History Main / NicknamingTheEnemy

->'''Rafin:''' It is one matter to fire at clay marks, but much another to nullify the Nemesis. That's what Namon told, and he told the truth before he went to the gloried way after.\\

->'''Rafin:''' It is one matter to fire at clay marks, but much another to nullify the nemesis. That's what Namon told, and he told the truth before he went to the gloried way after.\\

'''Rafin:''' Risking my own days and nights to drive the nemesis from our sphere. That should be as easy as a long sleep.

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* In ''VideoGame/Valkyria Chronicles'', Gallian soldiers occasionally refer to their imperial enemies as "imps". There is even an in-game attribute some recruitable soldiers have called "Imp Hater" that gives a damage boost to enemies.

* In the WarOnTerror, insurgents are referred to as hajis, ragheads, [[ButYouScrewOneGoat goatfuckers]], sand niggers or dune coons by US armed forces.

->'''Rafin:''' It is one matter to fire at clay marks, but much another to [[DeadlyEuphemism nullify]] the nemesis. That's what Namon told, and he told the truth before he went to the gloried way after.\\

* In 'VideoGame/{{Valkyria Chronicles}},'' Gallian soldiers occasionally refer to their imperial enemies as "imps". There is even an in-game attribute some recruitable soldiers have called "Imp Hater" that gives a damage boost to enemies.

* In ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' humans named the denizens of hell [[LiveActionTV/{{Blackadder}} "Baldricks"]], mostly to avoid calling them demons and thus imply that they are very much a beatable enemy. The name caught on after Gordon Brown replied to The Message with the phrase "Sod off, Baldrick!"

** Most of the InterserviceRivarly in the United States Military is this trope with a helping of good nature humor (usually).

* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution had "Yankee"/"Yank" used for the Americans (made famous for its use in "Yankee Doodle") and "Redcoat" for the British Army.

* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', O'Neill occasionally refers to the Goa'uld as "snake-heads". This name derives from several things. First, it's a reference to the [[PuppeteerParasite symbiote]] that all Goa'uld carry in their heads. It can also be applied to the [[{{Mooks}} Jaffa]] of [[ArcVillain Apophis]], whose [[FacelessGoons helmets]] are in the shape of a [[DressCodedForYourConvenience snake's head]], and who have a crude [[SlaveBrand tattoo of a snake on their foreheads]].

* In the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, the Rebels derisively call Imperials "Bucketheads". More often, they use the term "Imps".

* In UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, the Germans were often called "Huns" or the "Bosch" by the Allies and "Fritz" by Russians.

* During [[RedOctober the Russian Civil War]] it was "redbelly" (''krasnopuzy'') by the White for the Red, and "whitehoof" (''belokopytny'') the other way round.

* UsefulNotes/TheAmericalRevolution had "Yankee"/"Yank" used for the Americans (made famous for its use in "Yankee Doodle") and "Redcoat" for the British Army.

* In the current wars in the Middle East, insurgents are referred to as hajis, ragheads, [[ButYouScrewOneGoat goatfuckers]], sand niggers or dune coons by US armed forces.

* In the current wars in the Middle East, insurgents are referred to as hajis, ragheads, sand niggers or dune coons by US armed forces.

* In ArmA 3, the NATO troops on Altis and Stratis derogatively refer to the local armed forces, the AAF, as 'Greenbacks'. This doesn't help [[spoiler: when the AAF turn around and actively engage NATO forces on Stratis in an effort to push them off the island.]]

* Among the YanksWithTanks, the Army (and to the lesser extent the Airforce) would prefer this trope be named "Nicknaming The Adversary". Only the Navy is refereed to as [[InterserviceRivalry "The Enemy".]]

* During the Afghan War in the USSR, and the Chechen War in TheNewRussia, ''dukh'' ("spirit") or "shaytan" (Islamic devil) was used as the Russian equivalent for "haji" or "raghead".

* In ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', the SpacePirates usually call Samus "TheHunter" in their logs. [[spoiler:In the "Metroid Prime" subseries, Dark Samus is called "The Dark Hunter" by them.]]

--> Vahlen "This is the most physically aggressive specimen we've discovered so far, which the troops fondly refer to as "the muton". I can only assume there's a colorful backstory for such a designation."

* Works set in the VietnamWar will contain references to "Charlie" (from the radio callsign for Vietcong, Victor Charlie) in more or less official communiques and to 'gooks' or 'gomers' in the American troops' slang.