History Main / VolleyingInsults

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively. Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other. Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass". The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy. "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''. Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss:

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''. The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it. "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong. That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his "greatest hits" can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing. They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue. Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up. Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively.\\\
Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other.\\\
Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass".\\\
The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy
** "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"%%It's NOT part of a Calvin vs. Susie argument; it's part of a Calvin vs. Hobbes one.
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'':

*** Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss.

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").\\\
The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it.
*** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong.\\\
That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his 'greatest hits' can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing.\\\
They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue.\\\
Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up.\\\
Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively. Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other. Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass". The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy. "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''. Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss:

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''. The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it. "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong. That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his "greatest hits" can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing. They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue. Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up. Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively.\\\
Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other.\\\
Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass".\\\
The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy
** "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"%%It's NOT part of a Calvin vs. Susie argument; it's part of a Calvin vs. Hobbes one.
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'':

*** Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss.

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").\\\
The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it.
*** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong.\\\
That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his 'greatest hits' can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing.\\\
They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue.\\\
Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up.\\\
Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

** "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"%%It's NOT part of a Calvin vs. Susie argument, it's part of a Calvin vs. Hobbes one.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively. Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other. Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass". The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy. "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''. Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss:

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''. The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it. "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong. That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his "greatest hits" can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing. They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue. Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up. Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively.\\\
Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other.\\\
Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass".\\\
The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy
** "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"%%It's NOT part of a Calvin vs. Susie argument, it's part of a Calvin vs. Hobbes one.
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'':

*** Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss.

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").\\\
The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it.
*** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong.\\\
That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his 'greatest hits' can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing.\\\
They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue.\\\
Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up.\\\
Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively. Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other. Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass". The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
** Often exchanged by the title characters. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting "impressions" of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin:''' Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes:''' Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy. "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"
[[/folder]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''. Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss:

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''. The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it. "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong. That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his "greatest hits" can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing. They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue. Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up. Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively.\\\
Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other.\\\
Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass".\\\
The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

** Also Calvin and Suzy
** "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'':

*** Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss.

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").\\\
The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it.
*** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong.\\\
That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his 'greatest hits' can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing.\\\
They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue.\\\
Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up.\\\
Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

!!Examples

** Sanji and Zoro; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively. Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other. Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

** Naruto and Sasuke do this often in the beginning. One flashback has Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass". The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.

** Also Calvin and Suzy. "WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!"

* ''Literature/ATheBartimaeusTrilogy'': Bartimaeus and Nathaniel, nigh-constantly.

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''. Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss:

* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''. The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").

** ''VideoGame/EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it. "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]"

* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong. That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.

* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his 'greatest hits' can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing. They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue. Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* Creator/RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's ''Film/TheBrownBunny'' as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of ''The Brown Bunny''."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up. Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* Sanji and Zoro from ''OnePiece''; the two fight constantly, and their contests end with "love-cook" and "marimo", respectively.
** Lately, Sanji has gone straight into using "Zoro-kun" to fake concern for him. After the time-skip, the first thing they do when they meet up again is insult each other.
** Not one to be left behind, Zoro now calls Sanji "Nosebleed-kun".

* In ''GGundam'', a good part of the interaction between ShelteredAristocrat George and BoisterousBruiser Chibodee consists of snarking at each other and throw playful insults around. George calls Chibodee "savage", he retorts by calling George "young master".

* Kanda and Allen from ''DGrayman''. They can't go two sentences without Volleying Insults at each other. Most of the time it ends with Kanda calling Allen "Moyashi," and Allen calling Kanda some random insulting name.
** One example is in the Drama CD where the following conversation takes place:
--->Kanda: Gluttonous pig with no sense of taste.
--->Allen: Narrow-minded soba idiot.
--->Kanda: White-hair.
--->Allen: Ponytail.
--->Kanda: Cheater-gambler, King of Debts, WIMP.
--->Allen: Soap-hair, Tattoo guy, STONE-HEAD.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and Sasuke did this often in the beginning. One flashback had Naruto calling Sasuke "idiot" repeatedly and Sasuke responding with "dumbass." Ino and Sakura did this after becoming rivals as well, with Sakura calling Ino "Ino-pig" and Ino calling Sakura "Billboard Brow" for her big forehead.
** The fight on top of the hospital was the result of this going out of hand, to the point where Naruto and Sasuke were saying things they didn't even believe just to one-up each other.
* Alice and Gilbert of ''PandoraHearts'' revel in this. Gilbert calls Alice "Baka-Usagi" and Alice calls Gilbert "Seaweed head."

