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== Comic Books ==
* The Joker occasionally does this to [[Batman]].
{{quote| '''Joker:''' I see one of our stars approaching the red carpet! And he's in black, always chic. But here come the fashion disasters. {{The rest of the [[Justice League]] arrives}} I?m surprised their mummies let them out of the house looking like that.}}
** This was one of the most memorable traits of the [[Batman (film)|Jack Nicholson Joker]].
{{quote| "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"}}
* [[Superman|Lex Luthor]] in most media. Funnily enough, rarely to Superman himself. He ''hates'' Big Blue.
* Rotorstorm's "Wreckers, combine!" joke from ''[[Transformers Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' got a laugh out of Overlord, a 'bot so evil and powerful he makes grizzled veterans go "[[Oh Crap]]". Then {{spoiler|Rotorstorm gets his brains blown out.}}
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* Salazar in ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' is rude and snarky for most of his screentime, until you finally impress him enough to start saying things like "I fear I have not paid my respects to your impressive and ''stubborn'' will. Mr. Kennedy: WELCOME!"
* In ''Mega Man X,'' Sigma comments on X's fighting potential repeatedly throughout the final battles.
{{quote| "Impressive! You're every bit the Hunter I was!"}}
* He's especially obsessive about this in the ''Maverick Hunter X'' PSP remake:
{{quote| "I see a new clarity in your eyes. It looks like you might actually be able to face me."<br />
"Impressive, X! Looks like you really do have the potential I had seen in you!"<br />
"Magnificent X! And to think you've been classified as a B-class Hunter!"<br />
"I should've known you could do it, X..." }}
* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Orphan]]}} delivers a pretty epic example by outright ''praising'' [[Humanity Is Superior|the strength of humanity]] {{spoiler|which makes them the perfect tools to circumvent the Fal'Cies' own hardwired limitations}}.
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Orphan}}''': Have you ever paused to consider our reason for making l'Cie of men? We fal'Cie are crafted for a single purpose, and granted finite power to that end. With men it is not so. Men, dream, aspire, and through indomitable force of will achieve the impossible. Your power is beyond measure. We take l'Cie that we might wield such strength. Through you, we obtain [[Death Seeker|freedom from our bondage.]]}}
* In ''[[Wild Arms 3]]'', [[Big Bad]] Seigfried respects and envy Maya's power, which, he says, surpasses Demon's. However, that doesn't stop him from using her powers against her, and he obliterates her later on when she tries to [[Duel Boss|solo him]]. But in the end, Maya got the last laugh.
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', if the Warden chooses to duel Loghain to decide the fate of Ferelden, the old general will comment that "a man is made by the quality of his enemies," which was a saying of his old friend Maric. He then wonders if that's more of a compliment to him or to you.
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* In ''[[Batfink]]'', Curly the Cannonball was excessively worshipful of Batfink, apparently due to Batfink being his hero before he turned into a two-bit villain.
* Taken to a disturbing extent in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' with Control Freak in "For Real". When questioning the replacement Titans where the originals were, the satirical nerdy villain went into a lengthy montage describing the characteristics of (and dressing as) each and every Titan.
{{quote| '''Aqualad''': You sound more like a fanboy than a nemesis.}}
** He later went fanboy crazy over the Titans East, so much so that he ''couldn't resist'' teleporting himself in front of them after they just survived all his "tests" and attempts to blow up the city.
* Daemon in ''[[Re Boot]]'' is genuinenly nice and polite, because of the sheer fact that crashing the entire net is what she is programmed to do and she sees no evil in it...in fact, she even thinks it's a ''good'' thing!
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Vlad Plasmius often used this tactic in conjunction with [[Not So Different]].
* From ''[[The Incredibles]]'':
{{quote| "You sly dog! You got me monologuing! You know, you really ''are'' Mr. Incredible!"<br />
"Hiding from my seeker using the ''bones of another super''?! I can't believe it, man, I'm ''still'' geekin' out! Ahhh." }}
** The Argentinian dub changed the storyline so it takes place in Argentina in a parallel Earth. There, Syndrome had the personality of a sterotypical Argentinian TV host (such as Marley or Marcelo Tinelli).
* Shego is known for doing this to ''[[Kim Possible]]'' (when she's not being condescending), and has a number of [[Terms of Endangerment|pet names for her]].
* A version appears in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'': Jade is in a toppling tree, which falls towards the (Dark-Warriored!) Ratso, who catches it. This ensues:
{{quote| '''Jade''': Nice catch.<br />
'''Ratso''': Thanks. Hey-!<br />
'''Jade'''(jumps off tree and runs): Nyah-nyah. }}
* In [[The DCAU]], [[Darkseid]] always compliments his son Orion whenever they cross paths. In "Apokolips Now!" Darkseid expresses his fatherly pride in Orion's savagery and power. During their brief fight in "Twilight", Darkseid has this to say:
{{quote| '''Darkseid:''' I'm glad growing up with Highfather hasn't made you soft or weak. You make an old man proud. But I won't let you or ''anyone'' else stand in my way.}}
** Then he breaks his son's spine with a crushing bearhug and leaves him to die on the exploding asteroid with a pithy "spare the rod".
 
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