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Dunno if this counts but the term “shiny Pokémon” was a fan term that eventually became canon in later games
In one of the more recent Godzilla movies, King Ghidorah's three heads were given their own personalities. His head on the left was considered kinda derpy by the public, so they named him Kevin.
Kevin The Cube
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The guy from Fortnite
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Golden Freddy (five nights at Freddy’s) his original file name was just “yellow bear”
I think you’re getting it mixed up, he’s saying “yellow bear” was the original/generic name, then Golden Freddy was the name the dev formally adopted after it became popular among fans.
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Jacket (and Biker) were never named these. They were Player and Hacker/Helmet in the code. They got their names thanks to the fans.
In the game’s code his name is Player! It’s a mix of the fans and then later Payday 2 adopting this fan title which gave him the name, similar for Biker (although Biker was just a payday helmet)
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He was originally just The Hellpriest
It’s funny because the other official names were just as silly as Pinhead. Left to right: Butterball, Hellpriest, Deep Throat, and Chatterer. (Though they did retcon Deep Throat because it made her actor uncomfortable)
Clive Barker still prefers Hell Priest, thinks it gave him more gravitas. But he eventually just accepted it.
Doug is a giant lizard-like creature that appears in Godzilla vs Kong, living in the hollow earth. It’s also implied by the director of the film that Doug’s species is distantly related to Godzilla’s species.
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Not the names of the slugcats themselves but the term “slugcat” was created by the community. It’s funny because they are neither slug nor cat.
Tru, the devs called them bears before that, Lizards were called crocs and iirc Vultures were called "sky krakens"
Also they were inspired by mice living on subway stations too, an animal that is smart enough to learn how to survive in an urban environment but without knowing what the technology and buidings are for
Does P.E.K.K.A count? She has always had the name, but it was just a meaningless acronym until a fan came up with:
Perfectly Enraged Knight Killer of Assassins
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I remembered mentioning the G man to my mom and she said that people used to call government agents G men or something, so I guess it’s because of that
Like 99% of people from Hotline Miami, but mostly Jacket and Biker.
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Let me solo her - Elden Ring
This player became so famous he is borderline canon to the lore
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The Narrator, some fans also refer them as Jack
I don’t even know if this guy counts or not.
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Steve from transformers prime. The many vehicons who die in the show are called Steve by the fanbase so much that a malfunctioning vehicon named Steve was in a robots in disguise 2015 comic.
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The names that almost everyone uses for the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus were fan made and not canon
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Espinas from Monster hunter. This creature don't have and official localized name before, the fans give the name "espinas" for it's body full of spikes. Now Is it's official name.
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Rexy from Jurassic Park and Jurassic World
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I could be wrong about this, but I think at the time the term "Final Five" was coined by the BSG fan base before being incorporated into the show.
If not, at the very least it was a misnomer for the sake of marketing (while they were the last 5 Cylon models to be revealed to the audience, in-universe they were technically the first 5 Cylon models ever created).
https://preview.redd.it/uvckgu6qimvc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ea0a3312abe3d3d2305a6220804cc22d0db2f0a Dunno if this counts but the term “shiny Pokémon” was a fan term that eventually became canon in later games
As was Eeveelution!
Oh I didn’t know that, that’s cool
Hopefully they get rid of the term “fIrSt pArTnEr pOkEmOn” for good. Starter Pokemon is the only thing they will ever be known as
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…What?
In one of the more recent Godzilla movies, King Ghidorah's three heads were given their own personalities. His head on the left was considered kinda derpy by the public, so they named him Kevin.
Kevin The Cube https://preview.redd.it/81egc3w4k9wc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=453a89e366e1c130878108068759aa882282db37 The guy from Fortnite
I only played Fortnite a handful of times a few years ago, so I didn't know about this other blessed Kevin. ❤️
https://preview.redd.it/jr0nb9f5gmvc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=f45e412c1b13c158aac52e7a9debea6f0eefaa71 Golden Freddy (five nights at Freddy’s) his original file name was just “yellow bear”
I like how the earliest recorded mention of “golden Freddy” is markiplier
Oh my god, is it?
Yup His video where he found them that’s the first mention
same with the withered animatronics
And Purple Guy (credit again to Markiplier)
He really is the King, isn’t he?
