* Nicknames Sawyer has called people *
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. I have listed the names that Sawyer used when he actually called or referred to people with a name. 

I have not listed ways in which he may have described people.


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Abdul - referring to Sayid: when discussing the transmission he picked up on -his- transmitter.(1:03)

Al Jazaira - (mispronouncing -Al Jazeera-) Sayid: after Boone takes the gun off of Sayid, Sawyer sarcastically suggests he give it to Sayid for safekeeping.(1:03) Jazeera.jpg (177702 bytes)

Ali - Sayid: when he was preparing to torture Sawyer with bamboo under the fingernails to get him to turn over Shannon's inhalers. (1:08)

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Amarillo Slim - to Jack when he gives Sawyer advice on Poker (2:17)

Amigo - Charlie: when he was in a panic trying to find Kate to tell her Jack had been buried in the cave collapse, Sawyer told him he had just missed her.(1:07)

Ana-Lulu - Ana Lucia when Sawyer wants to joing her revolution referring to the Little Lulu comic character (2:13) lulu.jpg (27480 bytes)

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Avalanche - Referring to Hurley as the WCW overweight wrestler. (3:11)



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Barbar - To Hurley when Hurley was eating his stash of Ranch Dressing. Hurley corrects him with "Babar".(2:14)
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Baby Huey - Claire's baby: when the baby kept crying while Charlie tried to get him to stop, Sawyer said it was like nails on a chalkboard.(1:21)

 

Babbynapper -Charlie when Charlie says he can supervise the food because he is trustworthy. (2:18)
Bambo - To Hurley when Hurley is eating the stash of Ranch dressing. (2:14)
Belle of the Ball - Kate (1:06)

 

Betty - Sun: when Sawyer was telling her what a hypocrite she was for saying her husband wasn't a liar (about not burning the boat) when even her husband didn't know she spoke English.(1:17) Betty.JPG (36685 bytes)
Big Bad Wolf - himself, when he won't give Ana Lucia the gun (2:20)
Blondie - Ellie, when she confronts them with her WWII rifle in 1954 (5:03)
Blondie - Juliette (5:17)
Bluebeard
- Referring to the person on the boat who took Walt as the pirate "Bluebeard" (Eduard de Barbe-Bleue). (2:02)
Brokenose Man - Refering to Danny (3:04)
Boar expert - Kate after his tent as wrecked. (1:16)

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Bobby - Carl when he tells him to get tough; reference to Bobby of The Brady Bunch. (3:09)

Bonzai - Miles (5:08)
The Boss - Ben when talking to Alex. (3:07)
Boy
- Sayid when they are fighting. (1:02)

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Bruce - Jin: (as in Bruce Lee) when he was leading him through the jungle on a rope seeking vengeance because he thought Jin had burned the boat Michael was building.(1:17) -- Miles (4:04)

Brutus - Locke, as in; et tu Brutus (2:20)
Bug Eyed Bastard - Ben (3:16)

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Captain Arab - Sayid, when planning an army to attack The Others.   Sawyer says it to rhyme with Captain Ahab from Moby Dick.  (2:22)
Captain Bunny Killer - Ben (3:09)
Captain Falafel
- referring to Sayid: Sawyer asked Kate what it was like having Jack and Sayid fighting over her after they discovered the cave and were trying to convince everyone to either stay on the beach or move to the caves.(1:06)
Cave town - Sawyer asks Jack what kind of commie share-fest he's running. (1:08)
Chewy - Jin when they are with the Tail Section people (2:05)

chachi.jpg (2863 bytes) Chachi - Karl, prisoner in the other cage.  Chachi Arcola from Joannie Loves Chachi. (3:01)
Cheech - Karl, when he was "spaced out" like doper, Cheech Marin. (3:07) cheech.jpg (2673 bytes)
chli.jpg (2759 bytes) Chicken Little - to Hurley when they were playing Risk. (4:09)

