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{{quote|'''Daphne''': "Don't worry I know how to handle this guy...'''Hey You'''! What you doing?"<br />

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.

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"]].

Compare [[Terms of Endangerment]]. Not to be confused with [[Hey, Wait!]]

== [[Anime]] ==

* Genma Saotome in ''[[Ranma One Half|Ranma ½]]'' tends to call Ranma "Boy" (although not exclusively so), even/especially when Ranma is in girl form.

* 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.}}

*** 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.

** [[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.

* In [[Ikki Tousen]], Hakufu usually refers to others by cutesy nicknames derived from their names: "Gaku-chan" for Gakushuu, "Mou-chan" for Ryomou, "Ryu-chan" for Ryuubi, "Fu-chin" for Ryoufu, "Ton-chan" for Kakouton, "U-chan" for Ukitsu, and so forth. The only ones she refers to by name are her adoptive sister Chuubou and her cousin Koukin.

** Likewise, Kan'u is called "Kan-san" by the other two girls in her [[Power Trio]], Ryuubi and Chouhi, whom she calls by [[First-Name Basis|their first names]]. (And of course, Hakufu calls her "Kan-chan")

* 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]].

*** It should be noted that "Ivan" is ''not'' Kalinin's first name -- which is Andrei. "Ivan" is more like an insulting way of addressing a Russian, and it's been widely used during the Cold War, at least in the European countries.

* The original Japanese version of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' features the Ginyu Force calling Vegeta "Vegeta-chan", which, of course, pisses him off.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'' Ishida Uryuu calls his father by his given name. They are not on good terms.

* [[Hellsing|Alucard]] purposedly refuses to call his apprentice by her name Vicroria Seras, resorting instead to a sneering alias "police girl" which showes his disdain for her reluctance to drink blood and embrace her vampire nature in full extent.

* 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.

* 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 -sama and starts using -senpai to indicate she no longer has any obligation to be subservient to him.

** 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.]]}}

* 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]] ==

** Rick: I'm Rick Sheridan, can I call you Bill?

** William: Only if I can call you "R-Sherry".

* In the US remake of ''[[The Ring]]'', Rachel's son Aidan always calls her "Rachel", much to her annoyance. We don't know why this is exactly, but it becomes a plot point in the sequel.

* "Hey you! Get your damn hands off--". George McFly in ''[[Back to The Future]]'' uses this at the dance because he expects Marty to be in the car. Instead it turns out to be the bully, Biff, so without backing down he rephrases his demand a little more respectfully as "No, Biff, you leave her alone."

* 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".

* [[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.

* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''Wintersmith'', Granny Weatherwax names a kitten that was foisted onto her You.

** 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!"

* 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 one of the members of the snark-hunting expedition's motley crew:

* 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 at least one of [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s books he bemoans the "degradation" of culture when a younger person can call an older one by their first name when they don't have an established friendship. According to him, this "lack of social politeness" is an indicator (or maybe a partial cause) of social collapse.

* 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.

** 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 "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.

** While all the ''M*A*S*H'' examples above are aversions of the trope, being clearly depicted as gestures of affection and respect, it's played absolutely straight with the other characters' habitually addressing [[Jerkass|Frank]] [[Butt Monkey|Burns]] by his first name, usually in a tone of voice suggesting a patient parent dealing with an especially dimwitted and recalcitrant child.

* In the classic ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode "The Empath", Doctor McCoy decides to name an unnamed mute woman the crew encounters Gem, saying, "It's a lot better than 'Hey you'."

* The Discovery Channel showed the recruitment process for the Green Berets called Two Weeks In Hell, and one of the recruits makes the mistake of referring to one of the drill sergeants as "Hey yo". The dressing down he received was surprisingly restrained.

* ''[[Phil of the Future]]'' had an episode where Pim says 'Hey! You with the face!' as she tries to get there attention.

* [[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!]]

* The Exies have a song, which was featured in [[Guitar Hero]] by the name of [[Hey, You]]. It Goes: Hey you you're nodding out; Whats this all about....

* [[Bachman Turner Overdrive]] gives us: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyMNCqhRNOM Hey You]!

*guitar solo*<br />

'''Johnny Winter:''' ...oh, 'scuse me, I thought you were someone else. }}

== [[Video Games]] ==

* If Garrus is with you at the conclusion of ''[[Mass Effect]]'' and you decide to {{spoiler|sacrifice the Council}} against his wishes, he will angrily refer to you as "human." This is particularly jarring since throughout the many conversions you have with him, he always politely and respectfully calls you either "Shepard" or "Commander."

** Also, Laharl changes Dark Adonis Vyers, the very first boss of the game, into "[[Mid Boss|Mid-boss]]". The name sticks.

** Honestly, this trope is present in all Disgaea games. Characters rarely seem to address eachother by name on a a regular basis. In 3, we have "Fake Hero" Almaz, "That Delinquent" Raspberyl, and "The Princess" Sapphire as Mao calls them and they seem to address eachother as. And in 4, everybody seems to have nicknames for everybody. "Mr. Vampire/Weirdo", "Lass", "Whelp/Rascal", "Thief Angel", "Warden", etc. Disgaea seems to make it a point to showcase whenever characters acknowledge eachother by name as being significant.

* Godot, the main prosecutor in the third ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game, constantly call Phoenix "Mr. Trite" to annoy him. At the end of the last case, however, Phoenix finally gains his respect and Godot addresses him by his proper name.

** Also, Tidus calls his father "Jecht" and "Old man," even to his face, to show his disdain.

*** ''Dissidia'' makes this part of the plot, with Tidus referring to/addressing Jecht as 'Old Man' for most of the storyline, but finally calling him 'Dad' after the dramatic fight that gets Tidus his crystal.

* One of the earliest missions in ''[[Mechwarrior]]: Mercenaries'' is a training mission, where you take orders from a veteran mech pilot, who refers to you by the callsign 'Kid' or 'Hey You'. It's even in the mission description.

* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', Luke constantly refers to Mieu as "Thing." This turns into an (unintended) [[Insult Backfire]] when Luke later (after a lot of [[Character Development]]) tries to apologize to Mieu for the unflattering name, only to reveal that Mieu is proud that his beloved master gave him a name and doesn't want to lose it.

* [[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.

* 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]] Awakening, Oghren once calls the player character "[[Hey, You]]" while drunk, and you can say "[[They Call Me Mister Tibbs|That's Commander Hey You]]".

* In the [[Pinball]] game ''Cyclone'', this is one of the [[Mad Libs Dialogue]] phrases that the carnival barker uses.

{{quote| "Hey, you! Step right up!"<br />

** 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..."

* Stewie of ''[[Family Guy]]'' almost never calls his parents mom and dad. Most of the time he calls Peter "Fat Man". I believe he just calls Lois "Lois", but I think he's called her mother a few times. He also used to call Brian "the dog" (and addressing him directly as "Dog"), which seems normal enough for a dog except that Brian is human enough that nobody else does it. In the earlier episodes, he often called Lois "vile woman". When his future self ''did'' call them "mom and dad", he ''immediately'' and ''violently'' corrects himself--"It's Lois and the fat man!"

** In "Don't Make Me Over", when Meg becomes a star singer, it's a sign of his [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]] that she starts calling her mother "Lois".

* 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'.

** "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."

* 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:

{{quote| '''Smrgol''': "Hey, hey you!"}}

* ''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.

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