| 1 | * ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': |
| 2 | ** Imu (ｲﾑ) – the Buddhas themselves due to the kanji for "Buddha" (仏) |
| 3 | ** [[GoroawaseNumber 34]] – Sanshi |
| 4 | * ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'': Cyan Heart - [[spoiler:Rei Ryghts/Rei Kiseijou]]'s CPU form. Blue Heart is also used, but is less common. |
| 5 | ** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gamindustri/ the Neptunia subreddit]]: |
| 6 | *** Rhe Nepgear/Uni [[{{Shipping}} ship]] is referred to as "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/gamindustri/comments/60nhcw/just_curious_where_did_the_world_peace_thing_come/ world peace]]". |
| 7 | ** Purple Heart is "Perfect Heart". |
| 8 | ** Fans of the Lowee [=CPUs=] - [[GlacierWaif Blanc]], [[TokenMiniMoe Rom]], and [[BrattyHalfPint Ram]] are "Loweecons", a {{Pun}} on "[[LoliconAndShotacon Lolicons]]". |
| 9 | * ''VideoGame/NetHack'': |
| 10 | ** [[SdrawkcabName Rodney - The Wizard of Yendor]]. |
| 11 | ** Team Ant, Team a - The Ant class of monsters, the most common cause of YetAnotherStupidDeath on public [=NetHack=] servers. Announcements of player death by Soldier Ant are accompanied by shouts of "GO TEAM ANT!" |
| 12 | ** Rubber Chicken - Corpse of a [[BasiliskAndCockatrice cockatrice]], which [[OneHitKill petrifies]] anything touching it. Often used [[ImprovisedWeapon as a weapon]] (don't forget your gloves), by literally bashing enemies it with, and a cause of many accidental deaths. |
| 13 | ** Foocubus - Generic term for any [[SuccubiAndIncubi incubus or succubus]]. |
| 14 | *** in the same vein "footrice" is sometimes used to refer to cockatrices and chickatrices collectively, since they and their corpses (mentioned above) have the same petrifying properties |
| 15 | ** Gnome With A Wand Of Death - Any low level monster with an unusually powerful weapon. |
| 16 | ** SDSM, GDSM - Silver/Grey Dragon Scale Mail, generally considered the two best armors in the game. |
| 17 | ** Vladbane - Any intentionally weakened weapon used for CherryTapping the famously whimpy Vlad. |
| 18 | ** Eye Of The Tapioca - Eye of the Aethiopica. |
| 19 | ** Orb of Weight - The Orb of Fate. |
| 20 | * ''VideoGame/NoMansSky'': "Literally No Man's Sky" or "No Multiplayer in the Sky", coined after its release to mock its lack of an actual multiplayer mode which caused the game to tank extremely hard during its first year of existence. The game got much better following ''No Man's Sky NEXT'', so this nickname is not as used anymore. |
| 21 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Henry - Mister Sir Henry Motherfucker, after Travis' use of the name. |
| 22 | * ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'': [[WistfulAmnesia Shiromujō]]'s real name is "Tsukishiro", and his brother Kuromujō, who retains his memory, still sometimes uses it to address him. At least, according to the fans. |
| 23 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' |
| 24 | ** Overlad - The protagonist of ''VideoGame/OverlordII'', what with being a LegacyCharacter. It is even used as a nickname by the creators. |
| 25 | *** And by extension, the protagonist of the first game should be Overdad. |
| 26 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' |
| 27 | ** The closed beta is often referred to as Onlywatch, as relatively few people were able to play outside stress test weekends. |
| 28 | ** Q of the Game - instances where someone gets the Play of the Game just by using his Ultimate ability (pressing Q). |
| 29 | ** [[PointAndClickGame Point and Click Adventure]] - playing as Bastion against inexperienced players. They tend to just walk straight towards you and since Bastion has the highest DPS in the game you just need to click on them as they appear on the screen. |
| 30 | ** Microwave Room - A room willed with Symmetra's turrets. |
| 31 | ** Characters have meme nicknames: |
| 32 | *** [[MemeticMutation Dad: 76]] - Soldier: 76. On that note, we also have Mom (Mercy), Grandpa (Reinhardt), ''and'' Grandma (Ana). |
| 33 | *** Edgelord - Reaper, given how ridiculously edgy his character model is. |
| 34 | *** Gremlin, Little Gremlin - D.Va, thanks due to the Gremlin D.Va MemeticMutation of her character. |
| 35 | *** Mei Bae - Mei, given her cute look. |
| 36 | *** Green Cyborg Ninja Dude - Genji, before his official name is revealed. |
| 37 | *** Trashmouse, Garbageweasel - Junkrat, because Junkrat got his name by having two seemingly random words mashed together. |
| 38 | *** Streetpig, Pathpiglet - Roadhog, for the exact same reasons as Junkrat. |
| 39 | *** Harambe - Winston, purely because Winston is a gorilla, like Harambe. |
| 40 | ** Characters also have common nicknames in comms: |
| 41 | *** Winston is "Monkey" because he's a primate. |
| 42 | *** Orisa is "Horse" because she's a quadruped. |
| 43 | *** Lucio is sometimes called "Frog" due to his frog-headed skins. |
| 44 | *** D.Va outside of her mech is called "Baby D.Va" |
| 45 | ** Meme Ultimates: |
| 46 | *** Nana Boost - Ana's Ultimate (Nano Boost). |
| 47 | *** Boostio - Nano boosted Lúcio. Notorious because he is often nano boosted by accident. |
| 48 | *** Wombo Combo - Refers to a team strategy that happens when Zarya fires her Graviton Bomb to pull most/all enemies together, and then having someone else (preferably a hero who can kill everyone in a single ultimate; usually it's Pharah, but D.Va, Reaper, Junkrat, or [=McCree=] can work too) to use their ultimate to eliminate them all. |
| 49 | *** Molten Nut - After Torbjörn's 2018 rework, his new ultimate is known for looking [[AccidentalInnuendo unfortunate]]. |
| 50 | ** Abilities have common nicknames in comms: |
| 51 | *** Orisa's Supercharger is called "Bongo" because it looks like a bongo drum. |
| 52 | *** Baptiste's Amplification Matrix is called "Window" due to its shape and appearance |
| 53 | *** Baptiste's Immortality Field is called "Lamp" because it looks like a floating lamp. |
| 54 | *** D.Va's Self-Destruct is just called "Bomb" or "D.Va Bomb" |
| 55 | *** [=McCree=]'s Deadeye is called "High Noon" after the voice line the enemy hears, "It's high noon!" |
| 56 | *** Lucio's Sound Barrier is called "Beat" after the voice line the enemy used to hear, "Let's drop the beat!" He now says a line in Portuguese. |
| 57 | ** Ultimate Piñata: When someone plays as a tank but doesn't do anything useful. Instead he/she just helps filling the ultimate abilities of the enemy team. |
| 58 | ** Some character pairings have their own nicknames: |
| 59 | *** Phara-Mercy, [[{{Pun}} Pharmacy]], Phara-Medic - Pharah and Mercy |
| 60 | *** Mercy 76, [[MemeticMutation Mom & Dad]] - Soldier: 76 and Mercy |
| 61 | *** Icyhot, Meihem, Nuclear Winter - Junkrat and Mei |
| 62 | *** [=McHanzo=] - [=McCree=] and Hanzo |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/PacMan'': |
| 64 | ** When Blinky TurnsRed, he's referred to as "Cruise Elroy". Nobody remembers why. |
| 65 | * ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' |
| 66 | ** Only the dragon of ''Panzer Dragoon Zwei'' has a canon name -- Lagi, as named by the hero Lundi. It has gone on to be applied to ''every'' game's dragon by fans. |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/PaperMario'': |
| 68 | ** Danger Mario - a run in the [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 first]] [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor two]] games that focuses on keeping Mario's max HP very low, both as a general MinMaxing strategy and to take advantage of badges that grant him benefits at low health. |
| 69 | ** Color Trash - ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'', by fans who were (to put it mildly) not pleased by its similarity to the reviled ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar''. The Japanese equivalent is ペパカス, or "paper trash" and conveniently an acronym for the game's title. |
| 70 | * ''VideoGame/{{Planetside}}'' |
| 71 | ** ''"Biffers"'' - [=BFRs=]/"Battle-Frame Robotics" aka "Big Fucking Robots" |
| 72 | ** The three factions, which are ColourCodedArmies, are known to some players as: |
| 73 | *** Smurfs (the blue New Conglomerate) |
| 74 | *** Elmos (the red Terran Republic) |
| 75 | *** Barnies (the purple Vanu Sovereignty) |
| 76 | ** Noobhammer - derogatory nickname for the NC's heavy weapon, the Jackhammer. Supposedly you can just point, click, and kill. |
| 77 | ** Fagrider - a derogatory nickname for the Vanu Magrider, a hovertank of considerable maneuverability compared to its counterparts. Also known as the "Lagrider" or "Magmower" earlier in Planetside's life, due to Vanu propensity to take it out without a gunner and just use it to run over enemy troops. |
| 78 | * ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' |
| 79 | ** Gizmo - The robot dog you can assemble in the first game has no default name, but fans have chosen to dub it 'Gizmo'. Similarly, the hamster in the second game has been dubbed as 'Hamu' by Japanese fans. |
| 80 | ** Legal!Luke - An affectionate nickname for the aged up version of Luke, who appears in the third game. Also serves as a spoiler prevention device. Sometimes shown without the !, or shortened to just Legal. |
| 81 | ** Froshel - ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask'' contains flashbacks featuring a teenage version of Hershel Layton, whom fans have dubbed Froshel due to the fro he had in high school. |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/Persona3'' |
| 83 | ** Revolver Jesus - Used to refer to Takaya, the Strega member with a twisted messianic complex. The name is obviously explained by his striking resemblance to Jesus and the revolver he wields (with deadly accuracy and kickassery). (An oddity worth noting about this is Takaya's VA, Derek Stephen Prince, also voiced chaos in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode I''. chaos is referred to as "Yeshua", the Aramaic name of Jesus, in several ''Xenosaga'' games and spinoffs.) |
| 84 | *** Also Headphones Jesus/Emo Jesus (The Main Character) and Laser Jesus (Messiah) |
| 85 | *** Some fans refer to Takaya as [[LooksLikeJesus Hippie Jesus]]. |
| 86 | ** Hulk Hogan - The Gigas-type shadows who are moddeled after the all-American Pro Wrestler. Seriously. |
| 87 | ** The [[HelloInsertNameHere renameable]] main character is often referred to as MC, for fairly obvious reasons; by extension, the female main character in ''Portable'' is "[=FeMC=]" (or sometimes "[=MShe=]"). Along similar lines, Protagonist-kun and Protagonist-chan. |
