History Main / SarcasticClapping

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': Done beautifully by Chilli Heeler from the series 3 premiere episode, "Perfect", when Bandit asks Chilli, Bluey, and Bingo asks them to cheer for him when he walks in the room announcing, "It's Dad!" Chilli's response is a sarcastic two-clap with a deadpan look on her face, much to Bandit's annoyance as Bluey and Bingo laugh at him.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In the anime, Jirōbō gave one after the Sasuke Retrieval team broke through his Earth Dome Prison, praising his enemies' resourcefulness despite being "scumbags". Kiba and Naruto were not amused.

* In ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'', when Alex and his gang defeat [[TheDragon the Black Dragon]], BigBad The Magic Emperor "congratulates" them on taking out the last remaining obstacle in his attempt to TakeOverTheWorld. Turns out it was [[NiceJobBreakingItHero part of his plan all along]] to have [[TheFourGods the four dragons]] eliminated so that he could assert complete control over the goddess Althena.
* Revolver Ocelot did this in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', while stepping out of the shadows of Metal Gear Ray, after hearing Marine Commandant Scott Dolph's motivational speech to the Marines.
* Salazar does this in one scene of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 And Excella]] does this to Chris and Sheva, and even has the "Bra-vo".

* General Lionwhyte in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' does this when the heroes assemble before his tower. He even includes the "Bravo."
* Zead from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' does this twice: once when Hector starts gaining the power necessary to complete his quest, and once when he refuses to do so. Given the contradictory circumstances, one may wonder if he knows anything about the proper use of sarcastic clapping (then again, there is little reason to learn such nuances when you don't have skin on your hands.)

* Liz of ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' does this in her podium animation if she places 2nd or 3rd.

* In the Anguished One's ending in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', after managing to activate the Terminal to Polaris, Yamato enters the scene with one of these. If you have Joe in your party, he even comments "I know a sarcastic clap when I hear one."

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has the /golfclap emote for those times when a player wants to make it clear he/she is unimpressed.
* [[spoiler:Eggman Nega]] in ''[[VideoGame/SonicRush Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' (through text).
* In ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' Sydney, having already proven he's not terribly impressed with Ashley [[spoiler:by responding to a crossbow bolt through the chest with "quite a scratch"]] drives the point home with a dose of sarcastic clapping after you beat the Minotaur. Made a little stranger by the fact that the clapper has metal hands and isn't shown for a few seconds after he starts, making for a moment of confusion when an unidentifiable ''tink tink tink'' sound breaks into the cutscene.

%%* [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Roxas, alright. Fight, fight, fight.]]


* Yeager, from ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', does this rather often when praising the main party, along with his trademark "ja".
* [[spoiler: Adachi]] in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' does this when the party finally reaches him in his dungeon.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': Mithos: "Wow, that was an amazingly corny speech. Congratulations."


* The Boss of ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' does this during a cutscene during the Brotherhood campaign. Why? [[spoiler: Because s/he just stuffed Brotherhood leader Maero's girlfriend Jessica into the trunk of her car and positioned it to be run over by a monster truck... that Maero was driving. The real root of this issue is that Maero offered a sleazy cut of the deal to the Boss for a possible alliance between the Saints and the Brotherhood, to which the Boss did not take well and started a vicious campaign involving a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]

* In one of [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Sheeva's]] [[FinishingMove fatalities]] in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', she rips off her opponent's arms, slaps him or her around with them before kicking the body down, and then flexes while using the arms to sarcastically applaud.

* Reaper of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has this as one of his emotes.
* The Strategist Knight Jasper does this when faced in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''. And he even does the "Bra-''Vo''". This trope isn't going away any time soon.

* A pitch video for the (canceled) second season of ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' had Alucard shooting everything up, then the next BigBad clapping slowly. The {{OVA}}, which rebooted the series, features him.

