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** In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Divided We Fall", several of the robotic [[Evil Knockoff|evil knockoffs]] created by {{spoiler|[[Fan Nickname|Brainithor]] (Lex Luthor merged with Brainiac)}} use this technique. It works against [[Superman]] due to his fears of being [[Not So Different]] from his [[Alternate Universe]] [[Evil Counterpart]], but Evil Flash has what might be the least successful attempt in history:
{{quote| '''Evil Flash''': [[Idiot Hero|Slacker]]! [[The Fool|Child]]! [[Fun Personified|Clown!]] We have no place here among the world's greatest heroes!<br />
'''[[Flash]]''': Says you! I've got a seat at the big conference table. I'm gonna paint my logo on it! ''[punches through Evil Flash's chest]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}P88Iz3N4cfs&feature{{=}}plcp watch it here] }}
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':
** In "The Return of Harmony", the especially vicious [[Faux Affably Evil]] villain Discord corrupts each of the main ponies to keep them from using the Elements of Harmony that they represent against him. Ultimately he just brainwashes each of them with magic (aside from Twilight Sparkle), but he also takes the trouble to break each down before that, usually by talking. In Applejack's case, he manipulates her to doubt the value of honesty (her element) by showing her a terrible "[[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|truth]]" that she can't accept, before turning her into a liar. For Pinkie Pie (laughter), he makes her think her friends laugh ''at'' her all the time, before turning her unhappy and hostile. Fluttershy (kindness) is the only one on whom his speech doesn't work, because she's too trusting, and accepting of her own flaws... So he just zaps her into being cruel anyway.
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* In the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' movie ''Return of the Joker,'' Terry McGinnis (the new Batman) achieves his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] by successfully pulling a Breaking Speech ''on the Joker.'' Check it out on the quotes page, it is epic. Earlier in the film, the Joker gives a brief one to the original Batman, calling him "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy".
* Mojo Jojo has a very nice one in his final battle with [[The Powerpuff Girls]] in [[The Movie]], though it eventually becomes an equally as epic [[Shut UP, Hannibal]][[Break Them By Talking/Quotes]].
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