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* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'': After Zsasz shoots Harley with a tranquilizer dart, he kneels by her and [[VillainousFaceHold plays with her jaw to mimic her speaking]], as well as baring his chest full of scars marked for each of his victims. Harley can do little more than glare, and as she regains movement she relishes the chance to stab Zsasz over and over with the same dart after he's shot.
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* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'': ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'': After Zsasz shoots Harley with a tranquilizer dart, he kneels by her and [[VillainousFaceHold plays with her jaw to mimic her speaking]], as well as baring his chest full of scars marked for each of his victims. Harley can do little more than glare, and as she regains movement she relishes the chance to stab Zsasz over and over with the same dart after he's shot.
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* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Season Two's villain Sugou shows up while Kirito's visiting Asuna, who is still in a [=NerveGear=]-induced coma. Sugou proceeds to go beyond PervertedSniffing as in canon, and toys with Asuna's lip and speaks in falsetto to make her "agree" with him when he describes their impending marriage.
-->'''Sugou:''' ...And [[MindControl something]] tells me that she that she will be more than happy to say yes. Isn't that right, my dear?\\
'''"Asuna:"''' Oh yes, absolutely! I can't wait to break me off a piece of that sweet Sugou dick! You're ''so'' much hotter than my fake online-husband! I can't wait to wake up, just so I can wrap my moist lady parts around your--\\
'''Kirito:''' (''grabbing Sugou's wrist'') KNOCK IT OFF!
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* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Season Two's villain Sugou shows up while Kirito's visiting Asuna, who is still in a [=NerveGear=]-induced coma. Sugou proceeds to go beyond PervertedSniffing as in canon, and toys with Asuna's lip and speaks in falsetto to make her "agree" with him when he describes their impending marriage.
-->'''Sugou:''' ...And [[MindControl something]] tells me that she that she will be more than happy to say yes. Isn't that right, my dear?\\
'''"Asuna:"''' Oh yes, absolutely! I can't wait to break me off a piece of that sweet Sugou dick! You're ''so'' much hotter than my fake online-husband! I can't wait to wake up, just so I can wrap my moist lady parts around your--\\
'''Kirito:''' (''grabbing Sugou's wrist'') KNOCK IT OFF!
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Gus visits Hector in the hospital, Hector being almost completely paralyzed and mute from a stroke. He tells him a story about the way he made a creature suffer beyond any reason by keeping it alive for having crossed him. As such, he's determined to keep Hector alive... since he's not done with him.
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Gus ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': in the episode "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E6Pinata Pinata]]", Gustavo Fring visits Hector Salamanco in the hospital, Hector being almost completely paralyzed and mute hospital after his old enemy has been left comatose from a stroke. He tells him a story about the way he made a creature captive animal suffer beyond any reason by keeping it alive as revenge for having crossed him.him, [[CruelMercy keeping it alive in the face of long-term torture]]. As such, he's determined to keep Hector alive... since he's not done with him.
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A lot of types of EvilGloating can go into the taunting of the character, particularly [[JustBetweenYouAndMe the villain revealing their plan]], going on a MotiveRant, or [[AndYourLittleDogToo talking about they're going to do to other characters]].
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* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Laufey, king of the Frost Giants and Odin's ArchEnemy, gains access to Odin's chambers while Odin is in the Odinsleep, basically a magical coma Odin needs to recharge himself. Laufey opens Odin's eye, remarks that Odin is supposed to be aware of what's going on around him while he's in the Odinsleep, and hopes it's true so he can see that it's Laufey that kills him. He then forms an ice dagger to kill Odin, but is struck down and then killed by Loki.
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* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Laufey, king of the Frost Giants and Odin's ArchEnemy, gains access to Odin's chambers while Odin is in the Odinsleep, basically a magical coma Odin needs to recharge himself. Laufey opens Odin's eye, remarks that Odin is supposed to be aware of what's going on around him while he's in the Odinsleep, and hopes it's true so he can see that it's Laufey that kills him. He then forms an ice dagger to kill Odin, Odin but is struck down and then killed by Loki.
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3WhiteAndBlue'': Following the HopelessBossFight against Bass, the villain taunts the unconscious hero, expressing how disappointed he is that [=MegaMan=] was unable to provide him with a proper challenge, and declares that he deserves to be deleted.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes:'' Destroyman tricks Travis into shaking hands which puts the latter in range of being electrocuted by the "Destroy Spark". As Travis lays on the ground half conscious, Destroyman breaks into mocking laughter.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes:'' Destroyman tricks Travis into shaking hands which puts the latter in range of being electrocuted by the "Destroy Spark". As Travis lays on the ground half conscious, Destroyman breaks into mocking laughter.
