| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/full_name_basis_color.png]]]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | ->''"Dear John Freeman, how are you? I miss you at home, come home safe and soon with Gordon Freeman for thanksgiving dinner. Love mom."'' |
| 4 | -->-- ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences 2: [=WhatHasTobeDone=]'' |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Some characters will [[LastNameBasis stick to formal address]], some go straight for the FirstNameBasis. Others [[HeyYou don't even bother with names]]. When none of these will do, and the character is not NoNameGiven or TheTropeWithoutATitle, you get the Full Name Basis. This is a good sign that the character might be a FishOutOfWater. Sometimes it is used just because the full name [[RuleOfCool sounds more cool or intimidating]], or at least the user believes that it does (especially when it's the [[BadassBoast user's own name]]). Obviously, if someone is on a Full Name Basis, a FullNameUltimatum loses its effectiveness. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | A common subversion is for a character to [[AccidentalMisnaming have their name misinterpreted]]. This can get really long if said character is also TheMagnificent (combining both these tropes leads to LargeHamTitle). |
| 9 | |
| 10 | See SignificantNameShift. |
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| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | !!Examples: |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 18 | * ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Nano Eiai refers to everyone she knows by their full name. |
| 19 | * Kaori Sakiyama of ''Manga/AirMaster''; ''everyone'' says her full name. It helps that she's a force of nature who can match any martial artist except the main character not through training, but [[PowerBornOfMadness sheer unadulterated crazy.]] |
| 20 | * ''Literature/AsuraCryin'': Reishirou Saeki does this with just about everyone, including Tomoharu Natsume, Misao Minakuni, and Shuri Kurosaki. |
| 21 | * ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Soga is so impersonal, he calls even close acquaintances by their full name (just their last if he wants to be brief). Bizarrely, he also applies this to himself--not just when introducing himself, but for internal monologues. |
| 22 | * In ''Manga/{{Barakamon}}'', everyone calls Shin Yoshida by his full name, for no particular reason. |
| 23 | * William T. Spears of ''Manga/BlackButler'' seems to address most people by their full names... including himself. ''Always.'' |
| 24 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 25 | ** Ichigo Kurosaki and Byakuya Kuchiki seemed unable to ''not'' refer to the other as such during their fight. They said each other's full names 20 times. Afterwards, when it was clear they were no longer enemies, Ichigo [[FirstNameBasis dropped the last name]] (to Byakuya's chagrin) and Byakuya kept calling him by his full name. In the dub, at the points where Ichigo calls Byakuya by name when he doesn't in the original, he sometimes just uses Byakuya's first name; for example, midway through Episode 57, he says "You haven't put a scratch on me yet, Byakuya!" |
| 26 | ** Ulquiorra also calls Ichigo and Orihime by their full names, when not calling them "Shinigami" or "woman", respectively, and also once refers to Rukia by her full name. Though in Byakuya and Ulquiorra' case, they were intentionally trying to be dicks. Likewise, Ichigo was trying to be a dick up until he beat down Byakuya's sorry ass. |
| 27 | ** Mayuri Kurotsuchi briefly complains about Ichigo addressing him by his full name without an honorific, but notes that it's better than a FirstNameBasis. |
| 28 | ** The Zanpakutou in the filler arc tend to refer to people other than their owners by full name, and Sode no Shirayuki tends to exclusively refer to Rukia as "Kuchiki Rukia". |
| 29 | ** When they were enemies Ishida also used to address Ichigo by his full name. He stopped doing that after they became allies and friends. |
| 30 | ** After the end of the Soul Society Arc, Aizen changed his hairstyle, and his way of speech as well. It became colder and more formal, changing his personal pronoun (from boku to watashi) and changing the way he refers to others. Aside for his minions, he now calls ''everyone'' (except his subordinates) by their full name - it sounds really cold. |
| 31 | * ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': |
| 32 | ** Maika refers to our protagonist by his full name, Kamijou Touma, both in his presence and when referring to him. |
| 33 | ** Stiyl also refers to him by full name. Justified, because he does not want to be chummy with him whatsoever. |
| 34 | ** Aleister Crowley refers to everyone by their full name. It sounds very impersonal and cold. |
| 35 | ** Generally a lot of characters will refer to each other by their full names, particularly when they face off as enemies/opponents. Examples include Amai Ao and Yoshikawa Kikyou to each other during their showdown, Misaka to Kiyama Harumi [[spoiler:after her reveal as an antagonistic force]], Kuroko to Kongou Mitsuko, and the list goes on. |
| 36 | ** Magic side characters will tend to refer to each other by their full names, particularly those from differing factions. For example, Stiyl Magnus from the Necessarius sect of the Anglican Church addressing detainees from the Roman Catholic Church by their full names, in this case Biagio Busoni and Lidvia Lorenzetti. It really drives home the point that these factions are not particularly friendly with each other. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'': |
| 38 | ** Light refers to Raye Penber by his full name, and does the same to many of his victims. It is justified, however, as his full name would need to be remembered and written in the Death Note. |
| 39 | ** L calls Light either "Light-kun" or "Yagami-kun". However, when doing internal monologues and wondering whether he is Kira or not, he'll refer to Light by his full name, usually with it preceding the rest of the sentence. |
| 40 | * ''Anime/DigimonUniverseAppMonsters'' has Rei Katsura, who addresses anyone other than his brother Hajime by their full name ("Shinkai Haru", "Oozora Yuujin" etc.). Depending on the situation, it either comes off as rather intimidating or, more often than not, incredibly silly, especially when Rei joins the Appli Drivers team for good. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Mard Geer, the Underworld King of Tartaros; even he calls himself as "Mard Geer", signifying how high and mighty he is. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that his ''true'' full name is "Mard Geer Tartaros", which he starts using after entering his [[OneWingedAngel Etherious form]]]]. |
| 42 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': |
| 43 | ** Scar addresses everyone he speaks to either by their full name or their state alchemist title. Al is one of the few that don't have both and wis thus always addressed by Scar as "Alphonse Elric". Which sounds rather awkward at times... |
| 44 | ** Major Armstrong also tends to refer to Edward by his full name whenever conversing with him. |
| 45 | ** Führer King Bradley is rarely referred to as just Fuhrer Bradley. Having "Fuhrer" for a title and ''"King"'' for a first name is just doubly badass. |
| 46 | ** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' Van Hohenheim is constantly referred to as "Hohenheim of Light", which was almost exclusively treated as if it (or "That Bastard" by Edward) was his true name. |
| 47 | * The English dub of ''Anime/GarzeysWing'' has a particularly {{Narm}}ful example in which the main character will always refer to Yamato Takeru no Mikoto in full, even after getting knocked back in combat. |
| 48 | * ''Manga/GirlfriendGirlfriend'': Shino always addresses Saki by her full name (her given and family names are pronounced the same, but written with different kanji). It's implied that this could be because Saki introduced herself as "Saki Saki" to Shino, who probably just assumed that it was her first name. |
| 49 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 50 | ** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Frau Bow is more likely to be called by her full name than just Frau. |
| 51 | *** And Ramba Ral. |
| 52 | ** And over in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', Tieria Erde refers to other people by their full names more often than not. |
| 53 | ** Setsuna also does this so much. "Marina Ismail..." and "Saji Crossroad..." might as well be his catchphrase. |
| 54 | ** Between the two, Setsuna and Ribbons also only refer to each other by using their Full Name. It's never just "Setsuna" or "Ribbons". |
| 55 | *** In fact, the Gundam Meisters usually end up referring to not only the other Meisters but ''themselves'' a lot this way. As shown in the quote above, [[Fanfic/TheTypicalGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn gets annoyed by it.]] |
| 56 | *** And how could we forget Graham Aker, screaming in anguish as his favourite wingman is shot down: |
| 57 | ---->'''HOWARD MASON!!!!!!!!!!!!''' |
| 58 | ** Domon Kasshu from ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' is usually refereed to with both his names by almost everyone. |
| 59 | * Somewhat in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. Nagato never calls people by their name, but when she refers to someone, she ''always'' uses the full name. Except for Kyon, who she's never addressed as anything but [[HeyYou "you"]]. |
| 60 | * Takane from the anime version of ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'' has the tendency to call people with their full name. |
| 61 | * Vice of ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' tends to refer to Yamato as "Agari Yamato". |
| 62 | * The arrogant fighter Tokita Ohma from ''Manga/KenganAshura'' only addresses his manager Yamashita Kazuo as such, even when Kazuo told Ohma to be more casual and everyone else that he even bothers calling by name as well, those usually are the people he doesn’t to beat into a pulp, so in his case it is his own way of being polite. |
| 63 | * In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin refer to each other by full name whenever they're not on a LastNameBasis, as an indication of their enmity. [[spoiler:When it turns out that not only do they have a common enemy but are also ''sisters'', they switch to a FirstNameBasis, since Ryuko finds herself unable to refer to Satsuki as "Nee-san" or "Sis".]] |
