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* Subversion in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': "S for Stupendous! T for Tiger, ferocity of! U for underwear, red! P for Power, incredible! E for Excellent physique! N for, um, something, well I'll get back to that. D for Determination! U for... wait, how do you spell this? Is it 'I'?"

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-->In Akkad and Elam they called me '''Baarish-Shammon''', and when they threw their children alive into the fire-pits it was my name that was on their lips.
-->In Egypt - in the reign of the '''heretic pharaoh Nephren-Ka''' - they called me''' 'She Who Stalks By Night', '''and they dressed my statues in the flayed skins of slaves to keep me from their doors.
-->In '''Kadath in the Cold Waste''' they knew and feared me. My true name is written on the walls of the tombs of '''Hidden Irem''', where no human eye has yet to read it.
-->In Carchemish and Ashur, in Kiran and forgotten Sarnath, in Luxor and Ib. On the shores of Hali. In the darkest abyss-cities of Shaol.
-->In all these places, I was '''fear'''. I was '''despair'''. I was all this, and still so much more.
-->And you're still '''dumb enough''' to think you can beat me?

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-->In Akkad and Elam they called me '''Baarish-Shammon''', and when they threw their children alive into the fire-pits it was my name that was on their lips.
-->In
lips.\\
In
Egypt - in the reign of the '''heretic pharaoh Nephren-Ka''' - they called me''' 'She Who Stalks By Night', '''and they dressed my statues in the flayed skins of slaves to keep me from their doors.
-->In
doors.\\
In
'''Kadath in the Cold Waste''' they knew and feared me. My true name is written on the walls of the tombs of '''Hidden Irem''', where no human eye has yet to read it.
-->In
it.\\
In
Carchemish and Ashur, in Kiran and forgotten Sarnath, in Luxor and Ib. On the shores of Hali. In the darkest abyss-cities of Shaol.
-->In
Shaol.\\
In
all these places, I was '''fear'''. I was '''despair'''. I was all this, and still so much more.
-->And
more.\\
And
you're still '''dumb enough''' to think you can beat me?



--> ''"You aren't going to remember any of this, but I'm a big believer in the subconscious, and I'm gonna leave a chunk of me in there. So, LISTEN... If you ever come after me, fuck with me, my friends, my family, the guy who detailed my Dad's car, our mailman--ANYBODY! You, you sexually repressed hippo--will disappear. No will even remember you. They won't be able to match DNA records to the shoe-sized stain that'll be your remains. [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife I will wish you away to the fucking cornfield]], dipshit...But before I do... I will hurt you."''

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--> ''"You -->'''Barry Ween:''' You aren't going to remember any of this, but I'm a big believer in the subconscious, and I'm gonna leave a chunk of me in there. So, LISTEN... If you ever come after me, fuck with me, my friends, my family, the guy who detailed my Dad's car, our mailman--ANYBODY! You, you sexually repressed hippo--will disappear. No will even remember you. They won't be able to match DNA records to the shoe-sized stain that'll be your remains. [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife I will wish you away to the fucking cornfield]], dipshit...But before I do... I will hurt you."''



-->'''Nova''': I pulled him inside out and saved the universe. What have you done lately, Tony?

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-->'''Nova''': -->'''Nova:''' I pulled him inside out and saved the universe. What have you done lately, Tony?



--->'''Aquaman:''' "Lay down your arms! I'm serious and I have the firepower to prove it! Sworn protectorate of over fifteen thousand submarine states. My territory surrounds every continent on the planet. I rule most of this planet's surface and almost all of its depths. So don't even think about picking a fight with the King of Atlantis."

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--->'''Aquaman:''' "Lay Lay down your arms! I'm serious and I have the firepower to prove it! Sworn protectorate of over fifteen thousand submarine states. My territory surrounds every continent on the planet. I rule most of this planet's surface and almost all of its depths. So don't even think about picking a fight with the King of Atlantis."



--->'''Aquaman:''' "I live beneath the sea. I rule and live in a kingdom surrounded by '''pressures''' beyond any human ability to measure. What chance did you '''ever''' have against me?"

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--->'''Aquaman:''' "I I live beneath the sea. I rule and live in a kingdom surrounded by '''pressures''' beyond any human ability to measure. What chance did you '''ever''' have against me?"me?



