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{{quote|''"I've never seen my sister this happy, Ian. If you hurt her, I'll kill you and [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]."''|'''Nick Portokalos''', ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Film)|My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]''}}
 
The one true manly way to concede defeat for the girl's heart is to tell the winner that, if he ever screws up, he should expect an ass-kicking of epic proportions. Usually uttered by (or sometimes to) [[The Lancer]] or [[The Rival]].
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** An early '80s ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' comic has Wolverine intending to beat some sense into Colossus after the latter breaks up with Kitty Pryde, but Wolvie settles for getting Colossus involved in a [[Bar Brawl]]... with [[The Juggernaut]].
** He does this again (though a platonic version) with Cable, a former rival, when he realizes that Cable means a lot to Jean, who'd just spent several years raising baby-cable in the distant future. "Far as I'm concerned, the slate's clean between us. Just one thing. If you ever break that girl's heart, I'm gonna finish what I started in Madripoor."
** In ''[[X Men the Animated Series]]'' he does it again at Scott and Jean's wedding in more [[Never Say "Die"|subtle way]]. He says to Scott that better if he make Jean happy or "I'll find you anywhere.", whlie cutting a piece of wedding cake with his claws.
* Batman does this to Superman of all people at the end of in the DCAU's 'World's Finest' movie. Bruce Wayne has spent much of the film dating Lois Lane, who calls it off after finding out his secret. Right before he leaves Bruce tells Clark "She's all yours now, if you can handle that. But you'd better be good to her, 'cause I know where you live." The look on Clark/Superman's face is priceless.
 
 
== Fan Fiction ==
* In [[Lilly Epilogue (Good End): Family Matters (Fanfic)|Lilly Epilogue Family Matters]], Mr. Satou, having finally conceded that Hisao is a good match for Lilly, says that he has connections to hunt him down if he does anything to harm her. Hisao wonders if he actually does have those kinds of resources at his disposal.
* In ''[[Earth and Sky (Fanficfanfic)|Earth and Sky]]'', when Big Macintosh notices that Applejack and Apple Bloom are developing attractions to Soarin' and Pipsqueak (respectfully), he takes the latter two aside for a talk, and casually mentions that he doesn't like it when anypony upsets his sisters... and also that he can crush rocks the size of a stallion's head with his bare hooves. Soarin' is suitably scared, but Pip ''completely'' [[Comically Missing the Point|misses the point of the conversation.]]
* In ''[[I Won't Say (Fanfic)|I Won't Say]]'' Light [[Dogged Nice Guy|makes it obvious]] [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|that he has a crush on L]] but after Mello learns that L feels the same way he takes it upon himself to give Light this warning and he manages to be ''quite intimidating'' for a 14-year old kid.
 
