Tropes Media Browse Indexes Forums Videos Ask The Tropers Trope Finder Media Finder Trope Launch Pad Tech Wishlist Reviews Tools
Cut List New Edits Edit Reasons Launches Images List Crowner Activity Un-typed Pages Recent Page Type Changes Changelog
Tips
Creating New Redirects Cross Wicking Tips for Editing Text Formatting Rules Glossary Edit Reasons Handling Spoilers Word Cruft Administrivia FAQ
Tropes HQ
About Us Contact Us Advertise DMCA Notice Privacy Policy Report Bug
Go Ad-Free Changelog
  • Show Spoilers
  • Night Vision
  • Sticky Header
  • Highlight Links
 

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Fan Nickname / Video Games N to S

Go To

  • Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA-:
    • Imu (ｲﾑ) – the Buddhas themselves due to the kanji for "Buddha" (仏)
    • 34 – Sanshi
  • Neptunia: Cyan Heart - Rei Ryghts/Rei Kiseijou's CPU form. Blue Heart is also used, but is less common.
  • NetHack:
    • Rodney - The Wizard of Yendor.
    • Team Ant, Team a - The Ant class of monsters, the most common cause of Yet Another Stupid Death on public NetHack servers. Announcements of player death by Soldier Ant are accompanied by shouts of "GO TEAM ANT!"
    • Rubber Chicken - Corpse of a cockatrice, which petrifies anything touching it. Often used as a weapon (don't forget your gloves), by literally bashing enemies it with, and a cause of many accidental deaths.
    • Foocubus - Generic term for any incubus or succubus.
      • in the same vein "footrice" is sometimes used to refer to cockatrices and chickatrices collectively, since they and their corpses (mentioned above) have the same petrifying properties
    • Gnome With A Wand Of Death - Any low level monster with an unusually powerful weapon.
    • SDSM, GDSM - Silver/Grey Dragon Scale Mail, generally considered the two best armors in the game.
    • Vladbane - Any intentionally weakened weapon used for Cherry Tapping the famously whimpy Vlad.
    • Eye Of The Tapioca - Eye of the Aethiopica.
    • Orb of Weight - The Orb of Fate.
  • No Man's Sky: "Literally No Man's Sky" or "No Multiplayer in the Sky", coined after its release to mock its lack of an actual multiplayer mode which caused the game to tank extremely hard during its first year of existence. The game got much better following No Man's Sky NEXT, so this nickname is not as used anymore.
  • No More Heroes: Henry - Mister Sir Henry Motherfucker, after Travis' use of the name.
  • Onmyoji: Shiromujō's real name is "Tsukishiro", and his brother Kuromujō, who retains his memory, still sometimes uses it to address him. At least, according to the fans.
  • Overlord
    • Overlad - The protagonist of Overlord II, what with being a Legacy Character. It is even used as a nickname by the creators.
      • And by extension, the protagonist of the first game should be Overdad.
  • Overwatch
    • The closed beta is often referred to as Onlywatch, as relatively few people were able to play outside stress test weekends.
    • Q of the Game - instances where someone gets the Play of the Game just by using his Ultimate ability (pressing Q).
    • Point and Click Adventure - playing as Bastion against inexperienced players. They tend to just walk straight towards you and since Bastion has the highest DPS in the game you just need to click on them as they appear on the screen.
    • Microwave Room - A room willed with Symmetra's turrets.
    • Characters have meme nicknames:
      • Dad: 76 - Soldier: 76. On that note, we also have Mom (Mercy), Grandpa (Reinhardt), and Grandma (Ana).
      • Edgelord - Reaper, given how ridiculously edgy his character model is.
      • Gremlin, Little Gremlin - D.Va, thanks due to the Gremlin D.Va Memetic Mutation of her character.
      • Mei Bae - Mei, given her cute look.
      • Green Cyborg Ninja Dude - Genji, before his official name is revealed.
      • Trashmouse, Garbageweasel - Junkrat, because Junkrat got his name by having two seemingly random words mashed together.
      • Streetpig, Pathpiglet - Roadhog, for the exact same reasons as Junkrat.
      • Harambe - Winston, purely because Winston is a gorilla, like Harambe.
    • Characters also have common nicknames in comms:
      • Winston is "Monkey" because he's a primate.
      • Orisa is "Horse" because she's a quadruped.
      • Lucio is sometimes called "Frog" due to his frog-headed skins.
      • D.Va outside of her mech is called "Baby D.Va"
    • Meme Ultimates:
      • Nana Boost - Ana's Ultimate (Nano Boost).
      • Boostio - Nano boosted Lúcio. Notorious because he is often nano boosted by accident.
      • Wombo Combo - Refers to a team strategy that happens when Zarya fires her Graviton Bomb to pull most/all enemies together, and then having someone else (preferably a hero who can kill everyone in a single ultimate; usually it's Pharah, but D.Va, Reaper, Junkrat, or McCree can work too) to use their ultimate to eliminate them all.
      • Molten Nut - After Torbjörn's 2018 rework, his new ultimate is known for looking unfortunate.
    • Abilities have common nicknames in comms:
      • Orisa's Supercharger is called "Bongo" because it looks like a bongo drum.
      • Baptiste's Amplification Matrix is called "Window" due to its shape and appearance
      • Baptiste's Immortality Field is called "Lamp" because it looks like a floating lamp.
      • D.Va's Self-Destruct is just called "Bomb" or "D.Va Bomb"
      • McCree's Deadeye is called "High Noon" after the voice line the enemy hears, "It's high noon!"
      • Lucio's Sound Barrier is called "Beat" after the voice line the enemy used to hear, "Let's drop the beat!" He now says a line in Portuguese.
    • Ultimate Piñata: When someone plays as a tank but doesn't do anything useful. Instead he/she just helps filling the ultimate abilities of the enemy team.
    • Some character pairings have their own nicknames:
      • Phara-Mercy, Pharmacy, Phara-Medic - Pharah and Mercy
      • Mercy 76, Mom & Dad - Soldier: 76 and Mercy
      • Icyhot, Meihem, Nuclear Winter - Junkrat and Mei
      • McHanzo - McCree and Hanzo
  • Pac-Man:
    • When Blinky Turns Red, he's referred to as "Cruise Elroy". Nobody remembers why.
  • Panzer Dragoon
    • Only the dragon of Panzer Dragoon Zwei has a canon name — Lagi, as named by the hero Lundi. It has gone on to be applied to every game's dragon by fans.
  • Paper Mario:
    • Danger Mario - a run in the first two games that focuses on keeping Mario's max HP very low, both as a general Min-Maxing strategy and to take advantage of badges that grant him benefits at low health.
    • Color Trash - Paper Mario: Color Splash, by fans who were (to put it mildly) not pleased by its similarity to the reviled Paper Mario: Sticker Star. The Japanese equivalent is ペパカス, or "paper trash" and conveniently an acronym for the game's title.
  • Planetside
    • "Biffers" - BFRs/"Battle-Frame Robotics" aka "Big Fucking Robots"
    • The three factions, which are Colour Coded Armies, are known to some players as:
      • Smurfs (the blue New Conglomerate)
      • Elmos (the red Terran Republic)
      • Barnies (the purple Vanu Sovereignty)
    • Noobhammer - derogatory nickname for the NC's heavy weapon, the Jackhammer. Supposedly you can just point, click, and kill.
    • Fagrider - a derogatory nickname for the Vanu Magrider, a hovertank of considerable maneuverability compared to its counterparts. Also known as the "Lagrider" or "Magmower" earlier in Planetside's life, due to Vanu propensity to take it out without a gunner and just use it to run over enemy troops.
  • Professor Layton
    • Gizmo - The robot dog you can assemble in the first game has no default name, but fans have chosen to dub it 'Gizmo'. Similarly, the hamster in the second game has been dubbed as 'Hamu' by Japanese fans.
    • Legal!Luke - An affectionate nickname for the aged up version of Luke, who appears in the third game. Also serves as a spoiler prevention device. Sometimes shown without the !, or shortened to just Legal.
