Too Slow



Stock phrase. Often used if the character appears right next to or behind an opponent and then ends the battle with a single shot/blow. Most commonly happens in shows where at least one character is capable of Super Speed or Flash Step.

Anime and Manga
""It is not that I am fast - you are merely too slow.""
 * Ichigo against Ikkaku in Bleach.
 * also Byakuya Kuchiki against Ichigo when they take Rukia to soul society, first using Flash Step he breaks ichigo's sword from 20 metres away before stabbing him twice and saying: "you're even slow to fall".
 * Setsuna in Mahou Sensei Negima said this in an unimpressed manner to Negi when she found that he wasn't quite focused on the fight.
 * Quintum says this to during their fight.
 * Also a catchphrase of epic-tier Mecha pilots like Char Aznable and his expies.
 * Pizza, loves to taunt Guy with this, paraphrased:


 * Parodied in Busou Renkin. While fighting in the school, Shusui and Kazuki zip behind each other with the respective taunts "Too slow." and "Oh yeah?!" The twist is, they do so repeatedly, eventually working their way out of the gymnasium entirely and into the courtyard. Kazuki reveals that it was all part of his plan to avoid damaging the school. Tokiko doesn't buy it.
 * Brought up in One Piece multiple times, but the two most notable are Kizaru owning the hell out of Luffy at Marineford while Lampshading this fact, and Luffy later performing the same feat against
 * The Major says this word for word to Schrödinger. Schrödinger had, just moments ago,  He is not amused.
 * Said by Gopher to Maka in the 64th chapter of Soul Eater

Live Action TV

 * Red Dwarf: "Too slow, chicken marengo! Too slow for this cat."
 * Smallville's version of The Flash often mocks Clark Kent like this, as Clark's Super Speed is nothing compared to his.

Video Games
""You may have brute force - but you lack speed!" "I have the speed of Olympus with me, mortal!" "So slow." "I will always be faster than you!""
 * The World Ends With You: "So zetta slow" is Sho Minamimoto's Catch Phrase.
 * The Scout in Team Fortress 2: "Yoink! Too slow! I'm a freakin' blur here!"
 * Pictured above, Sonic in Super Smash Bros. Brawl: "You're too slow! You're too slow! You're too slow!"
 * This is one of Raphael's quotes in Soul Calibur 2.
 * And Setsuka in 3.
 * In Legend of Dragoon, during the Boss Battle against, he says "Too slow!" if he dodges one of your attacks.
 * If you hear this fighting Carl Clover there's a good chance he has you in the clap trap and you are about to hear it a lot more right before you die. Ironically, this isn't because Carl is particularly speedy; an oversight makes his throw essentially unbreakable in that situation.
 * Zidane in Dissidia Final Fantasy says exactly that during some dodges--the others get a smug "I'm right here!" Sephiroth tosses out a few more reserved ones when he attacks.
 * Jon Talbain /Gallon in Darkstalkers has the battle victory quote "Torioze!" which more or less translates to "you're too slow!"
 * Hermes in God of War 3, constantly.


 * Vanitas in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep says this whenever he dodges one of your attacks. Which is a lot.
 * Also in Re:Chain Of Memories where
 * Prototype: Captain Cross taunts you with this during his boss fight.
 * In most of the good endings of Yo-Jin-Bo, Harumoto temporarily incapacitates the heroes by throwing a handful of hallucinogenic powder at them - except for in Ittosai's ending, in which Ittosai simply dodges it with a contemptuous "Too slow!"
 * Dragonball Z uses this or not, depending on the game. They vary from "Over here!" to "Yikes!" to just grunts or chuckles. Interestingly, sometimes the opposite of this happens and the other character expresses frustration with "Where are you?!" or similar phrases.