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* ''[[Red Line]]'' has "Sweet JP," our main character, a racecar driver who looks kinda like [[No More Heroes|Travis Touchdown]] with even crazier hair. "Sweet JP" is obviously not his real name, it's just been heaped on him because he's the only racer who doesn't mount weapons on his [[Cool Car]].

* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Jeremiah is called Orange-kun/Orange Boy.

* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', Kotetsu immediately takes to calling Barnaby "Bunny" after their first outing as a superhero duo. Because you hop about and have long ears (referring to the antennae on Barnaby's [[Powered Armor]]) like a cute little rabbit! At first he just does it to annoy Barnaby, but it becomes an affectionate nickname once he starts to acknowledge him as his partner.

* Merry Nightmare from ''[[Yumekui Merry]]'' is also known as, well... [[Character Title|Yumekui/Dream Eater Merry]].

* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]''' Keima, ''very'' well-known among gamers he's known as "The Capturing [[A God Am I|God]]," was also predictably nicknamed "[[Otaku|ota]][[Megane]]" by his [[Real Life]] classmates. Crunchyroll's subs translated it to "dweeb," which is culturally accurate, if a bit lacking in creativity.

* Ami and Mami have one for almost everyone on the main cast in the anime version of ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]''.

* In ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'', [[Gamer Chick]] Nekota seems to have ''given herself'' the modified name "Nekonyaa." To play it up, she wears a [[Cat Eared Headband]].

 

* [[The Joker]] likes to call [[Batman]] by nicknames such as Batsy.

** Harley Quinn, in turn, calls Joker "Puddin'" and "Mr. J".

* ''[[Bookhunter]]'': "Kettle Stitch" is the Library Police's nickname for the book thief they're hunting; so called because their high-quality forgery (left behind to hide the fact that the theft occurred at all) used a kettle stitch to bind the leaflets, rather than the common catch stitch.

 

* ''[[The Blind Side]]'': "Big Mike" for the main character, Michael.

* ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' has a subversion. Everyone thinks "Mr. Big Nose" is the man's nickname... but it's actually his real name.

** Some became so identified with their characters that their nicknames followed them in life; i.e., Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, George "Spanky" McFarlane, etc.

 

* "Elephant" in ''[[Flatlander]]'' by [[Larry Niven]].

* [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]] nicknames ''[[The Nicknamer|everything]]''. While most of them don't stick, a few catch on even with other characters. Notably, the Archive is Ivy, the skinwalker is Shagnasty, and the Denarians are the Nickelheads. It [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|says something about Harry]] that these are, respectively, the repository of all human knowledge, an [[Eldritch Abomination]], and an order of psychos and [[Fallen Angel|fallen angels]]. It even gets to be a plot point at times; {{spoiler|naming Ivy gave her her own identity separate from the Archive, which helped her avoid snapping when the Nickelheads caught her.}}

* Jenna and Septimus in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' call each other Jen and Sep, respectively.

 

* ''[[Lost]]'' has lots and lots of these, thanks to Sawyer.

** There's also The Others for the people who live on the island. What they call themselves is never revealed.

* On ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', Jack O'Neill often calls [[Puppeteer Parasite|Goa'uld symbiotes]] "snakes". Except for Teal'c's, which got the nickname "Junior".

 

 

* ''[[Fibber McGee and Molly]]'': In addition to Molly always calling her husband "Fibber" (for good reason), Fibber had nicknames for many of the other characters:

** "Gildy"—Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

** "Butch" Williams

 

* [[PDQ Bach]]'s ''Oedipus Tex'': "...but my friends just call me Ed."

 

* Dr. Ivo Robotnik from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series is usually known by his nickname (and, in Japan, original name) Dr. Eggman nowadays.

* Neku in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' gets called "'phones" because of his [[Headphones Equal Isolation|headphones (and what they imply)]]. Neku refers to Minamimoto as "the Grim Heaper". Beat calls Kariya and Uzuki "lollipop" and "pinky", respectively. Many castmembers (and players) call Hanekoma "Mr. H", and Kitaniji gets called "shades".

* [[Perky Goth|Uriel Chuluun]] and [[Professional Killer|Kira Thanos]] are the primary source of this (among [[Les Yay|other]] [[Ship Tease|things]]) in ''[[Rift]]''. First, Uriel calls Kira "Kay Tee" (much to her dismay). Kira snarkily calls Uriel "Princess" (which is [[Rebellious Princess|technically true]]) in response (much to her ''delight''). And the tie-in story "Drowning in Snow" has Kira referring to the Mighty Leap ability (a racial trait attributable to being [[Elemental Embodiment|part air elemental]]) as "Bahmi Bounce."

 

* ''Infinity'' series:

** In ''[[Ever 17]]'', Sara calls her friend Tanaka You "Nakkyu", and You calls Sara "Mayo". Additionally, Coco uses "Takepyon", "Tsugumin", and "Shou-chan" for Takeshi, Tsugumi, and the Kid.<ref>aka. ''Shounen'' in the original Japanese version, whereas the english version has her use "Kiddo" as a nickname instead.</ref>

** Pearl gets called "Pearls" by Phoenix and "Pearly" by Maya. In the former case, it was because he couldn't bring himself to call her by her real name (she was too cute).

** As for Apollo Justice, he is sometimes called "Polly", but his most famous nickname is Klavier's "Herr Forehead".

 

* In the webcomic ''[[The Dreamer]]'', Nathan calls Alexander "Captain Fancy Pants" behind his back.

* In ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', Nathaniel Harris is referred to as Blood Boy on the sole basis that hardly anyone knew his real name. Also to an extent are most of the terrorists, and Yelizaveta 'Bounce' Volkova.

* In [[LIS DEAD]], Dramatic Detective and Mysterious Mr. M will call each other DD and M respectively most of the time.

 

* Toph from [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] likes to give nicknames to her friends. Most of them are one-offs but her nickname for Aang, "Twinkletoes", sticks.

** And let's not forget Azula's much-despised nickname for her brother, "Zuzu."

** Rolph rarely calls any characters by their real names. The Eds are often called "____ Ed Boy" by him. Nazz is also either referred to as "Spindleshanks Nazz-Girl" or "Go Go Nazz Girl". Kevin also calls Jimmy "Fluffy".

** The protagonists are rarely called by their full names; Eddward, Edward, and Edward.

* In ''[[Recess]]'', the gang sometimes refer to Gretchen as "Gretch" and Spinelli as "Spin".

** T.J. always goes by his nickname (his full name is Theodore Jasper Detweiler), but even his nickname has a nickname: he's often referred to as "Teej".

** Also from ''X-Men Evolution'' are Chuck (Professor-X), Cyke (Cyclops), Red (Jean Grey), Elf (Nightcrawler), Half-pint (Shadowcat), and Porcupine (Spyke).

* Many characters of ''[[Adventure Time]]'' have these. For example, there's Princess Bubblegum, who is on occasion called "PB" and "Peebles".

** it doesn't end with just Spike. Applejack is sometimes called "AJ", Rainbow Dash is occasionally called "Dash" but more usually, "Rainbow" and once called "RD", Apple Bloom was once called "AB", Sweetie Belle's name has been shorted to just "Sweetie" sometimes, Pinkie Pie is usually just, "Pinkie", Twilight Sparkle is almost always just called "Twilight" (or "Twily" by her brother), Big Macintosh is sometimes called, "Big Mac", Sweetie Belle once called Scootaloo, "Scoot" and new colt, Pipsqueak was sometimes called "Pip" in his debut episode. Also, Rainbow Dash calls Scootaloo, "Squirt". Cadence's full name is "Mi Amore Cadenza".

 

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