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{{quote|Senior wizards never rowed in public. The damages were apt to be appalling. No, politeness ruled, but with sharpened edges.|''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]''}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Adale from ''[[The Good Witch of the West]]'' was noted, by her enemy whom she'd just beaten in this, to never be at a loss for words.
* Played more literally than usual in the Territory Arc in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', wherein one of the characters with Territory abilities can create a Territory in which violence is not possible, and the only way to beat the other person is to make them say whatever the Taboo might be at the moment. Kurama talked him into making the whole Japanese alphabet taboo one letter (kana) at a time, then made him
** Also one earlier in the Four Saint Beasts Arc, where at the end Hiei notes that Kurama has to have the last word.
* In ''[[Corsair]]'', Aura, princess of a pirate clan, is kidnapped by the governor-general of a nearby territory, Jean-Hughes D'Aubigne. Their first conversation with her as a hostage consists of them sharing a meal and speaking in polite monotone while exchanging sentiments such as "It's hard to believe a beauty like you is also a dirty sea pirate."
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' is like the WWII of [[Deadpan Snarker|snarkery]] and [[Politeness Judo]], but almost everyone is so passive-aggressive, blink and you miss it.
** Pretty much everything by [[Jane Austen]] is made of this trope because they're about snarking on a society that reveres manners (so most conflict is dealt with in the most
** Someone once re-wrote ''Dirty Harry'' in the style of ''Pride and Prejudice.'' "Dirty" Harriet Bennett ends up telling Lady Catherine de Burgh "I have no objection, Madam, to your proceeding, since by doing so you shall render my day perfectly agreeable."
* A refrigerator is also the site of Passive Aggressive Kombat in ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]]''... Dirk Gently does not want to open it before his housekeeper cleans it, and sets up elaborate, tiny traps in order to be able to tell if she has, one including a strand of hair. The refrigerator turns out to be so epic in its filth that {{spoiler|it spawns a horrible god-eating abomination when it's finally opened.}}
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== Western Animation ==
* One of the many [[Cutaway Gag
** Subverted at the end when the father calls his wife a whore in front of their child.
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