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{{trope}}
Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]s in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
== ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'' ==
* [[Big Bad|Accelerator]]:
{{quote|"I strive for something [[Up to Eleven|beyond the strongest]], that challenging me would be the most ridiculous thought ever, [[A God Am I|that fighting me would be an unforgivable sin!"]].}}
* And another for Accelerator:
{{quote|"This is not a negotiation. It is not a suggestion, not a trade, not a petition, not an agreement, not a compromise, not a surrender. This is my victory march, you stupid bastards!"}}
* Acqua of the Back has:
{{quote|"Pick any unreasonable fight with me and I will shorten your lifespan."}}
* Fiamma of the Right has:
{{quote|"I am Fiamma of the Right. If that isn’t enough of a hint for you, then you really need to rebuild your intelligence agency from the ground up."}}
* From Touma himself:
{{quote|"God, if the world really goes by your rules, then I'm gonna smash that illusion apart!"}}
* Another from Touma, {{spoiler|in the rematch with Accelerator}} :
{{quote|Does a Level 0 like me really seem that incredible?! Hero? Villain? Stop kidding around! Can’t you save someone if you’re not standing at that spot?! In front of your eyes are people that don’t wish to cry that are crying! In front of your eyes are people that can only clench their teeth while struggling and can’t even say the words ‘please save me’! Is that not enough!! Just step up already!! You don’t need special positions or reasons!! With these, you can step up and be a shield for them!!}}
* Yet another:
{{quote|'''Accelerator to Kakine''': Between me and you, there is an impassable wall.}}
* And another:
{{quote|'''Fiamma, {{spoiler|[[Irony|just before all his plans crash and burn]]}}''': I'm about to save this world. Therefore, I have no more use for you. Feel the glory, meatbag. Your value as a human being, obediently let me have it.}}
** {{spoiler|And Touma's answer before crashing Fiamma's plans:}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|Our world is not so weak that it needs to be saved by a bastard like that.}}}}
== ''[[Discworld]]'' ==
* From ''[[Hogfather]]'', when Susan meets the first Bogey Man; "I was the dark in the cave! I was the shadow in the trees! You've heard about the primal scream? That was...''at me!''"
** Also from ''[[Hogfather]]'':
{{quote|'''Teatime''': I am no thief. But if I were, I'd be the kind that steals fire from the gods!"
'''Susan''': We already have fire.
'''Teatime''': There must be an upgrade by now. }}
* ''I can see your house from up here.'' -- Callus Tacticus
* "''Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'' Who watches the watchmen? Me. I watch him. Always." and "Call me...the Guarding Dark. Imagine how strong I must be." -- the Watchman.
* His Grace Sir Samuel Vimes, Commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is MADE of this trope, but very laconic about it. From ''Jingo'':
{{quote|'''Sam Vimes''': Think of it (shipwreck) as the lesser of two evils.
'''Captain Jenkins''': What's the other one?
'''Sam Vimes''': Me. }}
* And again, [[Badass|Vimes]], from ''[[Men at Arms]]'':
{{quote|'''Assassin:''' Who the hell are you?
'''Vimes:''' THE LAW, YOU SONS OF BITCHES. }}
* From ''[[Thud!]]''
{{quote|As far as they are concerned I AM far reaching consequences!}}
* Vimes' inner watchman also gets one in ''[[Thud!]]'':
{{quote|I am not here to keep to darkness out. I'm here to keep it in. Call me... the Guarding Dark. Imagine how powerful I must be.|He then backs it up by throwing the 10,000 year old quasi-demonic pan-dimensional ''thing'' of vengeance that's been trying to possess him out of his head, becoming the first person to survive it.}}
* One of the gods gets one in ''[[The Last Hero]]'':
{{quote|'''The Lady''': I am the one in a million chance.
'''Cohen''': Oh yeah? Who're the others?
'''The Lady''': I am those also. }}
* Possibly the greatest was forgotten by many due to it being a subversion<ref>(it was a job interview)</ref>, but --
{{quote|'''{{smallcaps| Death}}:''' '''{{smallcaps| I USHERED SOULS INTO THE NEXT WORLD. I WAS THE GRAVE OF ALL HOPE. I WAS THE ULTIMATE REALITY. I WAS THE ASSASSIN AGAINST WHOM NO LOCK WOULD HOLD.}}'''}}
* Granny Weatherwax is Badass (since she bears more than a passing resemblance to Vimes, this is not surprising) and comes up with one of these, combining [[Badass]] and [[Genre Savvy]] in ''[[Maskerade]]''.