* Nagi in episode 16 of ''Anime/MyHime'', foreshadowing TheReveal immediately afterward.
* Pegasus does it to Kaiba in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' after Kaiba reaches his brother in the dungeon of Pegasus' castle.
* Mao from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is fond of this.
* Minagi from ''VisualNovel/{{Air}}'' did this after Yukito showed off his puppeteering skills.
* Romeo gets one in episode 14 of ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'' after an earnest speech to his new, cynical charges at a mine.
* Greed from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' does this, both before and after [[spoiler:he shares a body with Ling Yao]].
* Szayel does this to Renji during their battle in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', saying its quite an accomplishment that Rukia and an Espada killed each other[[note]]Despite being grievously wounded, Rukia ultimately survives after getting medical attention[[/note]] while doing battle. Renji, of course, is horrified after hearing the news.
** He also does this to Ishida when the latter asks him if he's an Espada.
*** In the anime, Ichigo did this to Ishida after catching on to his tailing him from school from back in the latter's introduction arc. Ishida, who could sense his tail's presence from the get-go, didn't give a damn.
** Kisuke Urahara (Mr. Hat-and-Clogs)'s slow clap, which is sometimes done in sarcasm.
* In a [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback episode]], Izaya from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' does this to Shizuo the first time they meet, right after Shizuo's laid waste to an entire soccer field full of punks. Obviously, [[HairTriggerTemper Shizuo]] is ''not'' [[MegatonPunch impressed]].
* Jirōbō from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', in the anime only, gave one after the Sasuke Retrieval team broke through his Earth Dome Prison, praising his enemies' resourcefulness despite being "scumbags". Kiba and Naruto were not amused.

* General Raveshaw from ''Command and Conquer Renegade'' does this when he finds you attempting to rescue the scientists in the Black Hand mansion.
* About halfway through ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'' your nemesis does this, and while possessing your body just to show off.

* Slayer in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear X'' does this as his taunt.
* In the Anguished One's ending in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', after managing to activate the Terminal to Polaris, Yamato enters the scene with one of these. If you have Joe in your party, he even comments "I know a sarcastic clap when I hear one."

* General Lionwhyte in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' does this when the heroes assemble before his tower. He even includes the "Bravo."
* Happens in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' when Hazama loses by time out. As if to mock you for not being able to knock him out before the timer runs out.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', after [[spoiler:Arl Eamon's speech]] at the Landsmeet, Loghain approaches, applauding sarcastically.

* Happens in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' after you survive an initiation put up by The Slab King, AKA [[spoiler:Brick]]. A Bandit named "Sarcastic Slab" appears and makes sarcastic comments while clapping for you. If you kill him, The Slab King will commend you for it.
** And when you deal damage to him, he just claps faster.
** A later mission for the Slab King has you meet with his lieutenant Rocko, who does much the same. Sadly, you can't kill him.

* [[spoiler:Magolor]] does it in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' [[spoiler:when he reveals he was EvilAllAlong.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', this is the titular character's reaction after watching Loki take out a group of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] by himself, granted this might be subverted since she did seem at least somewhat genuinely impressed with his skills beforehand (she is notorious for her snark, after all). This clapping animation is actually used for Bayonetta's losing animation for her appearance as a GuestFighter in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', looking as snarky and sarcastic as ever.
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' has this, first made well-known in their [[https://youtu.be/w_eAS1RiJk4?t=20s/ ice bucket challenge video]]. It eventually made it into the game [[https://youtu.be/tTcZuq0Msgg as an emote.]]

* Liz of ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' does this in her podium animation if she places 2nd or 3rd.
* ''VideoGame/FallGuysUltimateKnockout'' has the Slow Clap emote, sold for 3 crowns in the regular shop rotation. When activated, your Fall Guy stares and squints while doing a slow, sarcastic applause.
* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', Marlok does this after the party wins a battle against his incompetent bodyguard Kahn

* Commander Zhao does this to the fire sage who betrays his comrades to help Aang and the others in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': "Bravo, ponies, bravo! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZgFLBkPjU4 Harmony in Equestria is officially dead. Discord rules, Celestia drools."]]

* Dr. Doofenschmirtz does this in the introduction of the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Phineas and Ferb and the Temple of Juatchadoon", to make his entrance more dramatic. Minutes later, after his plan is foiled, Norm starts to clap slowly, and Doof says, [[BreakingTheFourthWall "Way too soon for a callback, Norm."]]

* Plankton does it to Spongebob and Patrick when they return [[FetchQuest with King Neptune's crown]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.

* Invoked in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans''. After Mark expresses empathy for legal immigrants at a staff meeting, Frank starts clapping sarcastically. Mark's partner Leonard joins in, and the two argue over whether Leonard was actually clapping sarcastically or going for a dramatic [[SlowClap slow building applause]]. Twayne has to shout "Stop clapping!"

* In ''Webcomic/{{Life}}'', the success of Felicia's plan to [[spoiler:maneuver Edward into asking her to prom]] [[http://www.cha0sden.com/Life.php?comic=243 elicits halfhearted applause from Madison.]]

