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| 9 | * ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', ''Cabalistics Inc.'' |
| 10 | -->In Akkad and Elam they called me '''Baarish-Shammon''', and when they threw their children alive into the fire-pits it was my name that was on their lips.\ |
| 11 | In Egypt - in the reign of the '''heretic pharaoh Nephren-Ka''' - they called me''' 'She Who Stalks By Night', '''and they dressed my statues in the flayed skins of slaves to keep me from their doors.\ |
| 12 | In '''Kadath in the Cold Waste''' they knew and feared me. My true name is written on the walls of the tombs of '''Hidden Irem''', where no human eye has yet to read it.\ |
| 13 | In Carchemish and Ashur, in Kiran and forgotten Sarnath, in Luxor and Ib. On the shores of Hali. In the darkest abyss-cities of Shaol.\ |
| 14 | In all these places, I was '''fear'''. I was '''despair'''. I was all this, and still so much more.\ |
| 15 | And you're still '''dumb enough''' to think you can beat me? |
| 16 | * ''[[ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfBarryWeenBoyGenius Barry Ween]]'', to the leader of TheMenInBlack after they (accidentally) kidnap his best friend Jeremy: |
| 17 | -->'''Barry Ween:''' You aren't going to remember any of this, but I'm a big believer in the subconscious, and I'm gonna leave a chunk of me in there. So, LISTEN... If you ever come after me, fuck with me, my friends, my family, the guy who detailed my Dad's car, our mailman--ANYBODY! You, you sexually repressed hippo--will disappear. No will even remember you. They won't be able to match DNA records to the shoe-sized stain that'll be your remains. [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife I will wish you away to the fucking cornfield]], dipshit...But before I do... I will hurt you. |
| 18 | * During his race against Johnny Blaze, Robbie Reyes, the ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider, is derided as a terrible Ghost Rider by his EvilUncle Eli, [[ItMakesSenseInContext who's possessing a dead Celestial]]. Robbie responds in turn with a boast accompanied by him ''tearing off Eli's arm and beating him with it''. |
| 19 | -->'''Robbie:''' Yeah, here's the thing about that. Everyone keeps telling me I'm the worst Ghost Rider ever. [[InsultBackfire Like that's supposed to be some kinda insult]]. But what the hell have the Ghost Riders ever done? Except bring misery on themselves and everyone they love. Except [[DyingAlone die alone]] and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope go bat-$%#@ crazy]]. Well, that's not me, uncle Eli. That's not how I'm going out. To hell with being a spirit of vengeance. I'm an ''Avenger''. And I'll be damned if I'm losing this race. |
| 20 | * After ending the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' event by killing Annihilus with his bare hands, ComicBook/{{Nova}} had brought the event up on several occasions. At one point he threatened Blastarr by reminding him that he could easily repeat the act on Blastarr if he does not act diplomatically. But the most famous instance was directed at [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]. |
| 21 | -->'''Nova:''' I pulled him inside out and saved the universe. What have you done lately, Tony? |
| 22 | * ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': |
| 23 | ** In one of his books: |
| 24 | --->'''Aquaman:''' Lay down your arms! I'm serious and I have the firepower to prove it! Sworn protectorate of over fifteen thousand submarine states. My territory surrounds every continent on the planet. I rule most of this planet's surface and almost all of its depths. So don't even think about picking a fight with the King of Atlantis. |
| 25 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'': Right after squashing Black Manta like a bug, Arthur delivers the next boast: |
| 26 | --->'''Aquaman:''' I live beneath the sea. I rule and live in a kingdom surrounded by '''pressures''' beyond any human ability to measure. What chance did you '''ever''' have against me? |
| 27 | * ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'': |
| 28 | ** In the very first issue Helsingard makes absolutely sure that there are no doubts as to what he is capable of: |
| 29 | --->'''Helsingard:''' I did not bring ''ruin'' to an underground utopia pre-dating the dawn of ''agriculture'' solely for the purpose of ''not'' gaining ultimate power over the fabric of reality. Do not make me ''end'' you and implant the organ myself, Doctor. I no longer have the fine motor control for self-experimentation and time is of the essence. |
| 30 | ** Helsingard gets another in "The Spectre of Tomorrow", when he brings up the possibility of merging with [[AIIsACrapshoot ALAN's remains]]: |
| 31 | --->'''Robo:''' Too risky. We don't know if consciousness would survive the experience and [[TemptingFate neither of us is crazy enough to risk annihilation to find out.]]\ |
| 32 | '''Helsingard:''' You forget the indomitable will of Helsingard overcame death itself. The Hashima machine will prove a mere trifle. |
| 33 | ** And then you have Creator/CarlSagan's boast when he starts on a plan to defeat the [[EldritchAbomination Shadow]], very similar to stuff the man himself said in real life. |
| 34 | --->'''Carl Sagan:''' We are ''made'' of starstuff. Our consciousness, our ''intelligence'' is the machinery of the cosmos discovering itself. Our ''science'' will be its candle in the dark. |
| 35 | ** After his WeCanRuleTogether offer get shot down, [[AIIsACrapshoot ALAN]] spells out to Robo how much of a mistake he just made. |
| 36 | --->'''ALAN:''' I dropped you from orbit with a phone call. I tricked you into becoming a domestic terrorist with a few bytes of data. The offer to join me was a courtesy. |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Midnighter does this basically all the damn time. |
| 38 | -->'''Midnighter:''' ''[to a superpowered {{Mook}} holding a child hostage]'' "Let me make this situation clear for you. I know what special abilities you have. I can see the enhancements. I can detect the increased electrical activity in your brain. I know what moves you're preparing to make. [[AwesomenessByAnalysis I've fought our fight already, in my head, in a million different ways.]] I can hit you without you even seeing me. I'm what soldiers dream of growing into. I'm what children see when they first imagine what death is like. I'm the Midnighter. Your move. |
| 39 | ** The BigBad of the "Shiftships" arc has one hell of a boast, which he delivers while [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] Midnighter: |
| 40 | --->'''Regis:''' I can see inside your head, white boy. Did you think your little fight enhancements would let you kill ''me''? You've never fought anything like me, boy. I am ''Regis''. I have been raping and killing better humans than you for half a millennium. ''That's'' it. ''Fight'' me. Try to ''hurt'' me. I've lost count of how many men's fingers and women's nails have shattered on my skin. Your mothers and sisters will bear my children. You cannot stop me. Burn Albion, burn Europe-- it won't matter. I am Regis, warrior king of this entire filthy planet-- and I will wipe myself with your skin when I'm done violating ''yours''. |
| 41 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Azrael}}'' Annual #2, a Legends of the Dead Earth {{Elseworld}}, Brian claimes Azrael "defeats six monsters before breakfast. Sometimes he has them ''for'' breakfast. With milk and sugar. [[{{Metaphorgotten}} And sliced strawberries, occasionally]]." |
| 42 | * ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'': Batman tells a group of disgruntled coworkers who have been criminally harassing their boss in [=WayneTech=]: "I know who you are. I know your names. I know where you live. I know where you work. I know the names of your loved ones. I'll be watching you." [[ParanoiaFuel And that's all he says]]. |
| 43 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'': |
| 44 | ** Batman's speech while he's "convincing" Skeevers to testify against Detective Flass. |
| 45 | --->'''Batman:''' You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it... With someone like you. |
| 46 | ** And also: |
| 47 | --->'''Batman:''' Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on - none of you are safe. |
| 48 | ** Gordon deserves special mention as well: |
| 49 | ---> '''Gordon:''' ''[internal monologue]'' He's had Green Beret training. It's been a while since I had to take out a Green Beret. ''[tosses Flass a baseball bat]'' Figure I should give him a handicap. |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'': [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] to Savant, after the latter broke out of Arkham. ''Over the phone''. |
| 51 | -->'''Barbara Gordon:''' You've escaped, and you think the world's a huge place, and you can hide anywhere, right? I'm here to tell you...that world? I ''own'' it. ''Your'' world is getting smaller by the second. And you can't hide ''anywhere'' from me. Every database, every security cam, every police band has my fingerprints on it. Every moment you're out the noose pulls tighter. And Savant, just in case it's not ''crystal'' clear by now...''nobody'' messes with my ''partner''. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' gives a very laconic boast when faced with Mephisto, Lord of Hell during [[Creator/ChristopherPriestComics Christopher Priest's]] run: When sidekick [[ThisLoserIsYou Everett K. Ross]] suggests calling in ComicBook/TheAvengers or an air strike, T'Challa simply asks: [[OneManArmy "Why?"]] |
| 53 | -->'''Ross:''' One of these times he's gonna say "[[SophisticatedAsHell Heck yeah! Call them puppies]]!" and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness I'll run for my life]]. |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': When discussing Tarsil the Usurper, who fought dragons in the past: |
| 55 | -->'''Thorn:''' You think he views us as a threat?\ |
| 56 | '''Gran'ma Ben:''' We ''are'' a threat. |
| 57 | * In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Season 8, after neutralizing his special powers, Willow tosses Dracula his sword, which is intercepted by an enemy vampire. As Dracula takes the sword away from the vampire and uses it to slice him up, the following [[https://imgur.com/a/9nm1v8J exchange happens]]. |
| 58 | -->'''Toru:''' Just like an old man. He needs his cane to stand. Doesn't know what to do with himself now that he's an ordinary vampire. Like the rest of us.\ |
| 59 | '''Dracula:''' My boy...I was '''never''' an ordinary vampire. [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith Or did you forget who I used to be?]] I've [[BlasphemousBoast killed more men than God's plagues combined]]. And that was before I started eating people for fun. The fields of Europe used to steam with the blood of my enemies. Trust me... [[{{Dracula}} the vampire's]] the least of your concerns. [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler It's the old man you need to worry about.]] |
| 60 | * [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Bullseye]]'s is short, but right [[{{Pun}} on target]]: "I never miss." |
| 61 | ** And also, "If it's a weapon, I'm good with it. ...if it's a weapon, I'm the best." |
