Line #13 FanNickname/TheKingOfFighters


1	Sometimes, some moves and/or characters stick out more with the names the fans give them over the years.
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3	!! Characters
4	* In order to differentiate Kyo from his clones, fans often refer to his NESTS depiction as "Shin Kyo" ([[MeaningfulName as in]] "True Kyo").
5	** In Japan, the clones Kyo-1 and Kyo-2 are known as Mero and Hoki after their respective favorite foods (two different kinds of fish), while Kusanagi is abbreviated to Nagi.
6	* Fathena or Athiccna for Athena's appearance in ''XII'' and ''XIII'': {{Moe}}ness and chubby legs.
7	* Kim is sometimes nicknamed as The Beijing King, thanks to the WebVideo/MyWayEntertainment fan dub of one of the ''Fatal Fury'' [=OVAs=].
8	* Chang and Choi are sometimes referred to as "WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry".
9	* Adelheid is mostly known in Spanish-speaking communities as Rugalito[[labelnote:English]] Literally "Little Rugal", or "Rugal Junior".[[/labelnote]].
10	* [[SNKBoss Cheesenitz]] and Goenadz for Goenitz himself, thanks in part to his tendency to spam his Yonokaze in any of his appearances (most especially in his ''KOF [='=]96'' iteration).
11	* Geese is usually called [[SNKBoss Geeser the Cheeser]] and [[{{Pun}} Geeseter Bunnie]].
12	* Due to having the most tournament wins in ''KOF'' canon (as well as his tendency to be on the Hero team in every saga in some capacity[[note]] Fought alongside Kyo and Daimon for the Orochi saga, was in ''[='=]99's'' Hero Team alongside K', Maxima, and ''Shingo'' of all people, was a part of the Rival Team alongside Elisabeth and Duo Lon (the canon winners of the ''XI'' tournament), and is now joining Shun'ei and Meitenkun as part of ''XV's'' Hero Team. [[/note]]), Benimaru is sometimes jokingly called the UsefulNotes/LeBronJames of KOF.
13	* Much like Ash InUniverse, many a player has also referred to his sororal figure, Elisabeth Blanctorche, as "Betty" (or alternatively, "Liz") for short.
14	* K9999 is [[CaptainObvious obviously]] known as the "[[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]] of KOF" as well as [=Tetsuo9999=], being [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff very popular in South America]]. Even in ''{{VideoGame/MUGEN}}'' there's a version of him with dialogs directly ripped from the movie and new moves that resembled ''AKIRA'', called as "Another K9999." [[spoiler:More or less still applies to his alter ego Krohnen in ''KOF XV'', since they're the same character.]]
15	** The same fans rejected Nameless as his replacement, calling him nicknames like ''KOF'' [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]] or NESTS EmoTeen as others.
16	* Ash, being the BaseBreakingCharacter that he is, has no shortage of them - derogatory or otherwise:
17	** There's Ass Crimson, if you hated his guts. Or Ass Crapson, Fish Crimson[[note]] Which comes from a squished uppercase "A" in one of ''XI's'' menus. [[/note]], or Fist Crimson. Then there's [[ViewerGenderConfusion Ashley]] [[PrecisionFStrike Crishit]] and Ash [[PrecisionFStrike Shitson]] for ''really'' vulgar examples.
18	*** Of course, most of these would eventually become discredited after the events of ''XIII'', as well as for his eventual return in ''XV''.
19	** On a lighter note, he's often referred to as the [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]] of ''KOF''. And for good reason given both characters' similar gameplan as well as the fact that they mainly use {{Charge Input Special}}s. As such, [[KamehameHadoken Ventose]] and [[AntiAir Nivose]] are often called "Sonic Boom" and "Flash Kick", respectively.
20	* Chuuni for Shun'ei in ''XIV'' due both to his design giving off vibes of the stereotypical {{chuunibyou}} teenager and the similarity of his name to the term.
21	* Meitenkun on the other hand is often called "Sleepy Boy (or [[MemeticMutation Boi]])" for [[{{Sleepyhead}} obvious reasons]].
