Tropescilloscope: Only Known by Their Nickname

Even if their real name is known, no one uses it. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes Hypocritical Humor The Oner Call-Forward Rule of Cool Jerk with a Heart of Gold Unusual Euphemism Needs Wiki Magic Love Heel Realization Spiteful Spit Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Deliberate Values Dissonance Department of Redundancy Department Blackmail Serious Business Brainless Beauty Victoria's Secret Compartment Artistic License – Gun Safety Aluminum Christmas Trees Meaningful Echo Blatant Lies More Dakka Logo Joke Those Wacky Nazis Rewatch Bonus An Aesop The '90s Oh, Crap! Dull Surprise Really Gets Around Affectionate Parody My Greatest Failure Historical Hero Upgrade "Well Done, Son!" Guy Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Blood from the Mouth The Bully Calling the Old Man Out Crapsack World Red Shirt Slap-Slap-Kiss Wicked Cultured For the Evulz Closed Circle Body Horror Domestic Abuse Yandere An Axe to Grind Country Matters Bavarian Fire Drill Fake Shemp Pretty Little Headshots Rape as Drama Ass Shove Beta Couple Gainax Ending Pragmatic Adaptation And Starring Book-Ends Cowboy Cop Hoist by His Own Petard Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Sequel Hook Poor Communication Kills Posthumous Character Cain and Abel Race Lift The Place Wrong Genre Savvy Hollywood Darkness A Father to His Men Your Cheating Heart The Musical Star-Crossed Lovers Pyrrhic Victory Character Development Enemy Mine Serial Killer Combat Pragmatist Danny Peary Cult Movies List Composite Character Totally Radical Adaptational Heroism Russian Films The Smurfette Principle Stalker with a Crush Cold-Blooded Torture Card-Carrying Villain The Brute Punch-Clock Villain Happily Married Aside Glance The Film of the Book Grey and Gray Morality Evil Plan There Is No Kill Like Overkill Black and Gray Morality Love Triangle Shower Scene Romantic False Lead Setting Update Truth in Television Defrosting Ice Queen My Beloved Smother Cat Scare Belligerent Sexual Tension Our Vampires Are Different Mad Scientist Badass in a Nice Suit Due to the Dead Drugs Are Bad Police are Useless Take That! Older Than They Look Get Out! Jerkass Has a Point Mood Whiplash Evil Is Petty Disguised in Drag Naked People Are Funny The Un-Reveal Friend to All Children Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Psychopathic Manchild Monumental Damage War Is Hell The '80s Heroic Sacrifice Rule of Three Mama Bear Bittersweet Ending Leave the Camera Running Dual Wielding Break the Cutie Would Hit a Girl Shell-Shocked Veteran In Name Only Pay Evil unto Evil The Stoic Word of God Ambiguous Ending Four-Temperament Ensemble Arch-Enemy Humans Are Bastards Rule of Symbolism Badass Grandpa Bottomless Magazines Zombie Stories Implacable Man All There in the Script Cruel and Unusual Death "Shaggy Dog" Story Drives Like Crazy Parental Incest Television Movie Index '80s Hair I Did What I Had to Do Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies The Mafia Rousing Speech May–December Romance Red Eyes, Take Warning Creepy Child Dramedy The Casanova Only One Name British Films Match Cut Obviously Evil Jerk Jock The End... Or Is It? Artistic License – Geography Adaptation Expansion Put on a Bus Australian Movies Flashback Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping World of Ham Continuity Nod Psycho for Hire Not So Different Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Gorn In the Back Every Car Is a Pinto Biopic Sequel Escalation Peek-a-Boo Corpse Double Entendre Leitmotif Offscreen Teleportation Broken Bird Slasher Movie Bald of Evil Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Honor Before Reason Offscreen Moment of Awesome Damsel in Distress Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Deal with the Devil Never Trust a Trailer The Hero Suspiciously Similar Substitute Big-Bad Ensemble Fantasy Films Whole Plot Reference Batman Gambit Would Hurt a Child Smug Snake Ghost Fiction Epic Movie Wham Shot Recycled IN SPACE! Dirty Old Man Boom, Headshot! Villain Opening Scene The X of Y Adaptational Villainy Bad Boss A Minor Kidroduction Historical In-Joke Product Placement Author Avatar Reality Ensues Death Seeker Auto Erotica Nice Hat Slasher Smile Visual Pun I'm a Humanitarian Bloodless Carnage BFG The Vamp Not Even Bothering with the Accent Eureka Moment Early Installment Weirdness Ambiguous Disorder Riddle for the Ages Real Life Writes the Plot Running Gag Public Domain Feature Films Captain Obvious Artistic License – Military Affably Evil Sexy