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* Parley from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' is called by her last name, because everyone's too nice to call her [[Tomboyish Name|George]]. |
* Parley from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' is called by her last name, because everyone's too nice to call her [[Tomboyish Name|George]]. |
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* Johnathan Gabriel from ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' usually goes by "Gabe." |
* Johnathan Gabriel from ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' usually goes by "Gabe." |
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** Nicknames instead of first or last names are pretty common among enlisted troops of all services, especially to enforce a [[One Steve Limit]] if there's more than one soldier of the same last name and rank. |
** Nicknames instead of first or last names are pretty common among enlisted troops of all services, especially to enforce a [[One Steve Limit]] if there's more than one soldier of the same last name and rank. |
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* Nolan from ''[[Regular Guy]]''. |
* Nolan from ''[[Regular Guy]]''. |
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* The title character of ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' goes by Walkerton. He doesn't actually LIKE his nickname Walky (At best he tolerates it, there are only a few characters he actually doesn't mind calling him that). Almost no one calls him "David". |
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* All of the government-employed characters in ''Doomsday, My Dear'' refer to each other by last name: Zahra, Bowden, Young, et cetera. A few characters refer to Khepry and Chet by their first names, but no one uses Cyril's. |
* All of the government-employed characters in ''Doomsday, My Dear'' refer to each other by last name: Zahra, Bowden, Young, et cetera. A few characters refer to Khepry and Chet by their first names, but no one uses Cyril's. |
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Latest revision as of 22:07, 26 July 2019
Examples of Last-Name Basis in Web Comics include:
- Parley from Gunnerkrigg Court is called by her last name, because everyone's too nice to call her George.
- Johnathan Gabriel from Penny Arcade usually goes by "Gabe."
- Most of the pilots in Angels2200 are referred to by their callsign or last name.
- Nicknames instead of first or last names are pretty common among enlisted troops of all services, especially to enforce a One Steve Limit if there's more than one soldier of the same last name and rank.
- Nolan from Regular Guy.
- The title character of It's Walky! goes by Walkerton. He doesn't actually LIKE his nickname Walky (At best he tolerates it, there are only a few characters he actually doesn't mind calling him that). Almost no one calls him "David".
- All of the government-employed characters in Doomsday, My Dear refer to each other by last name: Zahra, Bowden, Young, et cetera. A few characters refer to Khepry and Chet by their first names, but no one uses Cyril's.
- Back to Last-Name Basis