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* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3WhiteAndBlue'': Following the HopelessBossFight against Bass, the villain taunts the unconscious hero, expressing how disappointed he is that [=MegaMan=] was unable to provide him with a proper challenge, challenge and declares that he deserves to be deleted.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes:'' Destroyman tricks Travis into shaking hands which puts the latter in range of being electrocuted by the "Destroy Spark". As Travis lays on the groundhalf conscious, half-conscious, Destroyman breaks into mocking laughter.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes:'' Destroyman tricks Travis into shaking hands which puts the latter in range of being electrocuted by the "Destroy Spark". As Travis lays on the ground
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* Played with in ''{{ComicBook/Tintin}}''. After Professor Calculus falls into a hole and loses his memory, Haddock attempts various means to restore his memory, none of which snap Calculus out of his catatonia. The last one is a BedsheetGhost which fails when Haddock trips over his costume, and he angrily calls himself a goat. Calculus' hearing [[EarTrumpet being what it is]], he thinks Haddock called ''him'' a goat, and is InsultedAwake (having fallen in the hole during an extended UnstoppableRage sequence after Haddock learned Calculus' personal BerserkButton was being accused of "acting the goat"), chasing Haddock around the room.
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* Played with in ''{{ComicBook/Tintin}}''.''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}''. After Professor Calculus falls into a hole and loses his memory, Haddock attempts various means to restore his memory, none of which snap Calculus out of his catatonia. The last one is a BedsheetGhost which fails when Haddock trips over his costume, and he angrily calls himself a goat. Calculus' hearing [[EarTrumpet being what it is]], he thinks Haddock called ''him'' a goat, and is InsultedAwake (having fallen in the hole during an extended UnstoppableRage sequence after Haddock learned Calculus' personal BerserkButton was being accused of "acting the goat"), chasing Haddock around the room.
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** At the end of the movie, Daniels realizes far too late that [[KillAndReplace David has replaced Walter]]. David activates the cryosleep function of her stasis pod; as she goes unconscious, he says "Don't let the bedbugs bite", both mocking her inescapable predicament and ironically calling back to him saying that he was going to do to her what he did to Elizabeth Shaw--namely, vivisect her for [[EvilutionaryBiologist his alien breeding experiments]].
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** At the end of the movie, Daniels realizes far too late that [[KillAndReplace David has replaced Walter]]. David activates the cryosleep function of her stasis pod; as she goes unconscious, he says "Don't let the bedbugs bite", both mocking her inescapable predicament and ironically calling back to him saying that he was going to do to her what he did to Elizabeth Shaw--namely, Shaw -- namely, vivisect her for [[EvilutionaryBiologist his alien breeding experiments]].
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* ''Film/GetOut2017'': Chris is subjected to a hypnotic trigger that causes him to fall into a trance. As he collapses on the ground, his fleeting consciousness is represented by him plummeting into a black void, and the last thing he hears before being swallowed by the darkness is Rose teasingly calling him one of her favourite victims.
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* ''Film/GetOut2017'': ''Film/{{Get Out|2017}}'': Chris is subjected to a hypnotic trigger that causes him to fall into a trance. As he collapses on the ground, his fleeting consciousness is represented by him plummeting into a black void, and the last thing he hears before being swallowed by the darkness is Rose teasingly calling him one of her favourite victims.
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-->Surprise, asshole! Bet you never saw this coming, did you? God, I wish I could be there when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens, so right then, you'd know it was me.
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* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E20TheTrap The Trap]]", a flashback has Eobard Thawn taunt a comatose Barry. Thawn is disguised as Dr. Harrison Wells at this point and totally alone with Barry who is in his care, making this NightmareFuel as he tells his unconscious patient how easily he could kill him right now [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou if he didn't still need him]], but once that's no longer the case [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Barry will die]].
-->'''Wells!Thawn:''' You look so young. And I could kill you, right now, so easy. What I wouldn't have given... Oh, all those times before I've had you like this, so helpless, but fate... fate's tricky, isn't it? I come here to destroy you, and then to get home I have to be the one who creates you. Huh. But I will say, it's been an education, watching you grow up all these years -- science fairs and soccer games -- no hint, no sign, no trace of the man you will be one day -- for whom I have nothing but hate. And to be clear, nothing is forgiven. There will be a reckoning, I promise you, Barry Allen, then you will die.
