Line #29 Awesome/KillBill


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[ConservationOfNinjutsu Those thugs don't stand a chance against her]].]]
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7	[[AC:''Kill Bill: Vol. 1'']]
8	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgRlzeYc1nk The fight sequence between the Bride and Vernita Green]], mainly due to the brutal and fierce battle choreography between the two assassins determined to kill one another in a household with improvised weapons, which ends in a tie once Vernita's daughter returns home from school. [[WeHardlyKnewYe While Vernita Green doesn't have as much screentime as the other assassins]], [[OneSceneWonder she makes up for it by being enough of a formidable opponent to the Bride, while having long retired from being an assassin]].
9	* The scene in the hospital, which shows us how ''utterly badass'' the Bride is. She kills the "customer" just by chewing off his tongue, then Buck by slamming his head into the door, all while her legs are paralyzed.
10	** Even before that, the Bride is in a panic after waking up from her coma, the heart rate monitor going berserk. When she hears Buck and his customer approach, she pretends to go back into a coma. The awesome part is that if the viewer listens carefully, the heart rate monitor immediately goes back to normal. That's right, the Bride is so badass she has total control over her heart rate.
11	* Hattori Hanzo formally presents the Bride with her specially-made katana after delivering a speech emphasizing the importance of his latest creation:
12	-->''"I am finished doing what I swore an oath to God, 28 years ago, to never do again. I've created ''something that kills people'', and in that purpose, I was a success. I've done this because, philosophically, I am sympathetic to your aim. I can tell you with no ego: this is my finest sword. If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut."''
13	** The scene where the Bride and Hanzo first meet in his sushi bar is a masterclass of acting. He's just flirting with her like she's a regular tourist until she casually drops his name. [[OhCrap Without another word]], they both drop the façade. He switches to speaking in Japanese, and she answers back in the same language. He knows ''exactly'' why she's there.
14	--->''[in Japanese]''\
15	'''Hanzo:''' What do you want with Hattori Hanzo?\
16	'''The Bride:''' I need Japanese steel.\
17	'''Hanzo:''' Why do you need Japanese steel?\
18	'''The Bride:''' I have vermin to kill.\
19	''[switching back to English]''\
20	'''Hanzo:''' You must have big rats if you need Hattori Hanzo's steel.\
21	''[the Bride leans in]''\
22	'''The Bride:''' ''Huge.''
23	* While he does end up getting killed, O-Ren's father does beat the shit out of two of the assassins sent to kill him before someone deals him the finishing blow. This is an unarmed Chinese-American soldier against at least four {{yakuza}} under the direct orders of their boss (meaning they're not mere mooks), using only his martial arts skills against all of them.
24	* O-Ren gets one for how she took out the man who orchestrated her parents' murders when she was only eleven years old. How did this happen? The [[LittleMissBadass pre-teen O-Ren]] learned that Matsumoto was a pedophile, so she used herself as a HoneyTrap to get into the man's bedroom, and as soon as she had the chance, she killed him herself. Not only that, but she used the man's own ''katana'' (the same one he used to murder her mother and almost kill her), and as she stabbed him and ''twisted the blade in his wound'', she told him to look at her in the eye and recognize her as the daughter of two of his victims. Then she pulls the katana out (resulting in an epic RainOfBlood) and, almost immediately afterward, grabs Matsumoto's spare gun and kills two of his bodyguards before running away.
25	* One of O-Ren Ishii's subordinates questions her ability to lead the Tokyo Yakuza on the basis of her half-Japanese/half-Chinese-American heritage. O-Ren ''beheads'' the subordinate, then says the following to the other subordinates in English (while Sofie Fatale translates into Japanese in the background):
26	-->'''O-Ren:''' As your leader, I encourage you from time to time, and ''always'' in a respectful matter, to question my logic. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure If you are unconvinced that a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you]], and I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo -- ''except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion''. The price you pay for [[BerserkButton bringing up my Chinese or American heritage as a negative]] is: ''[[OffWithHisHead I collect your]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[OffWithHisHead head]]. [holds up subordinate's severed head]'' Just like ''this'' fucker here! Now, if any of you sons of bitches got [[SuddenlyShouting ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY]], '''''[[SuddenlyShouting NOW'S THE FUCKING TIME!]]'''''\
27	''[StunnedSilence from the rest of the board room]''\
28	'''O-Ren:''' I didn't think so.
29	** "Gentlemen, this meeting is adjourned."
30	** This scene is so awesome that it's on the soundtrack under the title "Queen of the Crime Council."