    • Froshel - Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask contains flashbacks featuring a teenage version of Hershel Layton, whom fans have dubbed Froshel due to the fro he had in high school.
  • Persona 3
    • Revolver Jesus - Used to refer to Takaya, the Strega member with a twisted messianic complex. The name is obviously explained by his striking resemblance to Jesus and the revolver he wields (with deadly accuracy and kickassery). (An oddity worth noting about this is Takaya's VA, Derek Stephen Prince, also voiced chaos in Xenosaga Episode I. chaos is referred to as "Yeshua", the Aramaic name of Jesus, in several Xenosaga games and spinoffs.)
      • Also Headphones Jesus/Emo Jesus (The Main Character) and Laser Jesus (Messiah)
      • Some fans refer to Takaya as Hippie Jesus.
    • Hulk Hogan - The Gigas-type shadows who are moddeled after the all-American Pro Wrestler. Seriously.
    • The renameable main character is often referred to as MC, for fairly obvious reasons; by extension, the female main character in Portable is "FeMC" (or sometimes "MShe"). Along similar lines, Protagonist-kun and Protagonist-chan.
    • Some refer to the male protagonist as Roger Clever, which was the name used for him in an old trailer for the game and the manual.
      • "Door-kun" is also popular due to the MC's fate as The Great Seal.
      • The female protagonist is commonly called "Minako Arisato" in the West, a gender-flipped version of the male protagonist's name in the manga, Minato Arisato.
      • Japanese fans more commonly go with "Hamuko" for the female protagonist, a name derived from reading part of the kanji for "protagonist" as katakana.
    • 22 - yet another nickname for the female main character, taken from the arrangement of hairpins in her hair (which appear to spell out XXII), the alternate placement of the Fool card in the Major Arcana.
    • Eurydice - A fan nickname for the female protagonist's initial Persona (from the other main character of the Orpheus myth), used before it was confirmed that like the male, the female protagonist starts off using Orpheus.
    • The Village People - Strega, due to their strange, unique, persona fashion choices (Hippie, Bomber Jacket, and Gothic Lolita)
    • The Avenging Left Hook of Death - Akihiko's critical hit, the most powerful attack of any of your party members
  • Persona 4
    • Brosuke Hanamura - Yosuke Hanamura, referring to his good ol' fist brawl in his max S. Link event, which kind of gives the vibes of "Bros before hos". He also is a real good friend. No, really.
      • Similarly we have Brotag (Brotagonist), Brokiko (Yukiko), Brojima (Dojima), and Brodachi (Adachi). If Bro can be added to a name in any way someone will.
      • Japan calls him "Junes" after the store he works in.
    • Rapedachi or Crazydachi - Tohru Adachi, for, well... let's say throwing Mayumi Yamano into the TV world wasn't his initial plan.
      • Also Cabbage Man, thanks to one scene where he mentions buying too much cabbage at the grocery store.
      • Bitches and Whores Guy, due to a spoiler meme surrounding him.
    • Pringle King - Any Mook of the "King" archetype, but most notably the Great King (the one of the infinite money trick), for its resemblance to the mascot of the potato chip brand.
    • The Inaba Scooby Gang - The Investigation Team.
    • Falcon Kick - Chie's Galactic Punt that allows her to kick an enemy into orbit.
      • Dragon Kick is another popular nickname, especially when you consider that her most powerful attack is called God's Hand.
      • TRIAL OF THE DRAGON has also popped up thanks to Hiimdaisy. Always in all caps.
    • Names for the protagonist:
      • Kenpachi Ramasama and Charlie Tunoku are common gag names, due to a Something Awful and Giant Bomb Let's Play, respectively.
      • The King, God-Emperor of SWAG: Stems from Episode 15 of The Animation which has the main character unbutton his shirt and have every single female member of the Inaba Scooby Gang sit on his lap at once. His response to a jealous Yosuke: "It's because I'm the King." SWAG is always written in Caps Lock.
    • Yukikikikiko - Yukiko, after a troll started posting stories to the LiveJournal fan community.
    • The Shrieker - Rise for being easily the most annoying Mission Control in any of the games.
    • Larry - Yukiko, both from a rather hilarious gag translation of the manga, and due to 4chan's opinion on "a boring name for a boring character"
  • Persona 4: Arena
    • T. Bearson - General Teddie's appearance, due to donning a cape and a hat in the same vein of M. Bison.
      • Teddie Crusher - The Teddie Screw attack, because it bears a resemblance to the Psycho Crusher.
    • Shabrys or Shabby - For those who don't like spelling out Shadow Labrys' name altogether.
    • Proton Cannon/Superior Tech - Aigis' Instant Kill, where she fires a gigantic laser out of a shoulder cannon like Iron Man.
    • Junes Install - Yosuke's Sukukaja super, which acts as a Dragon Install and speeds him up to the point where his dashes become invincible teleports.
    • Metsu Shoryuken - Akihiko's main super.
      • Tanden Engine, Tanden Stream - Akihiko's D attack, where Caesar creates a spinning globe that sucks the opponent in. The latter is for his Instant Kill.
  • Persona 5
    • As is typical for a Persona protagonist, this game's hero (codenamed Joker) has a lot of these. Hoo boy:
      • Chair-kun, Chairtagonist - Because Joker is introduced sitting in the Interrogation Room.
      • Glasses-kun, MC Harry Potter, Tuxedo Mask, The Hamburglar - All of these is due to his glasses that he used in normal life or the mask he uses as Joker.
      • Yosh-kun - Because Joker always say "Yosh!" in the Japanese version of the game after doing an activity that raises a stat in-game.
      • Pego - A portmanteau of "Persona" and "go", the Japanese for number five.
    • Broji - Ryuji, because he's the closest of the True Companions that Joker have from everyone in the party.
    • Ann got Junko and Catherine, because of her physical looks being similar to both those characters.
    • Jun - Yusuke, as he's very similar to Jun in terms of appearance.
    • Inkling - Futaba, as she's similar to an Inkling from Splatoon in appearance (specifically the female one from the cover of first game).
    • Haru Okumura:
      • Forehead-chan, from her memetically large forehead.
      • Fluff/Floof - She has very noticeable curly and fluffy hair.
    • Goro Akechi:
      • Pancake, Pancake Lord, Pancake Boi, Pankechi - From a throwaway line where Akechi mentions "delicious pancakes", a line which proves to be his undoing.
      • Other media comparisons like Not Ken, Dark Knight for his second boss form, or Light Yagami.
    • Sojiro Sakura:
      • Brojiro, Sojibro - He's a middle-aged barista who genuinely loves the game's two biggest certified woobies, treating Futaba like his own daughter and becoming something of a second dad to Joker, not to mention that he's also very supportive and understanding to the rest of the party, and even lets them use Leblanc as their hideout.
      • Coffee Dad - Due to his skills at making coffee at Leblanc and being the father figure to Joker during his stay in Tokyo.
    • Toranosuke Yoshida has been referred to as "Japanese Bernie Sanders" by American audiences.
    • Kamoshitlord, Kamoshithead - Kamoshida, for obvious reasons.
    • Char - Masayoshi Shido, because of his Shadow's outfit and his voice actor. Char Armstrong is this for his battle form.
    • Yabbadabbadoo is a common shorthand for the final boss Yaldabaoth as people struggle to spell or pronounce its name.
    • Kasumi Yoshizawa:
      • Hairstyle-related names like Ribbon-chan or Poniko(a combination of the words ponytail and -ko, a common Japanese suffix for female names).
      • Owing to a plot twist in the third semester, the dimunutive "Sumi" sees use due to her real identity as Sumire Yoshizawa, the real Kasumi's sister. By extension, Kasumire, used to refer to the living sister in general without drawing confusion as to which one they are.
    • Takuto Maruki is Snacc Daddy for his habit of offering snacks during counselling, or Salt Bae for recreating the popular meme.
    • Joker, Akechi, and Kasumi are often referred to as the "Royal Trio" due to Akechi's increased prominence in Royal and well as Kasumi debuting in the same game, and that that all three are the primary playable characters for most of Royal's third semester.
