Fan Nickname / Literature

• Agent Pendergast: The fans like to call the eponymous main character "Pendie", "Agent P" or simply "P".
• American Girl:
  • Blondiebeth - Elizabeth, after she got an Adaptation Dye-Job to match the movie. When her doll was available, some people made a point of buying her doll, removing the blonde wig and putting on a brown one.
  • Princess Samantha - Samantha, whose popularity is largely attributed to her frilly and privileged lifestyle.
  • Kanoonie, Kanana, Canasta, etc. - Kanani, as a joke at the expense of people who don't know how to spell her name.
• American Gods: Shadowpuppy - Shadow, combining that with the pet name his wife calls him "puppy".
• Animorphs:
  • Big Red Eye: Crayak. Originally used by fans before he was actually named, and given a Fandom Nod a few times in the series.
  • Emohawk — Tobias, for obvious reasons. Sounds catchy for perhaps not-so-obvious reasons.
  • Hawkward — used to describe those moments where Rachel and Tobias are making the kissy-face/kissy-beak at each other.
  • KASU — short for Katherine Applegate Screw-Up and used to refer to the inconsistencies between books made by either the author or her ghostwriters. For example, Jake using thought-speak as a human in book one.
  • "Visser Mom" for Eva/Visser One.
• Anita Blake:
  • The titular character herself is sometimes called Anita Blake, Vampire Humper. Not by actual fans, generally.
  • The anti-fan/angry-fan nickname for her is 'mon petite fissure de ruine', which roughly translates as 'my little crack of doom'. (If you put it in an automatic translator... it doesn't really mean much in reality)
  • Lest we forget, 'Anita Blake, Village Bus'- because everyone has a ride at the same time.
  • Bitchard: used for Richard post-Narcissus in Chains when he goes from a naive love interest to a petty, jealous bastard.
• The Baby-Sitters Club:
  • BSCult or The Cult — the titular Club.
  • K.Ron — Kristy, after L. Ron Hubbard (i.e., the "founder of a cult").
• Bazil Broketail: Rowley's nickname is "Master Kaymo," for the insane god of the series. You will often hear it among Rowley's fans for his Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers work.
• The Chronicles of Narnia:
  • The Emerald Witch, or The Green Witch - The Queen of Underland who kidnaps Rilian in The Silver Chair, since "The Lady of the Green Kirtle" doesn't sound evil enough. (At least one paperback edition's back-cover blurb calls her The Emerald Witch.)
  • Saviour Kitteh or Kitty Jesus - Aslan.
  • Warren - The Fanon name for the geeky boy who flirts with Susan in the film series.
• Codex Alera:
  • HIB or Her Imperial Bugginess - the Vord Queen
  • TEBI - That Evil Bitch Invidia, who is exactly that.
  • The Crowbegotten Batman - Ehren
• A Court of Thorns and Roses:
  • Following A Court of Mist and Fury, many fans dubbed Tamlin "Tamlin the Tool".
  • Rhysand, Cassian and Azriel are collectively referred to as the "Bat Boys", on account of them all being Illryian or part Illyrian.
• Discworld
  • Rinso - Rincewind, used a couple of times in The Last Continent.
  • Fandom VIPs Stephen Briggs and Bernard Pearson are known as CMOT Briggs (after Dibbler, because he sells merchandise) and The Cunning Artificer (after the Street of Cunning Artificers, because he makes models and other Discly items). The former is almost official, since Briggs's merch website is called CMOT Dibbler, the latter has become very official with the opening of The Cunning Artificer's Discworld Emporium.
  • And Terry Pratchett is known as Pterry.

• The Divine Comedy
  • The Divine Comedy itself is in fact a fan nickname. Dante simply called it The Comedy; the 'divine' epithet was added by later admirers.

• Fate/Zero
  • Zero!Rider (Iskandar) is called 'Ganondorf' for being a large swarthy redhead. He's also received the nickname 'Broskander the Great' for being Waver's awesome mentor.
  • Team Murdermoe - Caster and Ryuunosuke, as they are one of the very few Servant-Master teams to have a trusting, mutually supportive relationship with one another bordering on a Moe Couplet - and are both gleeful serial killers.
  • GARserker - for being GAR

• Frankenstein
  • Frankenpants - For Frankenstein's Monster. Because he needs a name eventually, and, Hung Wankenstein aside, is usually portrayed as wearing pants.

