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** Also, Yukari-Sensei's beat up vehicle is dubbed the "Yukari-guruma", which means the "Yukari-car."
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* Nick and Edgey are Larry Butz's nicknames for [[AceAttorney Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth]], respectively. Mia catches onto "Nick", and [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready when she dies]], she passes it on to Maya, whose use of it inspires Pearl to call him "Mr. Nick". Edgeworth, on the other extreme, is rarely called by his nickname, and rarer still by his first name.

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* Nick and Edgey are Larry Butz's nicknames for [[AceAttorney Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth]], respectively. Mia catches onto "Nick", and [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready [[spoiler: when she dies]], she passes it on to Maya, whose use of it inspires Pearl to call him "Mr. Nick". Edgeworth, on the other extreme, is rarely called by his nickname, and rarer still by his first name.
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* Sisko on ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' calls Jadzia Dax "Old Man" as the previous Dax host (Curzon) was an old friend and mentor.
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* In ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'', Ryouhei Sumi is called "Pei".
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* RedvsBlue characters usually adress Agent Washington with "Wash".
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* In ''ChromeShelledRegios'', Layfon is nicknamed "Layton" by a trio of girls he meets, because it's apparently easier to pronounce. Felli gets jealous when she hears this and decides to call him "Fon-fon". When Layfon objects, she [[CrowningMomentOfFunny runs through several variations of nicknames ("Lay-kun, Lay-chan, Lay-cchi, Senko no Lay...")]] before he finally just accepts Fon-fon.
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* In ''[[IronMan Iron Man 2]]'', the term 'Hammeroids' is used by Tony Stark to refer to the Hammer Drones, and it's become so popular that it's become often confused as a [[FanNickname Fan Nickname]].
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* While being called [[SempaiKohai senpai]] is easily an [[JapaneseHonorifics honorific]] for the {{Persona 4}} main character, he is called 'Sensei' by Teddie simply for his coolness factor.

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* In ''{{Ever17}}'', Sara calls her friend Tanaka You "Nakkyu", and You calls Sara "Mayo".

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* ''Infinity'' series:
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In ''{{Ever17}}'', Sara calls her friend Tanaka You "Nakkyu", and You calls Sara "Mayo"."Mayo".
** In ''{{Remember11}}'', Yuni refers to Kokoro as "Kokoron", and Lin as "Tobilin"
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* In ''DarwinsSoldiers'', whenever Aimee is out of earshot Shelton calls her "psycho fox lady".

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* In ''DarwinsSoldiers'', ''[=~Darwin's Soldiers~=]'', whenever Aimee is out of earshot Shelton calls her "psycho fox lady".
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* In ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'', Nathaniel Harris is refered to as Blood Boy on the sole basis that hardly anyone knew his real nickname. Also to an extent are most of the terrorists, and Yelizaveta 'Bounce' Volkova.

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

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* In Janet Evanovich's ''StephaniePlum'' series, Ranger calls Stephanie "Babe", though it's always with affection (and occasional [[StuffBlowingUp amusement]]).



** Can't forget Cutthroat Bitch.
* In {{The X-Files}}, Mulder, by others in the FBI, is known as "Spooky" Mulder, though not orignally for his work in the paranormal. Orignally, the nickname referred to Mulder's incredible profiling skills when he was in the Academy, and when he work in the VCU.

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** Can't forget Cutthroat Bitch.
Amber "Cutthroat Bitch" Volakis.
* In {{The X-Files}}, Mulder, by others in the FBI, is known as "Spooky" Mulder, though not orignally originally for his work in the paranormal. Orignally, Originally, the nickname referred to Mulder's incredible profiling skills when he was in the Academy, and when he work worked in the VCU.



* [[LifeOnMars Gene Hunt]] calls [[AshesToAshes Alex Drake]] "Bolly" or "Bols", short for [[LicensedSexist "Bollinger Knickers"]].

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* [[LifeOnMars Gene Hunt]] calls Gene]] [[AshesToAshes Hunt]] calls Alex Drake]] "Bolly" or Drake "Bolly", "Bols", or "Lady B", short for [[LicensedSexist "Bollinger Knickers"]].Knickers"]].
** He rarely, if ever, used Sam Tyler's name, referring to him as "Gladys", "Dorothy", "Marjorie", "Doris", and "Boy Wonder", among ''many'' others.
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* Vyers from {{Disgaea}} is almost exclusively referred to by his Laharl-provided moniker, Mid-Boss, by characters and fans alike.
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* {{Durarara}} fans are fond of making use of [[TheNicknamer Izaya]]'s infantilizing nicknames for his "friends" - Therefore, Shizuo and Kadota find themselves called Shizu-chan (or it's loose translation Shizzy) and Dotachin quite a bit outside of the series proper.
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* In ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh~=]'', Pegasus gives several characters the nickname of "____-boy" based on their name (Yugi-boy, Kaiba-boy, Dukie-boy).

