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'''Optimus Primal:''' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Speech]] ''[[Verb This|this.]]'' '''[[Talk to the Fist|(POW)]]'''|''[[Beast Wars]]'', "Nemesis, Part 2"}}

 

* ''[[Mazinger Z|Kouji Kabuto]]'' is a [[Hot-Blooded]], impulsive hero is more liable to punch the villain than explain to him why he or she sucks, but he got some good throughout the years.

** In the original manga:

'''Kouji''': Shut up! Take it like a man! Don't try to play innocent with me! }}

** In ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'', after [[Big Bad]] Dr. Hell tried talking him into joining him:

** In ''[[Super Robot Wars Compact]]''

'''Kouji:''' Oh, don't give us that crap! We won't let you even touch the Earth we live in! }}

** ''In [[Super Robot Wars Alpha]]'' 2

'''Kouji''': Don't feed me that crap!! I've been [[Hannibal Lecture|listening to this from the start]] and all you've done is giving a bunch of complicated justifications!! }}

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': What do you tell the god-like {{spoiler|Anti-Spiral King}} who has been revealed to {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|only be doing it to prevent the universe from imploding?]] "You suck, and we aren't going to blow up the universe". The final conclusion to the debate after his defeat? "Seriously, dude, ''don't blow up the universe''." "Of course we won't; [[Arc Words|Who the hell do you think were are]], a bunch of idiots?"}} Then [[Made of Explodium|explosions happen]].

* ''[[Code Geass]]'': In the first season finale, {{spoiler|Suzaku}} gives one of these to {{spoiler|Lelouch, who is in his Zero persona, after Zero!Lelouch calls out Suzaku for standing by Euphemia, who had been implicated in the SAZ massacre}}.

** Lelouch also delivered a fairly epic one in episode 16 of season one, against Mao, telling him to "Never speak again!" via Geass after he [[Mind Rape|messed]] with Suzaku.

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glHaMB_AjmE&t=4m35s The awesome scene.]

** To be honest, he did get sightly better in ''Gundam SEED Destiny,'' during the last episode when he threw Durandal's argument for the Destiny Plan back in his face.

** There's also this scene in which Kira and Mu confront Rau. Rau won't shut up, even if Mu yells him to do while shooting at him. And the [[Awful Truth]] Rau revealed turned Kira into [[Heroic BSOD]].

'''Kira:''' I'm ready for that. ''*lines up to shoot Durandal*'' I will fight! }}

** Domon Kasshu from ''[[G Gundam]]'' has a habit of doing this. Mostly because, as a [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Determinator]], he has no interest in talking to his enemies when he can fight. The final villain didn't get further than a single line into his rant before Domon just said "Shut it."

** In ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', Heero does this to both the [[Big Bad]] of the TV series ({{spoiler|Zechs Merquise}}) and [[The Dragon]] in ''[[The Movie|Endless Waltz]]'' ({{spoiler|Chang Wu Fei}}). In both cases, his opponent is arguing that [[Humans Are Bastards]] and/or [[Dying Like Animals|Sheep]] who need to be guided down the right path, while Heero argues that all humans, including himself and his opponent, are just as weak, and that they need to have faith that people will be able to make a worthy future on their own. In particular, he gets a suitably epic line in ''EW'':

** [[After War Gundam X|Garrod Ran]] absolutely excels at this trope, in fact this is his most common response to a [[Motive Rant]].

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' returns to [[Contemplate Our Navels|long speeches]]; Setsuna makes ''three'' in the season 1 finale. And in the second season, {{spoiler|when Bring Stability tells his fellow Innovator Tieria Erde that he can't kill him in battle because they're both Innovators, Tieria screams "I'M A HUMAN!" and kills him.}}

** ''[[Crossbone Gundam]]'' even gets in on it, having Tobia Arronax deliver the following rebuttal to [[Social Darwinist]] Karas:

* ''[[Death Note]]'': When Light Yagami delivers his [[Motive Rant]] at the end of the anime about how his actions have reduced the crime rate and stopped all wars, how does his nemesis respond?

** In the same episode, {{spoiler|Matsuda's}} response to the same rant was to {{spoiler|''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|shoot Light five times]]''. Okay, that was actually his response to Light's last-ditch attempt to kill Near, but considering that Matsuda was the closest person on the task force to ''supporting'' Kira, not to mention someone who genuinely seemed to like and admire Light, it was pretty impressive}}. In retrospect, it probably was a bad idea for {{spoiler|Light to refer to his late father Soichirou, who was Matsuda's mentor and idol, as a fool during the rant}}.

* The [[Grand Finale]] to ''[[Vandread]]'' has the lead characters do this to the [[Evil Counterpart]] of {{spoiler|the sentient [[Applied Phlebotinum]] the crew has befriended.}}

* The ever-[[The Stoic|stoic]] Sousuke Sagara does this in reverse order in the first season of ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'': he first hands the villain's ass right back to him and then proceeds to use some... [[Precision F-Strike|uncharacteristically strong language]] to tell the world what he thinks of him and his views.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has Fate taunting Negi about his weakness, how he's unable to protect his friends, how his [[Black Magic|newly acquired powers]] won't help him at all, and how he'll never be powerful to put up a real fight... Negi's response is to sock Fate in the gut, and toss off a one-liner:

** {{spoiler|And Negi does it again in Chapter 272, calling Godel on his [[Fantastic Racism]] and basically telling Godel that he's full of crap.}}

*** And quite a while later, {{spoiler|1=it turns out the SUH has more or less worked, since Godel pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] and joins Negi's case.}}

* ''[[Dai no Daibouken|Dragon Quest: Dai's Adventure]]Dai No Daibouken Dai No Daibouken'', chapter 108, Dai's decisive battle against Dragon Army Captain Baran, {{spoiler|who also happened to be his father and the original Dragon Knight}} as he unleashes all his power:

'''Dai:''' ... so what's your point? I can fight seriously too. }}

* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': How does Shiro respond to the end of the [[Big Bad]] Kotomine's long [[Motive Rant]]? "Oh I get it now, you're just insane."

* In ''[[One Piece]]'' Luffy makes it pretty clear that he does shit because he wants to, and for no other reason. In response to Crocodile's list of reasons why he was fighting a losing battle, and being naive for trying to save everyone, Luffy subverts this trope slightly by agreeing with him. Having effectively shocked Hannibal into shutting up, he proceeds to beat the shit out of him while explaining that Vivi was his friend, and since if he didn't help she was gonna kill herself trying to save the country, he would try to render that unnecessary.

** Then there's the instance when the Straw Hats face the leader of a secret government agency. His attempt to intimidate them fail miserably:

'''Luffy''': ''"I understand very well. Sogeking, shoot that flag."'' }}

* In ''[[Houshin Engi]]'', this was done rather brilliantly by Taikoubou (when he {{spoiler|changed back to being Fukki}}) after his fight with Jyoka. Jyoka started giving him the [[Break Them by Talking|the breaking speech]] about how {{spoiler|the reason he revealed to the humans that they were being manipulated by her wasn't because he didn't like the idea of her being in power - it was because he wanted them to have "free will"}}, and his response? "No. You're wrong idiot, die." It doesn't get more blunt than that.

** Used again in the last episode, with more of an outright "shut up" feel. Kageyama sets a new personal record for nihilism with a rant about how all of humanity's hopes for peace never had a chance, to which Ukiya responds, "''Is that all you have to say?!''" while throwing a monster of a roundhouse punch. Then the punch misses...

* Envy of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' keeps trying to lecture Mustang, but...

'''Mustang:''' I do [[The Ace|enjoy]] watching foolish creatures dance around like puppets on a string. Especially you homunculii.<br />

''(later)''<br />

* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'': Cross has a rather hilarious and extremely awesome [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] moment, [http://www.mangareader.net/210-15247-5/dgray-man/chapter-156.html here]. See, that's why you don't try to lecture a [[Jerkass]] with a gun.

** Chapter 193; paraphrased:

{{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:

* ''[[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.

* At the end of ''[[Inuyasha]]'', {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] Naraku explains how his crumbling body is over Kaede's village, and if they cut him down, he will fall onto the village destroying it.}} Sesshoumaru's response? {{spoiler|He charges right up to Naraku, says "So what?" then proceeds to go straight through him with his Bakusaiga, causing the entire body to start falling towards the ground.}} That is pure freaking ownage.

* ''[[The Kindaichi Case Files]]'' is a tad more sympathetic towards a [[Motive Rant]] (unless the suspect was a [[Jerkass]]), but Kindaichi's response to many a subsequent suicide attempt has been pretty blunt.

* In the second OVA of ''[[Hellsing]]'' , Jan Valentine has spent an hour of screentime basically massacring people and insulting the survivors, insulting the Roundtable Conference in general and Integra in particular over the radio. At the end of the episode, Jan has finally been cornered, when Integra walks up, leading to this classic exchange:

'''Integra:''' That's quite enough of that. I'm ''pissed off''. }}

** 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.

'''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.}}

* When ''[[Bleach]]'''s Ulquiorra is going to explain to [[Distressed Damsel|Orihime]] why she hesitated in protecting Ichigo, Ichigo stops him with a simple "Shut up, it doesn't matter."