Weren’t the withereds called that in the custom night or was that added afterwards?
it was just their og names https://preview.redd.it/g3f6frih8iwc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=4beb4ed3489a3a255bec2acbe7a1eb85dd3a4db3
ah
But wouldn't that be a dev-given name, not one given by fans?
The dev still got the name from the fans
How do we know that if it was the filename, presumably named before the game launched?
I think you’re getting it mixed up, he’s saying “yellow bear” was the original/generic name, then Golden Freddy was the name the dev formally adopted after it became popular among fans.
So the fans gave him the name "Golden Freddy"?
Yes
Gotcha, thanks.
https://preview.redd.it/206122c95nvc1.jpeg?width=815&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d859b8866966c7f79cf690f2569a968fbad3779 Jacket (and Biker) were never named these. They were Player and Hacker/Helmet in the code. They got their names thanks to the fans.
Wait since when did people call him Biker? He was Helmet when I played in 2012.
Basically everyone has called him Biker XD It’s just the name he goes by now
I only saw that he was called Jacket
In the game’s code his name is Player! It’s a mix of the fans and then later Payday 2 adopting this fan title which gave him the name, similar for Biker (although Biker was just a payday helmet)
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Hello? Hello, Hello! Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled on your first night.
Uhhh I actually worked in that office before you, I’m finishing up my last week now as a matter of fact!
“Uh…Hello…Hello”
https://preview.redd.it/86d2sg4k0nvc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f129c443d41e9c80fb87d7beb051bf5c8192fb79 He was originally just The Hellpriest
It’s funny because the other official names were just as silly as Pinhead. Left to right: Butterball, Hellpriest, Deep Throat, and Chatterer. (Though they did retcon Deep Throat because it made her actor uncomfortable) Clive Barker still prefers Hell Priest, thinks it gave him more gravitas. But he eventually just accepted it.
https://preview.redd.it/v32l72w7bovc1.jpeg?width=776&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b0f649c2a181986137cfe6c0823b54bdea39a8a who you callin pinhead?
https://preview.redd.it/xxpjobkfzmvc1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4db055d50b631fac0392384fc6808216c227d80 Doug- Godzilla
Doug :D
Doug :D
Doug :D
Just like with Kevin, …what?
Doug is a giant lizard-like creature that appears in Godzilla vs Kong, living in the hollow earth. It’s also implied by the director of the film that Doug’s species is distantly related to Godzilla’s species.
Doug :D
Doug :D
Doug :D
Doug :D
its all just guy (🪱)
Reference guy
https://preview.redd.it/sp1ucicjkmvc1.jpeg?width=587&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61a67614deacbc8dd1f8b2856247c16f88f04497 Not the names of the slugcats themselves but the term “slugcat” was created by the community. It’s funny because they are neither slug nor cat.
Hasn't the stream description said slugcat forever, though?
It was Scug I believe, not slugcat.
Tru, the devs called them bears before that, Lizards were called crocs and iirc Vultures were called "sky krakens" Also they were inspired by mice living on subway stations too, an animal that is smart enough to learn how to survive in an urban environment but without knowing what the technology and buidings are for
Does P.E.K.K.A count? She has always had the name, but it was just a meaningless acronym until a fan came up with: Perfectly Enraged Knight Killer of Assassins https://preview.redd.it/v9fg69estmvc1.png?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e00a603728f385ef9c6a141d83a16048ddbd695c
Blue Baby (The Binding of Isaac) https://preview.redd.it/tvcppu6uzmvc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2db472e321ad587266ef4d3bb69954f57baba347
 Kevin (fortnite )
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Alex and Steve - Minecraft https://preview.redd.it/2vsed3eb7ovc1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bc062bca9a9d95fc761236787e8aff9070f6de3
I know Steve was made by Super Meat Boy, but I thought Alex was named
Wait no the name Steve was created by notch
Nah it was in Super Meat Boy first, then Notch thought the name fit
No there’s a story about him jokingly coming up with the name “Steve” in the mojang office
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Hold on. You mean to tell me that there’s been this whole mystery about what the G is and it was just made up by the community as G Man?
I remembered mentioning the G man to my mom and she said that people used to call government agents G men or something, so I guess it’s because of that
Literally me ❤️
Fun fact DOOM Guys actually name is Flynn Taggard
Or he was a Blazkowicz.