* Hilariously done perfectly in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' where the Gryffindors envoke a few half-hearted claps with disgusted looks on their faces when Harry gets Merlin's Beard correctly and wins a vial of Felix Felicis. Even Hermione and Ron are dumbfounded by Harry's success.

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/{{Twitch}} and Website/YouTube. In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwhzqepj2PM Buying Hot Dogs Instead of Gift Cards (for Scammers)]]" he does this after the scammer completes the portion of the scam of claiming to have accidentally transferred way too much money to his bank account.
-->'''Scammer''': What are you doing? Are you clapping at me?

* Raiden in the first ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie. He was a good guy, but thought the good guy heroics were sadly lacking compared to the threat they faced.

* Invoked outright in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', by [[spoiler: the wax statue version of Literature/SherlockHolmes.]]

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', where series lead Dante demonstrates his disdain for the villains by doing this.
** Played straight in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'' when MonsterClown Jester pulls off TheReveal.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' has [[DeadpanSnarker Avon]] doing this to Blake, with impeccable timing and a perfectly calculated, calm sneer.
** Have an animated [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzhxmzvDxB1qboiiho1_400.gif .gif]].

** In "Revelations", Xander knocks a tray of drinks out of the hand of the waitress standing behind them, which cues a round of applause from everyone in the cafeteria (see Real Life).

* Used in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', when Buffy drops a tray in the cafeteria (see RealLife, below).
** Spike does this in one of his BadBoss moments. A henchvamp is fighting Buffy and shouts for Spike to give him a hand. Spike doesn't move, except to clap after Buffy stakes the vamp, thereby giving him a different kind of hand.

* In ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mary offers up a sarcastic three-clap applause directed at Bert's.. imaginative.. "high-wire act".

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' has this, first made well-known in their [[https://youtu.be/w_eAS1RiJk4?t=20s/ ice bucket challenge video]]. It eventually made it into the game [[https://youtu.be/tTcZuq0Msgg/ as an emote]].

* At the practice session for the 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championship, the announcer mistakenly announced Japanese figure skaters Creator/YuzuruHanyu and Shoma Uno as being from China. When they got to "Boyang Jin, from China!" (which was correct), Hanyu and his coach Brian Orser [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B-owS7posC6/?igshid=vreyudnzgtma laughs and claps.]]

** Azula does it during the beach, when she dismisses everyone else's problems as mere "performances".

* Invoked outright in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', by [[spoiler: the wax statue version of SherlockHolmes.]]

* A variation of this is used by the heroes in the movie ''Men At Work'': "Golf clap?" "Golf Clap." *cue polite clapping of the fingers against the palm*

* Nagi in episode 16 of ''Anime/MaiHime'', foreshadowing TheReveal immediately afterward.

* In a [[WholeEpisodeFlashback flashback episode]], Izaya from ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' does this to Shizuo the first time they meet, right after Shizuo's laid waste to an entire soccer field full of punks. Obviously, [[HairTriggerTemper Shizuo]] is ''not'' [[MegatonPunch impressed]].

* ''FanFic/JewelOfDarkness'': During the confrontation in Midnight's lair at the climax of the Jump City Arc, she does this after Cyborg gives her a KirkSummation, saying that it was very moving, and that she'll post it in memorium on the Internet for him. [[spoiler: Then Slade does it from the shadows after the Titans beat Midnight, putting her example to shame.]]

* ''FanFic/LetTheGalaxyBurn'': When Rhaegar orders Visenya to go to the North and bring her twin sister Baela back, she replies by clapping very slowly.

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 4'', where series lead Dante demonstrates his disdain for the villains by doing this.
** Played straight in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 3'' when MonsterClown Jester pulls off TheReveal.

* General Raveshaw from Command and Conquer Renegade does this when he finds you attempting to rescue the scientists in the Black Hand mansion.

* [[spoiler: Adachi]] in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' does this when the party finally reaches him in his dungeon.

* ''VideoGame/Portal2:'' [=GLaDOS=] claims to have a Slow Clap Processor built specifically for this purpose. It's also one of the few things that remains with her [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext when her consciousness gets transferred into a potato]]]].

* ''{{VideoGame/Destiny}}'' has this, first made well-known in their [[https://youtu.be/w_eAS1RiJk4?t=20s/ ice bucket challenge video]]. It eventually made it into the game [[https://youtu.be/tTcZuq0Msgg/ as an emote]].
* Reaper of ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'' has this as one of his emotes.

* In ''two'' Peter Ustinov film adaptations of Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot stories, ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' and ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'', this is the killer's response to Poirot's exposition during the SummationGathering - both times because they think he has no evidence.