History Main / DoNotCallMePaul

* Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope. There are several different stories as to why he changed it, but one can imagine that being called "Hopelessly" and "Hopeless" as a child had something to do with it.

* The [=Fox McCloud=] of the ''NintendoPower'' {{StarFox}} comic does NOT like being called "Junior."

*** Ironically, this is the exact opposite of JehovahsWitnesses, who believed God DOES like to be called by name, whether that be "Yahweh" or "Jehovah", and are slightly annoyed by the overabundant use of 'The Lord' or 'G-d'.

** Not to mention, EddieIzzard's joke about Pope names wouldn't work.

* TheBible - No, ''do'' call him Paul, don't call ''Saul''.
** Acts 13:9 should make it clear that ''Paul'' is his a.k.a.; no passage states that he ''or'' God changed his name. The only thing is that "Saul" doesn't appear past that point.
** Also, many Jews and some Christian denominations believe God does not like to be called 'God', preferring 'The Lord' or 'G-d' or the like. And many more Jews will get quite annoyed if you try to guess his real name and call him "Yahweh" or "Jehovah".

* [[TheMatrix "My name is NEO!"]]

* TheBigLebowski: "Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That or His Dudeness... Duder... or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."
* TheRightStuff.

* Spoofed in YouDontMessWithTheZohan with The Phantom, born Fatush.

* Maybe subverted in ''{{Invincible}}'', with Mark's friend William who don't want to be called by any nickname but only by his full name and has problem to get this done.
* Kal-El would prefer {{Superman}} or Clark, thank you. Interesting variation in that sometimes he will call ''himself'' Kal-El and it is never, ever a good thing - it signifies that he is turning his back on his humanity. [[BewareTheSuperman That's bad]].
* Calling [[IncredibleHulk The Hulk]] "Bruce" is a [[BerserkButton good way to end up on the recieving end of the worst beat down of your life.]] Justified, though, as they really are separate personalities inhabiting the same body. And they do not like each other.

* [[TheBigLebowski The Big Lebowski]] "Look, let me explain something to you. I'm not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. That or His Dudeness... Duder... or El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing."

* In ''MysteryMen'', The real name of the angry guy played by Ben Stiller is Roy.

* {{AgentPendergast}} demands to be called by his last name only, or Special Agent, depending on the situation. [[spoiler:His wife preferred her first.]]

* Subverted in an episode of StarTrekTheNextGeneration when the crew travels back in time and meets Mark Twain who insisted on being called by his real name of Samuel Clements.

-->"[[ThatManIsDead Mary died a long time ago]]. My name is Lady."

* Rock singer MeatLoaf refuses to answer to "Marvin". He had his first name legally changed to Michael, even though the only two people in the world who don't call him Meat call him Dad.

* In {{Wheel of Time}}, all of the Forsaken got new names and when they became the Forsaken and generally get angry (sometimes [[DisproportionateRetribution threatening murder]]) when their birth name is used.

* There was a whole episode devoted to Spinelli's deep hatred of her first name, Ashley, in {{Recess}}.