History Main / TheyCallMeMisterTibbs

* ''Film/StarTrek'':

* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', the Yuki Fan Club is fanatic about Yuki being addressed with proper respect.
** They have rules concerning how you should refer to him ''depending on what year you're in''.

-->'''Yang''': "Yang Xiao Long."\\
-->'''Weiss''': "It's a pleasure to meet you Ms. Xiao Long, I-"\\
-->'''Yang''': "Whoa, whoa. Ms. Xiao Long is my father. Please, call me Yang."

* In issue #74 of the Archie ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' comic book, upon seeing that Robotnik is alive and well, Sonic addresses him by name. The villain responds "That's ''Doctor'' Robotnik to you, hedgehog!"

* In the Naruto fanfic ''Fanfic/SugarPlums,'' the protagonist has two different instances. She doesn't like people calling her Aka no Usagi-sama (Red Rabbit), but she also never let's anybody call her jo-chan or Ume-chan. At least, not since [[spoiler: the death of her first squad leader, who did call her Ume-chan.]]

!!Examples

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* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Season 2's "Our Son, the Man" sees Greg greet Mike and Carol by their first names one morning. Mike immediately raises his eyebrows and corrects his son: "Calling your parents by their first name may be the in-thing these days, but around here, we are still 'Mom' and 'Dad.'" Greg gets the hint.
* ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'': The Season 2 episode, "Sweathog, Nebraska Style," saw Gabe's teenaged sister-in-law, Jenny, stay with the Kotters, and she temporarily joins the Sweathogs. In class, Jenny is being obnoxious and calls Gabe by his first name when he tries to call the class to attention. He immediately reprimands her: "In class, I am Mr. Kotter." Nothing more is said of it.
* ''Series/TwoTwoSeven'': Twisted and inverted in this mid-to-late 1980s African-American situation comedy starring Marla Gibbs. One episode saw Gibbs' character, Mary Jenkins, get after her teen-aged daughter, Brenda, after she refers to a neighbor -- building floozy Sandra Clark (Jackee Harry) -- by her first name. Even though "Mrs. Clark" freely allowed her teen-aged neighbors to call her by her first name ("Call me Sandra!"), Mary's rules were otherwise.
* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': In a Season 1 episode, "Man's Best Friend," aired not long after Urkel became a regular part of the cast, Carl is annoyed that the irksome nerd refers to him by first name all the time. "Shouldn't you be calling me '''''Mr. Winslow'''''? Carl asks. Urkel replies, "That's what my parents, Herb and Diane, say!" Interestingly, Urkel seems to be on a first-name basis with just about all of his teachers, including Principal Shimata.
* ''The Judge'': This 1980s courtroom drama played it both ways, depending on the content. In one episode, Judge Franklin (the series' main protagonist) is being examined as a witness, a rare episode where he is not on the bench; he gives a minor slip when the presiding judge speaks, and in a friendly way the judge reminds him this is a formal court proceeding and that in this case, he is "your honor." They laugh about it, the mistake is never repeated again and things go on like normal. In a later episode, wherein a teenaged boy is seeking emancipation from his overbearing father, an Army colonel, the colonel is frustrated that the case is not going his way and -- in addition to overstepping his authority -- addresses Judge Franklin by his first name, Bob. Judge Franklin does not take too kindly to that, and after angrily reminding him that in the courtroom it is the judge who gives the orders, he is to be referred to as "Your Honor."
* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', everyone around [[{{Superman}} Clark]]'s age call his mother "Mrs. Kent", although she sometimes asks the closer ones to just call her Martha.
** A humorous one when Lois addressed Jor-El (who has always been addressed by that name, even by his son) as "Mr. El".
* ''Series/BostonLegal'' had a fun subversion of the common type of this.
--> '''Nora (Alan Shore's secretary)''': Mrs. Schmidt...
--> '''Shirley Schmidt''': My mother is Mrs. Schmidt; you can call me...Schmidt.
* ''Series/StargateSG1''
** Does the first variant:
-->'''O'Neill''': Well, [[WithDueRespect with all due respect]], doctor, I-\\
'''Carter''': It is appropriate to refer to a person by their rank, not their salutation. You should call me Captain, not Doctor.[[note]]This served as part of Carter's EstablishingCharacterMoment, showing she was unwilling to be disrespected, even by superior officers. (O'Neill is a Lieutenant Colonel)[[/note]]
** And in a later episode:
--->'''Sen. Kinsey''': Commander Thor, my name is--
--->'''Thor''': Senator Kinsey. O'Neill suggested I send you to a distant planet for your actions here, but I am reasonably certain his statement was in jest.
--->'''Sen. Kinsey''': [raises his finger] I'm sure it was, Commander--
--->'''Thor''': [raises his finger] ''Supreme'' Commander.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''
** The main characters play with this a lot, given their familiarity. Spock calls Kirk either "Jim" or "Captain" depending on the situation, just as Kirk calls him either "Mr." Spock or just "Spock". Dr. [=McCoy=] freely calls his friend "Jim" all the time; Kirk usually addresses the Doctor as "Bones". Similarly, even junior officers are permitted to call Lt. Cmdr. Scott simply "Scotty", and Kirk and [=McCoy=] both do so regularly. Ironically, Scotty himself always addresses his superiors by their title.
*** In "Mirror, Mirror", Scotty does address to the captain as "Jim", when Kirk offers to stay behind to operate the transporter after its automatic timer has been disabled. This was a rare case where Scotty was stressing his personal concern for the captain.
** A more specific example: in the episode "Whom Gods Destroy", Kirk keeps calling (the insane) former Captain Garth, "Captain Garth". Garth insists on "Lord Garth".
** Inverted in “The City on the Edge Of Forever,” when Edith Keeler picks up on Spock’s form of address:
-->'''Spock''': Interesting. Where would you estimate we belong, Miss Keeler?
