Fan Nickname / Anime & Manga

aka: Anime

Fan Nicknames in Anime & Manga.

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The following series have their own pages:

• Attack on Titan
• Bleach
• Code Geass
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Gundam
• Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Lyrical Nanoha
• My Hero Academia
• Naruto
• No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!
• One Piece
• Pokémon
• Pretty Cure
• Witch Hat Atelier
• Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V

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Other series

• Accel World:
  • "Fatshu/Fatshoe" - Haruyuki is exactly like a fat version of Shu from Guilty Crown.
  • "Accelolita" - Yuniko is basically Accelerator in Last Order's body.^note She even shares the same voice actress
• Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka: "Imoutits" — Minato, because she's an imouto and has tits.
• AKIRA:
  • "Good Dub" - The 2001 Pioneer / Animaze Dub.
  • "Bad Dub" - The 1989 Streamline Dub
• The Ambition of Oda Nobuna: My Girlfriend is Oda Nobunaga, based on the show's main premise.
• Angel Beats!:
  • Soul Society Of Haruhi Suzumiya - SSS BattleFront.
  • "Brotonashi" - For Yuzuru Otonashi because of what he has done to the people who were still alive and for the people who had already died and he sent them away peacefully.
• Azumanga Daioh:
  • The Yukarimobile, aka "Yukari-guruma" (lit.: "The Yukaricar") - Yukari-sensei's distinctively banged-up automobile. (It actually belongs to her father.) Used in the show.
  • "Rachel Handelbarz" - A nameless female student with pigtails, who hangs around with Chihiro and Kaorin. Officially known as "Female Student A".
  • "Tod" - Short for "That One Dude". Appears a few times in the anime, most notably in the first episode when Yukari steals his bike while he fixes hers. Poor Tod.
  • "Boy-Nyamo", "Guyamo" - A male student whose hair looks just like Nyamo's.
• Berserk: "Rape Horse" - The demon-possessed horse in Volume 17 of the manga (and Episode 3 of the 2016 anime) that tries to rape Farnese.
• Black Butler:
  • "Sebas-Chan", "Sebby", or "Bassy" for Sebastian Michaelis, the titular butler.
  • The series itself is sometimes called "Kuroshit" (shortened from its original Japanese title Kuroshitsuji) by detractors and snarky fans.
• Black Lagoon: "Maidinator" - Roberta, Black Lagoon's part-time maid part-time relentless bodyguard is sometimes referred to as this.
• Black★Rock Shooter:
  • The OtherWorld, Other World, Otherworld: The Checkered Landscape.
  • Other selves. huke's designs associated with characters in the "real" world.
  • Wheels - Chariot.
• Blue Seed: Sailor Boom - Koume Sawaguchi, the trigger-happy tomboy, who was voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi, who also provided the voice of Usagi from Sailor Moon.
• Blue Exorcist:
  • "Mephy" - Obviously for Mephisto.
  • And more recently, "Lucy", for Lucifer.
• B't X: The Batman Fist, Teppei's Messiah Fist, a title given to it by friends in a RP because of Teppei's habit of firing its grappling cables at enemies. Those that get impaled by the barbs are similarly described as Batman'd
• Bubblegum Crisis:
  • About-to-Die Police: The AD Police.
  • Sylfurita: The white-haired version of Sylia from Tokyo 2040, because of her resemblance to Ifurita from El-Hazard: The Magnificent World. (And by extension, "Mackie-oto" for Mackie, or just "Makoto Stingray".)
  • Lesbian Vampire Robots From Outer Space: OVA #5, "Moonlight Rambler".
• Canaan:
  • Oosawa Moeria: The character Oosawa Maria, for obvious reasons.
  • Sugoi Sugoi: Either the show itself, or just Maria due to her catchphrase.
• Case Closed:
  • On Tumblr some fans have taken to referring to the main character as "Cone".
  • The titular character Conan is often referred in Chinese fan circles as the "elementary school Shinigami" due to his uncanny ability to attract murder cases wherever he goes.
  • Scar Akai: The term was adopted to refer to the fake Akai Shuuichi, due to the fake having a large burn scar on his face.
  • Unknown Child, Mysterious Child, etc.: Various takes on this name are used to refer to a child living with Sera Masumi due to a lack of information regarding said child, including no officially revealed name.
• A Certain Magical Index:
  • BiriBiri - The secondary heroine of the show, nicknamed as hero calls her, by her using of electricity, which supposedly has "biribiri" SFX in Japanese.
    • Alternately known as the Thundere.
  • "Raildex" is The 'Verse for "To Aru Kagaku No Railgun" and "To Aru Majutsu No Index''"
  • Dr. Gekota - The doctor who looks like a frog, who is always healing Touma after his latest escapade. Otherwise known as Heaven Canceller.
  • "Failgun" for the Railgun anime adaptation, by those that considered it Adaptation Decay.
  • "Superman" for the incredibly powerful character Acqua of the Back.
  • "Pendex" for the John's Pen Mode of Index.
  • "Fre nda" for Frenda Seivelun, who had been killed by being sliced in half.
  • "Walking Porn" for Oriana Thompson, who is practically Ms. Fanservice incarnate.
  • "HOThinus" for Othinus, after she was revealed to be incredibly attractive.
  • "OTP" for Othinus/Touma Pairing.
• Claymore:
  • Bait - Raki, thanks to his remarkable ability to attract yoma, crazy Claymores, and Awakened Beings.
  • Noodles - Riful.
  • Not exactly a nickname, but..."Nobody out-crazies Ophelia!"
    • The Sexy Seven/ The Seven Ghosts: The survivors of the Northern Campaign led by Miriya after the timeskip.
• Croa Chimera:
  • Puppy Fish - Takaomi Shirabe, because he wears a dog collar, is a werewolf , and is based off the mangaka's pet fish.
  • Mimi and Ryo Asuka - Jay
  • Giriko Gregson - Hiko
  • Snake Shirogane - Yo
• D.Gray-Man: Apocrapper - Apocryphos. Also known as Apo-chan, because Apocryphos is just way too long to type.
• Darker than Black:
  • Chinese Electric Batman - Hei
    • Hobo Hei/Heibo - Hei in the second season, thanks to the Wild Hair and Perma-Stubble.
    • By extension some call the second season "Drunker Than Hobo".
    • Due to recent events, he's now just Chinese Batman.
  • Burger-Kun - Goran, an inexplicably popular one-shot Contractor in the second season whose Renumeration was eating hamburgers.
    • He is also known by the fan name 'Soviet Burger Flash'; as his power is super speed and he works for the Russian government.
  • Pinker than Loli - The second season, due to its forcing the protagonist Hei to share the spotlight with a little girl and scans and trailers suggesting that the second season would be more of a Slice of Life comedy.
  • Japanese Lesbian Catwoman - Bifauxnen Contractor Mina Hazuki, both because similarities to Hei as a stoic asskicker, and because of, well...◊
• Death Note:
  • Lighto - When the fights between people who used Raito and people who used Light got too volatile, some people decided to split the difference. Another common variation is 'Laito'.
  • Martin - A lot of the DeviantArt community is fond of refering to Teru Mikami's fountain pen of death as "Martin".
    • Mello's Zebra-print sofa also has a small dA following, under the nickname 'Zeb'
  • L-quiorra - L, because he looks and acts like Ulquiorra from Bleach.
  • Mellow Yellow - for Mello.
  • Light Imagay - What some Light-haters tend to call him after finding out what his last name spells backwards.
    • Yaoi Fangirls use it too.
  • An in-universe example: Light becomes Kira after people start calling him that, he never chose the name for himself.
  • AfroCop for Aizawa.
  • Iron Chief for Chief Yagami in the live action movies.
  • Pedo-Panda - L, because he looks like a panda and... (best not finish that sentence...)
  • The X-mansion, Wammy's School For Gifted Youngsters, Wammy's Dog Fighting Academy for Boys – Wammy's House
  • The L-mobile – L's Angel Crepe van in L: change the WorLd
  • Lawli - in Fanfiction this is Beyond Birthday's ubiquitous pet name for L.
• Deadman Wonderland:
  • On 4chan, Deadman Wonderland has gotten the nickname "G-Cup Wonderland" due to a humorous mention of a female character's breast size.
  • In the US the show is often christened "Superjail!: The Anime".
  • Senji the Bloodedge for Senji because his English VA is also Ragna. Senji just so happens to literally have edges...of blood, which leads us to...
    • Carnage Scissors for Senji's Crow Claw branch of sin.

• Delicious in Dungeon:
  • Kabru's party has been called by fans as either the Scrub party, Fail Party, Team Rocket or Team Loser due to having been easily killed and saved by Laius' party twice and mistaken the latter for thieves.
  • After getting more exposition, fans sometimes call Kabru "Cabron" instead, thanks to his hypocritical, negative way he thinks of other people ("Cabròn" is Spanish for "jerk", "bastard", "asshole", and similar words).
• Digimon:
  • Cigarette Lighter Man - Agent Yamaki of Digimon Tamers. Before he was given a name, all the audience knew was that he obsessively flicked his lighter.
  • Marsh-Malo — MaloMyotismon/BelialVamdemon from Digimon Adventure 02. So named because of his lackluster performance (mostly standing and ranting without actually doing much) and then his very undignified end.
  • Masaharu is the Fanon name for Matt/Yamato's father. (Turns out he's got an official name, Hiroaki, even though it wasn't used in anything.) "Malcolm" in the dub. If memory serves, this was popularized (if not coined) by The Lost Temple of Ishida, the classic old-school Yamato shrine and humor site.
  • Takatomon — Agumon in Digimon Data Squad, due to being voiced by Brian Beacock, who also voiced Takato in Digimon Tamers. Comes from Guilmon's actual nickname for Takato.
  • Bio Trio — Kouki, Ivan, and Nanami, Kurata's Quirky Miniboss Squad, and fairly popular villains, despite appearing in about three episodes each.
  • Digimon Adventure is often abbreviated "01," to match the second series, Digimon Adventure 02. The "02" is actually short for "2002," the year the story takes place, however, although they probably chose that year because it ended in two. Likewise, Tamers and Frontier are "03" and "04," although this isn't used as often as it used to be, as they're separate continuities from the Adventure-verse.
  • On a similar note, because Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time is a mouthful, the season is mostly known as either "Hunters" or "Xros Hunters".
  • Footballhead — A derisive nickname for Renamon, whose head (according to said detractors) is shaped like an American football.
  • J-Reaper — ADR-01, the D-Reaper's Spy Agent, who was mimicing the appearance of Jeri Kato before mutating to a more monstrous look.
  • In the Japanese fandom, Masaru has gained Digimon status as Masarudaimon, thanks both to his returning appearances in Hunters letting him beat the tar out of Mega Digimon like nobody's business and to his own name lending itself to the Digimon naming scheme.
  • Yamato/Matt is affectionately called "Yama" or "Yama-sama" by his fangirls.
  • To differentiate Digimon Adventure: (2020) from the original Adventure, the show is often abbreviated to Digimon 2020 or Adventure 2020. Detractors of the series use the : in its name and simply call it Colon.
• .hack:
  • .hack//INCEST - The .hack//Legend of the Twilight anime, which played up the Twincest jokes of the manga.
  • .hack//IMOQ - The first four games, because typing out "Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, and Quarantine" takes too long.
• Dragon Ball:
  • Captain Carrot - Goku, whose Saiyan birth name was Kakarot (after Toriyama's convention to name Saiyans after vegetables) and whose friendly, assertive personality and unbelievable drive to defeat evil liken him to Discworld's Captain Carrot.
    • Captain Cock - Again, Goku in this parody of the first Broly movie.
    • Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku is some times called Godku by the fanbase.
  • Veggie - Vegeta. As a sort of canon derivative, Ginyu actually refers to him as "Vege-Chan" a few times to taunt him. 'Geta is also used at times.
  • Kushami - Blonde, gun-crazy Lunch. Coined as shorthand by Curtis Hoffmann in his early summaries of manga chapters. It's Japanese for "sneeze," because Lunch changes personalities and hair color whenever she sneezes. Has reached the point where parts of the fandom are convinced that it's actually her name.
  • Mrs. Briefs - For Bulma's mother, since her husband is named Dr. Briefs. However, it is never actually clarified whether "Briefs" is actually a family surname or a given name (especially considering nearly everyone in Dragon Ball has Only One Name). The nickname "Bunny" was also seen in some fanfiction. Word of God says that her actual name is "Panchy", which is a pun of panties, while Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot calls her "Bikini".
