Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the line of someone who knows the nickname is a tease and cannot let it stand. The joke is that the rename is Okabe's way of staying at arm's length from a woman who impresses him, and her objection is part of the courtship. Fans use it as the series' signature exchange, and it is the English dub's neat rendering of a Japanese wordplay on her name.
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In context
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The line is Kurisu Makise's recurring protest in Steins;Gate (White Fox, 2011), adapted from the 2009 visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus. Rintaro Okabe, who calls himself a mad scientist, never uses her real name when he can avoid it. His most frequent nickname for her is "Christina", made by adding "-tina" to "Kurisu" (her given name is the Japanese form of Chris), and "Assistant" runs a close second. Kurisu, an 18-year-old neuroscientist, objects each time, and the exchange repeats across the series: he only uses her real name in serious moments. No single scene is the origin; it is a running gag from their first conversations.
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- Kurisu Makise, Steins;Gate WikiAliases; TriviaReference checked
- Rintaro Okabe/Relationships, Steins;Gate WikiFuture Gadget Lab, Kurisu MakiseReference checked
- Steins;Gate (TV series), WikipediaInfoboxReference checked
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