The Book of Life: The first spirit Manolo encounters in the Land of the Remembered has been dubbed "the Walmart Greeter of the Dead" by Tumblr fans.
Coraline: OMILF for the Other Mother, for those who find her wickedly sexy.
Disney Movies, The Animated Disney Movies: Some people refuse to use the word "canon" to describe something that isn't linked together by Disney Animated Canon.
Bone-Demon: Jack and any fan-made skeletons like him. Understood to be a sort of sub-species of either Undead or demon. Usually used in the camp that thinks Jack and Sally have kids by natural means.
Dr. Finkly: Dr. Finklestein, by his fans.
Jewel: Dr. Finklestein creation/wife seen at the end of the movie. While there's no evidence that Finklestein's "Be careful, my precious jewel!" is a reference to her name, the fans use it anyways.
Corp for Corporal. It isn't as popular as many other nicknames, but it still counts.
The Secret of NIMH: Mrs. Brisby's unstated first name is "Elizabeth" in fanon. This is usually a tribute to her voice actress, who committed suicide not long after. To others, it's not just because she was voiced by Elizabeth Hartman; to them, she just looks and sounds like an 'Elizabeth'.
The full title of the movie tends to get dropped and be referred to more as "the Mario movie" or the "Super Mario movie" instead.
Due to some confusion regarding Lumalee calling Luigi "fresh meat for the grinder" in the trailers — apparently, the line was one of the few that was localized poorly, translating the literal words without regard for their figurative meaning — the Japanese audience has taken to using it as an actual nickname for Luigi.
As the Mario bros' little cousin is one of several family members who goes unnamed, quite a few fans have taken to calling her Marilyn after their niece from the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. note It isn't uncommon for people, particularly Americans, to informally refer to their cousins as their nieces/nephews if they're significantly younger than them.
Hero's Cuties: The name for the Felix/Calhoun ship, which happens to be canon.
Turbo Twins: The collective name for the two blue-suited racers next to Turbo on the winners' block during the "Going Turbo" explanation/flashback. Fans have come up with all sorts of names for them individually, with Ted & Teddy and Jet & Set being popular ones.
The heavy use of meta-humor in the film (especially in the trailers) has lead to fans calling the movie "Ralph Breaks the Fourth Wall".
Mona: The little girl who has the misfortune to see Ralph stuff a cartoon bunny from the tablet game she's playing to the bursting point, due to her character design basically being borrowed from the toddler version of Moana. In the actual movie, the scene shows up as a mid-credits stinger, and the girl's mother addresses her as "Mo".
Alien³ tends to be jokingly referred to as Alien Cubed among the fandom due to the inexplicable superscript use of the number 3 in the movie's title.
Space Jockey - the alien pilot aboard the derelict ship — extended to the rest of his race, as well. Derived from a name used by the film crew; in the canon, it's never named. (in Prometheus, it's "Engineer")
Xenomorph - Used once, among many other words, to describe the aliens in the franchise, this word stuck as the standard term used by fans. note In its original context, the word simply meant "life-form from a foreign environment" (from "xeno" meaning "foreign", and "morph" meaning "shape"), though in Real Life it's actually a geological term for a mineral that doesn't crystallize in the standard form because of external factors.
As a matter of fact, none of the life cycle stages (i.e. Facehugger, Chestburster, Drone) were ever officially named. They were given Fan Nicknames which simply stuck.
Russell - The fandom's name for the scarecrow that Marty crashes into in the first movie.
Wallet Guy - The guy in Part II that tells Biff where Marty went after Marty knocks Biff out. Called 'CPR Guy' in the script (since he asked Marty what CPR is after he mentions it, CPR not having been invented in 1955) but he says he thinks Marty took Biff's wallet at least three times in his scene.
Harvey Bullock- Detective Flass, inspired by Bullock, a more prominent member of the GCPD from the comics who somewhat resembles the movie Flass more than the comic Flass does.
Renee Montoya- Anna Ramirez, after a DCAU and Comic character.
Commissioner Atkins- Comissioner Loeb, again, after a comic character who looked and acted more like the movie character than the comic version of Loeb.
