History Main / ICallItVera

* Played with in ''Film/DeathWish3''. Paul Kersey makes several comments about how "my friend Wildey" is coming to help him deal with the gang punks. He turns out to have mail-ordered a .475 Wildey Magnum handgun.
--->'''The Rageaholic''' Bronson is referring, of course, to the .475 Wildey Magnum. But you, of course, may refer to it as WHY DOES THAT ''[[HandCannon HOWITZER]]'' HAVE A HANDLE AND ''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]]'' TRIGGER?!"

* Macready of ''Creature Court'' gives feminine names to all four of his blades (two swords and two knives) and refers to them as his "lasses". It's a minor plot point that when two of them are destroyed [[spoiler:during the dust devils' attack]], he doesn't name the new blades.

** The ancestral greatsword of House Stark is called "Ice".
** Arya's castle-forged CoolSword "Needle", a gift from her brother Jon Snow, and she gets very pissed off when it gets confiscated by Lannister men. She retrieves it later in the story.
** Jon Snow receives the sword "Longclaw" after saving Lord Commander Mormont's life.
** BoisterousWeakling Joffrey chooses pompous names like "Hearteater" and "Widow's Wail" (his Valyrian sword) for his swords. Joffrey boasts that once Stannis attacks King's Landing, he'll cut him a smile with Hearteater and even forces Sansa to kiss the blade for luck. Naturally, it never gets drawn during the battle. In the books, Joffrey giving his swords ridiculously grandiose names is something of a running gag, and the one Arya threw in the river was called Lion's Tooth.

* Devo Spice apparently named his [[Usefulnotes/Atari2600 Atari]] "Heather".

** Creator/{{Atari}} designers would name projects after female coworker's, ex. "Candy" for the 400. The UsefulNotes/Atari2600 is the lone exception with "Stella" being taken from the name of a bicycle.

* ''TabletopGame/IronswornStarforged'' has the Gunner asset, for characters who prefer [[Main/BFG heavy ranged personal weapons]]; upgrading the asset unlocks the ability to name your favorite gun, and subsequently gain bonuses for using it in combat. Given the setting, it's likely a reference to the [[TropeNamer Trope]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} Namer]].

* ''TabletopGame/IronswornStarforged'' has the Gunner asset, for characters who prefer heavy ranged personal weapons; upgrading the asset unlocks the ability to name your favorite gun, and subsequently gain bonuses for using it in combat. Given the setting, it's likely a reference to the [[TropeNamer Trope]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} Namer]].

* ''TabletopGame//IronswornStarforged'' has the Gunner asset, for characters who prefer heavy ranged personal weapons; upgrading the asset unlocks the ability to name your favorite gun, and subsequently gain bonuses for using it in combat. Given the setting, it's likely a reference to the [[TropeNamer Trope]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} Namer]].

* Albert King called his Gibson Flying V, “Lucy”.

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': To keep with the ThemeNaming, their car is called ''See-through'', Panty's panties are named as ''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS backlace/backless]]'' and Stocking's Stockings are named ''Stripes I and II''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', you can rename your weapons and items in their Item Worlds.

* A staple of the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series are the named unique weapons. Ranging from the typical NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin matter-of-fact-descriptors]] or women's names.

* Zaeed Massani from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' carries a worn-out old rifle around with him affectionately named "Jessie", although he was forced to retire it about five years beforehand when it was damaged beyond repair. Zaeed's essentially a walking ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' ShoutOut. However, in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Shepard can learn that Zaeed has custom-ordered replacement parts to repair Jessie and carry her in the war against [[PrecursorKillers the Reapers]].
** There is also [[WrenchWench Tali's]] non-sentient combat drone, [[ShoutOut Chikktika]] [[VideoGame/BaldursGate vas Paus]], whom she shouts encouragement and advice to in combat, and praises after the fighting's done.

* In the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series:
** The rather odd name of "Nikita" for the fictional [[PlayerGuidedMissile steerable-missile]] launcher suggests it's a callsign or affectionate nickname.
*** It was named after the French movie La Femme Nikita, which is Hideo Kojima's favorite Luc Besson movie.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' The Fear wields two crossbows he calls the Little Joe and the William Tell.
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' the Winds of Destruction have all named their weapons; Sundowner wielding a pair of high-frequency machetes called "Bloodlust", Mistral a long staff that also acts as a whip called "L'Etranger", Monsoon dual sais called "Dystopia".
** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' Quiet can either carry standard rifle "Wicked Butterfly", non-lethal rifle "Guilty Butterfly", or high-powered lethal rifle "Sinful Butterfly".

* The trope is named for Jayne's very favorite gun from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. It has extreme sentimental value. The fact that he views his own proposal to swap it for Mal's "[[AccidentalMarriage wife]]" in "[[Recap/FireflyE06OurMrsReynolds Our Mrs. Reynolds]]" as ''theft'' is pretty telling. "Vera" itself is an [[CoolGuns Izhmash Saiga-12]] conversion originally built for the movie ''Showtime''.

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->''"Six men came to kill me one time, and the best of them carried this. It's a Callahan Full-bore Auto-lock. Customized trigger, double cartridge, thorough gauge. This is my very favorite gun... I call it 'Vera'."''
-->-- '''Jayne Cobb''', ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' parodied ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' in the episode "Dead Putting Society" wherein Homer forces Bart to call his golf putter "Charlene". "Pull, Duchess! PULL!!!"
** In an early episode, Mrs. Krabappel refers to her grading pen as "Ol' Red."

* ''Literature/ChakonaSpace'' gives us Neal Foster's shotgun, ''Betsy''.

** A variant with a tool instead of a weapon, but Connor's pickaxe is named "Ice Fucker 3000", in reference to his ice shop at Spawn.

* A few cases in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''.
** Percy has named his three weapons [[RevolversAreJustBetter The List]], [[{{BFG}} Bad News]], and [[StaticStunGun Diplomacy]]. Later gets a pistol he names "Retort" after [[spoiler:The List is dissolved in acid]]