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{{quote|'''Dominic Greene:''' ''My friends call me Dominic.''<br />
'''James Bond:''' ''I'm sure they do.''|''[[Quantum of Solace (Film)|Quantum of Solace]]''}}
 
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.
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{{quote| '''Sheriff Bart:''' What's your name?<br />
'''The Waco Kid:''' Well, my name is Jim, but most people call me... Jim. }}
* [[Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film)|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]:
{{quote| '''Criminal Kid''': You didn't tell me your name.<br />
'''Jeannie''': It's Jean, but a lot of guys call me Shauna.<br />
'''Criminal Kid''': Okay, Jean. }}
* From Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'':
{{quote| '''Megara:''' Megara. My friends call me Meg. At least they would if I had any friends.}}
* Invoked and promptly averted in ''[[Raising Arizona]]''.
{{quote| Leonard Smalls. My friends call me Lenny... but I ain't got no friends.}}
* ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]] 3'' has another variation His ''friends'' call him Murphy, but the OCP executive can call him [[Robo CopRoboCop]].
* ''[[Quantum of Solace (Film)|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]]:
{{quote| '''Frayn:''' My Brutal friends call me Zardoz.<br />
(''Frayn stabs Zed with a collapsible knife'') }}
* From ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]:''
{{quote| '''Hans Gruber:''' Touching, Cowboy, touching. Or should I call you, Mr. McClane? Mr. Officer John McClane of the New York Police Department? <br />
'''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 (Film)|Real Genius]]''.
{{quote| '''Kent:''' Hello, Jerry!<br />
'''Dr. Hathaway:''' I told you before, Kent: you don't get to use my first name. }}
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* From the ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' episode, "Riding the Lightning."
{{quote| ''(JJ enters the room where Hotch is speaking with convicted serial killer Jacob)''<br />
'''Jacob:''' Oooh! Who are you?<br />
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{{quote| '''Boss Hogg''': That fine performance of yours squares the fine on this speeding ticket, ''Tammy''.<br />
'''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 Byby 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 (TV)|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."''<br />
'''Castor''' ''"I'm Castor to my friends, Sejanus."''|''[[I Claudius (TV)|I, Claudius]]'' "Some Justice"}}
 
== [[Music]] ==
* Singer [[Eric Bogle (Music)|Eric Bogle]] traditionally introduces himself in song at the start of a concert. One of the introduction songs goes:
{{quote| My name is Eric, some folk call me Eck,<br />
Call me Ricky and I'll break your neck,<br />
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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.
{{quote| '''47''': Names are for friends, so I don't need one.}}
* From ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep|Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' Ventus is constantly saying
{{quote| '''Ventus:''' Call me Ven!}}
 
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