History Main / TheyCallMeMisterTibbs

* US President James Earl Carter Jr. refused to be called anything but "Jimmy," to the point where he used it in his Oath of Office.
* Mr. T adopted his unusual stage name in order to force people to always address him as "Mister". It's not just a stage name, as he had it legally changed. He once put it, "First name, Mister. Middle name, That little period thing. Last name, T."

** In BenCounter's Soul Drinkers novel ''[[Literature/SoulDrinkers Chapter War]]'', Eumenes [[{{Pride}} exults]] in Sarpedon's submission, demanding he address him as "my lord."

-->'''Beckett:''' You do remember a pirate named... I believe it is "Jack Sparrow"?\\

* In the first episode of Season 4 of ''{{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.

** Is worth noting that Spider did this on purpose.

* In ''TalesOfMU'', female human students are customarily addressed as "Ms. (Last Name)", while other races are referred to as "Miss (Given Name)", as modern-style surnames are mostly used by humans. Half-human protagonist Mackenzie Blaise eventually insists on being addressed as "Ms. Mackenzie".

-->Kaffee: I'm not through with my examination. Sit down.
-->Col. Jessup: "Colonel"!
-->Kaffee: What's that?
-->Col. Jessup: I would appreciate it if he would address me as "Colonel" or "Sir." I believe I've earned it.
-->Judge Randolph: Defense counsel will address the witness as "Colonel" or "Sir."
-->Col. Jessup: [to Judge] I don't know what the hell kind of unit you're running here.
-->Judge Randolph: And the witness will address this court as "Judge" or "Your Honor." I'm quite certain ''I've'' earned it. Take your seat... "Colonel."

** 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.

* Done in ''MonkeyBusiness'' by Groucho Marx's character:

* The form of address used by various characters in referring to a certain, ah, You-Know-Who is important to characterization throughout, and becomes critical in the last book of, the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series. Depending on who's talking about him and to whom, he'll be He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (formal, almost "official" parlance), You-Know-Who (casually between most wizards, if anyone speaks of Voldemort casually), Voldemort or Lord Voldemort (a rare brave few), the Dark Lord (mostly Death Eaters), Riddle (used very sparingly), or Tom (almost exclusively the purview of Dumbledore). The closest he got to actually being named in the media was when Cornelius Fudge referred to him as "Lord ''Thingy''."
** Even those characters who would once use Voldemort's full name, to show their bravery or contempt, drop it like a hot rock once he comes back, [[SpeakOfTheDevil for practical reasons]].

** Pippin (and Merry) also address Denethor, Faramir, Théoden, and other royals/stewards by their common names, since Hobbits don't have the custom of adressing their nobility by title. This leads to the people of Minas Tirith believing that Pippin and Merry are Hobbit royalty.[[note]]Pippin ''is'' actually the son of the Thain of the Shire, which is a kind of viceroyalty, and Merry is Pippin's cousin; however, the Thain's sole job is to be military leader (which is meaningless in peacetime), and they aren't treated as royalty and do not govern.[[/note]]

* One of the many, many RunningGags that occurs in the Mexican sitcom ''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).

* In ''MonsterSquad'' Fat Kid is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep rarely referred to as anything but "Fat Kid"]], even by his friends and ''especially'' by EJ and the other local bullies. But he gets to combine this trope with a DramaticGunCock after taking out the [[CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gill-Man]] with a shotgun in an utterly cool CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* One of the reasons that the Religious Society of Friends (commonly called the Quakers) were unpopular with their neighbors was their insistence on using the familiar "thou" with everybody, refusing to recognize differences in station (with the notable exception of {{God}}, who got a formal "you"). As the thou/you variant has fallen out of usage in English, so has this practice. Quakers also do not use titles, preferring to address everybody equally, usually by first names - for example, Quaker children will often use their parents' given names rather than 'Mum' and 'Dad'. As with the thou/you example, this has led to friction.

