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* Many internet personalities only create under assumed names/pseudonyms, never under their given names (even if it's generally known).
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* Many internet personalities only create under assumed names/pseudonyms, never under their given names (even In the ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' episode "The World Next Door", Harry Kelly, the youngest of the Red Panda's agents, claims the mystery man calls him "Eagle Eyes Kelly" because of his skills as a lookout. When asked if it's generally known).that's ''really'' true, Harry sheepishly admits it isn't. However, the adult agents humor the kid and the name ends up sticking over the course of the series. Towards the end, it even [[spoiler:becomes half of his own superhero name, the Black Eagle]], when Harry's an adult himself.
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
** Joey comes up with a few nicknames for himself and Chandler but no one uses them.
--> '''Joey''': It's like the end of an era! No more J-Man and Channy!
--> '''Chandler''': Okay, I gotta ask, who calls us that?!
** Chandler refers to himself as the Chan Chan Man but it doesn't catch on.
** Ross comes up with the nickname Ross-A-Tron for himself but the rest of the gang hated it.
--> '''Ross''': Hey, y'know what nickname never caught on? ''The Ross-A-Tron!'' (Monica shakes her head in disgust.)
** Joey comes up with a few nicknames for himself and Chandler but no one uses them.
--> '''Joey''': It's like the end of an era! No more J-Man and Channy!
--> '''Chandler''': Okay, I gotta ask, who calls us that?!
** Chandler refers to himself as the Chan Chan Man but it doesn't catch on.
** Ross comes up with the nickname Ross-A-Tron for himself but the rest of the gang hated it.
--> '''Ross''': Hey, y'know what nickname never caught on? ''The Ross-A-Tron!'' (Monica shakes her head in disgust.)
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Contrast EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, where the other characters already call him by his nickname despite him not asking them too. Compare InsistentTerminology. See also, AccidentalMisnaming and MaliciousMisnaming. Compare MeaningfulRename which is usually much more significant. Compare and contrast CodeName, as those are often done to keep people from knowing who the person in question really is. This can be considered a subtrope of ForcedMeme.
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Contrast EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, where the other characters already call him by his nickname despite him not asking them too. Compare InsistentTerminology. See also, AccidentalMisnaming and MaliciousMisnaming. Compare MeaningfulRename which is usually much more significant. Compare and contrast CodeName, CodeName and ScreenName, as those are often done adopted to keep people from knowing who the person in question really is. This can be considered a subtrope SubTrope of ForcedMeme.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', instead of wearing his usual news reporter attire, Toby Determined sports a punk rocker look during Weirdmageddon and insists on being referred to as "Bodacious T.'' Wendy instantly shoots down that notion, saying, "no one will ever call you that." [[spoiler: After the events of Weirdmageddon, news reporter Shandra Jimenez ends up referring to Toby as "Bodacious T." during a televised news report.]]
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** Around the same time, Ezekiel starts referring to himself as "The Zeke".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction'', Izzy decides she'll be called Kaleidoscope or E-Scope for short and [[InsistentTerminology insists]] everyone refer to her as such, even going so far as to not respond unless called by that name. She even uses it to [[ThanatosGambit orchestrate her elimination in a way that will allow her back into the game later.]]
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* A boxing commentator on ''Series/SportsNight'' insists on being called "Cut Man" - and blithely refuses to respond to anything else at any time.
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* Waylon from ''WebAnimation/CliffSide'' frequently refers to himself as Two-Bit Jerry in an effort to sound badass. The only person to call him by his given nickname is Cordie, who became his first and only admirer when he stood up for her against a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs pterodactyl]].
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the toon "79 seconds left", Strong Bad announces that he wishes to be known as "The Leg" (pronounced like "Ledge", short for "The Legend") from now on. It doesn't catch on. This name is classic Strong Bad, a poorly-though-out attempt to seem awesome with obvious flaws.
