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* Combining this trope with ThemeNaming, most of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games produced in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU generation are internally named after playing cards. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker HD]]'' is called "King", ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time 3D]]'' is called "Queen", ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' is called "Jack", and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask 3D]]'' is called "Joker". ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes Tri Force Heroes]]'', on the other hand, is called "{{Alice|Allusion}}".

** The poor unnamed {{Redshirt}} accompanying Cloud, Tifa and Sephiroth [[spoiler:and Zack]] who dies on the bridge in the Nibelheim mountains was affectionately named 'Zako' by Nojima. 'Zako' is a Japanese slang word referring to {{Mooks}} and also works as a pun on 'Zack'.

* In ''VideoGame/{{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]].
** In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] when turned in a potato battery]] is called [[spoiler:[=PotatOS=]]] by the developers. Also, [[spoiler:Wheatley in [=GLaDOS=]'s body is called [[spoiler:[=WheatDOS=]]] in the name of the [[DVDCommentary developer commentary sound file]] that discusses him. The "different" turret you can save from the Redemption Line is called the "Oracle Turret," since everything it says is {{foreshadowing}}.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', storyboard artist Lauren Zuke referred to the [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] Mystery Girl resembling Rose Quartz in "Last One Out of Beach City" as [[Music/TheRamones "Sheena"]]. All that is known that her name starts with "S".

* Combining this trope with ThemeNaming, most of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games produced in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU generation are internally named after playing cards. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker HD]]'' is called "King", ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time 3D]]'' is called "Queen", ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' is called "Jack", and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask 3D]]'' is called "Joker". ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes Tri Force Heroes]]'', on the other hand, is named "{{Alice|Allusion}}".

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

* In late 2010 [[VideoGame/{{X}} Egosoft]] announced they were working on a project which they called ''TNBT'', short for ''The Next Big Thing''. In 2011, it was announced as ''VideoGame/XRebirth''.
* Combining this trope with ThemeNaming, most of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games produced in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU generation are internally named after playing cards. ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker HD]]'' is called "King", ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time 3D]]'' is called "Queen", ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' is called "Jack", and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask 3D]]'' is called "Joker".

* The unreleased game many fans know as VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren was never actually planned to be released under that name. It would have been called ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' had Creator/{{Interplay|Entertainment}} not gone under, and a proper ''Fallout 3'' didn't come out until Creator/{{Bethesda}} revived the franchise in 2008.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] when turned in a potato battery]] is called [[spoiler:[=PotatOS=]]] by the developers. Also, [[spoiler:Wheatley in [=GLaDOS=]'s body is called [[spoiler:[=WheatDOS=]]] in the name of the [[DVDCommentary developer commentary sound file]] that discusses him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', storyboard artist Lauren Zuke referred to the [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] Mystery Girl resembling Rose Quartz in "Last One Out of Beach City" as [[Music/TheRamones "Sheena"]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{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]].

* The monster bear from ''Film/Annihilation'' was nicknamed "Homerton" as a contrast to ''Film/{{Paddington}}''. (

** "Fungoid Fred", "Toadstool Taffy" and "Mushroom Malone" are the names of the Fungoids in "The Chase".

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'', starting with ''The Next Generation'', has "Okudagrams" - the displays on the touchscreens and monitors - after their creator Michael Okuda.

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* The unreleased game many fans know as VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren was never actually planned to be released under that name. It would have been called {{VideoGame/Fallout3 had Creator/{{Interplay|Entertainment}} not gone under, and a proper Fallout 3 didn't come out until Creator/{{Bethesda}} revived the franchise in 2008.

** The ''Ultimania'' guide contains concept artworks naming and assigning ages to various characters who are not named or aged in the story. This includes names and ages for Tifa's father (Brian Lockhart, 40) and Cloud's mother (Claudia Strauss - [[TeenPregnancy 33]] - note also she's got a different surname to her son).

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* The unreleased game many fans know as [[FalloutVanBuren Fallout: Van Buren]] was never actually planned to be released under that name. It would have been called {{VideoGame/Fallout 3}} had [[Creator/InterplayEntertainment Interplay]] not gone under, and a proper Fallout 3 didn't come out until BethesdaSoftworks revived the franchise in 2008.

* 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.

* The huge battle between Neo and the army of Agent Smith clones from ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' was nicknamed "The Burly Brawl" after the screenplay BartonFink was working on. Even the song playing during that scene is named [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUZKFjaWf6Y Burly Brawl]].

* Slimer from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' was called "Onion Head" during production.

** The poor unnamed {{Redshirt}} accompanying Cloud, Tifa and Sephiroth [[spoiler:and Zack]] who dies on the bridge in the Nibelheim mountains was affectionately named 'Zako' by Nojima. 'Zako' is a Japanese slang word referring to {{Mooks}} and also works as a pun on 'Zack'.
** The ''Ultimania'' guide contains concept artworks naming and assigning ages to various NPCs who are not named or aged in the story. This includes names and ages for Tifa's father (Brian Lockhart, 40) and Cloud's mother (Claudia Strauss - 33).

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', the poor unnamed {{Redshirt}} accompanying Cloud, Tifa and Sephiroth [[spoiler:and Zack]] who dies on the bridge in the Nibelheim mountains was affectionately named 'Zako' by Nojima. 'Zako' is a Japanese slang word referring to {{Mooks}} and also works as a pun on 'Zack'.

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* The roach in ''WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}'' is named Hal.

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* Caprica-6 from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'', although that eventually made it into the show dialog as well.

** A "loop" is a name coined by Creator/TerranceDicks to refer to a story in which the characters [[{{Padding}} get captured, escape and then get captured again by the same people]] to extend a story to six episodes. Not to be confused with a "Moffat loop", which is the kind of TemporalParadox StableTimeLoop plot that is favoured by Creator/StevenMoffat.

* The alternate 1985 in ''Film/BackToTheFuture Part II'' was called "Biffhorrific 1985" during production.

** 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).