Baconface- Twoface, as this incarnation of the villain is extra-crispy.
"Sad Trash Hobo" for Bucky Barnes digging into Puppy-Dog Eyes territory and his status in the stingers for both The Winter Soldier and Ant-Man.
Carry On Loving: Some fans give Miss Dempsey the first name "Patsy" (after her actress, Patsy Rowlands) which was popularised by the unofficial sequel Tie-In NovelCarry On Loving: The WICKEDLY funny story that starts where the film ends.
Alternatively Ryan Gosling's The Punisher Audition on account of all the lethal brutality on display.
Elysium: The production team and Neill calls the Exosuit the "Hulk Suit" because it grants the user immense physical strength.
In the production art for the Exosuit, It's spelt "HULC Suit". HULC is short for Human Universal Load Carrier. Its the name of the powered exoskeleton system being produced by Lockheed Martin. In the featurette, The Tech of Elysium, Neill Blokamp describes how the exosuit is based upon technology being developed by the US Military.
"Fant4stic", pronounced "Fant-Four-Stick", due to the stylized logo
"FFINO" or "'"Fantastic Four'' In Name Only" due to how poorly it adapted the franchise to the big screen.
Dr. Doom got a lot of nicknames:
"Blogger Doom", "Doomblogger", "Doctor Domashev", and even "Blogger Domashev", all to describe Doom's original idea as an Internet blogger and his changed name
"Trash Test Dummy" to mock his final look, which made him look like a Crash Test Dummy wearing trashbags.
"Spook Central": 55 Central Park West, the NYC apartment building featured as Dana Barrett and Louis Tully's apartment building and Gozer's temple, derived from Ray Stanz's nickname for the place during his discussion about its significance in attracting paranormal and supernatural phenomena.
The Big G, The Big Guy, Goji, or Goji-san - The Japanese Godzilla
Cozzilla and Psychedelic Godzilla for the version seen in Italian Godzilla King Of The Monsters, the former due to this version being made by Luigi Cozzi, the latter thanks to the film's funky colorization and hodge podge Recut.
“Mosu” as a term of endearment for Mothra (an abbreviation of her Japanese name, Mosura).
After its use in The Bridge, some fans have taken to calling Spacegodzilla 'Xenilla'. In a way it is still saying the canon name as "Xeno" means “space or alien” in Ancient Greek, and "-illa" is derived from Godzilla. Just sounds cooler (and less cheesy) to some.
GINO (Godzilla In Name Only) - The American version from the 1998 film (Toho would later rename and rebrand him as "Zilla".) The film itself is often called "Deanzilla".
Maguro-san (Mr. Tuna) - a nickname given to Zilla by the Japanese fanbase because of a line in Godzilla: Final Wars. Where Zilla is referred to as a "tuna eating monster" (tuna head in the english dub) by The Controller of Planet X.
"Vishnu" for the giant centipede in the teaser trailer of Godzilla (2014), named after the part of the Oppenheimer quote that plays over its shot in the teaser trailer. A rumour on the internet was that Talaghan was its official name, but this was proven untrue.
While the MUTOs aren't given individual names in the films, fans refer to the male one as "Hokmuto" (for being discovered in Hokkaido in an early draft of the script) and refer the female one as "Femuto" (for obvious reasons) based on script rumours.
Other members of the MUTO species have also gotten stuck with this to a somewhat lesser degree:
The older, spikier female seen inKOTM is referred to either as "Barbmuto" (or just Barb) after her nickname during production, or as "Bosmuto" because the scene where we first get a good look at her is set in Boston, Massachusetts.
Primuto, for MUTO Prime from the tie-in graphic novels, though her full name and her scientific name (Jishin-Mushi, Japanese for "earthquake-beetle") are used just as frequently.
"Cabinet Resigning Beam" for Godzilla's atomic breath in Shin Godzilla, due to his first use of it killing the Japanese prime minister and his cabinet.
Hellraiser: The character who came to be known as Pinhead was unnamed in the first film, and listed in the credits simply as "Lead Cenobite." The name "Pinhead" was coined by the makeup crew and does not appear in the dialogue until the third movie.