-->'''Edith Keeler''': [to Spock] You? At his side, as if you've always been there and always will.
-->'''Edith Keeler''': [to Kirk] And you... you belong... in another place. I don't know where or how... I'll figure it out eventually.
-->'''Spock''': [to Kirk] I'll finish with the furnace.
-->'''Edith Keeler''': [to Kirk] "Captain." Even when he doesn't say it, he does.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' the captain almost invariably refers to his officers as "Number One," "Dr. Crusher," "Mr. Data," etc. And Beverly is the only one who can get away with calling him "Jean-Luc" on anything like a regular basis. A deleted scene from ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' references this fact, with Riker playing a prank on his replacement and telling him to drop the formal titles with Captain Picard. It gets him a DeathGlare.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has some fun with this. Dax calls Captain Sisko "Benjamin," sounding almost as if she were talking to a child. He calls her "Old Man", which is exactly [[TheNthDoctor what she was]] when they first met.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Trills that carry symbionts can recall the lives and memories of previous hosts; therefore, while Jadzia the host is younger than Sisko, the Dax symbiont has lived for over a century (a previous host had personally met [=Dr. McCoy=]). When Sisko first met Dax, a well-experienced old man named Curzon was its host.[[/labelnote]]
** Gets turned on its head in the episode "Invasive Procedures", when the Dax symbiote is stolen by another Trill. When the newly made Verad Dax makes it clear that he's willing to leave Jadzia to die, Sisko makes it ''very'' clear that Verad, at least, is not allowed to call him "Benjamin" ([[spoiler: subverting YouWouldntShootMe in the process]]).
* In the pilot for ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', Ensign Kim calls Captain Janeway "sir" as per Starfleet protocols regarding addressing a superior officer regardless of gender. Janeway replies that she isn't comfortable being addressed as "sir", adding, "'Ma'am' will do in a crunch, otherwise I prefer 'Captain'." Later, when they're preparing to depart Kim calls her "Ma'am" and she answers, "It's not crunch time yet, Mr. Kim. I'll let you know when."
** On the other hand, Lt. Paris gets away with calling her Ma'am all the time. But then, considering how subversive he is, she's probably just glad he's using any kind of formal address.
** As they develop more of a rapport with each other, Chakotay starts calling her Kathryn, and even on some occasions even Kathy.
** Neelix generally refers to crewmembers by their title, even the ones he's reasonably friendly with. The only exception is Tuvok, whom he likes to call "Mr. Vulcan." It clearly annoys the hell out of Tuvok, even through his [[TheStoic emotionless mask]].
* On ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'', even Tucker calls his best buddy "Captain" Archer. Archer himself almost always addresses the crew by first name (or nickname, in Tucker's case).
* ''Series/TheWestWing'' did it in a {{Flashback}}, where a young Bartlet calls Mrs. Landingham, who was then his father's secretary, "Delores". She replies cheerfully, "Call me Mrs. Landingham, please." Later, when he's the President of the United States and she is ''his'' secretary, he still calls her Mrs. Landingham.
** Abby Bartlet, a well-regarded surgeon, has her own moment like this in season two when Sam refers to her as "Mrs. Bartlet." As her medical practices are being called into question, she insists that everyone refer to her as "Dr. Bartlet." She rather ruefully notes that it's her own fault, though; during the campaign she had asked to be called "Mrs." to downplay her own accomplishments because voters were more comfortable with a wife who was not quite her husband's equal.
** President Bartlet often has this done for him by his staff - whenever someone calls him "Bartlet," they interject "It's ''President'' Bartlet". Jed also has a moment like that in the first season: when a retiring Supreme Court Justice he doesn't like calls him "Mr. Bartlet", he replies "It's 'Dr. Bartlet'." (Because he has a doctorate in economics, that is.)
*** Though note that the staff has no problem referring to senators and congressmen they don't like by their last names alone.
** The second version also appears in the fifth season when Bob Russell is introduced. President Bartlet calls him "Robert Russell", and Russell replies "Bob - Robert Russell is my father."
** There's also a particularly poignant moment in the first season where Bartlett has to determine whether he'll give clemency to a man on death row. After calling in an old priest friend for guidance, the priest asks him whether to call him Jed or Mr. President. He insists on Mr. President, and then explains that, by being called the President, he's acting in the official capacity, whereas if he were called Jed, then the decisions he makes would be by a man, not by an office.
*** The moment becomes even more powerful when, after learning the man has been killed, the priest turns to the President and says "Jed, would you like me to take your confession?"
*** Similarly, to Leo, "That's the first time you've called me 'Jed' since the election."
** And then there's this exchange between Toby and the British Ambassador:
--->'''Toby:''' "I think we have to be careful how we use the word terrorist. Can I call you John?"\\
'''Lord Marbury:''' "I am John, Lord Marbury, Earl of Croix, Marquis of Needham and Dolby, Baronet of Brixton, England's ambassador to the United States. A terrorist is a terrorist even if he wears a green necktie and sings 'Danny Boy'. Yes, you can call me John."
** Marbury actually gets ''two''. From his introductory episode:
--->'''Leo:''' Sir.\\
'''Lord Marbury:''' It's "Your Lordship," as a matter of fact, but it couldn't possibly make the least difference.
** Interestingly, Sidney Poitier was Creator/AaronSorkin's first choice for Bartlet. Sadly, we missed the opportunity to hear "They call me ''Mister'' President."
* The second variant is parodied in a promo for ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram'': An elementary school class greets Sarah as 'Mrs. Silverman', to which she responds, "Mrs. Silverman was my mother. She was a bitch."
