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10->'''Shepard:''' What's with you and the nicknames?\
11'''James:''' It's just my way of remembering people. Some people just don't match their names, y'know? So I just give 'em a new one.
12-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
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14Time for a new article! [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Is the gang all here?]] [[JustForFun/TropeTan Tropette?]] [[AliceAndBob Blondy and Fred?]] [[TropeyTheWonderDog Mutt?]] [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Good.]]
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16Now a lot of you have been wondering why I call myself The Nicknamer. Well, it's simple: I never use anyone's real name. I just make up a short catchy moniker for them. Why do I do this? Perhaps I [[AloofAlly can't be bothered]] learning your names ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Nothing personal]], [[FreudianExcuse I had a hard childhood]]). Some say that it's because I'm childish or [[{{UsefulNotes/Kawaisa}} trying to be cute.]] But really, you all know it makes me TotallyRadical, don't you?
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18Compare OnlyKnownByTheirNickname. See InSeriesNickname (and its subtropes AffectionateNickname and EmbarrassingNickname) for when it sticks (often becoming a BerserkButton); AppropriatedAppellation, when the name is embarrassing but is adopted and worn with pride; InsultOfEndearment, when the character's pet name for someone isn't flattering but is meant well; and TermsOfEndangerment, when a pet name is given to a character by a villain. See also the out-of-universe FanNickname; these are usually coined by a few individual fans who are into it ([[SturgeonsLaw and tend to come up with many nicknames that don't catch on, as well as those who do]]).
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25* Hyuuga from ''[[Manga/ZeroSevenGhost 07-Ghost]]'' loves giving people he's close to affectionate nicknames; he calls Ayanami "Aya-tan" (even though "-tan" is a suffix similar to "-chan", which nobody would ever use to refer to a superior), Kuroyuri "Kuro-tan", and at times, Konatsu "Kona-chan".
26* In ''Literature/AriaTheScarletAmmo'', Riko calls Kinji "Kii-kun", Shirayuki "Yuki-chan", and [[ThirdPersonPerson herself]] "Rikorin" (or "Rikko-Rikorin" when she's really cheerful). She also calls Aria "Arian'ya" or "[[MaliciousMisnaming 'Olmes]]" (like in French) depending on her mood.
27* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Moe "Suzu" Suzuya mentions Mira's tendency to give others nicknames, including her own. Mira proceeds to give nicknames to everyone except Ao, which are used throughout the series.
28* Tomo from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' deserves mention, simply because she came up with the name [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Osaka]].
29* Yami Sukehiro in ''Manga/BlackClover''. For starters, he calls Jack "String Bean Scythe", Charlotte "Prickly Queen", and Mereoleona "Sisgoleon", much to their chagrin. He also nicknames the elf possessing Charlotte "Prickly Queen 2.0", on account of their similar personalities.
30* Yachiru Kusajishi from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', the most infamous of her nicknames being "Ken-chan" (Kenny in the dub) to her giant, [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] behemoth of a captain. Although it's not assured ''what'' she will call you or even if her nickname will be consistent, but she ''will'' give anyone, and ''everyone'' a nickname of some sort. Always.
31-> "Jiggles! Big guy! Pencil! Tough guy! Let's go!"
32* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', much later in the series, after Inosuke learns how to consistently [[AccidentalMisnaming call his closest friends by their correct names]] (Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Kanao), his more prevalent quirk is the nicknames he comes up for the not-so-close friends, like the Hashira, for example Himejima is the “Juzou Ossan” (prayer beads old man).
33* Lavi in ''Anime/DGrayMan'' calls his OldMaster "Panda," Krory the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent not-actually-a-vampire]] "Kro-chan" ("Krorykins" in the English version), Kanda the epic badass by his EmbarrassingFirstName Yu, and occasionally calls Allen "[[BerserkButton Beansprout]]." Needless to say, said characters do not usually appreciate this.
34** After Lavi re-named Link "two spot" and the person in question got irked by the remark ("How rude!"), Allen commented in nonchalant fashion:
35--->'''Allen:''' Oh, you're not going to have any effect like that. Link, Lavi's a child, so he loves giving people nicknames. You have to be a lot more forceful if you want him to stop.\
36'''Lavi:''' Say Allen, have you forgotten that I'm actually older than you...?
37** Tyki Mikk also has a habit of doing this, calling Lavi "[[EyepatchOfPower Eyepatch-kun]]", Kanda "[[KatanasAreJustBetter Kitchen-Knife]]", and exclusively referring to the young protagonist Allen as "[[KidHero shonen]]" (boy).
38** Kanda almost never calls people by their first names. [[KidHero Allen]] is "Moyashi," (beansprout) and Lavi is "Baka Usagi" (stupid rabbit) or "Baka Lavi" (Stupid Lavi).
39* Many a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' fanfic [[{{Flanderization}} flanderizes]] Vegeta into this despite him rarely doing so in either the dub or subtitles. At worst, he only did it when he wasn't terribly familiar with the rest of heroes due to his status as TokenEvilTeammate who only interacted with them when a common enemy was around. Most fanfics frequently have Vegeta only refer to Bulma as [[InsultOfEndearment "woman"]] even though he always referred to her by name after Trunks was born.
40* Izaya and Erika from ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' are both prone to this, though for different reasons. Izaya tends to throw out infantilizing nicknames for old highschool "friends" (i.e. Shizu-chan and Dotachin for Shizuo and Kadota) [[MaliciousMisnaming out of disrespect for them]]. Erika tends to give everyone equally silly nicknames (as well as commandeer Izaya's) because she's a raging {{Fangirl}} and thinks they're cute.
41* Suzuna the cheerleading captain of the Deimon Devilbats in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' nicknames most of the team apart from Sena and Monta. She once got an omake page listing all her nicknames for them. She even took to calling the pointy-eared Youichi Hiruma "You-nii" ("Elf-bro").
42** Hiruma himself gives everyone a caring, sweet and kind Fucking Nickname.
43** One of the incidental characters (who gave Eyeshield 21 the nickname "E.S.") is later revealed to make up nicknames for everything all the time.
44** Probably intentional; Suzuna calls JerkJock Agon "Agon-nii." Yep. [[DontExplainTheJoke Agony.]]
45** Agon himself has a nickname for almost everyone. Short Trash (Sena), Slimy Trash (Hiruma), Fat Pig/Fat Trash (Kurita), Garbage Brothers (Ha-Ha Bros), and Unko-Chan (Unsui) are the more memorable ones. Ikkyu seems to be the only one Agon calls by name.
46* [[MuggleBestFriend Manabe]] in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. He gives the other guys in Student Counsel annoying nicknames, and [[ThirdPersonPerson Kimi]] helps to make them stick -- [[PrinceCharming Yuki]] is Yun Yun ([[FridgeLogic which Yuki points out is actually longer than his real name]]) and [[StraightMan Naohito]] is Chibi-suke. Then he nicknames [[CampStraight Aaya]] "Commander", and Aaya in turn starts calling him [[Franchise/SuperSentai Black-san]]. Not to mention his girlfriend, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Meat Angel]].
47* Daiya of ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'', much to the chagrin of [[VitriolicBestBuds Puria]]. Puria Richardson becomes "Richard-san", her [[ThoseTwoGuys subordinates]] become "Moustache Trio", Crab Banker becomes "Kani-tank" ("Kani" being Japanese for "Crab"), and Stinger becomes "[[BuffySpeak That Kite Thing]]".
48* Luigi Yoshida in ''Manga/GiantKilling'' not only nicknames others around him but apparently made the rest of the team call him "The Prince" (he also has another nickname, Gino). Tatsumi the team manager refuses to call him by any of his nicknames until he proves himself.
49%%* Hayate from ''Manga/HayateXBlade''.
50* Miyako in ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' is an unusual case, as she does it mainly by way of using unusual or made-up honorifics and other suffixes. She almost invariably calls Yuno by "Yunocchi", and on at least one occasion used "Yuno-dono"; meanwhile, she settles on "Norippe" for Nori, except on the occasion that she uses "Norisuke".
51* Neko from ''Anime/{{K}}'' -- she calls the Blue King and Fushimi "[[StoicSpectacles Boss with Glasses]]" and "[[FourEyesZeroSoul Jerk with Glasses]]", and she calls Kusanagi "[[CoolShades Sunglasses]]". She calls Kuroh "Kurosuke", too.
52* ''Manga/KOn'':
53** Yui Hirasawa. Her guitar becomes "Gitah", Tsumugi becomes "Mugi-chan", Ritsu becomes "Ricchan", and Azusa becomes "Azu-nyan". Later, Mio's bass becomes "[[BilingualBonus Elizabeth]]". Also, in the "extra" episode, she calls her pair of gloves "Tebukuro-chan".
54** When her sister ([[SiblingYinYang Ui]]) [[ItMakesSenseInContext impersonated her]], her friends first became suspicious because Ui got all the nicknames wrong. [[BadassTeacher Sawako]] saw through it immediately, though, because she instantly noticed the change in bust size... which is partially [[NotWhatItLooksLike excused]] by the fact that she is the band's costume designer/creator... but still.
55* Riko's father, Kagetora, from ''Manga/KurokosBasketball''. Kise may count to a lesser extent, as he adds "cchi" to the end of the names of people he's acknowledged, whether they want him to or not.
56* The photography club's president in ''Anime/{{Manabiya}}'' gives everyone nicknames she comes up with on the moment; so while some of them are very pleased by this, others are not.
57* ''Manga/MusukoGaKawaikuteShikataganaiMazokuNoHahaoya'': Merii gives nicknames to just about everyone she meets except Lorem, who is simply "Onee-chan"/"Sis". Human friend Chiharu is "Chi-chan", while her nephew Gospel is "Go-kun". She's usually quick about it but some, like Sera, are hard for her to do without making an even more complicated name. She's also dismayed that nobody but her ever uses her nicknames, and elated when Gospel, upon expanding his vocabulary, calls Chiharu "Chi-chan".
58* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Katsuki Bakugo almost never refers to anyone by their actual name, instead assigning them usually-insulting nicknames. This largely stems from his [[ItsAllAboutMe massive ego]], with him considering most people so beneath him that he can't be bothered to even learn their names. But even when he clearly does know a person's name he'll still almost always use the nickname, with actually calling someone by their name being a rare show of respect to a WorthyOpponent. And people who he doesn't even consider significant enough for a unique nickname, he designates as "[[FacelessMasses extras]]".
59* The titular character of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' almost never refers to certain people by their names, instead using nicknames he has chosen for them, often against their wishes. For example, Tsunade is "Grandma Tsunade" or just "Grandma," Jiraiya is "Pervy Sage," and Killer B is "Shades-Wearing Pops" or "Octopops." Depending on who it is, the nicknames can be insulting, {{affectionate|Nickname}}, or both.
60** Sai has been {{Flanderi|sation}}zed in [[FanFic fanfiction]] to this point. The more ridiculous the nickname, the better.
61* Eve Neuschwanstein of ''Anime/{{NEEDLESS}}'', due to her atrocious memory for names.
62* Chamo from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' loves giving nicknames to everyone. Given the size of the cast it would be most impractical to try to compile a list here.
63* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' you have to earn the right for Luffy to remember your real name. Especially apparent with Hancock, who remained Hammock while Luffy was still mad at her for turning her loving subjects to stone, and only became Hancock when she regained Luffy's respect by going the extra mile by facing her fears of going to fight for the marines so she could help him save Ace. But even if Luffy likes you, you might end up with one of his affectionate nicknames, like Cricket the "diamond head guy" or Inazuma "Crab-chan".
64** Even his ally/friend Trafalgar Law is not immune to Luffy's nicknames being called "Traffy" or "Torao", Though it seems likely that this is due to Luffy's inability to pronounce [[LastNameBasis his surname]].
65** However, if someone makes Luffy hate them enough, he will also remembers that person's name. Crocodile is one of the few individuals that Luffy calls by name who he despise and still holds a grudge against. When fighting Arlong, he also called him by his name without ever given him a nickname. He also calls all three of the admirals by their official nicknames, despite only really 'liking' Aokiji.
66** Robin is the nicknamer within the Straw Hat crew. She is fond of using HeyYou and if she does use a name, it's a simple nickname such as Long-nose-kun (Usopp), Swordsman-san (Zoro) or Cook-san (Sanji). After the events at Enies Lobby, during which she realized that her crew would never betray her and were ready to go to hell and back to save her, she does gradually stop using nicknames.
67** Similarly, Franky also used to nickname his crewmates, calling them by attribute-related monikers instead of their actual names; the only exception being Robin, who he referred to by [[FullNameBasis her full name]]. He eventually stops using nicknames (And switches to FirstNameBasis for Robin) as he gets closer to his crewmates.
68** Law himself doesn't refer to some of the Straw Hats by name, he either uses their epithet, such as calling Luffy "Straw Hat-ya" or Sanji "Black Leg-ya" or his own made up nicknames, such as calling Usopp "Nose-ya", Franky "Robo-ya" and Brook "Bone-ya". He does, however, refer to Zoro, [[NoFullNameGiven Nami]], Chopper and Robin by their first or last names, calling them Zoro-ya, Nami-ya, Tony-ya and Nico-ya.
69* Alice from ''Anime/PandoraHearts'' comes up with a nickname for nearly every person she meets. To name a few, Gil is "Seaweed-Head," Break is "the clown," Rufus Barma is "{{Ahoge}}," Leo is "Shaggy Glasses," etc.
70* Rebecca Miyamoto, the teacher from ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' starts out calling all of her students by stereotypical nicknames ([[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Bookworm]], [[IdiotHair Cowlick]], [[TheGenericGuy Boring Girl]]) because she can't be bothered trying to learn them. Eventually she does learn everyone's names, though.
71* Gigalt from ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' cannot remember a name and makes up a nickname for each character he interacts with, but it must have meaning for him. He cannot seem to remember names otherwise. He gave Hachi his nickname, called Ai 'Angel', etc. The reason he couldn't come up with a nickname for Hakim was because [[spoiler:Hakim was hiding his true self as a deep cover SDF mole, even under Gigalt's tutelage]].
72* Ritchie from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', to his Pokemon team; each and every one is nicknamed, which is rare for the anime.
73** Team Rocket also tends to give nicknames, most of which are variations on "Twerp" (which is what they call Ash) - Big Twerp, Rude Twerp, Twerpette, etc.
74** Delia Ketchum, Ash's Mother, also likes giving Pokemon nicknames. There's Mimey, of course, but she also calls Ash's Rowlet, Rockruff, and Litten by nicknames: Rowlie, Rocky, and Litty respectively.
75* Gold from the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga has a nickname for everyone except his rival, Silver. Examples include Strict/Serious Girl (Crystal), Prissy Boy (Ruby) and Wild Girl (Sapphire). For that matter, most characters nickname their Pokémon in ''Adventures''. Though some are more original than others.
76%%* Shampoo of ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'', especially in {{Fanon}}.
77* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'':
78** Naofumi is extremely prone to this. He really only calls Raphtalia and Firo by their names consistently. There are many people in the series who he only knows by their mental nicknames; sometimes even the ''readers'' don't know their names.
79** Naofumi absolutely '''LOVES''' to use these for certain people he truly despises due to all the bullshit he's harshly dragged into throughout the series. He even uses the trial of Malty and Aultracy as an opportunity to legally rename them his mental nicknames, "Bitch" and "Trash".
80** He initially calls Melty "Second Princess" but as the story progress and she shows how she's willing to pull her own weight around to assist, '''severely''' unlike Trash and Bitch for major instance, he starts to listen to her pouting of calling her by her name instead of her title like he did before.
81* Sanosuke Sagara from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' has shades of this since he barely ever calls anyone by their given name. He calls Kaoru "Jou-chan" (translated to "Missy" in English), Megumi "kitsune" ("vixen" in English) most often, but anyone else he meets is probably not going to get called by their real name and will instead be referred to by whatever outstanding feature Sano notices (in Saito Hajime's case, his slicked-back hair with a few bangs in the front led Sanosuke to dub him something equally insulting). Humorously, Megumi calls him "tori-atama" (translated roughly to "birdhead" or "roosterhead", but can also be translated as "birdbrain") as retaliation. He also managed to seriously anger a minor villain by calling him "broom-head", a reference to his upswept blond hair.
82** Saito himself indulges in this at least once, where he first meets Misao & compares her to the other prominent women in Kenshin's life.
83* Kafuka Fuura from ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' has her own naming conventions as an insanely positive cloud-cuckoolander; upon interrupting her future teacher's efforts at 'making himself taller' (read: suicide attempt) she nicknamed him 'Pink Supervisor' after the tree he was trying to hang himself from, 'Pink CEO', which she named on the spot. She constantly comes up with more positive names for things e.g. 'treasure chests for the homeless' (bins) and 'deep love' (stalking).
84* Sakuragi Hanamichi in ''Manga/SlamDunk'' has a tendency of giving nicknames to some of his rivals: Akagi is "Gori" (short for 'Gorilla'), Uozumi is "Boss Monkey", Hanagata is "Glasses", and Nobunaga is "Wild Monkey" (and in turn, he's called "Red-haired Monkey" by Nobunaga)
85* Rintaro of ''Anime/SteinsGate'' has nicknames for everyone. Itaru is "Daru", Moeka is "Shining Finger", and Kurisu has a truckload of nicknames, including "Christina" ([[PhraseCatcher "There's no '-tina'!"]]), "The Zombie" and "Celeb-17".
86* Wolfwood of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' rarely calls people by their names. His most frequently-used is "tongari" for Vash, translated as "spiky" or "needle-noggin", but he also calls Meryl and Milly "little miss" and "big girl".
87* Fai from ''Anime/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' starts calling 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, with the framing of it making it clear it's supposed to be a WhamLine. 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", Syaoran "the kid", Mokona "the meat bun" and Yuuko is "the witch".
88* Tanaka in ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'' gives the entire class nicknames on the first day of school, and they ''stick''.
89* In ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'', Hak gave nicknames to Kija ("White Snake") and Jae-Ha ("Droopy Eyes"), as well as exclusively referring to Yona as "Hime-san"/"Princess". Zeno likewise never refers to anyone by name; Yona is "Miss", Hak is "Mister", Suwon is "Mr. King Guy", Yun is "Lad", and Shinah, Kija and Jaeha are all referred to by their dragon titles. One of the few aversions was his late wife Kaya, who he always referred to by name. [[spoiler: Given that he's immortal, it's likely a method to keep people at arms' length, as he knows he'll outlive them all.]]
90* Sonoko from ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'' nicknames her friends after meeting them. Sometimes she doesn't even realize she nicknamed them.
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94* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': The [[Characters/MarvelComicsTaskmaster Taskmaster]] has a long history of obnoxious pet names for all, going right back to his first appearance in the 1980s. And considering how many superheroes and villains he's interacted with, that's a lot of pet names. This trait comes and goes a bit with later writers and how well they keep to his original "snarky Bronx thug" persona, though.
95* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
96** Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} refers to her lover [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] as "Mr. J" or "Puddin'", and her [[LesYay best friend/lover]] [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] as "Red" (for her red hair). Occasionally she'll also address Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} as "B-Man" for short.