Highlander: The Blortch, for Highlander: The Source. (Because Blortch is the noise you make when you throw up, and it's worse than the Sickening.)
Highlander: The Sauce, for The Source.
Ever since Spoony's review of Highlander II, some people have started referring to General Katana's goggled, cackling henchmen as "The Insano Brothers"
Most of the films are often referred to by their acronyms, i.e. TLD for The Living Daylights. More amusingly, this is why The World Is Not Enough is sometimes referred to as Twine.
Hock-a-loogie-saurus - Nickname for the Dilophosaurs, also known as spitters, for their ability to spit a loogie of paralyzing poison at its victims.
Chickensaurus - Nickname for dinosaurs of species Gallimimus, since that term roughly translates from scientific latin as "Chicken Imitator".
Munchenaries - Nickname for the Mercenaries hired by William H. Macy and Tea Leoni's characters in the third movie, due to their tendency to be eaten by dinos.
Jurassic Parks and Recreation - Nickname for Jurassic World, merging this title with that of Parks and Recreation, again due to Chris Pratt's involvement with both works.
Tickle chicken: The Therizinosaurus in Jurassic World Dominion because it has feathers and extremely long hand claws.
Ong, Ung, Ahng, Oong - Movie!Aang, as opposed to series!Aang. The movie changes the pronunciation to (supposedly) be more faithful to the East Asian roots of character names. Some fans of the series would have preferred sticking to the source material over realism in a film where people can shoot fire out of their freaking hands (not that they can do so unassisted in the move anyway, though that's really neither here nor there).
Sowka, Soaka, Eero, Eeroh - Sokka, Iroh, etc. Listen, they're going to be at this for a while. We'll get back to you.
Devko and Peltztara too, because while their characters' names weren't mispronounced, they needed scornful nicknames anyway.
Failbender, The Last Shitbender - The movie itself.
Racebending - The collective name for the numerous Race Lifts that occurred. In the original series, almost all of the characters were fantasy equivalents of East Asians or Inuits. In the movie, however, the heroes were mostly played by white actors, while the characters from the villainous Fire Nation were mostly played by dark-skinned actors.
The Pebble Dance- the name for one particularly egregious moment of Fight Scene Failure during the earthbenders' escape from prison. Six of them perform a kata in perfect harmony- in order for a rock the size of a man's head to float gently by. A seventh earthbender is needed to actually launch the rock at someone.
Agent Elrond - Hugo Weaving's portrayal of Elrond the Elf Lord, which was remarkably similar to his Agent Smith portrayal in the Matrix trilogy.
Agent Elrond: You will help us, Mr. Baggins, whether you wish to or not.
Agent Elrond: What good is a ring, Mr. Sauron, if you do not have any fingers?
Agent Elrond: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal in Middle-Earth instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you Orcs do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed.
Viggo Mortensen said in an interview that in a take of filming the Andúril delivery, Weaving was dressed as Smith, and said: "Mr. Anderson! What are you doing with this sword?".
Figwit - Brett McKenzie's minor, yet absurdlypopular character that shows up in the Council of Elrond. The name itself is an acronym for a memorable fan reaction to recognizing him (Frodo is grea-WHO IS THAT!?). Also called Melpomaen in fanfiction, which is a rough Elvin translation of his name (Melpo = fruit, maen = wit). He only gets a speaking part in Return of the King.
Boromir el Boromido- a play on the words "Boromir" and "dormir" (Spanish for "sleep") and "dormido" ("asleep"). Based on Sean Bean's perceivedly-wooden performance.
Jean-Claude - What some message boards at the time were calling the first movie's water monster.
"The quiver that never runs dry" for Legolas' never-ending stream of arrows.
Also called the Droopy Moment; "You know what? I'm Angry." Cue Droopy's tormentor getting whipped around in a very similar fashion, only spared horrific trauma by Cartoon Physics.
"Capsicle" for Steve after Tony refers to him as such.
"The Snap"/"The Snappening"/"The Snapture": The finale where Thanos, after completing the Infinity Gauntlet, wipes out half of the universe with a snap of his fingers. In official content, this is called "The Decimation".
