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Combining it with the [[World of Cardboard Speech]] will just make it that much more badass.
Conversely,
As these occur at the conclusion of most stories, feel free to use spoiler marks if you think it [[Spoiler|gives away too much]].
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'''Mustang:''' For the love of God, shut up, [[What an Idiot!|idiot]]. }}
** And Mustang keeps on shutting him up all through the battle with him while kicking his ass.
*** Mustang had two crowning moments when it came to this trope. The first was when he incinerated Envy's tongue ''mid-speech'' and the second was when Envy tried to go [[One-Winged Angel]] and, as Envy mockingly claimed he couldn't hold back, Mustang ''[[Eye Scream|incinerated his eyes]].''
** And the one who put nail on his coffin? ''Ed'', of all people, by giving [[World of Cardboard Speech|a heartwarming]] [[Kirk Summation|talk]] about Envy's motive.
** A little later on, as Ed fights [[Smug Snake|Pride]], the latter breaks out into a rant about how Ed isn't prepared to fight an enemy like himself. Ed's response? He ''headbutts'' him and precedes to [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] him.
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{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Alma''': This torment will never end, and I want us to die together as friends.}}<br />
{{spoiler|'''Kanda''': Sorry, Alma. You may be my only friend, but I want to live! * SLICE-SLICE-SLICE* }} }}
** Also chapter 204 (complete with a genuine [[Slasher Smile]] delivered by ''Allen'' himself:
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Allen''': I'm Cross Marian's pupil. It makes me wanna puke, the very thought of uniting with you!!!}}}}
* ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]'' has a particularly epic one when {{spoiler|Kenji}} is confronted by a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] laughing about all the murders he's carried out. After he's done ranting, {{spoiler|Kenji}} spends two whole issues deconstructing the man's entire worldview, and leaves him weeping and suicidal.
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** While that's going on, Alucard has just [[Curb Stomp Battle|stomped]] Jan's brother Luke, and is [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|berating him over how weak and pathetic he is]], prompting Luke to angrily shout him down, and try to tell Alucard why ''he'' sucks. It doesn't go well.
{{quote| '''Luke''': Shut up! You're just the Hellsing family's toy, a dog not even fit to call himself a vampire, a-<br />
'''Alucard''': '''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|SILENCE!]]''' I'm a dog? [[I'm a Humanitarian|Then you're dog food.]]
* It happens in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', too. Just before the big fight towards the end of the first movie, Mewtwo is giving his big [[Motive Rant]] about how he and his genetically engineered Pokémon are going to exterminate all other life on the planet. Up comes Ash Ketchum, with a horde of "normal" Pokémon and spitefully declares, "[[Determinator|You can't do this.]] ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I won't let you.]]''" He then tries to ''[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|punch out Mewtwo]]''. {{spoiler|It doesn't go too well for Ash, and he actually ''dies''. But the [[Swiss Army Tears|tears and love]] from the Pokémon he led against Mewtwo revive him, and ''Mewtwo'' himself has a change of heart.}}
** Another example of this trope happens during episode 35 (never shown outside of Japan). While Team Rocket is in the middle of their motto, [[Character of the Day|Kaiser]] starts [[Trigger Happy|shooting at them repeatedly]] , leading to a [[Bullet Dancing|Bullet Dance]] performed by the trio.
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** Ichigo gives one to Grimmjow after Orihime tells him tearfully not to get hurt anymore.
{{quote| Grimmjow attacks him, while Ichigo's back is turned, after a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|Reason You Suck Speech]] and {{spoiler|Ichigo catches the Grimmjow's blade while still looking at Orihime, turning to Grimmjow to effectively say "You heard Inoue. I'm not supposed to get hurt anymore!"}}}}
** Aizen tries quite a few [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]] in Fake Karakura Town. None of them seem to work.
*** Komomura indirectly gives a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] to Aizen after he [[Break Them by Talking|lectured]] Ichigo.
{{quote| '''Komamura''': Don't let him get to you. Provocation is his speciality ... If you lose yourself, you'll lose your life. Rest easy. I know why the captains sent you straight down here from Hueco Mundo. You have not seen Aizen's shikai. We will fight to protect you.
*** Paraphrasing his brief conversation with Hitsugaya:
{{quote| '''Hitsugaya''': Anyone who raises their sword in violence doesn't deserve to be called a captain of the Gotei 13.<br />
* Aizen does some [[Moral Event Horizon|MEH]]-crossing and Hitsugaya gets [[Unstoppable Rage|pissed]]*
'''Aizen''': Didn't you just say a captain shouldn't raise his sword in violence?<br />
'''Hitsugaya''': I'll gladly give up my position to do violence to you. }}
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{{quote| '''Yamamoto:''' I have no interest in your foolish arguments.}}
*** {{spoiler|Isshin}} joins the fray with a simple
{{quote| "Aizen...You talk too much."
