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* Rei's grandfather in ''Manga/SailorMoon''.

* {{Caillou}}'s parents are never given names in the U.S. version they are only referred to as "Mommy" and "Daddy", in one episode one of the dad's friends says "Is that you Daddy?, I haven't seen you in years!", the French version however gives them the names Boris and Doris.

* Mikan's and Yuzuhiko's parents in Manga/Atashinchi

* Not just the parents, but the majority of the adults in ''{{Peanuts}}'' - Ms. Othmar being the notable exception - are referred to merely by "sir" or "ma'am." In the animated cartoons, this is carried a step further in that they have muted trombones for voices.
** Taken even further in that adults are never even seen in the comic or the television specials except in one notable exception in an episode where a wide shot reveals two adults carrying a box to a moving van.

* Hayate's parents in Manga/HayateTheCombatButler. They call each other "mama" and "papa". His father is given the name 'Shun' by one of his debtors in the manga, but it may be simply a pseudonym he used for that shop.

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* Maka's mother in Manga/SoulEater, who refers to her as yet unseen mother as 'Mama'. Her 'Papa' (much as Maka likes to deny it) Spirit doesn't even mention his ex-wife's name whilst talking about her, and nor has anyone else in the woman's few mentions.

* In Manga/{{Bakuman}}, Akito Takagi's parents, who briefly appear in a flashback, are not named, nor are Moritaka Mashiro's mother or grandfather (His father's name is revealed in passing to be Mas''a''hiro).

* In Manga/{{Naruto}}, Sasori's parents, who were killed by Kakashi's father Sakumo and later had puppets made in their image, are never named, and Chiyo only refers to his father as her son. The series otherwise averts this, as if the parents appear for any length of time, they're usually named, even if only in a databook.

* In TokyoMewMew, Aoyama's parents are not named, and Ichigo receives a call from his mother near the end of the series, addressing the caller as "[[LastNameBasis Aoyama]]-[[JapaneseHonorifics kun's]] mother."

* None of the parents in Urusei Yatsura have any names. This is the only work of any kind by Rumiko Takahashi where this is the case. In one of the [=OAVs=], Ataru's mom actually kicks it off by saying (presumably with a straight face) "I am Ataru Moroboshi's mother."
* In Manga/InuYasha, Kagome's mother and grandfather are often referred to as that.

* Aside from Tohru's and Akito's parents, none of the biological parents are given names in ''FruitsBasket''. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with Rin, at least, since her parents only show up in her flashbacks, but it's a bit conspicuous with characters like Yuki's mom and Kyo's dad, who are alive and sometimes get involved with the story.

** This trope is taken to its extreme in Nigeria, as it's common by everyone in almost every situation to refer to a parent by their most popular child, e.g Tom's mummy said this. Normally the most popular child is the eldest, but sometimes it could be the youngest, or an unusual child(smartest, mental diffuclties, behavioural problems) in the bunch.

* According to [[AllThereInTheManual external sources]], Adell's parents in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}} 2'' are actually ''named'' Mom and Dad.

* ''TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' did this in the opening, although likewise every other character is only addressed by first name. It was especially annoying when Pete's grandfather visits and, after being somewhat of a pest, agrees to not use a nickname for Pete's father -- instead using ''dad''. However, both parents were eventually given names -- Joyce and Don.

* British comics have a habit of doing this. For example, the official names of the parents of ''[[DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis the Menace]]'' are "Dennis's mum" and "Dennis's dad". They will be referred to and addressed as such by everyone.

->''"Could it be that my name really is Tamaki's Father?"''
-->--'''Tamaki's Father''', ''Anime/BambooBlade''

* The ''SlyCooper'' series lists names of numerous Cooper ancestors, but Sly's parents are both nameless and faceless.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'''s parents were simply "Mrs. Dr. Possible" and "Mr. Dr. Possible" for a long time, but they each got a one-line reveal in one of the two {{Grand Finale}}s. They turn out to share names with their kids; the father is James Timothy, like Kim's twin younger brothers, and Kim's mom is Anne, which is Kim's middle name. The Stoppables and Drakken's mother are still nameless, however.

* Not a parent, but "Uncle" from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' is a similar example. He's Jackie's uncle, but ''everyone'' calls him "Uncle" (except sometimes when Tohru addressing him by the title "shifu"), which can be a bit confusing with Jade since she also calls Jackie "Uncle Jackie" (even though he's actually a first cousin to one of her parents, and thus her cousin once removed).

** It's common in Chinese culture to call all of your parents' friends "Uncle" and "Auntie," despite the fact they're not related to you in any way.
*** That's not terribly uncommon in Western culture, either.