| 64 | * In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', most people address or refer to [[BigBad Jail Scaglietti]] by his full name, with the only exceptions being his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Numbers Cyborgs]] and [[DragonWithAnAgenda Lutecia]]. [[BigBad Precia Testarossa]] is also addressed by [[SpacePolice Chrono]] like this, so one could assume that [[TheFederation Time-Space Administration Bureau]] personnel in general treat all criminals in this way. |
| 65 | ** Chrono once addresses Fate by her full name late in [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the original series]], presumably due to her status as a criminal. Vita addresses Nanoha by her full name throughout ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]'', (and usually [[MaliciousMisnaming gets her given name wrong on purpose]]), but switches to FirstNameBasis by ''[=StrikerS=]''. Signum similarly calls Nanoha "Takamachi Nanoha" in the third ''A's'' sound stage but switches to "Nanoha" after getting to know her better. |
| 66 | * ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Strangely enough, [[BigBad Okaya]] lists his own mother by her full name in his phone's contact list, though he still addresses her as "mother" in his messages. |
| 67 | * In ''Manga/MitamaSecuritySpiritBusters'', everyone always calls Rena Haze by her full name regardless of if they're long-time acquaintances or if they've just met her. She is the only character with this trait, and there's no explanation for it. |
| 68 | * ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': Sajuna "Juju" Inui always refers to Wakana Gojo and Marin Kitagawa by their full names. This is due to her more professional and distant attitude, as she's not interested in making friends in the cosplay scene. |
| 69 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', [[HyperCompetentSidekick Kurogiri]] always calls [[BigBad Tomura]] [[PsychopathicManchild Shigaraki]] by his full name. |
| 70 | * Aizawa Nagisa from ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'' calls everyone by their full name, even her friends, which emphases her [[TheComicallySerious Comically Serious]] character. |
| 71 | * Maria Gracebert of ''Anime/MyOtome'' tends to address students by their full names, although Arika is sometimes just "[[FirstNameBasis Arika]]" to her. |
| 72 | * In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', the Sand Siblings typically refer to Naruto by his full name. Since all of them have only one name (Gaara's "Of the Desert" title doesn't count), Naruto is technically doing the same to them. |
| 73 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'': |
| 74 | ** When he first joins, [[HollywoodCyborg Franky]] is the only Straw Hat that refers to [[AdventurerArchaeologist Nico Robin]] by her full name. He eventually switches to FirstNameBasis as they become closer friends. |
| 75 | ** Zoro referred to Robin by her first name after she joined, but when it seemed she had betrayed the crew, Zoro used her full name when referring to her, to show his mistrust. When the truth came out and he fought to save her, he switched back to FirstNameBasis. |
| 76 | ** Villains always call Zoro and Robin by their full names ("Roronoa Zoro" and "Nico Robin", respectively) when they address them. This also goes for Luffy in the few times when they don't just call him by his nickname. |
| 77 | ** With Luffy, when he is not called by his first name or "Straw Hat", it is always Monkey D. Luffy, but never just Monkey Luffy. That is because the D is very important. |
| 78 | * In ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'', the majority of the characters meeting Hy Shaltat always address to him by his full name. |
| 79 | * In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' this happens occasionally when characters are introduced, usually starting with: "Hi, I'm Ash Ketchum, of Pallet Town." Soon after, almost every other character in the vicinity begins rifling off names. This is due to Ash's Japanese name ("Satoshi") being three syllables long. |
| 80 | * Kirihara ''always'' calls ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' by his full name. He is [[LampshadeHanging questioned about this]] in at least one of the spin-off video games. |
| 81 | * Homura Akemi of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' refers to almost everyone except [[FirstNameBasis Madoka]] by their full name, with no honorifics. [[spoiler:It seems to be part of her facade, reflecting her distance from the others compared with [[GroundhogDayLoop previous timelines]]]]. Kyuubey is also known to do this, but not all of the time. |
| 82 | * Tatewaki and Kodachi Kunō in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' have a tendency to do this in most cases, generally with the only exceptions to the rule being that they tend to refer to each ''other'' with very sarcastic terms of endearment. The other exception would be Ranma himself, whom Kodachi refers to as "Ranma darling". |
| 83 | * ''Manga/{{Rinne}}'': Rinne Rokudo toward Sakura Mamiya. |
| 84 | * Masuda Eiji's previous work ''Manga/SakuraDiscord'' has Sumiyoshi, who calls the main character Sakura Kousuke by his full name, as she finds him somewhat intriguing. Sumiyoshi could actually be considered a prototype of Aizawa on several aspects. |
| 85 | * Self-proclaimed mermaid Umino in ''Manga/SatouKashiNoDanganWaUchinukenai'' always refers to the protagonist Nagisa as "Nagisa Yamada", even in the most mundane of conversations. |
| 86 | * ''Manga/ShugoChara's'' Misaki Watarai persists in calling the protagonist "Hinamori Amu". |
| 87 | * Ayako of ''Manga/SlamDunk'' always refers to Sakuragi by his full name. Strange, considering Hanamichi Sakuragi doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. |
| 88 | * Xellos of ''{{Literature/Slayers}}'' always drawls out Lina Inverse's full name. |
| 89 | ** Unless this is something unique to a dub version, Xellos has hardly ever used Lina's full name. He usually calls her "Lina-san". |
| 90 | ** Valgaav calls Lina Inverse by her full name. He talk to her in a rather harsh way because she killed his master, Gaav, and he resents her deeply for this. |
| 91 | * In ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee'', most characters are on a FirstNameBasis, but they will sometimes switch to addressing others by their full names, often when exceptionally serious. |
| 92 | * In ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', most of Zakuro's admirers call her "Fujiwara Zakuro". |
| 93 | * In the parent series ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3'', Elise [=MacGaren=] once addresses Miyuki as "Miyuki Takamachi"--with her given name first, even while speaking Japanese. |
| 94 | * In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', [[TheHero Yuya Sakaki]] and [[TheRival Reiji Akaba]] refer to each other by their full names until the finale of the second season. |
| 95 | * Karin from ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'' originally called Yuna "Yuki Yuna" due to her aloof personality. She eventually stopped. |
| 96 | * Ayano Sugiura from ''Manga/YuruYuri'' refers to everyone with normal naming patterns, except for one. '''TOSHINO KYOUKO!''' |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 100 | * "Jugemu", a classic rakugo act, parodies this trope by having every character use the full OverlyLongName of the eponymous Jugemu: [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Jugemu Jugemu Gokou-no Surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyoumatsu Unraimatsu Fuuraimatsu Kuunerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakouji-no Burakouji Paipopaipopaipo-no Shuuringan Shuuringan-no Guurindai Guurindai-no Ponpokopii-no Ponpokonaa-no Choukyuumei-no Chousuke]]. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 104 | * Stephen Stills from ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. |
| 105 | * Dead Girl did this a lot when she first joined ComicBook/XForce[=/=]X-Statix. |
| 106 | * In ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}},'' the Lins (Yan and Hay) are always referred to by their full name. (Though, a few teachers have been shown addressing Hay Lin as "Miss Lin".) |
| 107 | * Tomoe Ame from ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' is always called that, which would seem normal given the JidaiGeki setting except that other major characters (Usagi and Gen, for example) use given names. |
| 108 | * Porker Lewis from ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' is almost always referred to by his full name. [[spoiler:His friends later learn that isn't his real name.]] |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 112 | * Charlie Brown in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is mostly addressed this way. Exceptions are Eudora (who calls him "Charles"), Peppermint Patty (who calls him "Chuck"), and Marcie (who goes back and forth between the two). His sister Sally calls him "Big Brother", because at the very least calling him by her own family name would be odd. Strangely enough, however, in the Thanksgiving episode, he refers to himself as "Charlie Brown" when speaking to his grandmother on the phone.[[note]]He was pretty nervous in that scene, though, leading to the mixup.[[/note]] In many post-1970 strips, Snoopy refers to him as "the Round-Headed Kid", suggesting he doesn't even know, or has forgotten, his name.[[note]]It's even possible that he simply chooses not to refer to him by name, or only refers to him by name when he feels like it.[[/note]] Also, in a 1990 storyline, Charlie Brown's summer girlfriend Peggy Jean calls him "Brownie Charles", because that's how he nervously introduces himself. At one point in the ChristmasEpisode, Lucy demonstrates a moment of frankness by saying "Look, Charlie." This is probably the ''only'' time anyone addresses him simply by his preferred nickname. |
| 113 | ** Marcie is very formal and calls everyone by their proper first names, including not only the aforementioned "Charles" but also "Lucille" for Lucy and "Patricia" for Patty (on the rare occasions she calls her something other than "sir.") |
| 114 | ** Peppermint Patty, for that matter, is almost always called that, in full. |
