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* Some notoriously bad fanfics undergo TheScottishTrope, e.g. "FanFic/{{Celebrian}}" being known in some circles as "C*l*br**n".
** Similarly, the ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum usually refer to "Fanfic/OfWarlordsAndPleasures" as "That Series."

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* Some notoriously bad fanfics undergo TheScottishTrope, e.g. "FanFic/{{Celebrian}}" ''Celebrian'' being known in some circles as "C*l*br**n".
** Similarly, the ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum usually refer to "Fanfic/OfWarlordsAndPleasures" ''Of Warlords And Pleasures'' as "That Series.""
** Blog/ToplessRobot coined the nickname "The Pokemon Story" for ''Rectified Anonymity.''



* "[[DoraTheExplorer Madora The Explorer]]" is one nickname given to Madara in Fanfic/NarutoVeanganceRevelaitons, based on one misspelling of his name. "Madorka" is another.

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* "[[DoraTheExplorer Madora The Explorer]]" is one nickname given to Madara in Fanfic/NarutoVeanganceRevelaitons, ''Naruto Veangance Revelaitons,'' based on one misspelling of his name. "Madorka" is another.
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* Detractors of ''WebVideo/SteamTrain'' like to call it "Trainwreck".
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*** Is [[MarvelComics Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner]] aware of this acronym?
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*** Nope. He delivered his speeches like a hurried translator doing the dub for an anime. Then the Quail in the hand (#2 in the Bush camp), one J. Danford Quayle, took it to ''"Zerowing"'' levels...
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** Former (as she was arrested) leader of the Mexican Teacher Union Elba Esther Gordillo: [[ChildsPlay Chuckie]], because the uncanny look to that character. Also, ''La Maestra'' (The Teacher), due to her job.

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** Former (as she was arrested) leader of the Mexican Teacher Union Elba Esther Gordillo: [[ChildsPlay Chuckie]], Chucky]], because the uncanny look to that character. Also, ''La Maestra'' (The Teacher), due to her job.
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** {{Creator/NBC}} is often called "The Peacock Network" because of its famous logo.
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** Former PRD presidential candidate and senator Cuauhtemoc Cardenas: ''El Cuatemochas'', a playword of the phonetics of his name.
** Former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo: ''El Volkswagen'' ([[TheAllegedCar The Volkswagen]]), because it was said any idiot can control him.
** Former (as she was arrested) leader of the Mexican Teacher Union Elba Esther Gordillo: [[ChildsPlay Chuckie]], because the uncanny look to that character. Also, ''La Maestra'' (The Teacher), due to her job.

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*** In Mexico, he's nicknamed as ''Vil Griton'' (Vile/Evil Yeller), a playword of the Spanish phonetics of his name. Also, ''Bill Clitoris'' for the same reasons like in the U.S.



** Other nicknames he have: ''Copeton'' (Translated as "Wiggy" due of his haircut) and ''Presidente de Telenovela'' (Soap Opera President)

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** *** Other nicknames he have: ''Copeton'' (Translated as "Wiggy" due of his haircut) and ''Presidente de Telenovela'' (Soap Opera President)President)
** Mexican senator and former actress Irma Serrano is nicknamed as ''La Tigresa'' (The Tigress), due to her fiery personality.
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* While the emcee character in ''{{Mystere}}'' has the name Moha-Samedi, he's often referred to as "The Man in Pink" due to his brightly-colored suit.

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* While the emcee character in ''{{Mystere}}'' ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'' has the name Moha-Samedi, he's often referred to as "The Man in Pink" due to his brightly-colored suit.
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* "Aunty" is the nickname of both Creator/TheBBC in the UK and Creator/TheABC in Australia, the latter in imitation of the former.
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** Phoenix' yet unnamed new protégé(?) in AceAttorney5 has already gathered names ''Branchhair, Yellow Girl'' and ''Artemis'' for those who either support the theory that she is related to [[ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo]] [[spoiler: and the Gramayres]] or took special notice of her archery glove and moon-shaped earring. (The moon and archery are both attributes of the goddess Artemis)

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** Phoenix' yet unnamed new protégé(?) in AceAttorney5 Athena Cykes from ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' has already gathered names such as ''Branchhair, Yellow Girl'' and ''Artemis'' for those who either support the theory that she is related to [[ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo]] [[spoiler: and {{Apollo|JusticeAceAttorney}} [[spoiler:and the Gramayres]] Gramaryes]] or took special notice of her archery glove and moon-shaped earring. (The moon and archery are both attributes of the goddess Artemis)
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* The now-almost defunct Mexican airline Aerocalifornia was named ''AeroTambo" (Tambo is a Mexican slang for someone who is going to fall, and also means barrel or jail) due to their awful service.

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* The now-almost defunct Mexican airline Aerocalifornia was named ''AeroTambo" ''Aerotambo" (Tambo is a Mexican slang for someone who is going to fall, and also means barrel or jail) due to their awful service.
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* The now-almost defunct Mexican airline Aerocalifornia was named ''AeroTambo" (Tambo is a Mexican slang for someone who is going to fall, and also means barrel or jail) due to their awful service.

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* {{Main/TBS}} was nicknamed "The Beastmaster Station" in the 1990s due to its frequent showings of ''TheBeastmaster''.
* {{HBO}} was nicknamed "Hey, Beastmaster's On!" for reasons stated above.
* When Creator/CartoonNetwork underwent its infamous NetworkDecay of live-action shows in 2009-11, many naysayers called it "The Live-Action Network" or simply "The Network".
* {{Creator/ABC}} is sometimes called "The Alphabet Network" because..well, guess.
* {{Creator/CBS}} was called the "network for the living dead" in the 1980s due to its programs gearing more towards older audiences.
** Likewise, it was called "the Tiffany network" in the 1990s due to aiming toward younger audiences.
** The network was nicknamed "Can't Broadcast Sports" when it lost the broadcasting rights to the NFL in 1994.
* FoxNewsChannel: "Faux News: False and Biased" because of the network's very right-wing slant despite their own claims of being "fair and balanced."

