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Removing Canon Sue entry.


* [[TheScrappy Among]] [[CanonSue other]] [[JerkAss reasons]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Damian Wayne]] was disliked at first is because he refers to beloved family butler Alfred as "Pennyworth." Even after becoming more liked, this isn't entirely dropped.

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* [[TheScrappy Among]] [[CanonSue Among other]] [[JerkAss reasons]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Damian Wayne]] was disliked at first is because he refers to beloved family butler Alfred as "Pennyworth." Even after becoming more liked, this isn't entirely dropped.
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* Dr. Light and Dr. Wily in ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' call each other by their first name even after Wily goes down the path of evil. This is mostly due to the long-standing friendship they had before their falling out.

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* Dr. Light and Dr. Wily in ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' call each other by their first name even after Wily goes down the path of evil. This is mostly due to the long-standing friendship they had before their falling out.
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* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', Monkey Khan refers to Sally as Princess until she tells him to call her Sally. Khan responds by insisting on his real name, Ken.

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* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', Monkey Khan refers to Sally as Princess until she tells him to call her Sally. Khan responds by insisting on his real name, Ken.



-->'''Bart''': ''Wally! Grandpa!''
-->'''Barry''': Call me Barry or Flash, Bart. ''"Grandpa"'' makes me feel old.

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-->'''Bart''': -->'''Bart:''' ''Wally! Grandpa!''
-->'''Barry''': -->'''Barry:''' Call me Barry or Flash, Bart. ''"Grandpa"'' makes me feel old.



* {{Superman}} rarely refers to his archnemesis as anything but Luthor. This is also true for everybody who thinks he's a bad guy. Mercy, who loves him, but is employed by him calls him ''Mr.'' Luthor.

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* {{Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}} rarely refers to his archnemesis as anything but Luthor. This is also true for everybody who thinks he's a bad guy. Mercy, who loves him, but is employed by him calls him ''Mr.'' Luthor.



* In ''Comicbook/ClanDestine'', almost all of the Destines address and refer to their father by his first name. The exact reasons are never spelled out, but given that he only seems to have raised few of his children, looks ''[[MumLooksLikeASister younger]]'' than most of them, and that some of them have quarreled with him, it's not that surprising. Not to mention that most of them have established false identities complete with histories that include fictional parents, and might not want to break their cover by calling Adam their dad when someone might hear... The only exceptions are Albert and the twelve-year-old twins.

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* In ''Comicbook/ClanDestine'', ''ComicBook/ClanDestine'', almost all of the Destines address and refer to their father by his first name. The exact reasons are never spelled out, but given that he only seems to have raised few of his children, looks ''[[MumLooksLikeASister younger]]'' than most of them, and that some of them have quarreled with him, it's not that surprising. Not to mention that most of them have established false identities complete with histories that include fictional parents, and might not want to break their cover by calling Adam their dad when someone might hear... The only exceptions are Albert and the twelve-year-old twins.



* In fact, it was a long-running subplot in ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'' that Robin couldn't give his real name to his friends, because knowing who Robin is might lead to finding out who Batman is.

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* In fact, it was a long-running subplot in ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'' ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' that Robin couldn't give his real name to his friends, because knowing who Robin is might lead to finding out who Batman is.
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* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', Monkey Khan refers to Sally as [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] until she tells him to call her Sally. Khan responds by insisting on his real name, Ken.

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* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', Monkey Khan refers to Sally as [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess]] Princess until she tells him to call her Sally. Khan responds by insisting on his real name, Ken.

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