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Only Known by Their Nickname"Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not "Mr. Lebowski". You're. Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."This is a character who is primarily, or even only, known by their In- Series Nickname.
Related to. Everyone Calls Him Barkeep, but that is about people being referred to exclusively by their jobs or what they're best known for doing. Also related to Stage Names.
Does not include Fan Nicknames, secret identities, or explicit pseudonyms. Also doesn't include people who give themselves new names following an act of self- reinvention, and stop responding to their old name (e. Voldemort). Exceptionally badass examples of this trope fall into the Red Baron.
Obvious and common contractions, i. William but introducing themselves as Bill, don't really count either. Usually, Dramatis Personae will give the full name of such a character first, though the actual script will use the nickname almost exclusively even in the unspoken directions. If the character insists on the nickname, it's Do Not Call Me Paul. If the nickname is actually his real name, it's His Name Really Is Barkeep.
Anime & Manga Gyro Zeppeli from Steel Ball Run. His real name is Julius Caeser Zeppeli.
Kyon and his sister in Haruhi Suzumiya - their real names will likely never be revealed. Kyon" is just an irritating nickname his aunt once gave him and that his sister spread, that ended up sticking despite all his efforts to discourage it. His sister doesn't even get that much; everyone just calls her "little sister".
Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga from Azumanga Daioh - her teachers, friends, fans.. On the class listings for the second year, she initially thinks she is not in Yukari's class, but then sees that her name is listed as "Osaka". To a lesser extent is Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara. Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa is a small example too. Early on in the series, everyone of the main cast switches from referring to her by her last name to referring to her by "Nyamo".
Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno from Love Hina. The top eight members of Ragnarok in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple have codenames based in Norse Mythology. Only three of them have their full names revealed during the story in which they appear. The three others who join the Shinpaku Alliance don't have their names revealed for another hundred or so chapters. Shien Mushanokoji, the quarterback of the Seibu Wild Gunmen in Eyeshield 2. The Kid" for several volumes before his name is revealed.
Monta's real name is Raimon Taro, but due to a misunderstanding when he first introduced himself to Sena he's been called "Monta" by everyone but his mother ever since. Even his locker says "Monta" on it. Additionally, when Sena and Monta set out on the trail of the mysterious third founding Devil Bat, literally all they know about him is his nickname, Musashi, causing them to think he's Jerk Ass soccer player Muro Satoshi. Musashi turns out to be a guy named Gen Takekura; the nickname is never directly explained, although "Takekura" and "Musashi" are two different ways to read the same kanji (武蔵). Buffalo" Ujishima of the Seibu Wild Gunmen.
Not that it can be helped, since his actual given name, "Baharou", is pronounced identically to "Buffalo" in Japanese. Patrick "Panther" Spencer is never called Patrick (or any permutation thereof) by anyone; his name is only mentioned as an answer to a "Devil Bat Spy" question. We never find out L's real name in Death Note until the 1. Ditto for Matt, although both Mello's (Mihael Kheel) and Near's (Nate River) are revealed late in the story.
In fact, many people go by nicknames in the series, since Kira knowing your real name is.. L even goes by multiple layers of nicknames. Madlax is only known by her Code Name (which has its own sinister backstory), even to her liaisons, the closest thing she has to family. In fact, she doesn't have any "real" name at all, since she isn't that real herself, in the first place. The villain in GUN×SWORD is known only as the Claw, sometimes called "Comrade" by his allies.
He rejected his real name long ago and it is never revealed. Super Robot Wars K has confirmed The Claw Man's real name to be Koo Krying Kroo and he's William Woo's father. In Monster, there is the mafia boss named The Baby. His real name is given The Un- Reveal treatment. The Pharaoh in the English dub of Yu- Gi- Oh!
The Only Known by Their Nickname trope as used in popular culture. This is a character who is primarily, or even only, known by their In-Series Nickname. Buy A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. R. Martin (ISBN: 9780007548231) from Amazon's Book Store. Free UK delivery on eligible orders. About This Book. Jeff Greenbaum and Wiley Adamson — the self-appointed nicknamers of Old Orchard Public School, or OOPS — have been best friends for eleven years. The Body Bag Game was a Monday Night Football game that was played on November 12, 1990, between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins at Veterans Stadium.
His real name is unknown and is a plot point in the last season, so the only thing his friends can call him is by his title, which they use in lieu of a name, rather than as a respectful gesture or as a title as Ishizu and Shadi would use it. Ryo Marufuji, the Kaiser, of Yu- Gi- Oh! GX. There is a time when people call him Hell Kaiser until they call him only Kaiser again.
Only a few characters call Shark from Yu Gi Oh Zexal by his name Ryoga Kamishiro. C. C. (pronounced "C- Two") in Code Geass is only known by these initials. The only time her real name was spoken out loud the viewer is only treated with the speaker's vague lip- movements. Supposedly, it had originally been planned that her true identity would have some relevance in the second season.
