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* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' gives Ezio the opportunity to insult his enemies (and [[YourMom their mothers]]) during battle (the cruder taunts are in untranslated Italian, but the spirit of what Ezio's saying comes across pretty well). The point is to enrage them into attacking directly, making them vulnerable to Ezio's devastating counter-attacks.

* Every ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' game since ''Mario Party 2'' includes taunts. However, starting with ''Mario Party 6'', you have to actually buy them first.
* In ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', if a character loses all of his lives in multiplayer, he's out of the game until the level's over. Until then, he's free to press a button to honk a horn or send applause at everyone else.
* ''VideoGame/MarioGolf'' and ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour'' let you either praise or taunt the player taking their turn while you wait for yours. Naturally, how the taunting goes depends on the character (for example, Wario and Waluigi seem to be purely made for taunting). ''Mario Golf: Advance Tour'' lets you write your own cheers and taunts, which can be transferred to ''Toadstool Tour'' for every character to say.
** Similarly, ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Mario Power Tennis]]'' lets you taunt by pressing the A button if the ball is not being sent to you. Doing a taunt would lower the opponent's power meter, making them wait longer to get a power shot. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity rages on if you managed to smack someone in the face with the ball as they taunt you.]]

*** [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], meanwhile, takes this trope UpToEleven and beyond with his "Mighty Speech", a taunt so long and so powerful that it builds his super meter. Of course, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim very few opponents would actually let you complete it in a fight]], but it's fun either way.

* The ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series have a Taunt button that, when used within a certain distance of enemies, raises your [[AwesomenessMeter style rating]] and gives you extra [[SuperMode DT orbs]]. The taunt animations themselves change based on what your current rank is and/or how long you hold down the button.

*** [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], meanwhile, takes this trope UpToEleven and beyond with his "[[FanNickname Mighty Speech]]", a taunt so long and so powerful that it builds his super meter. Of course, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim very few opponents would actually let you complete it in a fight]], but it's fun either way.

** The GBA ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart: Super Circuit'', for example. In ''Double Dash'', pressing the "use item" button with no item in hand causes the driver to honk and the passenger to taunt.

*** Fox, Falco, Snake, and Pit can also access {{Easter Egg}}s on their home stages through taunting (Corneria/Lylat Cruise, Shadow Moses Island, and Palutena's Temple respectively); these are [[http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/howto/technique/technique11.html known as Smash Taunts at the official Smash Bros. DOJO!!]].

** There's a good chance a few taunts are intractable. The two-player interactive taunt will allow players to do a certain action while the group taunt will allow players to join in the fun. The [[DanceLine conga]] taunt is one of the special cases, since you are able to earn the achivement when there's 10 players doing this taunt.
*** If you take a look, the Main/RockPaperScissors taunt allows players to play against each other. If the player wins the game against another player on the oppesite team, the losing player will be instantly killed! It's best to keep that in mind.

** Dan Hibiki of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' often has multiple taunts. [[JokeCharacter He even has a super that is basically an extended, glorified taunt that does nothing other than raising his and his opponent's super gauges.]]

*** ''Xrd'' finally gave Taunts an actual effect; Taunting the opponent gives them slightly more energy (Tension) for their Super Meter, and if performed after defeating said opponent, will give them 50% Tension in the next round. Taunts are advised for (over)confident players only.
*** This had a very small effect on the metagame, as while Taunts cannot be canceled out of, Respects can, allowing you to feint.

* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' features Morte's Litany of Curses, where Morte insults an opponent with a chance of driving them berserk and making them target Morte with melee attacks while taking a penalty to their attack, damage, and armor class, which is good as Morte is the party tank with the highest HP potential and the highest resistance to damage of any party member. It also completely neutralizes spellcasters.
* In the Jetstream DLC of ''Videogame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', Sam can taunt enemies, which causes them to be more aggressive but also decreases their defense. This works on everyone, including bosses for whom he has some unique lines.
* In ''Videogame/NierAutomata'', A2 has a taunt that works just like the above, enraging enemies while also making them take more damage. She has a unique taunt animation for every type of weapon.

** Finally, there are some taunts with non-lethal effects. The Medic can heal himself slightly with one, and slowly heal nearby allies with another one. The Heavy and Scout have [[PowerupFood lunchbox]] items where taunting is how you eat them to activate the effect.

** It's actually possible to ''OneHitKill'' someone with some of the taunts, which also earns you an achievement the first time you do it. However, taunts are slow to execute and must be well-aimed. Taunts depend on your active weapon aswell, and many classes can't perform a lethal Taunt at all unless they use a specific weapon.

** Finally, there are some taunts with non-lethal effects. The Medic can heal himself slightly with one, and slowly heal nearby allies with another one. The Heavy and Scout have PowerupFood items where taunting is how you eat them to activate the effect.
** Then there's the Soldier's Equalizer taunt which consists of him blowing himself up with a grenade.

* In ''Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing'', pressing A, B and C simultaneously will make your boxer shout "Come on and fight, you wimp!" or shortened version of the phrase.

In ''Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing'', pressing A, B and C simultaneously will make your boxer shout "Come on and fight, you wimp!" or shortened version of the phrase.

** ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'' also has audio taunts, including "I'll beat you back to Age of Empires!" and "All hail! King of the Losers!" And "[[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound Wololo!]]"[[note]]It's the priest's chant for converting a unit in the first game; the AI sometimes developed an inordinate fondness for spamming priests.[[/note]]

** ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'' also has audio taunts, including "I'll beat you back to Age of Empires!" and "All hail! King of the Losers!" And "[[MostAnnoyingSound Wololo!]]"[[note]]It's the priest's chant for converting a unit in the first game; the AI sometimes developed an inordinate fondness for spamming priests.[[/note]]

* In the GameMods ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' and ''Project Brutality'', there's a button to laugh at the demons as well as a button to FlipTheBird at them and shout something vaguely incoherent and obscene at them. Neither has much of a practical purpose, since all it does is just alert them that you're there--you might as well fire a gun at one of them if you really need to do that. What it does do, however, is [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu let you flip off all the various huge, powerful bosses in the series]] just because you ''can''. Do it to the Cyberdemon and enjoy the much more... ''rewarding'' fight.

*** Dedede's crouching animation where he casually lies on his side is also unofficially considered a fourth taunt for him. Fans joke that it's a [[Film/{{Titanic}} "Draw me like one of your French girls"]] pose.

*** Of interest is Luigi's taunt, more of a quirk, a bashful scuffing of the ground but it can actually do some damage - 1%. In ''Melee'', if you managed to [[FingerPokeOfDoom KO someone with a taunt]], you got a trophy, but if Luigi did it to someone hanging onto a ledge, [[EpicFail they would burst into flames and be sent hurtling downwards]]. Snake's taunt can hurt people too, but it's not as effective as Luigi's.
*** Fox, Falco, Snake, and Pit can also access {{Easter Egg}}s on their home stages through taunting (Corneria/Lylat Cruise, Shadow Moses Island, and Skyworld respectively); these are [[http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/howto/technique/technique11.html known as Smash Taunts at the official Smash Bros. DOJO!!]].
*** Dedede's crouching animation where he casually lies on his side (pictured above) is also unofficially considered a fourth taunt for him.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/{{Titanic}} Draw me like one of your]] Franchise/{{Street Fighter}}s..."]]

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' - You can even earn achievements for giving your opponent a freezecam shot of yourself taunting.