Last-Name Basis/Film: Difference between revisions

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Examples of [[Last-Name Basis]] in Film include:
 
* Done hilariously in ''[[Give 'Em Hell, Malone]]'' where Hardboiled private dick Malone as referred to as such by everyone... Including his mom.
* Martin Riggs from the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' movies is always referred to as "Riggs", even though he calls his partner Roger Murtaugh by his first name.
* Almost all of the characters in ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' and ''Aliens'' go by last names only. Ripley's first name (Ellen) was never stated in the original theatrical cut of either film, appearing only in a deleted scene from ''Aliens.''