* ''RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma and Akane have done this before. Their fights usually involve the words "idiot," "jerk," and "tomboy," but sometimes, they're a bit more creative.
--> '''Akane:''' What did you say, you little sardine?!
--> '''Ranma:''' Shut it, savage woman!

* ''{{Nichijou}}'': At first played straight during part of a heated argument between Yuuko and Mio [[SeriousBusiness over food]], but later inverted when they start volleying ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming compliments]]'' at each other, before ending the argument with a handshake and a hug.

[[folder: Comic Books ]]
* In ''ElfQuest'', two major characters Cutter and Rayek are in a physical duel where they share banter that quickly degenerates from bragging about their skills, to calling each other "Bone Polisher!" and "Bead Rattler!" to "Dog!" and "Snake!" respectively.
* Often exchanged by the title characters of ''CalvinAndHobbes''. One time, instead of escalating to a BigBallOfViolence, they wind up just doing insulting 'impressions' of each other, until Calvin's mom calls, "Time to come in!" They trudge off, muttering:
-->'''Calvin''': Leave it to Mom to interrupt our repartee.\\
'''Hobbes''': Just when I had you wriggling in the crushing grip of reason too…
** Also Calvin and Suzy
** WHO'S A MUFFIN-HEAD?!
* In the ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'' comics, Raphael and Casey Jones did this as a way of male bonding, in the first issue after their Northampton exile. This scene is later adapted in the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles first movie]] with Donatello instead of Raph, and with both characters going up the alphabet as they did so. A similar scene then occurs in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]], where Casey and Raph are doing the same thing while [[RoofHopping roof-hopping]].
* An installment of ''TheSimpsons'' comics showed Lisa Simpson and Martin Prince engaging in a poetry duel:

[[folder:Film]]
* In the JimCarrey film ''Film/LiarLiar'', the following exchange occurs in court:

'''Jim Carrey:''' You would!\\
'''Kurtz:''' BASTARD!\\
'''Carrey:''' HAG!
** During the credits, the following [[HilariousOuttakes out-take]] occurs.
--->'''Swoosie Kurtz:''' Your Honor, I object!\\
'''Jim Carrey:''' You would!\\

'''Carrey:''' JEZEBEL- *bursts out laughing* Oh, no! They're on to me!
* Who can forget the legendary exchange between Rufio and Peter in ''Film/{{Hook}}'', consisting of at least nineteen volleys, climaxing with "Rufio, if I'm a maggot burger why don't you just EAT ME? You two-toned zebra-headed paramecium-brain, munchin' on your own mucus, suffering from Peter Pan envy!"
-->What's a Paramecium-brain?
-->I'll tell you what a paramecium is. ''That's''' a paramecium! It's a one-celled critter with no brain that ''can't fly''! Don't mess with me, man, ''I'M A LAWYER!''
* In ''WildWildWest'', West and Loveless take not-so-subtle verbal pot shots at each other for being black and crippled, respectively. This becomes a BrickJoke near the end of the film.

* Dickinson and Adams in ''[[SeventeenSeventySix 1776]]'', leading to a stick fight:
-->"Coward!"\\
"Madman!"\\
"Landlord!"\\
"Lawyer!"
* ''AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', when Ron and Veronica's rivalry finally spills over:
-->'''Ron''': You're a smelly pirate hooker.
-->'''Veronica''': Well... you dress like a blueberry!
-->'''Ron''': Why don't you go back to your home on Whore Island?
* This exchange from TheSandlot:
-->'''Phillips''': We play on a real diamond, Porter. You ain't good enough to lick the dirt off our cleats.
-->'''Ham Porter''': Watch it, jerk!
-->'''Phillips''': Shut up, idiot!
-->'''Ham Porter''': Moron!
-->'''Phillips''': Scab eater!
-->'''Ham Porter''': Butt sniffer!
-->'''Phillips''': Pus licker!
-->'''Ham Porter''': Fart smeller!

