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You've [[Seen It a Million Times]]. We know this. But it's still a joy to watch.

Usually doubles as a [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]], [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]] and/or [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] as well. Can be someone's [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] if pulled off properly.

 

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* ''[[Code Geass]] R2'': {{spoiler|In the last episode of the English dub, after Anya blows up his unique Knightmare and states "committing to memory", Jeremiah Gottwald yells "MEMORIZE THIS!!" as he jumps out of the Knightmare in a smaller Knightmare, and lands on her robot.}}

* ''[[Transformers Energon]]:'' TF Wiki keeps what it calls the "pain count," each episode's uses of any piece of the series' repetitive dialogue. Turns out in the Japanese version ''only,'' someone will yell "Eat this!" before attacking at least [[Once an Episode]].

* To date, really any shonen anime uses this, if not alot. Just know that someone will eventually say "KURAE YAGARE!"

** Or just "Kurae!", really.

 

 

* Subverted in ''[[Iron Man]]'' (v1) #279 - when Iron Man confronts the alien overlord Ronan the Accuser, his enemy at one point utters the perfect set-up line "None may defy the judgment of -" to which Iron Man responds with "Judge this!" and gives him all hell with his repulsors at full power (Normally enough to level, oh, a medium-sized office building). Unfortunately, this barely manages to make Ronan stagger a single step backwards, and he responds, seemingly even without sarcasm: "I find it... insufficient."

 

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

** A similar example occurred in ''Reloaded'', when Persephone asks Neo to kiss her, because she wants to "sample" the feeling of love again. Trinity responds with "Why don't you sample this instead?" and the gun comes out. Unlike the first example, however, she does not fire the gun.

** And then, in ''Revolutions'', the original scenario is repeated during the battle for Zion - Charra shoots the Huge Digger with a rocket launcher and "Dig this!"

** A guy points out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ0v5H3Uctw in a YouTube video showing errors in TheMatrix] that there is a continuity error in this scene. Trinity points the gun at the guy's temple ''on the side of his head'', but when she pulls the trigger, we see that ''the guy falls backwards''...

* ''[[Analyze This]]''.

** ''[[Sequelitis|Analyze That]]''.

* ''[[Pledge This|Pledge This!]]'': an [[Blatant Lies|awesome]] movie with [[Blatant Lies|super-actress]] [[Paris Hilton]].

'''Sonya:''' Oh yeah? Study THIS! }}

* ''[[Evil Dead]] II'': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meh6DIzHpgc "Swallow this."]

'''Rizzo:''' Finish This! (throws milkshake in his face) }}

'''Dark Helmet:''' Ah, buckle this! [[Ludicrous Speed]], '''GO!''' }}

* ''[[Aliens]]'' When an alien is trying to open to doors to the APC:

** Similarly, ''[[The Rock]]'':

'''Ricky:''' Naughty THIS! }}

'''Rhodey''': [[Punctuated Pounding|Side...kick...this!]] }}

* ''[[The Scorpion King]]'': "Catch This!"

* The first ''[[Blade]]'' movie.

'''Blade''': (producing gun) Why don't you fuck this! }}

** This might be a homage to "[verb] ''these!''" being Wolverine's catchphrase in the 90s, as noted below.

* ''[[Spawn]]'': Eat THIS!

 

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Halo]]: Fall of Reach'', Captain Keyes tries to destroy a Covenant stealth spaceship with archer missiles. After the missiles are defeated, he mutters "Try and jam this." before running his ship into the smaller craft.

 

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy vs. The Initiative: "Target has been contained!" "Contain ''[[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|this.]]''" '''[["Hey You!" Haymaker|PUNCH]]'''!!

** From "Living Conditions":

* From the first episode of [[NYPD Blue]]: "Ipso ''this'', you prissy little bitch!"

* ''[[Power Rangers SPD]],'' against a mirror-themed villain: "Reflect on ''this!''" [White Ranger smashes mirror, releasing trapped Rangers]

** The Doctor himself had already done it in "The Sontaran Stratagem", shortly before bouncing a shuttlecock off a wall into a Sontaran's weak spot.