Discretion Shot Dissonant Serenity Chekhov's Gunman Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Sealed Evil in a Can Asshole Victim As Long as It Sounds Foreign Super Strength Final Girl Morality Pet Villain with Good Publicity Immune to Bullets Big Applesauce Dutch Angle No OSHA Compliance Heterosexual Life-Partners Expository Hairstyle Change Flipping the Bird Unresolved Sexual Tension Married to the Job Downer Ending Man on Fire Extremely Short Timespan The Load Shown Their Work Catch-Phrase Retirony Anachronic Order No Antagonist Sinister Minister Hate Sink Redshirt Army Butt-Monkey Amusing Injuries Eagleland Fingore Brick Joke Five-Man Band Historical-Domain Character All Just a Dream Brutal Honesty Action Girl Irony Hero Antagonist Fire-Forged Friends Anti-Villain Time Skip Fourth Date Marriage Determinator aka: The Determinator Unspoken Plan Guarantee Big "NO!" Beard of Evil Femme Fatale Pet the Dog Killed Mid-Sentence Jerkass Animal Motifs Based on a True Story Deconstruction Facial Horror Heroes Want Redheads Credits Gag Abhorrent Admirer Bait-and-Switch One-Word Title Actor Allusion Interrupted Suicide Anguished Declaration of Love Worthy Opponent Title Drop Improvised Weapon Chekhov's Skill Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Ungrateful Bastard Maybe Ever After Famous Last Words Easily Forgiven Dying Moment of Awesome Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Artistic License – Biology Fatal Family Photo Camera Abuse Crazy-Prepared I Need a Freaking Drink Horror Comedy Award-Bait Song Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality The Chessmaster Celebrity Paradox Military and Warfare Films The Remake The '70s The Dragon Does Not Like Shoes Groin Attack Light Is Not Good Pimped-Out Dress Chase Scene Vomit Indiscretion Shot Red Oni, Blue Oni Dramatic Irony "The Reason You Suck" Speech Laser-Guided Karma The Mole Good Is Not Nice Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Adult Fear Eyepatch of Power Frame-Up Big Bad Duumvirate Names to Run Away from Really Fast Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Bunny-Ears Lawyer Bring My Brown Pants Spell My Name with an "S" Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Dark Action Girl No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Dramatic Gun Cock Naïve Newcomer Mythology Gag Antagonist Title Fate Worse than Death Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Heroic BSoD Token Minority Disappeared Dad Dirty Cop Soft Glass Death by Adaptation Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Anachronism Stew Took a Level in Jerkass Psychological Thriller Failed a Spot Check Decoy Protagonist Stealth Pun Soundtrack Dissonance Gender Flip Deliberately Monochrome Evil Brit Rich Bitch "Awesome McCool" Name Intrepid Reporter The Stoner Kick the Dog Pragmatic Villainy Only Known by Their Nickname Together in Death Revenge Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Instant Death Bullet Adorkable O.O.C. Is Serious Business Breaking the Fourth Wall Redemption Equals Death Drowning My Sorrows The Hero Dies Properly Paranoid Dark and Troubled Past Bloody Hilarious Those Two Guys The Chick Mighty Whitey Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Darkest Hour Didn't Think This Through Never Found the Body Overprotective Dad Bury Your Gays Lampshade Hanging Made of Explodium Betty and Veronica Novelization Shoot the Shaggy Dog Reckless Gun Usage Smoking Is Cool Never My Fault Break the Haughty Hope Spot Establishing Character Moment Hooker with a Heart of Gold Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Insistent Terminology Fish out of Water Bar Brawl Exactly What It Says on the Tin Black Best Friend Shout-Out Air-Vent Passageway Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Contrived Coincidence Big Brother Instinct Here We Go Again! Darker and Edgier The Power of Love Demonic Possession Chewing the Scenery Guile Hero Fanservice Extra Blood Knight In Medias Res Show Within a Show The Reveal Plucky Comic Relief Captain Ersatz Say My Name No Ending Heel–Face Turn Bowdlerise Mind Screw Twist Ending Not Quite Dead Cassandra Truth You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Rated M for Manly Dark Reprise Anyone Can Die Beauty Is Never Tarnished The Bad Guy Wins Action Survivor Defiant to the End The Alcoholic Henpecked Husband Accidental Murder The Voiceless Video Credits Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Call-Back Did Not Get the Girl Fat Bastard Evil Counterpart Fantastic Racism Ms. Fanservice Overly Long Gag Cool Shades Fatal Flaw Anti-Hero