"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Difference between revisions

Frequently a particular brand of [[Evil Gloating]] and/or [[Breaking Them By Talking]]; it's a lot like the [[Hannibal Lecture]], except in this case the Villain clearly has done something that would seem to suggest he (the bad guy) really is the superior combatant; e.g. the hero has just been punched through a wall and is pinned under rubble as the Villain stands over him with a gun.

 

 

 

Villains can also give this to other villains in an [[Evil vs. Evil]] setting. The content of this speech is going to be either along the lines of how they're [[Eviler Than Thou]] and pointing out flaws and shortcomings in the other villain, like the [[Magnificent Bastard]] chiding a [[Smug Snake]] for underestimating them and being foolishly unprepared or a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] chiding a [[Knight Templar]] villain for [[At Least I Admit It|employing their same methods but claiming to be morally superior to them]], or [[Even Evil Has Standards]] if the other villain did something they find awful.

A hero worth his salt might respond with his own speech along the lines of a [[World of Cardboard Speech]] or a [[Patrick Stewart Speech|Picard]] or [[Kirk Summation]], among others. If it's an action movie, the hero will usually just break out a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] and the [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|shootout/fisticuffs]] will begin. Sometimes the hero survives only because they're [[Not Worth Killing]], in which case they'll invariably prove that they are later in the story. A [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] if the person of the receiving end of the speech is a [[Jerkass]] who had it coming, double [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] if a [[Jerkass]] gives this to someone and he or she respond with their own to the asshole, humiliating him.

 

 

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]].

* [[Ric Flair]] verbally [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hunVTAbsUg destroys] Carlito's career in only two minutes.

* On the 5/14/12 edition of ''Raw'', [[John Cena]] was at it again, verbally tearing apart John Laurinaitis and his egotistical rule as [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|General Manager]] of both Raw & SmackDown.

** The Bella Twins

** Eva Marie

** Emma

* Done in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' by the Knight of the Mirrors (actually Carrasco in disguise), with attendants pushing mirrors into Don Quixote's face every way he turns:

{{quote|"Look! Don Quixote! Look in the mirror of reality and behold things as they truly are. Look! What seest thou, Don Quixote? A gallant knight? Naught but an aging fool! Look! Dost thou see him? A madman dressed for a masquerade! Look, Don Quixote! See him as he truly is! See the clown! Drown, Don Quixote. Drown--drown in the mirror. Go deep--the masquerade is ended! Confess! Thy lady is a trollop, and thy dream the nightmare of a disordered mind!"}}

{{quote|'''Katharina:'''Such duty as the subject owes the prince

Even such a woman oweth to her husband;

* ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' example: {{spoiler|Mechakara masquerading as the genuine article}} delivers a particularly chilling one to his '''entire fanbase''':

{{quote|Well, I think it's obvious whose fault [[The Ultimates|Ultimates 3]] is. You. Yes, you. The audience of this show. [[Reviews Are the Gospel|You sycophantic worms will buy anything dished out to you.]] They told you this garbage was gold and you believed it. Just like if I had said something was good or bad, you'll believe me instantly. So go on. Continue being the mindless, dreary-eyed, ugly bags of fat that I can call my fans.}}

{{quote|I’m poverty’s new sheriff

And I’m bashing in the slums

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