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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Better think of something cool to say to make him stop...'' '''"HEY YOU!"''' ''Hehe...Genius, farmer, genius!''
|Farmer with Shotgun, ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]]''}}
{{quote|'''Daphne''':
'''Velma''':
|''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]''}}
There are many ways for people, friends, and family members to address each other, each with its own nuanced [[Subtext]] for that particular relationship. This often factors in and includes such things as age, respect, social station, and gender.
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So when a son calls his dad by first name, or a "friend" will only ever address you as "Hey, You! Yeah, ''you''," people take notice...and offense.
There are many, ''many'' variations, but the general gist of
A change in Hey You can serve lots of purposes other than establishing a disdainful relationship. A [[Deadpan Snarker]] or [[The Nicknamer]] suddenly calling the hero by name is a sign of hard-earned respect or [[You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious|seriously dire circumstances]], likewise a boy calling his stepfather "Dad", or a drop in formality when Doctor Pretentious [[First-Name Basis|insist you call her Jane]]. Or the reverse, if Jane [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs|insists on "Doctor Pretentious"]].
One particularly odd subtrope is that often, parents in [[Western Animation]] ''[[Unnamed Parent|do not have names]]''. People are forced to either call them by last name, or [[The Fairly
Compare [[Terms of Endangerment]]. Not to be confused with [[Hey, Wait!]]
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* Tyki Mikk from ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' is pretty much always referring to his foe Allen as "boy".
* Genma Saotome in ''[[
* Nanjiroh Echizen also refers to his son Ryoma as "boy" sometimes in [[The Prince of Tennis]]. Additional, Momoshiro and Kaidoh call each other "Mamushi" and "moron", and Kamio also refers to Kaidoh as "mamushi". {{spoiler|Until Kaidoh becomes the Seigaku captain in his third year; Momoshiro calls him by his surname, since he's implied to be his sub-captain.}}
* In ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', Piyomon calls Masaru just that, prompting a reaction of "Where's my honorific?"
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*** The joke here, for those who don't know the nuances of Japanese language, is that Daisuke actually added the honorific "-kun" to the "omae" part. That's right, he just said "you" is Takeru's ''name''.
** The dub rendered this as "Hey, buddy!" for that particular line, and then continued the theme with Davis calling TK [[My Name Is Not Durwood|TO, TS, TA]], etc.
* In ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', Syaoran calls Sakura anything but her name (usually preferring just "
* Jun Manjoume of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]! GX'' gets upset when people don't call him "Manjoume-san" and frequently retorts with, at first, "Manjoume-san, da!" and eventually simply "San, da!" Since "sandaa" is how the English word 'thunder' is pronounced in Japanese, he earns the nickname "Manjoume Thunder" at North Academy for this insistence.
* ''[[
** [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]] Doumeki usually calls Watanuki "you" or "dumbass". When he does start calling Watanuki by his name, he does it without the usual expected [[Honorifics]]. [[Ho Yay|Most fans interpret that exactly how you would expect them to.]]
** One of the first hints that Kohane's home life [[Abusive Parents|isn't all that great]] is that her mother never calls her by her name.
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* In ''[[Cromartie High School]]'', both Kamiyama and Hayashida call Hokuto's henchman this, prompting him to try to [[The Un-Reveal|reveal his name to them without any success.]]
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Chang Wu Fei]] from ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' referred to [[Team Mom|Lucrezia Noin]] as "woman" precisely once, when the two were opponents in a heated battle and didn't know each others' names. Unfortunately for Wu Fei, [[Never Live It Down|fan portrayals of him cite that one instance as concrete proof that he's a]] [[He-Man Woman Hater]].
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Gauron tends to address certain people in an overly familiar way, and being the [[Jerkass]] he is, becomes even more persistent about calling them that way when they express discomfort and anger. Towards Sousuke, he insists on continuing to call him "Kashim" (and occasionally "[[Ho Yay|Honey]]"), which Sousuke ''hates'', because Gauron is ''not'' his friend. And then he called John Dunnigan by his first name "John," to which Dunnigan angrily told him to not do, since he only allows close friends to call him that. Gauron's response? Attack him, hold a gun to his privates, and [[Groin Attack|threaten to shoot them off]] if he doesn't let him call him that.