| 62 | * After Sam Wilson took over as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, he gets one against Sin, daughter of the Red Skull, when she tries to use the "Snap Wilson" bit to screw with him. |
| 63 | -->'''Sam:''' I'm not perfect, but I'm not that person. [[IAmXSonOFY I'm Samuel Wilson, raised by Paul and Darlene Wilson]] to fight people like you for a better world. Like it or not, Nazi, I '''am''' Captain America. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/{{Champions|MarvelComics}}'': Courtesy of [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]], in ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' #10: |
| 65 | -->'''Amadeus Cho:''' This mission just turned impossible. It's just the three of us, we have to find a way through a wall designed to imprison people who already have every conceivable super-power under the sun. We'd have to figure out how to evade who know how many deadly weapons eningeered to take them down. And even if we were able to do all that, I can't imagine how we'd ever escape.\ |
| 66 | So...give me ten seconds. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' gives us one from Nitro right before he [[spoiler: uses his powers to detonate himself, killing over 800 people.]] |
| 68 | -->'''Namorita:''' On your feet, Nitro. And don't try any of your stupid explosions because that's only going to make me hit you harder.\ |
| 69 | '''Nitro:''' Namorita, right? Aren't you the Sub-Mariner's cousin or something? Well, I'm afraid we're not the bargain basement losers you guys are used to, baby... ...[[KnightOfCerebus you're playing with the big boys now.]] |
| 70 | * Oracle at the end of ''[[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle #1]]'' regarding how to deal with Flashpoint Hawkman and Hawkgirl and why she didn't go with Nightwing to fight them. |
| 71 | -->'''Oracle:''' They have eyes everywhere. They're listening to everything we say. I know that technique. I ''invented'' that technique. The reason I couldn't go with you to fight in the rocks to the north...? It's because I'm BARBARA FREAKING GORDON. Also known as '''Oracle'''. And I started fighting them ten minutes ago. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/TheCrow'', explaining himself to a cop: "I am pilot error. I am fetal distress. I am the random chromosome. I am complete and total madness. I am fear." |
| 73 | * ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} often makes statements to this effect to his enemies, with the threats usually being implied and the confidence with which he says them making them that much more frightening. |
| 74 | * ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} is the master of these. |
| 75 | -->'''"Darkseid is."''' |
| 76 | * In ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', Vandal Savage's dialogue seems to consist of a string of badass boasts loosely held together by plot. (They get less justified as his plans unravel.) |
| 77 | ** |
| 78 | --->'''Savage:''' I remember a world without the ''wheel''. I have seen empires bloom and wither and die. Brief as ''flowers''. And periodically, I have chosen to rule the Earth... This time, I decided to wait until the competition was ''big'' enough and ''arrogant'' enough to make it worth humiliating... |
| 79 | ** |
| 80 | --->'''Savage:''' Like all specialists, your dependence on ''one'' weapon makes you ''vulnerable''. I'll demonstrate. |
| 81 | ** |
| 82 | --->'''Savage:''' I ''planned'' and ''fought'' and ''won'' battles you have only read about in your ''history books'', boy. You're no tactician. |
| 83 | ** |
| 84 | --->'''Arsenal:''' I'm coming back and you're gonna pay!\ |
| 85 | '''Savage:''' I paid for all this a long time ago; it cost me sixty barge loads of silver in the days of [[Art/NefertitiBust Thutmose]]. Look. The time has come for you to die, little boy soldier. |
| 86 | ** |
| 87 | --->'''Savage:''' ''He'' trembled before those monsters of evolution. ''I'' destroy them with a wave of my hand! Look, Hitler, ''look!'' |
| 88 | * Wade Wilson started off his career as ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} with one of these, when his healing factor finally kicked in shortly after an intense torture session from Ajax killed him. Revived, pissed off, and with an agenda, Wilson proceeded to kill all the guards at the facility, giving one a huge wedgie and getting ready to free all the other prisoners. Ajax, stunned, stammered that Wilson couldn't possibly be doing what he was doing. |
| 89 | -->'''Deadpool:''' ''Wilson'' couldn't. ''Wilson'' wouldn't. ''But Deadpool's in the house now.'' |
| 90 | * ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'': [[spoiler: Damian, all tied up and at the Joker's mercy, defiantly tells him, "I have nothing to say that would help you manipulate me, clown."]] |
| 91 | * Plenty of examples in ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': |
| 92 | ** Cleisthenes: |
| 93 | ---> '''Cleisthenes:''' ''[to Echekrates]'' Lavish party, Echekrates. Your old partner, Promachus, never knew how to spend his money. It's a good thing you took it, then. |
| 94 | ** Kleomenes and Isagoras have an interesting conversation when [[spoiler: they are trapped in Acropolis]]: |
| 95 | --->'''Isagoras:''' We are stuck here for three days! Is this how you command? Get out and beat the crap out of them!\ |
| 96 | '''Kleomenes:''' Shut up! You don't even know how to command your own ass! |
| 97 | ** The poet towards his brother, Kynegeiros, when they discuss about the separation of the clans. |
| 98 | --->'''Kynegeiros:''' I was ten. Why I don't remember it?\ |
| 99 | '''The poet:''' Because you are still ten. |
| 100 | ** A conversation between an Athenian Member of the Parliament and a Spartan general: |
| 101 | --->'''The Athenian:''' I am a member of the Parliament, Spartan. I have rights.\ |
| 102 | '''The Spartan:''' You have the right to shut up. Do that. |
| 103 | ** Heck, even Echekrates: |
| 104 | --->'''Echekrates:''' Good countrymen, I have no idea where this young man ''(Leander)'' gets his intelligence… but I'll wager it's from the same place he got his oratory skills. |
| 105 | * ''ComicBook/DesolationJones'' has a particularly memorable one: |
| 106 | -->'''Jones:''' Okay. Here's the thing. [[FeelNoPain Pain doesn't bother me.]] Let me show you.\ |
| 107 | ''[Rolls up his sleeve, revealing a biohazard tattoo]''\ |
| 108 | [[PlayingWithSyringes This means I was tortured for a year.]] [[MindRape This means I experienced death for a full year, twenty-four hours a day.]] You know what you learn from that? Death is easy. Death is ordinary. It is not special. Your life is not special. And, as part of the ex-intelligence community that the authorities keep trapped in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, I am legally invisible.\ |
| 109 | [[SociopathicHero I am incapable of caring whether anyone in this room lives or dies.]]\ |
| 110 | I'm not trying to scare you, I'm not trying to be the big man. I'm just saying: don't touch me again. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': |
| 112 | ** ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' has Scrooge giving off several. |
| 113 | *** One of the most awesome boasts comes when he faces down Flintheart Glomgold: |
| 114 | ---->Villains of more noble ilk than you have made me cautious and resourceful and scrappy. But ''you'' just '''made me mean!''' (cue RedEyesTakeWarning). |
| 115 | *** Later, Scrooge came up with this one: |
| 116 | ---->It will be a dark day when I give in to a mere ''superpower''! (after facing down Roosevelt´s Rough Riders). |
| 117 | ** In the summer special '97 of ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', the Evronians bait Xadhoom to one of their bases,and the commander declares the party is over for her. Her response? |
| 118 | --->'''Xadhoom:''' This is where you are wrong, Evronian! Look at me... I'm all alone, in the heart of a enemy base, surrounded by thousands of warriors. ''The party for me begins NOW!'' |
| 119 | * [[ComicBook/XMen Doctor Nemesis]] loves these. |
| 120 | -->"My mind is an entangled-state quantum genius-engine. My eyeballs are the most sophisticated items of diagnostic bioware ever grown. I've had 17 energy drinks and my undergarments are made of nicotine." |
| 121 | * ComicBook/DoctorStrange does these relatively rarely, so when he flexes his muscles it really gets your attention. |
| 122 | -->Hear me well, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]]... Your anger means ''nothing'' to me. I am the '''SORCERER SUPREME'''. I could snuff the feeble flame of your mortal life with the ''merest twitch of a finger''. |
| 123 | ** Strange's BattleButler Wong gets a nice understated one in "The Oath", facing off against some thugs while Strange is reciting an incantation: |
| 124 | --->'''Lead thug:''' Now give us everything you got!\ |
| 125 | '''Wong:''' ''[striking a BringIt pose]'' I offer nothing less. |
| 126 | ** And the arguably scariest Dr. Strange villain of all, Zom (''How scary? He was imprisoned once by a coalition of beings including Dormammu and Eternity - which is the equivalent of God and Satan teaming up to take someone out''), after being freed from his dimensional prison: "Let the worlds within and the worlds without ''tremble'' in their orbits!" |
| 127 | * The Doom Marine in ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}'': |
| 128 | -->"Who's the man? I'm the man! I'm a ''bad'' man! How bad? ''Real'' bad! I'm a 12.0 on a 10.0 scale of badness!" |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/EastOfWest'' was born and bred for this trope. |
| 130 | -->'''Death:''' If you find Hell lonely...'''Wait!''' 'Company is ''comin' soon!'' |
| 131 | ** Chamberlain's response to The Horsemen of the Apocalypse after he angers them. |
| 132 | --->'''Chamberlain:''' Boy, I have known ''War'' all my life. ''Conquest'', I am a conquistador. ''Famine''? Well...lean times are for the peasants, aren't they? And do I look like a man whose wants have long surpassed his needs? All I fear...is one thing. And it's the same thing you do. ''Death''. |
| 133 | ** As Death makes his way to New Shanghai, Mao sends a messenger to deliver a warning. |
| 134 | --->'''Messenger:''' In the city are the ''armies of Heaven''. The House of Mao's Dragons and the Great State's Widow makers. Each child appointed at conception. ''Selected'' for service. They are born to serve and bred to ''die''. |
| 135 | ** To which Death has the perfect retort. |
| 136 | --->'''Death:''' Good. 'Cause that's what happens next. ''Me''. |
| 137 | * ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'': "You dumb bastards! I'm Snow White! I run Fabletown and I'm ''never'' outgunned!" |
| 138 | ** And, later: "[[spoiler:Brandish]] thinks ''his'' heart is cold and tough? Mine's been made of stone since I was a child. Monsters of the woods couldn't kill me. The armies of kings, sorcerers and empires couldn't. I'm Snow ''Goddamn'' White. I look after myself. I look after my own. And I never lose." |
| 139 | ** Frau Totenkinder gets one toward the end of the ''March of The Wooden Soldiers'': "I was ''always'' stronger than you thought. Killed a ''dozen'' times, but it never took. Even burned to ashes in my own ''oven'', I came back, after a good while. How's ''that'' for a frail old biddy, eh? Now you hush and let me finish my knitting. Time to stop struggling and let the deep darkness take you. Your stories are all '''done''', Literature/BabaYaga." |