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{{Main/TBS}} was nicknamed "The Beastmaster Station" in the 1990s due to its frequent showings of ''TheBeastmaster''.
* ** {{HBO}} was nicknamed "Hey, Beastmaster's On!" for reasons stated above.
* ** When Creator/CartoonNetwork underwent its infamous NetworkDecay of live-action shows in 2009-11, many naysayers called it "The Live-Action Network" or simply "The Network".
* ** {{Creator/ABC}} is sometimes called "The Alphabet Network" because..well, guess.
* ** {{Creator/CBS}} was called the "network for the living dead" in the 1980s due to its programs gearing more towards older audiences.
** *** Likewise, it was called "the Tiffany network" in the 1990s due to aiming toward younger audiences.
** *** The network was nicknamed "Can't Broadcast Sports" when it lost the broadcasting rights to the NFL in 1994.
* ** FoxNewsChannel: "Faux News: False and Biased" because of the network's very right-wing slant despite their own claims of being "fair and balanced." "

* {{Mexico}}
** TV Azteca: Oh boy, since the ''Azteca'' part of their name refer to the Aztecs, they got lots of these, based in some Mexican native tribe:
*** TV Huasteca
*** TV Olmeca
*** TV Chichimeca
*** TV Aztecaca (Literally, ''TV Aztecrap'' or TV ''I-shit-on them'')
*** TV Apesta (Literally, ''TV Sucks'', due to their NetworkDecay)
** {{Televisa}} has lots of them too:
*** Telerisa (Telelaugh)
*** Tenebrisa (Pormanteau of Televisa with ''Tenebroso'', translated as ''Creepy'')
*** Teidiotiza (They dumb you out)
*** Telemierda (Tele-shit)
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* FoxNewsChannel: "Faux News: False and Biased" because of the network's very right-wing slant despite their own claims of being "fair and balanced."
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* The LetsPlay/MarioPartyTV group calls Peach and Toadette 'Team Tuna' when they're on the same team in 2 Vs. 2 games, even when it's not Mario Party 7. Likewise, they call the tag team of Yoshi and DK 'Team Danimals'.



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** Shirt and Pants: Refers to the "Powerlinx" combination gimmick possessed by some Autobots in the ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' toyline. Two Autobots with this gimmick could combine together into a single super robot, with one forming the upper body and the other forming the lower body, and every Transformer with the gimmick had both an upper body ("shirt") mode and a lower body ("pants") mode (in addition to the standard robot and vehicle modes).
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** In fact, [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/9cfefdfd8a02b963be0c5f8717a73707/tumblr_mmtb3j95BZ1qc318xo1_500.jpg Tumblr shows us]] that, thanks to the utter ridiculousness of his name, virtually any combination of two improbable words of many syllables will work as a nickname for Billiardball Custardbath/Beanbag Comelycat/Burgerking Candygram/etc.
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* China is nicknamed by their own citizens as ''The Heavenly Kingdom''. (天朝/tiāncháo)
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* The sequel to ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''LoveNeverDies'', has gained the nickname "Paint Never Dries," especially after Andrew Lloyd Webber was fined for painting the Adelphi Theatre.

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* The sequel to ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', ''LoveNeverDies'', has ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'', gained the derisive nickname "Paint Never Dries," especially after Dries"; that Andrew Lloyd Webber was fined for painting the Adelphi Theatre.Theatre didn't help matters.



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* Linkin Ball Z - Any of the Trillions of combinations of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' and the band Linkin Park commonly seen in [[FanVid Fan Vids]].

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* Linkin Ball Z - Any of the Trillions of combinations of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and the band Linkin Park commonly seen in [[FanVid Fan Vids]].
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* KarlUrban is [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Kiwi]] BruceCampbell, because he's that awesome.

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* KarlUrban is [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Kiwi]] BruceCampbell, Creator/BruceCampbell, because he's that awesome.
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* KarlUrban is [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Kiwi]] BruceCampbell, because he's that awesome.
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* ConanOBrien was nicknamed "Coco" by Tom Hanks. It caught on, and became exceedingly popular during the Tonight Show debacle. Conan absolutely hated it, but has since then reluctantly embraced it (his official website even goes by the name "teamcoco.com". He is, however, horrified that even his own children sometimes call him "Coco".
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* RobertPattinson's nickname is R-Pattz.

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* RobertPattinson's nickname is R-Pattz. It's been reported that he'd like to strangle whoever came up with the name.
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* Ariel Sharon got the nickname "Arik", an affective short of his first name.
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** Barack [=OBAMFa=] (Bad Ass Mother F*cker)

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** Barack [=OBAMFa=] (Bad Ass Mother F*cker)('''B'''ad'''a'''ss '''m'''other'''f'''ucker)
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* DanielRadcliffe's nickname is DanRad.

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* DanielRadcliffe's nickname is DanRad.[=DanRad=].
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* DanielRadcliffe's nickname is DanRad.
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I have come across Canadians calling America \"The Dark Empire of the South\".


** The proper Canadian response to being called "America's hat" is to call the USA "Canada's underwear."

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** The proper Canadian response to being called "America's hat" is to call the USA "Canada's underwear."" As for calling Canada "the Great White North", well... they call the USA "the Dark Empire of the South".

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