-->'''Wells!Thawn:''' You look so young. And I could kill you, right now, so easy. What I wouldn't have given... Oh, all those times before I've had you like this, so helpless, but fate... fate's tricky, isn't it? I come here to destroy you, and then to get home I have to be the one who creates you. Huh. But I will say, it's been an education, watching you grow up all these years -- science fairs and soccer games -- no hint, no sign, no trace of the man you will be one day -- for whom I have nothing but hate. And to be clear, nothing is forgiven. There will be a reckoning, I promise you, Barry Allen, then you will die.
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* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'': In "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E20TheTrap The Trap]]", a flashback has Eobard Thawn taunt a comatose Barry. Thawn is disguised as Dr. Harrison Wells at this point and totally alone with Barry who is in his care, making this NightmareFuel as he tells his unconscious patient how easily he could kill him right now [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou if he didn't still need him]], but once that's no longer the case [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Barry will die]].
-->'''Wells!Thawn:''' -->'''Thawn:''' You look so young. And I could kill you, right now, so easy. What I wouldn't have given... Oh, all those times before I've had you like this, so helpless, but fate... fate's tricky, isn't it? I come here to destroy you, and then to get home I have to be the one who creates you. Huh. But I will say, it's been an education, watching you grow up all these years -- science fairs and soccer games -- no hint, no sign, no trace of the man you will be one day -- for whom I have nothing but hate. And to be clear, nothing is forgiven. There will be a reckoning, I promise you, Barry Allen, then you will die.
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'''Ozai:''' *''feebly''* I am the Phoenix King... *''falls down drooling''*\\
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': In "[[Recap/Ben10S2E13BackWithAVengeance Back With a Vengeance]]", the first thing Kevin says when he sees a frozen Vilgax is "You don't look so tough". Vilgax then breaks free from the ice and shows Kevin why saying that was a bad idea.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': In "[[Recap/Ben10S2E13BackWithAVengeance Back With with a Vengeance]]", the first thing Kevin says when he sees a frozen Vilgax is "You don't look so tough". tough." Vilgax then breaks free from the ice and shows Kevin why saying that was a bad idea.
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* ''Film/{{Dune}}'': After Duke Leto has been taken prisoner by Baron Harkonnen's forces, he is brought before the Baron and his Mentat, Piter de Vries, heavily drugged and barely conscious. The Baron is aggravated that he can't find Leto's signet ring, and in these moments Leto wakes up just enough to remember that Dr. Yueh gave him a fake tooth filled with poison gas that he can use to [[TakingYouWithMe kill both the Baron and himself with]]. Unfortunately, in his stupor Leto mixes up Piter and the Baron's faces as he bites the tooth and expels the gas; Piter gets a full dose, but the Baron is well away from the table and is unharmed.
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-->'''Ozai:''' *''feebly''* I am the Phoenix King... *''falls down drooling''*\\
'''Sokka:''' Yeah, Phoenix King of Getting His Butt Kicked.
'''Sokka:''' Yeah, Phoenix King of Getting His Butt Kicked.
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-->'''Piter:''' Perhaps we should get on with it then?
-->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Get on with it? ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS-IS-KANLY]], Piter! Vendetta!'' And I am going to savor every minute of it. My family has hated the Atreides for generations. They have been the sand in our eyes, the ''stink'' at our meals. These arrogant Atreides, ''always'' standing in our way. I want Leto to appreciate the ''beauty'', of what I have done to him. I want him to know that [[SuddenlyShouting I, BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN]], am the instrument of his family's demise, the extinction of House Atreides, and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
-->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Get on with it? ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS-IS-KANLY]], Piter! Vendetta!'' And I am going to savor every minute of it. My family has hated the Atreides for generations. They have been the sand in our eyes, the ''stink'' at our meals. These arrogant Atreides, ''always'' standing in our way. I want Leto to appreciate the ''beauty'', of what I have done to him. I want him to know that [[SuddenlyShouting I, BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN]], am the instrument of his family's demise, the extinction of House Atreides, and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
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-->'''Piter:''' Perhaps we should get on with it then?
-->'''Baronthen?\\
'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Get on with it? ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS-IS-KANLY]], Piter! Vendetta!'' And I am going to savor every minute of it. My family has hated the Atreides for generations. They have been the sand in our eyes, the ''stink'' at our meals. These arrogant Atreides, ''always'' standing in our way. I want Leto to appreciate the ''beauty'', of what I have done to him. I want him to know that [[SuddenlyShouting I, BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN]], am the instrument of his family's demise, the extinction of House Atreides, and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
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'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Get on with it? ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS-IS-KANLY]], Piter! Vendetta!'' And I am going to savor every minute of it. My family has hated the Atreides for generations. They have been the sand in our eyes, the ''stink'' at our meals. These arrogant Atreides, ''always'' standing in our way. I want Leto to appreciate the ''beauty'', of what I have done to him. I want him to know that [[SuddenlyShouting I, BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN]], am the instrument of his family's demise, the extinction of House Atreides, and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
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-->'''Sokka:'''drooling''*\\
'''Sokka:''' Yeah, Phoenix King of Getting His Butt Kicked.
