Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: Difference between revisions

[[Chew Bubblegum]] is a particularly popular example. See also [[Badass Boast]], [[Badass Creed]], [[In the Name of The Moon]], [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]] and [[Pre Mortem One Liner]].

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* [[Big Bad|Hao]] [[Dissonant Serenity|Asakura]] of ''[[Shaman King (Manga)|Shaman King]]'' has a minor example with his, "So tiny/small" line. Not sure if this counts since it's not restricted to being said pre-battle; indeed, it's been said as a ''response'' to an attack mid-battle, or as a ''post-battle'' [[One Liner]]. But it seemed appropriate.

** Yumichika in Chapter 321. "[[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner|Thank you]]". And that was just the ''start'' of his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Edward:''' [[Precision F Strike|Get up, you worthless fuck.]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|It's time you learned why you're not in our league!]]}}}}

* The one time {{spoiler|Claire Stanfield}} of ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'' breaks out a [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]] (in the fourth novel, ''Drugs & the Dominoes'') he makes it count, quoting the [[Shout Out|first spoken lines of dialog]] in the ''history of film'': "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Singer_(1927_film) You ain't heard nothing yet!]"

* "Don't you talk about Sasuke like you own him, especially in front of me, you rotten bastard!!!" -[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]] to Orochimaru, as the [[Berserk Button|second and third tail]] ''[[Super Powered Evil Side|simultaneously]]'' appears...

** "Didn't I tell you... '''[[Shut UP Hannibal|TO SHUT THE HELL UP?!]]'''" -Naruto, angered at Pain's hypocrisy, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|and then throwing a Rasen-Shuriken at him and the others]]

{{quote| '''[[Spell My Name With an S|Chu/Chew]]''': What did you say was over?<br />

* In the first ''[[Tenchi Muyo (Anime)|Tenchi Muyo]]'' movie, ''Tenchi Muyo in Love'', [[Big Bad]] KAIN makes the mistake of injuring young Noboyuki in front of Achika. This ends up [[Nice Job Fixing It Villain|unlocking Achika's power]].

{{quote| '''Achika:''' I have had enough! I will not allow this! I will pay you back! [[This Is Unforgivable|Because forgiveness... for one like you... could ''never'' be an option.]]}}

* Jesse from ''[[Preacher]]'' gets a good one before [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|going nuclear]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|on a group of murderous fanatics]]:

* "[[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]] ''[[Streets of Rage Saga (Fanfic)|Blaze]]'', [[Streets of Rage Saga (Fanfic)/Awesome|and I remember everything]]." She says this seconds after {{spoiler|her memories of the past two decades come crashing back to her mind, subverting an attempted [[Laser Guided Amnesia|mind-wipe]] by the Syndicate}}. Cue [[Oh Crap]] from the bad guy in charge, followed by an epic beatdown.

* Frequently subverted in ''[[Big Trouble in Little China (Film)|Big Trouble in Little China]]''. Most of Jack Burton's attempts to offer a [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]] seem to precede him either getting his own ass whipped, or putting himself out of action by doing something stupid. Ironically, his successes tend to be preceded by not-very-clever lines, such as saying, "What the hell!" right before he finally nails Lo-Pan (though even that attack initially misfires).

* ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]'': [[Just for Fun/Hello/Just For Fun|Just For Fun]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]."

* ''[[Three Hundred (Film)|Three Hundred]]''

** And some other pretty awesome quotes: "Give them nothing! But take from them, everything!", "This is where we hold them! This is where we fight! This is where they die! Remember this day, men, for it will be yours for all time.", "Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, FOR TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HELL!!!", "No retreat, no surrender. That is Spartan law. And by Spartan law, we will stand and fight...and die. [[Politically Correct History|A new age has begun: an age of freedom]]! And all will know that 300 Spartans gave their last breath to defend it!", "Spartans! Prepare for glory! ", "Persians! Come and get them!" (in response to an appeal to lay down their weapons),"We're in for one wild night.", "Spartans! Push!" Needless to say, ''[[Three Hundred (Film)|Three Hundred]]'' was full of ridiculously awesome lines. If you saw only [[Ho Yay]] on the last two, my work here is done.

*** [[Truth in Television]], some of those -- although English doesn't really have an exact analog to how "Molon labe" should be translated. Roughly speaking, what is being rendered as "Come and get them!" is more of a "You can have them if you can get to them." The modern English equivalent would be something along the lines of "You can have my weapon when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers." The line isn't really a [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]], it's a [[Facing the Bullets One Liner|Pre Getting My Ass Kicked One Liner]], as was the other famous line from Plutarch: "Their" (meaning the Persians) "arrows will darken the sun!" "Then we shall fight in the shade."

* ''[[The Last Boy Scout]]'': [[Bruce Willis]] tells Damon Wayans, "This is the 90s, you can't just smack a guy in the face. You have to say something clever first. Like if you hit him with a surfboard, you say, 'Surf's up, pal!'"

** Also, as delivered by the [[Final Girl]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Welcome to my world,]] [[This Is for Emphasis Bitch|bitch!]]

* Guile -- played [[So Bad Its Good|memorably]] by [[Jean Claude Van Damme]] -- attempts several of these in ''[[Street Fighter (Film)|Street Fighter]]''. Attempts.

