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** In ''Itachi's Story'', Itachi usually calls Fugaku "Father" after graduating the academy at a very young age, which Itachi sees as "a distinction he drew for himself as a full-fledged ninja." When [[ForegoneConclusion the time comes for the massacre]], Itachi switches back to using "Dad," (even though he can't remember the last time he called Fugaku that), [[TearJerker because now that he knows that he's going to be parted from his parents forever, Itachi longs for the good old days when they were a family]].
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* In ''Manga/ComicGirls'', Tsubasa, a tomboyish girl who comes from a very wealthy family, addresses her parents by the very formal "Otou-sama" and "Okaa-sama" (translated as "Father" and "Mother") while at home. It's played with, though, in that this is less proof of the kind of person Tsubasa is and more of the kind of person her parents expect her to be.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** Most of the Homunculi call the BigBad "Father," but Greed, the rebellious offspring, is far more casual and flippant with Father, calling him "Dad" or other such terms.
** Ed usually calls Hohenheim by name due to their strained relationship (something Ed's traveling companions once call him out on), while Al, who's less judgmental of his father, still calls him "Dad." At the end of the series, after Hohenheim offers to [[spoiler:sacrifice himself to bring Al back from the other side of the Gate]], Ed angrily refuses the offer, saying "You're useless, Dad!", something that Hohenheim's happy to hear.
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** Most of the Homunculi call the BigBad "Father," but Greed, the rebellious offspring, is far more casual and flippant with Father, calling him "Dad" or other such terms.
** Ed usually calls Hohenheim by name due to their strained relationship (something Ed's traveling companions once call him out on), while Al, who's less judgmental of his father, still calls him "Dad." At the end of the series, after Hohenheim offers to [[spoiler:sacrifice himself to bring Al back from the other side of the Gate]], Ed angrily refuses the offer, saying "You're useless, Dad!", something that Hohenheim's happy to hear.
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** Snow White referred to her biological mother who died in childbirth as "Mother", showing her lack of a bond with her. She referred to her step-mother Grimhilde as the affectionate "Momma" growing up but switched to an aloof "Mother" when she became more abusive. She switched back to "Momma" [[spoiler:after Grimhilde turned sweet again after becoming the new Slave in the Mirror]], and she uses that even years later when her own children aregrown.grown.
** Subverted with Maleficent. She only calls her adopted mother "Mother" once. She's usually referred to as "Nanny". However, it's not meant in a negative manner. It's just ''everyone'' calls her "Nanny".
* In ''Literature/TheColorPurple'', Squeak was in jail for over a decade. As a result, her kids call their step-mom "Mama" but Squeak "Miss". It upsets Squeak.
** Snow White referred to her biological mother who died in childbirth as "Mother", showing her lack of a bond with her. She referred to her step-mother Grimhilde as the affectionate "Momma" growing up but switched to an aloof "Mother" when she became more abusive. She switched back to "Momma" [[spoiler:after Grimhilde turned sweet again after becoming the new Slave in the Mirror]], and she uses that even years later when her own children are
** Subverted with Maleficent. She only calls her adopted mother "Mother" once. She's usually referred to as "Nanny". However, it's not meant in a negative manner. It's just ''everyone'' calls her "Nanny".
* In ''Literature/TheColorPurple'', Squeak was in jail for over a decade. As a result, her kids call their step-mom "Mama" but Squeak "Miss". It upsets Squeak.
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** Bambi from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' calls his mom "mother" because he's an animal. In the [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Disney adaptation]] he is royalty (in the book all bucks are called "princes"), which also gives him a reason to use it.
* ''Literature/ATaleOf: Snow White referred to her biological mother who died in childbirth as "Mother", showing her lack of a bond with her. She referred to her step-mother Grimhilde as the affectionate "Momma" growing up but switched to an aloof "Mother" when she became more abusive. She switched back to "Momma" [[spoiler:after Grimhilde turned sweet again after becoming the new Slave in the Mirror]], and she uses that even years later when her own children are grown.
* ''Literature/ATaleOf: Snow White referred to her biological mother who died in childbirth as "Mother", showing her lack of a bond with her. She referred to her step-mother Grimhilde as the affectionate "Momma" growing up but switched to an aloof "Mother" when she became more abusive. She switched back to "Momma" [[spoiler:after Grimhilde turned sweet again after becoming the new Slave in the Mirror]], and she uses that even years later when her own children are grown.
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** Bambi from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' calls his mom "mother" "mother", because he's an animal. animal.
** Inthe [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Disney adaptation]] he is royalty (in the book ''Literature/ADogsPurpose'', all bucks are called "princes"), which also gives him a reason to dogs presumably only use it.
"mother". The protagonist doesn't understand that "mom" is another term for "mother" and thinks that Ethan's mother is literally named "Mom".
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* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Vivi usually calls her father, Cobra, "Papa," but at the end of the arc, tells him "Sit down, Papa... I mean, ''Father''." Cobra briefly remarks at how much Vivi's grown up.
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* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Hinata is slightly dismayed to hear his son Hisame, a very serious and mature individual, calling him "Father" when Hinata visits Hisame in the Deeprealms, since the last time Hinata visited, Hisame called him "Dad." Hisame then reminds Hinata that given [[YearInsideHourOutside the nature of the Deeprealms]], it's been much longer since the last visit than Hinata realizes, and Hisame's bitter about his father not visiting that often.
* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Marle calls her father, the king of Guardia, "Father," partly due to being royalty and partly due to having a strained relationship with him. At the end of Marle's personal quest she hears a story about her being happy to see all her favorite people gathered around her mother's deathbed. The following exchange then takes place, signifying the reconciliation between father and daughter.
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'''Marle''': I used to call you «Daddy?»\\
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'''Marle''': [[Heartwarming/ChronoTrigger I'm sorry...Daddy. I'm really sorry for doubting you]].
* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', Marle calls her father, the king of Guardia, "Father," partly due to being royalty and partly due to having a strained relationship with him. At the end of Marle's personal quest she hears a story about her being happy to see all her favorite people gathered around her mother's deathbed. The following exchange then takes place, signifying the reconciliation between father and daughter.
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'''King''': Yes, why?\\
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'''Marle''': [[Heartwarming/ChronoTrigger I'm sorry...Daddy. I'm really sorry for doubting you]].
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. As a child in the 60s, [[spoiler:Miyo]] hears from her friend that it's new and fashionable to refer to your parents as "Mama" and "Papa" instead of the traditional Japanese terms. Alas, [[spoiler:Miyo]] never gets the chance to call her parents this as when she returns home [[ParentalAbandonment she learns they both were fatally wounded in a bus crash]].
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. As a child in the 60s, '60s, [[spoiler:Miyo]] hears from her friend that it's new and fashionable to refer to your parents as "Mama" and "Papa" instead of the traditional Japanese terms. Alas, [[spoiler:Miyo]] never gets the chance to call her parents this as when she returns home [[ParentalAbandonment she learns they both were fatally wounded in a bus crash]].
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** Protagonist Marinette refers to her parents as "Mama" and "Papa" despite being a teenager, hinting at their close and loving relationship. Co-star Adrien in contrasts uses "Father" for the present but emotionally absent parent he has remaining (even using a French word for "you" one normally reserves for ''strangers'' in the original language), alternating between "Mom" and "Mother" for his MissingMom.
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** Protagonist Marinette refers to her parents as "Mama" and "Papa" in the original French despite being a teenager, hinting at their close and loving relationship.relationship; in the English dub, she uses the age-appropriate but still affectionate "Mom" and "Dad". Co-star Adrien in contrasts uses "Father" for the present but emotionally absent parent he has remaining (even using a French word for "you" one normally reserves for ''strangers'' in the original language), alternating between "Mom" and "Mother" for his MissingMom.
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* The intro to "What Is This Feeling?" in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' establishes the differences between the two main characters by how they address their parents. The spoiled DaddysGirl Glinda refers to her parents by the cutesy-sounding "dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle". On the other hand, Elphaba (who is more serious and has a distant relationship with her father) refers to her father as "my dear Father".
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* The intro to "What Is This Feeling?" in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishes the differences differences]] between the two main characters by how they address their parents. The spoiled DaddysGirl Glinda refers to her parents by the cutesy-sounding "dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle". On the other hand, Elphaba (who is more serious and has a distant relationship with her father) refers to her father as "my dear Father".
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. As a child in the 60s, [[spoiler:Miyo]] hears from her friend that it's new and fashionable to refer to your parents as "Mama" and "Papa" instead of the traditional Japanese terms. Alas, Miyo never gets the chance to call her parents this as when she returns home [[ParentalAbandonment she learns they both were fatally wounded in a bus crash]].
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. As a child in the 60s, [[spoiler:Miyo]] hears from her friend that it's new and fashionable to refer to your parents as "Mama" and "Papa" instead of the traditional Japanese terms. Alas, Miyo [[spoiler:Miyo]] never gets the chance to call her parents this as when she returns home [[ParentalAbandonment she learns they both were fatally wounded in a bus crash]].
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* Pizzazz from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' refers to her father as "daddy" despite his [[ParentalNeglect general apathy towards her]]. It signifies that she is a rich, immature SpoiledBrat but at the same time shows that Pizzazz [[WellDoneSonGuy craves her father's attention]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares for him]].
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** Pizzazzfrom ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' refers to her father as "daddy" despite his [[ParentalNeglect general apathy towards her]]. It signifies that she is a rich, immature SpoiledBrat but at the same time shows that Pizzazz [[WellDoneSonGuy craves her father's attention]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares for him]].him]].
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* Used in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Protagonist Marinette refers to her parents as "Mama" and "Papa" despite being a teenager, hinting at their close and loving relationship. Costar Adrien in contrasts uses "Father" for the present but emotionally absent parent he has remaining (even using a French word for "you" one normally reserves for ''strangers'' in the original language), alternating between "Mom" and "Mother" for his MissingMom.
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* Used in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
** Protagonist Marinette refers to her parents as "Mama" and "Papa" despite being a teenager, hinting at their close and loving relationship.Costar Co-star Adrien in contrasts uses "Father" for the present but emotionally absent parent he has remaining (even using a French word for "you" one normally reserves for ''strangers'' in the original language), alternating between "Mom" and "Mother" for his MissingMom.