{{quote|'No.'*steady tapping noise* Salzella looked around.
'No one would believe Walter Plinge. Even Walter Plinge gets confused about the things Walter Plinge sees. Even his mother was afraid he might have murdered people. People could accept just about anything of a Walter Plinge.' *trapdoor opens beside Salzella.*
A pointy hat appeared slowly, followed by the rest of Granny Weatherwax, with her arms folded. She glared at Salzella as the floor clicked into place. Her foot stopped tapping on the boards.
'''Salzella''': Well, well, Lady Esmerelda, eh?
'''Granny''': I'm stoppin' bein' a lady, Mr Salzella.
''[glances up at the pointy hat]''
'''Salzella''': So you are a witch instead?
'''Granny''': Yes, indeed.
'''Salzella''': A bad witch, no doubt?
'''Granny''': Worse. }}
* ''[[Interesting Times]]'' averts this, where the tomb of the founder of the Agatean Empire says nothing about his accomplishments, but simply his name, One Sun Mirror. The reason being that it was unthinkable that anyone could be standing in that place and not know who he was.
== ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' ==
* "My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk."
* Injun Joe gets one too, when he tells the skinwalker exactly what he's going to do with him. And then proves it, in spectacularly awesome fashion.
* Harry may not have said it, but he realized what other people were thinking: "They were dealing with something far more dangerous than me, Harry Dresden, who's battered old Volkswagon was currently in the city impound. They were dealing with the potential dark lord nightmare warlock they'd been busy fearing since I turned sixteen. They were dealing with the wizard who had faced the Heirs of Kemmler riding a zombie dinosaur, and emerged victorious from a fight that had flattened Morgan and Captain Luccio before they had even reached it. They were dealing with the man who had dropped a challenge to the ''entire'' Senior Council, and who had then actually ''showed'', apparently willing to fight - on the shores of an entirely too creepy island in the middle of a freshwater sea."
* (paraphrased from ''Dead Beat'') "You don't get to threaten my friends again...Here's the deal: I've got two Knights of the Cross backing me up. I've got the Winter Queen offering me power. I've got Fallen Angels tripping over themselves to convince me to turn into an instrument of their power. And I'm telling you this: if you ''ever'' threaten any of my friends again, I will ''take'' their offers, and before the dust is settled, I will ''unmake'' you. So, you don't get to threaten my friends to get to me ever again. Got it?"
* In ''Changes'' Harry makes a simple boast to Mab: that she is the ''least'' of the evils that are offering him the power he needs to battle the Red Court, and she needs to decide quickly whether she wants him on her team. This is ''Mab'', ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Queen of Air and Darkness]]'' herself.
** A few chapters later, we have Murphy ({{spoiler|who has temporarily taken up the holy katana Fidelacchius}}) stare down no less than fourteen [[Physical God]]s. What comes next was not exactly her [[Badass Boast]], but rather {{spoiler|the Almighty [[God]] Himself}} speaking through her. Does not at all detract from the badassery.
{{quote|"False gods! Pretenders! Usurpers of truth! Destroyers of faith, of families, of lives, of children! For your crimes against the Mayans, against the peoples of the world, now will you answer! Your time has come! Face judgment Almighty!"}}
* The entire epilogue of ''Ghost Story'' involves Harry {{spoiler|discovering Mab kept him alive to serve as her Knight}}, and is summed up as him telling her "Yeah, I'll work for you, but on my terms. ''Deal with it.''"
* Harry enters the battlefield where the entirety of the Winter and Summer Courts of the Fae are fighting, and has to charge the sections where the most magic is being thrown around. Around him, his allies and enemies let out choruses of really kickass warcries. His? "I don't believe in Faeries!"
* After fighting the Ghouls in the flashback in Turn Coat, he leaves one alive so it can carry his warning back to the rest of the Ghouls, that there would be no mercy for their kind from Harry. He tells it that if they ever try their gambit again, he'll kill every single ghoul that exists.
