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"Also... Stop calling my sister Onodera! It's my last name too! Sometimes I don't know who you're talking to!"
— Haru Onodera, Nisekoi
Film — Live-Action
Pepper Potts: Phil! Come in!
Tony Stark: [confused] Phil?! Uh, his first name is "Agent".
Tony Stark: [confused] Phil?! Uh, his first name is "Agent".
Carol Danvers: What do people call you?
Nick Fury: Fury.
Carol Danvers: Just Fury?
Nick Fury: Yep. Not Nicholas. Not Joseph. Just Fury.
Carol Danvers: What does your mother call you then?
Nick Fury: Fury.
Carol Danvers: What do your friends call you?
Nick Fury: Fury.
Carol Danvers: Kids?
Nick Fury: If I ever have them? Just Fury.
Nick Fury: Fury.
Carol Danvers: Just Fury?
Nick Fury: Yep. Not Nicholas. Not Joseph. Just Fury.
Carol Danvers: What does your mother call you then?
Nick Fury: Fury.
Carol Danvers: What do your friends call you?
Nick Fury: Fury.
Carol Danvers: Kids?
Nick Fury: If I ever have them? Just Fury.
Dr. Hare: Well, now, let's get on, Miss Strudwick. Er-
Miss Strudwick: Why don't you call me "Kitten"? Everyone does.
Dr. Hare: Oh, I think for professional reasons we'll keep it as "Miss Strudwick".
Miss Strudwick: Why don't you call me "Kitten"? Everyone does.
Dr. Hare: Oh, I think for professional reasons we'll keep it as "Miss Strudwick".
Blanche: Hello, Stella.
Stella: "Miss Hopkins", if you don't mind.
Stella: "Miss Hopkins", if you don't mind.
Chesney: Really, Spendlove?
Alex: Don't call me "Spendlove". Call me "Alex", and I'll think of something to call you.
Alex: Don't call me "Spendlove". Call me "Alex", and I'll think of something to call you.
Joanna: [to Lodge] Help me out here, Kevin.
Cass: Kevin?
Gary: Wait, your name is Kevin?
Leo: You have a first name?
Cass: Kevin?
Gary: Wait, your name is Kevin?
Leo: You have a first name?
Literature
Taeko Nagafuji: I notice you’ve switched to "Nagafuji" now, huh, Akira-chan?
Akira Hino: ...You already call me Hino in public anyway.
Nagafuji: Yeah.
Hino's Narration: Were we growing apart, or had we simply grown sensitive to societal norms? My gloopy emotions were starting to solidify. Maybe once they took on an immutable shape, I would finally find the words to describe how I felt about her.
Akira Hino: ...You already call me Hino in public anyway.
Nagafuji: Yeah.
Hino's Narration: Were we growing apart, or had we simply grown sensitive to societal norms? My gloopy emotions were starting to solidify. Maybe once they took on an immutable shape, I would finally find the words to describe how I felt about her.
Genly Ai: Is it going to be "Mr." clear across the Gobrin Ice?
Therem Harth rem ir Estraven: I don't know what to call you.
Genly: My name is Genly Ai.
Estraven: I know. You use my landname.
Genly: I don't know what to call you either.
Estraven: Harth.
Genly: Then I'm Ai. —Who uses first names?
Estraven: Hearth-brothers, or friends.
Therem Harth rem ir Estraven: I don't know what to call you.
Genly: My name is Genly Ai.
Estraven: I know. You use my landname.
Genly: I don't know what to call you either.
Estraven: Harth.
Genly: Then I'm Ai. —Who uses first names?
Estraven: Hearth-brothers, or friends.
Live-Action TV
"I even made my parents call me Mulder."
— Fox Mulder, The X-Files
Sally: Mr. Randall and I have a dreamy relationship.
Tommy: Oh, yeah! You don't even call him by his first name.
Sally: [after a beat] That's what sophisticated people do on this planet.
Tommy: Oh, yeah! You don't even call him by his first name.
Sally: [after a beat] That's what sophisticated people do on this planet.
— 3rd Rock from the Sun, "See Dick Run"
Tracey: Just stop callin' her "Judith", will ya?
Sharon: It's her name!
Tracey: To her friends! We're clients. She probably wants to keep a professional distance.
Sharon: It's her name!
Tracey: To her friends! We're clients. She probably wants to keep a professional distance.
— Birds of a Feather, "Out"
Geri: What's your real name?
Columbo: Lieutenant Columbo.
Geri: Your first name.
Columbo: Lieutenant.
Columbo: Lieutenant Columbo.
Geri: Your first name.
Columbo: Lieutenant.
— Columbo, "Undercover"
Video Games
Urdnot Wrex: Shepard.
Commander Shepard: Wrex.
Commander Shepard: Wrex.
Lavinia Herbert: You are too forward, Miss Crewe. I have not invited you to use my Christian name.
Sara Crewe: We have already been introduced—
Lavinia: Knowing one's name is not sufficient reason to use it. A friend would call me Lavinia. You and I are not yet such friends.
Sara Crewe: We have already been introduced—
Lavinia: Knowing one's name is not sufficient reason to use it. A friend would call me Lavinia. You and I are not yet such friends.
Rynith: Ehehe...... so Signum-san calls Fate by "Testarossa".
Signum: Yes, well...... everyone around her calls her "Fate"......but that's what I've called her ever since we first met.
Rynith: So it became a habit?
Signum: Something of the sort... Though I call her that, she still greets me with a smile, so I doubt she dislikes it.
Signum: Yes, well...... everyone around her calls her "Fate"......but that's what I've called her ever since we first met.
Rynith: So it became a habit?
Signum: Something of the sort... Though I call her that, she still greets me with a smile, so I doubt she dislikes it.
Web Animation
And I'm Voliostramort Guy, everyone just calls me "Guy" though, cause I hate my first name.
Western Animation
Mariner: "D'Vana"? Is that some other weird title you've got?
Tendi: It's my name.
Mariner: Oh.
Tendi: What, you don't even know my first name?
Mariner: I thought it was Tendi, like, with no last name. Like Odo.
Tendi: We have been working together for over a year, Beckett.
Mariner: Well now you're just showing off.
Tendi: It's my name.
Mariner: Oh.
Tendi: What, you don't even know my first name?
Mariner: I thought it was Tendi, like, with no last name. Like Odo.
Tendi: We have been working together for over a year, Beckett.
Mariner: Well now you're just showing off.
— Star Trek: Lower Decks, "We'll Always Have Tom Paris"