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': In the toon "79 seconds left", Strong Bad announces that he wishes to be known as "The Leg" (pronounced like "Ledge", short for "The Legend") from now on. It doesn't catch on. This name is classic Strong Bad, a poorly-though-out attempt to seem awesome with obvious flaws.
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* One episode of WesternAnimation/RegularShow revoled around Rigby legally changing his name to Trash Boat, because he thought it made him seem cooler. Not only does it not work, [[ItMakesSenseInContext it almost gets him killed by time-travellers.]]
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** In another strip, he asks his mom to start introducing him to people as "Calvin, Boy of DESTINY!" and wishes they had a pair of cymbals to crash after it.
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* This trope is one the cardinal rules of ''[[Series/JimRomeIsBurning The Jim Rome Show]]'': Never "gloss" yourself. One of the sure-fire ways for a caller to get run is to give themselves a nickname that has not already been applied to them by Rome or other callers. This is as true on the TV version begun in 2018 as on his 25-year-old radio show.
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* ''Series/SpinCity'': Paul refers to himself as "Big Daddy". Mike tells him that no matter how hard he tries, no one's ever going to call him that.
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* Fan convention attendees may choose their badge name to be different to their real name, usually something appropriate to what they plan on wearing/doing at the con. If their hall costume, masquerade entry, or participation in con events is memorable enough, they may become known to most of the membership by their badge name. They then usually retain the badge name at subsequent attendances, even if it has nothing to do with anything they're wearing/doing, and eventually become OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
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* Literature/{{Twilight}}: Isabella Swan would much rather be called Bella. One of her reasons to dislike her move to Forks is having to start all over again telling people that.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Among TheDreaded QuirkyMinibossSquad of the Forsaken, Lanfear stands out as having chosen her own name, rather than taking a NomDeGuerre as an AppropriatedAppelation. TheChosenOne Rand, who has PastLifeMemories from before she claimed that name, finds out, her birth name is quite a BerserkButton for her.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Among TheDreaded QuirkyMinibossSquad of the Forsaken, Lanfear stands out as having chosen her own name, rather than taking a NomDeGuerre as an AppropriatedAppelation. TheChosenOne Rand, who has PastLifeMemories from before she claimed that name, finds out, her birth name is quite a BerserkButton for her.
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* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Among TheDreaded QuirkyMinibossSquad of the Forsaken, Lanfear stands out as having chosen her own name, rather than taking a NomDeGuerre as an AppropriatedAppelation. TheChosenOne Rand, who has PastLifeMemories from before she claimed that name, finds out, her birth name is quite a BerserkButton for her.that.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Among TheDreaded QuirkyMinibossSquad of the Forsaken, Lanfear stands out as having chosen her own name, rather than taking a NomDeGuerre as an AppropriatedAppelation. TheChosenOne Rand, who has PastLifeMemories from before she claimed that name, finds out, her birth name is quite a BerserkButton for her.
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* [[VillainOfTheWeek Greg Sherman]] on Series/{{Leverage}} insists that everyone calls him ''The Mako''. Not only is it heavily implied that he's the one that started it, but a RunningGag through out the episode is various characters mixing it up with different fish. One FBI agent even lampshades it:
->FBI Agent: I hate guys who give themselves a nickname.
->FBI Agent: I hate guys who give themselves a nickname.
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->FBI Agent: I -->''"I hate guys who give themselves a nickname."''
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* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': [[spoiler:Severus Snape]] is self-called as the "Half-Blood Prince", he came up with his identity in his teenage years as a way to get back at his Muggle father (hence half-blood) by using his witch mother's last name.
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* The main character in ''Literature/LifeOfPi'' started introducing himself as "Pi Patel" because his full name -- Piscine Molitor Patel -- sounded too close to "pissing" (though he was actually named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscine_Molitor a swimming pool and hotel complex]] in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}).
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': [[LargeHam Vaike]] always calls himself either "[[MentorWannabe Teach]]" or "''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe the]]'' [[SpellMyNameWithAThe Vaike]]" and insists that others do the same. Few do.