* ''TheBartimaeusTrilogy'': Bartimaeus and Nathaniel, nigh-constantly.
* By circumstances, main protagonist Monza Murcatto and Carlot dan Eider, whom she once more than just slighted, meet on the same side before a major battle in [[TheFirstLaw Best Served Cold]]. An insult volley ensues (though of course strictly speaking both only speak the truth. Or at least, as far as they know):
-->'''Carlot dan Eider''': And who is this? The Butcher of Caprile! I thought you were but a thief, blackmailer, murderer of innocents and keen practiser of incest! Now it seems you are soldier, too."
-->'''Monza Murcatto''': Carlot dan Eider, such a surprise! I thought this was a battle but now it smells more like a brothel. Which is it?
-->'''Carlot dan Eider''': Judging by all the swords I'd guess... the former? But I suppose you'd be the expert. I saw you at Cardotti's and I see you here, equally comfortable dressed as warrior or whore."
-->'''Monza Murcatto''': Strange how it goes, eh? I wear the whore's clothes and you do the whore's business.
-->'''Carlot dan Eider''': Perhaps I should turn my hand to murdering children instead?

* Mudge gets something of a MomentOfAwesome in ''[[{{Spellsinger}} The Paths of the Perambulator]]'', when the world-saving heroes are trapped by a [[ItMakesSenseInContext magical cage built of insults]]. Only Mudge is a sufficient maestro of put-downs to volley the cage's slurs back at it, with each diss's intensity turned UpToEleven, until it disperses.
* This is how Beldin and Polgara greet each other in ''TheBelgariad''. Being TheGrotesque, Beldin doesn't have much use for flattery, so this is how he shows affection. She picked up the practice from her father. Before Polgara was born, Belgarath and Beldin traded insults for the same reason, and even afterward, they would do it occasionally for old time's sake.

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* "[[SaturdayNightLive Jane, you ignorant slut.]]" "Dan, you pompous ass."
* Parodied in ''{{Blackadder}}'' series three, with a French revolutionary and aristocrat using various animal insults, from 'Dog' and 'Snake' up to 'Happypotamus'.
* In the ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' episode "Convictions", Londo and G'Kar are trapped in an elevator. They exchange a final volley of insults as a rescue crew approaches (much to G'Kar's annoyance, as he'd seen the incident as a chance to watch Londo die under circumstances that would not trigger reprisals against his people).

* An episode of ''AllyMcBeal'' had Ally and her ex doing this two different times, with Ally ultimately winning both rounds. In the first, her conquering insult was "Lawyer!" (ironic, since she was one also), and in the second, she won by calling her opponent, simply, "Man!"

-->'''Sawyer:''' What's your problem, Jumbotron?
-->'''Hurley:''' Shut up, Red... neck... man!
-->'''Sawyer:''' Touché.
* From ''That70sShow'', between Hyde and Laurie:
-->'''Hyde:''' Boy Laurie, you really like that hotdog! You didn't even chew it.
-->'''Laurie:''' Oh hey Hyde, Father's Day is coming up, shouldn't you practice saying: Hi are you my Daddy?
-->'''Hyde:''' Oh, by the way Laurie, the surgeon-general called, he wants you to stop hoarding all the penicillin.
-->'''Laurie:''' You know, when you're in prison, your bad table manners will probably just be a turn on for some guy named Tank.
-->'''Hyde:''' Oh maybe when you're there for a conjugal visit, you can ask him to take it easy on me.
-->'''Laurie:''' Oh yeah well...[[LameComeback NICE HAIR!]]
* in one episode of the incredibly obscure Uk SitCom ''Never The Twain'' Windsor Davies character gets into one of these with a French waiter which ends with both of them consulting a phrase book/dictionary in order to continue the insults. Funnier than it sounds.
* In the Avery Schrieber episode of ''TheMuppetShow'', Avery does a sketch where he battles "the Monster of the Moors" (Sweetums) in an insult contest.