 
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* In the film ''[[Shanghai Knights]]'', after initially objecting to the idea of a relationship between his sister Lin and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson), Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) accepts it, but adds, "Break her heart, I break your legs," to which Owen replies, "That's fair."
** Boba Fett steals this line in the Star Wars Expanded Universe while another Mandalorian informs him that he is going to marry Fett's granddaughter.
* At the start of ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'', Connie Corleone (Talia Shire), sister of Sonny Corleone (James Caan), marries Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo). When Sonny finds out that Carlo has hit Connie, a rather lengthy beating takes place. (This was so severe that Caan actually broke two of Russo's ribs and chipped his elbow.) {{spoiler|Later on in the film, Sonny's temper and protective nature are used against him. Carlo beats Connie, who phones Sonny in tears. While Sonny is en route to kill Carlo, he is ambushed by several men with machine guns who shoot up his car and kill him.}}
** It's mentioned in the book that Sonny's threat "If you touch my sister again I'll kill you!" makes everyone relax, as he'd never say that if he ''was'' willing to kill Carlo (because it could be used as evidence against him). Mind you, Sonny isn't exactly cool-headed over these things, which his enemies use to their advantage.
* In the film ''[[Sydney White]]'', the protagonist scores a date with the current [[Big Man Onon Campus]], Tyler [[Prophetic Names|Prince]]. Tyler is informed by the [[Innocent Cohabitation|seven nerdy boys who share their house with Sydney]] that there will be ''severe'' punishment for any funny business. Of course, being nerds, this is their definition of severe punishment:
{{quote| '''Gurkin''': If you try any funny stuff, I will unleash the power of the internet on you. I will register you as a sex offender in all 50 states... and Canada.}}
** Although, frankly, that's a ''very'' effective threat.
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{{quote| '''Hal:''' "You deserve her ..." [uncomfortably] "... more than me. But lemme tell you something, if you ''ever'' mess up and make her unhappy, I'll be waitin' in the wings. And I'll pounce on you. Like a ... ''tiger!'' Like a tiger on a deer! With a cloven hoof, with a broken ... arm!"}}
* In the film [[Something New]], Kenya and Brian embark on a double date with Kenya's friend and her fiance. When the ladies excuse themselves to go dancing, the other guy tells Brian that while he likes him and he seems to be an "okay guy", he thinks of Kenya as a sister and even if not, she's his girlfriend's best friend, so Brian had better not be using Kenya as some "science experiment" (Brian is white and Kenya is black).
* Towards the end of the "Real Thing" sequence from ''[[Big (Film)|Big]] [[The Musical]]'', Susan's "oldest, longest, dearest" male friends casually warn Josh, "Don't hurt Susan, or we'll break your kneecaps if you do."
* ''[[Bad Boys]]'' II has one of the absolute best versions of this trope when Marcus and Mike terrorize Marcus' daughter's date. It has to be [http://youtu.be/Hb9aGovCJYY seen] to be believed.
* In the extended cut of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. Samwise Gamgee gives Gollum a warning about betrayal and harming Frodo when the latter becomes suspicious of what lies in Shelob's Cave.
{{quote| '''Sam:''' You listen to me! You listen good and proper. Anything happens to him, you'll have me to answer to. One sniff that something's not right, one hair that stands up on the back of my neck, it's over. No more slinker, no more stinker. You're gone. Got it? I'm watching you.}}
* [[The Fast and Thethe Furious|Dom make his intentions clear to Brian should he hurt Mia in any way:]] "You break her heart, I'll break your neck."
 
