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[[Board to Death]] is a sub trope, that is normally successful because often the audience (which is not the hero) exists just for the purpose of this trope.
[[Truth in Television]]: As any prankster knows. Though not quite so much in the case of criminal or truly despicable behaviour, as guilt and/or fear of consequence usually overshadows the sadistic joy of mischief, and certainly any urge to reveal it.
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** Surprisingly averted when new [[Big Bad]] Lilith has both heroes helpless. Sam tries to bargain with her; she points out he has nothing she wants, and Dean tries to prompt a bit of monologuing. "So, is this your big plan, huh? Drag me to hell. Kill Sam. And then what? Become queen bitch?" Lilith simply replies "I don't have to answer to puppy chow," and {{spoiler|sets the hellhounds on him, killing him}} before immediately {{spoiler|attempting to kill Sam. It didn't work, but not for want of trying at least, and it wasn't until the next season we actually found out what her plan is}}
** [[Not So Different|The angels, especially Zachariah, enjoy monologuing as well,]] which is how Dean discovers the identity of the [[Load-Bearing Boss|final seal]] before [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Sam breaks it.]]
* [[Lampshade Hanging]] in ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]'': when an assassin has Sledge tied to a [[Death Trap]], he tells him how he intends to kill the captain. Sledge responds by saying, "I'll never understand why you guys explain your whole plan before you kill somebody."
* Subverted in the ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' episode "Dummy." The murderer makes a full confession while the heroes are wrapped in body bags and locked inside a car, so they can't actually hear a word of what he's saying.
* Lampshaded in a ''[[Dollhouse]]'' episode.
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* At the end of ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] III: Tribunal'', {{spoiler|the [[Physical God]] Almalexia explains to the [[Player Character]] how she convinced him/her that another god, Sotha Sil had gone insane and tried to attack the capital city of Mournhold, while it was all in fact orchestrated by her so that she could kill the other two gods of the Tribunal, turn the player into an unwilling martyr, and rule as the sole remaining god herself.}}
** {{spoiler|Her}} reasons for doing so seems to be twofold: one, {{spoiler|she used to be the possibly loyal, possibly not wife of Nerevar, and is convinced you are his reincarnation}}, and two, {{spoiler|her grip on reality is not the best anymore}}.
* An interesting one in ''[[
* Can happen in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' near the end of the Omerta quest line, with one of the mob bosses. On the other hand, it takes a pretty high Speech skill to get him to talk, so it might be a subversion.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'', new villain Ghirahim is very chatty every time you meet him. He [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade on it]] by saying he has an urge to vent, and even goes as far as [[He Knows About Timed Hits|giving you pointers on sword fighting]] in your first battle with him.
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* ''[[The New Adventures of Superman]]'' episode "The Saboteurs". The [[Villain]] "The Chief" tells Lois Lane and Clark Kent his plan after he captures them.
* In one episode of ''[[Storm Hawks]]'', a [[Mook]] comes up with a plan to become an [[Ascended Extra]]. When he captures the heroes by sheer luck, he decides to get back to his master plan. Upon seeing the Storm Hawks' eager faces, he adds, "Which I ''won't'' discuss in front of ''you''!"
* ''[[Star Trek: The
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