Two characters, maybe friends, maybe not, are skulking separately through back streets, participating in a Bar Brawl or some other combat situation. They back into each other, whirl, point weapons at each other—then shout, simultaneously, "You?!"
Related to "You!" Exclamation, which is exclaiming "You!" to show anger or shock.
Examples:
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Comic Strips
- Parodied in Hsu and Chan. When the titular Tanaka brothers encounter their lifelong rivals, Akira Yamamoto and his father, each of them says "YOU!" at least once, prompting a passerby to say, "...me?" Chan slaps him upside the head and shoos him away so the confrontation can begin in earnest.
Film — Animation
- Aladdin (1992, Disney): When the guards find Aladdin and Jasmine, they both say "They're after me! They're after you?!"
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: Alex and the old Russian lady who beat him up in the first movie recognize each other in the safari:
Nana: I know you.
Alex: You.
Nana: Bad kitty! [beats him up again]
Film — Live-Action
- In Super Mario Bros. (1993), Luigi and Daisy share this exchange after Mario and the missing Brooklyn girls shoot out of a waste disposal tube and interrupt President Koopa's plan to de-evolve the two: "Are you alright?"
- Spoofed in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
DJ: You!
Kate: You!
Daffy: You.
Bugs: Him.
Daffy: Her.
Bugs and Daffy: (shrugging) Them!
Literature
- The bar brawl version is known as the "Double Andrew" on the Discworld, and is worth quite a lot of points. Bar brawls in Ankh-Morpork have become somewhat formalized.
Live-Action TV
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Up until the episode "Hush", neither Buffy or Riley are aware that the other is in the demon-hunting business. When they run into each other as they're both fighting the Gentlemen, they exchange a Facial Dialogue version of this trope (as they're under a spell that prevents them talking).
- A variation in The Defenders (2017). Danny Rand is caught under a Dogpile Of Doom when Luke Cage suddenly appears to rescue him. As their last encounter was not friendly, Danny is rather surprised.
Danny: You?Luke: Me.
- Doctor Who: Something similar to this happens in "Partners in Crime", in which the Doctor and Donna meet for a second time — except they do it in mime, through a window.
- In Kamen Rider Double, Shotaro is having a friendly conversation with another patron at the barber shop. They keep just missing getting to see each other's faces for some time. When Shotaro realizes he's been chatting with The Dragon, we get the following as the poor owner can only look on in confusion:
Kirihiko/Nazca Dopant: You!
Shotaro: YOU!
Kirihiko: Let's take this outside!
Webcomics
- Huckleberry: Huckleberry and Mechaworm met and fought in issue #2. In issue #4, they run into each other again, and simultaneously shout a "YOU!" drawn with angry letter-shaped faces, leading to their next fight.
Western Animation
- Jackie Chan Adventures: Valmot and Daolon Wong do this upon encountering each other in "Little Valmont Big Jade".
- Samurai Jack and The Scotsman give us this one when the Bounty Hunters appear.
"They're after me! After you?! They're after me!"
- Total Drama: In "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles", when Heather and Alejandro discover they've boarded the same train to make it to Hawaii, all they can initially say is "You!"