22	* Due to an unfortunate case of PopCulturalOsmosis as the character hasn't been seen in a fighting game for ''25'' years, in ''XV'' Yashiro Nanakase has been given the nickname of "Dancing [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Urien]]" or "Dancing [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Bryan Fury]]". This is despite the fact that Yashiro predates Urien by at least a few months.[[note]] ''The King of Fighters [='=]97'' released to Japanese arcades on July 28th, 1997 while ''Street Fighter III: Second Impact'' released just two months later on September 30th. ''Tekken 3'' on the other hand was released on March 20th, with Bryan predating Yashiro by four months in this respect. [[/note]]
23	* Mongolia - Maxima, with one of his normal moves being a Mongolian Chop. It's from the Japanese ''{{VideoGame/MUGEN}}'' community where they call him such due to parody videos involving him doing that move a lot.
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25	!! Moves
26	* "Bodega"[[note]] Every time Kyo is about to strike the opponent, he usually precedes it with "Body ga...", or "Your body...", which sounds a lot like "bodega". [[/note]] for Kyo's Aragami/Dokugami series of Rekkas. Sometimes even Kyo himself is called as such.
27	* Iori's Ge Shiki Yuriori (Back plus Light Kick while airborne) cross-up is likewise called the "taco".[[note]] This is attributed to the [=LatAm=] ''KOF'' community; being derived from "tacón", which is Spanish for "heel". [[/note]]
28	* Yuri's parody of the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shun Goku Satsu]], the Yuri Chou Enbu, is sometimes called the Shin Yuri Satsu.
29	* Ralf's Neo MAX from ''XIII'' has been christened as the MAN retsuken (a play on Ryo's Zanretsuken), due to the [[AwesomenessIsVolatile overflowing abundance of GAR]].
30	* Robert's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1U_5rCax8Y Hien Shippu Ryuujin Kyaku Neo MAX]] is alternatively called ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Robert Garcia's Pro Skater XIII]]'' and [[Series/KamenRider Rider Kick]].
31	* Geese Howard's Raging Storm DM has the nickname of "The Pretzel" due to the move's [[SomeDexterityRequired absurd input command]] that was made that convoluted ''just'' for the sake of nostalgia.
32	* Rugal's Dead End Screamer (which he only ever had in ''KOF [='=]98'') is dubbed by the ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'' community as the "Rugalspin" for a rather self-explanatory reason when you see the move for yourself.
33	* The Goenitzpin, another [[MemeticMutation meme]] spawned in the wake of the Rugalspin thanks to his new HSDM/[=MAX2=] in ''2002: Unlimited Match''.
34	* Krauserspin or Gigatech Cyclone for Krauser's Gigantic Cyclone SDM. Again, blame ''{{VideoGame/MUGEN}}''.
35	** Also there's Betty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMJkvY4OUc for an]] [[DummiedOut unused DM]] for Krauser in ''[='96=]''.
36	* Clone Zero's Mabu Kousou (or Satan's Red Rage depending on the translation) is also known more infamously as the [[{{Fartillery}} "Zero Fart"]]. [[https://youtu.be/5YWJNZG-O6Y Look at the move]] for yourself and you'll know ''[[ToiletHumor exactly]]'' why.
37	* Shingo's notebook full of information on his techniques has been known as both the ''Manga/DeathNote'' and Website/GameFAQs thanks to his HSDM in ''2002: Unlimited Match'' (and also his Taunt back in ''[='=]98'').
38	* Due to its visual effects looking like he's swimming in the stuff (and really, most of his fire effects in ''XV'' giving this impression), Ash's Sans-culottes (and by extension, Espoir, his new Climax Super) has been dubbed the Mountain Dew explosion.
39	** Maxima's in a similar boat, with his lasers instead being dubbed the Mountain Dew Baja Blast!
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41	!! Teams
42	Even some teams, custom or otherwise, gain fan nicknames, too.
43	* From ''XIV'' (and also ''XV''), we have "Team My Two Daddies", made up of Rock Howard, Terry Bogard and Geese Howard.
44	* In ''XV'', with Luong replacing Seth/Ramon as the third member of the Secret Agents team alongside Mary and Vanessa, a myriad of nicknames for this team have ranged from, "Team [[Series/CharliesAngels Heidern's Angels]]" to references to ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', to "Team MILF", among others.
45	* With Athena, Mai and Yuri teaming together as the Super Heroine team in ''XV'', fans have given them the nicknames "Team Athena And Friends" and "Team Yuri And Friends", referencing Saigado's (in)famous doujinshi series.
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47	!! Other
48	* {{Yaoi}}ori for Iori, thanks to all of his HoYay with Kyo. The infamous "Yagami is I'm-a-gay backwards" joke didn't help in this regard; his tendency of throwing out ambiguously gay lines in his special intros with Kyo probably helped even less. This is [[ShipTease teased]] to no end by various official/fan works.
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