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Author: Skylite

Aug 16th 2017 at 11:10:20 PM

Keeping in mind these are additionial tropey usages of parental/grandparental address.  They also are not universal usage.

There's also:  "Ma"
*  The family is from Boston
* The family is Italian
* The family is  uneducated or hillbillies.
* The family is poor or just very, very informal. 
* Mama tends to have "not from America" connotations.

"Pa" doesn't tend to have the same connotations
*  The family is uneducated or hillbillyish.  
** HannaBarbera cartoon The Hillbilly Bears referred to the father bear as "Paw". 
* Papa is usually adorable European children, or rich children who put the accent on  the last syllable.
* Pap or Pappy
** Popeye's father is called Poop Deck Pappy.
** In the musica Carousel, there's a line in  "June is Bustin' Out All Over" where a girl sings "Ma is getting kittenish with Pap".
* Pop  is another "this family is informal"
** Pops Racer from WesternAnimation/SpeedRacer
** Pop-Pop being a grandfather version of the name though no examples come to mind at the moment.

What about Grandparents?
* Pop-Pop
* Granddad
* Grandfather
* Grandpa
* Peepaw

*  Nana
* Bubbe (Jewish or Russian) or Bubbie 
*  Gran
* Granny
* Grandma
* Grandmama 
* Meemaw

COMIC BOOKS
*  ComicBooks/{{Archie}}:
** Veonica refers to her father as Daddy to highlight her SpoiledSweet situation.
** Dilton formally refers to his parents as Mother and Father.
** The Blossom twins also refer to theirs as Mother and Father. 
** Pop from the Chok'lit Shoppe is known only as Pop which means it doubles as EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep.
* ComicBooks/{{Silk}}:
**  She hasn't seen her family in at least a decade so doesn't feel exactly close to her parents, but she calls them Mom and Dad to make them feel better.  She eventually grows into feeling closer to them by the end of the series.
* ComicBooks/{{Superman}}: Clark Kent refers to John and Martha Kent as "Ma" and "Pa", to invoke wholesome Midwestern farmer folk.

FILM - ANIMATED
* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'':  
** Charlotte calls her father Big Daddy
** Tiana calls her parents Mama and Daddy while both are alive. 
** Did Naveen ever address his parents affectionately?
** Mama Odie is called Mama Odie by everyone, partly as a sign of respect for her as not only an old lady but a powerful magical lady.
* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': 
** Rapunzel refers to Gothel as Mother Gothel because Gothel wanted her to believe she was Gothel's daughter, but the affection in that relationship only went one way. 
** Rapunzel refers to her parents as Mom and Dad once the events of the movie have elapsed.

FILM - LIVE ACTION
* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'':  Grace Stamper refers to her father, Harry, by his first name Harry because she feels he's naturally immature and she's more together than he is. But when it turns out that he'll have to remain on the asteroid and die, she reverts to calling him Dad while she grieves his impending loss.
* ''Film/FlashGordon'': Princess Aura is Ming's daughter, but she only ever calls him Father.  The formality of the Mongo emperor demands it and even the rebellious Aura doesn't step out of line here.

LIVE ACTION TV
* ''Series/{{Webster}}'': The titular tiny person called his adoptive female parent "Ma'am".  Because "it sounds like Mom" even though she's not his birth mom.
* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'':  Arnold and Willis referred to Drummond as Mr. Drummond for most of the series.  His daughter Kimberly called him daddy. When the series got into its final season or so, the boys started calling him Dad after he legally adopted them.
* ''Series/GoodTimes'':   J.J., Thelma and Michael all called their father "Daddy" and their mother "Mama."  They were closer to Florida because their father was always off looking for work or traveling for work.
* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'':
** Samantha refers to her mother as "Mother" because Endora disapproves strongly of her husband Darrin.
**   Endora encouraged Tabitha and Adam to call her Grandma-ma, with a rather posh emphasis on the first 'ma' syllable.

WEBCOMICS
* ''WebComics/{{Juniper}}'':  
** Berry, the spoiled rich brat of a unicorn takes the fancy address for parents UpToEleven.  He calls his parents "Mumsy" and "Pep-Pep".
** Lola, the goblin who just joined the household refers to her mother as "Ma."  Lola is originally from New Jersey, so it's a diminutive and a term of endearment two for one.

WESTERN ANIMATION
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':   
**Katara and Sokka's grandmother was Gran-Gran, or just "Gran" when Sokka was unhappy or annoyed with her.  
** When Gran-Gran Kanna married Pakku, Sokka offered to call him "Gramp-Gramp" but was rebuffed. 
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'':  
** Dee Dee is a normal-ish kid so refers to her parents as Mom and Dad.
** Dexter fancies himself a serious scientist so calls them Mother and Father.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':   
** Both incarnations subvert the trope with the girls themselves. They never call Professor Utonium anything but "Professor" but they definitely consider him their father, and when there are gift giving occasions, give him things that say "#1 Dad" and the like.
** Princess Morebucks is a spoiled brat and calls her father Daddy.  
* ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski'': All 3 kids tend to default to Mom and Dad.
** Kick is closer to his mother, though, and sometimes he calls her Ma.
** Brianna is the princess and the youngest and she exploits that with "Mommy" and "Daddy".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''
** Lincoln tries to curry favor with their father with a mug that reads "Top Pop" and by writing World's Greatest Dad on his pancake breakfast in chocolate chips.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Steven is very, very close with his father.  He calls him "Dad" for the most part, but with lots of affectionate variations like "Daddy-O". He has never met Rose Quartz for real, but when he speaks of her, he calls her "Mom", most likely because of the deep affection and reverence showed her memory by Greg and the Gems.
** Peedee and his brothers' relationship with their father isn't really developed enough to comment on, but they all call him Dad.
**  Connie calls her parents Mom and Dad as a sign she's growing independent of her mother's controlling and overscheduling her life. 
** Sour Cream calls his stepfather Yellowtail, and his biological father, Marty, nothing at all. 
** The Pizza twins call their father Dad, and there's a term of endearment they use for their grandmother, Nanafua.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'':  
** Jim calls his mother Mom even though they're really very close.
** Toby calls his grandmother Nana, and they're closer than Toby would like.
** Claire calls her parents Mama and Papi.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':  
** Although Lawrence is their stepfather, Candace and Phineas refer to him as Dad. 
** Although he exasperates her more times than not, Vanessa calls Doof "Dad" as an indication she loves him and appreciates his misguided, often over-the-top ways of showing he loves her.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': Webigail calls her grandmother "Granny". The two are very close but Webby is feeling a tiny bit confined by her grandmother's protectiveness.