Name-Face Name
Nicknames can say something about a guy. A deformity, mask, or the looks of a person can give them a Name-Face Name. A Name-Face Name is when a character's nickname comes from a characteristic of their face.
Often leads to Only Known by Their Nickname.
Compare Captain Color Beard.
Examples of Name-Face Name include:
Anime and Manga
- The names of several of the mecha in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann are derived from their faces:
- "Lagann" - Enveloping Face
- "Gunmen" - Huge Face
- "Mugann" - Faceless
- "Lazengann" - Spiral Face
Comic Books
- The Ventriloquist's Puppet Scarface, Two-Face, Clayface and less-popular Baby-Face and False Face From Batman.
- Goldface From Green Lantern.
Film
- Ghostface From Scream.
- Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- Noface from Spirited Away.
- The titular Scarface.
- Babyface from The Hills Run Red.
- Scar from The Lion King, and his heir, Kovu in the sequel. ('Kovu' is Swahili for 'scar'.)
Literature
- Metal Beak from Guardians of Ga'Hoole (who incidentally was not the same character as the Metal Beak of the movie. Nyra never was called Metal Beak in the books, only Kludd was.)
- "Oscar" Gordon from Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein, who got his nickname (later legalized into his real first name) from the scar on his face when he replied "Oh, scar will do" upon being asked what he'd like to be called.
Live-Action TV
- An episode of Saved by the Bell had a kid called Craterface for having zits all over his face.
- Openface from The Adventures of Pete and Pete.
Newspaper Comics
- Dick Tracy: Pruneface, Littleface and Flyface -- and, technically, The Blank.
Tabletop Games
- The Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game has Necroface, a giant tentacled zombie baby head, and Birdface, a bird-man.
Video Games
- Metal Face (Called "Black Face" in Japan) from Xenoblade Chronicles.
Western Animation
- The titular Braceface.
- Captain Huggyface from Word Girl.
- What's-her-face from Teen Girl Squad.
Real Life
- Baby-Face Nelson.
- Pizza-face is a common insult for people that have zits all over their face.