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* Played for laughs in ''Series/TheGoodPlace,'' when the team is trying to pitch a new system of moral grading to The Judge and summons Creator/TimothyOlyphant in order to impress her (she's a huge fan of ''Series/{{Justified}}''). When Olyphant asks a pertinent question about the plan, Eleanor responds, "That's a good point...Timothy Olyphant," only for him to dismissively say, "You can just call me Tim."
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This is often used as a joke with a big-time celebrity cameo to emphasize the weirdness of the situation. "Whatever you say, Creator/TomCruise" really hammers home that ''Tom Cruise'' is hanging out and chatting with your characters.
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* 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.

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* 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 he is rarely just calls him called "Christopher." ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' explicitly departs from real life and makes "Robin" his surname, making him a fully straight example of this trope.
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* Every news article, whether written or televised, about UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump will ''always'' refer to him by his full name, not merely his surname.
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* ''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.
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* Creator/DwayneJohnson is nearly always referred to as ''Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson"'' by media headlines and [[MemeticMutation online memes]].
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* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Ortho Shroud always refers to anyone else who's not a teacher by full name, likely because he's a RidiculouslyHumanRobot.

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