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So, you've got [[Combat Pragmatist|a character]] who thinks [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty|fair fights are for suckers]], and he's up against [[Small Name, Big Ego|some idiot]] who [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|won't shut up]] because he's [[Badass Boast|trying to sound intimidating]] but just comes across as a [[Narm|cheesy actor]] [[In the Name of the Moon|repeating overused lines]]. Or perhaps he was smart enough to [[We Need a Distraction|trick the foe]] into [[Evil Gloating|talking too much]]. The only thing for our [[Genre Savvy|savvy]] fighter to do in this case is-- '''*WHAM*'''

Naturally the opposite to [[Talking Is a Free Action]]; many shows where the characters [[Calling Your Attacks|call their attacks]] have at least one instance where this trope [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|overrides the normal approach]]. Great way to deliver a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] or [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|show someone]] is [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]. Beware if you're an [[Anti-Hero]] with a love for this who's gathered a bunch of [[Lawful Good|Lawful Goodie]]-goodies who put [[Honor Before Reason]], though, for they may [[What the Hell, Hero?|take offense]] to your approach.

Compare [[Killed Mid-Sentence]], the much more extreme version. <ref>well, most of the time, anyway</ref> Sister trope of [[Dodge This]]. Not to be confused with [[Talk to the Hand]].

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== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[The Law of Ueki]]'' it's, obviously, Talk to the tree.

* From the ''[[Real Bout High School]]'' manga:

{{quote|'''Takasugi:''' H-How dare you...

'''[[The Dragon|Dragon]]:''' Wait, Takasugi. She's good. I'll g--<br />

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** In the [[Wham! Episode]], the {{spoiler|new}} villains have the appalling tactlessness to attack GaoGaiGar in the middle of [[Calling Your Attacks|calling its defence]], underlining the seriousness of the situation. {{spoiler|'''PROTECT SHA--'''*zap* AUUUGH!}}

** This scene played out again in the final episode of ''GaoGaiGar FINAL'', during the battle between Gai and Palparepa. [[Big Bad]] picks himself up, pulls his face back together, and '''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTnKZ9U5Og WHAM!!]'''''

* Done quite a few times in ''[[One Piece]]'' most notably in the "Arlong Arc"'. After forcing Fishman Karate expert Kuroobi to the surface, Sanji angrily declares that he will beat the living daylights out of him. Kuroobi laughs the remark off and begins to list why he is a superior fighter but is immediately kicked in the neck by Sanji. [[Humiliation Conga|And then pummeled everywhere else. And then kicked through a building.]] (Not into. ''Through''.)

** Another funny moment is when Crocodile is talking to Luffy, and Luffy suddenly punches him. Crocodile is made of sand, so Luffy punches away part of his face, but his expression remains fixed.

** Of course, this only makes Croc ''angrier'', resulting in {{spoiler|Luffy's first defeat via hook to the stomach}}.

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'''Tamahome:''' ''(immediately hits him in the face with a nunchuck; punches; kicks; nunchucks again)'' }}

** Tasuki himself pulls off a Talk to the Fist moment later in the series, by hurling a sword at Nakago when he's mid-[[Evil Gloating|evil gloat]]. {{spoiler|He hits Soi instead, but it still has the effect of temporarily getting Nakago to shut up.}}

** Hotohori also has his in his character novel ''Suzaku Hi Den'', which is shown in ''Eikouden''. The antagonist of said character novel gloats, sneers and laughs evilly... and then Hotohori stabs him from behind.

* Late in ''[[Death Note]]'', {{spoiler|Matt}} confidently asserts that Takada's bodyguards won't kill him. They rapidly demonstrate otherwise.

* Sōsuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' does this... how many times? He's [[Combat Pragmatist|as fond]] of doing this as executing [[Groin Attack|Groin Attacks]]. They normally come in the form of [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], including the instance where he keeps sucker-shooting the three karate guys in ''Fumoffu'', and the instance where he blows Tsubaki (and Mizuki) away while Tsubaki makes his dramatic speech.

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{{quote|"I think if you're going to kill somebody, kill them, don't stand around talking about it."}}

* Tuco from ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'' pretty much says it all: "''If you gotta shoot, shoot -- don't talk!''" This quote came immediately after he put down a one-armed guy who had cornered him in his bath and ''just would not shut up''.

* This [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=why+not+to+show+off&hl=en&emb=0&aq=0&oq=why+not+to+show+# nonverbal version] appears in ''[[Never Back Down]]''. During an underground [[Mixed Martial Arts]] bout, a capoeirista won't stop showboating, so his opponent "shuts him up" with a [[Good Old Fisticuffs|simple punch]].

* Another unspoken version of this occurs in ''[[Raiders of The Lost Ark]]''. Right as the enemy swordsman is wrapping up his pre-fight flourish, Indy pulls a gun and [[Just Shoot Him|just shoots him]]. The original script called for an extended sword/whip duel, but Harrison Ford was [[Written in Infirmity|suffering horribly from dysentery]], and so the scene was shortened to a joke.

* Both the verbal and non-verbal kind appear in ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]''. The first being when Batman fights a guy with a sword who after his pre-fight flourish,kicks him in the gut.

** After that [[The Joker]] attempts the [[You Wouldn't Hit a Guy with Glasses]] prank while cornered, Batman punches him out anyway.