97** [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] himself does this, particularly to Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}sy.
98** [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] calls Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} "Detective", and on the occasions he's faced Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}, he calls him "Icon" or "The Alien". More recently, he's taken to also calling [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] "Detective" after Tim proved his skills against Ra's and earned his respect.
99* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Characters/TheThing, usually of the semi-derogatory kind: "Stretch", "Stretcho", "Rubber Head", "Big Brains", "Professor", "Doc", "High Pockets", etc for Reed; "Match-head" "Matchstick", "Bic-head", "Flame-Brain", "Hothead", "Sparky", "Firefly", etc for Johnny. He always calls Sue by the pet names "Suzy" or "Suzy-Q" however, possibly since she's the one who pisses him off the least.
100* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner The Hulk]]'s generally not good with names, depending on the incarnation. Sometimes it's out of lack of intelligence, others out of lack of respect, and others it's a sign of affection. For ComicBook/TheDefenders, Characters/DoctorStrange became "Dumb Magician", Valkyrie became "Sword Girl" and Nighthawk became "Bird Nose". For ComicBook/TheAvengers, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Iron Man]] is usually "Metal Man" or "Tin Man" (or Tin Head), [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]] is usually "Blondie" or "Goldilocks" or "Red Cape", [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] was "Bug-Eyes" or "Bug Man", Characters/TheSentry is "Golden Man".
101** In ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'', he named Project X9500, worn by an [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Anthony Stark]], ''[[AppropriatedAppellation Iron Man]]''.
102** When Doctor Fate created a [[{{Expy}} strangely similar team]] in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', Solomon Grundy referred to his teammates in very similar terms.
103* ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'': Arsenal calls Red Hood "Jaybird" and Starfire "Princess".
104* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'': Tim's friend Ives comes up with nicknames for most everyone in their group of friends besides Ariana, Hudson is Hudster for instance.
105* ''ComicBook/SgtRock'': Nicknames for all the members is the tradition of Easy Company, with Rock personally doling them out (and being the sole exception to the rule). This is explained as a coping mechanism for the unpleasant things they might have to do in the service of their duties in war, and to soften the blow should any of them die. And they do. Apparently TruthInTelevision, as this is reportedly not an uncommon practice in times of war. It's also appeared in war fiction quite a few times, so maybe the "Nicknamer sergeant" should be considered a subtrope of the Nicknamer.
106* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': [[ChaoticNeutral Bean]] [[FunnySchizophrenia the]] [[MadBomber Dynamite]] is quite the nicknamer. He's called Sonic "Speedy [=McQuickness=]", "Mr. Needlemouse" and "Speedy Cheese"; called Tails "Propellor Butt"; called Amy "Piko Piko Valkyrie" and "Shouty Hammer [=McPain=]"; called Jet the Hawk "Jettinson Q. Hawkington" and called Blaze "Little Miss Flaming Lilac". He also [[CompanionCube named one of his bombs "Jamie-Kendall Duckingworth III".]] Unusual in that the nicknames he gives are always ''longer'' than the real names.
107* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spidey]] is fond of shortening the names of his allies and villains. [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn The Green Goblin]] and the Hobgoblin are Gobby and Hobby, [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]] is Doc Ock, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil]] is DD or Hornhead, he's borrowed Matchstick from Ben Grimm for the Human Torch etc. In at least one adaptation, [[AppropriatedAppellation insulting Max Dillon with the name "Electro" is what inspires him to use it as his villain name]].
108* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} had a nickname for just about every one of his teammates (such as "Goldie" for ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and "Witch" for ComicBook/{{Raven}}).
109* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] tends to do this, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]] is even annoyed he keeps on calling him "Chuck" and "Charlie". Examples include Cajun for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]], Elf for [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], RedJeanie for [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]], and Tin Man for [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]].
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113* ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust'': Toph, as in canon. The ones not from canon:
114** Alec: Hand Slicer, to his chagrin; he retaliates by calling her Shrimp.
115** Iroh: Old Man
116** Azula: Bitch Princess. [[spoiler:Changes to "Dragon Girl" after her HeelFaceTurn.]]
117** Suki: War Fans.
118** Ty Lee: Kitten.
119** Mai: Knives.
120* ''Fanfic/TheAccidentalWarlordAndHisPack'': Aiden calls Jaskier "songbird", Milena "kitten" for her hidden "claws", Aleksander "pup" for his "[[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight wolf heart]]", Lambert "Lamb" for the irony and Ada, Elena, Maja and Zia "Mantikittens".
121* Firefly from ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'' uses her teammates' cutie marks or character traits as basis for their callsigns.
122* Asuka has a reputation for giving people nicknames in ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust''. Rei takes advantage of this when she needs to hide the origin of Kaworu's "Rainbow Trout" name from Gendo (since admitting that she made it would clue him in to the fact that she was off her emotional suppressants).
123* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': Deaf Marco has American Sign Language nicknames for the other Animorphs; Rachel is "Xena", Tobias is "bird" in the same position as "boy", Cassie is "crazy tree", Jake is "J" twice at an angle, and Ax is the sign for "axe".
124* In ''Another Kind Of Magic'', Trixie has a nickname for each of her friends ('Hayseed', 'Diva', 'Hummingbird', 'Wet Blanket', 'Neon Sign') while her best friend Twilight labours under several. She only does it out of affection, however, and genuinely loves them all. This does not mean Twilight isn't horrified when Trixie refers to their shared mentor, Celestia, as 'Princess Overrated' (and later refers to the royal sisters as 'Bright Light' and 'Night Light').
125* In ''Fanfic/AquamanMonster'', Tommy names both Topo and Pete the pufferfish, which aren't their real names but they like enough to be addressed by.
126* Denmark in George [=DeValier=]'s "Catch Perfect" ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic nicknames everyone after their country of origin, and gets pissed when someone refuses his nicknames.
127* Jono Starsmore of ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' shows a propensity for this, dubbing Strange "the Scary Bugger Supreme," Gambit "The Walking Cliche," [[spoiler: pre-Face Turn Maddie]] "Death in Black Trousers," and Destruction of the Endless a "Cosmic Whatsit," amongst others.
128** Tony Stark, as per his canon incarnation, is also somewhat prone to this.
129* In ''Fanfic/ChrysalisVisitsTheHague'', Chrysalis insists on calling her lawyer 'worm', while Lyra Heartstrings keeps calling him Mr. E. And Shining Armor (true to {{Canon}}) calls his sister Twily.
130* Kumiko Akamine from ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'' gives a nickname to everyone in the resort, including Monokuma.
131* The Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy gives this role to Edward Elric, but in a limited capacity. He only does it to Roy Mustang, for whom he never uses the same nickname twice, calling him things like "General Chess Fiend," "General Skirtchaser," and "the walking cigarette lighter." On the rare occasion he uses the man's real name, it's a pretty serious situation.
132* In ''Fanfic/FateStarryNight'', Jack doesn't remember anyone's names. When the story is being narrated from her perspective, she instead attaches descriptors to them. [[SupremeChef EMIYA]] is "red cook man", [[{{BFS}} Kojiro]] is "long sword man", Xuanzang is "crybaby lady who calls Mommy her disciple", Medea is "funny toy-making lady", and so on.
133* The main character of ''Fanfic/AFeddieStory'' only refers to one member of her tank crew by their actual first name...because their first name is Cat, and it's hard to top that one. When Cat is promoted, she's quick to start calling him by the traditional nickname of his new rank instead. Every other crew-member so far has only been referred to by a diminutive version of their first name; Ritchie becoming "Rich" and Michael becoming "Mikey".
134%%* [=JoJo=] Bates, the protagonist of ''Fanfic/TheGiftBMeph'' even makes a nickname for her therapist.
135* In ''Fanfic/GoAwayImWatchingPorn'', Issei tends to give everyone nicknames due to being bad at remembering names otherwise. More often then not they are based on personality quirks he perceives them as having, ranging from the obvious to the bizarre.
136* Luz in ''Fanfic/AHeroForged'' has a habit of dolling out nicknames, though whether they're {{affectionate|Nickname}}, [[EmbarrassingNickname spiteful]] or [[InsultOfEndearment a little of both]] depends on the person. Willow is "Thorns", Gus is "Mini-Loki" and Amity gets "Minty", "Thin Mint", "Lemon Drop" and "Tea Leaves."
137* Wrestling/BeckyLynch is one in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen of Las Vegas]]''. She regularly addresses Wrestling/SashaBanks as "Nurse Magenta" (as Sasha is a nurse in this story, and has magenta hair), and delights in addressing Wrestling/CharlotteFlair as "Charlie" or "Char-Char". Subverted in the case of Charlotte, who refuses to address people by their preferred nicknames. The only exception she makes is for Wrestling/{{Raven}}, a long-time capo for the Flair crime family.
138%%* The four happily continue in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'':
139%%** Tevri'ed = Tevvy, Daarthayu = Darth Vader, Tipaan = Tin Pan or Tin Pawn, Gothmarik = Gothic
140%%** Spectrem: Schmucktrem
141%%** G'heddi'onians: Geddies (and before they learned this name, they called them the New Tirin, or N.T.s.)
142%%** Jennai: Jenny
143%%** Shaamforouz: Oozy Sham
144%%** Theecat: Moggy
145%%** The Circle: The Circle Jerks
146%%** Quill and Rajotel: Fatty and Roger
147%%** The Svenjaya: Svens
148%%** The Tipaanese: Tips
149%%** The Tayhil: Tays
150%%** Trelayna: Crazy Train
151%%** Mevaryat: Mevvy
152* ''Fanfic/MegaManRecut'' has Metal Man, who nicknames almost everyone he meets.
153* The Wolf of ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'' has a marked tendency to refer to people who aren't part of his crew by a different term, sometimes flattering, sometimes not (and sometimes even the 'flattering' one isn't considered as such by the recipient):
154** The few people he seems to respect get an impressive-sounding nickname (Dragonqueen), a reference to a mighty deed (Shield-slayer for Tyrion) their last or "last" names (Jon Snow, Davos Seaworth or Grey Worm). Others he finds useful get a noun-verber (fleshcrafter/necromancer for Qyburn) or a description (gold-hand or one-hand for Jaime).
155** People he doesn't like at all get insults or are [[MaliciousMisnaming deliberately misnamed]] (Molehill, Snolton, Fingers, rust-born, whore-queen/kinrutter).
156* Jaune in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12986165/11/A-Monster-s-Marriage A Monster's Marriage]]'' nicknames everyone. While some are shortened versions of their name like Merc, Em, and Pyr for Mercury, Emerald, and Pyrrha, others are more creative. Adam Taurus is "Addie" and Glynda Goodwitch is "Notorious G".
157* In ''Fanfic/NoHoper'' Cleo ([[CatsAreSnarkers a talking cat]]) takes to referring to Light as "the Can-Opener."
158* ''Fanfic/OniGaShikuSeries'': Izuku never calls anyone by their real names, with the exceptions of Kiryu who he calls "Kiryu-san", his uncle Majima who he calls "Gorojiji" (with jiji meaning uncle), and his best friend Mei. For literally everyone else, he either uses diminutives (like calling Ochako "Occhan" or Iida Ii-chan), or a nickname that doesn't reference their real name at all (like calling Momo Yaoyorozu "Mochi" because she's sweet or giving vulgar nicknames to the GoldfishPoopGang).
159* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fic ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'', Aaron T. loves to use nicknames for the other 4*Town boys, particularly Tae Young (Blondie, Tater-Tot) and Jesse (Jesszilla, Jessorama).
160* ''Webcomic/PMDAnotherPerspective'': In light of the Rocket grunt refusing to say what her name is and telling her she's a Purrloin, Blazy the Cyndaquil decides to call her "Purry". The grunt reacts... negatively to the nickname.
161-->'''"Purry"''': IF YOU CALL ME PURRY I SWEAR-
162%%* Lyra in the Blog/ReadingRainbowverse has this trait.
163* ''Webcomic/PMDTheRogueTeam'': After [[AmusingInjuries starting off on the wrong foot]], Tabor the treecko properly introduces himself to Erin. When Erin tells him her name, he ignores it and starts calling her "Red" instead.
164* ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' has Kyoko, who will call anyone by a nickname if given the chance, especially if their name is long or she doesn't like them. A particular case is with Oktavia, who she typically refers to by a nickname instead of her actual name not out of a dislike of her, but because Oktavia used to be Sayaka, and Kyoko is struggling with both the knowledge that calling Oktavia by her old name is psychologically dangerous, but also because she can't bring herself to fully admit to Sayaka being gone completely. Oktavia ''has'' noted this, and by later arcs of the story has gotten quite annoyed by this habit.
165* In ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'', Ragnarok has become a nicknamer either to be a {{Jerkass}} or to be funny. Maybe both.
166* Rika in the ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'' seems to have a nickname for everyone, something that Henry {{lampshade|Hanging}}s.
167** During one of the chapter openings, Terriermon lists every single one of the nicknames in order to make up for the last chapter being rather short.
168* As in [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama canon]], Jo is this in ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy''. In "Water You Gonna Do?", she gives nicknames to all of the campers participating in the challenge:
169** [[SurferDude Marlin]] is "[[Music/TheBeachBoys Beach Boy]]".
170** [[BigEater Carter]] is "Human Vacuum".
171** [[{{Hikikomori}} Katherine]] is "Shut-In".
172** [[QueenIncognito Lydia]] is "Ms. Terious".
173** [[TheFashionista Emilia]] is "Toys/{{Bratz}} Doll".
174** [[BigBeautifulWoman Serena]] is "[[Memes/SamuraiJack Extra Thicc]]".
175** [[BuxomBeautyStandard Storm]] is "Knockers".
176** [[{{Mutant}} Link]] is "Franchise/{{Godzilla}}".
177** [[MasterArcher Skave]] is "Myth/RobinHood".
178** [[SickeninglySweethearts Keith]] is "Simp".
179* In the ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13167363/6/To-Undo-it-All To Undo it All]]'', Shiro, being the Hollow half of Zangetsu's powers, nicknames anyone who has not legitimately earned his respect. The list of people he doesn't call by a nickname is quite short: [[CombatMedic Unahona]], [[TheBigGuy Chad]], [[FlashStep Yoruichi]], a couple of Arrancar, and Ichigo's sisters due to them being family.
180* ''Fanfic/WelcomeToTheWorldOfPokemon'' has four characters who nickname all of their Pokemon: Leaf, Ethan, Brendan and Hilda. Other characters have nicknamed Pokemon, but the vast majority of these names are a Pokemon's given name.
181* In ''Fanfic/WinterWar'', Madarame Ikkaku starts giving nicknames in imitation of his missing vice-captain. For example, he calls Momo "Peaches" and Grimmjow "Boy Blue".
182%%* Oh, do the four in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'' go to town with this trope! Some examples:
183%%** Placenames: Ketafa = Ketawful, Ta'akan = Tacky
184%%** As'taris: Ass, Asshole, Santa's Ass, and Jeez-Ass (after he's resurrected).
185%%** The Hunter becomes “the Lumberjack” after they watch him cut firewood with his {{BFS}}, which mutates into “Lumberjackass” and “the loathsome Lumberjack.”
186%%** The Vasyn: The Vaseline, the Aspirin, the thingy, and [[TitleDrop the Big Pink Job]].
187%%** The four attract their share of nicknames as well.
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191* Jenson in ''Film/DayOfTheAnimals'', [[{{Jerkass}} jackass that he is]], refers to everyone in the backpacking group by the nicknames he has given to them, "Hot Shot" for Buckner, "Kemosabe" for Santee, and so on.
192* In ''Film/{{Exam}}'', it is White who assigns everyone the borderline racist and sexist (as Brunette points out) names by which it they are known throughout the exam. Even before then, he is referring to Brown as 'Gandhi'.
193* Brian, the floor manager in ''Film/{{Extract}}'', refers to almost all of his subordinates as "Dinkus", with the one exception being a character he calls "Forklift Dinkus" or "Boy Genius".
194* Gunnery Sgt. Hartman from ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' gives each of his Marines a nickname in bootcamp. Not only does this stick throughout the movie, but for many of the characters, it's the only name the audience learns.
195* Toyo in ''Film/{{Ikiru}}'' is this to her coworkers at the office, though she usually keeps them to herself. She shares several with Wantanabe on a day out, including one she made for him, "The Mummy" for his dull plodding labor. Wantanabe admits that it fit him well.
196* In ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet'', when Crusty meets fish!Henry Limpet, he refers to him as "Flatbush" (after the Brooklyn community where Henry lived when he was a human) saying that he had seen "flat fish" but never a "flat bush".
197* [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark / Iron Man]] does it a lot in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. It even served as the inspiration for a category on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' in 2019.
198** In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Captain America is "Old Man" (who is technically 90+ years old), as well as "Capsicle" (due to his status as a HumanPopsicle). Thor is "Film/{{Point Break|1991}}" (because of his long blond hair and beard, which look similar to Creator/PatrickSwayze in that movie). Hawkeye is "[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]]" (being an archer). Loki is "Reindeer Games" (due to the helmet) and "Rock of Ages" (due to his regalia). Loki's staff is "the Glowstick of Destiny" (which glows and mind controls people).
199** He keeps doing it in ''Film/IronMan3'', with names such as "Ponytail Express" and "Film/{{Westworld}}".
200** He nicknames Spider-Man "Underoos", his Aunt May "Aunt Hottie", and calls Bucky "[[Literature/TheManchurianCandidate Manchurian Candidate]]" in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
201** He calls Ebony Maw "[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]]" in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (in some dubs, this is changed to "[[Franchise/HarryPotter Voldemort]]"). He also calls ComicBook/StarLord "Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}" ([[InsultBackfire Quill takes it as a compliment]]) and ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer "Mr. Clean" ([[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Drax doesn't get the reference]]).
202** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he refers to Nebula as "[[Westernanimation/YellowSubmarine Blue Meanie]]". When Thor becomes fat and drunk, he naturally calls him "[[Film/TheBigLebowski Lebowski]]".
203** Done indirectly in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', where Thor's attempts to activate the Quinjet's voice identification with "Strongest Avenger" and similar monikers fail until he says "Point Break". After Thor finds Banner, the computer identifies ''him'' as "Strongest Avenger".
204-->'''Thor:''' Uhh, what?
205* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': Security guard Gus does this repeatedly with Larry, giving him numerous derogatory nicknames (one for each time he addresses him, really) most with a bent towards food items like "Cupcake", "Hot Dog" and "Butterscotch", and also goes off the rails with things like "Snack Shack" and "Lunch Box", etc. He also calls him "Hopscotch".
206* In ''Film/NoNameOnTheBullet'', Gant dubs Luke "Physician" and keeps referring to him as that throughout the film.
207* Benny, or rather [[AdaptationalNameChange Vanheden]], becomes one in the Swedish adaptation of ''Film/{{Olsenbanden}}''. Examples include him being the first person to call the villanous henchman "Biffen" by that nickname, calling [[GirlOfTheWeek Katrin]] "Plommon(et)" and her dad "Äpplet"[[labelnote:Translated]]"(the) plum" and "the apple" respectively, both puns on their names[[/labelnote]], and almost always calling his boss Charles-Ingvar either the EmbarrassingNickname Sickan or Charlie (the latter only in the first film).