-->'''Willow:''' I'll stop giving you a hard time... Runaway.
-->'''Buffy:''' Will!
-->'''Willow:''' I'm sorry! Quitter.
-->'''Buffy:''' Whiner.
-->'''Willow:''' Bailer.
-->'''Buffy:''' Harpy.
-->'''Willow:''' Delinquent.
-->'''Buffy:''' Tramp.
-->'''Willow:''' Bad seed.
-->{ending credits}
-->'''Buffy:''' Witch.
-->'''Willow:''' Freak.
* {{Reba}} has Reba's ex-husband, Brock, and her close friend, [[SitcomArchNemesis Lori Ann]] interact with each other in this fashion. For example:
-->'''Brock, upon walking into Reba's eldest daughter's baby shower''': Look at all these beautiful women. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (Looks at Lori Ann) You must be security.]]
-->'''Lori Ann, looking at Brock''': I thought we agreed not to hire a clown.
* ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'':
-->'''Donny Tourette''' (grabbing his crotch): This is what I think of you!\\
'''Simon Amstell''': What? You think me a small penis? Well I never!
* From ''MyWifeAndKids'', Michael and Wanda:
-->'''Wanda''': I'm going to dedicate my life to making you miserable, even if I have to live to be 150.
-->'''Michael''': Well, you only have 4 more years left for that.
* In ''TheMonkees'' episode "Monkees Chow Mein", Davy and Mike are dressed as superheroes and use insults as their "weapon":
-->'''Davy''': You're nail biter. You're nail biter and your mother never ''ever'' loved you.

--> '''Prof. Duncan''': I'm asking if you know the difference between right and wrong.\\
'''Jeff''': I discovered at a very early age that if I talked long enough, [[ChaoticNeutral I could make anything right or wrong]]. So either I'm God, or truth is relative. And in either case, BOOYAH.\\
'''Prof. Duncan''': Interesting. It's just the average person has a much harder time saying 'BOOYAH' to moral relativism.\\
'''Jeff''': Duncan, you don't have to play shrink to protect your pride. I accept. You're chicken.\\
'''Prof. Duncan''': Are you trying to use ReversePsychology on a psychologist?\\
'''Jeff''': No, I'm just using regular psychology on a spineless, British twit.\\
'''Prof. Duncan''': I'm a professor; [[LameComeback you can't talk to me that way]].\\
'''Jeff''': A 6-year-old girl could talk to you that way.\\
'''Prof. Duncan''': Yes, because that would be [[EnfantTerrible adorable]].\\
'''Jeff''': No, because you're a 5-year-old girl and there's a pecking order.
* In the ''TwoAndAHalfMen'' episode "For the Sake of the Child", Charlie and Alan take turns at insulting each other, using up insults that start with each letter of the alphabet. When we see them, they're at L.
-->'''Alan:''' You are a lush!
-->'''Charlie:''' You are a leech!
-->'''Alan:''' You are a misogynist!
-->'''Charlie:''' You are a mistake!
-->'''Alan:''' You are a...What are we up to?
-->'''Charlie:''' N.
-->'''Alan:''' Thank you. You are a... necrophiliac!
-->'''Charlie:''' She was drunk, not dead, I challenge!
-->'''Alan:''' Fine. You...are a narcissist!
-->'''Charlie:''' Better. You are a nancy-boy!
-->'''Alan:''' You are old!
-->'''Charlie:''' You are odd...ly shaped.
-->'''Alan:''' ''(Phone rings)'' Hang on.
-->'''Charlie:''' You are a parasite.
-->'''Alan:''' Not your turn.
* Surprisingly, given it's {{Cluster F Bomb}}s and extremely FloweryInsults, TheThickOfIt doesn't have as many as you'd think. Arguments frequently occur, but they're usually about [[XanatosSpeedChess something that needs to be dealt with quickly]] and so seldom become simple insult contests. Also, the fact that most of the arguments involve [[MagnificentBastard Malcolm]] [[SirSwearsALot Tucker]], who can steamroller most opposition fairly easily, means that the shouting matches don't drag on for as long as a fight between equals would.
* Happens often between Bud and Kelly on MarriedWithChildren. The insults usually center around Al (occasionally Peggy's thrown in as well). Also happens between Kelly and one of her sleepover guests; the final insult before fisticuffs: Bundy.
* ''Series/{{Benson}}'' had insults AS the main weapon in a duel between him and Clayton. Clayton wins two rounds, Benson the other thirteen.

[[folder: Musical and Opera ]]
* The following from ''[[SeventeenSeventySix 1776]]'':
--> '''John Dickinson''': Are you calling me a coward?\\
'''John Adams''': Yes! Coward!\\
'''Dickinson''': Madman!\\
'''Adams''': Landlord!\\
'''Dickinson''': Lawyer!\\
Which, from there, leads to the two whaling away at each other with their walking sticks in a donnybrook that can only be broken up by gunfire. In Congress. Some things never change.
* In ''Keating! The Musical'' a song called ''On The Floor'' is a rap-battle of volleying insults between Paul Keating and John Hewson. It's all the funnier because all the insults are things they actually said.