  • Mirai (Trunks) - For Future Trunks, "Mirai Briefs" in some fanfiction when he returns to the normal timeline and lives with the 'other' Trunks. Crosses with Gratuitous Japanese.
  • Ultra-Super-Saiyan (USSJ) - The pumped-up SSJ forms Vegeta and Future Trunks use against Cell, since their actual names are less wieldy.
    • ASS: Used to poke fun at the dub, which calls this form Ascended Super Saiyan.
  • Mystic Gohan - Gohan after his power-up from the Elder Kai. The official name is Ultimate Gohan, as given in video games.
  • Jobberhan - Gohan whenever he suffers particularly humiliating defeats. Derived from the name "Jobberseid", which was used by DC fans to describe Darkseid during the period between Crisis on Infinite Earths and Final Crisis, in which he would frequently be beaten by characters that logically shouldn't be able to.
  • Ultra Buu for the briefly-seen muscular form of Majin Buu he gained from absorbing South Supreme Kai.
  • Linkin Ball Z - A DBZ Fan Vid set to Linkin Park. So common they've got a nickname.
  • Changelings - An affectionate nickname for Frieza and his relative's unnamed alien race. Dragon Ball Multiverse popularized the name "Frost Demons", which is used by Cell in Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
  • "Maron the Moron" - Maron, Krillin's ex-girlfriend, not to be confused with "Marron", his daughter.
  • "Spopobitch" - Spopovitch
  • Demisaiyan - Or "demi-saiyan." A term for Gohan, Trunks, Goten, and Bra, the half-Saiyan, half-human kids, probably derived from "demigod," the children of gods and humans in Greek mythology. Sometimes also includes Pan, the quarter-Saiyan daughter of Gohan and his wife, Videl. Very common in fanfic from the early 2000s.
  • Baby Face - Krillin
    • Fetty Krill - Again, Krillin, in this song parody.
  • Weezy F Broly - Broly, for his personality in this parody by SSJ9K, before becoming his Legendary Super Saiyan. (Or Legendary Bodybuilder Saiyan in the parody's case.)
  • General Dildo - General Rilldo from Dragon Ball GT, for obvious reasons.
  • Zenkai - The Saiyans' ability to get stronger every time they survive a near-death experience. That's a bit of a mouthful, though, so this was coined instead. The only use of the word "Zenkai" in DBZ is in the first ending song, Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power. In Japanese, the word has several meanings, including "full power", though "complete recovery" would probably make the most sense in context. Battle of Z calls this ability "Saiyan Power".
  • Tori-bot for Akira Toriyama's robotic Author Avatar. Volume 5 of Dr. Slump, where he appears more commonly, calls him "Robotoriyama".
  • Ski - Champa's at the time unnamed analog to Whis, being a reference to the word that Whis's name is derived from (whiskey). Her official name is Vados.
  • Before Champa's name was revealed he was called Fat Beerus by the fandom. Goku even calls him that when he first meets him.
    • Diabeerus is another one that's been recently seen.
  • Because of the design of Botamo, one of the fighters from U6 in Super, some fans have taking to calling him Winnie the Pooh.
  • Google Staff - Whis's staff, which can be used to find almost any piece of information and look at anything.
  • Super Cyan - Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan/Super Saiyan Blue, because of the hair color. Sometimes, the word "Super" will be replaced by "Blueper".
  • False Super Sayian - The pseudo-Super Saiyan form that Goku uses in the 4th movie. He gets a powerup and a golden aura, and his hair spikes up, but it doesn't turn gold.
    • False Super Saiyan Blue - The powerup Trunks uses in Dragon Ball Super. He is clearly using god ki, but his hair remains gold rather than blue. The official name is Super Saiyan Rage.
  • Zamasu's rather strange final form has gathered a number of them, such as "Skybox Zamasu", "Wallpaper Zamasu", "Cloud of Zamasu", "The Universe Formerly Known as Zamasu"...
    • Prior to that, upon fusing with Goku Black, some fans saw it fitting to call the fusion of Zamasu and Black Zack.
  • Pennywise - Some fans call Belmod (Universe 11's God of Destruction) this, because of his resemblance to the former.
    • Some fans also call him The Joker, because of his Monster Clown design. However, it comes full circle with Belmod's Angel attendant Marcarita. She is called Harley Quinn, because of her pigtails.
  • Brolina - Kale, the Saiyan from U6 who goes LSSJ rather than ordinary SSJ.
    • Less common are FemBroly and Broly's Daughter.
  • Team Nerd - Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Master Roshi, and Tien in the Tournament of Power, who decided to cover for the relative weakness of their members by working as a team and playing defensively, while everyone else just ran off to fight whoever on their own. With Gohan as the leader, and their overall focus on strategy and skill over raw power, the "nerd" label quickly stuck.
  • Tom and Jerry- Beerus (Cat) and Quitela (Mouse). The two flat-out despise each other, with the two arguing and nearly brawling, (in a comedic fashion), in Episode 105.
  • Captain Ayylmao - Jiren, due to the similarity of his design and the meme template depicting a stereotypical grey alien.
  • Super Saiyan Blue 2/Ascended Super Saiyan Blue/Ultimate Super Saiyan Blue/Super Saiyan Royal - Vegeta's as yet unnamed new form that he uses against Jiren.
  • Thanks to the Gohan Blanco meme, the Great Priest/Daishinkan is sometimes refered as "El Grande Padre", which means "The Great Father" in broken Spanish^note The correct form would be "El Gran Padre" or "El Padre Grande".
    • Also, thanks to the Gohan Blanco meme, Goku's Masterd Ultra Instinct is refered as Goku Blanco.
  • Firecracker Goku - The pseudo form created by Goku combining Super Saiyan Blue and Kaio-ken.
  • "Noku", "Ukog", "Geeko", and "Kaka-not" to distinguish the Goku in Dragon Ball Evolution from his canon counterpart.
• Dr. STONE: According to /a/ the manga has received several, all of them puns:
  • Professor Pyrite
  • Granite Graduate
  • Dr. Fluorite
  • Dolomite Doctorate
  • Ferrous Faculty
  • Rock Doc
  • Azurite Academic
  • Dr. Pepper is an obvious one because Senkuu has to develop cola to earn Gen's loyalty. It helps that the chapter in which he succeeds was published on Christmas for that perfect Coca-Cola feel.
  • "Jafar" for Minister Ibara, due to how much he resembles the villain from Aladdin.
• Durarara!!:
  • Drrr - for the series in general; a nickname by both the fans and the animation department.
  • The GARtender - Shizuo Heiwajima, for his peculiar dressing habits and superhuman badassery. Shizzy (a loose translation of Izaya's Shizu-chan nickname) is also quite common.
  • Vending Machine-chan - for Shizuo's preferred weapon of choice (Especially by those who ship him with it).
  • Tsundullahan - for Celty
  • GACKT - for Heiwajima Kasuka. After his faux-wiki page was translated and fans noticed the parallels to a certain real-life J-pop singer
  • Mootkado - Mikado, for those who've read ahead of the anime and know that Mikado created the Dollars. Moekado and Bosskado are also quite popular.
  • Masaomi Kida is Brosaomi Kida. Moesaomi also popped up once the show started breaking him.
  • Trollzaya - Izaya, for obvious reasons
  • Shizuo Musou - the Shizuo vs. Vorona warehouse fight in volume 6
  • Tsugaru and Psyche - Shizuo◊ and Izaya◊ as they appear on the series' OST and cover song albums. Often treated as separate characters. Even more often shipped with each other. A new "character", Delic◊, has also been recently created in this manner with the release of the second half of the Durarara OST.
  • Pedo Teacher - Professor Nasujima, for hitting on Anri and generally being all-around creepy.
• Earth Maiden Arjuna: Captain Planet: The Anime
• El Cazador de la Bruja: Dougie - Douglas Rosenberg, the Magnificent Bastard.
• Elfen Lied: The Unknown Man in the manga. This is because neither he, nor anyone else, mentions his name.
• Eureka Seven: Satanic Salmon - The Devilfish, Holland's Mid-Season Upgrade mecha.
• Fairy Tail:
  • Team Natsu: The Team of main characters consisting of Natsu, Gray, Erza, Happy, and Lucy. Officially, the team has no name, although it is often referred to as "Fairy Tail's strongest team".
  • The Nakama Hakama: Erza's outfit of flame-patterned pants and sarashi, which she wears when she's feeling particularly determined.
  • Mardi Gras, or similar variants have been used to sarcastically refer to Mard Geer, the Underworld King of Tartarus.
  • Trollshima is commonly used on tumblr, in reference to the author, Hiro Mashima, and his tendency to troll the readers.
  • Sasgray: Gray after the timeskip, due to him being covered in a tattoo by a curse, and joining a dark guild, much like Naruto's Sasuke.
  • Fodder 12 the "lovely" nickname for the Spriggan 12 the latest Quirky Miniboss Squad in the series. Recent chapters have only cemented this line of thinking of Zeref's direct subordinates.
• Fate/stay night:
  • Berserker is sometimes known as Berserkles, a portmanteau with his true identity of Heracles, and GARserker, as he is (even according to the VN's own commentary) the most manly character.
  • Atrum Galliasta from the TV adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works has been dubbed Atomic Gatorade.
  • The prequel earned Gen Urobuchi the nickname Urobutcher. In fairness, the background of Fate/stay night required for Fate/Zero to have a largely unhappy end, but, uh, it didn't strictly have to be quite so grimdark.
• Fist of the North Star:
  • Jesus Beam - One of Toki's attacks, since he looks and acts a lot like Jesus Christ.
  • Sunagumo ("Sand Spider") - The Nameless Shura who defeats Falco. "Sunagumo" was actually used in the TV series as a derisive nickname Falco gave him during battle, but the character himself is literally nameless and most fans simply refer to him by the nickname Falco gave him.
  • YOU wa SHOCK - The opening song, Ai o Torimodose. Contains much Gratuitous English.
• Free!:
  • Swimming Anime - The show and the early commercial, in which fans called it even before the title of the anime was announced.
  • Gay Swimming Anime - An affectionate nickname based off the copious amounts of Ho Yay present between the five attractive male leads.
  • Swimming Macklemore - Coach Sasabe, who happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to the rapper.◊ (But hey, it was 99 cents.)◊
  • Minishiba - Momotaro Mikoshiba, Seijuuro's baby brother.
• Fruits Basket: The 2019 anime is called Fruits Basket: Brotherhood, due to it being a more faithful adaptation of the manga compared to the 2001 version.
• Fullmetal Alchemist:
  • "Butt Cape" - part of the uniform worn by members of the Amestrian state military. At first glance it looks like they wear tailed greatcoats over a tunic and pants, but the "greatcoat" is actually two pieces of clothing - a waist-length jacket, and...something that resembles a sweeping cape attached to the pants (or a kilt with the front quarter missing).
  • Colonel Clean - Armstrong, as he is both bald and has sparkles that surround him for some gags.
    • Also known as Sparkly Man or Sparkle Man, again due to the sparkles.
  • Father: the homonculi's "father". Some fans call his early phase (when he's still a powerless homonculus in a flask) "Bob the Blob" and "Proto-Father."
    • As of chapter 104 "Godfather" has become used to describe his new form, for reasons which are obvious in the context of the chapter.
  • SPOILER for chapters 79 and 80 of the manga: fetus!Envy for...fetus-shaped Envy.
  • Hagaren - The whole series, whose complete Japanese title is Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (The Alchemist of Steel).
  • Ho-Ho Papa - Hohenheim. Came about due to the difficult spelling of his German name. Ironically, in the manga his original name is Theophrastus Bombastus Van Hohenheim, but it is shortened to just "Van Hohenheim" because the person who named him (Father) thought he was too stupid to remember it.
    • Also spelled Hohopapa, and also called simply "Hoho".
    • Note than in Hiromu Arakawa's official Yonkoma for the anime, Sloth calls him "Hoen" (with a long "o"). Possibly, part of the reason why he isn't nicknamed "Hoho" in Japanese is because it actually means something ("cheek" among others) in Japanese.
  • Hoju: Hohenheim's late first son in Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) whom he tried to resurrect, with the result that he created Envy. Short for Hohenheim Junior.
  • Moofy - Wrath of Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) had no name in canon for a time, and gained the nickname from his fluffy hair.
  • Mr. Monopoly - Since Brotherhood this is officially the nickname of the Silver Alchemist. The resemblance is uncanny.
