History Main / BroughtToYouByTheLetterS

** Team Galactic, of ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', seek to remake the world with the gods of time and space; they get a 'G' with points vaguely reminiscent of a spiral galaxy.

* The big red R for Rocket of Team Rocket, general bad guys of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.
** Team Rocket had a form of LampshadeHanging of this in an episode. They set up a fake Pokemon Center by covering part of the letter 'R' painted on the wall with a piece of paper, making it look like the 'P' associated with Pokemon Centers.
** Eventually, Team Rocket's logo itself would be stylized in the anime, from the Best Wishes series onwards. The previous big R logo is still used, though, most notably on the grunts' uniforms.

* In Denmark, each political party has a corresponding letter, used during the election, e.g. V for Liberals ("Venstre"), A for Social Democrats, F for Socialists etc.[[note]]Interestingly enough, many of these actually don't correspond to the actual names of the parties, with multiple reasons for this confusion. Often for older parties, the letter may simply reflect a name the party has changed while retaining the original letter (as with the aforementioned Social Democrats, who used to be called Social Democratic Workers Party ("Det Socialdemokratiske Arbejderparti"), and then dropped the Workers Party ("Arbejderparti") part. Sometimes, the desired letter was simply already claimed by another party, as with Socialists, who couldn't use S, which was already associated with the niche regionalist Schleswig Party - and since its full name is Socialist People's Party, or "Socialistisk Folkeparti", the party has decided to choose the letter F, even though the full name is rarely ever used. Similarly, Conservatives (or the "Det Konservative Folkeparti") use the letter C, even though that letter doesn't even appear in Danish barring words of foreign origin - however, it is generally pronounced the same way as K when it does appear (the letter K is already used by the Communists). However, same cases are just bizarre - the far-right nationalist New Right uses previously unclaimed D, even though that letter doesn't appear in its name at all, simply to emphasise they truly Danish, the Social Liberal Party uses and heavily emphasises the letter B (in spite of it also not appearing in the name at all), which it received simply just because it was the second largest party when the letters were distributed (with Social Democrats being the largest and Conservatives being the third largest, meaning the letters ABC accurately represented the parties' size in parliament), or the The Alternative using Å, simply because it resembles the letter A (the actual first letter of its Danish name, "Alternativet").[[/note]]

* In Denmark, each political party has a corresponding letter, used during the election, e.g. V for Liberals ("Venstre"), A for Social Democrats, F for Socialists…

*** In UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, the WW was the logo of an in-universe charity called the Wonder Women Foundation, and Diana replaced the eagle with it at their request. In RealLife, it was designed by Milton Glaser, the same designer who gave us "I ♥️ NY".

** "T" is for [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] (sometimes — it's on his belt buckle in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}) and, by extension, Thunderstrike.

* The eponymous character of ''Animation/YoYoMan'' has some sort of natural growth on his head that looks like the letter "Y".

** "A" is for Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} (and Aqualad) and Comicbook/AnimalMan. ComicBook/{{Anarky}} also wears this letter, though as part of the "Anarchy-is-order" Circle-A.
** "C" (impaled by a carrot) is for [[Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew Captain Carrot]].
** "E" is for [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Element Lad]]. Bronze Age and Retroboot Element Lad has an [[{{Wingdinglish}} Interlac]] E.

** "H" is for the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Holliday Girls]], who have a big red H on pretty much every shirt they own. And also for the second Comicbook/{{Hourman}} who briefly wore a red H with a clock in the middle, before switching to a version of his dad's costume.
** "i" is for [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Invisible Kid]].
** "L" is for the Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes--many Legionnaires (in the post-ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime Reboot, ''all'' of them) have an L-logo belt buckle. The classic Legion flight ring also has an L. Un-boot Lightning Lad even has an L-logo ''tattoo''.

** "MX" is for Madame Xanadu (''Comicbook/DemonKnights'' version).
** "P" is for [[Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Phantom Girl]] and [[Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew Pig Iron]]. In the New 52 universe, Characters/PowerGirl's costume had a "P"-shield for a while.

** "R" is for ComicBook/{{Robin}} and [[Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew Rubberduck]]. The resemblance of Robin's original "R" logo to the official "registered trademark" symbol is uncanny, and has been the source of some humor in the past.

** "S" is for Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} (and "family": Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}}, Comicbook/{{Superboy}}, even Comicbook/{{Steel}}...). He may possibly have been the TropeCodifier, since he is such a prominent example. Bizarro uses a reversed (twisted in the DCAU) "S".

