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{{quote|'''Dominic Greene:''' ''My friends call me Dominic.''
'''James Bond:''' ''I'm sure they do.''|''[[Quantum of Solace]]''}}
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Gambit plays with this a little in [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Uncanny Xmen]]
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== [[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 Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]:
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'''Jeannie''': It's Jean, but a lot of guys call me Shauna.
'''Criminal Kid''': Okay, Jean. }}
* From Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'':
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* Invoked and promptly averted in ''[[Raising Arizona]]''.
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* ''[[RoboCop]] 3'' has another variation His ''friends'' call him Murphy, but the OCP executive can call him [[RoboCop]].
* ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' included the quote above. Greene trying to act gracious, while Bond is being pretty blunt with the fact that he doesn't like him.
* 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 ''[[Die Hard]]:''
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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 ''[[Real Genius]]''.
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'''Dr. Hathaway:''' I told you before, Kent: you don't get to use my first name. }}
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* Commander Vimes from [[Discworld]] allows those he really, really likes to just call him "Mister Vimes".
** Also:
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** Discworld in general has a lot of fun with this.
* From the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novels, the Doctor's latest companion meets the Master for the first time: "Summerfield. Bernice Summerfield. My friends call me Benny, but you can call me Professor Summerfield."
* From ''[[The Dresden Files|Dead Beat]]'':
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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 Action TV]] ==
* From the ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' episode, "Riding the Lightning."
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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 Mr. Tibbs|You can call me Miss Wynette.]] }}
* In ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s "Hogwart's Academy" sketch in [[Lindsay Lohan]]'s episode, when Snape briefly gets [[Distracted by the Sexy|distracted by]] [[She's All Grown Up|Hermione's breasts]], he tells her to call him Severus. Then he snaps out of it and says to call him Professor Snape.
* ''[[I, Claudius]]'': Castor, the nickname by which Drusus Julius Caesar is commonly known, invokes this with Sejanus.
{{quote|'''Sejanus''' ''"Ah, Castor, how nice to see you."''
'''Castor''' ''"I'm Castor to my friends, Sejanus."''|''[[I, Claudius]]'' "Some Justice"}}
== [[Music]] ==
* Singer [[Eric Bogle]] traditionally introduces himself in song at the start of a concert. One of the introduction songs goes:
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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. }}
== [[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 Sleep]]'' Ventus is constantly saying
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* From ''[[Phineas and Ferb]] [[The Movie|Across the Second Dimension]]'':
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* ''[[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rudolph's Shiny New Year]]'':
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* ''[[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. }}
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