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When a [[Rousing Speech]]... isn't.

A ~~hero -- or~~, well, ~~anyone -- is~~ about to go risk their neck for something. A sidekick or other people begin "motivating" them, sometimes in song, by thanking them for the dangerous task they are about to undertake, which may cause their deaths, describing [[To the Pain]] what the hero might suffer ~~and -- really~~, it would be better if the hero hadn't heard this speech at all. Especially in comedy shows.

A hero—or, well, anyone—is about to go risk their neck for something. A sidekick or other people begin "motivating" them, sometimes in song, by thanking them for the dangerous task they are about to undertake, which may cause their deaths, describing [[To the Pain]] what the hero might suffer and—really, it would be better if the hero hadn't heard this speech at all. Especially in comedy shows.

The trope is named after a passage from the song "When the Foeman Bares His Steel," from [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''.

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== Web Originals ==

* In ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'', the dumb and callous Captain Hammer tries delivering a [[Rousing Speech]] in song form with "Everyone's A Hero", which ends up being filled with [[Stealth Insult~~|Stealth Insults~~]] and comes off more as [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] directed at homeless people and muggles about how they'll never be as great as he is no matter what. Naturally, as a [[Villain with Good Publicity|revered]] [[Smug Super|superhero]], the audience chews it up save for Penny, though the fact that he openly boasts about sleeping with her in the song probably didn't do him any favors.

* In ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'', the dumb and callous Captain Hammer tries delivering a [[Rousing Speech]] in song form with "Everyone's A Hero", which ends up being filled with [[Stealth Insult]]s and comes off more as [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] directed at homeless people and muggles about how they'll never be as great as he is no matter what. Naturally, as a [[Villain with Good Publicity|revered]] [[Smug Super|superhero]], the audience chews it up save for Penny, though the fact that he openly boasts about sleeping with her in the song probably didn't do him any favors.