| 88 | ** Some refer to the male protagonist as Roger Clever, which was the name used for him in an old trailer for the game and the manual. |
| 89 | *** "Door-kun" is also popular [[spoiler:due to the MC's fate as The Great Seal.]] |
| 90 | *** The female protagonist is commonly called "Minako Arisato" in the West, a gender-flipped version of the male protagonist's name in the manga, Minato Arisato. |
| 91 | *** Japanese fans more commonly go with "Hamuko" for the female protagonist, a name derived from reading part of the kanji for "protagonist" as katakana. |
| 92 | ** 22 - yet another nickname for the female main character, taken from the arrangement of hairpins in her hair (which appear to spell out XXII), the alternate placement of the Fool card in the Major Arcana. |
| 93 | ** Eurydice - A fan nickname for the female protagonist's initial Persona (from the other main character of the Orpheus myth), used before it was confirmed that like the male, the female protagonist starts off using Orpheus. |
| 94 | ** The Village People - Strega, due to their strange, unique, persona fashion choices (Hippie, Bomber Jacket, and Gothic Lolita) |
| 95 | ** The Avenging Left Hook of Death - Akihiko's critical hit, the most powerful attack of any of your party members |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' |
| 97 | ** Brosuke Hanamura - Yosuke Hanamura, referring to his good ol' fist brawl in his max S. Link event, which kind of gives the vibes of "Bros before hos". He also is a real good friend. No, really. |
| 98 | *** Similarly we have Brotag (Brotagonist), Brokiko (Yukiko), Brojima (Dojima), and Brodachi (Adachi). If Bro can be added to a name in any way someone will. |
| 99 | *** Japan calls him "Junes" after the store he works in. |
| 100 | ** Rapedachi or Crazydachi - Tohru Adachi, for, well... [[spoiler: let's say throwing Mayumi Yamano into the TV world wasn't his initial plan.]] |
| 101 | *** Also Cabbage Man, thanks to one scene where he mentions buying too much cabbage at the grocery store. |
| 102 | *** Bitches and Whores Guy, due to a spoiler meme surrounding him. |
| 103 | ** Pringle King - Any Mook of the "King" archetype, but most notably the Great King (the one of the infinite money trick), for its resemblance to the mascot of the potato chip brand. |
| 104 | ** The Inaba Scooby Gang - The Investigation Team. |
| 105 | ** [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Falcon Kick]] - [[CuteBruiser Chie's]] Galactic Punt that allows her to [[ATwinkleInTheSky kick an enemy into orbit]]. |
| 106 | *** [[VideoGame/GodHand Dragon Kick]] is another popular nickname, especially when you consider that her most powerful attack is called God's Hand. |
| 107 | *** '''TRIAL OF THE DRAGON''' has also popped up thanks to Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}. Always in all caps. |
| 108 | ** Names for the protagonist: |
| 109 | *** Kenpachi Ramasama and Charlie Tunoku are common gag names, due to a Website/SomethingAwful and Website/GiantBomb LetsPlay, respectively. |
| 110 | *** The King, God-Emperor of SWAG: Stems from Episode 15 of ''The Animation'' which has the main character [[MrFanservice unbutton his shirt]] and have every single female member of the Inaba Scooby Gang sit on his lap at once. His response to a jealous Yosuke: "It's because I'm the King." SWAG is always written in Caps Lock. |
| 111 | ** Yukikikikiko - Yukiko, after a troll started posting stories to the Website/LiveJournal fan community. |
| 112 | ** The Shrieker - Rise for being easily the most annoying Mission Control in any of the games. |
| 113 | ** Larry - Yukiko, both from a rather hilarious gag translation of the manga, and due to Website/FourChan's opinion on "a boring name for a boring character" |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' |
| 115 | ** T. Bearson - General Teddie's appearance, due to donning a cape and a hat in the same vein of [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]]. |
| 116 | *** Teddie Crusher - The Teddie Screw attack, because it bears a resemblance to the Psycho Crusher. |
| 117 | ** Shabrys or Shabby - For those who don't like spelling out Shadow Labrys' name altogether. |
| 118 | ** [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Proton Cannon/Superior Tech]] - Aigis' Instant Kill, where she fires a gigantic laser out of a shoulder cannon like Iron Man. |
| 119 | ** Junes Install - Yosuke's Sukukaja super, which acts as a [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Dragon Install]] and speeds him up to the point where his dashes become invincible teleports. |
| 120 | ** Metsu Shoryuken - Akihiko's main super. |
| 121 | *** Tanden Engine, Tanden Stream - Akihiko's D attack, where Caesar creates a spinning globe that sucks the opponent in. The latter is for his Instant Kill. |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' |
| 123 | ** As is typical for a ''Persona'' protagonist, this game's hero (codenamed Joker) has a lot of these. Hoo boy: |
| 124 | *** Chair-kun, Chairtagonist - Because Joker is introduced sitting in the Interrogation Room. |
| 125 | *** Glasses-kun, MC Literature/HarryPotter, [[Manga/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds The Hamburglar]] - All of these is due to his glasses that he used in normal life or the mask he uses as Joker. |
| 126 | *** Yosh-kun - Because Joker always say "Yosh!" in the Japanese version of the game after doing an activity that raises a stat in-game. |
| 127 | *** Pego - A portmanteau of "'''Pe'''rsona" and "'''go'''", the Japanese for number five. |
| 128 | ** Broji - Ryuji, because he's the closest of the TrueCompanions that Joker have from everyone in the party. |
| 129 | ** Ann got [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Junko]] and VideoGame/{{Catherine}}, because of her physical looks being similar to both those characters. |
| 130 | ** [[VideoGame/{{Persona 2}} Jun]] - Yusuke, as he's very similar to Jun in terms of appearance. |
| 131 | ** Inkling - Futaba, as she's similar to an Inkling from ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' in appearance (specifically the female one from the cover of first game). |
| 132 | ** Haru Okumura: |
| 133 | *** Forehead-chan, from her memetically large forehead. |
| 134 | *** Fluff/Floof - She has very noticeable curly and fluffy hair. |
| 135 | ** Goro Akechi: |
| 136 | *** Pancake, Pancake Lord, Pancake Boi, Pankechi - From a throwaway line where Akechi mentions "delicious pancakes", [[spoiler:a line which proves to be his undoing]]. |
| 137 | *** Other media comparisons like [[VideoGame/Persona3 Not Ken]], [[spoiler:Dark Knight for his second boss form]], or [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]. |
| 138 | ** Sojiro Sakura: |
| 139 | *** Brojiro, Sojibro - He's a middle-aged barista who genuinely loves the game's two biggest certified [[TheWoobie woobies]], treating Futaba like his own daughter and becoming something of a second dad to Joker, not to mention that he's also very supportive and understanding to the rest of the party, and even lets them use Leblanc as their hideout. |
| 140 | *** Coffee Dad - Due to his skills at making coffee at Leblanc and being the father figure to Joker during his stay in Tokyo. |
| 141 | ** Toranosuke Yoshida has been referred to as "Japanese UsefulNotes/BernieSanders" by American audiences. |
| 142 | ** Kamoshitlord, Kamoshithead - Kamoshida, for [[HateSink obvious reasons]]. |
| 143 | ** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char]] - Masayoshi Shido, because of his Shadow's outfit and [[Creator/ShuichiIkeda his voice actor]]. [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Char Armstrong]] is this for his battle form. |
| 144 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Yabbadabbadoo]] is a common shorthand for [[spoiler:the final boss Yaldabaoth as people struggle to spell or pronounce its name]]. |
| 145 | ** Kasumi Yoshizawa: |
| 146 | *** Hairstyle-related names like Ribbon-chan or Poniko(a combination of the words ponytail and -ko, a common Japanese suffix for female names). |
| 147 | *** Owing to a plot twist in the third semester, the dimunutive "Sumi" sees use [[spoiler:due to her real identity as '''Sumi'''re Yoshizawa, the real Ka'''sumi''''s sister]]. By extension, [[spoiler:Kasumire, used to refer to the living sister in general without drawing confusion as to which one they are]]. |
| 148 | ** Takuto Maruki is [[NiceGuy Snacc Daddy]] for his habit of offering snacks during counselling, or Salt Bae for [[AscendedMeme recreating the popular meme]]. |
| 149 | ** Joker, Akechi, and Kasumi are often referred to as the "Royal Trio" due to Akechi's increased prominence in ''Royal'' and well as Kasumi debuting in the same game, and that [[spoiler:that all three are the primary playable characters for most of ''Royal'''s third semester.]] |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': |
| 151 | ** Wheatley after he is [[spoiler:plugged into the SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS chassis]], is sometimes referred to by the fans as "[=WheatDOS=]." The developers seem to have the same nickname for him, since this is the name of one of the [[DVDCommentary commentary sound files]]. It also happens to the the PortmanteauCoupleName for [=Wheatley/GLaDOS=] shippers. |
| 152 | ** There's also [[spoiler: [=PotatOS=] for [=GLaDOS=] after Wheatley turned her into a potato battery. She's also called this in the developer commentary and the title of the song "[=PotatOS=]'s Lament".]] |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/{{Postknight}}'': |
| 154 | ** Due to choosing a name for the player character in the beginning, there is no official name. However, fans name him "Peanut". |
| 155 | ** Because the same applies to the sequel, where the protagonist is different and the gender can be selected, the new hero is named "Wally" (male) or "Hazel" (female). |
| 156 | ** The BigBad of the first game has no name, just his multiple professions depending on [[RecurringBoss where you fight him]]. He is named Blake or Blackbeard by fans. |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/PumpItUP'': |
| 158 | ** "brackets" for three or more arrows appearing at once and "bracketing" for the customary way of hitting them; 3+ holds at once, naturally, get dubbed "bracket holds". |
| 159 | ** Liadz (roughly pronounced "Leeads") For "Love is a Danger Zone". |
| 160 | ** "Don't Bother Me" is sometimes called "Caution" after an early game's song banner mislabeling it such. |
| 161 | ** "Prexceed" for illicit hacks of Premiere/Prex series adding songs from Exceed, Exceed 2, or sometimes later |
