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12->''"Sheesh. Does every bad guy need some kind of scary-sounding nickname?"''
13-->-- '''Nadia Rayne''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie''
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15Sometimes a character [[TheAce is so badass]] that that character doesn’t have just a name but a rather special nickname, one that is so badass that those who hear it [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast will crap their pants in fear]]. If these characters occasionally show up, be prepared to hear this nickname spoken repeatedly whenever they rescue someone.
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17Named for the AcePilot, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen Manfred von Richthofen,]] who was known as "The Red Baron" during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. He was best known for having the highest kill count of any flyer in the war and for his bright red Fokker tri-plane.
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19The full trope embodies two principles:
20* The nickname must be unique.
21* The subjects must be known ''just as well'' or ''better'' by their nickname than by their given and surnames.
22
23Compare with FanNickname, where the fans come up with a nickname that isn't used in the series. TheButcher is a subtrope where the nickname typically refers to the character's violent nature or dark acts. SuperheroSobriquets is the superheroic counterpart to this trope.
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25Compare EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, TheMagnificent, and NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. IHaveManyNames can be when they have more than one and TheyCallHimSword when he's named after some kind of weapon. This may also be a sign that you're dealing with TheDreaded. While some fall into OnlyKnownByTheirNickname, most of these characters regularly use their real names. Subtrope to NomDeGuerre, where they ''have'' the nickname, but they might not be particularly known or feared for it. Virtually all of these example count as [[InSeriesNickname In-Series Nicknames]]. Contrast BurlyDetectiveSyndrome, when it's the narrative, not characters in-story, applying these kinds of names. They may also be NamedAfterTheInjury. If one of these characters gets fought in a video game, you can bet their title will show up as BossSubtitles.
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27JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the 70s {{Toku}}satsu and 90s {{Anime}} {{Super Robot|Genre}} show of the same name, or the frozen pizza brand of the same name. Or, for that matter, the series of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI combat flight simulators of the same name, in which the original makes a guest appearance.
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29You may be looking for [[AristocratsAreEvil That Other Sort of Baron]] or [[RedplicaBaron some of his expies in fiction]]. Or, if you may be looking for the movie; that's [[Film/TheRedBaron here]]. Likewise, the flight combat sim series is [[VideoGame/RedBaron here]]. For HumongousMecha {{Toku}}, see ''Series/SuperRobotRedBaron'', and for its respective AnimatedAdaptation, see ''Anime/RedBaron''.
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32!!Example subpages:
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34[[index]]
35* RedBaron/AnimeAndManga
36* RedBaron/ComicBooks
37* RedBaron/FanWorks
38* RedBaron/{{Film}}
39* RedBaron/{{Literature}}
40* RedBaron/LiveActionTV
41* RedBaron/ProfessionalWrestling
42* RedBaron/VideoGames
43* RedBaron/RealLife
44[[/index]]
45
46----
47!!Other examples:
48
49[[foldercontrol]]
50
51[[folder:Arts]]
52* Art/StatueOfLiberty: The poem The New Colossus, (the one on the plaque) gives her the epithet, [[CapsLock "MOTHER OF EXILES"]].
53[[/folder]]
54
55[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
56* Robin of Locksley, Earl of Huntington was declared an outlaw and adopted the name: Myth/RobinHood. The "Robin of Locksley" bit was added during a period when all heroes in this type of story had to be noblemen.
57[[/folder]]
58
59[[folder:Music]]
60[[AC: White Kings of Black Music Genres]]
61Due to the institutional racism of the United States and the casual racism of the white record-buying public, this [[MightyWhitey controversial]] situation has happened often enough to be a resented cliché -- often by the "kings" themselves.
62* The King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman, who claimed the title in a publicity stunt organised by a guitar company. It is worth pointing out that, at the time he did it, "jazz" was not yet a word attached specifically to the genre of music and was just considered a catch-all term for something being modern and edgy. His contemporaries such as Duke Ellington have argued he deserved the title, citing his willingness to work with Black musicians despite segregation laws and his efforts to get jazz to be seen as a "legitimate" genre by fusing it with classical music.
63* The King of Rock'n Roll (or simply "The King"): Music/ElvisPresley. Elvis disliked being called "the King" because he thought the title referred to Jesus; he felt the title "the King of Rock 'n' Roll" belonged to Music/FatsDomino instead.