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* When TLC's titular Little Couple, Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein, adopted their son Will from China, they encouraged Will to call Bill "Baba" Mandarin for "Daddy." After Bill and Jennifer adopted daughter Lily from India, the children were encouraged to simply call Bill "Daddy." This was probably done to make it easier on the kids, as Bill had become a father to children from two different cultures by this point.
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* When TLC's titular Little Couple, Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein, adopted their son Will from China, they encouraged Will to call Bill "Baba" "Baba," Mandarin for "Daddy." After Bill and Jennifer adopted daughter Lily from India, the children were encouraged to simply call Bill "Daddy." This was probably done to make it easier on the kids, as Bill had become a father to children from two different cultures by this point.
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** Boxman's [[TrulySingleParent robotic children]] tend to call him "daddy" or "father", signifying their [[WellDoneSonGuy obsessive fawning over him]].
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* Used in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Protagonist Marinette refers to her parents as "Mama" and "Papa" despite being a teenager, hinting at their close and loving relationship. Costar Adrien in contrasts uses "Father" for the present but emotionally absent parent he has remaining (even using a French word for "you" one normally reserves for ''strangers'' in the original language), alternating between "Mom" and "Mother" for his MissingMom.
** Though parents don't come up as much with other characters, Marinette's babysitting charge Manon uses "Mama" and "Mommy" for her mother and Adrien and Marinette's classmate Alix uses the age-appropriate but affectionate "Pops" when she is seen with her father. AlphaBitch Chloe uses both "Papa" and "Daddy" depending on dub, indicating her SpoiledBrat status and his PushoverParent nature.
** Though parents don't come up as much with other characters, Marinette's babysitting charge Manon uses "Mama" and "Mommy" for her mother and Adrien and Marinette's classmate Alix uses the age-appropriate but affectionate "Pops" when she is seen with her father. AlphaBitch Chloe uses both "Papa" and "Daddy" depending on dub, indicating her SpoiledBrat status and his PushoverParent nature.
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Compare to CallingParentsByTheirName, which is used when characters call their parents by their given name and usually signifies either lax parents or bad familial relationships. See also JapaneseSiblingTerminology and JapanesePronouns, which are just as personal for the user. Related to YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious and YoureNotMyFather.
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* After he [[spoiler:accidentally causes her and her mother to get burned]] and [[spoiler:leaves her to tend with her dying mother while he [[DrowningTheirSorrows goes out drinking]], Billie Jo in ''Literature/OutOfTheDust'' stops callng her dad "Daddy". She switches to "my father" or "father". [[spoiler:After they reconcile, she goes back to "Daddy"]].
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* SpoiledSweet Veronica from ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' refers to her father as "Daddy" even as an adult.
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* The intro to "What Is This Feeling?" in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' establishes the differences between the two main characters by how they address their parents. The spoiled DaddysGirl Glinda refers to her parents by the cutesy-sounding "dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle". On the other hand, Elphaba (who is more serious and has a distant relationship with her father) refers to her father as "my dear Father". Subverted in the [[Literature/{{Wicked}} original book]] as Elphaba refers to her dad by the slightly-childish and affectionate "Papa".
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** In a strange example, Darwin calls his adopted parents "Mr. Dad" and "Mrs. Mom". This isn't saying so much about [[HappilyAdopted his relationship with his parents]] as showing Darwin to be [[CheerfulChild polite and a bit eccentric]]. The OriginsEpisode [[FlashbackToCatchPhrase showed this came from]] Darwin ComicallyMissingThePoint when Richard asked to be called "Dad" instead of "Mr. Watterson".
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** Boxman's [[TrulySingleParents robotic children]] tend to call him "daddy" or "father", signifying their [[WellDoneSonGuy obsessive fawning over him]].
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** In a strange example, Darwin calls his adopted parents "Mr. Dad" and "Mrs. Mom". This isn't saying so much about [[HappilyAdopted his relationship with his parents]] as showing Darwin to be [[CheerfulChild polite and a bit eccentric]]. The OriginsEpisode [[FlashbackToCatchPhrase showed this came from]] Darwin ComicallyMissingThePoint when Richard asked to be called "Dad" instead of "Mr. Watterson".
** Billy always addresses Felicity as "mother". Partly this is because Felicity is somewhat controlling, but it's mostly because Billy is extremely formal and polite ([[AdorablyPrecociousChild despite being four]]).
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Cleveland periodically berates Cleveland Jr. because, among other things, he still calls Cleveland "Daddy" at fourteen years old.
** In a strange example, Darwin calls his adopted parents "Mr. Dad" and "Mrs. Mom". This isn't saying so much about [[HappilyAdopted his relationship with his parents]] as showing Darwin to be [[CheerfulChild polite and a bit eccentric]]. The OriginsEpisode [[FlashbackToCatchPhrase showed this came from]] Darwin ComicallyMissingThePoint when Richard asked to be called "Dad" instead of "Mr. Watterson".
** Billy always addresses Felicity as "mother". Partly this is because Felicity is somewhat controlling, but it's mostly because Billy is extremely formal and polite ([[AdorablyPrecociousChild despite being four]]).
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Cleveland periodically berates Cleveland Jr. because, among other things, he still calls Cleveland "Daddy" at fourteen years old.
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** KO callsCleveland "Daddy" at fourteen his mother "Mommy". This helps accentuate his youth as well as [[VagueAge make his age all the more vaguer]] (he's ''explicitly'' six to eleven years old.old).
