Lame Comeback: Difference between revisions

Related to [[Comeback Tomorrow]], except here there is no comeback.

 

 

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== [[Comic Books]] ==

'''Richard Hayden''': Are you talking?<br />

'''Tommy''': Shut up, Richard. }}

* From ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'':

{{quote| '''Mal''': You want to run this ship?<br />

{{quote| '''Phil:''' The best comeback I ever came up with was, "You're right, I'll work on that."}}

* [[House (TV)|House]] has a combination of this and [[Comeback Tomorrow]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN2pV8S63rw here].

{{quote| '''Sam''': Hit it, Fred-Weiner!<br />

'''Freddie''': Sure thing, Sam... jerk. }}

* The MMORPG ''[[Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game)|Kingdom of Loathing]]'' includes a mini-game called [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Insult_Beer_Pong Insult Beer Pong], in which you have to respond appropriately to various insults (e.g., if your opponent says "When I'm through with you, you'll be crying like a little girl," you say "It's an honor to learn from such an expert in the field"). But you can't just start with battle; you have to research the insults and comebacks. So you grab ''The Big Book of Pirate Insults'', get into fights with various pirates, insult them at random from the book, and learn various witty comebacks, which are then available for you during the match.<ref>The book insults are different from the beer pong insults, but if you learn every possible comeback, you should be able to come up with one that fits each new insult. For instance, you can learn the aforementioned comeback in combat if you use "I'll teach you the meaning of fear, you gutless coward!"</ref> If a pirate can't think of an insult, he'll stammer out something like "Yeah? Well... so's your face!" - and there are five possible Lame Comebacks for you to use during the match (if you want to lose), including "Stop waving it around like a featherduster!" - an extended reference to [[Monkey Island]].

* In ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', the Sniper has a domination quote in reference to the Spy:

'''The Sniper''': ''I'' was never on ''your'' side either! ... Wanker! }}

* As mentioned above, the "insult swordfighting" in ''[[Monkey Island (Video Game)|Monkey Island]]'' is based not around actual fencing ability, but about being able to [[You Fight Like a Cow|come up with clever comebacks]] to your opponents' insults to gain advantage in the duel. There are a couple of stock lame comebacks - "I am rubber, you are glue" or "Boy are you ugly!" - which don't work on any insult. In later games, "how appropriate - you fight like a cow!" goes from being a legitimate retort to Guybrush's go-to [[Lame Comeback]] whenever somebody insults him.

{{quote| '''Rick''': "Yeah? Well this thorn... is about to take you down. Man, that sounded a whole lot better in my head."}}

* ''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'':

* In the remake of ''[[Splatterhouse]]'' (made worse by the fact that the villain had something like 200 years to think carefully to an appropriate comeback:

{{quote| '''Rick''': (after hearing Doctor West's [[Motive Rant]]): "Yeah, well... Fuck you."<br />

* During your [[Recurring Boss|final battle with]] [[Smug Snake|Kai Leng]] in ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'', he tries taunting Shepard. Shepard throws it right back at him, and his comeback line reeks of lame.

{{quote| '''Leng:''' You're still slow, Shepard!<br />

'''Wonderella:''' So's [[Your Mom]].<br />

'''Hitlerella:''' Um, YES? Wait, did you just actually say that? }}

{{quote| '''Black Mage:''' What did you THINK I meant every time I said I was going to burn the world?<br />

'''Red Mage:''' Who cares?<br />

{{quote| "Don't you fretranize me!"<br />

Kevin: "...You think I don't know what that means? I ''know'' what that means!!" }}

{{quote| '''Barry''': So don't try to do anything stupid.<br />

'''Archer''': I don't ''have'' to try. [[[Beat]]] Shit. Whatever. ''Move.'' }}