64* The King of HipHop: Music/{{Eminem}}. Like his [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual ancestor]] Elvis, he dislikes the title because he doesn't want to be placed above his Black inspirations, though he's [[BoastfulRap boasted]] about the title on occasion. He prefers his other title, "the Rap God" (because it doesn't rule out the existence of other Rap Gods).
65
66[[AC: Genre Royalty and Political Office]]
67* The Empress of Soul: Music/GladysKnight
68* The King of Blues / Mayor of Bluesville: Music/BBKing
69* The King of Calypso: Music/HarryBelafonte
70* The King of Crunk: Music/LilJon
71* The King of Folk: Music/BobDylan
72* The King of Glam Rock: Music/DavidBowie
73* The King of New Jack Swing: Music/BobbyBrown
74* The King of Pop: Music/MichaelJackson
75* The King of (Pop) Parody: Music/WeirdAlYankovic
76* The King of Ska: Music/DesmondDekker
77* The King of Skiffle: Music/LonnieDonnegan
78* The Queen of Art Pop: Music/KateBush
79* The Queen of Country: Music/DollyParton
80* The Queen of Disco: Music/DonnaSummer
81* The Queen of Folk: Music/JoanBaez
82* The Queen of HipHopSoul: Music/MaryJBlige
83* The Queen of Latin Pop: Music/GloriaEstefan
84* The Queen of New Age: Music/{{Enya}}
85* The Queen of Pop: Music/{{Madonna}}
86* The Queen of R&B: Music/MariahCarey
87* The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll: Music/JanisJoplin
88* The Queen of Soul: Music/ArethaFranklin
89* The Queen of Urban Pop: Music/{{Aaliyah}}
90* The Princess of Pop: Music/BritneySpears
91* The Princess of Soul: Music/JenniferHudson
92* The Prime Minister of Funk: Music/GeorgeClinton
93* The First Lady of Country: Music/LorettaLynn
94* The First Lady of Hip-Hop: Music/MissyElliott
95
96[[AC: Jazz royalty]]
97This happens often enough in Jazz to be worthy of its own article on Website/TheOtherWiki, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_royalty Jazz Royalty.]]
98* The King of Jazz, Music/LouisArmstrong, when he wasn't just Satchelmouth, Satchmo or Satch.
99* The Queen of Jazz, Music/EllaFitzgerald
100* Music/DukeEllington
101* Music/CountBasie
102* The President: Lester Young, who usually just got called "Prez".
103* The King of Swing: Benny Goodman
104* The First Lady, or Lady Day: Music/BillieHoliday
105* The Maharajah of Montreal: Oscar Peterson
106
107[[AC: Other Royalty and Politics]]
108* Black President: Music/FelaKuti
109* His Royal Badness: Music/{{Prince}}
110* The King of Controversy / The Don of Disgust: TurnOfTheMillennium titles for Music/{{Eminem}}, [[RatedGForGangsta now disused]].
111* King of New York: Music/JayZ
112* King of the Surf Guitar: Music/DickDale
113* King of the West Coast: Music/KendrickLamar
114* The Prince of Darkness: Music/OzzyOsbourne[[note]]He has also been called "The Godfather of Heavy Metal", and even "the Ozzman".[[/note]]
115* Queen Bey / Queen Bee: Music/{{Beyonce}}
116* Queen of Hearts: Music/{{Adele}}
117* The Lizard King: Music/JimMorrison
118* The Nabob of Sob: Johnnie Ray
119* The Queen of Comebacks: Music/{{Cher}}
120* The Queen of Melisma / The Queen of Christmas: Music/MariahCarey
121* The Queen of Reinvention: Music/{{Madonna}}
122
123[[AC: Family Members of Genres]]
124* The Father of Disco: Music/GiorgioMoroder
125* The Father of GFunk: Music/DrDre
126* The Father of HipHop: Music/DJKoolHerc
127* The Father of Rock 'n' Roll: Music/ChuckBerry
128* The Godfather of GangstaRap: Music/EazyE
129* The Godfather of Heavy Metal: Music/OzzyOsbourne
130* The Godfather of Psychedelia: Music/SydBarrett
131* The Godfather of Punk: Music/LouReed
132* The Godfather of ShockRock: Music/AliceCooper
133* The Godfather of Soul: Music/JamesBrown
134* The Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll: Music/SisterRosettaTharpe
135* The Big Sister of Pop: Music/AlessiaCara
136
137[[AC: Deities]]
138* God: Music/EricClapton
139* Hov (short for Jay-Hova): Music/JayZ
140* Lesbian Jesus: Music/HayleyKiyoko
141* The Based God: Music/LilB
142* The God MC / The Lyrical God: [[Music/EricBAndRakim Rakim]]
143* The Goddess of Pop: Music/{{Cher}}
144* The Rap God: Music/{{Eminem}}
145
146[[AC: Everyone else]]
147* La Novia de México: Angélica María
148* Slowhand: Music/EricClapton
149* The Architect of Rock 'n' Roll: Music/LittleRichard
150* The Artist / The Purple One: Music/{{Prince}}
151* The Basher: Music/NeilDiamond
152* The Boss: Music/BruceSpringsteen
153* The Fab Four: Music/TheBeatles
154* The Hardest Working Man In Showbiz: Music/JamesBrown. This came about as his role as a Music/LittleRichard body double hired by Richard's label to allow "him" to perform all over the country at the same time; he would be introduced as "the hardest working man in showbiz" to reference his impossible schedule, which Brown decided he liked.