--> "I've already played this fight in my head a million times, from every angle. I know every move you'll make and how to counter it. I know how to kill you. You've already lost, you just don't know it yet."
--> (to a superpowered {{Mook}} holding a child hostage) "Let me make this situation clear for you. I know what special abilities you have. I can see the enhancements. I can detect the increased electrical activity in your brain. I know what moves you're preparing to make. [[AwesomenessByAnalysis I've fought our fight already, in my head, in a million different ways.]] I can hit you without you even seeing me. I'm what soldiers dream of growing into. I'm what children see when they first imagine what death is like. I'm the Midnighter. Your move.
--> "People. Throw your guns down, lie on the ground, ankles crossed, hands on your head. You have ten seconds. I won this fight the second I looked at you. ({{Beat}}) Time's up."
** To which Captain Atom had the perfect BadassBoast in response: "[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Care to try that trick with me?"]] (Hint: it doesn't work out too well for Midnighter. Or Apollo, for that matter.)

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--> "I've already played this fight in my head a million times, from every angle. I know every move you'll make and how to counter it. I know how to kill you. You've already lost, you just don't know it yet."
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-->'''Midnighter:''' ''[to a superpowered {{Mook}} holding a child hostage) hostage]'' "Let me make this situation clear for you. I know what special abilities you have. I can see the enhancements. I can detect the increased electrical activity in your brain. I know what moves you're preparing to make. [[AwesomenessByAnalysis I've fought our fight already, in my head, in a million different ways.]] I can hit you without you even seeing me. I'm what soldiers dream of growing into. I'm what children see when they first imagine what death is like. I'm the Midnighter. Your move.
--> "People. Throw your guns down, lie on the ground, ankles crossed, hands on your head. You have ten seconds. I won this fight the second I looked at you. ({{Beat}}) Time's up."
** To which Captain Atom had the perfect BadassBoast in response: "[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Care to try that trick with me?"]] (Hint: it doesn't work out too well for Midnighter. Or Apollo, for that matter.)
move.



--->'''Regis''': I can see inside your head, white boy. Did you think your little fight enhancements would let you kill ''me''? You've never fought anything like me, boy. I am ''Regis''. I have been raping and killing better humans than you for half a millennium. ''That's'' it. ''Fight'' me. Try to ''hurt'' me. I've lost count of how many men's fingers and women's nails have shattered on my skin. Your mothers and sisters will bear my children. You cannot stop me. Burn Albion, burn Europe-- it won't matter. I am Regis, warrior king of this entire filthy planet-- and I will wipe myself with your skin when I'm done violating ''yours''.

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--->'''Regis''': --->'''Regis:''' I can see inside your head, white boy. Did you think your little fight enhancements would let you kill ''me''? You've never fought anything like me, boy. I am ''Regis''. I have been raping and killing better humans than you for half a millennium. ''That's'' it. ''Fight'' me. Try to ''hurt'' me. I've lost count of how many men's fingers and women's nails have shattered on my skin. Your mothers and sisters will bear my children. You cannot stop me. Burn Albion, burn Europe-- it won't matter. I am Regis, warrior king of this entire filthy planet-- and I will wipe myself with your skin when I'm done violating ''yours''.



---> '''Batman''': You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it... With someone like you.

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---> '''Batman''': --->'''Batman:''' You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it... With someone like you.



---> '''Batman''': Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on - none of you are safe.

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---> '''Batman''': --->'''Batman:''' Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on - none of you are safe.



---> '''Gordon (internal monologue):''' He's had Green Beret training. It's been a while since I had to take out a Green Beret. ''*tosses Flass a baseball bat*'' Figure I should give him a handicap.

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---> '''Gordon (internal monologue):''' '''Gordon:''' ''[internal monologue]'' He's had Green Beret training. It's been a while since I had to take out a Green Beret. ''*tosses ''[tosses Flass a baseball bat*'' bat]'' Figure I should give him a handicap.



--> '''Ross:''' One of these times he's gonna say "[[SophisticatedAsHell Heck yeah! Call them puppies]]!" and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I'll run for my life]].

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--> '''Ross:''' -->'''Ross:''' One of these times he's gonna say "[[SophisticatedAsHell Heck yeah! Call them puppies]]!" and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I'll run for my life]].



