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  • ALTER EGO (2018): The Façade is the name Es uses to refer to Ego Rex. While never outright stated, the reason is probably because Es sees Ego Rex's rule-abiding stance as just a great farce.
  • Animal Crossing: Your neighbors will sometimes come up with nicknames for you. Some of them are independent and pre-programmed (such as "buddy" or "sparky"), but some of them are based on your name. (So if your name was "Andy," they might give you nicknames like "A-Dawg" and "A-Boss.")
  • Gunvolt from Azure Striker Gunvolt is almost universally referred to by his friends and associates as "GV". Even some of his enemies get in on it, though they're often using it in a mocking way.
  • Every character in the Backyard Sports series has their own nickname.
  • In Bear & Breakfast, Anni calls Margaret "Mrs. M", Beanie calls Oliver "Olly", while Wade calls his boss Anton "Mister A".
  • Each of the three main characters in Beyond Good & Evil has a canon nickname. Jade's is "Shauni," after her IRIS callsign. Double H's is "Hub," which the people of IRIS call him and may or may not be his real name. Pey'j's, which he gets only late-game, is "Chief," because he is.
  • BlazBlue:
    • Taokaka is quite The Nicknamer. Her repertoire contains "Boobie Lady,"note  "Lacking Lady,"note "Green Guy,"note "Ice Man,"note "Creepy Guy"note  and so on.
    • Ragna gets called "Raggy" and "Rags" by Hazama, "Good Guy" by Taokaka, "The Dark One" by Hakumen & "Man of the Azure" by Relius Clover.
    • Ragna usually refers to Rachel as "Rabbit". He sometimes uses "Bunny-leach" when he's particularly annoyed with her. He also reffers to Bullet as "Butt Floss"
  • Brutal Orchestra: The description for the trading card reveals that Bosch was the one who gave Trigger Fingers his nickname, and it is not flattering.
  • In the North American version of Chrono Cross, certain children from your village will add a "Y" to whatever you choose to name yourself. This worked fine for most names, but created a rather odd looking/sounding name if what you put in ends with an O or a Y, resulting in names like "Marcoy" or "Tonyy."
  • Civilization VI: The Civilopedia notes that the Humongous Mecha unit is properly called the Gunnery Deployment Rig, but everyone, including the game itself, calls it the Giant Death Robot.
  • When first meeting Zoya in "Episode 1: Threading" of Code 7, you don't get the option to tell her your name is Alex. Oddly enough, she never asks about it, either. Instead, she just decides to call you Bluescreen, since that's what she first sees when she notices you.
  • In Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly, Officer Jorji doesn't mind being called "Pops" by Lucas, while the latter calls Rachel "Rach".
  • In Devil Survivor, Yuzu and Atsuro do this to each other. He calls her "Yoohoo" to needle her and when she gets mad at him she calls him "Otakuro" to make fun of his otaku tendencies. Furthermore, you can chose a nickname for your protagonist, which will be used by Yuzu and Atsuro (other characters will use his real name, which you also chose).
  • Disgaea:
    • Vyers is almost exclusively referred to by his Laharl-provided moniker, Mid-Boss, by characters, fans, and the game itself — as soon as Laharl declares "Your new name is Mid-Boss," that's what appears as the header for his text boxes whenever he speaks.
    • Fuka in Disgaea 4 at some point begins to call Valvatorez and Fenrich "Valzy" and "Fenfen." While Valvatorez is indifferent, Fenrich hates his new moniker. Similarly, Vulcanus calls Valvatorez "Mr. Weirdo."
  • Doom: The Demon was nicknamed "Pinky", due to it's pink coloration. In Doom (2016), "Pinky" was established as an official nickname, as the creature is unnamed within Hell.
  • Dragon Age II:
    • Varric nicknames everyone but Hawke and Aveline. Anders is "Blondie," Merrill is "Daisy," Isabela is "Rivaini," Bethany is "Sunshine," and so on.
    • In the DLC Mark of the Assassin, Hawke finally asks Varric for a nickname and gets a different one depending on personality: "Waffles" for a Paragon Hawke (who is puzzled by it), "Killer" for a Ruthless Hawke (who is not amused), and "Chuckles" for Snarky Hawke (who likes it). He also dubs DLC guest star Tallis "Shivs."
    • He does it again in Dragon Age: Inquisition, giving nicknames to everyone in the inner circle except the Inquisitor. Cullen is "Curly," Dorian is "Sparkler," Josephine is "Ruffles," Iron Bull is "Tiny," and so forth.