* The 2003 ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' miniseries did this with Laura Roslin, former Secretary of Education and new President. Calling her "Madame President" was shown as the barometer of how the specific character felt about her - i.e. Billy, as her personal aide, using the term right off the bat; and Baltar using it in a politically calculated tone, only after she offers him a position as her adviser. Contrasting with those uses is Colonel Tigh, who repeatedly refers to her as "that woman," and Commander Adama, who calls her everything from "Miss Roslin" to her face to "that schoolteacher" behind her back. It is only after he realizes that she's right - they lost - and after she keeps the secret that he really ''doesn't'' know where Earth is that he addresses her deliberately as "Madame President".
** Also, at one point Baltar gets angry about being called "Doc"[[note]] "a dock is a platform for loading or unloading"[[/note]], and says that he should be addressed as "Doctor" or "Mr. Vice President".
** Later, when Commander Adama (on Galactica) is on the wireless, speaking directly to Admiral Cain (on Pegasus), they each refer to themselves as "Galactica Actual" and "Pegasus Actual."
*** This is because they are identifying themselves as the CO of the ship as opposed to a subordinate radio operator. It occurs in modern radio protocol as well.
* Series/TrailerParkBoys: Randy always refers to Jim Lahey as "Mr. Lahey" despite being in an intimate relationship with him for years.
* The second variant is parodied on an episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'':
-->'''Earl''': Excuse me, Mr. Covington-\\
'''Mr. Covington''': Mr. Covington was my father's name. You can call me "sir".
* In the episode "Some Assembly Required" of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the stock phrase is used as a joke, when Jenny Calendar tells Rupert Giles, "Please call me Jenny. 'Ms. Calendar' is my father."
* On ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', strict college dean Dr. Mildred Finch insists on being called Millie. Played for irony, since at the same time as she stresses this informality, she's coming down hard on her subordinates in other areas.
* Andrew Hartford deals with this in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' (and he's not helped by CloudCuckoolander Dax):
-->'''Hartford:''' Dax, can you please call me Andrew? Every time you say "Mr. Hartford," I look for my father.
-->'''Dax:''' Got it. You want us to think of you as someone young.
-->'''Hartford:''' Ouch!
* Inversion: ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' had a recurring character, Sardo the magic shop owner. Whenever he was introduced, one of the main characters would call him "Mr. Sardo", which would trigger his CatchPhrase: "That's Sar-''doh''! No 'Mister', accent on the 'do'!"
** There was also the recurring character, the MadScientist Dr. Vink. "Vink's the name. ''Dr.'' Vink." (With a va-va-va. Also: he is NOT a nutbag.)
* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' features an odd variant:
--->'''Drew''': My father is Mr. Carey. I'm ''Mrs.'' Carey.
* On ''Series/CriminalMinds'', [[ParentalSubstitute Gideon]] always insisted on introducing Reid as "Dr. Reid," going so far as to correct his fellow agents when whoever was doing the introducing left out Reid's title. This was more of an issue in the early seasons, when Reid was twenty-four and looked fifteen; now that he's approaching thirty, the team seems to have relaxed about this a bit.
* On ''Series/TwentyFour'', David Palmer does this twice. Late in Day 2, around the time when his cabinet is plotting to declare him incapacitated so they can move ahead with the military strike, Mike, who has known Palmer for a long time, calls him "David" while pleading with him to relent. He responds "I'm the President, Mike. You don't call me by my first name." Early on Day 3, he tells Wayne, "Wayne, right now, it's Mr. President,"; while Wayne calls him by name in private or on less official matters, in public or in more formal settings, he calls him with the same formality as any other American citizen. In Day 2, Sherry calls him "Mr. President" as a way of distancing herself from him when she is disappointed in his unfavorable response to one of her requests (despite having divorced him, they are still on a first-name basis).
* In ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'', a butler frets about his employer calling him by his first name, but he doesn't know how to correct him politely.
** American audiences may not always catch the cultural background of this usage, even with the rise in popularity of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and its forerunner, the 2001 film ''Film/GosfordPark''. It was a custom that servants in high society British households had particular forms of address, depending upon their station. In their employer's house, butlers, valets and ladies' maids were addressed by their surnames without an honorific "Mr.", "Mrs." or "Miss"; when they traveled with their employer to another socialite's home, the staff in the home they were visiting referred to them by their employer's surname. House maids, footmen and kitchen staff were addressed by their first names. The housekeeper and the cook were addressed as "Mrs. X", whether they were married or not.
* Comes up a lot in ''Series/YesMinister'', particularly at the start when Hacker is not yet used to the obsequious and perfectionist politeness of the Civil Service. Bernard steadfastly refuses to call him anythign other than 'Minister'.
** On another occasion, Dorothy floats the idea of forcing civil servants to choose between honours or cash rewards for extended service. She snidely suggests that if it goes through, they might have to start addressing Sir Humphrey as Mr. Appleby.
* ''Series/RumpoleOfTheBailey'' - Rumpole frequently inverts the second version with his clients, asking permission whether he can refer to them more formally, after he's been introduced to them by their first names.