** Then in the Fake Karakura Town battle, as Barragan gave an epic [[Break Them by Talking]] about how everything ages and dies, how his power is absolute, and the folly of challenging God, specifically [[A God Am I|"The God of Hueco Mundo" (himself)]]. Then when vizard Ushoda Hachigen severs his own decaying right hand and placed it in his "stomach" with his kidou. [[Hoist by His Own Petard|As Barragan rots from his own attack]], Hachigen gives this line:

** Ichigo gives one to Grimmjow after Orihime tells him tearfully not 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.

*** Paraphrasing his brief conversation with Hitsugaya:

* Aizen does some [[Moral Event Horizon|MEH]]-crossing and Hitsugaya gets [[Unstoppable Rage|pissed]]* <br />

'''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. }}

*** Yamamoto gives us a very succinct one.

*** {{spoiler|Isshin}} joins the fray with a simple

** 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.

** Ichigo seems to collect these moments. In chapter 474, {{spoiler|Ginjo starts mocking Ichigo about how substitute shinigami are just pawns of the Gotei 13, and that he's being used like a puppet.}} Ichigo's response?: {{spoiler|[[Super Mode|"BANKAI!!"]]}}

*** And he lampshades how the villains always give these kind of speeches.

* In ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', Kurogane earns a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] by telling Fei Wang Reed to "shut your freaking trap." He and Fai then happily argue over who gets first dibs to fight him. Sadly subverted in that {{spoiler|It wasn't FWR after all, but Dr. Kyle, and it's R!Syaoran who kills him.}} Then reinvoked in Chapter 230 when it ''looks'' like {{spoiler|Fei Wang Reed died from both Fai's and Kurogane's repeated attacks. Then again, this being [[Mind Screw|TRC]], it might not be that easy after all..}}.

* In ''[[Digimon]]'' Season 3, {{spoiler|the D-Reaper }} has built itself up into an [[Eldritch Abomination]] hell-bent on wiping out humanity on the grounds that [[Humans Are Bastards]]. It has been swatting down every attempt to stop or even harm it with minimal effort, [[Mind Rape|mind-raping]] {{spoiler|Juri}} for some time, and, in an incredible [[Tear Jerker]], has struck down {{spoiler|Beelzemon}} after he went all-out in an attempt to [[The Atoner|rescue her]]. Takato and Guilmon, fused into Gallantmon, are one of the last lines of defense keeping the thing contained and holding it off from annihilating humanity while the other heroes try a last-ditch plan to stop it. {{spoiler|The D-Reaper}} howls at them '''"YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO EXIST!"'''. Stuck in the void, Guilmon asks his partner whether they do or not, to which Takato replies that they do "AND IT'S ABOUT TIME WE PROVED IT!" after which Gallantmon responds to the [[Break Them by Talking]] by ''ramming his fist into an area roughly equivalent to {{spoiler|the D-reaper's}} throat'' and yelling back ''"WE DO DESERVE TO EXIST! YOU DON'T."''

* In the earlier parts of the first ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' series, then-[[Jerkass]] Hyuuga harshly bitches Tsubasa out and tells him that he's a [[Spoiled Brat]] who's got no business into soccer. What is Tsubasa's reply?

** Tsubasa's girlfriend Sanae pulls one on {{spoiler|her [[Hopeless Suitor]] Kanda}}. When he tells her that Tsubasa doesn't care about her and that's why {{spoiler|he hasn't come to talk to both of them upon Kanda's own request}}, she immediately says "That's a lie, so shut it!" {{spoiler|And right after that, Tsubasa shows up.}}

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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]].

* Happens in ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' when Goku hits Jeice/Jeese right in the face just before he launches into his taunting speech.

** Happens several times in a row in the same scene in [[Dragonball Z Abridged]]. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Including while Jeice is trying to remember what to do when someone is punching you in the face.]]

** And later Gray gives one to {{spoiler|Ultear by punching her in the middle of her speech.}}

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Tohru's stuck-up relatives get ''two'' of these for slutshaming Tohru after they find out she was living with Shigure, Yuki and Tohru. First the grandfather slaps a male cousin when he and others call Tohru a whore, and then Yuki and Kyo arrive and Yuki hears said cousin refer to them as "the guys the little tramp was shacking up with"...

* A villainous version happens in ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]''; when Starscream attempts to take the Omega Lock from Galvatron, Galvatron starts up with a speech about how weak Starscream is, only for Starscream to interrupt with a lecture of his own.

* [[Persona 4: The Animation]] has a brilliant one in the fight against Shadow Mitsuo. Earlier on, the villain had trapped protagonist Yu Narukami in a [[Lotus Eater Machine]], taunting him by saying that Yu is "empty" and that he has no true bonds of friendship with other people. Fortunately for Yu, his oldest friend on the team ''physically pulls him out'' of the illusion, and as the rest of the team creates an opening, Yu defiantly states "I... am ''not empty!''" before he systematically breaks down the Shadow's defenses and pulls a [[No Sell]] on each and every one of its attacks. Even better, he accomplishes this with each of the various Persona he had obtained so far, all of them being from a different arcana of the tarot representing a bond he had made with another person, then finishing the battle with Izanagi, his own Persona, proving that unlike the truly empty Mitsuo, he does have friends and they are the [[The Power of Friendship|source of his strength]].

* A staple of comic books, of course. [[Superman]] does it a lot.

** One of the best was in the first story arc of the 90's JLA. The Justice League are finally able to fight back against the Hyperclan, a group of White Martians who have dominated the entire world by mind control and the JLA themselves with their powers. Superman has a slugfest with Protex, the leader of the Martians, and we have this little exchange between the two very different aliens:

'''Superman:''' ''(punches Protex '''straight through the entire continental shelf''')'' They believe in me. And in my heart I believe them. }}

** One story had [[Batman]] reluctantly team up with a vampire to deal with an evil wizard. Superman arrives halfway through the story, but the vampire incessantly mocks him, saying he is nothing but a liability, since Supes is weak against magic. Superman tells him to shut up or else he will ''fly him into the sun''. He shuts up.

** 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.

'''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.

** ''[[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:

* In ''[[The Killing Joke]]'', as [[Batman]] tracks him through a carnival house of mirrors, the Joker claims to have driven Commissioner Gordon mad, thus proving his point that "one bad day" can drive anyone insane as it did to him. He then tries to convince Batman that life is all a "monstrous, demented gag. So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?" Batman crashes through a mirror and says, "Because I've heard it before... and it wasn't funny the ''first'' time!" and punches the Joker. He then tells him that {{spoiler|Gordon is perfectly sane, thus disproving the Joker's point. "Maybe it was just you all the time."}}

** Another [[Batman]] example:

'''Captured Serial Killer''': [[Shutting Up Now|I'll shut up now.]] }}

* [[Hellboy]] has a habit of doing this. '''SCREW YOU'''!

** A particularly shining example has to be when Hecate attempts to seduce Hellboy to ruling by her side:

''**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.

** [http://fuckyeahgrantmorrison.tumblr.com/post/2110416599/from-fantastic-four-1234-issue-4-the Susan Richards gave Doom an epic Shut Up] in the [[Grant Morrison]]-written ''1234'' after the Fantastic Four defeated his plans:

'''Susan''': Oh shut up and listen to someone else for once! Stop talking in that ridiculous way! What's your problem, Victor? What have we ever actually done to you to deserve this stupid waste of everyone's time? Are you listening to me? Sitting there [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|with your stupid machines and your childish jealousy]], when you should be curing cancer or taking your people to the stars! What's the point of talking to you? Would you like me to explain this in a language you understand? Try anything like this ever again and I'll put a thousand force field bubbles inside that mighty brain of yours and burst it from the inside. Toys. Honestly, you should be ashamed of yourself. }}

* The ''[[Hack Slash]]'' one-shot ''Girls Gone Dead'' has villain Laura Lochs giving a long [[Break Them by Talking]] about God, her origin, her motives and other such things. Cassie's reply is "Keep clucking, bitch" and a punch to the face. Subverted in the sequel ''Hack/Slash vs. Chucky'' where Laura was expecting Cassie to try something during her [[Break Them by Talking]] and kicks her in the face when she tries to attack.

** Subverted again in ''Something's Fishy''. As Mary Shelley Lovecraft is talking, Cassie starts sneaking up behind her, baseball bat in hand. Without even turning around or ceasing to talk, Mary ensnares Cassie in her tentacles.

* The one-off graphic novel ''[[Joker]]'' features a classic example of this, in which Batman not only brushes off the Joker's attempt to [[Break Them by Talking|break him by talking]] , but turns it into a devastating Lecture of his own which sends the Joker into a berserk rage -- in ''only three words'':

'''Batman:''' {{spoiler|To ''mock'' you.}} }}

* [[Atomic Robo]] was once captured by a Soviet mad scientist and forced to endure a lecture that took up an entire ''page'' of the comic, explaining why this scientist wanted to destroy the human race in agonizingly trivial detail. Robo's summary hit all the major points.

* When [[Incredible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]] fought Maestro, his [[Evil Counterpart]] from a [[Bad Future]], and started losing, Maestro started a speech about how he knew his every move. Hulk's response? "Sing soprano, [[Motor Mouth]]" and [[Groin Attack|punching Maestro in the groin]].

* In Garth Ennis' recent ''[[Dan Dare]]'' mini-series, he gives the eponymous space hero a pretty good one; Dare is captured by his arch-nemesis The Mekon, who has Dare dragged before him in chains and begins a lengthy [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] about why resistance to his glorious new army and regime is pathetic and futile before Dare calmly interrupts him with "We alway fight squalid little men like you. There's really nothing more to say." And promptly ignores him in favour of chewing out [[The Dragon]], [[The Quisling|the quisling Prime Minister]], instead.

