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'''Viv Richards:''' (After smashing the ball out of the ground next delivery) You know what it looks like, man, now go fetch it. }}
{{quote|''"You bowl like your momma. Unless of course she bowls well, in which case you bowl nothing like her."''
|'''Sheldon Cooper''', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''}}
Intimidation and distraction are perfectly valid strategies to win a game, duel, or fight. It might not be classy or "sportsmanlike", but every edge helps. Then again, there are some duelists who are so [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|arrogant]] and [[Smug Super|smug]] that they'll trash talk a blue streak across the arena out of sheer [[Pride]].
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Compare [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and [[Evil Gloating]]. Frequently paired with [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]. See also [[I Shall Taunt You]], [[You Fight Like a Cow]], [[Volleying Insults]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Bowling King]]'', Doufu Ma does this to Tz'how, stealing a reporter's microphone to tell him, over television, that the only reason he's in the God's Hand Cup tournament is to defeat him with his Eagle Dive. Normally, this would make him look tough, but his stammering just makes it creepy.
* In ''[[Breakshot]]'', which is about billiards, [[The Stoic]] and closet [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] (he simply manages to ''mask'' the fact that he thinks he's better than everyone else) Ryoji taunts main character Chinmi in their match in the finals of a big tournament, telling him that when they played for kicks earlier he ''let'' Chinmi win.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has this more than once.
* ''[[Naruto]]'s'' battle with Neji is almost half composed of this, before Naruto gets mad.
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** Kyoraku and Ukitake do something else, though, to get under an opponent's skin. When they fight Starrk their words are nice enough, but it's the tone which suggests otherwise. Kyoraku also makes seemingly harmless comments and queries in an attempt to distract Starrk.
* Seto Kaiba of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' is this trope personified.
* Kaiba's good, but ''
* In ''[[Gintama]]'' episode 79, Gintoki, Kondou, Binbokusai, and Tojou took a restroom break from fighting, but got stranded in the restroom without tissues. Unable to continue fighting without first finding tissues to wipe their butts, they spent an entire episode trash talking and mind gaming.
{{quote|'''Kondou''': I never imagined that the enemy captain is an old man. But we won't go easy on you. Let's settle this!
'''Binbokusai''': What are you blabering about? You don't stand a chance against me. I guarantee it.
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'''Tojou''': No need to rush. We'll slaugter you later. But first thing first...
'''Everyone''': Someone, please bring us toilet paper! }}
== Comic Books ==
* [[Spider-Man]] vs. any of his opponents, ''ever''.
* [[Deadpool]] has been known to try this. [[Talkative Loon|It rarely stays there]].
== [[Film]] ==
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** However, it should be used with some caution; successfully talking an opponent into [[Unstoppable Rage|giving in to their anger]] can be a bad idea, as {{spoiler|Count Dooku}} finds out.
** A similar technique used by Jedi is used to similar effect, but without utilizing normal trash talk techniques. Notably Luke utilized this to turn Darth Vader back to the light and in one EU game this must be utilized to sever a Sith's connection to the force to actually be killed.
* An official part of the titular sport in ''[[Baseketball]]'', the purpose is to make the thrower miss their throw.
* In ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', rival bowler Jesus Quintana is a veritable font of this. Made even funnier by the Dude's [[Lame Comeback]].
{{quote|'''Jesus''': You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.
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* In ''[[Ip Man]] 2'' the [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Arrogant Boxer]] frequently mouths out at his Chinese opponents.
* [[Mr. T|Clubber Lang]] from ''[[Rocky III]]''.
* Yan Ti San/Thunderleg, the villain of the first ''[[Drunken Master]]'' film, is a master of this. When Fei Hung demands that Yan stop insulting his father's kung fu, Yan replies with "Judging by you, your old man's kung fu stinks. I wouldn't ask him to wipe the shit from my damned asshole!" And he just keeps on going from there, folks.
== [[Folk Lore]] ==▼
* [[The Bible|Biblical]]: David and Goliath both indulge in ritual Trash Talk before they fight.▼
* Greek: both the Greek and the Trojan champions indulge in ''[[The Iliad]]''.▼
== Literature ==
* A British officer and a Pathan tribesman do this to each other in [[Rudyard Kipling]] s ''Ballad of East and West''. [[Truth in Television]] for the Indian Northwest Frontier, did have a little of that.
* In ''[[The Chosen]]'' the baseball game at the beginning actually takes this to the point of being a Holy War between the Hasidic team and the other Jewish team. After all [[Jews Love to Argue]].
* In ''[[Troy Rising|The Hot Gate]]'', "Comet" Parker takes advantage of a tense cease-fire in a warzone to trash talk a shuttle pilot for the other side, who's also something of a [[Point of View]] character for them.
* In the later ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' novels, clashes in the imminent war between Manticore and the Solarians tend to be proceeded by some exchange of messages. These are usually something to the effect of,[[The Reason You Suck Speech|"Your state is a greedy, warmongering bunch of idiots ruining everything]]. And [[Resistance Is Futile|"You can't fight our glorious navy."]] And [[Don't Make Me Destroy You|"Spare the lives of your innocent spacers."]]