Idiot Ball Moment Killer Adapted Out Black Comedy Knife Nut The Cavalry Bi the Way Too Dumb to Live Depraved Bisexual Comically Missing the Point Handicapped Badass Silent Movie Not Using the "Z" Word Dark Is Not Evil Hollywood Law Bullying a Dragon Let's Get Dangerous! Male Gaze Face–Heel Turn Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Loophole Abuse Bolivian Army Ending Narrator Bare Your Midriff Mr. Fanservice A.I. Is a Crapshoot Crazy Jealous Guy Sacrificial Lion Paper-Thin Disguise One-Man Army Love at First Sight Dwindling Party Disney Villain Death Martial Arts Movie An Arm and a Leg Gold Digger Stylistic Suck Evil-Detecting Dog Ragtag Bunch of Misfits As the Good Book Says... Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Karma Houdini Race Against the Clock Parental Abandonment From Nobody to Nightmare Film Series Corrupt Corporate Executive Ship Tease Broken Pedestal Epic Fail Those Two Bad Guys The Stinger Karmic Death Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Death Glare Rasputinian Death Re-Cut No Name Given And the Adventure Continues You Have Failed Me Developing Doomed Characters I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Laughing Mad Sole Survivor Roaring Rampage of Revenge Taking You with Me Early-Bird Cameo Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Wounded Gazelle Gambit Deadpan Snarker Gone Horribly Right Age Lift One Steve Limit It's Personal Vampire Fiction Black Comedy Rape Ominous Latin Chanting Stealth Hi/Bye French Films Catapult Nightmare Be Careful What You Wish For Sir Swears-a-Lot Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Mugging the Monster Distracted by the Sexy Unreliable Narrator Mystery and Detective Films Determinator Kill It with Fire La Résistance Historical Villain Upgrade Taking the Bullet Daylight Horror Woman in White Jitter Cam The Smart Guy Toplessness from the Back Neck Lift Exact Words Faux Affably Evil Better to Die than Be Killed Off with His Head! Badass Normal Gilligan Cut Leaning on the Fourth Wall Adaptation Distillation Lighter and Softer Index of Film Westerns Actually Pretty Funny Spanner in the Works Villain Ball Agony of the Feet Big Damn Heroes "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Action Genre Wretched Hive Drill Sergeant Nasty Politically Incorrect Villain Earn Your Happy Ending Male Frontal Nudity Tap on the Head Alpha Bitch Cluster F-Bomb All There in the Manual Science Fiction Films Fainting Back from the Dead MacGuffin Meaningful Background Event Disney Death Meaningful Name Shipper on Deck Animated Credits Opening For Want of a Nail Dogged Nice Guy Berserk Button My God, What Have I Done? Bad "Bad Acting" Villainous Breakdown N-Word Privileges Crucified Hero Shot Scare Chord Car Fu Authority Equals Asskicking Cat Fight Empathic Environment Homage Retcon The Alleged Car Amoral Attorney Death by Irony Manic Pixie Dream Girl Mercy Kill Nice Guy Faking the Dead Screw This, I'm Outta Here! After the End Awesome, but Impractical Chiaroscuro Kick the Son of a Bitch Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Vitriolic Best Buds Well-Intentioned Extremist German Films Coming-of-Age Story Deus ex Machina Slashed Throat Once More, with Clarity! Expy B-Movie Eye Scream Evil vs. Evil Death of a Child Covers Always Lie Spared by the Adaptation He Who Fights Monsters Red Right Hand Protagonist Title Parental Neglect NO INDOOR VOICE Scenery Gorn Unwitting Instigator of Doom Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Face Death with Dignity Storming the Castle Despair Event Horizon Woman Scorned Cool Car Chekhov's Gun Artistic License – Physics Sadistic Choice Badass Longcoat Italian Films Made of Iron Parental Substitute Tranquil Fury Everyone Has Standards Japanese Films Outrun the Fireball Only Sane Man No Celebrities Were Harmed Refuge in Audacity Kill 'em All Freudian Excuse Costume Porn Mr. Exposition Reality Is Unrealistic Dies Wide Open Jump Scare Only in It for the Money Funny Foreigner Bond One-Liner Dressing as the Enemy Rule of Funny Freeze-Frame Bonus Non-Indicative Name Precision F-Strike Driven to Suicide Loads and Loads of Characters 20 Minutes into the Future Reasonable Authority Figure It's All About Me Took a Level in Badass Genre Savvy The Big Guy Spiritual Successor The Starscream Left the Background Music On Insane Troll Logic Small Name, Big Ego Stuff Blowing Up Papa Wolf Vacation Films Foregone Conclusion Improbable Weapon User Central Theme Suspiciously Specific Denial I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Faceless Up to Eleven Motor Mouth