History Main / NamedAfterTheInjury

A character who was Named After the Injury has a name, alias, or nickname that has to do with an injury they've sustained, typically a permanent one. Something like "[[NasalTrauma Broken Nose Bob]]" or "[[RedRightHand Captain Scarhand]]".

* ''ComicBook/{{Elfquest}}'': in original band of wolfriders, the 'dark ranger' is a character named One-Eye, who literally only has one eye. On the official Elfquest webpage, the comic's creators [[WordOfGod say]] that "First named Woodhue, One-Eye gained his new soubriquet after his right eye was put out by humans."

* Discussed in ''Film/XMen'': when Logan meets the titular team and [[ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames mocks their use of codenames]], he wonders if Xavier's codename is "Wheels" because he's in a wheelchair.

* ''Film/{{Scarface}}'': The title refers to the main character, Tony Montana, who sports a pronounced facial scar, though this nickname is seldom used in-story.

** Goldeye Silverhand Dactylos, a metalwork artisan from ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'', creates such awe-inspiring work that [[ShootTheBuilder his employers often end up mutilating him after he completes a job for them, not wanting him to create anything so beautiful for anyone else]]. His name comes from the fact that his first employer gouged out his eyes then paid him a fortune in gold, while his second cut off one of his hands then paid him a fortune in silver - he melted down their payments and turned them into prosthetic body-parts.

* ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'': The {{Necromancer}} Gauldoth Half-Dead attempted a ritual to turn himself into a lich, which went wrong and left him TwoFaced - one half of his body looks like a perfectly alive human, while the other looks like a decaying zombie.

* ''Videogame/{{Warcraft}}'': The orc warrior Kargath Bladefist cut off his own hand in order to free himself from shackles that ogres had used to enslave him, and grafted a BladeBelowTheShoulder onto what was left of his arm. He later founded an orc clan known as The Shattered Hand, whose members were encouraged to mimic their leader's act of self-mutilation.

* ''LightNovel/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'': Mary was chosen to play the role of Bloody Mary in the history recreation, but rather than execute a group of Anglicans, she chose to face them in combat to give them a noble death, leaving her body covered her scars. When she meets Tenzou, she doesn't give him her name, so he calls her Scarred because of the scar across her nose.

* ''TabletopGame/AgeOfSigmar'': The Khornate champion Vorgaroth the Scarred earned his name due to the horrific scars left on his body by Khorne's punishment for his arrogance and failure.

** In the story included at the beginning of the ''Monstrous Arcanum'' supplement, the wizard protagonist magically binds a [[SeaSerpents merwyrm]] named Silak to his service before attacking a Skaven stronghold. The beast loses an eye during the battle, and in the closing paragraphs, the wizard notes that it has begun to be referred to as Silak One-Eye among the local sailors.

* ''Videogame/{{Warcraft}}'': The orc warrior Kargath Bladefist cut off his own hand in order to free himself from some shackles that ogres had used to enslave him, and grafted a BladeBelowTheShoulder onto what was left of his arm. He later founded an orc clan known as The Shattered Hand, whose members were encouraged to mimic their leader's act of self-mutilation.

* ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}'': The DJ of Nuka-World Radio is nicknamed [=RedEye=], and tells [[MulyipleChoicePast two different stories]] to explain it. In one, he got challenged to a drinking contest that got so intense it burst all the blood vessels in one of his eyes. In the other, he suffered several days of sleep deprivation while hiking from the Commonwealth to Nuka-world and his eyes were completely bloodshot when he arrived.

* ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}'': The DJ of Nuka-World Radio is nicknamed [=RedEye=], and tells [[MulyipleChoicePast two different stories]] to explain it. In one, he got challenged to a drinking contest that got so intense it burst all the blood vessels in one of his eyes. In the other, he suffered several days of sleep deprivation while hiking from the Commonwelath to Nuka-world and his eyes were completely bloodshot when he arrived.

* ''Videogame/HeroesOfMightAndMsgic IV'': The {{Necromancer}} Gauldoth Half-Dead attempted a ritual to turn himself into a lich, which went wrong and left him TwoFaced - one half of his body looks like a perfectly alive human, while the other looks like a decaying zombie.

Sometimes, this trope is also played for comedy. A character will get a nickname from an embarrassing injury that [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten once happened to them but will never be forgotten]]. Sometimes, a character gets a ridiculous name or nickname from an equally ridiculous injury.

Sometimes, this trope is also played for comedy. A character will get a nickname from an embarrassing injury that [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten once happened to them but will never be forgotten]]. While a character gets a ridiculous name or nickname from an equally ridiculous injury.

*** Ilmater, god of martyrdom and endurance, is covered with [[WoundThatWillNotHeal Wounds That Will Not Heal]] that represent his attempts to remove suffering from the world by taking it into himself. His titles include the Broken God and the Rack-Broken Lord.

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Starfish got his name after co-workers cut the soles to his feet and compared his wriggling escape to a starfish.

* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho081TheKingmaker The Kingmaker]]", the publican that the Doctor consults for information on the missing Peri and Erimem is known only as "One-Armed Clarrie," despite being in possession of two working arms. Turns out that Clarrie made the mistake of [[BerserkButton grabbing Erimem's backside]] back when they first met, prompting her to break his arm; even now that Clarrie has fully recovered, the nickname is too popular to get rid of.