• Gaunt's Ghosts
  • Lijah Cuu has come to be alternately known as "Teamkill McBackstab von Fethingbastard." And he earns it.

• Gleams of Aeterna
  • Boyscout Spruce (Pioneer Yolochkin) - Rupert vok Felsenburg (Pioneer\Scout part is mostly based on the Soviet slogan "The Pioneer is an example for all the kids!", because Rupert was bluntly designed by author as the "Anti-Oakdell". Spurce trees are on the Felsenburgs' crest)
  • Broody-kun (rus. Unyl-kun) - Robert Epine (guess, why)
  • Sickly Old Man (Stariy bol'noi chelovek), DOM - Stanzler
  • Colonel Pest (Polkovnik Zaraza), Super-Valya, Octopussy - Valentine Pridd (who has a squid on his crest)
  • Our Everything (Nashe Vsyo), Alvarosson (Alvarych) - Roque Alva
  • Piggy (Porosyonok), Nya-boy (Nyashechka), Swine (Svintus) - Richard Oakdell
  • Pale Hyacinth (Bledny Giacint), Sick Hyacinth (Dohlyi Giacint) - Katarine Arigot
  • Pricket (Olenyonok) - Arnaut Savignac Jr. (because of the deer in Savignacs' crest)
  • Aunt Motya (Tyotya Motya) - Matilda

• Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi:
  • Wei Wuxian is also called WiFi, due to a homonym between the Chinese word for Wi-Fi (无线) and his courtesy name Wuxian (无羡).
  • Lan Wangji is 汪叽, which is also a homonym of his courtesy name.
  • Lan Xichen is Brother-Reading Machine (读弟机) due to his ability to read his younger brother Wangji's infamously stoic facade.
  • Jiang Cheng is Uncle (舅舅), because he's Jin Ling's (maternal) uncle.
  • Jin Guangyao is Yao-mei (瑶妹) meaning Little Sister Yao, and the English fandom sometimes calls him Jiggy as a humourous reading of his initials JGY.

• Heralds of Valdemar
  • Vkandis The Unsubtle: the Karsite god Vkandis Sunlord, due to his rather direct method of reorganizing the corrupt Karsite priesthood.

• The Heroes of Olympus:
  • Camp Purple/ Camp Bizarro/Camp More-Badass-Than-Thou for the Roman demigod camp, Camp Jupiter.

• The Hunger Games:
  • Katpee - Katniss/Peeta, possibly coined by a certain reviewer.
    • Hey, it's not as bad as Peeniss.

• Inheritance Cycle:
  • Galby - King Galbatorix, the Big Bad
  • Greeni/Greenie/Greeny - the green dragon (Fírnen) from the front cover of the fourth book
  • Murty - Murtagh
  • The creator, Christopher Paolini, is often referred to simply as CP, and by some... less flattering names by antifans.
  • The series has also spawned an unholy number of Portmanteau Couple Names.

• Land of Oz:
  • Alternate Oz - Modern Oz works that deviate from Baum and his successor's style. Also known as "Dark Oz" (though not all are Darker and Edgier). Examples include The Wicked Years, Dorothy Must Die. and Emerald City.
  • Romantic Oz - Modern Oz works that heavily feature romance and/or sexuality.
  • "The Famous Forty" - The original book and its 39 official sequels.

• The Princess Diaries
  • Clumsy Princess (movie version) - Mia Thermopolis, the spunky, gawky, clumsy nerd girl who had several accidents such as becoming invisible, driving without a driver's license, barfing, becoming nude (with towel), falling off her chair, yelling, running away from home, hitting Josh Bryant in the crotch, hitting someone in the head, smearing ice cream all over Lana's cheerleading uniform and saying rude words (including "Me? A... A princess? SHUT... UP!"). She now has a heart of gold as a official Disney Princess (while doing positive things).

• Sherlock Holmes
  • invoked The Agent - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; a reference to the Literary Agent Hypothesis.
  • The Master - Sherlock Holmes.
  • The Good Doctor - Watson. No relation.
    • As far as you know.
    • The Doctor Who screenwriters aren't helping the confusion.
  • John "Three Continents" Watson - the three continents in question refer to the number and variety of the women he's sampled.