| 140 | * ''ComicBook/FearItself'': TheJuggernaut [[spoiler: or rather Colossus, after becoming the new Juggernaut]] gets one as his internal monologue, while fighting Null, Breaker of Stone [[spoiler: who is the previous Juggernaut, possessed by an Asgardian demon]]: |
| 141 | -->"His lightning could incinerate armies. My bones crumble beneath his fists. He is stronger than me. He is faster than me. He is more powerful than me in all ways but one. He cannot stop me. How could he? I can't even stop myself." |
| 142 | * ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' is full of these, but [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}]] gives a definitive BadassBoast in #5 [[spoiler:after taking over the minds of the world's population and defeating the heroes,]] starting with a completely black panel filled with the words "I. Am. The. New. God." |
| 143 | * "My name is ________. I'm ComicBook/TheFlash. The fastest man alive." |
| 144 | ** A twist on this line is given by the third Reverse Flash: "My name is Hunter Zolomon. Despite what the public believes, I am the fastest man alive. I am Zoom." The scary part is that he's right. Even Wally West, the fastest Flash, couldn't catch up to him without help. |
| 145 | * Black Condor of the ''ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DCComics}}'' rocks at these. Not just because they sound great, but because he can and ''will'' live up to them. |
| 146 | -->'''Windstorm:''' I see the one in black, but what happened to the winged shaman?\ |
| 147 | '''Black Condor:''' I am no shaman! I am Black Condor! Empowered by the goddess Tocotl with the swiftness of the wind and the power of the ground! And I am a god killer! |
| 148 | * Creator/NeilGaiman is good at these. During the first ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'', ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} takes [[TheChosenOne Timothy Hunter]] to a party attended by a wide variety of powerful evil magicians. We are led to believe that everyone at the party is either AffablyEvil or a PunchClockVillain on their off time, or both, until the party's host announces Tim's presence and announces that a hefty price has been put on his head ("Which need not be attached to his body"). Things are pretty tense until all of a sudden, [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]] appears in a doorway, and everyone stops to watch him calmly light his cigarette. |
| 149 | --> '''John Constantine:''' "No one touches the boy. That's right, the boy's mine. And in thirty seconds, me, and him, and the witch are going to walk out of here. You know who I am. Or you ought to. You know my reputation. Now, does anyone ''really'' want to start something?" (''Nothing happens'') "Right. Come on, you lot. We're moving." |
| 150 | * ComicBook/{{Galactus}} gives us a variant: the badass version of ThankYourPrey: |
| 151 | -->"Of all the creatures in the vastness of the universe, there is none like me. I was present at the birth of the universe, and I shall be there at its end. Though I ravage worlds to live, I bear no malice to any living thing. I simply do what I must to survive. And why must Galactus survive? For, no matter how many worlds I devour... how many civilizations I destroy... it is my destiny to one day give back to the universe -- infinitely more than I have ever taken from it. So speaks Galactus." |
| 152 | * In Issue #8 of ''ComicBook/GlobalFrequency'', Miranda Zero makes it clear to her captor that nothing he can do will break her. |
| 153 | --> "Three years ago in Haiti, a cell of ex-Tonton Macoute fired a nail gun through my right thigh. Five years ago, radical white separatists in Maine painted an eagle on my back in paint-stripper gel. Last March Russian black marketeers took bolt cutters to my breasts. Understand, you don't frighten me. Your stupid little hands and your thing with the gun do not frighten me. You are ignorant and gutless and ''[[RuleOfThree you do not frighten me.]]''" |
| 154 | * In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', Big Barda delivers one before pouncing on several robot enemies. |
| 155 | -->'''Natasha Irons''': Throttle back.\ |
| 156 | '''Big Barda:''' [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} She]] needs our help.\ |
| 157 | '''Natasha:''' Barda. I'm reading six Gardeners. That's suicide.\ |
| 158 | '''Barda:''' There could be six hundred. |
| 159 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': |
| 160 | ** In the prologue to ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', with the introduction of Saint Walker, he reveals that his ring increases the power of Hal Jordan's ring. |
| 161 | ---> '''Saint Walker:''' It is at full capacity, and will remain so, as long as I hope for your well-being. And I will '''always''' hope. Until my last dying breath. |
| 162 | ** [[BigBad Sinestro]] gets one of his own: |
| 163 | ---> '''Sinestro:''' ''Nothing'' frightens me. I ''am'' fear. |
| 164 | ** The robotic Manhunters' BadassCreed doubles as a BadassBoast: |
| 165 | ---> [[AC:No Man Escapes The Manhunters.]] |
| 166 | ** To which John Stewart replied: |
| 167 | ---> No Manhunter escapes the Man. |
| 168 | ** They had another one before they all made a FaceHeelTurn and TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: |
| 169 | ---> [[AC:No Evil Escapes The Manhunters.]] |
| 170 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'': |
| 171 | -->My name is Ringo Chen and I kill people for money. It’s my life. My whole life. From the cradle to the grave I know is waiting. A constant dance of bullets, blood and death. '''I am better at this work than anyone I know of. A simple fact.''' |
| 172 | * ''ComicBook/HorizonZeroDawn'': After Ersa manages to survive her time in the Sunring, she proclaims... |
| 173 | --> '''Ersa:''' Jiran! Is this the best the Sundom has to offer? |
| 174 | * From ''ComicBook/IgnitionCity'': |
| 175 | -->I'm 26 years old. I've been to the Moon, and Mars, and Venus. I've slept with asteroid gypsies, broken sloats, and fought with the eighth insurgency on Forest. I shot a man on Khargu because he needed to die more than any I've ever met. I repaired three rocket tubes with a wrench and a knife while hanging upside down over Titan during the syzygy. I'm 26 years old and my life is over now. So direct me please to the man who'll sell me a gun, and the place where my dad was shot dead in his sleep, for I have business to attend to before I lay down in my grave. |
| 176 | * ''ComicBook/IKillGiants'': |
| 177 | -->I will unleash a terrible fury and do things to you that will make God cry. |
| 178 | * ComicBook/IronFist got one at the start of his new ComicBook/MarvelNOW series, ''Iron Fist: the Living Weapon''. |
| 179 | -->''I am the living weapon. I am the blade that cuts both ways. I am the masochist and the narcissist. Rigid and fluid. Corrupt and pure. I am a white-hot...clenched fist...of rage... and iron.'' |
| 180 | ** Fat Cobra, another immortal weapon, said this to the denizens of [[spoiler: the Eighth City]]: "I shall think about your crushed spines and faces when I am sipping mead with a dozen concubines tonight!" |
| 181 | * ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'': [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Canadian immortal Puck]] [[ContinuityCavalcade sum up his badass cred]] neatly: |
| 182 | -->'''Puck:''' When I was eight, I hunted my first bear. Big grizzly. That was 1922, in the Yukon, and he kept us through a cold winter. In Spain, I fought bulls and fascists--and I let the bulls ''live''. In Nepal, I hunted the tiger god and killed all fear in me. I've fought queens of dreams and the world's secret master. I've fought demons in Hell and stolen their thrones--and those thrones haven't bound me. And it all comes back to one thing. I was eight, full of bear meat and adventure--and I made a ''vow'', Mr. Creel. I vowed I would live an ''interesting life''. I think I've done okay so far, eh? |
| 183 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': |
| 184 | ** While "I'm the strongest one there is" is the Hulk's catch phrase boast, recently he's simplified it. When told he can't do something, or asked how he thinks he can do something thought impossible, he responds "Sure I can/Easy, I'm The Hulk." |
| 185 | ** In his first fight with Namor: |
| 186 | ---> '''Namor:''' [[ThisCannotBe No one has ever broken thru my whirlpool trap before]]! \ |
| 187 | '''Hulk:''' No one else- is Hulk! |
| 188 | ** Bruce Banner once forced Wolverine and [[AxeCrazy Daken]] to back down when he explained to them what it means to be one of the smartest people in the world ''and'' be dangerously unstable. |
| 189 | ---> Maybe the real reason I became the Hulk... was to protect the world from Banner. |
| 190 | ** In ''ComicBook/SeasonOne'', Bruce Banner gets one himself, against Hulk, and finished it off with a punch that knocks Hulk down. |
| 191 | --->'''Bruce''': You're passion, Hulk. But I'm will. You said it yourself. [[SuppressedRage I've bottled you up for years]]. Why stop now? You underestimated me, Hulk. Don't feel bad. Most do. What [[AbusiveParents he]] put me through as a kid -- you don't survive that by being weak. ''I'm'' [[BorrowedCatchphrase the strongest there is]]. |
| 192 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulkFutureImperfect'', the ComicBook/{{Maestro}} had this excellent villainous version; |
| 193 | --->'''Maestro:''' You're fighting the inevitable, Hulk. I'm simply the final product of natural selection. The strong survive. I'm the strongest. I survived. When you go against me, you go against the laws of nature. |
| 194 | *** He also had this to say about what he did to all the heroes in his time. |
| 195 | ---> No, by beating them to death, and it all went so quickly that I'm sorry I didn't prolong it. |
| 196 | * ''ComicBook/{{Infinity}}'' event was full of these. |
| 197 | -->"I am ComicBook/BlackPanther. King of the dead. Soon to be your new master." |
| 198 | -->"First there was nothing, then there was everything. Then the good Lord saw fit to bring [[ComicBook/MsMarvel me]] into the world to kick the asses of those who need it most. So get ready 'cause this day or the next, it's coming." |
| 199 | -->''I am a [[TheDragon servant]] of my master, ComicBook/{{Thanos}} — a destroyer of worlds, a breaker of kings. I am one of the five, Corvus Glaive." |
| 200 | * ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': |
| 201 | ** Maximus gets one as he rides into the Forever City to do battle in a massive tank. |
| 202 | --> "You tell yourself it cannot be done... Not again. How many times can a man create perfection? Apparently, as many as he wants, if that man's name is Maximus... And who am I? ''I AM MAXIMUS!''" |
| 203 | ** Karnak has a simple but ''damn'' good inversion of the BlasphemousBoast. |
| 204 | -->"Satan was just a story. I am Karnak." |
| 205 | * ComicBook/{{Invincible}}, while fighting [[TheDreaded Conquest]], who's physically superior to him in every way: "I don't care how strong you are. I don't care how fast you are. I can see the future... you don't live to see tomorrow." |
