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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Swordfighting is [[Just Like Making Love|a little like making love.]] It's not always what you do, but what you say."''
Cutting implements and [[Trash Talk|cutting remarks]], combined.
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If an insult's delivered just before the killing stroke, see [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]. If a few moments later, see [[Bond One-Liner]].
See [[My Grandma Can Do Better Than You]] and [[My Dad Can Beat Up Your Dad]] for similar insults. ▼
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== Anime & Manga ==▼
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* The Duels in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' often contain some form of this; Utena's part, though, can be either participatory, or merely reactionary, depending on how invested she is at the moment... or how confused. (Utena, not the audience.) Theatrically, in a series where the difference between reality and reality-as-a-stage has blurred, the duels were depicted as cathartic. This is especially blatant in the final Nanami duel, as {{spoiler|both participants know Nanami hasn't a shot in hell of winning from the start and just needs to HIT someone.}}
** In the Utena [[Live Action Role Play]] ''Still Places'', the winner of a duel is partially determined by whose banter was more psychologically damaging to the opponent.
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** Also, interestingly, there is a one-shot fighting style Master Roshi uses called ''"The Mad Cow Technique"'' (an American [[Bowdlerization]] of the [[Frothy Mugs of Water|Drunken Fist]] technique he actually did use).
** Vegetto is the king of this, having the perfect blend of Vegeta's (now justified) arrogance, and Goku's sense of humor.
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'''Vegetto:''' That depends. If by that you mean "am I superior to you in every way?" then yes. }}
* ''[[One Piece]]''
** Roronoa Zoro is the most prone to this. Nearly all of his battles have featured gratuitous [[Trash Talk]] on his part. While ''holding a sword in his mouth''. [[Word of God|His heart]] [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|allows him to speak.]]
** [[Chef of Iron|Sanji]] is definitely no slouch either.
** When Luffy talks in a fight, you can be sure he's either telling the other guy to [[Shut UP, Hannibal|shut up]], or fanboying over how cool the other guy's attacks are.
* ''[[Ranma ½
* ''[[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer]]'': Mikazuki picks up on this when he plays "catch" with Yuuhi.
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** [[Word of God]] has it that he quips so much because he's horribly horribly scared and running off at the mouth keeps him distracted from that. [[Depending on the Writer|Other writers suggest]] that he does it out of boredom: he perceives everything as moving slower and uses jokes and one-liners to kill time.
** It was wonderful when Spider-Man and Ronin (formerly [[Hawkeye]]) were members of [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] simultaneously. Spidey was a little taken aback that somebody was horning in on his quipping racket, but Clint basically says "tough, I like to quip, too."
** When the [[New Avengers]] went to Japan, [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire]] is thrown over a balcony by ninjas. Being [[Nigh Invulnerable]], he not only survives, he finds the bright
** The extremely good game adaptation of ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] 2'' features a lot of this. Perhaps too much. The ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (video game)|Ultimate Spider Man]]'' game has some excellent lines as well, both mid-fight and in cut scenes.
** The ''[[Spider-Girl]]'' series actually had the title character realize this as a sort of automatic coping mechanism, especially when she came upon scenes that should have horrified her and left her shocked and speechless; if she just made a quick joke about the whole situation and thus help herself treat it less seriously, she could focus on the bad guy.
** In an early situation, while dodging a teleporting baddie's fire, the second-person narration points out that her dad would, according to legend, be throwing out jokes, but she knows she'd only be able to manage "a cracked voice and a few stuttering comments."
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** The 'regular' Spiderman occasionally comments on this too. In [[Dork Age|the eighties]] he suddenly realized that as the villains were killing people, he was wisecracking.
** When Mary Jane temporarily appeared dead a few years ago, Spider-Man beat down a group of small-time criminals without saying a word. The last of them fled in terror, realizing that [[OOC Is Serious Business|something was seriously wrong.]]
** Subverted by the Spider-Man of [[Marvel 2099|2099]]
* [[She Hulk]], a fellow [[Lighter and Softer]] (of sorts) superheroine is also a frequent quipper. When Spidey appeared early on in her revived title, with her serving as his lawyer in a suit against J. Jonah Jameson, he even mentions that they enjoy quipping together. (This is also the source of the panel where Spidey claims [[Crowning Moment of Funny|JJJ hates him because "he's black"]].)