Christmas Movies Index Alliterative Name Fan Disservice Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Nothing Is Scarier Film Noir Index Translation Convention Adaptational Badass How We Got Here Becoming the Mask Kids Are Cruel Take a Third Option Genre Shift Demoted to Extra The '50s Adaptation Name Change Lock and Load Montage Evil Sounds Deep As Himself Scenery Porn Training Montage Canon Foreigner Artistic License – Law This Is Gonna Suck Hong Kong Films Skewed Priorities Straight Gay Attempted Rape Extreme Doormat You Killed My Father Apocalypse How The Cameo Dropped a Bridge on Him And I Must Scream Silence Is Golden Gory Discretion Shot Documentary Same Language Dub Mexican Standoff Arranged Marriage The '60s Artistic License – History Adaptation Dye-Job Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Superhero Off-into-the-Distance Ending The Sociopath Punny Name Major Injury Underreaction Adaptational Attractiveness Market-Based Title Dumb Blonde Retired Badass Not So Above It All Insult Backfire Villain Protagonist Horror Films Eiffel Tower Effect Suddenly SHOUTING! Hypocrite Imagine Spot Hell Is That Noise Bloodier and Gorier Cool Guns The Ace The Ghost She's Got Legs Not What It Looks Like Even Evil Has Loved Ones He Knows Too Much Kubrick Stare Sanity Slippage Reality Has No Subtitles Music Stories Brother–Sister Incest Funny Background Event Casting Gag Hair-Trigger Temper Abusive Parents Almost Kiss Bound and Gagged Curb-Stomp Battle Framing Device Black Dude Dies First Babies Ever After Corpsing Room Full of Crazy Badass Boast Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Canadian Movies Have a Gay Old Time Large Ham Camp Gay Manipulative Bastard Annoying Younger Sibling The Lost Lenore Pretty in Mink Gratuitous English The Dreaded No-Sell Noodle Incident Self-Deprecation Broken Aesop Romantic Comedy Foreshadowing Missing Mom Eldritch Abomination Adults Are Useless Informed Ability Armor-Piercing Question Not So Stoic No Good Deed Goes Unpunished True Companions Fanservice You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Undying Loyalty Intergenerational Friendship From Bad to Worse Thriller Police Brutality Accidental Misnaming Advertised Extra Manly Tears The Great Depression Trailers Always Spoil Madness Mantra The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Badass Bookworm Ripped from the Headlines Greater-Scope Villain Manchild What You Are in the Dark Ascended Extra Hidden Depths Pre-Mortem One-Liner Foil Meet Cute It Can Think Obstructive Bureaucrat Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Our Zombies Are Different Humiliation Conga folderlabel Tagline Curse Cut Short Alas, Poor Villain Real Life Animal Title Index Playing Gertrude Fun with Acronyms Obfuscating Stupidity Big Fancy House Throwing Your Sword Always Works Film Noir As You Know Sci-Fi Horror Improbable Aiming Skills Red Herring Half the Man He Used to Be Malevolent Masked Men A Date with Rosie Palms All Girls Want Bad Boys Tempting Fate Vomit Discretion Shot Shut Up, Hannibal! A God Am I All for Nothing Very Loosely Based on a True Story Death by Sex Knight Templar Men Are the Expendable Gender Bilingual Bonus Dirty Coward I Have Your Wife Mooks The Dog Bites Back Getting Crap Past the Radar Creative Closing Credits Fiery Redhead Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Hero of Another Story Daddy's Girl Ambiguously Gay Creator Cameo Ax-Crazy Wham Line Disproportionate Retribution Bland-Name Product Double-Meaning Title Cool Old Guy Mundane Made Awesome Random Events Plot Beware the Nice Ones Make It Look Like an Accident Children Are Innocent Neck Snap Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Your Head A-Splode She Cleans Up Nicely Diabolus ex Machina Stepford Smiler Big Bad The Atoner timeperiod Author Appeal Grievous Bottley Harm Bond Villain Stupidity Genre Throwback Ironic Echo Cloudcuckoolander The Ditz Does This Remind You of Anything? What the Hell, Hero? Shirtless Scene Evil Is Hammy Arc Words Conspicuous CG Important Haircut Green-Eyed Monster All Men Are Perverts Only a Flesh Wound Mistaken for Gay Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Even Evil Has Standards Guns Akimbo Sassy Black Woman Line-of-Sight Name Sports Stories Stock Footage Plot Hole Evil Laugh Cool Old Lady It Will Never Catch On Scary Black Man Action Prologue Destination Defenestration Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Big Eater Last-Name Basis What Happened to the Mouse? Unusually Uninteresting Sight The Lancer Villain Song The Quiet One Works Set in World War II