208* Dewey Finn from ''Film/SchoolOfRock'' gives his students nicknames because at first, he can't be bothered to learn their actual names.
209* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', Sonic spent his life on Earth eavesdropping on Tom and Maddie Wachowski, giving them the nicknames "Pretzel Lady" for Maddie's dexterity in practicing yoga, and "Donut Lord" for Tom because of his penchant for eating (and talking to) donuts. And of course, he calls Robotnik "Eggman" because his drone army shares a white color scheme and ovoid shape which makes them resemble eggs, and this is used as a way to bridge Robotnik's old name and new name used in the ''Sonic'' games.
210* Han Solo from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies is a fan of this trope. He calls Luke "Kid" and "Junior", C-3PO "Goldenrod" and "The Professor", and has several for Princess Leia, "Your Highnessness", "your Worshipfullness", "Princess" and "Sweetheart." In ''The Force Awakens'', he calls Finn "Big Deal".
211* ''Film/TheSteelHelmet'' by Creator/SamuelFuller has the main character, Zack, give insulting and mocking nicknames to his squadmates and people around him. A Korean kid is called "Short Round" (which was given a ShoutOut in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''), a religious soldier who had earlier been a conscientious objector is labeled "Conscie" and the North Korean captive is called "[[RedScare Red]]."
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215* Sir Kay in Myth/ArthurianLegend appears to be unpopular with the court partially because of this (and his tendency to make fun of whoever he does it to). When Sir Gareth comes to court in disguise and refuses to give his name, Kay calls him Beaumains, bad[[note]]Gendered names are difficult, aren't they? It should be Bellesmains[[/note]] French for "Pretty Hands;" when Brunor the Black arrives at court wearing the coat his father was murdered in, he becomes far better known by what Kay calls him: Sir La Cote Male Taile[[note]]La cotte mal taillée[[/note]] (The knight of the ill-fitting coat); and he refers to Sagramore as "Morte Jeune" (young corpse, should be Jeune Morte) on occasion due to his epilepsy-like fits. In T.H. White's ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'', he is the one that gave Arthur the nickname Wart because it rhymes with Art, or at least did in the accent of the age. White omits the nicknaming habit but does make Sir Kay a semi-sympathetic JerkAss.
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219* In ''101 Ways to Bug Your Parents'', the cool kid in the main character's class gave the entire class nicknames. This included the teacher who was known as "The Scribbler". The main character (Steve) is known as "Sneeze", due to his asthma. His best friend (Hector) is called "Hiccup", because of, well, his hiccups.
220* Fat Charlie's father in ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' gives people nicknames. For instance, Fat Charlie himself isn't even really fat, but his father nicknamed him that and his father's nicknames stick. [[spoiler:As in, it's a ''law of reality'' that they stick, because he's literally the god Anansi and the names a god gives are definitively [[IKnowYourTrueName True]]. He's ruined lives by giving particularly ill-thought names]].
221* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Marco calls Ax "Ax-man" (though Tobias originally came up with that one) and Rachel "Series/{{Xena|WarriorPrincess}}". He often calls or refers to Jake as "Fearless Leader" and "Big Guy." Tobias is usually "Bird-Boy." It seems like Cassie is the only one he doesn't have a nickname for, which might stem from the fact that they never really get along.
222* As befitting the fact that they're homages to the same [[FilmNoir tradition]], Mack, of ''Literature/TheAutomaticDetective'', enjoys nicknaming all the mooks he interacts with in much the same manner as Dresden. Luckily for him, he lives in a world full of mutants and aliens, making his job easier, nicknames such as "Dome Head", "Hairlip" and "Jellyfish" being entirely accurate descriptions.
223* ''Literature/BewareOfChicken'': Tigu doesn't bother memorising the names of people outside her immediate family and friends, preferring to just call people by something descriptive, like "Loud Boy" or "Handsome Man". Possibly justified by the fact that she started out as a [[CatsAreMean cat]].. In some cases, such as Loud Boy and Rags, other characters start using the nicknames as well, to the point where even the narration uses them at times. They sometimes also become InsultsOfEndearment, such as 'Blade of Grass' for Xiulan.
224* [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]. They were generally {{Meaningful Name}}s like "sons of thunder" for brothers James and John, or [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Not-Really-Names-At-All]] like "Peter" for Simon, and you can even throw in post-HeelFaceTurn [[ThatManIsDead Saul]] becoming [[ThisIsMyNameOnForeign Paul]].
225* Marco from ''Literature/{{Bounders}}'' calls Jasper "J-Bird," Mira "Dancing Queen," and Cole "Wiki."
226* Lotus Cloud from ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'' gives all of her (numerous) suitors ridiculously cutesy nicknames. It's a testament to her [[spoiler:goddess-related]] ability to make men become [[DevotedToYou hopelessly devoted to her]] that Ten Ox doesn't mind being called "Boopsie" by her at all.
227* Simon Darcourt, a repeat character in Creator/ChristopherBrookmyre novels, makes his mark early by never calling anyone by their real name if he can substitute one of his own ("But you just ''are'' [insert nickname], don't you see?"). [[ObfuscatingStupidity Div]], the [[{{Ditz}} designated ditz]] in their circle of friends, even gets to call him on it:
228-->'''Div:''' He thinks he's Jesus the noo. "Simon, I dub thee 'Peter'."
229* ''Literature/TheCloneWarsSecretMissions'': Captain Lock gives Breakout Squad's troopers their code names based on his observations of their skills and personalities during a training exercise.
230* In the ''Literature/CutAndRun'' series, Ty loves to call people by nicknames, stemming from a dislike of [[EmbarrassingFirstName his own first name.]] He calls his brother Deuce, his friend Nick O'Flaherty "O" and their other friend Digger, and his boss Dick. His partner/lover, Zane, goes through a series of nicknames, including Pansy Ass and Lonestar.
231** His penchant for nicknaming actually keeps him and Zane from getting outed at work at one point. After being caught receiving a sexual text from Zane during a meeting, they're both thankful for Ty's habit of pretty much never putting people's actual names into his contacts.
232* ''Literature/{{Dinoverse}}'' has various humans cast back into the age of dinosaurs. Subsequently all of them come up with names for various individual prehistoric creatures. Janine is the most free with names and even continues it affectionately when back in her own time, with people who actually do have names -- Candayce is Candy-Striper, Mr. London is Mr. L, Aaron is Slick.
233* In the ''Literature/DolphinTrilogy'', John is a human [[RaisedByWolves raised by dolphins]]. Dolphins don't have names, but his human instincts cause him to associate each dolphin with a string of sounds. Transliterated into human writing, his adoptive mother is named Mala, and his best friend is Tron.
234* Razza in ''Literature/DontCallMeIshmael'' likes to make up nicknames for his friends: Scobie is Scobes, Prudence is Prudles, Prindable becomes Prindabuddy, Fantasy-fan Bill is referred to as [[Literature/TheHobbit Bill-bo]]...
235* Literature/{{Dora Wilk|Series}} loves giving nicknames to people, both friends and foe, although she doesn't use them all the time. For her, Gabriel is Gabe, [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Miron]] is Imp, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Gajusz]] is Your Bitingness and [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Aleksander]] is Asper, just to give a few examples.
236* In David Carkeet's whimsical linguist mystery ''Literature/DoubleNegative'', the characters' {{Meaningful Name}}s (the clumsy guy is called Woeps, the weird inquisitive guy is Aaskhugh, the [[spoiler:soon-to-be-dead guy is called Stiph]], etc.) are reinforced for the reader, though not for the slightly oblivious characters, by Aaskhugh's peculiar nicknames (his name for Woeps is "Daisy," and so on).
237* Orson Gregory in ''Literature/TheDreamsideRoad'' seldom refers to his enemies by their real name. Captain Maros for instance, he calls “Man Bun”, for his long hair.
238* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
239** Harry Dresden has been known to nickname people whose real names he doesn't know, so we get things like "Spinyboy," "Turtleneck," and "Eyebrow." He decided that "Knights of the Order of the Blackened Denarius" was too dignified and started referring to a bunch of centuries-old demon-possessed psychos and their terrifying leader Nicodemus as "Nicky and The Nickelheads." (The demons are in silver coins, which are usually on the Denarians' foreheads.)
240** This tendency turns out remarkably well for Harry on several occasions. Thanks to [[IKnowYourTrueName the inherent power of names]], there are at least three instances in the books in which Harry gives a very powerful magical entity a nickname and, in doing so, influences it for the better. The entities in question are a spirit of intellect with vast knowledge of magic and lore ("Bob the Skull"), the Archive of the ''entire collected knowledge of mankind'' ("Ivy") and [[spoiler:the psychic imprint or "shadow" of a fallen angel named Lasciel ("Lash"). Lash is an especially noteworthy case in that by giving her a name of her own, Harry gave her an identity separate from Lasciel and introduced her to the concept of free will.]] This is questionable about Ivy. It seems to be good, but, Luccio does make some good, if absolutely heartless, points about why The Archive isn't supposed to do that.
241** As of ''Literature/SkinGame'', you can add "Alfred", [[spoiler:the spirit that controls Demonreach, a prison so nasty that the minimum security wing is populated by naagloshi[=/=]skinwalkers.]]
242** "Shagnasty" the [[spoiler:skinwalker]]. Justified, since it feeds on fear and therefore calling it something that ''isn't'' silly will just make it stronger.
243** He also does it with monsters when he doesn't like their real names. In ''Literature/SummerKnight'', he decided that "plant monster" sound stupid and started calling it a "chlorofiend" instead (and then switches back to "plant monster" since no one understands what "chlorofiend" means); the Ik'k'uox in ''Literature/{{Changes}}'' became "The Ick" in the interests of [[TheUnpronounceable pronounceability]], and Esteban and Esmerelda, a pair of feared Red Court vampire assassins, become "the Eebs".
244** And in ''Literature/BloodRites'', he abbreviates "Black Court vampires" to "blampires" when signaling with his staff; Ebenezar initially thinks he's cocked up the Morse code.
245** ''Literature/GhostStory'' has "Captain Turtleneck" and "The Big Hoods." Later he calls Uriel, the freaking ''archangel'' and God's own {{spymaster}}, "Uri". Uriel isn't pleased (at all) about having such a significant part of his name left off, but subsequently accepts "Mr. Sunshine" as an alternative.[[labelnote:*]][[GeniusBonus For those not fluent in classical Hebrew]], "Uriel" means "God is my light", and the "el" part that Harry so carelessly omitted translates into "{{God}}". On the other hand, "Uriel" ''can'' be very, very loosely translated as "Mr. Sunshine", which is probably why the Archangel accepted it.[[/labelnote]]
246** ''Literature/ColdDays'' adds "[[DiamondsInTheBuff Little Miss Spanglecrotch]]" for Maeve, and "Sharkface" for [[spoiler:He Who Walks Before]].
247** In the [[TabletopGame/TheDresdenFiles tabletop sourcebook]], the entry for a character known only by nickname is accompanied by a rueful note about how a detective should probably be better at learning people's names.
248** Harry justifies this in the case of monsters, because a nameless monster is scarier and has more power over you than one that has a name. And if it is ridiculous, so much the better.
249** Considering the [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail importance]] the series places on them, it's perhaps [[ChekhovsGun significant]] (or perhaps [[EpilepticTrees not]]), that Harry himself doesn't seem to have any nicknames, as such.
250* The title character in ''Literature/EdenGreen'' has a pathological need to shorten names, referring to best friend Veronica as 'Ron' and hated enemy Tedrin as 'Ted' and later [[spoiler:Kazu]].
251* Grub from ''Literature/TheEmberBlade'' nicknames the rest of the party; Aren is Mudslug, Cade is Dumbface, Fen is Freckles, Vikka is the Painted Lady. None of the others appreciate their new name.
252* Though she rarely addresses them by their nicknames to their faces, ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'''s Senna Wales can get into this habit. By her account, the four members of the series' TrueCompanions are called, "[[HeroicWannabe General Davideus]]", "[[PluckyComicRelief the clown]]", "[[TheSmartGuy the smug bastard]]", and "the cow."
253* ''Literature/FamilySkeletonMysteries'': [[spoiler:Nelson Paul [=McQuaid=] the Third, also known as]] Treasure Hunt, does this to almost everyone he meets, including himself. Among others, he refers to his son Brownlow "Brownie" Mannix as "College Boy" and Charles Peyton as "Britannica". Several of his carnival employees also go by nicknames he gave them, including Stewpot, Soda Pop and Gameboy.
254* Inaho, the aspiring (and awful) comedian of ''Literature/GirlsKingdom'', gives everyone nicknames, usually twists on their actual names. For example, Misaki become Misakins, Asuka is referred to as Nekopeko (after her last name, which starts with Neko), and Kagura gets Kagu.
255* Howard in ''Literature/{{Gone}}''. He names The FAYZ [[FunWithAcronyms (Fallout Alley Youth Zone)]], the Zekes [[spoiler: (Easy-Killers)]], and presumably Orc.
256* Haymitch Abernathy from ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. Katniss is "sweetheart" and Peeta is "the boy."
257* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Tiza gives everyone nicknames, usually to insult them because she's anti-social like that. Some of them eventually become an InsultOfEndearment. A short list: Eric is "Dimwit", Nolien is "Tenderfoot", Basilard is "Bloody Daylra", Sathel is "Spider Daylra", Retina is "Daylra's Dear", Kasile is "Queen Tent Burner", Annala is "Big Mouth", Anuzat is "Cranky Client", Haburt is "Professor Pathetic", Neuro is "Ivory", Dengel is "Old Fossil", Zettai is "Fangirl Damsel", Renograde is "Rent-A-Spade", and Dosh is "Brat Brother".
258* In Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy'', Johnny is the official nickname generator for his friends. In the second book it takes him a moment to remember that Bigmac's social worker would know him as Simon.
259* In Part I of ''Literature/KillTimeOrDieTrying'', most of the older warplings aspire to this, often competing with one another to popularize their own particular nicknames for new members.
260* Every marine from ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' is given a nickname during boot camp. There is usually some reason for the nickname, such as Tarr being the kind of fighter to "stick" to his position in a battle or Fiddler playing one mean... fiddle. And then there's Rumjugs.
261* ''Literature/MrsSmithsSpySchoolForGirlsDoubleCross'': By this entry in the series, it eventually becomes [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] that [[TheProtagonist Abby]] is always giving nicknames to people based on something that she notices about them.
262* Massha from ''Literature/MythAdventures'' seldom calls anyone but her husband by their real names, preferring things like High Roller/Hot Shot (Skeeve), Green And Scaly (Aahz), Dark And Deadly (Guido), and on one memorable occasion, Short And About To Be Extinct.
263* The children's book ''The Nickname Game'' had the protagonists as a pair of Nicknamers. Most of the book is spent trying to come up with a good nickname for the new girl.
264* In ''Literature/OldScores'', the vampire Salem, even after begrudgingly resigning himself to human Anita Rothard's involvement in his war with vampire king Shafax, still makes his feelings clear by referring to her with a variety of food-related nicknames.
265* In the ''Literature/SammyKeyes'' series, Sammy does this to absolutely everyone she meets before she knows their real names. If she doesn't particularly like them, though, the nickname tends to stick forever. Two of her nicknames ("Snake Eyes", "Psycho Kitty Queen") even became titles of books!
266* ''Literature/{{Semiosis}}'': Among the sapient PlantAliens, the macho speaker for the locustwood trees calls Stevland "bamboozler", in part because Stevland [[PunnyName is a bamboo]].
267* ''Literature/SixOfCrows'': Jesper. He'll toss out a 'beautiful' or 'gorgeous' at anyone but he ''really'' has fun with Wylan.
268* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
269** Ser Alliser Thorne is the member of the Night's Watch in charge of training new recruits. He gives insulting nicknames to his recruits, for instance "Ser Piggy" for fat Samwell Tarly and "Lord Snow" for the highborn [[HeroicBastard bastard son]] of Ned Stark, Jon Snow.
270--->'''Thorne:''' Toad. Stone Head. Aurochs. Lover. Pimple. Monkey. Ser Loon. [...] And the Bastard.
271** In the fifth book, [[spoiler: Jon as Lord Commander is officially addressed as "Lord Snow."]]
272** Stannis Baratheon, despite having absolutely no sense of humor, appears to be this, giving other characters such charming names as 'Lord Too-Fat-To-Sit-a-Horse' and 'Ser Stupid'.
273* This is one of the [[PlanetOfHats hats]] (along with being {{Boisterous Bruiser}}s [[spoiler:and ''[[ThePlan schemers]]'']]) of the [[UrsineAliens Dilbians]] in Creator/GordonRDickson[='s=] ''Spatial Delivery'' and ''Spacepaw''. Note that while the nicknames are {{meaningful|Name}}, they're also often ''oblique'' (Shaking Knees is so-called for holding a heavy object up so long that his legs threatened to give out on him, ''not'' as any slight to his courage)...thus, leading to incidents in which TheHero of each book is startled when a human woman nicknamed "Greasy Face" [[spoiler:(for applying moisturizer)]] or "Dirty Teeth" [[spoiler:(for vigorously brushing them)]] turns out to be ''drop-dead hot''.
274* Franchise/StarWarsLegends:
275** Creator/AaronAllston's short story "[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Clone_Wars:_The_Pengalan_Tradeoff The Pengalan Tradeoff]]" has Joram Kithe, an accountant sent to gauge the skills of clone troopers, finding himself cut off in enemy territory with them. Annoyed with their lack of names and [[YouAreNumberSix the inconvenience of using their numbers]], he gives them all nicknames--Tooth, Mapper, Digger, Hash--based on little differences, which he encourages in order to make it easier for him to tell them apart. In doing this he damages their absolute unity, making them considerably less interchangeable, but also encouraging them to think more creatively and humanizing them, for himself and the readers.
276** In ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'', Tusken warlord A'Yark gives names to her foes based on their attributes, because she doesn't know their actual names. Orrin is "the Smiling One," Ben is "Hairy Face," and Annileen, believed to possess powers actually displayed by Ben, is called ''ena'grosh'', "the Airshaper."
277* Faun from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}'' gives everyone nicknames. The theory is that it's because she [[DoNotCallMePaul loathes her full name, "Faunelle",]] and is trying to cope.
278* Kai from ''Literature/TornadoBrain'' calls Frankie things like "Frankenstein" and "Frank and Beans." Frankie pretends to be annoyed, even though she actually likes the nicknames.
279* In ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', the Lambsbridge Gang, a group of [[ArtificialHuman science experiment children]] who [[KidDetective hunt mad science experiments]] make a game of assigning nicknames to their quarry. Names given include "The Snake Charmer" (Creator of a cat/snake hybrid which dissolved people with stomach acid) "The Bad Seeds" (Clones made of the children of prominent figures intended to assassinate them) and "Whiskers" (A slightly larger than human creature [[BodyHorror covered in armor made of teeth and fine hairs]] which is hypersensitive to its surroundings).
280* ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': Lauren keeps calling Emily ‘kid.’ Emily eventually protests, noting that she’s fifteen and is only a few years younger than Lauren, but Lauren says that Emily is so far behind in terms of developing her magical power that she thinks it’s apropos.
281* Safi of ''Literature/TheWitchlands'' likes to give people nicknames, especially [[TheGadfly annoying ones]].
282* Zach from the ''Literature/ZacharyNixonJohnson'' series. He comments at one point that when fighting hired goons, it's important to assign them demeaning nicknames.
283* In ''Literature/ZenobiaJuly'', Arli gives a nickname to every kid who sits at veir table, including veirself. Starling is Arli, Chantal is Dyna, Greg is Clem, Elijah is Gizmo, and Zenobia is Zen, although she thinks that one doesn't count because her aunts already call her Zen.
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287* Mack from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' does this to almost everyone at some point. Notably he calls Daisy "Tremors", Fitz "Turbo", and Elena Yo-Yo.
288-->'''Mack:''' "Just get in the damn box. You too Ironside" ''Wheels Gabe Reyes into the containment module''
289-->'''Gabe (Wheelchair-bound teenager)''' "Hey, screw you, Black Kojak! No one moves this thing except for me!
290-->'''Mack''' "I like this kid."
291* Murdock from ''Series/TheATeam'' could be considered this. He frequently comes up with nicknames for his teammates (well, for B.A. and Face, at least). He usually only uses a nickname once or twice; he calls B.A. 'The Baracan One' a couple of times. His most frequent one for B.A. is [[InsultOfEndearment mud-sucker]]. He's also called Faceman numerous nicknames, including 'Visage Man', 'O Facial One', 'Man of the Countenance', and 'Faceyman' (he used all of those only once). Also, some of Murdock's remarks about Face in the fifth season episode ''Family Reunion'' have led some fans to suspect that Murdock may have been the one who came up with the nickname 'Faceman' in the first place.
292* Bernard Black of ''Series/BlackBooks'' often bestows various nicknames on his employee/flatmate Manny, e.g. "Thor", "Gandalf", "Bigfoot", "Hawkwind", and "Ming the Merciless".
293* ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'':
294** Xander makes up nicknames for nearly everyone. (Contrary to most fanfic, though, he never reuses them, which might be why we almost never hear him give Willow a nickname... he ran out of original nicknames for her years ago.)
295** Spike also does this chronically. He calls Willow "Red" a few times, and Illyria "Big Blue", "The Leather Queen", "Fred Sonja", "Little Shiva", "Babe the Blue Ox", and "Blue Meanie". Also, he calls Angel "Captain Forehead", "Ol' Broody-pants", "Poof" and "Peaches".
296*** He often refers to women he's fond of and/or respects (Buffy, Nikki Wood, [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Dawn, Fred]], [[UnholyMatrimony Drusilla]], etc.) as "Pet" or "Luv".
297*** He calls Dawn "Little Bit" and "Niblet" sometimes.
298*** He calls Buffy "Slayer" more often than he calls her by her name, and once sarcastically nicknamed her "Cutie" and "Goldielocks".
299*** Riley is "Captain Cardboard" or "Soldier Boy".
300*** Xander is "Harris", and Harmony is "Harm".
301** Faith had a habit of calling Buffy "B", but does so less later in the series. In the comics, she also took to calling Giles "G"
302** Gunn sometimes called Wesley 'English' in reference to his nationality.
303** Lorne always had food-themed nicknames for Angel.
304-->'''Angel''': "And stop calling me pastries!"
305* On ''Series/CriminalMinds'' Garcia nicknames everyone and amazingly, manages to come up with a new nickname every time. She and Morgan also, of course, have their flirty phone banter, which is only made more amusing by the ridiculous nicknames they come up with for each other. In one episode, their phone banter leads to a [[SensitivityTraining sexual harassment seminar.]] A flashback in one episode reveals that his most common nickname for her (Baby Girl) came about during their first meeting, when he was trying to get her attention without knowing her name. She seems indignant, but he apologizes.
306* Ace in ''Series/DoctorWho'', most famously calling the Doctor "Professor", even when [[AccidentalMisnaming asked not to]]. In her first appearance, she also consistently calls Mel "Doughnut" for no apparent reason and refers to [[LovableRogue Sabalom Glitz]] as "Bilge Bag" (which yes, is more a term of abuse than a nickname, but the point is she never actually uses his name). And of course, [[DoNotCallMePaul her own name is Dorothy]].
307* Somewhat like Xander above, Topher on ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' usually uses real names but often makes up nicknames. Most are only used once; his most persistent one is "Man-Friend" for Boyd.
308* ''Series/ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo'': The head of Sodeok-dong loves to give nicknames to his neighbors. He bestows famous monikers on them based on their attributes, such as "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Heung-min Son Heung-min]]" on the town's best soccer player. Curiously enough, the town's "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Park Eugene Park]]" is really named Park Yoo-jin.
309* [[AffablyEvil John Pope]] from ''Series/FallingSkies'' has a habit of giving people nicknames (accurate or not) that only he ever seems to use.
310%%* John Crichton, and to a lesser extent, Chiana, on ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' did this to almost everyone. Nicknames include:
311%%** Heavy D, D (D'Argo)
312%%** Pip (Chiana)
313%%** Blue (Zhaan)
314%%** Sparky, Spanky, Fluffy, Guido, Buckwheat (Rygel)
315%%** Shellhead (Pilot)
316%%** Astro (Stark)
317%%** Princess (Jool)
318%%** Sputnik (Sikozu)
319%%** Grandma, Wrinkles (Noranti)
320%%** Scorpy, Grasshopper (Scorpius)
321%%** Harvey (Scorpius' neural clone)
322%%** ''S.S. Buttcrack'' (Moya)
323%%** Old Man (Chiana's nickname for Crichton)
324%%** 1812 (a DRD from another Leviathan that Crichton taught to play the ''[[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky 1812 Overture]]''.
325%%** Frau Blucher (Natira)
326* Cisco from ''Series/TheFlash2014'' comes up with nicknames for all of [[MythologyGag the villains Barry comes across]] (i.e. Multiplex, Captain Cold, Mist, the Reverse Flash, etc.). In some cases, the meta-humans themselves like Cisco's nicknames to adopt them. Leonard Snart chooses to call himself "Cold" (dropping the "Captain") because of Cisco. When Hartley shows up claiming to have come up with a nickname for himself (Pied Piper), Cisco angrily replies that it's his job to come up with nicknames, then grudgingly admits that this one is pretty good. When Caitlin attempts to call Roy G. Bivolo "Rainbow Raider" (his name in the comics), Cisco says that's dumb and calls him Prism (Roy prefers Rainbow Raider). Snart's sister even asks Cisco to give her a nickname, so he grudgingly calls her Golden Glider (especially since she's wielding a weapon he designed, just like her brother). When it comes time to name [[spoiler:himself]], it's Barry who suggests the name [[spoiler:Vibe]], and he likes it. During his travel to [[spoiler: Earth-2, he meets his own counterpart who is a criminal working for Zoom and calls himself Reverb, to which he comments "it's not the worst name you could have come up with, but not the best."]] When Eliza Harmon gains super speed and becomes a criminal, Cisco briefly calls her "Bad Flash" before groaning at how lame that was. When he finds out Eliza calls herself "Trajectory", he complains.
327* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Ross had trouble remembering his students' names, so he came up with nicknames. Elizabeth was "Cutie [=McPretty=]".
328** 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".
329** Ross has had many short-lived nicknames over the course of the show, notably "Rossatron", "Mother Kisser", "The Divorce Force" and "Bobo the Sperm Guy".
330--->'''Ross:''' Hey Joe, while you're over there can you get a beer for the Rossatron?\
331'''Joey:''' (''look of horror'') ...Is that back?!?
332%%* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
333%%** Wyman Manderly names Jon Snow "the White Wolf".
334%%** Bronn apparently calls Littlefinger "Lord Twatbeard".
335* Spinelli, resident CloudCuckoolander of ''Series/GeneralHospital'', pathologically refuses to call anyone by their given name, instead nicknaming them according to one of their perceived attributes. %%A short list:
336%%** Jason (Stone Cold)
337%%** Sonny (Mr. Sir)
338%%** Maxie (Maximista)
339%%** Carly (The Valkyrie)
340%%** Jax (The Valkyrie's White Knight)
341%%** Spinelli (The Jackal)
342%%** (Fair) Lulu
343%%** Sam (The Goddess)
344%%** Alexis (Mother of The Goddess)
345* Lorelai from ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' counts here -- she even insists on using forgotten nicknames based on inside jokes, even when no one remembers said joke. She also has an EmbarrassingNickname of her own (Umlautz).
346* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', this is just another part of Sue's magnificently evil personality. Emma Pillsbury is called any woman's name but her own ("Wilma", "Edna", and "Edith", among others). Principal Figgins is "Figgy". Tina? "Asian". Mike? "[[Funny/{{Glee}} Other Asian]]". Mercedes? "[[SassyBlackWoman Aretha]]". Artie? "[[DisabledSnarker Wheels]]". Kurt? "[[CampGay Gay Kid]]", "[[PerformanceArtist Don Knotts]]", and "[[DudeLooksLikeALady Ladyface]]".
347** Lampshaded when Kurt protests that last one, and Sue allows him to choose from three other possible nicknames: Gelfling, Porcelain, and Tickle Me Doe-Face (he chooses Porcelain).
348** Sue's recruits for "General Zod and her League of Doom" get given villain names "The Pink Dagger", "Sergeant Handsome" and the "Honey Badger".
349** Blaine is either "Other Gay" or "Young Burt Reynolds".
350** Subverted in Season 4, when she can't come up with an insulting nickname for Marley, because she's too nice.
351* Kappa Tau on ''Series/{{Greek}}'' is a [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats fraternity full of nicknamers]]. Let's see, there's Spitter (Rusty), Beaver, Wade, Woodchuck, Ben Bennett, and Cappie (who's [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname only known by his nickname]]). This is to be expected (see the fraternity entry under "Real Life" examples).
352* Fonzie on ''Series/HappyDays'' had nicknames for Richie (Red), Joanie (Shortcake), and their parents (Mr. and Mrs. C).
353* In ''Series/HappyEndings'' Brad is this-he has a huge list of punny nicknames for his coworker Vanessa, and when Max is introducing his ex-girlfriend Angie to the gang, he specifically warns Brad against jumping the gun and giving her a nickname too soon (Brad says 'But I had Angina locked and loaded!') Also, Penny's CampGay friend Derrick often gives refers to her by nicknames, including 'Ty Pennington, Pennels, Penny Arcade, Pentel Pentium Processor,' and more.
354-->Brad: Vanessa Crunch, Vanessacary Roughness, Vanessticals, the Vanessa Monologues, Vanasterbate, It's Ms. Jackson if you're Vanasty.
355* Hiro from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' does this enough that it might as well be one of his superpowers. Sylar is "Brain-Man", Daphne is "Nemesis", [[spoiler:Matt Parkman]]'s baby is "Baby Stop-And-Go", Nathan is "Flying Man", Claire is "Cheerleader", and Samuel is "Evil Butterfly-Man". Fans tend to accept the Engrish forms of Hiro's nicknames as their own. Isaac => Mister Isaac => Mystery Sock. When Hiro meets a man in Africa who has the same power as Isaac, he takes to calling him "Mr. African Isaac." "Mister Africany Sock" hasn't caught on, though.
356* ''Series/HorribleHistories'': As per [[RealLife history]], Elizabeth I is this, giving her courtiers such nicknames as "Pygmy" and "Frog."
357* Series/{{House}} provides a Jerkass version of this trope. He comes up with new, insulting nicknames for everyone every time he sees them. Only one sticks: "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Thirteen]]" for Dr. Remy Hadley. Although black Mormon "Big Love" and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cutthroat Bitch]] both had pretty good runs. House ''not'' calling Amber Cutthroat Bitch even makes for at least two distinct OOCIsSeriousBusiness moments.
358* On an episode of ''Series/JustShootMe'', an intern was giving cute nicknames for everyone in the office, except for Elliot. When he confronts him about it, Elliot learns that the intern had too much respect for him to give him a nickname. Once he got the intern to loosen up, however, he found that none of the nicknames he came up for him ("Clicky", "Snaps") were to his liking.
359* All of the Taros from ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', but especially [[BoisterousBruiser Momotaros]]. Later in the series they try to get Ryotaro to come up with a cool name for [[SuperMode Liner Form's]] FinishingMove, and, when the best he can do is "Densha Giri (Train Slash)", bemoan his lack of sense.
360* Mick Rory in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. Of the main team, Ray is "Haircut", Sara is "Blondie", Rip is "English", and Nate is "Pretty Boy". He does the same with the villains (Vandal Savage is "Mullethead", Damien Dahrk is "Master Race") and other heroes (Barry Allen is "Red", Oliver Queen is "Robin Hood", Kara Danvers is "Skirt" and John Constantine is "Trenchcoat").
361* ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
362** Sawyer. So much so that at one point the rest of the islanders forbade him from using nicknames when he lost a bet. Juliet is noted as the only major character to not have any of them, outside of briefly being called "Blondie" in season 5's finale.
363** Miles is another one for nicknames. When he and Hurley first meet, Hurley complains that "the ship sent us another Sawyer", because Miles addresses him as "Tubby". Then again, Hurley gets in his fair share of nicknames throughout the series.
364* On ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Frank Burns will always be "Ferret Face." And the movie is where Margaret Houlihan received the nickname "Hot Lips."
365* Max from ''Series/MaxAndShred'' gave Alvin his titular name Shred and Howie her nickname 'Brosephina'.
366* Creator/{{MTV}} Brazil had ''Rockgol'', an Usefulnotes/AssociationFootball championship between musicians. During its most famous phase, the tournament was hosted by two comedians who nicknamed many "players", such as "[[https://conteudo.imguol.com.br/c/esporte/2015/06/03/james-mcdowell-o-gigante-irlandes-o-grandao-e-ruivo-jimmy-london-vocalista-do-matanza-ganhou-o-apelido-por-causa-do-seu-nome-artistico-e-do-seu-perfil-que-remetia-ao-pais-europeu-1433340888968_488x500.jpg James McDowell, the Giant Irish]]" ([[StageNames Jimmy London]] of Matanza), [[https://conteudo.imguol.com.br/blogs/131/files/2015/06/jesus.jpg?mobile Jesus and his brother Jesus Jr.]] (Luis and Hugo Mariutti of Music/{{Angra}} and Shaaman), [[Westernanimation/WackyRaces Rufus]] [[https://conteudo.imguol.com.br/c/esporte/2015/06/03/rufus-o-lenhador-julio-baixista-do-catedral-e-grandalhao-e-tinha-uma-barba-tipica-do-personagem-de-desenho-animado-goleiro-fez-fama-por-deixar-as-roupas-de-baixo-de-fora-em-uma-defesa-1433338493276_577x500.jpg Roughcut]] (Júlio of Catedral)... one even became an AscendedMeme, as [[https://conteudo.imguol.com.br/c/esporte/2015/06/03/chernobyl-o-corte-excentrico-de-cabelo-numa-cabeca-quase-careca-chamava-atencao-de-longe-pelo-guitarrista-fredi-endres-da-comunidade-nin-jitsu-e-o-goleiro-era-comparado-a-um-acidente-nuclear-1433338476406_886x450.jpg the guy whose bizarre hair]] led to the nickname "Chernobyl" now also has as alternate {{Stage Name|s}} DJ Chernobyl.
367* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': "Meet the Hobgoblins: Frankie, Sniffles, Bounce-Bounce and ''The Claw!''"
368** Can't mention [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] without bringing the hurricane of nicknames they gave the star of ''Film/SpaceMutiny''.
369** It's worse than that. Joel/Mike and the Mads have no shortage of nicknames for each other. There's a massive list of all instances of this [[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Listnick.html here]], for those interested.
370* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Tony [=DiNozzo=] does this a lot.
371** His favorite target is [=McGee=], and his "[=McNicknames=]" for Tim are a RunningGag throughout [=DiNozzo=]'s time on Team Gibbs. Examples include "[=McFlower=] Power", "[=McFreaky=]", "The Great [=McOz=]". Of course, [=McGee=] has gotten him back with such monikers as "[=DiNosy=]".
372** Several episodes indicate that Tony also does this offscreen. One episode notes that he calls the girls in the evidence locker "baggie bunnies". In another case, he finds out that Ziva is dating a fellow named Raymond who works for the CIA, and thereafter calls the man "[=CIRay=]".
373* The ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' episode "Guide to Nicknames" had Cookie invent a machine that would give people nicknames based on their appearance and personality, which resulted in Loomer and his goons recruiting Cookie to give them names to insult people with. Meanwhile, Moze wants to shed her nickname and be called Jennifer.
374* Andy Bernard from ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' is a fan of doing this, such as calling Jim 'Big Tuna', simply because of his lunch choice.
375** Andy's even called Jim and Pam's unborn baby Baby Tuna.
376** Michael Scott was also a fan of this, not so much around the office itself but he did use it for clients and such as a way of quickly remembering new people. See for instance his introduction of Darryl, and the episode where he is giving a speech in another Dunder Mifflin office branch.
377* ''Series/OliverBeene'' featured a kid called Nickname, who would come up with nicknames for everyone based on an unfortunate situation or quirk of that person.
378* [[FriendOnTheForce Detective Lionel Fusco]] from ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' gives everyone nicknames, most prominently 'Wonderboy', 'Mr. Tall-Dark-and-Deranged' and '[[PerpetualFrowner Mr. Happy]]' for [[BadAssInANiceSuit John Reese]]; 'Glasses', '[[BearerOfBadNews Mr. Good News]]' and '[[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Mr Vocabulary]]' for [[TheSmartGuy Harold Finch]]. He's [[YoureInsane referred to Root]] as "Cocoa Puffs," "Cuckoo's Nest," and "Cuckoo Clock," among others.
379* Shawn Spencer on ''Series/{{Psych}}'' seems to have no shortage of funny nicknames for Gus when they need aliases. Although,"Gus" itself is a nickname as the character's full name is Burton Guster. He also called Lassiter 'Lassie' and Juliet 'Jules'. The only people that didn't get this are Vick and Henry.
380** Parodied, Averted, and Subverted all at once in the episode where Shawn and Gus visit an incredibly dangerous killer in prison, and Shawn ''doesn't'' use a nickname, much to Gus' alarm.
381-->'''Shawn:''' I'm Shawn Spencer, and this is my partner ''*clearly enunciating*'' Burton. Guster.\
382'''Gus:''' Oh, ''now'' you wanna use my real name?
383* Cat from ''Series/RedDwarf'' rarely refers to his friends ([[AndZoidberg and Rimmer]]) by their real names. Lister is "Monkey Boy", Kryten is "Novelty Condom Head", Kochanski is "Officer Bud-Babe" and Rimmer is "Goalpost Head" or, on one memorable occasion, "Trans Am Wheel Arch Nostrils." (Mind you, those are all one-offs except for "Goalpost Head.")
