History Main / CombatCompliment

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku fights Uub in GT. His entire purpose in the fight is to gauge Uub's strength, and he is pleasantly surprised.

Most common from the guy who is winning, since coming from the loser it might sound like they're making excuses for being beat. The praise will often stop when the tide turns, but some characters will keep it up all the way to their defeat.

* In the famous duel in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' both fighters treat the whole thing like a game and are free with their compliments of each other's skills.

* ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]'' - The rematch of [[WorthyOpponent Fate and Signum]] had both fighters pausing momentarily after a flurry of blows so that they can compliment the other's skills and the power of their [[EmpathicWeapon Device]]. Humorously, it's the Devices that give thanks, not the fighters themselves.\\

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"[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld You're young]], but you're a good knight" were Zest's words to Vita in ''Anime/StrikerS'' when she was handily stopping him from achieving his goal. Agito promptly complained to Zest about how he shouldn't be wasting his time praising his opponent.

* In ''DragonBall'', when Goku fights Uub in GT. His entire purpose in the fight is to gauge Uub's strength, and he is pleasantly surprised.

* Tokugawa Ieyasu praises his opponents in a friendly, chatty way as he punches the crap out of them and their armies in ''SengokuBasara 3''. Makes sense, since he's actually trying to recruit some of them into his army and dissuade others from the path they've chosen...by punching the crap out of them all.

* ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]'' - The rematch of [[WorthyOpponent Fate and Signum]] had both fighters pausing momentarily after a flurry of blows so that they can compliment the other's skills and the power of their [[EmpathicWeapon Device]].\\

* ''MetalGearSolid'' is full of this. The bosses in the game often compliment Snake's ability. The most pronounced is probably Snake and Ocelot in ''[[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' -- at the beginning, Snake defeats Ocelot but compliments his ricochet shots and in later battles, Ocelot compliments Snake for good shots.

* Jack Sparrow complimenting Will's form during their first duel in ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: TheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''

* In the famous duel in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' both fighters treat the whole thing like a game and are free with their compliments of each other's skills. There are also some good-natured compliments between the Man in Black and Andre the Giant during their battle.

"[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld You're young]], but you're a good knight" were Zest's words to Vita in ''[=StrikerS=]'' when she was handily stopping him from achieving his goal. Agito promptly complained to Zest about how he shouldn't be wasting his time praising his opponent.

* ''[[StarTrek Star Trek VI]]'' - General Chang appreciates Kirk as a [[WorthyOpponent fellow warrior]].

* In ''{{Megaman}} 8'', Sword Man's death quote is simply "Nice Shot."

* In the ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode ''Sokka's Master'', Sokka receives several compliments about using his environment and superior agility during an intense sword fight. (With an OldMaster who's teaching him, mind you.)

* In ''DragonBall'', when Goku fights Uub in GT. HIs entire purpose in the fight is to gauge Uub's strength, and he is pleasantly surprised.

* In ''DragonBallZ'', when Goku fights Janemba during Fusion Reborn. "Only Majin Buu has pushed me this far."

* In the famous duel in ''ThePrincessBride'' both fighters treat the whole thing like a game and are free with their compliments of each others skills. Of course IAmNotLeftHanded.\\
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There were some good-natured compliments between the Man in Black and Andre the Giant during their battle.

* In ''{{Serenity}}'', The Operative compliments his opponents accomplishments, but also declares their "sin".

* All of the fighters at the Dojo in the first ''PaperMario''.

* ''[[StarTrek Star Trek VI]]'' The Klingon Captain appreciates Kirk as a [[WorthyOpponent fellow warrior]].

Sometimes though one of the fighters will be genuinely complimentary to the other. Not in a sarcastic "Nice punch!" kind of way, but sincerely praising their opponent. It might be a disguised form of gloating ("You're awesome, and since I'm kicking your ass that makes me even more awesome") but the point is that they mean it.

* In the famous duel in ''ThePrincessBride'' both fighters treat the whole thing like a game and are free with their compliments of each others skills. Of course IAmNotLeftHanded...
** There was some good-natured compliments between the Man in Black and Andre the Giant, too.

* The rematch of [[WorthyOpponent Fate and Signum]] in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's'' had both fighters pausing momentarily after a flurry of blows so that they can compliment the other's skills and the power of their [[EmpathicWeapon Device]].
** "[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld You're young]], but you're a good knight" were Zest's words to Vita in ''[=StrikerS=]'' when she was handily stopping him from achieving his goal. Agito promptly complained to Zest about how he shouldn't be wasting his time praising his opponent.
* ''Star Trek VI'' The Klingon Captain appreciates Kirk as a [[WorthyOpponent fellow warrior]].

* ''MetalGearSolid'' is full of this. The bosses in the game often compliment Snake's ability. The most pronounced is probably Snake and Ocelot in MGS3 - at the beginning, Snake defeats Ocelot but compliments his ricochet shots and in later battles, Ocelot compliments Snake for good shots.

* Used and subverted at the same time in the sixth ''Harry Potter'', wherein Snape bitterly taunts Harry's pathetic attempts to fight him... Or is he offering constructive criticism that only LOOKS like taunting for the benefit of his cover?
** Knowing Snape, probably both.

* When KimPossible first wears her new PostscriptSeason mission garb, Shego admits that it looks pretty good (this after mercilessly -- even by her standards -- mocking the various [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes outfits]] she'd worn earlier in the episode).

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