History FanNickname / VideoGamesTToZ

** {{Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}: The Elementium Monstrosity, a raid boss in Bastion of Twilight that is the fusion of the elemental Ascendant Lords [[MakingASplash Felu]][[AnIcePerson dius]], [[KillItWithFire Ignacious]], [[DishingOutDirt Terrastra]] and [[BlowYouAway Ar]][[ShockAndAwe ion]], a combination of all the elements that made up Captain Planet (except [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway he]][[HeartIsAnAwesomePower art]]).

* ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''

** [[Franchise/BioShock XenoShock]]: Initially a detractor nickname for the reboot before it got handed over to Firaxis instead of 2K Marin.

** John Travolta - Iku Nagae, who takes a pose recalling ''SaturdayNightFever'' when summoning lightning.

** Gabe Newell (head of creator Creator/ValveSoftware is known as "Gay Ben" due to his pronunciation of his email address in his commentaries (gaben@valvesoftware.com).

*** Homoprince - For the blatant HoYay.

*** Which makes no sense, given if he had such strict adherance to the rules as Lawful Stupid requires, he would have turned Yuri in the moment he discovered Yuri's brand of 'Justice' despite their friendship. Instead he lets him go, multple times- They only fight after Yuri makes Flynn take the credit for fixing the world's problems.

** "The Power of Christ Compels You" - moniker assigned to Estelle's Mystic Arte, given the fact that she starts rising up and the background shows a church, while she heals the party and attacks at the same time.

** [[ShamuFu Fish]][[StreetFighter do]][[Webcomic/EightBitTheater ken]]: One of Lilith's artes in VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny PS2, called Manbou Senkou, looks like basically a [[StreetFighter Hadoken]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext except with a giant fish head.]]

** Spinbel - Asbel, thanks to his [[{{Expy}} many similarities]] to [[CodeGeass Spinzaku]].
*** Ass-bel- Used when Asbel seems a bit too dense or insensitive. Not really a nickname per-se but is still fairly common
*** This troper thought it was just her, but she has found evidence of others calling him The Disco King. Blame the bell-bottoms.

*** [[{{Foreshadowing}} Flag]] Prince

** Tomodachiiiiii (friends) - [[TwoGuysAndAGirl Asbel, Sophie and Richard]], due to MemeticMutation.
** Tales of Code Geass - For obvious reasons

** Zero Emil - Emil in Ratatosk mode, due to his manysimilarities to a certain prince of Britannia from ''CodeGeass''.

** The Z-Man: Zelos

** [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Flynn Beam]]/ [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Flynn Laser]] - ''[[HolyHandGrenade Divine Streak]]'', the FrickinLaserBeams spell that Flynn acquires in the PS3 version.

** Fish Vriska - Undyne; she's a fish and looks like [[Webcomic/Homestuck Vriska.]]

** [[spoiler:Goatdad, Goatbro]]: For [[Asgore and Asriel respectively]]. Spoilered because they give away a huge chunk of the backstory.

** [=RAWKET LAWNCHUR/LAWNCHAIR=]: Another name for critical rockets, derived from it's now common association with a GratuitousEnglish phrase from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug''.

** Pimprisa - Marisa, resident MemeticSexGod.

*** {{Spyro}} - A Spy who takes on the disguise of a Pyro. Note the {{portmanteau}}.

**** Pyros with the Homewrecker are also sometimes called Pybros (Pyro + bro).

** [=RAWKET LAWNCHUR/LAWNCHAIR=]: Another name for critical rockets, derived from it's now common association with a GratuitousEnglish phrase from ''MetalSlug''.

** Asshole Mode Raiden - Joshua, again. The YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle twist of ''TWEWY'' takes your partner and gives you a character who scientifically equates to [[TheScrappy Rai]][[ReplacementScrappy den]] from ''{{Metal Gear Solid 2|SonsOfLiberty}}'', if he had an [[JerkAss attitude]] that would make Squall's nonsense in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' look funny in comparison.

** "Bucket Ranka" - Kisume, who looks like ''[[MacrossFrontier Macross]]'''s Ranka.

** Burninator: The ''Atlanta'' for 16 cannons loaded with HE setting your ship on fire

** Robo-hime: Alisa Boskonovitch, for having [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Inoue Orihime's]] [[YukiMatsuoka seiyuu]] and being practically her "[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} future self]]"... being a RobotGirl.