** After 300 chapters of being [[Smug Snake|Smug]] and [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomping]] everyone, Aizen recieves a '''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|really awesome one]]''' in chapter 417 {{spoiler|at the hands of Ichigo. What did Ichigo say? Nothing. He grabbed his face and knocked him outside of the city.}}
*** Ichigo continues to [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] Aizen completely throughout the fight while [[Curb Stomp Battle|owning the shit out of him]] and then nails him with a Final Getsuga Tenshou to attempt to take this trope to it's logical conclusion. After Aizen survives that, and proceeds to start going on another [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], Urahara of all people takes this one [[Up to Eleven]] by shutting up Aizen with a sealing kidou and explaining to Aizen that the Hougyoku no longer sees him as it's master.
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* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', third arc: {{spoiler|Kyrie's}} counter-speech to Leviathan of Envy. To summarize: "I see your envious childhood and raise you {{spoiler|being cheated on by my husband, who had a now-18-year-old son with the woman who replaced me!}}" Then while Leviathan is shocked at the one-upping of her envy, a [[Seven Deadly Sins|sin]] that ''she's supposed to be the embodiment of,'' {{spoiler|Kyrie [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|shoots her dead]].}} When Beatrice [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|didn't understand why Battler wasn't enjoying watching the murders]].While she's talking, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Battler slaps her, and calls her a monster]].Beatrice counters it, however, by [[Face Heel Revolving Door|lying to Battler saying that she had turned good]].
* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'''s [[The Baroness|Balalaika]] gives three words and a sound effect to deal with one of the creepiest [[Ax Crazy]] little psychos you'll ever meet.
{{quote| '''Balalaika''': I said KNEEL! * BANG*
* ''[[Ghost Sweeper Mikami]]'''s Ashtaroth has been scheming {{spoiler|not only to conquer the cosmos and eradicate the gods, but [[Omnicidal Maniac|reset ''everything'' and rebuild it according to his much-preferable will]].}} Mikami found that out while in the galaxy egg. As a result, she's able to Shut Up Hannibal him just ''before'' his [[Motive Rant]].
{{quote| '''Mikami''': You're no different from an immature child who hates school and thus decides to burn down his school!}}
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* In ''[[Berserk]]'' {{spoiler|the man who tortures Griffith}} locks the door on Guts and company, then rants about how much he'll enjoy torturing them. Guts responds by stabbing him through the door, [[Improbable Use of a Weapon|causing it to explode.]] He then falls down a [[Bottomless Pits|bottomless pit.]]
** Guts also does this to the Godhand during the Eclipse. "I said shut up!"
* ''[[Utena]]'' does this several times per arc.
* ''[[Texhnolyze]]'': Ichise sharply disagrees with Kano's nihilism. {{spoiler|This is expressed by punching Kano's head clean off}}.
* ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'': Lunge's response to {{spoiler|Roberto's speech about Johan's plan is to shove his gun right into Roberto's mouth}}.
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** General Zod is beating on Supes and claiming that it was all Jor-El's fault that Krypton and their people were destroyed. If Jor-El hadn't arrested him and sentenced him to the [[Phantom Zone]], Zod would have saved Krypton.
{{quote| '''Superman''': Oh? Tell me, Great General, ''how'' would you have saved our world?<br />
'''General Zod''': (''loses his temper and the perfectly calm demeanor he had the whole story'') I would have found a way!
* Done comically in ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]''. Robin, Superboy and Impulse have all been sent into manifestations of their greatest fears. Robin's is a direct spoof of [[The Silence of the Lambs]], with the Joker parodying Lecter ("[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|I can smell you, runt.]]") and lecturing Robin. The heroes discover that the best way to deal with these fears is for them to switch places. After Superboy and Impulse's fears have been dealt with, Robin realizes with horror that they left Impulse alone with the Joker. When they get there they find that Impulse has nearly driven Joker to (even more) madness by simply asking "Why?" over and over again.
* Averted during the [[Mark Waid]] [[Flash]] run, there was a really epic storyline called "The Return of Barry Allen". It involved the Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom, being a lot faster than Wally. Zoom gives a [[Break Them by Talking]] , and Wally keeps trying to do this, but Zoom's so much faster he dodges/beats the crap out of Wally each time without breaking his lecture.