** Boxman's [[TrulySingleParents robotic children]] tend to call him "daddy" or "father", signifying their [[WellDoneSonGuy obsessive fawning over him]].
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** Bambi from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' because he's an animal. In the [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Disney adaptation]] he is royalty (in the book all bucks are called "princes"), which also gives him a reason to use it.
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** Sarada does not know her father Sasuke well due to [[spoiler:him being on a mission since she was a toddler]], however she refers to him with the affectionate "Papa" (changed to "Dad" in the English dub).
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* Utilised iconically in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bart regularly calls his father, Homer, by first name or other more derogatory titles to display his cocky impudence. In the original shorts, Lisa did similar to show her similar bratty characterisation, though when she diverged into a more precocious, well behaved child, she started referring to him solely as "Dad". As shown in the flashback episode "Lisa's First Word", both kids referred to Homer by first name even as infants, building up to the heartwarming final scene where Maggie calls him "Daddy", though out of earshot.
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* Utilised iconically in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bart regularly calls his father, Homer, by first name or other more derogatory titles to display his cocky impudence.impudence (though he also calls him "Dad"). In the original shorts, Lisa did similar to show her similar bratty characterisation, though when she diverged into a more precocious, well behaved child, she started referring to him solely as "Dad". As shown in the flashback episode "Lisa's First Word", both kids referred to Homer by first name even as infants, building up to the heartwarming final scene where Maggie calls him "Daddy", though out of earshot.
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In fiction, how you refer to your parents is a sign of your relationship with them. "Mom"/"Mum" and "Dad" (or the languages counterparts) are the most neutral and "normal" terms that most characters use. Other titles have more meaning behind them.
In some cases, switching from "Mommy"/"Mummy" and "Daddy" and "Mom"/"Mum" and "Dad" is just a matter of a younger user wanting to be seen as a "big kid." A SpoiledBrat or DaddysGirl, especially if she is rich, will often refer to her father as "Daddy" even as most of her peers outgrow the title. In contrast, a full-grown man calling his mother "Mommy" or "Mummy" is seen as goofy or weird, signifying he is either a MommasBoy, a ManChild, or that his mother is of the MyBelovedSmother type.
"Mother" and "Father" used to be perfectly neutral terms but have become formal and old-fashioned over time. It can signify that the characters are uptight and formal, they're royalty, or that their parents are distant. Using "Sir", "M'am", and other extremely formal titles has even more weight to it then referring to them as just "Mother" and "Father". It's almost always to signify that the characters parents as abusive, aloof and unaffectionate, or are militaristic.
There's some ValuesDissonance to this trope. For example, using "Mama" and "Papa" as an adult can be seen as childish in one area but perfectly normal and affectionate in another.
Compare to CallingParentsByTheirName, which is used when characters call their parents by their given name and usually signifies either lax parents or bad familial relationships. See also JapaneseSiblingTerminology and JapanesePronouns, which are just as personal for the user. Related to YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious and YoureNotMyFather.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: {{Anime}} & {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', thirteen-year-old Mimi is known to lead a comfortable life. When being picked up from a party in one episode, she calls her father "Papa" in the original version and "Daddy" in the dub. It may have had more to do with GratuitousEnglish in one case, and matching lip flap in the other. In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', she was ten, but called her father "Dad."
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** Boruto usually calls his father Naruto "''oyaji''" (old man) to emphasis his feelings of [[WhenYouComingHomeDad neglect]] by his father. When he's happy with his dad, he calls him the very affectionate "''tou-chan''".
** Sarada does not know her father Sasuke well due to [[spoiler:him being on a mission since she was a toddler]], however she refers to him with the affectionate "Papa" (changed to "Dad" in the English dub).
[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* SpoiledSweet Veronica from ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' refers to her father as "Daddy" even as an adult.
[[AC: FanWorks]]
* The default {{fanon}} in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' fanworks is to have Anna and Elsa refer to their parents as "Mama" and "Papa" around each other but "Mother" and "Father" in public. The only time in the film they referred to them by title was when they were young children, however according to ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', Anna refers to her parents as such even at eighteen. It's rare for grown women to refer to their parents by such titles however fans use it to symbolize how repressed the two were growing up.
[[AC: {{Film}} - Animation]]
* RebelliousPrincess Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' refers to her mother Elinor as either "Mum" or "Mother". She regresses to "Mummy" in the climax [[spoiler:when she begins crying due to believing her mother is permanently a [[BalefulPolymorph bear]].]]
* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': The sole time Elsa refers to her parents by title is she cries for help. She uses the affectionate and childish "Mama" and "Papa". This fits her young age (eight) in the scene but also shows she has a loving relationship with her parents. Over the course of her childhood she withdraws from her family due to fearing she might hurt them.
* In ''Film/Shrek2'', the fully grown Prince Charming calls his mother, the Fairy Godmother, "Mummy," and it isn't lost on Fiona. As it happens, [[MyBelovedSmother Fairy Godmother is controlling Prince Charming]].
[[AC: {{Film}} - Live Action]]
* At no point does Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' refer to [[spoiler:Han Solo]] as his "father", showing just how much Ren wants to cut himself off from who he once was.
