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*** Mitchslap - The ArmorPiercingSlap Mai gave Mitchy, [[spoiler:pushing him over the edge of a FaceHeelTurn.]]

* ''Series/QuantumLeap'': GTFW - the mysterious force which makes Sam leap: God/Time/Fate/Whatever.

* ''Series/SweetHome'': "Batgirl and Swordsman" has been spotted on Tumblr as a nickname for Yoon Ji-su and Jung Jae-heon. Because Ji-su uses a baseball bat as a weapon, and Jae-heon wields a katana.

** [=FoxDIE=] - The virus that [[spoiler: Jack]] was infected with in Season 7, mainly because the entire season was being compared to VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4... but maybe it was just on Website/GameFAQS.

** "The [=SpyFam=]": "[=SpyBarbie=]" for Sydney Bristow, "[=SpyDaddy=]" for PapaWolf Jack Bristow, "[=SpyMommy=]" for MagnificentBitch Irina Derevko, and [[spoiler: "[=SpySkipper=]" for Nadia Santos]].

** Liquid Man, the Amazing Bloat, and Good Ol' Soapy - Three cadavers that showcase, in all their gory, various stages of decomposition (namely, [[spoiler: liquefied remains, accumulated gases that make a body swell up like a balloon, and saponification]].)

** Icky Vicky: Victoria Metcalfe, a bank robber [[spoiler: and murderer]] who Fraser had a [[{{Deconstruction}} disastrous]] [[DatingCatwoman relationship with]].

** [=MohinderFly=], Spider-Mohinder, Spider-Hindu, [=MohinderBrundleFly=], [=BrundleMo=] - [[spoiler: After Mohinder injects himself with SuperSerum in season 3 to give himself powers, he starts undergoing side effects similar to Seth Brundle from ''The Fly''. Also he sorta goes crazy and captures random test subjects and glues them to the wall of his lab in some sorta webby substance.]]

** Papa Petrelli - Arthur Petrelli, Peter and Nathan's father and [[spoiler: BigBad of season 3]].

** Sythan - [[spoiler: After the events of Volume 4 which had Parkman trap Sylar's mind inside Nathan's dead body]].

** Nathan's Nazis - [[spoiler: The new specials hunting team in Volume 4, started and ran by Nathan for most of the volume]].

*** The Mummy - Shroud, because of her BandagedFace and TheReveal that [[spoiler: she is the mother of Philip/Raito, Wakana and Saeko.]]

*** [[spoiler: Lefty - Also Lost Ankh, since he first appeared as the missing left arm to "our" Ankh, the right]]

*** Mitchslap - The ArmorPiercingSlap Mai gave Mitchy, [[spoiler: pushing him over the edge of a FaceHeelTurn.]]

*** Fruit Jesus - [[spoiler: The godlike form that Kouta assumes after eating the fruit and becoming the "Man of the Beginning"]]

** Flocke - [[spoiler: Fake Locke i.e. Esau/smoke monster disguised as Locke]]

** [[spoiler: Bloomesday: Davis Bloome, the human host vessel of Doomsday.]]

*** RADAR's an alternate name for him, because before his character was officially given a name, the actor decided to take on some of Radar O'Reilly from M* A* S* H's character traits.

** Arm!Porn - a term used in Stargate forums to refer to the tendency, especially in later seasons, to place buff and mostly-buff characters in sleeveless shirts. Since by 9th season, this included every male member of SG-1...yeah...#

** Recurring character Major Davis is sometimes called "Major Disaster Davis" due to thte fact that he usually appears during a crisis.

** "Smurfs" is a commonly used name for the [[spoiler: blue, catfish-like aliens hunting the ''Destiny'']]

*** Bondage Bajoran - The Intendant [[spoiler: Mirror Universe Kira.]]

** [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hiromucrux]] - Hiromu Sakurada in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'', [[spoiler: after becoming a SoulJar for [[BigBad Enter]].]]