* This happened a ''lot'' during the [[Green Lantern]] Arc "Sinestro Corps War". Primarily between Hal Jordan and his [[Evil Counterpart]] [[Big Bad|Sinestro]].
** Most recently during the "Rage of the Red Lanterns" Arc. After killing Green Lantern {{spoiler|Laira, previously converted to the eponymous Red Lantern Corps}}, [[Big Bad|Sinestro]] barely finishes taunting GL Hal Jordan - 'Look at that Jordan, another broken promise.' - when the hero grabs Sinestro by the collar, flies them both to the top of the Red Lantern Power Battery, and using the ring straps him into an 'electric chair.' This act unsuprisingly {{spoiler|leads to his initiation into the Red Lanterns.}} Less than 3 pages afterwards, {{spoiler|he pulls the switch}}.
** ''[[Blackest Night]]'' is practically ''made'' of these. The zombie villains are all twisted evil versions of deceased friends and family of the heroes, saying whatever they can to manipulate the emotions of their prey before feeding on their hearts. Not that delivering a Shut Up, Hannibal does much good. In a particularly brilliant moment of [[Genre Savvy]], the Black Lanterns can feed off [[Heroic Willpower]] just as easily as fear or anger.
* At the end of ''[[The Authority]] Revolution'' the [[Big Bad]] of the Arc is bragging that his control over the world has made it a better place. The Midnighter [[Made of Plasticine|tears off his head, ripping out his spine in the process]], in a manner that would make ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' envious, with the words:
{{quote| '''The Midnighter:''' Well then, I guess I just don't give a shit.}}
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'''Hecate''': Time is coming to ring down the curtain on man. Already, the four horsemen are loose in the world. It is for us to darken the sun, turn the moon to blood, and put out the stars. Then you and I alone, forever in the dark--<br />
'''Hellboy''': Shut up! Not gonna happen... 'cause you're very, very ugly... and... '''you have a giant snake body'''!<br />
''**impale**''
** Subverted during the story "The Island". Hellboy repeatedly tells Hannibal to shut up, but since he's not really in a position to enforce that command, {{spoiler|Because he's been stabbed through the chest by a giant monster and is bleeding to death}} ''Hannibal keeps talking''.
* In a ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' comic, Dr. Doom gives Reed a [[Not So Different]] speech concerning his actions during ''[[Marvel Civil War]],'' which causes the Thing to give him a savage beating.
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* [[Supergirl]] was savagely beaten up and kidnapped by [[Domestic Abuser|Powerboy]]. He says a big speech about how much he loves her, that he knows best, and that the beating was her fault for making him angry. Supergirl [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|blasts him with heat vision, calls him out that he's an asshole and that no one should ever hit someone that they love, then drops his house on him]]. He tries to escape, while still ranting, but Supergirl catches up to him and [[Groin Attack|kicks him in the groin]].
* In Shotgun Opera, main character Sterling has a good response to a "you don't deserve her" speech: "F** K YOU. I'm not about to roll over and die!"
* [[Spider-Man]] gave a more literal [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] to Norman Osborn in [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/6/61766/1157569-siege_3_legion_cps_033_super.jpg The Siege storyline.] It's since become something of a [[Memetic Mutation|Meme]] in Comic Book Forums.
* In the last issue of ''[[The Punisher|The Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank]]'', Punisher kills the [[Big Bad]]'s [[The Dragon|Dragon]], [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|scaring off her remaining henchmen]], and starts pouring gasoline through her house. Even then, she tries to [[Break Them by Talking|demoralize him]] about hypocritical his [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|"war on crime"]] is, how he's no better than her, etc. As Punisher starts leaving, she tells him he's damned. His response:
{{quote| "Tell me something I don't know." * chucks a grenade inside*
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'s Finest Hour'' has this:
{{quote| '''Gideon:''' Getting rid of me... won't save you. You're your own worst enemies! Both of you! <br />
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* [[Deadpool]] is riddled with these.
** First there is Deathtrap, lecturing Wade about the virtue of silence, having strapped Wade to a table with a giant teddy bear above that will smother/crush him to death. If [[Badass Nickname|The Merc with the Mouth]] doesn't shutup, he will die. What does he do? He doesn't shutup.
{{quote| '''Deathtrap:''' "Fascinating! Teddy has approached ramming speed."
** Next there is Deadpool's encounter with Batroc. You can't expect to use Popinjay in a sentence and not have Deadpool mock you. Subverted in that Batroc proceeds to kick Wade's ass for this. He makes the mistake in pushing Deadpool's cripple/friend out of a window, followed by another [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] moment, and Deadpool wiping the floor with Batroc.