  • Portal 2:
    • Wheatley after he is plugged into the GLaDOS chassis, is sometimes referred to by the fans as "WheatDOS." The developers seem to have the same nickname for him, since this is the name of one of the commentary sound files. It also happens to the the Portmanteau Couple Name for Wheatley/GLaDOS shippers.
    • There's also PotatOS for GLaDOS after Wheatley turned her into a potato battery. She's also called this in the developer commentary and the title of the song "PotatOS's Lament".
  • Postknight:
    • Due to choosing a name for the player character in the beginning, there is no official name. However, fans name him "Peanut".
    • Because the same applies to the sequel, where the protagonist is different and the gender can be selected, the new hero is named "Wally" (male) or "Hazel" (female).
    • The Big Bad of the first game has no name, just his multiple professions depending on where you fight him. He is named Blake or Blackbeard by fans.
  • Pump It UP:
    • "brackets" for three or more arrows appearing at once and "bracketing" for the customary way of hitting them; 3+ holds at once, naturally, get dubbed "bracket holds".
    • Liadz (roughly pronounced "Leeads") For "Love is a Danger Zone".
    • "Don't Bother Me" is sometimes called "Caution" after an early game's song banner mislabeling it such.
    • "Prexceed" for illicit hacks of Premiere/Prex series adding songs from Exceed, Exceed 2, or sometimes later
    • Characters appearing in BGAs rarely get official names, and are usually nicknamed after the song they (first) appeared for, e.g. "The Hot Guy" for the spiky-haired dancer from H.O.T.
  • Puyo Puyo:
    • "Madou-era"/"Compile-era" (1989-2000) to refer to Compile's Puyo Puyo and Madou Monogatari games, and "SEGA-era" (2001-onwards) to refer to Sonic Team's Puyo Puyo games.
    • "OPP" (as in Original Puyo Puyo) is the most common shorthand for the first arcade game.
    • To differentiate the SEGA Saturn installment of Madou Monogatari from other games, it it commonly given different nicknames such as "Madoh Monogatari", "Madou Monogatari Saturn", or "Madou Monogatari SS".
    • "Rally Mode" refers to both Tsu's Expert (Tsu) Mode and Box's Scramble Mode, both being character gauntlets with definite start and endpoints unlike the endless competitive modes in Pocket Puyo Puyo~n and the Anniversaries.
    • For a time, Madou Monogatari I for the Mega Drive was referred to as "Madou Monogatari: Genesis."
    • Some fans like to refer to Possessed Klug as Aya or Ayashii (inspired by his Japanese name Ayashii Kuru-ku), since the demon still lacks a proper name in canon. "Strange" is another common one, as it derives from the translation for his former Japanese name, Strange Klug.
    • In Japanese, Ragnus/Lagnus's name (ラグナス) has the kana for eggplant (なす), so Japanese fans will often draw an eggplant beside him or refer to him as Eggplant. Similarly, the English community sometimes gives him nicknames revolving around the word "lasagna".
    • "Pedobear" for Risukuma.
    • "Tara Stacking," "Harpy Stacking," and "Frog Stacking" refer to the act of mimicking the strategy of a CPU-controlled Suketoudara, Harpy, and Nohoho respectively.
    • "Harassment," the name given to the act of sending small amounts of garbage to slow or stop the construction of the opponent's main chain. The fandom didn't really catch onto how embarrassing the name was until Sega's tutorial video covering this technique generated snark from the gaming community at large.
    • "TexEss" is the name given to Ess' alternate voice in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 since it gives her a southern accent.
  • Q*bert:
    • Coily (the snake) is sometimes known as Carrot Ends.
  • Raiden series:
    • Toothpaste Laser - The purple "lock-on" Plasma Laser introduced in Raiden II.
  • Rainbow Six Siege:
    • The SMG-11 machine pistol when attached with an ACOG is called the "pocket sniper" or backronymed into "Sniper Machine Gun-11", as its ridiculously high rate of fire, the 2.5x zoom of the ACOG, and the fact that headshots are always an instant kill, turn the gun from a Ranged Emergency Weapon to a burst-firing sniper rifle.
    • Spetsnaz operator Fuze's Cluster Charges are often called either "pucks" because the actual charges are puck-shaped, or "balls" (and the act of deploying them "balling") due to the "punt" sound effect used when they're launched.
    • Another Spetsnaz operator, Tachanka, as per his reputation as a Memetic Badass, is given nicknames such as "Lord Chanka".
    • GIGN operator Montagne, due to no consensus on whether to pronounce his name by its original French pronunciation or the literal English one, is commonly shortened to "Monty".
    • Defenders who actively move away from the objective to flank and ambush the attacking team are called "roamers".
    • Related to the above, BOPE operator Caveira is called the "Crazy Bitch" due to a playstyle encouraging roaming, including a handgun that is designed to wound but not immediately kill lone attackers so she can interrogate them, and her entire characterization painting her as the game's epitome of Ax-Crazy.
    • Shooting players through a wall, or making a hole in the wall to shoot players through, is referred to as "wallbanging". "Killholes", relatedly, are when players deliberately create holes in a wall and then wait for opposing players to wander into their line of fire.
    • Navy SEAL operator Blackbeard has been given the moniker "Nerfbeard", due to how incredibly often and drastically his Rifle Shields have had their total armor nerfed (from a single shield with more HP than an entire team, to two swappable shields which barely have more HP than he does combined).
    • Pulse is often called Mr. Worldwide due to his almost 1:1 resemblance to Pitbull.
  • RayCrisis is sometimes referred to as Layer Section III since the previous installments were named "Layer Section" due to copyright issues.
  • Rayman is sometimes known as "the Limbless Wonder" among fans.
  • Resident Evil
    • REmake - The Video Game Remake of the original Resident Evil for the GameCube. REbirth is also used as well.
    • Mr. X, Wallsmasher - Names given to the Tyrant in the second game.
    • Mr. Weskerson - Albert Wesker, for his distinctly Neo-like manner of dress and combat capabilities in Resident Evil 5.
    • Nemesis has sometimes been nicknamed “Nemmie.”
    • Redfield PAAAAAUNCH, The Fist of Justice - Chris Redfield's extremely over-the-top hand-to-hand attacks in 5. His mighty fist can shatter tribal shields to useless flinders, send Majini flying back ten or fifteen feet, and even knock the aforementioned Wesker clean on his ass for a short time!
      • All of which are outshined by his magnificient act of punching a boulder out of the way, giving way to Chris Redfield, BOULDER PUNCHER.
    • Tiger Uppercut, Flash Kick - Nicknames given to Wesker's and Chris's uppercut and backflip kicks respectively. (Note that Wesker's uppercut is officially named Tiger Uppercut in RE5 and MvC3, and he even has a Jaguar Kick in the former, too. note )
    • Chris Roidsfield - The aforementioned Chris, due to his heavily bulked up look in 5 (as compared to his appearance in the first game and Code: Veronica). Whether or not it's an affectionate nickname or a way to mock Chris depends on the fan in question.
    • Nina Jilliams: Jill Valentine in 5, due to her blond hair (as a side effect of her experimentation by Wesker) and the battle suit she wears while acting as Wesker's unwilling Dragon. As a result, she heavily resembles Nina Williams of Tekken fame.
      • Before this reveal, they were also called "The Bird Lady" due to sporting a Cool Mask with bird motifs.
    • Ashley is so commonly a frustration that Goddamnit Ashley and Shutup Ashley might as well be her names.
    • RE4 apparently takes place in Notspain, because the game never mentions what country it's actually depicting (despite Spain being the only country in Europe where Spanish is the predominate language).
    • Stevemonster - For Steve's transformation in CV.
    • Jailbait and Convict - Rebecca and Billy (even though Rebecca is 18 in Zero).
    • Agent Zebra - RE5's alternate costume for Chris.
    • Leech-Marcus - To differentiate the real James Marcus and the clone of his body and memories created by leeches.