** n the Russian fandom the game has already acquired two main nicknames: "Шлюпки" ("Shlupki", or "Lifeboats")note , which it actually shares with Kantai Collection, and "Корюшка" ("Koryuska" or "Smelt"), due to it being developed by a Saint-Petersburg studio, as the city is famous for its seasonal gluts of smelt in Neva river.
** Death Pickles: the special ship for alpha testers, teh ''Iwaki Alpha''

** Lady Lex: the ''Lexington'' -- borred from the real life nickname
** Louie: the ''St. Louis''
** Pepsi: the ''Pensacola''

** "Death Pickles" - Torpedos

* ''WorldOfTanks:'' Particularly sourced from various communities
** Within 24 hours of being released, the [[FunWithAcronyms LTP]], the tank that was gifted for free to all players as part of the celebration of Wargaming.net's 15th anniversary, has received the nickname, "Learn To Play". It's also sometimes referred to as the "Loltraktor Pro", essentially referring to it as simply a refurbished Leichttraktor.
** Several tanks have [[ReportingNames abbreviated names to ease communication]], but it didn't take long for the German Leichttraktor to gain the affectionate nickname "Loltraktor". It also looks like a [[Manga/PanzerFrauleinAlteseisen Wolfin]].
*** The Loltraktor now has a big brother: the Tier 10 German tank destroyer Waffentrager auf E-100, a surprisingly agile 2,000-hp behemoth with a laser-accurate autoloading 12.8cm naval gun, rapidly became known as the "Waffletraktor"/"WTF E-100"/"Waifutrager/traktor"/"Wafflehouse", mostly poking at it's general size and devastating gun.
** The SU-14-2 SPG is probably better known to most players as the "(school)bus" or the "Finger of God" than by its actual designation. It's also known as "The Fridge" ("Холодильник") among Russian players.
** The S-51 shares the "Finger of God" nickname, since they both used to be the heaviest [=SPGs=] available. It is also called the "[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Basilisk]]", due to its striking resemblance. Also known as the Unicorn due its frontal gun mounting resembling one.
** The KV-2's turrets and the premium [=PzIV=] Schmalturm gained the nickname "bobbleheads" for their disproportionate sizes. The former is also often called "The Portajohn" in China for same reason.
*** US heavy tanks from the T29 onwards got nicknamed "{{Cheburashka}}s" for the same reason, and for the "flaps" on the sides of their turrets.
** The [=VK4502=] Ausf B. Heavy tank has been called the "Baby Maus", while Russian fans nicknamed it "Slipper" for its silhouette icon.
*** In a similar vein, the German [=Pz38H735(f)=] and French Hotchkiss H35 are often called the "Mini-Maus", as they have incredible armor for their tier, but are very slow-moving. The [=Pz38H735(f)=] has also been coined the 'Mobile Oppression Fortress' for its ability to take withering fire and keep enemy heads down.
** The map Malinovka earned the derisive nickname "Campinovka" for its large no-man's land and the usual tactics for the map. Also sometimes applied to Redshire (becoming "Campshire") due to two hills that players loved to camp before the redesign.
*** El Halluf is called "Sniperistan" by some players for much the same reason.
** The Russian 100mm [=D10T=] gun for the IS heavy tank is sometimes referred to as the "idiot gun" (spelled as [=1D10T=]), as it's more geared for a medium tank-type play style compared to the heavier cannon that most IS tank users prefer: The 122 D-25T.
** Some tanks can use howitzers; short barreled guns that primarily fire low velocity high-caliber HE shells. These are known as "derpguns". On tanks with multiple howitzers available, there may be the distinction of "miniderp" for the smaller variety.
*** The original Derpgun is an [[{{BFG}} enormous 152mm howitzer]] that's an option on the Russian KV-2[[labelnote:*]]Formerly, the tier 5 KV with an upgraded turret; they were split in a patch that introduced tighter matchmaking[[/labelnote]] tank. It's slow-loading, not very accurate - and able to instantly kill many tanks below the KV-2's tier and deal significant damage to even ''Tier 10 tanks''. Because of this, the KV-2 quickly gained the infamous nickname "King of Derp", so underestimating it is a ''very'' bad idea.
** Another notorious 152mm gun is the BL-10 gun on the ISU-152, nicknamed the "Trollcannon" by The Mighty Jingles on Youtube. It's an extremely powerful but extraordinarily erratic weapon, with huge alpha damage, very high penetration, poor accuracy, slow load time and a slow aim time. It may cause colossal damage when it hits the target, but it might miss or even bounce off a very lightly armored target (when on paper it should get through a Maus from the front). Depending on what the gun decides to do, the player is left either delighted or furious after firing it. (Or to quote Jingles, "In Soviet Russia, sometimes the Trollcannon trolls you.")
