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* ''Animation/GGBond'': The protagonist's Chinese name, and by extension the show's original Chinese title, is Zhuzhu Xia, which translates to "Piggy Man" in English (since he's an anthropomorphic pig).

* The ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}, amongst its approximately 100 members, mostly all have names of this makeup. In most incarnations of the Legion, you could count the exceptions to this naming scheme on the fingers of one hand. The most popular suffixes are "-Boy", "-Lad", "-King", "-Girl", "-Lass", "-Queen", "and "-Kid". Some notable examples are Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad, Bouncing Boy, Invisible Kid, Chemical King, Insect Queen, Shadow Lass and, of course, [[http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=715:matter-eater-lad&catid=36:stupor-powers-index&Itemid=38 Matter Eater Lad]]...

* There is a ComicBook/PowerGirl in DC and a Power Man (although he usually just goes by [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]]) in Marvel. There was even a What The...!? one-panel gag about "What if Wonder Man was a woman and Power Man was a girl...?"

* Elasti-Girl and Negative Man of the ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol''. Subverted in that they HATED the "freak names" given to them, mostly it seems by the media.

* The Impossible Man of (mostly) ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' fame.
* Invisible Woman (formerly Invisible Girl), of the Comicbook/FantasticFour.

* Stupendous Man from Comicstrip/CalvinAndHobbes.

* Comicbook/{{Superman}}, the original.

** No connection to [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos another tall man.]] Or to [[Franchise/{{Phantasm}} another one.]]

* Comicbook/AnimalMan.

* Beast Boy of the Comicbook/TeenTitans.

* Comicbook/SpiderMan

** Comicbook/SpiderGirl, his AlternateContinuity daughter.

* Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and his side-kick [[Comicbook/TeenTitans Aqualad]]

** Aquaman's wife Mera goes by Aquawoman in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}.

* Iceman of the Comicbook/XMen

* Robot Man, AKA Cliff Steel of the ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol''. Subverted in that he hated the name.

* Marvel Girl of the Comicbook/XMen.

* The Comicbook/{{Starman}} dynasty, which also includes Starboy of the LoSH, Stargirl (formerly the Star-Spangled Kid) and at least two future Starwomen. How they're related to a star's properties varies. Most of the current Starmen and Stargirl wield "cosmic energy", while Starboy can alter gravity.

* Maid-Man from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''

* The generic character's name in ''Videogames/TempleRun'' is "Guy Dangerous".

* Ragman of ''Comicbook/{{Shadowpact}}'' and various Bat-books (he's based out of Gotham).

* [[Comicbook/AstroCity Assemblyman]], a name used by two different characters. The first Assemblyman was a criminal robot builder. The second Assemblyman is a hero, described as a "mechano-kinetic", capable of telekinetically assembling complex machines in seconds, or disassembling opponents machines.

* There was also a Man-Man (pronounced Mon-Mon) in ''Comicbook/{{normalman}}''. With the power of Ganja Breath.

* In a backwards example, Marvel's ''Comicbook/ManThing'' (which is a big humanoid plant).

* When Cyclops is injured in an issue of ''[[Comicbook/XMen Astonishing X-Men]]'', he hallucinates having a Fire-Man, Clothing-Man, and Ability-To-Hop-Man on his team along with the real Iceman -- although he considers that they may be the same person.

* Most common way of naming characters in ''Soreike! Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'', even when they're not superheroes, usually based on some kind of food. Frequent recurrers are the titular Anpanman, Shokupanman, Kareepanman, [[ArchEnemy Baikinman]] ("baikin" means "germ", so... yeah), Horrorman (a really cute living skeleton), Tendonman and Katsudonman from Donburiman Trio, Hamigakiman (a toothpaste tube), Naganegiman... well, you got it. Women usually have their names end -na instead of man (Melonpanna and Rollpanna) or have another kind of feminine suffix such as -chan or -hime. Recent characters tend to have different kind of names, maybe because it becomes hard to follow the same pattern over time.

** In the fancomic ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', Bob ran straight into this trope when he tried to name his own robot master. He tried to name it "Death" (not Death Man, just Death). {{Hilarity Ensue|s}}d.

* IronMan

* All of the Robot Masters of the classic '[['VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' and most of the Navis in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series have their names with the suffix "-Man".
** ...Except ''Mega Man 9''. Which stirs things up by adding [[strike:[[TheSmurfettePrinciple Token Female]]]] Splashwo Man.