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'''Sokka:''' Yeah, Phoenix King of Getting His Butt Kicked.
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When a character is or becomes unconscious, comatose, or otherwise insensate, another character may stand around and taunt them, or possibly do something to them that isn't violent but still takes advantage of their inability to respond or defend themselves. If it's being done by an antagonist, it's often done to mock the character for allowing themself to fall victim to the antagonist's plan or to belittle them as being unworthy of the antagonist's attention. Another way this can happen is if a character that has been belittled and/or tormented finds their tormentor in such a state and vents their frustration at them or makes fun of them for now being unable to protect themselves.
A lot of types of EvilGloating can go into the taunting of the character, particularly [[JustBetweenYouAndMe the villain revealing their plan]], going on a MotiveRant, or [[AndYourLittleDogToo talking about they're going to do to other characters]].
Can lead to a NotQuiteDead or InsultedAwake encounter if the character being taunted is either faking their insensate state or recovers unexpectedly.
FaceDoodling is a nonverbal way to do the same thing, especially if the doodles are obscene and/or insulting to the person being drawn on.
{{Sister Trope}}s:
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious, where someone simply talks to someone in such a state.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown, when someone physically abuses someone who can't retaliate; it can and sometimes does go hand in hand with this trope.
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* BondOneLiner, for when someone makes a bad joke about someone they just ''killed''.
* DesecratingTheDead, when someone's corpse is violated for the same kinds of reasons as this trope.
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* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': After defeating Lovecraft, Chuuya has Dazai promise to bring him back to the base when he faints from the strain Corruption puts on his body. However, instead of just heading back alone like in the manga, in the stage play, Dazai makes fun of Chuuya by dragging his unconscious body around while singing an insulting song and putting him in a humiliating pose before leaving the other man passed out in the woods.
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* Played with in ''{{ComicBook/Tintin}}''. After Professor Calculus falls into a hole and loses his memory, Haddock attempts various means to restore his memory, none of which snap Calculus out of his catatonia. The last one is a BedsheetGhost which fails when Haddock trips over his costume, and he angrily calls himself a goat. Calculus' hearing [[EarTrumpet being what it is]], he thinks Haddock called ''him'' a goat, and is InsultedAwake (having fallen in the hole during an extended UnstoppableRage sequence after Haddock learned Calculus' personal BerserkButton was being accused of "acting the goat"), chasing Haddock around the room.
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* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. Cera finds [[BigBad Sharptooth]] apparently either dead or unconscious after being knocked into a crevasse by Littlefoot's mother Mama Longneck. After a moment of fearful hiding, she decides to prove she's not afraid of him by sticking her tongue out right in front of him and headbutting him. Then he immediately wakes up, and the terrified Cera high-tails it out of there.
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* [[RoboticPsychopath David]] does this twice in ''Film/AlienCovenant'':
** He lures Oram into the room where the fully developed alien eggs are located, setting up Oram to be attacked by a facehugger. While Oram lies unconscious, David sits on a rock ledge a few feet above him and idly tosses pebbles at his head until he comes to.
** At the end of the movie, Daniels realizes far too late that [[KillAndReplace David has replaced Walter]]. David activates the cryosleep function of her stasis pod; as she goes unconscious, he says "Don't let the bedbugs bite", both mocking her inescapable predicament and ironically calling back to him saying that he was going to do to her what he did to Elizabeth Shaw--namely, vivisect her for [[EvilutionaryBiologist his alien breeding experiments]].
* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'': After Zsasz shoots Harley with a tranquilizer dart, he kneels by her and [[VillainousFaceHold plays with her jaw to mimic her speaking]], as well as baring his chest full of scars marked for each of his victims. Harley can do little more than glare, and as she regains movement she relishes the chance to stab Zsasz over and over with the same dart after he's shot.
* ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. Constantine's apprentice Chaz Kramer tries to enter Papa Midnite's club, but is denied entry by the bouncer because he isn't psychic and can't tell that a hidden card depicts "a rat in a dress". Later in the movie, Constantine knocks out the bouncer. Chaz takes advantage of the opportunity to taunt the unconscious bouncer by saying "Who's a rat in a dress now, huh, bitch?"
* ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'': Every single member of the inner circle reacts with a big show of grief upon discovering that Stalin is half-dead from a stroke...except for [[TheSpymaster Lavrentiy]] [[TheDreaded Beria]]. Not only does he poke fun at the fact that Stalin's [[PottyFailure clearly pissed himself]], but as soon as the unconscious General Secretary is hauled into bed, Beria whispers into his ear, "You have a ''nice'' long sleep, old man. [[TheStarscream I'll take it from here.]]" Incidentally, this is TruthInTelevision: Beria supposedly reacted with open mockery when Stalin was on his deathbed, and immediately fell back on toadying when it looked as if he might be recovering.
* ''Film/{{Dune}}'': After Duke Leto has been taken prisoner by Baron Harkonnen's forces, he is brought before the Baron and his Mentat, Piter de Vries, heavily drugged and barely conscious. The Baron is aggravated that he can't find Leto's signet ring, and in these moments Leto wakes up just enough to remember that Dr. Yueh gave him a fake tooth filled with poison gas that he can use to [[TakingYouWithMe kill both the Baron and himself with]]. Unfortunately, in his stupor Leto mixes up Piter and the Baron's faces as he bites the tooth and expels the gas; Piter gets a full dose, but the Baron is well away from the table and is unharmed.
* ''Film/GetOut2017'': Chris is subjected to a hypnotic trigger that causes him to fall into a trance. As he collapses on the ground, his fleeting consciousness is represented by him plummeting into a black void, and the last thing he hears before being swallowed by the darkness is Rose teasingly calling him one of her favourite victims.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'': After Morpheus has been taken prisoner by the Agents and Cypher reveals to Trinity and the others who are still in the Matrix that he's betrayed them, he sits astraddle the jacked-in Morpheus and mocks him for not seeing what was about to happen.
-->Surprise, asshole! Bet you never saw this coming, did you? God, I wish I could be there when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens, so right then, you'd know it was me.
* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Laufey, king of the Frost Giants and Odin's ArchEnemy, gains access to Odin's chambers while Odin is in the Odinsleep, basically a magical coma Odin needs to recharge himself. Laufey opens Odin's eye, remarks that Odin is supposed to be aware of what's going on around him while he's in the Odinsleep, and hopes it's true so he can see that it's Laufey that kills him. He then forms an ice dagger to kill Odin, but is struck down and then killed by Loki.
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* ''Literature/{{Flawed}}'': When Celestine winds up at the Guild's hospital, she discovers [[spoiler:Pia, Colleen, Natasha, Gavin, Logan, and Mr. Berry]] drugged and in a frozen, unreacting state to keep them from sharing information they have. She has to pretend to be frozen, too, when two Whistleblowers come by and start to mock the incapacitated characters. They even take a picture with Celestine, thinking her too drugged to understand. She manages to scare one of them by moving during the picture.
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* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E20TheTrap The Trap]]", a flashback has Eobard Thawn taunt a comatose Barry. Thawn is disguised as Dr. Harrison Wells at this point and totally alone with Barry who is in his care, making this NightmareFuel as he tells his unconscious patient how easily he could kill him right now [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou if he didn't still need him]], but once that's no longer the case [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Barry will die]].
-->'''Wells!Thawn:''' You look so young. And I could kill you, right now, so easy. What I wouldn't have given... Oh, all those times before I've had you like this, so helpless, but fate... fate's tricky, isn't it? I come here to destroy you, and then to get home I have to be the one who creates you. Huh. But I will say, it's been an education, watching you grow up all these years -- science fairs and soccer games -- no hint, no sign, no trace of the man you will be one day -- for whom I have nothing but hate. And to be clear, nothing is forgiven. There will be a reckoning, I promise you, Barry Allen, then you will die.
* ''Series/FrankHerbertsDune'': In this version, during the confrontation between Leto, Baron Harkonnen, and Piter de Vries, Leto is awake and sitting upright but paralyzed, and can only watch as Dr. Yueh [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves is disposed of by the Baron's men]]. Piter tries to get the Baron [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim to go ahead and just kill Leto]], but the Baron instead gloats about how he will bring about the destruction of House Atreides. Leto releases the poison gas in his fake tooth, killing himself, Piter, and the Sardukar surrounding them, but the Baron is able to float away before the gas can reach him.
-->'''Piter:''' Perhaps we should get on with it then?
-->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Get on with it? ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS-IS-KANLY]], Piter! Vendetta!'' And I am going to savor every minute of it. My family has hated the Atreides for generations. They have been the sand in our eyes, the ''stink'' at our meals. These arrogant Atreides, ''always'' standing in our way. I want Leto to appreciate the ''beauty'', of what I have done to him. I want him to know that [[SuddenlyShouting I, BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN]], am the instrument of his family's demise, the extinction of House Atreides, and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In "[[Recap/ScrubsS2E15HisStory His Story]]", Dr. Cox performs a physical on Dr. Kelso and discovers he has high blood pressure, which could have led to his death if not for Cox. When Kelso thanks him for it, Cox resists the urge to rub it in his face. However, Cox still feels the need to be a jerk to someone, so he insults a comatose patient.