  • Dragon Quest:
    • Dragon Quest V: In the DS version's party chat, the Hero tends to have different nicknames based on your bride of choice or other characters in the game. Debora often calls him things along the lines of "Servant", Flora/Nera almost always calls him "Darling" (DS version) or "Sweetie" (PS2 version) and Tuppence usually just calls him variants on "Your Majesty".
    • Yangus constantly refers to the main character of Dragon Quest VIII as "Guv". Even Jessica called him by that name once when they were imprisoned.
  • The Elder Scrolls:
    • The Breton race is sometimes called "Manmer" due to their Man and Mer (Elf) mixed ancestry.
    • The Orcs are frequently derogatorily referred to as "pig men" or "pig children." Other than some of their facial features (including flat noses and sometimes tusks), they have no relation to pigs and are actually a sub-species of Mer.
    • The Nords are sometimes referred to derogatorily as "snow men" or "sons of snow," after their Grim Up North homeland of Skyrim.
    • Members of the Senche and Senche-raht Khajiit sub-species are referred to as "battlecats," as they are quadrupeds the size of large tigers who allow their kinsmen to use them as steeds in times of war.
    • The Argonians are on both the receiving and giving ends of this. The Argonians get several of these from the other races, most of them derogatory, such as Lizard Men and just plain "Lizards." The word "filthy" often precedes them. The Argonians themselves often refer to the other races as "landstriders" (more politely) or "prey" (in a more negative sense).
  • Extremely common in Ensemble Stars! due to having several nicknamers in the cast, to the point that the Wiki's character pages include appellation charts.
  • In the English dub of Final Fantasy X, Rikku was fond of calling Yuna "Yunie."
  • Fire Emblem:
    • In Fire Emblem Fates, Xander often refers to Corrin as "little prince/little princess" with shades of Affectionate Nickname. However, in Birthright, it can go into Terms of Endangerment as Xander will still call Corrin that despite being very angry with them for siding with Hoshido.
    • In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Byleth's students will call him/her "professor", as their name is customizable and of course, because they are their teacher. Claude however will call them "Teach" and Byleth's father Jeralt will call them "Kid". They're known as the "Ashen Demon" by those who fear Jeralt's mercenaries, due to their dark hair, lack of any sort of emotions, and extreme prowess in cutting down enemies.
  • In the Galaxy Angel gameverse, Milfeulle Sakuraba is mostly referred to as "Milfie" by her friends. It serves as part of her Establishing Character Moment; when Tact wants to be on a First-Name Basis with her and the rest of the Angels, she immediately allows him to call her Milfie if he wants to. Her younger sister Apricot in the Galaxy Angel II trilogy also counts, as she's mostly called "Rico" by the other characters.
  • In Ghost Of A Tail the castle the game takes place in was once called Duinlan's Heights after a hero buried there, however as the castle started falling into disrepair the locals started calling it Dwindling Heights.
  • In Grand Theft Auto V, several characters refer to Michael and Trevor as "Mikey" and "T," respectively. (As for Michael and Trevor themselves, they use each other's nicknames about as often as they use each other's real names, reflecting their simultaneously close and strained relationship throughout the game.)
  • In Guilty Gear Raven prefers to call Sol Badguy by his Red Baron "The Flame of Corruption" instead of his actual nickname.
  • Halo:
  • In the Harvest Moon games, you get a nickname from your spouse once you get married. Some games will offer up their own suggestions ("Honey," "Sweetie," "Darling"), but you can also come up with your own in a Hello, [Insert Name Here] fashion.
  • The Legend of Zelda:
    • In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Link is given all sorts of nicknames to get around the whole custom name business and simplify programming: Fairy Boy, Hero Boy, Mr. Hero, and so on.
    • In Majora's Mask, Romani takes to calling Link "Grasshopper", since he apparently patters about when he walks and wears green.
      Link? That's a nice name, but... How about... Grasshopper? That's the name Romani gives you.
    • In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Daruk almost always refers to Link as "Little Guy."
  • Dr. Herbert Higginbotham from LittleBigPlanet 2 is also known as "Halitosis Herbert".
  • Mario and Luigi get "Red Stache and Green Stache" in Mario & Luigi RPG series, especially in Mario And Luigi Super Star Saga which takes place in a neighboring kingdom and not everybody is as acquainted with the two.