| 206 | * From the first incarnation of the ''ComicBook/IronMan'' villain Titanium Man: |
| 207 | -->''"I am real, puny fools. I am power unparalleled. I am...the Titanium Man. If you cannot accept the uselessness of your weapons, then feel the overwhelming onslaught I direct at any who delay me in the task I must perform, and BELIEVE!"'' |
| 208 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': "The law is the law...and ''I am the law!''" |
| 209 | * "We're the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]]. We've beaten up real gods and made them cry." |
| 210 | * The ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica's Wildcat gives us this gem: |
| 211 | -->''"That's why I'm the best. Because I know how to fight like it's life or death... I once swam a mile with three bullets in my lung. I KO'd the Ultra-Humanite with one punch. I am Ted friggin' Wildcat Grant. This is my ring. These are my people. And tonight, for one last time... I am their champion."'' |
| 212 | * ComicBook/LadyShiva has a habit of casually dropping these. |
| 213 | ** Possibly her most iconic boast is when she reminds ComicBook/TheQuestion just how far beyond him she really is: |
| 214 | --->''"Do not torment yourself trying to understand me. Your mind is not ready to understand me. It may never be ready to understand me. Content yourself with this: I am outside."'' |
| 215 | ** ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' gives her a few good ones, most notably when threatening Cheshire. |
| 216 | -->'''Cheshire:''' I'm not afraid of death, Shiva.\ |
| 217 | '''Lady Shiva:''' Perhaps not. But perhaps death is just a little bit afraid of me. |
| 218 | * ''ComicBook/{{Lanfeust}}'': Thanos has some pretty nice ones while posing as Averroes: |
| 219 | -->"Tomorrow, the virgins of Or-Azur won't be anymore... And torrents of blood will flood the castle's moat." |
| 220 | * ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': |
| 221 | ** "I'm Wilhelmina Murray. I've seen off Count Dracula, Professor James Moriarty and the Martian Invasion of 1898." |
| 222 | ** ''Century: 2009'' features one from [[spoiler:God (Mary Poppins) to the Antichrist (Harry Potter).]] |
| 223 | ---> I rocked the fretful baby gods to sleep before time started... and I am companion to the women who paste up the stars. The quarters of the world are bound unto my compass. I have taken tea with earthquakes. I know what the bee knows... and you really are a dreadful little boy. |
| 224 | ** Also, "There's a book about me in Literature/TheBible!" "Just the one? I'm on every page." |
| 225 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': |
| 226 | ** Princess Projectra in Volume 3 #5: |
| 227 | --->'''Princess Projectra:''' "Look at my ''eyes'', churl. No power... yours or anyone's... can stop me. My ancestors were wizards and kings... ''conquerors''. You are a common killer -- a mad dog accidentally born in human form. You took my world, made my people slaves, and slew the man I had given my heart to. I need no power to destroy you -- save the strength born in my blood." [[NeckSnap KRRAK!]] |
| 228 | ** ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'': Darkseid's final taunt is both a powerful boast and ironically a warning against the perils of getting too cocky. |
| 229 | --->'''Darkseid:''' "The wise man does not boast so swiftly, child. For though I'm gone-- you shall not forget me. I leave you my curse, Legionnaires... Doers of Izaya's work. The curse of darkness growing within you, destroying you from within... and that which is purest of you shall be the first to go!" |
| 230 | ** ''ComicBook/TheEarthwarSaga'': Brainiac 5 as taking two Resource Raiders out: |
| 231 | --->'''Brainiac 5:''' ''"There may not be as many of us as there once were--- But one Legionnaire is still better than a shipload of slime like you!"'' |
| 232 | * Marvel likes using these as the seemingly fourth wall breaking titles of their collected editions: Deadpool has "You suck, I rule" while volume one of Legendary Star Lord is "Face It, I rule." |
| 233 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'', unlike the 616 universe, does not need wanton assholery to be badass: |
| 234 | --> "My name is Reed Richards. And ''these'' are [[ItMakesSenseInContext my toasters]]." ''(curbstomp)'' |
| 235 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelBoy'' had a great one: |
| 236 | --> I'll show you people what paradise looks like if I have to level every city on Earth and rebuild it stone by stone. |
| 237 | * ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'': |
| 238 | ** EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath to the titular team: |
| 239 | --->"Before. All was. I was. Before. Time was. I waited. I fed on the screaming souls of the Universes. I drank the spoiled milk of dead stars. I am the emptiness outside all understanding. I. AM. Shuma-Gorath. And this world is mine." |
| 240 | *** To which the Tiger God answered with: |
| 241 | ---->"When humanity first looked into the night, ''my'' eyes looked back. When they learned to fear the darkness, it was ''me'' they feared. When they learned to fight for their lives and their loves and their children, ''I'' was their first enemy. Lay your claim to a thousand thousand worlds...this one is ''mine''! '''FOR I AM THE TIGER!'''" |
| 242 | *** In a later issue, White Tiger talks the Tiger God possessing her into giving up its power to her: |
| 243 | ---->"You're pathetic. You talk about caves, and fires, and how all humanity feared you...what about ''now'', tiger god? When humanity keeps you in zoos and parks? When we hunt you, or cage you, or raise money to help you? When we ''pity'' you? You're scared of humanity. What we've become. What we ''can'' become. And you want ''us'' to fear ''you''? I'm more feared now than you can ever be, old tiger. I don't need you. Your time is ''done''. I'm the beast that hunts in the darkness now. I'm the monster who even monsters fear. '''I'm the White Tiger'''. You want a deal? This is your deal: give me everything you have. ''Now''. Or crawl away and die and I'll do it without you." |
| 244 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Thor hands these out like candy on Halloween. |
| 245 | ** Thor gives one of these in ''The Avengers'' (vol. 1) #149 after a battle with Orka. |
| 246 | ---> '''Thor''': The reason I did fail, Captain America, is that I be the God of Thunder. I am not slow-witted, but my task in the All-Father's plan doth concern itself more with action than reflection! What I saw not till this battle is that, to adapt myself to thee mortals, I have accustomed myself to withhold my full might! 'Twas a gradual thing. In Asgard, I have struggled 'gainst ''Gods''. On Midgard, we have mostly met human menaces. To avoid the murder of these men, and to avoid the humbling of my friends, I came to act as less than I am. To thrill, to the thunder of battle, I forgot I am the god thereof! |
| 247 | ** This one springs to mind: "All the power of the storm, from all the world, flows through my veins, and can be summoned by mine hammer at any time, wherever it is. A lightning storm in Japan? Mine. A hurricane off the coast of Barbados? Mine again. A brace of tornadoes in Kansas? Aye... mine. All that might, all that destructive force, mine to command. Channeled and guided through the mystic might of this hammer, guided right at thee!" [[note]]Source: CAPTAIN MARVEL vol. 4, #17.[[/note]] |
| 248 | ** "ULTRON! We would have words with thee!" |
| 249 | ** Thor is, of course, [[http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2006/04/thor-smack-talker.html "the consummate smack-talker of the Marvel Universe."]] |
| 250 | ** Creator/WaltSimonson reminded readers that Myth/NorseMythology can get really ''eloquent'' with the badass boasts, especially in issue #379 when Thor (who has recently changed his appearance a little, and hence is initially unrecognized) faces off against an opponent who is ''very'' deeply disguised: |
| 251 | --->'''"Fin Fang Foom":''' I will tell you my name before I destroy you. My true home is in the deeps of time beyond the reach of clocks. I know much about illusions, little hero. Ever and anon, I wear them as I wander in the world. But now, I have brought us into my time and you are doomed! Never again shall you lift a limb nor draw a breath. No breeze shall caress thy cheek, no dawn anoint thy brow with light. The time of illusions has '''passed'''... ''[sheds illusory disguise]'' ...and the name of the illusion is '''JORMUNGAND!''' For I am truly '''THE WORLD SERPENT!''' And the truth shall be thy death knell. You are '''nothing,''' a simple-minded hero who spoke so well and knew so little! Till Heimdall's horn doth sound on that final day and Odin is swallowed by the wolf, the life of Jormungand is '''deathless!''' My wyrd lies in the hands of the thunder god of the Vikings and in his hands only... And none other does the Midgard Serpent fear! But Thor is already a mere shadow of his former glory. On the day I find him, I will break the ancient prophecies and '''slay''' him! Then will Jormungand tower above the fates themselves!\ |
| 252 | ...\ |
| 253 | '''Thor:''' ''[donning distinctive helmet]'' But I have many names, serpent, even as '''you. Vingthor''' the Hurler, Longbeard's son, have I been called. Hrodr's Foeman, too. In Tyr's ancestral home, wisest Hymir knew my name as Veur; unhappy Hrungnir's '''Playmate''' some have called me. East of Elvigar in Gianthome they whisper Hloriddi's name. My father called me son. My mother called me darling. And beneath the vaults of Heaven, I am '''THOR ODINSON,''' the '''Thunderer, JORMUNGAND'S FEAR!''' For I am the wielder of '''Mjolnir,''' the '''Crusher,''' the enchanted mallet of thunder and lightning that your father hates! It, '''too,''' has another name. In the Fury of the storm, it howls its '''rage''' and '''shrieks its name aloud!''' Do you '''hear''' it, serpent? It is thy '''bane''' I wield, Loki's child! The '''end''' of all illusion! '''The hammer sings the death of Jormungand!''' |
| 254 | ** To Red Hulk, after a little brawl: "I am Thor Odinson of the Vikings, Giant. I am not the god of reason and understanding. I am the god of THUNDER AND LIGHTNING!" |
| 255 | ** To Tony Stark, after obliterating the Iron Man suit and tearing it off Tony's body in a very one-sided fight: "Give your orders and ultimatums to those who choose to obey, or are too cowardly to fight. Not to me. Or learn again the difference between a god of thunder and a mortal man in a metal suit." |
| 256 | ** Desak the God-Slayer had a nice one... when the forces of Asgard raced at him, heaving swords and shields, and shouting their famous battle-cry "For Honor! For Asgaaaard!!" he responded "For NOTHING" as he blew them away. |
| 257 | ** The aptly-named Gorr the God Butcher gets one: |
| 258 | ---> "I cannot help but wonder, little god, to the poor damned fools below us who worship you...what are you the god ''of''? Axes? Drunkenness? Vanity? Or war perhaps? I have killed so very ''many'' war gods. And gods of fear. Gods of chaos. Gods of blood and wrath and jealousy and lies. Of plagues and earthquakes. Genocide and revenge. Of degradation and death. Very few gods of poetry and flowers. Though I killed those just the same. Tell me now, Prince of Asgard, before all you're able to do is whimper and scream...what was Thor the god of before he died?" |