* "Lasciel doesn't live here anymore." Boy was Nicodemus surprised.
* Ebenezer threatening Lara in Turn Coat. He told her that if she touched Harry, he'd send her shoes back to her family. Because that would be all that was left.
* "The end is nigh!" {{spoiler|Wizard Peabody}}
* Harry thought that Lara was boasting about her seduction skills, but after getting a kiss to fuel one of his spells in a pinch, he had to admit that it wasn't boasting.
** Minutes later, he threatened her to destroy her if she ever tried a gambit like the one they'd just survived.
** He also asked for some Listerine.
== ''[[Lord of Light]]'' ==
* From the djinn imprisoned in Hellwell:
{{quote|We are the legions of Hellwell, damned
The banished ones of fallen flame
We are the race undone by man
So man we curse-forget his name!
This world was ours before the gods
In days before the race of men
And when the men and gods have gone
This world will then be ours again
The mountains fall, the seas dry out
The moons will vanish from the sky
The Bridge of Gold will one day fall
And all that breathes must one day die
But we of Hellwell will prevail
When fail the gods, when fail the men
The legions of the damned die not
We wait, we wait, to rise again! }}
* Yama has one as well:
{{quote|'''Yama''': "Fallen or no, the real death dwells in my eyes."}}
* Don't forget Sam's from the end of Chapter 1:
{{quote|"I shall tear these stars from out the heavens," he stated, "and hurl them in the faces of the gods, if this be necessary. I shall blaspheme in every Temple throughout the land. I shall take lives as a fisherman takes fish, by the net, if this be necessary. I shall mount me again up to the Celestial City, though every step be a flame or a naked sword and the way be guarded by tigers. One day will the gods look down from Heaven and see me upon the stair, bringing them the gift they fear most. That day will the new Yuga begin.}}
== Other works ==
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: In ''[[The Iliad]]'', both Diomedes and Achilles boast, "Unhappy those whose children face my might."
** Zeus gets an epic one at the beginning of Book 8, daring the other gods to defy him
{{quote|
Hang a great golden cable down from the heavens
lay hold of it, all you gods, all goddesses too:
you can never drag me down from sky to earth,
not Zeus, the highest, mightiest king of kings,
not even if you worked yourselves to death.
But whenever I'd set my mind to drag you up,
in deadly earnest, I'd hoist you all with ease,
you and the earth, you and the sea, all together,
then loop that golden cable round a horn of Olympus,
bind it fast and leave the whole world dangling in mid-air--
that is how far I tower over the gods, I tower over men. }}
* ''[[Beowulf]]'' (the epic poem) contains several Badass Boasts (somewhat more elaborate, though less catchy than the movie version), most prominently when the title character several times announces his will to fight Grendel, a beast with the strength of 30 men that has been attacking the Danes for [[Lucky Seven|seven]] years. (He later fulfills his boasts when he kills Grendel by ripping his arm off with his bare hands.)
{{quote|
as dangerous any day as Grendel.
So it won't be be a cutting edge I wield
to mow him down, easily as I might.
He has no idea of the arts of war,
of shield or sword-play, although he does possess
a wild strength. No weapons, therefore,
for either this night: unarmed he shall face me
if face me he dares." }}
* In ''[[The Bible]]'' David gets a kickass boast when he's squared off against Goliath. First Samuel 17:45-47
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* [[J. R. R.
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** Note that this is made even MORE badass by the next line which is something like. "And so powerful was the force of his voice that even Eönwë, herald of the High-King bowed as one full answered." Basically Feanor's boast was so badass that the herald of a GOD (who is also a small-g god himself) went "Alright then...I'll just go now."
** The Challenge Of Fingolfin. "Come, open wide,dark king, your ghastly brazen doors! Come forth, whom earth and heaven abhors! Come forth, O monstrous craven lord,and fight with thine own hand and sword,thou wielder of hosts of banded thralls,thou tyrant leaguered with strong walls,thou foe of Gods and elvish race! I wait thee here. Come! Show thy face!" Bear in mind he's talking to LOTR's equivalent of ''Satan''.