* ''Film/TheSantaClause'': Seven-year-old Charlie addresses his parents as "Mom" and "Dad" throughout. Scott and Laura's divorce probably made Charlie feel like he had to grow up a bit more quickly, but he still loves them.
* In ''Film/ByeByeBirdie'' the lead begins referring to her parents by their given names because it's the "modern thing" to do. When she freaks out about winning a contest to kiss her favorite singer, she switches to "Mother" and then "Mommy".
* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', The titular character tries to get Peter Pan's son, Jack, on side by being more present and supportive than Peter himself. However, Hook doesn't really care for Jack, so despite being sore at Peter, Jack only ever addresses Hook as "Captain."
* A weird thing happens with [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Violet Beaureguarde]] on film:
** In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', both of her parents are present. She addresses her mom as "mother." Judging from the fact that Mrs. Beaureguarde's only line is a FirstNameUltimatum directed at Violet, we can assume that she takes a strict line with her daughter. Violet calls her father "Dad." He indulges her competitiveness, and they appear to be much closer.
** In ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', [[DisappearedDad Violet's dad is nowhere to be found.]] Violet probably calls her mom "Mother" here because her mother is her coach. They seem to take their relationship as seriously as everything else, and to them, competition ''is'' everything else.
* In ''Film/LittleAnnieRooney'', Annie calls her father "daddy dear" when she tries to sucker up to him while avoiding a punishment.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* Taken one step further in a flashback to Arnold Rimmer's childhood in ''Literature/RedDwarf'', in which his father - who is also his professor at college - admonishes Arnold for calling him "father" and insists on "Sir" or "Professor Rimmer".
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', it's part of standard etiquette among nobles to address their parents "My lord father" or "My lady mother" in public situations, but Tyrion Lannister nearly always calls his father that, because they hate each other.
* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': When Artemis and his father are reunited after several years, Artemis slips into this. Fowl Sr. shakes his head, remembering that he was indeed that stern and demanding, but has now reverted to the personality his wife was attracted to (that he no longer has to deal with TheMafiya probably helps).
* In ''Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs'', there's some discussion about the difference between being a father (merely siring a child) and being a daddy (committing to and nurturing a relationship with said child). Sometime in Mattie's early life, his parents divorced, [[note]]in part because all four of her children had inherited a terminal illness from mother Jeni, unbeknownst to her[[/note]] so he never got to know his father.
* After he [[spoiler:accidentally causes her and her mother to get burned]], Billie Jo in ''Literature/OutOfTheDust'' stops callng her dad "Daddy". She switches to "my father" or "father". [[spoiler:After they reconcile, she goes back to "Daddy"]].
* XenofictionalLiterature often has animals refer to their parents as "mother" and ([[DisappearedDad assuming they're present]]) "father" in order to emphasis their otherness:
** Most adult cats in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' refer to their parents [[CallingParentsByTheirName by name]]. In the rare occasion they use a title, it's usually "Mother" or "Father".
** Dogs in ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' refer to their parents are "Mother-Dog" and "Sire-Dog".
** Wolves in ''Literature/{{Firstborn}}'' call their parents "mother" and "father".
** Squirrel in ''Literature/ADogsLife'' notes that her mother's name was "Stream", but that to her and her brother she was just "Mother".
** Bambi from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' because he's an animal. In the [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Disney adaptation]] he is royalty (in the book all bucks are called "princes"), which also gives him a reason to use it.
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': It is established that stuffy Charles calls his parents Mother and Father, while most other characters call their parents Mom and Dad. Lampshaded in one episode where Charles is trying to console Hawkeye, who just learned that his father is in the hospital and is trying to contact home for news.
-->'''Charles:''': While I had a father, you had a dad.
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'':
** Hilary calls Philip "Daddy" when she wants money;
** Carlton calls Vivian and Philip "Mom" and "Dad" respectively, except for that one time they caught him stripping, at which point and alarmed Carlton blurts out "[[OhCrap Mommy!]]"
** Philip is "Daddy" to Ashley, who is Philip's baby girl and has him wrapped around her finger.
** Nicky can't be older than seven by the end of the show's run, but he's very bright and addresses Philip as "Dad."
** Will's father Lou, who walked out on Will and Vy when will was three, comes to the Banks residence to visit Will. Will is so happy to have his father back in his life that he calls him "Pop" and "Daddy-o." When Lou announces he's leaving Will again, a crestfallen Will addresses his father for the last time as "Lou."
[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* In the story that inspired "Monster" by Music/MegAndDia, the VillainProtagonist had abusive parents who made him call them "Sir" and "Hannah".
[[AC: {{Theatre}}]]
* The intro to "What Is This Feeling?" in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' establishes the differences between the two main characters by how they address their parents. The spoiled DaddysGirl Glinda refers to her parents by the cutesy-sounding "dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle". On the other hand, Elphaba (who is more serious and has a distant relationship with her father) refers to her father as "my dear Father". Subverted in the [[Literature/{{Wicked}} original book]] as Elphaba refers to her dad by the slightly-childish and affectionate "Papa".
[[AC: VideoGames]]
*''VideoGame/BlazblueCentralFiction'': When Kokonoe finally meets her mother, Nine, she addresses her with "haha-sama", "haha" being the formal word for "mother" and "-sama" being a honorific that signifies deep respect.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Gladion from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' refers to his mother as both her first name and as "mother", to show their distant relationship. His sister [[spoiler:Lillie]] uses "Mother" as well. Their family seems to be wealthy, so that might also be a reason for the title (ignoring the [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] aspect).
