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* Hollis Mason of ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' was given the sarcastic nickname "Nite Owl" by a co-worker irritated by Mason's early bedtime. At the same time, he was looking to become a "costumed adventurer," but was stuck for a name...
{{quote|"'Nite Owl.' I liked it. Now all I had to come up with was the costume."}}
* [[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]
* [[Hawkman]] villain Ira Quimby was called IQ by his criminal associates not only because of his initials, but [[Ironic Nickname|as an ironic statement about how stupid he was.]] When he discovered a trinket that gave him incredible intelligence, he decided to keep the name.
* The [[Ultimate Marvel]] version of Mysterio.
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* It's often said that Batman gave [[The Flash|Bart]] the codename "Impulse" as a warning. This is actually a [[Retcon]]; he created it himself during ''[[Zero Hour]]'' (though all-but-confirmed in his second appearance a month before and reinforced a few issues later in the main ''Flash'' ongoing), a fact even his [[Mark Waid|creator]] forgot.
* In ''[[Batman]]: The Man Who Laughs'', Brubaker and Mahnke's re-interpretation of the Joker's first appearance, he is actually given the name "Joker" by the press. He claims it's "funny [he] didn't think of it."
* In Chapter 2 of ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', we see the Beagle Boys evolving from river pirates to who they are today, except they had a bit of trouble naming their
{{quote|'''Beagle Boy 1:''' "The Beagle Boys"! Catchy! Simple, yet elegant!
'''Beagle Boy 2:''' Not bad! Rolls off the tongue! }}
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{{quote|- "Uh wuh huh vuhhyuh uh Juhh Cuhh! Vuhhyuh fuh uh bluh uh muh fuhh! Uh uh uh huh uh fuh luh uh uhh -- ''suh buh uh!'' Uh wuh becuhh '''Uhhfuhh!'''" (I will have vengeance on Jesse Custer! Vengeance for the blood of my father! And if I have a face like an arse -- ''so be it!'' I will become '''Arseface!''')}}
** It's worth pointing out that Arseface [[Did Not Do the Bloody Research|doesn't actually know what the word "arse" means]].
* In ''Punisher Noir'', Detective Martin Soap nicknames the mysterious vigilante who's been wreaking havoc on the Manhattan underworld "[[The Punisher]]", after a popular radio drama he theorizes inspired the man. He's partially
* [[Captain Mar-Vell]] made his debut when he stopped a killer robot sent by his own superiors in the Kree army that was sent to [[Kill All Humans]]. During the battle the robot kept addressing him by his rank and name "Captain Mar-Vell". Bystanders misheard and assumed that Mar-Vell was a new superhero named "Captain Marvel". Mar-Vell decided to go along with it.
* According to ''The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix,'' [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|enemy]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Mr. Sinister]] got his name from the curses of his dying wife. Appropriately enough for a guy who became a supervillain in the 1800s, you don't get more gothic than that.
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** Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish is lord of a tiny tract of worthless land on a group of peninsulas called the Fingers, and is also physically short. He goes by the name as part of his scheme to get people to underestimate him.
** Jaime "Kingslayer" Lannister got his name for murdering Aerys Targaryen, who he had previously sworn to protect. He uses the name and the reputation that comes with it to get away with a lot.
** Brienne is often referred to as "Brienne the Beauty" but not for the reason you'd
* Galinda in ''Wicked'' (both [[Wicked (theatre)|the musical]] and [[Wicked (novel)|the book]]) is called "Glinda" (notice the lack of an A) by her talking Goat teacher. When he is killed, she changes her name to Glinda in his memory.
* In ''[[Ender's Game|Ender's Shadow]]'', Bean gets his name when some other street children are taunting him that he isn't worth a bean. He then immediately lampshades that the name sucks, but the mere fact that he has a name at all is enough of a sign of status that he'll take it.
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* Jack Thompson came up with the term "pixelante," a mix of pixel and (for some reason) vigilante to describe video game players. The GamePolitics forum wasted no time in appropriating the name for themselves, much to Thompson's annoyance.
** Similarly, "pixel-stained technopeasant" was coined by Howard Hendrix as an insult to his fellow science-fiction writers who were demeaning "the noble calling of Writer" by posting their work on the net for ''free'' (*gasp*). They now have [[wikipedia:International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day|their own holiday]].
* Both [[Michigan
* The [[Space Opera]] genre was originally called that as an insult- the term opera was used along the same lines as [[Soap Opera]] and Horse Opera to connote that a work was filled with unbelievable characters, plots, and settings. Now, the term [[Space Opera]] is value neutral and just means a work with "grand themes" that's probably on the softer end of the [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]].
* Fans of [[Atlus]] games, particularly the [[Shin Megami Tensei]] series, like using the term Fatlus to refer to themselves, despite its origins as a derogatory term.
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