** In the same series, Deadpool delivers a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] to the Messiah, the bringer of peace to the world. Why? Because the peace the Messiah brings is Peace through lack of free will. Coincides with [[Groin Attack|kicking Captain America in the nuts]]. All Canon.
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* ''[[Equilibrium]]'': Once he realises he's beaten, the Big Bad makes a desperate appeal to Preston's newfound emotions:
{{quote| '''DuPont''': Wait! Wait! Look at me. Look at me. I'm life. I live... I, I breathe... I feel. Now that you know it... can you really take it? Is it really worth the price?<br />
'''John Preston''': [[Meaningful Echo|I pay it gladly.]]
** Kind of odd to bring up Equilibrium and not reference the scene prior to this one, where after a big "Here's how I just beat you" speech from the big bad:
{{quote| '''DuPont''': And now you've given me yourself. Calmly. Cooly. Entirely without incident.<br />
'''John Preston''': No. Not without incident. (Cue lots of mooks getting shot) }}
* ''[[Star Trek]] VI'': He doesn't actually say it to the villain, but during the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Shakespeare]]-quoting speech, McCoy does seem unimpressed: "I'd give real money if he'd shut up."
* In ''[[Girl, Interrupted]]'' the antagonist Lisa, whom the others see as a something of a [[Badass]], stalks the heroine Susanna through the labyrinth beneath the mental institution. She gives an increasingly unstable speech about how free she is and how easy it is to push people's buttons.
{{quote| '''Lisa:''' You know, there are too many buttons in the world. There's too many and they're just... There's way too many just begging to be pressed. [....] And it makes me wonder. You know, it really makes me fuckin' wonder, why doesn't anybody ever press mine? Why am I so neglected? Why doesn't anybody reach in and rip out the truth and tell me that I'm a fuckin' whore, or that my parents wish I were dead?<br />
'''Susanna:''' (whirls around) ''Because you're dead already, Lisa!'' No one cares if you die, Lisa, because you're dead already. Your heart is cold. That's why you keep coming back here. You're not free. You need this place. You need it to feel alive. It's pathetic. }}
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'''The Leprechaun:''' Huh? ''(gets shot in the chest several times by Rory)'' }}
* ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'': A vengeful adversary, whose hand Tuco previously shot and permanently disabled, catches Tuco naked in a bathtub. He delivers a long speech about how he tracked the bandit down, and how he had lots of time to learn to shoot with his left hand, which is cut off when Tuco shoots him with a [[Guns Do Not Work That Way|gun hidden under the bathtub bubbles]].
{{quote| '''Tuco:''' [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|When you gonna shoot, shoot. Don't talk]].
* ''[[Van Helsing]]''
{{quote| '''Aleera:''' Anna, my love. It is your blood that shall keep me beautiful. What do you think of that?<br />
''(laughs triumphantly, then screams as Anna catches a silver stake and impales her through the chest)''<br />
'''Anna Valerious:''' I think if you're going to kill somebody, kill them! Don't stand around talking about it! }}
* ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' 's biggest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] is just that. {{spoiler|At the end Bryan gets to the fat sheikh that has ''bought '' his kidnapped daughter as a sex slave. He puts a knife on the girl's neck and attempts to negotiate, but Bryan just shoots him in the head before he completes the third word.}}
* ''[[M]]'' has a villainous example, as Hans explains to his captors why they're no better than him and have no right to judge him, but they don't listen. This is, in fact, older than the [[Hannibal Lecture]] trope itself.
* In the movie ''[[Breakdown]]'', the [[Big Bad]] starts to threaten the hero and his wife (the latter having just been rescued from the [[Stuffed in The Fridge|chest freezer]] in which the villains left her to suffocate) only to be silenced nine words in when a severely stressed-out [[Kurt Russell]] screams "You FUCK!!!" and kicks him in the face.
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* ''[[Star Wars]]'' features one of these when Greedo encounters Han Solo in the Mos Eisley Cantina. Greedo's threat to take the Millennium Falcon over Han's dead body prompts Han to shoot and kill Greedo.
