History BadassCreed / LiveActionTV

* Parodied on ''Series/HeyDude'' Mr. Ernst tries to psych Jake up for a fight by telling him to remember the Ernst family motto. "[[{{Nerd}} We like math]]?" Mr. Ernst then tells him it's: "An Ernst never backs down!" To which Jake tells him he's never heard of that one before.

* Parodied on ''Series/HeyDude'' Mr. Ernst tries to psych Jake up for a fight by telling him to remember the Ernst family motto. "[[HollywoodNerd We like math]]?" Mr. Ernst then tells him it's: "An Ernst never backs down!" To which Jake tells him he's never heard of that one before.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Any [[ProudWarriorRace Klingon]], any time, anywhere: "''Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!''"[[note]]"It is a good day to die!"[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Any Klingon, any time, anywhere: "''Chegh'Chew Jaj'Vam Jaj'Kak.''"[[note]]"Today is a good day to die."[[/note]]

** The Dalek creed, from Creator/TerryNation fluff:

-->'''Sheridan:''' Never start a fight. Always finish it.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** The Night's Watch oath:
--> "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."
** And the customary eulogy for a black brother?
--> "We shall never see his like again. And now his watch is ended."
** The ironborn express their faith in the Drowned God with the refrain, "What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger."
** House Hornwood's motto, "Righteous In Wrath" turns out to be true. They're one of the two Houses in "righteous wrath" for the Starks' death, who rise against the Boltons.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Any Klingon, any time, anywhere: "''Chegh'Chew Jaj'Vam Jaj'Kak.''"[[note]]"Today is a good day to die."[[/note]]
** The Jem'Hadar battle cry is pretty badass:
--->''"I am First [name of Jem'Hadar First], and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem'Hadar. Remember: Victory is Life!"''
** And then Miles O'Brien turns to his men and says:
--->''I am Chief Miles Edward O'Brien. I am very much alive and I intend to stay that way.''
** While not designed to intimidate as such, the opening narration detailing the mission of the Enterprise (and Starfleet in general) is pretty badass:
--->''"Space... the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before."''
** The Cardassian Resistance only needs two words:
--->''For Cardassia!''
** [[TheVirus The Borg]]'s introductory speech, while not exactly badass in the traditional sense, is intimidating just in its sheer matter-of-factness, delivered in a CreepyMonotone VoiceOfTheLegion:
--->''"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. [[TheAssimilator We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own]]. Your culture will adapt to service us. [[ResistanceIsFutile Resistance is futile]]."''
*** And now they've kicked it up a notch in the ExpandedUniverse
---->[[spoiler:"We are the Borg. You will be ''annihilated''. Your biological and technological distinctiveness have become irrelevant. Resistance is futile...but welcome."]]
*** And then you have this version.... (What?)
---->"We are the Canadian Borg. Resistance would be impolite. Please wait to be assimilated. Pour l'assimilation en francais, veuillez appuyer sur deux." [[labelnote:trans.]] "For assimilation in French, please press two."[[/labelnote]]
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Possibly the motto of the Serenity Valley soldiers: "When you can't run, you walk. When you can't walk, you crawl. And when you can't do that, you [[spoiler:find someone to carry you]]."
** "I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar."

* ''Series/StargateSG1'': The Jaffa rebels' "I die free."
** ''Shel kek nem ron!''
** When they show up for the first time, the Ori battleships are quick to announce their intentions: "And those who are prideful and refuse to bow down shall be laid low and made unto dust."
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': From both the novels during the hiatus era and "Girl in the Fireplace".
-->Doctor: "Even monsters have nightmares."
-->Scared Little Girl: "What of?"
-->Doctor: "Me!"
** The whole of Creator/JonPertwee's "Who is the Doctor" spoken word single counts as an ''extended'' Badass Creed for the Doctor.
** The entire speech at Stonehenge in "The Pandorica Opens".
** Colonel Mace's speech just before UNIT counterattacks ([[CurbstompBattle and wipes the floor with]]) the Sontarans.
-->'''Colonel Mace''': The Sontarans might think of us as primitive, as does every passing species with an axe to grind. They make a mockery of our weapons, our soldiers, our ideals, but no more. From this point on it stops. From this point on, the people of Earth fight back. And we show them, we show the warriors of Sontar what the human race can do.

** In "The Name of the Doctor" we are told that the name Doctor was a promise he had made. We find out in "The Day of the Doctor" what that promise was. "Never cruel, nor cowardly. Never give up, never give in."

* The Brunnen-G battle hymn in ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' probably qualifies:
-->''Yo Way Yo''
-->''Home Va Ya Ray''
-->''Yo Way Rah''
-->''Jerhume Brunnen-G''
-->Fighters of the fight
-->For their home and their heart
-->We fighters will win or die
-->Forever we are Brunnen-G
* The titular Series/KamenRiderStronger proves just how badass he is every time he shows up on screen with his creed.
-->"The heavens call!
-->The earth cries out!
-->The crowds roar!
-->All calling on me to strike back against evil!
-->now listen up, villains!
-->I am the warrior of justice!
-->The Kamen Rider...Stronger!"
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' provides: "Torchwood: outside the government, beyond the police. Tracking down alien life on Earth and arming the human race against the future. The 21st Century is when everything changes. And you've gotta be ready."
** Which, in series 2, becomes: "Torchwood: outside the government, beyond the police. Fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. The 21st Century is when everything changes. And Torchwood is ready."
* Parodied on ''Series/HeyDude!''. Mr. Ernst tries to psych Jake up for a fight by telling him to remember the Ernst family motto. "[[HollywoodNerd We like math]]?" Mr. Ernst then tells him it's: "An Ernst never backs down!" To which Jake tells him he's never heard of that one before.
* "The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you. Sometimes bad guys make the best good guys. We provide...Series/{{Leverage}}."

--> Who's going to feast on Earth's sky and drink their rivers dry?
--> ''MMC!''
--> Who's going to stomp their mountains into fine Martian dust?
--> ''MMC!''
--> Till the rains fall hard on Olympus Mons, who are we?
--> ''MMC!''
--> I can't hear you!
--> '''''MMC!'''''
--> Who are we?
--> '''''MMC!'''''

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Any Klingon, any time, anywhere: "Today is a good day to die."

** The Jem'Hadar battle cry is pretty BadAss:

** While not designed to intimidate as such, the opening narration detailing the mission of the Enterprise (and Starfleet in general) is pretty BadAss:

** [[TheVirus The Borg]]'s introductory speech, while not exactly BadAss in the traditional sense, is intimidating just in its sheer matter-of-factness, delivered in a CreepyMonotone VoiceOfTheLegion:

--> "And now his watch is ended."

** The Jem'Haddar battle cry is pretty BadAss:

* The Brunnen-G battle hymn in ''{{Lexx}}'' probably qualifies:

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'': "What do we do now, Captain?" Starbuck: "Same thing we always do: fight 'em till we can't."

** "I aim to misbehave." (Only said once, but it was memorable.)
** And the theme song: "Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me."
** How about; "To Hell with this, I'm gonna live!"
** "No power in the 'verse can stop me."
** "Also, I can kill you with my brain."

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' provides: "Torchwood. Above the Government, beyond the Police."

** A more informal version comes in the form of the first lesson multiple generations of Sheridans taught their sons.

--->''"We are the Borg. [[YouWillBeAssimilated You will be assimilated]]; [[ResistanceIsFutile resistance is futile]]. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us."''

** Also, not really a creed, but -- when a Klingon dies in battle, other Klingons roar at the heavens to warn the dead that a ''true Klingon warrior'' is coming.