| 162 | ** Characters appearing in [=BGAs=] rarely get official names, and are usually nicknamed after the song they (first) appeared for, e.g. "The Hot Guy" for the spiky-haired dancer from H.O.T. |
| 163 | * ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'': |
| 164 | ** "Madou-era"/"Compile-era" (1989-2000) to refer to Compile's ''Puyo Puyo'' and ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' games, and "SEGA-era" (2001-onwards) to refer to Sonic Team's ''Puyo Puyo'' games. |
| 165 | ** "OPP" (as in '''O'''riginal '''P'''uyo '''P'''uyo) is the most common shorthand for the first arcade game. |
| 166 | ** To differentiate the SEGA Saturn installment of ''Madou Monogatari'' from other games, it it commonly given different nicknames such as "Mado'''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS h]]''' Monogatari", "Madou Monogatari Saturn", or "Madou Monogatari SS". |
| 167 | ** "Rally Mode" refers to both ''Tsu's'' Expert ([[TitleDrop Tsu]]) Mode and ''Box's'' Scramble Mode, both being character gauntlets with definite start and endpoints unlike the endless competitive modes in ''Pocket Puyo Puyo~n'' and the Anniversaries. |
| 168 | ** For a time, ''Madou Monogatari I'' for the Mega Drive was referred to as "Madou Monogatari: Genesis." |
| 169 | ** Some fans like to refer to Possessed Klug as Aya or Ayashii (inspired by his Japanese name Ayashii Kuru-ku), since the demon still lacks a proper name in canon. "Strange" is another common one, as it derives from the translation for his former Japanese name, Strange Klug. |
| 170 | ** In Japanese, Ragnus/Lagnus's name (ラグナス) has the kana for eggplant (なす), so Japanese fans will often draw an eggplant beside him or refer to him as Eggplant. Similarly, the English community sometimes gives him nicknames revolving around the word "lasagna". |
| 171 | ** "Pedobear" for Risukuma. |
| 172 | ** "Tara Stacking," "Harpy Stacking," and "Frog Stacking" refer to the act of mimicking the strategy of a CPU-controlled Suketoudara, Harpy, and Nohoho respectively. |
| 173 | ** "Harassment," the name given to the act of sending small amounts of garbage to slow or stop the construction of the opponent's main chain. The fandom didn't really catch onto how embarrassing the name was until Sega's tutorial video covering this technique generated snark from the gaming community at large. |
| 174 | ** "[=TexEss=]" is the name given to Ess' alternate voice in ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris2'' since it gives her a [[DeepSouth southern accent.]] |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/QBert'': |
| 176 | ** Coily (the snake) is sometimes known as Carrot Ends. |
| 177 | * ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}'' series: |
| 178 | ** Toothpaste Laser - The purple "lock-on" Plasma Laser introduced in ''Raiden II''. |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'': |
| 180 | ** The SMG-11 machine pistol when attached with an ACOG is called the "pocket sniper" or backronymed into "Sniper Machine Gun-11", as its ridiculously high rate of fire, the 2.5x zoom of the ACOG, and the fact that headshots are ''always'' an instant kill, turn the gun from a RangedEmergencyWeapon to a burst-firing sniper rifle. |
| 181 | ** Spetsnaz operator Fuze's Cluster Charges are often called either "pucks" because the actual charges are puck-shaped, or "balls" (and the act of deploying them "balling") due to the "punt" sound effect used when they're launched. |
| 182 | ** Another Spetsnaz operator, Tachanka, as per his reputation as a MemeticBadass, is given nicknames such as "Lord Chanka". |
| 183 | ** GIGN operator Montagne, due to no consensus on whether to pronounce his name by its original French pronunciation or the literal English one, is commonly shortened to "Monty". |
| 184 | ** Defenders who actively move away from the objective to flank and ambush the attacking team are called "roamers". |
| 185 | ** Related to the above, BOPE operator Caveira is called the "Crazy Bitch" due to a playstyle encouraging roaming, including a handgun that is designed to wound but not immediately kill lone attackers so she can interrogate them, and her entire characterization painting her as the game's epitome of AxCrazy. |
| 186 | ** Shooting players through a wall, or making a hole in the wall to shoot players through, is referred to as "wallbanging". "Killholes", relatedly, are when players deliberately create holes in a wall and then wait for opposing players to wander into their line of fire. |
| 187 | ** Navy SEAL operator Blackbeard has been given the moniker "Nerfbeard", due to how incredibly often and drastically his Rifle Shields have had their total armor {{nerf}}ed (from a single shield with more HP than an entire ''team'', to two swappable shields which barely have more HP than he does ''combined''). |
| 188 | ** Pulse is often called Mr. Worldwide due to his almost 1:1 resemblance to Pitbull. |
| 189 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Crisis'' is sometimes referred to as ''Layer Section III'' since the previous installments were named "''Layer Section''" due to copyright issues. |
| 190 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' is sometimes known as "the Limbless Wonder" among fans. |
| 191 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' |
| 192 | ** [=REmake=] - The VideoGameRemake of the original ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil|1}}'' for the [=GameCube=]. [=REbirth=] is also used as well. |
| 193 | *** Or the [=WiiMake=] of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. |
| 194 | ** Mr. X, Wallsmasher - Names given to the Tyrant in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 the second game]]. |
| 195 | *** He gained a third, "Trenchy," thanks to Leon in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles''. |
| 196 | ** Mr. Weskerson - Albert Wesker, for his distinctly [[Film/TheMatrix Neo-like]] manner of dress and combat capabilities in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. |
| 197 | ** Nemesis has sometimes been nicknamed “Nemmie.” |
| 198 | ** Redfield PAAAAAUNCH, The Fist of Justice - Chris Redfield's extremely [[MegatonPunch over-the-top]] hand-to-hand attacks in ''5''. His mighty fist can shatter tribal shields to useless flinders, send Majini flying back ten or fifteen feet, and even [[spoiler:knock the aforementioned Wesker clean on his ass for a short time!]] |
| 199 | *** All of which are outshined by his magnificient act of punching a ''boulder'' out of the way, giving way to Chris Redfield, BOULDER PUNCHER. |
| 200 | ** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Tiger Uppercut, Flash Kick]] - Nicknames given to Wesker's and Chris's uppercut and backflip kicks respectively. (Note that Wesker's uppercut is officially named Tiger Uppercut in ''[=RE5=]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MvC3]]'', [[ShoutOut and he even has a]] [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Jaguar Kick]] in the former, too. [[note]]Wesker's Jaguar Kick in ''[=MvC3=]'' is actually his Knee Cannon move from ''[=RE5=]''.[[/note]]) |
| 201 | ** Chris Roidsfield - The aforementioned Chris, due to his heavily bulked up look in ''5'' (as compared to his appearance in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 the first game]] and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]''). Whether or not it's an affectionate nickname or a way to mock Chris depends on the fan in question. |
| 202 | ** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Nina]] Jilliams]]: [[spoiler:Jill Valentine]] in ''5'', due to [[spoiler:her blond hair (as a side effect of her experimentation by Wesker) and the [[SpyCatsuit battle suit]] she wears while acting as Wesker's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling]] [[TheDragon Dragon]]. As a result, she heavily resembles Nina Williams of ''Tekken'' fame.]] |
| 203 | *** Before this reveal, they were also called [[spoiler:"The Bird Lady"]] due to [[spoiler:sporting a CoolMask with bird motifs]]. |
| 204 | ** Ashley is so commonly a frustration that Goddamnit Ashley and Shutup Ashley might as well be her names. |
| 205 | ** ''[=RE4=]'' apparently takes place in Notspain, because the game never mentions what country it's actually depicting (despite Spain being the only country in Europe where Spanish is the predominate language). |
| 206 | ** Stevemonster - For Steve's transformation in ''CV''. |
| 207 | ** Jailbait and Convict - Rebecca and Billy (even though Rebecca is 18 in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilZero Zero]]''). |
| 208 | ** Agent Zebra - ''[=RE5=]''[='s=] alternate costume for Chris. |
| 209 | ** Leech-Marcus - To differentiate the real James Marcus and the clone of his body and memories created by leeches. |
| 210 | ** Bitch in the Red Dress - Although a canon name for Ada, in fandom it is generally a term of affection. However, referring to her as any sort of derogatory terminology besides that (i.e. skank in the red dress) is generally indicative of someone who dislikes her. |
| 211 | ** The Redfields - Used to refer to Chris and Claire collectively, and makes it into this section because oddly enough, it is never said in-canon. |
| 212 | ** "[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]'s Parents Having Sex" or "Clowns Farting in the Basement" - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kcF7E69C6Q The Mansion Basement theme]] from the [=DualShock=] version of ''Resident Evil: Director's Cut'' thanks to its... poorly implemented horns. |
| 213 | * ''VideoGame/{{Rimworld}}'' |
| 214 | ** Hats: Useless colonists, so-called because their best use is being made into [[GenuineHumanHide leather hats]]. |
| 215 | ** Ribworld: The game itself. After the ''Royalty'' and ''Ideology'' DLC came out, some fans concluded that the next DLC would have a name starting with M, in order to ultimately spell out "Rimworld"; the next DLC was instead named ''Biotech''. |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/RustyHearts'': |
| 217 | ** Busty Hearts: Some of the official banners have the ample Angela in centre spot. |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/S4League'' |
| 219 | ** [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Buster]] - The Cannonade, an ArmCannon with a powerful charge attack and obvious yellow glow. |
| 220 | ** [[VideoGame/MegaManX X-Buster]] - The Rail Gun, another ArmCannon, but blue and a bit more deadly. |
| 221 | ** The Fist - The Counter Sword, which relies on a giant gauntlet for its most powerful attacks. |