* [[Deadpool]], being an [[Ax Crazy]] who [[No Fourth Wall|knows he's in a comic book]], has some truly... interesting... battle banter which often derails into stream-of-consciousness rambling about something completely unrelated (even as he handily beats the stuffing out of his opponent.)
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** Done to extremes in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', where courtesy of the public-address system Joker spends the entire frigging game making comments like this. Punching the Joker square in the jaw at the end of the game is one of the most satisfying moments ever.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Averted Trope]] by Sodam Yat in ''[[Green Lantern]]: [[Sinestro Corps War]]'' when he's fighting Superman-Prime:
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** Superman-Prime himself ''tries'' to do this... but he's not good at it.
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]] vs. The World''
** Knives attacks Ramona and manages to score a shallow cut on her face:
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'''Ramona''': How appropriate. [[Shout-Out|You fight like a cow]]. }}
** Scott himself, however, sucks at battle quips:
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'''Wallace:''' Better comebacks, Scott! }}
* ''[[Sin City]]'' has this exchange between Wallace and Manute:
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'''Wallace:''' You should've brought an army. }}
== Films
* In ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'':
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'''Tulio:''' Ah ha! I've fought your sister! That's a compliment! }}
* In ''[[Animalympics]]'', when The Contessa confronts the crooked fencer Count Bordeaux:
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'''Contessa:''' You've never fenced ''before!'' }}
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The famous Inigo/Westley duel in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', where the two duelists discuss swordsmanship styles and [[I Am Not Left-Handed|dexterity]] as they fight, may be the most well-known example. Interestingly, though the fighting itself is pure [[Flynning]], the various techniques they claim to be using (Bonetti's Defense, Capo Ferro, etc.) [[Shown Their Work|all include the names of real fencing masters]].
* ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', the [[Mel Brooks]] parody of [[Robin Hood]] stories, featured Cary Elwes pretty much reprising his role as Westley... complete with similar quipping swordplay. His archenemy the Sheriff of Rottingham attempts this and fails...every time.
* The swashbuckling films of [[Errol Flynn]] and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (''and'' Jr.) were rife with this trope.
** The 1937 ''Prisoner of Zenda'' includes a particularly delicious example between Fairbanks Jr. (as a ''villain'') and Ronald Colman. And of course any film in which Flynn crosses swords with Basil Rathbone is bound to feature outstanding examples of the trope.
* The title heroes of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' films indulge in this with Michaelangelo and Donatello being the prime offenders.
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* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'''s (mostly) fake fight in the airlock consists of trading insults ("Raving egomaniac!" "scene-stealing hack!") and (mostly) fake punches ("You used to pull your punches") while maneuvering into position to grab a [[Improvised Weapon|blunt object]]
* The beginning of the third ''[[The Librarian|Librarian]]'' movie, ''Curse of the Judas Chalice,'' has an excellent example of this, with Flynn and the ''villain du jour'' dueling on stairs while critiquing each other's technique.
* In [[Woody Allen]]'s feature-length [[Gag Dub]], ''[[
* Plenty of this happens in martial arts spoof ''[[Tongan Ninja]]'', most notably when Action Fighter quips: "You fight like a baby... a ''[[Dead Baby Comedy|dead baby]]''!"
* In ''Kuffs'' during a standoff with some bad guys:
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'''Kuffs:''' Well, now we know that he [the bad guy] can add, and he [indicates his partner] can subtract..." }}
* The duel between Mina and Dorian Grey in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' is [[Better on DVD]] because A) the version in the deleted scenes lasts longer and B) the [[Double Entendre|double entendres]] are hilarious.
== Literature ==
* In [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|Alanna]]'' books, Alanna notices that her opponents tend to get ''more'' nervous when she remains eerily silent throughout. However, during a friendly match between Alanna and Kel in Trickster's Choice (which is about Alanna's daughter), they do taunt each other.
* In [[Piers Anthony]]'s book ''Crewel Lye'', the protagonist notes that some physically weak fighters with sharp tongues do well.
* Harry Dresden of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', it makes sense, since his creator is a self-proclaimed ''Spider-Man'' fan. He has managed to quip about following the Tao of Peter Parker while being interrogated by a [[Big Bad]]. Which [[Fridge Brilliance|makes a bit of sense]] since you [[Walking Techbane|don't need technology]] to read comic books.