* In a sendoff scene in season 7 of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Lister acknowledges a title for Rimmer, 'First Officer', as a way of fondly bidding him farewell. The Cat and Kryten acknowledge it too (although they think it's his funeral).
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' plays with this too. At one point, he and the prince he's serving must pretend to be each other. This exchange occurs, and eventually Blackadder's own servant is roped into the name confusion:
--->'''Blackadder''': You will, of course, have to call me "Your Highness", Your Highness.
--->'''Prince George''': (''nods'') "Your Highness Your Highness".
--->'''Blackadder''': No, just "Your Highness", Your Highness.
--->'''Prince George''': (''looking pleased with himself'') That's what I said -- "Your Highness Your Highness", Your Highness Your Highness.
** ''Blackadder goes forth'' also gives us Darling's EstablishingCharacterMoment:
--->'''Blackadder''': I'm here now, Darling.
--->'''Darling''': ''That's CAPTAIN Darling to you!''
* In the ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' movie, "The Wrong War", Hornblower greeted a newly arrived Army officer as "Major" Edrington. Edrington then told Hornblower that, as Edrington was of noble blood, the right form of address was 'My Lord'. At first, even though it was offhand, it seemed meant to identify Edrington as an annoying toff. But it comes off in a better light later, after Edrington turns out to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. In contrast to some of the other Lords running around France in the movie.
* Lady Heather in ''Series/{{CSI}}'' has no formal claim to the title, but, as a professional dominatrix, nonetheless expects to be referred to as such by both her employees and her customers.
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''
** Subverted in epsode 21:
-->'''Doctor''': Next please. Name?
-->'''Watson''': Er, Watson.
-->'''Doctor''': (writing it down) Mr Watson.
-->'''Watson''': Ah, no, Doctor.
-->'''Doctor''': Ah, Mr Doctor.
-->'''Watson''': No, not Mr, Doctor.
-->'''Doctor''': Oh, Doctor Doctor.
-->'''Watson''': No, Doctor Watson.
-->'''Doctor''': Oh, Doctor Watson Doctor.
-->'''Watson''': Oh, just call me darling.
-->'''Doctor''': Hello, Mr Darling.
-->'''Watson''': No, Doctor.
-->'''Doctor''': Hello Doctor Darling.
** Enforced roughly by a police officer while comforting a widower, whose wife was just eaten by an alien blancmange.
-->'''Officer''': I think what's happened is terribly, terribly funny... tragic! You must understand we have to catch the creature that ate your wife, and if you could just help us answer a few questions, we may be able to save lives.
-->'''Angus''': Aye, I'll do my best, Sergeant.
-->'''Officer''': Detective Inspector!
* One opening Sketch from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Had Tom Hanks hosting for the fifth time (a big deal then) and being welcomed into the 'five timers club' by Paul Simon, Steve Martin and Elliott Gould. When Tom calls Paul "Mr. Simon," he does a Type B and says "Call me Paul", but with Steve Martin ...
-->'''Tom Hanks''': Thanks a lot, Mr. Martin.
-->'''Steve Martin''': Please, call me Mr. STEVE Martin.
* On ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', when Tammy Wynette was performing at the Boar's Nest after being caught in Boss Hogg's Celebrity Speedtrap:
-->'''Boss Hogg''': I'll just tear up this here speeding ticket, Tammy.
-->'''Tammy''': You can call me "Miss Wynette."
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw "Tooth and Claw"]]: "The correct form of address is ''[[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Your Majesty!]]''"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion of Time"]]: Leela is quite insistent that she is Leela and not "madame."
** Harriet Jones' character made a CatchPhrase out of giving her full political title every time she introduced herself, even if it was a re-introduction and often flashing her photo identification card at the same time. She continued to do this after she no longer held an office. It got to the point of being a RunningGag; even aliens didn't need the reminder in the end:
-->'''Harriet Jones:''' Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister.\\
'''Daleks:''' [[AC:Yes, We Know Who You Are.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]] "People call me the Doctor. Don't know why. I call me the Doctor, too. Still don't know why."
** The Eleventh Doctor combines this with SayMyName in "Victory of the Daleks", when he says his name and calls the Daleks by theirs when they're ObfuscatingStupidity. [[spoiler: [[NiceJobBreakingItHero However, this is what causes the Daleks to drop their act and gain an advantage over the Doctor, as they are then able to create a newer and "purer" Dalek race.]]]]
** From the ExpandedUniverse, Sixth Doctor companion Frobisher, who fancies himself a noir-style detective, has a brief monologue in the audio ''The Maltese Penguin'':
-->''My friends call me Frobisher. My enemies call me ''Mr.'' Frobisher. [[spoiler:And the junk mail department of the Galactic Reader's Digest calls me Mrs. F. R. Rubbisher when they say I may have already won 30,000 Mazumas.]]''
* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'': "It's Holly freakin' J."
* In the ''Series/{{Lost}}'' episode "Dr. Linus," the flash-sideways version of Ben is a history teacher with a [=PhD=]. Whenever a character calls him "Mr. Linus," he grumbles, "It's ''Dr.'' Linus, actually." Sideways Alex seems to be the only one who addresses him properly.
* Gibbs, of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', says this whenever someone calls him "sir" as opposed to "boss". Lawyer M. Allison Hart made it a point to refer to Gibbs as "'''Mister'''" Gibbs throughout Season 7. It was a sign of respect when she finally called him 'Special Agent Gibbs' in the season finale.