'''The Doctor''': Uh-huh? Well, stare at this. }}

** Also done by Captain Jack in "Journey's End", after a Dalek makes some comment about not feeling anything.

'''Jack''': As I think I said before... FEEL THIS! [BOOM!] }}

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has a subversion:

'''J.D.:''' Wouldn't that hurt? }}

* Played straight by Londo in ''[[Babylon 5]]'':

'''Londo:''' Touch this. *Pokes himself in the ribs, where Centauri males keep their six... well, you know* }}

'''Kelly:''' ...Candy ''this''. *shoots apple off Bud's head without looking, reducing Bud to a shell-shocked drooling mental case in the process* }}

* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'': Walter White tends to use this when enraged. When quitting his job at the car wash, he tears several products off of the shelves, grabs his crotch, and shouts, "WIPE DOWN THIS!" before storming out.

** In a later episode, he also shouts, while grabbing his crotch again, "I'VE GOT YOUR RESTRAINING ORDER RIGHT HERE! RESTRAIN THIS!"

 

== Music ==

* [[Sex Pistols]]' "New York": "Kiss this!"

* [[Michael Jackson]]'s "Black or White" music video: "Eat this!"

== Theatre ==

* Done self-consciously in ''[[Back to The Eighties]]''.

'''Michael''': Yeah? Well defend this! }}

 

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

'''Crypto:''' Resist ''this''. *squish* }}

* At the end of ''Headhunter: Redemption'', Leeza shouts "Compute this!" to the AI final boss, before delivering the [[Coup De Grace]].

* At least two random bits of dialogue in ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]] 2'' qualify for this. Rebel soldiers sometimes tell the Imperials, who have gotten in the habit of calling them "Rebel scum" frequently, to "Rebel scum ''this!''", in a similar vein, Imperial Stormtroopers, when encountering Obi-wan, sometimes say "It's Obi-wan! Shall we put a disturbance in his Force?"

** Also, the game seems to lampshade the fact that you heal constantly, having the late boss {{spoiler|Riku}} say "Heal this!" before attacking you.

*** Funnily enough, he doesn't say "Dodge this." on the aerial version of the attacked, which is called "Godspeed". He says "Fly." and "Not there."

* Following up on the Sephiroth example, ''[[Video Game/Dissidia|Dissidia]]'' fighters frequently use Verb This in their battle quotes, mostly as "Take this!" but Lightning shares "Dodge this!" with Sephiroth. Golbez, however, is the only one who says "Endure this!" before he blasts you with electricity.

'''Guybrush:''' Yeah, I know, but he didn't give me much to work with... }}

** And in Chapter 4:

{{spoiler|1='''LeChuck:''' [[Ironic Echo|Unholy THIS!]] ''*stabs Guybrush with the Cutlass of Kaflu*''}} }}

*** Also referenced in ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode 4 - Beyond the Alley of the Dolls]]'':

'''Max:''' I don't know. I heard it in a video game. }}

* ''[[Persona 4]]'''s [[Bonus Boss]].

* [[Mass Effect 2|Enkindle]] [http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/Vezcelin/Random/enkindle_this_by_eljore-d3cv1zs.jpg THIS!]

** Also said by Morrigan in her Finishing Shower Hyper Combo, which here is a [[Macross Missile Massacre]] instead of the [[Beam Spam]] from previous games.

"(to Spy) Disguise dat!" }}

 

 

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

'''AVGN''': Mercy ''this'', motherfucker! ''[shoots the Metron]'' }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Coop from ''[[Megas XLR]]'', during his fight with the R.E.G.I.S. Mk. V, who [[Why Won't You Die?|refused to stay down no matter how much Coop wailed on it]].

'''Coop''': Mock ''this!'' ''(slams random button on controls)'' }}

** Can't forget Robin during the Apprentice arc. "MOTIVATE THIS!"

** Or Starfire when she saved her friends from the Cironielian Chrysalis Eater. "Devour THIS!"

'''Frylock''': Decorate ''this! (blasts tin out of WWWYZZERDD.com's hand with his laser eyes)'' }}

* A spoof trailer for the sequel to ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'' in ''[[Family Guy]]'': "Passion Of The Christ 2: Crucify ''This!''"

* ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'' has Alfred essentially recreating the ''Matrix'' example by shooting Dracula in the head with Batman's vampirism-cure needles and saying, "Bite this!" It doesn't work.

'''Killer snowman Enzo''': Hohoho this! }}

** A Sentinel orders Gambit to stand aside in order to "apprehend" Jubilee. He punctuates his reponse with a playing card to the face.

* Done in ''[[El Tigre]]'' by Frida Suarez when she is told to install a censor.

 

* The program '''Hijack This''' has an appropriate title as a response to computer hijackers.

 

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