| 222 | *** CS Spam - nickname for the Counter Sword, used by those who feel that it is [[GameBreaker overpowered]] and that [[StopHavingFunGuys using it makes you an idiot]]. |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' |
| 224 | ** The offical tag for the protagonist is "The Leader of the Third Street Saints," but fans shortened this to "(The) Boss." |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' |
| 226 | ** Parigumi - The members of the Paris-based branch of the ''Teikokukagekidan Hanagumi'', who appear in the third and fourth games. This is more likely a back-formation based on "Hanagumi" than a direct application of this trope. |
| 227 | * ''VideoGame/SDGundamCapsuleFighter'' |
| 228 | ** Flashlight - general term for beam cannons due to how they flash when fired. |
| 229 | ** MCA - "Movement Cancel Action", a GoodBadBug that became an AscendedGlitch. |
| 230 | ** Wing Zero Skill - a derogatory term for the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Wing Zero Custom]] because of its simplicity for amateur players. |
| 231 | * ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''[=/=]''Devil Kings'' |
| 232 | ** Hondam - Honda Tadakatsu, stemming from the fact that he looks like a [[JidaiGeki Warring States]] [[AnachronismStew version of a]] Franchise/{{Gundam}}. |
| 233 | ** Push Kick - Yukimura's Basara KO in ''Cross''. |
| 234 | ** Most people refer to Takeda Shingen as [[SayMyName OYAKATA-SAMAAAA]]. |
| 235 | ** Motorhorse/Motorpony - Date Masamune's CoolHorse. |
| 236 | ** Maggie - the [[GenderFlip Female]] Saika Magoichi. |
| 237 | ** KG/Cagey - Maeda Keiji. |
| 238 | ** Emonari - Ishida Mitsunari, due to his unfortunate haircut and constant {{Wangst}}. |
| 239 | *** Mi''tsun'' by parts of fandom who label him as {{Tsundere}}. |
| 240 | ** Okra/Okranari - Mori Motonari, who wears a large green hat that resembles the vegetable. |
| 241 | ** Ideasu/Ideas-kun - Tokugawa Ieyasu, after the American version misspelled his name as this in the subtitles. |
| 242 | ** Ukemura - Yukimura, due to his [[{{Uke}} inevitable position]] in slashfic and doujins. |
| 243 | ** Kurokan - Kuroda Kanbe, for those who just simply want to shorten his name. |
| 244 | ** Kappa - Katsuie, due to his bob haircut and green armour . |
| 245 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIMAGINE'' |
| 246 | ** Turkey - Zhu Que/Suzaku. |
| 247 | ** Mr. Pantless - Either Thor or Odin, but usually Odin. |
| 248 | ** Frostie - Jack Frost. |
| 249 | ** Elephant ball - Nozuchi. |
| 250 | ** Boobs lady - Artemis |
| 251 | ** Purple ball - The Megido series of spells. |
| 252 | ** Mirrors - The Divine Shield and Divine Barrier skills. |
| 253 | ** SA or Super Armor - The Pulse of Armored skill. |
| 254 | ** Kamikaze - The Demolition Dash chain expertise. |
| 255 | ** Hexhancer - The Enhancement build mixed with high Curse of the Wretched that became very popular after the implementation of Shiva&Vishnu runs. |
| 256 | *** Also called Enhex or Enhexer. |
| 257 | ** Channelocalypse - The channel unification update from 2010. |
| 258 | ** Theenut - The infamous ex-GS (Theena) and later ex-GM (Peanut). |
| 259 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' |
| 260 | ** Sidekick [=McHat=]- Isamu Nitta, who is easily recognized by fans and in-games characters by his large black newsboy cap. Even during the battle with Noah his God wears it. |
| 261 | ** Twizzler Girl - Chiaki after her transformation, where her arm gains the appearance of a certain candy. |
| 262 | ** Uber-Pixie: The Level 80 Pixie with max stats and a plethora of ultimate spells that you obtain in Amala Labyrinth, Fifth Kalpa, if you still have the original Pixie from Shinjuku Hospital (or a direct descendant) in your stock. |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' |
| 264 | ** Manga-chan: Isabeau, who may pursue her fandom of ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' a little too obsessively. |
| 265 | ** Korraguy: The Protagonist, due to his rather [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra familiar hairstyle]]. |
| 266 | ** Angelformers, Liliroach: -- The Four Archangels and Lilith's new robotic and insectoid redesigns, respectively. |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' |
| 268 | ** Nahobino: The Protagonist. "Nahobino" is actually the official race of the MC after he fuses with Aogami near the beginning of the game. Similarities between V and Nocturne, the latter being a game in which the protagonist's canon name is just the literal description of what he is, have led fans to call him "Nahobino" in the absence of an actual canon name. |
| 269 | * ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'' |
| 270 | ** The Dragon Rangers - A group of sub-bosses Raidou fights at the Unsealing ritual. 4 out of 5 are recolors of the demon Qing Long/Seiryu, who's basically a big dragon. The one that is not a Seiryu recolor is a Ganesha recolor. Kohryu is the SixthRanger. |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/RockBand'' |
| 272 | ** ''Dave Grohl Band'' - The series itself, due to Harmonix seemingly going out of their way to include every song that Music/DaveGrohl had a part in. Became an AscendedMeme in Rock Band 3, where an achievement for playing 5 Grohl songs had this as its name. |
| 273 | * Iso{{Franchise/metroid}}: ''VideoGame/ScurgeHive'', a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game that [[{{Expy}} borrows plot elements heavily]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''. |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' |
| 275 | ** Music/LadyGaga - Zelenin. |
| 276 | ** Tadano Hitonari - The Protagonist, after the Japanese pun "Just an ordinary person" started showing up in references and fan art of him. |
| 277 | * ''Franchise/SilentHill'' |
| 278 | ** Doorman - The "Abstract Daddy" monster from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''. |
| 279 | ** Jesus - Was used to refer to adult Walter from ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' even after the game's release to avoid giving away spoilers. A gamer only realizes the nickname refers to more than his appearance after his identity is revealed. |
| 280 | ** [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Triangle Man]] - Pyramid Head. |
| 281 | *** "Pyramid Head" itself may be a fan nickname InUniverse, as this is purely James's name for the figure[[note]]Examining the Great Knife, or the eggs the two Pyramid Head bosses were holding, labels the figure as such[[/note]]. The figure (or similar figures) has been known by other names in later games, including [[VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming The Bogeyman]], and a version that wielded a cleaver appeared in ''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'' as The Butcher. |
| 282 | *** Some other fan nicknames used for Pyramid Head are Pyra, PH and [=PPHead=]. |
| 283 | ** The Memory of Alessa, fought in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' by Heather, is known to some as "Dark Heather," after Dark Link from ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''. |
| 284 | ** ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is sometimes referred to as "Sharded Memories" due to a flub during of the podcasts of Games Radar (or, alternatively, [=ShatMemz=]). |
| 285 | *** And in a similar vein, the third entry in the series is sometimes known as ''[[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Shit Gets Rusty: And All the Doors are Locked]]''. |
| 286 | * ''VideoGame/SimCity'' |
| 287 | ** Maxisland - Refers to the standard, generic buildings offered in the game. Usually discouraged by most due to their lack of [[RealIsBrown color]] and blatant SoCalinization. |
| 288 | ** Sim City Vanilla - Sim City 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe without a GameMod. |
| 289 | ** NAM - The Network Addon Mod, a mod that adds so much new features to ''[=SimCity 4=]'' it has grown into an unofficial expansion. |
| 290 | ** Vanilla Landmark - A standard Sim City Vanilla landmark, or one that wasn't created by a player. |
| 291 | ** BAT'er - One who makes custom buildings for others to use in the game. |
| 292 | ** Growable - A building that grows in a zone. |
| 293 | ** Plopable - A building that one would "plop" in a city (like power plants, hospitals, and police stations for instance). |
| 294 | ** UDI - Short Acronym for "U-Drive It", which are missions one can take in Sim City 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe. |
| 295 | ** Functional Landmark - A GameMod type of Landmark that can provide jobs. |
| 296 | ** ''VideoGame/SimCity2013'' is officially simply called ''[=SimCity=]''. Fans tacked on the ''2013'' part to differentiate it from the original. |
| 297 | ** [=SimCity 5=] - ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'', an entirely different game whose premise is literally "a ''[=SimCity=] 2015'' that doesn't suck". |
| 298 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': Science Shark - Stanley Whitefin, an anthropomorphic shark always seen in a lab coat and spectacles. |
| 299 | ** Big Banned is sometimes thrown around for Big Band because of his versatile design, and difficulty to combat for some players. |
| 300 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 301 | ** The games have nicknames which mention a funny quirk or a bad feature: |
| 302 | *** To distinguish it from the later installments, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1991'' (the one released in 1991) is also known as ''Sonic 1'' or ''Sonic 1991''. |
| 303 | *** ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' can be called ''Dark Sonic''. This nickname applies to the titular character as well. |
| 304 | *** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' (the one released in 2006) probably has the most surnames for a game in the ''Sonic'' franchise: ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Sonic Adventure 3]]'', ''Sonic 2006'', ''Sonic '06'', ''Sonic Next Gen'', ''Sonic the Disaster'', or ''Sonic: [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading Now loading]]''. |
| 305 | *** ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' is also known as ''Sonic Skittles'' because of its emphasis on... well, colors. |
| 306 | ** In the games themselves, some events were nicknamed because of their horrible reputation: |
| 307 | *** In Brazil, the Debug Mode is known as the "Thousand Faces Trick". |