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* In ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh~=]'', ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh!~=]'', Pegasus gives several characters the nickname of "____-boy" based on their name (Yugi-boy, Kaiba-boy, Dukie-boy).



* In {{Halo}} all of the Spartans earn the nickname [[{{NamesToRunFromReallyFast}} "Demon"]] from the Elites after opening countless daring, [[{{BeyondTheImpossible}} death defying]] cans of whoopass all over the Covenant.

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* In {{Halo}} ''{{Halo}}'', all of the Spartans earn the nickname [[{{NamesToRunFromReallyFast}} [[NamesToRunFromReallyFast "Demon"]] from the Elites after opening countless daring, [[{{BeyondTheImpossible}} [[BeyondTheImpossible death defying]] cans of whoopass all over the Covenant.



* In ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Marik calls Yugi Binky-Boy.

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* In ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'', Marik calls Yugi Binky-Boy.
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* In ''YuGiOh'', Pegasus gives several characters the nickname of "____-boy" based on their name (Yugi-boy, Kaiba-boy, Dukie-boy).

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* In ''YuGiOh'', ''[=~Yu-Gi-Oh~=]'', Pegasus gives several characters the nickname of "____-boy" based on their name (Yugi-boy, Kaiba-boy, Dukie-boy).
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An In Series Nickname is not a FanNickname; although it can often be frequently used as such. Instead, it is a nickname specifically given in-series, not even by the producers alone. It is always regarded as canon. Often given out by TheNicknamer. If done enough this may overlap with MyNameIsNotDurwood.

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An In Series Nickname is not a FanNickname; although it can often be frequently be used as such. Instead, it is a nickname specifically given in-series, not even by the producers alone. It is always regarded as canon. Often given out by TheNicknamer. If done enough this may overlap with MyNameIsNotDurwood.
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* Danger-Prone Daphne of ScoobyDoo.
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* In the North American version of [[ChronoCross Chrono Cross]], certain children from your village will add a "Y" to whatever you choose to [[HelloInsertNameHere name yourself]].

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* In the North American version of [[ChronoCross Chrono Cross]], ChronoCross, certain children from your village will add a "Y" to whatever you choose to [[HelloInsertNameHere name yourself]].yourself]]. This worked fine for most names, but created a rather odd looking/sounding name if what you put in ends with an O or a Y, resulting in names like "Marcoy" or "Tonyy"
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** In the series, it's explicitly stated that giving something a name gives it an identity. Another example is Bob, the air spirit Harry keeps in a skull.
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* Ayumu Kasuga of ''AzumangaDaioh'' gets tagged with the nickname "Osaka" after about five minutes. This proceeds to [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep supplant her actual name]].

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* Ayumu Kasuga of ''AzumangaDaioh'' gets tagged with the nickname "Osaka" after about five minutes. This proceeds to [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname supplant her actual name]].
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** And since [[spoiler:Zazie's recently revealed EvilTwin sister]] won't reveal her name, Negi has taken to referring to her as "Poyo" after her VerbalTic.

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* ''MacrossFrontier'' has a few, the most notable one is [[DudeLooksLikeALady Alto-hime]], or just "Hime" (Japanese for "Princess"). [[BerserkButton He doesn't like it.]]
** Sheryl Nome's is "The Galactic Fairy"
** Ranka Lee's is "Super Dimension Cinderella"
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* Fay in ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' uses a lot of nicknames for Kurogane (Kuro-sama, Kuro-rin, Kuro-tan, Kuro-wanwan, Kuro-daddy and ''many'' more), much to the latters annoyance.
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* In ''DarwinsSoldiers'', whenever Aimee is out of earshot Shelton calls her "psycho fox lady".
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** Ace (a companion of his [[TheNthDoctor seventh incarnation]]) had a tendency to call him "Professor".
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** And in the Japanese version of TheMovie, he shows that the nickname has a female variant when he calls Anzu (Téa) "Anzu-girl".
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** Phoenix is also called Feenie by his college girlfriend Dahlia. [[supersecretspoiler: And her twin sister Iris, [[TwinSwitch the one he actually dated.]]]]
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* In the webcomic ''TheDreamer'', Nathan calls Alexander "Captain Fany Pants" behind his back.

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* In the webcomic ''TheDreamer'', Nathan calls Alexander "Captain Fany Fancy Pants" behind his back.

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