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In an animation I heard a character saying "the you", but how it is correct (The animation was voiced by Americans.)? I checked both the subtitle and my ears, the character really said "The you"!

The Dialoge (S2E3 "The Ballad of Duke Baloney")

Webby: Fishing,... The noble struggle of man versus nature

Louie: The you gently rowing me around for several hours while I nap

So the question: Why did that character say this? is it correct? and when to use this [sentence structure (Definite article + pronoun)]?

  1. Unlike that question, I saw 'the' before 'you' in an American animation.
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This is conversational sarcasm. Everything after 'the' could be placed in quotation marks, and is a sarcastic interpretation of the first speaker's grand sounding words.

Webby: Fishing,... The noble struggle of man versus nature
Louie: The "you gently rowing me around for several hours while I nap".

Me: The profound contemplation of life and death in our time.
My wife: The "you watching a thriller movie on TV".

The Prime Minister: The great mission of of this government
Me: The "you and your supporters getting rich while I starve"

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