** In the novels he also calls Kaname "Kana-chan," something only her best friend Kyoko calls her.
** He also addresses Kalinin in a very casual manner, calling him "Iwan (Ivan?)", a name no one else uses with him.
*** It should be noted that "Ivan" is ''not'' Kalinin's first
* The original Japanese version of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' features the Ginyu Force calling Vegeta "Vegeta-chan", which, of course, pisses him off.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]'', Teana addresses Caro as "chibi-ko" (translated as "little one" or "kid") until learning her name. During the first season, Fate tends to refer to Nanoha as "you," or "that girl" until the [[Say My Name]] scene in the last episode.
* In ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', Keichi's and Megumi's parents require them to call them by names rather than "Mom" and "Dad".
* In ''[[Bleach]]'' Ishida Uryuu calls his father by his given name. They are not on good terms.
* ''[[Hellsing
* Shizuo Heiwajima of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is prone to this, either forgetting appropriate honorifics or forgetting names entirely, mostly because [[No Social Skills|he doesn't really know any better]]. Tom notes that this is probably one of the reasons people would pick fights with him in school.
* Takeru of ''[[Akuma de Sourou]]'' greets his crush's crush as Yuu-chan. Both Kayano and Kamijou are naturally horrified; this is ''not'' an introductory phrase. Of course, he wasn't feeling too friendly towards Kamijou, being his rival and all.
* Van of ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' is horrible with names, rarely even remembering the names of people he travels with for months. (He learns Wendy's name after a few episodes and one of the first clues that Priscilla is a love interest is the fact that he remembers her name right off the bat.) One the rare occasions when he does address people by name, he almost never uses honorifics.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': When Utena wins her first duel with Saionji, Anthy stops referring to Saionji as [[Japanese Honorifics|''-sama'']] and starts using ''-senpai'' to indicate she no longer has any obligation to be subservient to him.
* In the beginning of ''[[Hatenkou Yuugi]]'', Rahzel fights with Alzeid over this.
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** And when he finally does call her by her name, she gets upset because he didn't use an [[Japanese Honorifics|honorific]] like sama or dono. (Both are extremely formal and respectful.) She had to compromise on that, though.
* Barnaby from ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' makes a point of calling Kotetsu "old man" - at least {{spoiler|[[First-Name Basis|until the end of episode 13.]]}}
* Early on in ''[[
* Hibiki from ''[[Vandread]]'' always calls Dita "omee". The first and only time he calls her by name on-screen is the very end of the series finale, signaling a [[Relationship Upgrade]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** Rick: I'm Rick Sheridan, can I call you Bill?
** William: Only if I can call you "R-Sherry".
* During the "Merged Hulk" period in [[Incredible Hulk
* Slight subversion in [[Justice Society of America]]: While evil, Todd referred to Alan as 'Father'; after becoming good again, he switched to the more casual 'Dad.'
* In [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]], comic character Johnny Thunder (who still exists, but a [[Retool]] or two has occurred) was connected to a genie-like 'living thunderbolt.' The word for summoning him was ''cei-u,'' but he never knew that, and was in fact unaware of the Thunderbolt's ''existence'' for a long time. Instead, he'd accidentally summon the Thunderbolt by yelling "Say, you!" at whatever bad guy he was confronting.
* Played with in an issue of ''[[Suicide Squad]]'', when Father Richard Craemer is appointed team chaplain:
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'''Craemer:''' 'The Reverend Hey You' has a certain ring to it, don't you think? }}
== [[Film]] ==
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* In the ''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]'' movie, Coraline refuses to address her Other parents as Mother and Father, and after she realizes that the Other world isn't a dream come true, she deliberately calls her Other father "Hey you."
* In ''[[The Pianist]]'' the Nazis address Jews by the familiar you "du", an insult in German. (This is most notable in the scene where one Nazi is picking Jews out of a line to shoot: "du!...du!...du!".) When the Good German, Capt. Hosenfeld, speaks to Szpilman he adresses him with the respectful formal "you", "Sie".
