History Main / ProductionNickname

* On ''StargateSG1'', the production coined the term "kawoosh" to describe the "unstable vortex" formed when a Stargate opens. The term wasn't used on the show until the episode "Crusade", in which it was coined in-universe by Samantha Carter:

* On ''StargateSG1'', the "unstable vortex" formed when a Stargate opens was nicknamed the "kawoosh" by the production. The term wasn't used on the show until the episode "Crusade", in which it was coined in-universe by Samantha Carter:

* The pterodactyl, Myfanwy, in ''{{Torchwood}}''.

* In ''{{Portal}}'', the portal maneuver was called "flinging," and the Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grid was dubbed the "fizzler". [[TheGhost the absent character]] who left behind dens and scrawlings on the walls was named the Rat Man (for his scrounger-in-the-wall habits). Later, he was promoted to a first-order character via an interquel comic book. His real name is [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Doug Rattman]].

* During development, ''{{VVVVVV}}'' was simply called "V" by its creator Terry Cavanagh.

* The creature from "The Crate" segment of Creepshow was nicknamed "Fluffy" (it even illustrates FluffyTheTerrible).

* In "{{Portal}}", the portal maneuver was called "flinging," and the Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grid was dubbed the "fizzler". [[TheGhost the absent character]] who left behind dens and scrawlings on the walls was named the Rat Man (for his scrounger-in-the-wall habits). Later, he was promoted to a first-order character via an interquel comic book. His real name is [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Doug Rattman]].

* During development, {{VVVVVV}} was simply called "V" by its creator Terry Cavanagh.

** ''Torchwood'' itself may be an example, as the tapes containing the episodes for the 2005 series of ''DoctorWho'' were labelled Torchwood, possibly to prevent anyone from stealing them.

* In ''AlienVsPredator Requiem'', the Predator was nicknamed Wolf (after [[PulpFiction Winston Wolf]]) and the Predalien was nicknamed Chet (after Bill Paxton's character in ''WeirdScience'').

* The shark in the movie ''{{Jaws}}'' was nicknamed Bruce, after Steven Spielburg's lawyer.

* "Steve Buscemi", the monster from ''The Host''.

* The shark in the movie ''{{Jaws}}'' was nicknamed Bruce.

* Doc Ock's tentacles in ''{{Film/Spider-Man}} 2'': [[TheThreeStooges Moe, Curly, Larry and Joe]]. Don't know the order.

* ''StarTrek'' starting with Next Gen has Okudagrams.
** Not to mention Jeffries tubes.
*** Which was a canon name by TNG.

** The concentration face Hiro Nakamura makes in order to travel through time or space is apparently called the "squishy blinky" by the production crew. This troper hasn't seen it used among the fan base, but then the troper isn't really a part of any fan base.

* In "{{Portal}}", the portal maneuver was called "flinging," and the sort-of-character the Rat Man (named for his scrounger-in-the-wall habits).
** Also, "fizzler" for the Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grid.
** The Rat Man has been promoted to first-order character via an interquel comic book. His real name is [[StevenUlyssesPerhero Doug Rattman]].

* Guybrush Threepwood, in the MonkeyIsland franchise, was named Guybrush from the file containing the "guy-brush" the developers used to animate his sprite. It stuck as his name.

* The OneWingedAngel form of the Ocean Spirit in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was called Koizilla during production. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that calls it anything else.
** Hell, it's a 90 foot carp. Half the people using the term probably [[PhraseCatcher coined it independently]].

** Hell, it's a 90 foot carp. Half the people using the term probably [[PhraseCatcher coined it independantly]].

* While filming ''ManosTheHandsOfFate'', Harold Warren's crew called the film ''Mangos: The Cans of Fruit'' behind his back.

* The DCComics writing staff has a long tradition of referring to Mr. Mxyzptlk as "Bill" to sidestep the issue of how to pronounce his name.
** Mix-zees-pit-lick, according to one book.
** In the animated series, he does a rebus showing it as mix-Yess-spit-lick (blender, band 'Yes' styled logo, tongue doing wet raspberry, tongue licking)

* "Clover" from ''{{Cloverfield}}''.
* "Steve Buscemi", the monster from ''The Host''.
* Doc Ock's tentacles in ''{{Film/Spider-Man}} 2'': [[TheThreeStooges Moe, Curly, Larry and Joe]]. Don't know the order.

* In the video game "{{Portal}}" the portal maneuver "flinging," and the sort-of-character the Rat Man (named for his scrounger-in-the-wall habits).

* The clown puppet in ''{{Saw}}'' is named Billy.
* The animators for Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame decided to nickname Frollo's horse [[FluffyTheTerrible Snowball]]. This has caught on with fans, thanks to an audio commentary, and retroactively also became the name of Jafar's horse and the monster pulling Hades' chariot.
* The roach in ''{{Wall-E}}'' is named Hal.

* The main character of the ''WingCommander'' series originally had no default name, but the production crew called him Bluehair. He was later given the name Blair as a nod to this.

* In the video game "{{Portal}}" the portal maneuver "flinging," and the sort-of-character the Rat Man.

** Similarly, the wall panels were often labeled with seemingly nonsensical phrases, like "GNDN435". This actually stood for "Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing", indicating the just-for-looks nature of all the pipes and wires in the Enterprise's interior.

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* Doc Ock's tentacles in ''{{Film/Spider-Man}} 2'': Moe, Curly, Larry and Joe. Don't know the order.