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{{quote| '''Jace''':Is this the part where you tell me if I ever do anything to hurt her, you'll kill me?<br />
'''Simon''':No. If you hurt Clary, she's quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons. }}
* Sadrao says this to Trent in ''[[Black Dogs (Literature)|Black Dogs]]'', which is quite justified as Trent is the son of the book's [[Big Bad]], and Sadrao is worried that the whole thing might just be some kind of dark scheme.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Jon Snow and Tormund Giantsbane are discussing the latter's new son-in-law. Tormund threatens him by saying that he'd rip the boy's manhood off and beat him with it if he broke his girl's heart. However, the wildlings of this story kidnap women to make their wives as a standard practice, with the acknowledgment that the woman ultimately chooses whether to stay.
{{quote| '''Ygritte''': ''A man can own a woman, or he can own a knife, but not both.''}}
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== Live Action Television ==
* Uttered by Wesley to Gunn on ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'':
{{quote| '''Wesley''': I just don't want to see her hurt.<br />
'''Gunn''': What are you, man, her brother?<br />
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{{quote| '''President Josiah Bartlet''': Just remember these two things: she's nineteen years old, and the 82nd Airborne works for ''me''. }}
** And he ''likes'' Charlie!
* [[Queer Asas Folk]] features one (gay) man warning his (idealistic) close friend's new love interest: "If you break his heart, I will break your face. Now if you'll excuse me, they're playing my song."
* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': Ricky says this verbatim to Wade regarding Noah (and means every word of it).
* In ''[[The Mentalist]]'' episode "Bloodshot", Rigsby delivers this warning to Grace's new boyfriend, who takes it gracefully and assures Rigsby he'll treat her well. {{spoiler|Immediately subverted when he kicks Rigsby to the ground and beats him into unconsciousness--turns out he's the episode's bad guy, who's been using Grace to get access to CBI.}}
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** Inverted with Booth telling Bones' brother that if he broke her heart again, he would hurt him. And [[Papa Wolf|knowing Booth]], he would and could carry out that promise.
** Angela's father does follow through on his promise, although without guns he just strands the guy in a desert and gives him a permanent tattoo of Angela. This is even after Angela tells him that they both called off the wedding.
* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]''. When Vash says she wants to go off and see the universe with Q, Picard makes him guarantee her safety in payment for saving Q's life in an earlier episode (Well even Picard could hardly threaten an omnipotent being).
* In [[ER]], during Abby and Luka's wedding, Lucien, who is rather fond of Abby, goes up to Luka and warns him if he ever hurt Abby, he would kill him. Which Luka, who was busy trying to find Abby and knows that Lucien is quite drunk, absently gave him an "all right".
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Flesh and Stone", the Doctor threatens the soldiers that if anything happens to Amy while he's away, "I will hold each of you personally responsible. Twice."
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{{quote| '''Sam''': Anything happens to Sookie, I promise... I'll be sharpening a stake with your name on it.}}
* In ''[[Chuck]]'', after Morgan starts openly dating [[Adam Baldwin|Casey]]'s daughter, Casey grudgingly lets the relationship continue, but warns Morgan that if he breaks her heart, Casey will "break [his] everything." Surprisingly, this does not happen more often, even from such people as Sarah's father or her ex (probably because Bryce knows Chuck is a good man).
* On ''[[American Dreams (TV)|American Dreams]]'' when Meg's first date shows up her older brother J.J calls out to their little brother to "go clean the shotgun"
* In [[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]], Uncle Phil (of course), Will, and even nerdy Carlton have displayed this attitude towards nearly all of Ashley's dates.
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''. Dylan warns Brenda's fiance Stuart about this. Rather hypocritical considering that Dylan himself broke Brenda's heart.
* In [[Psych]] Lassiter has a truly [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|epic moment]] delivering one of these. At first unwilling to accept that Juliet was dating Shawn, he eventually closed himself and Shawn in a small room, hooked ''himself'' up to a [[Lie Detector|polygraph]] and then said that if Shawn screwed up he would shoot him. Cut to the polygraph needle showing that he is telling the truth.
* In ''[[Downton Abbey]]'', {{spoiler|Lord Grantham agrees to let Tom Branson}} marry his daughter, but warns:
{{quote| If you do anything to hurt her, I shall [[Cut His Heart Out Withwith a Spoon|personally have you torn to pieces by wild dogs]].}}
 
 
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** To anyone not familiar with the game (shame on you), the Quarians have the largest fleet in the galaxy.
** Becomes [[Harsher in Hindsight]] {{spoiler|on Tali's loyalty mission, when you discover Tali's father has died in the interim, because he was recklessly playing with AI soldiers, so that he could retake the Quarian homeworld for her.}}
* In one of the flashbacks in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'', Ezio gives one of these to Manfredo, the man who his lover Christina became engaged to while he was off in Tuscany hunting the Pazzis.
* Discussed and parodied with Guybrush and a human LeChuck in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay'':
{{quote| '''Guybrush:''' If you did anything to hurt Elaine while I was gone, I swear I'll--<br />
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* From [[Least I Could Do]] when [http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/20091026 Rayne realises] {{spoiler|Archie and Issa are serious about each other:}}
{{quote| '''Rayne''': It goes without saying that should you cause her to so much as frown slightly - ''(evil face)'' The revolutionary guard will find you on the Iranian border, [[To the Pain|wrapped in an American Flag and in possession of a camera filled with pictures of their nuclear reactors.]]}}
* Sir Kehydius to Sir Tristram in [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/1448.htm this] ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' strip.
* In ''[[The Phoenix Requiem]]'', Robyn does it to Jonas in [http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/viewcomic.php?page=540 this strip].
* In the webcomic [[Archipelago]], shortly after declaring his love to Alice, Riley meets her five brothers. They are not impressed, especially since Riley is half-wereshark, a race almost universally hated. Alice manages to reconcile them, but the eldest pintur still gives Riley [http://archipelagocomic.com/comic/?id=661 this] touching farewell speech.
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'''Gil''': Couldn't?! Couldn't?! I am Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, little man! There is nothing I couldn't do, had I cause! (quiets down) And now, now I have one. [[This Is Sparta|Do. You. Understand?]]<br />
'''Wooster''': Yes, Ohgod yes! Yes, Master! }}
* The [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Girls Next Door (Webcomic)|Girls Next Door]]'' gave us one where [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]] warns [[The Phantom of the Opera|Raoul]] ... which gets subverted quickly because the effect is not the same over Skype, Erik being the [[Murder Is the Best Solution]] type and [[The Phantom of the Opera|Christine]] standing right behind him.
 