** A holdover from his days as an NCO (as opposed to an Officer). Officers are generally the ones addressed as "Sir."
*** Also of note is that he never corrects military members he is speaking to in an official capacity as they're supposed to address law enforcement agents, civilian or military, as "Sir."
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': In "Shadow", the villain Grover mandates that the naval personnel address him as either "Sir" or "Mr. Grover". He gleefully notices when Meg manages to do exactly that [[ParentheticalSwearing while making it sound as disrespectful as possible.]]
** In the pilot, after they discover who the killer is, he refers to Lieutenant Pike as a bitch, shortly before he's placed under arrest.
-->'''Lt. Pike''': And it's "Lieutenant Pike". Not "bitch". [[PrecisionFStrike ASSHOLE!]]
* In an episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'', the gangster Don Marsh expresses his contempt for the law by addressing DS Brooks by his Christian name. Brooks will have none of it, insisting:
-->'''Brooks''': That's "Detective Sergeant Brooks" to you.
** Ronnie gets a similar moment on Matt's behalf when DirtyCop Jimmy Valentine indicates similar contempt for ''him'':
-->'''Valentine''': "This boy of yours, Devlin--"
-->'''Brooks''': ''DS'' Devlin, you mean? And he ain't my "boy".
** In yet another scene, he and Matt interrogate another cop whom they suspect of being on the take. When she expresses reluctance about testifying against Valentine, he very pointedly refers to her by her "Detective Sergeant" title to remind her of her duty.
** [[AmoralAttorney Phyllis Gladstone]] refers to Alesha as Jacob's assistant and insinuates that it's only a matter of time before she's sleeping with him. Alesha doesn't appreciate either implication:
--> '''Gladstone''': You'll fall for him eventually. All his assistants do.
--> '''Alesha''': When I see his "assistant", I'll be sure to warn her.
* In an early episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' Phillip Swann, a man who EADA Ben Stone put away for murder, gets a retrial. During the whole process, he needles Stone by calling him "Ben". Stone finally has enough after Swann's case falls apart:
-->'''Stone''': A lot of effort to wind up right back where you started. And in polite society, Sir, you don't call people by their first name unless they ask you to - I didn't do that. You're not a friend, and you're certainly not a colleague.
** Ben Stone even inverts this trope, tending to use the abovementioned term "Sir" to address men who he has ''contempt'' for.
** The ''Series/LawAndOrderUK'' episode based on this also inverts this trope when the man in question consistently refers to James Steele by his proper title rather than his first name in an effort to aggravate him by acting as though they're equals.
* The titular character of ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' often needs to remind people to call her "Dr." instead of "Miss", several of whom ''deliberately'' call her "Miss" in an effort to rankle her and demonstrate their lack of respect.
* In the first episode of Season 4 of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' Detective Beckett calls the new Captain "ma'am" leading to her responding: "My mother drops by, you can call her ma'am. Call me Sir or Captain.
* On ''Series/OneLifeToLive'', a {{Jerkass}} character nastily refers to a doctor who has had his licensed revoked (thanks to the {{Jerkass}} lying through his teeth during a malpractice suit) as ''"Mr."'' in an effort to taunt him.
* One of the many, many RunningGags that occurs in the Mexican sitcom ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', usually with El Chavo referring to Profesor Jirafales[[note]]In Spanish, it's spelled with one s.[[/note]] as "Maestro Longaniza" ("longaniza" is a kind of sausage).
--> '''Prof. Jirafales''': "I'm not a maestro, and my name isn't Longaniza! I'm a longaniza and my name is Maestro...I mean, I'm a maestro, and my name is Jirafales!"
** Doña Clotilde (AKA: "The Witch from [Apartment] 71") sometimes did this:
--> ¡"No es Señora, es Señor'''ita'''!" (lit. "It's not Ms., it's '''Miss'''!")
* One ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' episode had a perp who insisted on being addressed as Mister Daniel Loomis by absolutely anyone, regardless of how familar they were with him. When he was in the Navy, it galled him that he was required to address people he deemed intellectually inferior to him as Mister, so now that he was no longer in the Navy, he would insist the same treatment from everyone, regardless of familiarity. This led Friday to respond with this SchiffOneLiner:
--> '''Friday:''' Where you're going, there are no "Misters" - just numbers.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/FatherTed'', as the housekeeper Mrs. Doyle is [[RunningGag never referred to her first name]]:
-->[An officer phones Ted]\\
'''Officer''': Do you know a Mrs. Doyle? First name: Mrs.-- [[[SoundEffectBleep the fire alarm is tested]]] --Doyle?\\
'''Father Ted''': Do I know a Mrs.-- [plate smashes] --Doyle?
** Not to forget the time [[CloudCuckoolander Dougal]] wouldn't stop calling [[SinisterMinister Bishop Leonard Brennan]] 'Len':
--->'''Bishop Brennan''': Did he call me Len again? You address me by my proper title, you little bollocks!
* ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'': For all his [[FriendToAllChildren warmth and friendliness]], Mr. Rogers was still ''Mister'' Rogers to his young viewers. His grown-up neighbors freely called him "Fred," however.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
--> '''Leonard:''' "Call me Leonard, Dr. Hofstadter's my father. And my mother. And my sister. And our ''cat''. Although, I'm pretty sure Dr. Boots Hofstadter's degree was honorary."
** Dr. Gablehauser, head of the Physics Department, reverses this, deliberately calling attention to Howard's lack of a doctorate;
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser:''' Dr. Hofstadter.
-->'''Leonard:''' Dr. Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser:''' Dr. Cooper.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Dr. Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser:''' Dr. Koothrappali.
-->'''Raj:''' Dr. Gablehauser.
-->'''Dr. Gablehauser:''' ''Mr.'' Wolowitz.
-->'''Howard (dejectedly):''' Dr. Gablehauser.