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* ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'': Vyer frequently introduces himself by telling others to call him "The Dark Adonis". Unfortunately for him, everybody instead prefers to call him "Mid-Boss".
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* In an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' which was a partial reunion of the ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' cast, a retiring Cliff Clavin laments to Frasier that nobody wished him well; no "See ya, Big Shooter", no "Best of luck, Big Shooter". At Frasier's baffled look, Cliff sheepishly admits, "It's a nickname I once gave myself."
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* This trope is one the cardinal rules of ''[[Series/JimRomeIsBurning The Jim Rome Show]]'': Never "gloss" yourself. One of the sure-fire ways for a caller to get run is to give themselves a nickname that has not already been applied to them by Rome or other callers. This is as true on the TV version begun in 2018 as on his 25-year-old radio show.
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIDirgeofCerberus'', Yuffie refers to herself as the Single White Rose of Wutai. No one else calls her this.
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* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Peter Quill calls himself Star Lord. Nobody else uses the name apart from him; Korath keeps calling him Star Prince or something similar. [[spoiler: It's actually in fact a nickname his mother used to call him.]] at the near end of the film, one villain does end up calling him Star Lord, which pleases him.
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->'''Rhomann Dey''': Peter Jason Quill. He's also known as Star-Lord.
->'''Nova Corps Officer''': Who calls him that?
->'''Rhomann Dey''': Himself, mostly.
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Bob has decided that he doesn't want to be called Bob anymore, so one day he starts referring to himself as B-Man.
A character really wants people to refer to them by a nickname they have given themselves, but nobody really bothers and instead calls them something completely different, whether it's a nickname they don't like or their real name. However, in some cases, they will get at least one person who will call them by their desired name, and the reason is often because that's what said person knows them by first. Whether they continue to call them by their Self-Applied Nickname or not depends on how much they like them.
There is also the chance they might force people to call them by their nickname by refusing to respond to anything else. Characters that do this often get on the nerves of their peers.
When the nickname is badass sounding (i.e like a RedBaron), it's also a way of showing off his high ego. Youngst characters with {{Chuunibyou}} usually are subject of this trope, getting a better (nick)name than the real one made by themselves. See also DoNotCallMePaul when they insist on being called by the nickname. Also ThatManIsDead when they outright change their names.
Contrast EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, where the other characters already call him by his nickname despite him not asking them too. Compare InsistentTerminology. See also, AccidentalMisnaming and MaliciousMisnaming. Compare MeaningfulRename which is usually much more significant. Compare and contrast CodeName, as those are often done to keep people from knowing who the person in question really is. This can be considered a subtrope of ForcedMeme.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'', "Kuroneko" is this, wearing GothicLolita dresses, threatening people with curses, and [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible enjoying shows because they're hard to understand]]. It's a while before the audience even learns what her real name is.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Tatewaki Kuno introduces himself to Ranma and states "My peers call me the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High"
--> Student 1: We call him the Blue Thunder?
--> Student 2: News to me...
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*In ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'', Klarion briefly inserted a musical sting into his name, refusing to offer his help until addressed appropriately.
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** One mini-arc has Calvin declare that from now on, he is to be referred to as Calvin the Bold:
-->'''Calvin:''' I have an announcement. As of today, I will no longer respond to the name "Calvin". From now on, I wish to be addressed as "Calvin the Bold".
-->'''Calvin's Mom:''' Calvin the Bold?
-->'''Calvin:''' Right. That's my new name for the rest of my life.
-->'''Calvin's Mom:''' How about Calvin the Deranged?
-->'''Calvin:''' Also, Calvin the Bold will begin referring to himself in the third person.
*** He then tries this at school:
-->'''Ms. Wormwood:''' Calvin, will you do the next problem, please? Calvin?
-->'''Calvin:''' Who??
-->'''Ms. Wormwood:''' YOU!
-->'''Calvin:''' '''Calvin the Bold''' demands that he be addressed by his full title for any response.
-->'''Principal:''' Back again, hmm, Calvin?