• Star Wars Expanded Universe
  • Acky - Admiral Ackbar
  • Big Three - Collectively, Luke, Han, and Leia.
  • Bowie-peror - Palpatine clones
  • Darth Chicken - Vergere
  • Darth Emo: Derisive term for Han and Leia's son Jacen, who continues acting like an Emo Teen into his thirties.
  • Darth Hippie - Jacen Solo/Darth Caedus
  • Darth Zoon - Luke in Dark Empire. Vader is Dutch for "father", so it's only natural that Luke's Sith title would be Dutch for "son".
  • Denningverse: Derisive nickname for the last eight or so years of the EU, referring to Troy Denning, head writer for the novels in that period. Denning's work is characterized for being far Darker and Edgier than almost every other corner of the franchise, with an unusually high level of both sex and violence.
  • Fandalore, Fand'alor - Karen Traviss
  • Fandalorian - Karen Traviss fans
  • Farmboy - Luke
  • Flanneled One, the - George Lucas
  • Flyboy - Han
  • Jimmy - Anakin Solo, because of a Mis-Print.
  • JINO - Jacen Solo from the New Jedi Order on. Short for Jacen In Name Only.
  • Luca$ - George Lucas, used by critics of the special editions and the prequels
  • Mandies - Mandalorians
  • Man In Plaid, the - George Lucas
  • Marakin - Ben. This comes from a crack theory that Anakin Solo was really Ben's father. Mara + Anakin = Marakin.
  • MILK - Morrigan Cade, the mother of Cade Skywalker. Short for "Mother I'd Like to Kriff" or "Moff I'd Like to Kriff".
  • Palpidious - Palpatine
  • Palpy - Palpatine
  • Pelly - Admiral Pellaeon
  • Sid - Palpatine
  • Space Fabio - Isolder
    • Now, this is used for Sith Saber Gavar Khai of Fate of the Jedi, because of this excerpt.
  • Space Hippies - Jedi
  • Talifan - Karen Traviss detractors
  • Timmy - Jacen Solo
  • Travissty - pejorative Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic. The fact that one of the biggest sources of contention, its size, was largely established in the Attack of the Clones movie and junior novelizations, years before Traviss started writing for the franchise is lost on the people who coined this term.
  • Wankatine - Palpatine clones, on the basis that they're ridiculously powerful compared to what Palpatine was like in the movies.

• Left Behind (many were pioneered by Slacktivist his comment community)
  • Nicky, Nicolae [insert mountain here] - Nicolae Carpathia
  • Cam-Cam - Cameron "Buck" Williams, movie version
  • Stoney - Jonathan Stonagal
  • Ellenjay - the aggregate nickname for series authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, after their initials.
  • Meta-[character]: in Slacktivist, an Alternate Character Interpretation or deconstruction of a character, if said character displayed the kind of human emotions and reactions that are conspicuously absent in the series. For example, Meta-Chloe.

• Les Misérables
  • Doltboy - Marius, for being oblivious to everything beyond his love life and La Résistance, particularly the advancements of the Veronica in a Love Triangle he doesn't even know he's involved in. Note that "Doltboy" does not imply malice, it's more affectionate than anything else. May possibly originate from Javert referring to him as a "dolt of a lawyer" in the book.
  • Snookums - Inspector Javert. Comes from fans thinking up a reason why he only goes by his last name, and thus making up an embarrassing first name.
  • Fearless Leader - Enjolras, the resistance leader. Also "Captain Vest," for his signature outfit, and "Apollo," to whom he is compared in the book. Some also use Enjy affectionately.
  • R - Grantaire, one of the revolutionaries, who always signs his name with a "Grand R." Get it?
  • "Ponine" and "Zelma" for Eponine and Azelma are used by Cosette in the book. Ponine, in particular, has become popular in fandom. (Probably because Azelma doesn't make it in to the musical.)
  • The Brick - Affectionate nickname for the book itself, in reference to its size and weight.
  • Marjolras - The version of Marius depicted in several film adaptations, in which he, rather than Enjolras, is the leader of the revolutionaries.
  • Barricade Boys or Frenchboys - The revolutionaries, collectively.