* [[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:

* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'s Finest Hour'' has this:

'''Scott:''' You're definitely worse. }}

* A hero-to-reporter example: [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] delivers this to John Pillinger, a man who is interviewing him in regard to the weapons Tony designed for the military ''over a decade ago'', when Tony was ''nineteen''. Over the course of the inverview, Pillinger is clearly determined to make Tony out to be as unsympathetic as possible; he interrupts Tony at every turn, gives Tony no chance to expand on his answers, and more or less dismisses ''incredibly'' significant medical breakthroughs as meaningless just because they aren't available in ''third-world countries''. He also brushes aside the fact that Tony hasn't designed weaponry for the military in over ten years, and has in fact put his efforts and resources into venues that could improve the world.<br />The real kicker comes when Tony, rather than attempt to make excuses for the damage the weapons he once designed have done, flat-out admits that he knows that no matter what he does, he will always have blood on his hands -- and Pillinger reacts as if Tony ''has'' given some long, rambling explanation to excuse himself from responsibility. Tony ends his statement by saying, with obvious sincerity, that he's trying to be a part of making the world a better place regardless. Pillinger responds with a caustic "...I see."<br />However, at the end of the session, Pillinger asks Tony why he agreed to the interview. Tony responds ''beautifully''.

* In issue 74 of [[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Archie Sonic comics]], after the freedom fighters {{spoiler|find [[Complete Monster|Robotnik]] on the walkway of some outer space facility, (note that up until that point they thought he was dead)}} there are at least [[Verb This|two]] [[I Will Show You X|varieties]] (or [[Your Mileage May Vary|maybe]] three) of [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] in a row:

'''Bunnie''': [[I Will Show You X|Ah'll show you manners!]]<br />

''Bunnie then punches {{spoiler|Robotnik}} in the face, and Sonic and Tails stumble upon {{spoiler|Robotnik's sweatshop}}.''<br />

* [[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.

** 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.

* In the finale of the first arc of [[Spawn]] spin-off ''Sam & Twitch'', Twitch has caught criminal responsible for all murders in that story. She gives him very good [[Hannibal Lecture]] about how she will go free thanks to her [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|connections]] and, at worst case, will have to keep low profile for few months. And how she will then come back and slowly, for years, destroy his life and kill everybody he loves. At first it looks it worked as Twitch puts his gun down, but he immediately points it at her again and starts telling her her laws. When she continues to lecturing him {{spoiler|Twitch shoots her}}.

* In ''[[Birds of Prey]]'', the villain Mortis has been [[Mind Rape|mind-raping]] [[Black Canary]] with visions of all the people she has regrets about, only to have this happen:

'''Black Canary:''' "Heh *sniff* No. No, lady, they haven't. [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|You pulled the wrong trigger]]. Don't you know that?"<br />

'''Mortis:''' "How do you ''know?'' How can you be ''certain''?"<br />

'''Black Canary:''' "Because they're my friends. [[The Power of Love|Because they love me]]. Now get the holy hell out of my brain. I won't warn you again." }}

* Superman's ''only line'' in ''[[Lex Luthor: Man of Steel]]''. After the more benevolent [[Perspective Flip|Perspective Flipped]] [[Villain Protagonist]] we've seen of Luthor throughout the series, it hammers home the fact that Lex's justifications for committing atrocities in the name of "exposing" Superman as a threat are really twisted, and that he really is the bad guy.

* The Captain Britain & [[MI 13]] tie in with the Secret Invasion storyline of Marvel comics revealed that the global invasion force was just a cover for pretty much every Super-Skrull they had to invade Britain and steal all the Earth's magic straight from the source. After succeeding at killing Captain Britain and taking control over Earth's source of magic, the Super-Skrull Sorcerer Supreme stands over a woman who is, at the time, a civilian. A simple Muslim Doctor standing in the way. The Super-Skrull describes how Britain will be erased from existence, so that it had never been. When the Skrull empire takes us as slaves, ''then'' we would know ''true'' pride and glory. Cue the return with Excalibur.

* Her-to-hero example - in 200th issue of [[X Factor]] Guido gets into a fight with [[Fantastic Four|The Thing]], who tries to provoke him by mocking his superhero carrier. Guido just tells Ben that he played in better football team. It worked a little to well, because enraged Ben had beaten the tar out of him.

 

* ''[[I'm a Marvel And I'm a DC|I'm a Marvel... and I'm a DC]]'' gives everyone a turn or two to monologue about something, but whenever the villains lecture someone, a rebuttal isn't far behind. Respectively, Superman responds to Lex Luthor's monologue with one clear-cut statement, and Spider-Man draws on his own experiences to show that Joker doesn't have a leg to stand on. However, it's ultimately {{spoiler|Green Goblin}} who utterly ''destroys'' him verbally.

** The scene in question comes later, but the way Gobby brushes off his standard death threat also warrants mention.

'''Green Goblin:''' Yeah, he told me you're gay. }}

* In the [[Homestuck]] fanfic [[We're All Doomed]], {{spoiler|a}} future Gamzee is able to shut down {{spoiler|his murderous past self}}'s tirade with one word: {{spoiler|1=HoNk}}.

* The ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' fanfic ''[[Digital Prey|Digital]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6562458/1/Digital_Prey Prey]'' has Renamon do this a couple times to [[Egomaniac Hunter|Stalkermon]], though the first time doesn't work out too well for her.

'''Renamon:''' Shut up! I do not care about your damned hunt; I am only doing this for the sake of my tamer. }}

* In the ''[[Portal 2]]'' fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6953776/1/Test_Of_Humanity Test Of Humanity]'' has {{spoiler|Wheatley}} of all people doing this to {{spoiler|[[G La DOS]]}} by literally telling them to "shut up" and then punching them in the eye.

{{spoiler|"I said, SHUT UP!" Wheatley shouted too blinded by rage to think clearly...not that he ever really thought clearly in the first place.}} }}

* ''[[My Little Avengers]]'': During the [[Final Battle]], each of the Avengers does this to their [[The Psycho Rangers|Dark Avenger]] counterpart -- Captain Equestria breaks through the Ghost Flyer's attempted [[Mind Rape]] via sheer [[Determinator|willpower]] and delivers a brief [[World of Cardboard Speech]] before beating the Flyer unconscious; Firebird and Iron Pony both point out the hypocrisy of Iron Monger and Red Skull's own [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]] (with Iron Pony giving his own WOC speech in the process); and when Loki (in the middle of a [[Villainous Breakdown]]) is screaming at Thor for defying him, Thor retorts that after everything Loki's done, he has no right to be upset about Thor fighting back.

** Most of Arnie's have this. For example:

*** ''Conan the Destroyer''.

*** ''[[The 6th Day]]''.

'''Adam Gibson's clone:''' And who decides who lives and who dies? You?<br />

'''Mr. Drucker:''' Do you have a better idea?<br />

** A more eloquent one is given during the Parley between Leonidas and Xerxes; Xerxes threatens to destroy Sparta entirely, and erase its history, saying "The world will never know you existed at all!". Leonidas calmly replies "The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and before this battle was over, that even a God-King can bleed".

* The ending to ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' where {{spoiler|the people trapped on two ferries refuse to play along with Prisoner's Dilemma, deciding to ''not'' to blow the other ferry up, even with the threat of the Joker blowing them both up at midnight, their decision proving the Joker's [[Humans Are Bastards]] viewpoint wrong. Even cooler is that one of the ferries has prisoners on it, and a stereotypical [[Scary Black Man]] just says no.}}

'''Batman:''' {{spoiler|What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're alone.}} }}

** Followed shortly by:

{{spoiler|''(Batman shoots the Joker with his gauntlet blades)''}} }}

* ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'': Scaramanga does a [[Not So Different]] speech to [[James Bond]]. Bond replies, "There's [[Unusual Euphemism|a useful four-letter word]], and you're full of it."

** Another Bond example: The 2006 ''[[Casino Royale]]'' gives us this exchange as Dryden is lecturing Bond/mocking him for not having made the two kills necessary to be a 00 agent:

'''Bond:''' ''[Shoots Dryden]'' "Yes, considerably." }}

* ''[[I, Robot (film)|I Robot]]'' has an awesome example.

'''[[Will Smith|Del Spooner]]:''' You have ''so'' got to die. }}

** And there's a slightly friendlier example earlier in the movie given to Del Spooner;

'''Sonny:''' Can you? }}

* ''[[End of Days]]'' (1999). "The Man" (Gabriel Byrne) is giving Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger) his [[The Final Temptation|temptation speech]] (he is '''The Devil''' after all) and trying to convince him that a satanic apocalypse wouldn't be so bad after all.

'''The Man''': Sometimes Hell comes to YOU! }}

* ''[[Serenity]]'':

'''Mal:''' Aw, hell, I'm a fan of [[Seven Deadly Sins|all seven]]. ''(headbutt)'' But right now, I'm gonna have to go with '''wrath'''. }}

** Also:

'''Mal:''' Good. ([[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|shoots him]]) }}

** Shortly followed by:

** A part cut from the final scene:

'''Mal:''' If you're still standing there when those engines start goin', you'll never find out. ''(rear hatch closes)'' What a ''whiner''. }}

* ''[[Equilibrium]]'': Once he realises he's beaten, the Big Bad makes a desperate appeal to Preston's newfound emotions:

'''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:

'''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.