Fans have taken to referring to Thanos as “Rock Collector”, often alongside Expospeak Gags like describing the final battle as “famous rock collector assaulted while visiting Africa”.
Killmonger is sometimes nicknamed "Golden Jaguar" after he seizes the throne, because his panther-suit in the final battle has a gold tinge.
Captain America: Civil War: "Avengers 2.5", for the heavy presence of Cap's teammates in the story(and the impact the story has on the team), moreso than any Post-Avengers movie before or since.
"Irondad" and "Spiderson" for Tony Stark and Peter Parker respectively, in reference to the father-son/mentor-mentee dynamic between the two heroes.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: The film features an evil book, demonic possession, and a campy horror infused tone. This made several viewers, Raimi fans especially, call the film Doctor Strange vs The Evil Dead. Some even consider it a more fitting title than Multiverse of Madness.
"Atheist Bale" for Gorr the God Butcher, since he, a man whose motivation is to kill all gods, is played by an actor who just so happens to share a name with the largest religion in the world.
The Matrix Revolutions: Super Burly Brawl - The final battle between Neo and Smith. Less commonly, this fight is called the Dragon Ball Z rip-off for it similarity to the fight between Goku and Frieza.
Any fan content that combines both Oppenheimer and Barbie (such as T-shirts with both films' logos side-by-side, crossover fanart, or edited trailers that combine footage from both films) is known as "Barbenheimer", which is also used to refer to the joint crossover fandom themselves.
Not-Bela - The "actor" (actually Ed Wood's chiropractor, Tom Mason) who replaces the late Bela Lugosi after the first few minutes of the film, despite clearly being noticeably taller and thinner than him (and whose only concession to hiding their difference is a cape in front of his face).
Lt. Theodore Groves - most common fanon name given to the unnamed navy officer who says "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen" after Jack Sparrow steals the Interceptor in the first film. He was identified by this name in On Stranger Tides. His role is expanded in this installment, for he claims the Fountain of Youth in the name of King George II, only to be shot and killed by the Spaniard. "Someone, take note of that man's bravery."
Andrew, most often used fanon first name for Lt. Gillette
Batman vs. Wolverine - the movie itself due to being one of the most memetic examples of Role Association in recent history. Likewise, nobody refers to the characters by their names. Ever. Instead, Borden is Batman, Angier is Wolverine, Cutter is Alfred, Alley is Gollum, and Nikola Tesla is Jareth the Goblin King.
Star Trek The Motionless Picture or The Slow-Motion Picture. Due the film's plodding pace and huge amounts of padding in the form of Scenery Porn.
Also Star Trek: The Motion Sickness.
Also Where Nomad Has Gone Before due to similarity to the TOS episode "The Changeling".
Spockalypse Now has also made the rounds.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: "Monster Maroons" - the smart-looking deep red jacket and departmental color*White for command, yellow for engineering, grey for sciences turtleneck combination that replaced the pastel pajamas Starfleet members wore in the first movie.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - "The One With The Whales". Because, as one of the most accessible entries in the series, it's often seen by newbies who forget the title, but remember that there were whales in the movie.
Captain Fine - Nickname for Chris Pine, aka Captain Kirk.
Chris Pine is also known as 'Princess Whitelaw' and 'Chris Fine'. Some people have forgotten his real name, even.
Sylock, Spylar, Spocklar - Spock, as played be Zachary Quinto, a. k. a. Sylar.
Spocktimus Prime - Punny nickname for Spock Prime.
Reboot/Nu - Used to describe anything related to the 2009 film, such as Reboot!Sulu.
Ensign Jailbait - Chekov. Also referred to as ickle!Chekov.
James Thorson Kirk - Since Kirk's dad was announced as Thor. Makes sense if you know anything about Nordic naming conventions.
The Alternate Timeline that started from this film has been nicknamed the "Abramsverse" after director/producer J. J. Abrams. In 2016, shortly before the release of Star Trek Beyond, this timeline officially got named the "Kelvin Timeline", referring to the USS Kelvin's attack as the diverging point.
Wankatine: The over-powered Palpatine of the Dark Empire comics.
