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** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0483.html Another instance]], when Belkar decides being left behind is an elaborate prank:
--->'''Belkar''' OK, elf, enough with the jokes. You got me, fair enough, now bring the ship back. ...Vaarsuvius?

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** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0483.html Another instance]], when Belkar decides being left behind is an elaborate prank:
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prank. He talks to thin air, assuming Vaarsuvius is messing with him until the reality sinks in that the other Order members are gone.
-->'''Belkar:'''
OK, elf, enough with the jokes. You got me, fair enough, now bring the ship back. ...No, seriously, wherever you're hiding: You really had me thinking for a minute that we got left behind. Great illusion. Now, can we just get out of this stupid city already? ...Vaarsuvius?

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--->'''Superman''': Where's Bruce?

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--->'''Superman''': --> '''Superman:''' Where's Bruce?your boss?\\
'''Robin:''' ''[shrugs]'' Around.\\
'''Superman:''' Alright, let's try this another way. ''Where's Bruce?''
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* Throughout most of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Master Shifu refers to Po only as "Panda", probably due to his lack of respect for him. When Po finally proves himself by defeating Tai Lung, Shifu starts to call him by name.

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* Throughout most of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', Master Shifu refers to Po only as "Panda", probably due to his lack of respect for him. When Po finally proves himself by defeating Tai Lung, Shifu starts to call him by name.
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* ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'': When Lotto, Boromid and Ah-dol realize they are really [[spoiler: about to die]] they slide into calling each other by their [[FullNameBasis real names]] instead of their [[ScreenName screen names]] (Jang-Gun, Kwan-Su, and Woon-Suk, respectively), which they notably initially [[InsistentTerminology made a point of using]] but now come automatically.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' -- Kay calls Jay "Jay" -- compared to how he's ranked Jay from Tiger (competent streak) to Slick (regular) to Sparky (did something REALLY stupid) -- when Jay gets REALLY intuitive against heat-loving (to the point of psychopathy) aliens. Too bad Jay's not good enough (at golf) to hold it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'' -- Kay calls Jay "Jay" -- compared to how he's ranked Jay from Tiger (competent streak) to Slick (regular) to Sparky (did something REALLY stupid) -- when Jay gets REALLY intuitive against heat-loving (to the point of psychopathy) aliens. Too bad Jay's not good enough (at golf) to hold it.

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', Klavier usually calls Apollo "Herr Forehead". When he calls him "Apollo Justice", it's serious.
--->"Are you... telling the truth, Apollo Justice...?"
** And in ''Trials and Tribulations'', Godot calls Phoenix Wright, "Trite," because he blames him for Mia's death. He only calls Phoenix by his real name at the end of the last case in the game after [[spoiler: he successfully proved that Godot was the real killer, and proved his worthiness as Mia's successor.]]
** In ''Dual Destinies'', Blackquills gives the Judge the less-than-flattering title of "Your Baldness", which he uses throughout the entire game. [[spoiler:Right up until the final trial that is, when he becomes dead-set on helping the defence take down the Phantom, and starts calling him the normal "Your Honor" instead.]]



* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Most of the time, Rin calls Shirou by his first name, as a way of teasing or taunting him. When she switches to using the more polite "Emiya-kun", it's a sign that the discussion has turned serious.



** And in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', Big Mama ''really'' gets Snake's attention by calling him "David." Not only does nobody ever call him that, but most of the cast probably doesn't even ''know'' it's his first name.[[note]] Only Meryl, and possibly Otacon, know Snake's first name.[[/note]]

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** And in * In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Metal Gear Solid 4]]'', Big Mama ''really'' gets Snake's attention by calling him "David." Not only does nobody ever call him that, but most of the cast probably doesn't even ''know'' it's his first name.[[note]] Only Meryl, and possibly Otacon, know Snake's first name.[[/note]]