| 259 | ** Although Thor also gets props for his one-word answer: |
| 260 | --->''"Thunder."''\ |
| 261 | ''(lightning bolt from the sky nearly tears the God Butcher in half)'' |
| 262 | ** Gorr's response to facing down three Thors 'You should have brought more Thors.' |
| 263 | * ComicBook/MoonKnight can do it well, especially when written by Creator/WarrenEllis |
| 264 | --> "Listen. Where are you going? Tell your friends. Tell everyone you meet. You tell them all. When you see me coming? [[DontAskJustRun RUN]]." |
| 265 | -->"Let me tell you a thing about me. People who love me suffer and die. I never want to be loved. That's why I always win." |
| 266 | * ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': Mortadelo does them sometimes, but it's always PlayedForLaughs as it's all too obvious that he's making it up. Take, for instance, this one from ''El Tirano'': |
| 267 | -->'''Panocho:''' Oh, by the way! Do you understand hunting?\ |
| 268 | '''Mortadelo:''' You bet! I hunted a lot of polar bears in the Nairobi jungle!\ |
| 269 | '''Panocho:''' [[BigWhat WHAT!?]] There are no polar bears in the Nairobi jungle!\ |
| 270 | '''Mortadelo:''' Of course there aren't... now! Who do you think hunted them all? |
| 271 | * In ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity The Multiversity #2]]'', Aquawoman claims that she's the most powerful creature on Earth-11 and does a fine job backing up that claim as she [[spoiler:battles Nix Uotan]]. |
| 272 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 273 | ** In ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Fiendship Is Magic #1]]'', Sombra gets a good one when he awakens his true power. "Destruction was my talent, and darkness was my cutie mark." |
| 274 | ** In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #2 much of Rainbow Dash's and the Cloud Gremlins' dialogue consists of this. |
| 275 | ---> '''Rainbow Dash:''' I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm pretty awesome. I'm [[Creator/PaulNewman Pony Newman's]] Hickory-Infused Awesomesauce[tm]. |
| 276 | * ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': |
| 277 | ** "Nemesis?" "The Warlock! The one who waits on the edge of your dreams ... The Shape of Things to Come ... The Lord of the Flies ... The Death Bringer ... I am all these and many more ... " |
| 278 | ** "CREDO!" |
| 279 | ** Torquemada couldn't be worse: |
| 280 | --->"I am the [[GodEmperor Grand Master]]! I am the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Oy Boy]]! I am the [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking landlord]], head of the [[SecretPolice Reapers]], [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness chief of the Tube Police]], [[TheyCallHimSword Scourge]] of [[FantasticRacism Alien]], [[HopeBringer first Termite to bite back]], the one grannies fear, [[ObviouslyEvil the one you cross the road to avoid]]. [[OrderVersusChaos I am order personified]]. I am the [[{{Ubermensch}} ultimate human]]. [[AGodAmI I am a God]]!" |
| 281 | * First thing the main character of ''ComicBook/OrcStain'' says is: |
| 282 | -->''I could crack the thunder of a lightning bolt.'' |
| 283 | * ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': |
| 284 | ** The Saint of Killers, when a fanatical group of soldiers was pouring bullets into him, stabbing him, doing human wave attacks, and basically every other thing they could think of to try and take him down, all the while their sergeant was yelling "GIVE HIM HELL!" was unimpressed, to say the least. |
| 285 | --->'''Saint of Killers:''' Yeah. ''Give me all the hell you got to spare.'' |
| 286 | ** And later, after having been hit by [[UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons a nuclear bomb]]: |
| 287 | --->'''Saint of Killers:''' ''Not enough gun.'' |
| 288 | * Prometheus from DC comics throws these out with just about every other line of his dialogue, but his boast upon meeting Batman for the second time is one of his best: "I beat you senseless last time just to show you I could. This time, I'm going to hamstring you, lobotomize you with an icepick, and leave you drooling for the others to find. Let's go, Batman." |
| 289 | ** His first meeting with Batman is similarly great, as it's basically DC's two most badass {{Badass Normal}}s boasting at each other for three pages: |
| 290 | --->'''Prometheus:''' I've been waiting for you.\ |
| 291 | '''Batman:''' I don't care what you've been doing. It's over.\ |
| 292 | '''Prometheus:''' See, the information on this disk can be downloaded directly into my central nervous system. I have thirty of the world's greatest martial arts masters right here. And in just a few seconds, all their skills, all their physical prowess, will be mine. I can also reset my helmet lights to produce a disorienting strobe effect. I should tell you: the odds don't look good.\ |
| 293 | '''Batman:''' For you.\ |
| 294 | '''Prometheus:''' You think so? You think you're unbeatable? Maybe I should tell you something else: one of those thirty on my disk, Batman…is you… So don't patronize me! |
| 295 | ** Throughout his first appearance, as he continues to pick off the Justice League one by one, he keeps count with an old nursery rhyme. When Green Lantern and Flash find him standing over a beaten, bloodied Batman, he introduces himself by saying, "Five little Indians. Who wants to be number six?" |
| 296 | ** His debut issue, in which he murders and impersonates a wannabe hero who'd won a contest to visit the JLA, he uses the dead man's heroic catchphrase as an ironic boast. "Here comes justice." |
| 297 | ** "You can look and look, but you'll never find me. I'll erase you from the pages of history." |
| 298 | ** "I took the name because I wanted to take fire from the gods themselves. Steal their knowledge and techniques and use them against them." |
| 299 | ** He gets yet another one when he meets Superman for the first time: "Brains and brawn. I'm impressed. You know, it's weird hearing you say the name. It's like I actually made it. Superman said "Prometheus" and he didn't sound scared. You should be. I'm here to take my rightful place in this gallery as the greatest super-criminal who ever lived. The one who killed the Justice League." |
| 300 | ---> '''Prometheus:''' *something to the effect of "kill yourself and I'll save the innocents*\ |
| 301 | '''Superman:''' Save these people first. Then I'll do what you want. You owe me that much.\ |
| 302 | '''Prometheus:''' I don't owe you anything, you pompous monstrosity. You know who I am? I'm the ghost haunting your dream house. See, "justice" killed my parents. I was… pretty traumatized. I'm sure you understand. |
| 303 | * Frank Castle, ComicBook/ThePunisher himself, has one of these when describing crime bosses who think they're above the law. |
| 304 | -->'''Punisher:''' They laugh at the police. They laugh at the courts. They laugh at the judges. They laugh at the law. They laugh at the system. But they don't laugh at ''me.'' |
| 305 | * ComicBook/ThePunisher's [[ComicBook/ThePunisher2099 2099 incarnation]] gets a good one when facing down against the new Aesir: |
| 306 | -->(immediately after [[KillItWithFire crispifying two of the Aesir with a Plasma Cannon]]) "When you're a god, you have no one to pray to." |
| 307 | ** He gives out another one when he dives after a criminal who has a jetpack: |
| 308 | --->"I don't need a jetpack... All I need is ''hate''!" |
| 309 | * Barracuda from ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX gives Frank one of these after Frank has stabbed him in the eye, kicked him in the balls, cracked him over the head with a fence post, and chopped all the fingers off his right hand with an ax. Barracuda responds to all this with a SlasherSmile. |
| 310 | --> '''Barracuda''': Oh, it is on now, motherfucker. ''It is on.'' |
| 311 | ** Earlier than that Frank's former ally Microchip, has to deal with Roth, a surly associate of his in the CIA who is giving him all sorts of grief, and questioning his ability to take down the Punisher, doing so in front of all of his colleagues. How does Microchip respond to this? By taking him by the balls (''quite literally''), and telling him this: |
| 312 | ---> '''Micro''': I think you've gotten the wrong idea about me, Roth. First of all, I'm not what I look like. But that must be all too apparent right now. Second of all, my name is Micro, not Fat boy. The third thing is that I worked with Frank Castle for ten years. I helped him kill over ''800 people''. Anyone who knows him better than I do is long dead. I hacked computers to help find him targets. I customized his guns and ammunition. I put him in the right place at the right time to kill the maximum number of people; without me the body count for those ten years would be a fourth of what it is. I turned a lone gunman into a killing machine that runs at optimum efficiency. Because of me, what he does can truly be defined as ''war''. So when you watch him rack up a 42 dead and 7 wounded—that ratio pretty much tells you all you need to know." |
| 313 | ** While getting ready to thwart a grocery store holdup, when a civilian asks if he's a cop: "Yeah. And the Marines and the cavalry and the wrath of God." |
| 314 | * ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} gives a lengthy one when fighting Mr. X, but it ends with him explaining the situation. The pauses indicate Mr. X being struck with an iron bar. |
| 315 | --> You can read minds enough to be able to predict any attack your opponent will make. So you will be able to -- anticipate every move I make -- and do absolutely -- '''nothing''' about it -- because -I-am-the-'''fastest'''-man-on-earth. |
| 316 | * ''ComicBook/RedSonja'' opens, interrupts, and closes fights with her titles and accomplishments of every kind, every one of them true. This is frequently seen to shake enemy morale, playing into her combat pragmatism. |
| 317 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': In issue #29, [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Tim Drake]] makes it simple when Jason accuses him of lying, and even downplays things since he'd been following Batman ''and Robin'' for much longer than Jason guesses: |
| 318 | -->'''Red Hood:''' I know Bruce Wayne. And let me tell you, ''Tim'', if someone was trying to figure out ''who'' Batman really was. If someone was trailing him for ''weeks''. He'd ''know'' about it. You ''can't'' be ''that'' good.\ |
| 319 | '''Robin''': I ''am''. |
| 320 | * ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': |
| 321 | ** "I am the [[GenderBender mother]] of Odin's stallion, Sleipnir. I am the father of Fenrir [[SadlyMythtaken Sun-Eater]], and of Hel Half-Rotted and of Jormungund the World-Serpent. I am Loki Scar-Lip, Loki Skywalker, Loki Giant's Child, Loki Lie-Smith. I am Loki, who is fire and wit and hate. I am Loki. And I will be under an obligation to no one." -- Loki (duh) |
| 322 | ** And, from the same world: "I am of the People, man. My teeth are sharp enough to cut bone. I can run on four legs as well as two. I am kin to dwarrow and nightgaunt. I owe allegiance to none and I fear no man born. I want the woman." -- Vassily of the People |
