History Main / HeyYou

** In "Death Takes a Holiday", Winchester and Klinger address each other by their first names after the latter discovers the former is an AnonymousBenefactor of Christmas gifts for Korean orphans, and it's a true CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* In the ''[[MASHTheSeries M* A* S* H]]'' episode "Potter's Retirement", Hawkeye addresses Colonel Potter as "Sherman" while trying to convince him not to retire his command. While Potter is depicted as a Regular Army officer who wouldn't ordinarily tolerate such familiarity like his predecessor, Henry Blake, would, in this instance he's clearly touched rather than angered by it.

* Not strictly American, either. There's a character in the webcomic ''ScaryGoRound'' whose name is The Boy because the creator couldn't be bothered to give him a real name.

* The Discovery Channel showed the recruitment process for the Green Berets, and one of the recruits makes the agregius of refering to one of the drill sergents as "Hey yo". The dressing down he received was surprisingly restrained.

A change in Hey You can serve lots of purposes other than establishing a disdainful relationship. A DeadpanSnarker suddenly calling the hero by name is a sign of hard-earned respect, likewise a boy calling his stepfather "Dad", or a drop in formality when Doctor Pretentious [[FirstNameBasis insist you call her Jane]]. Or the reverse, if Jane [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs insists on "Doctor Pretentious"]].

There are many, ''many'' variations, but the general gist of HeyYou is that someone deliberately calls another that deserves respect by first name, wrong gender, an insult, [[{{Honorifics}} wrong honorifics]], [[JapanesePronouns wrong pronouns]], or just plain ''"you"''.

* In the GoldenAge, 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.

* In the GoldenAge, 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 was ''cei-u,'' but he never knew that. Instead, he'd accidentally summon the Thunderbolt by yelling "Say, you!" at whatever bad guy he was confronting.

* In Hungarian epic ''Toldi'' the king 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 king 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]]''. '''[[RatedMForManly One handed]]'''. The entire army goes "holy shit, that guy's STRONG!"

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* ''TheLegendOfZelda: Link's Awakening,'' father-daughter pair Marin and Tarin always call each other by their first names.
* In ''Disgaea'', Laharl refuses to call Flonne by her name (officially dubbing her "LoveFreak", or settling with just calling her "you") until a particular plot point about two-thirds into the game.
** Also, Laharl changes Dark Adonis Vyers, the very first boss of the game, into "[[MidBoss Mid-boss]]". The name sticks.
* In a skit from ''TalesOfSymphonia'', as he is giving out nicknames Zelos ''literally'' dubs Lloyd "Hey You" and Genis "Brat", while giving more affectionate nicknames to the female members.
* Godot, the main prosecutor in the third ''AceAttorney'' 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.
* In ''{{Final Fantasy X}}'', the protagonist - default Tidus - can be named at the start of the game, as is tradition in the series. However, FFX was the first game to feature voice acting, and as the protagonist could potentially be named anything, the characters in the game would only ever call him by pronouns. This is made worse in that not even Yuna, the love interest, ever utters his name - or even asks for it! The trope is carried over to the sequel where, even then, Tidus will only be referred to as 'You' or 'Him'. ''{{Final Fantasy XII}}'' fixed this by giving the cast set names.
** 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."
* "[[HotelMario HEY YOU! GET OFFA MY CLOUD!]]"
* [[BlazBlue Taokaka]] only knows most characters by names she gave them. Examples include White Guy and Good Guy [[AntiHero (Ragna)]], Creppy Guy and Ice Man [[{{Bishonen}} (Jin)]], Lacking Lady [[{{Pettanko}} (Noel)]], Shorty [[CuteShotaroBoy (Carl)]], Scruffy Man [[HotBlooded (Bang)]], [[FanNickname Boobie Lady]] [[BoobsOfSteel (Litchi)]], Big Guy [[MightyGlacier (Tager, though she does know that he's also called the Red Devil)]], (Evil) Bunny Lady [[ElegantGothicLolita (Rachel)]], Black Squiggly [[EldritchAbomination (Arakune)]], Red Lady or Eye Woman [[LadyOfWar (Tsubaki)]], Furry Girl [[PettingZooPeople (Makoto)]], Butter Boy [[BattleButler (Valkenhyn)]], Cat Person [[{{Badass}} (Jubei)]], Green Guy and Scary Guy [[{{Troll}} (Hazama)]], etcera.
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* Red and Eric have this dynamic in ''That70sShow''. 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 first name but in a disrespectful way, not as "equals" (à la ''Dharma And Greg'') way behind his back.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', Bart refuses to call Homer "Dad". Probably a sign of how bratty Bart is, although Homer also usually refers to Bart as "Boy". It's actually a RunningGag 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.

* Stewie of ''FamilyGuy'' 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 usually calls 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.

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* In Hungarian epic ''Toldi'' the king asks Toldi (the hero) on the field: "Hey, peasant! Which way leads to Buda?" He answers by pointing to Buda ''[[BadAss with a rave]]''. '''[[RatedMForManly One handed]]'''.

[[PinkFloyd Hey you/Out there in the cold/Getting lonely getting old/Can you feel me?]]

* Shows up in one of [[CSLewis 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.