384* Arino in ''Series/RetroGameMaster'' often associates [=NPCs=] with celebrities and even staff members and vice versa. The staff also call the player characters by variations of Chief's name.
385* Rumpole of ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' gives most characters in the series nicknames, most of which only he uses. Some of these are [[AffectionateNickname affectionate]] (e.g. "Portia" for Phyllida (Trant) Erskine-Brown), some are joking ("Soapy Sam" for Sam Ballard, "Miz Liz" for Liz Probert), and some are not particularly complimentary ("Bollard" for Ballard, and the judges--"The Mad Bull" for [[HangingJudge Mr Justice Bullingham]] being the most notable). The most notable is his nickname for his wife, which she never hears: "[[{{Literature/She}} She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed]]".
386* UsefulNotes/{{Nikola|Tesla}} [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Tesla]] from ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' has a tendency to nickname most people, although [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Henry]] is his most frequent target. He has, on various occasions, been referred to as "[[GratuitousGerman Heinrich]]," "Wolfboy," "[[Literature/CuriousGeorge Furrious George]]" and "[[GratuitousItalian Enrico]] the Wonderwolf."
387%%* This was the schtick of Creator/RobSchneider's ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character "The Richmeister".
388* Dr. Cox does this on ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. Elliot is "Barbie", J.D. is "Newbie" or "random feminine name", Turk is "Gandhi" or "Turtlehead"/"Turtleneck" and Kelso is "Bob/Bobbo/Beelzebob/Bobcat".
389** J.D. does this a lot in later seasons, too, possibly aping Cox. It becomes a plot point when he's challenged by the AlmightyJanitor to name all the staff in the hospital by their real names because they're all so annoyed by the constant nicknames.
390** The Janitor also does this, calling Elliot "Blonde Doctor", Turk "Black Doctor", Cox "Angry Doctor", and Carla "Scary Doctor Wife".
391** Colonel Doctor, Snoop Dogg Intern/Resident/Attending, The Todd, Doctor Beardface, Tasty Coma Wife, Gift Shop Girl, Crazy Eyes Margo, and Cabbage. Even the Janitor is a nickname, and he sometimes goes by "Dr. Jan Itor".
392*** Subverted with Dr. Beardface -- [[PronouncingMyNameForYou it's pronounced "Bee-aired Fa-say"]].
393** In one episode, where J.D. is assigned with surgical teams, he gives them all nicknames. They all sound strangely phallic.
394** Kelso calls Turk "Turkleton." His real name is Christopher Turk, but even his wife just calls him [[LastNameBasis Turk]]. Kelso may honestly believe that his name is "Turk Turkleton," or he may have been spouting nonsense because he was just that drunk.
395* There was a ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode where everyone at George's office gets a nickname, by order of the boss. George eats a T-Bone steak, in a blatant attempt to get the macho nickname of T-Bone. It doesn't work, some coworker gets his coveted nickname instead, and he gets stuck with the nickname Koko (as in, Koko the monkey). He manages to get rid of it, but instead gets an even worse one instead, ''Gammy''.
396* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
397** Chloe Sullivan came up with familiar names like the [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Man of Steel]], ComicBook/MartianManhunter, Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, [[EvilTwin Bizarro]]-Clark and ComicBook/GreenArrow, as well as less fortunate names like [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Yellow Raven]].
398** [[Comicbook/LoisLane Lois]] also comes up with multiple nicknames for Clark. 'Smallville' is the most famous and prominent one.
399* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': John Sheppard does a similar thing with all the Wraith they meet, including Steve, Bob, Todd, and Michael. (The Wraith either don't have names or don't tell Humans their names, so Sheppard generally gives them very ordinary, human nicknames to make up for it). Lt. Ford tries to name a lot of things, but he is repeatedly shot down by the master (aforementioned John Sheppard), most notably in the debate between calling the Lantian Shuttle "Gate Ship" (It's a ship that goes through the 'Gate!) or Sheppard's version: Puddle Jumper. Sheppard wins out in the end. The "Gate Ship" name turns out to be a favorite of [[InsufferableGenius McCay]]'s, and, in an alternate timeline, this is the name he gives to the one created by Janus. Also, it's implied that this is the original Lantian name for the craft.
400* ''Series/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. There was one annoying human character whom he called "Sparky," and he refers to Teal'c's symbiote as "Junior."
401* ''Series/StepByStep'': Cody in general, but most notably toward stepcousins Dana ("Danaburger") and Karen ("Kare Bear"). Cody considers each of these as an Affectionate Nickname-but Dana openly thinks otherwise while Karen is seemingly neutral.
402%%* ''Series/SungkyunkwanScandal'''s Yong Ha.
403* Dean Winchester from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' often loves nicknaming people, calling Sam "Sammy" and (along with other characters)[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel]] "Cas". Especially if he doesn't like you, he gives more satirical ones, like "Chuckles" and "Junkless" to Uriel and a few unflattering names to Zachariah. He also calls all priests "Padre"
404** Crowley refers to Sam and Dean as [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle "Moose" and "Squirrel"]] several times. He also sometimes refers to Castiel as "Feathers".
405** Meg has regularly used nicknames for the other characters such as "[[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife Clarence]]" and "The Little Tree Topper" for Castiel and "[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Bullwinkle]]" for Sam. She also occasionally refers to Dean as "[[Creator/RyanSeacrest Seacrest]]".
406** Rowena is an aversion of this, refusing to call people by anything by their given name. She calls Crowley "Fergus" and Sam "Samuel" because she knows it annoys them.
407* Malcolm Tucker from ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' and ''Film/InTheLoop'' has an insulting nickname for everyone. He hardly ever uses the same nickname twice, but they are inevitably themed -- Julius Nicholson's relate to him being bald ("Nosferatu", "Baldemort"), Ollie's relate to the fact that he looks young ("Joe 90", "Baby from ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''"), and Nicola seems destined to be stuck with "Glummy Mummy". Not that any of the other characters are slouches, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMNHu9YM-4 as evidenced here]].
408* Jasmine from ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' nicknames many of the monsters she runs into. In the [[{{Crossover}} team-up movies]] she even nicknamed the other teams.
409* Jeremy Clarkson on ''Series/TopGear'' assigned his co-presenters (Richard "Hamster" Hammond and James "Captain Slow" May) [[InSeriesNickname their nicknames]]. They stuck, and have been affectionately taken up by the fanbase.
410* Ricky in ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' gives a different nickname each time to anyone he doesn't like, especially Randy and Lahey. "Astronaut Cock and Snoopy the Fuck Dog" "Fucky the drunk clown and his little gut friend" "Jacob the twig alien" "Gay fonzi".
411* Damon from ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' gives clever little nicknames to everyone, and rarely calls anyone by their real names.
412* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' gives us Merle Dixon, who has a (usually offensive) nickname for everyone. Rick is "Officer Friendly", Andrea is "Blondie", Glenn is "Chinese Kid" (he's actually Korean), Morales is "Taco Bender", T-Dog is "Spear-Chucker." Daryl is most commonly referred to as "Baby Brother."
413* ''Series/TheWestWing'':
414** CJ Cregg, whose nicknames are frequent but mostly one-offs. She does however have some recurring ones such as "Spanky" for Sam, "Tobus" for Toby, and "____ my man" for anyone, male ''or'' female. She also constantly addresses Charlie as "Chaz", "Chip", "Chuck", "Chuckles", "Chipper", "Sparky", "Gilligan", etc (the two of them have a lot of [[TrueCompanions semi-adopted-sibling]] [[SiblingRivalry rivalry]].)
415** Josh also has a little bit of this going on, like his random decision to call a high school boy named Billy "Fred" throughout an episode just for the hell of it.
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418[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
419* Zoe of ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' has nicknames for every person in her class, based on their personal habits.
420* For better or worse, Nate in ''ComicStrip/BigNate'' has gained a reputation as the school nickname guru.
421* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'''s Peppermint Patty, early on; though technically she only nicknamed Charlie Brown, "Chuck". She also called Lucy by her full name, "Lucille".
422-->'''Lucy:''' "Lucille"? "Chuck"?
423-->'''Charlie Brown:''' ''(grins nervously)''
424* The Dragon Lady from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates'' refers to everyone as 'something one'. Pat Ryan is 'handsome one', Terry Lee is 'youthful one', etc.
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427[[folder:Pinball]]
428* Rudy the Living Dummy from ''Pinball/FunHouse1990''. At the start of each game, Rudy will give each player a nickname, then uses it throughout to refer to him/her.
429* Buzz from ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers'' also does this, but is a bit more malicious about it:
430-->"Hacker!"
431-->"Clubfoot!"
432-->"Jerky!"
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435[[folder:PuppetShows]]
436* * ''Series/TheChicaShow'': Mr. and Mrs. C call each other "Cluckums" and call their daughter Chica "Tweetpea".
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439[[folder:Podcasts]]
440* ''Podcast/DiceFunk:'' Anne gets creative with her appellations for a monk named Milo, including "Musclebro Hardbody" and "Senator Suckshit."
441* ''Podcast/KingdomSmarts'': The show frequently has Shannon having to discuss characters that have appeared, but have not yet been formally named or introduced. As a result, to keep Jake unspoiled until that formal introduction, nicknames are often devised based on personalities or other traits the characters have. Ansem Seeker of Darkness is referred to as "Lumpy Coat", "Billy Zane", or "[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Lumpy Billy Zane]]". Within Organization XIII, Demyx gets "White Trash Prince" due to his mullet hairdo, while Xigbar's antics get him dubbed "Keanu Reeves" and Luxord's various magic and card themes see him referred to by the name of a different famous stage magician every time he appears.
442* ''Podcast/WhoBackWhen'':
443** The hosts often give nicknames to the side characters of a given ''Doctor Who'' episode, such as "Hunks 1, 2, and 3" for the Thals of "The Daleks." This extends to cast members as well, such as calling Barbara "Barb Wire" during "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", or referring to companions Barbara, Ian, and Vicki as "Notorious B.I.V." in "The Space Museum."
444** In the review of the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audiobook of "No More Lies", [=jD=] gets upset at Ponken because he ''didn't'' come up for a nickname for the MonsterOfTheWeek, the Tor Madowk. This is because neither host is completely able to pronounce "Tor Madowk" correctly.
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447[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
448* Wrestling/TheCrusher gave Wrestling/BobbyHeenan the nickname "The Weasel" and called the team of Wrestling/HarleyRace and Larry Hennig "The Dolly Sisters." He would refer to his opponents generally as "Da Bum."
449* [[Wrestling/ErnestMiller Ernest "The Cat" Miller]] called Stevie Ray "WesternAnimation/YogiBear" and [[Wrestling/ScottSteiner "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner]] "Big Dumb Stupid Poppa Dump."
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452[[folder:Radio]]
453* A sketch in ''Radio/TheLongHotSatsuma'' took nicknames, and those who give them, to ridiculous extremes.
454-->'''Man:''' Come in, Ms. Peters! Meet the team!
455-->'''Woman:''' Thank you very much, Mr. Trimble.
456-->'''Man:''' Adrian! Do call me Adrian!
457-->'''Woman:''' In that case, you ''must'' call me Pamela.
458-->'''Man:''' Oh...if it's like that, then you must call me Widget!
459-->'''Woman:''' Well then, you must call me Pammykins!
460-->'''Man:''' And you must call me Twimble-Twonk!
461-->''(after lengthy debate regarding the matter)''
462-->'''Woman:''' Then who's he?
463-->'''Man:''' He's Wilkinson.
464-->'''Woman #2:''' But you must call him Zog, King of the Pixies!
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467[[folder:Roleplay]]
468* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', Rose gives out nicknames to the people that she makes fun of. One example is 'Bag Lady' for [[ExhaustedEyeBags Harriet]].
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473* Invoked in ''TabletopGame/ChangelingtheDreaming'': a power of the art [[IKnowYourTrueName Naming]] allows the user to warps and bends the target’s identity to the nickname provided by the changeling. While the cantrip stays in place, everyone around the focus of it sees them through the lens of the Nickname. If the target is an inanimate object, it conforms to the spirit of it. If applied to a changeling, mortal, or other sentient creature, the target cannot regain Willpower unless she acts in accordance with the spirit of the Nickname.
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477[[folder:Video Games]]
478* Eko from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart 3'' has nicknames for practically the entire cast. For example, from the other newcomers, Weiß is "White" and Scharlachrot is "Red".
479* Rorona of ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Rorona|The Alchemist of Arland}}'' does this all the time, as she's pretty [[TheDitz ditzy]] (by her own admission and that of her peers) and doesn't digest long names very well. She calls her childhood friend Cordelia "Cory", the dancer Lionela "Liona" (and she also has nicknames for her two kitty puppets), and tries to get Sterkenburg the knight to answer to "Sterky", but it doesn't stick (most people call him "Sterk" anyway).
480* ''VideoGame/BakumatsuRock'''s Sakamoto Ryoma is fond of giving everyone in the main cast this, to the chagrin (and amusement) of some of them.
481** Takasugi Shinsaku: [[{{Tsundere}} Cindy]]
482** Katsura Kogoro: [[{{Megane}} Sensei]]
483** Hijikata Toshizo: Hijizo-san
484** Okita Souji: Sochin
485*** Who calls Ryoma 'Tosaka-kun' in return.
486** Yoshida Shoin: Shaggy-haired Sensei
487** [[spoiler:Tokugawa Yoshinobu]]: Discerning Boy
488* ''VideoGame/{{Belladonna}}'' has a habit of giving nicknames to inanimate objects. [[spoiler: She picked up the habit from the player character.]]
489* Creator/BioWare seems to be fond of this one.
490** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the DLC-only character Shale never calls anyone by their names and always uses the pronoun "[[VerbalTic it]]" towards the PlayerCharacter (referred to as "The Grey Warden" in conversations with others). When questioned about this, Shale tells the PC that golems are always referred to as "golem" or "it", so Shale just pays it back in equal measure. Nicknames include "the Second Warden" (Alistair), "the Swamp Witch" (Morrigan), "the Elder Mage" (Wynne-"Clearly because it is purple, and a hyena"), "the Drunken Dwarf" (Ohgren), "the Painted Elf" (Zevran), "the Qunari" (Sten), and "the Sister" (Leliana).
491** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'':
492*** Varric Tethras refers to almost all the party members by nicknames, ranging from "Elf" (Fenris) to "Blondie" (Anders), "Choir-boy" (Sebastian), "Sunshine" (Bethany), "Junior" (Carver), "Daisy" (Merrill), and "the Rivaini" (Isabela). The only exceptions are Hawke, who's on LastNameBasis with everyone, and Aveline. Aveline calls him on her lack of a nickname in one conversation; he tries "Red" but they both quickly shoot it down. With all the fun he makes at her expense, he still knows [[IronLady not to push it too far and he deeply respects her for keeping Kirkwall from collapsing]].
493*** In the DLC ''Mark of the Assassin'', Hawke has a similar conversation with Varric about not having a nickname of hir own. Varric will then respond with one of three nicknames: "Killer" for an aggressive Hawke, "Chuckles" for a silly Hawke, or "Waffles" for a gentle/diplomatic Hawke. He also dubs Tallis "Shivs".
494*** Also lampshaded in the ''Legacy'' DLC. Varric is asked why ''he'' doesn't have a nickname. He responds that [[FramingDevice it's his story]].
495** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'':
496*** Varric is back with more nicknames. Cassandra is "Seeker", Blackwall is "Hero", the Iron Bull is "Tiny", Cole is "Kid", Sera is "Buttercup", Dorian is "Sparkler", Josephine is "Ruffles", Cullen is "Curly", Leliana is "Nightingale" and Solas is "Chuckles" (for the exact opposite reason as silly Hawke). Vivienne already has [[IronLady a nickname]], so he just uses that.
497*** Iron Bull says that, since Qunari "names" are more like identification numbers, everyone gives their friends nicknames. Bull continued the habit with his mercenary company, the Bull's Chargers -- members include "Rocky" the dwarf, "Skinner," "Grim," and "Stitches" the healer.
498*** In ''The Descent'' DLC, Varric dubs Renn as "Grisly".
499** Ashley Williams from the ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' will always refer to military personnel by their jargon nicknames, calling Shepard "Skipper" and Lieutenant Kaidan "L-T".
500** [[LoveableRogue Kasumi Goto]] from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' will cheerfully assign nicknames to whomever she feels like, constantly calling Shepard "Shep" and referring to the Illusive Man as "Mr. Illusive."
501** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' has James Vega (yeah, Bioware likes this trope). Man-Shep is Loco, Fem-Shep is Lola[[labelnote:(Why?)]]"My best friend's sister growing up was Lola. Older sister. ''Hot''. Tough."[[/labelnote]], Cortez is Esteban, Garrus is [[GoodScarsEvilScars Scars]], Tali is [[TalkingLightbulb Sparks]], Liara is Doc and Javik is Buggy. Shepard, however, can [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs insist on "Commander"]]; if they do, James will respect the request and use their rank instead of their nickname thereafter.
502** Javik, on Joker:
503--->''The pilot insisted I let him call me "Prothy" the Prothean. I insisted he allow me to throw him out the airlock.''
504* Taokaka of ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' does this with everyone she meets, since she's [[TheDitz extremely forgetful with everything]]. [[note]]Here's a list: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ragna]]: "Good Guy" (in person, [[TastesLikeFriendship because he feeds her]]) or "Rawrgna" (in the Wanted Poster. Amusingly, it never occurs to her that "Good Guy" and "Rawrgna" are the same person). [[AnIcePerson Jin]]: "Ice Man", [[HospitalHottie Litchi]]: "Boobie Lady" (She is quite [[BuxomBeautyStandard well-endowed]]). {{B|uttMonkey}}ang: "Scruffy Man". [[EldritchAbomination Arakune]]: "Black Squiggly". [[ACupAngst Noel]]: "Lacking Lady" (Noel ''[[BerserkButton does not]]'' appreciate this). [[GeniusBruiser Tager]]: "Big Guy". [[BadassBookworm Tsubaki]]: "Red Lady"/"Eye Woman". [[AnimatedArmor Hakumen]]: "Mask Man". [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Carl]]: "Shorty". [[RobotMaid Ada/Nirvana]]: "Super-not-soft Person". [[ElegantGothicLolita Rachel]]: "Bunny Person". [[BattleButler Valkenhayn]]: [[EmbarrassingNickname "Butter Boy"]]. [[LittleBitBeastly Makoto]]: "Furry Girl". [[RobotGirl Nu-13]]: "[[RazorWings Flappy-Flap]]". [[CatGirl Kokonoe]]: "Tail Lady". [[CatFolk Jubei]]: "Cat Person". Hazama: "Green Guy"/"Scary Guy".[[/note]]
505** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Ragna in Litchi's Gag Reel when Tao's calling names for a board game at a festival:
506---> '''Taokaka:''' "Hey, why didn't you say something when I called your names [[VerbalTic meow]]?"\
507'''Ragna:''' "That's because you never said our names, idiot."