• Sweet Valley High
  • Billie the Girl - Steven's girlfriend Billie from the Sweet Valley University series. Coined at the 1bruce1 community on Livejournal.
  • Blondiebeth - Elizabeth (Wakefield), after she was retconned into being a blonde to match the TV show. Most people make a point of buying the soundtrack, scanning the soundtrack's front cover and turning her hair from blonde to brown (while in Photoshop) before printing it out.
  • Lavaliere of Truth - Elizabeth's lavalier(e) necklace, which is often involved in plots where someone's scheme or false identity is discovered because of the necklace.
  • Heroically Deaf Regina - Refers to Inspirationally Disabled Regina Morrow

• Tortall Universe
  • "Numy" for Numair Salmalín. Pierce made this into an in-universe nickname later.
  • The Trickster's Duet is occasionally nicknamed the Daughter of the Lioness books.
  • Thanks to Mark Does Stuff, the Beka Cooper books are sometimes known as the Doggy books.

• The Twilight Saga
  • Team Edward & Team Jacob - The Bella/Edward and Bella/Jacob factions in the fandom.
    • Team Tyler's Van - the hatedom and/or lolfans who want to see Bella hit by aforementioned vehicle.
    • Team Belmont, Team Buffy, Team Blade, Team Lestat, and Team Alucard - other Hatedom nicknames from other fanbases.
    • Team James - Yet another Hatedom which wanted to see James succeed in killing Bella and all the Cullens
    • Team Edward (Elric) and Team Edward (Scissorhands)- Parodies of Team Edward used by fans of other Edwards. There's actually a T-shirt promoting Team Edward James Olmos.
  • Team Switzerland - The factions of the fandom who are not involved in the Ship-to-Ship Combat between the two above teams.
    • Team Canada - Same as above, but with Jacob-leaning tendencies.
    • Team Fuck Twilight - The Hatedom. Yes, there are T-Shirts for this team, too.
  • Edward Cullen has a fan font rather than a fan nickname. On sites that allow it, his name is always written with sparkles.
    • His...er, "member" has been named by the Lolfans, however - The Sparkle Peen.
  • Sparkledämmerung - The Twilight community backlash over the release of Breaking Dawn (Dämmerung being German for "twilight"; a reference to Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, "twilight of the gods").
  • The Lochness Monster - Renesmee, a.k.a. "Nessie".
  • Various words and names starting with "R" (Ratatouille, Robitussin, Rigatoni, Renaissance Fair, Ravioli, etc) - Renesmee
  • RPattz - Robert Pattinson, to play Edward in the movie
    • Spunk Ransom - A name Robert Pattinson gave himself in an interview.
  • KStew - Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella in the movie
  • The 108-Year-Old-Virgin - Edward, according to RPattz
  • Glittertits - Edward
  • Pedowulf - Jacob Black.
  • Sparklepires/Meyerpires - used by those who believe "true vampires" shouldn't sparkle.
  • Evil Harpo - Jasper, after several critics and the guys at RiffTrax noted his resemblance to Harpo Marx.
  • Meyerwolves - Twilight werewolves.
  • Fursplosion - Said Myerwolves' transition from human to wolf forms, dubbed by Cleolinda Jones.
  • Taser- Kate, for her Shockand Awe powers.
  • Chuckesmee - The animatronic doll the production had planned to use for Renesmee as a baby, before deeming it too creepy.

• Villainess Level 99:
  • "Dorkness" or just "Dork" for Yumiella Dolkness, referencing both her powers of darkness and her Adorkable actions. Her surname is intended to be a reference to her element, while its relationship with the word "dork" is unintentional.

• Wuthering Heights:
  • Heathy-boi - Heathcliff. Say it in your best Maximilian Pegasus voice.