  • Palm Tree - Envy, for his wildly spiky green hair
  • Sexyhobo - Scar. 'Cause he is.
  • Scarbro - Scar's unnamed brother.
  • Shinri-kun or (its anglophone equivalent) Truth-kun - the creepy featureless little thing who lives beyond the Gate of Truth in the manga and introduces itself as "God" or "Truth").
  • Shota Mcshadowrape - Pride, aka Selim Bradley.
  • Tom Selleck with an Eyepatch - Fuhrer King Bradley (Wrath from Brotherhood and Pride from the 2003 anime) because he is.
  • Ninaxander - A combination name of Nina and Alexander, for the chimera made by Shou Tucker.
  • Greedling - the name given to the recreated Greed who currently possesses Ling's body. Actually used by Ed in-series.
  • The Pimp Suit - The pristine white suit Solf J. Kimblee wears. Because of this, he is occasionally known as Pimp!Kimblee. The same suit is actually a tribute to Alex De Large - so Kimblee De Large works well.
    • Smooth Criminal or Terumi have recently surfaced from watching the dub, seeing as how Kimblee is, well, a massive Troll like Terumi.
  • The Eclipse - Berserk reference used by some fans in reference to the events since the heroes have been transported to Father's lair, due to the similar idea of being taken to another dimension and marked as a sacrifice. Interestingly enough, there actually is an eclipse in chapter 104, and it is horrifying.
  • "Cyclops Army" or "Zomunculi" for the ravenous, one-eyed Mannequin Soldiers/Doll Soldiers (depending on the translation)
  • "Terminarcher" - In Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), Archer, an unpleasant military officer (who only exists in that telling) is made into a suspiciously advanced cyborg after having half of his entire body blown off.
  • "The anime" — If someone refers to "the anime", they're usually talking about Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and not Brotherhood
• Gankutsuou:
  • Al or Aru: Albert
  • Ed or Edo: Edmond (Dantes) (...how dare you, you philistines!)
  • Gank: the show itself.
• Genesis of Aquarion: Getter Ripoff - The eponymous Humongous Mecha, due to having the exact same transformation/combination scheme as Getter Robo.
• Getter Robo:
  • Batshit Ryoma - Ryoma Nagare, specifically in the OVAs, who takes Hot Bloodedness to the point of certifiable insanity. The Armageddon version is the definitive version, and typically the version people mean by "Batshit Ryouma".
  • Kenny - Mushashi
• GE - Good Ending: "Shirou" - Utsumi, both for his looks and personality
• Gintama: Oogushi-kun: Hijikata. Actually derived from canon, as Gintoki mistook Hijikata for a boy in a Japanese folktale in an early appearance. The fans later co-opted this long after the gag had passed.
• Girls und Panzer:
  • "World of Tanks The Series": The show itself.
  • Tank Teru: Maho, for also being an aloof big sister of the protagonist who is separated from her and later becoming her main rival, although it's indicated that for Maho, it is a facade in order to play the role of the Nishizumi heiress so that Miho can live and do Tankery the way she wishes.
  • Tank Sumire: Erika, for being Maho's sidekick in the same way as Sumire is Teru's. The two of them also end up missing their chance to shine because of their opponents interfering with their tactics.
  • Tank Touka for Kei of Saunders. The two even have a slight resemblance to each other.
  • Kampfgruppe Miho for the protagonist team
  • Gunner-chan and Loader-chan: Alice's two teammates, named for their respective positions in her tank.
  • Jagdpanther-chan for the nameless commander of the Jagdpanther for Kuromorimine.
  • Oreo: "Oryou" (Takeko Nogami).
  • Each OVA has a nickname
    • OVA 1 has been nicknamed Girls und Panzervice.
    • OVA 2 has been nicknamed Girls und Spamzer.
    • OVA 3 was nicknamed Girls und Flugzeugträger even before it was released
    • OVA 4 has been nicknamed Girls und Pan Ahn Ahn-Ahn, Ahn Ahn Ahn-Ahn....
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Space:
  • Leloupard - Leopard (voiced by Jun "Lelouch" Fukuyama)
  • Soaring Cake Girl - The series proper.
• Happiness:
  • The Haruhi Everyone Forgot - Haruhi Kamisaka: Despite being the main heroine of the show, pretty much no one remembers her or even what the show was about, if it wasn't for Jun's unexpected popularity as a trap on par with Bridget, the show would have pretty much been forgotten by now.
• Haruhi Suzumiya:
  • LOL-fang-tan - Tsuruya-san, by combination of the nicknames "LOL-tan" and "Fang-tan", inspired by her two most prominent attributes.
  • Moeblob - Mikuru.
    • By association, any annoying character transparently appealing to Moe fanboys, as Mikuru's outer self suggests.
  • O-Haruhi-sama - Haruhi Suzumiya, by analogy with Oyashiro-sama, the god worshipped in the village in Higurashi: When They Cry.
  • The Other Haruhi - Haruhi Suzumiya, to the fans who actually watched Ouran High School Host Club first.
  • Bagloli or Loli-in-a-Bag: Kyon's sister, from a motivational poster◊, which comes frome a scene in "Remote Island Syndrome".
  • Kyon-Kun Denwa for the first lines of dialogue during Endless Eight.
  • Harutards - Harsh name for a Haruhi fan from Fan Haters.
  • The Trolling of Haruhi Suzumiya - Given to Endless Eight.
  • The Save the world by Overloading it with fun Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade - a possible English-language version of the hilarious backronym Haruhi gives the SOS Brigade. Ascended when the official English manga and light-novel translations used it.
    • A later (and obvious) Fan Nickname being Slaves Of Suzumiya.
  • Knife Bitch - Ryoko Asakura
  • TCCP and TSCP for the Computer Club President and the Student Council President. These were popularized by You Got HaruhiRolled!.
• Hayate the Combat Butler:
  • Hayate the Combat Butt-Monkey: pretty self-explanatiory considering how Hayate ends up getting treated most of the time.
    • Also, Hayate the God of Poverty.
  • NOM-NOM-tan: Ayumu Nishizawa, for the fact that she's always seen eating something... sometimes suggestively. Somehow, she's still one of the more "normal" members of the cast.
  • Watanuki vi Britannia: The Puppet Butler voiced by Jun Fukuyama.
  • Given her recent chapters having been possessed by a cat-spirit, Izumi has been dubbed 'Izu-nyan' for her apparent attraction to felines and moe appeal while interacting with them (and a pun on Azusa's nickname).
• Hellsing:
  • Girlycard/Femcard/Lolicard - Alucard in the Hellsing: The Dawn prequel, where, instead of the present-day Badass Longcoat form everyone knows, he looks like an adolescent girl in a pillbox hat.
  • Babycard/Chibicard - Alucard, as he's depicted briefly in flashbacks in volume nine of the manga. As a preteen boy.
  • Bondagecard - Mostly used in the cosplay community, referring to another of Alucard's getups, involving a skintight, dark red, straitjacket-like bodysuit.
  • Beardycard/Vladcard: The armour wearing, bearded Alucard that features in later chapters, most notably when Alucard does his final release.
  • Riocard: The suited version during part of the Brazil trip.
  • Dark Walter: The vampire version.
  • Goderson: When he used the Nail. Alternatively, Anderplant or Planterson.
• Hidamari Sketch: "Wideface" - The iconic sort of Super Deformation used in this series.
• High School Of The Dead:
  • "The Orgybus" - the bus that Shido and his cult of students use as a shelter.
  • "Sensei Rapeface" - Shido, for obvious reasons.
• Hunter × Hunter:
  • Hiatus X Hiatus - The series itself, due to the numerous hiatuses it has been on.
• Inuyasha:
  • "Fluffy" or "Fluffy-sama" - Sesshoumaru; sometimes lengthened to "Fluffy the Terrible", mostly thanks to the fluffy white fur that hangs over his shoulder and trails behind him (itself referred to in Japanese as "mokomoko-san"). Likewise, his recently-revealed unnamed mother has quickly gained the moniker "Fluffette". She is also known as Sessh-mom, for obvious reasons.
  • "Super Shredder" - Naraku in his final form, as he resembles the likewise final form of Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and is considered nigh-invincible.
  • "Inutaisho" - Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru's father; a corruption or mishearing of "Inu no Taisho," which is the character's title and means "leader of the dogs." Also, "Inu-papa". Occasionally, Inuyasha's father will be referred to as "Touga", after a temporary name he received during production of the third movie. It was never made canon, but for some fans it's the closest he's ever come to getting a real name.
  • And "KagoMama" or "HiguMama" or "Mama-san" for Kagome's unfortuneately unnamed mother.
  • Sota, Kagome's younger brother, is also sometimes jokingly referred to as "Soda".
• Is This A Zombie? has been nicknamed "Korean Zombie Desk Car" by English-speaking fans, which is taken from the original Japanese title of Kore wa Zombie desu ka?.
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
  • "Fastcart" - Robert E.O. Speedwagon, as per his proposed Dub Name Change in a hypothetical 4Kids Entertainment localization.
    • From the Duwang subs for the anime, Speedwagon is also occasionally nicknamed "Speedbump".
  • "Moewagon" - Also Speedwagon, because 4chan's idea of adorable is a bit odd.
  • "Oldwagon" - Part 2 Speedwagon, on account of being, well, old.
  • "Tequila Joseph" - Joseph in his not entirely successful Harmless Lady Disguise.
  • "Punch Ghosts" - Stands.
  • "Delfina" or "Starry" for Jolyne, due the fact that Jotaro works as a Marine Biologist, and "Delfina" literally means female dolphin, while "Starry" is self-explanatory (and ties with her Birthmark of Destiny)
  • "Jo2uke" - Part 8 Josuke, to distinguish him from the one in Part 4.
  • "Gappy" - Also Part 8 Josuke, as his Distinguishing Mark is a small gap between his two front teeth.
  • "195cm組/195cm group" - A collective name for Jonathan, Joseph and Jotaro coined by the Japanese fandom based on their mutually shared height.
  • "Aztec Gods of Fitness" - The Pillar Men, all of which are absurdly muscular Walking Shirtless Scenes.
  • "Cherry Boy" - Noriaki Kakyoin, due to a Signature Scene of his where he showcases a... strange way of eating cherries.
  • "Donut" - Also Kakyoin, due to his death scene, where he gets fatally pierced through the stomach by DIO. Also used as a term to refer anyone who gets a hole in their stomach.
  • Kakyoin's large curly bang is often referred to as his "noodle".
  • "The Banana Suit" - Dio's outfit at the end of Stardust Crusaders, as the bright yellow jacket and pants do make him look like a giant banana.
  • "The Duwang Gang" - Josuke and his friends, after the infamous 'Duwang' fan translation ('Duwang' being a mistranslation of Morioh, where the part is set).
  • "David Bowie" - Yoshikage Kira, who bears a striking resemblance to David Bowie with his first face.
  • "Zipper Mom" - Bruno Bucciarati, the Team Mom of his squad, whose stand creates zippers.
  • "Goth Dad" - Leone Abbacchio, the oldest member of the squad who is popularly shipped with Bucciarati. Also "Pisscop" because he was formerly a cop and his first appearance had him pissing into a teacup and serving it to Giorno, and "Big Tiddy Goth BF" because of his outfit and fashion sense.
  • “Big Tiddy Goth BF” is also commonly used for Risotto Nero for the same reasons as Abbacchio.
  • "Cheese Boy" - Pannacotta Fugo, who wears a bizarre suit with holes all over it that makes him look like swiss cheese.
  • "Norange" - Narancia Ghirga, whose name is derived from the Italian word for "orange" (arancia).
  • "Pineapple Man" - Pesci, whose spiky green hair and weird character design make him look like a humanoid pineapple.
  • "Qtaro Kujo" - Taken from the alias Jotaro wrote in Enyaba's hotel, this nickname is reserved for the Gonk Jotaro-replacement following Pucci's Made in Heaven
• K or K Project: In the U.S., due to the show's large amounts of Ho Yay, many fans have nicknamed it "Gay Project".
• Kagerou Project: The series' main antagonist is most frequently nicknamed "Kuroha", due to having no canon name, and since he's an all-black Palette Swap of Konoha. He is also called "Black Konoha", "Dark Konoha" and "Konoha?", but much less frequently.
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War:
  • Kaguya's dere side is referred to as "Bakaguya", her cold side is called "Iceguya" or "Kuuguya", and her wearing cat ears is called "Kagunya".
  • Shirogane is called "Monster Virgin" or "Chadogane" whenever he shows off his cool side.
