History Main / FanNickname

* Some websites refer to Dakari-King Mykan, the author of ''FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn'' and ''FanFic/TheEndOfEnds'', as "Canadian [[{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]]".

* "[[DoraTheExplorer Madora The Explorer]]" is one nickname given to Madara in ''Naruto Veangance Revelaitons,'' based on one misspelling of his name. "Madorka" is another.

* MaryMcDonnell has a comparatively small but incredibly devoted fan following on Website/{{Tumblr}}, which likes to come up with fond nicknames including, but not limited to: Mary [=McMagicHair=], Mary [=McFlawless=], and Mary [=McSassypants=].

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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', a talking cat was introduced for a few appearances. Fans dubbed him "Catbert" (after "Dogbert" and "Ratbert") in their requests for more of the character, and Scott Adams, deciding that whenever fans spontaneously and independently name a character for you suggested you were on to something, [[SureWhyNot adopted the name officially]] and made Catbert a recurring character as the Human Resources Manager at Dilbert's work place.

** Visor Robot - [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A robot with a visor]]. Oddly enough, [[SureWhyNot the series creators now actually refer to]] this robot as "Visor Robot".

** "Melvin" was originally a mocking joke name from Yami "[We came here to fight] Marik! Not his imaginary friend Melvin!" "Florence" was the name Yami Bakura bitterly said his parents wanted to name him, and that same episode ends with him saying that "Florence is back." Both took off with fans and [[SureWhyNot became recurring names]] shortly thereafter, though "Florence" at least still goes by Bakura most of the time, presumably because "real" Bakura isn't active enough for there to be much confusion anyway.

** Russian fighter jets generally do not have "popular names" like Western aircraft do (such as the F-15 Eagle or F-14 Tomcat), however the [=MiG=]-29's NATO reporting name, "Fulcrum," has become popular among its pilots, making it both this trope and SureWhyNot.

** Atlanta: Hotlanta

** Cleveland: The Mistake on the Lake[[note]]originally used only to refer to

** Portland: The City of Roses or Rose City (official), Stumptown, PDX[[note]]the code for Portland International Airport, now often used to refer to the city itself[[/note]] Bridgetown or Bridge City, Beervana, Rip City[[note]]usually used in the context of the city's [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team, the Trail Blazers[[/note]]

** Technically, the usual parlace of calling the [=USoA=] 'America' is a nickname.

* France is often nicknamed "l'Hexagone" by multiple french news channels, because of, well, its [[ShapedLikeItself hexagonal shape]]. By extension, the adjective "hexagonal" is often applied to anything made in France.

** Also, but in a peyorative way, is nicknamed in Latin America as "The Israel of South America", being one of the few Latin American countries who is a staunch American ally, compared with almost everyone else in the region, and also having who of the biggest armies of the region, due to the guerrillas and drug trafficking.

* Kuwait is nicknamed by their own citizens as "Q8", who is the pronounced in the same way as the name of the country.

** Cleveland: The Mistake on the Lake

** Minneapolis/St.Paul: The Twin Cities

** Portland: The Rose City

** Jalisco: ''La Tierra del Mariachi'' (The Land of the Mariachi) since Mexican Mariachi is said from being from there.
*** It's capital city. Guadalajara, is nicknamed ''La Perla de Occidente'' (The Pearl of the West) and it's neighbor city, Zapopan, is ''La Tierra del Maiz'' (Land of the Corn).

** Mexico City: ''La Ciudad de la Esperanza'' (The City of Hope) and outside the city (and inside too) it's nicknamed ''Chilangolandia'' (Chilangoland, since the people from Mexico City are nicknamed ''Chilangos'' in a peyorative way).

*** The Mexico City's neighborhood of Tepito (who is considered the Mexican version of the New York's Bronx) is nicknamed ''El Barrio Bravo'' (The Tough Neighborhood)

** Toronto - T.O., Hog Town, The Big Smoke, The Center of the Universe.

** Pyongyang: Jerusalem of the East (pre-communist nickname, referring to the successes of Christians missionaries in the city)

** The best weapons go to the [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns M16 and ilk.]] Favorite nicknames include: M-shitsteen, Jammomatic, The Silent Wonder (no shot = no bang), The Clicker, MacNamara's Bastard, The civil servant (you can't fire it or make it work), The Mattel Toy...

** The ''Stielhandgranate'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_24_grenade 'stick grenades']] of the Germans in WW1 and WW2 were nicknamed 'potato mashers'. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_masher Compare]].

