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* In ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'''s ''The Amulet of Samarkand'', prior to getting to choose the name of John Mandrake, Nathaniel is addressed by Arthur Underwood as simply "boy."

* [[{{Jerkass}} Eustace]] usually refers to ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' as "dog", or more commonly, "stupid dog". He only calls him by name a twice in the entire series, only one of which addressing the dog directly. Similarly, Courage rarely calls Eustace by his name and refers to him as "the farmer".

* "Hey you! Get your damn hands off--". George [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' 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 US remake of ''Film/TheRing'', 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.

** In ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents'', Maurics, after weeks of working with the "stupid-looking kid", is rather surprised to learn that he even ''has'' a name (it's Keith).

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': A RunningGag in ''Literature/{{Mort}}'' is that the other main characters all call Mort "boy", however many times he politely corrects them. By the end of the book, this has become a BerserkButton.

** Odalia only ever refers to Edric and Emira as "the twins", reflecting how she views all of her children as extensions of her own desires. This is in a sharp contrast to Amity, who always addresses them as individuals even on the rare occasions where she doesn't use their names or nicknames (saying "my brother and sister" rather than "my siblings").
*** Averted with Alador. Just like Amity, he has only called Ed and Em by their names.

*** Averted with Alador. Similar to Amity, he has only called Ed and Em by their names.

** Averted with Alador. Similar to Amity, he has only called Ed and Em by their names instead of "the twins".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Eda insists on calling Edric "Blight Brother", believing that his actual name is too similar to hers for her liking.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', while Jasper and Horace are watching "What's My Crime?", afterwhich they'd start popping off and skinning the puppies, Seargeant Tibbs leads the puppies to escape through a small hole in the wall. As they're sneaking toward the hole, Horace cries out "Hey, Jasper! Look!", prompting Tibbs to hide. Turns out though that Horace was actually talking about a criminal he and Jasper were familiar with being on the show.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', while Jasper and Horace are watching "What's My Crime?", afterwhich they'd start popping off and skinning the puppies, Seargeant Tibbs leads the puppies to escape through a small hole in the wall. As they're sneaking toward the hole, Horace cries out "Hey, Jasper! Look!", prompting Tibbs to hide. Turns out though that Jasper was actually talking about a criminal he and Jasper were familiar with being on the show.

* In ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Kuuko always calls Mahiro "Boy", to the point that she calls his mother "Boy's Mother". She even keeps it up while she's trying to convince an unwanted suitor that Mahiro is [[TheBeard her fiance]].

* In the third ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movie, the protagonist is rescued by someone he believes to be his long-term comrade and possibly love interest [[spoiler:Ayanami Rei.]] After a while of failing to get any sort of recognition or reaction out of her and generally observing loads of disturbing empty-shell-like behavior from her, he finds out that "[[spoiler:Ayanami Rei]]" was, in fact, the codename for a series of [[CloningBlues mass-produced]] [[ArtificialHuman artificial]] [[SuperSoldier soldiers]], and that the "[[spoiler: Ayanami Rei]]" he used to know died a long time ago, despite his futile attempt to save her life. From that point on, he refuses to refer to the currently active clone by her name, reserving it for his fallen comrade. It leads to several situations where he refers to the current clone in roundabout manners such as "Why are we not alone?" to question the reason for her presence, or calling her "that other pilot.". Being told that she isn't who her programming tells her she is ends up throwing the current clone into a full-blown identity crisis accumulating into a HeelFaceTurn of sorts.

* "Hey you! Get your damn hands off--". George [=McFly=] in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' 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 ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Team Rocket likes to refer to Ash and friends as "the Twerps."
** Bea in ''Journeys'' doesn't bother to remember the names of those she's battled until they've proven themselves a WorthyOpponent. Similarly, Lt. Surge called Ash "Baby" until he's defeated in the rematch, after which he finally calls him by name.

* In Hungarian epic ''Literature/{{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 ''with a long rake''. '''[[RatedMForManly One handed]]'''. The entire army goes "Holy shit, that guy's STRONG!"

* Kyou from ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' usually addresses people as "you" or by a nickname or their first name. He doesn't bother with honorifics, contrasting with [[{{Keigo}} Tohru]] who always uses them. Speaking of Tohru, Kyou doesn't call her by her name until the incident with his true cursed form.

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

* On ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'', the will of Bender's uncle Vladimir includes his "loyal butler, 'You There', for his ''decades'' of dedicated service..."
** Speaking of {{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}, Bender frequently refers to his organic coworkers as "meatbag(s)". Likewise, Dr. Zoidberg is almost never referred to by his title (granted, he's not much of a doctor), and Zoidberg also only refers to Bender as "robot" (or, more accurately, "[[YiddishAsASecondLanguage rohbuht]]").

* Shizuo Heiwajima of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' is prone to this, either forgetting appropriate honorifics or forgetting names entirely, mostly because [[NoSocialSkills 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.

* In ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', Kuuko always calls Mahiro "Boy", to the point that she calls his mother "Boy's Mother". She even keeps it up while she's trying to convince an unwanted suitor that Mahiro is [[TheBeard her fiance]].
* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'': Narberal Gamma [[FantasticRacism hates humans]] and refuses to learn their names when interacting with them. She's even surprised that her fellow Pleiades comrades, even those that eat humans, actually put the effort to learn the names of humans they interact with.
* Mashiro from ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'' never use any UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics, because (1) she has NoSocialSkills and (2) she spent most of her formative years in the United Kingdom.

'''Debbie:''' "Debbie"'s actually my name!\\

* ''Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure'':

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** In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS1E24And25TwoFutures Two Futures]]", Wheeler gets sent into a BadFuture after changing history so he never accepted the fire ring. Wheeler never gives his name, so the older Planeteers from the alternate timeline have to find something else to call him. Their terms vary from businesslike ("young man" from Gi) to affectionate ("young one" from [[AllLovingHero Ma-Ti]]). The Planeteer who matches the usual disrespectful connotation of the trope best is Kwame, who's grown considerably gruffer over thirty years' time and defaults to calling Wheeler "boy".

* {{Inverted}} but just as unpleasant in the ''WebOriginal/FurryBasketballAssociation'' when the Tallahassee Typhoons star player Klaus Korber refers to the head coach Rolf Korber of the Huntsville Mayors "Mr. Korber"--revealing that he is estranged from his own father.

* Henry in ''Series/{{Psych}}'' insists on being called by his first name.

** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': In the second and third episode, Takuya calls Zoe/Izumi as 'omae' which irritates her and she demands him to refer to her by her name.

** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': In the second and third episode, Takuya refers to Zoe/Izumi as 'omae' which irritates her and she demands him to refer to her by her name.