| 308 | *** The [[GuideDangIt infamous]] red barrel from [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Carnival Night Zone Act 2]], which killed many playthroughs before video gae guides on Website/YouTube, is better known as the "[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Barrel of Doom]]". |
| 309 | *** [[spoiler:The tornado that whisks away the level goal in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Crisis City]] Act 1]] in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' is also known as the "Trollnado". |
| 310 | *** One comes from outsiide the games: the Alton Towers Resort Sonic voice, who turned out to Creator/RogerCraigSmith, but heavily edited, thus sounding terrible, were nicknamed "Consles/CONSLEZ WOOAAHH!, Alton", because of this line "Check out the consles! Woah!" |
| 311 | ** Several of these come from the quickly stopped theme of having characters named after features or body parts they exhibit ("Tails", "Knuckles", etc.): |
| 312 | *** Sonic is often called the "blue blur" or "rodent". His modern variant can be nicknamed "Generic Sonic" (he ''was called'' "generic sonic" in the coding for VideoGame/SonicGenerations), while his classic variant (but more specifically, the cuter version with light blue drills used since ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'') is [[MemeticPsychopath considered an impostor]] whose real name is "Santiago". ''Sonic Retro'' coined "Down Syndrome Sonic", a [[https://youtu.be/4qAnfh8X8wU?t=42s rather unfortunately very cross-eyed rendering of Sonic]] featured in the main menu from a beta of ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' that was fixed for later versions. |
| 313 | *** Miles "[[InSeriesNickname Tails]]" Prower has fans who nicknamed him "Peanut". |
| 314 | *** Knuckles is also known as "Knux" and "Rocket", while his super form was known as "Hyper Knuckles" to distinguish it from Super Sonic (it's now [[AscendedFanon used canonically]] as Knuckles' MoreThanInfinite Super Emerald power up in ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', as well as his first Super mode introduction in the Archie comics). In a LetsPlay, Cybershell calls him "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjf4nabANSA a huge twat]]". |
| 315 | *** Amy Rose is sometimes nicknamed "[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sakura]] the Hedgehog" because of the similar pink bob haircut and the fact that both characters are ([[CharacterDevelopment at first]]) heavily defined by their crush on one of the main characters, while her classic self is also known as "Rosy the Rascal" from her alterego in ''[[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie Sonic]]'' and her nickname in ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' which fits her tomboyish classic design and her [[FightingClown cartoonish fighting style]]. |
| 316 | *** Big the Cat is also known as "Fat the Cat" and "Fishing Fatty". Considering he resembles both Blaze and Bad Boxart Mega Man, and had a role similar to BBMM in ''VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing'' (despite the fact that Big was introduced in the series since ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' six years before Blaze did in ''VideoGame/SonicRush''), he was called "Bad Boxart Blaze". |
| 317 | *** Tikal is amusingly called "[[BlackComedy Miss Dead Girl]]". |
| 318 | *** Biolizard, Chaos, Black Doom and many others have received the common title of "God-Monster". |
| 319 | *** Shadow the Hedgehog is also known as "Shadow the [[{{Pun}} Edgehog]]" and "[[MemeticMutation Ow the Edge]]" (this one is also used for [[VideoGame/SonicForces Infinite]], for obvious reasons), while his super form is called "Hyper Shadow" (it is explicitly labelled "Super Shadow" in data files on the disc of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''). |
| 320 | *** Rouge the Bat can be nicknamed as "Nails" or "Boobs The Bat". |
| 321 | *** Maria Robotnik from Shadow's flashback at the beginning of the ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' game has been nicknamed "Maria-ia-ia". |
| 322 | *** Blaze is also known as "Little Miss Perfect" or "Miss Goody Goody", mainly for those who don't like how she became a BreakoutCharacter in the mid 2000s. |
| 323 | *** Due to her orange stockings, Elise has been nicknamed "Carrot Legs". |
| 324 | *** Because of his odd hairdo that resembles a marijuana leaf, Silver the Hedgehog is also known as "Pothead the Porcupine". |
| 325 | *** Marine the Raccoon can be known as "Rings". |
| 326 | *** Orbot can be nicknamed "Ergo" from a VerbalTic in [[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed the first game]] [[NeverLiveItDown that featured him]], before he was named. |
| 327 | *** [[VideoGame/SonicChronicles Ix]] is also known as "Dr. Finitevus". |
| 328 | *** Due to uncanny similarities between that game and Julie-Su's debut arc of the Archie Comics, [[spoiler:Shade]] has been nicknamed "Julie-su". |
| 329 | *** As the character that ''VisualNovel/TheMurderOfSonicTheHedgehog'' is seen from the point of view of has no Canonical name, and the name "Barry" was used in the trailer for the game, it stuck for the character. |
| 330 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'': |
| 331 | ** Robust: Used as a synonym for combat in general (as well as those who have mastered the game's mechanics), after the "[[SarcasmMode robust]]" fighting system provided by the BYOND engine. |
| 332 | ** [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Rouge]]: A rogue AI or cyborg, common typo by players who expect the synthetics to obey their every whim. |
| 333 | ** Malf: Malfunction, either the game mode or the AI in such mode. |
| 334 | ** Honkmother: Some entity that it is believed all clowns strive to please. |
| 335 | ** Antags: Antagonists. |
| 336 | ** Valid: A player that has been deemed fair game by the Captain or a suitable head because of their behaviour. Alternatively, the condition of being "valid to kill" by server rules, such as most confirmed antagonists. |
| 337 | ** Shitcurity: Security members embodying PoliceBrutality and RulesLawyer rolled into one. |
| 338 | ** Lusties: Xenomorphs, due to a copypaste placing a queen into the role of the [[Literature/TheElderScrollsInUniverseBooks Lusty Argonian Maid]]. |
| 339 | ** Yellows: Insulated gloves, named for their colour. One of the most coveted items in the game. |
| 340 | ** Fluke Ops: [[YouNukeEm Nuclear operatives]], especially those who [[EpicFail fail spectacularly]]. |
| 341 | ** Atmosia, Cargonia: Nicknames for the Atmospherics and Supply departments, referring to their tendency to "secede" and form an independent entity, usually responded to with [[DontTryThisAtHome admin retribution]]. |
| 342 | ** Harmbaton: The security officer's [[TheParalyzer stunbaton]], which is often used to [[DeadlyEuphemism permanently stun suspects]] [[ExpospeakGag by repeated high-velocity application]]. |
| 343 | ** Comdom: A portmanteau of "command" and "condom", referring to Captains (occasionally also other Command staff) acting as TheNeidermeyer. |
| 344 | ** Adminbus: "Admin abuse", that is, everything an administrator ever does in-game. |
| 345 | ** Bwoink: Adminhelp private messages, due to the distinctive sound they play. Can also be used as verb, eg. "bwoinking" or "getting/being bwoinked". |
| 346 | ** Lord Singuloth: [[UnrealisticBlackHole The Gravitational Singularity]], which powers most stations. The purpose of the Engineer is to prevent him from [[TroubleEntendre strolling about]]. |
| 347 | ** Genetrash: [[Film/TheThing1982 Changelings]], due to their modus operandi of absorbing other peoples' genetic information. |
| 348 | * Specimen 8 from ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpscareMansion'' is nicked named "[[{{Pun}} Deer God]]". |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'': In some circles the game is referred to as ''Warhammer 40,000: Plasma Marine'' due to the sheer effectiveness of the [[GameBreaker plasma cannon]]. |
| 350 | * ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': |
| 351 | ** "Chicken" for the Autobomb, due to being a small white thing that chases after opponents. |
| 352 | ** "Pity Clam" for the power clam that spawns under your team's goal after the barrier is broken in the Clam Blitz ranked mode. |
| 353 | ** Since there are two characters in the series that have used the callsign "Agent 3" -- the player character from [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]] who later becomes [[RankUp Captain of the New Squidbeak Splatoon]], and the player character from ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' who adopts their old callsign -- to reduce confusion in fan works and general discussion, the former continues to be called "Agent 3" while the latter is called "'''New/Neo''' Agent Three".[[note]]The game's own solution to this is to just call the former "Captain", and the latter "Agent 3" with no qualifiers.[[/note]] |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' |
| 355 | ** Captain Mozzarella - The giant head with melting skin that is the first game's final boss. |
| 356 | ** Legion - The final boss of the second game (officially known as Ultimate Evil), for its resemblance to the common ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' boss. |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/StarFox64'': The Forever Train - the train that the enemy commander from Macbeth drives, after the level's subtitle. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'': |
| 359 | ** "Boff" / "[=BOff=]" / "BOFF" for "Bridge Officer" (a.k.a. your BridgeBunnies). Likewise, some variation of "Doff" for "Duty Officers", the RedshirtArmy who run your [[LowerDeckEpisode Lower Decks]]. |
| 360 | ** Among others, KDF players are Klinks or Klanks, spiral wave disruptors are pissbeams, the Caitian Atrox Carrier is the catbus, and the Jem'hadar Attack Ship is the bugship or Jem bug. |
| 361 | ** "Rainbow boats" or "Skittleboats", among others, for a noob mistake of not making your weapon types match up[[labelnote:*]]Tactical consoles that boost a particular energy type (e.g. phaser, disruptor, or antiproton) provide greater increases than ones that boost a weapon type (beams, cannons, torpedoes, or mines).[[/labelnote]], because of the resulting BeamSpam and/or [[MoreDakka Dakka]] being in all colors of the rainbow. As one guy on the forums remarked on one of these who used cannons, "every time he fired it looked like a pack of Skittles exploded." |
| 362 | ** The forums use so much shorthand for builds and abilities it's practically a second language you have to learn. |