  • Fujiwara is referred to as "Subject F", "(Mistress) Cuddlebuns", "Cotton Candy 2.0", and "Super High School Level/Ultimate Black Ribbon". Whenever she does something or thinks about something traitorous she's called "Natural Born Traitor". She's also called "Mommy" or "Fujimama" whenever she's teaching Shirogane.
  • Ishigami is called "Our Guy", "mah boy" or "mah man", later also being called "IshiKami"^note A portmanteau of Ishigami's name and "Kami", the Japanese word that refers to a god, deity, spirit, etc and "IshiGod".
  • Maki was called "Stalker-chan" prior to her name being revealed. She also earned the title "Our Girl" after developing a close relationship with Ishigami. Ishigami's nickname for her, "Tsundere-senpai" is also occasionally used.
  • Miko is occasionally referred to as "Lino" due to people having mistaken the upper case I in her name for a lower case L (since the fan translations using a sans serif font). People would later embrace it and claim that it was a Portmanteau for "Lewd Iino".
  • Because Touhou Project also has a filthy rich black-haired Kaguya and a light-haired Fujiwara, Kaguya and Chika are also known as "Teruyo" and "Mokou".
  • Kashiwagi is known as "Kashiwagi's Boyfriend's Girlfriend", a carryover from when Tsubasa was only known as "Kashiwagi's Boyfriend".
  • Thanks to being voiced by Takehito Koyasu in the anime, Papa Shirogane is called "Papa DIO". Jokes about Shirogane being related to Giorno popped up as well. A Translation Trainwreck of chapter 159 also resulted in him being called "Daddy in the East", while the second season of the anime earned him "Daddy Dio" as a pun on the opening song.
• Kanokon: "Shouta" - Kouta, for being a helpless little shota who is constantly being jumped by the sexually-aggressive foxgirl, Chizuru (but only in the anime).
• Kekkaishi: "Mr. Ketsu'n'Metsu" - Yoshimori
• Kill la Kill:
  • "Hype la Hype" - The show itself, largely due to frequent proclamations by 4chan that it would be the show to save anime.
  • "Baffling la Title" - This one explains itself.
  • "Discomilf" - Satsuki's evil mother and one-woman light show, Ragyo.
  • "Mama Bad Touch" - Ragyo again, due to her creepy and incestuous tendencies.
  • "Sexy Sensei" - Aikuro, Ryuko's constantly stripping Sexy Mentor/Homeroom Teacher.
  • "Dosh King" - Takarada, for he has lots of dosh. Alternately, "Cash King".
  • "Shadow the Hedgehog" - Ryuko, as fans find her 'edgy' character design to be more than a little familiar.
  • "Ninja Turtle" - Sanageyama, thanks to the Cool Mask he starts wearing after sewing his eyes shut.
  • "Monkey" - Also Sanageyama, due to his Animal Motif.
  • "Hello. My name is Ryuko Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die."
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya!:
  • "Jecra" - Knuckle Joe's father, who is currently unnamed. Popular to the point that many think that's his actual name.
  • "Señor Noodlearms" - Meta Knight, because of the Spanish accent the dub gave him and his oddly thin arms.
  • "Bouncy Tiff" - From an episode where a bunch of perverted otaku parodies made an anime with a rather... adult version of the character Tiff.
  • On the subject of Tiff, people like to give her the full name of "Tiffany Ebrum", given her father's name. The name was even shown on the Kirby Wiki at one point. To a lesser extent, they have given her younger brother Tuff the full name of "Tufford Ebrum".
• Kodocha as a whole has often been nicknamed "Marmalade Boy on crack" due to both manga series being published in Ribon, Sana and Akito's superficial resemblance to Miki and Yuu from Marmalade Boy (which has unsurprisingly had fans of both mistaken at least one character from one show to another), and the overall zany, hyperactive energy of the anime (especially from Sana).
• Kyouran Kazoku Nikki:
  • "Cthulhu" - Gekka, the possibly-ancient flying psychic electric jellyfish that mindrapes people, erases memories, and can change into both a beautiful woman and a gigantic jellyfish that roams the seas destroying random ships.
• Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne: Space Kotetsu - Villagiulio
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes: "Boring Germans in Space" - due to one of the sides having noticeable Germanic influence and the fact that some anime fans find it painfully slow-paced.
  • "Legend of Germanic Heroes" after said Germanic influences.
• Log Horizon:
  • "The Villain with the _____" - Minori. People are fond of filling in the blank to give her nicknames to match her teacher.
  • "Tankbro"/"Brotsugu" - Naotsugu.
  • "Sexy Black Nyanta" - Due to Jovan Jackson's (an African-American) acting re-imagining Nyanta from a upper-class gentleman to a literal cool cat.
  • "Scrub Horizon" - The Cast Herd of the junior members of the Log Horizon guild (Tohya, Minori, Isuzu, and Rudy), along with Serara (who's part of the herd despite being a member of the Crescent Moon Alliance).
  • "Lawn Dart" - Londark, simply because his name sounds similar.
• Lucky Star:
  • "Miwiki" - Miyuki, a smart, knowledgeable Bespectacled Cutie with a tendency to launch into encyclopedic monologues in response to her friends' queries. Now canon, as of the OAV.
  • "Queen of the Weaboos" - Patricia Martin.
  • "Awesome-kun" - Konata's dad.
  • "KagaMiku" - Kagami's cosplay of Miku Hatsune in the OVA.
    • "Tsunderella" - Kagami, from the same scene.
  • "Fang-Tan" - Misao Kusakabe, in due part to her Cute Little Fangs. Incidentally, this is also the fan nickname of a Haruhi Suzumiya character mentioned below.
  • "Change Getter" - The robot dentist Konata imagines while talking about drills.
  • "Hiyuri" - Hiyori Tamura, because she's known for her Freudian Slips.
• Lupin III: Because of Recycled Title use early in the franchise, the first three TV series have earned Fan Nicknames based on the colour of Lupin's jacket.
  • Lupin III: Part 1 is the 1971 series, nicknamed "Green Jacket".
  • Lupin III: Part II is the 1977 series, nicknamed "Red Jacket".
  • Lupin III: Part III is the 1984 series (and Legend of the Gold of Babylon is included), nicknamed "Pink Jacket".
  • Lupin III: The Italian Adventure was quickly named "Blue Jacket" before the title was even announced.
• Macross:
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross:
    • "Hory Froating Head-sama", for series head honcho Shoji Kawamori no less. This one originated on the MacrossWorld message boards, thanks to a gag picture sent from AnimEigo celebrating the completion of the remastering of Macross — it was of a couple of AnimEigo staffers holding up one of the DVDs as an oversized head of Kawamori looked on, wreathed in a halo.
  • Macross Frontier:
    • "Alto-hime", "Sakura-hime", "Hime-sama" - Alto Saotome, in reference to his roles as a Kabuki actor and the fact that he really does look like a princess.
    • "Evil Jesus" - Brera Stern is often referred to as this in reference to the fact that he shares the same voice actor with Gundam SEED's Kira "Jesus" Yamato. For the same reason, he's also called "Cyborg Jesus".
    • "Bobby's daughters" - Monica, Mina, and Ram, Macross Quarter's resident Bridge Bunnies.
    • Bobby himself has the nickname "GARby" whenever he shows how much of a Hot-Blooded Badass he can be.
    • "Klein-sama" - Klan Klein in her macronised form.
    • "Hopes and Dreams" - Seriously, you need to keep abreast of Sheryl Nome's nicknames.
      Sheryl Nome: My chest isn't the same as yours, mine brings people hopes and dreams.
    • "Despairs and Nightmares" - counterparts possessed by Grace O’Connor, brandished in a somewhat similar way but polar opposite of what Sheryl offers.
    • "Machida" - any nameless grunt who does something badass (retroactively appiled to every previous Macross series), stemming from episode 14 when a NUNS pilot referred to on the radio as Machida takes out two red Vajra, showcasing the VF-171 in battroid form (the only time we see the standard 171 use a mode other than its plane form), with its seven-barrel gunpod and pin-point barrier punch.
    • "Creepy Leon" - Leon Mishima.
  • Macross Delta:
    • "Mahou Shoujo Walkure": Alternate title for the show, due to the Walkure Idol Singers' transformation sequence.
• Majestic Prince: Lacus - Theoria, since the series has the same character designer as SEED, and she appears to have the same role.
• Maken-ki!:
  • Kodama Himegami - "Queen Camel Toe", because of how often you'll see hers in the manga. Moreso, since she usually wears Ero Lolita style lingerie (including thonged panties) under her school uniform.
    • The chapter 5 omake captions her as, "Panty Flash Specialist".
    • She's frequently called, "Best Girl" in forum discussion on her character page at the Maken-ki! Wiki.
• Manabi Straight!:
  • "Mikan Lesbian" - The series itself, due to the significant amount of Les Yay.
  • ":3-tan" - Mikan
• Mazinger:
  • "Iron Wall" / "Iron Castle" - The titular Humongous Mecha from Mazinger Z
  • Sometimes he is also named "Zetto"
  • "Brocken Ball" - The Calvin Ball-like sport played with Count Brocken's head.
  • "The Institute" - The Photon Atomic Power Research Institute.
  • "Infernal Empire" - Dr. Hell's organization.
  • "Gureeto" - The titular Humongous Mecha from Great Mazinger
  • "Kouji Kabruto" (Spanish for "Ka-brute"): Kouji, in Latin America, due to his Idiot Hero tendences.
  • "El Boiler Con Patas" ("The Water Heater with Legs" in Mexican Spanish): The titular robot, due to the fact it looks like a walking water heater.
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch:
  • "Black Sara" - The Dark Magical Girl form of Sara.
  • "Mamepuri" - A portmanteau of the Japanese pronounciation of "Mermaid Princesses"
• Minami-ke: "Boss" — Kana, named for her T-shirt's Gratuitous English. Some refer her as "Bossu".
• Mob Psycho 100: Sweaty Con Man for Reigen. It's a playful jab at Reigen's profession as a con artist along with how he's often shown sweating.
• Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun:
  • "Ribbons" for Chiyo.
  • "BEST GIRL/HEROINE" for Mikoshiba.
• Mother Keeper:
  • Luchino - The short unnamed guy with cornrows that worked for Silas.
  • Mach - The unnamed bald guy with glasses that worked for Silas.
• Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse: Mother Russia - Fikatsia Latrova
• My-HiME: HiMELander - The There Can Be Only One arc that runs from episode 16 to the end.
• My Monster Secret: Shiragami Youko is commonly know as the dum/dumb-pire.
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!:
  • Katarina is almost exclusively refered to as "Bakarina" by the fanbase due to her being an absolutely spectacular version of an Idiot Hero. The phrase "Black Hole" also gets thrown around a lot when describing her since she's incredibly dense and attracts anything that gets close to her.
  • Bikarina, is also used, because Catarina ends up being shipped with everyone, regardless of their gender.
  • The Japanese fanbase has BGM for Alan, due to him being an Elegant Classical Musician but also because his Always Second Best tendencies relegates him to be functionally in the background.
  • GHL, short for "Green Hand Lesbian" for Mary Hunt (in the Japanese fanbase), after the "green hand" remark Catarina (Alan in the original game) made to her.
  • Shining Les for Maria Campbell, also courtesy of the Japanese fanbase, due to the nature of her magic.
  • As both the original title and the official English title can be quite the mouthful, fans typically shorten it to Destruction Flag Otome. With the release of the anime, Hamefura has emerged as another way to shorten the name.
  • The Verge of Destruction Arc spin-off is often called "Hard Mode".
  • Lysithea for Sophia, namely due to their appearances being similar.
• My-Otome:
  • "Batman" - Sara Gallagher the Otome Pillar, from the tendency of the Pillars' outfits to look like those of American Superheroes.
  • The manga adaptation of the series has Mashiro being replaced and impersonated by her twin brother, who fandom quickly dubbed "Manshiro."
  • "Pokémoon" - The Weird Moon in the final episode for its resemblance to a Poké Ball after Miyu works her magic.
• Myself ; Yourself: "Tsugumi" - Nanaka, after the Ever17 character she so closely resembles.
• Nabari no Ou:
  • Pedo-sensei - Tobari.
  • Owlzawa, Oldzawa, and Shotazawa - Kouichi, for his various forms.
• Negima! Magister Negi Magi:
  • KFC - Alberio Imma, who entered a tournament under the name of "Kuneru/Ku Nel (Colonel) Sanders."