* The 2006 James Bond [[Continuity Reboot|reboot]] ''[[Casino Royale]]'' opens with one of these, showing how it's going to be [[Darker and Edgier]]: a baddy is taunting Bond over his first kill, and starts to say that killing people gets easier after the first. Bond shoots him mid-sentence, then says nonchalantly: [[Bond One-Liner|"Yes, considerably."]]

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Turbo]] tries this when he's sparring with [[The Hero|Tiger]] [[Heir to the Dojo|Wong]] in ''[[Dragon Tiger Gate]]''. It works the first time. The second time, Tiger kicks him in the face as he moves in.

* A scene in ''[[True Lies]]'' pulls a variation on this, when Harry and Alan confront Simon, a humiliated con-artist that previously attempted to {{spoiler|sleep with Harry's wife.}} They leave him on a dam in his underwear, where he's certain they will kill him.

{{quote|'''Simon:''' You're going to kill me, aren't you?? You're just... I'm gonna get shot aren't I? I know it, I'm gonna get shot!! You're gonna shoot me! Well shoo--

'''Alan:''' Get lost, Dipshit. ''(starts shooting at his feet)'' }}

* In ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]],'' {{spoiler|the bad guy has a knife to Bryan's daughter's throat. He gets halfway through the sentence "We can negoti--" and Bryan shoots him in the face.}}

* ''[[The Gamers]]'': "All hail the bandit king!"

* In ''[[Romeo Must Die]]'', a thug does the crane stance and claims that he has picked up martial arts, but [[Jet Li]]'s character kicks him in the knee while he is talking.

* In ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'', as the SSR are invading Hydra's base, one of the Hydra men starts to say Hydra's motto <ref>Cut off one head, two more take its place!</ref>. [[Tommy Lee Jones|Colonel Philips]] blasts him with a shotgun and provides the best counter.

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{{quote|'''Ben:''' Good thing she has Jack there to comfort h-- ''(*PUNCH*)''}}

* ''[[Dexter]]'': While Dexter is washing dishes, Paul gives him a long-winded, menacing speech. He warns him that he loves his children, he's their father, and he won't let Rita or anyone else get in his wa--''Wham!'' Upside the head with a frying pan.

* That fantastic moment in ''[[Scrubs]]'' when Dr Cox (who'd been worrying about the kind of father he'll be to his unborn son) walks in on Dr Kelso tearing into Elliot. JD tells him that "if she was your daughter, you'd know exactly how to handle it."

{{quote|'''Dr Cox''': (whispering) My God, you're right. ''[walks up to Kelso, taps him on the shoulder and then ''decks him.'']''}}

* In a rare example when the protagonists are the victims of this, on ''[[Leverage]]'' this happens to resident [[Badass]] Eliot when he meets [[Wake Up Call Boss|Quinn]] and his usual [["Hey You!" Haymaker|tap on the shoulder]] tactic is greeted with this.

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* ''[[A Girl and Her Fed]]'' has [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.620.html the Fed employ this to good effect].

* In [http://www.dystopia-game.com/wiki/index.php?title=Avv%27s_Comics_-_Groundless_Accusation this] ''[[Dystopia (video game)|Dystopia]]'' strip, the ''Dystopia'' heavy shows the ''Tribes'' heavy [[Power Fist|how it's done]].

* [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/11/11/episode-1058-talking-is-a-free-action/ Black Mage] uses this in ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Well, the party basically use it every time when they don't argue about something.

* [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/11/11/episode-1058-talking-is-a-free-action/ Black Mage] uses this in ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]''. Well, the party basically use it every time when they don't argue about something.

* ''[[Misfile]]'' combines this with [[Groin Attack]]. [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1543 Ow!!]

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'': In an arc where several people in Hell have been subjected to their sympathetic origin stories, the irredeemable Sigfried decides to ''punch the vision in the face and leave''. Even the ''[[Fan Hater|Fan Haters]]'' liked it!

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== Web Original ==

* '''[[Atop the Fourth Wall|"I AM A MAN!!"]]''' ''[[Memetic Mutation|*Punch*]]'' First used by Linkara during a comic-book review of ''[[Superman At ~~Earths~~ End]]'' and has since become a [[Running Gag]].

* '''[[Atop the Fourth Wall|"I AM A MAN!!"]]''' ''[[Memetic Mutation|*Punch*]]'' First used by Linkara during a comic-book review of ''[[Superman: At Earth's End]]'' and has since become a [[Running Gag]].

** The [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]/[[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] [[Blackest Night]] crossover has Black Lantern Spoony moaning "Fleeeeeeesh..." to which Linkara replies: "How about some FIST!?" *PUNCH*

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] does this to [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]].

** ''[[Say My Name|NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE]]-- '''punch'''

** He also employed it to Linkara, when the latter reviewed ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage'' and went on a punching rampage due to the game's [[Nintendo Hard|obscene difficulty]].

* Attempted in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]''. The villain in question [[Subverted Trope|simply snuffs out the attack with a gesture before it's invoked]] and bemusedly asks the heroes to be a little more civil since he hasn't even ''begun'' with his [[Evil Gloating]] yet. {{spoiler|As it turns out, the villain ''needs'' said gloating in order to intentionally fire up the heroes enough [[Death Seeker|so they would be able to defeat him]].}}