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'''The Nome King:''' ''Lower.''
''(Mombi lowers herself until she's practically lying on the floor)''
'''The Nome King: ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|LOWER!]]'' '''
''(Mombi flinches as she tries and fails to lower herself further, while the Nome King bellows with laughter)'' }}
* In ''[[The Last Dragon]]'', Sho-Nuff tells Leroy to bend down and kiss his Converses. Slightly subverted when Sho-Nuff then proceeds to kick Leroy in the face.
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** In ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy]]'', Joruus C'Baoth has foreseen that Mara Jade will kneel before him. {{spoiler|She does, in order to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|strike him dead]].}}
** And in ''[[Star Wars Legacy]]'', Darth Krayt [[Mate or Die|forces Cade to sleep with Talon]].
* In [[Ben Counter]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* Randall Flagg demands Glen Bateman kneel to him near the end of ''[[The Stand]]''. Bateman's response? {{spoiler|Laughter. Of course, he gets killed, but it's a serious break to Flagg's aura of invulnerability.}}
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* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'': In an episode, Forrester is practicing the speech he plans to give after conquering the world, and even says "Kneel Before Zod!" He also shouts "You will bow down before me, son of Jor-El!" at one point.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]''
** [[The Master (trope)|The Master]], having sadly forgotten everything he'd read on the [[Evil Overlord List]], demanded this of Martha. Which she did, [[The Plan|but then began to laugh because her capture was part of an elaborate plan]]. Notable for being a rare occasion when the hero ordered to kneel just sucks it up and ''does'' it rather than go through a lot of gritted "Never!" posturing first.
** And years earlier in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26/E03 The Curse of Fenric|The Curse of Fenric]]'':
{{quote|'''Fenric:''' The choice is yours, Time Lord. I shall kill you anyway, but if you would like the girl to live... kneel before me.
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== Radio ==
* Spoofed in the ''Captain Kremmen'' radio serial, when our noble hero is about to meet Gort, ruler of the evil Thargoids.
{{quote|'''Thargoid Guard:''' [[You Rebel Scum|Earth scum]], you will enter the throne room on your knees!
'''Kremmen:''' You transistorized twit; no-one tells Kremmen to kneel!
'''Thargoid Guard:''' You will ENTER on your KNEES!
'''Kremmen:''' I WILL NOT ENTER ON MY KNEES!
'''Thargoid Guard:''' Or we will remove your eyeballs.
'''Kremmen:''' I think I'll enter on my knees. }}
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** Saix does it for real in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days|Days]]'' when he yells at Roxas to "Grovel before me!" while they fight.
** Seifer's [[Catch Phrase]] for the game: "KNEEL LOSER!"
* In the old ''[[Panel
* Happened on ''[[Mitadake High]]''. They said no. Badguy shot them in the face.
* [[George Takei]]'s huge [[Large Ham]] intro speech in ''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'':
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* In ''[[Blood]]'', two of the lines Chernobog says when you fight him are ''"Bow down to me"'' and ''"Kneel before me"''.
* Shao Kahn of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' is fond of this trope, being the Emperor of Outworld and all. "Bow to me!"
* In the Story Mode of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
{{quote|'''Dearche:''' A lowly fragment like you dares to raise your hand against your lord? Such arrogance! KNEEL BEFORE ME!}}
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