  • Lieutenant - Setsuna, who often serves as Negi's Lancer.
  • Negi himself is occasionally referred to as "The Thousand Pimp" due to his tendency of accumulating female followers. Derived from his father's in-series nickname as "The Thousand Master."
  • The Awesome Spear - Negi's Dios Logche: Titanoktonon (rough translation: "Divine Lance: Titan Slayer"), the supremely powerful spell he uses to end the fight with Jack Rakan.
  • "Cosmo Entelecheia" is often referred to as "Cosmo Enchilada" due to Rule of Funny and the fact that it's easier to spell that way.
  • The Catellite Cannon - Chachamaru's Pactio Artifact, Al-Iskandariya
• Neon Genesis Evangelion:
  • Anno-tachi - The production crew at Studio Gainax, named after Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno.
  • The Bastard King, Commander Goatfucker, The Rat Raping Lord of Assholia - Gendo Ikari
  • The Bridge Bunnies for Maya Ibuki, Makoto Hyuga, Shigeru Aoba, and any and all unnamed characters who work on the....well, bridge.
  • Captain Shikinami - Asuka from Rebuild/ Evangelion 2.0, reflecting her new surname and military rank. Mainly used by those who view her as her own Replacement Scrappy.
    • This gets pretty humorous when she appears in the preview for Rebuild 3.0 with an eye patch. Not one of bandages or anything, but an actual, pirate-style black patch.
    • Eyepatch Asuka in particular is called Big Bossuka.
  • Clockiel - Evangelion 2.0 spoiler:The first Angel Asuka fights, with long clock-like limbs, a head that resembles a pair of ticking clock hands, and a hanging orb that resembles a pendulum for a body.
    • Tunniel - The bony new third angel, named because the trailer showed it in, well, a tunnel. An English branch of NERV, to be specific.
    • Alternately, Boneliel, for the Angel's skeletal appearance.
  • Commentary of Evil - The extremely strange commentary of the dubbed version of End, featuring such bizarre quotes as "The true meaning of Evangelion is sex!" and "There is no word for "I" in Japanese." Not to mention Amanda Winn Lee singing an off-the-cuff filk of Barnes and Barnes' "Fish Heads". The name is a result of a quite few fans through time having attempted to cite certain quotes from it as an authoritative source in certain very-much-out-there fan-theories, despite the dub crew not being in such a position of authority on the series as they know about as much as the average Evangelion fan, and as a result more "serious" fans have a negative view of it as they see it as responsible for spreading misinformation and constantly resurrecting and keeping several repeatedly discredited fan-theories alive.
  • EGK - Evil Gekijouban Kyoko, for EVA-02/Kyoko's odd and very, very ugly redesign in End.
    • Yui, Kyoko - EVA-01 and EVA-02, after the souls used in their cores.
  • EMK or Evil Manga Kaworu for Kaworu in the manga, due to him having several shades of Adaptational Villainy, most notably his killing of a kitten by strangling the poor thing to death in his introduction scene.
  • The Karl for Kaworu, used as an alternative for Evil Manga Kaworu, mainly by fans who don't focus that much on his killing of a kitten.
    • Shaun for manga!Shinji, in keeping with Karl.
  • The Evil Ambassador - Gendo Ikari; Memetic Mutation of an ImageBoard poster who'd never seen Eva and who was referring to a previous outbreak of Memetic Mutation about Gendo.
    • Rather appropriate as the "Gendo Pose" is also known as the ambassador pose.
  • GNR (Giant Naked Rei) for the spooky Giant Naked Rei that grabs Unit-01 in The End of Evangelion. GGNR (Giant Giant Naked Rei) refers to the the spooky Giant Naked Rei that falls to bloody chunks at the end of The End of Evangelion.
    • GNK (Giant Naked Kaworu) for The thing the Giant Naked Rei transforms into to calm Shinji down as he has a panic attack over seeing, well, a Giant Naked Rei. Shinji's ego then collapses, beginning Third Impact.
  • Harpies - The mass production mecha in 'End of Evangelion''.
  • Helltrain - The mindscrew train sequences that appear throughout the latter half of the series(For example, when Shinji gets eaten by an angel).
  • Herr Lorenz - Keel.
  • Mind Rape - The angel Arael's psychic attack on Asuka. Then again, she does yell "It's raping my mind!" as the beam is in effect (in some translations), and the on-screen text in German does list the word "rape."
  • Qworu - Rebuild-verse Kaworu, especially his Adaptational Hero incarnation from Rebuild 3.0.
  • Reiquarium - the tank where Rei's clone bodies were kept.
  • RIAO (Rei In Appearance Only): The hyperactive schoolgirl Rei from the alternate world scenario in Episode 26.
  • Tang - LCL, as well as becoming synonymous with Instrumentality; The breakdown of Ego when Third Impact occurs is known as "Getting Tanged".
  • Uberpimp - Gendo, who gets with Yui, Naoko and Ritsuko over the course of the series.
  • Yui-sama - Eva-01.
  • Kari or Kari-chan - Hikari Horaki
  • The Three Stooges - Shinji Ikari, Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida
  • Section 2 or Second Section - NERV Department of Security and Intelligence
  • Rebuild of Evangelion - the reboot movie series, in keeping with several other previous "re-" projects. It's a borderline example, as the name started out as official (at least for the dub) before being dropped. Nonetheless, it remains the name used for the quadrilogy in pretty much any Evangelion forum or fanspace, including in this very wiki.
  • Asuka Langley - used primarily by the japanese fandom to refer to Asuka when distinguishing between Sohryu and Shikinami isn't important.
• Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!: Ah, My Elder Goddess, and variations.
• For the first season of Ojamajo Doremi:
  • Ojamajo Doremi Carnival to distinguish it from the rest of the series. This nickname may have been born out of confusion, since the name of the season's opening theme is "Ojamajo Carnival."
  • Ojamajo Doremi Mujirushi. The Japanese word mujirushi literally means unlabeled.
  • Amongst the show's fansub community, the first season is usually referred to simply as S1. Sharp is also frequently referred to as #, since that's how it's spelled in the title. Oddly enough, Motto and Dokkan don't get any nicknames (Unless you count Motto and Dokkan as being short for Mo~tto! and Dokk~an!).
• Onani Master Kurosawa: ''Fap Note'' for the manga itself, as some initial scenes and mannerisms of Kurosawa make it seem like a parody of Death Note with fapping.
• Ouran High School Host Club:
  • The Other Haruhi - Haruhi Fujioka, so named as her anime was made around the same time as a more well-known Haruhi.
  • False Haruhi - Used by those who maybe like the whole "Haruhi Suzumiya is God" idea a bit too much.
  • Haruhi Potter - Haruhi in her first appearance, for an Iconic Outfit that made her look like a certain Boy Who Lived.
• Otogi Zoshi: Hunt for the Golden Kidneys, named so for the familiarly-shaped magical magatamas pursued by the protagonists.
• Princess Tutu:
  • The Pantsless Wonder - Mytho, for his male ballet apparel, which makes it look like he's going commando. Also, he's regularly shown wearing only a long white shirt and apparently nothing under it.
  • Guitar Ninjas - The second season, coined by an Image Macro review comparing it to such.
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica:
  • For Homura:
    • Homerun-chan. It was coined in /a/, but quickly gained popularity in Japan as well.
    • "Homuhomu." This name may have reached Ascended Meme status - one of the items in the Special Edition of Puella Magi Madoka Magica Portable is literally called the "HomuHomu Handkerchief". Interestingly, the source of the nickname appears to come from the Cypher Language in Episode 3. Widespread enough now that Hideaki Anno used it in a Newtype Magazine interview.
    • Homurambo/Hommando for whenever she's at her most dakka-iest.
  • Unlimited Musket Works - Mami's first attack (though they're actually flintlock rifles).
  • Unlimited Bazooka Works - Homura's More Dakka version.
  • Pringles Monsters - the Anthonies.
  • Green-haired Mugi or just "Green Mugi" - Hitomi.
    • With the English dub out, this becomes Hilarious in Hindsight, as Mugi and Hitomi are both voiced by Shelby Lindley.
  • QB, Coobie, Douchebey - Kyubey.
  • Bunny-cat - Kyubey again, courtesy of SF Debris.
  • Chidamari Sketch - the entire series. ^note Chidamari means "puddle of blood." This was originally from Hidamari Sketch when a character jokingly made up as one of the nicknames of the eponymous rental apartment building. This was promptly applied to this series, due to its content and the fact that character designs for this work was made by Hidamari Sketch's mangaka Ume Aoki.
  • Condom-chan - Kyouko, the long red-haired girl in the intro because of the... thing she has in her mouth. (Which seems to actually be one of those ice tube popsicle things◊).
    • An early Fan Nickname for Kyouko in Japan was "Anko", based off an early One-Steve Limit-based (because Kyousuke had already been introduced) misreading of her name.
  • Goddess Madoka/Godoka/Magodka/Madokami - Madoka after her wish to erase The Corruption that creates Witches out of existence transforms her into a goddess at the end of the series.
    • Also Penitent Gretchen, a reference to the second part of Goethe's Faust.
  • Legion Arrow - Goddess Madoka's multi-arrow attack, resembling Taskmaster's Hyper Combo of the same name.
  • Valhalla, Magical Girl Valhalla: speculated afterlife that Godoka takes magical girls to after they die.
  • Moemura/Megahomu - the Bespectacled Cutie Homura during the earlier loops in episode 10.
  • Homukastel - Speculated witch that Homura would have became if she had gone through infinite loops without saving Madoka. Named after Bernkastel from When They Cry.
    • Homurika for Homura herself. Named after Rika Furude from the same series.
  • Legion Of Doom for Kyubey and Juubey; though Juubey turned out to be rather different.
  • Rebuild of Madoka - Fan Name for the announced movie trilogy.
  • "Luminous". It's the song OP of the first movie. It is also slang for the cheek nuzzle that Madoka and Homura do.
  • Homucifer/Akuma Homura: The God of Evil that Homura becomes in the end of the third movie.
  • Witch out, witching out - Slang in Madoka fandom and fanfics for becoming a witch.
• Queen's Blade:
  • "Vagina Blaster" - Melpha's Holy Poses, due to the fact she need to be in a...very sexy pose to use that attack.
  • For rather - ahem - obvious reasons, and as a play on her name, Cattleya is sometimes referred to on certain Image Boards as "Cow-Tits".
  • "The Swamp Bitches" - Melona, Airi and Menace's trio who serve under the orders of the Swamp Witch, hence the name.
  • Brazilian fans like to call Melona Playboy Bunny, due to her looks.
• Ranma ½:
  • The Blue Blunder - Tatewaki Kunou.
  • Baka Song - The Akane image song "Yasashii ii Ko ni Narenai" ("I Can't Become a Gentle Good Girl"), more widely known by her repeated shouts of "Baka!".
  • The Nerima Wrecking Crew - Ranma and the other martial artists in the main cast.
    • The fanfiction Spoiled Brats takes this to its logical conclusion by including a scene with a sign reading: "This residence has been proudly repaired by the Nerima Repair Crew. When they knock it down, we'll put it back up again."
  • Passion Spice - Catch-all term for the various magical/chemical gimmicks used in the course of the series to attempt to woo Ranma (or somebody else). Gets seriously abused in the fandom. Comes from a Fan Fic written in the 1990s (possibly by Caroline "Kunoichi" Seawright) but has since entered Ranma fanon as a stock device.
  • MADMs or Martial Arts Death Machines - Explicitly, the high-powered martial artists in the series, due to the insane amount of damage they can dish out, insane amount of damage they can absorb without injury, astonishing speed (past the speed of sound in some cases), and, naturally, staggering combat skills. Differs from Nerima Wrecking Crew in that the latter can potentially include any character involved in the mayhem. MADMs tend to include only the more "serious" combatants. Of course, precisely "who" those characters are isn't agreed on, but a general consensus would be (of the main characters) the Old Masters and Miniature Senior Citizens Cologne and Happosai, Ranma Saotome, Ryôga Hibiki, and Mousse. They also might add either or both of Shampoo and Ukyô Kuonji to the selection, as both girls have pulled off feats that are even more impressive than Akane Tendo, though less impressive than those of the guys. Of the various temporary challengers, you have Herb, Mint and Lime of the Musk, as well as Ryû Kumon and, in the anime, Princes Kirin and Tôma.
  • Ranko - Any version of Female!Ranma that is separate from Male!Ranma, usually an Opposite-Sex Clone. Named after the alias Ranma used when he was hiding himself from his mother.