* Franchise/StarTrek:
** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave Shore Leave]]", Kirk gets into a fistfight with a man named Finnegan, and at one point Finnegan [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretends his back is broken]]. When Kirk falls for it, prodding him in the leg and asking if he can feel that, Finnegan suddenly ambushes him and knocks him out. As Kirk lies on the ground unconscious, Finnegan says to him, "[[IronicEcho Can you feel that]], now?"
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore Datalore]]", after Lore incapacitates Data and leaves him lying immobile in his quarters, he snidely remarks "And you want to be as stupid as them, brother?", then [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicks Data in the head a couple of times]].
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3WhiteAndBlue'': Following the HopelessBossFight against Bass, the villain taunts the unconscious hero, expressing how disappointed he is that [=MegaMan=] was unable to provide him with a proper challenge, and declares that he deserves to be deleted.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes:'' Destroyman tricks Travis into shaking hands which puts the latter in range of being electrocuted by the "Destroy Spark". As Travis lays on the ground half conscious, Destroyman breaks into mocking laughter.
-->'''Destroyman:''' Oh, this is great! Is this guy an idiot or what?! Hahaha!... You fell for the oldest trick in the book!
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': After getting his butt stomped by Aang in the finale, Ozai can only offer a feeble retort before falling unconscious, leaving himself open to ridicule by the rest of the Gaang.
-->'''Ozai:''' *''feebly''* I am the Phoenix King... *''falls down drooling''*
-->'''Sokka:''' Yeah, Phoenix King of Getting His Butt Kicked.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': In "[[Recap/Ben10S2E13BackWithAVengeance Back With a Vengeance]]", the first thing Kevin says when he sees a frozen Vilgax is "You don't look so tough". Vilgax then breaks free from the ice and shows Kevin why saying that was a bad idea.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In the animated adaptation of ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', Mongul knocks out Wonder Woman, then picks her up and starts handling her body as if it was a child's toy. He calls her an "inferior specimen" and states that, if this is the best Earth has to offer, he will easily be able to conquer it.
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Indexes: ADishonorableIndex, CynicismTropes, ExternalizingInternalMonologue, TropesToCope, InsultTropes
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When a character is or becomes unconscious, comatose, or otherwise insensate, another character may stand around and taunt them, or possibly do something to them that isn't violent but still takes advantage of their inability to respond or defend themselves. If it's being done by an antagonist, it's often done to mock the character for allowing themself to fall victim to the antagonist's plan or to belittle them as being unworthy of the antagonist's attention. Another way this can happen is if a character that has been belittled and/or tormented finds their tormentor in such a state and vents their frustration at them or makes fun of them for now being unable to protect themselves.
A lot of types of EvilGloating can go into the taunting of the character, particularly [[JustBetweenYouAndMe the villain revealing their plan]], going on a MotiveRant, or [[AndYourLittleDogToo talking about they're going to do to other characters]].
Can lead to a NotQuiteDead or InsultedAwake encounter if the character being taunted is either faking their insensate state or recovers unexpectedly.
FaceDoodling is a nonverbal way to do the same thing, especially if the doodles are obscene and/or insulting to the person being drawn on.
{{Sister Trope}}s:
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious, where someone simply talks to someone in such a state.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown, when someone physically abuses someone who can't retaliate; it can and sometimes does go hand in hand with this trope.
Compare:
* BondOneLiner, for when someone makes a bad joke about someone they just ''killed''.
* DesecratingTheDead, when someone's corpse is violated for the same kinds of reasons as this trope.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': After defeating Lovecraft, Chuuya has Dazai promise to bring him back to the base when he faints from the strain Corruption puts on his body. However, instead of just heading back alone like in the manga, in the stage play, Dazai makes fun of Chuuya by dragging his unconscious body around while singing an insulting song and putting him in a humiliating pose before leaving the other man passed out in the woods.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Played with in ''{{ComicBook/Tintin}}''. After Professor Calculus falls into a hole and loses his memory, Haddock attempts various means to restore his memory, none of which snap Calculus out of his catatonia. The last one is a BedsheetGhost which fails when Haddock trips over his costume, and he angrily calls himself a goat. Calculus' hearing [[EarTrumpet being what it is]], he thinks Haddock called ''him'' a goat, and is InsultedAwake (having fallen in the hole during an extended UnstoppableRage sequence after Haddock learned Calculus' personal BerserkButton was being accused of "acting the goat"), chasing Haddock around the room.