| 363 | ** The new Obelisk carrier has also been dubbed the "Obisek" carrier, noting how close it was to the well-known Reman character of the Romulan storyline. |
| 364 | ** [[PunnyName "T'Its"]], or some variation thereof, for [[LadyNotAppearingInThisGame the nameless Vulcan lady with plentiful cleavage]] that graces a lot of the [[http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/www/pictures/1353959785786.jpg promo art]]. Similarly, Commander Tiaru Jarok, captain of the RRW ''Lleiset'' (the Romulan Republic equivalent of the ''Enterprise''), was dubbed "So'Hott" until her name was revealed. |
| 365 | * ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'': |
| 366 | ** Jack: The first, and previously most common, protagonist. He's called "Pete" several times in canon, but "Jack" took off due to the SNES "Jack and the Beanstalk" styled scene. The name is used for most other male protagonists, despite most having their own names too. |
| 367 | ** Jill: The ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife Another Wonderful Life]]'' protagonist. It goes with Jack's name. Her canon name is "Pony" but it's [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude atypical sounding]]. The name is also sometimes used to refer to the blond protagonist from ''Back to Nature For Girl'' (who is officially called "Claire"). |
| 368 | ** Hansel and Gretel: The protagonists of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonGrandBazaar Grand Bazaar]]'' |
| 369 | ** Phillip and Lillian: The protagonists of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns The Tale of Two Towns]]''. |
| 370 | ** Bokumono: The PortmanteauSeriesNickname. |
| 371 | * ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': |
| 372 | ** Boxer, Dictator, Claw - M. Bison/Balrog, Vega/M. Bison, and Balrog/Vega, respectively; used to avoid confusion in the international fandom. |
| 373 | ** Cody, when [[TheBusCameBack he returned]] in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', got the nickname of 'Codell Traverson'. |
| 374 | ** "The Raging Demon" - Akuma's ultimate attack, the ''Shun Goku Satsu''. |
| 375 | *** Which is actually the name that was officially given to it in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2'' manual. |
| 376 | *** Also "Tian" ("Heaven" or "Sky", which also depends on the version) among Chinese players, after the kanji that flashes on Akuma's back during this move. |
| 377 | ** Tasting the Rainbow - Getting hit by Gill's "Seraphic Wing" OneHitKill, which is a rainbow-colored circle. |
| 378 | ** Thunder Thighs - Chun-Li, whose hips are her most defining feature. |
| 379 | *** "Chunbuns", "Chunners" "The Chunner" are also popular. |
| 380 | ** Cycloid Seth - Seth (duh) from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''; named after the Cycloid characters from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX Plus'', who are known for having movesets consisting of moves of other characters. |
| 381 | ** '''THE RED CYCLONE''' - Zangief, of course! Must be written in ALL CAPS for maximum effectiveness. |
| 382 | *** Although this is a canonical nickname in the series too. |
| 383 | *** "Jazzy Russia" - The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvwwfX_mKnU SFIV]]'' version of his [[{{Leitmotif}} iconic]] theme song. |
| 384 | ** [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]] - M. Bison, due to his JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly large chin. |
| 385 | *** He didn't always have that chin. Was also known as "Truck Driver Bison" during his Alpha incarnation. |
| 386 | ** Family Man - Guile, for obvious reasons. |
| 387 | *** Guile has a crapload of nicknames, mostly due to nobody knowing what "guile" was or meant when they were ten. Gweelie, Goolie, Gilley and more persist to this day. And in a more annoying vein stemming from the same idea, "Roo." |
| 388 | ** [[MemeticMutation GARlie]] - Charlie, due to his extreme manliness. Also applies to Guile when wearing his alternate costume in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''. |
| 389 | ** Burgertits - C. Viper, for the way she cushions her necktie between her breasts. |
| 390 | ** The two incarnations of Cammy are distinguished as "Delta Red Cammy" and "Shadaloo Cammy" based on her different affiliations. |
| 391 | *** Although (technically) this is canon too. |
| 392 | ** Flash Kick - Guile and Charlie's anti-air specials, which are officially called "Somersault Kick". The "Jackknife Kick" was also popular in the early days. |
| 393 | *** Although with the English dub of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', "Flash Kick" is the official now. |
| 394 | *** "Flash Kick" was always an official name. However, it was only used in the American versions of the games and never in the Japanese ones. |
| 395 | ** Flaming Torpedo - A very early fan name for the Psycho Crusher. Initially, when it was revealed to be actually called "Psycho Crusher", many fans didn't believe it. |
| 396 | *** In Brazil, way back: Roto-Rooter, due to the commercials of that plumbing method there. |
| 397 | ** Shotos (or {{Shotoclone}}s) - Ryu, Ken, Akuma (Gouki), Dan, Sean (and soemtimes Sakura, Sagat, and Gouken as well) collectively get called this. The name comes from Capcom's designation of Ryu and Ken's fighting style as "Shotokan Karate" in the early English localizations of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' (the style was never actually given a name per se in the original Japanese canon). This is also the term given to other so-called Ryu/Ken-types (such as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in ''Marvel Super Heroes'' and Morrigan and Lillith from ''Darkstalkers''). |
| 398 | ** In the wake of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0lLd9Wgsgk new]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PInwiG8LR9E Ultra]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw7KozPJALw Combos]] for ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation Super]] [[UpdatedRerelease Street]] [[{{Sequelitis}} Fighter]] [[{{Interquel}} IV]]'', there have been ''several''. |
| 399 | *** (Demon/Shin) Roflcopter, Shun Goku TabletopGame/{{Beyblade}}, [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Akumanian Devil]], Akumacopter - Akuma's Demon Armageddon, which is a HurricaneKick cranked up with [[SpectacularSpinning more spinning action]] and is deemed by some to be too over-the-top for a guy like him. May or may not have anything to do with a similar scene in Proxicide's famous fanwork ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-js6TKPBc Street Fighter vs. Mortal Kombat 3]]'', which garnered similar effects. Needless to say, the fans are not pleased. |
| 400 | *** Souloboros - Rose's Soul Satellite, which is very similar to VideoGame/{{Strider}} Hiryu's Ouroboros super from the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' series. |
| 401 | *** "'''FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!!'''" & "'''I AM THE PROTECTOR OF RUSSIA'S SKIES!!'''" - Zangief's first and second Ultras, respectively. The first can also be applied to good 'ol Gief himself. |
| 402 | *** Gen's new [[TouchOfDeath Shi'tengetsu]] [[RapidFireFisticuffs Ultra]] has earned him the nickname of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Genshiro]] in some circles. |
| 403 | *** And the game itself has been christened by some people as ''[[SpectacularSpinning Super Spin Fighter IV]]''. |
| 404 | ** ''Ken Fighter IV'' - See the picture on ComplacentGamingSyndrome. Sometimes, it's followed by the subtitle "''Sagat Strike''". |
| 405 | *** Before that, there was ''Chun Fighter III: Ken Strike - Yun for the Future'', thanks to the mass character balancing in ''III: Third Strike'' shuffling around ''all'' of the CharacterTiers. Some characters (like Sean) were severely {{nerf}}ed while Chun-Li, Ken, and Yun were thrust into top-tier. Now you know why videos of TournamentPlay will usually involve those three characters (with Akuma, popping up at times). |
| 406 | ** From the above "Jazzy Russia" example, there is now a trend (presumably started by Alex's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSzPbO9DFcg Jazzy NYC]] in ''III'') of giving the title of "Jazzy [Insert Name of Hometown/Affiliated Location Here]" to any theme that is remotely jazz-based. In ''Super Street Fighter IV'', we now have "Jazzy [[VideoGame/FinalFight Metro]]" for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE4B6RfA5oU Guy]] and "Jazzy Kyoto" for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzOckSK5f8U Ibuki]]. |
| 407 | ** Rekka - This one is more of a meta-example, [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Fighting_game_terms like most video game lingo.]] A term used in {{Fighting Game}}s to refer to a series of moves that require a repeated input of the same command to achieve its maximum effectiveness. There are two kinds, the first being named for Fei-Long's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyewJpIW7L0 Rekka-Ken]], in which the player must repeat the command QCF+ P three times to finish the combo. The second type is very similar to Type 2, but is distinct due to the fact that multiple followup attacks exist, providing the player with a more intricate plan of attack. A good example of this would be [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Kyo Kusanagi's]] Aragami and Dokugami specials and Karin Kanzuki's Gurenken (also from ''SF'') which both start with the command QCF+ P, but have different properties and followups depending on which button was pressed. [[note]]Note that these should not be confused with chain/dial-a combos, which are a string of normal attacks in rapid succession. See ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', or ''Street Fighter Alpha'' for good examples.[[/note]] |
| 408 | ** Bipson - Affectionate nickname for M. Bison (Dictator), created due to the magic that is [[FunetikAksent Chris Hu's commentary]] on a match between Andre "Twisted Jago" Lambert and Daigo. |
| 409 | *** DA BEST BIPSON: Jago himself. |
| 410 | *** BISON PRESSURE: Anything involving something astounding from Bison's pressure game. |
| 411 | ** Many attacks received fan nicknames in Brazil, mostly caused by mishearing the actual attacks. This has also happened to a lesser extent in Malaysia. |
| 412 | *** Shoryuken: Roriugui (this one became a nickname for {{Shoryuken}}-like attacks in general). In Malaysia, it has the nonsensical name "Ah-boogen" in certain circles back in the early 90s before the anime and manga landed, largely because no one could properly understand what was being said[[note]]most Malaysians don't speak Japanese, especially back then.[[/note]] |