** ''[[The Dog Shot First|HAN SHOT FIRST!]]''
*** Musn't forget Vader putting Admiral Motti in his place.
{{quote| '''Motti''': Don't try to frighten us with your sorceror's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up [[MacGuffin|the stolen datatapes]]. Or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fortre-<br />
''At that moment, Vader [[Finger-Poke of Doom|raises his hand]] and begins Force-choking Motti.''<br />
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* ''[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]'': Harry interrupts [[Complete Monster|Mr. Fire]]'s "tough guy" speech with {{spoiler|a few bullets to the chest.}}
* In the final confrontation of ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]] 3'' the killer rants at Sidney about how her mother brought her death on herself, and how none of this is his fault. She interrupts him in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMOA]], he [[Villainous Breakdown|doesn't take it well]].
{{quote| '''Sidney''': God, why don't stop your whining and get on with it? I've heard all this shit before!
{{spoiler|'''Roman'''}}: Stop!<br />
'''Sidney''': Do you know why you kill people {{spoiler|Roman}}? Do you?
{{spoiler|'''Roman'''}}: I don't want to hear it!<br />
'''Sidney''': [[For the Evulz|Because you choose to]]! There is no one else to blame!
{{spoiler|'''Roman'''}}: Damn it! Fucking damn it!<br />
'''Sidney''': Why don't you take some fucking responsibility?
{{spoiler|'''Roman'''}}: Fuck you!<br />
'''Sidney''': Fuck ''you!''
* [[The Incredibles]]: played somewhat straight when Mr. Incredible throws a wooden log at Syndrome when the latter is [[Who's Laughing Now?|revealing his philosophy, motivation, and ultimate plan]]. Subverted in that Syndrome basically agrees with the sentiment, [[Genre Savvy|laughing at himself]] for falling into the Cliché of [[Evil Gloating|monologuing]].
** Done again at the end of the movie, when Mr. Incredible interrupts Syndrome's [[We Will Meet Again]] speech...[[Car Fu|by throwing a car at his jet]].
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{{quote| '''Conroy:''' Sounds like you've had a hard life.<br />
'''McStarley:''' Yeah.<br />
'''Conroy:''' Good thing it's over. * shoots McStarley dead*
* Tim Burton's ''[[Alice in Wonderland (film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'': The Jabberwock is giving Alice the speech. She replies, "That's enough chatter," and chops off his tongue.
* ''[[Down Periscope]]'' has one conducted over underwater telephone.
{{quote| '''Admiral Graham''': You watch yourself, Dodge, you're addressing a superior officer!<br />
'''Captain Dodge''': No, just a ''higher-ranking'' one. Catch us if you can! [hangs up] All ahead full!
* ''[[Indiana Jones]]''
** ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' has a non-verbal version of this. Big Minion faces Indy, swords a swinging, all intimidating like. [[Combat Pragmatist|Indy shoots him.]]
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'''Professor Henry Jones Sr.:''' (''through his teeth'') It tells me that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try ''reading'' books instead of ''burning'' them! }}
* [[Batman (film)|Batman]] does the same thing. Instead of a gun, he just punches the guy out.
* Might as well provide an actual Hannibal Lecter example: in ''[[Red Dragon]]'', Hannibal tries to pull a [[Hannibal Lecture]] on Will. Will simply wishes him goodnight and leaves the room.
** Which might be the only way to win (or at least have a draw) against the great Hannibal Lecter; he fancies himself being able to understand anyone, so simply ignoring him and his 'genius' is the best possible retort.
* ''[[X-Men (film)|X Men]]'':
{{quote| '''Wolverine''': You're so fulla [[Precision F-Strike|shit]]. *[[Beat]]* If you were really so righteous, it'd be you in that thing.}}
** ''X-Men: First Class'' has one of the more unique examples of this. {{spoiler|Magneto}} cuts off {{spoiler|Sebastian Shaw}}'s attempt at a [[Break Them by Talking]] ... {{spoiler|''by agreeing with him''...but then explaining that his [[We Can Rule Together]] offer is never going to happen because "Unfortunately, [[You Killed My Father|you killed my mother.]] He then kills him. Brutally.}}
* Played with in ''[[Mystery Team]]''; {{spoiler|Robert}} interrupts Jason's speech about why they are all going to survive by {{spoiler|SHOOTING HIM}}.
* In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', {{spoiler|Sam finds himself facing off against [[Complete Monster|Dylan Gould]], a human who has agreed [[The Quisling|to assist the Decepticons in their takeover of Earth]], provided that he is unharmed after the takeover (and possibly gets a fair share of the spoils; such as being leader of the human slaves). Sam tries to reason with Dylan, who ignores his pleas and turns on the final Pillar for the Space Bridge, warping Cybertron into Earth's atmosphere. Dylan then kicks Sam to the ground, telling him "You chose a side? You chose wrong!" Moments later, Sam appears with a metal bar in his hands, leading to this final conversation:}}
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** One of the more dramatic ones is when Harry gives one of these to {{spoiler|Queen Mab}} at the end of ''[[Ghost Story]]''. When {{spoiler|she brings him back to life}}, Harry says he will honor his word, but must do it his way, or else he becomes a mindless thug. In a partial subversion, the recipient is both furious and elated at this statement.