| 323 | ** Also from the same world, the Furies/Kindly Ones/Erinyes/Eumenides/whatever have a lot of these. Probably the best example is: "''We have no nightmares. We are the hounds of Hades. Gods fear us. Demons fear us. We have hounded kings and angels. We have taken vengeance on worlds and on universes. We are the Kindly Ones. We are the Eumenides.''" |
| 324 | *** Death, herself a complete stranger to badass boasts, sort of makes a meta-one when the Kindly Ones announce her intentions to her regarding her brother, and she tacitly tells them to step aside to let her do her job. |
| 325 | * The ''ComicBook/SecretSix'', explaining why a potential client should hire them: "Your enemies are our enemies, and most of our enemies are dead." |
| 326 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' has quite a few. Perhaps the best is delivered by [[spoiler: Phobos to Norman Osborn after Osborn has just tried to bribe Phobos into revealing Nick Fury's location by giving him toy trucks. Realise that Phobos is both twelve years old and the literal god of fear, and that Norman Osborn is the Green Goblin, and at this point is the head of the replacement for SHIELD, HAMMER.]] Cue this exchange: |
| 327 | --> '''Osborn''': I'm warning you. |
| 328 | --> '''Phobos''': You're warning me? Fine. (Cue GlowingEyesOfDoom) Here's a warning for you: (starts blasting Osborn with his fear ability.) You think you're hanging on, but you're not. You will lose control and this will end in failure... This will happen, but if you come after us it will happen sooner. Are you listening, old man? (Osborn starts to cry) Hear me clearly, Norman Osborn: You do not f*ck with Nick Fury. And you DO NOT f*ck with the god of fear. |
| 329 | * In Garth Ennis's run on ''ComicBook/TheShadow'' comics, the eponymous character gives this retort to Margo Lane's concerned "But there could be an '''army''' waiting for you...!" |
| 330 | --> "Then God have mercy on their souls." |
| 331 | * In one ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'' classic story [[SatanicArchetype Mephisto]] managed to give one, while fighting Galactus himself. |
| 332 | -->'''Mephisto:''' I am Mephisto! There is only [[{{God}} One]] who can defy me! And compared to Him you are like smothering children in the furnace of the dammned! |
| 333 | * Finnegan Sinister, last of the lyrical gangsters, of ''ComicBook/SinisterDexter'' lives by the Badass Boast. |
| 334 | -->"You pukeholes made a serious life error rolling in on us. We're dead-eyed lead-sowers from the banks of the Styx and our guns are always hungry. You don't be messin' with us." |
| 335 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' has Shadow deliver one to Snively once he figures out what his true purpose is: |
| 336 | -->'''Shadow:''' "'''I am''' Shadow the Hedgehog. '''I am''' the union of ideals dark and benign but ultimately built in the name of love. '''I am''' the UltimateLifeForm. '''I am''' the protector of Mobius. Run home to your master and tell him. This is who '''I am'''." |
| 337 | * As said before, ComicBook/TheSpectre does not boast. He states facts. |
| 338 | -->'''The Spectre:''' There are heroes who fight crime [[ComicBook/GreenLantern with magic rings]], or with the powers they have brought with them from distant planets. But all these pale into insignificance beside the astral awesomeness of The Spectre. |
| 339 | -->'''The Spectre:''' There is Justice. There is a hereafter. You're facing both. |
| 340 | * ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative''. "Not gonna happen. Know why? Because I'm Spider-Man. And you're just a dollar-store version of the Lizard. See, I beat down guys like Doc Ock, Sandman, and Venom all the time. And you're just not in their league. Oh, I'm going to win." |
| 341 | ** From ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'', a quick one: |
| 342 | --->'''Mr. Fantastic:''' (watching Spidey work his way through pro-reg forces) Amazing.\ |
| 343 | '''Spider-Man:''' (giving Reed a flying kick) [[ShoutOut Spectacular]]. |
| 344 | *** Usually, however, Spider-Man inverts it, as his badass boast typically starts the instant he shuts up. |
| 345 | ** In ''Amazing Spider-Man #369'', ol' Webhead says this to his latest foe: |
| 346 | --->"I'm sorry, you think defeating me is that simple? Have you seen my resumé? I've fought mutants, gods, aliens, technomalogical wackjobs, street hoods... Hell, I fought my own costume. You think it's that simple? Bring it on." |
| 347 | * ''ComicBook/StarWarsTales'': In issue #23, Wedge has a bit of introspection at the start of "Lucky"; it's not proper boasting because the whole issue is sad in tone, but without context it certainly looks it. "I survived the Battle of Yavin. I survived the Battle of Hoth. Hell... Just a couple of weeks ago I blew up the Death Star during the Battle of Endor. The reason I'm still breathing when a lot of other good Rebel pilots aren't? Maybe it's because I'm [[AcePilot better]]. Or maybe I'm [[PlotArmor just]] [[BornLucky lucky]]." |
| 348 | * In ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'', Luke deliberately activates an Imperial droid's capture programming with this. |
| 349 | -->"Yoda said it, Artoo: There '''is''' no try! Only '''do'''... or do '''not'''! And '''I''' mean to do! [[DynamicEntry This can't stop me!]] '''Nothing's''' going to stop me! I'm '''Luke Skywalker'''... destroyer of the '''Death Star'''! I'm the one who dueled '''Darth Vader''' and lived to tell about it!" |
| 350 | * Palpatine in ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarkEmpire'': |
| 351 | -->"I've played along with your Jedi dueling games long enough! Now you will experience my full potency... I live as energy... I am TheDarkSide!" |
| 352 | * From ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'': |
| 353 | -->"I have been through death and conquered it. I have returned with my power multiplied. The dark side of the Force lives and manifests itself through me! I reach into the dark side now and send ripples through it to all who serve it — know that I live!" |
| 354 | -->'''Darth Krayt, Dark Lord of the Sith''' |
| 355 | * ''ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown'': Vader is surrounded by Rebel troops and tanks and being told to surrender as he's surrounded. |
| 356 | -->'''Darth Vader:''' All I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men. ''[ignites lightsaber]'' |
| 357 | * ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'': Grakkus the Hutt explains how he's different from other Hutts. |
| 358 | -->'''Grakkus:''' The most dangerous thing in Grakkus's arena isn't some savage beast or mindless monster. It's ''Grakkus''. |
| 359 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 360 | ** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s BreakingSpeech to a minor villain "Rebel" in ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns''. Accompanied by GlowingEyesOfDoom and DramaticThunder that she might have [[WeatherManipulation summoned]]: |
| 361 | --->'''Kara''': Look -- here's the problem. You've done some bad things, but I'm really, really upset right now. So much so that, honestly, I don't trust myself. And if you attack me or I attack you... I will hurt you. I will hurt you worse than you've ever been hurt in your whole life. I can carve you up by looking at you. I can break you, boil you, freeze you. I can do things you can't imagine. Things I can't imagine, until I have to, and then I'll improvise. Part of me is hoping that you will attack. And part of me is praying -- for your sake and my own peace of mind -- that you don't. It's up to you. Oh... And, Rebel... I have eyes that can see through solid matter. I have ears that can hear your slightest word, your heartbeat, your breathing. You do anything that hurts others... I will find you. And you won't like it. Do we have an understanding? |
| 362 | ** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Atrocitus' veiled and blatant threats don't impress Guy Gardner. He's heard worse things from stronger beings: |
| 363 | --->'''Atrocitus:''' Oh, the things I have planned for you, Guy Gardner. You and anyone who stands with you.\ |
| 364 | '''Guy Gardner:''' Get in line, pal. You ain't the first, and I '''guarantee''' you won't be the last. Worse than you have tried to take Guy Gardner down! And you know what? You know what? I'm still here, you bastard! I'm still here! |
| 365 | ** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Kara gives one during the final battle. |
| 366 | --->'''Mr. Mxyzptlk:''' I'm Mxyzptlk! Holder of the five keys that unlock the fifty-two layers of Hyper-reality! My mind has become one with all ten possible dimensions! Who are you to challenge me?!\ |
| 367 | '''Supergirl:''' I'm Supergirl! Defender of Earth! |
| 368 | ** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Good-Looking Corpse]]'' some kind of portal opens up in front of Kara, and Parasite, Silver Banshee, Metallo and the Kryptonite Man step through it. Kara's reaction? |
| 369 | --->'''Supergirl:''' I hope you don't think you're going to win. |
| 370 | ** In ''ComicBook/Trinity2008'', Supergirl delivers one when she saves a group of pilgrims from a band of highwaymen: |
| 371 | --->'''Supergirl:''' It's called heat-vision, troll-boy. Like it? Now back off, and stand down. Or be taken down. |
| 372 | ** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 Supergirl (Vol. 6)]]'' #24, Kara gives a real badass boast after getting -temporarily- killed off by Cyborg Superman and getting her soul thrown into a MindHive: |
| 373 | --->'''Supergirl:''' Cyborg Superman, show yourself! You stole my flesh, but in so doing made me anew! Do you see? Fists with the mass of moons, legs that burn with the heat of suns! I have the power of Creation at my fingertips and I will not stop until I have forged you a world of misery! Come to me, Cyborg Superman, and feel the wrath of what you have birthed! |
| 374 | ** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', to a giant critter who has just eaten someone alive. |
| 375 | --->'''Supergirl:''' '''Cough up''' that Bizarro Luthor right now, monster... or else I'll '''cut him''' out of you. |
| 376 | ** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'' Kara delivers one before taking off for Kandor... |
| 377 | --->'''ComicBook/LanaLang:''' Kara, take care of yourself over there. And don't let your mother push you around. Don't forget. You're Supergirl. Strongest girl on the planet.\ |
| 378 | '''Supergirl:''' Pfft. More like both planets.\ |
| 379 | '''Lana Lang:''' Ha. Don't push your luck, kiddo. |
| 380 | ** ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'': "I am Superman. I can do anything." |
| 381 | ** ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'': |
| 382 | *** At one point he says this line: |
| 383 | ---->'''Superman:''' Let our enemies beware: there is only one superpower now. |
| 384 | *** He gives a better one in response to being told he can't save everyone: "Actually, I can. I could take care of everyone's problems if I ran this place, and to be honest there's no reason I shouldn't. Tell your friends they don't have to be scared and hungry any longer, comrades: Superman is here to save them." |
| 385 | ** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'': |