-->'''White''': Arse-licker! Arse-kisser!
-->'''Black''': Blackmailer! Bloodsucker!
-->'''White''': Chalatan! Clodhopper!
-->'''Black''': Driveller! Dodderer!
* In GilbertAndSullivan's last opera, THE GRAND DUKE, the duet of Rudolph and Ludwig:
-->Ludwig. Tall snobs, small snobs, rich snobs and needy ones!
-->Rudolph. (jostling him) Whom are you alluding to?
-->Ludwig. (jostling him) Where are you intruding to?
-->Rudolph. Fat snobs, thin snobs, swell snobs and seedy ones!
-->Ludwig. I rather think you err. To whom do you refer?
-->Rudolph. Ludwig.
-->To you, sir!
--> To me, sir?
-->I do, sir!
--> We’ll see, sir!
-->I jeer, sir!
-->(Makes a face at Ludwig.)
-->Grimace, sir!
--> Look here, sir –
-->(Makes a face at Rudolph.)
-->A face, sir!\\
The joke is that they are only PRETENDING to insult each other, to furnish an excuse for the "statutory duel" of the subtitle
* Also, in Gilbert's CoxAndBox, the duet "Who are you, sir?" followed by "Printer, printer"
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Myth & Legend]]
* ''Flytings'' are found in NorseMythology, the most memorable being "Lokasenna" ("The Insults of Loki") of the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' in which Loki insults every single god in the pantheon, and is only quelled when Thor threatens to smash his head in. Why did it come to that? Loki was exploiting SacredHospitality when he started mouthing off. By the rules, they couldn't reprise, but Loki had to stop when Thor arrived because Thor was late arriving [[LoopholeAbuse and therefore not yet a guest]].
** Another classic flyting is the exchange between Thor and Harbard the Ferryman (actually [[spoiler:Odin]] in disguise).
** Nidhoggr, a dragon that sits at the bottom of the world tree, Yggdrasil, trades insults with the unnamed eagle who sits at the top of the tree, with Ratatosk the squirrel running up and down the tree delivering the messages back and forth. Interestingly, at least some versions have Ratatosk trolling ''both'', spreading slanderous gossip that both the eagle and Nidhoggr gobble up, with neither suspecting how much fun he's having at their expense.
* In the African epic ''Sundiata'' the eponymous hero does this with his WorthyOpponent.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Radio ]]
* The Opie & Anthony Show is made of this trope. Any show featuring two or more of O&A's comedian friends in-studio is guaranteed to take the aforementioned trope UpToEleven.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theater]]

** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'':
-->'''Beatrice:''' I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick, nobody marks you.
-->'''Benedick:''' What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?
-->'''Beatrice:''' Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? Courtesy itself must convert to disdain, if you come in her presence...
*** Appropriately, these are the archetype for SlapSlapKiss.

-->'''Timon:''' When there is nothing living but thee, thou shalt be welcome. I had rather be a beggar's dog than Apemantus.
-->'''Apemantus:''' Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
-->'''Timon:''' Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon!
-->'''Apemantus:''' A plague on thee! thou art too bad to curse.
-->'''Timon:''' All villains that do stand by thee are pure.
-->'''Apemantus:''' There is no leprosy but what thou speak'st.
-->'''Timon:''' If I name thee. I'll beat thee, but I should infect my hands.
-->'''Apemantus:''' I would my tongue could rot them off!
-->'''Timon:''' Away, thou issue of a mangy dog! Choler does kill me that thou art alive; I swound to see thee.
-->'''Apemantus:''' Would thou wouldst burst!
-->'''Timon:''' Away, thou tedious rogue! I am sorry I shall lose a stone by thee. [Throws a stone at him]
-->'''Apemantus:''' Beast!
-->'''Timon:''' Slave!
-->'''Apemantus:''' Toad!
-->'''Timon:''' Rogue, rogue, rogue...