'''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. }}

** And it doesn't stop there.

* ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]: Back 2 tha Hood'':

'''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]].

* ''[[Van Helsing]]''

'''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.}}

** Also note that as this planet was a religious melting pot, his actions are particularly effective.

* ''[[Minority Report]]'' features one of these at its climax as the villain tells John Anderton his reason for {{spoiler|setting him up to be arrested for murder}}:

{{spoiler|'''John Anderton''': [[Berserk Button|DON'T YOU]] '''[[Berserk Button|EVER]]''' [[Berserk Button|SAY HIS NAME!]] You '''used''' the memory of my dead son to set me up!}} }}

* ''[[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.

''At that moment, Vader [[Finger-Poke of Doom|raises his hand]] and begins Force-choking Motti.''<br />

'''Vader''': I find your lack of faith disturbing. }}

*** In ''Return of the Jedi'', when Luke is hiding and refusing to fight Vader

'''Luke''': [ignites lightsaber and comes out of hiding] NEVER!! }}

** In the novelization of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'', Grievous tries to intimidate Obi Wan by stating "I've been trained in the Jedi arts by Count Dooku himself", to which Obi Wan answers "good, because I trained the Jedi who killed Count Dooku".

* In [[Kate Bush]]'s ''The Line, the Cross and the Curve'', toward the end:

'''Kate Bush''': You're scared. You're scared, because you know you're losing your power over me. }}

* John Frankenheimer's ''[[Seven Days in May]]''; toward the end, when the conspiracy to overthrow the President is uncovered, General Scott (Burt Lancaster) accuses his former underling, Colonel "Jiggs" Casey (Kirk Douglas), who blew the whistle on him, of betrayal:

'''Col. Casey''' Yes, I know who Judas was - he was a man I worked for and admired until he disgraced the four stars on his uniform. }}

* ''[[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]].

'''Sidney''': [[For the Evulz|Because you choose to]]! There is no one else to blame! <br />

{{spoiler|'''Roman'''}}: Damn it! Fucking damn it!<br />

** 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]].

* ''[[The Condemned]]'' features a scene where [[Sociopathic Soldier]] McStarley attempts to reason with [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]'s character Jack Conroy, telling him about the horrors of war he's been forced to endure as a soldier and how he was locked up in prison for a number of years.

'''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.

'''Captain Dodge''': No, just a ''higher-ranking'' one. Catch us if you can! [hangs up] All ahead full! }}

* ''[[Indiana Jones]]''

** Later subverted in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom|Temple of Doom]]'', when he tries the same, but has lost his gun.

** Indy's father, Henry Sr., gives a brilliant one to a Nazi colonel during ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'':

'''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.

** 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]]'':

** ''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:}}

{{spoiler|Sam}}: {{spoiler|No... [[Meaningful Echo|I'm just the messenger!]] (''Rams Dylan with the metal bar, causing Dylan to collide with the Pillar's energy beam, electrocuting him to death.'')}} }}

* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' has this:

'''Scott Pilgrim''': You ''are'' blowing up... RIGHT NOW! (''punts Gideon in the head, killing him'') }}

* In the original ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', the title character is held at gunpoint by Scorpio, who plans to kill him after a good bit of [[Evil Gloating]], but before he can get the chance, Harry stabs Scorpio in the leg.

* From ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]''.

''{{spoiler|Pedro then [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|shoots Vidal in the face]].}}'' }}

* ''[[Resident Evil: Extinction|Resident Evil Extinction]]'' has this:

{{spoiler|(''laser grid turns on and slices the Tyrant into pieces'')}} }}

* ''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]'' to the Other Mother.

* The 2009 remake of ''[[Night of the Demons]]'' has a literal example when the protagonist Maddie is cornered in a magically-protected room by Angela (who's possessed by the lead demon), who goes into a rant about how how Maddie and her friends are going to suffer horribly before they're possessed. Maddie's response?

* During the [[Final Battle]] at the climax of ''[[The Matrix]]'', [[Big Bad|Smith]] knocks Neo to the floor and proceeds to give a [[Nietzsche Wannabe|nihilistic]] rant that concludes with "Why, Mr. Anderson?! ''Why?! Why do you persist?!''" Neo's response is a very simple [[Call Back]] to his last conversation with the Oracle that perfectly shoots Smith down.

* At the climax of ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', [[Big Bad|Loki]] is cornered by [[The Incredible Hulk|the Hulk]], whose has just finished tearing through half of Loki's army. Loki, ''furious'', seeths that he is a ''God'' and not someone to be bullied by some green simpleton who {{spoiler|...and it's about this point where Hulk proceeds to pick him up and smash him around the room like a rubber chicken, leaving Loki a crushed and bloody mess}}.

** That's actually the second time Loki's been told to shut up. The first time was drama rather than comedy, but still excellent.

'''[[Heroic Bystander|Random Old Guy:]]''' "There are always [[Adolf Hitler|men like you]]." }}

** Natasha does even ''bother'' to tell him to shut up. When he gives a devastating [[Hannibal Lecture]] earlier in the film she is visibly shaken and horrified...but then she suddenly walks off in the middle of his speech to leave him spluttering and shouting after her in confusion -- [[Guile Hero|she was just playing along to get him to spill important information while gloating.]]

== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'': Puddleglum does this to [[The Vamp]], narrowly preventing her from [[Brainwashed|brainwashing]] him and the rest of the heroes.

** Bonus points for Puddleglum, because he managed to achieve a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] epic win even after ''conceding to everything she'd said''.

* Harry Dresden of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' does this a lot, though mostly to [[Magnificent Bastard|the mobster Marcone]]. It should be noted, though, that Harry reacts this way even when Marcone is making a very reasonable offer and being very polite about it. Harry can be kind of a dick himself. Marcone's general response is to snark back and look amused. (Also, when the hero has called up the gangster on three occasions in the books (''Death Masks'', ''White Night'' and ''Changes'') and asked the gangster for help -- and received it, on both occasions -- well, I'm not sure Marcone can be classed solely as a villain any longer.)

** 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]]''.

** 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."

** And how can we forget Death in ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]''?

{{smallcaps| Yes, there are rules. And you broke them. How dare you? ''How dare you?!''}} }}

** Nanny Ogg gets one near the end of ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', when she smashes the Dutchess on the back of the head with a cauldron mid-speech.

** Vimes to Carcer Dun at the end of ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'':

** Played with in ''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky|A Hat Full of Sky]]'', where Tiffany mentally prepares [[Character Filibuster|a long and scathing retort]] to [[Alpha Bitch|Anagramma]] chastising her for missing an opportunity to show up Granny Weatherwax, but decides [[Ignored Epiphany|the other girl just wouldn't get it]]. So Tiffany settles for giving Anagramma a meaningful smirk and telling her "Oh, shut up."

* Gandalf does this to Saruman in ''[[Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]]'', {{spoiler|and destroys Saruman's staff for good measure}}.

** In ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]'' Gandalf is being lectured by Sauron's messenger, who tells Gandalf "Those are the terms. Take them or leave them!" Gandalf, knowing that the messenger is lying, saying "These we will take!" and then zaps the messenger and takes Frodo's gear.

* Detailed further in this trope's quote page is the gem from the climax of ''[[The Acts of Caine|Blade of Tyshalle]]''.

'''Caine:'''''(points [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|Kosall]] at him)'' You talk too fucking much. }}

* In ''[[Conqueror|Bones of the Hills]]'', when the Mongols have razed the Assassins' fortress, the Old Man of the Mountains attempts to break Genghis Khan by telling him he doesn't understand anything, that he only knows destruction, and that nobody will remember him after he's gone. The gurkhan just laughs and orders Tsubodai to kill him.

** Earlier in the book, he calls one of Lecter's bluffs by ''walking away'' when he tries to get a lecture rolling.

* In ''[[Ender's Game|Shadow Puppets]]'' by Orson Scott Card, Achilles has blackmailed Bean into {{spoiler|coming onto Achilles' home turf unarmed}}. He proceeds to pontificate about his immeasurable genius and overall badassery until {{spoiler|he realizes he's been betrayed by his 'compatriots'. Suddenly Bean has a gun and Achilles has a knife.}}

'''Bean:''' {{spoiler|Yes it is. (shoots Achilles in the face)}} }}

** Earlier, Achilles tries to ransom Bean's test tube babies, using one as a shield saying he wouldn't dare hurt it. Bean crushes it beneath his foot

* In "[[Felidae]]" by Akif Pirincci, Francis delivers this to Pascal/Claudandus shortly before their final battle.

* In ''[[War of the Dreaming]]'' by [[John C. Wright]], the heroes deliver a magnificent rebuttal against a [[Physical God]] insisting that [[Humans Are Bastards]]: {{spoiler|Azrael ''revokes'' his power, and tells him to sit down and shut up.}}

* In one of the most surprising examples of this trope, ''Aibileen'', of all people, interrupts Miss Hilly's attempts to threaten her at the end of [[The Help]] and then proceeds to ''blackmail'' her:

'''Aibileen:''' {{spoiler|Miss "Hilly". I know something about you and don't you forget that. And from what I hear, they's a lot of time to write a lot a letters in jail. Time to write to ever person in Jackson the truth about you. Plenty a time and the paper is free.}} }}

* 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''.

** Aivars Terekhov gets a similar one in ''The Shadow of Saganami''.

* Mara Jade gives an ''awesome'' one in ''[[I Jedi]]'', mockingly comparing the villain-of-the-week to Darth Vader and Palpatine.