Chico - Jack: when he told Sawyer that they would not proceed to torture him if he turned over Shannon's asthma inhalers.(1:08)
Chief - Michael: asking why they are storing dried fish if they can fish off the raft.(1:22);Accusing Jin of destroying the raft. (1:22); telling Michael how to cut the mast (1:23) - Horace (5:08)
Chief - Sayid: when he is giving him a choice about escaping from the jail. (5:10)
Chinatown - Seeing Danny with the bandage, refereing to the Jack Nicholson character who got his nose split in "Chinatown".(3:04)

Chuckie - Charlie: when he was trying to get Claire's baby to stop crying, Sawyer asked him to keep the baby quiet. (1:21) posechucky.jpg (26273 bytes)

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Cool Hand - to Jack when they are playing poker (Cool Hand Luke) (2:17)
Costanza - talking to Munson in prison refers to loser balding, fat, George Costanza, in Seinfeld. (3:04) thegeorge.jpg (3559 bytes)

Cowboy - Jack: when he slugged Sawyer in the mouth for not turning over Shannon's asthma inhalers.(1:08)

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Croc Hunter - Australian policeman: when Sawyer was being arrested while Boone was trying to get Shannon's supposed abuser arrested.(1:13)

Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon - Sun and Jin (3:11)

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Crazytown - refering to Richard Alpert's 1954 encampment (5:03)
Cupcake
- Referring to Anna when she is imprisoned in the hole with Sawyer, Michael and Jin. (2:03)

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DanielBoone.jpg (50385 bytes) Daniel Boone - Calling Locke, Daniel Boone. (I like Disney's Fess Parker image of DB) (2:11)

Daddy - Michael: after he said he'd put Sawyer on his back and fly him to L.A. if he could pick the lock on a Halliburton case (the one Sawyer and Kate found at the bottom of the pond). (1:12)
Daddy-O - to Jin when Sawyer thinks Sun is pregnant (2:16)
Deep Dish - Hurley when he asks Sawyer for the Clonozapan. (2:18)
Dimples - Cassidy when he is playing the Long Con (2:13)
Doc - Jack (often): after he breaks up the fight between Sawyer and Sayid, when they-re looting in the fuselage, when Jack is looking through Sawyer's stuff for Shannon's asthma medicine, when Sawyer asks Jack why he's surprised that he wants to go on the boat Michael is building, when Sawyer was discussing his headaches with Jack.(1:08)

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Dr. Wizard - Faraday, meaning Don Herbert who played "Mr. Wizard" in the excellent 1950's-1960's children's science show. (Who of you can remember "Fruit, Cereal, Milk, Bread, and Butter"?) (5:02)
Doc Brown - Sawyer says "Gotcha Doc Brown" when he successfully solves the problem in the cage and gets food. Doc Brown invented the contraption to feed his dog, Einstein, in Back to the Future. (3:01) 22docbrown.jpg (2801 bytes)

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Doctor Giggles - Jack, on the beach when he comes to get Kate to search out The Others - referring to the crazy doctor in the horror movie(2:19)
Doctor DoRight - referring to Jack: when telling Sayid that he had to come to the caves to get his antibiotics since Jack didn't trust him.(1:11) dudley.gif (5015 bytes)
DrQuinn.jpg (8297 bytes) Dr. Quinn - Jack: while accusing him of trying to ease his conscience while treating Sawyer's stab wound in the arm inflicted by Sayid. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman practiced in a post Civil War western frontier town. (1:09)

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El Jacko - When he is talking to Jack and Ana-Lucia (2:03)
Enos - Miles when they were shifting back and forth in time. Enos, according to the bible was the son of Seth, and lived over 900 years. (5:08)
Ese - Hurley (a derogatory term for Mexican). (3:10, 4:01)

