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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
* Done very well by [[Big Bad|Galbatorix]] to Oromis in [[The Inheritance Cycle|Brisingr]]. So convincing that the [[Hatedom]] cheers him on.
* [[Handicapped Badass|Peter Waylock]] from [[John C. Wright]]'s ''[[
* 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 ''[[
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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.
** Special mention goes to ''[[
** 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.
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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.
** Dumbledore does this to Voldemort a little in ''[[
** 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 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 ''[[
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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."
* In the ''[[X Wing Series]]'', Wedge Antilles is comfortably on the border between [[Sergeant Rock]], [[The Heart]], and the [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]. He ''really'' chews out some of his pilots when he sees the need. Kell Tainer, someone with a marked tendency to fold when he's needed, once asks for [[Permission to Speak Freely?]], and when it's granted says "Every time I hear one of your 'motivational speeches' I want to beat you to death."
* 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.
* ''[[An Elegy for
* [[The Remains of the Day]]: At the end of the book, Stevens at last can articulate the truth in a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|The Reason We Suck Speech]] for Lord Darlington and himself. Lord Darlington played [[Head-in-The-Sand Management]] for the Nazis, and at the end of the day, he can say he was wrong and take the responsibility like a man. [[Shrinking Violet|Stevens never did anything for himself]], [[Tear Jerker|and he cannot say even that]].
* In ''The Fox in the Chicken Coop'' by [[Ephraim Kishon]]. The [[Yes-Man]] finally snaps and calls the politician out on his incompetence, how he still doesn't leave politics to make room for someone else, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and the stupid joke he always tells.]]
* In ''[[
** Squirrelflight also gives one to Jayfeather in Faded Echoes after he treats her and Leafpool like crap for two books straight.
** Leafstar gives one [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] of her own to Sol in ''After The Flood'' when he steals her kits just so he could become a warrior.
* In the first ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' novel ''Dragonflight'', Masterharper Robinton delivers a scathing one to the Lord Holders when they complain that Benden Weyr is asserting too much authority over them in the fight against Thread. Robinton reminds the Lord Holders that most of them treated Benden Weyr like crap for centuries and recently ''rode out to attack the Weyr'' because they thought there were no more Threads. Robinton then says that Benden has every right to leave the Holds to be eaten by Thread after all of that, and that the Lord Holders should shut up and do whatever the Weyrleader thinks is necessary to survive the return of the Threads. The speech makes F'lar ''very'' grateful that Masterharper Robinton is an ally of Benden Weyr and not an enemy.
* Aftran does "the reason you humans as a whole suck" speech in ''[[
* 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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* In ''The Well of Loneliness'', Anna delivers a blistering one of these to her [[Gender Blender Name|daughter Stephen]] when she founds out that {{spoiler|she's a lesbian and was in a relationship with someone.}}. Stephen awesomely then gives one right back, saying that she {{spoiler|truly loved the woman she was briefly with and is a good person who deserves better treatment}}. This leads to a lifelong [[I Have No Son|estrangement]].
* [[A Song of Ice and Fire]] has many, unsurprising considering its [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], most of whom deserve a bollocking at some point or another due to the [[Thirty Gambit Pileup]] [[Gray and Gray Morality]] setting.
** [[Blood Knight|Sandor]] [[Beast and Beauty|"The Hound"]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Clegane's]] numerous put-downs of [[Wide
** [[The Patriarch|Tywin Lannister]] gives a particularly vicious one to his dwarf son [[The Unfavorite|Tyrion]]. This is an unusual example of this trope, because rather than telling hard truths, it is totally undeserved and reveals more about Tywin's [[Selective Obliviousness]] than it does about Tyrion.
** Tyrion himself doles out many, to various characters, and in contrast to his father, his observations are painfully accurate for the victim.
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** [[God Save Us From the Queen|Cersei]] receives a truly excellent one from {{spoiler|her uncle Kevan}} with regards to her many failings as a ruler and a mother. [[Ignored Epiphany|She throws wine in his face, orders him to leave, and thinks to herself that he's a traitor rather than face the truth of his accusations.]]
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