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* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': Garion's CharacterDevelopment is indicated by the way he thinks of his companions, particularly Belgarath and Polgara. Throughout the first two books, Garion calls Belgarath "Grandfather" or "Mister Wolf" and Polgara "Aunt Pol", because those were the first names he learned for them. At the end of book two, Garion discovers his own powers of sorcery and begins to learn more about the events going on around him, and thereafter they are "Belgarath" and "Polgara".
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* ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'': Upon both Obi-Wan and Vader concluding that Anakin Skywalker, the latter's past self, is beyond saving from the Dark Side, the former begins exclusively addressing his former pupil as Darth Vader, or just by his title, continuing to do so by ''Film/ANewHope''.
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' Then my friend is truly dead. Goodbye, Darth.
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* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': Laurence shifts from LastNameBasis to FirstNameBasis with two of his TrueCompanions. His NumberTwo John Granby gets this between the first and second book, recognizing their {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip and that Laurence is loosening up a bit; Tenzing Tharkay gets it by the sixth book after helping Laurence through his DarkestHour.

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* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': Laurence shifts from his usual LastNameBasis to FirstNameBasis with two of his TrueCompanions. His NumberTwo John Granby gets this goes from "Granby" to "John" between the first and second book, recognizing their {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip and that Laurence is loosening up a bit; Tenzing Tharkay gets it his close friendgoes from "Tharkay" to "Tenzing" by the sixth book after helping Laurence through his DarkestHour.
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* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': Laurence shifts from LastNameBasis to FirstNameBasis with two of his TrueCompanions. His NumberTwo John Granby gets this between the first and second book, recognizing their {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip and that Laurence is loosening up a bit; Tenzing Tharkay gets it by the sixth book after helping Laurence through his DarkestHour.

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* ''Manhwa/DoomBreaker'': Eurydice had Georgios refer to her by her name instead of "Royal Highness" [[spoiler:after he presented the Dragon Heart to her and before she reciprocated his feelings]].


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* ''Manhwa/DoomBreaker'': Eurydice had Georgios refer to her by her name instead of "Royal Highness" [[spoiler:after he presented the Dragon Heart to her and before she reciprocated his feelings]].
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* ''Literature/TheLeftHandOfDarkness'': The main characters Genly and Estraven use [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs honorifics]] for each other in the first part, as Genly is unsubtle about disliking Estraven, but shift to LastNameBasis when they undertake a dangerous mission together. A combination of {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip and the intimacy of {{Telepath|y}}ic communication make them switch to FirstNameBasis. The first shift is {{Discussed|Trope}} as Estraven pointedly acknowledges that they're allies, ''not'' friends.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora subtly takes advantage of this trope when trying to convince Gren to join her in a risky gambit against the gnoll warband threatening their tribe. The 'G' in Gren's name was originally a prefix signifying his youth, he would have ritually shed it had he not horrifically botched his coming-of-age attempt and gotten exiled from the clan. By calling him 'Ren' during her persuasions, she reminds him of the adult name he could have had, urging him to take this chance to regain his honor in the eyes of their clan.

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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora subtly takes advantage of this trope when trying to convince Gren to join her in a risky gambit against the gnoll warband threatening their tribe. The 'G' in Gren's name was originally a prefix signifying his youth, he would have ritually shed it had he not horrifically botched his coming-of-age attempt and gotten exiled from the clan. By calling him 'Ren' during her persuasions, she reminds him of the adult name he could have had, urging manipulating him to take this chance to regain his honor in the eyes of their clan.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora subtly takes advantage of this trope when trying to convince Gren to join her in a risky gambit against the gnoll warband threatening their tribe. The 'G' in Gren's name was originally a prefix signifying his youth, he would have ritually shed it had he not horrifically botched his coming-of-age attempt and gotten exiled from the clan. By calling him 'Ren' during her persuasions, she reminds him of the name he could have had, urging him to take this chance to regain his honor in the eyes of their clan.