** The premium Type 59 medium tank has been nicknamed the "Walmart Tank." Because, you know, [[DontExplainTheJoke it's made in China.]] Others call them "pandas", and for a more racy nickname, there's always the lovable "chink tank". Owing to the tanks remarkable tendency to burst into flame with hits almost anywhere, "rice-cooker" is an often used name by those disdainful of its combat performance. The most readily understandable and commonly used nickname, however, seems to just be "Type" (since it was the only tank with that word in its name for a very long time)
*** The addition of the Type 62 has resulted in the division into "Type" for 59s and "[=MiniType=]" for 62s.
*** On the Chinese server, there's the "Thin 59", "Lite 59," "Short 59", "Beefed 59", "Panther 59" and "Shit Camo 59", the last one referring to the locally infamous [[BlingBlingBang Type 59 Gold]].
** The KV-1S "Sport"; it has lighter armor than the KV-1 despite being a tier higher, but has higher speed and agility. It's essentially a stripped-down KV that performs more like a medium tank than a heavy. Some have also named it the "Crutch Tank" for its forgiving matchmaking, insanely powerful gun for its tier, and good power/weight ratio.
*** Some people refer to it as the "KV-IS" since it uses a nearly identical turret (they're impossible to tell apart from behind) and has a very similar hull to the IS.
** The KV-4 is sometimes called the KV-Fortress due to having thick all-around armor, making it tough to penetrate when properly angled.
** The KV-5 premium heavy tank has earned the title of "Battleship" by some; it is exceptionally well armored (even on the sides) and has two additional mini-turrets in front of the main turret, giving it a warship-like appearance. The mini-turrets themselves have been nicknamed "[[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]]" and "The Breast".
** The T82 is a Tier-3 American tank destroyer which is basically a M3 Stuart chassis with an open-topped turret and a more powerful selection of guns to choose from, including a 105mm howitzer. Being based on the Stuart's chassis means it can move more quickly than almost any other TD, but has paper thin armor as a drawback. It's no big surprise it's been nicknamed the "Jeep with a TOW missile".
** The German GW Panther Tier-6 artillery has distinctively up-turned sides (where the crew would normally stand on while operating the gun) earning it the nickname "Dracula" for the popped-collar look.
** The Sturmpanzer II SPG and the French S35 CA Tank Destroyer gets called "Bathtub", with their silhouettes and large open-topped fighting compartments.
** The highly sloped armor of the Russian Object 704 Tier 9 tank destroyer makes it look like the most recent incarnation of the "[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batmobile]]".
** The French AMX 40 light tank is already starting to be referred to as the "Rubber Duckie" because it looks like a rubber duck.
*** Has arguably [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as a part of the [[http://worldoftanks.com/news/1469-fan-art-spotlight-32/ Fanart #32]] post from Wargaming.
*** As of 2013, there's official merchandise with AMX 40/duck jokes.
** The tier X French medium tank Batignolles-Châtillon 25T often has its name shortened to "[=BatChat=]" or "Bat". Some players have started to affectionately call it the "[=BatShit=]" out of respect for its capabilities.
** The German-influenced design of the AMX M4(1945) has lead to some players dubbing it "the Green Tiger" or "the French Tiger" for its strong resemblance to the German Tiger II. "Tigre" is another play on the same concept, for a more French-feeling pronunciation.
** The British tier X medium, the [=FV4202=], gets quite a bit of flak due to its relatively low top speed, but its high P/W ratio, fast turning speed, and low terrain resistance gives it good handling and has led some players to dub it "The Hovercraft".
** The M3 Lee gets quite a bit of flak from the playerbase, due to its [[UnexpectedGameplayChange lack of turret]], thin armour and rather inaccurate guns, to the point where - thanks to its high-profile design - people have begun calling it the "Garbage Truck". While it was still named Grant, some players referred to it as the "Galantz", a popular microwave oven brand in Europe and China.
** The French Renault UE 57 tank destroyer has rapidly acquired nicknames based on its diminutive size, which is smaller than the ''turrets'' on many high-tier vehicles. Some of the most popular are "The Angry Flea" or "The Lawnmower".
** The French [=SAu=] 40 tank destroyer has terrible armor and speed while being fairly large, and having the only saving grace of being ''almost'' a Hetzer with its guns. The players have nicknamed it "the Tumor"[[note]]definitely a reference to the machinegun turret on top with its very thin armor, probably also reference to being a product of the Somua company[[/note]] within days of its release. The "Tumor" nickname has since become a general term for any massive cupolas acting as a weakpoint on an otherwise heavily-armored tank.
*** Another nickname for the [=SAu=] is "The Pig", referencing the vehicle's sluggish movement, thin armor and [[BilingualBonus the fact that it means exactly that in German.]]
** The BDR G1 B (and to a lesser extent the ARL V39) is sometimes known as the "Steel Potato" due to the shape of the hull when viewed from the side.
** Speaking of the French Tanks, the stock turret of the Tier-6 [=ARL 44=] Heavy Tank has been called "The Barn" due to its shape.
