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==== "Are you threatening me?" ====
* ''[[Tower of God]]'':
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'''Ha Yuri Zahard:''' Oy, RED newbie, are you threatening me right now?
'''Lo Po Bia Re:''' Th- Threaten? Of course not. I'm simply worry about the future of Zahard…
'''Ha Yuri Zahard:''' Ah, really? Everything seems to be solved for you when you just add Zahard's name. That's really convenient! Using Zahard's name to threaten one of Zahard's Princesses… you must be out of your mind.
Know this, the strength of Zahard isn't the kind that can be called upon so conveniently. Though, there's no need bothering to explain this to somebody who just uses Zahard's name as he pleases… [[Death Glare|Get out of here]] [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|or I will kill you!]] }}
* ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'':
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'''Joe Black:''' Are you threatening me?
'''William Parrish:''' Yeah, I certainly hope so. }}
* ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]'':
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'''Cromwell:''' If I were you, I'd try and persuade him. I really would try... if I were you.
'''The Duke of Norfolk:''' Cromwell, are you threatening me?
'''Cromwell:''' My dear Norfolk... this isn't Spain. This is England. }}
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': "Partners in Crime":
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'''Matron Cofelia:''' Are you threatening me?
'''The Doctor:''' I am trying to help you, matron. This is your one chance. }}
** ''[[Big Finish Doctor Who]]'': "Faith Stealers":
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'''Carder''': Come come Bordinan, we're both adults here...''of course'' I'm threatening you. }}
* ''[[Without a Trace]]'':
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'''Jack Malone:''' You take it any way you want! }}
* ''[[Spooks]]'':
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'''Tessa Phillips:''' You threatened me from way up there on your moral high ground. You hypocritical arsehole. }}
* ''[[Payback]]'':
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'''Bronson:''' Are you threatening me?
'''Porter:''' I'm not threatening you, I'm threatening Carter. }}
* ''[[Butter Cream Gang]]'' has the cliché:
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'''Scott Carpenter:''' No, that's a promise. }}
* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Revenge of the Sith]]'':
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'''Supreme Chancellor Palpatine:''' Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
'''Mace Windu:''' The senate will decide your fate.
'''Palpatine:''' [[I Am the Noun|I am the Senate.]] }}
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]''
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'''[[Jerkass|Sentinel Prime]]''': Are you threatening me? That's treason, soldier! Arrest him! }}
* ''[[The Dark Knight]]''
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'''Rachel Dawes:''' No, I'm just assuming his cooperation with this investigation. }}
* ''[[Time Chasers]]''
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'''Nick:''' No, I'm telling you! }}
* ''[[Ice Age]]''
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'''Sid''': Are you threatening me?
'''Diego''': MOVE, SLOTH! ''(avalanche starts)''
'''Sid''': ''(Patting Diego)'' Way to go, tiger! }}
* Commonly uttered by Beavis in ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' when he's in his "Cornholio" phase -- said in response to just about anything.
* ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'':
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'''Lennie Briscoe''': You catch on pretty fast! }}
** Another example:
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'''Det. Fontana''': A threat? No. A threat would be more like... "If you stonewall this investigation any more I'm gonna break your jaw. And when you're on the ground, I'm gonna kick you 'till you spit blood you cheap shyster." That would be a threat. This is more of a request. }}
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'':
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'''Mad-Eye Moody:''' (pleased Vernon's caught on so quickly) Yes, I am.
'''Vernon:''' And do I look like the kind of man who can be intimidated?
'''Moody:''' Well...(reveals his magical eye, making Vernon jump backwards into a luggage trolley) Yes, I'd have to say you do, Dursley. }}
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'':
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'''Lt. Carter Blake''': I'm just giving you some free advice, doctor. I suggest you take it. }}
* A variation from an episode of of the sitcom ''[[Taxi]]''; Louie has enraged Alex to the point that Alex has ripped the front off of Louie's dispatcher cage and bodily dragged him forth:
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'''Alex''': [growls]
'''Louie''': I'm not sayin' it won't work! I'm just askin'! }}
==== "Is that a threat?" ====
* ''Rules Of Engagement'':
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'''Colonel Hodges:''' Oh yes sir. }}
* Parodied in ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'':
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'''Jake:''' No, it's a promise.
'''Charlie:''' What's the difference?
'''Jake:''' I don't know-- one's a threat and one's a promise. }}
* Played with in ''[[Scream (film)|Scream 3]]'':
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'''Detective Kincaid:''' When it's a threat, you'll know it.
'''Dewey:''' Is ''that'' a threat? }}
* ''[[The Swan Princess]]'':
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'''Rothbart:''' Is that a threat?
'''Prince Derek:''' Don't you dare let her die!
'''Rothbart:''' Oh, it is a threat. }}
* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'' ([[Harry Potter (film)|movie version]]):
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'''Professor Moody:'''' Is that a threat? Is that a threat?! Is that a threat?!
(Malfoy flees) }}
* ''[[Passions]]'':
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'''Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald:''' No. I don't make threats. I make promises. }}
* ''Club Dread'':
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'''Coconut Pete:''' ...What did we do?
'''Juan:''' No! Yu and Hank are fucking dead!
'''Coconut Pete:''' Is ''that'' a threat? }}
* ''[[Blood and Chocolate]]'':
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'''Rafe:''' No... (headbutts him) ''This'' is a threat! }}
* ''[[Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen]]'':
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'''Lola:''' Is that a threat?