508** Ragna uses "Rabbit" to refer to Rachel [[note]]due to her hair decs looking like giant rabbit ears[[/note]], "Masked Freak" for Hakumen, and "Old Man" for Valkenhayn. Unlike Taokaka who uses nicknames out of playful innocence, it's clear that Ragna's uses are born of [[DeadpanSnarker smartass irreverence]].
509** Hakumen calls both Jubei and Kokonoe "Grimalkin", which is an archaic word for a witch's familiar. Jubei treats it as the closest thing to friendship [[GoodIsNotNice Hakumen]] can express (the two are old war buddies), to Kokonoe it's meant and taken as an insult.
510** Mu-12 also falls into this category, but unlike the others' nicknaming habits, Mu refers to characters using expository titles in a vein similar to IKnowYourTrueName. Ragna is referred to as [[PersonOfMassDestruction "The Black Beast"]] or [[LegacyCharacter "Bloodedge"]], Jin is [[FakeUltimateHero "The Fal]][[PropagandaHero se Hero"]] or [[ArchEnemy "The Endbringer"]], Rachel is [[AllPowerfulBystander "The Observer"]], Hakumen is [[PhysicalGod "White Susanoo"]] or [[HeroAntagonist "The Ancient Hero"]] and Terumi is [[DestroyerDeity "Dark Susanoo"]] or [[SatanicArchetype "The True Evil"]].
511* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly'', Lucas likes giving nicknames to the other patrons such as "Pops" for Jorji and "Rach" for Rachel.
512* Throughout the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series, Dante has shown a habit of giving nicknames to friends or foes alike. He calls Griffon "Feather-face" in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]]. His "Whatever, lady" reply in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' (due to [[spoiler:Mary]] not divulging her real name) became the latter's own [[AppropriatedAppellation name of choice]] as she goes by "Lady" instead onwards. In ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'', he calls the first demon who attacked him as "Mr. Royal Flush" (given that it disguised itself as a human bar-goer who had a Royal Straight Flush in a game of poker). In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', he constantly calls Nero "kid" even after they've formally introduced themselves to each other. In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', he calls V "Mr. Poetry" and V's familiar Griffon as "little chicken" (the latter is also a part of that game's RunningGag where several characters call Griffon as a "chicken"). Dante would also use similar nicknames on two related characters, such as when he both calls Cerberus in ''Devil May Cry 3'' and King Cerberus in ''Devil May Cry 5'' as "puppy" and "little puppy", respectively.
513* Everyone in ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'', to the point that it's rare for characters to call each other by their proper names at all.
514* Bardin Goreksson, the Dwarfen Ranger from ''[[Videogame/TheEndTimesVermintide Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide]]'', in keeping with his [[PoirotSpeak speaking]] [[GratuitousForeignLanguage habits]], calls the other four almost exclusively (with little more than 4-5 lines where he speaks one or another's actual name) by the nicknames he's given them in his native Khazalid.
515** Markus Kruber, the [[StraightMan Empire]] [[ShellShockedVeteran Soldier]], is Azumgi (''Axe/Blade of Man'').
516** Victor Saltzpyre, the [[LargeHam Witch]] [[VillainProtagonist Hunter]], is Grimgi (''Relentless'').
517** Sienna Fuegonasus, the [[PyroManiac Bright]] Wizard, is Zharrinn (''Maid of Flame'').
518** Kerillian, the [[DeadPanSnarker Wood]] [[FantasticRacism Elf]] [[ForestRanger Waywatcher]], is Wutelgi ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Wood Elf'']]).
519* ''[[VideoGame/EtrianOdysseyIIHeroesOfLagaard Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold]]'' has Chloe. She calls the PlayerCharacter 'Mr. Sword', Flavio 'Mr. Bow', and Bertrand 'Trand'.
520* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Sei Shounagon constantly gives everyone she meets cute nicknames as part of her "overly friendly, excitable party girl" personality. In fact, it's usually the very first thing she does upon meeting someone new:
521-->'''Kama''': So I, Kama, will be accompanying you.\
522'''Shounagon''': ...Kama-cho.\
523'''Kama''': '''No.'''
524* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has Namingway. The only reason to talk to Namingway is to change your character's name. Isn't that right, [[SpoonyBard Spoony]]?
525* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Gaius nicknames many of the characters in their support conversations. Some examples include Blue for Chrom, Bubbles for [[PlayerCharacter Robin]], and Sunshine for [[PerpetualFrowner Tharja]].
526* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has two such characters:
527** Dorothea has nicknames for most of her Black Eagles classmates, usually taking the first half of their name and adding "ie" to the end - house leader Edelgard is called "Edie", Hubert is "Hubie", Ferdinand is "Ferdie", Bernadetta is "Bern", Linhardt is "Lin", and Monica (the Black Eagles' SixthRanger in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes Three Hopes]]'') is "Monnie". Caspar and Petra are the only two characters who don't get this treatment.
528** Hapi of the Ashen Wolves does this with her comrades - she calls leader Yuri "Yuri-bird", Constance is "Coco", Balthus is "B", and their patron Aelfric is "Elfie". Byleth gets the IronicNickname of "[[TheStoic Chatterbox]]". Outside of the Ashen Wolves, she calls Edelgard "Eddy", Hubert "The Bert", Dimitri "Didi", Linhardt "Linny", Ashe "Freckles", and Claude "Claudester". In ''Three Hopes'', she also gives nicknames to Bernadetta ("Bernie-bee"), Ignatz ("Iggy"), Shamir ("Shammi"), and Lysithea ("Lys").
529* The hosts of ''VideoGame/{{HQ}}'' will often introduce themselves with a silly nickname, often involving the word "quiz", before saying their real name and explaining the rules.
530* Ami and Mami of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' call you [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology "nii-chan"]] and have nicknames for each of the other idols. Examples:
531** Yukiho is "Yukipo"
532** Miki is "Mikimiki"
533** Haruka is "Harurun"
534* Mio of ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' also gives nicknames to other characters.
535* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'': Daxter has a nickname for ''everyone'', whether they're friends ("tall, dark and gruesome"), rivals ("feather breath"), his girlfriend ("angel cheeks"), his biggest enemy ("metalo-maniac") or himself ("orange lightning"). The list goes on. Jinx frequently refers to Jak as "pretty boy", "Goldielocks", "blondie" or "Jakey-boy".
536* Kreia from ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' almost never refers to or even ''addresses'' any of the Exile's other TrueCompanions by their actual names/numbers, only titles. This makes her [[HelloInsertNameHere never calling the exile by her real name]] much less out of place than it is for every other instance of the trope. [[note]] Atton: "the fool" (or, when they're alone together, "[[spoiler:murderer]]"). Disciple: "tiny Jedi". Handmaiden: "servant of Atris". Visas: "the seer" or "Miraluka". Bao-Dur: "the alien" or "The Iridonian" (which is what other members of the party call him as well). T3-M4, G0-T0, and HK-47: "the machines". Mira: "the huntress". Hanharr: "the beast". Manddalore: "the Mandalorian".[[/note]]
537* Each character from ''Videogame/{{Left 4 Dead 2}}'' does this, mostly for the Special Infected and a little bit to each other, at the start of the first campaign, Dead Center.
538** They're apparently meeting each other and the Infected for the first time (a testament to just how fast the infection spread), and don't know each other's names until an elevator ride, and just call out to each other "Hey, girl!", or "Suit!" They only occasionally go back to any of the nicknames they used for the rest of the game, except for [[DeadpanSnarker Nick]] calling Ellis (the redneck-ish southern guy) "Hey, overalls!" or the other characters [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname simply calling one of the characters]] [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Coach]].
539** As for the Specials, they don't have any kind of "official" name, so the Survivors just call out whatever first comes to mind when they first see them, like "Exploding man!"/"Barf bag!" or "Little guy!". By the third level of the campaign, they've reached some kind of unspoken consensus on what to call them (Jockey, Boomer, Tank, etc.). Only Ellis occasionally calls a Jockey by the alternative nickname "Little guy!" from then on.
540* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZero'' has Randy Orlando calling the women by nicknames. Examples include "Mademoisslle Elle" for Elie [[labelnote:note]] "Ojou" in the Japanese version [[/labelnote]], "Tio Tot" for Tio [[labelnote:note]] "Tiosuke" [[/labelnote]], "[=KeDo=]" for [=KeA=][[labelnote:note]]"Ke-Bou" (pronounced key-bow) [[/labelnote]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel "Junie"]] for Juna[[labelnote:note]]"Ju-bou"(pronounced you-bow)[[/labelnote]], and "Alteeny"[[labelnote:note]]"Alkichi"[[/labelnote]] for Altina.
541* ''VideoGame/LuminousArc2'''s Dia has shades of this, though she's uninspired about it; Roland, Rashe and Rina are christened Kid, Other Kid and Other Other Kid (Girl if she's lucky) before they finish introducing themselves.
542* The Elder Goddess [[TheAlcoholic Kalikai]] from ''VideoGame/{{Lusternia}}'' gained notoriety amongst Her peers for this. The crystalline [[TheStoic Stoic]] Xyl was dubbed "Crystalcakes"; the [[TheBrute unstoppable, cannibalistic]] warrior Morgfyre was dubbed "Morgpie"; and TheChessmaster BigBad Fain became "The Fainiac".
543* ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'':
544** Levi the Slasher, who apparently has trouble remembering the name of anyone who isn't a fellow [[HumanoidAbomination Material]], no matter how short the name is. So she just calls them things like Original (Fate, [[EvilTwin who she was based on]]), Black Feather ([[WingedHumanoid Reinforce]]), and Bushido ([[LadyOfWar Signum]]).
545** Lord Dearche, meanwhile, is a RoyalBrat who simply couldn't be bothered to call people she doesn't care about by their name. So she just calls Kyrie "Pinkie", and calls [[WingedHumanoid Hayate]] either "Little Raven" or "Stupid Raven".
546* The Copy Robot from ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' gives nicknames to every character except Oil Man. [[note]]Here's every one: Cut Man: "No-brains", Guts Man: "Muscle-head", Ice Man: "Snowflake", Bomb Man: "Firecracker", Fire Man: "Small Fry", Elec Man: "Sparky", Time Man: "Gearhead", [[strike:Rock]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation "Mega"]]: "Blue", Roll: "Original Roll", Proto Man: "Proto Me".[[/note]]
547* [[TheFightingNarcissist Johnny]] [[TheHeart Cage]] does this to almost everyone during the pre-battle exchanges in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', usually via a movie reference--no surprise, being a PopCulturedBadass and a movie star besides. Cassie apparently picked up the habit, but then again she really is [[DaddysGirl her father's daughter]].
548* Inverted in ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods''. Jeremy "Germ Warfare" Warton, normally only goes by Germ, and pretty much everyone goes by some sort of nickname (although his is one of the few that's not just a diminutive of their given name). He prefers anyone outside his family calls him this. [[spoiler: If the player completes all his hangouts, he'll ask Mae what Mae's short for (Margerat), and start calling her by it, as well as letting her call him Jeremy.]]
549* Ochette from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' likes to use nicknames for the other travelers. Examples include "Pops" for Osvald, "Néné" for Throné, and "Parti" for Partitio.
550* Wolf from the ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist'' series has numerous nicknames for his partner Hoxton including; Hoxtilicious, Hoxitron, El Hoxo, Hox, Hoxtinator, Hoxtonite, and Hoxifier.
551* You can invoke this trope for your monsters if you wish in the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} games. Meanwhile, rival characters may give your player character a nickname of some kind, with ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' giving you the option of what nickname you desire.
552* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Collin never refers to anyone by their real names and calls them other names just for fun, like "Corn Boy" for Ottmar and "Grizzly Guy" for Yorn.
553* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has Micah Bell III. Among other things, he often calls Arthur Morgan "Cowpoke" and later [[spoiler:"Black Lung" after his IncurableCoughOfDeath manifests]]. He also calls John Marston "Scarface" [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin for obvious reasons]].
554* The main character of ''VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis'' has a habit of calling characters by other names (he consistently calls Mubal "Scholar Guy", for example), which could arguably be justified since the game has 108 characters in it. Lampshaded when he meets a character that nicknames him, and they both correct each other.
555* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
556** In the Absolute Zero FanTranslation of ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'', Hermana is localized as being this. Most are reasonable shortenings of the other characters' names (Luke for Luca, for example), except for Spada, whom she calls Spud.
557** Norma Beatty from ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' makes up nicknames for ''everyone'' she meets (and gets annoyed if anyone else uses them). [[note]]Nicknames include: Senny (Senel), Teach (Will), C (Chloe), Red (Moses), JJ (Jay), G Girl (Grune), Shirl (Shirley), Norma gets a nickname herself from Moses, who calls her Bubbles.[[/note]]
558** To a lesser extent, Zelos in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' tries it with his team. Nobody likes the results, as he [[JerkAss insults the other guys and objectifies the girls]].
559*** Colette doesn't make nicknames for people, she DOES come up with a unique name for every single dog in the world -- several of which are referred to by their owners later on!
560*** Alice from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' does this frequently. In her case, the nickname means different things depending on whether the recipient is a boy or a girl; if they're a boy it's an AffectionateNickname, if they're a girl it's [[TermsOfEndangerment the exact opposite.]]
561** ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Main character Yuri Lowell, as per his laid-back attitude, has a habit of coining nicknames. Some are friendly, others.... [[DeadpanSnarker not so much.]]
562*** Shortened the heroine's name from Estellise to "Estelle".[[note]]which she actually likes better, and uses for the rest of the game[[/note]]
563*** Karol is occasionally "captain" Karol
564*** Raven: "Old Man"
565*** Judith: "Judy"
566*** ThoseTwoGuys: "Tweedle A and B"
567*** Other examples: "Apple-head", "Operation ''Stink-Bomb''", "Cat-eyes", etc.
568* The ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' cast call each other by nicknames all the time (guess it helps the fact they never use their real names and call themselves by their classes) but the [[BrattyHalfPint Scout]] is the biggest nicknamer of all. Here is a small compilation of such "nicknames":
569** Engineer: "Hardhat, Overalls, Tough Guy"
570** Pyro: "Mumbles, Mute fricken Moron, bib-wearin' dope"
571** Medic: "Doc, Docta, Deutsch-bag"
572** Heavy Weapons Guy: "Pancakes, Fatcakes, Tons-of-fun, Fat bald bastard, Fat bald fatty fat-fat, Lardfat..."
573** Demoman: "Cyclops, Bomb-throwing drunk"
574** Sniper: "Frickin' Coward"
575** Spy: "Shape-shifting rat"
576** He also calls enemies in general "Knuckleheads", "Chucklenuts", "Dummies" and his teammates "pallies".
577*** The Spy only seems to acknowledge the Engineer as [[HeyYou "Laborer".]]
578*** The Engineer has a few as well: "Mumbles" for Pyro, "Sawbones" for Medic, Eyepatch for Demoman, etc.
579* Not only is the eponymous ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'' the Nicknamer, but his nicknames become the official names for the various enemy types (some of which are just him [[ReportingNames insulting them]], like Creep or Jerk) which are just referred to as "Process" until then. At one point, when driven to delirium by [[spoiler: the second Spine]], he lazily calls a new late-game humanoid enemy type "Man".
580* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' gives us Floyd Leech and Rook Hunt. The former, being a merman, nicknames people after marine or marine-related animals, while the latter with his GratuitousFrench habit calls his friends ''Roi de [X]'' or ''Monsieur [X]''.
581* If the player character of ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' is a Malkavian (crazy vampires whose voices in their head often give them supernatural insights), the dialogue instantly nosedives into this. They range from simple descriptions ("Nasty Dude", to an [[LooksLikeOrlok Orlock]] type vampire), to bad {{pun}}s (a Thin-Blood who answers to [[OneLetterName E]] is called "the one who comes before F and G"), to {{Genius Bonus}}es (Mercurio is called the "fleetfooted god", a title of the roman god Mercury), to {{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]]).
582** The Malkavian has one exception to this, when [[spoiler:you call Velvet "Susan"]].
583* Everyone in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', especially Beat. Seriously, Shiki is probably the only person who uses real names. Even the items tend to use nicknames ("Pi-face's cap")[[note]] Neku: "Phones", Shiki: "Stalker", Beat: "Skulls/[[spoiler:Freshmeat]] / [[spoiler:Rottenmeat]] / [[spoiler:[[EmbarrassingFirstName Beat itself]]]]", Rhyme: "Skulls Jr./[[spoiler:Rhyme]]", Joshua: "Pretty Boy, Prissy Kid", Mr. Hanekoma: "Mr. H, [[spoiler:CAT]]", Koki: "Lollipop", Uzuki: "Pinky", Yodai: "Steroids, Ram-Crotch", "Big Guy", Sho: "[[MouthfulOfPi Pi-Face]], The Grim Heaper", Mitsuki: "[[TheBaroness Iron Maiden]], Ironface, Her Iron Mugliness", Megumi: "Megs, Shades"[[/note]]
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587* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'' is infamous for the insulting nicknames that the love interests assign to the heroine, and the most representative one is Ayato's "''Chichinashi''" - literally "no-tits" and localized as "pancake" in the english dub of the [[AnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]]. Ayato doesn't stop with just the heroine, though. He has rude nicknames for the rest of the cast too. For instance, his brothers are lazy-ass (Shu), four-eyes (Reiji), hysteric (Kanato), pervert (Laito), and shut-in (Subaru).
588* In ''VisualNovel/EndlessSummer'', [[DeadpanSnarker Jake]] fits this role to a T. From the first chapter, he is giving everyone nicknames; some characters even get multiple.
589** MC is dubbed either Princess or Boy Scout, depending on their gender.
590** Michelle is Maybelline.
591** Diego is Pop Culture Petey.
592** Zahra is Skrillex.
593** He calls Lila Dimples.
594** Raj gets called Bottomless at one point.
595** Grace is Brain Trust.
596** Craig, at different points, is ComicBook/{{Drax|TheDestroyer}}, Bob Costas, and Craigslist.
597** Estela is sometimes called [[Literature/TheHungerGames Katniss]] or [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Wednesday Addams]].
598** Quinn, as the redhead, receives the nicknames [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]], Red, and Literature/PippiLongstocking.
599** It's not uncommon for Jake to call Aleister [[Literature/HarryPotter Malfoy]].
600** [[spoiler: Iris]] has been called [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]], Robomaid, and Blue Girl Group.
601** Even [[spoiler: Rourke]] gets a nickname; he is at one point addressed by Jake as Phony Stark.
602** Seraxa turns this back on Jake in book 2, calling him He Who Needs A Haircut.
603* Anghel Higure calls everyone in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' by elaborate alternative names, including himself. They correspond to the bizarre fantasy-JRPG universe he hallucinates due to a chemical imbalance, and tend to be loaded with symbolic meanings and references that, in retrospect, are incredibly relevant to their storylines.
604* Police Chief Damon Gant from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', who usually uses a variation on their surname (e.g. "Edgeworth" becomes "Worthy" [[spoiler:"Or should I say ''un-Worthy''"]], "Wright" becomes "Wrighto", the Judge, Udgey).
