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Time for a new article! Is the gang all here? [[TropeTan Tropes]]? [[AliceAndBob Blondy and Fred]]? [[TropeyTheWonderDog Mutt]]? Good.

* Fantastico, leader of the Good Ol' Boyz at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] in the WhateleyUniverse. It's pretty obvious that he's an {{Expy}} of George Bush (see below).

** In ''[[BioPic W.]]'', the nicknames are mnemonic device young Dubya uses to help him remember all his frat brothers names during his hazing (fortunetly the brothers think the nicknames are funny instead of insulting). Impressively, he gets them all correct despite being drunk, half-naked, and soaking in ice water.

* Fai from ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' starts calling GrumpyBear Kurogane various nicknames (often some variant of "Kuro-pon" or "Kuro-rin") that becomes a running gag. When Fai ''stops'' using the nicknames it's obvious that something has gone very, ''very'' wrong, and likewise the next time he uses one everyone is relieved that he's back to normal. Fay openly states that he had never used nicknames for anyone before Kurogane. [[HoYay Hint hint]]. Kurogane might also apply: Tomoyo is the only person he ever calls by their real name. Fay is "the mage", Sakura "the princess", Shaoran "the kid", Mokona "the meat bun" and Yuuko is "the witch".

** After Lavi called Link "two spot" and the person in question got irked by the remark ("How rude!"), Allen commented in nonchalant fashion:

--> Taokaka: "Hey, why didn't you say something when I called your names [[VerbalTic meow?]]"
--> Ragna: "That's because you never said our names, idiot."

** Lampshaded by Ragna in Litchi's Gag Reel when Tao's calling names for a board game at a festival:
-> Taokaka: "Hey, why didn't you say something when I called your names [[VerbalTic meow?]]"
-> Ragna: "That's because you never said our names, idiot."

-> "Here's [[BadassGrandpa Gramps]] and [[BuxomIsBetter Boobies]] and Izurun and Re-chan, Bya-kun, [[BigBadassWolf Doggie]], Shun-shun, [[BloodKnight Ken-chan]], and [[MadScientist Mayurin]]!"
--> -- Yachiru nicknaming pretty much every damn character, ''{{Bleach}}''

* Lavi in ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]'' calls his BadassGrandpa mentor "Panda," Krory the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent not-actually-a-vampire]] "Kro-chan" ("Krorykins" in the English version, Kanda the epic BadAss by his EmbarrassingFirstName, Yu, and even occasionally calls Allen "[[BerserkButton Beansprout]]." Needless to say, said characters do not usually appreciate this.

* If the player character of ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' is a Malkavian (crazy vampires who's voices in their head often give them supernatural insight) the dialoge instantly nosedives into this. They range from simple descriptions ("Nasty Guy", to an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlock]] type vampire), GeniusBonus (Mercurio is called the "fleetfooted god", a title of the roman god Mercury) or {{Foreshadowing}} ([[spoiler:Jeanette and Therese are called the daughters of Janus, the two faced god, both turn out to be aspects of a split personality]]).

* If the player character of ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' is a Malkavian (crazy vampires who's voices in their head often give them supernatural insight) the dialoge instantly nosedives into this. They range from simple descriptions ("Nasty Guy", to an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlock]] type vampire), complex allusions (Mercurio is called the "fleetfooted god", title of Hermes, Greek counterpart of Mercury) or {{Foreshadowing}} ([[spoiler:Jeanette and Therese are called the daughters of Janus, the two faced god, both turn out to be aspects of a split personality]]).

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* Dean Winchester from ''{{Supernatural}}'' often loves nicknaming people, calling Sam "Sammy" and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]] "Cas". Especially if he doesn't like you, he gives more satirical ones, like "Chuckles" to Uriel and a few unflattering names to Zachariah.

* This seems to have been a common thing among the Romans. Many Roman names are this, and many of those aren't of the nice sort. Like Plautus ("the flat-footed"), Brutus (not TheBrute, but rather "the dumb"), Claudius ("the lame"), Crassus ("the fat") and Flavius ("the blond" (DumbBlonde?)).

** After Lavi called Link "two spot" and the person in question got irked by the remark, Allen commented in nonchalant fashion:

** On ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'', the character "Cooter Burger" was given those names by Bush.

* [[StargateSG1 Jack O'Neill]] does this to people he doesn't like, especially the Goa'uld. The jury's still out on whether that's defiant scorn or an inability to remember their (sometimes hard-to-pronounce) names. I remember an annoying human character who he called "Sparky," and he refers to Teal'c symbiote as "Junior."
** [[StargateAtlantis John Sheppard]] does a similar thing with all the Wraith they meet, including Steve, Bob, Todd, and Michael. (The Wraith don't have names, so Sheppard generally gives them very ordinary, human nicknames to make up for it).

**Everybody gets one except Alistair:

** Similarly, Joey names the other people in the apartment building this way. Examples include "Some Kids I've Seen" and "Guy with Red Hair Who Does Not Like to Be Called Rusty".{{