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'':
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:* ''And'', spoken by Bard the Bowman, right before he fires the shot that slays Smaug:
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* [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'':
{{quote|'''Galadriel:''' "And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!"}}
** This is what Galadriel ''would'' have become if she'd taken the [[Artifact of Doom|Ring]], but she resists the temptation in the end, and is relieved at it.
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'''Eowyn:''' "[[No Man of Woman Born|But no living man am I!]] You look upon a woman. Eowyn am I, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him." }}
** Aragorn in ''The Two Towers'' has been chasing a band of Orcs who've taken Merry and Pippin all through the Wold and he is in no mood to be obstructed: "Elendil! I am Aragorn son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar the Elfstone, Dunadan. The heir Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me, or thwart me? Choose swiftly!"
*** Later, Faramir introduces him similarly to the people of Gondor.
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** "What of the dawn?" they jeered. "We are the Uruk-Hai: [[The Determinator|we do not stop]] the fight for night or day, for [[Cue the Sun|fair weather]] or [[Battle in the Rain|for storm]]. [[Blood Knight|We come to kill]], by sun or moon. What of the dawn?"
*** To which Aragorn responds with yet another one: "No enemy has yet taken the Hornburg. Depart, or not one of you will be spared. Not one will be left alive to [[Bring News Back|take back]] [[Bearer of Bad News|tidings to the North]]. You do not know your peril."
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* The title character of ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]'' is fond of doing this, which would probably count as a subversion, or at least a humorous use of the trope, considering that Bartimaeus [[Comedic Hero|isn't exactly a typical]] [[Badass]].
** He's actually cut off once, I forget who by...
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'''Other demon:''' Who hasn't? I mean, he got around. }}
** And Nathaniel... well, he ''tries'', bless him, at the end of the third book. It falls falt though, as the demon he threatens doesn't really hear what he's saying, only reacts to the noise.
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*** Nouda isn't even reacting to the noise; he only turns when Nathaniel shoots him with Gladstone's Staff.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'':
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** Tywin Lannister often had "The Rains of Castamere" played to remind people that he was [[Badass Grandpa|one of the most dangerous people in the seven kingdoms.]]
** Most mottos of the major houses also fit. "We Do Not Sow" (Greyjoy), "Hear Me Roar"(Lannister), "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken" (Martell) to a lesser degree "High As Honor" (Arryn). House Starks "Winter is coming" doesn't fit, though in the TV series, Robb manages to use it as one:
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* [[Shannara|"I am Garet Jax, the Weapons Master. And I have never lost a battle."]]
* Apparently used in all duels for leadership among the northern barbarian tribes in the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting, with each combatant's herald reciting [[Famed in Story|a list of his accomplishments]]. When Wulfgar challenges Heafstaag for leadership of the Tribe of Elk, his list, as a man not yet twenty compared to an experienced barbarian chieftain, is quite short, but he has a trump card that evens the scales:
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* Subverted in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias": all the remains of a statue is the legs, the head, and the inscription: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings / Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" The subversion comes from the fact that Ozymadius's empire is now empty desert, and his triumphant statue is nothing but a ruin. All that is left of his mighty works is a boast.
* Odysseus does this to Polyphemos in ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''...and similar to Bilbo's example above it comes back to bite him since by revealing his true name to the blinded cyclops in the end he basically draws the wrath of the latter's father Poseidon a map.
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* In [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''Jack of Shadows'', the eponymous character spouts off with this (literally true) gem: "I am Jack of Shadows! Shadowjack the Thief! I was beheaded in Igles and rose again in the Dung Pits of Glyve. I duped the lord of High Dudgeon in his keep and took his prize and pride. I am the prisoner in the jewel. I am the breaker of the Compact. I drank the blood of a vampire and ate a stone. So beware, all those who love the Lord of Bats or loathe me, for I have named myself Jack of Shadows!"
* Romsca's [[Villain Song]] {{spoiler|pre [[Heel Face Turn]]}} in ''[[Redwall|Pearls of Lutra]]'', in which she brags to her crew and the Monitor lizards;
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"I'll flay yer carcass bare,
"So every place I go they'll say
"Ahoy, you bold corsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiir!" }}
* Torak, the insane maimed god of the Angarak race in [[The Belgariad]], offers up his version of events in his holy book. He begins with,
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* And then after offering a heavily slanted version of historical events, in which he portrays himself as the one sane and decent guy in the universe, the god who instigated the creation of the world, who got half his face burned off to keep humans from being killed, He finishes with
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* [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Book of Swords]]'' has a "Song of Swords", in which each of the twelve divinely forged Swords has its powers either described or alluded to. Shieldbreaker, which flawlessly defends its wielder and destroys any other weapon, even the otherwise indestructible Swords, at a touch and is only rarely ever drawn without tragic consequences, has this as its verse in the Song.