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** The climactic duel between {{spoiler|Oberyn Martell, the Red Viper of Dorne}} and {{spoiler|Gregor Clegane, the Mountain that Rides}} features a possible subversion of this trope, in that the former does talk a lot, but it mostly consists of repeating the same thing over and over in an attempt to infuriate his opponent and get him to confess his crimes. The latter gets worked up enough to shout at him to shut up a few times, but doesn't actually reply coherently until the end, where he provides one of the entries on the Quotes page for [[Complete Monster]].
* Happens a few times in [[Redwall]], particularly with the hares, who seem to include more friendly-sounding snark the more serious the fight is, often even offering tips on fighting to their opponents. Dippler and Fenno also get in a bit;
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"You can't kill me the way you killed Logalog. I'm facin' you, Fenno. You stabbed Logalog in the back!" }}
* Snape, ever the teacher, corrects Harry's technique and lectures him on his mistakes while they duel near the end of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (
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* Most of the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' crew get a shot at it.
** Spoofed with the Buffybot, when Willow tries to make it as much like Buffy as possible but messes up the [[Buffy-Speak|"quipping" feature]], resulting in the likes of "That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!"
** And [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the first Season 3 episode that showed the rest of the crew trying to get on with the slayage without her. Willow, after a ''really'' bad one :
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** Also, in season 5, during the fight with Olaf the troll. "You're as inadequate a troll as you were a man and even the women trolls hate you." or something like that.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] into a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] by Buffy herself:
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** Of course, it [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|wouldn't have hurt]], in the case of Warren Mears, to keep her mouth shut and just subdue the bastard. Crazy pissed off people [[Disproportionate Retribution|just can't appreciate a good sense of humor]].
* Kurenai Otoya from ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' tends to quip a lot when fighting as IXA.
* A ''lot'' of characters in the ''[[Power Rangers]]'' franchise like to chat while they fight, but the undefeated masters of this has to be the [[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|Ninja Storm Rangers]] who sometimes layer jokes and quips so thick it's like Spider-Man times six.
* ''[[Kaamelott]]'''s weaponmaster does not hesitate to insult the king while sparring with him. Arthur is usually not amused, doesn't really see the point though the weaponmaster does try and get him to throw insults around. He finally gets his way... only for Arthur to say something which he finds [[Berserk Button|really, really offensive.]]
* ''[[Star Trek:
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'''T'Pol:''' I'm surprised you're not exhausted from all the beds you've jumped into recently.
'''Hoshi:''' Commander Tucker told me I should give you a few pointers in that area. }}
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== Sports ==
* Sporting [[Trash Talk]] can take this form. This exchange from an Australia vs England [[Cricket]] match:
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'''Robin Smith:''' ''(after smashing Hughes' next delivery to the boundary)'' Hey, Merv, we make a great pair. I can't fucking bat and you can't fucking bowl. }}
* This one from a county game:
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'''Viv Richards:''' ''(after hitting Greg's next delivery out of the ground)'' Greg, you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it! }}
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Dungeons
** In the 4th edition, the Bard class is a master of this trope. And since [[Magical Incantation|their puns and insults are actually magical attacks]], it is possible for a Bard to insult someone to death. Not so [[Spoony Bard]] now, eh?
** This is very likely derived from some prestige classes in some third edition settings (like the musketeer class in D20 Past) who gain the ability to automatically confirm critical hits if their player can come up with a witty, relevant and previously unused remark (or a cheap pun, you know whatever) to go with the attack. Like stabbing a vampire and saying "Looks like the ''stakes'' were too high." (We're ignoring the fact that vampires cannot be critically hit.) See the ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' reference below.
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* The True20 system adds an ability to the Bluff skill called Conversational Paralysis, in which you say something so flat-out ridiculous that your opponent can do nothing but spend their next turn marveling at how wrong you are.
* ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' has a bloodline called the Spina who can gain combat advantages against opponents they've engaged in dialogue. At their power's highest level they can injure opponents [[Talking the Monster to Death|just by insulting them]].
* ''[[Deadlands]]'' allows three social actions to hinder opponents in combat: staredowns (i.e. give 'em the old steel eyed glare and get them pecker heads quaking in their boots), bluffing to keep them off balance, and mocking them into doing something stupid.