* Shows up from time to time in the ''[[Discworld]]'' books. Granny Weatherwax delivers one to the Queen of Fairies in ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', and even turns it around by ''[["The Reason You Suck" Speech|lecturing the fairies themselves]]''.
{{quote| Go back. You call yourself some kind of goddess and you know nothing, madam, ''nothing!'' What don't die can't live. What don't live can't change. What don't change can't learn. The smallest creature that dies in the grass knows more than you. You're right. I'm older. You've lived longer than me but I'm older than you. And better'n you. And, madam, that ain't hard.
** Carrot also steps on the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Break Them by Talking]] quite beautifully in ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]'' by {{spoiler|just walking up to him and impaling him with a sword}}.
** This is one of Pratchett's Big Ideas: in the book, Vimes thinks: "If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word."
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* In the novelisation of ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] 2'', Tony throws Ivan's words about being a thief and murderer back in the latter's face by pointing out that the latter has himself taken lives.
* In the [[Honor Harrington]] novels:
** Michael Oversteegen gives an absolutely brilliant one to the Mesan Navy commander in ''Crown of Slaves''.
{{quote| "At least, Sir, the uniform of the Queen of Manticore has never been sold t' the service of whoremasters, murderers, pedophiles, sadists, and perverts. I suppose, however, that those of you who choose t' serve in the navy of Mesa feel comfortable amid such company."}}
** Aivars Terekhov gets a similar one in ''The Shadow of Saganami''.
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'''O'Neill:''' I was thinkin' about it. (throws knife into Heru'ur's ribbon device) }}
* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Lie to Me", Buffy's old friend is going to hand her and a bunch of innocent people over to Spike in exchange for being made a vampire. He gives Buffy a long speech about how he's dying and in pain. Buffy listens, and tells him she feels sorry for him... but if he goes through with it, she'll kill him herself. Commence ass-kicking.
** This is something of a speciality of Buffy's. Buffy's sass has won out over even the most carefully constructed [[Break Them by Talking]].
*** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"You have fruit punch mouth."]]
** Season Three, "Amends":
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{{quote| '''Picard''': You say you are true evil? Shall I tell you what true evil is? It is to submit to you. It is when we surrender our freedom, our dignity, instead of defying you.<br />
'''Armus''': I will kill you and those in there.<br />
'''Picard''': But you will still be in this place. Forever, alone, immortal. (Armus begins growling) That's your real fear, never to die. Never again to be united with those who left you here. (Armus begins screaming) I'm not taking you anywhere.
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' had an [[Evil vs. Evil]] variant with two Borg cubes hailing Species 8472 in one of the shortest (and [[Your Mileage May Vary|possibly]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funniest]]) teaser openings ever.
{{quote| '''Borg''': "We are the Borg. Existence as you know it is over. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now|Resistance is fu]]--"<br />
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== Theatre ==
* The play ''Custer'' concludes with an example that [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Breaks The Fourth Wall]]. Set in Purgatory more than a century after the Battle of Little Big Horn, it mostly consists of the souls of George Armstrong Custer and his subordinates arguing over who was to blame for their utter defeat and annihilation at the hands of the Sioux. The characters have been fighting over relatively minor matters when, without skipping a beat, Custer looks out at the audience and declares that while it's easy to criticize him, [[You Bastard|the audience members are at that moment sitting on land that they have been able to safely inhabit thanks to the very "manifest destiny" doctrine that Custer died for]]. The implication is, if you don't like it, go live somewhere else, but otherwise, you have no right to criticize me.
== Toys ==
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{{quote| '''Riku:''' Wrong. The truth is... you just really stink.}}
** Done in Kingdom Hearts II twice, when Sephiroth tells Cloud to give in to the dark side and Cloud literally tells him "Shut up."
** Don't forget the first game, there Sora for the first time fights Maleficent. Before the battle she begins to rant about how nothing can stop her now from conquering the universe. Sora responded by telling her "We'll stop it! After comming this far, there's no way we're gonna let that happen!". Maleficent [[Villainous Breakdown|didn't take the challenge well]].
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', Majd Uddin attempts to give Altair a [[Not So Different]] speech about how it feels to hold the life or death of someone else in your hands. Altair's response is to say he's learned what happens to those who elevate themselves above others, and then stabs him in the neck.