• The Wheel of Time:
  • Randland - for the continent most of the action takes place on; or for The 'Verse in general.
  • RJ - Robert Jordan.
  • Moggy - The Chessmaster Dirty Coward Moghedien.
  • Semi or Semmy for Semirhage, Asmo for Asmodean, and Ishy for Ishamael/Moridin.
  • Taimandred - The "Mazrim Taim is Demandred in disguise" theory. Long since Jossed.
  • Feminine Nasal Disorder - Semi-rare term for the tendency of female characters to constantly sniff derisively at males.
  • The Supergirls - Egwene, Elayne, and Nynaeve. Generally used somewhat derisively.
  • The Sad Bracelets - until the series finally revealed the official name for the object: the "Domination Band".
  • Superfade - Shaidar Haran

• Warrior Cats
  • The third and fourth series have the nicknames "Teapot" (From "tPoT" or "the Power of Three") and "Oats" (Slightly modified "OotS" or "Omen of the Stars").
  • A few charcters are occasionally referred to by their name prefix with a "y" on the end (Crowfeather/Crowy, Leafpool/Leafy, Ashfur/Ashy). Exceptions include charcters without Clan names, or names that sound too awkward like this (Sol, Brambleclaw, Jayfeather, Cinderpelt/heart), and Hawkfrost, where the "y" becomes an "eh" or "3h" for some reason.
    Even some of the charcters who don't fit with this convention have their own nicknames. Brambleclaw may also be referred to as "Brambs" or "Brammie" and Jayfeather as "Jay-Jay". Also "Tiggystar", or just "Tiggy", for Tigerstar.
  • Kitty Robot - Firestar
  • Kit Machine (not related to the above) - Ferncloud
  • Berrystumpytail - Berrynose

• X-Wing Series
  • The first four books are generally called the Rogue Squadron books, because that's who they're about. The next three, similarly, are called the Wraith Squadron books. It helps that the very first book is officially titled Star Wars: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron and the fifth one is Star Wars: X-Wing: Wraith Squadron.

• Authors:
  • The Good Doctor - Isaac Asimov
  • CP - Nickname used by Christopher Paolini's fans.
  • MWW - Mad Wizard Weber, aka David Weber, from his occasionally serving as a Game Master, before becoming a famous author. On his official forums, he's known as "RFC", since he actually posts on said forums under the username "runsforcelery".
  • Pterry - Terry Pratchett, based on Djelibeybian names such as Ptraci. Also The Man, after the description of A-M democracy ("One Man, One Vote; the Patrician was The Man, he had The Vote") and the OFiaH, short for Old Fart in a Hat, a description he applied to himself as the reason why a couple of kids wouldn't listen to him about how to play Doom. And consequently died.
    Lately Pterry has taken to referring to his case of early-onset Alzheimer's as The Embuggerance, mainly to emphasize that it's not yet debilitating.
  • Neil Gaiman, who co-wrote Good Omens with Pratchett, is affectionately referred to as Gneil by many fans.
  • The Erins - The four authors who write the Warriors and Seekers series under the pen name "Erin Hunter". Each one is "an Erin", but will more often be referred to by their first name.
  • John Green is referred to by jgreen, j scribble, john green the dad, or pizzajohn.
  • Maureen Johnson is known as MJ, or Queen of the Jars.
  • Lois McMaster Bujold is referred to as simply "Her Ladyship" on the Bujold Mailing List.
  • George R. R. Martin is sometimes called the Mountain that Writes.
  • K A A: Katherine Applegate/K.A.Applegate. And sometimes, she and her husband, author Michael Grant (Gone series) are referred to by the portmanteau of Apple Grant.
  • Rick Riordan is known as Uncle Rick.
  • J. K. Rowling is JKR, JK, Queen Rowling, or — when fans get particularly sentimental — simply 'Jo'.
  • Tamora Pierce is often called "Queen Tammy" on Tumblr and the Mark Does Stuff review comments.
• H. P. Lovecraft fans have so many nicknames for this author that he could have been a Cosmic Horror in his own right. Some fans shorten his name even further to "HPL", while others still refer to the father of the Cthulhu Mythos as the appropriately eldritch-looking "Ech-Pi-El" after the phonetic pronunciation of the aforementioned letters. Then you have the fans that reverently refer to him as "The Old Gent". And finally, you have the fans that informally call him by his first name of "Howard" or shorten even that to the cutesy-sounding "Howie", often prefixed with "Grandpa/Grandfather" to show loving appreciation for his work.
• Anne McCaffrey has been given the affectionate nickname of Dragonlady of Pern due to her famous Dragonriders of Pern series.
• Andre Norton was dubbed "Grande Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy" by her biographers, fans, and peers.

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