Basic Trope: The parents are never referred to by their real names. * Straight: The parents are called "Mum"/"Mom" and "Dad" * Exaggerated: The kids are only called "Brother," "Sister," "Son," "Daughter," and similarly with uncles, aunts, and cousins. * Justified: The protagonist is so young that he has yet to learn that his parents have names other than "Mommy" and "Daddy." See Most Writers Are Adults. * Inverted: Unlike the conventional practice in American culture and elsewhere, the parents want their kids to call them by their names just like they would for anyone else. * The parents' names are known to the audience, but their son and daughter are only addressed with pet names ("sweetie," etc.) that don't even qualify as nicknames, and are only referred to as "Alice a
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