    • Bitch in the Red Dress - Although a canon name for Ada, in fandom it is generally a term of affection. However, referring to her as any sort of derogatory terminology besides that (i.e. skank in the red dress) is generally indicative of someone who dislikes her.
    • The Redfields - Used to refer to Chris and Claire collectively, and makes it into this section because oddly enough, it is never said in-canon.
    • "Charlie Brown's Parents Having Sex" or "Clowns Farting in the Basement" - The Mansion Basement theme from the DualShock version of Resident Evil: Director's Cut thanks to its... poorly implemented horns.
  • Rimworld
    • Hats: Useless colonists, so-called because their best use is being made into leather hats.
    • Ribworld: The game itself. After the Royalty and Ideology DLC came out, some fans concluded that the next DLC would have a name starting with M, in order to ultimately spell out "Rimworld"; the next DLC was instead named Biotech.
  • Rusty Hearts:
    • Busty Hearts: Some of the official banners have the ample Angela in centre spot.
  • S4 League
    • Mega Buster - The Cannonade, an Arm Cannon with a powerful charge attack and obvious yellow glow.
    • X-Buster - The Rail Gun, another Arm Cannon, but blue and a bit more deadly.
    • The Fist - The Counter Sword, which relies on a giant gauntlet for its most powerful attacks.
  • Saints Row
    • The offical tag for the protagonist is "The Leader of the Third Street Saints," but fans shortened this to "(The) Boss."
  • Sakura Wars
    • Parigumi - The members of the Paris-based branch of the Teikokukagekidan Hanagumi, who appear in the third and fourth games. This is more likely a back-formation based on "Hanagumi" than a direct application of this trope.
  • SD Gundam Capsule Fighter
    • Flashlight - general term for beam cannons due to how they flash when fired.
    • MCA - "Movement Cancel Action", a Good Bad Bug that became an Ascended Glitch.
    • Wing Zero Skill - a derogatory term for the Wing Zero Custom because of its simplicity for amateur players.
  • Sengoku Basara/Devil Kings
    • Hondam - Honda Tadakatsu, stemming from the fact that he looks like a Warring States version of a Gundam.
    • Push Kick - Yukimura's Basara KO in Cross.
    • Most people refer to Takeda Shingen as OYAKATA-SAMAAAA.
    • Motorhorse/Motorpony - Date Masamune's Cool Horse.
    • Maggie - the Female Saika Magoichi.
    • KG/Cagey - Maeda Keiji.
    • Emonari - Ishida Mitsunari, due to his unfortunate haircut and constant Wangst.
      • Mitsun by parts of fandom who label him as Tsundere.
    • Okra/Okranari - Mori Motonari, who wears a large green hat that resembles the vegetable.
    • Ideasu/Ideas-kun - Tokugawa Ieyasu, after the American version misspelled his name as this in the subtitles.
    • Ukemura - Yukimura, due to his inevitable position in slashfic and doujins.
    • Kurokan - Kuroda Kanbe, for those who just simply want to shorten his name.
    • Kappa - Katsuie, due to his bob haircut and green armour .
  • Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
    • Turkey - Zhu Que/Suzaku.
    • Mr. Pantless - Either Thor or Odin, but usually Odin.
    • Frostie - Jack Frost.
    • Elephant ball - Nozuchi.
    • Boobs lady - Artemis
    • Purple ball - The Megido series of spells.
    • Mirrors - The Divine Shield and Divine Barrier skills.
    • SA or Super Armor - The Pulse of Armored skill.
    • Kamikaze - The Demolition Dash chain expertise.
    • Hexhancer - The Enhancement build mixed with high Curse of the Wretched that became very popular after the implementation of Shiva&Vishnu runs.
      • Also called Enhex or Enhexer.
    • Channelocalypse - The channel unification update from 2010.
    • Theenut - The infamous ex-GS (Theena) and later ex-GM (Peanut).
  • Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
    • Sidekick McHat- Isamu Nitta, who is easily recognized by fans and in-games characters by his large black newsboy cap. Even during the battle with Noah his God wears it.
    • Twizzler Girl - Chiaki after her transformation, where her arm gains the appearance of a certain candy.
    • Uber-Pixie: The Level 80 Pixie with max stats and a plethora of ultimate spells that you obtain in Amala Labyrinth, Fifth Kalpa, if you still have the original Pixie from Shinjuku Hospital (or a direct descendant) in your stock.
  • Shin Megami Tensei IV
    • Manga-chan: Isabeau, who may pursue her fandom of The Rose of Versailles a little too obsessively.
    • Korraguy: The Protagonist, due to his rather familiar hairstyle.
    • Angelformers, Liliroach: — The Four Archangels and Lilith's new robotic and insectoid redesigns, respectively.
  • Shin Megami Tensei V
    • Nahobino: The Protagonist. "Nahobino" is actually the official race of the MC after he fuses with Aogami near the beginning of the game. Similarities between V and Nocturne, the latter being a game in which the protagonist's canon name is just the literal description of what he is, have led fans to call him "Nahobino" in the absence of an actual canon name.
  • Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
    • The Dragon Rangers - A group of sub-bosses Raidou fights at the Unsealing ritual. 4 out of 5 are recolors of the demon Qing Long/Seiryu, who's basically a big dragon. The one that is not a Seiryu recolor is a Ganesha recolor. Kohryu is the Sixth Ranger.
  • Rock Band
    • Dave Grohl Band - The series itself, due to Harmonix seemingly going out of their way to include every song that Dave Grohl had a part in. Became an Ascended Meme in Rock Band 3, where an achievement for playing 5 Grohl songs had this as its name.
  • Isometroid: Scurge: Hive, a Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance game that borrows plot elements heavily from Metroid Fusion.
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
    • Lady Gaga - Zelenin.
    • Tadano Hitonari - The Protagonist, after the Japanese pun "Just an ordinary person" started showing up in references and fan art of him.
  • Silent Hill
    • Doorman - The "Abstract Daddy" monster from Silent Hill 2.
    • Jesus - Was used to refer to adult Walter from Silent Hill 4 even after the game's release to avoid giving away spoilers. A gamer only realizes the nickname refers to more than his appearance after his identity is revealed.
    • Triangle Man - Pyramid Head.
      • "Pyramid Head" itself may be a fan nickname In-Universe, as this is purely James's name for the figurenote . The figure (or similar figures) has been known by other names in later games, including The Bogeyman, and a version that wielded a cleaver appeared in Silent Hill: Origins as The Butcher.
      • Some other fan nicknames used for Pyramid Head are Pyra, PH and PPHead.
    • The Memory of Alessa, fought in Silent Hill 3 by Heather, is known to some as "Dark Heather," after Dark Link from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
    • Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is sometimes referred to as "Sharded Memories" due to a flub during of the podcasts of Games Radar (or, alternatively, ShatMemz).
  • SimCity
    • Maxisland - Refers to the standard, generic buildings offered in the game. Usually discouraged by most due to their lack of color and blatant So Calinization.
    • Sim City Vanilla - Sim City 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe without a Game Mod.
    • NAM - The Network Addon Mod, a mod that adds so much new features to SimCity 4 it has grown into an unofficial expansion.
    • Vanilla Landmark - A standard Sim City Vanilla landmark, or one that wasn't created by a player.
    • BAT'er - One who makes custom buildings for others to use in the game.
    • Growable - A building that grows in a zone.
    • Plopable - A building that one would "plop" in a city (like power plants, hospitals, and police stations for instance).
    • UDI - Short Acronym for "U-Drive It", which are missions one can take in Sim City 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe.
    • Functional Landmark - A Game Mod type of Landmark that can provide jobs.
    • SimCity (2013) is officially simply called SimCity. Fans tacked on the 2013 part to differentiate it from the original.
    • SimCity 5 - Cities: Skylines, an entirely different game whose premise is literally "a SimCity 2015 that doesn't suck".
  • Skullgirls: Science Shark - Stanley Whitefin, an anthropomorphic shark always seen in a lab coat and spectacles.