605** Also Larry, who appears to have officially dubbed Phoenix and Edgeworth "Nick" and "Edgey." He has also dubbed Franziska von Karma "Franzy".
606** Pearl is something of a nickname ''catcher'', as only her mother calls her by her proper name -- Phoenix calls her "Pearls" (in the Japanese version, her first name+[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics chan]]) and Maya and occasionally Mia calls her "Pearly".
607** In ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2]]'', Delicia Scones does this to ''everyone''. Yes, even [[AmoralAttorney "Manny" von Karma]]. Edgeworth arguably gets hit the hardest. She calls him "[[Music/MileyCyrus Miley]]".
608** And then ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' brought us Simon Blackquill, who also nicknames everyone. Usually it's an insult ('Fool Bright' for Fulbright, 'Your Baldness' for the Judge, 'Sad Monk' for Nahyuta) but usually nicknames the lawyers by sticking '-dono' onto the end of their surnames (e.g. 'Wright-dono').
609** [[RoyalBrat Rayfa]] from ''Spirit of Justice'' gives a nickname to nearly all the attorneys she meets, which stick even after she [[DefrostingIceQueen warms up to them]], turning from a case of MaliciousMisnaming to an InsultOfEndearment. Phoenix is called "Barbed Head", Apollo is called "Horn Head", etc. In fact, she doesn't see fit to nickname Nahyuta ("Braid Head") until ''after'' she becomes closer with him, [[spoiler:because [[{{Tsundere}} she can't bring herself]] [[LukeIAmYourFather to call him her "Big Brother"]]]].
610* As a dark variant, [[BigBad Kakuya]] from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' is jealous at Seiji and Kaoru for [[{{Yandere}} being closer to Akira than her]], so she calls them 'Yakuza Punk' and 'Hussy Girl' during the game's climax. [[spoiler:This also makes it more difficult for Akira to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia remember who they were]].]]
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614* From ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' Daisy (Mikie, Davie, Tessie) and Chirpy (girl-kitty, boy-kitty, curly-kitty, messy-kitty, meanie kitty, boy-doggie), etc...
615** Yashy (Lucy/Mom) (Chirpy/Chirps) (Mike/Flea/Fleabag) ('''especially''' Daisy/Whore) (???/Blur), and Lily likes to add "-dear" to names.
616** Random people seem to call Mike "green eyes" and Lucy "blue eyes" in-comic. Most recent example is in chapter 61. Some readers consider it an ominous reference to a [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p5.html much earlier chapter]].
617* ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'': Rom seems fond of giving people nicknames at random. For his co-workers at the Hyperia Pantheon:
618** He calls Daryl “Cowboy”, because of Daryl’s cowboy hat. This seems to be something of a theme among his former peers when referring to Daryl.
619** He calls Flamel “Flambé”, which is likely a CallBack to story #1, when Skye angrily told a spirit about to eat Flamel; “He’s Flamel not Flambé!”.
620* Norma from {{Webcomic/Deadendia}} has a nickname for everyone in Winslow Wonderland.
621* Sidney from ''Webcomic/{{Distillum}}'' calls Jamie "blondie" or "cowboy", and Kavitha gets called "the anomaly", or just "you" when Sidney deigns to speak to her.
622* Sal from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' gives (often not very flattering) nicknames to nearly everyone (it's even LampShaded by the AltText), partly to deliberately keep them at arm's length. She does tend to switch to their actual names when she gets close to them (e.g. "Wonderbread" to "Danny"), or if they are otherwise inappropriate ("Apples-to-Apples" for Ethan).
623** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] for her brother, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Walky]] - as his nickname is based on their shared surname (Walkerton), she feels it's weird to use it and insists on calling him David (or simply "bro").
624%%* Black Mage of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''.
625%%* ''WebComic/HijinksEnsue'' [[http://hijinksensue.com/?p=1973 demonstrates this trope]].
626* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
627** TokenEvilTeammate Belkar often hands out spontaneous nicknames, although they're rarely consistent and usually tend towards insulting epithets.
628** The FauxAffablyEvil BigBad Xykon frequently calls people by nicknames, mostly because he can't be bothered to remember people's real names and his minions don't dare to correct him. His thoughtlessness is a BerserkButton for TheHero Roy.
629** Thog almost always nicknames people, such as calling Elan "'''not-[[EvilTwin nale]]'''" and Roy "'''talky man'''", in no small part due to being DumbMuscle who struggles with the concept of proper nouns.
630* Faye in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' calls Marten "Marty", Hannelore "Hanners", and Dora "Spooky" or "Assbutt". When Marigold first joins the group Faye says she needs a nickname and calls her "Mar-bear". After several attempts at one for Bubbles which Bubbles herself vetoes, she settles on "Bubs".
631* Ian from ''Webcomic/SirensLament''. He quickly comes up with nicknames for almost everyone. Lyra is Fishbait and Shon is Loverboy for instance.
632* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'':
633** Unity is an imperfect example. She always calls Sweetheart "Babes", and she decided to call the helicopter "Biscuit" despite Nick telling her he ''had'' a name.
634** Nick himself generally refers to people by pop-culture references, usually from video games or animation. He uses zombies for Unity, dogs for Sweetheart, and cross-dressers or otherwise genderqueer characters for Tip.
635--->'''Nick''': Hey, it's our local [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime ReDead]]. Where's [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Birdo]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Poochie]]?
636* Heartful Punch of ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' is prone to using nicknames for people, but typically drops it when she gets to know them better. She starts off calling Undine "Curls" because of her RegalRinglets, refers to her boarding house's R.A. Suzy as "Snoozy", because she frequently stays up late waiting for H.P., who's frequently last to get home after patrols. The AltText for the comic in which Heartful Punch has her first conversation with Zoe notes that H.P. is already subconsciously making a mental list of possible nicknames for her new acquaintance.
637* The evil rabbit Bun-bun from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' often calls people by condescending descriptive nicknames or generic names. Many are made up on the spot and only used once, such as "Alice and the wonder brain" for Oasis (whose intelligence he doesn't think much of), but some such as "Nerd-Boy" for Torg, "tube-rat" for Kiki the ferret, and "Zucchini Face" for Aylee the alien have stuck. Human women he tends to call "toots" just because he seems to have sexism as a minor hobby.
638** In [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/150521 15/05/21]], he's trying to come with a nickname for Gwynn, but hasn't come up with a good one yet, instead going through several fairly lame options.
639* Sigrun from ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'' hardly ever calls her teammates by their names, and the nickname tends to be whatever pops in her mind at the time. Emil seems to be the only one escaping this, getting the title of right-hand warrior instead.
640* It's very common in ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'' for people to refer to each other by descriptive nicknames based on the others' looks. (Those looks can vary quite a bit.) [[TheHero Bam]] initially does so in an InnocentlyInsensitive way: "Thank you, Mister Neon Balloon!" The most consistent nicknamer is Rak, who calls almost everyone "something turtle". Apparently, he comes from a place where there's nothing but his species and turtles, so everything is a turtle to him.
641* ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}'': All the Lilitu, which backfires when they call Lazarus [[spoiler:"Nephewkins"]].
642* Hedge of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' as {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by Elliot [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-10-23 here]].
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646* ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked'' spends an [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18100_the-trial-dr.-baby.html entire episode]] on this trope. One of their coworkers turns out to be named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Thelonius Bone]]. Similarly, [[Website/{{Cracked}} Daniel O'Brien]] is this, but only towards Cracked Head Editor Jack O'Brien.
647* ''Creator/DougWalker'':
648** In his vlog reviews of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Walker blames his "white American male" status for his difficulty with remembering/taking awhile to learn the characters' Asian names. Although some got very simple nicknames like "the brother" (Sokka), "the sister" (Katara), and "the warrior girl" (Suki), others got more creative ones, such as "General Malfoy Guy" (Zhao), "Rene-Odo-from-[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep-Space-Nine]]" (the Mechanist), and "Azula's posse" consisting of "the gymnast" and "the bored girl" (he and Rob have considered several nicknames for the latter).
649** Similarly, in his ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' vlogs, he calls Kuvira "Princess Zelda", "Zelda", or in one case, "Princess Hitler".
650* Vegeta from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' never calls any of the Z Fighters by name, instead opting for insulting nicknames. That said, he always refers to members of Freeza's army (and Goku) by their real names.
651* Az of ''Blog/GaijinSmash'' has private (except on said blog) nicknames for some of his Japanese students and coworkers. Justified in one of the earlier entries in that he had ''hundreds'' of students, "so learning everyone's names is quite hard."
652* Senor "[[CloudCuckoolander Alonzo Mourning to you, Myrtlebeth]]" Cardgage from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
653** Nearly every character in Homestar Runner has nicknames for everyone else, as [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nicknames this extensive list]] demonstrates.
654* Zane the cat from ''Webcomic/{{Kurami}}'' refers to [[BigBeautifulWoman Ana and Bree]] as "Gargantuana" and "Breehemoth" respectively. He refers to the titular character by the rather less disparaging nickname "Blondie".
655* In ''Literature/MotherOfLearning'', Zorian's friend Taiven is one -- she invariably calls him Roach, and her partners in DungeonCrawling Grunt and Mumble.
656* Inverted in ''WebAnimation/NoEvil'', where everyone has nicknames, but Ichabod simply will not use them, even though most of the main characters' real names are awkward to pronounce for most native English speakers (Calamity/Chalchiutlique, for example). Pity his voice actor.
657* Golgotha from ''Series/{{Noob}}'' takes this trope even further than usual. She doesn't change people's names, but their ''OnlineAlias''. The nickname is usually a spin, sometime a (French) pun, on the original.
658* Ggrlsha, from ''Literature/PayMeBug'', have a tradition of nicknaming everyone they know. It's supposed to be an attempt to know the essence of another's soul.
659* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
660** Roman calls Ruby "Red" during their first encounter and continues to use it in future ones. His first encounter with Weiss results in him calling her "Ice Queen" due to the ice attacks she was using on him. He doesn't know others call her that because of her personality. After seeing Blake's cat ears, he refers to her as "Kitty Cat" during their next encounter.
661** Qrow employs nicknames for both affection and mockery. He calls Ruby "Pipsqueak", Yang "Firecracker" and both of them "Kiddo". He calls Ironwood "Jimmy" to rile him, and sometimes calls Oscar either "Pipsqueak" or "Farmboy". Calling Winter "Ice Queen" initially calls Weiss because that's everyone else's nickname for her.
662** Although Robyn doesn't use nicknames with her huntress team and Clover, she has a habit of automatically assigning nicknames to people she's just met and then continuing to use them during subsequent encounters. Ruby is 'pipsqueak', Qrow is 'five o'clock shadow', Marrow is 'Wags' and Yang is 'Fisticuffs'.
663* Vincenzo Gatti in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' nicknames absolutely everyone, examples including 'Rainy' for Georgia Lee Day and 'Chihuahua' for Fiyori Senay.
664* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Imp uses nicknaming as a tactic to get superheroes (or villains) she's dealing with angry at her. At least some of these nicknames end up sticking, to the dismay of those so named. Some nicknames are Superhawk becomes Chickenhawk, Paradigm becomes Pair of Dimes, and Polarstorm becomes Fuzzy Wuzzy (As he looks like a polar bear).
665** Fantastico, leader of the Good Ol' Boyz at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. It's pretty obvious that he's an {{Expy}} of George Bush (see below).
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669* During the first campaign of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', Vax'ildan had a nickname for ''everyone'' in Vox Machina: "Stubby" for Vex'ahlia, "Kiki" for Keyleth, both "Scanman" and "shorty" for Scanlan, "Pickle" for Pike, "Big Man" for Grog, and "Freddie" for Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III (though everybody else calls him "Percy").
670* One of WebVideo/BennettTheSage's {{Running Gag}}s on ''Anime Abandon'' is his referring to the characters in the anime he reviews almost exclusively by nicknames, usually to sarcastic or scatological effect.
671* ''Series/TheCryOfMann'': Frank seems to like giving nicknames; Jack is "Bouncy Boy", Courtney is "Princess", and Jouglat is "Plant Boy".
672* Mister X of [[https://t.co/xwgxA8m5po Geek Juice Media]] gives derogatory nicknames to various content creators - Creator/NoahAntwiler is "Forky", Creator/AllisonPregler is "Loopy", WebVideo/MarzGurl is "Saturn Girl", Creator/BobChipman is "Blawb", Creator/CountJackula is "Count Wokeula" and Creator/LindsayEllis is "Drunky [=McGee=]" or "Drunk Tits". He referred to the whole [=ChangeTheChannel=] movement as "Change the Diaper". His friend Creator/BradJones gets the AffectionateNickname "Baldy".
673* ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''. The TropeCodifier in any medium. ''All 152 Pokemon'' from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' are nicknamed -- ''including'' [=MissingNo.=] Which made them do the same thing in every new ''Pokémon'' game aside from ''Snap'', ''Go'' and ''Pokkén Tournament''.
674%%* TheNicknamer/MadBecauseSmall
675* ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'': Orthopedic Surgery refers to everyone as "[Descriptor] Bro". Psychiatry is "Feelings Bro", OB/GYN is "Lady Bro", Opthalmology is "Eye Bro" and so on. The only way to get him to stop calling you "bro" is to do something that makes him lose all respect for you.
676* Wilbur in ''WebVideo/SBIRust'' gives most of the Dome Cult members nicknames.
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680* On ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Stan Smith can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhnN-1ig0zk lapse into this.]]
681* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', Tony Toponi immediately thinks up a new name for Fievel once learning his name, apparently finding it too foreign-sounding.
682--> "Fievel? Oooh, that name's gotta go! I'll tell ya what -- Filly!"
683** In his sequel appearances he tends to give more people nicknames too, such as calling Fievel's parents "Mr. and Mrs. M".
684* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' does this a hell of a lot -- so much that there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjR8VphNdGo a supercut about it]].
685* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
686** Toph tends to eschew names for terms with varying levels of insult, though "Twinkle Toes" (Aang) is the only one she used more than once. Others such as "the Pebble," "Snoozles", "Sheddy," "Sugar Queen", "Madame Fussy-Britches" and "Sweetness" are all one timers.
687** Sokka as well. "Sparky-Sparky Boom Man" didn't stick, but "Combustion Man" did. "Team Avatar" was invented by him too.
688* Resident CloudCuckooLander Fred of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. This is the InUniverse explanation why Go Go Tomago, Wasabi, and Honey Lemon's names sound so silly. He gave them their nicknames, and the names kinda stuck.
689* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo'': "[[Recap/CaptainFlamingoS2E11SaddleBrainedNameDropper Name Dropper]]" is about Nick Names, a kid who makes up nicknames that stick for life. He keeps calling Tabitha bad insulting nicknames which makes her furious (these include "Crabitha", "Slobitha", "Backstabitha" and "Snot Kebobitha"). It was later revealed that Winona (Lizbeth's sister) mentions that one of her trophies she got when she was little was marked second place to Nick who's nicknamed [[spoiler:"Little Toot" because when he used to play the recorder, he toot out both ends]]. After Lizbeth tells Nick about that nickname, he decided to not do it again. The last nickname he gave to Tabitha before stopping was a more nicer nickname, [[spoiler:"Miss Perfect"]], which bums out Nick's gang and leaves.
690* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Wheeler often opts to use pet names for other members of the team: "Cap" for Captain Planet, "(little) buddy" for [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Ma-Ti]], and "babe" for Linka. When the team is dealing with an eco-villain, [[YouFightLikeACow he's the most likely to come up with colorful insults]] to match the ones the bad guys use.
691* In ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'', Snap's given out nicknames to all of his friends in the show. Rudy's main nickname is "bucko", Penny's been given the nickname "buckette", Blocky's been called "Blocko". Heck, Snap's even nicknamed Rapsheeba "queenie"!
692* Mr. Butlertron of ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' calls everyone Wesley.
693* In ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'', Larry has a variety of affectionate, diminutive nicknames for TeenGenius Dotty, "Little one", "Pipsqueak", "Small fry", "Short stuff", etc.
694* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
695** Eddy has nicknames for everyone based on their appearances. Examples include: Ed -- "Lumpy" / [[BigOlUnibrow "Monobrow"]], Edd -- "Sockhead", Kevin -- "Shovel Chin", Rolf -- "Stretch"
696** Rolf as well. The pattern to his nicknames is generally "Description of their character" + "Their name" + "Their gender".
697** Kevin sometimes does this too. He calls Jimmy "Fluffy" and Jonny 2x4 "Quirky".
698* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''
699** Major Courage from the episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E4WhereNoDuckHasGoneBefore Where No Duck Has Gone Before]]" tends to nickname everyone; for instance, calling Scrooge and Launchpad by their initials.
700** Launchpad himself tends to refer to his employers by nicknames like "Mr. [=McD=]" and [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck "D.W."]]
701* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls,'' [[BigBad Bill Cipher]] addresses [[SeekerArchetype Dipper]] and [[CloudCuckooLander Mabel]] by their {{Arc Symbol}}s, "Pine Tree" and "Shooting Star," respectively. He sometimes uses FullNameBasis for [[ScienceHero Ford]], but usually calls him "Poindexter" or "[[spoiler:Sixer]]," the latter being another symbol.
702* In both [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} the movie]] and [[WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries series]] of Disney's ''Hercules'', Hades had a tendency to give people nicknames.
703* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'''s Helga G. Pataki ''lived'' for this. She would rarely call anyone by their real name. [[MadLove Arnold]] suffered the most -- "Football Head", "Hair Boy", "Arnoldo", "Goody Two-Shoes"... but she had a name for everybody. Other nicknames include "Geraldo" and "Tall Hair Boy" (Gerald), "Pink Boy" (Harold), "Princess" (Rhonda), and "Ms. Perfect" (Lila).
704* Baloo the Bear in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' calls [[WildChild Mowgli]] "little britches" and calls Bagheera "Baggy". This carried on into ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', where he gives the "little britches" nickname to Kit, while calling Rebecca "Becky".
705* Mr. Cat from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has a habit of giving others nicknames based on their species. Examples include "Tadpole", "Froggy" and "Fly Nibbler" for Kaeloo the frog, "Nutcracker" for Stumpy the squirrel, and "Duck Face" for Quack Quack the duck.
706* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kiff}}'': The episode “Nicknames” features Nick Namé, a ticket-taker at the local movie theater who has a nickname for everyone. Kiff and Barry spend the whole episode trying to get a nickname from him, but fail, though it turns out that “Kiff” is already a nickname (her real name is [[TheUnreveal never revealed]]). In the end it turns out that Nick was forced to give people nicknames due to being under some kind of spell, which is finally broken when Kiff gives him a nickname of his own.0
707* Shego from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' does this a lot. Princess, Cupcake, Dr. D,...
708* A flashback in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' shows that some things never change; even after 28 years, Toph was still calling Aang "Twinkle Toes" [[EmbarrassingNickname in spite of his protests.]] [[spoiler: And 70 years later, Korra inherits the nickname.]]
709* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3,'' the sporty SurferDude (ette) Sunny Daze has a nickname for all the other ponies.
