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{{quote|'''Dominic Greene:''' ''My friends call me Dominic.''
'''James Bond:''' ''I'm sure they do.''|''[[
When a character wants to make things a little less formal, perhaps to show how amicable and gracious he is, or just because he's laid back and being friendly, he might decide to [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!|drop the formalities]] and invite others to use his first name, or even a nickname.
A common [[Subversion]] is for the other character to then pointedly abstain from using the more casual name, or for the first character to specify that while his ''friends'' call him that, the character they are ''talking to'' [[They Call Me
A subtrope of [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]. When subverted, often overlaps with [[They Call Me
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Gambit plays with this a little in ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Uncanny Xmen]]'':
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Doug Sangnoir of ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' frequently extends these to the people he's reasonably close to, even if he's (temporarily) higher in a more formal hierarchy than they are. For instance, upon agreeing to train [[Sailor Moon|Usagi Tsukino]] in ''Drunkard's Walk S'':
{{quote|"So, what do I call you now? Sangnoir-sensei?"
I shrugged and had more sandwich. "I'm fine with you calling me 'Doug'. As for the honorific... 'Sensei', 'sempai', [[Japanese Sibling Terminology|'onii-san']], even 'jiji'<ref>"Gramps"</ref> are all okay by me -- your choice."}}
== [[Film]] ==
* Played with in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.
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'''The Waco Kid:''' Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me... Jim. }}
* ''[[Ferris
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'''Jeannie''': It's Jean, but a lot of guys call me Shauna.
'''Criminal Kid''': Okay, Jean. }}
* From Disney's ''[[Hercules (
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* Invoked and promptly averted in ''[[Raising Arizona]]''.
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* ''[[
* ''[[
* From ''[[Zardoz]]'', when [[Sean Connery|Zed]] sees that Arthur Frayn aka Zardoz is [[Not Quite Dead]]:
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(''Frayn stabs Zed with a collapsible knife'') }}
* From ''[[
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'''John McClane:''' Sister Teresa called me Mr. McClane in the third grade. My friends call me John, and you're neither, shithead. }}
* Inverted in ''[[
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'''Dr. Hathaway:''' I told you before, Kent: you don't get to use my first name. }}
== [[Literature]] ==
* Commander Vimes from ''[[Discworld]]'' allows those he really, really likes to just call him "Mister Vimes".
** Also:
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* From the ''[[
* From ''[[The Dresden Files
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** The trope is very commonly subverted in ''The Dresden Files'' - Harry constantly corrects people (most often, Nicodemus Archleone and John Marcone) trying to call him that, insisting that they would never be his friends. He also [[Invoked Trope|does it himself]] all the time to grind people's gears, continuing to use first names after being explicitly told not to.
== [[Live
* From the ''[[
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'''Jacob:''' Oooh! Who are you?
'''JJ:''' My friends call me JJ...
'''Jacob:''' Well... hello, JJ!
'''JJ:''' You're not my friend. You can call me Jennifer. }}
* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'': Boss Hogg uses his Speed Trap to stop any famous singers passing through. The fine is six months in jail or one song at the Boar's Nest. Tammy Wynette gets stopped, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-EU5Sx8-k sings for her freedom.] After the song the Dukes go up to her and congratulate her, each calling her Miss Wynette, to which she replies "you can call me Tammy." Then Boss Hogg steps up.
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'''Tammy''': [[They Call Me
* In ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s "Hogwart's Academy" sketch in [[Lindsay Lohan]]'s episode, when Snape briefly gets [[Distracted
* ''[[I
{{quote|'''Sejanus''' ''"Ah, Castor, how nice to see you."''
'''Castor''' ''"I'm Castor to my friends, Sejanus."''|''[[I
== [[Music]] ==
* Singer [[
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''Call me Ricky and I'll break your neck,
''If you're feeling formal, Mr Bogle will do,
''But to my friends it's Eric, and I hope that means you. }}
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* In the 1970s, this became the trademark of comedian [[Bill Saluga]]'s "Raymond J. Johnson" persona:
{{quote|My name is Raymond J. Johnson, Junior. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junior; you can call me Ray J, you can call me RJ, you can call me RJJ. But you doesn't has to call me Johnson!}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* From ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'':
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* Averted in the introductory level of ''[[Hitman|Hitman: Blood Money]]'', when the guard at the amusement park gate asks for 47's name.
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* From ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* From ''[[Phineas and Ferb]] [[The Movie|Across the Second Dimension]]'':
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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', when Homer and Flanders first meet:
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'''Homer Simpson:''' (''bored'') Hi, Flanders. }}
* ''[[South Park]]'', in the episode "Damien".
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'''Damien''': Then I shall call you Pip.
'''Pip''': Right-o. }}
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Comes up [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!|from time to time]] in organizations with fairly rigid hierarchies, such as the armed forces. Depending on the organization, this is often officially prohibited in order to maintain discipline between the ranks.
** This also becomes a subject of some [[Interservice Rivalry]] related ribbing, as different branches of the same service (such as the United States Army and the Air Force) may have different cultural attitudes towards this sort of thing.<ref>
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