History Main / EmbarrassingNickname

* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'':
** Connor is frequently mocked by being called "Conar", much to his irritation.
** Schlatt is on the recieving end of this from [=AntVenom=].
---> '''Ant:''' All I'm saying is I'm not the one named "Gay Slut".

* In his ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' LetsPlay, LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} reveals that his mother used to call him Mimikins when he was around three when Mimi says you can call her by that name. Went back to bite him at the end of the LP.

* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': When CPrincess atine enters the Adalus Base for the first time, she's surprised to see that Kento has a female companion with him, Sanae Shiratori. Threatened by the prospect of Kento loving someone else, she asks if Sanae is his "servant girl", making her angry. When Kento says that she isn't, Catine snidely remarks that she would have thought Sanae was his servant girl anyway because of how poor she looks.

** When introduced, the vampire Spike was said to have been known as "William the Bloody", which seems to be one of those NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. A few seasons later, we learn that it was given to him when he was an effete, meek, mama's boy due to his "bloody awful" poetry.

* In ''Literature/DontCallMeIshmael'', bullies transform the protagonist's name from 'Ishmael Leseur' into 'Stalepiss Manure'.

* ''VideoGame/TwoDark'' has Doggy Doug.

* Razputin claims in the first ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' that everyone calls him by the name Raz. In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts 2}}'', you learn that this is a big fat lie and that everyone in his family instead calls him either Pootie or Pooter. Raz is mortified when his family shows up at his workplace for this very reason.

[[caption-width-right:300:But they still had to use that as the comic book\\
title, didn't they?]]

* ''Literature/TheRifter'': John has been transported from Earth to the world of Basawar. In the Basawar language, John sounds rather like Jahn, which is a word for an animal with a tawny coat, a name for a pet; John is blond, and when he says his name, people take it to be a contemptuous nickname; he is repeatedly sneered at for that. John is willing to put up with it because of his habit of extreme self-effacement. [[spoiler:Eventually, after John becomes part of a Fai’daum fighting unit, the commander insists that he has to have a more dignified name, and settles on Jath’ibaye. It's a symbol of how much more humanely the Fai'daum behave than most of the rest of society.]]

** In the Literature/BlandingsCastle novel ''Heavy Weather'', Lord Tilbury is annoyed when Galahad Threepwood, who knew him in his youth, calls him on his old nickname, "Stinker".

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

** In another episode, Castle jokingly answers the phone by saying, "No-Hassle Castle." We only hear his side of the conversation, but apparently Beckett threatens to start calling him that.

It might be a nickname with a horribly embarrassing story behind it or something family members or lovers use only when they're alone (in which case it overlaps with AffectionateNickname). It will often reference a character's appearance or lack of ability in one area or another; sexual prowess (or endowment) is a common one. Because it is embarrassing it may be a BerserkButton for its recipient.

It may be a nickname with a horribly embarrassing story behind it or something family members or lovers use only when they're alone (in which case it overlaps with AffectionateNickname). It will often reference a character's appearance or lack of ability in one area or another. Sexual prowess (or endowment) is a common one. Because it is embarrassing it can be a BerserkButton.

It may be a nickname with a horribly embarrassing story behind it or something family members or lovers use only when they're alone (in which case it overlaps with AffectionateNickname). It often describes a character's appearance or lack of ability in one area or another. Sexual prowess (or endowment) is a common one. Because it is embarrassing it can be a BerserkButton.

[[caption-width-right:300:But they still had to use that as the comic book title, didn't they?]]

This is not always a comedy trope; the backstory behind the nickname can also apply to a harrowing event from the character's past like a [[MyGreatestFailure tragic mistake they made]] --they simply need to be ashamed of the nickname they are now burdened with.

* In ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'' Prince Rabadash was transformed into a donkey, then regained his human form, but was told if he went ten miles from the capital he would be transformed permanently, and was thus constrained from going to war against his neighbors. As a result. "to his face and in his lifetime he was called Rabadash the Peacemaher, but behind his back and after his death he was called Rabadash the Ridiculous."

* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet''

* Sir Lancelot Spratt from the ''Film/DoctorSeries'' was called "Porker" during his childhood:
-->'''Iris''': What would you like me to call you? Just plain "Lancelot" or have you got some sort of a nickname?
-->'''Sir Lancelot''': Well as a matter of fact I have, but it hasn't been used since I was at school.
-->'''Iris''': May I share the secret?
-->'''Sir Lancelot''': Well, it's... "Porker".
-->'''Iris''': Yes, well, little boys can be very unkind. ({{Beat}}) And observant, too.

* In addition to "''Series/{{Bones}}''", Dr. Temperance Brennan has also been addressed as "[[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily Morticia]]", mostly by her former classmates.

** Anne gave herself the name Chantarelle to sound more mysterious. She later gets extremely embarrassed after discovering that "Chantarelle" is a type of fungus. [[note]] All be it a very tasty (and good for you!) one [[/note]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRevengeOfTheIsland'', Jo christens teammate Brick with an entire LIST (all of which eluding to his unfortunately weak bladder):