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Mister X and Mister Y

A couple of gentlemen, whose last names are X and Y, exchange polite banter, in which they frequently call each other "Mister X" and "Mister Y."

Often done by Those Two Guys or Those Two Bad Guys. (Our self-demonstrating description for Those Two Bad Guys does this.)

Examples

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Comic Books

Mr. Shytte and Mr. Pysse, two royal guards attending Queen Gloriana, in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Fan Works

In Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality, Crabbe and Goyle are faithfully following minions clichés and call each other "Mr. Crabbe" and "Mr. Goyle".

Films — Live-Action

Those Two Bad Guys in Diamonds Are Forever always call each other Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.

Literature

Those Two Bad Guys in Neverwhere: Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar.
Those Two Bad Guys in The Truth: Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip.
Those Two Bad Guys in Hamish X: Mr. Candy and Mr. Sweet.
Those Two Bad Guys in Peter Straub's story Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff.

Live-Action TV

The League of Gentlemen, as a Shout Out to Diamonds Are Forever, has a pair of surveyors who call each other Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.

Music

The song "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" by Ed Gallagher and Al Shean. Probably the Trope Maker; certainly the exchange "Absolutely, Mr. Gallagher?" — "Positively, Mr. Shean" became a popular meme.

Theater

In The Golden Apple, shifty stockbrokers Mister Scylla (played by the same actor as Menelaus) and Mister Charybdis (alias Hector) do a pastiche of the Gallagher and Shean number.
In 1776, when John Adams and Thomas Jefferson are arguing over who will write the Declaration of Independence they refer to each other as Mr. A and Mr. J.
Classic Vaudeville Schtick: e.g. Mr. Bones and Mr. Jones, done by such as... Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean.

Web Original

Bok the Neutral has Doctors Diolen and Steerpike.
The Those Two Bad Guys page.

Western Animation

Mr. Wink and Mr. Fibb (parodies of Wint and Kidd) from Codename Kids Next Door.
Mr. Doe and Mr. Cardholder, the mysterious OSI agents, in The Venture Brothers.
Mr. Touch and Mr. Go on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003.

Merlin And Nimue

Duo Tropes

Mistress and Servant Boy

Mistaken Confession

Dialogue

Motive Misidentification

Mistress and Servant Boy