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
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** [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/79158/december-05-2006/sport-report---coach-mancini Stephen trash talks an opponent of the Saginaw Spirit.]
* ''[[iCarly]]'': Carly badly, then Sam quite well, during ''iFight Shelby Marx'', Aruthor (Spencer) and Aspartamay's taunt war in ''iStart a Fan War''.
* The ''[[
* In the ''[[CSI: Cyber
== [[Music]] ==
* A fair amount of rap has this. Same with punk rock.
** A freestyle rap battle is essentially a trash-talking contest.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmi_7udjaSE Pretty much this entire song about ''Final Fantasy'']
** "Your defense is weak; Fartin's tougher than you!/ Good Knight turned bad Knight? Goodnight for you!/ Surrender the Princess or Surrender your Life/I'm light speeds ahead of you, now bleed on my knife!/That was a critical hit; Critics are thumbin' in awe/Garland you look like shit, go home and cry to your ma!" It only gets better from there.
** "Destroyed Lich with fire, wrecked Kary with might, sockin' Kraken blockin' knockin' as we Nuke Tiamat tonight! A-na-na, I got the Crystals, time to go back to the past, as I put this motherfucking sword in Chaos' ass!"
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** [[Bomberman]]: I'm T-N-T, I'm dynamite! I'm here representin', yeah I'm down for life; You can't fuck with the man with the master plan! Bitches don't think that I'm comin', you can bet that I am!"
** Simon Belmont: "Armed with a whip and a fucking stake, I'm gonna find Count [[Dracula]] and seal his fate! With a one, two three (ha ha ha!) annihilatin' zombies on my way to the gate. I'm Simon Belmont! The vampire slaughterer! Equipped with holy water and I got enough for all 'a ya'll. I'm callin' ya out! I'm takin' ya down! Killin' you again and puttin' ya back in the ground!"
* ''All About the Pentiums'' by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], when he's not bragging about how great his own PC is.
{{quote|''Your motherboard melts when you try to send a fax, where'd you get your CPU? In a box of Cracker Jacks?''}}
*
* The title character of ''[[Big Nate]]'' sometimes plays chess. In one tournament, his opponent tried to psych him out by pointing out that this game would decide the match between their schools.
{{quote|'''Evan Hinkley''': "I know '''I wel'''come that kind of pressure, but what about '''you''', hmmmm? Can '''you''' handle all the—"
'''Nate Wright''': "Please. We both know I'm going to wax you like a kitchen floor, so just shut up and play." [Thinks] ''We master trash-talkers have very little patience with amateurs''.
Another time...
'''Richard Worthington''': "I'll have you know I'm undefeated this season."
'''Nate''': "Then what I'm about to do to you will be an entirely new and humbling experience."}}
== [[Religion and Mythology]] ==
* [[The Bible|First Corinthians 15:55]] is about trash-talking [[Staring Down Cthulhu|Death!]]
▲* [[The Bible|Biblical]]: David and Goliath both indulge in ritual Trash Talk before they fight.
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* ''All the time'' in [[Professional Wrestling]]. In the ring, outside the ring, before, during and after the matches, to the opponent, to the powers that be, to the audience... You name a form of Trash Talk, wrestling delivers. Examples are not needed; this folder would collapse into a Word-Hole under its own weight and consume the rest of the page.
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* In ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'', [[Wizard Duel]]s traditionally determine who goes first (as well as getting a slight attack bonus) by having the combatants Trash Talk each other, although some choose to forgo this in favour of a simple [[Death Glare]]. The magical field which the duel takes place in measures which duelist is the most intimidated, which is how the order of attack is chosen.
* The Jester class in 3.5 edition ''[[Dungeons
** In 4.0, one of the [[Spoony Bard|Bard's]] basic powers is to [[I Shall Taunt You|literally taunt your enemies to death]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In lieu of fisticuffs, this is one of the forms of combat/information gathering in ''[[Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!]]''.
* CJ from ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
** This has been a stable of pretty much every sandbox game since ''[[Grand Theft Auto
* The P'Kunk in ''[[Star Control]] 2'' can only regain battery points by insulting their foes. ("Worm, idiot, fool!")
* In ''[[Kenka Bancho]]'', this is the proper way to start a fight after [[Death Glare|staring down your opponent]].
* Common in tri-Ace games, notable ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'' (nearly every character can be a cocky bastard) and the ''[[Star Ocean]]'' series. Reasonably common in other RPGs with voice acting.
** ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'' plays with this in a few ways. To start, Lenneth's quotes change depending on her Seal level; high, she's gung ho and thirsting for battle. Low, and she's questioning her mission. Some characters parody others' quotes, and in the sequel, going into battle with certain combinations of Einherjar will have them talking to each other instead of taunting enemies.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]: Episode 1 Racer'' there's actually a programmable button on the joystick/keyboard that has the sole function of screaming insults at your opponents. It really doesn't do anything in a race but it certainly makes the player feel better. Unfortunately, since most of the racers are aliens, the only character you can actually understand is Anakin (such gems as "Eat fumes, wormo!")... and half the time his are in Huttese anyway.
* Happens before, during, and after races in the first two ''[[Midnight Club]]'' games. Due to the character tripping over his words, one example backfires [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilariously]]:
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* ''Monkey Island'' sports Trash Talk as the normal form in sword fights. Basically who is better at trash talk wins.
* Enemy generals always say something just before Destiny of an Emperor's nonrandom battles, and about half of them are trash talk.
* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' during the fight between Asura and Augus, though it tends to come across as more s death threats from the former:
{{quote|'''[[Blood Knight|Augus]]''': You need to enjoy this a bit more!
'''[[Hot-Blooded|Asura]]''': YOU NEED TO SHUT UP AND DIE! }}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Xykon from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' is a ''master'' at this, coming up with the nastiest lectures to completely crush his opponent spirit and destroy any measure of confidence they had. It backfires on him once when a lecture of his ends up having a much-needed ''therapeutic'' effect on his opponent.
* The Light Warriors from ''[[8-Bit Theater
* Rowasu of ''[[Juathuur]]'' loves this and [[Bring It]].
* ''[[Evil Inc.]]'' mocked [http://evil-inc.com/comic/hostile-takeover-27/ this one], too.
{{quote|'''Lightning Lady''': You guys gonna fight or ''banter'' each other to death?}}
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Sockbaby]]
{{quote|'''Ronnie Cordova:''' "Go forth and tell your alien brothers... THAT RONNIE CORDOVA SAYS THEY'RE GAY!" }}
* The ''[[Freelance Astronauts]]'' tend to do this. Most notably was Tetris Smackdown, which largely consisted of [[No Indoor Voice|pipes!]] engaging in some epic level trash talk.
* Episode 20 of ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]]'' (which is pretty much entirely devoted to parodying [[Professional Wrestling]]) has Recoome delivering a long rant of Smack Talk to Vegeta.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* An episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' featured a [[Creepy Doll]] that did nothing but this, thanks to Jimmy.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' villain Shego's cutesy nicknames for "Kimmie" carry the implicit suggestion that she's just [[Years Too Early|a little girl who should run along home instead of trying to fight with the grownups]]. (To be sure, some fans have [[Foe Yay|another]] [[Les Yay|interpretation]]....)
== [[Real Life]] ==
* According to stories, [[Samurai]] stopped to give the names of their glorious ancestors before falling on in a [[Duel to the Death]].
* [[Truth in Television]] in [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3068365.stm cricket], oddly enough, where it is known as "sledging".
** And as has been asserted by anyone they play (particularly Pakistan), the Australians are the best at it.
* Part of Michael Jordan's overall mystique was his penchant for backing up his Trash Talk. Over and over again.
** [http://thehowevafiles.blogspot.com/2008/02/yao-ming-wolf-in-nice-guy-clothing.html And Yao Ming somehow picked this up in between his English lessons.]
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* Often used in [[Poker]]. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is a master of it, but Tony G is the absolute king.
* Many games just wouldn't be the same without Trash Talk; Hearts, Spades, Dominoes, Darts...you know you're among trusted friends when you can verbally abuse them without fear while they're flinging sharp pointed objects.
* [http://notalwaysright.com/inter-screwed/8762 This story from ''Not Always Right'']. Also qualifies as [[Oh Crap]] moment for the trash talker.
* In Vietnam ARVN and VC would occasionally Trash Talk over the radio.
* There was a variation in Afghanistan. The Afghans would set up loudspeakers [[Blatant Lies|not imported by the CIA]] at the crest of a ridge and set them to blare down at Russian columns below various themes such as the supposedly low manhood of Russian troops, the incontinence of their female relations, etc. If the Russians just marched past they got a score in morale. If they went to find the loudspeakers, they found them playing tapes automatically while snipers waited behind the next rock.
* One time during the [[American Civil War]] a group of pickets were shooting at each other while trash talking each other. One Rebel and one Yankee got so angry with each other that everyone agreed that guns were to impersonal, and so they called a truce to settle the manner with [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]. Once that was done, they had a rest. Then they went back to shooting at each other.
* Subversion, during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] British preferred to remain silent while the French were approaching to make sure that there was as much tension begging to be released when the order to fire and charge came.
* In one time during the Battle of Waterloo,
* If you think of it, some of [[Winston Churchill]]
^ A rather gruesome example was given during the prelude to the [[World War 2|Iwo Jima and Okinawa landings]] where the carrier force swept close to Japan in a preliminary blow, rather like a boxer's left jab. On one of the missions was a leaflet drop on which a cartoon was written with a caricature of Emperor Hirohito leading his people to disaster, and below, ominously, was written,"The companion to war is disease."
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