  • In Mass Effect 3, James Vega nicknames most of the crew. He refers to Shepard as "Loco" (male) or "Lola" (female).
  • In MechWarrior Living Legends, a number of the game's Humongous Mecha have given nicknames in addition to variant designations, a few of which are mentioned by the Solaris Arena announcer, Duncan Fisher. For example, the Bushwacker B-variant with its twin rotary autocannons is named "Warthog" after the A-10 Thunderbolt's more common "Warthog" nickname.
  • Subverted by Otacon and Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games. Most everyone uses those names for them, as they are their official code names. The depth of their friendship is shown in the fact that they sometimes refer to each other by their real names — Hal and Dave, respectively.
  • In Metroid: Other M, the small bird creature is called "Little Birdy" by the scientists aboard the Bottle Ship, while Samus is called "Lady" by Adam, and "Princess" by Anthony.
  • In Mighty No. 9, Beck's brothers and sisters are named Pyrogen, Cryosphere, Dynatron, Seismic, Battalion, Aviator, Brandish, and Countershade. According to the official development blog, all eight of them have nicknames as well — Pyro, Cryo, Dyna, Mic, Bat, Avi, Brand, and Shade.
  • In Mortal Kombat 9, Nightwolf (one of the few spiritually aware Earthrealm dwellers; he's apparently communed with thunder god Raiden a few times in the past) occasionally refers to Raiden as Haokah, the spirit of thunder and lightning in Lakota mythology.
  • Neptunia:
    • Vert/Green Heart earns the nickname "Thunder Tits" from Blanc/White Heart in the first game's intro sequence.
    • The main heroine, Neptune/Purple Heart, is called "Nep-Nep" by Compa, "Nep" by IF, "Neppy" by Plutia, "Neptuna" by Peashy, and "Nepsy" by Uzume.
    • IF is called "Iffy" by Neptune, Compa and Vert.
    • Nepgear is called "Ge-Ge" by Compa, "Gear" by IF, "Nep Jr." by Neptune, "Neppy Jr." by Plutia, and "Gearsy" by Uzume.
    • Plutia is called "Plutie" by Neptune, "Ploot" by Peashy, and "Plu-Plu" by Compa. Neptune also calls Iris Heart "Sadie (Sadist + Plutie)".
    • Peashy is called "P-ko" by Neptune, and "Pea-Pea" by Compa.
  • In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario earns the name "The Great Gonzales" as his fighting name in the Glitz Pit. Even after he stops being a Glitz Pit fighter, his Yoshi partner continues to call him "Gonzales." Then again, he was quite literally hatched in the pit, as he points out when saying goodbye to Mario in the ending.
  • While being called sempai is easily an honorific for the Persona 4 main character, he is called 'Sensei' by Teddie simply for his coolness factor. His Lancer Yosuke calls him "Partner". He's a Heroic Mime who the player gets to name, so the voice-over gives him a lot of nicknames: senpai, 'Sensei', Partner, Ni-san (Big-Bro in the dub), Chief, Boss, etc.
  • In-game trades in the Pokémon games will always have said traded Pokemon already have a nickname. For example, in Pokémon Yellow, you can trade your Cubone for a Machoke Machamp named "Ricky".
    • In PokéPark Wii, the main character is a technically nameless Pikachu, but the Pokemon of the Lava Zone nickname him Lightning Strike.
    • You get to choose your character's nickname in Pokémon X and Y. There are default choices or you can choose your own. The default ones involve the first letter of your name, like 'Lady *latter* or 'Little' *letter* or 'Queen' *letter* for a female or 'Lil' *letter* or 'Big' *letter* or '*letter*-meister' for a male.
  • In Poker Night at the Inventory and Poker Night 2:
    • Strong Bad: Heavy calls him "Tiny Heavy".
    • Heavy Weapons Guy: Max calls him "Mr. Weapons," while Strong Bad calls him "Heavym'n".
    • Max: Strong Bad calls him "Bunnym'n".
    • Tycho: Strong Bad calls him "Dork" or "Nerd Rancher".
    • The Player: In the sequel, GLaDOS calls them "Our Silent Friend".
    • Claptrap: GLaDOS calls him "The Little Robot" or "Mr. Funnychips".
    • Sam: Ash likes to nickname him after other different famous dogs, like Clifford. He also calls him "Chief".
  • Professor Layton has minor nicknames for the two kids in his life. His apprentice, Luke, is often "my boy," while his adopted daughter Flora is the only person he ever addresses as "dear."