** The Germans get a tier 7 premium medium tank, the Panther-M10, which is disguised as an American M10 Wolverine tank destroyer. It's widely known as the "Warcrime Panther", because DressingAsTheEnemy like that is, yes, a war crime.
** A rather controversial nickname, usually used to rile up German-line fans deemed worryingly enthusiastic (and occasionally used unironically by ''very'' worryingly enthusiastic German-line fans), belongs to the premium 8.8cm version of the Jagdtiger tank destroyer. It's commonly referred to as the "Double Hitler", a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words the significance of the number eight in white-supremacist numerology]].
** The [=M6A2E1=], a premium variant of the American [=M6=] heavy tank, is nicknamed the 'Mutant 6' or the 'Clownshoe' because of its massive, weirdly-shaped turret. Also called the "Breadloaf King" in China.
** The TOG II* is given the name "Landship", "Banana" and other such terms due to it's size (It's the longest tank in the game). Despite being a difficult tank to play, their owners are often [[http://forum.worldoftanks.com/index.php?/topic/189547-royal-navy-hms-tog-ii-group-chat/ very enthusiastic about them]] and will give them affectionate nicknames that always start with "[=HMS=]".
*** A common term for a platoon of three [=TOGs=] is the "Royal Navy", which the platoon itself will declare at times. Also, in maps with small-sized pathways, a common tactic known as "TOG-blocking" is used by parking the said tank sideways, thus denying enemies access.
** The Aufklärungspanzer Panther light tank added in Patch 8.5 is called the "Awful Panther". It has a tiny turret on a large and easy to hit Panther chassis with a horrible stock gun (fit for Tier ''2/3'') that can see Tier 10 tanks.
** In the SEA server, the M4 Sherman and its many variations are often called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantou mantou]] due to the similar shape. Bonus points if they're using white camo.
** On the Chinese server, the VK 16.02 Leopard is referred to as the "[[TokenMiniMoe Loli Panther]]" as it sounds quite similar in Mandarin and looks like a scaled-down version.
** The Japanese Tier-6 Chi-To: it's [[JustForPun dangerously cheesy]].
** Introduced in Update 8.9, the Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette [=IVc=] is affectionately known as "The Flak Bus" due to its box-like armor scheme. Other nicknames include "The Battle Toaster", "Flak Box", and "Fighting Breadbox".
** The vehicles with the "Pz. Sfl." abbreviation as the start of their name became "Panzer Sniffle" (or, as a result of their ridiculously powerful guns and poor performance in all other areas, the less polite Panzer Syphilis) after the total was brought to three of them with 8.9. "Panzer Soufflé" is a less popular nickname.
** The SU-100Y is known as "Boxtank" thanks to [=QuickyBabyTV=].
** The Jagdpanzer E-100 "[[Film/PacificRim Kaiju Jaegeru]]" and [=FV215b=](183) "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Death Star]]" tank destroyers have earned their nicknames by their ability to instantly wreck any tank that is foolish enough to face them head-on.
** The T95 is occasionally called the "Cleanup Crew" due to its tendency to not get to the fight until it's already over.
*** It's other moniker, the "Doom Turtle", also references its slow speed... and impenetrable frontal armor combined with a 155mm cannon (the same caliber as the BL-10).
*** A battle between two opposing T95s is also sometimes described as akin to a turtle mating ritual, as both T95s try to get to each other's side and rear.
** The [=T110E3=], thanks to its high armor, is occasionally referred to as the [[{{Terminator}} T-800e3]].
** Because of its incredibly small size and unique shape, the French [[FragileSpeedster ELC AMX]] has earned the name 'Pancake Tank'.
*** The Russian Object 416 medium has also inherited the moniker due to having a similar shape.
** The lumbering, ninety-tonne Lowe superheavy tank is known as the 'Slowe', for [[MightyGlacier obvious reasons]].
*** Due to its credit-earning ability as a premium tank, both fans and critics have also nicknamed it "The Bank of Lowe".
*** The special Tier-10 VK 72.01 German Premium heavy tank, which was given out as a reward for being one of the top 3 Clans in a contest has been given the loving moniker 'Failowe' for the fact that it shares a turret with the Lowe, as well as 'Lowetraktor' for its resemblance to the Leichtstraktor.
** Erlenberg is known as Derpenberg since the top left corner of the map has an uncanny quality of bringing out hilarious tendencies of humiliating stupidity in players. Case in Point: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFaPhSEUNRY This replay compilation]].
** The German VK 30.02 (M) medium tank is usually referred to as the [=MANther=], due to being the MAN company's initial design for the Panther and to help differentiate it from the VK 30.02 (D) in the same tier.

*** It's also known as the [[spoiler:Cuntsman]] to players who ''really'' dislike it.
** [[spoiler:Cumbucket - Medic, in reference to the [[{{Uke}} guaranteed position]] he takes]] in {{yaoi}} fanworks. (Warning: NSFW)