1 | Here are tropes focusing on characters intimidating others with threats of violent harm to coerce them into doing their bidding or when someone did something they don't like. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Now start looking at these tropes or someone will be sent to whoop yo' ass!]] |
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3 | Compare ViolenceTropes, ATorturedIndex, and AbuseTropes. See also AngerTropes. |
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5 | !!Tropes: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | [floatboxright: |
8 | '''Also see:''' |
9 | * IHaveYourIndex |
10 | * IndexAtGunpoint |
11 | ] |
12 | * AbusiveAdvertising: Buy our products or else! |
13 | * AggressiveNegotiations: Negotiations devolve into violence, whether it was planned or spontaneous. |
14 | * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: The villain's EvilPlan is to force someone to marry them. |
15 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: Next time you wrong me, it'll be your beloved who gets it! |
16 | * AngerBornOfWorry: Don't you ever make me worry like that again or it'll be me who endangers you next time! |
17 | * AngryFistShake: If I'm shaking my fist at you, that means you've seriously pissed me off! |
18 | * AngryItemTapping: You're making me angry, so I may harm you with this blunt object I have in my hand until you stop! |
19 | * AppealToForce: Agree with my viewpoint or I'll hurt you! |
20 | * AuditThreat: As a government official, I order you to tell us what we want to know, or else we'll have to tax you! |
21 | * BadassBoast: Now you're in trouble because I AM here to beat your ass down into oblivion! |
22 | * BadassCreed |
23 | * BadReviewThreat: You better do what I want or I'll give a review about how awful your company is! |
24 | * BattleCry: FOR TVTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPES!! |
25 | * BigBrotherInstinct: You harm one hair on my sibling's head and I'll gut you like a fish! |
26 | * {{Blackmail}}: I know your secret, so you better do as I tell you or I'll let your little secret out! |
27 | ** BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: And don't you dare call what I'm doing "blackmail", because I'm merely keeping you in your place! |
28 | ** FabricatedBlackmail: Even if your "secret" isn't real, you'll do what I say or else! |
29 | ** RevengePornBlackmail: You'll do what I say if you don't want to become an involuntary pornstar! |
30 | * BreakInThreat: Intimidating/threatening a character by breaking into their abode and deliberately leaving evidence of the break-in. |
31 | * BreathHoldingBrat: Either you give me what I want or I'll hold my breath and suffocate! |
32 | * BrokenWindowWarning: Breaking someone's window as a threat, or throwing a warning message tied to a brick through someone's window. |
33 | * BuyOrGetLost: If you're not going to buy anything, leave. Otherwise, there's going to be trouble... |
34 | * CollectiveDeathGlare: An entire group glares at someone for doing/saying something dumb. |
35 | * CountingToThree: I'll count to three for you to stop pissing me off! 1... 2... 2 and a half... |
36 | * CastingCouch: Have sex with me, or you don't get the part. |
37 | * CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: I'm going to do something really bizarre to you! |
38 | ** IWillTearYourArmsOff |
39 | * DarkShepherd: You better behave yourself or you're in for a world of consequences (particularly of the {{fire and brimstone|Hell}} kind)! |
40 | * DeadAnimalWarning: Let this dead animal on your porch be a warning that I'm not bluffing about harming you! |
41 | * DeadlyEuphemism: Telling you that I was going to "kill you" wouldn't be very polite, instead I'll just say that I'm "giving you the treatment". |
42 | * DeathGlare: See me staring daggers at you? That means you better shut your mouth before I shut it for you! |
43 | * DisproportionateRetribution: How dare you upset me with a minor mistake?! I will get my vengeance on you for that! |
44 | * DontMakeMeDestroyYou: I'm warning you! I don't want to have to do this, but if you don't stop what you're doing, I'll have to hurt you! |
45 | * TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: You got two options, we can either settle this calmly or I'll have do something more drastic to you! |
46 | * EmptyCopThreat: Withholding information from a police officer? That's not acceptable! Tell me what you know or you're under arrest! |
47 | * EyeAmWatchingYou: So don't try to piss me off or I'm coming for you! |
48 | * FalseReassurance: Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you. [[FateWorseThanDeath I'm going to make you suffer]]! |
49 | * ForgivenButNotForgotten: Sure I forgive you, but if you ever repeat that mistake again, there is gonna be hell to pay! |
50 | * FreudianThreat: If you keep making trouble, I'll tear off your "equipment"! |
51 | * GiveMeAReason: I don't need a good reason why I should hurt you! As soon as I find some excuse to hurt you, you're dead meat! |
52 | * GoThroughMe: You wanna hurt my loved ones? You'll have to face me first! |
53 | * GunboatDiplomacy |
54 | * HappinessIsMandatory: Smile and be happy or you're dead meat! |
55 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: Tell anybody that I'm [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold actually nice]] and I'll see to it you never see the light of day again! |
56 | * HighAltitudeInterrogation: Tell me what I want to know or I'll throw you off this high ground! |
57 | * HitYouSoHardYourXWillFeelIt: You're gonna hurt so bad that someone close to you will feel the pain once I'm done with you! |
58 | * HomeworkSlave: Hey, loser! Do my homework assignment, or I'll turn you into hamburger casserole during gym class! |
59 | * HostageForMacGuffin: If you care at all about your friend's life, you WILL hand over the item I'm looking for! |
60 | * HowDareYouDieOnMe: You better not die or I'll never forgive you! |
61 | * IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: You want to know my big secret? Ok but you'll have to die afterwards. I'm not joking by the way... |
62 | * IfICantHaveYou: You don't return my love? I'm gonna kill you for that! |
63 | * IfIWantedYouDead: If I was going to kill you, I would have by now. Better get moving before I actually DECIDE to kill you! |