* ''Series/DocMartin'': Invoked in the show and referenced in the show's title. The villagers endearingly call him "Doc Martin" though he prefers "Doctor Ellingham". Also, his London name was "Mister Ellingham" (British surgeons are doctors, but they traditionally prefer "Mr.").
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'':
** In "Murdoch in Ragtime", Leslie Garland uses Dr. Grace's first name the first time they're together in The Blind Pig. She calls him on it ("Awfully forward, ''Mr. Garland'' "), yet he does it again after her objection. Later, the courtship progresses, she doesn't mind his brashness so much and he tells her, [[FirstNameBasis "Call me Leslie."]]
** In "The Murdoch Sting", Eva Pearce calls Detective Murdoch "William", then asks if he minds the familiarity. He ''does'' mind and addresses her as "Miss Pearce". Eva deliberately oversteps the boundary again to defy him.
* In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jesse consistently refers to Walt as "Mr. White", what with Walt being his old chemistry teacher. Later on, when Hank and Steve bring Mike in for questioning, Hank does a faux amicability act, asking "Michael? Mike?"; Mike, annoyed, informs him that it's '"Mr. Ehrmentraut."
* Parodied in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featuring ''Film/SpaceMutiny''
-->'''Dave Ryder:''' Listen, lady...!
-->'''Lea:''' ''Doctor''.
-->'''Dave Ryder:''' ''Doctor''.
-->'''Crow T. Robot:''' ''Doctor'' Lady!
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
** Happens a few times, especially after S.H.I.E.L.D. is technically disbanded mid-Season 1, there's some ambiguity going on as to whether characters should address one another as "Agent" or as "Mr./Ms." from then on. Antagonists, especially those allied with the U.S. Government such as Col. Talbot, will often disparagingly refer to ''Mr.'' Coulson as a reminder that he's no longer officially a government agent; he'll usually insist that it's ''still'' [[InsistentTerminology Agent]] Coulson nevertheless.
** Fitz-Simmons are each in possession of two Ph.D.s, which leads to some confusion among the other character as to whether they should call them "Dr" or not if they're not calling them "Agent". Skye at one point mocks Simmons (who's TheMedic for the team, but not actually a medical doctor) by calling her "Dr. Simmons", but she actually [[AvertedTrope averts]] this trope by ''not'' pointing out that that's her title anyway; and in fact Simmons herself on one occasion calls Fitz "Dr. Fitzy" when encouraging him to act as her assistant on a medical procedure, even though again, he technically is anyway. Simmons' bosses at the [[spoiler:HYDRA]] laboratory don't do much better, as one addresses her as "Ms. Simmons" while the other consistently calls her "Dr. Simmons", though again it's not her who brings it up.
** There's also a few examples of the second type of this trope: when Simmons (or any other friendly ally) addresses Mockingbird as "Agent Morse" or "Ms Morse", she'll insist they should "Call me Bobbi." Meanwhile, despite the above, Coulson tells Victoria Hand to call him Phil in the immediate aftermath of the dissolution of S.H.I.E.L.D. when she still addresses him as "Agent Coulson".
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'':
** Inverted and subverted. Inverted in that, Harold insistently calls everyone by Title/Honorific and Last Name, Mr. Reese, Ms Shaw, Detective Carter, Miss Groves, even though the latter [[Main/OnlyKnownByTheirNickname insists that her name is Root]].
** Subverted in the sense that Harold would like to be referred to as Mr. Finch (this is how he first introduces himself to Reese in the Pilot) but no one does. Carter just calls him Finch, without the mister. Reese and Shaw vary between calling him Finch and Harold. Root pretty insistently calls him Harold, or sometimes Harry. [[TheNicknamer Fusco calls him Glasses.]]
* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' has been known to do the "My first name is Lieutenant" version, as per the RunningGag that we never find out his first name.
* ''Series/AgentCarter''.
** Peggy Carter unsurprisingly, as per her ongoing battle to make the men she encounters treat her with respect instead of patronisation.
-->'''Hugh Jones:''' I didn't know our government had such good taste in secretaries. What's your name, darling?\\
'''Peggy Carter:''' ''Agent''.
** When giving a RousingSpeech to the SSR after the murder of one of their own, Agent Thompson says that the most important part of the name of the late Raymond Walter Krzeminski was "Agent".
* In ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'', crime boss Cornell Stokes demands that his lackeys call him "Mister Stokes" while in his presence and hates being referred to by his street name of Cottonmouth. Not that this stops everyone else from calling him that.
* ''Series/TheDoctorBlakeMysteries'': In "Family Portrait", the new police surgeon dismissively refers to Alice as 'Miss Harvey' and then tells her patronizingly that if if there is any investigative work to be done, he will do it. Alice's only reply is an icy "It's Doctor Harvey".
* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': In "Double Exposure", Columbo keeps referring to Dr. Keppler (the murderer) as 'Mr. Keppler', and being angrily corrected by Keppler. Knowing Columbo, this almost certainly one of his tactics to keep the suspect off-balance.
* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', in the later seasons when Laura was married and had taken over teaching the school. Any former classmates who had not yet graduated, including her own siblings, were expected to address her as Mrs. Wilder. "When we're at school, I'm your teacher. Not your sister."
* Done both ways in ''Series/{{Hells Kitchen}}''. In the restaurant itself, Creator/{{Gordon Ramsay}} is referred to as Chef Ramsay and addressed as ''chef''. When he takes the challenge winner(s) on a reward outing, he's called Gordon.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/Cyberchase'', the BigBad of the show Hacker constantly wants to be referred to as ''The'' Hacker. In fact, it's become a RunningGag that whenever someone refers to Hacker as just "Hacker", he will often respond by saying "That's ''The'' Hacker to you!"