-->'''Calvin:''' Who?
*** The final strip is his dad finding the best way to deal with it.
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Calvin the Bold!
-->'''Calvin:''' Yes?
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Kneel.
-->'''Calvin:''' Huh?? What? Kneel?
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' By the finite patience vested in me, I hereby dub thee "Mud". You may rise.
-->'''Calvin:''' My name is MUD?!
-->'''Calvin:''' Mr. Subtlety drives home another point.
** In another strip, he asks his mom to start introducing him to people as "Calvin, Boy of DESTINY!" and wishes they had a pair of cymbals to crash after it.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': After hearing about Kami, Guru decides he want people to call him "Super Kami Guru". Nail chooses to just call him Guru, which he allows. In-universe, Guru is the only one to call himself "Super Kami Guru".
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[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
* In ''Film/AttackTheBlock'', the two little boys are shown trying to join in with the older boys in their gang, and demand to be called Mayhem and Probs. The older boys at first don't take them seriously and tell them to run along home, but after one of the older boys, Biggz, gets trapped in a dumpster by an alien, and the little boys rescue him by [[spoiler:spraying the alien with petrol and setting it on fire]], Biggz starts calling them by their nicknames.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Peter Quill calls himself Star Lord. Nobody else uses the name apart from him; Korath keeps calling him Star Prince or something similar. [[spoiler: It's actually in fact a nickname his mother used to call him.]] at the near end of the film, one villain does end up calling him Star Lord, which pleases him.
* ''Film/PitchPerfect'' and it's sequels has the character Fat Amy. She calls herself this so people wouldn't be able to do it behind her back, but there's more to it- as she later reveals, her ''real'' name is ''Patricia'', making "Amy" just as much a nickname as the "Fat" part is.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Agnes Nitt engages in {{Chuunibyou}}, renaming herself as Perdita X. Dream (or as the depressingly down-to-earth people of Lancre know her, Agnes what calls herself Perditax) and giving herself a [[ADarkerMe skinnier, wittier and interestingly pale personality]] (which comes in useful when vampires control Agnes, letting Perdita take the wheel).
* Annabel from ''Literature/FreakyFriday'' tries to get her friends (all of whom have AffectionateNicknames) to call her Bubbles, but it never catches on.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': [[spoiler:Severus Snape]] is self-called as the "Half-Blood Prince", he came up with his identity in his teenage years as a way to get back at his Muggle father (hence half-blood) by using his witch mother's last name.
* ''Literature/SupermanLastSonOfKrypton'' (1978). One of ComicBook/LexLuthor's henchwomen is named Barbara Arabella Tolley, but insists on being called "B.J.". This may have been a ShoutOut to the character B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{MASH}}'' (1975).
* Literature/{{Twilight}}: Isabella Swan would much rather be called Bella. One of her reasons to dislike her move to Forks is having to start all over again telling people that.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Among TheDreaded QuirkyMinibossSquad of the Forsaken, Lanfear stands out as having chosen her own name, rather than taking a NomDeGuerre as an AppropriatedAppelation. TheChosenOne Rand, who has PastLifeMemories from before she claimed that name, finds out, her birth name is quite a BerserkButton for her.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* While training to be an astronaut in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Howard wants to get a cool astronaut nickname, and settles on Rocket Man. He plans to have Raj call him during a conference call to NASA, with the Music/EltonJohn song "Rocket Man" as the ringtone. Unfortunately, Howard's mother picks that time to call Howard to come eat his Froot Loops, and thus Howard's nickname becomes Froot Loops.
* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'': Daryl, the owner of a law practice is [[OneDropRule 1/8 Native American]] and damn proud of it. When title character Rebecca joins the practice, Daryl mentions that people around the office call him "Chief." She innocently asks him who calls him that to which he replies that no one actually does and he'd really appreciate if she would get the ball rolling on that.