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[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. Cera finds [[BigBad Sharptooth]] apparently either dead or unconscious after being knocked into a crevasse by Littlefoot's mother Mama Longneck. After a moment of fearful hiding, she decides to prove she's not afraid of him by sticking her tongue out right in front of him and headbutting him. Then he immediately wakes up, and the terrified Cera high-tails it out of there.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* [[RoboticPsychopath David]] does this twice in ''Film/AlienCovenant'':
** He lures Oram into the room where the fully developed alien eggs are located, setting up Oram to be attacked by a facehugger. While Oram lies unconscious, David sits on a rock ledge a few feet above him and idly tosses pebbles at his head until he comes to.
** At the end of the movie, Daniels realizes far too late that [[KillAndReplace David has replaced Walter]]. David activates the cryosleep function of her stasis pod; as she goes unconscious, he says "Don't let the bedbugs bite", both mocking her inescapable predicament and ironically calling back to him saying that he was going to do to her what he did to Elizabeth Shaw--namely, vivisect her for [[EvilutionaryBiologist his alien breeding experiments]].
* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'': After Zsasz shoots Harley with a tranquilizer dart, he kneels by her and [[VillainousFaceHold plays with her jaw to mimic her speaking]], as well as baring his chest full of scars marked for each of his victims. Harley can do little more than glare, and as she regains movement she relishes the chance to stab Zsasz over and over with the same dart after he's shot.
* ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. Constantine's apprentice Chaz Kramer tries to enter Papa Midnite's club, but is denied entry by the bouncer because he isn't psychic and can't tell that a hidden card depicts "a rat in a dress". Later in the movie, Constantine knocks out the bouncer. Chaz takes advantage of the opportunity to taunt the unconscious bouncer by saying "Who's a rat in a dress now, huh, bitch?"
* ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'': Every single member of the inner circle reacts with a big show of grief upon discovering that Stalin is half-dead from a stroke...except for [[TheSpymaster Lavrentiy]] [[TheDreaded Beria]]. Not only does he poke fun at the fact that Stalin's [[PottyFailure clearly pissed himself]], but as soon as the unconscious General Secretary is hauled into bed, Beria whispers into his ear, "You have a ''nice'' long sleep, old man. [[TheStarscream I'll take it from here.]]" Incidentally, this is TruthInTelevision: Beria supposedly reacted with open mockery when Stalin was on his deathbed, and immediately fell back on toadying when it looked as if he might be recovering.
* ''Film/{{Dune}}'': After Duke Leto has been taken prisoner by Baron Harkonnen's forces, he is brought before the Baron and his Mentat, Piter de Vries, heavily drugged and barely conscious. The Baron is aggravated that he can't find Leto's signet ring, and in these moments Leto wakes up just enough to remember that Dr. Yueh gave him a fake tooth filled with poison gas that he can use to [[TakingYouWithMe kill both the Baron and himself with]]. Unfortunately, in his stupor Leto mixes up Piter and the Baron's faces as he bites the tooth and expels the gas; Piter gets a full dose, but the Baron is well away from the table and is unharmed.
* ''Film/GetOut2017'': Chris is subjected to a hypnotic trigger that causes him to fall into a trance. As he collapses on the ground, his fleeting consciousness is represented by him plummeting into a black void, and the last thing he hears before being swallowed by the darkness is Rose teasingly calling him one of her favourite victims.
* ''Film/TheMatrix'': After Morpheus has been taken prisoner by the Agents and Cypher reveals to Trinity and the others who are still in the Matrix that he's betrayed them, he sits astraddle the jacked-in Morpheus and mocks him for not seeing what was about to happen.
-->Surprise, asshole! Bet you never saw this coming, did you? God, I wish I could be there when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens, so right then, you'd know it was me.
* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Laufey, king of the Frost Giants and Odin's ArchEnemy, gains access to Odin's chambers while Odin is in the Odinsleep, basically a magical coma Odin needs to recharge himself. Laufey opens Odin's eye, remarks that Odin is supposed to be aware of what's going on around him while he's in the Odinsleep, and hopes it's true so he can see that it's Laufey that kills him. He then forms an ice dagger to kill Odin, but is struck down and then killed by Loki.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/{{Flawed}}'': When Celestine winds up at the Guild's hospital, she discovers [[spoiler:Pia, Colleen, Natasha, Gavin, Logan, and Mr. Berry]] drugged and in a frozen, unreacting state to keep them from sharing information they have. She has to pretend to be frozen, too, when two Whistleblowers come by and start to mock the incapacitated characters. They even take a picture with Celestine, thinking her too drugged to understand. She manages to scare one of them by moving during the picture.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': In "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E20TheTrap The Trap]]", a flashback has Eobard Thawn taunt a comatose Barry. Thawn is disguised as Dr. Harrison Wells at this point and totally alone with Barry who is in his care, making this NightmareFuel as he tells his unconscious patient how easily he could kill him right now [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou if he didn't still need him]], but once that's no longer the case [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Barry will die]].