-->'''Hal:''' I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, [[FatBastard this bed-presser, this horseback-breaker, this huge hill of flesh,— ]]
-->'''Falstaff:''' 'Sblood, you starveling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's tongue, you bull's pizzle, you stock-fish! O for breath to utter what is like thee! you tailor's-yard, you sheath, you bowcase; you vile standing-tuck,—
-->'''Hal:''' Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again.
* Seen in the play ''WaitingForGodot'' where Vladimir and Estragon spend one page hurling insults until Vladimir yells 'Cretin' to which Estragon replies with 'Critic', which naturally utterly defeats Vladimir.
* ''CyranoDeBergerac'': [[GirlPosse Viscount de Valvert]] and [[GentlemanSnarker Cyrano]] engage on this in an ''epic''' way at Act I Scene IV. [[CurbStompBattle It was not pretty]] [[HumiliationConga for the Viscount]].

[[folder: Video Games ]]
* Volleying Insults are a staple of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''.
** The most famous example is the "insult swordfights" from ''[[TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' ("You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate. YouFightLikeACow."); the Fettucini Brothers indulge in this a bit as well ("Slacker!" "Weasel!" "Ruffian!" "Fop!").
** The quality of your insult comes from your swordfighting skill, of all things.

** ''EscapeFromMonkeyIsland'' has insult arm-wrestling and a monkey form of insult battles, "Monkey Combat". Also in ''Escape'', in order to solve a puzzle, Guybrush needs to "borrow" a time clock from two chess players, so he gets the two mad enough at each other that they're too busy Volleying Insults (such as "Falstaff stand-in!" and "Weasel worrier!") to notice him take it.
*** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny FRINGE CANDIDATE!]]
* Likewise, there's an entire pirate insult mini-game in the third ''SlyCooper'' game where the object is to not do the same insult twice.
* Pirates and Volleying Insults seem to go well together: a quest in ''KingdomOfLoathing'' requires you to face another pirate in a game of Insult Beer Pong.
** That's a blatant swipe/parody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'', though, even to the point of having the same (long, tedious) puzzle solution and even some of the same insults.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', an exchange between two [[VitriolicBestBuds bumbling ex-cops]] in Dalaran (possibly a [[ShoutOut tribute]] to the above Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles example) goes as follows:
-->'''Jadaar''': Arrogant.
-->'''Asric''': Braggart.
-->'''Jadaar''': Craven.
-->'''Asric''': Craven? I am most certainly not! Are we not in the middle of a war z... ah.
-->''Jadaar holds up a finger.''
-->'''Asric''': What were we on? 'D'?
-->''Jadaar nods.''
-->'''Asric''': Dolt.

* Imoen and Korgan from ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate II]]'' get into this in the "Throne of Bhaal" expansion.

[[folder:Webcomics]]

-->'''Tom''': Say, why don't you wear something sexy some time? I keep mistaking you for a boy. Maybe if you showed some cleavage I'd feel bad and go easy on you."\\
'''Ash''': Damn. Looks like my plan backfired. Everyone at school was saying you were into boys. Then again, I kinda like the boy look. You ought to try it sometime. Now shut up and let's race.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and Angry Video Game Nerd do this in their first brawl.

* [[http://everythingsucksforever.tumblr.com/post/3663981620/zing This]] quote from two people from the blog Everything Sucks Forever.
* ''DragonballAbridged'' had Nail and Vegeta snappily shooting back and forth for a few moments.
-->'''Vegeta''': Trust me, you don't want any of what I am right now.
-->'''Nail''': Well come on, bring all four feet of you, or should I count your stupid hair?
-->'''Vegeta''': Pretty big talk, coming from a bipedal slug.
-->'''Nail''': Big talk, coming from a bipedal ''bitch''.

* On ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', in the episode "Pressure", an argument between Spongebob and Sandy over whether land creatures or sea creatures are better leads to one of these. It ends when Spongebob can't think of a better insult than "not-wet person".

* ''BeavisAndButthead'' did this to each other constantly. On more than one occasion, it's actually shown as a sign of endearment.
* On ''TheTick'', (the animated version), this happens between Die Fledermaus and American Maid: "Jerk!" "Jingoist!"

-->'''Professor Monkey-For-A-Head:''' Yellow belly!
-->'''Psycrow:''' Know-it-all!
-->'''Professor:''' Bubble head!
-->'''Psycrow:''' Monkey fancier!
-->'''Professor:''' ''brandishing enormous gun'' YOU LEAVE MY MONKEY OUT OF THIS!