  • Puyo Puyo:
    • Carbuncle is often called "Kaa-kun"/"Carby" by Arle, and "Carbuncle-chan"/"Carbunny" by Dark Prince.
    • Lidelle calls Amitie "Ami-san". Similarly, in English, Sig calls her "Ami".
  • Uriel Chuluun and Kira Thanos are the primary source of this (among other things) in Rift. First, Uriel calls Kira "Kay Tee" (much to her dismay). Kira snarkily calls Uriel "Princess" (which is technically true) in response (much to her delight). And the tie-in story "Drowning in Snow" has Kira referring to the Mighty Leap ability (a racial trait attributable to being part air elemental) as "Bahmi Bounce."
  • Pretty much all the Sun On Yee leaders in Sleeping Dogs (2012). "Big Smile" Lee, "Two Chin" Tsao, "Broken Nose" Jiang, "Dogeyes" Lin, "Pockmark" Cheuk, "Uncle" Po.... Outside the Sun On Yee, there's the Big Bad of the Nightmare At North Point DLC, known as "Smiley Cat" (much to his chagrin, as he'd much rather be known as "Big Scar" Wu), the aging freelance hitman Old Salty Crab, street racers Ace and Hotshot, the two drugs wholesalers "Four Finger" Wu and "Popstar", the all-round slimeballs "Ponytail" and "Johnny Ratface" and the owner of Ping's PC, who only gives her name as "Not Ping".
  • Sonic The Hedgehog:
    • Dr. Ivo Robotnik is usually known by his nickname (and, in Japan, original name) Dr. Eggman nowadays.
    • Rouge calls Sonic "Big Blue" in Sonic Chronicles and Sonic Generations.
  • Super Robot Wars:
  • Norma from Tales of Legendia assigns a nickname to every other member of the party — usually a silly diminution of their given names. Norma herself was dubbed "Bubbles" by Moses.
  • In Team Fortress 2:
    • Engineer = Engie, "Hardhat"
    • Demoman = Demo
    • Medic = Doc, Doktor
    • The mercenaries as a whole = "The Teufort Nine"
  • In Tribes, the Spinfusor, a gun that shoots what are essentially exploding blue Frisbees, is nicknamed the Stormhammer in the second game's manual.
  • Lord Alden from Vanguard Bandits has earned the nickname Ice Wolf for his powerful ice-based ATAC, ruling over the coldest land on the continent and cool demeanor in combat.
  • Clementine from The Walking Dead is often referred to as "Clem" by her friends and allies.
  • The World Ends with You is brimming with these. Nearly every hero has at least three, and the villains average about four each:
    • Neku gets called "'phones" because of his headphones (and what they imply), along with Blue, Black & Blue, Bruise, Nekky, and Orangeylocks.
    • Shiki gets Stalker and Green.
    • Beat's family name is Bito, making "Beat" a nickname in and of itself. He's also referred to as Skulls, Freshmeat, Rottenmeat, Yellow, Skater-Brain, and Deliquent Reaper.
    • Rhyme's given name is Raimu, so ditto. She's also Skulls Jr. and Black.
    • Joshua wins for sheer number of nicknames: Joshua (in place of his given name, Yoshiya), Josh, Josh Josh, Petit Prince, Pretty Boy, Prissy Kid, Pink, Rainbow, and Giggles.
    • Kariya and Uzuki are called "lollipop" and "pinky" respectively by Beat.
    • Many castmembers (and players) call Hanekoma "Mr. H".
    • Kitaniji gets called "shades".
    • Minamimoto gets Tabooty, The Grim Heaper, Pi-Face, Dr. Pin, and Junior.
    • Yodai has Ram-crotch, Steroids, Higgy, and Big Guy.
    • Konishi's are Iron Maiden, Ironface, Her Iron Frostiness, and Mrs. K.
    • The color-coded nicknames are based on the This Is Your Premise on Drugs bonus chapter, Another Day. Shiki is Green (for obvious reasons), Beat is Yellow, Joshua is Pink (for even more obvious reasons), etc.
    • The equipment that is based off what each character wears tends to bear their nicknames, such as "Big Guy's Belt".
  • Yes, Your Grace: All three of Eryk's daughters have one:
    • Lulie for Lorsulia, who doesn't like it much, but admits she's going to miss it after she moves way from home.
    • As for Asalia.
    • The player can choose between three to give to Cedani, but the one she likes the best is "Pumpkin".

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