** However, it's ''horribly'' inverted in the game. You ''must'' listen to every target's speech in an [[Unskippable Cutscene]] - both ''before'' and ''after'' the assassination.
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* Lightning in [[Final Fantasy XIII]] does this to {{spoiler|Orphan just before the [[Marathon Boss|final]] [[Anticlimax Boss|final]] boss fight.}}. He only manages a creepy laugh and three words before she gives him a lecture that lasts about a minute. But it is an awesome minute.
{{quote| "You don't believe in anything. You gave up on life before you were even born. Sat poisoning Cocoon from the inside, [[Death Seeker|waiting for someone to come and destroy you]]. Sure, you think the end of the world is salvation. All you care about is death's release. So take it, and leave the rest of us alone! We don't think like that. When we think there's no hope left, we keep looking until we find some. Maybe Cocoon is past saving, but it's our home, and we'll protect it or die trying! [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|We live to make the impossible possible... that is our Focus!]]"}}
* ''[[Clive Barker's Undying]]'': "You know what {{spoiler|Jeremiah}}? You talk too much." * slices off his head*
** Also:
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Lizbeth''':}} * Rants and raves on how she'll gut him and suck the marrow from his bones*
'''Patrick''': * Lights her [[Undead|severed head]] on fire and tosses it off a cliff*
{{spoiler|'''Lizbeth''':}} The family will be reuniteeeeeeedddddddddd! * splash*
'''Patrick''': Yeh were sayin'? }}
* ''[[Rise of the Kasai|The Mark Of Kri]]'' ends on something of an anti-climax: as the [[Big Bad]] [[Necromancer]] makes his [[We Can Rule Together]] speech, Rau Utu politely listens for a moment, then reminds the speaker that he has [[An Axe to Grind]].[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|It's awesome.]]
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** In a somewhat gentler example, one of your other options in that scene is to tell Morrigan severely that ''everyone'' deserves respect...even her.
** A Human Noble PC gets an even better one when facing down Arl Howe, {{spoiler|the man responsible for betraying and killing your family in the beginning.}} At first, he mocks you about how he {{spoiler|made your mother and father suffer before killing them and burned your sister-in-law and nephew's bodies on a trash heap}}, but then you get the chance to verbally tear him to shreds, basically calling him a coward and showing him that all he's done has only made you stronger and more determined. His reaction is priceless.
{{quote| '''Arl Howe:''' "There it is, right there. That damned look in the eye that marked every Cousland success that held me back. It seems you have made something of yourself after all. Your father would be proud. I, on the other hand, want you dead more than ever..."
* At the end of the [[Godlimations]] flash RPG ''Amea'', {{spoiler|The Master Eye claims that it stealing the people's eyesight and replacing it with the "True Light" has brought them happiness and peace, and points out that all of them, even Amea herself, had chosen to follow him. Amea simply responds that the "happiness" the Eye has brought to its followers is all a lie, and that its better to face the true state of the world, no matter how bad, then to hide yourself behind the lies of a false god.}}
* Fatman, one of the bosses in [[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]], is convinced that he is a [[Mad Artist]], who will be remembered through history as the greatest bomber and demoman in the world. Raiden interrupts his little speech, snapping "You're nothing but a common criminal, and that's the only way people will remember you!"
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* In ''[[Portal 2]]'', {{spoiler|Wheatly is telling you to do yourself a favor and just commit suicide to avoid having him kill you. In response, you can make a portal network that chucks a mine at his monitor.}}
* At the end of [[Sly Cooper|Sly 3]], {{spoiler|Dr. M tries to convince Bentley that the cooper family are a bunch of self-centered greedy attention grubbers, and that he and Bentley are the same due to them both being the [[The Smart Guy|technical minded]] members of the team, Bentley responds saying that they are all brothers, and that's why he and Murray are going to stop him.}}
* The sci-fi submarine combat game ''[[Aquanox]]'' has a pretty funny one. Towards the end of the game, the hero Flint confronts the leader of the Crawlers, the setting's [[The Usual Adversaries|Usual Adversaries]]. The Crawler Leader gives a big, incredibly melodramatic speech about how he's going to wipe out human civilization and eat everybody. In response Flint simply quips "Soooo... you write your own material?".
* Before the penultimate story battle in ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]]'', {{spoiler|Super Hero Aurum}} goes on about how a hero only exists when there is evil to fight, and is useless otherwise. Mao, having sat in the back and listened to the rebuttals of the others this whole time, has finally decided that he has had enough crap.