* [[VillainOfTheWeek Greg Sherman]] on Series/{{Leverage}} insists that everyone calls him ''The Mako''. Not only is it heavily implied that he's the one that started it, but a RunningGag through out the episode is various characters mixing it up with different fish. One FBI agent even lampshades it:
->FBI Agent: I hate guys who give themselves a nickname.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000:'' Max, the second banana to Kinga Forrester, wishes to be known as "TV's Son of TV's Frank". Jonah's the only person who ever calls him that.
* In ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', the titular character, hoping to get a nickname, like his friends, Cookie and Mose, spends an entire episode trying to make a nickname for himself. At first, he tries to be called Smash (because he smashes into lockers), then later, he tries riding on a moped in the hopes of being called Big Man. He does get a nickname in the end when he crashes the moped into a display board with a giant bee decoration, leading to his new nickname, Big Bee, which, incidentally, is his last name (Bigby).
* In ''Series/RedDwarf'', Rimmer attempts several times to attract a cool nickname, without success. In "Kryten", he claims that his nickname at school was "Ace"; Lister retorts that he doesn't believe anyone called Rimmer "Ace" unless they followed it with "hole".
* On ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', George tries to get the nickname T-Bone at work by eating a T-bone steak during a meeting. Unfortunately, the conversation turns to the gorilla Koko, and that becomes George's new nickname.
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' - Joxer calls himself "Joxer the Mighty" when he's really more just a HeroicWannabe.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
*''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'': Vyer frequently introduces himself by telling others to call him "The Dark Adonis". Unfortunately for him, everybody instead prefers to call him "Mid-Boss".
*In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIDirgeofCerberus'', Yuffie refers to herself as the Single White Rose of Wutai. No one else calls her this.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* Waylon from ''WebAnimation/CliffSide'' frequently refers to himself as Two-Bit Jerry in an effort to sound badass. The only person to call him by his given nickname is Cordie, who became his first and only admirer when he stood up for her against a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs pterodactyl]].
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* In ''Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook'' there are a couple in-universe examples.
** Cleveland Browns QB Brian Hoyer calls himself Hoyer the Destroyer.
** St. Louis Rams QB Austin Davis calls himself Tossin' Austin Davis.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': High school student Pete says that everyone calls him "Pete/Repeat" because of his VerbalTic of repeating himself. Except no one does, and his verbal tic is obviously a ForcedMeme as he frequently doesn't repeat himself, and even asks himself if he's repeated something.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction'', Izzy decides she'll be called Kaleidoscope or E-Scope for short and [[InsistentTerminology insists]] everyone refer to her as such, even going so far as to not respond unless called by that name.
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->'''Nova Corps Officer''': Who calls him that?
->'''Rhomann Dey''': Himself, mostly.
-->- ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''
Bob has decided that he doesn't want to be called Bob anymore, so one day he starts referring to himself as B-Man.
A character really wants people to refer to them by a nickname they have given themselves, but nobody really bothers and instead calls them something completely different, whether it's a nickname they don't like or their real name. However, in some cases, they will get at least one person who will call them by their desired name, and the reason is often because that's what said person knows them by first. Whether they continue to call them by their Self-Applied Nickname or not depends on how much they like them.
There is also the chance they might force people to call them by their nickname by refusing to respond to anything else. Characters that do this often get on the nerves of their peers.
When the nickname is badass sounding (i.e like a RedBaron), it's also a way of showing off his high ego. Youngst characters with {{Chuunibyou}} usually are subject of this trope, getting a better (nick)name than the real one made by themselves. See also DoNotCallMePaul when they insist on being called by the nickname. Also ThatManIsDead when they outright change their names.
Contrast EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep, where the other characters already call him by his nickname despite him not asking them too. Compare InsistentTerminology. See also, AccidentalMisnaming and MaliciousMisnaming. Compare MeaningfulRename which is usually much more significant. Compare and contrast CodeName, as those are often done to keep people from knowing who the person in question really is. This can be considered a subtrope of ForcedMeme.
