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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Dear John Freeman, how are you? I miss you at home come home safe and soon with Gordon Freeman for thanksgiving dinner. Love mom."''
|''[[Half Life: Full Life Consequences|Halflife: Fulllife Consequences 2: WhatHasTobeDone]]''}}
Some characters will [[Last-Name Basis|stick to formal address]], some go straight for the [[First-Name Basis]]. Others [[Hey, You|don't even bother with names]]. When none of these will do, and the character is not [[No Name Given]] or [[The Trope Without a Title]], you get the
A common subversion is for a character to [[My Name Is Not Durwood|have their name misinterpreted]]. This can get really long if said character is also [[The Magnificent]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Tatewaki and Kodachi Kuno in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' have a tendency to do this in most cases, generally with the only exceptions to the rule being that they tend to refer to each ''other'' with very sarcastic terms of endearment. The other exception would be Ranma himself, whom Kodachi refers to as "Ranma darling."
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* In ''[[Death Note]]'', Light refers to Raye Penber by his full name, and does the same to many of his victims. It is justified, however, as his full name would need to be remembered and written in the Death Note.
** L calls Light either "Light-kun" or "Yagami-kun." However, when doing internal monologues and wondering whether he is Kira or not, he'll refer to Light by his full hame, usually with it preceding the rest of the sentence.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', the Sand Siblings typically refer to Naruto by full name. Since all of them have only one name (Gaara's "Of the Desert" title doesn't count), Naruto is technically doing the same to them.
* Scar in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' would address everyone he spoke either by their full name or their state alchemist title. Al was one of the few that didn't have both and was thus always addressed by Scar as "Alphonse Elric." Which sounded rather awkward at times...
** Major Armstrong also tends to refer to Edward by his full name whenever conversing with him.
** Fuhrer King Bradley is rarely referred to as just Fuhrer Bradley. Having "Fuhrer" for a title and ''"King"'' for a first name is just doubly [[Badass]].
** In the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime version]] Van Hohenheim's is constantly referred to as "Hohenheim of Light", which was almost exclusively treated as if it (or "That Bastard") was his true name.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'', most people address or refer to [[Big Bad|Jail Scaglietti]] by his full name, with the only exceptions being his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Numbers Cyborgs]] and [[Dragon with an Agenda|Lutecia]]. [[Big Bad|Precia Testarossa]] is also addressed by [[Space Police|Chrono]] like this, so one could assume that [[The Federation|Time-Space Administration Bureau]] personnel in general treat all criminals in this way.
** Chrono once addresses Fate by her full name late in [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|the original series]], presumably due to her status as a criminal. Vita addresses Nanoha by her full name throughout ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** Nanoha and Fate call the Lieze twins by their full names, but are asked to use their first names when referring to them individually and "Lieze" when referring to them both.
* Xellos of ''[[Slayers]]'' always drawls out Lina Inverse's full name.
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* In ''[[Panzer World Galient]]'', the majority of the characters meeting Hy Shaltat always address to him by his full name. Somewhat justified, given that his first name is very short.
== Comic
* Stephen Stills from ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]''.
* Dead Girl did this a lot when she first joined X-Force/X-Statix.
▲== Fan Fic ==
* A well-known [[Fan Fiction]] series of ''[[Half Life]]'', "[[Half Life: Full Life Consequences|Full Life Consequences]]", has ''every'' character refer to each other by their full names. For an example:
{{quote|When John Freeman got to where the screaming was started from he found his brother Gorden Freeman fighting the final boss and Gordon said "John Freeman! Over here!" so John Freeman went there to where Gordon Freeman was fighting.}}
▲** In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2946083/1/Metal_Gear_Solid_Fight_of_Metal_Gears Metal Gear Solid: Fight of Metal Gears]'' and [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2953859/1/Metal_Gear_Solid_Fight_of_Metal_Gears_2 its sequel] by the same author, everyone is referred to by full name in narration and dialogue.
