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A couple of gentlemen, whose last names are X and Y, exchange polite banter, in which they frequently call each other "Mister X" and "Mister Y."
 
Often done by [[Those Two Guys]] or [[Those Two Bad Guys]]. (Our [[Self -Demonstrating Article|self-demonstrating]] description for [[Those Two Bad Guys]] does this.)
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== Theater ==
* In ''[[The Golden Apple (Theatre)|The Golden Apple]]'', shifty stockbrokers Mister Scylla (played by the same actor as Menelaus) and Mister Charybdis (alias Hector) do a pastiche of the Gallagher and Shean number.
* In ''[[Seventeen Seventy Six1776 (Theatre)|Seventeen Seventy Six]]'', when [[John Adams]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]] are arguing over who will write the Declaration of Independence they refer to each other as Mr. A and Mr. J.
* Classic Vaudeville Schtick: e.g. Mr. Bones and Mr. Jones, done by such as... Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean.
 
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