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!Examples
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* In ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'', "Kuroneko" is this, wearing GothicLolita dresses, threatening people with curses, and [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible enjoying shows because they're hard to understand]]. It's a while before the audience even learns what her real name is.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Tatewaki Kuno introduces himself to Ranma and states "My peers call me the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High"
--> Student 1: We call him the Blue Thunder?
--> Student 2: News to me...
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
*In ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'', Klarion briefly inserted a musical sting into his name, refusing to offer his help until addressed appropriately.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** One mini-arc has Calvin declare that from now on, he is to be referred to as Calvin the Bold:
-->'''Calvin:''' I have an announcement. As of today, I will no longer respond to the name "Calvin". From now on, I wish to be addressed as "Calvin the Bold".
-->'''Calvin's Mom:''' Calvin the Bold?
-->'''Calvin:''' Right. That's my new name for the rest of my life.
-->'''Calvin's Mom:''' How about Calvin the Deranged?
-->'''Calvin:''' Also, Calvin the Bold will begin referring to himself in the third person.
*** He then tries this at school:
-->'''Ms. Wormwood:''' Calvin, will you do the next problem, please? Calvin?
-->'''Calvin:''' Who??
-->'''Ms. Wormwood:''' YOU!
-->'''Calvin:''' '''Calvin the Bold''' demands that he be addressed by his full title for any response.
-->'''Principal:''' Back again, hmm, Calvin?
-->'''Calvin:''' Who?
*** The final strip is his dad finding the best way to deal with it.
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Calvin the Bold!
-->'''Calvin:''' Yes?
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' Kneel.
-->'''Calvin:''' Huh?? What? Kneel?
-->'''Calvin's Dad:''' By the finite patience vested in me, I hereby dub thee "Mud". You may rise.
-->'''Calvin:''' My name is MUD?!
-->'''Calvin:''' Mr. Subtlety drives home another point.
** In another strip, he asks his mom to start introducing him to people as "Calvin, Boy of DESTINY!" and wishes they had a pair of cymbals to crash after it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': After hearing about Kami, Guru decides he want people to call him "Super Kami Guru". Nail chooses to just call him Guru, which he allows. In-universe, Guru is the only one to call himself "Super Kami Guru".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
* In ''Film/AttackTheBlock'', the two little boys are shown trying to join in with the older boys in their gang, and demand to be called Mayhem and Probs. The older boys at first don't take them seriously and tell them to run along home, but after one of the older boys, Biggz, gets trapped in a dumpster by an alien, and the little boys rescue him by [[spoiler:spraying the alien with petrol and setting it on fire]], Biggz starts calling them by their nicknames.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Peter Quill calls himself Star Lord. Nobody else uses the name apart from him; Korath keeps calling him Star Prince or something similar. [[spoiler: It's actually in fact a nickname his mother used to call him.]] at the near end of the film, one villain does end up calling him Star Lord, which pleases him.
* ''Film/PitchPerfect'' and it's sequels has the character Fat Amy. She calls herself this so people wouldn't be able to do it behind her back, but there's more to it- as she later reveals, her ''real'' name is ''Patricia'', making "Amy" just as much a nickname as the "Fat" part is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Agnes Nitt engages in {{Chuunibyou}}, renaming herself as Perdita X. Dream (or as the depressingly down-to-earth people of Lancre know her, Agnes what calls herself Perditax) and giving herself a [[ADarkerMe skinnier, wittier and interestingly pale personality]] (which comes in useful when vampires control Agnes, letting Perdita take the wheel).
* Annabel from ''Literature/FreakyFriday'' tries to get her friends (all of whom have AffectionateNicknames) to call her Bubbles, but it never catches on.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': [[spoiler:Severus Snape]] is self-called as the "Half-Blood Prince", he came up with his identity in his teenage years as a way to get back at his Muggle father (hence half-blood) by using his witch mother's last name.
* ''Literature/SupermanLastSonOfKrypton'' (1978). One of ComicBook/LexLuthor's henchwomen is named Barbara Arabella Tolley, but insists on being called "B.J.". This may have been a ShoutOut to the character B.J. Hunnicutt in ''Series/{{MASH}}'' (1975).