** Coffee bagging - Petitioning for [[spoiler: Ianto]] to return to the show, despite the producers stating that [[spoiler: [[KilledOffForReal he's definitely dead.]]]] Refers to fans who sent bags of coffee to the BBC in protest after the character's departure.
** The Nine Hysterical Women - The people that were upset at the [[spoiler: death of Ianto Jones]], coming from when RTD claimed that that was all the people who had written in or were upset when it happened. Many use it to prove that RTD [[spoiler: killed him off]] because he had a larger fan base than [[CreatorsPet Gwen]]. FYI, [[spoiler: there are more than nine]].

** 2-Dog or O-Dog for Oscar, as he is the first major black character after T-Dog, [[spoiler: and because he becomes a member of Rick's group the same episode T-Dog dies]].
** 3-Dog for Tyreese, [[spoiler: as he's introduced in the same episode Oscar dies. Seeing a pattern here.]]
** Trevor for the unnamed Savior that appeared in the last episode of season 6, [[spoiler: as he is played by Steven Ogg (Trevor from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''), and his character personality is essentially the same as GTA V's Trevor.]]

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'': The Stalker Mustang: The gold Ford Mustang that popped up in the background of many outdoor scenes.

*** Various uniforms have nicknames: The Star Trek II-VI movie uniforms, both very impressive-looking and notoriously difficult to accurately replicate, are called the "Monster Maroons." The rather less impressive Star Trek: TNG uniforms that replaced them (both in-universe and in-media) are the "spacesuit" or more derisively, "pajamas."

** The white object contestants use to spin the wheel starting in Season 38 has been called the "''Wheel'' condom" thanks to its [[StealthPun unfortunate]] design.

** Lady Taskmaster - Monica, as her power (the ability to mimic what she sees perfectly) is the same as the [[MarvelUniverse Marvel]] character Taskmaster.

* ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Bop Ad, Bob - Douglas Adams, after his near-illegible signature. Also DNA, after his initials.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':

** Mo, Momo, [=HoMo=], Mohinderance, [[TheSimpsons D'oh]]inder - Mohinder. The latter two refer to the times when Mohinder clings to an IdiotBall.

** "Free Vowel" for the Free Play wedge since [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome almost everyone]] calls a vowel whenever it's landed on - though the players only really do so because the contestant coordinators heavily and repeatedly suggest it. [[note]](The nickname also fits because the original pilot had a Free Vowel wedge; Free Play is basically an expanded SpiritualSuccessor.)[[/note]]

** The white object contestants use to spin the wheel in Season 38 has been called the "''Wheel'' condom" thanks to its [[StealthPun unfortunate]] design.

* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' (As with ''Amazing Race'', we'll skip player nicknames in favor of game terms only.)
** Pagonging - After two tribes merge into one, an alliance of one former tribe's members systematically votes out the rival alliance of the other former tribe's members. Named for the Pagong tribe in the first season, who was the first victim of this.
** Ulonging - Before the merge, one tribe regularly wins immunity challenges, forcing the other to continually lose members. Named for the Ulong tribe in ''Palau'', who lost every single challenge and was down to one person by the time the "merge" came.
** Idoled - When a player saves themselves from elimination with an Immunity Idol, the player who gets voted out instead has been "idoled".
** Loser Lodge - The complex where jury members stay after getting voted out. Officially called the Ponderosa.
** The Creator/TylerPerry Idol - An extra-secret, even more powerful version of the Hidden Immunity Idol. Named so since Tyler Perry himself came up with the idea.

** Moriarty - the unidentified guy who shoots House and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells him he sucks]] in his imagination for an entire episode but in reality escaped before he could be caught or his real motives could be revealed; named after SherlockHolmes' ArchEnemy.

** Troll Murphy - the universal nickname for the ScapegoatCreator Ryan Murphy. The "Troll Murphy hat" has reached meme status.

*** [[spoiler:*All* of the Dolores duplicates are sometimes pluralized as (the) “Dolorii”.]]

** ''Series/UltramanX'' is sometimes called "[[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman Denkou Choujin]] Ultraman [[Anime/DigimonXrosWars Xros Wars]]" because all three series use a heavy cyberspace theme.