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None stands to Shieldbreaker.
My point's the fount of orphan's tears,
My edge the widowmaker." }}
* From [[David Gemmell]]'s ''Legend'', [[Badass Grandpa]] Druss introduces himself to the poorly disciplined officers of the hopelessly overmatched garrison by flipping over the bar, punching a man clear across the room, and then introducing himself:
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* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''. [[Big Bad|Yawgmoth]] in the novels gives a nice two-page-long one when he finally appears. The first paragraph where he reflects on his less powerful days gives you an idea:
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I am Yawgmoth." }}
* ''[[1632]]'': From a placard left by the Americans after they dealt with a few mercenaries:
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* Nyarlathotep's parting words to Randolph Carter in [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s ''Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath'': "Hei! Aa-shanta 'nygh! You are off! Send back earth's gods to their haunts on unknown Kadath, and pray to all space that you may never meet me in my thousand other forms. Farewell, Randolph Carter, and beware; for I am Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos."
* Captain Amos Trask/Captain Trenchard in [[Raymond E. Feist]]'s ''[[The Riftwar Cycle|The King's Buccaneer]]''
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* The panserbjorne (armored bears), Iorek and Iofur, in ''[[His Dark Materials|The Golden Compass / Northern Lights]]'' start their duel to the death with a ritualized series of proclamations: mostly what they'll do if they win, but also to show off their badassery to the other bears.
* The ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' book ''Temple of the Winds'' has this example:
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"I ''am'' the weapon." }}
** "I'm the seeker." It's one of those ones that you had to be there.
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** Nicci likes to remind people that she's ''Death's Mistress''. Named by friends and foes alike.
* In Väinö Linna's war novel ''Tuntematon Sotilas'', Lieutenant Koskela, who usually behaves in a very correct and prudent way, yells while drunk: ''Koskela Suomesta! Syö rautaa ja paskantaa kettinkiä!" (Koskela from Finland! Eats iron and shits out chain!)
* In Matt Farrer's [[Warhammer
* [[Sharpe]] manages a good one in ''Sharpe's Rifles''.
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Till now Sharpe had been embarrassed in describing his career, but the priest's scorn touched his soldier's pride. "And I killed the Tippoo Sultan."
"You did?" Father Borellas's voice was sharp with disbelief.
"In the water gate's tunnel at Seringapatam."
"He had no bodyguard?" Vivar asked.
"Six men," Sharpe said. "His picked warriors." He looked from face to face, knowing he need say no more. }}
* Bobby Shaftoe, in ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'':
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** It runs in the family. His ancestor "Half Cocked" Jack Shaftoe uttered this [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|boast]] (combined with [[Bring News Back]]) in ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'':
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* Queen Elizabeth Winton of ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' shows why her nickname is Soul of Steel:
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* Kvothe of ''[[The Name of the Wind|The Kingkiller Chronicle]]'':
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* From ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars]]: Coruscant Nights book II: Street of Shadows'':
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'''Jax Pavan''': [[Deadpan Snarker|You'd be the bounty hunter, then.]] }}
* [[Action Girl|Runya]] [[Fiery Redhead|Sulemar]] [[Knight Errant|roquen]] [http://thrythlind.deviantart.com/gallery/?56596#/d143sz7 lygiel]{{Dead link}} from the [[Main/Greenwater|Greenwater novels]] in the prologue to the first part of the first book.
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* In ''[[Black Company|Shadows Linger]]'', the Black Company is the most elite [[Badass Army]] in the land, who the [[Big Bad]] uses to root out various rebel insurgents. After a successful (and bloody) mission, when a stunned rebel sympathizer asks who they are, Croaker simply replies
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* In ''[[Treasure Island]]'', Jim Hawkins, caught by the pirates and facing death, delivers one.