31	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlu_xo79k8 The walking scene]]. O-Ren and her associates (Gogo, Sofie, some Crazy [=88s=]) doing an utterly badass TeamPowerWalk while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity"]] plays in the background.
32	* The Bride going for her first target is about as far away from the frantic scuffle her second one was as possible. "O-Ren Ishii! You and I have unfinished business!" And she says this ''in Japanese.''
33	* "You didn't think it was gonna be that easy did you?" "You know, for a second there… yeah, I kinda did." These famous words kick off the penultimate fight of ''Vol. 1'', and arguably one of the best fight scenes in film history: the Bride versus O-Ren's personal guard, the Crazy 88.
34	* The House of Blue Leaves scene itself, a visually stunning 20 minute fight scene that plays out like a "History of ''X''" video for the martial arts genre, including a one on one showdown with Gogo, one of the more [[TheFakeCutie memorable]] [[TheDragon dragons]] in cinema, a demonstration of the ConservationOfNinjutsu against dozens of foes simultaneously and their MookLieutenant, a surreal manga-esque scene viewed entirely as backlit silhouettes, and more HighPressureBlood than the Red Cross below sea level.
35	* "'''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS! IS WHAT! YOU GET! FOR! FUCKING AROUND! WITH YAKUZAS!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBiSZ6Jxxz0 GO HOME TO YOUR MOTHER!]]'''"
36	* After turning the Crazy 88 into the Crazy 5 or 6:
37	-->'''The Bride:''' ''[in Japanese]'' Those of you lucky enough to still have your lives, take them with you! But leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now. ''[turns to Sofie, switches to English]'' Except ''you'', Sofie! You stay ''right where you are''!
38	* The Bride finishes off O-Ren, who questioned the origin of the Bride's new Hanzo sword, by cutting off the top of her head -- and before dying, O-Ren accepts the truth of the Bride's claims.
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40	[[AC:''Kill Bill: Vol. 2'']]
41	* The fact that Budd, the soft-spoken brother of Bill and probably the most sympathetic of the Bride's plight of all the Vipers, takes her down so easily compared to the others. No epic fight or anything. He doesn't even take out his sword! [[CombatPragmatist He just shoots her with a shotgun full of rock salt]] and buries her alive without getting a scratch.
42	* The Bride tries her best to land a hit on Pai Mei, but he avoids every attack and counters a number of them without any effort.
43	-->"From here, you can get an excellent view of my foot!"
44	* The Bride aces her training with Pai Mei, despite a rocky start. He was evidently so impressed he taught her a technique he'd never shared with anyone before.
45	* The Bride, buried alive by Budd, decides to escape in the only way possible: she punches the wood of the coffin's lid until it breaks, then pulls her way up through the ground. The scene, perfectly synchronized to some SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, happens after an extended flashback detailing the Bride's training with Pai Mei.
46	-->"Okay, Pai Mei -- here I come."
47	** The Bride follows this up with a Crowning Moment of Funny: she walks across the street to an all-night diner -- still covered in dirt -- then sits down at the counter and calmly asks for a glass of water.
48	* Elle's entire monologue to Budd after framing the Bride for his death by using a black mamba to poison him has to count. She even sits down and calmly reads to him from a little pocket notebook, telling him what she's learned about the snake and adding a bit of commentary along the way.
49	* The Bride's final words to Elle: "[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch]], ''you don't have a future.''"
50	** This is followed by a brief swordlock between the two, before the Bride '''''rips out Elle's other eye''''' without warning. She then drops it on the floor and squishes it beneath her bare foot [[VillainousBreakdown as a horrified, screaming Elle flounders about in rage]]. It's not quite a KarmicDeath, given that the Bride just leaves her in Budd's trailer, but it's nothing short of satisfying to see such a SmugSnake who was willing to kill someone in their sleep and murder her partner for an incredibly petty reason suffer a FateWorseThanDeath.
51	* Bill delivers an amazing {{deconstruction}} of Superman in a monologue near the end of the film, all as a metaphor to explain the Bride's behavior after she'd left him.[[note]]Though, honestly, considering Bill's sociopathic nature, it says more about him than Superman, ''which just makes the dialogue even better in a metatextual sense.''[[/note]]
52	* The Bride delivers the killing blow to Bill after a brief tussle by using the one technique Pai Mei refused to teach anyone else: ''the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique''.
53	** An understated one for Bill: any victim of the technique is supposed to die after taking five steps. Bill manages to take ''six''.
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