{{quote| '''Mao''': ...Hmph. I stay quiet and listen, and you continue to blab. It was only you alone that wanted any of this. Was a hero such a dinky existence that you couldn't shine without an enemy? Were you so pitiful that you had to watch out for what the people thought, and be afraid of being forgotten? Is it a hero's job to raise an enemy just to make yourself look greater? Did you want praise for your efforts?<br />
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* In ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' 3: The Dark Sword of Chaos, Ryu Hayabusa gives one to {{spoiler|Clancy}} after the latter offers him the chance to join him in the destruction of the human race, saying that he just wants to protect the Earth from the damage that human's cause. Ryu's response?
{{quote| '''Ryu''': No reason can ever excuse the destruction and slaughter of mankind. The only thing that's going to get destroyed is you and this dimensional warship!}}
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' has Zant claiming that he should have been the rightful ruler of the Twili instead of {{spoiler|Midna and her "useless, do-nothing royal family".}} One ass kicking at the hands of Link later, Midna tells Zant that the reason the Twili didn't go along with him was because they knew he was a power hungry psychopath.
* ''[[Persona 3]]'' saw Junpei cutting Takaya short, as he rants on about how death and the Fall are the light to guide humanity out of the darkness:
{{quote| '''Junpei Iori''': “I'm not dying so you can have a friggin' night-light!”}}
* Nearing the end of ''[[Gears of War]] 3'' after {{spoiler|Marcus' father}} had committed a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and died right in front of his son. Queen Myrrah, defeated, approached the gears and gloated to Marcus how all he had ever done is find ways to kill lots of people. Marcus simply stabbed her and said:
{{quote| '''Marcus''': ''This is for {{spoiler|Dom}} and all the others you have killed, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|you bitch]].''
** Done earlier in the boss fight if you keep it going long enough. As Myrrah {{spoiler|tries to stop Adam's Locust killing machine}}, she goes on a rant that [[Humans Are Bastards|humans are inherently violent and genocidal]], prompting her Locust to act the same way to defeat them. How does Marcus react to this insult to humanity? Does he deny it as not our nature?
{{quote| '''Marcus''': ''I can live with that.''}}
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== Web Original ==
* In [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] episode about ''[[Nightmare On Elm Street]]'', Freddy Krueger says that nobody is ''forcing'' the Nerd to play bad games but {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror|himself]]}}, making the Nerd [[Not So Different]], but the Nerd just cuts Freddie off with a gut bustingly hilarious reply of "Go yank your cock through your ass ya fucking butt mongrel!" and showing off his {{spoiler|Power Glove, which he uses to destroy Freddy. [[A Winner Is You|The nightmare is ended]], but [[Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage|the real battle had just begun]]}}.
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] does not use words to shut up any "Hannibals" out there. [[Talk to the Fist|He punches 'em in the gut]] while screaming '''[[Memetic Mutation|"I AM A MAN!!!"]]'''.
* In episode 15 of the [[That Guy With The Glasses]] segment "Ask That Guy"... well, ''something'' like this happens. (For bonus points, this comes in the wake of a particularly lengthy and disturbing rant about starving a [[Furby]] to death.) That Guy responds to a question down the vein of "how do I know I'm real, and not a product of my own imagination?" with unusual vitriol, until it descends into a self-serving rant about himself and his own twisted villainy.
{{quote| '''That Guy''': ...I don't say this often, but you are wrong, and I am right. I mean, suppose I ''was'' the figment of someone else's dream and that the dreamer out there was actually a good, rational person with -- eugh! -- a conscience. I mean, wouldn't he have gotten rid of me a long time ago? I mean, wouldn't he have the decency to get rid of such ''concentrated'' evil like me? No! ''No!'' There ''is'' no dreamer, and evil. Always. ''Wins.'' Thus showing that there ''is'' no good in the world, and evil is ''always'' rewarded. That's the way it ''is'', and that's the way I always {{spoiler|(poof)}}}}
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* ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'': Luigi [[Talk to the Fist|punches]] {{spoiler|Ganondorf}} in the face after he tries to corrupt him with mind games.
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Ganondorf}}''': What possessed you in that ally way to deliver such a potent artifact to such a dangerous man? What did you..?<br />
'''Luigi''': * Punch* I've had enough... * Punch* ..Of your-a head games! * Punch*
** {{spoiler|Unfortunately, the 'Dorf, was unfazed. And fought back.}}
** This comes immediately after giving shutting up {{spoiler|"End of Days" (Olimar)}}. "Cut the ''crazy''."
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