In Star Trek: The Original Series, two prominent characters are referred to by nicknames: Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, played by James Doohan, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, played by DeForest Kelley.
"Bones" is a great nickname by any standards, but Star Trek's Dr. Leonard McCoy was called a much funnier moniker first. As one side of Star Trek's Kirk-Spock-McCoy triumvirate, DeForest Kelley's ...