39,327
edits
Verb This: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.VerbThis 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.VerbThis, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 3:
{{quote|''"[[Trope Codifier|Dodge this.]]"''|'''Trinity''', ''[[The Matrix]]'', [[Pre
You've [[Seen It a Million Times]]. We know this. But it's still a joy to watch.
Line 13:
Compare/Contrast with [[I Will Show You X]], in using someone's own wording in a retort to them, except that [[I Will Show You X]] is more specifically about what the character saying it will DO, whereas in Verb This there's no "I" in it and it could just as easily be referring to some external circumstance.
Usually doubles as a [[Facing the Bullets One
Compare [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] and [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]. Also, [[Talk to The Fist]] and [[I Will Show You X]].
{{examples
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
Line 37:
== Fan Fiction ==
* Kuyou Suou in ''[[Kyon Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'', when an [[Alternate Universe]] version of herself tries to force her to "synchronize" (read: [[You Will Be Assimilated|being assimilated]]):
{{quote| '''Kuyou:''' Synchronize with that! [[Calling Your Attacks|Activating]] [[Fun Size|chibi]]-[[What Do You Mean
== [[Film]] ==
* Trinity in ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''. After watching an agent effortlessly dodge a hail of gunfire, she sneaks up behind him as he's preparing to finish Neo off, [[Click Hello|puts the barrel of her pistol right up to his head]], and tells him to "Dodge ''this''" [[Pre
** 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!"
Line 57:
* ''[[Die Another Day (Film)|Die Another Day]]'':
{{quote| '''Miranda Frost''': I can read your every move!<br />
'''Jinx''': Read ''this''! ([[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|pins a copy of The Art of War to her chest with a throwing knife]]) [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Bitch!]] }}
* The [[Sci Fi Channel|SyFy]] film ''Path Of Destruction'' has the colonel saying this during his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
{{quote| '''Colonel Thomas Miller''': "Dematerialize ''this''."}}
Line 71:
** Similarly, ''[[The Rock]]'':
{{quote| ''Goodspeed'': (shoves [[Deadly Gas]] pellet into mouth): Eat that, you fuck!}}
* [[So Bad
{{quote| '''Mother Superior:''' I am your Mother Superior! As I raised you from a child, I order you to drop that weapon and take your punishment!<br />
'''Ricky:''' No more punishment!<br />
Line 98:
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[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":
{{quote| '''Buffy''': So then she's like, 'It's share-time.' And I'm like, 'Oh yeah? Share ''this''!' [mimes [[Mundane Made Awesome|taking a milk carton out of the fridge]]]}}
Line 131:
== Music ==
* [[Madonna (Music)|Madonna]]'s "Die Another Day": "Analyse this!"
* [[Korn (Music)|Korn]]'s "Twisted Transistor": "Anaesthetise this, [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]."
* [[Sex Pistols]]' "New York": "Kiss this!"
* [[Michael Jackson]]'s "Black or White" music video: "Eat this!"
Line 197:
== [[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]].
{{quote| '''R.E.G.I.S. Mk. V''': {{smallcaps|The R.E.G.I.S. Mk. V mocks your futile attempts at destroying it.}}<br />
'''Coop''': Mock ''this!'' ''(slams random button on controls)'' }}
| |||