* ''[[Gran Torino]]'': [[Clint Eastwood]]'s character has a ton of amazing [[One Liner|one liners]], but some of the best Pre-Asskicking One-Liners are, "Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me." and "Yea? I blow a hole in your face and then I go in the house... and I sleep like a baby. You can count on that. We used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea... use you for sandbags."

* ''[[Anchorman the Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'' has the great quote by Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate): "Because I am good at three things: Fighting, screwing, and reading the news. I've already done one of those today, so what's the other one gonna be? Huh?"

{{quote| '''[[The Obi Wan|Obi-Wan Kenobi:]]''' Hello there.}}

* ''[[Robocop (Film)|Robocop]]''

* [[Precision F Strike|Fuck you]], [[Leprechaun (Film)|Lucky Charms]].

* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Harry Potter]]'':

* [[Tall Dark and Handsome|Rastignac]]'s "It's between you and me now, Paris!" in ''Le Père Goriot''.

{{quote| '''Angel (in vamp face)''': [[Nice Job Fixing It Villain|Can you pick out the one word there you probably]] ''[[Nice Job Fixing It Villain|shouldn't]]'' [[Nice Job Fixing It Villain|have said]]?}}

'''Alex:''' [[Armor Piercing Slap|*SLAP*]]<br />

** In the first Paintball game they take down the chess club with "Checkmate, [[This Is for Emphasis Bitch|bitches!]]"

'''Psycho Pink''': [[Card Carrying Villain|But we're evil!]] }}

* ''[[Baldurs Gate (Video Game)|Baldurs Gate]]'' has quite a few used by both villain and hero, even if we discount the fact that every character has his own [[Battle Cry|Battle Cries]].

{{quote| '''[[Hello Insert Name Here|CHARNAME]]:''' Is it true that dragon meat tastes like chicken? Never mind; I'll find out for myself.}}

* ''[[Mass Effect (Franchise)|Mass Effect]]'', made by [[Bio Ware (Creator)|the same company]] as ''Baldur's Gate'', includes a whole lot of team chatter that qualifies, including a shout-out to Minsc's famous line:

** '''Cloud's''' [[So Bad Its Good|memorable and extremely clever comeback]] to Sephiroth's taunts (''several times''): Shut up!

** And what about some of [[That One Boss|Those Few Bosses]]' lines, such as "Different name, same fate," the {{spoiler|Lingering Sentiment}}'s ever so simple "Xehanort!" or [[That One Boss|Demyx's]] [[Let's Get Dangerous]] line, [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass|"Silence, traitor."]]

* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', {{spoiler|Corrine}} [[Heroic Sacrifice|dies to protect Sheena]] from Volt. After Lloyd [[Heroic BSOD|motions her into action]] Sheena yells "For the sake of everyone that risked their lives to protect me, Volt...I DEMAND YOUR POWER!! The party then [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu|kills the God of Thunder and Lightning]].

** "My name is Michael J. Caboose. [[Beware the Nice Ones|And I. HATE. BABIES]]!!!" -- Just before massacring an army [[One Man Army|single-handed]].

{{quote| '''Doc:''' Rayner, you killed my mentor, and you kidnapped my sidekick. I met Death himself last night, and he's going to follow me all the way to your house. ''[[Its Personal|You made it personal.]]''}}

* In ''[[No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)|No Need for Bushido]]'', [[Bare Fisted Monk|Brother Wu]] delivers a rather appropriate one to the trash-talking [[Sociopathic Hero|Ken]].

* In ''[[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in The Family]]'', during the Phillips CD-I arc, Waluigi returns from vacation to find a Phillips CD-I making everyone become characters from that game... except [[Butt Monkey|Dedede]], who's trying not to go insane. He views the situation, and then says "Weh. You call this madness? [[Pre Mortem One Liner|Step aside.]] [[Catch Phrase|Waluigi time.]]

* From ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' (Actually a 3 liner, but still...): "Time for a trip to the Recycle Bin, Phantom. And then, once you're in the Recycle Bin, I'm to to right-click on it and select "Empty recycle bin", because otherwise you'd just be taking up space. In other words, I'm going to kill you."

* From Naruto The Comedy Spoof Series Show: "[[Precision F Strike|DATTE-FUCKING-BAYO]], [[This Is for Emphasis Bitch|BITCH]]!!"

* "It's curtains for you, [[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog (Web Video)|Dr. Horrible]]. Lacy, gently wafting curtains."

** In a Halloween episode, Homer has to think of a witty remark to say before he assassinates Kent Brockman... but when he thinks of it, [[The Un Reveal|he realizes that there's nobody around]] and so he doesn't have to say it.

* ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''<ref>What, you didn't think a ''My Little Pony'' show would have examples of this?</ref>:

* ''[[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Danny Phantom]]'' has the title character spout a few of these. Unfortunately it doesn't run in the family: Jazz's one-liners are ''terrible''. Except for when she's saving Danny for once, and it's combined with a [[Don't Say Such Stupid Things]] and a [[Shut UP Hannibal]]:

** Scooby says the Text-Book defenition of a [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]] in episode 10.

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