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| 7 | ->''"The heavens cry out! The earth cries out! The people cry out! They cry out for me to destroy evil! Listen up, evildoers... I am the warrior of justice, Kamen Rider Stronger!"'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Series/KamenRiderStronger''' |
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| 10 | Before the MagicalGirl confronts the MonsterOfTheWeek, she invariably issues a formal challenge involving an always-repeated catchphrase and some topical variant. Reused every week as StockFootage, typically following the TransformationSequence (not preceding it) and against some sort of symbolic background. A [[AssKickingPose signature pose and/or gesture]] generally accompanies the declaration, and there may be DramaticWind involved. Frequently, the MagicalGirl somehow knows the right formula to say directly from her first or second battle, even if she fumbles and is otherwise unsure of her powers. |
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| 12 | Note that, unlike ByThePowerOfGrayskull, the speech doesn't trigger, activate, or otherwise have anything to do with the MagicalGirl's powers. Instead, it's meant to demonstrate the righteousness of her cause and the amount of ass-whup she's about to uncork. (Don't expect anyone to [[TalkToTheFist attack the hero during this speech]], by the way. TalkingIsAFreeAction). |
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| 14 | This isn't just a MagicalGirl thing, though... Heroes of every stripe have opened a battle with a signature phrase or speech, a bold declaration of purpose. Even some ''villains'' have taken up this habit, loudly spitting their purpose at the fools who would dare stand against them and their EvilPlan. |
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| 16 | Named after the challenge catchphrase that Usagi always utters in every ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' battle. A type of post-{{Invocation}}, related to other forms of WordPower. Contrast BattleCry, which is often shorter (but louder) and uttered just before or during the fight. Compare TransformationNameAnnouncement, IncomingHam, {{Leitmotif}} and can sometimes qualify as a BadassBoast or BadassCreed. |
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| 19 | !!Examples: |
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| 23 | [[folder:Trope Namer]] |
| 24 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': |
| 25 | ** "Hold it right there!", followed by a description of the bad thing the bad guy was doing. "[[ThisIsUnforgivable Unforgivable!]] A Sailor-suited Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice: Sailor Moon! [[TropeNamer In the name of the moon]], I will punish you!" |
| 26 | ** Episodes in the 1990's [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]]'s Creator/DiC[=/=]Cloverway US dub that stuck close to the original Japanese script use the above while episodes that deviated from the original script tended to use "I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" (In fact, in the [[http://www.smuncensored.com/comparison.php?episodeid=3 second episode]] of the dub, Luna attempts to correct Serena after she uses the "correct" version for the first time.) |
| 27 | ** In Creator/VizMedia's 2010's US dub the full speech goes, "I am the Pretty Guardian who fights for love and for justice! I am Sailor Moon! And now, in the name of the moon, I'll punish you!" |
| 28 | ** Funnily enough, the TropeNamer is a [[RunningGag parody of such speeches]]. The thing Usagi was punishing in the name of the moon was always the least evil part of the EvilPlan, the ''jaywalking'' portion of ArsonMurderAndJaywalking, leading to much facepalming. For example, in one episode, the villains had taken over an ice cream parlor, frozen the people in it at the time (planning on disposing of them later), and were using the parlor to serve HatePlague-infected ice cream. The Sailor Soldiers burst in, and thus sayeth our hero: "Girls love ice cream! How dare you use it in your evil plan! We won't allow you to get away with it anymore! In the name of the moon, we'll punish you!" |
| 29 | ** On certain occasions, she'd give out specific groups or parties who would be displeased, to say the least, with the actions taken by the villains, including, in episode 6, Bach (the father of music, as she correctly notes in the opening tag, though in the episode proper Luna has to correct her when she calls Haydn the father of music). |