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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', Klavier usually calls Apollo "Herr Forehead". When he calls him "Apollo Justice", it's serious.
--->"Are you... telling the truth, Apollo Justice...?"
** And in ''Trials and Tribulations'', Godot calls Phoenix Wright, "Trite," because he blames him for Mia's death. He only calls Phoenix by his real name at the end of the last case in the game after [[spoiler: he successfully proved that Godot was the real killer, and proved his worthiness as Mia's successor.]]
** In ''Dual Destinies'', Blackquill gives the Judge the less-than-flattering title of "Your Baldness", which he uses throughout the entire game. [[spoiler:Right up until the final trial that is, when he becomes dead-set on helping the defence take down the Phantom, and starts calling him the normal "Your Honor" instead.]]
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Most of the time, Rin calls Shirou by his first name, as a way of teasing or taunting him. When she switches to using the more polite "Emiya-kun", it's a sign that the discussion has turned serious.
* Ruby Tymora from ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'' always calls her protegé "Cuthbert". The first time she calls him Tyrion is when [[spoiler:she tries to explain herself when he explodes and calls her out on all the immoral things she has done, from collaborating with criminals to shaping his life with lies and false ideals]].
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMMbVlN-BoY&ab_channel=MarkPentler A 2007 New Zealand]] PublicServiceAnnouncement stars a group of friends who all call each other "Mate" (in fact, that's the only word said in the entire ad). The friends all goof around and get drunk while exclaiming "Mate!" for various reasons, until [[DrunkDriver they're driving home]] and one friend screams "MATE!" to the driver, who hits a pole and completely flips the car upside down, killing one of the passengers. At the end, the driver, with some healed scars on his face enters the pub again and acknowledges his friends as "Mate". However, both of his friends look at him with anger and disgust, and one calls him by his real name, Dave. The ad ends on the famous TagLine "If you drink, then drive, you're a bloody idiot", borrowed from the Advertising/TransportAccidentCommission.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Mendacity}}'': Aldrovanda usually calls Bon Bon by her Fae name Mendax. She only calls her Bon Bon when she's really desperate to get her attention.



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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7088653/1/Resolution Resolution]]'': The ''very first words'' spoken to Chell by [=GLaDOS=] count as this. In the games, she doesn't even bother to refer to Chell by name, instead simply going for a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] HeyYou approach. Here, however, she actively refers to Chell by her first name, shocking her greatly. Similarly, as [=GLaDOS=] slowly [[spoiler: starts to [[TookALevelInKindness take a level in kindness]]]], she begins to refer to [[MotorMouth Wheatley]] by name, rather than "the moron" or "the idiot ball."



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* In ''Fanfic/TheBlackEmperor'', Kallen breaks years of habit of treating her mother as just another maid and calls her "mom" when she pleads with her to leave the Stadtfeld manor.
* In ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAdventures'', the {{Series/Doctor|Who}} simply ''refuses'' to call [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] by her real name at first. He goes from Midnight Twinkle to Evening Glitter to Morning Glory - but when all the cards are down, he finally gives up the RunningGag.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of Las Vegas]]'', Wrestling/BeckyLynch (a criminal in this story) regularly addresses Wrestling/SashaBanks as "Nurse Magenta" (Sasha is a nurse in this story, and has magenta hair) whenever she visits her for medical treatment. After Becky is seriously injured after being attacked, she has her crew (led by Wrestling/BrookeTessmacher) trick Sasha into coming to her. Sasha is never happy having to treat Becky and is about to leave when Becky says, "Wait, Sasha." Being addressed by name makes Sasha realize just how seriously injured the usually flippant, jovial Becky really is, and stays to treat her.

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* In ''Fanfic/TheBlackEmperor'', ''Fanfic/TheBlackEmperor'': Kallen breaks years of habit of treating her mother as just another maid and calls her "mom" when she pleads with her to leave the Stadtfeld manor.
manor.* In ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAdventures'', the ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAdventures'': The {{Series/Doctor|Who}} simply ''refuses'' to call [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] by her real name at first. He goes from Midnight Twinkle to Evening Glitter to Morning Glory - -- but when all the cards are down, he finally gives up the RunningGag.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of of Las Vegas]]'', Vegas]]'': Wrestling/BeckyLynch (a criminal in this story) regularly addresses Wrestling/SashaBanks as "Nurse Magenta" (Sasha is a nurse in this story, and has magenta hair) whenever she visits her for medical treatment. After Becky is seriously injured after being attacked, she has her crew (led by Wrestling/BrookeTessmacher) trick Sasha into coming to her. Sasha is never happy having to treat Becky and is about to leave when Becky says, "Wait, Sasha." Being addressed by name makes Sasha realize just how seriously injured the usually flippant, jovial Becky really is, and stays to treat her.



