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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends correct a classmate who calls Mei a bear with a simultaneous "Red panda!".

* ''King'' Edmund, during ''The Chronicles of Narnia:'' ''Film/PrinceCaspian'', is addressed as "Prince Edmund" by the usurper Miraz, shortly after reading Peter's duel challenge. Edmund is lightning-quick on the correction; Miraz is momentarily bemused and then pointedly avoids ''any'' names or titles for the rest of the conversation.

* ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'': "You live in your mom's garage!" "It's a ''CARRIAGE HOUSE''!"

* ''Film/GunsGirlsAndGambling'': Every time addresses Creator/TonyCox's character as 'Midget Elvis', he angrily tells them the correct term is 'Little Person Elvis'.

* ''Film/TrueRomance'': Alabama insists on being called a "call girl" rather than a whore for rather obvious reasons.
* Film/{{Kopps}}: The police cars are called ''radio cars''.

* In the [[GermanHumor German comedy]] ''[[Creator/{{Loriot}} Pappa ante Portas]]'', the title protagonist [[RunningGag insists]] that the dish "Birne Helene" (Poire Belle Hélène) has to be pear with chocolate sauce -- not pear with vanilla sauce, or apple with chocolate sauce. He is technically correct, but his insistence (among other things) leads to repeated rows with his wife. When at the end of the movie a waiter mentions that in this restaurant, Poire Belle Hélène is apple sauce with whipped cream, and "Pappa" doesn't mind, you can see they're happy again.
* Jack in ''Film/MeetTheParents'' always refers to Greg's job as "male nurse" rather than just "nurse".

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''

* ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'': Zira insists they're apes, not monkeys.

* The Mercury astronauts in ''Film/TheRightStuff'' insist that the vehicle they ride be referred to as a "spacecraft", not a "capsule".

* In ''Film/WhosThatGirl'', Murray the cougar is consistently referred to as a Patagonian ''felis concolor''.

* The UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Lucha Libre game had the {{tag line}} "It's not pro wrestling! It's Lucha Libre!" Never mind the terms are often used interchangeably in the industry itself, such as the Lucha Libre Internacional having all its titles over seen by the Universal ''Wrestling'' Association or the World Wrestling League having the tag line "Un nuevo mundo de lucha libre". Even arguing "Lucha Libre" and "Pro Wrestling" are different is a generalization as there are several different styles of "Lucha Libre" and "Pro Wrestling".

* According to its community including the devs, ''Minetest'', a voxel miner not too dissimilar to ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', is a game platform or, better yet, a modding platform. And not a game. Games run on it. ''minetest_game'', which is bundled with ''Minetest'', is a game, ''[=Mineclone2=]'' is another game, ''Nodecore'' is yet another game, ''[[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Test]]'' and ''[[Website/SCPFoundation Infinite IKEA]]'' are games, too. By the way, ''these are games''. And no longer subgames.

--> '''Dalek Sec: IT IS NOT A SPHERE. ''IT IS A VOID SHIP.'''''

* In ''Film/Transformers2007'', Simmons insists on calling [[BigBad Megatron]] "N.B.E.-1", even after finding out his name. This even carries into the second film ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', after Megatron is brought BackFromTheDead.
--> '''Simmons:''' N.B.E.-1 still ticking, eh?

--> '''[[ActionGirl Kouzuki Kallen]]:''' "We're not Elevens, we're Japanese!"
--> '''[[PsychoLesbian Nina Einstein]]:''' "Stop saying "Japanese"! You're Elevens!"

-->'''Lasse:''' I will not drive around saying "radio cars"!
-->'''Benny:''' Then some errors will occur. There's a lot of vehicles in the police force. Emergency vehicles, Black Marias,...–
-->'''Jacob:''' Benny, we just have two cars. Number one and number two. That can't be too difficult to understand.

-->'''Governor [=McGinty=]:''' This is the biggest thing to happen in this state since we stole it from the Indians!
-->'''The Boss:''' Borrowed.

-->'''Gonzo:''' Looks like some sort of blind fiend!
-->'''Rizo:''' I think they prefer [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory "visually impaired fiend".]]

-->'''John:''' No I can do whatever I want, I'm not a robot like you!
-->'''T-850:''' Cybernetic organism.

* In ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', Simmons insists on calling [[BigBad Megatron]] "N.B.E.-1", even after finding out his name. This even carries into the second film, after Megatron is brought BackFromTheDead. "N.B.E.-1 still ticking eh?"

-->''They call it "creeping"/I say "loving"/It's the only way for me''
-->''Some call it "stalking"/I say "walking, just extremely close behind"''

-->'''Snot''': And you're jealous that I'm getting sniz on the reg!
-->'''Steve''': ''Stop SAYING that!''

*** The first episode has both Katara and Aang insist that what they do isn't ''magic''; it is ''bending''. Thankfully, nobody ever tried to sell that distinction again.

* ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'': As part of Mme. Bustier's [[SelectiveObliviousness refusal to acknowledge]] how [[Chloé SpoiledBrat]] treats her classmates, she insists on claiming that they're all "friends". She also attempts to 'correct' Zoé by claiming "bullying" is too strong a term for her behavior... only for Zoé to reveal she knows about her history because Chloé ''bragged about'' how she bullied everyone.

** In ''For What, For All But Myself'', soon after they discover that [[MisterSeahorse Jiang Cheng]] is carrying a baby and not possessed by some sort of parasite/spirit, Jiang Cheng mostly refers to it as “the heir”. Wei Wuxian calls him on it at one point. By Chapter 21, though, he does think of it as a baby a couple of times, and by chapter 22 it’s consistently “the baby” in his head instead. He thinks of it as the baby or even as his son for the rest of the pregnancy.

* ''Fanfic/GoddessRebornChronicle'': A lot of things are called demons in English-speaking countries, regardless of whether they're demons or not. It's noted that English lacks a good word for what to call them as a collective whole. This is, of course, present in the original works as well.

* In ''{{Fanfic/Everqueen}}'', the Emperor insists he is not a god, and neither is anyone else.

* In ''Fanfic/DavionAndDavionDeceased'' the SLDF have a tradition of reacting poorly to anyone copying their Powered Armour. The AFFS programme to develop an armoured combat exoskeleton is therefore designated Battle Armour rather than Powered Armour.
* In ''Fanfic/TheEchoRanger'', whenever someone calls Izuku a Power Ranger, he tacks on "in training". At least when he doesn't try to deny it.
* ''Fanfic/TarkinsFist'': Imperial blasters are repeatedly referred to as phasers by Earth characters. Likely a case of a nickname sticking as an official name for lack of a better alternative.

* Meta-Example: Owing to Natsume owning the term ''Harvest Moon'', the tiny Harvest Sprites in all the ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' games after the name change are called the ''Nature'' Sprites. (The Harvest Goddess is still called that, but she's only appeared in one game.) ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsPioneersOfOliveTown'' calls them Earth Sprites, since they're all brown and egg-shaped.

* ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExoclonist'': Sometimes, you can see Tangent taking a nap, and when you wake her up, she'll insist that she wasn't sleeping and that "it is crucial to rest the eyes, to maintain adequate moisture levels."

* ''Wrestling/{{WWE}}'' does this so often that it's probably easier just to list them all (it should be noted that many other wrestling promotions have begun using some of the same terminology, especially "sports entertainment" and "superstars"):

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' features recurring character "A Pimp Named Slickback", who gets flustered whenever people refer to him simply as Slickback and constantly has to correct them. A Pimp Named Slickback actually makes this correction a part of his introduction in one episode: "Please say the entire thing. Yes, that includes the 'A Pimp Named' part. Yes, every time."