* Barra the Pict pulls this trope on ''God Himself'' in ''Jericho Moon'', shaking off the effects of a psychic [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to axe the guy who's channeling [[God Is Evil|Old-Testament Yahweh]]'s energies from the Ark of the Covenant.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Prometheus", there is a wonderful exchange between Simmons and Conrad {{spoiler|after they stole the Prometheus}}:

'''Simmons:''' Spare me the super-villain riff. We're on the clock here. }}

** There's also this exchange between Heru'ur and O'Neill:

'''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.

*** [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"You have fruit punch mouth."]]

** Season Three, "Amends":

'''Buffy:''' All right, I ''get'' it. ''You're evil''. Do we have to chat about it all day? }}

** One of her boyfriends picks up on it too. Recurring human villain Ethan Rayne walks away while delivering a lecture on why Buffy can't kill him. He walks straight into Riley, who arrests him.

** Subverted in the scene where Willow cuts Warren's excuses with "bored now" and kills him. The subversion is that by doing so, she becomes a bigger villain than he.

* There are probably a lot of examples in ''[[Firefly]]'', but this one from "The Train Job" stands out:

''(kicks Crow into Serenity's engine)'' }}

** Also in "Train Job"

[Lund turns, and Zoe knocks him out with the butt of her rifle] }}

** Similarly, in "War Stories", when Zoe deprives Niska of his speech when she chooses {{spoiler|to save Wash instead of Mal}}.

** Another in War Stories, where it is subverted; Mal [[Crowning Moment of Funny|has to invoke a Shut Up Hannibal from his crew]]:

''They open fire, killing the torturer.'' }}

** In the pilot, where Dobson is holding a gun to River's head, the Fed starts in on what he's going to do if anyone moves. Mal, who is just heading aboard the ship, ends the speech by shooting him in the head. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Without even breaking stride]].

** Later Laverne gives Cox one, so it goes both ways.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': in "Remembrance of the Daleks" the Doctor got what may be the greatest example of this yet.

'''The Doctor:''' Powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable power! [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Unlimited rice pudding!]] Et cetera, et cetera! }}

** Another one between the Doctor and Davros is in "Journey's End", the last episode of season four of the new series:

'''The Doctor:''' No no no no no, we're not doing the nostalgia tour! I want to know what's happening right here, right now. }}

*** And earlier, after Davros tries another lecture:

** "Planet of Fire" features this wonderful exchange when Peri first encounters the Master:

'''Peri''': So what? I'm Perpugilliam Brown and I can shout just as loud as you can. }}

*** Especially good as he was trying to hypnotize her at the time. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|It is also the only time The Master ever fails to hypnotize a human being straight out]], and no reason for this is ever given. Apart from the fact that she can shout just as loud as he can.

** Another example is in the episode, "The Long Game", when the Ninth Doctor is captured by the Editor of an evil news channel, secretly controlling the thoughts of every single human.

'''The Doctor:''' Yes. }}

** There's a ''very'' good one in 'Dalek':

'''Dalek''': ''([[Beat]])'' [[Not So Different|You would make a good Dalek.]] }}

** A non-verbal villain-on-villain one occurs in "End of Time Part 2". {{spoiler|The Master is gloating about how his Turn-Every-Human-Into-The-Master machine can now be used as a Transform-The-Returned-Time-Lords-Into-The-Master machine... and upon hearing this, the Time Lord President silently uses his [[Green Lantern Ring|Glowing Metal Gauntlet]] to undo the machine's effect, returning every human to their original state.}}

** Let's not forget the first confrontation with the Dalek Emperor in ''The Parting of the Ways''. The Daleks begin shouting at the Doctor after he 'blasphemes' to which he turns round, shouts 'SHUT UP!' and says 'Sorry about that, where were me?'

** The Headmaster delivers a good one to Son of Mine in ''Family of Blood''. It ends the discussion and Son of Mine has to pull out his weapon.

'''Headmaster:''' Don't you forget, boy, I've been a soldier; I was in South Africa. I used my dead mates for sandbags. I fought with the butt of my rifle when the bullets ran out and I would go back there tomorrow! For King and Country! }}

** Rory Williams gets A Shut Up ''Hitler'' moment. Then puts him in a cupboard.

* In the [[Stargate Verse]], the heroes are way too [[Genre Savvy]] to put up with the [[Large Ham|hammy villains]]. O'Neill is probably the exemplar here.

* A double [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] from the "Man in the Bear" episode of ''[[Bones]]'' involving, appropriately enough, a cannibal:

'''Bones:''' Nobody wants to hear that rambling psycho speech. }}

** Also ''[[Bones]]''. In the episode ''The Man in the Morgue'', set in New Orleans, the killer starts going into a harangue about the power of Voodoo. Bones shuts him up by poking him in the eye.

** In ''The Man on Death Row'' while Bones and Booth face the revealed killer in prison, he begins a rant about how their actions have [[Xanatos Gambit|ensured the success of his plans and his continued life]]. When they turn to leave, he tries to stop them so he can continue his monologue... only for Brennan to break his arm on the table.

* In the third volume finale of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Sylar takes over the Company building in one long, drawn-out attempt to push its few remaining inhabitants over the edge and prove that they're all as bad as he is. It eventually reaches the point where makes an over-the-phone offer to let them go free if Claire will just be a dear and shoot Angela. Claire, enraged, threatens to kill him if she gets out alive.

'''Claire:''' You are. }}

* An episode of ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' ended with a serial-killing sniper being arrested and asking if Caine wants to know why he did it. Caine declines, not wanting to know the intent because the man's a sick fuck, and orders the officers to take him away.

** Even better, he threw the guy's ''real'' motives back in his face with a Lecture To Hannibal:

** In a crossover with ''[[CSI New York]]'', a psychopath, after going on a killing spree in two states, thanks Mac for "looking after him" [[Freudian Excuse|when no one else would]]. Mac tells him to shove it, saying that many people have had worse lives and didn't turn out evil.

* ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'': Det. Robert Goren's [[Arch Nemesis]] Nicole Wallace taunts Goren about his schizophrenic mother and his neglectful, philandering father on various occasions, only to have Goren turn the tables on her each time. In "Anti-Thesis" and "A Person of Interest", Goren switches the topic to Nicole's sexually abusive father. In "Great Barrier", the following exchange takes place when Goren accuses Nicole of {{spoiler|murdering her own daughter}}:

'''Goren:''' In her wildest delusions she never spawned anything like you, Nicole. }}

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': Lee is confronting Phelan, the head of the fleet's Black Market. The black market gets things such as food and medical supplies to people who need them. But Phelan has also pressured people into giving up their children to be child prostitutes as payment. Often for the medicines. Phelan gives Lee a Hannibal Lecture ("It's hard to see the high ground when we're all standing in the mud...") and Lee points a gun at him. Phelan is completely unfazed, convinced that Lee won't shoot as they are not alike... and Lee shoots him in the chest. He then tells Phelan's cronies that the child prostitution and the withholding of medicines stops NOW. If it doesn't, he'll know. And he'll be back.

* At the end of [[Monk|"Mr. Monk is on the Run"]], Monk confronts his arch-nemesis Dale the Whale, who is in prison due to Monk's actions. Dale gloats at Monk, telling him that while ''he'' (Dale) is in jail, it's ''Monk'' who is a prisoner, trapped by is own hang-ups and neurosis. Monk looks at Dale, then simply turns his back and walks away.

'''Monk:''' ''(quietly)'' Oh yes, you are. }}

* ''[[Smallville]]'': In the episode "Lara", Clark Kent gets exposed to kryptonite and falls on his face. A government agent approaches him with handcuffs and rants about how aliens are all dangers to national security, only for Clark to pop up and deck him.

** Jessie, the {{spoiler|anti-anti-christ}} tells the Demon who is possessing his mom to sit down and shut up, who was in the process of telling him that everyone he ever knew lied to him. This is after Sam tried telling the truth. After Sam tells him the truth, Jessie banishes the demon from his mother. Doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the little guy too.

* ''[[The Mentalist]]'': Watching Patrick Jane in action has made his colleagues less awed by others doing a [[Sherlock Scan]].

'''Van Pelt:''' Dr. Daniel, no offense, but I've been working with Patrick Jane for nine months now. You wanna get under my skin, you're gonna have to up your game. }}

** Funny, because Daniel's speech closely mirrors the original [[Hannibal Lecture]].

* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'': At the end of "100", {{spoiler|partway through the epic final fight between Hotch and George Foyet, they've reached the living room, and Foyet has Hotch dazed on the floor. He pulls out his knife, but then menaces, "When I'm finished with you, I'm going to find that little bastard son of yours, and show him both of his dead parents. And tell him it's all your fault, and-" That's Foyet's last conjunction, as Hotch leaps off the floor and tackles him, Morgan-style, mid-sentence.}} Which is a preamble to the show's ultimate [[What You Are in the Dark]] moment: {{spoiler|Hotch beating Foyet to death with his bare hands.}}

* A rare (sort of) villain-to-hero example occures in ''[[Babylon 5]]'', episode "Comes the inquisitor". After a lengthly questioning/torture/ {{spoiler|[[Secret Test of Character]]}} by the titular inquisitor his inerviewee Delenn decides to feed him some of his own medicine and deconstruct his cruel and nihilistic performance. It doesn't come out too well (or perhaps it ''does'' come out too well, it's just that he is not inclined to allow it to pass).