 
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= Female Warning Male =
== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', the [[Shinigami]] Rem who seems to be female threatens to kill Light if his schemes do anything to hurt Misa.
** Light being [[The Chessmaster|Light]], he manipulates Rem into carrying this threat out on someone else. Just as planned.
* ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'': {{spoiler|Hokuto, Subaru's sister, threatens Seishiro to kill him if he'll ever make her brother cry, and goes as far as threatening him with a kitchen knife when Subaru isn't there.}}
* In ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'', [[Broken Bird|Madoka]] often warns [[Ordinary High School Student|Kyosuke]] to not make his sort-of girlfriend [[Genki Girl|Hikaru]] cry. Problem is, Kyousuke cares for Hikaru yet is in love with Madoka... and Madoka also falls for him, despite her efforts to aid Hikaru and [[Tsundere|her own reluctance to admit it]]. In the anime, [[Tear Jerker|it didn't end well]]. This also applies to the local [[Chew Toy]], Yuusaku, who loves Hikaru despite her rejecting him often and constantly warns Kyosuke to not hurt either her or Madoka.
* Indirectly delivered in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]''; after confessing her love to Yukito and being turned down, Sakura wishes him luck with her older brother Touya, and tells Yukito that if Touya ever hurts him, she'll beat him up for Yukito.
* Shortly after Takayuki and Haruka hook up in the first episode of ''[[Rumbling Hearts]]'', Haruka's best friend Mitsuki warns him not to string Haruka along, or she'll make him regret it...violently, if necessary.
 
 
== Comic Book ==
* ''[[Queen and Country (Comic Book)|Queen and Country]]'' has a scene where Tara delivers this warning to her mother's fiancé, in [[Gratuitous French|French]].
 
 
== Fan Work ==
* In the ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU]] ''[[Ragnarok (Fanfic)|Ragnarok]]'' Misa warns L:
{{quote| '''Misa:''' Hello, Mr. Great Detective! Play nice with Raito-kun; he's a genius but a bit difficult. Oh, and if anything happens to Raito while he is under L's care, Misa-Misa will destroy him if it is the last thing she does!}}
* In ''[[Weekend Atat Hisaos (Fanfic)Hisao's|Weekend At Hisaos]]'', [[Katawa Shoujo|Hisao]] gets into an argument with his girlfriend Shizune. After they get back to his house, Shizune texts her best friend Misha, {{spoiler|who is also [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|in love with her]], although her feelings are not requited}}, and she angrily calls Hisao, demanding to know what happened and delivering this warning.
{{quote| '''Misha''': "I TOLD YOU TO TAKE CARE OF SHIICHAN! IF YOU'RE CHEATING ON HER OR MAKING HER CRY, I'M GOING TO FLY DOWN THERE AND KICK YOU IN THE BUTT SO HARD YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT RIGHT FOR A MONTH!"}}
 
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== Video Game ==
* In the third ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' game, after [[Genius Ditz|Tess]] gives a new [[BFG]] to Jak, and tells him that she wants him to protect "her [[Love Interest|little baby]]" (Daxter) with it, or else she'll "hunt him down and hurt him REAL BAD."
* [[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Isabela]] will give this warning to a Hawke romancing Merrill.
{{quote| '''Isabela''': I get the feeling that girl's messing in something big and dangerous. Look out for her, will you? Make sure she doesn't hurt herself. Oh, and if you do anything nasty to her, I'll cut off your balls.}}
** She'll give a similar warning to a female Hawke as well.
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* Sarine Elle of ''[[Errant Story]]'' delivered such a speech to former Ambassador Rarune regarding his own half-elf daughter.
{{quote| "If something happens to her, whether or not it was your fault, I'll come back and kill you."}}
* [http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20060115.html Featured] in ''[[Queen of Wands (Webcomic)|Queen of Wands]]'', with an [[Cut His Heart Out Withwith a Spoon|unusually detailed threat]].
* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' has the older sister doing the standard issue, but [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/05232003/ turns around and yells at the younger sister that her date arrived and to get her ass downstairs.]
* In ''[[Shadowgirls]]'', when Charon threatens [[Jerk Jock]] who was trying to rape her daughter she uses this trope in interesting way by assuring him that she will do terrible things to him if ''anything'' happens to Becka, including accidents.
* In ''[[Leftover Soup (Webcomic)|Leftover Soup]],'' Jamie gets a [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=55 double] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=56 dose] of this.
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4121 Baby Blue tells Crimney she is sparing him for Fuschia's sake, and if he ever hurts her, she will destroy him.]
 