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* [[RCN Series]]'s Commander Daniel Leary -- ironically, in a quiet conversation with a friend -- said, "Every Alliance spacer ... knows that no matter how many ships they have, they've always got to expect us to go for their throats. Deep in their hearts, they're afraid and they know we aren't. We're the RCN."
* from the otherwise obscure ''The Ring of the Slave Prince'' comes a great line which basically summarizes the book and have the bonus of being completely true:
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* A lot of characters in [[American Gods]] have at least one (considering what many of the characters are -- it's right there in the title -- this shouldn't be surprising). Wednesday's got a few, notably his listing of the charms he knows (and how he got them) and the scene where he follows through on a promise to tell the protagonist his name.
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** "Horus [acknowledging his identity], I am the falcon of the morning, the hawk of the afternoon. I am the sun, as you are, and I know the True Name of Ra. My mother told me [he's gone a little crazy]"
* In ''[[Tall Tale America]]'' Mike Fink is awfully fond of these.
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** Likewise the version of Mike Fink in ''[[The Tales of Alvin Maker|Red Prophet]]:''
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* Mr. Croup from [[Neverwhere]]
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* In [[The First Law]] trilogy, both Logen and Fenris the Feared boast before fighting in a duel to death.
* Umslopogaas, preparing for his [[You Shall Not Pass|last fight]] in ''[[King Solomon's Mines|Allan Quatermain]]'':
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* The Scarecrow in ''[[Matthew Reilly|Scarecrow]]'', while handcuffed and locked into a guillotine:
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* Of course ''[[Wheel of Time|The Wheel of Time]]'' has an example:
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** More than one of course. Rand's rather gentle reminder of his status to Cadsuane:
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** Not just Rand
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** The Aiel get one too:
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Into the Shadow with teeth bared;
Screaming defiance with the last breath;
To spit in Sightblinder's eye on the last day. }}
* A variation can be found in the fourth [[Harry Potter]] book, ''Goblet Of Fire''. It's different since the one making the boast is not making it about himself. In it, {{spoiler|Imposter}} Moody is describing the [[Instant Death Bullet|Instant Death]] <s>Bullet</s> [[Instant Death Bullet|Spell]] that is ''Avada Kedavra''.
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** Arguably subverted by the fact that Harry's survival had nothing to do with his badassery (he was, after all, an infant) and everything to do with the badassery of [[Mama Bear|his mother]].
* ''[[The Midnight Mayor]]'' by Kate Griffin has a nice example (if somewhat spoileriffic and incomprehensible unless you've read ''A Madness of Angels'', the book it's a sequel to):
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* [[Only in It For the Money|Aldrick]] of ''[[Codex Alera]]'':
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** Subverted in the final battle of the first book, when he says it to Fade, a seemingly harmless, mentally deficient slave. It turns out that {{spoiler|Fade ''IS'' Araris Valerian.}}
** "I beat Nasuag at Ludus." This followed a list of fights and wars he'd won against impossible odds. This was the one that left the biggest impression on the listener. Ludus is like chess. Tavi is just that badass.
** The mass Water-Sendings of Kalarus, the Vord Queen, and lastly Tavi. Tavi's pulled double-duty as a cover for a rescue operation.
* Jason Grace [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians|from]] ''[[The Heroes of Olympus|The Lost Hero]]'' and Porphyrion have a boasting contest. Porphyrion states that he will kill Zeus, marry Hera or if she didn't like that feed her to the Earth, grow invincible by the hour, and was already strong enough to reduce Jason to a greasy spot. What did Jason have to top that.
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* [[Robert E. Howard|Robert E. Howard's]] characters get some good ones, on occasion, when they're not too busy simply making good on the death threat implied by their mere presence. From "The Hour of the Dragon", Conan's response to being shanghaied onto a slave galley manned by [[Ancient Africa|Kushite]] warriors he used to lead years ago:
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"Who am I?" he yelled. "Look, you dogs! Look, Ajonga, Yasunga, Laranga! ''Who am I?''"
And from the waist rose a shout that swelled to a mighty roar: "Amra! It is Amra! The Lion has returned!" }}
** King Kull has his moments. For one [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|particularly memorable example]], at the end of "By This Axe I Rule!":
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* [[Young Wizards|Roshaun]] attempts this a few times in Wizard's Holiday... and actually succeeds in Wizards At War. (He really came into his element then.) "So stand by, lackey..."