| 413 | *** Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku: Ataque da Coruja (Owl Attack). |
| 414 | *** Sonic Boom: Alex Full. In Malaysia, it has the nickname ''Sabit-ku'' (lit. ''"My sickle!"'' or ''"My Crescent!"''. ''Sabit'' being the Malay word for sickle or crescent, which is what the Sonic Boom resembles. Ironically, no one ever questioned why Guile was speaking Malay). |
| 415 | *** Chou Zutsuki: Cuscuz (a type of food made of corn). |
| 416 | *** Spinning Bird Kick: Mini Táxi. |
| 417 | *** Tiger Uppercut: Tiger Franchise/{{Robocop}}. Incidentally, the attack is also known as Tiger Robocop in Malaysia. |
| 418 | ** The Streetest Fighter - (Lethal) JokeCharacter Dan Hibiki, as a play on [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert's]] "Great X or the greatest X?" RunningGag[[note]]Dan's self-made martial arts style, ''Saikyo-ryu'', translates to "[[{{Irony}} The Strongest School]]"[[/note]]. |
| 419 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' |
| 420 | ** Luigi's different incarnations have gotten nicknames: |
| 421 | *** Weegee - Luigi. Derives from the dubious pronounciation of his name in ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'', a notoriously poor Mario-related educational game. Initially, the nickname referred to a bastardised version of the character as traced from his incredibly ugly sprite in the PC version, who was [[MemeticMutation shopped into various images]] as a sort of stalker figure and spread through the internet, but eventually the nickname spread to the original Luigi as well as the fanmade Weegee. Origins are even older than that, going back to the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' comic from ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' (It's what Mario calls Luigi, EVERY TIME.) It is even recognized by Nintendo. Baby Mario calls Baby Luigi this in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime''. Whenever Baby Luigi is knocked out and neither adult Luigi nor adult Mario are on the battlefield, Baby Mario will exclaim: "WOAH! WEEGEE!!". Luigi ''himself'' can be heard using this pronunciation clearly. Yes, the adult one (in different games). |
| 422 | *** Gay Luigi - Luigi in ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' due to a MemeticMutation where most hear Mario say "Nice of the Princess to invite us over for a picnic, gay Luigi" instead of "-c, eh Luigi." Also, Gay Luigi has sometimes been used as the name for Luigi's pink outfit in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series. |
| 423 | *** Mama Luigi - Luigi in the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld cartoon]] allegedly based on ''Super Mario World'', thanks to the episode "Mama Luigi," which gave birth to many [[MemeticMutation memes]] and [[YouTubePoop YouTube Poops]] (then he got frowned upon in the latter for overuse). |
| 424 | *** Emo Luigi - Luigi in a scene in the ''SMW'' cartoon episode "Gopher Bash", where he assumes a TroubledFetalPosition and cries, "ItsAllMyFault!" |
| 425 | *** Green Mario - Luigi before his DivergentCharacterEvolution. |
| 426 | ** Fat Mario - Mario in ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' for the [[SoBadItsGood CD-i]], named for his weight shifting in the cutscenes. |
| 427 | ** Rainbow Bowser for the final Bowser fight in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. |
| 428 | ** Marty for the green-tinted (due to the lighting) caged Thwomp in Bowser's Castle from ''VideoGame/MarioKart64''. |
| 429 | ** [[SdrawkcabName Yvan & Wolley]] - The yellow and blue Toads from ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''. IGN [[http://wii.ign.com/articles/990/990400p1.html asked to name the two Toads]], and on June 03, 2009 02:44 PDT, IGN user britchesman88 came up with the names and explanations behind the naming, and IGN [[http://stars.ign.com/articles/994/994192p1.html accepted them]]. |
| 430 | ** Rosalina has been affectionately referred to as “Rosie” by some fans. |
| 431 | ** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Peach Gear Solid, or Metal Gear Peach]] - The sections in the original ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario|64}}'' where you play as Peach and have to [[StealthBasedMission sneak around the castle to get to certain points without being seen]]. |
| 432 | ** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kaminario]] / [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simario]] - For Mario's [[ThisIsADrill Drill Power-up]] in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''. |
| 433 | ** Charlie - [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Chargin' Chucks]], by the rather eccentric [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] LetsPlay/{{raocow}}. The jumping Chargin' Chucks are nicknamed Flippy Frog. |
| 434 | ** Constipation Monster - The Snifits in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' due to looking like they're forcing out a turd before they shoot. |
| 435 | ** Smasher - The large unnamed yellow things that come down in some castles instead of Thwomp. |
| 436 | ** {{Faceship}} - Starship Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', from one of Lubba's {{pun}}s. |
| 437 | ** The giant Lakitu boss in Yoshi Star Galaxy in ''Galaxy 2'' is often called Giga Lakitu, though the Prima guide names him King Lakitu. Also Fiery Gobblegut for the rematch with Gobblegut in Battle Belt, and Whimps for the miniature Whomps that assist the Whomp King in his battle in Throwback Galaxy (called Pattan in Japanese). |
| 438 | ** Bowser Bones and Skeletal Bowser - Dry Bowser. |
| 439 | ** Plit - The Mushroom World, the planet the games take place on. |
| 440 | ** Bricks - The blocks made of bricks are officially referred to as "blocks"[[note]]Other blocks that can't ordinarily be broken by jumps are officially called "hard blocks"[[/note]], but most players call them "bricks". |
| 441 | ** ''Super Mario Advance 4'' (a [[VideoGameRemake remake of]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'') had 26 e-Reader levels that were [[NoExportForYou never brought out of Japan]] due to the e-Reader itself being retired, so the fandom had to give them their own names for the sake of convinience. While the {{Nostalgia Level}}s had a naming scheme, the remaining levels had to be created from the ground up. In 2016 (more than a decade later), the game was rereleased on Wii U's Virtual Console service, and all of the e-Reader levels are included, including the ones that were only available in Japan, so the fandom finally got official names. The following levels and their nicknames are: |
| 442 | *** A Musical Trek -- Magical Note Blocks 2 (named after one of the originally released levels). |
| 443 | *** Armored Airship -- Airship's Challenge. |
| 444 | *** Ice Dungeon -- Chill Cavern. |
| 445 | *** A Sky-High Adventure -- Inner Maze. |
| 446 | *** Sea to Sky -- Tropical Splash. |
| 447 | *** It's a Shoe-In -- Spike Castle a Go-Go! |
| 448 | *** Slip Slidin' Away -- Frappe Snowland (no relation to the ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' course). |
| 449 | *** Ice Cubed -- Frozen Fortress. |
| 450 | *** Puzzling Pipe Maze -- Pipe Labyrinth. |
| 451 | *** A Towering Tour -- Spiral Tower. |
| 452 | *** Castle Dash -- 60 Seconds. |
| 453 | *** Rich with Ropes -- Rope Land. |
| 454 | *** Vexing Doors -- Haunted Hall. |
| 455 | *** Caped Escape -- Clear Skies. |
| 456 | *** Ground Work -- Desert Oasis. |
| 457 | *** An Aqueous Adventure -- Aqua Bars of Doom (named after one of the originally released levels called "Swinging Bars of Doom"). |
| 458 | *** Bowser's Last Stand -- Bowser's Castle Redux. |
| 459 | *** Koopaling Confusion -- Hammer Bros. Ship. |
| 460 | *** Bowser's Airship 1 -- Bowser's Airship Pt 1 (admittedly, not too different from the official name). |
| 461 | *** Bowser's Airship 2 -- Bowser's Airship Pt 2 (again, not too different from the official name.) |
| 462 | *** No Time to Dawdle -- Mad Dash. |
| 463 | *** Treacherous Halls -- Spike Fortress. |
| 464 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' |
| 465 | ** Randall the Cloud - Affectionate nickname for the little smiling cloud that floats along the bottom of the Yoshi's Story stage in ''Melee''. |
| 466 | ** Space Animals - A collective term for the characters [[VideoGame/StarFox Fox, Falco, and Wolf]] (and sometimes Captain Falcon as well). |
| 467 | *** Sometimes Space Furries, which, in addition to being more derogatory, conveniently has the same initials as the source series. |
| 468 | ** Seraphic Wing - Tabuu's attack in which he spreads his wings, sending out red waves that deal incredible damage and, on higher difficulties, are a OneHitKO. The official name of the attack is "Off Waves"; the nickname comes from the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' boss Gill, who has a OneHitKO of that name that also involves spreading angelic wings (in his case it sends out a rainbow, hence its Taste the Rainbow nickname above). |
| 469 | *** Red Rings of Death - Another name for this bloody attack. Not to be confused with a certain [[Platform/XBox360 other]] system-crashing ring (but might be named after that due to its TakeThat potential). |
| 470 | ** Thanks, Sakurai - name used whenever something undesired happens (such as [[ScrappyMechanic prat falling/tripping]]) |
| 471 | *** Also, whenever you trip, someone will inevitably cry out: '''[[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily SAKURAAAIII!!!!]]''' |
| 472 | ** Big Gay Dance - King Dedede's Final Smash, officially Waddle Dee Army. |
| 473 | *** Stems from [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/438529 this flash]]. |
| 474 | *** Also called [[MemeticMutation "THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE!"]] |
| 475 | ** Great Pizza - Ike's Final Smash, officially Great Aether. |
| 476 | *** "I HATE YOU!" - Mishearing the Japanese version of this move. |
| 477 | ** "Hands off my bread!" - Another Mishearing. This time, of Falco's side taunt. |
| 478 | *** "Pizza cake." |
| 479 | ** Marshmallow Power - Lucario's Final Smash, officially Aura Storm. Lucario says "Watch the power of Aura"; players misheard this over the game's background music. |
| 480 | *** [[Franchise/DragonBall Kamehameha]] - Named because of how it's performed, and because Lucario in the anime is played by Creator/SeanSchemmel, Goku's voice actor (though not in ''Brawl''). |