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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora subtly takes advantage of this trope when trying to convince Gren to join her in a risky gambit against the gnoll warband threatening their tribe. The 'G' in Gren's name was originally a prefix signifying his youth, he would have ritually shed it had he not horrifically botched his coming-of-age attempt and gotten exiled from the clan. By calling him 'Ren' during her persuasions, she reminds him of the adult name he could have had, urging him to take this chance to regain his honor in the eyes of their clan.
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Jesse always calls Walter "Mr. White" since he used to be his chemistry teacher, and their relationship in the early seasons remained that of a mentor and apprentice. However, as Walter grows increasingly ruthless and betrays Jesse's trust over and over, their relationship grows progressively strained until finally breaking down completely in the final season. The last time they ever address each other, Jesse calls him simply, "Walt."
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora subtly takes advantage of this trope when trying to convince Gren to join her in a risky gambit against the gnoll warband threatening their tribe. The 'G' in Gren's name was originally a prefix signifying his youth, he would have ritually shed it had he not horrifically botched his coming-of-age attempt and gotten exiled from the clan. By calling him 'Ren' during her persuasions, she reminds him of the name he could have had, urging him to take this chance to regain his honor in the eyes of their clan.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}:'' [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] refers to Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne/Batman]] as "Detective," basically complimenting him as a WorthyOpponent. Though often disparaging of the Robins, at various points he's referred to them as "Detective" when they manage to thwart him (though it tends to come off as less friendly).

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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}:'' [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] refers to Characters/BatmanTheCharacter [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne/Batman]] as "Detective," basically complimenting him as a WorthyOpponent. Though often disparaging of the Robins, at various points he's referred to them as "Detective" when they manage to thwart him (though it tends to come off as less friendly).
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* ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}:'' Comicbook/RasAlGhul refers to Bruce as "Detective," basically complimenting him as a WorthyOpponent. Though often disparaging of the Robins, at various points he's referred to them as "Detective" when they manage to thwart him (though it tends to come off as less friendly).

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* ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}:'' Comicbook/RasAlGhul ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}:'' [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] refers to Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne/Batman]] as "Detective," basically complimenting him as a WorthyOpponent. Though often disparaging of the Robins, at various points he's referred to them as "Detective" when they manage to thwart him (though it tends to come off as less friendly).
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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Throughout the series, Kevin often calls the titular characters [[CatchphraseInsult "dorks'']] to show his dislike of them, especially Eddy. [[spoiler:At the end of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Kevin calls Eddy "pal" to signify that the Eds are finally accepted by the kids after Eddy's brother's defeat and his abuse being the reason behind Eddy's behavior.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Throughout the series, Kevin often calls the titular characters [[CatchphraseInsult "dorks'']] "[[CatchphraseInsult dorks]]" to show his dislike of them, especially Eddy. [[spoiler:At the end of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Kevin calls Eddy "pal" to signify that the Eds are finally accepted by the kids after Eddy's brother's defeat and his abuse being the reason behind Eddy's behavior.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Throughout the series, Kevin often calls the titular characters "[[CatchphraseInsult dorks]]'' to show his dislike of them, especially Eddy. [[spoiler:At the end of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Kevin calls Eddy "pal" to signify that the Eds are finally accepted by the kids after Eddy's brother's defeat and his abuse being the reason behind Eddy's behavior.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Throughout the series, Kevin often calls the titular characters "[[CatchphraseInsult dorks]]'' [[CatchphraseInsult "dorks'']] to show his dislike of them, especially Eddy. [[spoiler:At the end of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Kevin calls Eddy "pal" to signify that the Eds are finally accepted by the kids after Eddy's brother's defeat and his abuse being the reason behind Eddy's behavior.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Throughout the series, Kevin often calls the titular characters "[[CatchphraseInsult dorks]]'' to show his dislike of them, especially Eddy. [[spoiler:At the end of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'', Kevin calls Eddy "pal" to signify that the Eds are finally accepted by the kids after Eddy's brother's defeat and his abuse being the reason behind Eddy's behavior.]]
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Before episode 5, Halbrand always referred to Galadriel as the [[RaceNameBasis "Elf"]]. But in this episode, after hearing Galadriel's FreudianExcuse, he finally starts to refer to her as Galadriel, showing a significant shift in their relationship. After this episode, Galadriel and Halbrand grew closer and more personable with each other.

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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Before episode 5, Halbrand always referred to Galadriel as the [[RaceNameBasis "Elf"]]. But in this episode, after hearing Galadriel's FreudianExcuse, he finally starts to refer to her as Galadriel, showing a significant shift in their relationship. After this episode, Galadriel and Halbrand grew grow closer and more personable with each other.for the rest of the season.

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