** Pippin (and Merry) also address Denethor, Faramir, Théoden, and other royals/stewards by their common names, since Hobbits don't have the custom of adressing their nobility by title. This leads to the people of Minas Tirith believing that Pippin and Merry are Hobbit royalty.[[hottip:*:Pippin ''is'' actually the son of the Thain of the Shire, which is a kind of viceroyalty, and Merry is Pippin's cousin; however, the Thain's sole job is to be military leader (which is meaningless in peacetime), and they aren't treated as royalty and do not govern.]]

* In the Literature/{{RCN}} series book ''What Distant Deeps'', Lady Posthuma Belisande doesn't much care for her given name[[hottip:*:at least partly because it's a reference to the fact her mother died bearing her]], but she also seems to be a very friendly person, at least to social peers, and thus invites them to call her "Posy" rather than by her title. She playfully tells Daniel Leary, at their first meeting, that she'll slap him if he calls her "Lady Belisande" again.

** Also, at one point Baltar gets angry about being called "Doc"[[hottip:*: "a dock is a platform for loading or unloading"]], and says that he should be addressed as "Doctor" or "Mr. Vice President".

* One of the many, many RunningGags that occurs in the Mexican sitcom ''ElChavoDelOcho'', usually with El Chavo referring to Profesor Jirafales[[hottip:*:In Spanish, it's spelled with one s.]] as "Maestro Longaniza" ("longaniza" is a kind of sausage).

* In an episode of ''[[LawAndOrderUK Law & Order: UK]]'', 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:

* In an early episode of ''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:

** The ''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.

'''Donatello:''' [[MyNameIsNotDurwood The name's Donatello, psycho!]]\\

* 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 an emergency, otherwise 'Captain Janeway' will be fine." Later, in a crisis situation when Kim calls her "Ma'am", she answers, "I'll let you know when it's an emergency, Ensign."

* ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''

** ''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 Nanny Ogg and Archchancellor Ridcully are allowed to call her by her first name, though. In the short story "The Sea and Little Fishes", Mrs Earwig commits the unpardonable sin of calling her "Miss Weatherwax".

** Ironic since he was technically a doctor.

* Type 2[[http://mountaincomics.com/2013/07/15/mountain-time-466/ shows up]] in ''Webcomic/MountainTime''.

* In OnePiece, when Dalton confronts Wapol, Wapol demands to be addressed as "King Wapol," when Dalton refuses to use honorifics on him.

** Pippin (and Merry) also address Denethor, Faramir, Theoden, and other royals/stewards by their common names, since Hobbits don't have the custom of adressing their nobility by title. This leads to the people of Minas Tirith believing that Pippin and Merry are Hobbit royalty.[[hottip:*:Pippin ''is'' actually the son of the Thain of the Shire, which is a kind of viceroyalty, and Merry is Pippin's cousin; however, the Thain's sole job is to be military leader (which is meaningless in peacetime), and they aren't treated as royalty and do not govern.]]

* In ''{{Hellblazer}}'', John Constantine's surname is '''not pronounced''' as "Constanteen" (he hates everyone getting his name different, especially yanks), but rather rhymes with "nine" and "canine".

* In ''MonsterSquad'' Fat Kid is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep rarely referred to as anything but "Fat Kid"]], even by his friends and ''especially'' by EJ and the other local bullies. But he gets to combine this trope with a DramaticGunCock after taking out the Gill-Man with a shotgun in an utterly cool CrowningMomentofAwesome.

-->'''Fat Kid:''' "My name..." ([[Dramatic Gun Cock pumps his shotgun]]) "... is '''''HORACE!'''''

* In ''Film/MonsterSquad'' Fat Kid is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep rarely referred to as anything but "Fat Kid"]], even by his friends and ''especially'' by EJ and the other local bullies. But he gets to combine this trope with a DramaticGunCock after taking out the Gill-Man with a shotgun in an utterly cool CrowningMomentofAwesome.