Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Difference between revisions

If this involves ''actually'' throwing a glove of some sort on the ground, the challenge is accepted by picking it up. In some cases, this may overlap with the [[Glove Slap]], as traditionally the glove was used to slap the challenged twice upon the chest before being thrown down (although this is mostly forgotten now).

 

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* Kamina of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is fond of doing this.

* [[The Determinator|Naruto Uzumaki]] does this to [[Revenge Before Reason|Sasuke Uchiha]] and [[Eldritch Abomination|the Kyubi no Yoko]] in the latest arcs of ''[[Naruto]]''.

* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Aion does this to Chrono after he's {{spoiler|blown away by Joshua using one of Rosette's guns}}.

{{quote| '''Aion:''' I'm disappointed. All these years and you haven't learned a thing. Get up! How long are you going to {{spoiler|stay dead}}? Rise and awaken your legion! Prepare to attack your enemy! Strike him down! Kill him! Your enemy is here. He's standing right before you. Kill me now... or you'll lose everything you care about, '''forever'''.}}

* Alucard to Luke Valentine, in Hellsing. Between the imagery and Crispin Freeman's voice acting, the scene approaches [[Nightmare Fuel]].

{{quote| '''Mamoru:''' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Fight me, Primevals!]]}}

* In the manga Tough ''[[Badass|Kiichi Miyazawa]]'' drops fifty million yen in the middle of a Dojo to make sure he gets his practice in.

* Immediately after [[Kyou Kara Maou]]'s lead Yuuri becomes [[Accidental Marriage|accidentally engaged]] to [[Bishounen|Wolfram]] by way of slap, [[Royal Brat|Wolfram]] knocks a bunch of cutlery to the floor in a rage, and Yuuri kneeling to pick it up provokes a malevolent chuckle of victory: [[Distressed Damsel|he]] just formally agreed to an honor duel.

** Rather later Yuuri gets suckered by this again, this time by a girl who's challenging him for Wolfram. Bonus points for his accidental pointing of a spork at her, which turns out to be local code for 'I have stolen your lover.' Wolfram is touched. Yuuri is frazzled.

 

 

 

== Fan Fiction ==

 

 

== Films ==

* In [[Dark of the Moon]], Megatron challenges Optimus to come and fight him as he [[Slouch of Villainy|sits on what is left of the Lincoln Memorial.]]

** He's bluffing ([[Captain Obvious|Legolas helpfully informs us that it's a diversion]]), yet the effect is undiminished.

** He does something similar in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]''.

* ''[[Kill Bill]]'' has The Bride calling out O-Ren Ishii, the first of the Deadly Vipers, at the House of Blue Leaves using her [[Catch Phrase]]. In Japanese.

** It was parodied less than a minute prior, when the sheriff slaps Robin in the face with his glove and throws it down as a challenge. Robin responds by taking a metal gauntlet and smashing the Sheriff in the face while saying "I accept" ([[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]] did it first).

{{quote| '''Matrix:''' You don't want to pull the trigger, you want to put the knife in me and look me in the eye and see what's going on in there when you turn it. That's what you want to do, right? Come on, let the girl go. Just you and me. Don't deprive yourself of the pleasure. Come on, Bennett, let's party.<br />

'''Bennett:''' I can beat you. I don't need the girl. Haha, I don't need the gun! '''I'M GONNA KILL YOU NOW!!''' }}

{{quote| "Peter! I swear to you, wherever you go, wherever you are, I ''vow'' there will always be daggers bearing those signs saying "Hook"! They will be flung at the doors of your ''children's children's children'', do you hear me?"}}

 

{{quote| '''Locutus:''' There are no terms. Surrender your vessel and escort us to [Earth]. If you attempt to intervene....we will destroy you.<br />

'''Captain William Riker:''' Well then...take your best shot Locutus because we're about to ''intervene''. }}

* In an episode of ''[[Crownies]]'', Richard does this to Tatum by [[Crowning Moment of Funny|pulling off a pair of imaginary gloves]].

** It's not so much general Centauri tradition but specifically that of the unit where both of them served.

 

I wait thee here. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Come! Show thy face!]]'' }}

* In ''[[Deryni]] Rising'', Charissa literally throws down a mailed gauntlet to interrupt Kelson's coronation and challenge him for the throne of Gwynedd.

** Also done in the preceding novel ''Field of Dishonor'' where Manticoran societies dueling practices were both the instigation of the big bad's plot to kill Honor and the final resolution where she gets him on the field. Much like the ''Flag in Exile'' example, people who end up across a dueling field from her tend to wind up leaving the field in a body bag.

* Done in a non-badass way in ''The L-Shaped Room'', set in the '50s: the protagonist gets pregnant after a one night stand, and although she refuses the father's offer to marry her, he still feels guilty and wants to help. After helping her get back in contact with her "boyfriend," the father deliberately provokes a fight so that the boyfriend can beat him up and, having taken his beating, feels absolved of all guilt or responsibility in the pregnancy.

* Mandorallen formally challenges another Mimbrate knight in ''[[Belgariad|The Malloreon]]'', who insulted Mandorallen's Asturian friend. After a [[I Shall Taunt You|lengthy insinuation of the other's parentage]], he makes the challenge by throwing his gauntlet... [[Glove Slap|into the challenged knight's face.]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|And then proceeds to humiliate and thoroughly defeat him]].

** ''Juris macto'' comes up ''often''- something like ten times per book. 80% of these are just threats, and somebody backs down before the formal challenge. 10% of the time, the crows do indeed feast on the unjust. The remaining 10%, [[Big Badass Family|Tavi or his kin]] are doing [[Xanatos Gambit|something]] or [[Batman Gambit|other]] overly clever.

* [[Ciaphas Cain]] '''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM''' challenges another Commissar to a duel over an insult to Colonel Kasteen. The other Commissar chooses to apologize instead after watching Cain fight a [[Space Marine|Chaos Space Marine]] in hand to hand combat.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

 

== Video Games ==

* In the introductory battle to ''[[Castlevania]]: Symphony of the Night'' (which replicates the final battle of ''Castlevania: Dracula X''), Richter throws down a challenge to Dracula, shouting out all the reasons why the vampire lord is unfit to rule the world. Dracula responds by throwing down his wine glass and a hearty "Have at you!" and the battle begins.

* In ''[[King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow]]'', Alexander ''literally'' throws down a gauntlet before the Lord of the Dead. This makes it a cross of this trope and [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]].

* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', this is an actual ability that the Rogue class can use with the Duelist specialization, which draws a single selected enemy to the rogue. Upgrades to this ability make the enemy so enraged that [[I Shall Taunt You|he attacks recklessly and has reduced chance to hit.]] Coupled with the Parry combat mode, and the selected enemy has a roughly -50% chance to hit, before factoring in all the other defensive advantages of being a Rogue, such has high cunning and other passive abilities that reduce chance-to-hit.

* In one ''[[Simpsons]]'' episode, Homer sees the glove-slap in a movie and starts using it in real life to get whatever he wants. This goes really well until he tries it on a [[Southern Gentleman]] -- who ''accepts'' his offer of a duel.

** Later in the episode, he runs away after being challenged to a duel by [[Jimmy Carter]].