'''Carla:''' Absolutely! }}
* The 1970 horror flick ''Torture Dungeon'':
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'''Rosemary:''' Not if I break yours first.
'''Ivan:''' Is that a threat?
'''Rosemary:''' Take it anyway you like it!
'''Ivan:''' I usually do! }}
* ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
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'''Martha:''' Is that a threat George, huh?
'''George:''' It's a threat, Martha. }}
* ''[[Doctor Dolittle|Dr. Dolittle 2]]'':
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'''Archie:''' Is that a threat, buddy? }}
* ''[[If Looks Could Kill]]'':
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'''Haywood:''' Is that a threat, Mrs. Grober?
'''Mrs Grober:''' French teachers do not threaten, Monsieur. They say, "S'il vous plait." }}
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'':
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'''Tarthus:''' For the moment.
'''First Minister Dreylock:'''Is that a threat?
'''Tarthus:''' It's an assurance that when it comes to the survival of our people, we will do whatever is necessary. }}
* ''[[Dallas]]'':
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'''J R:''' Is that a threat Vaughn?
'''Vaughn Leland:''' A promise! }}
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'':
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'''Captain Kathryn Janeway:''' Is that a threat?
'''Kohlar:''' Merely a fact. You're doing everything you can to get your people home, Captain. That's all I'm doing for mine. }}
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
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'''Rimmer''': Is that a threat Lister?
'''Lister''': Yeah.
'''Rimmer''': Actually, "okay" is not a threat, technically speaking.
'''Lister''': It is when you're meaning it to mean what ''I'm'' meaning it to mean, and I'm meaning it to mean ''okay'', Rimmer, O-'''''kaaaay'''''!
'''Rimmer''': Lister, "okay" is never a threat, no matter how many "aaaay"s you put on the end of it. }}
* ''[[The Sopranos]]''
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'''Carmela:''' No Tony, it's a rave review! }}
* ''[[The Lion King]]'' has a variation
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* ''[[Warrior Cats]]'':
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'''Stick:''' Leave Red out of this. And don't make threats you can't keep.
'''Misha:''' Oh, they're not threats. They're promises. }}
==== "Is that a threat or a promise?" ====
* ''[[Revolutionary Road]]'':
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'''April:''' What? You'll leave me? Is that a threat or a promise? }}
* ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]'':
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'''Maddie:''' Saving your butt before I kick it!
'''Zack:''' Is that a threat or a promise? }}
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'':
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'''Female Revan:''' [[Too Kinky to Torture|Is that a threat or a promise?]]
}}
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Revision as of 04:23, 7 August 2014
When threatened, a character responds with, "Is that a threat?" or "Are you threatening me?" regardless of how poorly veiled the actual threat was. Stock answers include, "No, it's a fact", "No, it's a promise" and "Yes." A common variation is having the character asking "is that a threat or a promise?", and its usually used as a form of Insult Backfire, when the threatened thing wouldn't inconvenience them, or even benefit them.
Compare Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word
"Are you threatening me?"
Lo Po Bia Ren:If King Zahard were to find out about this
I can't imagine how disappointed he would be… |
William Parrish: You're at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong woman! |
- Doctor Who: "Partners in Crime":
The Doctor: Seeding a level five planet is against galactic law. |
- Big Finish Doctor Who: "Faith Stealers":
Bordinan: Are you threatening me? |
Agt. Jason Farrell: Are you threatening me, Agent Malone? |
Harry Pearce: Are you threatening me? |
(Porter has just threatened to kill Carter while talking to Bronson on the phone) |
- Butter Cream Gang has the cliché:
Pete Turner: Are you threatening me? Is that a threat? |
Mace Windu: In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor. |
Ratchet: Omega Supreme is one of us. An Autobot. A friend. Harm one circuit on him and you'll asnwer to me. |
Lawyer: Are you threatening my client? |
J. K. Robertson: Are you threatening me? |
- Commonly uttered by Beavis in Beavis and Butthead when he's in his "Cornholio" phase -- said in response to just about anything.
- Law and Order:
Witness: Are you threatening me? |
- Another example:
Ethan's psychiatrist: Are you threatening me? |
- A variation from an episode of of the sitcom Taxi; Louie has enraged Alex to the point that Alex has ripped the front off of Louie's dispatcher cage and bodily dragged him forth:
Louie: Are you threatening me with physical violence? |
"Is that a threat?"
- Rules Of Engagement:
Sokal: Is that a threat? |
- Parodied in Two and A Half Men:
Charlie: Is that a threat? |
- Played with in Scream 3:
Dewey: Is that a threat, Detective? |
Prince Derek: Don't let her die! |
Malfoy: My father will hear about this! |
Rebecca: Is that a threat, Peee-lar? |
- Club Dread:
Juan: Yu and Hank are dead! |
Aiden: Is that a threat? |
Carla: I'll show you what it's like to be in my school. |
- The 1970 horror flick Torture Dungeon:
Ivan: I'd like to break you neck. |
George: Try and I'll beat you at your own game. |
Dr. Dolittle: (talking to an animal) You're an endangered species! |
Vaughn Leland: IT WAS CROOKED! And I believe you knew that! You'll regret this! |
Tony: What's that, a threat? |
- The Lion King has a variation
Mufasa: Is that a challenge? |
"Is that a threat or a promise?"
Frank: Listen to me, you do this April, you do this and I swear to god... |
Zack: What are you doing here? |
Carth: ...or I'll turn you over my knee! |