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{{quote|'''General Zod:''' "You will bow down before me, Jor-El. I swear it! No matter that it takes an eternity! ''You will bow down before me! Both you, and then one day, your heirs!''"|''[[Superman (film)|Superman]] The Movie''}}
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{{quote|'''President:'''' Oh, God...
'''Zod:''' ''(correcting)'' '''''Zod.''''' }}
* From the ''[[300]]'' film, best illustrated by Xerxes' speech to Ephialtes. Note that Ephialtes wanted revenge on Leonidas, who
{{quote|'''Xerxes:''' Cruel Leonidas... [[What the Hell, Hero?|required you to stand]]. I ask '''[[Deal with the Devil|ONLY]]... that you [[Evil Sounds Deep|KNEEL]]!'''}}
** Leonidas [i]does[/i] kneel in the end; only so that he can get one last shot at Xerxes. He doesn't kill him, but he does make him bleed.
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'''Grant:''' The first one won't kill you. Not the second. Not even the third. Not till you crawl over here and you '''kiss my foot'''. }}
** In ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'', Fatima Blush has a twist on it, demanding Bond write that she was the best lay he ever
{{quote|'''Blush:''' Now ''write this''. The greatest rapture of my life was afforded to me on a boat off Nassau by ''Fatima Blush''.}}
** It happens in the book version of ''The Man with the Golden Gun" -- or at least, it's a crime Bond charges Scaramanga with having committed in the past.
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** Season 9's Major Zod had at least one time saying "KNEEL BEFORE ZOD" pretty much every single episode he was in. It should me mentioned however that 'Major' Zod took the Zod you know and love and made him [[Up to Eleven|more awesome...]]
** Ironically enough, Lois pulls a "Kneel Before Zod" moment in the season 10 episode "Harvest". When Clark, weakened by Blue Kryptonite, is buried alive by a rural community who plan to sacrifice Lois in a ritual to ensure a bountiful harvest, he manages to regain enough of his strength to escape his grave and rescue Lois. When the villagers see Clark survive gasoline burns that would have killed a normal man instantly, Lois [[Large Ham|goes full-on Charlton Heston on them]], declaring that Clark has been sent by God to punish the villagers [[Pulp Fiction|"with great vengeance and furious anger"]], thus forcing the Blue-K enhanced villagers to back away long enough for Clark and Lois to make their escape. As they watch Clark speed off with Lois, the townsfolk all kneel.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': In an episode, Forrester is practicing the speech he plans to give after conquering the world, and even says "
* ''[[Doctor Who]]''
** [[The Master]], having sadly forgotten everything he'd read on the [[Evil Overlord List]], demanded this of Martha. Which she did, [[The Plan|but then began to laugh because her capture was part of an elaborate plan]]. Notable for being a rare occasion when the hero ordered to kneel just sucks it up and ''does'' it rather than go through a lot of gritted "Never!" posturing first.
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'''Fenric:''' Kneel if you want the girl to live!
'''Seventh Doctor:''' ... {{spoiler|Kill her.}} }}
** Years earlier, in the First Doctor episode "Assassin in Peking", the First Doctor is ordered to kowtow before Kublai Khan. He refuses, but not out of
** "KNEEL! KNEEL BEFORE THE MIGHT OF SUTEKH!"
** Borusa uses the mind-power enhancing Coronet of Rassilon to force the Fifth Doctor to kneel before him in "The Five Doctors".
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* ''[[Mortal Kombat: Conquest|Mortal Kombat Conquest]]'': From Shao Kahn to Raiden in the series finale episode:
{{quote|'''Shao Kahn:''' [[This Is Sparta|You... will... bow! To... me.]]}}
* ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'': Parodied using General Drayfox, an incredibly PC supervillain, who wants [[Politically Incorrect Hero|his enemy]] to kneel before
* The 1960's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series episode "The Spell of Tut". King Tut does this to Robin the Boy Wonder.
* In an episode of ''[[Charmed]]'', the valkyries of Norse legend arrive in San Francisco. Then, they meet a perverted biker.
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* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''
** Mojo Jojo tries to extort this out of Blossom by dangling a [[Bound and Gagged]] [[Dude in Distress|Professor]] over a [[Lava Pit]].
** Princess' première also includes her telling Blossom, "Prepare to bow to your princess!" Cue the [[Fiery Redhead
** Later on, a giant alien robot manages to defeat the Powerpuff Girls, take over Townsville and make the entire town kneel before it. Mojo Jojo (who has been aiding the girls because he couldn't stand to see something more evil than him) witnesses this, [[Berserk Button|utterly snaps]], and proceeds to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|beat the crap out of the five or six times bigger robot]] ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|with his bare hands]]''.
* In ''[[The Batman]]'', Lex Luthor forces Superman to do this by drugging him with a combination of [[Kryptonite Factor|Kryptonite]] dust and Poison Ivy's mind-control pollen.
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