64 | * IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: You're in for some serious pain should you hurt my loved one! |
65 | * IHaveYourWife: Do as I say or your beloved gets it! |
66 | * IllKillYou: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin! So don't you even think of doing me any wrong! |
67 | * ImpliedDeathThreat: Don't get in my way again, unless you want me to send you to join the choir invisible. |
68 | * ImYourWorstNightmare |
69 | * IneffectualDeathThreats: You cross me and I will poke you with a stick. |
70 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: Beware my catch phrase, that's a sign that I mean business! |
71 | * IsThatAThreat: Am I threatening you? Of course I am! |
72 | * IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Should you fail me, it'll be your loved one who gets hurt! |
73 | * IWillShowYouX: You want mercy? I'll give you "mercy"! I'll give you lots of "mercy"! |
74 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Alright buddy, talk! Tell me what I want to know or you're in for some ColdBloodedTorture! |
75 | * MandatoryMotherhood: BabiesMakeEverythingBetter and NotWantingKidsIsWeird, so you better get busy and make some or you'll be so sorry! |
76 | * MakeAnExampleOfThem: You all WILL follow my rules unless you want to end up like the poor fools who last defied me! |
77 | * MyNameIsInigoMontoya: What better way to let you know that you're in trouble then by me telling you exactly who you're dealing with! |
78 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: You don't have a choice here! Either accept my demand or it's curtains for you! |
79 | * OrderedApology: You better apologize to me or I'll beat one out of you! |
80 | * PainlessDeathForAPrice: Tell me what I want to know, and I'll make your death quick and easy! |
81 | * ParanoiaGambit |
82 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner |
83 | ** PreMortemOneLiner |
84 | * PrepareToDie: ...because I'm going to kill you! |
85 | * ProveIAmNotBluffing: I am willing to make good on my threat to prove my point. So unless you give me what I want, '''''DO. NOT. PUSH. ME. AGAIN.''''' |
86 | * PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: Drop your weapons unless you want me to kill your friend! |
87 | * ScareEmStraight: If you don't behave like a good boy/girl, then bad, BAD things will befall you! |
88 | * ScarpiaUltimatum: Have sex with me or I'll kill your friends. |
89 | * SeeYouInHell: When I die, I'll go to hell and wait for you there! |
90 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: It would be a shame if something horrible happen to you if you cross me. |
91 | * ShieldBanging: I'll whack my shield with my weapon as a way of demonstrating the ability of both. |
92 | * ShotgunWedding: You WILL marry my daughter since you knocked her up or you'll get hurt! |
93 | * StopOrIWillShoot: Don't move or I'll pull the trigger on you! |
94 | ** StopOrIShootMyself: Don't move or I'll pull the trigger on me! |
95 | * StronglyWordedLetter: I'm so filled with righteous indignation that I'm going to make an entirely futile and symbolic gesture to express it! |
96 | * SwordOfDamocles |
97 | * TakingYouWithMe: If I die, I'll make sure you die too. |
98 | * ThatWasntARequest: You should just give up while you still can. By "should" I mean you WILL give up or else! |
99 | |
100 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: You've gone too far this time... I'll never forgive you! |
101 | * ThreatBackfire: I'm gonna break every bone in your body! [[TooKinkyToTorture Why the hell are you smiling]]? |
102 | * ThreateningMediator: You two either settle your childish fighting or I'll do it myself! And it's NOT gonna be pretty. |
103 | * ThreateningToCutTies: You either do as I say or I'm cutting ties with you! |
104 | * ThroatSlittingGesture: You do what I want you to do or... ''Kttcch!'' |
105 | * ToThePain: I know hundreds of ways to torture you, and I'm going to describe every single one until you crack! |
106 | * TroubleEntendre |
107 | * VehicularKidnapping |
108 | * VerbThis |
109 | * TheVillainKnowsWhereYouLive: I know where you live so there's no sense in hiding from me! |
110 | * VillainousFaceHold: I'll grab your face to show you I can do anything to you and you're powerless to stop me. |
111 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: I'll break the necks of anyone who hurts my boyfriend! |
112 | * WarningMistakenForThreat: I'm not threatening you, I'm warning you! |
113 | * WeaponForIntimidation: I'll use this weapon to kill you, even though I hardly use it! |
114 | * WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: If you won't tell me what I want to know, I'll just have to torment you until you sing like a canary! |
115 | * WeWillMeetAgain: You may have defeated me, but the next time we cross paths, you will be on life support! |
116 | * WhisperedThreat: I'm going to make a comment to you so threatening, it can only be whispered in your ear. |
117 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: Sorry but there will be no neutrality here, you're gonna either side with us or with them! |
118 | ** JoinOrDie: In this case, you should join US, the correct side, or you can kiss your ass goodbye! |
119 | * YouHaveFailedMe: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. And for that, the punishment is death. |
120 | * YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive |
121 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Good job... You've done well, and I'm very pleased. What a shame I'll have to kill you now as your reward, though. |
122 | * YouKilledMyFather: You killed someone I loved! I'm gonna kick your ass as payment! |
123 | * YouLeaveHimAlone: You keep away from them! Face off against me instead! |
124 | * YouMonster: You've proven to be an irredeemable inhuman beast, and I'm gonna make you pay for what you did! |
125 | * YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Self-explanatory. When you piss me off, it's gonna be hell on earth for you! |
126 | * YoureInsane: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. And I'm putting a stop to you and your madness right now! |
127 | [[/index]] |
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