--> '''Toru:''' Just like an old man. He needs his cane to stand. Doesn't know what to do with himself now that he's an ordinary vampire. Like the rest of us.
--> '''Dracula:''' My boy...I was '''never''' an ordinary vampire. [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith Or did you forget who I used to be?]] I've [[BlasphemousBoast killed more men than God's plagues combined]]. And that was before I started eating people for fun. The fields of Europe used to steam with the blood of my enemies. Trust me... [[{{Dracula}} the vampire's]] the least of your concerns. [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler It's the old man you need to worry about.]]

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--> '''Toru:''' -->'''Toru:''' Just like an old man. He needs his cane to stand. Doesn't know what to do with himself now that he's an ordinary vampire. Like the rest of us.
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us.\\
'''Dracula:''' My boy...I was '''never''' an ordinary vampire. [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith Or did you forget who I used to be?]] I've [[BlasphemousBoast killed more men than God's plagues combined]]. And that was before I started eating people for fun. The fields of Europe used to steam with the blood of my enemies. Trust me... [[{{Dracula}} the vampire's]] the least of your concerns. [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler It's the old man you need to worry about.]]



-->"I'm not perfect, but I'm not that person. [[IAmXSonOFY I'm Samuel Wilson, raised by Paul and Darlene Wilson]] to fight people like you for a better world. Like it or not, Nazi, I '''am''' Captain America."

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-->"I'm -->'''Sam:''' I'm not perfect, but I'm not that person. [[IAmXSonOFY I'm Samuel Wilson, raised by Paul and Darlene Wilson]] to fight people like you for a better world. Like it or not, Nazi, I '''am''' Captain America."



--> '''Amadeus Cho:''' This mission just turned impossible. It's just the three of us, we have to find a way through a wall designed to imprison people who already have every conceivable super-power under the sun. We'd have to figure out how to evade who know how many deadly weapons eningeered to take them down. And even if we were able to do all that, I can't imagine how we'd ever escape.
-->'''Amadeus Cho:''' So...give me ten seconds.

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--> '''Amadeus -->'''Amadeus Cho:''' This mission just turned impossible. It's just the three of us, we have to find a way through a wall designed to imprison people who already have every conceivable super-power under the sun. We'd have to figure out how to evade who know how many deadly weapons eningeered to take them down. And even if we were able to do all that, I can't imagine how we'd ever escape.
-->'''Amadeus Cho:'''
escape.\\
So...give me ten seconds.



-->"I am the revelation! The Tiger-Force at the core of all things! When you cry out in your dreams it is Darkseid that you see!"
-->"'''Darkseid is'''."

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-->"I am the revelation! The Tiger-Force at the core of all things! When you cry out in your dreams it is Darkseid that you see!"
-->"'''Darkseid is'''."
-->'''"Darkseid is."'''



---> '''Isagoras:''' We are stuck here for three days! Is this how you command? Get out and beat the crap out of them!\\

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---> '''Isagoras:''' --->'''Isagoras:''' We are stuck here for three days! Is this how you command? Get out and beat the crap out of them!\\



---> '''Kynegeiros:''' I was ten. Why I don't remember it?\\

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---> '''Kynegeiros:''' --->'''Kynegeiros:''' I was ten. Why I don't remember it?\\



---> '''The Athenian:''' I am a member of the Parliament, Spartan. I have rights.\\

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---> '''The --->'''The Athenian:''' I am a member of the Parliament, Spartan. I have rights.\\



---> '''Echekrates:''' Good countrymen, I have no idea where this young man ''(Leander)'' gets his intelligence… but I'll wager it's from the same place he got his oratory skills.

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---> '''Echekrates:''' --->'''Echekrates:''' Good countrymen, I have no idea where this young man ''(Leander)'' gets his intelligence… but I'll wager it's from the same place he got his oratory skills.



-->Okay. Here's the thing. [[FeelNoPain Pain doesn't bother me.]] Let me show you.\\

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-->Okay.-->'''Jones:''' Okay. Here's the thing. [[FeelNoPain Pain doesn't bother me.]] Let me show you.\\

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* [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Maximus]] gets one as he rides into the Forever City to do battle in a massive tank.

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* [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Maximus]] ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'':
** Maximus
gets one as he rides into the Forever City to do battle in a massive tank.



