History NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech / LiveActionTV

*** In ''Movie Wars'', Decade unknowingly delivers one ''simultaneously'' with ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'', seconds before they cross over. What's notable about this is that the subject of their speeches are almost the same, even culminating in the two of them alternately declaring their respective {{catchphrase}}s.

** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] in his WebOriginal/HistoryOfPowerRangers reviews talks extensively about this episode. He points out that the superficial reading is a meaningless lesson because Tommy has never shown anything but [[TheDeterminator rigid determination]] in his Power Ranger career. But taking the entire season into account and knowing his history holding ''six'' different powers and four colors, he speculated that Tommy came to view himself as only worthwhile when holding a Ranger power. Thus his lesson was that it was his spirit and effort that made the Ranger power worthwhile and that his name was Tommy Oliver, not "Green/White/Red/Black Ranger".

** Tyrion telling Shae that despite the betrayal and outmaneuvering by his family, he wants to stay in King's Landing because he both ''belongs'' there and he ''likes'' playing the game against his family and the other manipulators of the city.
** Littlefinger's awesome "chaos is a ladder" speech to Varys. Destroying "the Realm" isn't the end, it's an ''opportunity''.
** Jon Snow's HonorBeforeReason speech when ''everyone'' is ticked off that he refused to swear a false oath, even with the fate of the world riding on the situation.

** In the episode "Fighting Spirit", Tommy had spent the last dozen episodes either [[ItMakesSenseInContext trapped in amber, trapped in his morphed form or trapped in an invisible form]] (the reason being that [[FakeShemp Jason David Frank]] had [[RealLifeWritesThePlot other commitments to attend to]]). But they made his return to normalcy in a suitably epic and ContinuityNod filled method. Tommy tried to use his Ranger Powers to return to normal but he was stuck in a dream-coma. Here, in his mind, he had to fight his past Ranger forms who continually overpower him. Progressing to his time as the Green Ranger, he is beaten down but refuses to give up, which was what his past ranger incarnations [[SecretTestOfCharacter wanted to teach him.]] This in turn led to him awakening from the coma and unlocking his current Ranger form's SuperMode.

* A particularly dark use, and inversion, of this trope in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The "in"famous episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E19InThePaleMoonlight In the Pale Moonlight]]" had Sisko [[WholeEpisodeFlashback relate his story]] in a computer log about his efforts to convince the Romulans to participate in the Dominion War. Finding that simple logic wouldn't work, he sought the help of Garak and [[RecruitingTheCriminal other criminals]] to falsify evidence. He struggled with the serious moral and ethical compromises he had to go through to achieve this. By the end, he stood up and instead of being morally untouchable he stated with growing conviction that the benefits ''outweighed'' the moral standing of one officer, even himself... and then erased the log.

-->'''Sisko:''' At oh-eight-hundred hours, station time... the Romulan Empire formally declared war against the Dominion. They've already struck fifteen bases along the Cardassian border. So, this is a huge victory for the good guys! This may even be the turning point of the entire war! There's even a "Welcome to the Fight" party tonight in the wardroom!... So... I lied. I cheated. I bribed men to cover up the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder. But most damning of all... I think [[ICanLiveWithThat I can live with it]]... And if I had to do it all over again... I would. Garak was right about one thing – a guilty conscience is a small price to pay for the safety of the Alpha Quadrant. So I will learn to live with it...Because I can live with it...I can live with it. Computer – erase that entire personal log.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' plays with the concept in "[[Recap/StarTrekS7E25E26AllGoodThings All Good Things]]". Q outright TELLS Picard what the purpose of the test was and the reasons why he put HumanityOnTrial. Picard, tired of Q's games, just wants it to be over and doesn't fully understand what he is told, but he does listen.
-->'''Picard:''' ''I sincerely hope this is the last time [[HumanityOnTrial I find myself here]].''\\
'''Q:''' ''You just don't get it, Jean Luc. The trial never ends. We wanted to see if you could expand your mind and your horizons and for a brief moment, you did.''\\
'''Picard:''' ''When I realized [[TemporalParadox the paradox]].''\\
'''Q:''' ''Exactly. For that brief fraction of a second, you were open to options you'd never considered. THAT is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars or studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.''\\
'''Picard:''' ''Q, what is it you are trying to tell me?''\\
'''Q:''' (leans in to whisper something, but pulls away) ''You'll find out. In any case I'll be watching. And if you're really lucky I'll drop in to say hi, from time to time.''