-->'''Sokka''': Get out of my way, pipsqueak!
-->'''Katara''': How ''dare'' you call me pipsqueak, you giant-eared cretin!
-->'''Sokka''': ''What'' did you call me?
-->'''Katara''': A giant-eared cretin. Look at those things! ''(She flaps her hands around her own ears.)'' Do herds of animals use them for shade?
-->'''Sokka''': You better back off! ''(Quietly.)'' Seriously back off.
-->'''Katara''': I will not back off! I bet elephants get together and make fun of how large your ears are!
-->'''Sokka''': That's it, ''you're going down!''
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', this happens whenever Uncle and Tohru's mom are in the same room.
* Siblings Bonnie and Billy often did this in the first season of {{Popples}}.
* This happens between Madame Medusa and Mr. Snoops in TheRescuers when the Devil's Eye is found.
-->'''Medusa''': It's mine! It's all mine!
-->'''Snoops''': Double-crosser!
-->'''Medusa''': Cheap pickpocket!
-->'''Snoops''': Chisler!
-->'''Medusa''': Ugh! Cheap crook!

* From the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "Stannie Get Your Gun".
-->'''Hayley:''' You're such a fascist!
-->'''Stamn:''' Peace pusher!
-->'''Hayley:''' Murderer!
-->'''Stan:''' Hermaphrodite!

-->'''Hayley:''' Gun-toting maniac!
-->'''Hayley:''' Beatnik!
-->'''Hayley:''' Warmonger!
-->'''Stan:''' Chupacabra!
-->'''Hayley:''' I'm the Mexican Bigfoot?
-->'''Stan:''' You heard her, she admitted it!

-->'''Mike:''' You're just mad because I wouldn't be your personal fanboy!
-->'''Lu:''' Am not, thief!
-->'''Mike:''' Are too, liar!
-->'''Lu:''' Tea hater!
-->'''Mike:''' Pain-in-the-pajamas!

-->'''Dinobot:''' Excuse me. Are you implying that the current situation is somehow...''my'' responsibility?!
-->'''Rattrap:''' Well, you did start it... ''gearhead''!
-->'''Dinobot:''' I BEG to differ...cheese lips!
-->'''Rattrap:''' Pre-evolved birdbrain!
-->'''Dinobot:''' Eater of garbage!
-->'''Cheetor:''' (''listening'') Sheesh, and they call ''me'' the immature one.

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-->'''MP:''' [speaking about the recently ''unelected'' Gordon Brown]...as The White Stripes say "Everyday I love you less and less".
-->'''David Cameron:''' Actually I think you'll find that song is actually by Kaiser Chiefs. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Incidentally, I Predict A Riot]].
* Also frequently occurs in the Australian Federal Parliament's Question Time. Certain politicians are infamous (and often popular) for their command of invective, but the all-time champ in the last few decades was former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Many of his 'greatest hits' can be found on Website/YouTube, and make quite entertaining viewing.
** They call the floor of the Australian Parliament the "bear pit" for good reason.

** '''Lady Astor:''' "If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."\\
'''Churchill:''' "If I were your husband, I'd drink it."
** '''Elizabeth Braddock:''' "Winston, you are drunk."\\
'''Churchill:''' "And you, madam, are ugly. But In the morning, ''I'' shall be sober."
* If you have multiple children who are capable of speech, odds are this will ensue.
** Even if they are incapable of speech, they will find a way to do this. Bickering trumps all obstacles.

* RogerEbert's feud with VincentGallo. After reviewing the premier of Gallo's TheBrownBunny as "the worst film in the history of Cannes," Gallo retorted that Ebert was "a fat pig with the physique of a slave trader." [[ShoutOut Taking a page out of Churchill's book]], Ebert proclaimed that [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "one day I will be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny."]] Gallo then claimed to have hexed Ebert's colon, and Ebert replied that a colonoscopy would be preferable to watching the movie again. They have since made up.
** Sadly, thyroid cancer made that thin joke a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

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* This is a major part of comedy in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''; their expressions, voices and dialogue as they're arguing is [[CrowningMomentOfFunny downright]] [[HilarityEnsues hilarious]] to most fans. Participants include [[TheHero Ichigo]] and [[TheLancer Rukia]], [[TheTease Haineko]] and [[LittleMissSnarker Tobiume]], [[BunnyEarsLawyer Shinji]] and [[BrattyHalfPint Hiyori]], [[TheSixthRanger Renji]] and Ichigo, Rukia and Renji, Ichigo and [[TheSmartGuy Ishida]], [[AloofBigBrother Byakuya]] and [[BloodKnight Kenpachi]], [[HairTriggerTemper Apache]] with [[DeadpanSnarker Sun-Sun]] and Mila-Rose, Snakey with [[AbsoluteCleavage Chimpette]], and now [[BaldOfAwesome Ikkaku]] with [[spoiler: [[WindsOfDestinyChange Shishigawara]].]]