    • Some fanfic writers even use "Ranko" simply for girl-type Ranma, instead of the more often seen "Ranma-chan" or "Onna-Ranma".
• Reborn! (2004):
  • Reporn-the series itself or the eponymous character.
  • Tuna-Tsuna. Apparently the cast is very fishy, since we also have Squalo(Italian for "Shark"), "Octupus Head"(Ryohei's Canon Nickname for Gokudera), and of course Yamamoto's sushi restaurant.
    • Vongola is Italian for "Clam"
  • Mukurou-Glo Xinia's owl box weapon that is possessed by Mukuro. A "u" is added to differentiate between the two.
  • Let's not forget the number/letter code. Usually used for shipping. Example: 5927. D18.
    • 27-Tsuna. Used in canon sometimes. "Tsu" means "2" in Japanese, and "nana" means "7"
    • 59-Gokudera. "Go" means "5" and "ku" is a pronounciation of "9"
    • 80-Yamamoto.
    • 18-Hibari.
    • D-Dino.
    • X-Xanxus.
    • 100-Byakuran.
    • 69-Mukuro.
    • 96-Chrome. For obvious reasons.
    • S-Squalo.
    • Don't go thinking that these are all of them. The Reborn Wiki has an extensive list if you get confused.
  • Pineapple-head for Mukuro and/or Chrome, because of their hairstyle. Also "nappo" (Japanese word for pineapple), and "Mini-nappo" for Chrome. Also in Fandom, Mukuro is "Perverted Pineapple" for obvious reasons concerning Tsuna and everybody else he's ever attacked. His assigned number does not help either.
  • Used by Flan... Mukuro does NOT like it.
  • The Fans started calling Hibari's bird "Hibird", which was brought to the manga itself. Even lampshaded by Tsuna.
    Reborn: It's apparently called Hibird.
    Tsuna: Who would name it that?!
• Revolutionary Girl Utena:
  • The Cocktower - The tower that Akio lives and keeps his planetarium at; so named due to its overtly phallic appearance.
  • The End of Utena - The Movie, for being like another famous Mind Screw anime movie.
  • Gacktio - Akio in the movie, since he looks and acts more like a pop star than the Magnificent Bastard he was in the TV series.
  • The Utena Car and/or The Utena Mobile - Fairly self-explanatory, if you've seen The Movie.
  • Also, the Akio Car, with its white, easily cleanable leather seating....
• Rosario + Vampire:
  • Daddy Starbucks - The still unseen and unnamed father of Moka and her three sisters, for the Theme Naming he decided to give to his daughters.
• Rozen Maiden:
  • Desu - Suiseiseki, so nicknamed by 4chan for her habit of using the copula at the end of every sentence.
    • And Souseiseki is known as Boku.
    • Also, Boatlights.
  • Bananas - Kirakishou, both due in part to her batshit spooky nature and a fanart in which she was depicted cramming the fruit messily into her face.
  • Junk-chan - Suigintou, so nicknamed for her insistence on telling the other Maidens that "[she is] NOT JUNK" despite her freakish-looking wings and incomplete nature.
• Rurouni Kenshin:
  • Butt-bow - the waist ribbon that Aoshi and Misao wear.
  • Ruro-Ken - Fan shorthand for the series title.
  • Kenshin-gumi - The regulars at the Kamiya Kasshin dojo (after The Shinsengumi, the elite feudal police squad of which rival swordsman Hajime Saitou was part before the establishment of the Meiji government)—Yahiko even makes a mention of this nickname early on in the series.
  • Super Horse - the horse from the Filler episode where he makes a series of spectacular Horse Jumps that would make a motorcycle jealous.
  • Super Tuberculosis - the mysterious disease that causes Kenshin, and later Kaoru to have the Incurable Cough of Death, complete with Blood from the Mouth. (Epileptic Trees say its syphillis, for extra hilarity.)
  • Yoda the Manslayer - Kenshin, because of how he talks in the dub.
  • Ultimate Technique - Used as a tongue-in-cheek Unusual Euphemism for sex; after all, it leaves the recipient exhausted, panting, and with heavy Clothing Damage.
• Sailor Moon:
  • The Four Generals - The "Four Heavenly Kings", the original Quirky Miniboss Squad. Arose from a mistranslation from the early days of the internet, and is incredibly persistent to this day, despite the fact that the correct translation is more common now. There are many fan names like this.
  • The (Little) Pink Spore (a.k.a. Chibi-Useless, Yam-Head) - Chibi-Usa/Rini. Actually used in the DiC dub of the first anime , later co-opted as a genuine insult by detractors.
  • Sailor Hot Topic - Kuroki Mio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, for her over-the-top Perky Goth attire in the OVA.
  • "Inner Senshi" and "Outer Senshi" - Fandom terms to describe the major cast division via analogy with the planets. The series never specifically uses the terms, especially because Jupiter is included in the former so they can have a Five-Man Band. Much debate can be had from these terms, especially because the series does in fact give names to two of the groups, and the latter group of four is actually called the "Senshi of the Outer Solar System".
  • Outer Senshi makes sense as it's simpler to Say Outer Senshi then "Outer Solar System Senshi". The Musicals give the inners the title of "Innner Solar System Warriors" but their offiical title outside that is "Four Soldiers of the Guardian Gods", hence the use of "Guardian Senshi" by some fans, which was made official in the manga reprints due to retcons to the above group name.
  • Asteroid Senshi/Asteroid Quartet/Amazon Senshi: Another name resulting from a fan mistranslation of the Sailor Quartet, who the Amazoness Quartet eventually become in the manga. Since they're only seen and called by name once, many fans had no idea they had a name and coined "Asteroid Senshi" because the four girls are named after prominent asteroids in the solar system.
  • Silver Imperium Plot Device: The Ginzuishou/Silver Imperium Crystal, due to its Deus ex Machina abilities.
  • Official Energy Source of the Negaverse: Naru Osaka/Molly Baker, who seems to be attacked by the bad guys an awful lot.
    • AKA Youma Bait #1. Youma Bait is the derogatory nickname for the youma victims, and Naru is regarded as being the one who attracts them the most.
  • Sailor Not-A-Planet-Anymore: Sailor Pluto, due to a fall in the planetary rank.
  • Sailor X: Sailor Pluto, to those who still want to accept her as a Sol Senshi after Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet.
    • Also applies to Sailor Chi from the manga. X is the greek symbol for Chi.
  • Dumpling Head/Meatball Head: Usagi/Serena/Sailor Moon, due to Mamoru/Darien mocking her hair.
  • "Sailor Moon: Sisterhood": Sailor Moon Crystal with its believed/assumed/hoped for intent to be closer to the manga.
  • "Saban Moon": The proposed American adaptation of Sailor Moon that would have been a live-action/animated hybrid; attributed to Saban, who had no involvement with its creation.^note Rather it was Renaissance Atlantic, the co-producers of the Power Rangers series.
  • With fans who like to use the English names, Uranus' civilian name is sometimes changed to Alex (her name in the English translation of the manga), since she is initially mistaken as a boy in the anime (and initially posing as one in the manga), and her offical dub name ("Amara") is too feminine.
  • Lip Rod: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto's Transformation Trinket. Named after the visible lip-gloss placed on their lips during their transformation sequence. As Lip Rod officially went unnamed throughout the series, this nickname became the go-to term to refer their trinkets as a means to differ this trinket with the trinkets used by other Sailor Senshi's.
  • Makenai: Sailor Moon Sailor Stars' theme song, Sailor Stars Song.
• Saiyuki:
  • The Kougaiji-ikkou and the Konzen-ikkou - Names for two of the three primary foursomes, by reference to the canonical Sanzo-ikkou ("Sanzo's travel partners").
  • Pippi - So named because of the way her braids stick out. The bossy youkai girl Goku, Gojyo, and Hakkai live with (and are kinda employed by) after her village's Bedouin Rescue Service saves them. She and Goku seemed to have a thing (and kissed), so certain fans desperately hope the fact that she has No Name Given means she isn't important. Barring that, there are epileptic saplings that Goku only liked her because her attitude reminded him of Sanzo, or the way a few wisps of her hair fall in her face subconsciously reminded him of his platonic Forgotten Childhood Friend, Nataku, because Het Is Ew.
• Saki:
  • Kyaputen - Mihoko. Though, to be fair, all of Kazekoshi's mahjong team call her that.
  • Nodotits - Nodoka, because of her large chest.
  • Tacololi, Taco-tan, or simply Tacos - Yuki, because she really likes tacos.
  • Wahaha - Satomi.
  • WAI WAI - The first ending of the series because, well, just listen to it!
  • Sheep - Ezaki Hitomi of Shindouji, because of her hairstyle.
  • FunaQ - Funakubo Hirooko of Senriyama, which is also used by her teammates in universe.
  • Gardevoir - Naruka.
• Sakura Wars:
  • Parigumi - The members of the Paris-based branch of the Teikokukagekidan Hanagumi found in the third and fourth OVA series. This is more likely a back-formation based on "Hanagumi" than a direct application of this trope.
• Samurai Champloo:
  • Majin Fuu- a pun on a fat Dragon Ball Z character (Majin Buu)- it references the times where Fuu eats so much that she swells up like a balloon.
• S Cryed
  • Pansy Man - Used to refer to Tachibana, whose Alter, while potentially very versatile and awesome, is terribly downgraded because he only ever fights with it with or next to the two major badasses of the show.
  • Shattered Sword of Balls - Tachibana's, mentioned above, Alter, called "Eternity Eight." One of the things he likes to do with it in combat is form the eight little balls into a sword-like weapon. Unfortunately, when fighting the protagonist, this sword gets punched through and shattered very often. This leads to the, at least in the subbed version, line, "You broke my balls!!!" It gets even worse when this leads him to go on a pity trip about how his girlfriend won't like him anymore.
• Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei:
  • Abuse-tan = Abiru Kobushi. The name is a play on her name as well as the fact that she is allegedly a victim of domestic abuse as she is always covered in bandages.
  • Anony-tan = Meru Otonashi. She is called that because she likes to text abusive messages much like Anonymous (4chan) is known to do.
  • Despair-sensei = Nozomu Itoshiki. This guy is super negative and always seem to find some sort of strange excuse to want to make himself taller.
  • Evil-tan = Mayo Mitama. This is because not only does she look evil, she does evil things (like blowing up houses and stabbing puppies) and gets away with it.
  • Hikkikomori-tan = Kiri Komori. Because she is a Hikkikomori (social recluse) after all.
  • Ji-tan = Matoi Tsunetsuki, the resident stalker. The Ji is a Japanese onomatopoeia sound for staring, which Matoi does a lot (at Nozomu).
  • "Making Yourself Taller" = Fan term for Suicide by Hanging, which was derived from Fuura's tendency to put a positive spin on Nozomu Itoshiki's attempts at suicide.
  • Opti-Miss = Kafuka Fuura. She has this disturbing ability to come up with positive explanations for anything that should have a negative connotation to it.
  • Perfect-tan = Kitsu Chiri. She demands that everything must be done properly and has an obsession with having everything equal.
  • Schizo-tan = Kaere Kimura due to her split personalities.
  • Slash-tan = Harumi Fujiyoshi because she is the show's resident yaoi fangirl.
  • Stick-dog = The term for the at least Once per Episode appearance of a dog with a stick poking out of its butt. This phenomenon is caused by Evil-tan.
  • Waifu-tan = Manami Okusa. This is because she is married to an older man despite being only a highschool student.
  • When you consider that the actual names of the characters (with the exception of Kafuka's name) are all thematic (in Japanese, that is) to the characters' personalities, such fan nicknaming could even be considered redundant.
  • "Falcon kick" - Maria's signature move
  • "Super Chiri" - Used to describe an incident from an episode of Zoku wherein Chiri became very tall and fought off an alien invasion.
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman:
  • Rat Bastard - Red Impulse, mostly a detractor nickname used by fans disgusted by his parental abandonment and abuse of Ken.
  • The Space Chicken- Leader X, due to his odd facial design that looks like it has a beak
  • Purple Doberman on Speed- Berg Katse, due to the huge pointed ears on his mask and his ridiculous fashion.
  • In the fan community, it was once popular to give the G-Force adaptation the name of "G-Farce", due to it being perceived as inferior to Battle of the Planets and a slight at those fans' childhoods. Eagle Riders also earned the nickname "Evil Writers" due to the bowdlerized nature of the dub.