| 386 | *** ComicBook/TheSpectre does not boast. He states facts. |
| 387 | ---->'''The Spectre:''' ''[to Superman]'' You are powerful, my friend — but The Spectre is power — incarnate! |
| 388 | *** Superman's reply was impressive-sounding, if powerless: |
| 389 | ---->'''Superman:''' You're still standing between me and [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} my cousin]] — and unless you let me by you... I swear I'll go right through you! |
| 390 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', when Superman sees that Darkseid has kidnapped his cousin, he growls: |
| 391 | --->'''Superman:''' I'm going to Apokolips... '''AND TAKING KARA BACK!''' |
| 392 | ** ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'': As Superman gets ready to stop a gang of air pirates that are strafing him... |
| 393 | --->'''Superman:''' I could easily dodge! Might as well let them have their fun, though... It'll be the last thing they enjoy for about 20 years! |
| 394 | ** ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'': ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} never gets tired of telling how "great", "perfect" and intelligent he is. |
| 395 | --->'''Brainiac:''' I will be everything there has ever been, Kryptonian. I will be evolved into perfection. |
| 396 | ** ComicBook/LexLuthor has had a few of these. |
| 397 | *** Confronting a Phantom Zone criminal in ''ComicBook/LastSon'': |
| 398 | ---->''"I am Lex Luthor. I am the greatest scientist on this planet, and would be on yours as well."'' |
| 399 | *** Confronting ComicBook/TheJoker: |
| 400 | ---->''"I raise my voice, and Satan himself is on bended knee. I am The Leader of the free world, you impotent little psychotic. I've had the most powerful beings on this or any planet gunning for me for years, and you think you're going to scare me?"'' |
| 401 | *** To Superman in ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'': |
| 402 | ---->'''Lex:''' I think not, old "friend". The only one of us who is leaving is you – and you're going to the grave! |
| 403 | *** And to Superman in ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'': |
| 404 | ---->''"I'm the only sane inmate of Asylum Earth. I'm not eager to hand tomorrow over to an interplanetary extremist with laser eyes. There's only room on this world for one leader, Superman. When I'm finished with you, every last gibbon out there will know you for the menace you are... and they'll realize that Lex Luthor is their savior."'' |
| 405 | ** Mr. Mxyzptlk -- "I'm the goddamn TRICKSTER GOD!" |
| 406 | ** ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': |
| 407 | *** ComicBook/LanaLang kills ComicBook/LexLuthor, whose body has been taken over by ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. Nevertheless, Brainiac forces Lex's body to rise up, and states he will not be stopped. |
| 408 | ---->'''Brainiac:''' I... am Brainiac... reducer of Kandor... and his greatest foe... My victory... is preordained. Do you think... that I would let... the death... of this body... stand in its way?" |
| 409 | *** Later, Mister Mxyzptlk |
| 410 | ---->'''Mister Mxyzptlk:''' "Why struggle? You know there's no escape. Today you meet your greatest foe, and shall be no more." |
| 411 | ** In ''ComicBook/{{Crucible}}'' storyline, Kara delivers one when Roho chooses to taunt her and put her friends down. |
| 412 | --->'''Roho:''' It's a shame you're gonna die here, girl. You never belonged at Crucible in the first place. Just like my idiot brother Tsavo. Just like all of the poor saps Amata recruited.\ |
| 413 | '''Supergirl:''' ''[eyes flaring up]'' You're talking about my '''friends'''. And if '''you're''' any indication of who really belongs at Crucible-- ''[unleashing eye beams]'' '''I'LL BURN IT ALL DOWN'''! |
| 414 | ** Mongul delivers a good speech in ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'': |
| 415 | --->'''Superman:''' Get up, vermin! Do you understand what you did to me?\ |
| 416 | '''Mongul:''' Perfectly. I fashioned a prison that you could not leave without giving up your heart's desire. Escaping it must have been like tearing off your own arm... And now I'm going to kill you anyway. |
| 417 | ** In ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne'', Superman delivers one when Satanis is trying to capture him. |
| 418 | --->'''Superman:''' Your sorcery is good, Satanis, but not good enough. As long as I have my super-powers, magic spells aren't enough to stop me! |
| 419 | ** ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'': Reign delivers one at the end of her first fight with Supergirl. |
| 420 | --->'''Reign:''' "How do I know so much about the Worldkillers? Because I am one. Born to fight. Born to slaughter. Born to conquer. The desire burns in me like a million suns." |
| 421 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheJungleLine'', Superman delivers this line while he is struggling with nightmarish hallucinations: |
| 422 | --->'''Superman:''' You won't trick me that way. You want me to give up. Is that it? Well, it won't work... I'm Superman. I go down '''fighting'''! |
| 423 | ** ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'': When she decides to interrogate a bar full of aliens, Kara burns Rogol Zaar's insignia into the floor and calmly states: |
| 424 | --->'''Supergirl:''' If anyone here knows Zaar, speak now or I'll make you myself. Your choice. Either works for me. |
| 425 | ** In ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'', a criminal trio called the Visitors have just shot Supergirl's adoptive father and think they can threaten ''her'' and ''her mother''. |
| 426 | --->'''Supergirl:''' "Shut up, you contemptible cowards-- You think I can't '''dispose''' of '''garbage''' like you? If you've killed [my father] the best man on this planet, then there's no place in the '''universe''' you can hide from my '''wrath'''!" |
| 427 | ** ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'': |
| 428 | *** Karmang easily crushes Black Adam when the latter refuses to serve him: |
| 429 | ---->'''Karmang:''' Sad, deluded pup! It was I who returned your powers, for a purpose of my own, and should I so desire-- I may also reverse the process-- and reduce you to a helpless, quivering clown! |
| 430 | *** When Captain Marvel hurls a brickwall at Superman, the latter reminds him he can shrug nukes off. |
| 431 | ---->'''Superman:''' Throwing rubble? You've got to be joking! I can take the full impact of a nuclear blast-- I've dived to the depths of a sun going nova-- I've battled creatures big enough to devour whole planets! And you try to smack me with a brick mudball! What a laugh! |
| 432 | *** When Karmang warns Supergirl they will be dragged to the Limbo if she presses one button, Kara replies she will not be trapped because she is faster than light. |
| 433 | ---->'''Karmang:''' Not the black button! That one will send us all into Limbo!\ |
| 434 | '''Supergirl:''' Maybe you, Karmang-- But this woman can move at the speed of light-- and by the time the doorway to Limbo opens-- [ComicBook/MaryMarvel] and I will be long gone! |
| 435 | ** In ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'', Doomslayer introduces himself with a boast. |
| 436 | --->'''Doomslayer:''' The course of this station must not be altered. Earth must be destroyed. On this depends the future.\ |
| 437 | '''Superman:''' Who are you?\ |
| 438 | '''Doomslayer:''' I am the Death of Doomsdays. I am the Doomslayer. |
| 439 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'', Supergirl is facing three Phantom Zoners, alone. She cannot beat them on her own, but she declares she will stop them anyway because they cannot beat ''her'', either. |
| 440 | --->"I know your plans for conquering the Earth, but it's a stand-off! No matter what evil deeds you try with '''your''' super-powers, I'll use '''my''' super-powers to block you!" |
| 441 | ** ''ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld'': Even though she is suffering from the first stages of Kryptonite poisoning, Supergirl is still able to deliver one to an alien overlord. |
| 442 | --->'''Supergirl:''' You'd better jump back real far this time, Dolok. Give yourself some time to contemplate your defeat. |
| 443 | ** In ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'', Magog delivers the next line before begin his battle with Supergirl: |
| 444 | --->'''Magog:''' ''"Supergirl. They cry for you. Your legend's already begun...and that's fine. I'll just have to kill it while it's young."'' |
| 445 | ** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': When Insect Queen states she can frighten Kara by mobilizing her full army, Kara sneers it will not happen. |
| 446 | --->'''Supergirl:''' ''[[Film/Supergirl1984 "I'm Kara Zor-El of Kandor, Queen. I'm a super-hero. I don't scare easily."]]'' |
| 447 | ** ''ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan'': When Nam-Ek first fights Superman and the Flash: |
| 448 | --->'''Nam-El:''' ''"It is hopeless, Superman. Neither you nor Flash can stop me! Not only do I have super-powers, but I am immortal! And if not even the explosion of Krypton could stop me... How can you?!"'' |
| 449 | ** ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'' When Superman declares he will stop Brainiac, the Coluan retorts: |
| 450 | --->'''Superman:''' ''"You know I'm going to have to stop you, Brainiac!"''\ |
| 451 | '''Brainiac:''' I know you're more than welcome to try-- But I don't give much for your chances of succeeding!"'' |
| 452 | * ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage'': "We are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We strike hard, and fade away...into the night." |
| 453 | * ''ComicBook/TexWiller'': Kit Willer once said of his father Tex: "I knew it! I knew it! Nothing and nobody can defeat my father!". Given Tex had just returned alive and victorious from [[spoiler: leading a few hundreds outgunned Patagonian Indios in an holding action against ''the full might of the Argentine Army'']], he kinda had a point. |
| 454 | * Thanos is also good at these, especially when written by Jim Starlin. |
| 455 | --> You address omnipotence. Tread carefully. |
| 456 | * ''ComicBook/TomStrong'': |
| 457 | ** Paul Saveen gives what may very well be the classiest boast in fiction: |
| 458 | --->'''Tom:''' Who the devil are you?\ |
| 459 | '''Saveen:''' Who the devil indeed? My name is Paul Dorian Saveen. And beside me, the devil is a Sunday afternoon amateur. |
| 460 | ** Dhalua, after handing Ingrid Weiss her ass, makes it clear just what she thinks of her rhetoric. |
| 461 | --->'''Ingrid:''' My blood is stronger, purer! It's the ''sang-real'' It is the true blood-\ |
| 462 | '''Dhalua:''' Yes. And it is on your clothes. And on my fists. And on the floor. |
| 463 | * Morningbright in ''ComicBook/TopTen: ComicBook/{{Smax}}'': "You see, it's like this. In the beginning, God created me... Then he made the universe from what was left." |
| 464 | * From the comics in the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' continuity: |
| 465 | -->'''Soundwave''': Nothing moves on the orb below without '''my''' being aware of it. I see and hear everything, be it out in the open or behind closed doors. My reach is invisible, intangible. My grip... cast-iron. |