** Arnold's grandmother's real name (Gerty/Gertrude) was only mentioned in a single episode during a bit of Blink and You'll Miss it sequence.
*** Two episodes actually. The one where Phil's sister shows up and the one that reveals that growing up, Phil had a relationship with a girl that was almost identical to Arnold's relationship with Helga. [[SlapSlapKiss Guess who]].

* Weirdly, this is both played straight ''and'' averted in ''[[HelpImAFish Help! I'm A Fish]]''. In the credits, Fly and Stella's Mum and Dad are just listed as "The Mother" and "The Father", while in the actual film they're at one point referred to as 'Lisa' and 'Bill'. Averted with Chuck's mother Anna though.

* Hermione's parents in ''HarryPotter'' are never named. This is due to the LawOfConservationOfDetail, as they, unlike Harry's or Ron's parents, only have extremely minor roles in the series.

** Likewise, Grandpa was actually Count Dracula but only a few jokes revealed this and no one in the show regularly called him that. The first series gave his full name as "Sam Dracula", while the 80s series called him "Vladimir Dracula."

* According to the DVD Commentary on the movie ''Anime/{{Pokemon 3}}'', everyone in the series had usually just referred to the protagonist's mother as just that, including her former teacher. Since the movie included several dialogue sequences between Mrs. Ketchum and Professor Oak, the name Delia was created.
** Ironically, the original Japanese series has the reverse problem: It's actually more expected to refer to someone by just surname in Japanese, but neither Satoshi nor his mother Hanako have one. Conveniently, anyone referring directly to his mother [[FirstNameBasis is on familiar enough terms to do so]].

** Timmy's dad is also referred to by their last name Turner, mainly by Dinkleburg. Although he is given a name at some point, it's Sheldon, his wife Mrs. Dinkleburg remains nameless.

* ''TheBerenstainBears'' takes this trope farther than usual, since even the kids are named Brother and Sister Bear. In the very first book ''The Big Honey Hunt'' (which didn't feature Sister), Brother is called Small Bear. This lasted until ''The New Baby'', in which Sister was born.
** Papa's parents are only referred to as Grizzly Gramps and Gran, though ''The Berenstain Bear Scouts Save That Backscratcher'' reveals Gramps's real name as Ernest.
** Papa and Mama Bear, meanwhile, fit the trope to a T. Apparently, their names really ''are'' Papa and Mama, which suggests that they must have both had very strange childhoods.

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', neither Sam, Tucker, or Valerie's paredexnts' names were ever stated in the show except maybe twice during the series' span. Interestingly, the majority of their names are listed in the credits.

* Mama and Papa Mousekewitz in the ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' series. This is made more odd by the fact that they constantly refer to each other by those names. The AnimatedSeries eventually gave Papa the name "Bernard" (despite this not being a Russian or Hebrew name) when his sister came to visit to avoid the confusion of having his own sister call him Papa, but Mama was never named.
* Not quite a parent, but the MuppetBabies call their nanny as "Nanny", and we always see her only from the knees down.

This is a subtrope of NoNameGiven. Compare EveryoneCallsHim.

This is a subtrope of NoNameGiven. Compare EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep.

* ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' subverts the trope. To the Kids Next Door, adults are the enemy, and so they don't really care what the adults are named beyond 'Mom' or 'Dad.' All adults are either "Mr. ______" or some variation on the gimmick they use to fight the KND. The biggest villain for the majority of the series is the demonic figure known only as "Father". The one who eventually tops him is the Draculaesque "Grandfather". Three guesses as to the nature of their relationship.

* ''HeyArnold'': Unusually, Gerald's dad has a name (Martin), but not his mom.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', only the names of Spinelli's parents have been revealed (Bob and Flo). The rest of the gang's parents remain unamed.

* Bulma's mother in ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}''. Most fans refer to her character as "Mrs. Brief" (after her husband, Dr. Brief), but this name is never actually used anytime during the manga or anime and it is never clarified whether Dr. Brief is the character's family name or a given name (the Funimation dub and the [[DragonballEvolution live-action film]] don't count).

->''"Could it be that my name really is Tamaki's Father?"''

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** The companion strip, The Broons[[note]]in standard English, The Browns[[/note]], goes further. Here we have a family of ten: Maw, Paw, Joe, Hen (for Henry), Daphne, Maggie, Horace, The Twins and The Bairn - only five names between them. There's also Gran'paw, though we know that his name begins with a 'J' (thanks to a romantic tree-carving) so there's a school of thought which holds that he and Paw are ''also'' called Joe.

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* Every parent from ''TheReturnOfHanuman'', even in the credits where they are referred as "<insert character name here>'s Mother/Father". [[AllThereInTheManual In the movie's company's synopsis]] though, Maruti's mother's name is Sheila.

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