* VideoGame/MegaMan

* [[VideoGame/MegaMan Snake Man, Toad Man, Centaur Man, Tengu Man, Hornet Man and Sheep Man]].

* Rockman, the original name of VideoGame/MegaMan. (As in Rock music.) Other characters (many of whose names were changed) went along with the ThemeNaming to music.

* All of the Robot Masters of the classic ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and most of the Navis in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series have their names with the suffix "-Man".

* Fan Boy (Again, really)

* While this is mostly averted in the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', it does occur every once in a while. Notable examples include Brain Boy, Gravity Man, Jungle Boy, Patchwork Man, and Fantastic Man.

Compare CaptainSuperhero (perhaps the second most common superhero naming trope), LukeNounverber (this trope's counterpart in SpeculativeFiction), TheAdjectivalSuperhero, MisterDescriptor, TheAdjectivalMan, SpeciesSurname, JustForFun/TVTropesSuperheroTeam (a JustForFun page imagining any trope with a "something person" form was a superhero). Often, an AnimalThemedSuperbeing might use this sort of naming scheme.

* Giant Man (Hank Pym; see below for more of his names)
* Radioactive Man, a nuclear-powered Chinese physicist.
** Let's not forget the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons other Radioactive Man]], with sidekick Fallout Boy.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}} Expendable Lad]]
** And from the same show, the Huntsman.
* Wild Child
* ComicBook/PhantomLady

* ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers:
** Original team member ''Flatman''
** In the team's 2016 run also ''Good Boy'', she is a girl (but she turns into a werewolf... from that the dog associations aren't far away).
* Parodied in ''Film/TheSpecials'' with Minute (pronounced my-noot) man, whose name is often understandably mispronounced by people.
--> '''College girl''': Hey, are you Minuteman? Can we have your autograph?
--> '''Minute Man''': My-noot Man! Do I look like a soldier from the Revolutionary War? I don't think so! Am I wearing a three-cornered hat? No! I turn small. Think!
--> '''College girl''': That costume makes you look gay.
** There actually ''is'' a Minuteman in VideoGame/FreedomForce.

* Stupendous Man from Comicstrip/CalvinAndHobbes.
--> S for Stupendous!
--> T for Tiger, ferocity of!
--> U for Underwear, red!
--> P for Power, incredible!
--> E for Excellent physique!
--> N for ...um... something ...hmm, well I'll come back to that...
--> D for Determination!
--> U for ...for... wait, how do you spell this? Is it I?
* Elasti-Girl and Negative Man of the ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol''. Subverted in that they HATED the "freak names" given to them, mostly it seems by the media.
** Negative Woman as well.
* [[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} Metro Man]].
* Film/{{Blankman}} of the GadgeteerGenius variety, named so because he couldn't say a word (i.e. was blank) when asked for his name.

* "The Fat Man" from ''Film/CarryOnSpying''.
* Film/{{Darkman}}.
* VideoGame/{{Bravoman}}. His name is [[SpellMyNameWithAnS also read as]] "Beraboh Man"; "beraboh" is Japanese for "ridiculous."
* The Impossible Man of (mostly) ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' fame.
* Magic Man from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.

* Maxi-Man, a theme-park mascot "hero", appearing in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006''.
* The titular character of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan,'' although that's simply what the series names him, not how he's referred to in-universe.

** ...of course, they were about 30 years late to the party; the Legion of Substitute Heroes existed back in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, with characters like Stone Boy, who had the ability to turn into an immobile statue; Color Kid, who could change the color of things[[note]]though, if the GreenLantern Corps got their hands on him, he'd be indispensable[[/note]]; and... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Arm-Fall-Off Boy]].

* [[ComicBook/AstroCity Steeljack's]] codename can be somewhat confusing, considering his given name is Carl. When you know that it's short for "The Steel-jacketed Man!" it makes a lot more sense.]

* One of Toei's Franchise/MetalHeroes was actually called ''[[Series/TokusouRoboJanperson Janperson]]''. It seems that the title was actually supposed to be romanised as "Jumperson", as the title character (who is a robot, not a person) wears a jumpsuit from time to time.

** They play with the trope in other ways, such as how there are both WonderWoman and Wonder Man analogues, both of whom are wombats and call themselves Wonder Wombat. Canon has it that there were many lawsuits before they decided no one was likely to confuse them for each other all that often.

* Particle Man, Triangle Man, Universe Man and Person Man from the song "Particle Man" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants.

*** And finally, SuperTurtle, who was not technically a member of the Legion of Super-pets but was a one-page backup feature in a number of comics and is part of the Superman Family.