155* The Killer: Music/JerryLeeLewis
156* The Main Man: Music/DeanMartin
157* The Man in Black: Music/JohnnyCash
158* The Material Girl: Music/{{Madonna}}
159* The Motor City Madman: Ted Nugent
160* The Octopus: [[AllDrummersAreAnimals Damon Che]] of Don Caballero, known for his virtuosic drumming.
161* The Pope of Mope: Music/{{Morrissey}}
162* The [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] of Rap: Music/{{Eminem}}. Music/VanillaIce was also called this back in the day, but not as a compliment.
163* The Supervillain of Hip-Hop: Music/{{MFDOOM}}
164* The Thin White Duke: Music/DavidBowie -- while originally a name for one of his personas, it is often used to refer to the musician himself. Bowie is also sometimes called "the Picasso of Pop".
165* The Tiger of Wales: Music/TomJones
166* The Voice / Diva of Divas: Music/WhitneyHouston
167* All members of Music/{{Lovebites}} (sans new bassist Fami, who hasn't performed live at the time of writing) have these:
168** Midori (Guitar/Keyboard): "The Golden Touch"
169** Haruna (Drums): "Little Big Engine"
170** Miho (Bass): "Natural Born Headbanger"
171** Midori (Guitar): "Crazy Shredder"
172** Asami (Vocals): "The One and Only Voice"
173
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder:Pinball]]
177* Creator/SternPinball's ''Pinball/SharkeysShootout'' features RealLife billiards champ Jeanette Lee, known as "The Black Widow" for "eating her opponents alive" in pool games.
178* In Creator/HeighwayPinball's ''Pinball/FullThrottle'', the player's rival is Francisco Valentino, nicknamed "The Scorpion".
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
182* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' doesn't make use of nicknames all that often, but every once in a while one will pop up: the Bounty Hunter (a LegacyCharacter by and large only known by that name to all), Natasha Kerensky a.k.a. the (in)famous [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Widow,]] and Hanse [[MagnificentBastard "the Fox"]] Davion are all just about perfect examples of the trope.
183* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' combines this with NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom for the Abyssal Exalted. Their path to power generally involves severing themselves from their names entirely, until only their titles are left.
184** Sobriquets are not unknown among the Dragon-Blooded, either. We've met the Roseblack (Tepet Ejava) and the Wind Dancer (her grandfather, Arada).
185* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'':
186** Among the beastmen, the Green Knight of Bretonnia is feared as Shaabhekh, which in their language means the Soul-Killer, due to the terrible losses he's inflicted on their marauding hordes over the millennia.
187** The beastman prophet Malagor is referred to by a number of epithets, such as the Crowfather, the Dark Omen, the Despoiler of the Sacred and the Harbinger of Disaster, by those who'd rather not speak his name. Likewise, the monstrous warlord Morghur is referred to as the Master of Skulls, the Corrupter and the Shadow-Gave, while the plague-shaman Slugtongue is known as the Famine-Fiend, the Barren One and the Lord of the Black Harvest.