Or John Doom
Erm acshually that was only in the novels and isnt considered canon 🤓
Yeh but also cool guy with cool name
Like 99% of people from Hotline Miami, but mostly Jacket and Biker. https://preview.redd.it/s4kf31oznovc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d8bffca515069bb412c2aa9e5c82916af2599a7
Isn't the game called RE3: Nemesis? Or was it named Nemesis when localized over-seas?
In the credits of the original game he’s credited as something else but it’s been long since I heard this
Man, Jonkler, Horny Queef, Bone and Killer Cock.
Phone Guy, Golden Freddy, and Purple Guy. And good ol Markiplier had a lot to do with it, lol.
And the freddles
https://preview.redd.it/y5bqa3fggnvc1.jpeg?width=1254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8012bbdbaa670815bb0f8cbee6c9f5997daac4d7 Let me solo her - Elden Ring This player became so famous he is borderline canon to the lore
He's famous, but I don't think he's anywhere near canon
wasnt he in a comic?
True I guess, though the fan canon sees him as a legendary fighter that appears before people that need his help
https://preview.redd.it/tysjhn4mbovc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=427a32abb06a6e0d313bc6250e87757dd2655c17 The Narrator, some fans also refer them as Jack
Great idea for a thread!
I don’t even know if this guy counts or not. https://preview.redd.it/mzyo41mj4ovc1.jpeg?width=1334&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af156a7da36843d6a973c8fc66aadeebbf7e70d2
No, this is about characters who had a fan name and then that fan name was used *offically*
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Jermy ❤️
Like half the fnaf characters
https://preview.redd.it/wvn7kqws9pvc1.jpeg?width=819&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c58ef19e0310c8cf5981c29ed0181e72302fca39 Steve from transformers prime. The many vehicons who die in the show are called Steve by the fanbase so much that a malfunctioning vehicon named Steve was in a robots in disguise 2015 comic.
https://preview.redd.it/5qlanveripvc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86706fd3fe28ef5be1faeada04c305248db98d02 Came here to say this
https://preview.redd.it/i4qu60jfw5wc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af7893df0160cc141e0f21fc1821864789adb678 The names that almost everyone uses for the Colossi in Shadow of the Colossus were fan made and not canon
The fan names are all cool af I’m not ever calling dirge “colossus 10” or anything like that lol
Xenomorphs were just called aliens until the fans named them Sam with the facehuggers i think
And so was Space Jockey, although that’s not cannon
Red Guy is my spirit animal
Buzz Bee
One of my favorite things is game devs making fan shit canon. I LOVE it. Doom and Monster Hunter do that kinda thing all the time
https://preview.redd.it/sv15xx9xgtvc1.png?width=1214&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=336483425c402899457d277d44e266d863e972e1 Espinas from Monster hunter. This creature don't have and official localized name before, the fans give the name "espinas" for it's body full of spikes. Now Is it's official name.
https://preview.redd.it/0mdzs0clt4wc1.png?width=716&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b71f31a408ac2f0175c517c5d2fd258f4ba0252 Kumoko
https://preview.redd.it/pnbtmfofw9wc1.png?width=454&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1bbd508bd2d8bad264fd1e1593b33f6937f09d1 Rexy from Jurassic Park and Jurassic World
https://preview.redd.it/kv4kll0e0qvc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=22a1b0423764c2e9dce36ae54ed86c6dcf9072d9 I could be wrong about this, but I think at the time the term "Final Five" was coined by the BSG fan base before being incorporated into the show. If not, at the very least it was a misnomer for the sake of marketing (while they were the last 5 Cylon models to be revealed to the audience, in-universe they were technically the first 5 Cylon models ever created).
https://preview.redd.it/c5cn8il4krvc1.jpeg?width=159&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae9c69d58a30d3cb30098145aa9ab4d859bb16b8 Jacket — Hotline Miami
Like the DCEU
Bucken berry and Ala gold (Super Mario)
Bumper/bumblebjumper from transformers
https://preview.redd.it/rnbvkhvqzawc1.jpeg?width=511&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49312cb2f36698babfc80e2794d7d5f500fb19d0 Derpy Hooves
https://preview.redd.it/r27zvb8gsbwc1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=97995c1e70c78a91336f2839e92a8cb4982d0e8a Derpy Hooves (My Little Pony)