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Harry Potter|Albus Dumbledore]] likes to annoy [[Big Bad|Lord Voldemort]] by calling him by his first name, "Tom", which he hates. In the [[Final Battle]] of Deathly Hallows Harry follows Dumbledore's example, calling Voldemort "Riddle" (which is his real surname, the one of his muggle father). The Dark Lord is not happy.
** Uncle Vernon also refers to Harry almost exclusively as "Boy".
** The Marauders also bestowed the insulting nickname "Snivellus" upon Snape in their schooldays.
* Shows up in one of [[C. S. Lewis]]'s ''[[Narnia]]'' books, ''[[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''. Eustace's parents ''insist'' on being called by their real names (Alberta and Harold) instead of Mum and Dad.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In
** Speaking of Pratchett: "It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17% of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family effort goes into selecting one at the start ("She looks like a Winnifred to me"), and the as the years roll by it suddenly finds itself being called Meepo or Ratbag."
** Also also Pratchett: In ''[[Pyramids]]'', we find that the name of the Discworld's greatest mathematician, who happens to be a camel, is "You Bastard".
** Talking about "Hey you!", in Rincewind's experience, the time to start running is around the ''e'' in "Hey you!"
** A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[
* In ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' Scout always refers to her dad, Atticus, by his first name. So does her brother. They love him dearly, but they always call him Atticus. It's specifically mentioned that their mean old lady neighbor, Mrs. Dubose, is appalled by this and uses it as evidence that the whole family is degenerate. (They do always call him "sir," and at least once he insists on it when he's in a stern mood, but for whatever reason they've just always called him Atticus.) She also snaps at Scout for saying "hey" to her instead of "good afternoon." And in the same book we have Dill picking up on the fact that Mr. Gilmer keeps calling Tom Robinson "boy" during his cross-examination, and when Scout finally greets Boo Radley with "Hey, Boo," Atticus corrects her that it's "Mr. Arthur."
* [[Lewis Carroll]] has some fun with this in the first fit of ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]'', when describing the Baker, one of the members of the snark-hunting expedition's motley crew:
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''He had seven coats on when he came,
''With three pairs of boots--but the worst of it was,
''He had wholly forgotten his name.
''He would answer to "Hi!" or to any loud cry,
''Such as "Fry me!" or "Fritter my wig!"
''To "What-you-may-call-um!" or "What-was-his-name!"
''But especially "Thing-um-a-jig!"
* Sideways Stories from ''[[Wayside School]]'' has two kids, Mac and Nancy, addressing each other with "You" and "Hey, you". As it turns out, though, they aren't being disrespectful; Nancy is embarrassed by ''his'' name and Mac by ''hers'', so they never properly introduced themselves to each other. They still address each other this way, though, even when {{spoiler|they start dating}}.
* In Hungarian epic ''Toldi'' a general asks Toldi (the hero) on the field: "Hey, peasant! Which way leads to Buda?" Toldi is a noble and, as expected, takes offense at the general mistaking him for a commoner due to his clothing. He doesn't say a thing but answers by pointing to Buda ''[[Badass|with a rave]]''. '''[[Rated "M" for Manly|One handed]]'''. The entire army goes "holy shit, that guy's STRONG!"
* In
{{quote|A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.}}
* Captain Lancaster, the mean teacher in ''[[Danny, the Champion of the World]]'' never calls the students by their names, just "you", "boy", or "girl".
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' novel "Greater Than the Sum", Picard is interviewing officers for positions on his crew. One lieutenant (who's presented as a bit of a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Bunny Ears Officer]]) introduces herself to the Captain as "Lieutenant Chen. My friends call me T'ressa. I've been known to answer to 'Hey you!'"
* This is part of the culture of Borribles in Michael de Larrabeiti's [[The Borribles|''Borribles'' trilogy]]: until they earn a proper name through an adventure, new Borribles are only ever known as "Hey, you", or various slang terms that mean much the same thing.
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Henry in ''[[Psych]]'' insists on being called by his first name.
* Red and Eric have this dynamic in ''[[That '70s Show]]''. Red calls Eric (and others) dumbass a lot of the time, Eric may call Red "Sir" to his face but usually calls him by his nickname but in a disrespectful way, not as "equals" (à la ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'') way behind his back.