* There is also a mega crossover in which Beyond Birthday (of ''[[Death Note]]'') refers to his favorite "fictional character" by full name only... [[Sarcasm Mode|naturally]], it's Edward Cullen. Lampshaded in every possible way.
== Film ==
* People in ''[[Demolition Man]]'' always refers to John Spartan as "John Spartan", never just "John". (Actually, this isn't limited to just John...apparently everyone's on a
* The titular ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]'' was a [[Fish Out of Water]] who referred to Jenny Hayden not only by her full name, but as if it were one word. "JennyHayden."
* In the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' movie ''[[The Phantom Planet]]'', one of the alien women refers to Earth astronaut Frank Chapman as "Frankchapman", because, apparently, surnames are unheard of there.
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* Will always calls Lee "Lee Carter" in ''[[Son of Rambow]]''.
* In ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', Jake Sully is often referred to by his full name by the Na'vi, often as one word (With the exception of his love interest). This could be because they have [[Only One Name]].
* In the original ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' movie, Gary Murray, the school principal. In the screenplay, [[Joss Whedon]] compared him to Charlie
* Used (at first) for laughs in the [[Biopic]] ''[[Temple Grandin]]''; autistic Temple has trouble staying in her new room since she doesn't feel like it's hers. Her aunt puts a sign on the door that reads "TEMPLE'S ROOM," only for Temple to come back later and write "TEMPLE'S Grandin ROOM." It takes a not so funny turn when it becomes a plot driver for Temple inventing the 'Hug Machine.'
** Don't forget Temple's greeting every single time, "My name is Temple Grandin!" It's even the first line of the film.
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* The Sklorno in Scott Sigler's ''Galactic Football League'' novel series call ''everyone'' by their full names, regardless of species.
* The Narrator does this to Marianne Engel in ''[[The Gargoyle]]'' for unexplained reasons.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Ygritte does this with Jon Snow.
* [[Captain Bluebear]] spends some time with a tribe of desert nomads who all have [[Overly Long Name
* In ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'', the narrator does this to the protagonist Robert Jordan.
* The main character in John Green's ''Paper Towns'' has Margo Roth Spiegelman, of the [[Rule of Cool]] variety.
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* Tracy Jordan of ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' calls Liz Lemon by her full name. His wife Angie does the same.
** He calls pretty much everyone else by their full names, too, which suggests that he thinks Kenneth's last name is "The Page."
* The narrator in ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' does this a lot. Except for Ned, who apparently doesn't have a last name.
* Bob Rooney, a minor character from ''[[Married... with Children]]'' was never called simply 'Bob' (even his wife calls out his full name in the bedroom). The writers once explained that in every group of friends one person is always called by his full name.
* On ''[[The Middleman]]'', Noser always refers to Wendy as "Wendy Watson".
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** That's because {{spoiler|full names turn out to be a ''major'' plot point}}.
* Ben Bennett on ''[[Greek]]''. His full name is hilarious enough to be his Kappa Tau nickname.
* David Tench, Australia-based Channel 10's short-lived computer-generated parody of American talk-show hosts, had the habit of speaking to his celebrity guests by their full names.
* Most other characters on ''[[Lost]]'' are known by their first or last name exclusively, but Benjamin Linus and Daniel Faraday are almost invariably referred to by their full name and ''always'' refer to themselves that way.
* From ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'': "Pennilyn Lott will always be Pennilyn Lott."
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* Rich ditz Mary Cherry on ''[[Popular]]'' is always referred to with her full name. (The same goes for her mother, Cherry Cherry.) Also, not only does April Tuna get this all the time, but she uses it on other people as well, most notably Carmen Ferrera.
* In ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' everyone refers to Guinevere as "Gwen", save for her [[Love Interest
** As of series 4, there has been an [[Inversion]]. Given Gwen's rise in status, she is now frequently being addressed by most characters as "Guinevere," whilst [[Love Interest
* In ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'', Djaq usually always calls Will Scarlett and Allan-a-Dale by their full names.