== Theater ==
* [[Averted Trope|Notably averted]] in the climactic duel in ''[[Macbeth]]'':
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'''Macduff:''' I have no words: My voice is in my sword: thou bloodier villain than terms can give thee out!
''They fight.'' }}
* ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'', in Rostand's [[Older Than Radio|1897 play]], while fighting a duel, made up an insulting poem about how he was going to kill his opponent during the last line. He did.
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Mark how my point floats, light as the foam,
Ready to drive you back to the wall,
Then, as I end the refrain, thrust home!'' }}
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== Video Games ==
* The trope name is taken from the above ''[[Monkey Island (series)|Monkey Island]]'' quotation; in that game, the results of sword fights are based ''entirely'' on insults, with lots of [[Flynning]] between barbs. As the game's sword fighting instructor put it, sword fighting is a lot like making love: It doesn't really matter what you do, but what you say.
** In later games things get more... interesting... In the [[The Curse of Monkey Island|third game]] the fights all take place at sea, so all insults and comebacks ''have to rhyme''. By the [[Escape from Monkey Island|fourth]], [[Plot Tumor|everything is based around insulting]]: Insult Darts, Insult Mudwrestling, Insult Arm Wrestling, and the [[Big Bad]] is a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who goes around performing hostile property takeovers by challenging everyone into playing insult games with him. Naturally, he wins every time because no-one can make heads or tails of his Australian insult vocabulary. The latter half of the game even centers on finding the Ultimate Insult {{spoiler|and using it to power up a monkey-shaped [[Humongous Mecha]].}}
** Also in later games, the line "You fight like a cow" itself reappears as a [[Running Gag]]. Generally the player has the option to respond "Oh yeah? Well you fight like a cow!" or something similar when he feels he's been insulted, and is usually told either that his material is stale or he's using the line out of context.
*** It's also a [[Running Gag]] in the original
*** It also turns up in non-LucasFilm games, such as ''[[A Tale of Two Kingdoms]]'', where you can use insult sword fighting against Rashakk the Goblin Warlord. {{spoiler|Turns out he's better at it, though.}}
*** There's a [[Shout-Out]] to it after the tutorial battle in [[Jade Empire]], where you can tell a fellow student he fights like a cow.
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* ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''
** ALL Spideys have nice quips during battles and while traveling, making the game a perfect way to show the differences between Spideys. Amazing Spidey has the best lines, full [[Deadpan Snarker]] mode on. Ultimate Spidey has a [[Motor Mouth]] that won't shut up, combined with lame puns and bad jokes that are still endearing. Noir Spidey may not talk a lot, as he's almost always on stealth mode, but he has nice [[Bond One-Liner|Bond One Liners]] all the way. 2099 Spidey jokes more often than not (unlike his comic book counterpart), but he still has good quips during serious fights.
** Deadpool is one of the funniest characters on the whole game, completely crazy and talking all the way. However, he [[Punctuated!
* ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'' lets you insult enemy pilots using your fighter's communications system. This is actually an important
** The Kilrathi have their own witty ripostes, like "A proper fate for a coward!" or "I will eat your heart and spit it out, Terran!" and "Sad, that I must litter space with ape corpses!" Kilrathi [[Mini Boss|ace]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Baron]] Baktosh nar Kiranka is notorious for his exceptionally insulting taunts.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''
** ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]'' and ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]'' use this, especially ''Oblivion'', where one of those sentences is 'you move like a pregnant cow'. Of course, most people "fought mudcrabs tougher than you!"
** ''"This is the part where you fall down and BLEED to death!"'' [[Narm|Not as scary]] when being said by a mentally unstable but otherwise defenseless wood elf, oddly enough. Especially if you know and can cast the spell [[Meaningful Name|"Enemies]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Explode."]]
** And for extra fun, [[Fantastic Racism|species specific]] insults!
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* ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' and ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' gives all creatures and characters with human vocal capabilities a few one-liners they spout off at random during combat, so two characters will do this in a duel if it lasts long enough.
* Morte, of ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', actually has a special ability directed related to his ability to cuss someone out. If they fail their save, they are enraged and attempt to attack him in melee. So, fired at a [[Squishy Wizard|D&D style spell caster...]] Even better the save to resist actually becomes ''harder'' the higher the target's [[Statistically Speaking|intelligence score]], presumably on the basis that dumb characters [[Insult Backfire|won't understand most of the taunts]].