| 30 | ** The other Senshi had their own, albeit shorter speeches that were seldom used. |
| 31 | *** Mars: "Soldier of Flame and Passion, Pretty Sailor Suited Soldier, Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I will chastise you!" |
| 32 | *** Mercury: "Soldier of Love and Intelligence, Pretty Sailor-Suited Soldier, Sailor Mercury! Douse yourself in Cold Water and Repent" |
| 33 | *** Jupiter: "Thunder and Courage, Pretty Sailor-Suited Soldier, Sailor Jupiter! I will beat you into submission!" |
| 34 | *** Venus: "Soldier of Love and Beauty, Pretty Sailor-Suited Soldier, Sailor Venus! In the name of Venus I bring divine punishment!" Note that this is after she joined the other Soldiers. When she was solo (and that time she was disguised as Sailor Moon in the S season of the anime), her speeches were much longer, with one [[LampshadeHanging being criticized by the villain as too long]]. |
| 35 | *** This carries back to ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'' where her speech were long and often goofier then Usagi's. Notably, Sailor V would still introduce herself as Sailor Venus at the end. |
| 36 | *** The Outer Senshi had their own speeches too. When Uranus and Neptune would appear (surrounded by rose petals, of course), they had a speech: |
| 37 | ---->'''Uranus:''' Guided by the new era, Sailor Uranus, appearing magnificent!\ |
| 38 | '''Neptune:''' Also Guided by the new era, Sailor Neptune, appearing elegant! |
| 39 | *** When Pluto joined the group, they had a longer and more complicated speech describing the planets they came from. |
| 40 | ---->'''Uranus:''' My guardian is a planet far up in the heavens. Soldier of the sky; Sailor Uranus!\ |
| 41 | '''Neptune:''' My guardian is a planet of sea and sand. Soldier of embrace; Sailor Neptune!\ |
| 42 | '''Pluto:''' My guardian is the planet suspended in time and space. Soldier of revolution; Sailor Pluto!\ |
| 43 | '''All three:''' The three soldiers of the outer solar system, being led by a new crisis, have arrived! |
| 44 | *** Sailor Chibi Moon even has one. |
| 45 | ---->'''Chibi Moon:''' For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor soldier in training, Sailor Chibi Moon! In the name of the future moon, I will punish you! |
| 46 | *** Saturn gets one too. |
| 47 | ---->'''Saturn:''' My guardian is the planet of silence. Soldier of ruin and birth[[note]]"破滅と誕生," ''not ''death and rebirth (死と再生). Her powers have nothing, ''absolutely'' '''''nothing''''', to do with rebirth. More about this common fan misconception [[http://www.genvid.com/diesgaudii/saturnpluto/index.html here.]][[/note]]; Sailor Saturn! |
| 48 | *** The Sailor Starlights from the last season had their own speech too. Initially, their intro had shades of ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', and would go: "Penetrating the darkness of night, the wind of freedom breaks through! Sailor Star Fighter, Sailor Star Maker, Sailor Star Healer; Sailor Starlights have arrived!" Later, they would get their own individual introductions as well as their better known announcement, "Sailor Starlights, stage on!" |
| 49 | ** This sequence was lampshaded several times, especially during the final season, with villains throwing protests between sentences, or even escaping during the montage. And then there was that one memorable sequence indoors where Sailor Moon's unwieldy costume managed to break quite a few vases and lamps as she made her speech and pose. |
| 50 | ** ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', the LiveActionAdaptation, gave each of the girls their own, new phrase: |
| 51 | --->'''Moon:''' Pretty Soldier of Love and Justice, Sailor Moon! In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!\ |
| 52 | '''Mercury:''' Soldier of Water and Wisdom, Sailor Mercury! In the name of Mercury, I'll punish you!\ |
| 53 | '''Mars:''' Soldier of Flame and Passion, Sailor Mars! In the name of Mars, I'll punish you!\ |
| 54 | '''Jupiter:''' Soldier of Thunder and Courage, Sailor Jupiter! In the name of Jupiter, I'll punish you!\ |
| 55 | '''Venus:''' Soldier of Love and Beauty, Sailor Venus! In the name of Venus, I'll punish you! |
| 56 | ::::They also had a variant for group announcements, where they'd each say their first sentence in turn, then their "in the name of *insert celestial body here*" bit, before announcing "We'll punish you!" as a group. |