* In ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', they did a skit which was a documentary on a forgotten baroque musician, in which every mention of his name recited his full name: "Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm".
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== Video Games ==
* Franziska von Karma, from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'', refers to practically ''everyone'' by their full names.
** After a while, several other characters switch to calling ''her'' by her full name. [[Hypocrite|Which she considers very rude]].
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', Shelke always refers to Vincent as "Vincent Valentine".
** Once or twice she just calls him Vincent, but she plays it straight the overwhelming majority of the time.
** Then there's ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', in which there are two black mages raising a baby chocobo... Bobby Corwen. Giving a chocobo a last name in the first place is noteworthy, but they say "Bobby Corwen" enough that Eiko points out, "Can't you just call him by his first name...?" It's worth mentioning, though, that this is also likely a shout out with "Bo"bby "Co"rwen referring to Boco, from Final Fantasy V and VIII. (Although the black mages themselves might just not understand that you don't always use last names...)
* Advocat has a lot of fun fully pronouncing Lillet Blan's full name in ''[[Grim Grimoire]]''.
* For some reason Date Masamune of ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' always refers to his rival Sanada Yukimura by his full name. Yukimura goes through varying degrees of this, though he eventually graduates to [[First-Name Basis]] speech-wise, but still uses Masamune's full name when he thinks about him ([[Foe Yay|which is very often]]).
** To be honest, amongst the fandom most characters are known predominately by their full names. It just seems to flow better somehow.
* In the [[Visual Novel]] ''Sekien no Inganocka'', a brothel matron in the Infinitely Crowded Street prefers to be called by her full name Alisa Greg. In fact, she subtly demands it, and the naga-like woman has torn up a man's face with fangs drawn, even though he was a customer.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins|Leeeeroy Jeeenkiiiins!]]
* Given enough character space for names, it is entirely possible for players to enter a full name for characters with customisable names. If the game was scripted on the assumption that players would only enter a first name, this trope results. ''[[Secret of Evermore]]'' is an example, due to a ridiculously-long name entry space.
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* [[Thor]] does this in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''.
* "A pimp named Slickback" from [[The Boondocks]].
* Aya, the [[Robot Girl|Robot]] [[Spaceship Girl]] on ''[[Green Lantern:
** [[Jerkass|Ganthet]] tended to call Hal "Hal Jordan of Sector 2814", or simply [[You Are Number Six|"2814"]].
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* Ron Paul.
** There was a time where it was always "Ron Paul [[Image Boards|/b/]]".
* Richard Dean Anderson never seems to be called anything but Richard Dean Anderson. He even lampshades it on his [[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]] appearance: "Did somebody mention my names?"
* Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is almost always referred to by his full name. His predecessor, Göran Persson, was too, although that could have had something to do with the fact that both "Göran" and "Persson" are very common Swedish names.
* Bob Dole. Sometimes "Robert Dole", but never just "Dole".
* In real life conversation, if someone addresses you or refers to you by your full name, there may be two possible reasons: either your name is alliterative (like "Peter Parker" or "Clark Kent") or they really don't like you much.
** It can also be true not only for alliterative reasons but simply if the names sound good together; close acquaintances can often refer to each other by their full names if the last name is one, or sometimes two, syllables.
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** [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Diego Armando?!]]
* It is common in South Korea due to many people having most commonly three one-syllable names.
** Although it's more likely due to the fact that there are fewer than fifty family names commonly in use in Korea, with about a third of all Koreans sharing the family names Kim, Park, or Lee.
* A variation: [[Samuel L. Jackson]]. The "L" is not optional. Unless you refer to him as "Sam Jackson" or "Sam ''Motherfuckin''' Jackson". Never Sam, never Samuel, and never Mr. Jackson
** Some presidents do this too: [[Harry S. Truman]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]], etc.
* The late Billy Mays. It's hard to imagine it being anything else. Even "William" sounds odd.
* Andrew Lloyd Webber. No one would know who was being spoken about without the Lloyd in there.
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