Or just "Palpy".
Or Sid.
Or Pimpatine.
Sheev - A bit of an unusual one, in that it is his real first name, but most people consider it to be a really stupid name. Hence, he often just gets called "Sheev," usually to show that the person in question wants to mock the hell out of it.
Evil Counterpart BB-9E has been dubbed "BB-H8" (pronounced "Beebee-hate") by both the fans and the actors.
TR-8R - Nines, prior to the reveal of his callsign. Named for his only line "Traitor!".
Finn, meanwhile, gets the regular version of "Traitor".
Kyle Ron - boringified name for Kylo Ren. Also Kyle Lauren, Space Snape, Jon Snow, Darth Tantrum, and Renperor.
JB-007 for the Stormtrooper guarding Rey when she was captured in the Starkiller Base on account of him being portrayed by Daniel Craig. His canon designation number is FN-1824.
The Last Jedi popularized another one: Ben Swolo. This nickname became so popular that Google autofill would suggest it before his actual name.
Darth Darcy is another popular one due to his We Can Rule Together speech to Rey resembling Mr. Darcy's disastrous first proposal to Elizabeth.
General Ginger, (Evil) Space Weasley, Space Hitler - General Hux
The Nopetroopers: Those two stormtroopers that decide to nope out when Kylo is raging out following Rey's escape from his interrogation room.
Bayformers - For the work as a whole and as a description of the unique robot designs. It originally started off as a negative thing, but has progressed to be rather affectionate as a different take on the Transformers mythos.
Agent Megatron - Hugo Weaving's voice work as Megatron in the 2007 movie. Based primarily on his previous roles as Agent Smith and Agent Elrond (see above), as the nickname originated before so much as a leaked sound byte from the film was available.
For the same character and reasons, "Hugotron." And Tankface, because in ROTF his alt-mode is, well...
Mohawk and Stripe: two of the Transfomers made from kitchen appliances in Revenge of the Fallen. Named after the Gremlins, due to being identical to them (Mohawk was the one from the second movie with fins on its head who drank spider DNA and turned into a spider Gremlin, while Stripe was the one from the first movie with hair on its head who gets killed last).
Scrapmetal, the Constructicon who gets torn to shreds by his teammates for spare parts.
Scanners: Exploding Head Man - Obviously, the man whose head is exploded by Revok. Also called Dr. Phil, for his uncanny resemblance.
Sgt. Revok - Michael Ironside's character, named after his previous role in Scanners
Sgt. Krabz - Creator/Clancy Brown's character, named after his later role on Spongebob Squarepants. Alternately, it is acceptable to call his character Sgt. Hadley
Scottish Lecter, Hannibulldog - Brian Cox in Manhunter, who retains his Scots accent and does a creepy thing with his jaw that makes him look like a bulldog.
Mutant husbands: Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr before "The Divorce." It doesn't help that they have a Team Mom/Team Dad dynamic while training the teenage mutants in X-Men: First Class. Also applies to the elderly Professor X and Magneto after they reconcile at some point during the two-year gap after the events of The Wolverine.
The Divorce: The beach scene at the climax of X-Men: First Class wherein Charles and Erik very close friendship is broken and the rivalry between Professor X and Magneto officially form.
Dragneto for the infamous Deleted Scene where Charles projects an image of Erik in drag to Angel. Hilarity Ensues.
Bromance World Tour: Term often used for the timeframe in which Charles and Erik traveled around America to recruit mutants. Alternatively called "The Honeymoon."
ceiling!sex: Tumblr nickname for the rather popularscene◊ in X-Men: First Class wherein Erik pins Charles down on the floor of a spinning aircraft to protect him.
Oliver Splat: Due to the unfortunate fate of Oliver Platt's otherwise unnamed character (who's only listed as Man In Black in the credits).
In order to avoid using the terms like Younger/Older, Past/Future, and 1973/2023 to differentiate between the two Professor Xs and the two Magnetos in X-Men: Days of Future Past, some fans refer to James McAvoy's Charles as "McXavier" and Michael Fassbender's Erik as "Fassneto."
1973 Xavier is occasionally called "HippieJesus Charles."