* Happens in ''{{The 40 Year Old Virgin}}'' when David and Cal are playing a video game:

* ''Flytings'' are found in NorseMythology, the most memorable being "Lokasenna" ("The Insults of Loki") of the ''Literature/PoeticEdda'' in which Loki insults every single god in the pantheon, and is only quelled when Thor threatens to smash his head in.

* This is how Beldin and Polgara greet each other in ''TheBelgariad''. Being TheGrotesque, Beldin doesn't have much use for flattery, so this is how he shows affection.

* ''[[DarkLordOfDerkholm Year of the Griffin]]'' displays this with Felim and the Emir of a far off land. When they meet towards the end of the book, they begin yelling various insults at each other about how their maternal ancestors were different animals. (Your mother was a camel!) It is later revealed that [[spoiler: the two are brothers and insulting their own mothers, grandmothers, etc.]]

* Happens between Xander and Yelena in ''Film/{{xXx}}''.
-->'''Yelena:''' Do you know what a wire trasfer is?
-->'''Xander:''' Is she for real? Sweetheart, is there anything else you need to do? Let us big boys have a conversation?
-->'''Yelena:''' "Conversation", a word with four syllables. Do you want some ice before your brain overheats?
-->'''Xander:''' Ice? Yes, you could chisel some off your heart -- if you can find it.

** Nidhoggr, a dragon that sits at the bottom of the world tree, Yggdrasil, trades insults with the unnamed eagle who sits at the top of the tree, with Ratatosk the squirrel running up and down the tree delivering the messages back and forth. Interestingly, at least some versions have Ratatosk trolling ''both'', with neither suspecting how much fun he's having at their expense.

** Nidhoggr, a dragon that sits at the bottom of the world tree, Yggdrasil, trades insults with the unnamed eagle who sits at the top of the tree, with Ratatosk running up and down the tree delivering the messages back and forth.

* Happens in ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' when David and Cal are playing a video game:

* ''Year of the Griffin'' displays this with Felim and the Emir of a far off land. When they meet towards the end of the book, they begin yelling various insults at each other about how their maternal ancestors were different animals. (Your mother was a camel!) It is later revealed that [[spoiler: the two are brothers and insulting their own mothers, grandmothers, etc.]]

* Benson had insults AS the main weapon in a duel between him and Clayton. Clayton wins two rounds, Benson the other thirteen.

* The Opie & Anthony Show is made of this trope. Any show featuring two or more of O&A's comedian friends in-studio is guaranteed to take said trope UpToEleven.

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* ''Webcomic/HoneydewSyndrome'' shows this between Josh and Metis in the last scene of Chapter 5.
* ''Webcomic/{{Metanoia}}'' has Star and Zander doing this a few times.
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' has a round of this between Ash and Tom before their last race.
-->'''Tom''': Say, why don't you wear something sexy some time? I keep mistaking you for a boy. Maybe if you showed some cleavage I'd feel bad and go easy on you."\\
'''Ash''': Damn. Looks like my plan backfired. Everyone at school was saying you were into boys. Then again, I kinda like the boy look. You ought to try it sometime. Now shut up and let's race.
* ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' had a friendly version of this in one strip, in one of their games: iambic pentameter slam.
* ''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' has Alexander and Beatrice do this [[BelligerentSexualTension in spades]].
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level2/level-2-17/ this is a pirate duel.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1813 Seymour and Lil' E trade cynical and idealistic cliches.]]
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* Goku and Gojyo from ''{{Saiyuki}}'': their fights always end up as "____ monkey!" / "____ kappa!" The most popular fill-in-the-blanks are 'stupid' and 'pervy,' respectively. Often, they just go straight to this trope.

* From the ''WesternAnuimation/MikeLuAndOg'' episode "Tea for Three".