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Freckles - Kate (often): when discussing the transmission by the French woman, when telling her that water has no value after he traded some water for fish with Jin, when he was talking to her about whether she was going to move off the beach to the caves, when she was bargaining with Sawyer to get Shannon's asthma medicine from him, after being tortured by Sayid and still trying to get a kiss from Kate, when she was helping Jack stop the bleeding from Sawyer's arm after Sayid stabbed him, when turning down an invitation from her to go to the golf game, when Sawyer is coaxing her to swim in the pond with a waterfall they discovered and again after they found the metal suitcase with the dead passengers at the bottom of the pond.(1:03,...et al)

Frogurt - Neil, because he may have once sold frozen Yogurt [5:02]

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Genius - Sayid, when he is talking about the boar vacating the area. (1:16)

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Ghengis - (Ghengis Khan) to Miles when they are walking through the jungle (4:12)
Gizmo - Ben (4:03????) gizmo.jpg (4095 bytes)
grapeape.jpg (8326 bytes) Grape Ape - referring to Hurley as one of the team of 5 to free Walt (2:22)
Grimus - referring to Hurley as the pudgy McDonald's character. (3:11) Grimusglass.jpg (3953 bytes)


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H. G. Wells - Faraday, referring him to the time traveller author. (5:14)

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Hambo - talking to Hurley when he wants him to listen for the noisy frog. A parody of pig (Ham) and Rambo(2:14)

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Han and Chewy - Michael and Walt when they are arguing on the raft (1:25)

Hero -Jack (1:03) Hurley(3:23)
Honey - Kate when they are imprisoned in the cages (3:06)

Hoss - Jack: when Sawyer asked him where he got the gun he gave him to help catch Ethan. (1:15), Michael (2:02); Hurley(2:12); Pickett (3:04), Locke (2:13) - Alpert (5:08)

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SallyK.jpg (7925 bytes) Hot Lips - Calling Ana Lucia while being a captive. Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' O'Houlihan from M*A*S*H (I used Sally Kellerman in the original movie.)(2:04)

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Island town - The survivors' camp on the island. (2:13)

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Jabba - Calling Hurley "Jabba the Hut" from Star Wars when he is discussing Hurley's crush on Libby. (2:12) Jabba.jpg (3397 bytes)

Jabonese - Nikki and Paulo (3:14)
Jackass
- Jack: when he assumes that the boars they hear ransacking the fuselage is Sawyer, when he was pulling the adhesive tape off of Sawyer's arm wound resulting from being stabbed by Sayid. (1:04, 1:09)
Jacko - referring to Jack: when Kate was trying to get a laptop battery from Sawyer and he teased her about being upset over her break-up with Jack.(1:07)
Jethro - Calling Hurley the name when he is going to do the laundry. (2:12)
Jimbo (Jinbo?) - Jin (3:10)
Jiminy Cricket - Charlie (3:10)
Johnnyboy - Locke (5:04)
Jumbotron - Hurley (3:10)

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Jungle Boy - Ethan: after they had caught him, Jack beat him, and he started to get back up.(1:15)

Jungle of Mystery - He was tied to a tree there and tortured (1:08)

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Kahuna - the big kahuna refering to Ben (3:04)

Kato - referring to Jin: when he wouldn't take a break from working on the boat, Sawyer told Michael that he didn't blame Jin for being upset since his wife didn't tell him she knew how to speak English. Kato (the "original", played by Bruce Lee) was the Green Hornet's Asian sidekick. (1:20) Kato.gif (3314 bytes)

Kazoo - Walt (1:24)

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Kenny Rogers - Lapidus; due to their facial similarity.(4:13)

Kid - Karl (4:02)
Killer - to Danny (3:04)
Kong - Hurley (5:09)

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   Kurtz - refering to Locke as. the crazed Colonel Walter E. Kurtz of Apocolypse Now fame. (4:02)

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Lardo - Hurley: after he tells Sawyer to try to get along instead of fighting with Sayid and accusing him of crashing the plane.(1:02)

lassie.jpg (23260 bytes) Lassie - ("sort of" - a round about way of calling Kate a "bitch")- saying to Kate "Isn't Timmy down a well somewhere?"  A reference to Lassie the dog who was always saving someone.(2:18)