• Sekirei is "Pokemon with tits"
  • Musubi - Hitmonchan
  • Tsukiumi - Blastoise
  • Kusano - Bulbasaur
  • Kazehana - Pidgeotto
  • Matsu - Alakazam
  • Homura - Charmander
    • Minato himself is L.
• Sentou Yousei Yukikaze: Brokeback Air Force, due to the pretty intense Ho Yay between the two main characters in the OVA adaptation.
• Shakugan no Shana:
  • Hecate, a female Tomogara, is often called "Orgasm Girl" on Youtube, thanks to a scene of her and Yuuji... synchronizing. It sure looked (and sounded) like something entirely different....
  • Darth Yuji for Yuji as Snake of the Festival.
• Shiki:
  • Lady Gaga - Mrs. Kirishiki. Their resemblance is uncanny◊.
  • Dr. House - Toshio.
  • Monk - Seishin.
• Shugo Chara!:
  • X-Dia - Dia when she was temporarily a(n) X / Batsu Chara(cter).
• Simoun:
  • Ore-onna - Yun.
  • Frankenplushie - Rodoreamon's plushie.
  • The Real Doll/Blow Up Doll - Neviril, for having an uninspired character design (especially her mouth). Coined by Erica Friedman of Yuricon in her review of the series.
• Sound of the Sky
  • Grace - The blonde trumpet-playing soldier seen in flashbacks, nicknamed after the tune she plays. (Real name: Princess Iria.)
• Soul Eater:
  • Waffles — Gopher. Somebody on one of the communities mentioned the multilingual pun, and now...there's 4koma where Gopher is played by a waffle. (Does this make any pairing involving Waffles a Cargo Ship?)
  • Kakashi's Evil Twin - White*Star (Black*Star's father and leader of Starclan) because he looks just like Kakashi from Naruto.
• Space Battleship Yamato:
  • The Nish - Yamato (Co-)creator Yoshinobu Nishizaki
  • Starbuck: Akira Yamamoto, who was male in the original series, but turned into a female for Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
• Spice and Wolf: Korbo - Holo, due to a scene in the anime where we see her name on paper in such sloppy handwriting that it can be read as "Korbo". As if her name wasn't already confusing enough...
• Squid Girl:
  • Tako-Musume - The mysterious Tanabe Kozue, who's only appeared once. She wears a conspicuous hat, understands Ika-Musume a little too well... and has Japanese initials that spell tako, meaning "octopus". Hmmmmmmm...
• Str.A.In.: Strategic Armored Infantry:
  • Dead-tan - Sara, thanks to a certain scene in episode 3 where she has to wear a sign around her neck that reads "DEAD".
  • Loli - Lottie Gelh, due to her flat chest and the sound of her name.
  • Rozen Mecha - the show, in reference to Rozen Maiden.
• Strawberry Panic!:
  • StoPani: Short for the title, which is in Gratuitous English. The O comes from the Japanese pronunciation "sutoroberii panikku".
• Strike Witches - "Sky Girls no pantsu"
  • Alternatively, "Pantsu Witches" and "Strike Pantsu"
  • "Stopan" - short for "Sutoraiku Pantsu", not to be confused with "Stopani"
• The Story of Saiunkoku:
  • Drunken Master - Eigetsu, for spoileriffic reasons.
  • Vegetable-flute-guy - Lan Ryuuren, after his trade late-series trademark flute. Made of radish.
  • Chunky - Shunki.
• Sunday Without God: Hampnie Hambart - most fans just call him Humpty or Hamburger.
• Sword Art Online:
  • Kirito Jesus Yamato - The main character, according to his haters
    • Or if desired, Jesus Kirito for the rhyme.
  • Suguha is also given the nickname "Imoutits" (despite being Kazuto's cousin).
    • Significantly milder is "Kirino", for having the same voice behind both characters, and being the MC's sister.
  • "Kiriko" for GGO Kirito.
    • Alternately, "Kirito-chan".
  • Sniper Waifu - Sinon. Often used by people who consider her to be the only good thing to come out of the Gun Gale arc.
  • Call of Duty: Modern Waifu - The spinoff series, Alternative, which takes place entirely in Gun Gale and has a mostly female cast.
• Symphogear is called "Symphogay" for a reason
  • Chris Yukine is "Zenbu" thanks to her S1 battle songs
  • Tsubasa Kazanari is "Sakimori", "Sword", "Wing", "Swordwing"
  • Kirika and Shirabe are "DMJii", combining Kirika's design similarities with the Dark Magician Girl, Shirabe's "jiii~" staring sound effect, and their general tendency of always being together and refered to as a single entity
  • Hibiki's dad is ironically called "topdad", also because it took a while during the third season's airing for his name to be properly revealed (it's Akira Tachibana, by the way).
  • "Jobber Red" for Noble Red, the villain trio of XV, for never heavily challenging the heroes.
• Teasing Master Takagi-san: Forehead/Forehead Trilogy/Forehead-verse: A shared nickname with In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki and When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, due to manga author Sōichirō Yamamoto being the writer and illustrator for all three, as well as referring to said author's art style featuring his characters with a very noticeable Forehead of Doom.
• Tenchi Universe:
  • Penis Ship - Name given to Mihoshi and Kiyone's ship in episode 20.
  • Miho-Kiyo - In verse nickname adopted by fans which refers to Mihoshi and Kiyone's friendship.
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - most of them from 4chan, for characters that are introduced without their name.
  • Bruce Ironstaunch - The fan nickname for a single crowdgoer that gives an arm gesture that is meant to be supportive, but to westerners comes off as meaning "fuck you!" to Rossiu after the latter announces the decision to execute Simon to the masses.
  • Doombitch - The fan nickname for Yoko, since everybody she kisses ends up dead.
    • In Latin America, she is nicknamed La Viuda Roja (Literally translated as "The Red Widow")
  • The Professor - Reite, the group's mechanic/chief engineer, thanks to her limitless skill with machinery, possibly in reference to the character on Gilligan's Island.
  • Beam Spam McMuppet - The fan nickname for Attenborough, the Gonk gunner of the various Cool Ships of the series, who is a big fan of the tactic. "HASHAAAAA!"
  • Lulussiu and Spinsimon - Two fan names for Rossiu and Simon after the Time Skip coined from GameFAQs after the in-turn fan nicknames for Lelouch and Suzaku, since both pairs of characters share the same English voice actors and, after the Time Skip, similar actions and relationships.
  • Star Tits - Yoko in her Chouginga outfit. Seriously, look at that thing◊.
  • GNN (Giant Naked Nia) - Nia in episode 24. See Giant Naked Rei.
  • Captain GARlock - the alternate-future Simon who appeared in the first episode's prologue, named so for his perceived manliness.
• Tiger & Bunny:
  • The Catbeard; Kittybeard - Kotetsu's beard, after some fans noticed that it looks like a pair of cartoon cats◊
  • Batman; Bunnyman - Barnaby, upon the revelation of his origin story.
  • Scarf-tan - a recurring extra◊ identified by the pink and yellow scarf she wears.
  • Mayor Obama - The as of yet unnamed Mayor of Sternbild, due to his uncanny resemblance to the 44th U.S. President.
  • The Girls' Team, Team Girl Power, the Girl Power Trio - Blue Rose, Dragon Kid, and Fire Emblem.
  • The Tsundere Magnet: Kotetsu, as not only are Barnaby and Karina tsundere for him, but it turns out his own wife was too.
  • Oyaji Moe - Also Kotetsu.
  • Palmface - Lunatic, because of the vaguely hand-shaped flame decal on his mask. Kotetsu calls him something of the sort ('palm-head', maybe?) in one episode. It turns into a Funny Aneurysm Moment when we find out why his mask is like this.
  • Keith Badman - Any evil incarnation of Sky High/Keith Goodman.
  • Superhero Saturday - Saturday, the day the show aired during its original run.
  • Tiger & Lunatic - The show after episode 20 thanks to fan speculation that Lunatic, as the only NEXT that still remembers Kotetsu, will team up with him in order to help him clear his name.
  • The crapsuit - Kotetsu's old spandex Wild Tiger costume that he wears in the first episode and breaks out in the twenty first. Despite the name (which comes from Saito's "and here's the crappy old suit you used to wear" line, he literally calls it a "crap-suit" in the english dub too), the fandom's actually rather fond of it.
  • King of Moe - Keith Goodman/Sky High, the King of Heroes who just happens to act like a sheltered, virginal Ingenue half the time.
  • In the audio dramas and other side materials, Barnaby occasionally detaches himself from his default Ice King persona to mess with his fellow heroes (usually Karina) — just for the hell of it. This version of Barnaby is called Trollaby by the fans.
• Tokyo Ghoul:
  • Kuroneki and Shironeki for black-haired Kaneki and white-haired Kaneki respectively.
  • In :re, Takizawa Seidou gets called "Seidowl".
• Tokyo Mew Mew:
  • Berry Sue - Shirayuki Berii/Mew Berry, from Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode. Also called "Playboy Bunny" because of her costume and rabbit ears.
• A Town Where You Live: "A Town Where You RAGE" - In reference to the fan reactions toward the manga's output since the start of the likely-will-be infamous Tokyo Arc.
• Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-:
  • Ass Chin - Fei Wong Reed, the Big Bad.
  • Cloney - Syaoran's heartless clone.
    • Syaoran Sr.: Cloney's reincarnation
  • Syaoran Jr., "Syaoran": Tsubasa-kun, to differentiate him from the father who's name he uses until the very last page
  • The plot is often referred to by many readers as a long string of swearwords screamed at the skies.
  • What made it worse was having to go through so many name changes as the chapters came out. Syaoran->R!Syaoran->Syaoran Jr./Jr./"Syaoran"->Tsubasa[-kun]. Not to mention the the whole Syaoran/Cloney/Syaoran Sr thing. Thank God the fandom fell into name conventions pretty quick.
• The Twelve Kingdoms:
  • Cakey - Keiki. There's actually another character in the novels named Kaka, which means cake or cookie in several Scandinavian languages.
  • The Gunslinger from Kei - Asano. He sure loves his revolver.
• Upotte!!:
  • Raifu - Portmanteau of "Rifle" and "Waifu" for the Anthropomorphic Personification Gun Girls.
• Urusei Yatsura:
  • Lum's Stormtroopers - Those four guys (officially named Megane, Chibi, Perm, and Kakugari) that have a rather...obsessive interest in Lum.
• Utawarerumono:
  • Carrier - Karura, a reference to the Starcraft unit made in a fansub and popularized by a shopped doujin page. "Carrier has arrived."
  • Underwater Ray Romano - The series itself; due to the title being unequivocally Japanese, this is what the title sounds like to the untrained English-speaking ear.
  • Tailgasm - Eruru's reaction to Hakuoro touching her tail.
• Valkyria Chronicles:
  • Kana goes to war - the anime series as a whole, mainly due to Alicia's hilarious and varied facial expressions. Presumably in reference to Minami-ke'', because Kana and Alicia share the same voice actress.
  • Emperor Maxi-pad - Maximillion, for him generally being a douche, and a blatant expy of Lelouch, right down to the voice actor.
  • Jaeger Meister - Radi Jaeger, for general badassery.
• Vandread: Vanis/Dreadgina - The Vanguard and the Dread, for the blatant sexual metaphor they represent.
• Violinist of Hameln: Slideshow of Hameln: A snarky insult to the anime's blatant lack of budget, which results in most of the action sequences being shown with still frames.
• Witchblade:
  • MILFBlade - Masane Amaha, single mother and heroine.
    • AKA Masa-Mune; she's actually called "Masamune-san" ("Mellony" in the Dub) by sleepy Tozawa when they met in the 5th episode (and the nickname sticks). Which gives Rihoko opportunity to cheerfully explain why...
• Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito:
  • "Book Travels" ("hon no tabibito") and "Hat travels" to shorten out the title
  • Chichi Kitsune or just Chichi for Tamamonomae: she's a buxom fox spirit who speaks with a Kansai dialect. ("Chichi" is Kansai way of saying "chest" or "breasts", and is even called upon by another Kansai-speaking character, Ken-chan, in the anime)
• Yona of the Dawn:
  • Fans typically refer to the main 7 characters collectively as "The Happy Hungry Bunch", often shortened to "HHB", which was originally coined in the manga itself, but was only actively used for one arc.
  • "The Tragic Trio" is generally used for Hak, Yona and Suwon.
  • "The Origibros" is used for the original 4 dragons.
