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== [[Film]] ==
* At the end of ''[[The King and I]]'', when the king's son ascends the throne, the very first thing he does is start telling people to stand up and look him in the eye.
* [[God]] himself does this in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. Apparently
* In ''[[Stripes]]'', Sergeant Hulka uses the "Don't call me sir, I work for a living!" line on a new-recruit.
* In ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', Forrest's platoon leader in Vietnam immediately forbids him to salute him or show any forms of respect in the field because the enemy snipers would specifically target the commanding officers.
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* The 'I work for a living' part is also in ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'', followed by a line meant to set up another one-liner from [[Robin Williams]].
* In ''[[The American President]]'', President Andrew Shepherd tells his Chief of Staff, A.J., that he can call him by his first name when they're alone together. A.J. replies, "Whatever you say, Mister President."
* ''[[A New Hope
* The US Intelligence representative from ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers
* In the 1986 movie ''[[Saving Grace]]'' the new Pope Leo XIV wants his closest aides to ''please'' call him something other than 'Your Holiness' all the time. Though he does say 'Your Not-So-Muchness' is "Too long."
* In one of the ''[[Porky's]]'' movies, Coach Brackett asks the other characters to quit calling him "Coach" and address him as Roy. "I'm only twenty-three, for Christ's sake."
* [[Colonel Kilgore]] in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.
{{quote|'''Kilgore''': You can cut out the "sir" crap, Lance. I'm Bill Kilgore, I'm a [[Surfer Dude|goofy foot]].}}
* ''[[Barb Wire]]'': Let's just say that "Babe" will be the absolute last word ever to be heard from you.
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