** As with all protagonists, Eilio/Selene from ''Sun and Moon'' refer to their mother as "Mom". In a throwaway line, they refer to their father as "father". This implies a distant relationship, made more noticeable by the fact Mom seems to have moved to Alola alone, however it's never given any further specification.
[[AC: VisualNovels]]
* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. As a child in the 60s, Miyo hears from her friend that it's new and fashionable to refer to your parents as "Mama" and "Papa" instead of the traditional Japanese terms. Alas, Miyo never gets the chance to call her parents this as when she returns home [[ParentalAbandonment she learns they both were fatally wounded in a bus crash]].
[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Edd always refers to his parents as Mother and Father. They also refer to themselves this way in the sticky-notes they leave along the house.
* Pizzazz from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' refers to her father as "daddy" despite his [[ParentalNeglect general apathy towards her]]. It signifies that she is a rich, immature SpoiledBrat but at the same time shows that Pizzazz [[WellDoneSonGuy craves her father's attention]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares for him]].
* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'' is five years old. He calls his mother "Mama," but admires and wants to emulate his father enough to call him "Dad." Little Bill's siblings, eight-year-old Bobby and ten-year-old April, call their parents "Mom" and "Dad." Everyone thinks so highly of their great-grandmother that they call her Alice the Great.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Cleveland periodically berates Cleveland Jr. because, among other things, he still calls Cleveland "Daddy" at fourteen years old.
* There's a boy in ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' named Michael. He can't be much younger than fourteen-year-old schoolmate Penny, and he calls his father "Daddy." The problem is that his father is the school's P.E. teacher, who would rather Michael call him "Coach" in public.
* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' at first calls her mom by [[CallingParentsByTheirName her name]] when they meet. She switches to "mother" a sentence later. This shows her detached, emotionally repressed upbringing.
* KO from ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' calls his mother "Mommy". This helps accentuate his youth as well as [[VagueAge make his age all the more vaguer]] (he's ''explictly'' six to eleven years old).
* Utilised iconically in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bart regularly calls his father, Homer, by first name or other more derogatory titles to display his cocky impudence. In the original shorts, Lisa did similar to show her similar bratty characterisation, though when she diverged into a more precocious, well behaved child, she started referring to him solely as "Dad". As shown in the flashback episode "Lisa's First Word", both kids referred to Homer by first name even as infants, building up to the heartwarming final scene where Maggie calls him "Daddy", though out of earshot.
[[AC: RealLife]]
* When TLC's titular Little Couple, Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein, adopted their son Will from China, they encouraged Will to call Bill "Baba" Mandarin for "Daddy." After Bill and Jennifer adopted daughter Lily from India, the children were encouraged to simply call Bill "Daddy." This was probably done to make it easier on the kids, as Bill had become a father to children from two different cultures by this point.
* Fred Rogers consistently referred to his parents as "Mother" and "Dad," implying that while Fred and his father had a more playful relationship, mom was the disciplinarian of the household.
* Even her closest blood relatives have to address the Queen as "Your Majesty" in formal situations. Apparently official protocol dictates that when first meeting Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in the morning, even her immediate family have to call them "Your Majesty" or "Your Royal Highness" on the first encounter of the day. It is believed the current monarch is more informal than that to her children and grandchildren. Apparently.
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In some cases, switching from "Mommy"/"Mummy" and "Daddy" and "Mom"/"Mum" and "Dad" is just a matter of a younger user wanting to be seen as a "big kid." A SpoiledBrat or DaddysGirl, especially if she is rich, will often refer to her father as "Daddy" even as most of her peers outgrow the title. In contrast, a full-grown man calling his mother "Mommy" or "Mummy" is seen as goofy or weird, signifying he is either a MommasBoy, a ManChild, or that his mother is of the MyBelovedSmother type.
"Mother" and "Father" used to be perfectly neutral terms but have become formal and old-fashioned over time. It can signify that the characters are uptight and formal, they're royalty, or that their parents are distant. Using "Sir", "M'am", and other extremely formal titles has even more weight to it then referring to them as just "Mother" and "Father". It's almost always to signify that the characters parents as abusive, aloof and unaffectionate, or are militaristic.
There's some ValuesDissonance to this trope. For example, using "Mama" and "Papa" as an adult can be seen as childish in one area but perfectly normal and affectionate in another.
Compare to CallingParentsByTheirName, which is used when characters call their parents by their given name and usually signifies either lax parents or bad familial relationships. See also JapaneseSiblingTerminology and JapanesePronouns, which are just as personal for the user. Related to YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious and YoureNotMyFather.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: {{Anime}} & {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', thirteen-year-old Mimi is known to lead a comfortable life. When being picked up from a party in one episode, she calls her father "Papa" in the original version and "Daddy" in the dub. It may have had more to do with GratuitousEnglish in one case, and matching lip flap in the other. In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', she was ten, but called her father "Dad."
* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** Boruto usually calls his father Naruto "''oyaji''" (old man) to emphasis his feelings of [[WhenYouComingHomeDad neglect]] by his father. When he's happy with his dad, he calls him the very affectionate "''tou-chan''".