* The "Provoke" ability in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' works
* The Pkunk in ''[[Star Control II]]'' insult their enemies to make ammunition. Yes. Really. You actually have to do this in-game.
** ''"Baby! Jerk! Stupid! Dummy! Fool!"''
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* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Insult_Beer_Pong Insult Beer Pong], a [[Shout-Out]] to ''Monkey Island''. In order to win, you need to buy [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/The_Big_Book_of_Pirate_Insults The Big Book of Pirate Insults] and use it against pirates, and each time they embarrass you with a witty comeback, it's added to the list of retorts you can use during Insult Beer Pong. "You fight like a cow" is one of the default insults that don't work.
* The not particularly... ''[[So Okay It's Average|anything]]'' starship flight sim ''Darkstar One'' featured an actual button for you to taunt your enemies. Of course, this was taking your concentration away from shooting them, meaning it was best reserved for when you were coated in turrets.
* If any [[Fighting Game]] uses the concept of having the characters briefly have particular conversations with one another before the battle at all there is a strong chance that this will happen at least once.
* ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' featured The Master saying that Mario "fights like a plumber." In case you forgot, Mario is a plumber.
* The ''[[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]]'' series has Shao Khan, who insults you (or laughs) often during a match (usually after knocking you down). In ''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'', when you could finally play as him, these moves were still there, as taunts.
* [[Wet]] has a load of [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] amongst some genuinely funny barbs.
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'': Mooks frequently says things like "You fight like a girl" and you "fight like a old man", thankfully a punch can interrupt them.
* ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' has Captain Cross being all chatty while Mercer remains relatively silent soon after the duel begins. Depending on the player's performance against Cross, the [[Badass Normal]] will spout the appropriate lines.
* In ''[[Nethack]]'', imps will often have lines such as "I first mistook thee for a statue, when I regarded thy head of stone," immediately following their hit messages.
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* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''
** Elan takes a prestige class called the "Dashing Swordsman", effectively this trope in a nutshell. It can teach you to "[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0390.html harness your natural charm to turn you into a real bonafide, wisecracking, swashbuckling, damsel-saving action hero!]" In fact, the quipping is shown to be an absolutely necessary part of the class's abilities. When Elan fights so many enemies that he winds up reusing a pun, his attacks suddenly cease to do any amount of real damage. Elan also discovers the hard way that if his target is too stupid to understand the quip, it doesn't count. An effective counter to his style is best delivered with [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0761.html an effective counter to his puns].
** On the other side, [[Laughably Evil|Xykon]] isn't too bad
** Roy also plays this pretty straight sometimes, especially when he fights Miko for the last time. "Treasure Type O", anyone?
** Also somehow reversed by Vaarsuvius [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0010.html putting a bunch of goblins to sleep] via his/her pre-fight speech.
* ''[[Antihero for Hire]]''
** During [https://web.archive.org/web/20100108022106/http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20051130.html a fight] between Dragon and Crossroad, the latter proposes to the other to "skip the skill insults since they are obviously very good," to which Dragon agrees.
** Shadehawk's favorite weapons are his big mouth, [[Indy Ploy]] and [[BFG|Silver Arrow]], exactly in that order
* [[Dominic Deegan]]'s father is a master of this kind of
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'': Ninjas [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/4p8 seem to be subject to this], too.
* In ''[[George the Dragon]]'' we get to see [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202011713/http://www.drunkduck.com/George_the_Dragon/index.php?p=487399 a very fishy version of this trope.] This banter goes on for several pages.
* [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0393.html Used by] ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', complete with ''Monkey Island''-referencing and linking to this trope in [[The Rant]].
* ''[[Cheshire Crossing]]''
** A [[Sword Fight]] between [[Laughably Evil]] villain [[Peter Pan|Captain Hook]] and [[Loveable Rogue]] the [[Alice in Wonderland|Jack of Hearts]] naturally leads to this sort of thing.
** Jack and Hook:
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'''Jack:''' Nice hook. You'd make a bad [[Gender Vocabulary Slip|masseuse]].
'''Hook:''' All those pink hearts don't exactly inspire terror.
'''Jack:''' [[Lame Comeback|... Shut up]]! }}
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' main [[Love Triangle]] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100430 presents] a variation:
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* ''[[Spacetrawler]]'', every single time Growp and Emily fight.