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== Live Action Television ==
* ''[[Spaced]]'': Mike, who is intensely jealous of Tim's new girlfriend Sophie, warns her that "You hurt him, I'll kill you." Sophie, shocked, asks Tim if he was serious... to which Tim chuckles good-naturedly and replies, with complete, genial sincerity, "Yep."
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Wilson warns both Cameron and Stacey not to get House's hopes up only to hurt him later (he's a lot nicer about it with Cameron).
** In the episode "Knight Fall," we get House threatening a girl for Wilson. It's sort of a variation, though, as he's threatening Wilson's ex-wife, who is rekindling a relationship with Wilson, and so it's more like "You've Already Hurt Him And I'm Not Going To Let You Do It Again."
{{quote| '''House:''' ''(smiling)'' You're a cold-hearted bitch who ripped his heart out. I watched him struggle for years to overcome the damage you did, and there's no way I'm just gonna let you reel him back in so you can do it all over again. }}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' has Merle, Van's [[Catgirl]] [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]], deliver this to [[Ordinary High School Student|Hitomi]] after she decides that [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|she'll stop trying to fight fate over Van's obvious crush on Hitomi]].
* ''[[The Tower of Druaga (Animeanime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'' has an inversion of sorts. After Kaaya's and Neeba's betrayal, Fatina, who previously had a [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|crush on Neeba]], gets over him and [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|shifts her affections]] to [[Aloof Big Brother|Neeba's]] half-brother [[The Hero|Jil]]. Unfortunately for her, Jil never gets over Kaaya. After the two make up, Fatina slaps Kaaya as a punishment for previously breaking Jil's heart.
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', a non-romantic variety occurs; when Sayaka {{spoiler|is refusing to cleanse her Soul Gem, and thus effectively commit suicide, Homura warns her that if she intends to do something like that or otherwise causes suffering to Madoka, she will kill her.}}
 
 
== Fan Work ==
* [[Equestria Chronicles]] has Fireflare, who both gets warned and gives the warning on seperate occasions.
* In the [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007 (Webcomic)|Roommates]]'' it's delivered by [[Mama Bear|Mrs. Norrington]] (mother of [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Commodore Norrington]]) to {{spoiler|[[Les Misérables (Literaturenovel)|Eponine]]}}. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-210-The-Candle-Talk-270223192 Here.]
 
 
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{{quote| Max: If you break her heart, I will hunt you down and kill you.<br />
Lucy: [smiles] Deal. }}
* ''[[Red (Film)|Red]]'' has Victoria warning Sara, while looking through her sniper rifle's scope.
{{quote| '''Victoria:''' So if you break his heart, I will kill you. And bury your body in the woods.}}
** Subverted somewhat in that Victoria has no interest in Frank romantically; she's just speaking as a friend.
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* In ''[[Chuck]]'', Sarah, who has feelings for Chuck, gives essentially this threat to his new girlfriend.
* Lynnette to {{spoiler|The teacher who's boinking her son}} in ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.
* In [[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]], Hillary warns Jazz's fiance about this.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Once on ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', Gwen chews out Ben's crush Kai for insulting him: "He's a person, not a pet! You can't talk to my cousin like that! [[Relationship Writing Fumble|Only ''I'' can talk to my cousin like that]]!" Entirely non-romantic in context.
** Seems more like unfortunate timing with that particular phrase, as it's a long-standing schoolyard "older sibling protects younger sibling" line.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Sam does this to {{spoiler|Paulina when the latter sees Danny change forms}} in the episode "Lucky in Love."
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