** Fragmentation grenades are simply shortened to the name 'frags'. Carried over into 'killing an unpopular superior officer' in TheVietnamWar, since using a fragmentation grenade to do so would make it impossible to prove the killer did it if no one would say he did, which carried over later to VideoGames (though when used as a verb there, it just means 'kill').

** The M2 Browning heavy machine gun has been known as "Ma Deuce" since WorldWarII, as "she always has the last word."

** During the [[WorldWarII/WarInEuropeAndAfrica invasion of the Soviet Union in WWII]], the German army was equipped with the 37mm [=PAK=] 38 anti-tank gun. It was so woefully inadequate against Soviet tanks that it gained the nickname "Heeres Anklopf-Gerät" (translates loosely as "Army Device for politely Knocking on tanks").

** The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (''AD'' in the pre-1962 scheme) was known as the ''A''ble ''D''og or the Spad. The latter refers to the French biplane that was the main aircraft of the Allies in WorldWarI; as a piston-engined straight-winged aircraft designed during WorldWarII, the Skyraider looked ludicrously out of place among the supersonic jets of the Vietnam War.

** Another WorldWarII aircraft, the Il-2 Sturmovik, a sort of spiritual predecessor to the aforementioned A-10 Warthog, was known for its incredible durability and gained a whole slew of nicknames from the Soviets and Germans alike. Among its nicknames are "Concrete Plane", "Flying Tank", "Flying Infantryman", "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Death]]", "Iron Gustav", "Tractor", and "Slaughterer".

** In its early years, Creator/TheHistoryChannel was called "The Hitler Channel" for the large number of WorldWarII based programs on it.

See also InSeriesNickname, RedBaron (when the characters do this), PortmanteauSeriesNickname (a sub-trope), and PortmanteauCoupleName (a {{Shipping}} sub-trope). Not to be confused with FanCommunityNicknames, which are names for the communities themselves. Actual canon nicknames used onscreen, however witty, also don't count, unless they were [[AscendedMeme adopted by the producers]] as a ShoutOut to the fans, or are used far more extensively in the fandom than in-{{canon}}. Also compare HelloInsertNameHere, which is a FanNickname applied to a nameless hero who was given that name in adaptations.

** Brisbane - BrisVegas.

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

*** 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.

** Former president Felipe Calderon: "Fecal" (a combination of his first letters of his name and last name)
** The former PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador: "El Pejelagarto" (The Gar Fish) since he's from the Southern state of Tabasco and the gars are from that state, and due of his thick Southern accent. He's also nicknamed (in a very derogative way) as "El Pejendejo" ("The Gar-sshole")

** Current president Enrique Peña Nieto has LOTS of fan nicknames due of the tremendous hatedom he have: "Das Pena, Nieto" ''(Translated as "You Disappoint Me, Nieto")'' plus others.
*** Other nicknames he have: ''Copeton'' (Translated as "Wiggy" due of his haircut) and ''Presidente de Telenovela'' (Soap Opera President)
** Mexican senator and former actress Irma Serrano is nicknamed as ''La Tigresa'' (The Tigress), due to her fiery personality.
** 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: [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], because the uncanny look to that character. Also, ''La Maestra'' (The Teacher), due to her job.

** The underslung grenade launcher for an M16, the M203, is named by soldiers as a forty mike mike.[[note]]The M203 launches 40 '''m'''illi'''m'''eter grenades, and the letter "m" is "Mike" in the NATO phonetic alphabet.[[/note]]

* [[Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal Maggie Trollsbane]] - For her [[SarcasmMode massive popularity]] on {{IMDB}}.

** The PHALANX Close In Weapons System (CIWS), an anti-missile Gatling gun and radar combination, is so mechanically complex and breakdown-prone it is said CIWS stands for "Captain, It Won't Shoot!" Also, because of the way it looks, it is sometimes called [[StarWars R2-D2]] [[GagPenis with a hard-on.]]

* Due to a prank that sparked an edit war over on TheOtherWiki on the day his papacy was announced (and the fact that he and Ian [=McDiarmid=] look more than a little alike), Pope Benedict XVI is still called Pope ''[[StarWars Sidious]]'' in some parts of the interwebs.

* The HugoAward category "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form" is sometimes called "Best ''DoctorWho'' Episode", as that show has dominated the category since it returned to air (the only exception being ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' winning in 2009)