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'''Emily:''' Your flesh hand must be the poetic one... ''[rips Growp's cyborg hand out of its socket]'' the bionic one's better at long division. }}
* In ''[[Seekers (webcomic)|Seekers]]'', Errol trash talks this way during the duels.
* ''[[One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5]]'' handles the first Luffy vs. Buggy fight like this, referencing [[Monkey Island]] in the process.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' doesn't have many of those, but there's a good line: ([//www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-01-28 acrobatically surprise-disarming a thug]) "Ooh, a [[Little Useless Gun|girly-gun]]. I'll take it."
* ''Swords'' got a fun new [[Symbol Swearing|rune]] discovered by orcs. [//swordscomic.com/swords/CCXLIV/ You put it on a sword], and it [[Talking Weapon|insults your opponent]] non-stop!
== Web Original ==
* Inverted in the web series ''Doomsday Arcade'', where the main character is fighting Nefarious, who quips, "You fight like a dairy farmer," to which Lund responds:
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* The theme of the Britanick episode "OLS"
* Almost the trademark of Chaka in the [[Whateley Universe]]. She even uses it as a very effective distraction during "Parents' Day" when a team of mutant superpowered ninjas attacks.
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** There was one episode of Spider-Man where he loses his powers, tries to show up and deal with the bad guys, fails badly, and the bad guys conclude "This must be a fake -- he didn't try to insult us."
** Lampshaded earlier in the series when Dr. Octopus, fed up with the one liners, asks Spider-Man if it is really necessary to quip as much as he does during the fight.
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'''Spider-Man:''' Sorry, no. My fans expect a certain amount of [[Buffy-Speak|quippage]] in every battle. }}
* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|Spider-Man the Animated Series]]'' comes close to referencing this trope by name [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCzi334d9OM here]
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'''Spider-Man''': I don't suppose I could convince you to come up here and fight like a spider? }}
* Terry McGinnis in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' develops a tendency to taunt his opponents, differing from the normally [[The Stoic|stoic]] [[Batman]]. [[Mission Control|Bruce]] doesn't seem to mind though. He [[Batman Beyond/Awesome|absolutely masters this]] against {{spoiler|''the Joker'', realizing that while Bruce refusing to laugh might be partially effective, the one thing the Clown King can't stand is being heckled.}}
* Pretty ludicrously done in the eighth script draft for the ''[[South Park]]'' [[The Movie|movie]]. The Doctor from the Hospital scene runs in with an M-16. A Canadian steps in front of him; the doctor shoots and blows the Canadian's head clean off.
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''(suddenly, the ticket guy's chest rips open. He falls dead, and standing behind him is a Canadian with a double-barreled shotgun)''
'''Canadian Soldier:''' I'm glad you got that off your chest.
''(Tom, the Rhinoplasty surgeon, leaps in and stabs the Canadian through the head with his bayonet.)''
'''Tom:''' I guess he got the point.
''(a Canadian rushes in and machine-guns Tom full of holes)''
'''Canadian Soldier 2:''' Plastics are a cheap and efficient insulator for electrical applications. }}
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]''
** Lampshaded when, during the episode "Beauty Marked," Danny actually runs out of quips while fighting a medieval executioner ghost.
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** They do intentionally bad quips a lot in this show. From "Shades of Grey," after the ghost dog bursts into the school cafeteria:
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'''Sam:''' Bring some new jokes! }}
* Spoofed in ''Sev Trek: Puss in Boots'' when Captain Pinchard is fighting his [[Evil Twin]].
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'''Good Pinchard:''' Oh yeah? Well you look like a... never mind. }}
* In one episode of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' Raven briefly fights Jinx during which Jinx says "you fight like a boy."
* In the ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' episode "Mindnet", Shane Gooseman and Ryker Kilbane are fighting for [[God Save Us From the Queen|Her Majesty's]] amusement, and Killbane is getting more and more frustrated the longer he fights.
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'''Shane:''' Fighting you ''is'' like standing still. }}
* In one episode of ''[[Street Fighter (animation)|Street Fighter]]'', Fei Long insults the crap out of Ken who replies "And you... You're a loser!"
* The title character of ''[[Static Shock]]'' was pretty much a [[Homage]] to Spider-Man himself, and his dialogue shows it.
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Well, you fight like a blade of grass!
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