* Literature/{{Twilight}}: Isabella Swan would much rather be called Bella. One of her reasons to dislike her move to Forks is having to start all over again telling people that.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Among TheDreaded QuirkyMinibossSquad of the Forsaken, Lanfear stands out as having chosen her own name, rather than taking a NomDeGuerre as an AppropriatedAppelation. TheChosenOne Rand, who has PastLifeMemories from before she claimed that name, finds out, her birth name is quite a BerserkButton for her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* While training to be an astronaut in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Howard wants to get a cool astronaut nickname, and settles on Rocket Man. He plans to have Raj call him during a conference call to NASA, with the Music/EltonJohn song "Rocket Man" as the ringtone. Unfortunately, Howard's mother picks that time to call Howard to come eat his Froot Loops, and thus Howard's nickname becomes Froot Loops.
* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'': Daryl, the owner of a law practice is [[OneDropRule 1/8 Native American]] and damn proud of it. When title character Rebecca joins the practice, Daryl mentions that people around the office call him "Chief." She innocently asks him who calls him that to which he replies that no one actually does and he'd really appreciate if she would get the ball rolling on that.
* [[VillainOfTheWeek Greg Sherman]] on Series/{{Leverage}} insists that everyone calls him ''The Mako''. Not only is it heavily implied that he's the one that started it, but a RunningGag through out the episode is various characters mixing it up with different fish. One FBI agent even lampshades it:
->FBI Agent: I hate guys who give themselves a nickname.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000:'' Max, the second banana to Kinga Forrester, wishes to be known as "TV's Son of TV's Frank". Jonah's the only person who ever calls him that.
* In ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'', the titular character, hoping to get a nickname, like his friends, Cookie and Mose, spends an entire episode trying to make a nickname for himself. At first, he tries to be called Smash (because he smashes into lockers), then later, he tries riding on a moped in the hopes of being called Big Man. He does get a nickname in the end when he crashes the moped into a display board with a giant bee decoration, leading to his new nickname, Big Bee, which, incidentally, is his last name (Bigby).
* In ''Series/RedDwarf'', Rimmer attempts several times to attract a cool nickname, without success. In "Kryten", he claims that his nickname at school was "Ace"; Lister retorts that he doesn't believe anyone called Rimmer "Ace" unless they followed it with "hole".
* On ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', George tries to get the nickname T-Bone at work by eating a T-bone steak during a meeting. Unfortunately, the conversation turns to the gorilla Koko, and that becomes George's new nickname.
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' - Joxer calls himself "Joxer the Mighty" when he's really more just a HeroicWannabe.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Video Games]]
*''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'': Vyer frequently introduces himself by telling others to call him "The Dark Adonis". Unfortunately for him, everybody instead prefers to call him "Mid-Boss".
*In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIDirgeofCerberus'', Yuffie refers to herself as the Single White Rose of Wutai. No one else calls her this.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Animation]]
* Waylon from ''WebAnimation/CliffSide'' frequently refers to himself as Two-Bit Jerry in an effort to sound badass. The only person to call him by his given nickname is Cordie, who became his first and only admirer when he stood up for her against a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs pterodactyl]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Original]]
* In ''Website/NFLQuarterbacksOnFacebook'' there are a couple in-universe examples.
** Cleveland Browns QB Brian Hoyer calls himself Hoyer the Destroyer.
** St. Louis Rams QB Austin Davis calls himself Tossin' Austin Davis.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': High school student Pete says that everyone calls him "Pete/Repeat" because of his VerbalTic of repeating himself. Except no one does, and his verbal tic is obviously a ForcedMeme as he frequently doesn't repeat himself, and even asks himself if he's repeated something.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction'', Izzy decides she'll be called Kaleidoscope or E-Scope for short and [[InsistentTerminology insists]] everyone refer to her as such, even going so far as to not respond unless called by that name.
[[/folder]]