* Baby Sinclair on ''[[Dinosaurs]]'' won't call Earl anything other than "not the mama". Though he would sometimes actually call him 'dada' or the like, when a situation asked for a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
* In ''Square Pegs'' [[La Donna]] (the cool group's [[Black Best Friend]] character) called the two leads "That Fat Girl" (Lauren) and "That Fat Girl's Friend" (Patty), even to their faces.
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** According to the Janitor, Lady (who was originally introduced by his shouting "Hey, Lady!" at her, which failed to convince JD they knew each other) has a brother named Him. Being the Janitor, of course, this may not be true.
** In the episode "His Story IV", Doctor Kelso tells the collection of new interns that he can't be bothered to remember their names, so he'll call all the males Dave and all the females Debbie. One female says that's ok, as her name is Debbie, so he tells her that out of fairness to the others, he'll refer to her as Slagathor.
* ''[[Have Gun — Will Travel]]'' features, as the main character, the mysterious Paladin, a gunslinger based out of old San Francisco who puts forth an image of refinement and education at odds with his [[Badass|violent profession]]. So, it's quite [[Values Dissonance|grating]] to the modern ear to hear him refer to the Chinese bellhop at his favorite hotel as "Hey, Boy"...especially since Hey Boy's real name was divulged in the show's first season! Still, Hey Boy seemed to embrace the odd moniker, going so far as to correct a stranger who once got his attention with "hey, you."
* ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'': Natural Born Kenan, when Kenan decides that he's adopted after finding no baby pictures of him nor any keepsakes of his childhood (they were destroyed in a basement flood), he starts referring to his parents, Roger and Sheryl, by their first names, thinking that they aren't his birth parents. After Sheryl requests that he stop doing this, he then refers to them as "Mr. and Mrs. Rockmore".
* In the ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|
** In "Sons and Bowlers", Charles Winchester calls Hawkeye by his nickname during a rare bonding moment.
** In "Death Takes a Holiday", Winchester and Klinger address each other by their first names after the latter discovers the former is an [[Anonymous Benefactor]] of Christmas gifts for Korean orphans. It's a true [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] for the show.
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* ''[[Phil of the Future]]'' had an episode where Pim says 'Hey! You with the face!' as she tries to get there attention.
* The eponymous ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'' refers to his young student Asumu almost exclusively as "Boy" (''shounen'' in Japanese). This even applies to the [[Alternate Universe]] version of Hibiki who appears in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]''.
* From ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Tim gets addressed by his father-in-law as "hey, you". He's not happy about it.
* ''[[Third Watch]]'': In the [[Pilot Episode]], we have this exchange:
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'''Doc''': New Kid.
'''Kim''': Hey, New Kid, get a move on! }}
* [[The Alcoholic|Father Jack]] from ''[[Father Ted]]'' usually only speaks in [[Punctuated!
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== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* [[Pink Floyd|Hey you/Out there in the cold/Getting lonely getting old/Can you feel me?]]
* [[Department of Redundancy Department|Hey, hey, you, you!]] [[Avril Lavigne|I don't like your girlfriend!]]
* [[The Rolling Stones|Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!]]
* From the soundtrack of ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]]'', [[Spice Girls|Hey, you, over there...]]
* The Exies have a song, which was featured in [[Guitar Hero]] by the name of
* [[Bachman Turner Overdrive]] gives us: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyMNCqhRNOM Hey You]!
* Johnny Winter's "Hey You" consists entirely of the lines
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'''Backup singers:''' Who, me?
'''Johnny Winter:''' Yeah, YOU!
*guitar solo*
'''Johnny Winter:''' ...oh, 'scuse me, I thought you were someone else. }}
* [[Dream Theater]]'s song "Vacant" begins with "Hey you. Hey you. I'm right here."
* From ''[[Peanuts]]'': Prior to 1970 or so, Snoopy had no trouble remembering his owner's name, but after that, he only referred to Charlie Brown as "the round-headed kid". This is even lampshaded in one strip where he has trouble filling out a form where he has to write "Name of Owner", and is embarrassed when Charlie Brown has to remind him.