'''Inquisitor''' [hits his [[Magitech]] cane on the floor, electrocuting Delenn]: Bang! }}

* In the ''[[Star Trek TNG|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "Skin of Evil", Picard gives an epic speech to Armus, the [[Complete Monster|malicious being]] who murdered Tasha Yar and tortured Riker and [[Evil Gloating|gloated about it]] to a trapped Counselor Troi:

'''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.

[[Curb Stomp Battle|[Species 8472 promptly obliterates]] [[Not So Invincible After All|both cubes.] ]] }}

* A recent storyline on ''[[Neighbours]]'' had Susan stalked by someone who turned out to be her University lecturer, who blamed her for failing him when he was a student teacher at Erinsborough High. Despite the hell he had put her in recent weeks, Susan refused to take any crap from him, telling him that he had no one to blame but himself for repeated failures to learn from his mistakes.

* ''[[NCIS]]'' delivered a very effective one to Abby's [[Stalker with a Crush]] without saying a word. As he's being interrogated at the end, the stalker keeps addressing the two-way mirror, taunting Abby with claims that they're drawn to each other -- "Right now, you can't take your eyes off me, can you?" Gibbs responds to this by leaving the interrogation room, reaching into the other, and flipping on the lights, revealing that ''nobody's'' there watching. [[Big No|Loser stalker doesn't take it well]].

* In ''[[The Nanny]]'' episode "Sunday in the Park with Fran", Maxwell Sheffield and C.C. Babcock, his business partner, try to curry favor with theatre critic Frank Bradley by having Maxwell's daughter Gracie go on a play-date with the critic's son, Frank Jr., even though Gracie insists she doesn't like him and Fran supports her. During the play-date, Fran hits Frank Jr. with a baguette because he was bullying Gracie, so Maxwell arranges for a meeting with Frank Sr. for Fran to apologize. But when he becomes incredibly hostile towards Fran, Maxwell decides enough is enough:

'''Maxwell:''' Miss Fine was right from the beginning. I should never have forced my little girl to play with your son. Quite clearly, [[Kick the Son of a Bitch|he deserved everything he got.]] And I don't care for what you think of my play, and frankly, I don't care much for you, either. Now, let me show you the door. (''gesturing behind him without turning'') It's over there. }}

* ''[[Glee]]'': Will gets a moment after Sue bursts into the Glee club's room with a trophy in her hand, loudly talking about how she'll turn it into a trophy room. After she gives a little rant about how they have no chance at Regionals, Will walks up to her, grabs the trophy out of her hands, then throws it against the room's wall, smashing it to pieces. [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]! at its finest.

* On one episode of ''[[Blue Bloods]]'', a serial rapist is holding Erin hostage at gunpoint and tells Frank to [[Put Down Your Gun and Step Away|Put Down His Gun and Step Away]]. Frank shoots him in the head in mid-sentence.

* Max ("452") cuts short an opponent's pre-fight monologue in the series finale of ''[[Dark Angel]]''.

'''Max''': Just bring it! }}

* On ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' the [[Villainous Breakdown|increasingly unstable]] mobster Quarles approaches Raylan in a bar and tells him that he is going to kill him sometime in the future when Raylan least expects him. Raylan's response is to pull out his gun and fire a shot into the ceiling.

 

 

== Music ==

* Occurs in the title track of [[Oingo Boingo]]'s ''Only A Lad'', in response to Johnny's excuses for the crimes he commited in his life:

Hey there Johnny boy, I hope you fry! }}

 

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* [[Evil vs. Evil]] version, [[The Undertaker]], involved in a feud with his his [[Kayfabe]] brother, [[Wrestler/Kane|Kane]]. Undertaker is considered one of the greatest at psychological warfare in wrestling, and in fourteen years of fueding on and off, Kane's never defeated him. Kane's finally started getting the upper hand on Taker, however, and countered his hannibal lecture.

'''Kane''': '''NOT THIS TIME!''' Because I know, and you know that this time, it ends the same way it did at Summer Slam; with you sprawled helpless at my feet. I promise -- no, I '''vow''' -- on the grave of our mother, that you will never ''[[Catch Phrase|rest in peace.]]'' }}

** Obviously, there's a lot of [[Narm]] and [[Narm Charm]] involved, but still a borderline [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* As both a villain and a hero, the Rock did this over and over, baiting his victims into it. One example is of his epic feud with Hollywood Hogan. Rocky asks Hulk if he really believed the fans didn't deserve him, and while Hulk answers...

** Then to Chris Jericho, upon asking his name.

'''Rock:''' "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!" }}

** Gave a really epic one to [[Michael Cole]] when he returned from retirement.

== Toys ==

* Matoro tells Makuta Teridax to shut up in ''[[Bionicle]]''. He doesn't.

'''Matoro''': Shut up! I'm doing only what I have to do to save the life of [[Physical God|Mata Nui]], a life you put in jeopardy. }}

 

** {{spoiler|Riku}} delivers another [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] in that scene when Xemnas asks the heroes why they considered Organization XIII to be an enemy: "That's simple. It's because you mess up our worlds."

*** There's actually a better example with Riku in ''Chain of Memories'', just before the final boss when Ansem tries to tell to him that he's irrational for accepting the Darkness in his heart but not Ansem... His response? (Foreshadowed by the fact that Riku has constantly shown an ability to actually smell people's auras).

** 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]].

** 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.

* From ''[[System Shock 2]]'', delivered by the Soldier, the main character, to [[Magnificent Bastard|SHODAN]], the villainous computer system:

'''Soldier:''' ... Nah. ''(shoots SHODAN)'' }}

** It is worth noting that this is the only time the protagonist speaks in the entire game, to amplify the awesome.

* In the Game Boy Color version of ''[[Rainbow Six]]'', after {{spoiler|John Brightling}} defends his plan to spread a virus across all of human civilization by introducing it at the Sydney Olympics by saying "At least my way, the animals would have survived," one of the members says "This way everyone survives," absent from the PC version.

* Happens a couple times in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'': though the best one is probably right before the final boss, where the [[Big Bad]] is trying to give a [[Freudian Excuse]] for his actions.

'''Zelos:''' Uh-uh. Sorry, but don't act like you're the only victim here. It doesn't even come close to justifying all the things that you've done. }}

** In ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', the final boss does this to ''you'' while the heroes try to convert him if you let the battle conversations go on long enough. Though {{spoiler|he's not ''exactly'' the villain of the piece}}. He actually does it about 5 times in the conversation, each time telling the heroes that he doesn't want to hear what they're saying, that he just wants to kill them, but the end of it has the most "SHUT UP!" about it:

'''{{spoiler|Richter}}''': Silence! I won't be distracted by your appearance any longer! }}

* In ''[[SD Snatcher]]'', the master Snatcher is lecturing Gillian on how it's plan will succeed and snatchers will destroy the humans. Gillian's response? "No way, dickhead! Not when Gillian Seed is alive!!".

* Happens quite often in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'':

** In episodes which feature ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'', this is the heroes' usual answer to [[Manipulative Bastard|Paptimus Scirocco]] and his [[Utopia Justifies the Means]] mentality. An example from ''[[Super Robot Wars Compact]]'':

'''[[Mazinger Z|Kouji]]:''' Oh, don't give us that crap! We won't let you even touch the Earth we live in!<br />

'''Scirocco:''' The lives of those who cannot understand genius are of no importance to me, since genius surely is the driving power of the world.<br />

** In ''Advance'', a similar exchange occurs between the Londo Bell and [[Evil Chancellor]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Haman Kahn]] during her attempted [[Colony Drop|Axis drop]]. At the heroes' protests, Haman says that she's only [[I Did What I Had to Do|doing what is best]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|for mankind's future]]. Banjou Haran, the protagonist of ''Daitarn 3'', retorts that ''she'', and only ''she'', decided it, and that nothing gives her the right to commit genocide for her supposed higher ideals.

** ''Alpha'' and ''OG'' timelines have probably the most memorable user of that trope:

* In ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'', {{spoiler|the Silvite Elders}} spend a good few minutes explaining how horrible, greedy, miserable, etc humanity is and uses it to justify {{spoiler|unleashing the Rains of Destruction again}}. Although you are given a choice in how to respond, the one that increases your [[Karma Meter|Swashbuckler Rating]] and is in-character for Vyse is the one where he tells them to shut up and exclaim loudly that {{spoiler|they have no right to commit genocide}} just because the world doesn't live up to their standards, with double burn points for the fact that they've willingly isolated themselves from said world and could have chosen to do something more constructive about it all this time, but never did.

** The best part about this is {{spoiler|it convinces them to take action, by ramming their whole base into the barrier around Soltis, shattering it.}}

* There are several of these in ''[[Sonic and The Black Knight]]'' when [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] confronts {{spoiler|Merlina}}, who explains that the only way to save Camelot from its tragic fate is to use the power of Excalibur's Scabbard and the Underworld to make it eternal, only to have Sonic reply "What good is a world that goes on forever!?" The conversation even ends with this great exchange between the two characters:

'''Sonic''': No! And I don't want to! }}

** From [[Shadow the Hedgehog|an earlier game]], after Black Doom has given Shadow a [[Break Them by Talking]] about how it's [[In the Blood]] and that Shadow must join him:

* In ''[[Resident Evil]] 4'', resident [[The Dragon|dragon]] Ramon Salazar prepares to go into a speech about terrorism and how he has a "special" trap all set up for Leon... until Leon throws a knife across the room and sticks Salazar's hand to the wall.