* The ''very first words'' spoken to [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Chell]] by [=GLaDOS=] in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7088653/1/Resolution Resolution]]'' count as this. In the games, she doesn't even bother to refer to Chell by name, instead simply going for a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] HeyYou approach. Here, however, she actively refers to Chell by her first name, shocking her greatly. Similarly, as [=GLaDOS=] slowly [[spoiler: starts to [[TookALevelInKindness take a level in kindness]]]], she begins to refer to [[MotorMouth Wheatley]] by name, rather than "the moron" or "the idiot ball."
* Ichigo knows to take Zangetsu seriously in ''Fanfic/TheSnowHasStoppedTheRain'' when he calls him by his real name instead of [[spoiler: King (or some variant)]].

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* The ''very first words'' spoken to [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Chell]] by [=GLaDOS=] in the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7088653/1/Resolution Resolution]]'' count as this. In the games, she doesn't even bother to refer to Chell by name, instead simply going for a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] HeyYou approach. Here, however, she actively refers to Chell by her first name, shocking her greatly. Similarly, as [=GLaDOS=] slowly [[spoiler: starts to [[TookALevelInKindness take a level in kindness]]]], she begins to refer to [[MotorMouth Wheatley]] by name, rather than "the moron" or "the idiot ball."
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''Fanfic/TheSnowHasStoppedTheRain'': Ichigo knows to take Zangetsu seriously in ''Fanfic/TheSnowHasStoppedTheRain'' when he calls him by his real name instead of [[spoiler: King [[spoiler:King (or some variant)]].



* In the ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' series, this trope is in play any time the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Lord Inquisitor]] Mahanon refers to the [[DistaffCounterpart Lady Inquisitor]] by her full first name. He almost always addresses her by the {{Affectionate Nickname}}s "Toria" or "''ma da'vhenan''," so if he actually calls her "Victoria," he is either very angry or very afraid.
* In ''Fanfic/WaitingIsWorthIt'', when Izuku calls [[spoiler:Toshinori]] "dad" for the first time, he is so surprised by this that he suddenly [[spoiler:spits up blood onto the windshield and almost crashes the car]]. Thankfully Izuku's quirk prevents any serious damage or injuries.

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* In the ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' series, this ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'': This trope is in play any time the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Lord Inquisitor]] Mahanon refers to the [[DistaffCounterpart Lady Inquisitor]] by her full first name. He almost always addresses her by the {{Affectionate Nickname}}s "Toria" or "''ma da'vhenan''," so if he actually calls her "Victoria," he is either very angry or very afraid.
* In ''Fanfic/WaitingIsWorthIt'', when ''Fanfic/WaitingIsWorthIt'': When Izuku calls [[spoiler:Toshinori]] "dad" for the first time, he is so surprised by this that he suddenly [[spoiler:spits up blood onto the windshield and almost crashes the car]]. Thankfully Izuku's quirk prevents any serious damage or injuries.
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* In ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'' Johann Krauss, after spending the film being bossy and calling Liz "Agent Sherman" finally calls her by her name during his significant ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight moment.
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This may also include characters calling each other rude names when under stress, such as in the movie [[WesternAnimation/WhenTheWindBlows When The Wind Blows]] where Jim calls Hilda a "stupid bitch" when [[spoiler:the four-minute warning that the missiles have been launched sounds,]] [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint and his wife continues dawdling.]][[note]]Which differs from the comic book, in which he simply calls her a fool.[[/note]]
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* On ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Mr. Herriman always calls Frankie "Miss Frances". So it's a sign of just how desperate he is when [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes his fear of dogs]] overwhelms him in one episode and he calls out for "Frankie" to save him.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Mr. Herriman always calls Frankie "Miss Frances". So it's a sign of just how desperate he is when [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes his fear of dogs]] overwhelms him in one episode "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E13WhoLetTheDogsIn Who Let the Dogs In?]]" and he calls out for "Frankie" to save him.

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