| 115 | * Aaron Hill in ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'' very rarely gets referred to as simply "Aaron." If Luann and her friends know any other Aarons to justify them having to differentiate, those characters have never been revealed. More recently, Ann Eiffel has been subject to this. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 119 | * Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn tags frequently use characters' full names, which sometimes include a nickname they are often called by (ex. ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} "Abuela" Alma Madrigal]]'' or ''[[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Meilin "Mei" Lee]]''). |
| 120 | * Both Elvish and Parseltongue usually refer to people by their full name (even when talking ''to'' them) in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor''. |
| 121 | * ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' has ''every'' character refer to each other by their full names. For an example: |
| 122 | --> When John Freeman got to where the screaming was started from he found his brother Gorden Freeman fighting the final boss and Gordon said "John Freeman! Over here!" so John Freeman went there to where Gordon Freeman was fighting. |
| 123 | ** Hilariously, most of the Valve fandom refers to Gordon Freeman by his full name anyways; it's more [[MemeticBadass memetic]] like that. |
| 124 | ** In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2946083/1/Metal_Gear_Solid_Fight_of_Metal_Gears Metal Gear Solid: Fight of Metal Gears]]'' and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2953859/1/Metal_Gear_Solid_Fight_of_Metal_Gears_2 its sequel]] by the same author, everyone is referred to by full name in narration and dialogue. |
| 125 | * There is also a mega crossover in which Beyond Birthday (of ''Manga/DeathNote'') refers to his favorite "fictional character" by full name only... [[SarcasmMode naturally]], it's Edward Cullen. Lampshaded in every possible way. |
| 126 | * In ''Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors'', during "Threat of Satanic Commonism", Music/JohnLennon is constantly referred to by his full name, even though it's clear that he's supposed to be Vladimir Ilyich ''Lenin''. |
| 127 | * In ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', Princess Luna almost always addresses characters by their full names and titles. For example, she often calls Applejack "Abigail Jacqueline Fifth of the Fifth Line". |
| 128 | * In ''[[Fanfic/DisneysWarACrossoverStory "The Final Adventure"]]'', the third story in the ''[[Fanfic/DisneysWarACrossoverStory Disney's War]]'' crossover series, [[Film/MaryPoppins Mary Poppins]] insists on being called Mary Poppins; she can accept "Mary" from close friends like Bert, but won't let anyone call her "Mrs. Poppins", "Mrs. Mary Poppins" or, [[BerserkButton worst of all]], "that nurse". |
| 129 | * In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', K.E.L.E.X. only refers to Izuku by his full Kryptonian name, Kal-El. Similarly, his father, Jor-El, is only referred to by his full name. The only Kryptonian character to be referred to by their given name alone is Lara Lor-Van, Izuku's mother. |
| 130 | * In ''Fanfic/ChristianWestonChandlerInSurvivorKujiraJima'', Karl Anderson (no, not [[Wrestling.KarlAnderson that]] Karl Anderson) prefers to be called "Fabian". Chris instead calls him Karl Fabian Anderson. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 134 | * In ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', Earl always refers to Flint by his full name. In [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2 the sequel]], it's shown he refers to everyone outside his family by their full name, unless he doesn't know their last name (eg. Brent, Manny, Chester V). He even refers to Steve as Steve Lockwood. |
| 135 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Carter Murphy-Mayhew is the only character referred to this way. |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 139 | * People of the future in ''Film/DemolitionMan'' always refers to each other by their full names, most noticeably when they address John Spartan. |
| 140 | * The titular ''Film/{{Starman}}'' was a FishOutOfWater who referred to Jenny Hayden not only by her full name, but as if it were one word. "[=JennyHayden=]." |
| 141 | * In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' movie ''Film/ThePhantomPlanet'', one of the alien women refers to Earth astronaut Frank Chapman as "Frankchapman", because, apparently, surnames are unheard of on a planet with only thirty people. |
| 142 | * Will always calls Lee "Lee Carter" in ''Film/SonOfRambow''. |
| 143 | * In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', Jake Sully is often referred to by his full name by the Na'vi, often as one word (With the exception of his love interest). This could be because they have OnlyOneName. |
| 144 | * In the original ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' movie, Gary Murray, the school principal. In the screenplay, Creator/JossWhedon compared him to Charlie Brown -- you always have to say his full name. |
| 145 | * Used (at first) for laughs in the {{Biopic}} ''Film/TempleGrandin''; autistic Temple has trouble staying in her new room since she doesn't feel like it's hers. Her aunt puts a sign on the door that reads "TEMPLE'S ROOM", only for Temple to come back later and write "TEMPLE'S Grandin ROOM." It takes a not so funny turn when it becomes a plot driver for Temple inventing the 'Hug Machine.' |
| 146 | ** Don't forget Temple's greeting every single time, "My name is Temple Grandin!" It's even the first line of the film. |
| 147 | * In ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', after a bad introduction, Archer thinks Alan's name is "Alannowshutup", a mistake that is quickly cleared up. |
| 148 | * The Music/WuTangClan play themselves in a skit in ''Film/CoffeeAndCigarettes''. They immediately recognize their server as Creator/BillMurray, and address him by full name at every opportunity. |
| 149 | * ''Film/HarryPotter'': |
| 150 | ** Luna Lovegood typically refers to Harry Potter by his full name. |
| 151 | ** Dobby does this as well, mixed with ThirdPersonPerson. As does Voldemort, for the most part. |
| 152 | * Haggis the witch from the ''Film/{{Pumpkinhead}}'' series always refers to everyone who contacts her by their full name. In her case it's probably to emphasize that she's nobody's friend. |
| 153 | * In ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', the T-800 always calls everyone by their full name, [[spoiler:except for a part near the end where he tells Kyle, "Protect my Sarah."]] |
| 154 | * ''Film/TheRussiansAreComingTheRussiansAreComing'': Lieutenant Rozanov, off a grounded Soviet sub, encounters one Walt Whittaker who volunteers his name last name first, and Rozanov refers to him thereafter as "Whittaker Walt". |
| 155 | * ''Film/TwilightZoneTheMovie'': In "Kick the Can", Mrs. Dempsey always refers to her late husband as Jack Dempsey. |
| 156 | * In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', Jaylah combines this with the person's nickname, always referring to the ''Enterprise'' engineer as "Montgomery Scotty". |
| 157 | * In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' Sequel Trilogy, Kylo Ren consistently refers to Han Solo by full name, likely in an attempt to [[spoiler:distance himself from his father and own birth name.]] He continues to do this until [[spoiler: his HeelFaceTurn, in which he finally refers to him as "Dad".]] |
| 158 | * In ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', "Robin" is the title character's surname (even though his real-life namesake's surname was "Milne," and "Robin" was his middle name), making him an example of this trope. |
| 159 | * ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': When Lex Luthor finally meets Superman face to face and has learned his secret identity, Lex repeatedly calls him "Clark Joseph Kent". |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Folklore]] |
| 163 | * The basis for a Japanese ''rakugo'' story involving a child whose parents struggle to come up with a suitable name for him; by the time they are finished, he's gained a mouthful -- Jugemu-jugemu Gokonosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyomatsu Unraimatsu Furaimatsu Kunerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakojino-burakoji Paipopaipo-paiponoshuringan Shuringanno-gurindai Gurindaino-ponpokopino-ponpokonano Chokyumeino-chosuke. And it is said in full ''every single time''.[[note]]This was the inspiration for [[Franchise/{{Mario}} Lakitu]]'s Japanese name (Jugemu; or [[InconsistentSpelling "Jugem"]]). Additionally, the Spiny eggs he throws are called "Paipo".[[/note]] |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 167 | * In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', everyone refers to the eldest sister of a family with her full name. They have to, as the eldest sister of ''every'' family is called "Eldest". When there are children, the name is changed to "Mother Elder + Lastname". |
| 168 | * Mary Bubnik of the ''Literature/BadNewsBallet'' series is ''always'' called by her whole name. |
| 169 | * In ''Literature/DragonBones'', the people of Oranstone don't use titles. They do, however, insist that their (sometimes very long) first names be used, unshortened. And the first name is the only one that may be used. (Nobles don't seem to have last names, they're called after the family estate, which is rather a title than a name.) |
| 170 | * A two-year-old in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' does this, most often with Mary Anne Spier. |
| 171 | * In Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', Richard introduces himself as "Richard. Richard Mayhew. Dick." Following which Door calls him "[=RichardRichardMayhewDick=]". |
| 172 | * In Robert Jordan's ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', the Aiel people always call outsiders by their full first and last names. It turns out that in their culture, using a shortened nickname is a sign of great intimacy, usually between lovers. So using only "half" a stranger's name makes them feel weird. Further, instead of last names, the Aiel have a list of affiliations, and so they are unfamiliar with the last name concept. |
| 173 | * People addressed each other with their full names in ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', since people's names are decided by random from a small pool of names of famous people's names. |
| 174 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 175 | ** Dobby does this to Harry, mixing this with ThirdPersonPerson. |
| 176 | ** If not referring to him as something like "the boy", Voldemort almost always says Harry's full name. |