Limey runt - Charlie, when he wouldn't let up about the diary. (1:14)
Little Red Riding Hood - Ana Lucia when she is asking Sawyer for a gun. (2:20)
Lucy - Ana Lucia (2:20)

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Magellan - Kate when she want's to sail around the island. (3:09)
Magic forest - The jungle. (1:04)
Mamacita
- Claire: the day her son was born she stopped to ask Michael and Sawyer how long it would be until the boat was done. Sawyer was being uncharacteristically genuine and friendly with her. (1:20)
Mergatroy - Danny when Sawyer is in the cages(?). (3:04)
Metro - Boone: when he tries to break up the fight that Sawyer is having with Hurley - (Jack enters at that moment but it is Boone he addressed). (1:04)
Mighty huntress - Kate (1:04)
Mohammed
- referring to Sayid: when Charlie was in a panic trying to find Kate to tell her Jack had been buried in the cave collapse, Sawyer told him she had just gone with Sayid. Sawyer also called him this to his face when Sayid was teasing him about the boar that terrorized his campsite. (1:07, 1:16)

Mongo - Hurley referring to the very large character played by Alex Karis in Blazing Saddles (2:17) Mongo.jpg (3672 bytes)
montezuma.jpg (9588 bytes) Montezuma - refering to Hurley, when Sawyer said he was sharing a room with "Montezuma" (4:04)

Moonbean - Libby when she says they can communally share the control of the food. (2:18)
Mount Vesuvius
- Referring to the hill they were climbing while looking for Michael. (2:11)

mr_clean.jpg (22704 bytes) Mr. Clean - He calls, Locke, when they are looking for Michael. (2:11)

Mr. Ed - referring to Mr. Eko (2:05)

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Mr. Miyagi - referring to Jin: Sawyer said he traded him some water for some fish when the water supply was running out. Reference to Pat Morita's character in The Karate Kid movie. (1:05)

Muchacha - Ana Luci (2:20)
Munchkin - Charlie (3:10)
Mutton Chops
- Hurley when they are playing poker (2:17)

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Nemo - to an un-named submariner on the submarine, refering to Captain Nemo of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (5:15)

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Norma Rae - Bernard, when he was having trouble with his "workers", referring to the movie about Unionist, Norma Rae. (2:19)

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Oliver Twist - Charlie. (3:10)
Omar
- Sayid: after he told Sun that he wouldn't take off the handcuffs he had put on Jin, and Sawyer sarcastically said maybe he should yell a little louder.(1:06)

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Papa-san - to Jin when Sawyer suspected Sun was pregnant. (2:16)
Pilot - Michael when he gives himn the pepto-bismal stuff (1:22)

Pippi Longstocking - Kate when they are planning to hunt The Others (2:22) Pippi.jpg (4232 bytes)

Plato - Faraday when he was philosopizing. (5:08)

PDL.jpg (5275 bytes) Ponce de Leon - Referring to Ana Lucia as she leads them through the jungle.(2:06)

Pork Pie - Hurley: when he accuses Sawyer of hoarding the last of the peanuts. They are fighting and yelling over each other, so it's nearly impossible to tell exactly what Sawyer called him. (1:04)

Pillsbury - to Hurley on the beach (2:10) pdba.gif (9666 bytes)

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Quick Draw - Calling Radzinsky, "Quick Draw McGraw" when he wanted to shoot Jin. (5:09) mcgraw.jpg (29038 bytes)

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Rambina - Talking to Michael about Anna Lucia, referring to her as a "female Latino Rambo" (2:04)

Red - The red-headed, Charlotte (4:03????, 5:05, 5:08)
Red Beret - Sayid, when they are planning the attack on The Others.   Refers to the Republican Guard who dressed in drab olive with red berets. (2:22)

Rerun - To Hurley when he wants Hurley to catch the noisy tree frog. Probably referring to the fat guy on "What's Happening". (2:14) rerun.gif (19453 bytes)