    • Big Banned is sometimes thrown around for Big Band because of his versatile design, and difficulty to combat for some players.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog:
    • The games have nicknames which mention a funny quirk or a bad feature:
      • To distinguish it from the later installments, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) (the one released in 1991) is also known as Sonic 1 or Sonic 1991.
      • Shadow the Hedgehog can be called Dark Sonic. This nickname applies to the titular character as well.
      • Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) (the one released in 2006) probably has the most surnames for a game in the Sonic franchise: Sonic Adventure 3, Sonic 2006, Sonic '06, Sonic Next Gen, Sonic the Disaster, or Sonic: Now loading.
      • Sonic Colors is also known as Sonic Skittles because of its emphasis on... well, colors.
    • In the games themselves, some events were nicknamed because of their horrible reputation:
      • In Brazil, the Debug Mode is known as the "Thousand Faces Trick".
      • The infamous red barrel from Carnival Night Zone Act 2, which killed many playthroughs before video gae guides on YouTube, is better known as the "Barrel of Doom".
      • The tornado that whisks away the level goal in Crisis City Act 1 in Sonic Generations is also known as the "Trollnado".
      • One comes from outsiide the games: the Alton Towers Resort Sonic voice, who turned out to Roger Craig Smith, but heavily edited, thus sounding terrible, were nicknamed "Consles/CONSLEZ WOOAAHH!, Alton", because of this line "Check out the consles! Woah!"
    • Several of these come from the quickly stopped theme of having characters named after features or body parts they exhibit ("Tails", "Knuckles", etc.):
      • Sonic is often called the "blue blur" or "rodent". His modern variant can be nicknamed "Generic Sonic" (he was called "generic sonic" in the coding for Sonic Generations), while his classic variant (but more specifically, the cuter version with light blue drills used since Sonic Generations) is considered an impostor whose real name is "Santiago". Sonic Retro coined "Down Syndrome Sonic", a rather unfortunately very cross-eyed rendering of Sonic featured in the main menu from a beta of Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island that was fixed for later versions.
      • Miles "Tails" Prower has fans who nicknamed him "Peanut".
      • Knuckles is also known as "Knux" and "Rocket", while his super form was known as "Hyper Knuckles" to distinguish it from Super Sonic (it's now used canonically as Knuckles' More Than Infinite Super Emerald power up in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, as well as his first Super mode introduction in the Archie comics). In a Let's Play, Cybershell calls him "a huge twat".
      • Amy Rose is sometimes nicknamed "Sakura the Hedgehog" because of the similar pink bob haircut and the fact that both characters are (at first) heavily defined by their crush on one of the main characters, while her classic self is also known as "Rosy the Rascal" from her alterego in Archie Sonic and her nickname in Sonic the Fighters which fits her tomboyish classic design and her cartoonish fighting style.
      • Big the Cat is also known as "Fat the Cat" and "Fishing Fatty". Considering he resembles both Blaze and Bad Boxart Mega Man, and had a role similar to BBMM in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (despite the fact that Big was introduced in the series since Sonic Adventure six years before Blaze did in Sonic Rush), he was called "Bad Boxart Blaze".
      • Tikal is amusingly called "Miss Dead Girl".
      • Biolizard, Chaos, Black Doom and many others have received the common title of "God-Monster".
      • Shadow the Hedgehog is also known as "Shadow the Edgehog" and "Ow the Edge" (this one is also used for Infinite, for obvious reasons), while his super form is called "Hyper Shadow" (it is explicitly labelled "Super Shadow" in data files on the disc of Sonic Adventure 2).
      • Rouge the Bat can be nicknamed as "Nails" or "Boobs The Bat".
      • Maria Robotnik from Shadow's flashback at the beginning of the Shadow the Hedgehog game has been nicknamed "Maria-ia-ia".
      • Blaze is also known as "Little Miss Perfect" or "Miss Goody Goody", mainly for those who don't like how she became a Breakout Character in the mid 2000s.
      • Due to her orange stockings, Elise has been nicknamed "Carrot Legs".
      • Because of his odd hairdo that resembles a marijuana leaf, Silver the Hedgehog is also known as "Pothead the Porcupine".
      • Marine the Raccoon can be known as "Rings".
      • Orbot can be nicknamed "Ergo" from a Verbal Tic in the first game that featured him, before he was named.
      • Ix is also known as "Dr. Finitevus".
      • Due to uncanny similarities between that game and Julie-Su's debut arc of the Archie Comics, Shade has been nicknamed "Julie-su".
      • As the character that The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is seen from the point of view of has no Canonical name, and the name "Barry" was used in the trailer for the game, it stuck for the character.
  • Space Station 13:
    • Robust: Used as a synonym for combat in general (as well as those who have mastered the game's mechanics), after the "robust" fighting system provided by the BYOND engine.
    • Rouge: A rogue AI or cyborg, common typo by players who expect the synthetics to obey their every whim.
    • Malf: Malfunction, either the game mode or the AI in such mode.
    • Honkmother: Some entity that it is believed all clowns strive to please.
    • Antags: Antagonists.
    • Valid: A player that has been deemed fair game by the Captain or a suitable head because of their behaviour. Alternatively, the condition of being "valid to kill" by server rules, such as most confirmed antagonists.
    • Shitcurity: Security members embodying Police Brutality and Rules Lawyer rolled into one.
    • Lusties: Xenomorphs, due to a copypaste placing a queen into the role of the Lusty Argonian Maid.
    • Yellows: Insulated gloves, named for their colour. One of the most coveted items in the game.
    • Fluke Ops: Nuclear operatives, especially those who fail spectacularly.
    • Atmosia, Cargonia: Nicknames for the Atmospherics and Supply departments, referring to their tendency to "secede" and form an independent entity, usually responded to with admin retribution.
    • Harmbaton: The security officer's stunbaton, which is often used to permanently stun suspects by repeated high-velocity application.
    • Comdom: A portmanteau of "command" and "condom", referring to Captains (occasionally also other Command staff) acting as The Neidermeyer.
    • Adminbus: "Admin abuse", that is, everything an administrator ever does in-game.
    • Bwoink: Adminhelp private messages, due to the distinctive sound they play. Can also be used as verb, eg. "bwoinking" or "getting/being bwoinked".
    • Lord Singuloth: The Gravitational Singularity, which powers most stations. The purpose of the Engineer is to prevent him from strolling about.
    • Genetrash: Changelings, due to their modus operandi of absorbing other peoples' genetic information.
  • Specimen 8 from Spookys Jumpscare Mansion is nicked named "Deer God".
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine: In some circles the game is referred to as Warhammer 40,000: Plasma Marine due to the sheer effectiveness of the plasma cannon.
  • Splatoon:
    • "Chicken" for the Autobomb, due to being a small white thing that chases after opponents.
    • "Pity Clam" for the power clam that spawns under your team's goal after the barrier is broken in the Clam Blitz ranked mode.
    • Since there are two characters in the series that have used the callsign "Agent 3" — the player character from the first game who later becomes Captain of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, and the player character from Splatoon 3 who adopts their old callsign — to reduce confusion in fan works and general discussion, the former continues to be called "Agent 3" while the latter is called "New/Neo Agent Three".note 
  • Splatterhouse
    • Captain Mozzarella - The giant head with melting skin that is the first game's final boss.
    • Legion - The final boss of the second game (officially known as Ultimate Evil), for its resemblance to the common Castlevania boss.
  • Star Fox 64: The Forever Train - the train that the enemy commander from Macbeth drives, after the level's subtitle.
  • Star Trek Online:
    • "Boff" / "BOff" / "BOFF" for "Bridge Officer" (a.k.a. your Bridge Bunnies). Likewise, some variation of "Doff" for "Duty Officers", the Redshirt Army who run your Lower Decks.
    • Among others, KDF players are Klinks or Klanks, spiral wave disruptors are pissbeams, the Caitian Atrox Carrier is the catbus, and the Jem'hadar Attack Ship is the bugship or Jem bug.
    • "Rainbow boats" or "Skittleboats", among others, for a noob mistake of not making your weapon types match up*, because of the resulting Beam Spam and/or Dakka being in all colors of the rainbow. As one guy on the forums remarked on one of these who used cannons, "every time he fired it looked like a pack of Skittles exploded."
