the character still being unnamed in-universe.

** "T_gh" - Colonel Tigh.

** Ste's Magic Hugs - Several characters (including Doug and Nico) have been hit with a case of SuddenlySexuality after being hugged by Ste.

** Swimbint - Sarah. Also "Magic Vag", for her adept ability at turning [[SuddenlySexuality gay guys and straight girls]].

*** "Romulan Legolas" and "Space Legolas" for Elnor, whose [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long hair]], {{Elfeminate}} features and agile, graceful combat style are reminiscent of Legolas in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Alternately, he's also referred to as "Romulan Elrond" because their names are similar ("Elnor" means "Star-Run" [[note]]which is another way of saying "Star-''Trek"''![[/note]] in Sindarin), they both use swords (Elrond wielded a sword in the prologue of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]''), and the location of the Qowat Milat monastery where Elnor was raised could be mistaken for the forest of Rivendell due to the autumn-like colours of both the foliage and the late afternoon/early evening sunlight. It also helps that Evan Evagora and Creator/HugoWeaving are both Australian.

*** "Momulan" for Laris, as while she is younger than Picard, her MamaBear tendencies and CrustyCaretaker characterization give her a motherly presence on the show.
*** "Admiral Not-cheyev" for Admiral Clancy, a female superior officer that is absolutely not afraid to talk down Picard, not unlike Admiral Nechayev from ''TNG''.

** Gordon Ramsay - John Quinn, because he looked like Creator/GordonRamsey. Some people also said that he looked like Liam Neeson.

** Senator [[Series/ThatSeventiesShow Forman]][=/=][[Film/Robocop1987 Boddicker]] - Blaine Mayer, who was played by Creator/KurtwoodSmith.

** Captain Hepburn - Captain Kathryn Janeway (played by Kate Mulgrew) of ''Voyager'', who looked and sounded a lot like Katherine Hepburn and was similar in attitude to a lot of Hepburn's characters. AKA Captain Kate.

*** The Good Shepherd, yet again referring to Captain Janeway, from the episode of the same name.

** Ensign Jailbait - the reboot Pavel Chekov, played by Anton Yelchin.
** Captain Fine - reboot Captain Kirk, played by Chris Pine.

** Harold Sulu - The reboot's Hikaru Sulu, played by John "[[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle Harold]]" Cho.
** The Jack Pack - the quartet of Augments charged to Bashir's care in the ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Statistical Probabilities." Jack is their hyperactive leader. Codified in the Decipher card game.
** Suzy-Q - Q's wife, played by Suzie Plakson in the ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' episode "The Q and the Grey."

** Rolaide - Lynne Kresge, played by Michelle Forbes, who also played Ensign Ro Laren on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: TNG]]''.

** Candyman - Benjamin Juma, for TonyTodd's role in the movie of the same name.

** Gordon Ramsay - John Quinn, because he looked like Gordon Ramsey. Some people also said that he looked like Liam Neeson.

** Senator Forman/Boddicker - Blaine Mayer, who was played by Kurtwood Smith.

** Arab (or Hindu) Jason Schwartzman - for Farhed Hassan. Seriously, look at that hair and sleight of figure.
** Starbuck - Katee Sackhoff will simply never [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 live down her most famous role,]] will she?

** Website/TelevisionWithoutPity referred to them as the Ministers of Grace, after a line from ''Hamlet'': "Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!" Usually shortened to "[=MoG=]".

** Buffy the Vampire Banger - The eponymous character, after her relationship with FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Angel heated up. Made even more appropriate during Season Six.

** Swimbint - Sarah. Also "Magic Vag", for her adept ability at [[BiTheWay turning gay guys]] and [[SuddenlySexuality straight girls]].

*** Dino Hope - Nickname given to ''Dino Charge'' after proclaiming, then showing off its improved character and story quality in its first two episodes compared to arguably all of [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai the previous]] [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce four years]] ''combined''.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** Nero's time meddling - same concept as the Retroactive Cannon (ie. a force that erases things out of existance in a reboot), only strictly applied to Star Trek.

*** [[VideoGames/TeamFortress2 Demoman]] - General Martok of the Klingon Empire, for his passion for blowing things up and his [[BlackComedy two perfectly normal eyes]].

** Lari: The unnamed Romulan Commander from the TOS episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E2TheEnterpriseIncident The Enterprise Incident]]", based on a joke from Website/SFDebris.

** The category "What Are You Doing?" has commonly been shortened to its acronym, WAYD?.

* ''Series/BlackLightning2018''
** Earth-BL - The series' pre-Series/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths2019}} universe, since it never received a canon designation due to the abrupt way the series was introduced to the Series/{{Arrowverse}} and [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 what happened to it]], and [[TheWikiRule the Arrowverse Wiki]] had to call it ''something''.

** GSR. Usually used as shorthand for "gunshot residue", a real forensic test to detect whether someone has fired a gun recently. CSI shippers use it for "Grissom/Sidle Romance".
** A rare case of a body part getting a nickname, Nick's short-lived mustache during season 5 was and still is "The porn-stache".

* ''Series/CSINewYork'':

** Sid's Creepy Place - Where Hammerback goes when he goes off on a too personal tangent. Modified from a line that Hawkes says to Hammerback ("Sid! You're going to your creepy place!")

* ''ADiscoveryOfWitches'': "Friendly Adaptation Spiders", for the CanonForeigner spiders who appear in the series' dream sequences.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': The Little Red Menace -- What many old-school fans call [[TheScrappy Elmo]]. Incidentally, Oscar [[AscendedMeme refers to him by this name]] in the 35th anniversary special, ''The Street We Live On''.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': The Little Red Menace -- What many old-school fans call [[TheScrappy Elmo]]. Incidentally, Oscar refers to him by this name in the special ''The Street We Live On''.