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* Fanfiction for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' :

* A variant on ''Series/GilmoreGirls''--Rory's dad has been somewhat flighty in his involvement, and now she's meeting ''his'' parents for the first time since she was a baby. Right before they come in, she wonders what she's supposed to call them--Grandma and Grandpa? Mr. and Mrs. Hayden? Their first names? It doesn't really matter, since it turns out they're disinclined to like her no matter what she tries.

* Natalie's children in Creator/CatherineAnderson's ''Bright Eyes'' are officially adopted by Zeke Coulter and have no problem seeing him as "dad" due to their biological father not having been the best guy around. Isaiah even mentions this to Laura when the kids make an appearance in ''My Sunshine''. On the flip side, as much as the Harrigan children love their new stepmother Dee Dee they never call her "Mom" or any variant. Dee Dee is pretty much nonplussed by this, knowing how much Frank's first wife meant to the family.

--> '''Brennan''': Well I'm not going to, *ever*! Even if there's a fire!

-->'''Toph:''' I told you never to call me that.

** In the serial "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith", before Luke meets Peter Dalton (Sarah Jane's boyfriend) for the first time, he wonders if he is going to call Peter "dad". We never see what he decides to call Peter. [[KilledOffForReal Because, well...]]

* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' has the recurring line, "[[InsistentTerminology He's not my dad, he's my stepdad"]] from Shaun about his stepfather Phillip. It stems from Shaun viewing Phillip as a JerkAss, rather than the JerkWithAHeartOfGold he is. [[spoiler:Before turning into a zombie Phillip tells Shaun he's always loved him and Shaun finally acknowledges Phillip as his dad-with out the "step-dad" qualifier tacked on]].

* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', Rory decides to start calling Davan "Dad" in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05162013.shtml this strip]]. Davan isn't anything "official" in regard to Rory ([[DaddyDNATest they checked]]), but he's been a ParentalSubstitute for the kid's entire life.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Cleveland Jr always calls his step-mother "Ms. Donna", although there's no hostility between them.

* In ''{{Halloweentown}}'' Marnie's widowed mom, Gwen, meets the mayor of Halloweentown, Kalabar, and it's clear from their interaction that the two used to date. Marnie is currently angry at her mother, so she keeps bringing this up, at one point quipping that if the two get married, she's not calling him "Dad."

* In ''ImAMarvelAndImADC,'' HarleyQuinn hooks up with [[CloudCuckooLander the Green Goblin]] and moves into his house, and [[WackyParentSeriousChild Harry]] has to deal this.

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* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2696457/secooper87 secooper87's Adventures of a Line Hopper series]] The alternate timeline daughter of [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] and [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer and Buffy Summers]] calls the Doctor her "father" as, biologically that's what he is to her, but calls the inter-dimensional being that raised her "Dad" and is very adamant the two terms are ''not'' interchangeable. After she begins to be raised by the main-universe Buffy, she calls her "Mom" although had to remind herself to call her that for sometime. A lot of times she'll start to call out for "Buf-I mean-Mom"

* In a now-deleted ''WesternAnimation/The AmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' / ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' crossover fic, Anne Chan was so close to her deceased mother that she refuses to call her stepmother her mother and even ''screams'' at Layla for accidentally referring to her as such. In the previous crossover, a sign that Alan was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the enemy's control]] was him accidentally saying "mom" instead of his stepmother's first name. (Though another Chan Clan fic also explains that Scooter and Mimi are the only ones who call her "mom" due to the rest being old enough to remember their birth mother.)

* In a now-deleted ''WesternAnimation/AmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' / ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' crossover fic, Anne Chan was so close to her deceased mother that she refuses to call her stepmother her mother and even ''screams'' at Layla for accidentally referring to her as such. (Though another Chan Clan fic also explains that Scooter and Mimi are the only ones who call her "mom" due to the rest being old enough to remember their birth mother.) In the previous crossover, a sign that Alan was [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under the enemy's control]] was him accidentally saying "mom" instead of his stepmother's first name.

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* ''Series/{{Webster}}'': the titular kid refers to the woman who adopted him as Mam. Because it was "close to Mom"

* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', Rory decides to start calling Davan "Dad" in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05162013.shtml this strip]]. Davan isn't anything "official" in regard to Rory, but he's been a ParentalSubstitute for the kid's entire life.

Compare/Contrast YoureNotMyFather, HappilyAdopted, and YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious.

* In ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' Baby calls his father Earl "Not the Mama" no matter how much Earl tries to get him to say "Daddy." When Baby gets sick, calling Earl "Daddy" proves OOCIsSeriousBusiness and he's ''really'' sick. When he gets better he goes back to calling him "Not the Mama."

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* In a WholeEpisodeFlashback episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', we see that Bart has steadfastly refused to call Homer by anything [[FirstNameBasis but his first name]] since he was an ''infant'', which causes Homer no end of irritation. Homer seems to have given up on the issue by the "present."
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* ''LiveActionTV/{{Webster}}'': the titular kid refers to the woman who adopted him as Mam. Because it was "close to Mom"