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

* Vegeta from ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]] Z'' has a ridiculous amount of these. "Does a machine such as yourself experience fear?!"

** "Maybe if this were five-hundred times Earth's gravity, you would have the advantage. But ten? I don't even ''feel it.''"

** Gohan also delivers an immensely badass one to Super Buu when he arrives on the battlefield after {{spoiler|Old Kai unlocks his potential}}. Buu says to him "So hotshot, you want to fight Majin Buu?" and Gohan responds with "Fight you? No, I want to kill you," and then lays the biggest beating on Buu that he had probably ever experienced.

* ''[[The Prince of Tennis (Manga)|The Prince of Tennis]]'': Ryoma's "Mada mada dane" ("You still have lots more to work on") before turning around and wiping the court with an opponent he was losing against up until that moment.

'''Edward:''' You know what? You're not the only one who can't stand doubters, Preach'. [[Badass Boast|Here's the REAL hammer of God!]] }}

** This scene was, unfortunately, subjected to a lot of narm in ''Brotherhood,'' primarily in terms of animation. Worst of all, though, is that Ed's [[Badass Boast]] was changed to a simple, "You want it? You got it!" Combine this with it being changed from the big dethroning moment where Cornello's power is outdone in front of his followers to an ordinary fight scene, and this is pretty big disappointment.

** Jacuzzi in the anime, right before his [[Traintop Battle|traintop]] beatdown of Goose: "I have a gun...''in my heart!''"

* The hot-headed Kirie "Jump-to-conclusions" Kojima of ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]'' also does this often anytime she sees the protagonist Yukinari in a hard-to-explain situation.

* ''[[Mechwarrior (Video Game)|Mechwarrior]]'''s [[Humongous Mecha|BattleMechs]] ''themselves'' almost seem to coincidentally have one every mission you start off already in the middle of a fight. Given that [[Ace Custom|your 'Mech]] is an armored behemoth bristling with [[More Dakka|more than]] [[Beam Spam|enough]] [[Macross Missile Massacre|firepower]] to [[Apocalypse Wow|level a city block in a single instant]] the third part of the line rather... telling.

{{quote| ''Mech Power Up Voice Over'': "Reactor online, sensors online, '''weapons online'''. All systems nominal."}}

* In ''[[Golden Sun Dark Dawn (Video Game)|Golden Sun Dark Dawn]]'':

{{quote| '''Arcanus:''' How many times must I prove that [[Pitiful Worms|you little insects]] can't hurt me?<br />

** Rainbow Dash, when she's about to start rounding out the parasprites in "Swarm of the Century":

{{quote| "Time to take out the adorable trash."}}

*** When one of the Diamond Dogs tries to put a bridle on Applejack, she quips "If you can take this bull by the horns, you better be ready for a ride!" before starting to buck him off.

*** "A Dog and Pony Show" also gives us the precursor to a ''verbal'' ass-kicking:

** In "The Return of Harmony", Twilight Sparkle gives one just before {{spoiler|she and the mane cast defeat Discord with the Elements Of Harmony.}} Probably one of the most [[Badass]] ways of invoking [[The Power of Friendship]] ever.

{{quote| '''Twilight Sparkle''': "All right, ladies. Let's show him what [[The Power of Friendship|friendship can really do]]!"}}

{{quote| '''Twilight Sparkle''': "Hey, Cerberus! You look like you could use some obedience training. ''Magic'' obedience training."}}

* ''[[Transformers (Franchise)|Transformers]]'': "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall." So nice, they used it twice. Also, and more to the point, "Megatron ''must'' be stopped."