Role added by connieblackwood on March 11, 2023
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.g. Voldemort). Exceptionally badass examples of this trope fall into the Red Baron. Obvious and common contractions, e.g. someone named William introducing themselves as Bill, don't really count either.
Fan Casting
Only Known by Their Nickname
Detective Inspector Jack Frost
V (V for Vendetta)
Indiana Jones
The Joker
Bobby Bruna
Lizzy Watson
The Kid (Dick Tracy)
Metro Man
Nicki Watson
Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Jetta
Skipper Roberts
Taffy (Lisa Frankenstein)
Eleven
Fireman Sam
Vanessa Palmer
Sara Harvey
Nini Salazar-Roberts
Chess Greystone
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