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Saint Jack - referring to Jack: when Sawyer was talking to Kate as they were helping Sayid triangulate his signals, and he let it slip that Jack had been buried in the cave collapse.(1:07)

Sally Slingshot - Alex (3:09)

Sassafras - Kate: when he told her she had to play -I Never- with him, a sort of truth-or-dare drinking game. Sassafras was a character played by Danielle Ferraro in the movie Mango Kiss.(1:16)

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Scotty - Desmond, when he returns to the beach from the Looking Glass station. (4:01)

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Shaft - Sawyer calls the guy who put them in the prison hole. (2:03)
Sheena.jpg (5520 bytes) Sheena - To Kate, he says she can beat Ana-Lucia in a fight, referring to "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle". (2:13) -To Alex when she is in the hole. (3:07)

Sheik - Sayid: when he is trying to calculate the time covered by the transmitter iteration sequence.(1:02)
Sheriff - Jack: when Sawyer gives the gun he was chasing the boar with, back to him.(1:16)

strawberry.gif (4476 bytes) Shortcake - Kate, because he said she smelled like strawberries. (3:02)
Short-round - Walt: when he and Michael were working on the boat, and Walt asked Sawyer why he wasn't helping. This nickname is a reference to the Asian boy in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.(which was Spielberg's homage to a character in the 1951 "The Steel Helmet")  (1:18) shortround.jpg (2196 bytes)

Sister - Nikki (3:14) - Amy (5:08)


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     Skeletor - Roger, the dead VW Van driver. (3:10)

Snuffy - Hurley: calling him Aloysius Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street(3:10)

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Sport - Charlie: when he was in a panic trying to find Kate to tell her Jack had been buried in the cave collapse, Sawyer told him he had just missed her.(1:07)

StayPuft.gif (13329 bytes) Stay Puft - Hurley: when he asks Sawyer for the plane's manifest and tells him he could use the points. He is referring to the giant marshmallow man made famous in the Ghostbusters movie.(1:10)

Sticks - Shannon: when she asks Sawyer for some insect repellant.(1:05)

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Sulu - Jin, while building the raft.(1:22)

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Sundance - Jack when they are in the woods. (4:13)

Sunshine - to Sun before she asks for the pregnancy test. (2:16)
Suzie - Bernard when talking about Sun's pregnancy. (2:16)
Sweet Cheeks
- Shannon: while looking at the bear that Sawyer shot.(1:02)
Sweetheart - Kate: after she remarks about Sawyer deciding to come along on the trek up the mountain to try the transmitter, (1:07)
Sweetheart - Amy (5:08)
Sweetheart - to Juliette (5:15)

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Tarzan - to Locke when he finds Sawyer peeing in the jungle (3:19) tarzan.gif (4666 bytes)
Thelma - to Kate, when she is asking for a gun so she and Claire can find Rousseau - referring to Thelma Yvonne Dickinson of "Thelma and Louise". (2:15) Thelma.jpg (11217 bytes)

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Tattoo - Walt: after he told Sawyer it's stupid to lie about your name (referring to Ethan) when he and Sawyer were discussing the fact that Claire and Charlie were missing. This is a reference to the little person sidekick on the television show -Fantasy Island.-(1:11)

Tattoo - Charlie when they discover the food from the parachute drop. (2:18)

Tokyo Rose - when referring to Sun and her abduction   (2:13)   TokyoRose.JPG (6054 bytes)

Twitchy - Faraday when he showed up at the house ion 1977 (5:14)

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underdog.jpg (3360 bytes) Underdog - Alex (3:07)

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The Villagers - The castaways on the beach. (3:14) villagers.jpg (9811 bytes)

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              Yoda - Ben (4:02)

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  Zorro - Paulo who had Sawyer's Guns and Ammo magazine. (3:11)
Zeke - Referring to the bearded "Other" leader when he, Locke, and Jack were searching for Michael.   (2:11)

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