** Karnak has a simple but ''damn'' good inversion of the BlasphemousBoast.
-->"Satan was just a story. I am Karnak."



* ComicBook/{{Karnak}} of the Inhumans has a simple but ''damn'' good inversion of the BlasphemousBoast.
-->"Satan was just a story. I am Karnak."
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* Courtesy of [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]], in [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions (2016)]] #10 :

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* ''ComicBook/{{Champions|MarvelComics}}'': Courtesy of [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]], in [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions (2016)]] #10 :''ComicBook/Champions2016'' #10:
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* After ending the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' event by killing Annihilus with his bare hands, Comicbook/{{Nova}} had brought the event up on several occasions. At one point he threatened Blastarr by reminding him that he could easily repeat the act on Blastarr if he does not act diplomatically. But the most famous instance was directed at [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].

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* After ending the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' event by killing Annihilus with his bare hands, Comicbook/{{Nova}} ComicBook/{{Nova}} had brought the event up on several occasions. At one point he threatened Blastarr by reminding him that he could easily repeat the act on Blastarr if he does not act diplomatically. But the most famous instance was directed at [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]].



* Courtesy of [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]], in [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions (2016)]] #10 :

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* Courtesy of [[Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]], in [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions (2016)]] #10 :



* "My name is ________. I'm Franchise/TheFlash. The fastest man alive."

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* "My name is ________. I'm Franchise/TheFlash.ComicBook/TheFlash. The fastest man alive."



* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':

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* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':



* "We're the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]. We've beaten up real gods and made them cry."

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* "We're the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]. We've beaten up real gods and made them cry."



* Franchise/SpiderMan in ''[[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers: The Initiative]]''. "Not gonna happen. Know why? Because I'm Spider-Man. And you're just a dollar-store version of the Lizard. See, I beat down guys like Doc Ock, Sandman, and Venom all the time. And you're just not in their league. Oh, I'm going to win."

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* Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''[[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers: The Initiative]]''.''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative''. "Not gonna happen. Know why? Because I'm Spider-Man. And you're just a dollar-store version of the Lizard. See, I beat down guys like Doc Ock, Sandman, and Venom all the time. And you're just not in their league. Oh, I'm going to win."



* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':



* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

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* [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]]'s is short, but right [[IncrediblyLamePun on target]]: "I never miss."

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* [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]]'s is short, but right [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} on target]]: "I never miss."
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* Black Condor of the ''ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}'' rocks at these. Not just because they sound great, but because he can and ''will'' live up to them.

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* Black Condor of the ''ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}'' Fighters|DCComics}}'' rocks at these. Not just because they sound great, but because he can and ''will'' live up to them.
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* From the comics in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' continuity:
-->'''Soundwave''': Nothing moves on the orb below without '''my''' being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip...cast-iron.

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* From the comics in the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' continuity:
-->'''Soundwave''': Nothing moves on the orb below without '''my''' being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip... cast-iron.
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* During his race against Johnny Blaze, Robbies Reyes, the ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider, is derided as a terrible Ghost Rider by his EvilUncle Eli, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's possessing a dead Celestial]]. Robbie responds in turn with a boast accompanied by him ''tearing off Eli's arm and beating him with it''.

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* During his race against Johnny Blaze, Robbies Robbie Reyes, the ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider, is derided as a terrible Ghost Rider by his EvilUncle Eli, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's possessing a dead Celestial]]. Robbie responds in turn with a boast accompanied by him ''tearing off Eli's arm and beating him with it''.
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'':

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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' gives us one from Nitro right before he [[spoiler: uses his powers to detonate himself, killing over 800 people.]]

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* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' gives us one from Nitro right before he [[spoiler: uses his powers to detonate himself, killing over 800 people.]]



** From ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', a quick one:

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** From ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'', a quick one:
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* ''ComicBook/HorizonZeroDawn'': After Ersa manages to survive her time in the Sunring, she proclaims...
--> '''Ersa:''' Jiran! Is this the best the Sundom has to offer?
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'''Savage:''' I paid for all this a long time ago; it cost me sixty barge loads of silver in the days of Thutmose. Look. The time has come for you to die, little boy soldier.

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'''Savage:''' I paid for all this a long time ago; it cost me sixty barge loads of silver in the days of Thutmose.[[Art/NefertitiBust Thutmose]]. Look. The time has come for you to die, little boy soldier.

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