| 177 | ** Rita Skeeter is almost always referred to by her full name in narration. However, she is occasionally referred to as "Rita" in dialogue. |
| 178 | * In the novel ''Deadline'' the four year old brother of the main character's love interest refers to her only as "Dallas Suzuki", not anything else. |
| 179 | * ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'': |
| 180 | ** There is a character named Rebecca Dew. Anne notes in a letter to her fiance that she finds it impossible not to use Rebecca Dew's full name. |
| 181 | ** In the first book, Gilbert is frequently referred to by his full name. This is because Anne is the narrator and she's holding a grudge against him for a slight about her [[BerserkButton hair.]] She uses his full name to remain civil but distant. When they become friends, she's much less formal, and eventually starts calling him [[AffectionateNickname "Gil."]] |
| 182 | ** Ms. Cornelia mentions offhand in ''Anne's House of Dreams'' that some of the neighbors in town have taken to naming their children in a ridiculous fashion. One of them, for instance, named their child Bertie Shakespeare Drew. In ''Rainbow Valley,'' this poor kid becomes a recurring character, friends with Anne's children, and is always referred to by his first, middle, and last name. |
| 183 | * The Franchise/StarWarsLegends have a number of examples. |
| 184 | ** In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', the Noghri, needing a fuller name for Han Solo, refer to him as [=HanClanSolo=] at Luke's suggestion. |
| 185 | ** Played with in ''The Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology, where we learn that the entire Empire and New Republic were unknowingly on a "core name basis" with Thrawn, whose full name was Mitth'raw'nuruodo. When Mara explains this, another character asks "So you were on a full name basis with the guy?" |
| 186 | ** In ''Literature/OutboundFlight'', Mitth'raw'nuruodo and Jorj Car'das are on a Full Name Basis until Car'das says to just use his [[LastNameBasis last name]]. In turn, Thrawn allowed Car'das to use his "core name", since Car'das mangled the pronunciation of his full one. But by the book's end, Thrawn feels they're close enough to call the human [[FirstNameBasis Jorj]]. |
| 187 | ** In contrast, also in ''Literature/OutboundFlight'', Thrawn's brother Thrass and the young Jedi Lorana work together on a heroic task, but it all happens quickly enough that they never get beyond calling each other Syndic Mitth'ras'safic of the Eighth Ruling Family and Jedi Knight Lorana Jinzler. |
| 188 | ** In ''Literature/LandoCalrissianAndTheStarcaveOfThonBoka'', Lando befriends some very large intelligent aliens who live in the vacuum of space, and whose names are descriptions of who they are and what they've experienced. The full names of the oldest members of their race can take days to speak. Thus, Lando gradually gets more titles added to the name by which they refer to him, e.g. "Captain-Master-Lando-Calrissian-Sir", all said as though it were one word. |
| 189 | ** In the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', the Yuuzhan Vong always go by their full names, and it's explicitly stated that using just part of the name when you're not a close relative is incredibly insulting. The exceptions seem to be priests (who have only one name, on the whole), [[GodEmperor the Supreme Overlord]] (who is above the normal rules), and the Shamed Ones (who get no respect anyway). |
| 190 | ** In ''Literature/ChoicesOfOne'', no one ever calls Nuso Esva by anything less than the full name. |
| 191 | * ''Literature/LesMiserables'' has an unusual example: the ''narration'' always refers to Jean Valjean by his full name; it doesn't do this to any other character. |
| 192 | * ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': |
| 193 | ** The easiest way to identify a non-[[{{Muggle}} mortal]] is if they refer to the titular Percy as his full name, Perseus Jackson. |
| 194 | ** We see this with Rachel Elizabeth Dare, most of the time. |
| 195 | * In ''Literature/TheBoyWhoStoleTheElephant'', the main antagonist is referred to by both the narrator and the characters as "Mr. Catfish Williams" - ''never'' anything else. The narrator even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] this. |
| 196 | * The Sklorno in Scott Sigler's ''Galactic Football League'' novel series call ''everyone'' by their full names, regardless of species. |
| 197 | * The Narrator does this to Marianne Engel in ''Literature/TheGargoyle'' for unexplained reasons. |
| 198 | * In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Ygritte does this with Jon Snow. |
| 199 | * Series/CaptainBluebear spends some time with a tribe of desert nomads who all have {{Overly Long Name}}s and insist on a Full Name Basis as really basic courtesy; it's considered a mortal insult to refer to anyone by any shortening of their name, to not use a person's name when talking to them, or to mispronounce their name in any way. One of these has about five highly-similar-sounding rhyming names of perhaps ten syllables, followed by 'tennineeightsevensixfivefourthreeone' (note the lack of a 'two'). |
| 200 | * In ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'', the narrator does this to the protagonist Robert Jordan. |
| 201 | * The main character in John Green's ''Paper Towns'' has Margo Roth Spiegelman, of the RuleOfCool variety. |
| 202 | -->Margo Roth Spiegelman, whose six-syllable name was often spoken in its entirety with a kind of quiet reverence. |
| 203 | * In the ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' trilogy, certain characters such as Iorek Byrnison and Serafina Pekkala are almost always referred to by their full name. |
| 204 | * In both the original picture books and the AnimatedAdaptation, the main characters of the ''Literature/GuessHowMuchILoveYou'' series, Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare, refer to each other by their full names. It feels a bit odd, as they're strongly implied to be father and son. The animated series confirms this, and also introduces a number of other characters, all of whom are on a full-name basis with each other, apparently as a means of staying true to the style of the picture books. |
| 205 | * The narration in the ''Literature/MartinBeck'' series does this with its central character, Martin Beck. There is not a single occurrence of him being referred to by only his first name or only his last name in all ten books, apart from in dialogue. Beck is the only character for which the narration does this, however. |
| 206 | * Pretty much all the characters in John Corey Whaley's YA novel ''Literature/WhereThingsComeBack'' are referred to this way. |
| 207 | * In Creator/MadeleineLEngle's ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' and sequels, almost everyone refers to Charles Wallace (first and ''middle'' name) as such. In fact, it's a plot point during one scene, in which two doppelgangers are imitating a human, and only one out of three calls Charles Wallace his full name. |
| 208 | * Anderson Biddle in ''Literature/MemoriesOfSummer'', from the girls' old home of Glory Bottom. Lyric explains in the narrative that they called him by his full name because "that was how you did it with town folks". |
| 209 | * The 1968 children's book "Tikki Tikki Tembo" recounts the tale of Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Rushi-pip Peri Pembo, a child who nearly drowns because when his brother runs to get help, it takes too long to say his full name. |
| 210 | * ''Literature/TheHeritageOfShannara'': BigBad Rimmer Dall and PsychoForHire Pe Ell are always referred to by their full names. No reason is given for this, though given the varied name structure within the overall series it is possible that "Pe Ell" and "Rimmer Dall" is simply the proper way to address them. |
| 211 | * Goblins in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' have [[NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom elaborate, poetic names]] which they consider a grievous insult to abbreviate. Any human not on FullNameBasis with a goblin either has major NWordPrivileges -- of an intercultural variety, since goblins don't do it themselves -- or is likely to lose a kneecap. |
| 212 | ** An individual in Discworld who has this is Bengo Macarona, the exchange footballer in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', who's an AwesomeEgo. He ''insists'' that crowd chants in his honor must include his full name and list of degrees...[[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard which take up an entire page of the book]]. |
| 213 | * The protagonist of ''Mary Cary, Frequently Martha'' is addressed by her full name so often that's strange when [[spoiler: her long-lost uncle]] calls her Mary toward the end. |
| 214 | * ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety'': |
| 215 | ** Constance often refers to Sticky as "George Washington" when she is particularly annoyed at him (which is frequently). Sticky [[DoNotCallMePaul hates his name]][[note]]He feels that it's too much to expect for him to live up to the legacy of the first President of the United States.[[/note]], which is exactly why she uses it often. |
| 216 | ** The BigBad of the series, Mr. Curtain, at least sometimes refers to students by their full name, and at the very least refuses to use nickanmes. |
| 217 | * Everyone calls ''Literature/MaryPoppins'' by her full name. [[Film/MaryPoppins When the book was adapted to film,]] the author, P.L. Travers, insisted that no one in the movie simply address her as "Mary". |
| 218 | * ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'': "Toadkiller Dog" only responds to the name "Toadkiller Dog". Any attempt to abbreviate it into things like "Toadkiller" is met with blank incomprehension. |
| 219 | * ''Literature/AmeliaBedelia'' doesn't like to be called simply "Amelia", she prefers her full name. The narration also refers to her consistently as "Amelia Bedelia." |
| 220 | * The narrator of ''Literature/TheWestingGame'' refers to several characters by their full names. That's because [[spoiler: full names turn out to be a ''major'' plot point]]. |
| 221 | * The ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' books and their various animated adaptations play with this. Emily Elizabeth Howard is rarely referred to by her full name, but she is almost exclusively called "Emily Elizabeth". |
| 222 | * In the ''Literature/AgatonSax'' series, the protagonist Agaton Sax is always referred to as "Agaton Sax", except when Agaton Sax is going by a fake name and not by "Agaton Sax." |