** Sarada does not know her father Sasuke well due to [[spoiler:him being on a mission since she was a toddler]], however she refers to him with the affectionate "Papa" (changed to "Dad" in the English dub).
[[AC: ComicBooks]]
* SpoiledSweet Veronica from ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' refers to her father as "Daddy" even as an adult.
[[AC: FanWorks]]
* The default {{fanon}} in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' fanworks is to have Anna and Elsa refer to their parents as "Mama" and "Papa" around each other but "Mother" and "Father" in public. The only time in the film they referred to them by title was when they were young children, however according to ''Literature/AFrozenHeart'', Anna refers to her parents as such even at eighteen. It's rare for grown women to refer to their parents by such titles however fans use it to symbolize how repressed the two were growing up.
[[AC: {{Film}} - Animation]]
* RebelliousPrincess Merida from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' refers to her mother Elinor as either "Mum" or "Mother". She regresses to "Mummy" in the climax [[spoiler:when she begins crying due to believing her mother is permanently a [[BalefulPolymorph bear]].]]
* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': The sole time Elsa refers to her parents by title is she cries for help. She uses the affectionate and childish "Mama" and "Papa". This fits her young age (eight) in the scene but also shows she has a loving relationship with her parents. Over the course of her childhood she withdraws from her family due to fearing she might hurt them.
* In ''Film/Shrek2'', the fully grown Prince Charming calls his mother, the Fairy Godmother, "Mummy," and it isn't lost on Fiona. As it happens, [[MyBelovedSmother Fairy Godmother is controlling Prince Charming]].
[[AC: {{Film}} - Live Action]]
* At no point does Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' refer to [[spoiler:Han Solo]] as his "father", showing just how much Ren wants to cut himself off from who he once was.
* ''Film/TheSantaClause'': Seven-year-old Charlie addresses his parents as "Mom" and "Dad" throughout. Scott and Laura's divorce probably made Charlie feel like he had to grow up a bit more quickly, but he still loves them.
* In ''Film/ByeByeBirdie'' the lead begins referring to her parents by their given names because it's the "modern thing" to do. When she freaks out about winning a contest to kiss her favorite singer, she switches to "Mother" and then "Mommy".
* In ''Film/{{Hook}}'', The titular character tries to get Peter Pan's son, Jack, on side by being more present and supportive than Peter himself. However, Hook doesn't really care for Jack, so despite being sore at Peter, Jack only ever addresses Hook as "Captain."
* A weird thing happens with [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Violet Beaureguarde]] on film:
** In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', both of her parents are present. She addresses her mom as "mother." Judging from the fact that Mrs. Beaureguarde's only line is a FirstNameUltimatum directed at Violet, we can assume that she takes a strict line with her daughter. Violet calls her father "Dad." He indulges her competitiveness, and they appear to be much closer.
** In ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', [[DisappearedDad Violet's dad is nowhere to be found.]] Violet probably calls her mom "Mother" here because her mother is her coach. They seem to take their relationship as seriously as everything else, and to them, competition ''is'' everything else.
* In ''Film/LittleAnnieRooney'', Annie calls her father "daddy dear" when she tries to sucker up to him while avoiding a punishment.
[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* Taken one step further in a flashback to Arnold Rimmer's childhood in ''Literature/RedDwarf'', in which his father - who is also his professor at college - admonishes Arnold for calling him "father" and insists on "Sir" or "Professor Rimmer".
* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', it's part of standard etiquette among nobles to address their parents "My lord father" or "My lady mother" in public situations, but Tyrion Lannister nearly always calls his father that, because they hate each other.
* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': When Artemis and his father are reunited after several years, Artemis slips into this. Fowl Sr. shakes his head, remembering that he was indeed that stern and demanding, but has now reverted to the personality his wife was attracted to (that he no longer has to deal with TheMafiya probably helps).
* In ''Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs'', there's some discussion about the difference between being a father (merely siring a child) and being a daddy (committing to and nurturing a relationship with said child). Sometime in Mattie's early life, his parents divorced, [[note]]in part because all four of her children had inherited a terminal illness from mother Jeni, unbeknownst to her[[/note]] so he never got to know his father.
* After he [[spoiler:accidentally causes her and her mother to get burned]], Billie Jo in ''Literature/OutOfTheDust'' stops callng her dad "Daddy". She switches to "my father" or "father". [[spoiler:After they reconcile, she goes back to "Daddy"]].
* XenofictionalLiterature often has animals refer to their parents as "mother" and ([[DisappearedDad assuming they're present]]) "father" in order to emphasis their otherness:
** Most adult cats in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' refer to their parents [[CallingParentsByTheirName by name]]. In the rare occasion they use a title, it's usually "Mother" or "Father".
** Dogs in ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'' refer to their parents are "Mother-Dog" and "Sire-Dog".
** Wolves in ''Literature/{{Firstborn}}'' call their parents "mother" and "father".
** Squirrel in ''Literature/ADogsLife'' notes that her mother's name was "Stream", but that to her and her brother she was just "Mother".
** Bambi from ''Literature/{{Bambi}}'' because he's an animal. In the [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Disney adaptation]] he is royalty (in the book all bucks are called "princes"), which also gives him a reason to use it.