== [[
* Children sometimes revert to this trope when trying to grab the attention of a friend's parents, especially with regard to mothers, who may or may not share a last name with their child.▼
** Children may also use their parent's first name when there are a lot of parents around, because then "Mom!" doesn't help.▼
* Consider dating: at which point do you stop calling your girlfriend/boyfriend's parents "Mr. & Mrs. X" and start calling them by something less formal, be it "mom/dad" or their first name.▼
* Can also be done between couples and good friends - referring to them as "you" can be a sign of affection, particularly in response to friendly mocking or teasing.▼
* Similar to the in-laws problem above, in the spanish language we have two singular second person pronouns, "tu" (informal) and "usted" (formal). People with more authority than one are normally refered in a formal way, but sometimes a more fraternal relationship might develop, yet the former underling might still be calling the other one "usted." Argentinian spanish avoids this by using only "vos"▼
== Stand-[[Up Comedy]] ==▼
* Comedian [[Brain Regan]] claims that he and may others will refer to people by some sort of nickname to get their attention.
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'''Friend:''' My name's not "buckaroo"!
'''Brian:''' Su-sure it is..."partner". }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* "[[Hotel Mario|HEY YOU! GET OFFA MY CLOUD!]]"
* [[Heroic Sociopath|Gig]] from ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' refers to almost everyone in your party with an insulting nickname, despite being perfectly capable of remembering names properly. The main character is "kid". [[Little Bit Beastly|Danette]] is "stupid cow". [[Big Brother Instinct|Levin]] is "sister-loving bovine". Your [[Mentor]] Layna is "Old Hag". And so on and so on.
* For some reason, the Soldier in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' calls the Medic on his team "Sally", "pumpkin", "sister", and "sweetheart".
* In ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'', Shizune's father, Jigoro, calls Hisao "boy" and typically merely uses "you" on Misha, or "the pink-haired girl" when he's talking about her.
* In ''[[Dragon Age
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', Phil refers to Sora as "kid" until Sora insists on being called by his name.
* In the [[Pinball]] game ''Cyclone'', this is one of the [[Mad Libs Dialogue]] phrases that the carnival barker uses.
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"Hey, you! With the face!" }}
* While ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' has voice acting, none of the dialogue is fully voiced. Instead, a short sound bite plays to indicate who's speaking. Whenever Gum (one of the GG's, the protagonists) speaks, she says, "Hey, you!". This also happens in the half-sequel / half-remake [[Jet Set Radio Future]].
* There's a character in the webcomic ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' whose name is The Boy because the creator couldn't be bothered to give him a real name.▼
** [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|The Boy]] in ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' has a real name: Eustace. It's mispronounced "Useless" by Elodie, the French girl with whom he goes to stay, so he might be better off as The Boy.▼
** Elodie was the one who GAVE him the nickname by accident in fact, refering to him as "le garcon" ("the boy") in some provided backstory when she first visited on an exchange.▼
** Until very recently,{{when}} The Boy's parents didn't have names either. They even referred to each other as "The Mother" and "The Father."▼
* ''None'' of the three central human characters in ''How to Make a Sprite Comic in 8 Easy Bits'' have names - they're just "the author," "the friend," and "the girl."▼
* The main character in ''Experimental Comic Kotone'' <s>has no name</s> has a name that cannot be known by the reader. Kotone, of course, calls him Onii-chan, and Konstantine also refers to him as "My Brother" even though they aren't related. The others usually just use second-person pronouns. Occasionally, a speech bubble in which he would be introduced is obscured by something else.▼
* No matter the situation, David of ''[[Living with Insanity]]'' refuses to [http://www.livingwithinsanity.com/index/?p=85 respond to anyone who calls him Dave]. Apparently this is also the same in RL.▼
* This occurs in ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'', where the BLU Scout refuses to address the BLU Spy nothing but gay slurs: "Cockfag", "Ass-monkey", and the memorable [[Memetic Mutation|"Pickle thief"]], etc. {{spoiler|Even after he confesses his feelings towards the Spy.}}▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Timmy's parents in ''[[The Fairly
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Bart often calls his father "Homer" instead of "Dad". Probably a sign of how bratty Bart is, although Homer also usually refers to Bart as "the boy". It's actually a [[Running Gag]] that Homer is forever trying to get Bart to call him "Daddy," which never happens. (In one of the comics, an imposter is standing in for Bart, and Bart tells the impostor to remember to always say "Homer" instead of "Daddy".) The episode that flashbacked to Lisa's first word did a lot of jokes on it, too. One side effect is that, on the very rare occasion that Bart does call him Dad, it's usually very touching.
