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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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{{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.
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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]]s and insist on a Full-Name Basis as really basic courtesy; it's considered a mortal insult to refer to anyone by any shortening of their name, to not use a person's name when talking to them, or to mispronounce their name in any way. One of these has about five highly-similar-sounding rhyming names of perhaps ten syllables, followed by 'tennineeightsevensixfivefourthreeone' (note the lack of a 'two').
* In ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]'', the narrator does this to the protagonist Robert Jordan.
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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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== 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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* 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.
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