But since Executive Meddling significantly altered season 2, that plan got dropped. The Gaba Thieves in Doki Doki Densetsu Mahoujin Guru Guru make a deliberate point of only ever using nicknames to protect their identities. When Nike and Kukuri briefly join them, the leader Sly immediately gives them codenames. This is taken a step further with Sly himself, who everyone calls "Ookashira", essentially meaning "Boss".
The dub of Digimon Adventure does this to justify the changes in names despite not trying to hide that most of the characters normally live in Japan; the first episode introduces the main cast listing both their full names and the nicknames derived from them (to varying degrees of plausibility) which the characters are referred to thereafter. It becomes strange when their parents use these nicknames for them, especially "Izzy", which is a of shortening the characters last name. The other series don't bother with such a thing.
The famed criminal Mister in Coyote Ragtime Show is so called because he has as many aliases and false identities as there are stars in the sky and nobody knows what his real name actually is. Code: Breaker: The head of Re: Code is only ever called "The One Being Sought", which is fine for Ogami who is also his brother but sounds a bit odd coming other members of Re: Code ("'The One Being Sought', what are our plans?"). I think this is a problem in the translation. Though seen in hindsight, he could've just been called "Seeker" (see the translation note for chapter 8. Nobody in GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class calls Miyabi Oomichi "Miyabi". She's mainly referred by the main cast as "Professor," while Namiko calls her by the Alternate Character Reading "Masa," and the Faceless Masses calls her "Oomichi- san".
Kasanoda from Ouran High School Host Club. We're given his first name (which is Ritsu), but he's almost always referred to as Kasanoda or some mispronunciation of his name. A Certain Magical Index. Accelerator notes that he used to have a real name. A normal name. He even tells how many characters were in it (3?) but doesn't reveal what it was.
He's only called Accelerator now. Index too. Presumably she wasn't named Index when she was born, but probably after she was forced to memorize an entire library of knowledge and had the rest of her memory wiped. Whatever the case, "Index Librorum Prohibitorum" is apparently her actual legal name now, as it appears on any form of ID she carries. Aogami Piercenote which literally means "the blue- haired guy with piercings" presumably has a real name as well. To us, though, he's just the blue- haired guy with piercings. The hero of Darker Than Black is only known by his Code Name, Hei ("black" in Chinese) The Black Reaper, BK- 2. Messier number), and "Li Shengshun" (or some variation) as his Nice Guy civilian alias.
Whatever his real name was we'll probably never know, as he gave it up a long time ago. Tokidoki from Amatsuki is almost always known as Toki both inside and outside the story, mainly because his full name is described as "too weird". It's Japanese for 'sometimes,' and while the Japanese do sometimes use words for names, just like any other language, that isn't one of them.).
Everyone (both in the show and in Real Life) calls the main erm.. Elfen Lied "Lucy". The tail end of the manga reveals her actual name is Kaede. All the Zoanoids, some Zoalords, and even Lost Numbers are never given names in Manga/Guyver. Some just have their model number type as a nickname.
Some Zoalords seem to rename themselves after famous figures or fictional literary characters. Scar from Fullmetal Alchemist gets known as.. Scar" due the one he has on the face. He said he abandoned his name, which is never revealed. The main antagonist is usually known as "Father" or "the Eastern Sage", though his "true name" is Homunculus. More or less. His own 'father' calls him "Dwarf in the Flask". Nodame from Nodame Cantabile rarely gets called by her real name, Megumi Noda.
V. T. from Cowboy Bebop runs a pool for people guessing her name. Her real name is Victoria Terpsichore.
Several members of Black Lagoon's cast are commonly referred to only by nicknames. The only one of the cast who has a name we actually know is real (and not just a nickname or an alias) is Rokuro Okajima, the main character, whom everyone just calls "Rock". Amongst other examples, "Revy" is a nickname (first name "Rebecca", nothing else known), "Dutch" is a nickname, "Balalaika" is a nickname, and "Hansel and Gretel" are nicknames (but they have no real names anyway). Balalaika is later given a full name: Sofiya Irininskaya Pavlovena. Takeshi Goda in Doraemon is commonly known as Gian. Some of the characters such as Shizuka and Gian's mother still call him Takeshi.
The 6th Grade Nickname Game by Gordon Korman. About This Book. Jeff Greenbaum and Wiley Adamson — the self- appointed nicknamers of Old Orchard Public School, or OOPS — have been best friends for eleven years. So it stands to reason that they would both fall for the same red- haired girl. Meanwhile their charismatic football- coach- turned- English- teacher, Mr. Huge (Hughes), is in danger of losing his job unless their 6th grade class, a. Dim Bulbs, ace their State Reading Assessment. With Jeff and Wiley at each other's throats and the class busy reading everything from Dr.
Seuss to War and Peace, it stands to reason that both the nickname tradition and Jeff and Wiley's friendship are threatened. Student's will enjoy Korman's affable characters, and identify with their concerns. This novel may be used to prompt discussions on conflict resolution or working as a team. About the Authors or Illustrators.
Gordon Korman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 7. Best- selling artist Mark Buehner has received critical acclaim for his illustration of Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm, My Life with the Wave, and My Monster Mama Loves Me So. He lives with his wife, Caralyn, and their six children in Salt Lake City, UT.