** Another top example is from the climax of ''[[Resident Evil]] 5'', where Chris Redfield shuts up series [[Big Bad]] Albert Wesker's latest [[Large Ham|hammy]] declaration with "I've had enough of your BULLSHIT!".

*** Why does [[Shout-Out|that]] sound [[Evil Dead|familiar?]]

* ''[[Persona 4]]'' has this happen after the revelation of the killer. In a [[Motive Rant|long-winded spiel]], the killer explains that the TV world is the best thing to ever happen to anyone. The heroes' response?

** Also [[Deconstructed]] -- when your inner [[Shadow Archetype]] begins revealing facts about your inner character you'd rather ''not'' hear, despite being utterly true, denying it and asking it to [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] is a very, ''very'', '''very''' poor idea. The thing that eventually defeats the shadows (after the inevitable [[Boss Battle]]) is to do exactly the opposite and own up to their claims, using the knowledge that you have a problem as a foundation for improving yourself. [[Space Whale Aesop|It also gives you superpowers]].

* In the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' DLC mission "Bring Down The Sky" you're given the choice between saving the hostages and letting the terrorist escape or killing the terrorist and letting the hostages die. If you pick the latter, once you're done dispatching his mooks you come up to him. Picking the [[Anti-Hero|Renegade]] option leads to this exchange:

'''[[Player Character|Shepard]]:''' You are. But you're dead. ''(shoots him)'' }}

** ''Mass Effect 2'' contains many of these thanks to the interrupt mechanic. A [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|particularly awesome one]] involves an arrogant krogan and a gas line.

'''Krogan''': [[Famous Last Words|See? The human cannot even hit a simple target!]] '''''[BOOM]''''' }}

** Another epic one occurs in the Kasumi DLC. You're in the villain's vault full of priceless artifacts to steal back something, and a giant hologram of his head appears to tell you that he knew you'd come and now he has everything he needs and blah blah blah. A [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] invokes this trope when Shepard checks his pistol while Hock blathers on, levels it at a priceless vase and calmly blasts it to shards. "Do I have your attention now?"

*** Equally awesome is the Paragon interrupt during said rant: Shepard {{spoiler|points out to the Reaper that whatever race it has been created from eons ago is ''long dead''. [[Logic Bomb|The Reaper]] [[Talking the Monster to Death|promptly shuts down]].}}

* [[Badass|Grom Hellscream]] in ''[[Warcraft]] III'' gets quite possibly the most bad assed one ever. After the gigantic Pit Lord [[The Dragon|Mannoroth]], who wields a double-ended pike that's as long as two men are tall, defeats [[The Hero|Thrall]] effortlessly, he gives Grom a short version of a [[Not So Different]] speech. Grom responds by roaring, charging at Mannoroth, killing him in one hit, and then [[Redemption Equals Death|being mortally burnt]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|in the ensuing firestorm]]. He goes with a smile on his face, pleased that he managed to free the Orcs from their corruption for good.

'''Thrall:''' No, old friend. You freed us all. ''(roars in mourning of Grom)'' }}

* Immediately after killing Aeris in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', Sephiroth starts to give his umpteenth villainous speech about how everyone will live again as part of him when he absorbs the lifestream and becomes a new god... and Cloud achieves a brief [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when his text box pops up and actually ''covers up'' most of Sephiroth's speech with the words "... Shut up."

* In ''[[Baten Kaitos]] Origins'', after the [[Duel Boss]] battle, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Baelheit]] tries to justify his attempts to blow up floating islands by stating that people's reliance on their powers of hearts will cause them to repeat the War of the Gods, the massive calamity that destroyed most of the world and caused islands to float in order for people to survive. [[The Hero|Sagi]]'s response? He states that Baelheit's reasoning is all self-righteous crap and that Baelheit can keep all the excuses. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|And then Sagi proceeds to knock Baelheit to the ground]].

** [[Badass|Sagi]] gets several of these. To [[Complete Monster|Shanath]]:

** Guillo gets a good one when facing down {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man|Verus]]}}:

* The ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series uses and averts this - both Raziel and Kain have about a 50/50 tendency of either listening to the tirades of Moebius and the Elder God or telling them where to stick it. The chances of doing the latter increase as soon as they find out how to neutralize Moebius' paralyzing staff or escape from the Elder God's realm.

* Len vs. White Len in ''[[Melty Blood]]'' gives us one of the very few times Len ever actually says anything. White Len is sneering about how she is the voice and mind of Len and how much Len sucks and should just go away and die or something. Len tells her to shut up, she has her own will. Since she's currently the PC, she obviously wins.

** Which of course is a reference to her [[Final Fantasy VIII|original game]] where she gives a similar speech during the final battle and gets struck down mid-sentence.

* 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.

* ''[[Clive Barker's Undying]]'': "You know what {{spoiler|Jeremiah}}? You talk too much." * slices off his head*

** Also:

'''Patrick''': * Lights her [[Undead|severed head]] on fire and tosses it off a cliff* <br />

{{spoiler|'''Lizbeth''':}} The family will be reuniteeeeeeedddddddddd! * splash* <br />

* ''[[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.]]

* Charlie's ending in ''[[Street Fighter|Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'':

'''Charlie:''' {{spoiler|Don't bother, I'm already there. Now it's your turn to suffer.}} }}

* A good amount of Bowser's dialogue in any game in which he's not the [[Big Bad]] - especially in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' - with other villains usually ends with this, mostly out of the fact that Bowser doesn't care enough to listen to anyone ramble on about anything. He even gives a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|spectacular one]] to the [[Final Boss]]:

** It really figures that a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] wouldn't really be affected by the usual attempts at rationalisation.

** Luigi says this to Dimentio in [[Super Paper Mario]]:

* ''[[SWINE]]'' has an interesting version: Irontusk is about to escape in his zeppeling and he's raving about how he will return and crush the rabbits... until his zeppelin is blown in two by a [[Genre Savvy]] rocket tank. Shut Up, Irontusk indeed.

* The last chapter of ''[[Half-Life]] 2'' begins with Gordon hearing the end of a speech Breen is making to Eli about the future of humanity and all the glorious things [[Complete Monster|the Combine]] can show us. Eli responds with "What I've seen is also beyond words: Genocide! Indescribable evil!", and likely would have continued in that manner had he not seen Gordon was also a prisoner.

* In ''[[The Godfather]]'' game, various enemies will try to give a [[Motive Rant]] if you interrogate them. In order to do so, you need to be grabbing them. As a result, after they finish speaking you can proceed to off them however you like.

* In ''[[Splinter Cell]] Conviction'' the evil {{spoiler|Vice President}} claims he is "bulletproof" after Sam applies the [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]; Sam responds by shooting out his knees.

* A number of games, such as ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' allow the player to kill enemies during gameplay, possibly in the middle of a [[Hannibal Lecture]].

* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' inverts this. Your heroes go on and on about why people will survive, no matter what [[Omnicidal Neutral|Kefka]] does. And then Kefka says "You all sound like pages from a self-help book." Cue the battle.

** 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.

* 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!"

* ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' provides its heroes with a lot of opportunities for these. One of the best examples comes from the Warrior of Light:

'''Warrior of Light:''' "Are you finished talking?" }}

** Squall also shuts Ultimecia up twice - the second time [[Talk to the Fist|with his gunblade]].

* 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.

'''Mao''': For those whom you must protect, for things precious to you, a hero squeezes out every bit of courage he has... Yes... A guy like this Almaz is the true hero, don't you think!? }}

* 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?

* ''[[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:

* 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:

** 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?

* On four separate occasions in [[Asura's Wrath]] ''you'' have the ability to do this by [[Talk to the Fist|punching out the guy doing the]] [[Hannibal Lecture]]. For three of these occasions, you get an achievement for doing so.

 

*** "Quickened Disintegrate" is always an ''epic'' choice of words, thus making that moment also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

** Elan gets his own Shut Up Hannibal back in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0061.html #61], interrupting {{spoiler|his evil twin}}'s [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].

'''Elan:''' Deny. Deny. Deny! ♪Deny the psychopathic egomaniac!♪ }}

* In ''[[Fans]]'', Rikk's response to a recently captured super-criminal who tries to [[Hannibal Lecture]] him is "I hate ''[[Silence of the Lambs]]''." He goes on to [http://www.faans.com/index.php?p=1839 say how sick he is of any two-bit nutcase who thinks they're a psychological mastermind trying to psych him out any time he treats them with a bit of respect], going on as a bonus to completely demolish her [[Freudian Excuse]] by pointing out that he has friends who have suffered in their lives much worse than her, only to ''not'' become a vindictive murderous psycho as a consequence.

** And of course, leave us not forget Rikk's earlier and more spot-on example of this trope, during his climactic confrontation with Keith Feddyg before the [[Time Skip]].

** Rikk is good at these. During the Order arc at the end of book 6, he and Marc confronted Hus, one of the Order's mages, who was attempting to take over Egypt in the wake of spell that literally destroyed the concept of written communication. After Hus gave Rikk a [[Reason You Suck Speech]], Rikk and Marc effectively shut him up:

'''Marc''': Bully needs a beatdown! ([[Beat]]) Yours was way more wootworthy.<br />

'''Rikk''': No, you gave a good closing statement. }}

* Karcharoth of [[Cry Havoc]] pulls one on Faustus by way of a burst of machine gun fire.