| 481 | ** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure ZA WARUDO]] - Luigi's Final Smash, officially Negative Zone. Inverts colors and possibly slows down the enemy. |
| 482 | ** The Guido Torpedo, Fist of the Don, Shoryuken - Luigi's side special and up special super moves. The former is for when he launches himself headfirst at the enemy (and will sometimes explode and take off like a bullet). The latter's nickname only applies when Luigi executes the move at point blank range, resulting in about 30-40% damage and rocketing the opponent straight up into the air. |
| 483 | ** Captain Fabulous - [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] when wearing his [[IconicOutfit incredibly fabulous]] pink and white racing suit. |
| 484 | *** Alternatively, Pride Falcon. |
| 485 | *** Breast Cancer Awareness Falcon. He is aware of breast cancer. He wishes to examine all breasts, to determine health. Yes. |
| 486 | ** PK Shitstorm - Ness and Lucas' Final Smashes, officially PK Star Storm. |
| 487 | ** It's raining men - Pit's Final Smash in ''Brawl'' |
| 488 | *** Alternatively, it has been known as Jesus Powers, due to it being powerful if you're not a good dodger. |
| 489 | ** Goth Lucario - grey and black Lucario fur color. |
| 490 | ** Manga/{{Naruto}}/Ninja Pikachu - Pikachu with green headband. |
| 491 | ** HUPCHA/ the [[AssKicksYou Butt Bump]] ("[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom of doom]]" optional) - Peach's B+ side attack, officially the "Peach Bomber". |
| 492 | ** Maruigi/Luario - Mario in green clothing option/ Luigi in red clothing option. |
| 493 | ** Gothic - Sonic with those big black bands on his wrists. |
| 494 | ** [=KKKong=] for Donkey Kong's white fur color. |
| 495 | *** [[Film/BlackDynamite Though far from PC, some also know him as "Honkey Kong"]]. |
| 496 | *** [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry Eddie the Mean Old Yeti]] |
| 497 | ** Old Manondorf - Ganondorf's white hair costume. |
| 498 | *** Alternatively, Creator/SeanConnery. |
| 499 | *** Also, [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Damon Gant]]. Now you can't unsee it. |
| 500 | *** He's also sometimes been called 'Grandpadorf.' |
| 501 | *** Or [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Ganondalf]]. |
| 502 | *** Others even refer to him as "Ganondork". |
| 503 | ** Though she has nothing to do with the anime series [[Manga/WeddingPeach of similar name]] some folks refer to the white alt-color option of Princess Peach as Wedding Dress Peach. |
| 504 | *** Speaking of Peach, her [[AssKicksYou special move]] officially named "Peach Bomber" has also been referred to by such names as "Flying Butt Smash", "Booty Buster", and in Melee's version, which has an explosion effect instead of Brawl's cloud-of-hearts effect, the "Royal Death Fart". |
| 505 | ** Longchu or Pikaman - Pikachu moveswapped to use Ganondorf's moves. His body is stretched out to match Ganondorf's stance. (Also works with Donkey Kong.) |
| 506 | *** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTKoOf-yZOw#t=147s The Devil]] |
| 507 | ** [[[HelloInsertNameHere character name here]]]cide - Suicidal grab attacks that KO both the user and their victim. |
| 508 | *** Bowser, Ganondorf, and Dedede's suicide attacks (Koopa ''King'', ''King'' of Evil, and ''"King"'' of Dreamland, respectively) are the Regicides. |
| 509 | ** The Forbidden Seven - The seven unfinished characters left in pieces in the game's data: Mewtwo, Dr. Mario, Roy, Toon Zelda, Toon Sheik (widely assumed to be Tetra), Dixie Kong, and "Pra and Mai" (assumed to be a Plusle and Minun tag-team duo). |
| 510 | ** The Evil Jigglypuff [[TheEmpire Empire]]. Born from how some people think that the Jigglypuff are up to something, and how devastating a good Jigglypuff player can be. |
| 511 | *** "Jiggs" for Jigglypuff in general. |
| 512 | *** "Gigalypuff" for Jigglypuff's Final Smash. Also called Bigglypuff. |
| 513 | ** Deliberate name misspellings are also fan terms, like Snoic (Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog), Noss ([[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]]), Chairzard ([[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charizard]]), and Meat Night ([[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]]). |
| 514 | ** [[FunWithAcronyms Dimensional Infinite Cape of the Knight]] - derogatory nickname for Meta Knight's [[http://www.ssbwiki.com/Infinite_Dimensional_Cape Infinite Dimensional Cape]] trick, which involves abusing C-stick smashes to have Meta Knight's up-smash and Dimensional Cape [[SpamAttack simultaneously]] [[GameBreaker and endlessly]] which has been banned from Tournament Play. |
| 515 | *** Meta Knight's Final Smash is often referred to as "The Rape Cape." |
| 516 | *** Centripedal-Man for Meta Knight himself, many of his attacks, including all his special moves, involve [[SpinAttack spinning.]] |
| 517 | ** Halt, evildoer, lest you feel the awesome might of the KNEE OF JUSTICE!!!! (Cpt. Falcon's farcically powerful aerial side-smash.) |
| 518 | ** Ganondorf's Elbow of Injustice, another name for his powerful side smash. |
| 519 | *** And his neutral standard move, the Bitch Slap, especially given how it looks in ''Melee''. |
| 520 | ** Hot Topic-Ness - Ness in his shocking pink cap and black Mr. Saturn shirt. |
| 521 | ** AIDS Blade - Kirby's up special. Seriously, listen to it. |
| 522 | ** Goth (Fallen Angel) Pit = Pit in his black outfit. Also called [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Pittoo]]. |
| 523 | ** [[GodwinsLaw Nazi]] = Lucas (given his Aryan appearance) |
| 524 | ** Puff Punch = Jigglypuff's Pound move. Been in the community ever since the first ''Super Smash Bros'' game, in fact. |
| 525 | ** Lysol Strike - Link's down aerial attack. Because when one does this, it kills '''everything''', "even the bacteria on the ground". |
| 526 | ** Theatre/{{Spamalot}} for Hyrule Temple. It looks like a castle and you can spam. A lot. |
| 527 | *** The Fight Club for the lower part of ''Melee'' Hyrule Castle, so called because the ceilings and walls prevent many would-be [=KOs=], allowing characters' damage counts to get unusually high before anyone gets a KO. Has also been used to refer to similar parts of other stages, such as the lower section of [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Spear Pillar]] in ''Brawl''. |
| 528 | ** Mr. Gaymanwatch = Mr. Game And Watch |
| 529 | ** Zero Skill Spamus, named after a tendency for Zero Suit Samus players on For Glory to overuse their neutral B. |
| 530 | ** The Turnip [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alchemist]] for Peach. She can pull turnips (along with random Bob-ombs, light swords, etc) from the ground. Anywhere. On a spaceship, a pirate ship, and even in Pictochat, with seemingly no consequences or marks on the ground. She obviously has a PhilosophersStone. |
| 531 | ** Super Sayian Sonic - Sonic's Final Smash with Brawl. |
| 532 | ** Louie G - Luigi (based on the announcer's pronunciation of his name in ''Brawl'') |
| 533 | ** Mennonite - Meta Knight (see Louie G) |
| 534 | ** Fuckin' Paunch - Falcon Punch |
| 535 | ** Giant Satanic Bowser - Giga Bowser |
| 536 | ** Delicious Bacon - Ganondorf's Final Smash |
| 537 | ** Booby Beam - Samus' Zero Laser |
| 538 | ** Red - Pokemon Trainer[[note]]That's his actual name.[[/note]] |
| 539 | ** [=LOLimar=]/Nolimar/Solimar - Olimar played with the handicap of not using Pikmin. |
| 540 | ** Omar - Olimar's alternate color that gives him darker skin. |
| 541 | ** [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents British]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] for [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Shulk]]. Both of them are blond-haired protagonists that hail from highly-claimed [[JapaneseRolePlayingGame JRPGs]]. Also, due to the [[SpiritualSuccessor relation]] ''Xenoblade'' has to ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' (as well as ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}''), this nickname is also used to show how Shulk is the closest the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has ever had to a playable non-DLC Creator/SquareEnix character. |
| 542 | ** Sick Mode - an affectionate/derogatory (depending on how you feel of it) term for ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's'' "Classic Mode". Derived from WebAnimation/DaThings's YouTubePoop "Soup or Smash Bros." video. |
| 543 | * ''VideoGame/SupremeCommander'''s [[GratuitousEnglish overly verbose]] unit names are ripe for nicknames. Here's just a few: |
| 544 | ** "Flying Donut" or simply "The Donut" -- The Aeon's Czar Flying Fortress. |
| 545 | ** On the same coin, their Galactic Colossus has been called many things. "Iron Man", "Godzilla", even "the Gundam" once. |
| 546 | ** Cybran's Soul Ripper is constantly made fun of due to its sheer size and complete apparent lack of aerodynamics. The most common nickname seems to be the "flying frog". |
| 547 | ** Similarly, the Monkeylord is usually called the "Spider" or "Scorpion" |
| 548 | ** UEF's experimental construction platform's official title "Fatboy" has lended to some players to go there: "fatass!" |
| 549 | ** T3 artillery are usually dubbed "Mini-Maves" after the UEF's gamebreakingly long-ranged Mavor experimental artillery. |
| 550 | ** T1 bombers can be built practically right off the bat, very quickly, and are extremely fast, earning them a leading role in an age-old strategy, thus they are sometimes called the "flying Zerglings". |
| 551 | ** Members of the official forums who were there from the beginning may have trouble recognising the Black Sun device by any name but "Solar Bean." Also expect tales of "Cyberg Spiders." |
| 552 | ** Similarly, the UEF ACU missile launcher was so widely known as "Billy" that the name ended up officially used in ''Forged Alliance''. |
| 553 | ** "Ghetto Gunship" -- An air transport loaded with light assault bots (which can shoot out of a transport), used as an improvised gunship early in the game. |
| 554 | * ''VideoGame/{{Superman|64}}'' (or ''The New Superman [[GratuitousFrench Aventures]]'') for the Platform/Nintendo64 is often called "Superman 64", probably to distinguish it from other games with the same title and because of the pratice of Nintendo 64 games to [[SuperTitle64Advance have 64 in the title]]. The TV Tropes page is even ''named'' with the nickname. Note that it is unlikely that this game has enough legitimate fans. |
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