History RedBaron / LiveActionTV

** The [[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaorangers]]' titles are based off of their patron animal: [[TheHero Red]] is "Blazing Lion", [[TheLancer Yellow]] is "Noble Eagle", [[KidAppealCharacter Blue]] is "Surging Shark", [[TheBigGuy Black]] is "Iron Bison", [[TheChick White]] is "Belle Tiger", and {{Si|xthRanger}}lver is "The Sparking Silver Wolf". ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' retained most of these out of necessity (they appear in giant letters when the Rangers use a FinishingMove), but Yellow was changed to "Soaring Eagle", White to "Noble Tiger", and Silver to "Howling Wolf".

* Enforced in ''Series/WMACMasters'', where all of the competitors use a "ki symbol". Examples include Ho Sung Pak ("Superstar"), his brother Ho Young Pak ("Star Warrior"), Herb Perez ("Olympus"[[note]]He won the gold medal for Tae Kwon Do in the 1992 Olympics.[[/note]]), Chris Casamassa ("Red Dragon"), Willie Johnson ([The] Bam), Michael Bernardo[[note]][[NamesTheSame Not to be confused with]] kickboxer "Mike" Bernardo.[[/note]] ("Turbo"), Christine Rodriguez ("Lady Lightning"), and Hien Nguyen ("Tsunami").

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* John Sheridan, Captain of ''Series/BabylonFive'' from season 2 onward, was known as "Star Killer". He was the only one who managed to destroy a Minbari vessel (The ''Black Star'') during the Earth-Minbari War.

** [[Series/{{Angel}} Connor]] is known as The Destroyer in Quor'toth. It isn't until season 9 of ''Buffy'' that we get to see exactly why.

** The Doctor. Just the Doctor. The nickname is self-bestowed and is [[TerrorHero so legendary]] that it commands [[TheDreaded instant fear]] and [[ShroudedInMyth respect]] in innumerable galaxies. In-universe, River Song tells the Eleventh Doctor that the word "Doctor" means "healer" or "wise person" in most languages across time and space because of him. She also points out a language in which Doctor means "mighty warrior", implying that his current course of action is changing his legacy in way he would find abhorrent. This is underlined when it's revealed that the 'War Doctor' incarnation, who fought in the Time War, was referred to as "the Doctor of War". While this initially seems like a rejig of the War Doctor title, a Doctorate is an academic title given to someone who has not merely 'mastered' a discipline, but taken it to a whole new level - which, in turn, makes the name one hell of a lot more frightening.

** Robb "The Young Wolf" Stark. Despite his young age, he commands a great respect and is notable for never having lost a battle, thus earning himself his nickname - after the sigil of his house.

** There's also Claude, which may or may not be his real name. It's likely a pun on Claude Rains, who played the eponymous character in ''Film/TheInvisibleMan''. More than likely; that's literally how he introduced himself to Peter in his very first appearance.

* A character in a ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episode was called the "Butcher of Kiev". As Hardison put it, "the Cakemaker of Kiev would whoop all our asses. This is the ''butcher''."
** There is also a master hacker (Hardison's rival) whose real name is never revealed. He is always called "Chaos". Also, government agencies like to call him the "[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Kobayashi Maru]]" because he's unbeatable.
*** Which is a ShoutOut because he's played by Creator/WilWheaton of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' fame.
*** The name WAS revealed, his supposed real name was Colin Mason (The Two Live Crew Job)
** One episode's villain, himself a master conman, ''really'' wanted to apply this trope to himself with the alias of "The Mako". The crew digs into him rather mercilessly with it. First, Sophie's cover identity has a ridiculous nickname, but they point out it's not like she was lame enough to pick it herself, how pathetic would that be? And then they start pretending they can't even remember what he wants to be called, using every silly fish they could come up with instead (i.e.: "The Blowfish", "The Guppy", "The Goldfish", "The Trout", etc.). By the time they actually take him down, it's become a BerserkButton for him.

** The Doctor. Just the Doctor. The nickname is self-bestowed and is [[TerrorHero so legendary]] that it commands [[TheDreaded instant fear]] and [[ShroudedInMyth respect]] in innumerable galaxies. In-universe, River Song tells the Eleventh Doctor that the word "Doctor" means "healer" or "wise person" in most languages across time and space because of him. She also points out a language in which Doctor means "mighty warrior", implying that his current course of action is changing his legacy in way he would find abhorrent.

** In an individual example, ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''[='s=] "Boss" Doggie Kruger (a [[PettingZooPeople canine alien]]) calls himself "The Guard Dog of Hell".

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'': [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Kamen Rider Baron]] is a literal example of this trope (with his red-coloured theme). Even lampshaded by his ''TransformationTrinket'' announcing a Red Baron-esque title.

** He's the only captain (or acting captain) to destroy a Minbari warship and ''survive''. There were a few ''Sharlin''s lost to {{ramming|AlwaysWorks}}. The Minbari warriors mainly hate him because of what they consider to be underhanded tactics (he lured the ''Black Star'' with a distress call and detonated planted nukes). They conveniently ignore the fact that Minbari don't take prisoners, and the ''Black Star'' was coming back to finish the job and destroy a crippled ship.