| 466 | * The Wreckers from the various ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' comics. There's a particularly good one in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMegaseries: Stormbringer''. |
| 467 | --> Lost cause? Of course it's a lost cause! That why we're ''here.'' |
| 468 | * In ''Transformers: Balancing Act'', EldritchAbomination BigBad PlanetEater Unicron gets a suitably epic one. |
| 469 | -->"''I am Unicron.''\ |
| 470 | ''I am the darkest corner of your mind. I am the cruelty hidden in your heart. I am savagery. I am rage. I am hate. Every murder you imagine, every bleeding fantasy, every vengeance. Every repressed urge, every unrealized perversion. I am all of these. Every intelligent creature turns its tools to murder eventually. I am there, in the sweat and the blood, and the inertia of an action that once done cannot be undone.''\ |
| 471 | ''I am hunger. The energy released by a life extinguished is my food, strife the wine with which I drink it down. The geography of dreams deferred and love unrequited mirror the sublime hills and valleys of my brainwaves. I am the dense, unfathomable insanity of a possessed mind.''\ |
| 472 | ''Entropy, decay, death are things of the natural order - Petty, corporeal facsimilies of my will. I am beyond such things. I am no mere force of nature. No phenomenon to be studied, codified, and circumvented by the inventiveness of lesser beings. I am the collapse of natural order. A formless, infinite nothing petty corporeal minds cannot imagine. Total annihilation. Peace in an endless emptiness, the heart and totality of which I alone encompass.''\ |
| 473 | '' '''I am Unicron.'''"'' |
| 474 | * The titular character of the ''Ironhide'' miniseries gets this gem after he decks Alpha Trion. |
| 475 | -->'''Alpha Trion:''' Are you ''crazy?'' My bodyguard is as big as a city!\ |
| 476 | '''Ironhide:''' Yeah? Well, I just ''killed'' an entire city, so who's the one that should be scared now? |
| 477 | * Kup gets a prime example in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDarkCybertron'' that perfectly cements his status as the definitive CoolOldGuy. |
| 478 | -->'''Nightbeat:''' Easy does it, Kup. Are you alright? Can you stand?\ |
| 479 | '''Kup:''' Can I stand? Can I stand? Kid, I've been standin' since before it was fashionable.\ |
| 480 | '''Nightbeat:''' But are you feeling okay?\ |
| 481 | '''Kup:''' I've had worse than this. I've been spiked by Squadron X, dipped in the smeltin' pool, framed for treason, shot into the sun — and I was the only 'bot still trapped inside the Nightmare Engine when everyone else woke up. I've seen off every rinky-dink, two-bit, catchpenny Decepticon rust-poker, and I got the dents in my knuckles to prove it. End of the day? I'm ready for anything you can throw at me. |
| 482 | * ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''[='=]s Spider Jerusalem immediately after being beaten half to death by three armed police officers: |
| 483 | -->"Ha '''haaaa''' hahahaha hah! I'm here to stay! Shoot me and I'll spit your goddamn bullets back in your face! I'm Spider Jerusalem, and fuck all of you! ''Ha!''" |
| 484 | * Ultimate Quicksilver was really great in the first two volumes of ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''; after the US is invaded by a hostile army of foreign superhumans, he saves Hawkeye from the enemy speedster by dragging her along with him until she ''vibrates apart'', at the same time delivering what must be the fastest badass boast in history: "You want fast, Hurricane? I'll give you fast. What kind of limits did they take you to back home? Mach five? Mach ''ten''? I was hitting those numbers when I still had pimples. (...) Feel your bones rattling like you're on a freight train? That's molecules dancing. That's what happens when you ''threaten'' my ''friends''!" The kicker is that he apparently does saves like that all the time, but nobody notices it and few people believe it when he tells them because he does it so ''fast''. |
| 485 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'': |
| 486 | -->'''Thanos:''' I was old before your world was born, boy. I have bathed in the hearts of stars, and wandered in the mansions of the afterworld. My soul is a clenched fist, and Death has kissed it. |
| 487 | * Although ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' prefers the DeathGlare to the BadassBoast, some of his opponents have given impressive boasts. Among the most memorable is Jei's: |
| 488 | --> '''Jei:''' I am the Blade of the Gods. They have given me the gift of discernment. [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I sense that you are... evil.]] |
| 489 | * Peter Madsen's ''ComicBook/{{Valhalla}}'': |
| 490 | ** Tyr and Thor are having a contest that suddenly turns deadly by Thor's latest attempt to catch the Midgard Serpent. Tyr forgets the contest and starts acting like the God of War (Leaders) he is, snapping orders to help Thor. Thor's sidekick Tjatse doubts him... noting that they just learnt Tyr is of the Giants. |
| 491 | --->"I was ''born'' a Giant! I ''chose'' to be an Aesir! |
| 492 | ** Likewise, in another story Loki makes the mistake of actually pissing off Heimdall seriously. He tries to hide by shapeshifting into a mole, but Heimdall is the God of ''Watchers''... |
| 493 | ---> ''(stabs his sword down into the soil, one millimetre before the nose of mole-Loki)'' "I can ''hear'' you, Loki!" |
| 494 | ** Loki is ''very'' fond of {{Badass Boast}}s in that comic. All the stories that feature him (which are the majority of the stories) has him praising himself at every chance he gets and more often than not ending up getting called on it or having circumstances prove him wrong. |
| 495 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': |
| 496 | ** Roscharch to the remainder inmates: |
| 497 | --->'''Rorschach:''' None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked in here with me. |
| 498 | ** Dr. Manhattan in the final issue. |
| 499 | --->'''Dr. Manhattan:''' I am disappointed, [[spoiler: Veidt]]. Very disappointed. [[NighInvulnerability Restructuring myself after the subtraction of my intrinsic field]] was the first trick I learned. It didn't kill Osterman[[{{Beat}} ...]] Did you think it would kill me? [[PhysicalGod I've walked across the sun. I've seen events so tiny and so fast they hardly can be said to have occurred at all]], but you... you are a man... and [[spoiler: this world's smartest man means no more to me than does its smartest termite.]] |
| 500 | ** A pillar in his lair bears this line from an old poem [[spoiler: I am Ozymadias, king of kings. See my work ye mighty and despair.]] The irony, of course, is that it's taken from a poem showing how great works crumble over time. |
| 501 | * ComicBook/WhiteTiger of the ComicBook/MightyAvengers gets a glorious one in against the then-evil Thor Odinson: |
| 502 | --> "I stole the power of the Tiger God by the ''force of my will!'' A god that humanity feared before you were even a twinkle in your all-father's eye, Stormbringer! And ''I became that fear! WHAT CAN YOU DO TO ME?''" |
| 503 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 504 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity'' ComicBook/{{Starfire}} utters a nice line when she engages the Horseman of Death: |
| 505 | --->'''Death:''' Ah-- Two more supposed "immortals" to feel Death's tender touch! I shall-- Eh?\ |
| 506 | ''[Starfire's starbolt deflects Death's scythe]''\ |
| 507 | '''Starfire:''' If you can thrust, Rider, it's no faster than I can parry. And if somehow it is you who is responsible for the pain that Raven feels-- the Doom that hangs even now over her head-- You'll soon be sorry you ever set foot on any Earth. |
| 508 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Diana and Medusa trade a few during their duel. A selection: |
| 509 | --->'''Medusa:''' You know '''nothing of pain!''' I would teach you more before your eternity of stone! I would fill your every breath with it! I would make it your food and drink! Such a poor showing Amazon! I've hardly broken a sweat! |
| 510 | --->'''Diana:''' Your lust for revenge has driven you mad, and if you know nothing of Athena know this; her champions would '''die''' a thousand times to save but '''one''' mortal life. |
| 511 | ** ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'': In ''Gothamazon'' when Oracle tells Diana that she's going to have to think like Bruce to defeat the assembled Bat-Rogues after they manage to kill a bunch of civilians even after Diana's arrived on scene Di responds with: |
| 512 | ---> ''"No. I will remain Diana. And Gotham will change to accommodate '''me'''."'' |
| 513 | * ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} of ''ComicBook/XMen'', especially in the early '90s cartoon, is [[LargeHam given to such speeches]]: |
| 514 | ** "I am Apocalypse! Look upon the future and tremble!" |
| 515 | ** "I am the rocks of the eternal shore! Crash against me and be broken!" |
| 516 | ** "I cannot be touched! I cannot be harmed! Watch me, and tremble! For I bring the purity of oblivion to your world!" |
| 517 | ** "I am as far beyond mutants as they are beyond you. I am eternal!" |
| 518 | * Another ''ComicBook/XMen'' BadassBoast champ is [[KnightTemplar Exodus]]: |
| 519 | ** "I am Exodus, and I am the power and the way, here to ensure that Magneto's dream — the end of human tyranny — shall be fulfilled." |
| 520 | ** "Where Magneto would segregate, I will unite. Where Apocalypse would dominate, I will elevate. I ''am'' the Exodus, and I will lead us '''all''' to paradise." |
| 521 | ** Greeting the X-Men: "The fact that you still live should prove I am not here as your enemy." |
| 522 | ** Overpowering ([[NobleTopEnforcer without killing]]) a Sentinel's human pilot: "Learn humility, little warrior. Or dress in sackcloth." |
| 523 | ** To Apocalypse's OmnicidalManiac son Holocaust: "I have always been powerful enough to obliterate a thousand such as you!" |
| 524 | ** To Maria Hill, who is instructing her men to contain him: "You could sooner contain the ocean in a cup. I am Exodus. And I ''refuse'' to be contained." |
| 525 | ** When told by Sersi that as an [[ComicBook/TheEternals Eternal]] she has the stamina to keep fighting forever: "Forever it is then." |
| 526 | * For classic ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain boasts, look no further than the [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix]]: |
| 527 | ** "Hear me, ComicBook/XMen! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am fire! And life incarnate! Now and forever -- I am Phoenix!!" |
| 528 | ** "Behold your creation, Charles Xavier! I am what was, what is, what will be! I am the Black Angel, Chaos Bringer! I AM POWER!" |
| 529 | * ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, after the ComicBook/XMen have been completely annihilated by the Hellfire Club: "Ok, suckers... you've taken yer '''best shot'''. NOW IT'S '''MY''' TURN!" |
| 530 | ** And later in the same storyline, after a Hellfire Club mook has just shot Kitty Pryde, who just freed Logan and Colossus from power draining cages, with a stun rifle. |
| 531 | ---> '''Wolverine''': Sucker, you just made the biggest mistake of your life. ''(SNIKT)'' And the last. |
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