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* In ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', once Winston has been imprisoned and tortured, {{spoiler|O'Brien}} inflicts this endlessly on him.
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* [[Big Bad|The White Witch]] gives one of these to Aslan in ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', just before killing him.
* Done very well by [[Big Bad|Galbatorix]] to Oromis in [[The Inheritance Cycle|Brisingr]]. So convincing that the [[Hatedom]] cheers him on.
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* In ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' John Galt has a massive speech in which he reams everyone he hates; it lasts for ''three whole hours'' and around sixty pages.
* In ''[[Discworld/The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]'', after local watchman Captain Tantony tells Sam Vimes that his wife Sybil is in the clutches of one of the evil werewolves behind the whole evil plot, Vimes gives Tantony this:
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'''Captain Tantony:''' It was the Baron--
'''Vimes:''' And you don't argue with Barons. Right. You don't argue with anyone. Do you know what? I'm ashamed, ''ashamed'' to think that something like you is called a watchman. Now give me those keys. }}
** Actually, name one Discworld novel where this doesn't happen at some point.
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** Granny Weatherwax ''loves'' these. Every time she has a major part in a novel you can bet that right around the climax she'll be all up in the villain's grill telling them exactly why that thing they were so sure they were justified in doing is ''wrong'', and why the very reason they even thought it was justified in the first place is the same reason she's about to kick their ass.
** ''[[Discworld/Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' has this from a ''golem'' to the [[Dirty Coward]] Moist von Lipwig. It's something of a kicking off point for his evolution into a better man.
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* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, Voldemort has something of a talent for these. He gives one to Harry in ''The Chamber of Secrets'', one to Harry and all of his Death Eaters in ''The Goblet of Fire'', one to Dumbledore AND Bellatrix in ''Order of the Phoenix'' and one to pretty much everyone in ''The Deathly Hallows''.
** Especially Ron. He gave Ron a "Reason You Suck Speech" pretty much everyday when he was wearing the horcrux. Then it kinda climaxed, into a ghostly image of Hermione not only telling him every reason he sucks, but every reason he's afraid he ''might'' suck.
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** In the latter case, it's immediately on the heels of '''Voldemort's''' [[Reason You Suck Speech]].
* Glaurung the father of dragons delivers a '''phenomenal''' one to [[Anti-Hero]] Turin Turambar in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' by JRR Tolkien:
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* These happen quite a lot in the ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' series. [[Magnificent Bastard|Nefarian Serpine]] enjoys giving them regularly to Skulduggery in the first book, Baron Vengeous gives a few to Skulduggery in ''Playing With Fire'' and gets two particularly savage ones for China Sorrows.
** Skulduggery himself lays a thoroughly satisfying one on [[Complete Monster|Davina Marr]] in ''Dark Days'' while Dreylan Scarab gives one to Thurid Guild.
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Valentine Morgenstern]] gives [[Evil Chancellor|Imogen Herondale]] a deservedly savage and scathing one that results in her almost having a [[Villainous Breakdown|nervous breakdown]].
* {{spoiler|Ender}} gives a very nice one to {{spoiler|Bonzo Madrid}} in [[Ender's Game]].
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** {{spoiler|The speech saves his life.}}
* In ''Dreaming of Amelia'' by Jaclyn Moriarty, one of the main characters, Emily, wants to do Law at university. For this she needs a signed form from her principal, but she hasn't got it back. She finally works up the courage to go see him...
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** Emily protests that there is a ghost, and Mr Ludovico tells her that if she can prove it, he'll sign the form. Emily finds evidence and returns...
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* During the climax of ''[[The Name of the Rose]],'' William of Baskerville unleashes one of these on {{spoiler|Jorge of Burgos}} following his [[Motive Rant]] against laughter.
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* ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' gives us one from Elizabeth Bennet to Mr. Darcy. And boy does it ''burn.''
** Elizabeth also recieves one from Lady Catherine. It's burn is...signifigantly less.
* The good guys get one in [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|The Vor Game]]'' when Gregor finally tells off Cavilo, pointing out that she's been treating the Emperor of three worlds as a naive newbie.
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* Jesus in the [[Left Behind]] book ''Glorious Appearing'' delivers his own to Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.
* In one Cicada short story, the main character's parents on the brink of divorce are having an argument over the mother talking to her boyfriend while they were watching a Christmas special. After the mother berates the father for his "Catholic martyrdom" and expecting people who make mistakes to spend the rest of their lives on their knees, he responds with "You're stuck. You're going to wake up on the day you die and realize you hasn't changed one bit."
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* In ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' , Sherburn plays this trope HARD. "Then he says, slow and scournful, 'The idea of YOU lynching anybody! It’s amusing. The idea of you thinking you had pluck enough to lynch a MAN!'" etc.
* In [[Elantris]] Sarene gives a nasty one to to Iadon.
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* In ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'', Ignatius P. Reilly gets a good one from his mother towards the end:
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* ''[[In Death]]'': This has popped up from time to time. A pretty nice one is when Eve gets attacked by [[Complete Monster]] Isaac McQueen in ''New York To Dallas'' and Eve tells him that he should have just run and hid somewhere for awhile after he broke out of prison. Instead, he decided to go after her. She concludes with "You're just ''fucking'' stupid!" He does not take that well.
* ''[[Everworld]]'': Senna Wales dishes these out like they're going out of style. Jalil, [[The Smart Guy]], recognises this, [[Hangs a Lampshade]] on it, and deconstructs one of her speeches point for point. He and Merlin the Magnificent team up to give Senna a joint The Reason You Suck Speech in Book 11.
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* Aftran does "the reason you humans as a whole suck" speech in ''[[Animorphs]]'', when she's talking to Cassie in "The Departure". She tells Cassie how humans suck because they don't appreciate the beauty of the world they live in and that they complain about the Yeerks enslaving them, but they do the same thing to their own livestock.
* Admiral Ackbar gives a memorable one to an [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] ''and'' his supervisor during [[The Black Fleet Crisis]].
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''(Bureaucrat flees)''<br />
'''Supervisor''': Admiral, we could certainly reconsider the application if you could just give us the context for your concern-<br />
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