Full Name Ultimatum: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Fran:''' ''Earl Sneed Sinclair!''

 

{{quote|'''Emma:''' They hardly ever hear all three of their names, so it kind of puts them off balance

'''Brent:''' Mentally?

 

In [[sitcom]]s, you can tell a parent, usually the mother, is ''really'' mad at their kid when they call for them by their full name. Often serves as a good way of telling the audience the character's full name right away. If they just use first and last name it's not as big an issue, but if the middle name is included, look out—in fact, the more nicknames you have, you can gauge the amount of trouble you're in by the number of middle names used. And while it may seem intimidating to have one's full name yelled by a parent, the time you REALLY know you're in trouble is when they don't shout it, but instead say it in a soft, (barely) restrained voice.

 

Compare [[First Name Ultimatum]] and [[Loud Last Name]]. Occasionally used to expose an [[Embarrassing Middle Name]].

 

== Advertising ==

* A cell phone company had an ad for a particular plan on the air a few years ago (a plan, presumably, that made it easier for talkative teenagers not to go over their limits) that involved various parents finding enormous phone bills and yelling out their children's full names. These started out as more mainstream American names, then hopped through a series of names from other cultural backgrounds, finishing up with a hippie mom yelling something like, "Sunshine Moonbeam Buttercup Smith!"

* There’s a recent '''AllState''' advert featuring a man seeing his car damaged. The man shouts out towards his son ‘Michel James’, while the narrator replies... “... middle name, not good”.

 

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Robin calls Luffy by his full name when reminding him of his forcing her to live when she was willing to die. Usopp also does this when he {{spoiler|challenges Luffy to a duel over the Going Merry after leaving the crew}}.

* ''[[The Big O]]'': '''''"R. Dorothy Wainwright!"'''''

 

 

* [[Static Shock|Virgil Ovid Hawkins]] gets this from his sister sometimes.

* The [[Punisher]] has been known to do this to his intended victims.

{{quote|"Katherine Rebecca Kane, you open this door right now, or so help me {{spoiler|this really will turn into your worst birthdays ever!"}}}}

* The [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Human Torch's]] full name is Jonathan Spencer Storm. It is generally only heard from Sue when Johnny makes a very big mistake.

 

 

{{quote|'''Harry:''' Draco Malfoy!

'''Draco:''' What did I do?

'''Harry:''' Why do you assume you've done something?

'''Draco:''' Because you full-named me. My mother only full-names me when I've done something wrong. }}

{{quote|'''Lilly''':"Don’t you ever… EVER… say that. [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are|You are NOT, nor have you EVER BEEN an awful person]], Hanako Ikezawa. We kept it as a reminder because we MISSED YOU.”}}

{{quote|'''Misha''': "AND IF YOU HANG UP ON ME, I SWEAR I WILL FIND YOU AND KILL YOU, HISAO NAKAI!"}}

* In ''[[Astral Journey: It's Complicated]]'', This is lampshaded with this exchange.

{{quote|''Here comes the middle name, it's not going to be good!''

"Look, I didn't want to see it in front of you, but you really have a problem, [[Spice Girls| MELANIE JAYNE]]! We can see your ribs, even without x-ray version." '''Mel''' said.}}

 

== Films ==

** (Not recognizing him as a former Jedi?)

** Wanted to prick him rather.

* "[[Spider-Man|Harry Osborn]]!" (Uttered by Aunt May in the first movie, after Harry blows up at Mary-Jane.)

* In ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', by Jim's mother, though for mild exasperation as well as admonishment.

* Because of this trope, we know when Rory Joseph Hennessy from ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'' is in trouble for misbehaving (or about to be if he doesn't restrain himself).

* On ''[[Hangin' With Mr. Cooper]]'', Mark gets fully called out by Geneva, who he compares to his aunties back when he was a kid.