  • "Bae-ha" and "Shinah-monroll" are fairly common fandom nicknames for Jaeha and Shinah.
  • "Zeno Hell" is chapters 100-105, where the audience gets the (literal) gory details of Zeno's tragic backstory and how his immortality works. "Zeno Hell" can also be used to refer to any other time Zeno gets bloodied up, or relates an anecdote that makes you want to put him out of his misery.
• Yotsubato!:
  • 404 Girl - Yotsuba, from her appearance in 4chan's 404 Not Found page.
    • Although people who refer to her as such on 4chan are usually branded as noobs/idiots.
  • Dotty - Yotsuba's occasional unnamed playmate with dot eyes
• Yu-Gi-Oh!:
  • Season 0 or The Shadow Games - Name often given to the Toei anime version, which is called simply Yu-Gi-Oh!. (The anime most Americans know as Yu-Gi-Oh! is called Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in Japan.)
  • Minigoth - Yugi Muto
  • Yami - Yugi's "other self", the Egyptian Pharaoh. Oddly enough, the English dub also uses this term and "Big Yugi" for the implied distinction, although canonically, it probably shouldn't be used.
  • Japanese fans love to distinguish between the Yugis by calling normal Yugi "Aibo", the Dark Yugi's nickname for him, which translates to "Partner" (except stylized and romanized in English as "AIBO"), and the Dark Yugi "Ou-sama" (Japanese for "king").
  • This likewise is applied to other characters with dark sides (Yami Bakura, Yami Malik), to the point where it's common Fanon. In addition, the conventional Fanon shorthand is that Yami Bakura is "Bakura," Normal Bakura is "Ryou" (which is his given name) Yami Marik is "Marik," and Normal Marik is "Malik." This is so pervasive in Ficdom that some people don't even realize how weird it is to have Ryou address his yami by his own family name, or for his father to accept it as a given name for said yami.
    • On top of those, we've got 'Kura, Akefia, Tzroku, Mariku, etc etc etc... It seems everyone has their own personal favorite.
    • Furthermore, many fan circles will refer to the omote/surface personalities as "Hikari", which means light and contrasts to the "Yami" term.
    • For those who like to give their favorite characters actual names, we have Florence and Melvin for Yami Bakura and Yami Marik respectively.
  • Japanese fans also love to refer to both regular and Yami Bakura as "Satoshi," in reference to the fact that their Japanese voice actress, Rica Matsumoto, also plays Satoshi in the Japanese dub of Pokémon.
  • They also distinguish between normal Marik and Yami Marik by referring to the former as "Namu" (the fake name he used) and to the latter as simply "Marik."
  • Cabbage - Toei version of Seto Kaiba. Just look at his green hair and you'll know why.
  • The Latin American fandom often calls Yugi "Trampas Locas" (lit. "Crazy Cheats"), in reference to how often he wins the duels by pulling off moves that the TCG's rules do not allow.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX:
  • Ass-ter Phoenix: Nickname for Edo by people dissatisfied with his being renamed for the dub.
  • Owlhead: Yuuki Juudai/Jaden, for obvious reasons.
    • Jellyfish, also for his hair. Add Yuusei as Crabhead and Yuugi as Starfish and the invertebrate trio is complete.
  • Fianceshipping - The pairing of Judai/Jaden and Asuka/Alexis, named after an episode in which if Judai won a duel against a tennis player, he'd become Asuka's fiance. He, of course, won but is too airheaded to know what a fiance means. There are also innumerable other names for pairings like this in the fandom.
  • GX Rivalshipping: Similar to Fianceshipping above, this is the pairing of Judai and Manjoume, named after the fact that Manjoume's role is rather similar to Kaiba's, and the pairing Yugi/Kaiba is named Rivalshipping. The Japanese fandom, however, use "Juuman" to refer to them.
  • Principal Awesomebrows - The GX manga's Principal Mackenzie, due to his rather prominent eyebrows.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds:
  • JACK ATLAS - When Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds was first announced and well into its airing schedule, for unknown reasons the fandom spelled his name in all capital letters. That fad has mostly died out now, though.
  • The trend has resurfaced, along with the new nickname ATLAS PUNCH, thanks to his recent tendency to go around and punch someone's lights out Once per Episode.
  • D-Carly - Name used referring to Carly Nagisa while she's in her Dark Signer persona.
  • Crabhead: Yusei. There's about a bazillion fanarts for it.
  • Yousay: A phonetic English spelling of Yusei's name. Occasionaly expanded to Whodo Yousay. Lampshaded in the third season when an insert song is called Yousay.
  • Dr. Fudo has a lot of these since his on-screen debut:
    • Daddy Fudo
    • Papa Fudo
    • Fudo-papa
    • Crabhead Sr.
    • Emo Crabhead
  • Plot Device Dragon (PDD): Crimson Dragon, because it literally is a plot device.
  • Rexposition: Named for Rex Godwin's expositions about the plot.
  • Rainbow Road: For the special kinds of roads dueled on in episode 26 and 64. A name taken from the Mario Kart series' track.
  • Little Penis: An alternate legitimate translation for Aslla Piscu, even though the intended translation was Little Crow.
  • Oxymoron Dragon: Savior Red Demon's Dragon, because its an oxymoron in itself.
  • Haranimation: For the animation done by Kennichi O'Hara.
  • Mini-D: Nickname for Sly prior to his official debut due to his resemblance to Divine.
  • Dark Glass: The blue-haired, left-handed D-Wheeler who teaches Yusei Accel Synchro. An in-series nickname. Also called Racer X.
  • Robot Shrimp/Robofetus: For the robot thing seen in episode 93 and the fourth opening.
  • Jack's Wheel of Fortune is starting to be called the Wheel of Misfortune because he crashes or falls off his bike far more then any other duelist in the series. People now have running bets on how long it will take him to injure himself again.
  • Yuusei is now called "Hobosei" because of his outfit in Episode 116.
  • After hanging out in the Ark Cradle with Zone and what's happened between them, Sherry's been dubbed "Sin Sherry" amongst fans.
  • The show itself is 6D's among a lot of fans after Lua gained a Birthmark of his own and Life Stream Dragon.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL:
  • Japanese Cardgame Batman: Kaito. His character introduction consisted of him diving off of a skyscraper, flying into a building on robotic glider wings, smashing through the window, and dueling a criminal into submission.
  • Kaito "Flying" Tenjo: Refers to how Kaito always dramatically swoops into a scene on Orbital 7.
  • Number 96: Dark Mist has been called Buff Mist and Black Muscle after the events of episode 102.
  • Vectroll, for obvious reasons.
• Yuri!!! on Ice: The massive amounts of Ho Yay have lead to fans calling the show "Yaoi On Ice"
• Zoids:
  • Many of the Zoids themselves are referred to with shortened or cutsie-fied versions of their official names.
    • Gilvader = Gilvy, Gojulas Giga = Giggles, and so on. Gildragon — a white/blue/gold recolor of the black/pink/purple Gilvader — is referred to as Gildy, or as Mrs. Gilvader due to its "prettier" color scheme.
    • Besides the obvious "Gungy", the Gungyalado is also known as "Trogdor" after the Homestar Runner chracter that it resembles.
    • Whitz Tiger Imitate, a recolor of the Whitz Tiger molded in a cheddary orange, is nicknamed Cheese Whitz after the Kraft imitation food product.
    • On a related note, the sword-armed Savinga included with the Rez Tiger earned the nickname "Sporkvinga"
    • While Western release names are often used, the Merda is almost invariably referred to by its UK-release name, "Hellrunner", even in reference to Japanese versions. This could be because nobody can actually agree on the proper transliteration of its name (Merda/Merder/Mardar/Muda/etc.) and might also confuse it with the similarily-named Malder. (Or because it's uncomfortably close to the word for "shit" in several Romance languages.) The English-language version of Zoids Saga 2 actually used that name... though that translation was full of other bizarre moments.
    • The Holotech series (a line of kits cast in translucent plastic) had its own nicknaming convention: the Holotech versions of Zaber Fang, Raynos and Spinosapper became Holokitty, Holobirdy and Holosapper respectively. The Holotech version of Warshark, whose Japanese name is Wardick, is called Holodick (a play on Star Trek's Holodeck) or Holothingy.
    • The Murasame Liger earned the nickname "Lump Liger" amongst the model-building sections of the community due to the fact that the model came mostly pre-built — ie, a Lump. The Hayate Liger (based on the same frame) was nicknamed "Brick Liger" becuse of its bright red colour - and the fact that the toy ended up looking like a brick.
    • The Gairyuki ended up as "Gary". The later Gairyuki Shin was often referred to as "Gary Shin", while its new Raiden support unit was called... Spork.
    • Due to a ridiculous number of customized Zoids based on the Geno Saurer and Geno Breaker appearing in the GBA game Zoids Saga — as well as in fanfiction and online RPGs — all of which share the "Geno" prefix, any such custom is referred to (in some circles, anyway) as a Genothingy.
    • The last four episodes of the first anime series, Chaotic Century, were known among fans as the Final Four (presumably after a sports term). During its initial run on Cartoon Network, the series abruptly cut off just before the airing of these episodes and started over from the beginning; when this second run reached the cut-off point of the first run, the network aired the last episodes in a two-hour block, explicitly referring to them as the Final Four.
  • Zoids: New Century:
    • The Berserk Fury's trademark spinning claw weapons are often called "eggbeaters". Its name is also often shortened to "BF".
    • In-series, the Zaber Fangs, formerly known as the Tigers Team, are referred to as the "Fuzzy Pandas", as Bit doesn't think they're worth the threatening name. This is directly responsible for their last loss in the series.
• Anyone named Keiichi, such as the protagonists from Ah! My Goddess and Higurashi: When They Cry, will often be referred in the show and by some fans as K1, which would still be pronounced as Keiichi in Japanese.
  • The Keiichi in Ah! My Goddess did, at least once, wear a jacket with "K1" monogrammed on it.
• "Sentai Filmworks/Section 23 Films" was the result of ADV Films divesting its assets. Because of this, the new entity is often called "Neo-ADV", or sometimes "Zombie-ADV".

Creators

• CLAMP: Noodle People - The spindly and strangely-proportioned (even by anime standards) character designs that appear in Code Geass, Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-, and ×××HOLiC which, while (sometimes) good on paper, can be prone to QUALITY shots when animated and are often possessed by people who should probably be more muscular given their physical ability.
• Go Nagai has often been referred to in certain circles as "Uncle Go". The same goes for Ken Ishikawa, but less often.
• Studio Shaft:
  • Shaft Tilt - Curious head tilt/neck twist/Aside Glance combo◊ that would result in Real Life humans breaking their necks; common in Studio Shaft anime.
  • Shaft, used as a verb: Various Off-Model and Placeholder Titles from this studio due to schedule issues, which are usually corrected on DVD releases.
• Gen Urobuchi: Urobutcher - due to his habit of killing off lots of characters in his works. Often considered the successor to...
• Yoshiyuki Tomino: "Kill 'Em All" Tomino - due to the tendency of his Humongous Mecha series to have many if not all of the major characters killed off, particularly during the Grand Finale.
• Josh Grelle has been called the "Harem King" due to having a sizable number of Harem Genre protagonist roles in his resume. A Reddit thread proves this.
• Kunihiko Ikuhara: Dickuhara - Staff at an American anime convention reportedly coined this due to him being difficult to deal with.
• Netflix: Netflix Jail - While dedicated anime streaming services like Crunchyroll release anime as it airs in Japan, Netflix waits until a series is completed before releasing it, to the frustration of many anime fans.
• Masami Obari: The Obari Workout - mecha Obari tends to redesign have bulkier, more imposing and manlier proportions. Shortened from a variant of the Charles Atlas slogan ("I used to be a 97-pound weakling getting sand kicked into my face... until I tried the Obari workout").
• Japanese seiyuu in general also has a tendency to be given sweet sounding nicknames to go along with their idol-like fandom they generated. Or sometimes things that are out there but generally not giving their name in full. Here are some examples:
  • Rie Kugimiya - "Kugyu"
  • Saori Hayami - "Hayamin"
  • Ayane Sakura - "Ayaneru"
  • Reina Ueda - "Ueshama"
  • Rie Takahashi - "Rieri"
  • Sora Amamiya - "Ten-chan"
  • Hikaru Midorikawa is referred as 'Guririba', a shortening of 'Green River' (or just flat out called 'Green River'), as he's the most prominent seiyuu whose surname is 'Midorikawa' and it's directly translated to 'Green River'.

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