| 223 | * In ''Literature/TheSomedayBirds'', Charlie always refers to his sister's boyfriend as Jonathan Dylan Daniels. |
| 224 | * ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': Everyone calls Roys by his full name, even his family and his closest friends. |
| 225 | * The Polish book series Literature/KiciaKocia the titular cute kitten "Kicia Kocia" is always referred to by her both names, with very rare exceptions of being simply called 'Kicia'. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 229 | * David Tench, Australia-based Channel 10's short-lived computer-generated parody of American talk-show hosts, had the habit of speaking to his celebrity guests by their full names. |
| 230 | * Tracy Jordan of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' calls Liz Lemon by her full name. His wife Angie does the same. |
| 231 | * ''Series/TheAmericans'': Russians refer to each other by first name and patronymic in formal settings, as is TruthInTelevision. |
| 232 | * ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': [[PokemonSpeak Steve Holt!]] |
| 233 | * ''Series/{{Barry}}'': Barry always refers to director Creator/JayRoach by his full name. He also runs the two names together, suggesting that he thinks the man's name is "Jayroach." |
| 234 | * Sheldon from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' often refers to Amy by her full name, Amy Farrah Fowler. |
| 235 | * ''Series/TheBorgias'': Giulia Farnese is always referred to as Giulia Farnese, or else her nickname "La Bella". |
| 236 | * ''Series/{{Californication}}'': In season 3, Rick Springfield has a recurring role playing an exaggerated version of himself. Lead character Hank Moody only ever refers to and addresses him as Rick Springfield. |
| 237 | * Peter Mills on ''Series/ChicagoFire'', to the point where he starts doing it himself. |
| 238 | * In ''Series/DaddysDaughters'', Galina Sergeevna Vasnetsova (Music/LizaArzamasova) is always addressed as Galia Sergeevna, even by her own family. This is [[UsefulNotes/RussianNamingConvention how the Russians address adults]], emphasizing that Galina Sergeevna is WiseBeyondHerYears. |
| 239 | * Imogen Moreno in ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' spends the first half of her intro season using this trope. She stops doing it when they toned down her strangeness for the second half of the season. Which is odd, as this was the most normal thing about her at the time. |
| 240 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 241 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E11FearHer "Fear Her"]]: The Isolus always refers to its host as "Chloe Webber". |
| 242 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa "Rosa"]]: Ryan Sinclair, in full [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee Knight Who Says "Squee"]] mode, addresses Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by their full names every time he speaks to them. |
| 243 | --->"Thank you, Martin Luther King."\ |
| 244 | "Yes, Rosa Parks?" |
| 245 | * On ''Series/TheFlash2014'', Harry usually refers to a certain character as "DA Cecille Horton". |
| 246 | * ''Series/FridayNightLights'' does this a lot, particularly with Tim Riggins and Matt Saracen. |
| 247 | * On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', one of the subtle differences in "The One That Could Have Been" is that Rachel calls Joey by his full name when referring to him. To her, he's a celebrity, and just like we call celebrities by their full names (for example, we would say Matt [=LeBlanc=] when talking about the actor, not Matty), she calls him Joey Tribbiani. |
| 248 | * ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' antagonist David Robert Jones is referred to by full name in every episode he plays a part in. |
| 249 | * Happens more often than one might expect in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', due to the importance people place on family names. Common people don't even have last names, so calling someone by their full name is a way of acknowledging their nobility. What's more, noble bastards[[note]]offspring of nobles born out of wedlock or unclaimed by their noble parents[[/note]] are usually shunned by society, and have special last names based on where their mother was from,[[note]]Snow, Flowers, Sand, etc[[/note]] thus invoking ''their'' full name is a way of reminding them of their oft-shunned position in society. Other examples include: Ygritte is quite fond of Jon Snow's full name and the Spice King refers to Xaro Xoan Daxos by his full name for the benefit of the audience during his introduction. |
| 250 | * A variation on ''Series/GeneralHospital''. While he didn't use their first and last names, Luke Spencer consistently referred to the women in his life by their real names--sister Bobbie ("Barbara"), niece Carly ("Caroline"), friend Alexis ("Natasha"), and daughter Lulu ("Lesley Lu")--and was the only person on the show to do so. |
| 251 | * In ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', Emily lampshades this in her jealousy over Pennilyn Lott, an old flame of Richard's: she states that Lott should never be referred to as anything other than Pennilyn Lott, indicating her wish that no one should be familiar with Pennilyn. |
| 252 | * ''Series/TheGrahamNortonShow'': Graham Norton has a tendency to do this with his guests. |
| 253 | * Ben Bennett on ''Series/{{Greek}}''. His full name is hilarious enough to be his Kappa Tau nickname. |
| 254 | * On ''Series/TheGoldbergs'', there is Dave Kim. Even his mother calls him this. |
| 255 | ** There is also Ruben Amaro Jr. (and Sr.), as well as Matt Bradley. |
| 256 | * Characters on ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' always, ''always'' seem to refer to each other by their full name - Will Graham, Jack Crawford, Alana Bloom, Beverly Katz, Freddie Lounds - except, notably enough, when it comes to the good doctor himself. Alana usually calls him Hannibal, everyone else calls him Dr. Lecter. |
| 257 | * In the episode "The Shrink, The Dare, Her Date and Her Brother" of ''Series/HappyEndings'', Dave refers to his therapist as Richard, until he finds out he prefers to be called Rick. As his last name is Rickman, Dave finds this strange and from then on, constantly refers to him by his full name. |
| 258 | -->'''Dave:''' What kind of name is Rick Rickman, anyway?\ |
| 259 | '''Alex:''' Its better than Dick Dickman.\ |
| 260 | '''Dave:''' No, you can't change the first name... nevermind, I did dodge a bullet. |
| 261 | * ''Series/Hawkeye2021'': When [[Film/BlackWidow2021 Yelena Belova]] meets the title character's partnersuccessor she repeatedly calls her "Kate Bishop", which annoys Kate enough that she asks why Yelena keeps using her full name. |
| 262 | * Hiro on ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' refers to a few characters mostly by full name. For instance, he almost always uses Matt Parkman's full name. He pronounces it more like "Matto Pakman" (since he barely speaks English at the beginning), which may be why he goes for the full name, so he can be more easily understood. |
| 263 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' combines this trope with EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: at [=McClaren's=] bar, the waitress Wendy is always referred to as [[AlliterativeName Wendy the Waitress]]. |
| 264 | * Frankie Gaines, protagonist of ''Series/IAmFrankie'', is a teenage android who's gradually learning proper human behavior, and refers to ''everyone'' except "Mom" and "Dad" by their first and last names, even her best friend and the boy she likes. What makes this a particularly odd example is that Frankie is more than capable of behaving like a normal teenager in ''many'' regards, including falling in love, and yet she retains this one peculiar verbal tic instead of gradually shedding it. |
| 265 | * ''Series/InFromTheCold'': When Becca complains about Jenny calling her "baby", Jenny decides to go with "Rebecca Mary Leah Franklin." |
| 266 | * ''Series/IssPyaarKoKyaNaamDoon'': Arnav and Khushi often refer to the other and themselves with their full names. |
| 267 | * Grace Polk and Adam Rove get this fairly often, though not all the time, in ''Series/JoanOfArcadia''. |
| 268 | * Most other characters on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' are known by their first or last name exclusively, but Benjamin Linus and Daniel Faraday are almost invariably referred to by their full name and ''always'' refer to themselves that way. |
| 269 | * Bob Rooney, a minor character from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' was never called simply 'Bob' (even his wife calls out his full name in the bedroom). The writers once explained that in every group of friends one person is always called by his full name. |
| 270 | * In ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' everyone refers to Guinevere as "Gwen", save for her [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] Arthur and Lancelot, who almost always call her by her full name. As of series 4, there has been an {{inversion}}. Given Gwen's rise in status, she is now frequently being addressed by most characters as "Guinevere", whilst [[LoveInterest Love Interests]] Arthur and Lancelot are using the pet name of "Gwen" as a sign of their more intimate relationships with her. The sole exception is Merlin, who always has (and probably always will, even once she's queen) refer to her as Gwen. |
| 271 | * On ''Series/TheMiddleMan'', Noser always refers to Wendy as "Wendy Watson". |
| 272 | * In ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', both of Bob Trow's characters ([[TheDanza Bob Dog and Robert]] [[PunnyName Troll]]) are usually referred to this way. |
| 273 | * In ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', they did a skit which was a documentary on a forgotten baroque musician, in which every mention of his name recited his full name: "Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm". |
| 274 | * One of the more [[BuffySpeak distinctive speech patterns]] on ''Series/MySoCalledLife'' was the tendency of most of the characters to refer to the others by their full names. This varied from person to person, but the one who just about ''always'' got this treatment was [[TroubledButCute Jordan Catalano]]. |
| 275 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}''' Ducky consistently calls everyone by their real names instead of their commonly used nicknames--"Timothy", "Anthony", etc. |