* Happens in ''[[Goblins]]'' when Thaco successfully defeats Goblinslayer. As the man lies slowly bleeding to death, his ear sliced off, he ''gloats''. He thinks that, if nothing else, his legend will survive in the stories of the goblins as the great nemesis of Thaco, only to be told mid-rant...

** [[Bonus Points]] to Thaco because he also manages to turn Dellyn's previous [[Break Them by Talking]] against him. when Dellyn learned that Thaco had taken levels as an adventurer, he described it as 'the most perverted thing I've ever heard of'; Thaco responds by describing Dellyn as 'some random human I fought early in my adventuring career... a random encounter.'

* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Fructose Riboflavin stops ''himself'' when he realizes [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091205.html he's lost Galatea's interest.] She then tells him why she's unimpressed.

* [[Bob and George]] [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040224c Say it with lightning!]

* [http://www.mgcomics.com/WTF/?ep=1302938843 Attempted] and failed in ''Double-U Tea F'' between {{spoiler|Former [[Big Bad]]}} Raike and [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Skreel]]:

'''Skreel''': And if recent history is anything to go by, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|utterly failing at courting bunny girls]].<br />

'''Raike''': I WILL BURY YOU! }}

* In [[Dubious Company]], Mary gives an [[In the Name of the Moon]] speech to the heroes as her boss, [[The Dragon|Izor]], is about to [[Human Sacrifice]] Sal. Walter shoots her. She is more angry that he [[This Is Unforgivable!|cut her off]] than that he '''[[Boom! Headshot!|shot at her]]'''. Walter is angry that he [[Convenient Misfire|missed]].

* In [[Narbonic]], after Dave has [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder|recently gone mad]] and taken over the [[Supervillain Lair|secret arctic mad scientist base]] from [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Professor Madblood]] (and managed to [[Brain Uploading|upload himself]] to Madblood's computer), the Professor steels himself for a desperate fight:

'''Dave''' (floats through Madblood's body): I don't have time for this. }}

** And a few panels later:

'''Dave''': It's [[Dissimile|more every single thing about you]], but the tie'll do for starters. }}

* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2011/02/21/5-11/ she calmly says he's trying to make her angry.]

* [[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.

** On the final episode of [[That Guy With The Glasses|RoboGirl]] the villain is explaining the mind-screwing origin of The Host to the protagonist when she grabs her throat, saying, "You talk too much!"

* ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'': Luigi [[Talk to the Fist|punches]] {{spoiler|Ganondorf}} in the face after he tries to corrupt him with mind games.

'''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''."

* An ''[[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|awesome]]'' villain to villain example from ''[[The Randomverse]]'s'' "Happy Hour" finale:

'''Green Goblin:''' AHHHH, SHUT UP! (knocks him down with a pumpkin bomb) }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[South Park]]'': The episode "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" (which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|just what it sounds like]]) has the head of NAMBLA protesting that he's being discriminated against, and Stan and Kyle's replies is a lot like this.

'''Stan:''' You know, we believe in equality for everybody, and tolerance, and all that gay stuff, but dude, fuck you. }}

* ''[[Totally Spies]]!'': Apparently abused by the characters against revenge-seeking antagonists, in the form of "You're only doing this for ''revenge''!"

** In "Code of Hero", Megatron was speechifying about how Dinobot had no hope of defeating him (which, given that Dinobot just burned up all his reserves and taking massive quantities of damage fighting through Megatron's minions while Megatron had not yet done a thing, not to mention he's got massive upgrades which makes him even more resistant to damage, makes a pretty good point). Megatron asked "What can you possibly do?" Dinobot's response? [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"Improvise".]] As he takes his stick, creates a makeshift hammer, and [[Rock Beats Laser|smacks Megatron to the ground]].

* In the second season finale of ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'', [[Big Bad|Mr. Sinister]] gets plenty of self-righteous speechifying about the future out of the way while he has his audience chained to a wall. Eventually, the tables turn, punctuated by an [[Eye Beams|optic blast]] from Cyclops. This doesn't stop him from weakly defying Scott's repeated request to leave his friends alone.

'''Cyclops:''' What was that? I don't think I heard you right! }}

** He gets it ''again'' about two minutes later. Trying to pull himself together, Sinister grumbles that "the future" (his future) can't be destroyed so easily. Jean Grey responds with a calm "Yes, it can" and a well-placed shot of telekinesis. This is appropriate, since he was trying to effectively [[Stalker with a Test Tube|breed a new race from the two of them.]]

* In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Divided We Fall", [[The Flash]] got a most awesome Shut Up Hannibal against the robot [[Evil Knockoff]] created by the [[Big Bad]].

'''Flash:''' Says you! I've got a seat at the big conference table. I'm gonna paint my logo on it!<br />

''(Flash punches through Evil Flash's chest and vibrates his arm at [[Super Speed]]; [[Stuff Blowing Up|explosion ensues]])'' }}

* In ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'', {{spoiler|the Joker takes rather badly to Terry's [[Break Them by Talking]] and gives a rather angry rebuttal by tossing grenades at him, which knocks the superhero out.}}

** {{spoiler|Which is then subverted when he grabs Terry and starts to choke him, telling him to laugh it up now.}}

** Another small one happens in [[Batman Beyond|the series]] when Kobra leader Xander tells Max of his {{spoiler|plot to turn all his men into dinosaurs and drop a bomb that will incinerate the world so they have extra heat to live on}}. She responds accordingly:

'''Max:''' You're crazy! All of you! Certifiable in need of medication! }}

* A fan favorite moment from ''[[Freakazoid]]'', seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_rP5SDvyKI here]:

'''Freakazoid''':'''NOOOOOOO!!!!! GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT WATCH!!! LAY OFF THE POOR BEAVERS, WILL YA?!? SHEEEESH!!! YOU'RE A CREEP! GO AWAY! WE WERE ALL HAVING A GOOD TIME UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP, JEEPERS!!! UUUUUUUUGH! GO HAVE A COFFEE, WITH CREAM OR SOMETHING! BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING: THIS IS A HAPPY PLACE!!!!!!''' }}

* A variation combined with [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] occurs in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Spectra is giving Danny a [[Break Them by Talking]]. It is succeeding. Then, there was [[Cool Big Sis|Jazz.]]

* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' was likewise shut up by a bounty-hunter who tells him "I got bills to pay, and I already addressed the envelopes." Jack begins to respond with a clever phrase, saying "I hope you haven't you haven't yet stamped the parcels which you--" but is cut off as the bounty-hunter punches him out, saying "consider 'em stamped."

* [[Kim Possible]]'s [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from ''So The Drama'', when she interrupted Drakken's speech about how he cracked Kim's weakness; her own insecurities, especially regarding dating. Not quite a pure example, since he didn't know she was listening in, but she definitely had the "Shut up!" part down!

* [[The Powerpuff Girls]] have no time for any villain's shit.

** One that deserves special mention is their reply to Mojo Jojo's (who just seemingly beat them in his [[One-Winged Angel]] form) [[Break Them by Talking]] in the movie:

'''Powerpuff Girls''': [[Big No|NOOOOO!]]<br />

'''Blossum''': We'd never join you! And it's because we are stronger!<br />

'''Powerpuff Girls''': And you are...it! (pushes him off a skyscraper) }}

* A particularly epic example comes from [[Toy Story|Toy Story 3]], where Woody {{spoiler|exposes Lotso's lies to Big Baby.}}

{{spoiler|Woody: "She replaced YOU! And if you couldn't have her, no one could! You lied to Big Baby and you've been lying ever since!"}} }}

* [[Looney Tunes]]: From "Wild and Wooly Hare":

'''Bugs Bunny:''' "Ahhhh, Shaddup!" }}

* From ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', after Darkseid has beaten up Superman and demanding the earth to surrender...

'''Dan Turpin''': ...In a pig's eye! }}

** At the end of the three-part pilot "The Last Son of Krypton", Superman confronts Lex Luthor. Luthor gives a speech about how he owns Metropolis and that Superman should be working for him. Lex loses his cool when Superman responds with a simple "I'll be watching you Luthor."

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': As polite and self-effacing as she was {{spoiler|[[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]] completely shut down every attempt on [[Big Bad|Discord's]] part to arouse resentment against her friends during the season two opener, ensuring that she could not be turned against them without a proverbial sledgehammer of mind-altering magic. [[The Bad Guy Wins|Unfortunately]], Discord could and did [[Mind Rape|use that sledgehammer]].}}

** Twilight gets an ''epic'' one the next episode. {{spoiler|She ''weaponizes'' her normal [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]] speech into a combination of this and [[World of Cardboard Speech]].}} Probably the most awesome manner of stating an Aesop in history.

** Princess Celestia actually fires off ''two'' [[Shut UP, Hannibal|Shut Up Hannibals]] in Part 1's Canterlot Tower scene. The first time, Discord tries to get a rise out of her with a [[Break Them by Talking]]; she shoots him down. The second time, Discord's in the middle of another one directed at the Mane Six; she butts in to order him to quit screwing around and answer her question. He tosses her a riddle and vacates. The blink-and-you-miss-it look on her face seconds later suggests she was indeed winding up a ''third'' [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] In case you needed her to validate her previous claim to being a [[Retired Badass]].

* In "[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]" Raven delivers one of these to {{spoiler|Trigon.}} She then delivers a [[Reason You Suck Speech]] while {{spoiler|repeatedly blasting him with magic}} In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXkumccuKxA this] epic scene.