    • The forums use so much shorthand for builds and abilities it's practically a second language you have to learn.
    • The new Obelisk carrier has also been dubbed the "Obisek" carrier, noting how close it was to the well-known Reman character of the Romulan storyline.
    • "T'Its", or some variation thereof, for the nameless Vulcan lady with plentiful cleavage that graces a lot of the promo art◊. Similarly, Commander Tiaru Jarok, captain of the RRW Lleiset (the Romulan Republic equivalent of the Enterprise), was dubbed "So'Hott" until her name was revealed.
  • Story of Seasons:
    • Jack: The first, and previously most common, protagonist. He's called "Pete" several times in canon, but "Jack" took off due to the SNES "Jack and the Beanstalk" styled scene. The name is used for most other male protagonists, despite most having their own names too.
    • Jill: The Another Wonderful Life protagonist. It goes with Jack's name. Her canon name is "Pony" but it's atypical sounding. The name is also sometimes used to refer to the blond protagonist from Back to Nature For Girl (who is officially called "Claire").
    • Hansel and Gretel: The protagonists of Grand Bazaar
    • Phillip and Lillian: The protagonists of The Tale of Two Towns.
    • Bokumono: The Portmanteau Series Nickname.
  • Street Fighter:
    • Boxer, Dictator, Claw - M. Bison/Balrog, Vega/M. Bison, and Balrog/Vega, respectively; used to avoid confusion in the international fandom.
    • Cody, when he returned in Street Fighter V, got the nickname of 'Codell Traverson'.
    • "The Raging Demon" - Akuma's ultimate attack, the Shun Goku Satsu.
      • Which is actually the name that was officially given to it in the Street Fighter Alpha 2 manual.
      • Also "Tian" ("Heaven" or "Sky", which also depends on the version) among Chinese players, after the kanji that flashes on Akuma's back during this move.
    • Tasting the Rainbow - Getting hit by Gill's "Seraphic Wing" One-Hit Kill, which is a rainbow-colored circle.
    • Thunder Thighs - Chun-Li, whose hips are her most defining feature.
      • "Chunbuns", "Chunners" "The Chunner" are also popular.
    • Cycloid Seth - Seth (duh) from Street Fighter IV; named after the Cycloid characters from Street Fighter EX Plus, who are known for having movesets consisting of moves of other characters.
    • THE RED CYCLONE - Zangief, of course! Must be written in ALL CAPS for maximum effectiveness.
      • Although this is a canonical nickname in the series too.
      • "Jazzy Russia" - The SFIV version of his iconic theme song.
    • Peter Griffin - M. Bison, due to his egregiously large chin.
      • He didn't always have that chin. Was also known as "Truck Driver Bison" during his Alpha incarnation.
    • Family Man - Guile, for obvious reasons.
      • Guile has a crapload of nicknames, mostly due to nobody knowing what "guile" was or meant when they were ten. Gweelie, Goolie, Gilley and more persist to this day. And in a more annoying vein stemming from the same idea, "Roo."
    • GARlie - Charlie, due to his extreme manliness. Also applies to Guile when wearing his alternate costume in Street Fighter IV.
    • Burgertits - C. Viper, for the way she cushions her necktie between her breasts.
    • The two incarnations of Cammy are distinguished as "Delta Red Cammy" and "Shadaloo Cammy" based on her different affiliations.
      • Although (technically) this is canon too.
    • Flash Kick - Guile and Charlie's anti-air specials, which are officially called "Somersault Kick". The "Jackknife Kick" was also popular in the early days.
      • Although with the English dub of Street Fighter IV, "Flash Kick" is the official now.
      • "Flash Kick" was always an official name. However, it was only used in the American versions of the games and never in the Japanese ones.
    • Flaming Torpedo - A very early fan name for the Psycho Crusher. Initially, when it was revealed to be actually called "Psycho Crusher", many fans didn't believe it.
      • In Brazil, way back: Roto-Rooter, due to the commercials of that plumbing method there.
    • Shotos (or Shotoclones) - Ryu, Ken, Akuma (Gouki), Dan, Sean (and soemtimes Sakura, Sagat, and Gouken as well) collectively get called this. The name comes from Capcom's designation of Ryu and Ken's fighting style as "Shotokan Karate" in the early English localizations of Street Fighter II (the style was never actually given a name per se in the original Japanese canon). This is also the term given to other so-called Ryu/Ken-types (such as Captain America in Marvel Super Heroes and Morrigan and Lillith from Darkstalkers).
    • In the wake of the new Ultra Combos for Super Street Fighter IV, there have been several.
      • (Demon/Shin) Roflcopter, Shun Goku Beyblade, Akumanian Devil, Akumacopter - Akuma's Demon Armageddon, which is a Hurricane Kick cranked up with more spinning action and is deemed by some to be too over-the-top for a guy like him. May or may not have anything to do with a similar scene in Proxicide's famous fanwork Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat 3, which garnered similar effects. Needless to say, the fans are not pleased.
      • Souloboros - Rose's Soul Satellite, which is very similar to Strider Hiryu's Ouroboros super from the Marvel vs. Capcom series.
      • "FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!!" & "I AM THE PROTECTOR OF RUSSIA'S SKIES!!" - Zangief's first and second Ultras, respectively. The first can also be applied to good 'ol Gief himself.
      • Gen's new Shi'tengetsu Ultra has earned him the nickname of Genshiro in some circles.
      • And the game itself has been christened by some people as Super Spin Fighter IV.
    • Ken Fighter IV - See the picture on Complacent Gaming Syndrome. Sometimes, it's followed by the subtitle "Sagat Strike".
      • Before that, there was Chun Fighter III: Ken Strike - Yun for the Future, thanks to the mass character balancing in III: Third Strike shuffling around all of the Character Tiers. Some characters (like Sean) were severely nerfed while Chun-Li, Ken, and Yun were thrust into top-tier. Now you know why videos of Tournament Play will usually involve those three characters (with Akuma, popping up at times).
    • From the above "Jazzy Russia" example, there is now a trend (presumably started by Alex's Jazzy NYC in III) of giving the title of "Jazzy [Insert Name of Hometown/Affiliated Location Here]" to any theme that is remotely jazz-based. In Super Street Fighter IV, we now have "Jazzy Metro" for Guy and "Jazzy Kyoto" for Ibuki.
    • Rekka - This one is more of a meta-example, like most video game lingo. A term used in Fighting Games to refer to a series of moves that require a repeated input of the same command to achieve its maximum effectiveness. There are two kinds, the first being named for Fei-Long's Rekka-Ken, in which the player must repeat the command QCF+ P three times to finish the combo. The second type is very similar to Type 2, but is distinct due to the fact that multiple followup attacks exist, providing the player with a more intricate plan of attack. A good example of this would be Kyo Kusanagi's Aragami and Dokugami specials and Karin Kanzuki's Gurenken (also from SF) which both start with the command QCF+ P, but have different properties and followups depending on which button was pressed. note 
    • Bipson - Affectionate nickname for M. Bison (Dictator), created due to the magic that is Chris Hu's commentary on a match between Andre "Twisted Jago" Lambert and Daigo.
      • DA BEST BIPSON: Jago himself.
      • BISON PRESSURE: Anything involving something astounding from Bison's pressure game.
    • Many attacks received fan nicknames in Brazil, mostly caused by mishearing the actual attacks. This has also happened to a lesser extent in Malaysia.
      • Shoryuken: Roriugui (this one became a nickname for Shoryuken-like attacks in general). In Malaysia, it has the nonsensical name "Ah-boogen" in certain circles back in the early 90s before the anime and manga landed, largely because no one could properly understand what was being saidnote 
      • Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku: Ataque da Coruja (Owl Attack).
      • Sonic Boom: Alex Full. In Malaysia, it has the nickname Sabit-ku (lit. "My sickle!" or "My Crescent!". Sabit being the Malay word for sickle or crescent, which is what the Sonic Boom resembles. Ironically, no one ever questioned why Guile was speaking Malay).