** Appropriately, considering the trope namer, during the FinalBattle in the GrandFinale, [[spoiler:Darkseid quickly overpowers Clark, at which point Jor-El gives Clark a vision that helps him realize that every battle he's fought over the course of the series, every life he's saved, have all been tests along his journey to fulfilling his [[{{Superman}} destiny]]. This grants Clark the clarity to fully embrace his powers (namely flight, which he hadn't been able to use at all during the show's run); Clark then proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] Darkseid.]]

'''Jor-El:''' You were meant to be [[{{Superman}} Earth's greatest protector.]] Now, they are about to face the greatest evil without you. \\

*** Rory gets an even better one at the start of the episode, while facing down an entire legion of Cybermen:
--->'''Rory''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Where. Is. My. Wife?]]
--->''An entire fleet of Cyberman ships explodes behind Rory''
--->'''Rory''': [[ImpliedDeathThreat Would you like me to repeat the question?]]

-->'''Rory''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Where. Is. My. Wife?]]
-->''An entire fleet of Cyberman ships explodes behind Rory''
-->'''Rory''': [[ImpliedDeathThreat Would you like me to repeat the question?]]

** Up until the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven series 8 finale]], [[AntiHero the Doctor]] has often struggled with self-doubt about his morality and occasions where both allies and foes alike have compared the friends he brings along on his interstellar travels to underlings or soldiers under his command, most notably Davros' BreakingSpeech in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]]. When his old arch-nemesis the Master decides to tempt him by giving him an undead army made of Cybermen for a birthday present as a way to convince him that they are NotSoDifferent, however, he finally finds his answer, rejects [[WeCanRuleTogether her offer]] and proceeds to undo her plan:

* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'': In "Harper 2.0," Rev Bem comforts Harper, who is in agony after [[MySkullRunnethOver a botched data upload to his brain]] threatens to kill him, by counseling him to seek solace in prayer. When Harper is skeptical of it working, Bem reminds him that he is a genetically-engineering killing machine, and suppressing his instincts to murder everyone else is a daily battle that his faith helps him to fight:

** The series had one of these in the appropriately titled episode "[[Recap/AngelS02E16Epiphany Epiphany]]". In the previous handful of episodes he had managed to alienate his [[TrueCompanions entire team]] because he was under the impression that there would be some sort of GrandFinale where the forces of evil are defeated forever. After having a morally devastating realization on the universality of evil, he resolved that all he could do was simply [[WeHelpTheHelpless help the innocent]]. This epiphany wavered as his life kept taking turns for the worse, but he regained it right before the end; he even referenced it in his RousingSpeech three seasons later, just before the series' GrandFinale. It's all the more awesome as, in the previous episode, "[[Recap/AngelS02E15Reprise Reprise]]", Holland Manners delivers Angel his version of the speech about evil's implacability, which causes Angel's brief HeroicBSOD.

** There were two in the season 3 finale. One by Lee Adama (which is too long to put here, but is in the quotes page), and a short one by:

--->"I'm not going to swear an oath I can't uphold. Talk about my father if you want, tell me that's the attitude that got him killed. But when enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers, only better and better lies. And lies wont help us in this fight."

** In the episode "Fighting Spirit", Tommy had spent the last dozen episodes either [[ItMakesSenseInContext trapped in amber, trapped in his morphed form or trapped in an invisible form]] (the reason being that [[FakeShemp Jason David Frank]] had [[RealLifeWritesThePlot other commitments to attend to]]). But they made his return to normalcy in a suitably epic and ContinuityNod filled method. Tommy tried to use his Ranger Powers to return to normal but he was stuck in a dream-coma. Here, in his mind, he had to fight his past Ranger forms who continually overpower him. Progressing to his time as the Green Ranger, he is beaten down but refuses to give up, which was what his past ranger incarnations [[SecretTestOfCharacter wanted to teach him.]] This in turn lead to him awakening from the coma and unlocking his current Ranger form's SuperMode.

* A particularly dark use, and inversion, of this trope in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The "in"famous episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E19InThePaleMoonlight In the Pale Moonlight]]" had Sisko [[WholeEpisodeFlashback relate his story]] in a computer log about his efforts to convince the Romulans to participate in the Dominion War. Finding that simple logic wouldn't work, he sought the help of Garak and [[RecruitingTheCriminal other criminals]] to falsify evidence. He struggled with the serious moral and ethical compromises he had to go through to achieve this. By the end he stood up and instead of being morally untouchable he stated with growing conviction that the benefits ''outweighed'' the moral standing of one officer, even himself... and then erased the log.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' episode "Summer of our Discontent" had Zack go to summer school. He can cope with the work, but this brings resentment from the other students who go on to give him a wedgie every time he impresses the teacher, until he learns to keep his mouth shut. He finally gets tired of pretending to be less intelligent than he is and gives a speech that doubles as both this trope and TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
-->'''Zack:''' You know what? That's it. There's nothing wrong with being smart. In fact, and this'll probably shock you, but outside these walls it's considered a ''good'' thing. So go ahead, call me a nerd. But next year, when you're all here, I won't be. I'll be taking The Road Less Traveled right to the beach!