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* Character A assumes too much familiarity with Character B, only to be corrected, usually in a rather sharp way. "That's ''Doctor'' Von Trapp to you!"; Depending on how it's played, this can be used to generate sympathy or contempt for either character: If Character A seemed genuinely rude, then Character B will look better; if Character B seems to have overreacted to a relatively minor slip, then the opposite is true. A comic variant is to respond to an insult by requiring the use of a title with it: that's ''Doctor'' Idiot to you!!!

* Character A assumes too much familiarity with Character B, only to be corrected, usually in a rather sharp way. "That's ''Doctor'' Von Trapp to you!"; Depending on how it's played, this can be used to generate sympathy or contempt for either character: If Character A seemed genuinely rude, then Character B will look better; if Character B seems to have overreacted to a relatively minor slip, then the opposite is true.\\
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A comic variant is respond to an insult by requiring the use of a title with it: that's ''Doctor'' Idiot to you!!!

* Jake, the leader of the Literature/{{Animorphs}}, could never get his alien comrade Ax to refer to him as anything other than "Prince Jake" (Prince being a military rank among Andalites rather than an inherited title); his continual refrain was "Don't call me 'Prince'." As the series progressed it became obvious that Ax was more making a joke out of it than anything else.

* At the end of ''Film/RoboCop3'', OCP's former CEO, who'd replaced the Old Man prior tot he film, sees Murphy and asks, "Murphy, is it?" Murphy responds that only his friends can call him that and that his enemies, which he includes the former CEO as, should call him [=RoboCop=].

** The episode [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE22JokersFavor "Joker's Favor"]]: When Batman meets Charlie Collins, he is a pathetic victim of TheJoker who is HoldingOutForAHero and could have helped TheJoker to kill a lot of people. When Batman meets him again at the alley, Batman calls him ''Charlie''. After Charlie confronts the Joker and pranks him with a bomb, Batman addresses him as ''Mr. Collins''.

** Inverted with Signum, who suggests that she might have to stop referring to Fate as "[[LastNameBasis Testarossa]]" and using the informal "[[JapanesePronouns omae]]" on her after she becomes Fate's vice captain in Lightning Squad, but Fate notes that it's fine. Most characters tend to address each other normally in the company of their friends and may do so formally when in an official context or to make a point (Nanoha once calls Hayate "Hayate-chan" when talking about her need to help her out as a friend, then switches to "Commander Yagami" when mentioning that she trusts her as a subordinate).

'''Creed''': Don't forget the "[[JapanesePronouns sama]]", Mechanoid.

