Do Not Call Me "Paul": Difference between revisions

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== Anime & Manga ==

== Anime and Manga ==

* The main character of ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' prefers Hououin Kyouma to Okabe Rintarou.

* In ''[[Princess Resurrection]]'', the real name of Hime is Liliane, but she doesn't like to be called that. Two of her brothers, Emil and Severin, call her that, however. The latter did it under dramatic circumstances—a duel between him and Hime where we learn the background of the name:

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== ~~Comics~~ ==

== Comic Books ==

* Rorschach from ''[[Watchmen]]'', a.k.a. Walter Kovacs: "You keep calling me Walter. I don't like you."

* [[Archie Comics]]: "Jughead" Jones would prefer that you just call him "Jughead" and not "Forsythe".

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** Subverted in that his fellow superheroes often avoid calling him [[Secret Identity|Clark]], so may actually call him "Kal" to call him something like a normal name. [[Wonder Woman]] and Supergirl are more likely to do this.

* Calling [[Incredible Hulk|The Hulk]] "Bruce" is a [[Berserk Button|good way to end up on the receiving end of the worst beat down of your life.]] Justified, though, as they really are separate personalities inhabiting the same body. And they do not like each other.

** Same goes for his ~~Archfoe~~ The Leader. He hates it when people refer to him by Samuel Sterns.

** Same goes for his archfoe The Leader. He hates it when people refer to him by Samuel Sterns.

* Wanna piss off minor [[Spider-Man|Spidey]] villain/[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Frightful Four member]] The Trapster? Just refer to his past as the laughably named "Paste-Pot Pete", and see what happens.

* The Fox McCloud of the ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' comic does NOT like being called "Junior."

* Cassidy the vampire from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' really doesn't like his first name (Proinsias), and hasn't used it since 1916. He accidentally lets slip of it to Jesse, who ends up using it later to insult him {{spoiler|after the two of them have a fall-out}}.

* Cassidy the vampire from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'' really doesn't like his first name (Proinsias), and hasn't used it since 1916. He accidentally lets slip of it to Jesse, who ends up using it later to insult him {{spoiler|after the two of them have a fall-out}}.

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* Jon does this a lot in ''[[Garfield]]'' by calling his brother "Doc Boy."

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{{quote|'''Dr. Brainstorm: DOCTOR BRAINSTORM!''' WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE CALL ME THAT?

'''Calvin:''' Well, where's the humor in that? }}

* Fanfic Author [[Meowth Rocket]] a.k.a. Meowth's Toon Dragon has this subverted slightly. He's not that uneasy about people he knows and even strangers calling him by his real first name (at times).<ref>His birth name is Joshua.</ref> But he's very secretive on what his last name is, not as much out of privacy but more out of embarrassment. People have asked him if the name in his email address is his full name and he's flat-out refused to answer, only telling his closest friends his full name. An old Fanfiction.net profile supposedly has his full name, but he's refused to tell if that's genuine or if it's an alias.

* Fanfic Author [[Meowth Rocket]] (a.k.a. Meowth's Toon Dragon) has this subverted slightly. He's not that uneasy about people he knows and even strangers calling him by his real first name (at times).<ref>His birth name is Joshua.</ref> But he's very secretive on what his last name is, not as much out of privacy but more out of embarrassment. People have asked him if the name in his email address is his full name and he's flat-out refused to answer, only telling his closest friends his full name. An old Fanfiction.net profile supposedly has his full name, but he's refused to tell if that's genuine or if it's an alias.

* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''Annals of Arithmancy'', the sequel to the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic ''[[The Arithmancer]]''. Once she gets her doctorate, Hermione Granger keeps telling people just to call her [[Doctor Who|"The Doctor"]]; to her intense disappointment, almost no one does.

* The protagonist of ''[[Magical Girl Noir Quest]]'' Chiaki Matsuda, who has identity issues (on account of amnesia) objects to being called by her past names or alternate names. The strength of her objection depends on the name she is being called and who is saying it. She ''really'' wanted to object to Hazuki calling her Nameless One, but [[Deer in the Headlights|she was too paralyzed with fear]]. She seems particularly opposed to "Nameless One" and "Akemi Homura". She probably hates being called those names even more than being called [[Embarrassing Nickname|Ol Noodles]]. The name/nickname she has renounced least strongly is Murderface (both out of futility and that she hasn't fully renounced that identity).

== Films ==

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* [[Paul McCartney]]'s first name is James, but he'd rather be called by his middle one - possibly because his father is also called James (and Paul gave a son this name as well).

* Bono from U2. Incidentally, his birth name ''is'' Paul (David Hewson). [[The Other Wiki]] states, however, that everyone - even his wife and the other band members - calls him "Bono." Also ironic is that he hated the nickname at first.

== Newspaper Comics ==

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* Jon does this a lot in ''[[Garfield]]'' by calling his brother "Doc Boy."