** Just before the climax of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E12TheDoctorFalls "The Doctor Falls"]], the Doctor tries to get [[spoiler:the Saxon!Master and Missy]] to help him in what looks to be a hopeless LastStand against the Cybermen, giving a speech that may very well define him and his character better than any other:
--->'''The Doctor:''' I'm not trying to win. I'm not doing this because I want to beat someone, because I hate someone, or because I want to blame someone. It's not because it's fun. God knows it's not because it's easy. It's not even because it works because it hardly ever does. I do what I do because it's right! Because it's decent! And above all, it's kind! It's just that... Just kind. If I run away today, good people will die. If I stand and fight, some of them might live. Maybe not many, maybe not for long. Hey, you know, maybe there's no point to any of this at all. But it's the best I can do. So I'm going to do it. And I'm going to stand here doing it until it kills me. And you're going to die too! Some day... And how will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand is where I fall.

** The series had one of these in the appropriately titled episode ''Epiphany''. In the previous handful of episodes he had managed to alienate his [[TrueCompanions entire team]] because he was under the impression that there would be some sort of GrandFinale where the forces of evil are defeated forever. After having a morally devastating realization on the universality of evil, he resolved that all he could do was simply [[WeHelpTheHelpless help the innocent]]. This epiphany wavered as his life kept taking turns for the worse, but he regained it right before the end; he even referenced it in his RousingSpeech three seasons later, just before the series' GrandFinale. It's all the more awesome as, in the previous episode, "Reprise", Holland Manners delivers Angel his version of the speech about evil's implacability, which causes Angel's brief HeroicBSOD.
** Season Five's ''[[MilestoneCelebration You're Welcome]]''. Angel had been losing his hero spirit dealing with Wolfram and Hart machinations. Cordelia woke from her coma to restore that resolve and to warn him of a plot against him by Lindsay. In the climactic mano-a-mano, Angel beat the snot out of him saying, "All those tattoos, all those new tricks you've learned... just don't matter. Doesn't matter what you try. Doesn't matter where I am or how badass you think you've become. 'Cause you know what? I'm Angel. I beat the bad guys."

** The series had one when she asked for help from the Watchers Council about learning exactly what Glory was (The BigBad of the season). The council subjected her to a long series of tests to prove her worth, but she eventually refused, explaining her own epiphany. Glory actually respected Buffy because she was the Slayer, that she had power. The Watchers Council didn't have the power to stop Glory, so their tests on Buffy were pointless and only an exercise to make them believe they had some control. This speech left the Watchers council dumbfounded. Of course Buffy was also dumbfounded when the Watchers relented and revealed that Glory was a hell demon god.
** Used again in the GrandFinale. The speech was instigated by the [[BigBad First Evil]] mocking her for being the lone Slayer. Buffy then had an epiphany regarding the Slayer legend given from the beginning of the series, and she decided to ignore that limitation.

** And used again in the Season Seven episode, ''Bring On The Night''. Buffy, after spending an episode fleeing, with her friends, from a supposedly unkillable, prehistoric "uber-vampire," finally meets him face-to-face, in front of her friends, and gives a speech:

* A particularly dark use, and inversion, of this trope in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The "in"famous episode "In the Pale Moonlight" had Sisko [[WholeEpisodeFlashback relate his story]] in a computer log about his efforts to convince the Romulans to participate in the Dominion War. Finding that simple logic wouldn't work, he sought the help of Garak and [[RecruitingTheCriminal other criminals]] to falsify evidence. He struggled with the serious moral and ethical compromises he had to go through to achieve this. By the end he stood up and instead of being morally untouchable he stated with growing conviction that the benefits ''outweighed'' the moral standing of one officer, even himself... and then erased the log.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' plays with the concept in the GrandFinale. Q outright TELLS Picard what the purpose of the test was and the reasons why he put HumanityOnTrial. Picard, tired of Q's games, just wants it to be over and doesn't fully understand what he is told, but he does listen.