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* The trial Denver Fenton Allen eventually turned into a shouting match between the judge and the Allen by threatened to masturbate and ejaculate upon the judge and the judge dared him to do just that. Needless to say, if Allen had attempted to approach the bench after making such a threat, the baliffs would have tackled him, and that was probably the judge's idea.

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': Everett Ross, played by ''Creator/MartinFreeman'', gives us this line in a calm-ish manner:

-->'''Buffy''': I was ''so'' hoping you'd do that.

* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': Layla won't use her powers except in self-defense. One of the villains, believing their side has already won and that Layla's a wimp anyway, slaps her just to be petty. [["BewareTheNiceOnes Big. Mistake."]]

* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': Layla won't use her powers except in self-defense. One of the villains, believing their side has already won and that Layla's a wimp anyway, slaps her just to be petty. "Big. Mistake."

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' features this,. The corrupt warden of [[TheAlcatraz The Boiling Rock]] orders a prisoner to stand with his back turned before using his bending to blast fire at him. The man turns quickly and deflects the blast using a little bending of his own. Because its understandably illegal for anyone besides the guards to use their bending, The man is taken into custody and placed in the cooler.

** In Issue #19, the team have captured the Blob who is a member of the terrorist group known as the X-Cell. When the Blob says he won't tell them anything, Monet says he hopes he doesn't because that means she can use her telepathy on him.

* ''ComicBook/XFactor2006'': In the first issue, Siryn chases and corners an assassin of Singularity Investigations who has killed a mole that was feeding X-Factor information about the company. Theresa is not subtle about just how much she wants to do some damage to the assassin.
--> '''Theresa''': Oh, try it! Please! Don't surrender! Aim at me! I dare you! ''Try'' to shoot me! It'll be funny! C'mon! C'mon!

* ''ComicBook/XFactor'': In the first issue, Siryn chases and corners an assassin of Singularity Investigations who has killed a mole that was feeding X-Factor information about the company. Theresa is not subtle about just how much she wants to do some damage to the assassin.

This is an instance where one character is begging for an excuse to be violent to another, verbally or otherwise. This can overlap with ImpliedDeathThreat if Alice doesn't want to merely ''hurt'' Bob, but ''kill'' him. Has a similar, but opposite effect to DontMakeMeDestroyYou, where Alice ''doesn't'' want to hurt Bob, and ''doesn't'' want the provocation, but certainly will if given.

* ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' has Vimes wishing that a bunch of dwarves he sees in the street would give him a reason to arrest them. He was really pissed at dwarves for warmongering against trolls, [[spoiler:and also for trying to kill him and his family.]]

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''
** In "Maximum Security," the 99 is trying to lure out a crime boss' man in the FBI with a fake funeral for Adrian Pimento. When they spot the man and he starts to run, Diaz corners him and [[DualWielding draws two batons]].

** When the mole who shot Garibaldi in the back is arrested, the arresting officer invites him to [[HoldMyHippogriffs "make my solar year"]].

** When the mole who shot Garibaldi in the back is arrested, the arresting officer invites him to "make my solar year".

--> ''Give me a reason to be a woman, I just want to be a woman.''

* From ''Film/JewelOfTheNile'', likely riffing on the above Dirty Harry line, when a gun-toting Ralph turns up to have a word with the hero about the events of the previous movie.

* From ''Film/JewelOfTheNile'', likely riffing on the above Dirty Harry line.
-->"Go ahead. Gimme a reason. Make my year!"

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "Ted," Joyce gets involved with the eponymous Ted, who acts like a nice guy in front of Joyce and Buffy's friends, but is an ass to Buffy herself and threatens her when they're not around. When he reads Buffy's diary and [[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps her]], Buffy is ''happy'' to have an excuse to fight back. (Unfortunately she knocks him down the stairs and kills him, or so it appears).

* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Becoming, Part 1", Principal Snyder uses this on Buffy in the context of giving him a reason to expel her.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "Ted," Joyce gets involved with the eponymous Ted, who acts like a nice guy in front of Joyce and Buffy's friends, but is an ass to Buffy herself and threatens her when they're not around. When he reads Buffy's diary and [[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps her]], Buffy is ''happy'' to have an excuse to fight back and promptly gets in a fist-fight with him.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': The Joker interrupts a meeting of the city's crimelords.
-->'''Gangster:''' Give me one reason I shouldn't have my boy here pull your head off.\\
'''Joker:''' How about a magic trick? (sticks pencil in table) I'm gonna make this pencil, disappear.\\
The mook gets up and gets the pencil [[EyeScream rammed into his eyeball]] by the Joker.\\
'''Joker:''' Ta-dahh! It's, ah, it's ''gone''.\\
''Then'' he tells the other gangsters he's the one who stole their money.

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* ''Disney/TheLionKing'', during Simba's confrontation with his EvilUncle Scar:
-->'''Simba:''' Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you apart!
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