* My God, High King Kallor from ''[[The Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'' has the best boast ever:
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** And then there are all of Anomandaris Dragnipurake's titles: Knight of High House Dark, Lord of Moon's Spawn, Son of Darkness, Blacksword...
* Threatened with an eternity of torture by the Lamentation, a team of Bassasses from ''[[Nightside|Hex and the City]]'' dismiss its threats as follows:
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"I am Pretty Poison, a [[Horny Devils|demon of the Inferno]]."<br />
"I'm Madman, and I have seen [[Go Mad
"And I'm [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|John Taylor]], and you wouldn't believe the shit I've seen. So [[Bring It|bring it on]]." }}
* In ''[[A Dirty Job]]'', a [[Never Mess with Granny|little old Chinese lady]] gives the main character a ''look'' when he snatches an eggplant away from her. Gods alone know what she was really thinking, but here's what our hero got from that look:
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* A rather odd one from [[Council Wars|Against the Tide]]:
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'''Blood Lords''': No plan survives contact with the enemy!
'''Herzer''': and who are we?
'''Blood Lords''': THE ENEMY! }}
* From Stephen Hunter's ''Night of Thunder'', the Big Bad, a dirty cop, gives this:
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** And then Swagger's response:
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* From ''[[The Acts of Caine]]'':
** ''Heroes Die:''
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** ''Blade of Tyshalle:''
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'''Caine:''' "THEY TOLD YOU I WOULD DIE DOWN THERE! I TOLD YOU I'D BE BACK!" }}
** ''Caine Black Knife:''
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Later, "I told you I'd feed you your future. Did you think I'd make you eat it raw?" }}
* [[Solomon Kane]] may say it in a more understated manner than most boasts, but...
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* Skeeter Jackson, of [[Time Scout]], finds himself fighting for his life in the Roman Arena against a favorite who's one 100+ matches. An odd thought makes him laugh, startling the Roman, so he pushes his advantage by breaking into a Mongolian war song.
* The ''[[Gentleman Bastard Sequence]]'' Sequence has a few. One of the best is from Jean Tannen while drugged to the eyeballs in the temple of the goddess of death. Keep in mind he is twelve at the time:
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** Then there are Locke's, when {{spoiler|Calo, Galdo, and Bug are killed and their home destroyed}}:
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** ... and when threatening a prisoner:
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* A curious inverted example from the [[Lensmen]] sequence. A hostile Lyrianian telepath has just had her mind turned inside out by Karen Kinnison, one of Civilization's few third-stage intellects outside of the Arisians. Karen's mother Clarissa, unaware of what has just transpired, describes Karen as one of the four dearest, sweetest girls you could ever hope to meet. Because Clarissa ''is'' Karen's mother, and viewed as obviously more dangerous and experienced by the Lyranians (though Karen is actually the more powerful), she's subsequently afforded a great deal more respect. Karen's boast is more to the point - she describes what her mother would do in her shoes, none of which is pretty or even survivable, and then adds "But she's always sorry afterwards - she even insists on coming to the funerals and paying all the expenses."
* In his essay "In the Land of the Euro-Weenies", P.J. O'Rourke hears one too many snide comments about the U.S. and goes off on a tear:
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* Variants on the ''[[Robin Hood]]'' story are full of these--unsurprisingly, because it's about a bunch of romantic outcasts who pride themselves on their valiance and shooting ability. Just look at Howard Pyle's version, ''The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood:''
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''"Now," quoth the stranger, "I will tan thy hide till it be as many colors as a beggar's cloak, if thou darest so much as touch a string of that same bow that thou holdest in thy hands."''
''"Thou pratest like an ass," said Robin, "for I could send this shaft clean through thy proud heart before a curtal friar could say grace over a roast goose at Michaelmastide."'' }}
* ''[[Peter Pan]]''--"I'm youth, I'm joy. I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg." (Note that [[Meaningless Meaningful Words|Peter himself doesn't know what this means]]. [[Rule of Cool|It just sounds cool]].)
* In [[Ascended Fanfic]] [[Divine Blood
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Hero: ''"I can give you some, if you want."''}}
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