*** Originally the "S" obviously stood for Superman. Later, however, DC moved away from this in the comics and in film and TV adaptations. At first it became a family crest, an idea reflected in early TV and film versions. This also explained why cousin Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'s costume also has that symbol. In Pre-Crisis stories, such as ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', though, it was only a cool emblem.

*** In ''Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac'', Supergirl's mother Alura wears one "S" on her belt buckle and one on the brooch that holds her toga on.

** "A" is for ComicBook/CaptainAmerica (on his head) and [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] (on his belt buckle).[[note]][[Comicbook/TheUltimates What did you think]] [[MythologyGag it stood for?]] [[ValuesDissonance France?]][[/note]]

** Not a letter, but each member of the Comicbook/FantasticFour goes into battle with a large "4" emblazoned somewhere on their uniform.
* "MM" is for Comicbook/{{Miracleman}}/Marvelman.

** "D" is for Demolition Man (sometimes just called "D-Man"). ''Two'' means Characters/{{Daredevil|MattMurdock}}... though this gets a little complicated when you realize that Daredevil's original costume really did have the one "D", and is in fact the very same costume worn by D-Man (only with a Wolverine-like cowl).

** "T" is for [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] (sometimes — it's on his belt buckle in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}) and, by extension, Thunderstrike.

* ''Fanfic/DevilsDiary'': How does Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto know it was Xavier who sent [[Franchise/XMen five mutants]] against him? Well, since their uniforms are emblazoned with his initial...

* "M" is for both ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' and Metro Man. [[spoiler:After Metro Man [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] he chose to change his name to "Music Man" and pursue a career as a singer; he picked the name specifically so he could "keep the logo".]]

* "8" is for Manic 8-Ball, a one-shot villain from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': The X on Xavier's hoodie stands for Xavier.

* Many sports teams use this, particularly [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]]. As of the 2014 season, only 2 teams do not have letters on their home or away caps, those being the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles use letters on caps they wear with their alternate jerseys, while the Blue Jays did formerly use letters on their caps at one point in their history.

*** In movies, Ψ (Psi) is for Psyga, and Ω (Omega) is for Orga, and M (Mu) is for Muse.

** In a non-Latin example, Greek letters are used for the Riders ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Riotroopers]]) in ''Series/KamenRider555'': Φ (Phi) for Faiz himself, Χ (Chi) for Kaixa, Δ (Delta) for [[ShapedLikeItself Delta]], and Ο (Omicron) for the Riotrooper {{Mooks}}. Spinoffs get more Riders with additional letters:

*** In a stage show, Α, Β, and Γ (Alpha, Beta, and Gamma) are for... [[ShapedLikeItself Alpha, Beta, and Gamma]].
*** In concept art, α (lowercase Alpha) is for Neo-Alpa, π (lowercase Pi) is for Pyron (who also has 白龍 - ''Pái Lóng'', or White Dragon), and either Θ or θ (upper- or lowercase Theta) is for Seeda.

** The Riders of ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' all sport a combination "K" and "R" logo, but it doesn’t appear to stand for anything in-universe; their enemies are the ones who came up with calling them “Kamen Riders” after the fact and nothing else seems to fit. Drive's [[MultiformBalance various forms]] also have their own letter insignia displayed on his belt: '''S'''peed, '''W'''ild, '''T'''echnique, '''D'''ead Heat, '''F'''ormula, '''N'''ext, and '''SP'''ecial (Types Tridoron and Miracle are exceptions, having a color-inverted version of the regular "K/R" logo instead).

* "W", however, is not for Wojciehowicz. In ''Series/BarneyMiller'', the detectives get bullet-proof vests, but Wojo doesn't want to wear his. He says it makes him feel "like some sort of supercop -- like I should have a big W across here." If he feels invincible, he might forget, he says, that others around him are not.

** In a non-Latin example, Greek letters are used for the Riders ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Riοtroopers]]) in ''Series/KamenRider555'': Φ (Phi) for Faiz himself, Χ (Chi) for Kaixa, Δ (Delta) for [[ShapedLikeItself Delta]], Ο (Omicron) for Riοtroopers, Ψ (Psi) for Psyga, and Ω (Omega) for Orga.
*** In stage shows, Α (Alpha) is for Dαrk Rider, Β (Beta) is for Beta, Γ (Gamma) is for Gamma, and Ι (Iota) is for Dark Slasher. In concept art, Α is for Neo-Alpa, Π (Pi) is for Pyron (who also has 白龍 - ''Bái Lóng'', or White Dragon), and Θ (Theta) is for Seeda.

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* In the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' movie ''[[Film/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfILoveWolffy I Love Wolffy]]'', Pi Zong, the antagonist, has the Chinese character "皮" ("pi") in the middle of his superhero outfit.