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* [[{{Charmed}} Phoebe Halliwell's]] old nickname in high school? [[ReallyGetsAround Freebie]].

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* Doug Berman, the producer of ''CarTalk'', has many. And Ray lists most or all of them during the credits of the show:
-->'''Ray:''' Our esteemed producer is Doug "The Subway Fugitive" "Not-a-Slave-to-Fashion" "Bongo Boy" "Frog-Man" "Punkin Lips" "Cute-Cute-Cute" Berman.

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* Bank robber George Nelson hated to be called "Baby Face." Bit of a BerserkButton, actually. He tried to get people to call him "Big George" Nelson, but, seeing as how he was [[TheNapoleon only 5'4"]], that never really caught on.
* [[EmperorCaligula Caligula]] was the childhood nickname of Roman emperor Gaius Caesar, which he reportedly disliked.
** Well, how would YOU like to be called "little sandal" by your legates?
* People with Italian last names that begin or end with "cucci" can end up being called that by people who aren't familiar with the slang term it sounds like. Embarrassing indeed.
** Along the same vein, Yonah and Yonatan are common Jewish names (the Hebrew versions of Jonah and Jonathan respectively). Boys with these names often end up with the nickname Yoni.
* Military pilot callsigns are usually this--either based on an [[NoodleIncident embarrassing incident for the pilot]] or [[IncrediblyLamePun a pun on their name]]. If a nickname ''sounds'' great at first, there's usually a story behind it that will make the pilot blush. The more heroic or impressive callsigns people think of when they think of fighter pilots are reserved for people who have earned their fellows' respect.

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* In ''TenshiNiNarumon'' Mikael totally hates when people misspell his name calling him 'Kaeru-san' (Mr Frog) and he always try to collect them. [[spoiler: His teacher, Raphael on the other, doesn't seem to mind at all being called 'Haeru-san' (Mr Growing Out)]]

* In ''ANewHope'', Luke is called Wormy by his friends on Tatooine. You can see why he dropped it later.

* Dawn in ''{{Pokemon}}'' hates to be called "Dee Dee", a reference to an unfortunate childhood incident with a Plusle & Minun. Once we find this out, [[TheRival Kenny]] looks less playful and more [[KidsAreCruel cruel]], both by the fact that he hung the EmbarrassingNickname on her in the first place, and that he keeps using it.

* in {{RatchetandClank}}: Up Your Arsenal, a smitten Courtney Gears gives Dr. Nefarious (yes, the one and only) the nickname of "Snookie Wookums." No, I'm not joking. Yes, he hates it.

* On the SoBadItsHorrible Nickelodeon show of old, ''Cousin Skeeter'', it was revealed that Skeeter's horrifically embarrassing elementary school nickname was "Sugar Booger." OrSoIHeard.

--->--'''Patrick [=McManus=]''', ''The Last Flight of Homer Pidgin''

* Allen Walker in ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]'' is, if you ask [[JerkAss Kanda]], named "Moyashi." ("Bean-sprout," in English) He does not appreciate this, and the nickname is one of the reasons Kanda is one of the only people in existence Allen can't [[TheMessiah get along with]].
* Toshiro Hitsugaya from ''{{Bleach}}'' got saddled with 'shiro-chan' ('Little Whitey' or 'Little Snowy') by his childhood friend Momo, a reference to his white hair (and later, his ice-based powers).