In Cyborg 009, the nine Cyborgs are given codenames when transformed into living weapons.
However, these were the creator bending to fan insistence, rather than that he actually wanted to include them (which is displayed in that not only are the names picked with little care, but that they never appear in the series and were deleted from the author's blog).
All the state alchemists in Fullmetal Alchemist have code names.There's also a Woolseyism in the dub, as April refers to November 11 as "one-one", underscoring his James Bond similarities (i.e. Pretty much every Contractor and Doll in Darker than Black is like this, with code names ranging from Chinese color and descriptive names for the main characters (Hei, Yin, and Mao) to month-based ones for the team of British agents (November 11, April, and July), to descriptive nicknames (A portly female contractor who has weaponized screaming is called Bertha).Closely related to Nom De Guerre, which would be when they use the name all the time, and not just "out in public". Military ranks, noble titles and other honorifics are occasionally incorporated into a Code Name, as is the case in Captain America and Doctor Fate. The Token Minority may fall victim to a having a Captain Ethnic Code Name for decades, almost all black superheroes had names with the word "Black" somewhere in them. Nicknames in more-or-less poetic periphrases, such as the Sewing Life Alchemist (Shou Tucker) of Fullmetal Alchemist, or Black Canary of The DCU.Descriptive pseudonyms, a la Cyclops of X-Men, Cyborg of the Teen Titans.
Simple alphanumeric designations, such as Agent 86 of Get Smart, M of the James Bond franchise, not to mention 007 himself.
Frequently they claim it was a choice between their current codename or something far worse. Often, the Code Name is so descriptive as to defeat the very purpose of not using your real name, since Iron Bear really could only be one guy.Ī common way of parodying it is a character with a stupid or silly codename who complains that, when the time came to choose theirs, all the good ones were taken. International spies and Ace Pilots will more frequently have a randomly assigned Code Name (and in comedies, silly ones at that). In the case of a Superhero, this nom de guerre will be indicative of their powers, origin, or national affiliation. In order to protect a Secret Identity, or just to make identifying a person easier over a static-y radio, a Superhero, International Spy or even Ace Pilot will have a Code Name. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so.