      • Chou Zutsuki: Cuscuz (a type of food made of corn).
      • Spinning Bird Kick: Mini Táxi.
      • Tiger Uppercut: Tiger Robocop. Incidentally, the attack is also known as Tiger Robocop in Malaysia.
    • The Streetest Fighter - (Lethal) Joke Character Dan Hibiki, as a play on Stephen Colbert's "Great X or the greatest X?" Running Gagnote .
  • Super Mario Bros.
    • Luigi's different incarnations have gotten nicknames:
      • Weegee - Luigi. Derives from the dubious pronounciation of his name in Mario Is Missing!, a notoriously poor Mario-related educational game. Initially, the nickname referred to a bastardised version of the character as traced from his incredibly ugly sprite in the PC version, who was shopped into various images as a sort of stalker figure and spread through the internet, but eventually the nickname spread to the original Luigi as well as the fanmade Weegee. Origins are even older than that, going back to the Super Mario World comic from Nintendo Power (It's what Mario calls Luigi, EVERY TIME.) It is even recognized by Nintendo. Baby Mario calls Baby Luigi this in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Whenever Baby Luigi is knocked out and neither adult Luigi nor adult Mario are on the battlefield, Baby Mario will exclaim: "WOAH! WEEGEE!!". Luigi himself can be heard using this pronunciation clearly. Yes, the adult one (in different games).
      • Gay Luigi - Luigi in Hotel Mario due to a Memetic Mutation where most hear Mario say "Nice of the Princess to invite us over for a picnic, gay Luigi" instead of "-c, eh Luigi." Also, Gay Luigi has sometimes been used as the name for Luigi's pink outfit in the Super Smash Bros. series.
      • Mama Luigi - Luigi in the cartoon allegedly based on Super Mario World, thanks to the episode "Mama Luigi," which gave birth to many memes and YouTube Poops (then he got frowned upon in the latter for overuse).
      • Emo Luigi - Luigi in a scene in the SMW cartoon episode "Gopher Bash", where he assumes a Troubled Fetal Position and cries, "It's All My Fault!"
      • Green Mario - Luigi before his Divergent Character Evolution.
    • Fat Mario - Mario in Hotel Mario for the CD-i, named for his weight shifting in the cutscenes.
    • Rainbow Bowser for the final Bowser fight in Super Mario 64.
    • Marty for the green-tinted (due to the lighting) caged Thwomp in Bowser's Castle from Mario Kart 64.
    • Yvan & Wolley - The yellow and blue Toads from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. IGN asked to name the two Toads, and on June 03, 2009 02:44 PDT, IGN user britchesman88 came up with the names and explanations behind the naming, and IGN accepted them.
    • Rosalina has been affectionately referred to as “Rosie” by some fans.
    • Peach Gear Solid, or Metal Gear Peach - The sections in the original Paper Mario where you play as Peach and have to sneak around the castle to get to certain points without being seen.
    • Kaminario / Simario - For Mario's Drill Power-up in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
    • Charlie - Chargin' Chucks, by the rather eccentric Let's Player raocow. The jumping Chargin' Chucks are nicknamed Flippy Frog.
    • Constipation Monster - The Snifits in Super Mario Bros. 2 due to looking like they're forcing out a turd before they shoot.
    • Smasher - The large unnamed yellow things that come down in some castles instead of Thwomp.
    • Faceship - Starship Mario from Super Mario Galaxy 2, from one of Lubba's puns.
    • The giant Lakitu boss in Yoshi Star Galaxy in Galaxy 2 is often called Giga Lakitu, though the Prima guide names him King Lakitu. Also Fiery Gobblegut for the rematch with Gobblegut in Battle Belt, and Whimps for the miniature Whomps that assist the Whomp King in his battle in Throwback Galaxy (called Pattan in Japanese).
    • Bowser Bones and Skeletal Bowser - Dry Bowser.
    • Plit - The Mushroom World, the planet the games take place on.
    • Bricks - The blocks made of bricks are officially referred to as "blocks"note , but most players call them "bricks".
    • Super Mario Advance 4 (a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3) had 26 e-Reader levels that were never brought out of Japan due to the e-Reader itself being retired, so the fandom had to give them their own names for the sake of convinience. While the Nostalgia Levels had a naming scheme, the remaining levels had to be created from the ground up. In 2016 (more than a decade later), the game was rereleased on Wii U's Virtual Console service, and all of the e-Reader levels are included, including the ones that were only available in Japan, so the fandom finally got official names. The following levels and their nicknames are:
      • A Musical Trek — Magical Note Blocks 2 (named after one of the originally released levels).
      • Armored Airship — Airship's Challenge.
      • Ice Dungeon — Chill Cavern.
      • A Sky-High Adventure — Inner Maze.
      • Sea to Sky — Tropical Splash.
      • It's a Shoe-In — Spike Castle a Go-Go!
      • Slip Slidin' Away — Frappe Snowland (no relation to the Mario Kart 64 course).
      • Ice Cubed — Frozen Fortress.
      • Puzzling Pipe Maze — Pipe Labyrinth.
      • A Towering Tour — Spiral Tower.
      • Castle Dash — 60 Seconds.
      • Rich with Ropes — Rope Land.
      • Vexing Doors — Haunted Hall.
      • Caped Escape — Clear Skies.
      • Ground Work — Desert Oasis.
      • An Aqueous Adventure — Aqua Bars of Doom (named after one of the originally released levels called "Swinging Bars of Doom").
      • Bowser's Last Stand — Bowser's Castle Redux.
      • Koopaling Confusion — Hammer Bros. Ship.
      • Bowser's Airship 1 — Bowser's Airship Pt 1 (admittedly, not too different from the official name).
      • Bowser's Airship 2 — Bowser's Airship Pt 2 (again, not too different from the official name.)
      • No Time to Dawdle — Mad Dash.
      • Treacherous Halls — Spike Fortress.
  • Super Smash Bros.
    • Randall the Cloud - Affectionate nickname for the little smiling cloud that floats along the bottom of the Yoshi's Story stage in Melee.
    • Space Animals - A collective term for the characters Fox, Falco, and Wolf (and sometimes Captain Falcon as well).
      • Sometimes Space Furries, which, in addition to being more derogatory, conveniently has the same initials as the source series.
    • Seraphic Wing - Tabuu's attack in which he spreads his wings, sending out red waves that deal incredible damage and, on higher difficulties, are a One-Hit KO. The official name of the attack is "Off Waves"; the nickname comes from the Street Fighter III boss Gill, who has a One-Hit KO of that name that also involves spreading angelic wings (in his case it sends out a rainbow, hence its Taste the Rainbow nickname above).
      • Red Rings of Death - Another name for this bloody attack. Not to be confused with a certain other system-crashing ring (but might be named after that due to its Take That! potential).
    • Thanks, Sakurai - name used whenever something undesired happens (such as prat falling/tripping)
    • Big Gay Dance - King Dedede's Final Smash, officially Waddle Dee Army.
    • Great Pizza - Ike's Final Smash, officially Great Aether.
      • "I HATE YOU!" - Mishearing the Japanese version of this move.
    • "Hands off my bread!" - Another Mishearing. This time, of Falco's side taunt.
      • "Pizza cake."
    • Marshmallow Power - Lucario's Final Smash, officially Aura Storm. Lucario says "Watch the power of Aura"; players misheard this over the game's background music.
      • Kamehameha - Named because of how it's performed, and because Lucario in the anime is played by Sean Schemmel, Goku's voice actor (though not in Brawl).
    • ZA WARUDO - Luigi's Final Smash, officially Negative Zone. Inverts colors and possibly slows down the enemy.
    • The Guido Torpedo, Fist of the Don, Shoryuken - Luigi's side special and up special super moves. The former is for when he launches himself headfirst at the enemy (and will sometimes explode and take off like a bullet). The latter's nickname only applies when Luigi executes the move at point blank range, resulting in about 30-40% damage and rocketing the opponent straight up into the air.