| 276 | * On ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration, is always referred to as Bob Vance. And he refers to himself as "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration." |
| 277 | -->'''Priest:''' Do you, Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration, take this woman... |
| 278 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation:'' Chris Traeger always refers everyone by their full names. Especially "Ann Perkins". Even when he was dating her. |
| 279 | * Rich ditz Mary Cherry on ''Series/{{Popular}}'' is always referred to with her full name. (The same goes for her mother, Cherry Cherry.) Also, not only does April Tuna get this all the time, but she uses it on other people as well, most notably Carmen Ferrera. |
| 280 | * ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' host Drew Carey usually refers to TheAnnouncer, Rich Fields, by his full name, especially when asking for another contestant. Rich sometimes plays along and prefixes his copy with "All right, Drew Carey..." |
| 281 | * The narrator in ''Series/PushingDaisies'' does this a lot. Except for Ned, who apparently doesn't have a last name. |
| 282 | * In ''Series/RobinHood'', Djaq usually always calls Will Scarlett and Allan-a-Dale by their full names. |
| 283 | * Evan on ''Series/RoyalPains'' always introduces himself as "Evan R. Lawson, CFO of [=HankMed=]." |
| 284 | * While everyone on ''Series/SamAndCat'' assumed Goomer was either his first name or a nickname, his actual name was from French: Gieux Merr (phonetically the same as Goomer). |
| 285 | * On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', Tom Hanks is at one point inducted into the Five Timers club for hosting the show five times. During the sketch, he gets to meet Paul Simon, whom he calls "Mr. Simon", but is subsequently told "Please, call me 'Paul'.". Then he runs into Steve Martin, who tells him "Tom, Tom old bean! Let's have a look at you. That robe fits you smashingly." Tom Hanks, enthusiastically thanks him-- "Thanks, Mr. Martin." To which he responds "Please, call me Mr. ''Steve'' Martin." |
| 286 | * ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': |
| 287 | ** The main characters always refer to their friend Joe Mayo as Joe Mayo. When he asks one of them to do a favor, they even reply, "Sure thing, Joe Mayo." |
| 288 | ** Also, Kramer's offscreen pal Bob Sacomano. Unusual because Kramer usually has friends who are only identified by [[LastNameBasis one name]] (Newman, Spector, Lomez, Brody, even himself before "Cosmo" was revealed in Season 6), but Bob Sacomano is always Bob Sacomano. |
| 289 | ** There's also Crazy Joe Davola. When Elaine briefly dates him (before having found out about the "crazy" part), she refers to him as Joe or Joey, but Jerry and Kramer always refer to him as Crazy Joe Davola. |
| 290 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'': Teal'c always refers to Daniel Jackson by his full name, pronouncing it as though it were one word, and leaving out the salutation "Doctor". Any character without a title (Jonas Quinn, [[Series/StargateAtlantis Ronon Dex]], Vala Mal Doran) is referred to by full name. He'll use ranks or titles in place of first names with others ("General Hammond", "Captain/Major/Colonel Carter") although Colonel/General O'Neill is usually simply [[LastNameBasis O'Neill]]. Fans have theorized that it's due to the nature of Jaffa names (one word with an apostrophe somewhere, for the most part.) He's calling them "Daniel'Jackson" or "Major'Carter" as if they were Jaffa, while O'Neill already has the apostrophe. |
| 291 | * ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Seven of Nine always addresses [[TagalongKid Naomi Wildman]] by her full name. Seven doesn't do this with everyone, though. |
| 292 | * In ''Series/TaskmasterAustralia'', Tom Gleeson is the Taskmaster and his assistant is Tom Cashman. In the first episode, Gleeson makes a point of always addressing and referring to Cashman in full as "Tom Cashman", as if to say that there's room for only one "Tom" on the show and he's got dibs. |
| 293 | * ''Series/ToastOfLondon'': One of the two producers who oversees all of Steven Toast's voice-over work has a RunningGag where he ''always'' begins whatever he's going to say with, "Hello Steven, this is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me?" To which Steven gives increasingly exasperated responses of, "Yes, I can hear you, Clem Fandango!" |
| 294 | * Lois Habiba from ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' almost always refers to herself with both names. |
| 295 | * Colin Robinson in ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' is just about always referenced and addressed by his full name, even self-referentially. In fact, in one episode he corrects his assistant from calling him 'Mr Robinson' to ''Colin'' Robinson. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 299 | * The eponymous murderer in "Music/{{Shia LaBeouf|Live}}" is almost always referred by first name and last name, "Shia [=LaBeouf=]". The only time it isn't is when he's revealed to be NotQuiteDead, and the chorus exclaims, "Shia Surprise!" |
| 300 | * The bassist of Music/ReelBigFish is referred to in the CD booklets as: Matt "mattwong" Wong. |
| 301 | * Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates are always officially credited by their full names. If a CD calls them "Hall & Oates" (usually budget live albums), you can be sure they didn't approve it. |
| 302 | * The biggest-selling musician in the history of the contemporary Christian genre grew up in far western Kentucky as Steve Chapman. When he entered the industry in the mid-1980s, there was already a prominent musician of that name, and the younger Chapman has recorded under his full name of Steven Curtis Chapman ever since. |
| 303 | * Music fans of a certain age will likely remember the 1975 hit "Wildfire" by singer-songwriter Michael Murphey. He has continued to record in the pop, country, and western genres to this day, but became an example of this trope at around the same time that Steven Curtis Chapman did. Murphey decided to branch into acting, and discovered that there was already an actor named Creator/MichaelMurphy. The musician began using his full name of Michael Martin Murphey in both his musical and acting pursuits. |
| 304 | * The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVz9NUKp30 "Totes My Prez"]] by Miscellaneous always refers to its subject as [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson"]]. |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 308 | * John David Booter in ''Podcast/DoneDisappeared''. |
| 309 | * Croach the Tracker from ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'' does this a lot. ("Incorrect, Sparks Nevada.") |
| 310 | * John Peters (you know, the farmer?) from ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''. When Cecil ''doesn't'' include the "you know" part, sure enough, the OutOfCharacterMoment is {{Foreshadowing}} that [[spoiler:it's actually John Peters (you know, the ''impostor''?)]]. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 314 | * After Carly got his Wrestling/{{Carlito C|olon}}aribbean Cool [[TheGimmick gimmick]], he's almost always referred to by it in full while in WWC, [[OneSteveLimit especially after they also signed]] his parody from IWA Puerto Rico, El Sensacional Carlitos. |
| 315 | * The majority of pro wrestling groups prefer to be referred to by initials (Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Wrestling/{{WSU}}, Wrestling/{{CZW}}, Wrestling/{{R|ingOfHonor}}oH, etc.), but Memphis Ladies Wrestling backpedaled and urged fans to refer to them by their full name after changing to ''Magnificent'' Ladies Wrestling due to legal fears. At least until they added an "Of" to their name (MLOW). |
| 316 | * [[Music/TheSmashingPumpkins Smashing Pumpkins]] frontman Billy Corgan, owner of the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA since 2017, has generally been called by his full name of William Patrick Corgan in all NWA-related media. The use of "Patrick" hasn't been universal since mid-2021, but "William" continues to be consistently used, and more often than not the full name still appears. |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 320 | * Radio talk shows will often do this with featured guests, for the benefit of people just tuning it. |
| 321 | * In ''Radio/BleakExpectations'', most of the main cast tend to be referred to like this. The only one who isn't is Pippa Bin, the main character's sister, and wife of his best friend, Harry Biscuit. |
| 322 | * Radio SketchShow ''Radio/ThatMitchellAndWebbSound'' features "Master Hinjuku for whom the Mountains of Hinshao Cleft in Twain his Passage to Allow". He's really good with air conditioning. |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 326 | * Kjell Bjarne in the play ''Theatre/{{Elling}}'' is rarely if ever referred to as anything other than "Kjell Bjarne". Curiously, his roommate and the main character of the play, Elling himself, is an OnlyOneName. |
| 327 | * I Sebastiani, the Greatest Commedia Dell'Arte Troupe in the Entire World! They've got their fans more or less trained so anytime anyone says "I Sebastiani", it gets followed up with "the Greatest Commedia Dell'Arte Trouble in the Entire World!" |
| 328 | * Theatre/{{Hamilton}}: At no point during the play is Aaron Burr ever referred to by simply Aaron. Hamilton occasionally calls him Burr after [[spoiler: their friendship deteriorates]], but other than that, he's Aaron Burr to everyone. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 332 | * This is actually an honor in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' for the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Clans]]. In the Clans, warriors are only given one name at birth and have to earn the right to bear a surname. This is because the warrior caste [[DesignerBabies reproduces via genetic engineering]] rather than natural biology and therefore can only further their line by being chosen for inclusion into future generations, the ultimate goal of any warrior. Possessing a surname--known in the Clans as a Bloodname--is the only way to be accepted into the breeding program, essentially a guarantee of immortality through one's offspring since genetic legacies are not merely used once but often stored for repeated uses. Therefore, Clan warriors who are Bloodnamed often insist on and receive the Full Name Basis treatment as a testament to their achievement. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 336 | * In general, given enough character space, it is entirely possible for players to invoke this trope in any game that allows for customisable names. ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'' is one such example, due to a ridiculously-long name entry space. |
