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

** Or serious lines -

{{quote|'''Gintoki''': Don't ever show your face around her again, you sick son of a bitch!}}

** "I hope you didn't see a [[Irony|doppelganger]]... because, you know, that means you're going to die." Cue the [[Evil Laugh]] and a roundhouse kick administered to the bad guy.

* ''[[Hayate Cross Blade]]'':

 

== Films -- Live Action ==

* ''[[Shoot'Em Up (film)|Shoot Em Up]]'', whenever [[The Gunslinger|Smith]]'s [[Berserk Button]] gets pressed: "You know what I hate?"

* In ''[[King Arthur (film)|King Arthur]]'', right before the Battle of Badon Hill, Arthur speaks to the Saxon leader Cedric, telling him to "Know this face, Saxon, as it will be the last thing you see before you leave this earth." With a somewhat grudging respect, Cedric mutters as he walks off, "Finally, a man worth killing."

** [[To the Pain]]!

* From ''[[Beowulf (film)|Beowulf]]'':

** "I'm 'ere to kill your monstah."

* ''[[300|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, ''[[300|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."

** This quote is echoed once again in ''[[Starship Troopers]]''.

** Also, in Necropolis, Kowle's "Where is your courage? Where is your strength? Where is your conviction?" with the questions punctuated by the execution of his own men.

** AND NOW THERE REMAINS ONLY ONE FINAL QUESTION -- HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY... OR NICE?

** WHILE IT IS TRUE WE HAVE TO RIDE OUT, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE AGAINST ''WHOM''

{{quote|'''Buffy:''' I'm Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. And you are?.}}

** When Buffy is gone, Willow tries to replicate her punning—doing it herself between Seasons 2 and 3 (when Buffy was in L.A.), and programming it into the Buffybot between Seasons 5 and 6 (when Buffy was dead). With minimal success: "That'll put marzipan on your pie plate, bingo!"

** Which brings us to the most cold-blooded pre-killing line of all time: "Bored now." Which was made more poignant by the fact that it was [[Lesbian Vampire|Vampire Willow's]] catchphrase, last heard 3 years before.

* [[Angel]] attempted a ton of these. One of the few that stuck was in the series finale. Angel is being tossed around humiliatingly by one of the chief mooks, who takes time to gloat over this, explaining that Angel cannot defeat him, that the power of The Big Bad {{spoiler|flows in his blood}}. Cut to Angel switching to vamp face.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Baldur's Gate|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.}}

** The "Meet the Medic" short gives us this:

{{quote|'''Medic:''' Now? (''[[Evil Laugh|creepy chuckle]]'') Let's go ''practice medicine''.}}

** "Andross has ordered us to take you down."

** "Peppy! Long time, no see!"

** Ares, destroy my enemies, and my life is yours!!

** I am not the same man you found that day. The monster you created has returned... to kill you!

* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] II'' actually has one for, of all people, [[Gadgeteer Genius|Bao]]-[[Badass Bookworm|Dur]].

{{quote|'''Bao-Dur:''' "I think he wanted us to give the General to his poorly trained collection of bounty hunters."

* In ''[[Legacy of Kain|Blood Omen 2]]'', before the first boss, the boss in question says that Kain will die if he fights the [[Big Bad|Sarafan Lord]], Kain says that may be true, and then adds, "But you will never know how it ends, Faustus, for I will bury you first of all."

* One female voiceset in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' says "I hope you like pain!" when you attack an enemy

{{quote|'''Lucario:''' Watch the power of aura! ''([[Kamehame Hadoken]])''

'''Meta Knight:''' Know my power! ''([[Flash Step]])''