* ''FanFic/HarrysNewHome'' has Sirius insisting to Harry to call him by his name after Harry gives him a horrible MaamShock and addresses him as Mister Black.

* In the Naruto fanfic ''Fanfic/SugarPlums'' the protagonist has two different instances. She doesn't like people calling her Aka no Usagi-sama (Red Rabbit), but she also never let's anybody call her jo-chan or Ume-chan. At least, not since [[spoiler: her first squad leader died, who did call her Ume-chan.]]

** Bites him in the ass in the same film, when he tries to get out of the deal with Davey Jones which got him his ship in the first place, by pointing out that he didn't actually get to ''keep'' the ship the entire allotted time the deal was made for (because his first-mate led a mutiny and stole it). Jones counters that since he's been going around insisting on being called "Captain" anyway, it still counts and his time is up.

* Reversed in ''Film/TheAmericanPresident''. President Andrew Shepherd's Chief of Staff and best friend, A.J., always calls him "Mister President", even when they're alone. At one point, he insists that A.J. can call him "Andy" when they're alone. A.J. responds, "Whatever you say, Mr. President."

* The mystery novel ''The Sybil In Her Grave'' by Sarah Caudwell features a character who so enrages the [[spoiler: dominatrix]] he's engaged for the afternoon that she leaves him in an uncomfortable situation and must be rescued by one of the other characters. His mistake? Calling her "tu" instead of "vous".

** A variant bordering on subversion occurs with His Grace His Excellency Commander Sir Samuel Vimes the Duke of Ankh. He started out simply as a Captain of the Watch, and was Captain Vimes. Then he retired and said, "They call me ''Mister'' Vimes" in a reference to ''In the Heat of the Night''. That didn't last; though Vimes did mean to retire, in short order he was made a Knight, and Commander of the Watch. Still later, he was made a Duke. He's not fond of "Sir Samuel" or "Your Grace," though... while he ''does'' understand the value of titles, he prefers to use his Watch rank. He's ''Commander'' Vimes, thank you very much. He is occasionally "Sir Samuel, if you must," if calling a duke by his job title is giving someone apoplexy.\\

In several of the later books, ''Discworld/TheTruth'' and ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', to name two, his junior officers call him Mister Vimes (always Mister, never Mr.) as a measure of their respect for him. It's implied that they've earned this right by dint of their long-standing and hard work. And while he almost never says it, Sergeant Colon, who Vimes knows has earned the right, will--when he's very worried--call Vimes "Sam".\\

** ''Mistress'' Weatherwax. She won't let you forget it. Unless you come from her home country of Lancre and/or have known her for a ''really'' long time; then she generally won't object to being called "Granny." Only [[TrueCompanions Nanny Ogg]] and [[TheNotLoveInterest Archchancellor Ridcully]] are allowed to call her by her first name [[note]]Esmeralda/Esme, but you didn't hear that from me[[/note]], though, as they're the only two for whom she holds more than passing acquaintance. In the short story "The Sea and Little Fishes", Mrs Earwig commits the unpardonable sin of calling her "Miss Weatherwax".

* ''Series/TheWestWing'' did it in a {{Flashback}}, where a young Bartlet calls Mrs. Landingham, who was then his father's secretary, "Delores". She replies cheerfully, "Call me Mrs. Landingham, please." Later, when he's the President of the United States and she is his secretary, he still calls her Mrs. Landingham.
** Abby Bartlet, a well-regarded surgeon, has her own moment like this in season two when Sam refers to her as "Mrs. Bartlet." As her medical practices are being called into question, she insists that everyone refer to her as "Dr Bartlet." She rather ruefully notes that it's her own fault, though; during the campaign she had asked to be called "Mrs." to downplay her own accomplishments because voters were more comfortable with a wife who was not quite her husband's equal.

-->'''Officer''': I think what's happened is terribly, terribly funny.. tragic! You must understand we have to catch the creature that ate your wife, and if you could just help us answer a few questions, we may be able to save lives.
-->'''Angus''': Aye, I'll do my best, Seargent.

* One opening Sketch from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Had Tom Hanks hosting for the fifth time (a big deal then) and being welcomed into the 'five timers club' by Paul Simon, Steve Martin and Elliott Gould. When Tom calls Paul "Mr. Simon", he does a Type B and says "Call me Paul", but with Steve Martin ...

-->'''Tammy''': You can call me "Miss Wynette".

* The rules that governed how you addressed and referred to people in 19th century England were convoluted enough that even some contemporaries got it wrong. Arthur Conan Doyle is notorious for having Sherlock Holmes address characters incorrectly, even when there's no reason for him to. On the other hand, Jane Austen is meticulous and in one case uses the rules to skewer one of her characters.

-->'''[[SuperMarioBros Mario]]:''' You didn't tell me you were bringing a secret weapon, Luigi!\\

* [[TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety The World/Inferno Friendship Society's]] song "Ich Erinnere Mich An Die Weimarer Republik":

:: On another occasion, Dorothy floats the idea of forcing civil servants to choose between honours or cash rewards for extended service. She snidely suggests that if it goes through, they might have to start addressing Sir Humphrey as Mr. Appleby.