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* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Joxer always introduces himself as "Joxer the Mighty". No one else ever calls him that. He occasionally changes the title, whenever anyone gives him an innocuous compliment (causing them to instantly regret it).
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* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFox'' is set in a world were last names don't exist so everyone has an "ekname" that describes the. Protagonist Gerin is known as "the Fox" for his cunning, while his friend is called [[TheBigGuy Van of the Strong Arm]], a fat villager is known as "Big Belly", etc.
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** Ferdinand I and V of Austria and Hungary (1835-[[UsefulNotes/RevolutionsOf1848 1848]]) was nicknamed ''Ferdinand der Gütige'' ("Ferdinand the Good" or "Ferdinand the Kindly") in German due to being (1) well-meaning by all appearances but (2) an epileptic with a hydrocephalus. After his abdication, he became known as "''Gütinand der Fertige''"--"Goodinand the Finished."

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** Ferdinand I and V of Austria and Hungary (1835-[[UsefulNotes/RevolutionsOf1848 1848]]) was nicknamed ''Ferdinand der Gütige'' ("Ferdinand the Good" or "Ferdinand the Kindly") in German due to being (1) well-meaning by all appearances but (2) an epileptic with a hydrocephalus. After his abdication, he became known as Since "fertig" literally means "ready" or "finished", but is also an Austrian colloquialism for something quite different, the latter's name was also rather cruelly twisted into "''Gütinand der Fertige''"--"Goodinand the Finished."Feeble-Minded".
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** From ''Literature/Sourcery'', we have Nijel the Destroyer, Son of Harebut the Provision Merchant.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': General Yunan, SCOURGE OF THE SAND WARS, DEFEATER OF RAGNAR THE WRETCHED, ANNNNND YOUNGEST NEWT EVER TO ACHIEVE THE RANK OF GENERAL IN THE GREAT NEWTOPIAN ARMY! If you didn't get all that, don't worry. [[IncomingHam She'll repeat them for you every time she introduces herself.]]

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