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{{quote|''"Dispatched, in mankind's darkest hour, '''we''' are the knights of the blue flame!"''|'''The creed of the [[The Empire|Novus Orbis Librarium]]''', recited at the start of any match between [[Pettanko|Noel]], [[Sociopathic Hero|Jin]], [[Lady of War|Tsubaki]] or [[Big Bad|Hazama]], ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]''.}}

{{quote|''"Dispatched in mankind's darkest... [[Crowning Moment of Funny|uhh... umm... Oh, forget it]]!"''|'''[[Genius Ditz|Makoto]]'s "unique" take on the [[The Empire|Novus Orbis Librarium]] creed''', ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]''.}}

Just before the actual fight, characters tend to give a short introduction. [[Asskicking Pose|Usually a cool pose]] or [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner|quote]] that'll make them somewhat more memorable. As a way of adding characterization, they will often have characters with a shared history perform entirely different actions when facing each other.

Some games may instead give the characters a voice clip that, like above, may change depending on who they face.

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See also [[Witty Banter]].

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*** Ragna vs.: Jin, Noel, Rachel, Nu 13, Taokaka

{{quote| '''Noel''': I had to work super duper hard to memorize all of that!<br />

'''Jin''': *sigh* You just never change, do you?<br />

'''Tsubaki''': We're going to practice it until ''you'' get it right!<br />

* ''Guilty Gear'' also has many more special ones, Ky vs. Sol and Millia Rage vs. Eddie are the only ones where the characters actually attack each other, that I remember anyway. Actually, Slayer and Order-Sol also fight. There's also Johnny vs Dizzy and Johnny vs May, Millia Rage vs. Venom, Dizzy vs. Justice, Sol vs. Order-Sol, Potemkin vs. Slayer, Axl vs. Sol, Jam vs. Ky Kiske, Dizzy vs. Testament, and doubtless there are many others for the more "normal" special battle intros.

* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' had this, with pretty much all of the battle intros being some sort of throwback to the characters' original games. ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', however, did not include this.

** In the ''Alpha'' series, Gen and Akuma will attempt to do their ultimate supers on each other, and both will block each other's attempts. Ken, meanwhile, will give Ryu a noogie. (This is a [[Shout -Out]] to a scene in the [[The Movie|the animated film adapation]], as is the "Ken helps Ryu up" win animation.)

* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'': Though the characters' animations never change, the first character will often have a different line for certain matchups.

{{quote| [[Iron Man]], (vs. [[Captain America (comics)]]): "This armor knows your next move before you do, Steve."<br />

* Iori and Kyo have had a custom intro against each either for the vast majority of ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]''.

** [[Ikari Warriors|Ralf and Clark]] often do a [[Super Sentai]] parody when facing each other.

*** For the most part, if the characters facing one another have something in common, or something about one character reminds the other of something else, a little [[Mythology Gag]] is thrown in, like the [[Final Fantasy III (Video Game)|Onion Knight]] asking the [[Summon Magic|summoner]] [[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Yuna]] why she doesn't have a horn, or [[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Vaan]] [[Old Shame|asking female characters of indeterminate age how old they are.]]

* The [[Neo-Geo]] remake of ''[[Double Dragon (Video Game)|Double Dragon]]'' did this based on the stage you fought on. Player one would always just stand there, while the computer opponent made some cool entrance using the scenery. For example, one stage takes place by a river. Your opponent rides up on a jetski, then jumps out, as the jetski crashes into a nearby barrel and explodes. In two-player mode, though, the intro is always the same: the two characters trade some blows (without doing any damage) then separate and await the start of the fight.

* Most of the more important bosses in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' got a close-up and a [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner|short quote]] or mini dialogue before the battle begun.

* Not a fighting game, but at the start of every multi-player round of ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (Videovideo Gamegame)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', each player would give a short taunt. The problem was that there were only about four taunts available, and they were long, annoying, and unskippable.

* ''[[Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000|SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom]]'' took it a step further with entire ''conversations'' custom-made for just about every combination of fighters there may be.

* ''[[Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3]]'' had three kinds besides the normal intros; one-way character specific (where one character would say something specific and the other would just say a generic intro line), two-way character specific (where both would talk to each other before the fight) and character-specific VICTORY quotes. Among these, Goku vs. Vegeta had Vegeta shouting "Accept my challenge, Kakarot!" and Goku replying "Right, let's do it!". If Goku defeated Frieza in battle, he would end with "Give up your evil ways!". Goku vs. Kid Goku would have the older Goku proclaiming "I've grown, huh?" Other examples are Kid Goku vs. Piccolo (Kid Goku mistakes him for Demon King Piccolo and gets scared), Goten vs. Omega Shenron (Goten says that he wants candy, and Omega Shenron replies that he doesn't grant wishes for candy) and Super Buu vs. Frieza, Cell, Cooler or Omega Shenron (Buu wonders if they're strong). Surprisingly enough, [[Mirror Match|Mirror Matches]]es just get generic intros and endings. Characters' ending quotes would also change depending on how much health they had - for example, if Goku finished the fight on full or nearly full health, he would actually seem slightly irritated and say "I want to fight you again!", implying he didn't get a decent enough challenge. If his health was low when the fight ended, he would remark "That was pretty fun!" in a happy tone of voice.

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