-->'''Wells!Thawn:''' You look so young. And I could kill you, right now, so easy. What I wouldn't have given... Oh, all those times before I've had you like this, so helpless, but fate... fate's tricky, isn't it? I come here to destroy you, and then to get home I have to be the one who creates you. Huh. But I will say, it's been an education, watching you grow up all these years -- science fairs and soccer games -- no hint, no sign, no trace of the man you will be one day -- for whom I have nothing but hate. And to be clear, nothing is forgiven. There will be a reckoning, I promise you, Barry Allen, then you will die.
* ''Series/FrankHerbertsDune'': In this version, during the confrontation between Leto, Baron Harkonnen, and Piter de Vries, Leto is awake and sitting upright but paralyzed, and can only watch as Dr. Yueh [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves is disposed of by the Baron's men]]. Piter tries to get the Baron [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim to go ahead and just kill Leto]], but the Baron instead gloats about how he will bring about the destruction of House Atreides. Leto releases the poison gas in his fake tooth, killing himself, Piter, and the Sardukar surrounding them, but the Baron is able to float away before the gas can reach him.
-->'''Piter:''' Perhaps we should get on with it then?
-->'''Baron Harkonnen:''' Get on with it? ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS-IS-KANLY]], Piter! Vendetta!'' And I am going to savor every minute of it. My family has hated the Atreides for generations. They have been the sand in our eyes, the ''stink'' at our meals. These arrogant Atreides, ''always'' standing in our way. I want Leto to appreciate the ''beauty'', of what I have done to him. I want him to know that [[SuddenlyShouting I, BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN]], am the instrument of his family's demise, the extinction of House Atreides, and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In "[[Recap/ScrubsS2E15HisStory His Story]]", Dr. Cox performs a physical on Dr. Kelso and discovers he has high blood pressure, which could have led to his death if not for Cox. When Kelso thanks him for it, Cox resists the urge to rub it in his face. However, Cox still feels the need to be a jerk to someone, so he insults a comatose patient.
* Franchise/StarTrek:
** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave Shore Leave]]", Kirk gets into a fistfight with a man named Finnegan, and at one point Finnegan [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretends his back is broken]]. When Kirk falls for it, prodding him in the leg and asking if he can feel that, Finnegan suddenly ambushes him and knocks him out. As Kirk lies on the ground unconscious, Finnegan says to him, "[[IronicEcho Can you feel that]], now?"
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore Datalore]]", after Lore incapacitates Data and leaves him lying immobile in his quarters, he snidely remarks "And you want to be as stupid as them, brother?", then [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicks Data in the head a couple of times]].
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3WhiteAndBlue'': Following the HopelessBossFight against Bass, the villain taunts the unconscious hero, expressing how disappointed he is that [=MegaMan=] was unable to provide him with a proper challenge, and declares that he deserves to be deleted.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes:'' Destroyman tricks Travis into shaking hands which puts the latter in range of being electrocuted by the "Destroy Spark". As Travis lays on the ground half conscious, Destroyman breaks into mocking laughter.
-->'''Destroyman:''' Oh, this is great! Is this guy an idiot or what?! Hahaha!... You fell for the oldest trick in the book!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': After getting his butt stomped by Aang in the finale, Ozai can only offer a feeble retort before falling unconscious, leaving himself open to ridicule by the rest of the Gaang.
-->'''Ozai:''' *''feebly''* I am the Phoenix King... *''falls down drooling''*
-->'''Sokka:''' Yeah, Phoenix King of Getting His Butt Kicked.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': In "[[Recap/Ben10S2E13BackWithAVengeance Back With a Vengeance]]", the first thing Kevin says when he sees a frozen Vilgax is "You don't look so tough". Vilgax then breaks free from the ice and shows Kevin why saying that was a bad idea.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In the animated adaptation of ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', Mongul knocks out Wonder Woman, then picks her up and starts handling her body as if it was a child's toy. He calls her an "inferior specimen" and states that, if this is the best Earth has to offer, he will easily be able to conquer it.
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Indexes: ADishonorableIndex, CynicismTropes, ExternalizingInternalMonologue, TropesToCope, InsultTropes