188** Abhorash, the first of the Blood Dragon vampires and one of the greatest warriors to ever live, is known as {{the Dragon Slayer}}, the Scourge of the Greenskins, the Blade Immortal and the Lord of Blood. Among Abhorash's descendants, nobody even knows the real name of the Red Duke of Mousillion, as he's only ever referred to by his title.
189** Khaine, the elven god of war and murder, is often referred to as the Bloody-Handed God.
190** The powers of Chaos are almost always referred to by their fearsome and elaborate titles and monikers in lieu of their actual names, as people are rarely comfortable with carelessly invoking the names of beings like them.
191*** Among the chaos gods themselves -- who are collectively often referred to as the True Gods, the Gods of the North, the Northern Powers, the Aesgardr or the Hungry Gods of the Dark -- Khorne is the Blood God, the Lord of Skulls, the Lord of Battles, the Father and Inheritor of all Rage, the Brass Lord of Battles or the God of War; Nurgle is the Plague Lord, the Fly Lord, the Plague Father and the Lord of Decay; Slaanesh is the Dark Prince, the Serpent and She Who Thirsts; Tzeentch is the Architect of Fate, the Changer of Ways, the Great Mutator, the Lord of Change and the Great Deceiver.
192*** The great daemon U'zhul is almost never referred to by name -- he's always the Skulltaker instead.
193*** Archaon the Everchosen has racked up a fearsome list of aliases for himself, including the Lord of the End Times, the Kingslayer and the Three-Eyed King.
194* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
195** The {{Space Marine}}s' actual title is the Adeptus Astartes, and they are also known as the Angels of Death. The Blood Angels are a chapter of Space Marines, who are {{Super Soldier}}s with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric characteristics]] and are known for [[AttackAttackAttack bloodthirsty assault tactics.]] A [[MagicKnight librarian]] of theirs is named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mephiston,]] and is known by ''them'' as "the Lord of Death".
196** The humble (but numerous) [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard.]] Guardsmen are notoriously [[CannonFodder expendable,]] but some have survived long enough to get a reputation. Case in point, the only regiment from planet Tanith narrowly escaped the obliteration of their homeworld, and they're still kind of pissed. Their official designation is the Tanith 1st -- generally followed by a defiant chorus of "First and Only!" They also get tagged as ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'', thanks to their commander's rare appreciation for stealth (and survival). Mention Tanith and you get blank looks, but even [[SmugSuper Space Marines]] have heard of Gaunt's Ghosts.
197** Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken, GameBreaker and named after his adamantium hand. And Gunnery Sergeant "Stonetooth" Harker, so named due to his rumored habit of chewing glass instead of tobacco.
198** Going away from individual names, many companies aside Gaunt's Ghosts also have unique and memorable names and histories even if they don't happen to be prominently shown in a particular series of novels, some examples being the Tallarn 3rd "Desert Tigers", the 8th Cadian "The Lord Castellan's Own" and the Catachan 24th "Waiting Death".
199** The C'tan have proper names, but are far better known by their titles: [[TheGrimReaper Aza'gorod the Nightbringer]], [[MagnificentBastard Mephet'ran the Deceiver]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Tsara'noga the Outsider]], Mag'ladroth the Void Dragon, Llandu'gor the Flayer, and so on.
200** Orks tend to take nicknames based on their accomplishments. Hence [[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Warboss Gorgutz Deffscreama Bloodspilla Deffkilla Ragescreama Ghostkilla Gunsmasha Daemonkilla 'Ead'unter.]] A minor Ork character is actually called "Da Krimson Barun" presumably in spoof of the trope namer. Another, a Fighta pilot on Armageddon, is called "Da Red Nob" (Nob being the term for an ork squad leader).
201** One particular Tyranid carnifex managed to gain such a moniker, despite being a member of a race that lacks independent will. It's known as Old One Eye, so called for the first of many wounds that really should have killed it.
202** Within a year of Konrad Curze's vigilante executions of the criminals and corrupt bureaucrats of Nostramo, mothers began to threaten their kids that if they continued to misbehave, the Night Haunter would come for them, describing Curze, who stalks through the city, ready to disembowel any heretic or criminal foolish or bold enough to cross his path.