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': It is established that stuffy Charles calls his parents Mother and Father, while most other characters call their parents Mom and Dad. Lampshaded in one episode where Charles is trying to console Hawkeye, who just learned that his father is in the hospital and is trying to contact home for news.
-->'''Charles:''': While I had a father, you had a dad.
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'':
** Hilary calls Philip "Daddy" when she wants money;
** Carlton calls Vivian and Philip "Mom" and "Dad" respectively, except for that one time they caught him stripping, at which point and alarmed Carlton blurts out "[[OhCrap Mommy!]]"
** Philip is "Daddy" to Ashley, who is Philip's baby girl and has him wrapped around her finger.
** Nicky can't be older than seven by the end of the show's run, but he's very bright and addresses Philip as "Dad."
** Will's father Lou, who walked out on Will and Vy when will was three, comes to the Banks residence to visit Will. Will is so happy to have his father back in his life that he calls him "Pop" and "Daddy-o." When Lou announces he's leaving Will again, a crestfallen Will addresses his father for the last time as "Lou."
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* In the story that inspired "Monster" by Music/MegAndDia, the VillainProtagonist had abusive parents who made him call them "Sir" and "Hannah".
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* The intro to "What Is This Feeling?" in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' establishes the differences between the two main characters by how they address their parents. The spoiled DaddysGirl Glinda refers to her parents by the cutesy-sounding "dearest, darlingest Momsie and Popsicle". On the other hand, Elphaba (who is more serious and has a distant relationship with her father) refers to her father as "my dear Father". Subverted in the [[Literature/{{Wicked}} original book]] as Elphaba refers to her dad by the slightly-childish and affectionate "Papa".
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*''VideoGame/BlazblueCentralFiction'': When Kokonoe finally meets her mother, Nine, she addresses her with "haha-sama", "haha" being the formal word for "mother" and "-sama" being a honorific that signifies deep respect.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Gladion from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' refers to his mother as both her first name and as "mother", to show their distant relationship. His sister [[spoiler:Lillie]] uses "Mother" as well. Their family seems to be wealthy, so that might also be a reason for the title (ignoring the [[AbusiveParents abusive mother]] aspect).
** As with all protagonists, Eilio/Selene from ''Sun and Moon'' refer to their mother as "Mom". In a throwaway line, they refer to their father as "father". This implies a distant relationship, made more noticeable by the fact Mom seems to have moved to Alola alone, however it's never given any further specification.
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* {{Discussed|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. As a child in the 60s, Miyo hears from her friend that it's new and fashionable to refer to your parents as "Mama" and "Papa" instead of the traditional Japanese terms. Alas, Miyo never gets the chance to call her parents this as when she returns home [[ParentalAbandonment she learns they both were fatally wounded in a bus crash]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Edd always refers to his parents as Mother and Father. They also refer to themselves this way in the sticky-notes they leave along the house.
* Pizzazz from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' refers to her father as "daddy" despite his [[ParentalNeglect general apathy towards her]]. It signifies that she is a rich, immature SpoiledBrat but at the same time shows that Pizzazz [[WellDoneSonGuy craves her father's attention]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares for him]].
* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'' is five years old. He calls his mother "Mama," but admires and wants to emulate his father enough to call him "Dad." Little Bill's siblings, eight-year-old Bobby and ten-year-old April, call their parents "Mom" and "Dad." Everyone thinks so highly of their great-grandmother that they call her Alice the Great.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', Cleveland periodically berates Cleveland Jr. because, among other things, he still calls Cleveland "Daddy" at fourteen years old.
* There's a boy in ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' named Michael. He can't be much younger than fourteen-year-old schoolmate Penny, and he calls his father "Daddy." The problem is that his father is the school's P.E. teacher, who would rather Michael call him "Coach" in public.
* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' at first calls her mom by [[CallingParentsByTheirName her name]] when they meet. She switches to "mother" a sentence later. This shows her detached, emotionally repressed upbringing.
* KO from ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' calls his mother "Mommy". This helps accentuate his youth as well as [[VagueAge make his age all the more vaguer]] (he's ''explictly'' six to eleven years old).
* Utilised iconically in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bart regularly calls his father, Homer, by first name or other more derogatory titles to display his cocky impudence. In the original shorts, Lisa did similar to show her similar bratty characterisation, though when she diverged into a more precocious, well behaved child, she started referring to him solely as "Dad". As shown in the flashback episode "Lisa's First Word", both kids referred to Homer by first name even as infants, building up to the heartwarming final scene where Maggie calls him "Daddy", though out of earshot.
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* When TLC's titular Little Couple, Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein, adopted their son Will from China, they encouraged Will to call Bill "Baba" Mandarin for "Daddy." After Bill and Jennifer adopted daughter Lily from India, the children were encouraged to simply call Bill "Daddy." This was probably done to make it easier on the kids, as Bill had become a father to children from two different cultures by this point.
* Fred Rogers consistently referred to his parents as "Mother" and "Dad," implying that while Fred and his father had a more playful relationship, mom was the disciplinarian of the household.
* Even her closest blood relatives have to address the Queen as "Your Majesty" in formal situations. Apparently official protocol dictates that when first meeting Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in the morning, even her immediate family have to call them "Your Majesty" or "Your Royal Highness" on the first encounter of the day. It is believed the current monarch is more informal than that to her children and grandchildren. Apparently.
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