** When ''The Simpsons'' was first airing, Bart addressing Homer by his first name was a bit controversial. Not only that, but there were a couple or so times that Bart made fun of his name, calling him "Homeboy".
* On ''[[Futurama]]'', the will of Bender's uncle Vladimir includes his "loyal butler, 'You There', for his ''decades'' of dedicated service..."
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* An oddly affectionate version of this shows up in ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'', when Eric first acknowledges Hay Lin, he says "hey you" to her, she corrects him: "It's Hay Lin...". The next instance appears after Hay Lin saves Eric's life in "T is for Trauma": "Hey you, when did you get braces?" He continues occasionally addressing her with "hey you" for the rest of the series, Hay Lin doesn't seem to mind.
* Cotton Hill only calls Peggy "Hank's Wife", even on the extremely rare occasions he wasn't being cruel to her on ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
* Helga's father, "Big Bob" Pataki from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', usually referred to her "the girl", as she's the less-liked sister of perfect Olga. He also persistently called her "Olga," much to her annoyance.
* Pete says this in a few classic Disney Cartoons such as 'Moving Day' and 'Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip'.
* On ''[[Men in Black (animation)|Men in Black]],'' Kay always calls Jay "Slick" or some other mildly disrespectful nickname, as a sign that he doesn't think Jay's skills are quite as good as he
** "Slick" is also a genuinely affectionate nickname for Jay as well.
** In another episode, following a major slip-up on Jay's part, Kay starts calling his partner "Sparky", telling him he has to work his way back up to "Slick."
* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers
* In ''[[The Flight of Dragons]]'', the characters challenge an ogre, and, not knowing its real name, resort to calling it "Hey, you!". When one of the party steps in to assist with the fight, we get this challenge:
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== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* Children sometimes revert to this trope when trying to grab the attention of a friend's parents, especially with regard to mothers, who may or may not share a last name with their child.
▲** Children may also use their parent's first name when there are a lot of parents around, because then "Mom!" doesn't help.
▲* Consider dating: at which point do you stop calling your girlfriend/boyfriend's parents "Mr. & Mrs. X" and start calling them by something less formal, be it "mom/dad" or their first name.
▲* Can also be done between couples and good friends - referring to them as "you" can be a sign of affection, particularly in response to friendly mocking or teasing.
▲* Similar to the in-laws problem above, in the
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
▲* There's a character in the webcomic ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' whose name is The Boy because the creator couldn't be bothered to give him a real name.
▲** [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|The Boy]] in ''[[Scary Go Round]]'' has a real name: Eustace. It's mispronounced "Useless" by Elodie, the French girl with whom he goes to stay, so he might be better off as The Boy.
▲** Elodie was the one who GAVE him the nickname by accident in fact, refering to him as "le garcon" ("the boy") in some provided backstory when she first visited on an exchange.
▲** Until very recently, The Boy's parents didn't have names either. They even referred to each other as "The Mother" and "The Father."
▲* ''None'' of the three central human characters in ''How to Make a Sprite Comic in 8 Easy Bits'' have names - they're just "the author," "the friend," and "the girl."
▲* The main character in ''Experimental Comic Kotone'' <s>has no name</s> has a name that cannot be known by the reader. Kotone, of course, calls him Onii-chan, and Konstantine also refers to him as "My Brother" even though they aren't related. The others usually just use second-person pronouns. Occasionally, a speech bubble in which he would be introduced is obscured by something else.
▲* No matter the situation, David of [[Living with Insanity]] refuses to [http://www.livingwithinsanity.com/index/?p=85 respond to anyone who calls him Dave]. Apparently this is also the same in RL.
▲* This occurs in ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'', where the BLU Scout refuses to address the BLU Spy nothing but gay slurs: "Cockfag", "Ass-monkey", and the memorable [[Memetic Mutation|"Pickle thief"]], etc. {{spoiler|Even after he confesses his feelings towards the Spy.}}
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