diff --git a/ev.py b/ev.py
index 651842515..81e9968ea 100644
--- a/ev.py
+++ b/ev.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ from src.help.models import HelpEntry
 from src.typeclasses.models import Attribute
 # players
 from src.players.player import Player
-from src.players.models import PlayerDB, PlayerNick
+from src.players.models import PlayerDB
 
 # commands
 from src.commands.command import Command
diff --git a/src/commands/default/general.py b/src/commands/default/general.py
index 1c8c313d1..d843be95f 100644
--- a/src/commands/default/general.py
+++ b/src/commands/default/general.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ General Character commands usually availabe to all characters
 """
 from django.conf import settings
 from src.utils import utils, prettytable
-from src.objects.models import ObjectNick as Nick
 from src.commands.default.muxcommand import MuxCommand
 
 
@@ -124,17 +123,17 @@ class CmdNick(MuxCommand):
 
         caller = self.caller
         switches = self.switches
-        nicks = Nick.objects.filter(db_obj=caller.dbobj).exclude(db_type="channel")
+        nicks = caller.nicks.get(category="channel")
 
         if 'list' in switches:
             table = prettytable.PrettyTable(["{wNickType", "{wNickname", "{wTranslates-to"])
             for nick in nicks:
-                table.add_row([nick.db_type, nick.db_nick, nick.db_real])
+                table.add_row([nick.db_category, nick.db_key, nick.db_data])
             string = "{wDefined Nicks:{n\n%s" % table
             caller.msg(string)
             return
         if 'clearall' in switches:
-            nicks.delete()
+            caller.nicks.clear()
             caller.msg("Cleared all aliases.")
             return
         if not self.args or not self.lhs:
diff --git a/src/objects/models.py b/src/objects/models.py
index c7dccb785..54c378fc2 100644
--- a/src/objects/models.py
+++ b/src/objects/models.py
@@ -643,11 +643,11 @@ class ObjectDB(TypedObject):
         raw_list = raw_string.split(None)
         raw_list = [" ".join(raw_list[:i+1]) for i in range(len(raw_list)) if raw_list[:i+1]]
         # fetch the nick data efficiently
-        nicks = self.db_lnattributes.filter(db_category__in=("object_nick_inputline", "object_nick_channel")).prefetch_related("db_key","db_data")
+        nicks = self.db_liteattributes.filter(db_category__in=("object_nick_inputline", "object_nick_channel")).prefetch_related("db_key","db_data")
         if self.has_player:
-            pnicks = self.player.db_lnattributes.filter(
+            pnicks = self.player.db_liteattributes.filter(
                     db_category__in=("player_nick_inputline", "player_nick_channel")).prefetch_related("db_key","db_data")
-            nicks = nicks + pnicks
+            nicks = list(nicks) + list(pnicks)
         for nick in nicks:
             if nick.db_key in raw_list:
                 raw_string = raw_string.replace(nick.db_key, nick.db_data, 1)
diff --git a/src/scripts/models.py b/src/scripts/models.py
index 9b47b3d0b..ca2d2f5ef 100644
--- a/src/scripts/models.py
+++ b/src/scripts/models.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class ScriptDB(TypedObject):
         verbose_name = "Script"
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super(ScriptDB, self).__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        super(ScriptDB, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         _SA(self, "tags", TagHandler(self, "script"))
         _SA(self, "aliases", AliasHandler(self, "script"))
 
diff --git a/src/typeclasses/models.py b/src/typeclasses/models.py
index 2995a3902..b816b2eb6 100644
--- a/src/typeclasses/models.py
+++ b/src/typeclasses/models.py
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ class TagHandler(object):
             tagobj = self.obj.db_tags.filter(db_key=tag, db_category=category)
             if tagobj:
                 self.obj.remove(tagobj[0])
+    def clear(self):
+        "Remove all tags from the handler"
+        self.obj.db_tags.clear()
 
     def all(self):
         "Get all tags in this handler"
@@ -423,10 +426,13 @@ class AliasHandler(object):
     def remove(self, alias):
         "Remove alias from handler."
         for alias in make_iter(alias):
-            aliasobj = Tag.objects.filter(db_key__iexact=alias.strip(), category=self.category).count()
+            aliasobj = self.obj.filter(db_key__iexact=alias.strip(), category=self.category)
             #TODO note that this doesn't delete the tag itself. We might want to do this when no object
             # uses it anymore ...
             self.obj.db_tags.remove(aliasobj)
+    def clear(self):
+        "Clear all aliases from handler"
+        self.obj.db_tags.remove(self.obj.filter(categery=self.category))
 
     def all(self):
         "Get all aliases in this handler"
@@ -589,7 +595,8 @@ class TypedObject(SharedMemoryModel):
     # lock handler self.locks
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         "We must initialize the parent first - important!"
-        SharedMemoryModel.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        super(SharedMemoryModel, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        #SharedMemoryModel.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
         _SA(self, "dbobj", self)   # this allows for self-reference
         _SA(self, "locks", LockHandler(self))