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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.

'''Vegetto:''' That depends. If by that you mean "am I superior to you in every way?" then yes. }}

* ''[[One Piece]]''

** 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:

** 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:

'''Ramona''': How appropriate. [[Shout-Out|You fight like a cow]]. }}

** Scott himself, however, sucks at battle quips:

'''Wallace:''' Better comebacks, Scott! }}

* ''[[Sin City]]'' has this exchange between Wallace and Manute:

'''Wallace:''' You should've brought an army. }}

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* In ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'':

'''Tulio:''' Ah ha! I've fought your sister! That's a compliment! }}

* In ''[[Animalympics]]'', when The Contessa confronts the crooked fencer Count Bordeaux:

'''Contessa:''' You've never fenced ''before!'' }}

 

* 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:

'''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.

** 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;

"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 (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter]]''.

** 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 :

** 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:

** 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.

* ''[[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: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]'': In "In a Mirror, Darkly", Hoshi and T'Pol exchange banter during a knife/fist fight.

'''Hoshi:''' Commander Tucker told me I should give you a few pointers in that area. }}

 

== Sports ==

* Sporting [[Trash Talk]] can take this form. This exchange from an Australia vs England [[Cricket]] match:

'''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:

'''Viv Richards:''' ''(after hitting Greg's next delivery out of the ground)'' Greg, you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it! }}

 

== Theater ==

* [[Averted Trope|Notably averted]] in the climactic duel in ''[[Macbeth]]'':

''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.

Then, as I end the refrain, thrust home!'' }}

 

** 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:

'''Jack:''' Nice hook. You'd make a bad [[Gender Vocabulary Slip|masseuse]].<br />

'''Hook:''' All those pink hearts don't exactly inspire terror.<br />

'''Jack:''' [[Lame Comeback|... Shut up]]! }}

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' main [[Love Triangle]] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100430 presents] a variation:

* ''[[Spacetrawler]]'', every single time Growp and Emily fight.

'''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.

== 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:

* The theme of the Britanick episode "OLS" -- it's an infomercial for a company that provides witty one-liners on the fly.

* 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.

** 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.

'''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]

'''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.

'''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.

** They do intentionally bad quips a lot in this show. From "Shades of Grey," after the ghost dog bursts into the school cafeteria:

'''Sam:''' Bring some new jokes! }}

* Spoofed in ''Sev Trek: Puss in Boots'' when Captain Pinchard is fighting his [[Evil Twin]].

'''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.

'''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!"