| 337 | * Amane in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' almost always calls the [[HelloInsertNameHere protagonist]] by his full name. |
| 338 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series gives us Deckard Cain who, outside of some EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in [[VideoGame/Diablo1997 the first game]], is almost always referred to by his full name both in-universe and out. |
| 339 | * ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'' is rarely addressed to just as "Donkey". He's also called "DK" for short. |
| 340 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' |
| 341 | ** In ''[[VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]'', Shelke always refers to Vincent as "Vincent Valentine". Once or twice she just calls him Vincent, but she plays it straight the overwhelming majority of the time. |
| 342 | ** Then there's ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', in which there are two black mages raising a baby chocobo... Bobby Corwen. Giving a chocobo a last name in the first place is noteworthy, but they say "Bobby Corwen" enough that Eiko points out, "Can't you just call him by his first name...?" It's worth mentioning, though, that this is also likely a shout out with "Bo"bby "Co"rwen referring to Boco, from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII VIII]]''. (Although the black mages themselves might just not understand that you don't always use last names...) |
| 343 | * In ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'', Advocat has a lot of fun fully pronouncing Lillet Blan's full name. |
| 344 | * In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', the Vortigaunts prefer a combination of LastNameBasis and SpellMyNameWithAThe ("The Freeman", "The Magnusson"), but for the father-and-daughter team of the Vances, they have to use both names (most notably in the healing sequence in Episode Two where they call her "The Alyx Vance" ''every time''). |
| 345 | * David Crenshaw, of ''Creator/TomClancy's VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'', to the point that his actual callsign is almost AllThereInTheManual. |
| 346 | * In ''Videogame/IMissTheSunrise'', formal and/or [[TheStoic stoic]] characters [[LastNameBasis tend to address Ros as "Ouranos"]], while more informal and/or emotional characters [[FirstNameBasis will address Ros by his/her first name]]. Fitting the pattern, the extremely formal and [[TheStoic emotionless]] Typelog employees address Ros on a Full Name Basis. |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' prefers to identify champions in-game with either their first or last name alone, but this trope is played straight with [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness]], who -- [[VillainWithGoodPublicity like any good capitalist with a widespread brand]] -- wants you to know exactly who she is. |
| 348 | * Date Masamune of ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' always refers to his rival Sanada Yukimura by his full name. Yukimura goes through varying degrees of this, though he eventually graduates to FirstNameBasis with an honorific speech-wise, but still uses Masamune's full name during {{Inner Monologue}} s. |
| 349 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Syberia}}'', [[RobotButler Oscar]] always refers to [[PlayerCharacter Kate Walker]] by her full name. Even when she insists on being simply called Kate, he says that he has already catalogued her under her full name and cannot call her anything else. |
| 350 | * Lampshaded in the video game ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam]]'': |
| 351 | -->'''Budd:''' Have you ever noticed that everyone calls Tony Hawk "Tony Hawk"? |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Ortho Shroud always refers to anyone else who's not a teacher by full name, likely because he's a RidiculouslyHumanRobot. |
| 353 | * In a variant, Jimmy T. from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' franchise is nearly always referred to as such -- not by simply "Jimmy" or his full name "Jimmy Thang". It's retroactively justified in ''Smooth Moves'' with the introduction of Jimmy P., his IdenticalStranger. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 357 | * Hifumi Yamada from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' refers to everyone by their full name ''and'' with [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics the old-fashioned honorific "-dono"]]. In the English version, [[LastNameBasis he's the only one to refer to everyone by their last names]]. [[spoiler:Later on, this turns out to be a big clue towards interpreting his dying words and figuring out who murdered him.]] |
| 358 | * In ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer'', the camp's director is always referred to as Olga Dmitrievna. Neither any of the characters, the narration, or even the display of the name of which character is speaking, ever calls her by anything other than both her names. |
| 359 | * ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': Rin always refers to [[RepetitiveName Sasasegawa Sasami]] using her full name. Or, rather, she always tries to use her full name, [[AccidentalMisnaming but messes it up somehow]]. |
| 360 | * Franziska von Karma in the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' series refers to practically ''everyone'' by their full names. After a while, Phoenix starts calling ''her'' by her full name, [[{{Hypocrite}} which she considers very rude]]. |
| 361 | * Lampshaded in the first phase of the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] game, ''The Reminiscences of Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. When Kyon is [[https://youtu.be/JkdAO4AMJq0?t=2m40s deciding how to address Haruhi in the alternate universe]] (the options being [[FirstNameBasis first name]], [[LastNameBasis last name]] or full name), Haruhi will object and ask if you call everyone by their full name if you choose the third option, leading Kyon to settle on just "[[LastNameBasis Suzumiya]]". |
| 362 | * In ''VisualNovel/SekienNoInganock'', a brothel matron in the Infinitely Crowded Street prefers to be called by her full name Alisa Greg. In fact, she subtly demands it, and the naga-like woman has torn up a man's face with fangs drawn, even though he was a customer. |
| 363 | * Touka in ''VisualNovel/SharinNoKuni'' refers to Kenichi by his full name, Morita Kenichi, until a certain point. Apparently, the reason is that using his last name would be formal, and his first name would be [[{{tsundere}} too intimate]]. |
| 364 | ** She originally did it to try to annoy him, he doesn't really care though. It latter just becomes her nickname for him; every one of the three heroine has a nickname for him, Sacchi's is Moriken and Natsumi's is Ken-chan. |
| 365 | * Suzuha in ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' has a habit of referring to people by full name. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 369 | * ''WebAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' features no secret identities. Everyone is referred to as their superhero name... Except for ComicBook/GreenLantern, who goes by "Hal Jordan". Granted, there are several Green Lanterns, but this version of the DCSHG continuity only has Hal for most of its run, before being replaced completely with another one (Jessica Cruz) in its fourth season. |
| 370 | * In ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' The Cheat's name is ''always'' [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Cheat]], making for some weird dialogue, such as, "Awesome! My very own The Cheat!" Also, the Brothers Strong are always called Strong Bad/Sad/Mad, even between each other. Nobody ever calls Pom Pom "Pom", always "Pom Pom". This applies to other characters like Pan Pan, Sickly Sam, and The Homestar Runner (the "[[{{Retraux}} old-timey]]" one, not the "modern" one, who's typically just "Homestar"). |
| 371 | * A majority of ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' characters are referred to by their full names. Examples include Mackenzie Zales, Shay van Buren, Ashley Katchadourian, Rachel Tice, Jenna Darabond, Jenna Dapananian, Matthew Derringer, Saison Marguerite...the list goes on, including even minor characters like Jennifer [=McMinamin=], Lunch Lady Belinda, and Tanya Berkowitz and her crew. The only people who are not regularly referred to by their full names are Deandra (who [[OnlyOneName doesn't seem to have a last name]], but whose full name might very well be "Deandra The New Girl"), Trisha (whose last name is Cappelletti, but is said far more rarely than the other main characters' last names), the other Trisha (who also has no last name but is sometimes called Trisha 2), Blaine (also [[OnlyOneName has no last name]]) and Jonathan (who prefers the even shorter "Than") |
| 372 | * FunnyForeigner Nelly Smith from ''WebAnimation/SenpaiClub'' is always referred to by her full name, even by herself. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 376 | * In ''Dead Days'', Brown ended a call to Steven Spielberg with his full name to rub his success into Blonde's face. |
| 377 | * In his heroic persona, [[BoldInflation ANTONIO SMITH, FORENSIC LINGUIST]] of ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}''. You have to say the whole thing. |
| 378 | * Famous Lawyer Jack Thompson in ''Webcomic/PowerupComics''. |
| 379 | * ''Webcomic/TheSearchForHenryJekyll'': |
| 380 | -->'''Al:''' Stop! Edward Hyde!\ |
| 381 | '''Hyde:''' Oh, so you do know my name! |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 385 | * Tank Mann, from ''Series/TheCryOfMann'', is always called "Tank Mann", even by his children. |
| 386 | * Rich Evans of WebVideo/RedLetterMedia is credited as such more often than not, even when everyone else is listed by first name only. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 390 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Marceline's GenderFlip counterpart Marshall Lee. |
| 391 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'', Angela prefers to call people by their full names. Everyone just kind of accepts it as a part of her quirkiness. Because of this, Angela's friends have also picked up the habit of sometimes referring to people by their full names as well. |