203[[/folder]]
204
205[[folder:Theatre]]
206* Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac: Invoked by the ballad improvised by Cyrano at Act II Scene VII, ''The bold cadets of Gascony'':
207--> '''Cyrano:''' ... ''Pink-your-Doublet'' and ''Slit-your-Trunk''
208--> Are their '''gentlest''' sobriquets;
209* ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'': Salesman Shelly Levene's nickname, "The Machine", references the fact he used to be an incredibly good real estate salesman… [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen a very, very long time ago]].
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Toys]]
213* Most characters in the Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse franchise have one, including He-Man ("The Most Powerful Man in the Universe"), and Skeletor ("[Evil] Lord of Destruction")
214** WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower
215[[/folder]]
216[[folder:Web Video]]
217* In ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'': Alexander Anderson has several epithets, not unlike his canon counterpart. It's to the point where ''Music/JudasPriest'' were supposedly named after ''him''.
218[[/folder]]
219
220[[folder:Web Animation]]
221* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': The Meta is a man who has become overloaded with armour enhancements and multiple A.I. fragments. He used to be an extremely skilled and powerful Freelancer known as Agent Maine, but his mind was lost to the power and ambition of an A.I. fragment known as Sigma, who was seeking to achieve the A.I. holy grail of "metastability". The Meta became infamous for systematically hunting down and killing the elite Freelancers for their A.I. fragments and armour enhancements. [[spoiler:He was so powerful that it took multiple soldiers fighting together to defeat him; even then, he didn't go down until he was forced over a cliff to his doom.]]
222* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The identity of The Grimm Reaper was a mystery; she was only known as being a nameless, mask-wearing Huntress who laid waste to the Creatures of Grimm with twin kama that inspired Qrow in the crafting of his own SinisterScythe. One day, she disappeared, never to be heard from again. [[spoiler:She hid her identity because her father realised [[MagicalEye Silver-Eyed Warriors]] were being hunted to extinction, but the BigBad's assassins found and blinded her. She went into hiding until, as an elderly woman, she gets caught up in the heroes' world-saving quest, and agrees to teach Ruby Rose how to master [[LightEmUp the power]] of her own silver eyes.]]
223[[/folder]]
224
225[[folder:Webcomics]]
226* ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' gives us Rodney Leonard Stubbs, known as "The Man With The Blood On His Hands" for his badassery in the [[TournamentArc Great Outdoor Fight.]] "Son of Rodney", [[spoiler: his son Ray,]] isn't half bad either.
227* ''WebComic/CityOfReality'': after the events in Magic World, Todo's been nicknamed "The Soul of Reality." Since Reality itself is legendary for its IncorruptiblePurePureness, that really means something.
228* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'':
229** Old Man Death earned his name by riding with the Jägermonsters and never losing a fight, which impressed his nigh unkillable fellow cavalry members.
230** Vlad Heterodyne was called "The Blasphemous". He was the one who invented the [[SuperSerum Jägerbrau]].
231* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' has Señor Vorpal Kickass'o!
232* ''Webcomic/{{Gosu}}'': Any high-level gosu of any notoriety has an epithet tied to them with names such as The Wraith Hand, The Devil of the Venom Hands, The Phantom Visitor and The Black Scorpion King flying about. The most fearsome of them all is "The Heavenly Destroyer", the epithet of the late [[WorldsBestWarrior Dogko Ryong.]]
233* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'':
234** The Demiurges all [[TryToFitTHATOnABusinessCard have many names and titles]], though some are more used than others. The demiurge Nadia Om is referred to as "Mother Om", or "Mottom" for short (her first name is only revealed on her BossSubtitles). Gog-Agog is almost exclusively called "Queen of Worms" by others (though she prefers "your pal"), while Solomon is known as "Paternum" to the citizens of his empire, and Mammon is "The Dragon" to members of his cult. Jagganoth usually referred to as "The Red God".
235** Zoss, the first Demiurge, is usually called The Old King.
236** Zaid is usually referred to as "the Heir" by other characters because of him seemingly being TheChosenOne who was going to inherit the powers of Zoss, even though protagonist Allison turns out to be Zoss' ''actual'' heir (though few people know the latter because the prophecy of the Heir was mistranslated).
237** Speaking of Allison, her true name is apparently [[TitleDrop Kill Six Billion Demons]], though in a subversion it's never used for her InUniverse. She finally gets it on her BossSubtitles at the end of ''Breaker of Infinities''.
238* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' has several characters with nicknames, though not all get used in the comic/show itself. Some among the ones that do: Jason "Ace of" Spades, Silk of the Solar Winds aka "White Noise", and Kurt "Geisha" Straieta.
239* ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'':
240** Stillstorm is known as the Storm-Witch among the Umiak, who fear and respect her for her military prowess and the losses she has inflicted upon their forces.
241** Kikitik-27 is known to the Loroi as the Stray. It has the distinction of being one of the few Umiak commanders known to have survived an attrition assault mission, and it has done so at least twice. In both cases Kikitik inflicted heavy losses on the Loroi defenders, and then withdrew its forces from combat relatively intact when Loroi reinforcements arrived.
242* ''Webcomic/ParallelDementia'' has The Visage of Death, an incredibly powerful undead after the main character's life as a possible solution to his mysterious agenda. He (+ the minions he creates) is strong enough to go to-to-toe with not just the main cast of ''this'' webcomic but also the main cast crossing over from ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit''...simultaneously. There's also Greed, a god named after one of the seven deadly sins, and the fan-named Thing In Chains.
243* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' had Torg fall back in time into an ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' pastiche, where the townsfolk called him "The Stormbreaker" based on his destiny to defeat a demon. They weren't entirely accurate, though... [[spoiler: Zoe was the ''real'' [[TheUnchosenOne Stormbreaker]]]].
244* In ''Webcomic/StarImpact'', all pro-league boxers are known by a subtitle in addition to their regular name.
245** [[TheProtagonist Aster,]] "the [[FamedInStory Legend's]] Successor".
246** [[TheStoic Bondi,]] "the King".
247** Dove, "the Mountain Eagle".
248** [[BloodKnight Etna]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent "the Dragon".]]
249** [[GirlyBruiser Lily,]] "the [[FlowerMotifs Blooming]] Idol".
250** Mako, "the Hunger".
251** [[TheAce Phoebe,]] "[[SheIsTheKing the Prince]]".
252** [[TheQuietOne Ponpon]], "the Panda".
253** [[{{Jerkass}} Urchin]], "[[KickTheDog the Rookie Killer]]"[[labelnote:*]]Strictly speaking, Urchin is not affiliated with the Pro Boxing League, but he refers to himself as this epithet while introducing himself to Aster.[[/labelnote]].
254* ''Webcomic/TheSwordInterval'', the SpiritualSuccessor of ''Webcomic/ParallelDementia'', sees the return of The Visage, as well as new names The Hierophant (the most powerful mage in the setting in addition to having ResurrectiveImmortality) and [[ApocalypseMaiden The Harbinger]]. Not impressive on the same level but still examples of the trope, every witch/warlock has such an epithet, including The Stygian Medusa, The Carnelian Raven, and [[SubvertedTrope Red Rover]].
255* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', any Ranker in the top 1% of all Rankers gets their own sobriquet (with some even getting two!). This includes names such as Ray Barracuda, White Sword, Killer Whale, Great White Shark, Snakehead, God's Eye, Heretic, etc.
256* Multiple characters in the action webcomic ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' have earned nicknames to bolster their reputation as fierce fighters:
257** Thanks to a gossipy student at his cram school, Gray earns the moniker "White Mamba" that propels his reputation into TheDreaded territory.
258** Ben's imposing figure and more imposing reputation has gained him the nickname "Big Ben".
259** Alex was known as "The Pitbull" back in middle school due to being a small scrapper who constantly picked fights. The name is even more appropriate since, like a real pitbull, Alex is a lot nicer than his reputation would suggest.
260** Gerard's proficiency with his feet earned him the nickname "Hot Foot Jin". He was also known as the "Mad Hound" back in middle school, back when he'd do anything to win a fight.
261** Rowan tried to invoke this by dubbing himself the "Sydney Guillotine" while intimidating another student. It doesn't actually mean anything, besides that Rowan lived in Australia for a few years.
262** Besides being called the [[TheyCallHimSword Spear and Shield]] alongside Dongha, Seongmok is also introduced with the title of "Totem Pole", fitting his immovable stature. Dongha is also known as "Ghost", seemingly because he resembles a StringyHairedGhostGirl.
263** Jaeryeong is known as "The Stone Fist" of Mapo, one of the most promising new fighters for the Cheongang gang and their first line of offense.
264** Juwon is the "Jungle Sickle", named such for the terrifyingly calm and effective way that he fights- like an explorer effortlessly swathing through the flora with a sickle.
