"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Difference between revisions

Alternatively, the speech is given by someone who's just frustrated with the other person. This is not an attempt bring down or break an opponent. This is not an exchange between heroes and villains (heck, they might even be friends). This is someone, tired of everything they have to deal with, giving a frank and [[Brutal Honesty|brutally honest]] assessment of the person they're dealing with, often in a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] moment. This can be [[Insult Backfire|prone to backfire]] with a suitably shallow, self-obsessed, and/or [[Genre Savvy]] target; who typically responds with [[Red Dwarf|"You've just listed all of my best features!"]] Will often provoke an attempted refutation or justification from the target; which, depending on the source, can be played for comedy, drama, or [[Wangst]].

 

 

Compare and contrast the [[World of Cardboard Speech]]. See also [[Did You Actually Believe?]] Contrast [[Minor Insult Meltdown]], where just the tip of the "you suck" iceberg can sink a character to tears.

 

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** Could also be a [[Dare to Be Badass]].

* According to [[Bill Bailey]], membership renewal requests from the Automobile Association become this on the third letter:

{{quote|Dear Mr Bailey; it appears you have not renewed your AA membership. Picture the scene: a lonely stretch of the B3174, a car that refuses to start. That car is ''yours.'' That terrified driver is ''YOU.'' Why would you leave the AA, one of the most glitteringly magnificent organisations the world has ever seen? And now, when you are at your most vulnerable: Your cholesterol levels are worryingly high; your friends talk about you behind your back, they ''pity'' you! ''[[Serious Business|Your arrogance has placed your family in mortal danger!]]'' You have stepped from the light into the abyss! Without us, you're nothing but a pitiful roadside ''MAGGOT,'' crawling along the edge of a straight razor! Crawling! Crawling! Crawling... Please let me know if you reconsider.}}

 

== Tabletop Games ==

To offer war where they should kneel for peace;

Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway... }}

* Roma gave one to Williamson in ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''. "Who told you you can work with men!?"

** Subverted with Shelly Levene who, having spent the entire movie as Williamson's [[Butt Monkey]], eagerly takes the opportunity to take up where Roma left off and get a little payback. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for him, he gets carried away, makes a stupid slip, and gives Williamson an opportunity to destroy him utterly.}}

* Evita has ''Waltz for Evita and Che'' which is the two of them doing this to each other

* A good chunk of "Goodbye Love" from [[Rent]] is this between Roger and Mark.

A hero doesn’t care

If you’re a bunch of scary alcoholic bums! Everybody! }}

* [[The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony One]] did one for both ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' and its fans.

** He recently did another for the people who didn't like [[Mass Effect 3]]'s ending

'''Darkseid:''' Ah, so it's madness. Not an uncommon reaction to one's impending doom. Still-

'''The Joker:''' Oh, I was mad long before you came along, oh Lord of Pain and Suffering and... [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Blue Shorts.]] And even I have a better grip on reality than you. Those other realities that Stan's Place links to? They're all comic book universes- just like this one! All the heroes meet up at that bar so they can shoot the breeze about who's getting a movie next. And no wonder you're so interested in Stan- he's the one person there who's ''not'' a comic book character. If there's anyone dominating reality, its ''him'', not you. In fact, what was it you said about comic books before? Ah yes, they're "insignificant endeavours in entertainment on a pathetic planet"- of which ''YOU are one!'' (Laughs hysterically before Darkseid vapourises him.)<br />

** In the first season of "After Hours," Lex Luthor gave one to Superman in an attempt to recruit him in joining him in his plan to [[Ret-Gone]] the Marvel Universe:

{{quote|'''Lex Luthor:''' The Marvel Universe has corrupted everything you stand for all in the name of high drama. Think about it Kal-El. Your job is to be an inspiration for people, someone they can look up to, someone they can aspire to be like; in steadfastness, in character, in ideals. And what did Marvel offer? They said don’t worry; you don’t have to aspire to anyone in our books. You just have to relate to them. And now we have an entire culture that thinks that who they are is just fine and how dare anyone suggest they can improve themselves? Why aspire to be Superman when it’s so much easier to relate to Spider-Man? No one wants to look up to you anymore, Superman. They don’t want to strain their necks. Instead they look straight ahead at the compromised heroes in front of them and say "That’ll do just fine".}}

{{quote|And so, after a full month of pointing out some of the worst "Family Guy" has churned out, what else is there to say? (shows a picture of [[Seth MacFarlane]]; cuts back to Rowdy) Fine, I'll tell you. You have become one of the worst examples of comedy out there. You've not only [[The Scrappy|made all]] [[Creator's Pet|your characters]] [[Jerkass|as unlikable]] [[Character Derailment|as possible]], but you do nothing but pile on insult after insult of anyone out there that's more famous than you, and rail against [[The Flintstones|nearly every TV show]] [[The Simpsons (animation)|that paved the way for yours]], giving hardly any evidence other than "Trust me, it sucks." Yeah, I insult TV shows, but I try to back it up with logic. I also give examples of good stuff that hopefully show I'm not just some [[Jerkass|bitter jealous comedian who goes around hating everything that comes out of Hollywood like you]]. I don't go around claiming that [[Walt Disney|dead children's entertainers]] hate all Jews with no proof. What if I were to suggest that you're just bitter at Disney because they took your best director? God, you're a hypocrite! You know, I can respect you for going after Fox News, but saying it's okay for the Left to be a bunch of liars and frauds because they're your people doesn't work. Oh, and you had to go off on big businesses taking away jobs, but you go and snatch up [[American Dad|almost every piece]] [[The Cleveland Show|of Fox's Sunday night lineup]] [[King of the Hill|once another]] [[Seies/Arrested Development|show gets]] [[Screwed by the Network|dropped]]. And then there's the little fact that your animation is made in KOREA. You want to help American jobs? HAVE YOUR DAMN SHOW DRAWN IN THIS COUNTRY!! And by the way, insulting Southerners doesn't make you better than them. What happened to you claiming they were [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|good at heart]] in "To Love and Die in Dixie"? Oh, right, that was during the time [[Protection From Editors|when network executives could put you in your place]]! But I could forgive all of that if you just weren't so unfunny. That's what you are—a [[Jerkass|bitter]], [[Writer on Board|preachy]], [[Dude, Not Funny|unfunny]] [[Precision F-Strike|ASSHOLE]]!!"}}

** For those who do not know, this speech is a parody of Quagmire telling off Brian in "Jerome is the New Black"

{{quote|I agree people have the right to express their opinions, but I have the exact same right. The irony is I actually like both Jessica and Hollie, I may have defended Hollie more lately because of my perception she's being kicked while she's down. I'm sure this is something you can now relate to after Thursday. Quite honestly I should see this as flattering because you and others must have much more faith in her making a come back than I do. I hope IDF represents only a really small percentage of the Idolverse's perceptions, because you're not doing yourself any favors, when Hollie finally does leave her votes are gonna go somewhere and perhaps not where you'd like. But somethings never change and you guys can do what you like and I'll respond when I feel the need}}

* Near the end of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]: Revelation'', Tex delivers a short one to Church after she {{spoiler|shoots him to betray their location to Washington and the Meta}}: