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** Ulquiorra gets bonus points for actually calling his foes “trash.”
** 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 ''Eyeshield21'''s Kongo Agon easily annihilates him in this category. He even uses the word "trash," but unlike the above-stated Ulquiorra, every other sentence that comes out of his mouth contains it (calling someone trash is actually his version of Hiruma's F-Bombing).
* 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.
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== [[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)|The Iliad]]''.
 
 
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* 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 (Literature)|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.
 
 
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': In "Battlefield", Ancelyn and Mordred spend some time exchanging insults before charging at each other, even though they're in the middle of a battle.
* A MOTD in ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' had some pretty good trash-talk; the Blue Ranger had just said that no one was too tough for the Power Rangers, prompting the monster to yell, "Well, let me introduce myself. I'm No One, and I'm too tough for the Power Rangers."
* ''[[The Colbert Report (TV)|The Colbert Report]]'': Stephen loves to trash talk and he is good at it.
** [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/166777/april-22-2008/earth-is-awesome In honor of Earth Day, Stephen participates in a little interplanetary trash talk.]
** [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/70932/june-21-2006/alexi-lalas During World Cup of Soccer 2006 Stephen trash talked together with Alexi Lalas.]
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** [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/250626/october-01-2009/2016-olympics-in-chicago---george-wendt Stephen and George Wendt trash talk Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo for competing against Chicago's 2016 Olympics bid.]
** [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.]
* ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'': Carly badly, then Sam quite well, during ''iFight Shelby Marx'', Aruthor (Spencer) and Aspartamay's taunt war in ''iStart a Fan War''.
* The ''[[Chapelles Show|Player Hater's Ball]]'' is about a convention of haters who are hating on each other on a proffesional level and are competing for "Hater of the Year" award. It's seven minutes of nonstop trash talking.
 
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** "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!"
** "I got a thousand volts of lightning runnin' through my veins; three feet of steel in my hand, and it's flavor is pain! You've been playin' with fire, now you gonna get burned; you're in over your head, another lesson to be learned! I'm gonna run you through! You gonna pay for your crime! (fucker) I just cast Haste, and now you're running out of time!"
* Every sentence of every other song by [[The Adventures of Duane and Brand OBrandO]] as well, crossing over with [[Cluster F-Bomb]].
** [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]: "You fucking meanie, you ten-pound weenie, to get the world, you'll have to go through me! My name is Mega Man, but you can call be Rock, 'cuz I'll be rockin' yo shit, up and down the block!"
** [[Bomberman (Video Game)|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]], 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?''}}
* ''Arschgesicht'' (ass face), by [[Knorkator (Music)|Knorkator]] is nothing but trash talk and taunting. Played for laughs, as the vocals are done by one of the band members 10 year old son. In the video, he is playing a board game with a man looking like a heavily muscled hooligan.
 
 
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{{quote| '''Larry''':You reckon you got a chance against the Queen of Ki-I mean the King of Queens?}}
* In both ''[[Eternal Champions]]'' and ''[[Art of Fighting]]'', taunting your enemy reduces the energy they need for their special moves. Sadly, this only ''matters'' in the latter; in the former, [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|the computer doesn't care about its meter]].
* A key tactic in the ''[[Wing Commander (Videovideo Gamegame)|Wing Commander]]'' games is using your comm system to shout insults at your Kilrathi opponents. Being the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race Guys]] they are, this will often provoke them into ignoring their mission objectives (like, say, [[Escort Mission|the ships you're protecting]]) in favor of chasing after you specifically.
* [[Kirby]] enjoys doing this to his opponents in ''Kirby's Avalanche'', insulting them in full sentences while sometimes also throwing in an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]].
* ''[[Suikoden V]]'' has Logg, Lun, and Subala do this in the [[Fishing Minigame]]. Pretty amusing to look at while [[The Hero|the Prince]] is minding his own business.
* Everybody [[The Unintelligible|except the Pyro]] (who ''could'' be trash-talking but could also just as likely be discussing the weather or reciting T. S. Eliot) in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', especially with their domination quotes. Highlights include:
{{quote| '''Sniper:''' Too slow, [[The Medic|medicine woman!]]<br />
'''Spy:''' So your deadly skill is [[Fragile Speedster|jogging?]] Mine is ''murdering people!'' <br />
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"You're still trying to win?"<br />
"That was pathetic!" }}
** Johnny Cage is also quite the trash talker. In ''[[Mortal Kombat 9 (Video Game)|Mortal Kombat 9]]'' he trash talks everybody, to the point where even his teammates turn on him.
{{quote| '''Johnny''': "I'm talking ''you'' down. I'm taking ''you'' down. I'm taking ''you'' out." ''(turns to Sonya)'' "And I'm taking ''you'' out...''to dinner''."}}
* All the opposing generals in ''[[Command and Conquer Generals]]'''s General Challenge love filling the air time with insults and boasts.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Xykon from ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|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.
* [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|The Light Warriors]] do a lot more trash talking than fighting. Without an opponent present, they use this on each other.
* Rowasu of ''[[Juathuur]]'' loves this and [[Bring It]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Commonly used in the Earth Rumble matches, but for both the ring and the entire series, Toph is the master.
* Terry from ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' is fond of this strategy, which in fact is instrumental in helping him take down a resurrected Joker.
* ''[[The Boondocks]]'': [[Jerkass|Colonel H.]] [[Evil Old Folks|Stinkmeaner]] speaks nothing ''but'' trash talk when he isn't using the N-word like it's going out of style:
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"Oh yeah! Look at you! You were talkin' all that good shit a second ago, then ''you got kicked in your chest''! ''You'' eat a d*** , [[N-Word Privileges|nigga]]! YOU eat a d*** !" }}
** Of course, Riley is no novice in the art of trash-talk either: "Hey, [[The Bully|''Bitch'' Magnus]]! I called you a bitch [[Department of Redundancy Department|'cause you's a bitch!]] What, you thought [[Honor Before Reason|I wasn't gonna come see you?]] You thought you wasn't gonna get the taste smacked out your mouth for trying to jack [[Awesome McCoolname|Young Reezy]]? You better fall back, [[N-Word Privileges|nigga]]!"
* 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 Thethe 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.
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