710* Darius from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has a habit of giving condescending nicknames to those he's at odds with. Eberwolf becomes "Mutt" when they splash mud on his clothes, Raine becomes "Songbird" while trying to capture them in "Eda's Requiem", and Hunter becomes "Little Prince" throughout most of "Any Sport in a Storm".
711* Dinko from ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' never calls any human characters by their proper names, usually setting on something along the lines of "[descriptor] of Tommy of Earth". His best friend Tommy is "Tommy of Earth", Tommy's mom is "Mommy of Tommy of Earth" and [[SpoiledBrat Melba]] is "Bossy Neighbor of Tommy of Earth".
712* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
713** Dr. Doofenshmirtz mentioned he loved giving nicknames. He calls Perry "Mr. Duckbill Face", and Major Monogram "Monobrow" ("because he has...that thing where..."), and he calls Carl "Dr. Coconut."... ("Yeah. Sometimes, I wish I didn't know so much.")
714** Jeremy is like this with many people--except his girlfriend, Candace, who worries about the fact that he hasn't given her an AffectionateNickname. Until he tells her that he just likes her real name.
715* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' featured [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLrAtR98HqY a sketch]] where ComicStrip/DickTracy is one of these.
716* Dr. Arthur Beeman from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' has a habit of bestowing nicknames on people based on their physical appearance.
717* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Chief Clancy Wiggum is an utterly incompetent cop with a weird passion for handing out nicknames to the people he arrests as a type of self-indulging SchiffOneLiner in-joke. Ironically, the nicknames sometimes are ''too'' clever and require extremely obscure knowledge to get the joke.
718--> '''Chief Wiggum:''' [''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E11WereOnTheRoadToDohwhere when he is arresting Marge for selling prescription drugs]]''] Save it, Ma Peddle.\
719'''Lou:''' Ma Peddle?\
720'''Chief Wiggum:''' It's a reference to Ma Kettle, a movie character from the 1940s.\
721'''Lou:''' Chief, if you have to explain it, it's not very good.
722* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
723** [[BigFun Amethyst]] makes up an endless supply of (mostly [[AffectionateNickname affectionate]]) nicknames, particularly for Peridot.
724** Steven sometimes makes up more permanent nicknames, including ones for the Ruby Squad to [[PlanetOfSteves tell them apart]] from the Crystal Gem's Ruby.
725** [[{{Slimeball}} Marty]] calls people by nicknames a lot as self-serving attempts to gain their favor. He calls Greg "Starchild," Steven "Starchild Jr.," and his son Sour Cream "S.C."
726* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Michelangelo coins the name for most villains and some equipment (such as the Turtle van now being the "Shellraiser"), to the point of total annoyance. Indeed, he even gets annoyed when people decide to create their own monikers (e.g., "He calls himself the Rat King"), when or another Turtle does so.
727* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama:''
728** Chef Hatchet refers to all the campers by nickname, possibly because he can't be bothered remembering their real names.
729** Heather has a habit of doing this behind other peoples backs, the biggest example being Izzy who she calls "Psycho Hose Beast".
730** Courtney has a tendency to do so to her enemies, in particular Gwen and Duncan who she's come up with a long list of names for.
731** Leshawna switches to nicknamer-mode when angered, but occasionally gives out [[AffectionateNickname Affectionate Nicknames]] as well.
732** Chris does this from time-to-time usually when introducing contestants. Most notably in episode 1 of ''Revenge of the Island'' where he nicknames the whole cast.
733** [[JerkAss Duncan]] gives rude nicknames to almost every contestant, although some become [[InsultOfEndearment Insults Of Endearment]] over time.
734** [[JerkJock Jo]] is perhaps the biggest example, where it's become a RunningGag for her to come up with "killer zingers" for others. In fact she it so frequently it's even earned her the nickname of "Mean Nickname Giver" from Zoey.
735* Tigger is this in the the Disney version of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''. He's got a nickname for everyone, and ''loads'' of them for Rabbit. Examples include: Pooh -- "Buddy Bear" / "Buddy Boy", Rabbit -- "Long Ears" / "Ra-Ra" / "Bunny Boy", Piglet -- "Piglet, Old Pal" / "Pigaletto", Eeyore -- "Donkey Boy", Owl -- "Buddy Bird", Roo/Lumpy -- "Little Roo-ster / "Lumpster".
736* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' followed this habit from the comics. ComicBook/{{Rogue}} was Stripes, ComicBook/{{Kitty|Pryde}} was Half-Pint, [[ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} Kurt]] was Elf, ComicBook/JeanGrey was Red, [[BadWithTheBone Evan]] (Spyke) was Porcupine and ComicBook/{{Gambit}} was Gumbo, to name a few.
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740* Nicknaming is basically the national pastime of {{UsefulNotes/Australia}}. Any proper name in Australia can and will be turned into a nickname. Is your last name Smith? You're Smithy now. A woman named Sharon? Shazza. A restaurant chain named UsefulNotes/McDonalds? Macca's. A city named Fremantle? Freo. [[https://open.abc.net.au/explore/93312 Ironic and derogatory nicknames]] are also popular. One small town has even opened up a [[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-22/coonamble-nickname-hall-of-fame/6873500 Nickname Hall of Fame]].
741* The "Big Bang" (the space-time explosion, not the TV show) was named by the cosmologist Fred Hoyle in an attempt to belittle the concept. "Cubism" and "Fauvism" (the early 20th century art movements) were named by the critic Louis Vauxcelles with similar intent. In all these cases, [[AppropriatedAppelation names originally intended as derisory nicknames have gone on to achieve world-wide recognition.]]
742* It has been a tradition in virtually all college fraternities to give new initiates a nickname. Typically, the brothers who are in charge of choosing a nickname will tap into one of two sources:
743** Type A: an obvious trait. Someone who talks very low would be called Mumbles, and Sasquatch would be used for a large, hairy guy. If the initiate looks like a famous person or (even an obscure) character, then they will likely be named after their likeness.
744** Type B: an embarrassing or amusing story from their pledge period. Examples: "Splash" for someone who trips and falls into one of their college's fountains, and "Knoxville" for anyone who may try (and fail spectacularly) to copy one of the ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' stunts on a dare.
745** Type C: Completely random or done for comedic irony, such as nicknaming a very mild-mannered pledge "Stone Cold" or nicknaming a pledge known for being very masculine and macho "Cupcakes".
746* During the 2016 presidential election, UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump became known for this. He dubbed Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, his two main opponents in the Republican primary, as "Little Marco" and "Lyin' Ted". As the general election neared, Trump debuted "Crooked Hillary", the nickname for former friend turned ArchEnemy UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton. Additional nicknames include "Crazy" Bernie Sanders, "Cryin'" Chuck Schumer, "Old Crow" Mitch [=McConnell=], and "Rocket Man" [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-Un]]. The latter returned the favor by calling Trump "Dotard"...and then the two of them held a summit and now pretend to be friends. His nicknames even extend to organizations such as "The Failin'" ''New York Times'', "Globalist" ''Wall Street Journal'', and "Fake News" ''CNN''.
747** Later on in the 2020 election cycle, Trump called his opponent UsefulNotes/JoeBiden "Sleepy" to portray him as incompetent. The latter retorted by calling him "President Tweety" for his nonstop usage of Website/{{Twitter}} and "former guy" when Trump lost the 2020 election.
748** After announcing his bid for 2024, Trump insultingly called his onetime protégé turned ArchEnemy and incumbent Florida governor Ron [=DeSantis=] "[=DeSanctimonious=]"[[note]]partly because Trump wants to remain the GOP's kingmaker despite other Republicans urging him to move on[[/note]].
749* '50s rocker Music/EddieCochran was known for nicknaming. He called his mother "Shrimper" in reference to her height. Musicians Bob Denton and Richard Rae were "the Brew Brothers" (they always had a beer in their hands). The road manager for Eddie's and Gene Vincent's UK tour, Hal Carter, was "Boody" for how Carter pronounced "buddy". Not sure if it was true that he actually called songwriter (and fiancee) Sharon Sheeley "Charlie Brown" or why.
750* Creator/{{ESPN}} sportscaster Chris Berman has a nickname for everyone. Usually they are {{Pun}}s like Joseph [[Film/LiveAndLetDie "Live and Let" Addai]].
751** In the case of Andre [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival "Bad Moon" Rison]], it actually was picked up by other announcers. And him. He has a "Bad Moon Rison" tattoo.
752** But not Jake "Daylight Come And I Wanna" Delhomme.
753** Eventually parodied in a commercial when he was trying out nicknames for players -- for Drew Bledsoe he tried "Drew bled so much he needed an infusion." Intended as a joke, it became {{Defictionalized}} when Berman used it as a CallBack.
754** Maybe it's a sportscaster thing? [[Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann]] only gives nicknames to [[TheRival people he doesn't like]], but he makes up for it by giving them four or five each.
755** Mexican sportscaster Enrique Bermúdez, apart from his deep voice and his unorthodox diction, is also famous for this. Some nicknames include "Duke of Catalunya" to Rafael Márquez, "Sa-sa-sa-salsita" to Carlos Salcido, "The Matador" for Luis Hernández, and "Little Pea" for Javier Hernández.
756** Same applies to the late Spanish sports commentator Andrés Montes. Aside from being credited with coining the idiom "tiki-taka" to describe the style of play that took FC Barcelona to six trophies in 2009 and Spain to two consecutive European championships and one World Cup, he was best known as a basketball announcer, and came up with nicknames for plenty of players. The best remembered ones are "Mr. Catering" (José Manuel Calderón), "Jordan Airlines"/"Flight 23" (Michael Jordan), "The Gable of the Big Apple" (Patrick Ewing) or "E.T." (Pau Gasol).
757** Also in Latin American, Brazilian ESPN announcer Romulo Mendonça at times lends his LargeHam into endearing nicknames for certain players following outstanding plays, such as "Alpha Male" (most notably, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbYfikZ_3QM LeBron James]] and the Brazilian volleyball player Wallace), "Messenger of Chaos" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bikVtDktWsQ Russell Westbrook]], and Romulo himself, given "CHAAAOOOOS" is basically a catchphrase), and "[[Film/ChildsPlay Killer Doll]]" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcV926OT5SU that one, exclusive of Stephen Curry]]).
758* Professional UsefulNotes/{{Darts}} ''thrives'' on this. All players have a nickname, usually applied to them early in their careers. They're used in the commentary, by the Master of Ceremonies when announcing the player walking on and sometimes by the players themselves in everyday life! How they get their nicknames can be due to any one of a number of factors, including (but not limited to):
759** Their actual name -- for example, Raymond "Barney" van Barnevald, Michael "[=MvG=]" van Gerwen, Andy "The Hammer" Hamilton.
760** Having the same name as a famous person -- for example, Dennis "The Menace" Priestly (as in the ''[[ComicBook/TheBeano Beano]]'' character; Priestly reflected this by wearing red and black striped shirts during tournaments).
761** Where they are from -- for example, Eric "The Crafty Cockney" Bristow (born in London), John "Darth Maple" Part (Canadian), Gary "The Flying Scotsman" Anderson (no prizes for guessing where he's from).
762** Their former occupation before turning professional -- for example, Rob "Voltage" Cross (used to be an electrician).
763** Their dress sense -- for example, Bobby "Dazzler" George (wears loads of jewellery, and as such is sometimes also known as the "King of Bling"), Wayne "Hawaii 501" Mardle (wears Hawaiian shirts; the number is a play on ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' -- the theme tune of which is his walk-on music -- and the fact that 501 is the starting score in a leg of darts).
764** Their personal appearance -- for example, Martin "Wolfie" Adams (on account of his beard; his work with wolf conservation charities came about ''because'' of his nickname).
765** A meaningful or funny event that has happened to them -- for example, Adrian "Jackpot" Lewis (won $72,000 on a slot machine in Las Vegas but wasn't allowed to collect the money because he was under 21 at the time).
766** Something random -- for example, Phil "The Power" Taylor (the Sky Sports producer who told him he needed a nickname trod on an empty CD case of Snap!'s "The Power" during the conversation; somewhat unsurprisingly, this song became his walk-on music).
767* UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution being quite into classical tradition of Greece and Rome revived this tradition. The people of France bestowed popular nicknames on famous figures, sometimes mocking, sometimes affectionate and sometimes ironic:
768** UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette was called ''L'Autrichienne'',[[note]]Literally "The Austrian [woman]", but it conveniently conceals the word ''chienne'', i.e. a female dog, i.e. a bitch.[[/note]] ''Madame Deficit'' and ''Madame Veto''. Her husband who was initially liked came to be called ''Monsieur Veto''.
769** Danton was called ''[[BoisterousBruiser The Titan, Jove the Thunderer, Mirabeau of the Masses]]'', Lazare Carnot was called ''[[BadassBureaucrat Organizer of Victory]]'', UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre was called ''[[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules L'Incorruptible]]''. Comte de Mirabeau was called ''[[BigGood The Orator of the People]]'' and ''The Torch of Provence''. Camille Desmoulins was ''The Lantern Attorney'' for a famous pamphlet he wrote called, ''The Lamp Post speaks to Parisians'', advocating the mob to use the lamp-posts as execution spots. Barras, the most prominent figure of the Directory, was nicknamed ''Red Viscount'' (he originally was a vicomte), ''King of the Directory'', but also ''King of the Corrupts''.
770** The coolest nicknames include Louis Antoine de Saint-Just's (''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Angel of Death]]'' or ''[[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench L'archange de la mort]]''). Théroigne de Mericourt, a highly flamboyant female revolutionary was called ''[[LadyOfWar The Red Amazon]]'' for her tendency to dress in Red and Black riding gear. UsefulNotes/CharlotteCorday came to be called ''[[FemmeFatale L'ange de l'assassinat]]'' (The Angel of Assassination). Thérèse Cabarrus who often intervened to save others from the guillotine, was called ''Notre Dame de Bon Secours'' (Our Lady of Good Aid) and later ''Notre Dame de Thermidor'' (Our Lady of Thermidor).
771** When UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte made his big splash in defending Paris from a royalist rebellion in the month of Vendémiaire, he was called ''"General Vendémiaire"'', which he considered [[IllTakeThatAsACompliment the first real honour he earned]]. His other famous nicknames include ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Robespierre on Horseback, The Corsican Ogre, God of War]]'', among his retinue he was, of course, ''[[AFatherToHisMen Le petit caporal]]''
772* UsefulNotes/HarryTruman did this too. For example, referring to Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) as "Cow-fever".
773* The Higgs boson has gone by the nickname "The God Particle", causing some controversy due to the name. In fact, the nickname was shortened from "The God''damned'' Particle" because the thing was so difficult to find.
774* UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson did this a lot, too (maybe it's a Texas thing) especially with people he was trying to butter up. For example, he referred to Senator Richard Russell as "Mr. Wisdom."
775* If you read the NonFiction books by Creator/MelchiorWankowicz, you might get the impression none of his friends and family had proper names. It's kind of cute.
776* Nicknaming is also the national pastime for Mexico. [[http://www.mexicofile.com/surnames.htm This article]] [[http://www.mexicofile.com/hispanicapodosnicknamesprofessionaffectionandphysicalcharacteristics.htm and this article]] the Mexican apodo (nickname) tradition. Nicknaming is more of a thing in Mexico than in the United States.
777* Military personnel nickname every person, place, object, building, vehicle, rank, and concept. Often this is because stuff is named either unwieldy ([[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/40_mike-mike Mark-19 Automatic 40mm Grenade Launcher]] aka "40 mike-mike") or blandly (2W1X1 aka a "load toad" the guy who puts all the ammo in a plane). As for abstract concepts there's "The Goat", the cadet that graduates at the bottom of the class at West Point. He gets a standing [[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324352004578131262893535452.html ovation and wad of cash]] for his trouble.
778** And of course any AcePilot worth his salt (and most of the ones who aren't) will receive a [[NomDeGuerre Callsign]] from his fellow pilots. The callsign may or may not be flattering (and usually isn't), but remember that TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong, and they can always come up with a worse one for you.
779* The late Peter Freyne, a local political columnist in Vermont. Two of the ones more recognizable to the rest of the country were "Ol'Bernardo" (Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT) and "Ho-Ho" (Former Gov. and DNC chairman Howard Dean).
780* The professional TabletopGame/{{poker}} scene as a whole is this trope. Most famous poker player get nicknames that they are commonly known by. However they are known by their real name as well.
781* Queen Elizabeth I was said to have come up with nicknames for her courtiers. But only her favourites: Lord Burghley was 'Sir Spirit', Walsingham 'The Moor', Walter Raleigh 'Water', Leicester was 'Eyes' and Hatton was 'Lids'. The latter two even signed their letters to her with a symbol noting her nickname for them.
782* 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 Creator/{{Plautus}} ("the flat-footed"), Brutus (not TheBrute, but rather "the dumb"), Claudius ("the lame"), Crassus ("the fat"), and Flavius ("the blond" (DumbBlonde?)).
783** The Romans remind one of nothing so much as a bunch of gangsters, with names like Horatius Flaccus ("Flabby" Horace), Tullius Cicero (Tully "the Bean"), and Claudius Pulcher ("Pretty Boy" Claude).
784** In fact, the entirety of ancient Roman society was based on a system of client-patron relations that bear a striking resemblance to those of the modern day Mafia. It's quite probable that the Mafia can claim to be [[VestigialEmpire the last survival]] of Imperial Rome. Just try to picture of all those ancient Emperors as thuggish godfathers, or vice versa: quite an interesting new perspective, isn't it.
785%%* Baseball legend Satchel Paige did this.
786* In the NBA, Creator/ShaquilleONeal likes to do this -- mostly to himself. He did come up with "The Big Fundamental" for Tim Duncan, "Sugar K. Leonard" for Kawhi Leonard and "The Flash" for Dwyane Wade, though.
787* This was the first of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush George "Dubyah" Bush's]] quirks to percolate into the public consciousness, back when he was but a candidate (before even his tendency to [[{{Malaproper}} malapropism]] became widely mocked). He even tagged his own senior adviser '''Turd Blossom'''. This tends to be exaggerated in parodies... ''Somewhat''.
788** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_George_W._Bush It has a page on the Other Wiki]].
789** Used in Creator/WillFerrell's one-man show ''You're Welcome America'', where he plays Bush as an ignorant (but not [[PsychopathicManChild psychopathic]]) {{manchild}}. In an improvised bit, he asks various audience members' occupations and gives them each a corresponding nickname.
790** Allegedly, Bush gave president-to-be Sen. UsefulNotes/BarackObama the nickname "Rock Bama", which is probably the coolest thing ever. '''PRESIDENT ROCK'''.
791** On ''[[Series/ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'', the character "Cooter Burger" was given those names by Bush. Main character Jack Donaghy picked up the nickname "The Jacker."
792** In ''[[BioPic W.]]'', the nicknames are a mnemonic device that young Dubya uses to help him remember all his frat brothers names during his hazing (fortunately 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.
793* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI ace Edward 'Mick' Mannock was known for nicknaming other pilots in his squadron.
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