| 392 | * [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] does this in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. |
| 393 | * ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'': |
| 394 | ** One Highbreed refers to the main character as "Ben, Ben Tennyson"; the way he introduced himself. |
| 395 | ** Rath addresses everybody by their full name. |
| 396 | * ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': |
| 397 | ** Mr. Peanutbutter is always referred to as Mr. Peanutbutter (to the point where Diane considers it odd when Pickles calls him "Mister"). His brother, Captain Peanutbutter, also falls into this trope. Even between themselves, when we are shown they are actually really close brothers, they still refer to each other by full name. |
| 398 | ** Also applies with Princess Carolyn, with the exception of Rutabaga, who prefers to call her "Carolyn". In the second season finale, when PC moves into her own office, without Rutabaga, Rutabaga shouts, "Carolyn, wait!" to which she replies, "[[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs My name is ''Princess'' Carolyn!]]" |
| 399 | ** Additionally, [[AdamWesting the show's version of]] Creator/MargoMartindale is [[InsistentTerminology always referred to]] as "Character Actress Margo Martindale". |
| 400 | * "A Pimp named Slickback" from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''. |
| 401 | * On ''Literature/CharlieAndLola'', Lola's imaginary friend is always referred to as Soren Lorenson. |
| 402 | * ''Every single celebrity'' to guest-star on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. |
| 403 | * Some robots in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', such as Fry's Creator/LucyLiu-bot, would address people by their full names and in RoboSpeak. |
| 404 | * ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': |
| 405 | ** Aya, the [[RobotGirl Robot]] SpaceshipGirl, did this. However, since the other characters had OnlyOneName, it was only noticable with Hal Jordan, the others being called "Sergeant Kilowog" and "Razer". |
| 406 | ** [[{{Jerkass}} Appa Ali Apsa]] tended to call Hal "Hal Jordan of Sector 2814", or simply [[YouAreNumberSix "2814"]]. |
| 407 | * In at least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', the villain of the week refers to the protagonist as Mr. Chan, Jackie Chan after the character introduced himself ala Film/JamesBond. |
| 408 | * Yori always referred to ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' by her full name, and usually Dr. Drakken would do the same. |
| 409 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''. |
| 410 | ** Everybody recognizes John Redcorn using his full name. |
| 411 | ** Kahn and Minh Souphanousinphone always address the Hills by their full names (when they aren't derisively calling them "hillbillies" or "rednecks"). |
| 412 | * Penny Ling from ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' is always referred to by full name, for no immediately obvious reason. |
| 413 | * HeelFaceTurn RobotBuddy Cytro addresses WesternAnimation/MaxSteel by his full name. |
| 414 | * Most characters in ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', outside of the Burners, almost always refer to the main character as "Mike Chilton." |
| 415 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 416 | ** Almost every character has a two-word name. As such, characters such as Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie are called by their full names on a regular basis, though abbreviating it to just "Rainbow" or "Pinkie" is fairly common in the show. Other characters such as Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle are referred to exclusively with both names. One notable aversion is Twilight Sparkle, whose name "Sparkle" is usually dropped unless addressed by her enemies, or as a FullNameUltimatum. |
| 417 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]", Pinkie calls two of her sisters -- Marble Pie and Limestone Pie -- by their full names constantly. Her eldest sister Maud, whenever she appears in the show, is exempt from this. |
| 418 | * In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' Jason Funderberker is usually referred to this way, though occasionally characters use LastNameBasis instead. |
| 419 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In the season three episode [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E2ForTheFuture "For the Future"]], the main characters learn that one of the supporting characters, Mattholomule, is actually named Matt Tholomule when hearing someone call for a "Captain Tholomule". [[YouDidntAsk He just didn't care enough to address the issue.]] |
| 420 | -->'''Willow:''' Captain who?\ |
| 421 | '''Gus:''' Wait. Has Tholomule been your last name ''this whole time''!?\ |
| 422 | ''(Matt shrugs)'' |
| 423 | * Gwen Mezzro on ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn''. |
| 424 | * On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Dr. Doofensmirtz constantly refers to Perry the Platypus in this fashion. |
| 425 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': |
| 426 | ** The character Sue Bob Murphy is always addressed as such. |
| 427 | ** A meta-example: fans almost always refer to Becky Benson from "A Science Fair to Remember" by her full name, mainly to avoid confusion with T.J.'s sister [[OneSteveLimit with the same first name]]. |
| 428 | * On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark,'' Scott Malkinson is usually referred to by his full name, though Butters has been known to address him as "Scott." |
| 429 | * Cad Bane in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', likely because Star Wars already had [[Literature/DarthBane another bad guy named Bane]]. |
| 430 | * Hay Lin from ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' is almost always referred to by her full name. |
| 431 | * Everyone in the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' franchise refers to Christopher Robin in this fashion. Most of the franchise never makes it clear if "Robin" is his middle name (as it was for his real-life namesake) or his surname, but either way, no one ever just calls him "Christopher." ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' explicitly departs from real life and makes "Robin" his surname, making him a fully straight example of this trope. |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Wiki]] |
| 435 | * Sometimes occurs with certain characters, such as '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' from ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' who (at least on this wiki) is always referred to as exactly that, BoldInflation and all. |
| 436 | ** Similarly the DC universe character Solomon Grundy is rarely called anything but Solomon Grundy and almost never Solomon or Grundy. |
| 437 | ** Ahem... '''Creator/BrianBlessed!''' |
| 438 | * Literature/CiaphasCain, [[RunningGag HERO OF THE IMPERIUM]]! But oddly, only here on the Wiki. In-continuity, he gets called what's appropriate to the station of the person addressing him. |
| 439 | * [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Othar Trygvassen,]] '''GentlemanAdventurer!''' |
| 440 | * Also happens for series with long names, usually they are namespaced by the full name, so linking then via Administrivia/{{Wiki Word}}s is prone to this. For example, ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (which is informally referred as just ''Evangelion'', ''NGE'' or ''Eva''), but in our articles (and especially in the [[BuffySpeak mouse-hovering thingy]]) you'll most likely see in its full name. |
| 441 | [[/folder]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 444 | * In Russian, the normal method of addressing is to use the {{UsefulNotes/Patronymic}}, but not the family name. |
| 445 | * In Chinese-speaking areas, people invariably introduce themselves and are referred to by their full name, and it is quite normal even for friends to use their full name in everyday conversation, unless they have titles or nicknames (including 'English names', which are often treated as nicknames). The use of the given name without the surname is often an indicator of a closer, sometimes more intimate relationship (e.g. a teacher who is particularly close to their students may do so). |
| 446 | * The more serious biologists and scientists will exclusively refer to any living organism by its entire binomial, sometimes trinomial name, known to us as "scientific name". This is justified by a number of reasons. Depending on the region, many living beings can have a [[IHaveManyNames plethora of common names even in the same language]], which is rather confusing, as well as the the fact that completely unrelated species are known to [[PlanetOfSteves share common names]] in some cases, not to mention that there are several species whose data is so deficient, they do not even have a common name to begin with. And since we keep discovering more and more species each year, giving them all a common name isn't an exactly easy endeavour. |
| 447 | ** Speaking of scientific names, we have good ol' ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'', the only dinosaur even people with casual knowledge of prehistoric life will usually always be able to address by its entire scientific nomenclature. |
| 448 | * In the West, it's necessary when referring to a famous person whose first and last name are too common to identify them alone. |
| 449 | ** When someone shares their name with an already well known celebrity, this is taken further by using the middle name. |
| 450 | * This could happen if multiple people in a school/work environment share the same name, in order to differentiate them. |
| 451 | * Creator/DwayneJohnson is nearly always referred to as ''Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson"'' by media headlines and [[MemeticMutation online memes]]. |
| 452 | * When UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush first met his squadron during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo, he introduced himself to each person as "George Herbert Walker Bush". His squadron mates thought this was annoying and hilarious that they addressed him by his full name from then on. They even made it his callsign. |
| 453 | * Every news article, whether written or televised, about UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump will ''always'' refer to him by his full name, not merely his surname. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 |
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