    • Captain Fabulous - Captain Falcon when wearing his incredibly fabulous pink and white racing suit.
      • Alternatively, Pride Falcon.
      • Breast Cancer Awareness Falcon. He is aware of breast cancer. He wishes to examine all breasts, to determine health. Yes.
    • PK Shitstorm - Ness and Lucas' Final Smashes, officially PK Star Storm.
    • It's raining men - Pit's Final Smash in Brawl
      • Alternatively, it has been known as Jesus Powers, due to it being powerful if you're not a good dodger.
    • Goth Lucario - grey and black Lucario fur color.
    • Naruto/Ninja Pikachu - Pikachu with green headband.
    • HUPCHA/ the Butt Bump ("of doom" optional) - Peach's B+ side attack, officially the "Peach Bomber".
    • Maruigi/Luario - Mario in green clothing option/ Luigi in red clothing option.
    • Gothic - Sonic with those big black bands on his wrists.
    • KKKong for Donkey Kong's white fur color.
    • Old Manondorf - Ganondorf's white hair costume.
      • Alternatively, Sean Connery.
      • Also, Damon Gant. Now you can't unsee it.
      • He's also sometimes been called 'Grandpadorf.'
      • Or Ganondalf.
      • Others even refer to him as "Ganondork".
    • Though she has nothing to do with the anime series of similar name some folks refer to the white alt-color option of Princess Peach as Wedding Dress Peach.
      • Speaking of Peach, her special move officially named "Peach Bomber" has also been referred to by such names as "Flying Butt Smash", "Booty Buster", and in Melee's version, which has an explosion effect instead of Brawl's cloud-of-hearts effect, the "Royal Death Fart".
    • Longchu or Pikaman - Pikachu moveswapped to use Ganondorf's moves. His body is stretched out to match Ganondorf's stance. (Also works with Donkey Kong.)
    • [character name here]cide - Suicidal grab attacks that KO both the user and their victim.
      • Bowser, Ganondorf, and Dedede's suicide attacks (Koopa King, King of Evil, and "King" of Dreamland, respectively) are the Regicides.
    • The Forbidden Seven - The seven unfinished characters left in pieces in the game's data: Mewtwo, Dr. Mario, Roy, Toon Zelda, Toon Sheik (widely assumed to be Tetra), Dixie Kong, and "Pra and Mai" (assumed to be a Plusle and Minun tag-team duo).
    • The Evil Jigglypuff Empire. Born from how some people think that the Jigglypuff are up to something, and how devastating a good Jigglypuff player can be.
      • "Jiggs" for Jigglypuff in general.
      • "Gigalypuff" for Jigglypuff's Final Smash. Also called Bigglypuff.
    • Deliberate name misspellings are also fan terms, like Snoic (Sonic the Hedgehog), Noss (Ness), Chairzard (Charizard), and Meat Night (Meta Knight).
    • Dimensional Infinite Cape of the Knight - derogatory nickname for Meta Knight's Infinite Dimensional Cape trick, which involves abusing C-stick smashes to have Meta Knight's up-smash and Dimensional Cape simultaneously and endlessly which has been banned from Tournament Play.
      • Meta Knight's Final Smash is often referred to as "The Rape Cape."
      • Centripedal-Man for Meta Knight himself, many of his attacks, including all his special moves, involve spinning.
    • Halt, evildoer, lest you feel the awesome might of the KNEE OF JUSTICE!!!! (Cpt. Falcon's farcically powerful aerial side-smash.)
    • Ganondorf's Elbow of Injustice, another name for his powerful side smash.
      • And his neutral standard move, the Bitch Slap, especially given how it looks in Melee.
    • Hot Topic-Ness - Ness in his shocking pink cap and black Mr. Saturn shirt.
    • AIDS Blade - Kirby's up special. Seriously, listen to it.
    • Goth (Fallen Angel) Pit = Pit in his black outfit. Also called Pittoo.
    • Nazi = Lucas (given his Aryan appearance)
    • Puff Punch = Jigglypuff's Pound move. Been in the community ever since the first Super Smash Bros game, in fact.
    • Lysol Strike - Link's down aerial attack. Because when one does this, it kills everything, "even the bacteria on the ground".
    • Spamalot for Hyrule Temple. It looks like a castle and you can spam. A lot.
      • The Fight Club for the lower part of Melee Hyrule Castle, so called because the ceilings and walls prevent many would-be KOs, allowing characters' damage counts to get unusually high before anyone gets a KO. Has also been used to refer to similar parts of other stages, such as the lower section of Spear Pillar in Brawl.
    • Mr. Gaymanwatch = Mr. Game And Watch
    • Zero Skill Spamus, named after a tendency for Zero Suit Samus players on For Glory to overuse their neutral B.
    • The Turnip Alchemist for Peach. She can pull turnips (along with random Bob-ombs, light swords, etc) from the ground. Anywhere. On a spaceship, a pirate ship, and even in Pictochat, with seemingly no consequences or marks on the ground. She obviously has a Philosopher's Stone.
    • Super Sayian Sonic - Sonic's Final Smash with Brawl.
    • Louie G - Luigi (based on the announcer's pronunciation of his name in Brawl)
    • Mennonite - Meta Knight (see Louie G)
    • Fuckin' Paunch - Falcon Punch
    • Giant Satanic Bowser - Giga Bowser
    • Delicious Bacon - Ganondorf's Final Smash
    • Booby Beam - Samus' Zero Laser
    • Red - Pokemon Trainernote 
    • LOLimar/Nolimar/Solimar - Olimar played with the handicap of not using Pikmin.
    • Omar - Olimar's alternate color that gives him darker skin.
    • British Cloud for Shulk. Both of them are blond-haired protagonists that hail from highly-claimed JRPGs. Also, due to the relation Xenoblade has to Xenogears (as well as Xenosaga), this nickname is also used to show how Shulk is the closest the Super Smash Bros. series has ever had to a playable non-DLC Square Enix character.
    • Sick Mode - an affectionate/derogatory (depending on how you feel of it) term for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's "Classic Mode". Derived from DaThings's YouTube Poop "Soup or Smash Bros." video.
  • Supreme Commander's overly verbose unit names are ripe for nicknames. Here's just a few:
    • "Flying Donut" or simply "The Donut" — The Aeon's Czar Flying Fortress.
    • On the same coin, their Galactic Colossus has been called many things. "Iron Man", "Godzilla", even "the Gundam" once.
    • Cybran's Soul Ripper is constantly made fun of due to its sheer size and complete apparent lack of aerodynamics. The most common nickname seems to be the "flying frog".
    • Similarly, the Monkeylord is usually called the "Spider" or "Scorpion"
    • UEF's experimental construction platform's official title "Fatboy" has lended to some players to go there: "fatass!"
    • T3 artillery are usually dubbed "Mini-Maves" after the UEF's gamebreakingly long-ranged Mavor experimental artillery.
    • T1 bombers can be built practically right off the bat, very quickly, and are extremely fast, earning them a leading role in an age-old strategy, thus they are sometimes called the "flying Zerglings".
    • Members of the official forums who were there from the beginning may have trouble recognising the Black Sun device by any name but "Solar Bean." Also expect tales of "Cyberg Spiders."
    • Similarly, the UEF ACU missile launcher was so widely known as "Billy" that the name ended up officially used in Forged Alliance.
    • "Ghetto Gunship" — An air transport loaded with light assault bots (which can shoot out of a transport), used as an improvised gunship early in the game.
  • Superman (or The New Superman Aventures) for the Nintendo 64 is often called "Superman 64", probably to distinguish it from other games with the same title and because of the pratice of Nintendo 64 games to have 64 in the title. The TV Tropes page is even named with the nickname. Note that it is unlikely that this game has enough legitimate fans.

Previous

Index

Next

  • Show Spoilers
  • Night Vision
  • Sticky Header
  • Wide Load

Important Links

Ask The Tropers Trope Finder Media Finder Trope Launch Pad Tech Wishlist Reviews Go Ad Free!
Crucial Browsing
Resources
Top