265[[/folder]]
266
267[[folder:Web Original]]
268* Some of the players in ''Roleplay/AHWorldCup'' have badass nicknames. This includes, but not limited to: Murray Humperdick ("Bloody Murder"}, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ("The Armored Dinner Jacket"), etc.
269* ''[[Website/AgonyBooth Mr. Mendo]]'' is referred to as "The Internet's Strongest Man" as a shout-out/parody of Wrestling/MarkHenry.
270* [[FanFic/EnemyOfMyEnemy All Brutes fear "The Black Sangheili"]]. Considering that Rukth 'Kilkar is indeed capable of slaughtering hundreds of foes without breaking a sweat ''and'' with [[HandicappedBadass only one eye]], this is justified.
271* In the world of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', Kaylee, a gnome bard in Scanlan's old troupe, studied at the College of [[Creator/DavidBowie The White Duke.]] The White Duke was a legendary bard from Tal'Dorei's distant past who wielded Mythcarver, the CoolSword currently wielded by Scanlan.
272* In ''WebVideo/DirigibleDays'', there is the notorious HighPriest of ReligionOfEvil, Salazar Strega, known as "the Hierophant". As if his real name wasn't [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast scary enough]].
273* ''Roleplay/FateNuovoGuerra'', owing to Servants being legendary heroes, features several, such as "Dragon King" for [[Myth/ArthurianLegend Uther Pendragon]], "Cunning [[Literature/TheOdyssey Odysseus]]", "Godlike [[Literature/TheIliad Achilles]]", "El Cid Campeador", for well, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname El Cid]], "Scourge of God" for Attila the Hun, etc.
274* ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'':
275** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsDemonSoulSaga Demon Soul Saga]]'': Scathach, Gawain and an unknown third Kaijin are referred to as ''The Black Princess of Calamity,'' ''The White Knight of Mishima'' and ''The Ocean King'', marking them as the strongest Kaijin in the Mishima District.
276** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsChainsOfHorai Chains of Horai]]'': Multiple examples: Todoroki is called the ''Dawnfire Blade'', Madoka ''the Unscarred Blade'' and Hiroyuki the ''Great Bull of Amatsu''.
277** ''Solrise Academy'': Theodora and Felix are called the ''Untouchable Girl'' and the ''Thunder Spear'' from their tournament days.
278* In ''Literature/PiecingTogetherTheAshesReconstructingTheOldWorldOrder'' the US Presidents that history remembers have titles to go with them, such as George the Washington or Reagan the Gipper.
279* In ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'', Humanity is kicking demon butt so thoroughly that the Lords of Hell start calling them "The Lords of War."
280* The [[EldritchAbomination Scarlet King]] from the ''Website/SCPFoundation'', otherwise known as Shormaush Urdal. His real name is Khahrahk, but other than in his origin story, he's always referred to as either the Scarlet King or just the King.
281* The illustrati of ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheLimelight'' often create nicknames for themselves on purpose in order to facilitate the spread of their fame. Welexi is known as Sunhawk, Whitespear, or Brightshield, referencing his [[LightEmUp control over light]], [[ActionGirl Vidre]] is the Queen of Glass, and [[CastingAShadow Dominic]] is Lightscour.
282* In ''WebVideo/TalesFromMyDDCampaign'', Little One becomes generally known as "Orcslayer" after defeating an orc in single combat. Considering that this setting's orcs are so ridiculously badass that ''a single orc'' can level a small city, this is, to quote the narrator, "one hell of a badass nickname".
283* ''[[Website/ChannelAwesome That Guy With the Glasses]]'' plays with this by having That Sci-Fi Guy say in an awed voice "Linkara? In Star Trek circles he's known only as... Linkara!"
284* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', Tennyo has picked up the nickname 'Disaster Dame'. She doesn't like it, and insists those catastrophes weren't her fault.
285** Tennyo, aka Billie Wilson, has other, even worse nicknames. Like 'The Scourge' and 'Stalker of the Stars' (or 'Starstalker').
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289* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Vander is known in Zaun as the Hound of the Underground. [[spoiler: Rather fitting for the man who becomes [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Warwick]].]]
290* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
291** [[spoiler:Zuko]] -- The Blue Spirit
292** Toph -- The Blind Bandit, The Runaway
293** Iroh -- The Dragon of the West. There are two stories for how he got his name. One says it's because he can ''breathe fire'' after ''drinking tea'', but it later turns out that [[spoiler:you get the title of "dragon" by ''actually killing a dragon'' (though he lied about killing the last one)]]. Fittingly, he also ''tells'' a group of warriors who've surrounded him [[BadassBoast "Did I ever tell you how i got the nickname 'The Dragon of the West?'"]].
294*** This is probably twofold; in the Fire Nation [[spoiler: any Firebender who slays a dragon is given the title of dragon]]. His also being known as "Dragon" among the Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe would be because of his formidable combat prowess and BreathWeapon (the Fire Nation might have a lot of dragons, but Iroh is ''The'' Dragon).
295** Combustion Man, or his other name, Sparky Sparky Boom Man (we never learn his real name).
296** '''''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe THE BOULDER]]''''' is '''''FURIOUS''''' that nobody's mentioned him (and the other Earthbending fighters) yet!
297** Many of the Freedom Fighters (The Duke, Pipsqueak, Longshot, Sneers) -- Jet and Smellerbee are the two exceptions.
298** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Kuvira of Book 4 is known as "The Great Uniter" due to her conquest of the fractured Earth Kingdom.
299* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Sid "The Squid" Debris, after what looks like an AccidentalMurder, is known as "The Man Who Killed Batman."
300* Zig-zag: Dick Dastardly could fill this role on ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' if he wasn't as inept as his Vulture Squadron charges.
301* In ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', the Outcasts only know Hiccup as "The Dragon Conqueror" and are surprised to find out who he is.
302* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Decades ago, a condemned soul manifested in Hell. He immediately set about toppling the longstanding demon lords of Hell with a level of power no mere sinner had ever wielded before, carving a swath of chaos and carnage that he broadcast on radios throughout Hell for all to hear. He became known as "The Radio Demon", and all quickly learned to fear him. This is the moniker of Alastor, who in life was a radio host moonlighting as a serial killer during TheGreatDepression. Now having become a fearsome warlord in his own right, he's decided to sponsor [[WideEyedIdealist Charlie]]'s sinner rehab clinic, for the stated purpose of watching sinners try and fail to find redemption, which he'll find ''very'' entertaining.
303* A few characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' have been gifted with names, such as "The Man Who Stands Behind Shadows"[[spoiler: Magnus Hammersmith]], "The Dead Man"[[spoiler: Offdensen]], and "The Half Man"[[spoiler:Mr. Salacia]].
304* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[AncientEvil Grogar]] is known as the Father of All Monsters, and the [[PrecursorHeroes pony who defeated him]] is always referred to as Gust ''the Great''.
305* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', the Season 2 episode "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS2E23IntoTheWand Into the Wand]]" reveals that [[spoiler:Toffee (the supposedly-deceased BigBad of the previous season)]] is better known to Mewni history as "the Immortal Monster." Additionally, "[[Recap/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilS3E2MoonTheUndaunted Moon The Undaunted]]" reveals Toffee was known as "The Lizard" in his days as general of the monster army.
306** All the queens of Mewni have an alias, the ones we know are: Moon "The Undaunted", Eclipsa "The Queen of Darkness", Celena "The Shy", Solaria "The Monster Carver", Festivia "The Fun", Skywynne "Queen of Hours", Soupina "The Strange", Dirrhennia "The Heaped", Crescenta "The Eager", Comet "The Chef", Jushtin "The Uncalculated", Rhina "The Riddled", and Estrella "The Drafted".
307*** Star also gives herself an alias, "The Underestimated", which is shown to be official in Literature/TheMagicBookOfSpells.
308* In an example very close to the {{Trope Namer|s}}: "The Dark Ace" from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''.
309* The Red Lynx from the ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' episode "The Ghost Pilot" is a perfect example. Not only is he an {{Expy}} of the {{Trope Namer|s}}, but he's known ''only'' by his two nicknames; his real name is never revealed.
310* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' has the show's BigBad, Mumm-Ra, "the Ever-Living (Source of Evil)".
311* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Mal has one in-universe: "[[TokenEvilTeammate The Malevolent One]]". Once this nickname is brought up, it immediately forces the other personalities into hiding. He's not even called "Mal" until a [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname few episodes after he's introduced]].
312* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': Beck goes by The Renegade, since no one really believes he's Tron.
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