| 57 | ** The live action cast also have a very heartwarming use of the speech. During Keiko Kitagawa's (Sailor Mars) wedding, the other four girls take to the stage to give this message: |
| 58 | --->In the name of the moon, we will congratulate you! |
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| 61 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 62 | * In the ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' anime, each Deus must think of an entry line that announces their Angel before competing. |
| 63 | -->'''Misaki Suzuhara:''' Wings of an angel! Please guide me and Hikaru! |
| 64 | * ''Bakuen Campus Guardress'': "Summoned by Heaven, Earth, and my pager...." |
| 65 | * ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': Minx Elfin, the resident SailorSenshiSendUp, naturally has several of these. |
| 66 | --> "I'm gonna double my pleasure by doubling your pain!" |
| 67 | * Shamelessly spoofed in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' when Revy et al are chased by a CarnivalOfKillers. Whilst falling off a collapsing warehouse they find themselves confronted by a PrettyBoy in Dramatic Pose, BadassLongcoat and CoolShades with Broomhandle Mausers held GunsAkimbo. |
| 68 | -->"I am here to take your life! And who, you ask, is the specter who stands before you? My name...is Wizard. Lotton the Wizard. And while I have no grudge against you--" ''[[[FailedAttemptAtDrama Revy shoots him mid-sentence]]]'' |
| 69 | ** Happens again in ''Roberta's Blood Trail''. This time Sawyer the Cleaner chainsaws the mooks he's addressing in the middle of his speech. |
| 70 | * In a ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' manga chapter, there's a villain named Ruby, complete with the VSign, who says, "In the name of the heavens, I'll punish you!" Almost immediately afterward, Bobobo dumps her in a trash can. |
| 71 | * ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': "Knight Sabers, sanjo!" |
| 72 | * ''Anime/CorrectorYui'' found it hard to think up a pre-battle catchphrase that had to do with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway deleting things off a computer]]; she decided on "You'll go in the recycle bin and be empty, empty, emptied!" Lampshaded in one episode; |
| 73 | -->'''Virus:''' What does that even mean?\ |
| 74 | '''Yui:''' It ''has'' no meaning! |
| 75 | * Parodied in ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove''. The Battle Lovers complain about how lame theirs sounds, combined with how they don't have a choice but to say it either upon transformation or confronting of the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 76 | * The UrExample would be ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' who gave one every time she transformed. |
| 77 | ** The classic version combines this with ByThePowerOfGreyskull: She explains to a cornered MonsterOfTheWeek how she's disguised or transformed herself [[OnceAnEpisode this episode]] ("Sometimes, I'm a duck in a street carnival.") before triggering her TransformationSequence and finishing the speech. |
| 78 | ** ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'': "Stars in the heavens! Flowers on the Earth! Love to the people! Warrior of Love, I am Cutey Honey!" |
| 79 | * Inverted word-wise with Haran Banjo of ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}''. Those who do not fear the shine of the sun can come and bring it. |
| 80 | -->"For the world, for the people, Anime/Daitarn3 will smash the ambitions of the Meganoids. If you don't fear the shine of the Sun, then BringIt on!" |
| 81 | * ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'''s Shinobu Fujiwara said this before using the FinishingMove: "The love in our hearts will slice through evil's darkness! DANKUUKOUGAKEN! YATTE YARUZE!" |
| 82 | ** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact'', he says this if the player unlocks the [=Dankuu Kouga Ken=] MAP attack for Dancougar. |
| 83 | * ''Literature/{{Dokkoida}}'' has both the eponymous hero and Neruloid Girl use this trope; it has the [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] that they're trying to sell their power suits to the companies they're working for, so they have to help sell the merchandise. |
| 84 | * The Great Saiyaman from ''Manga/DragonBall'' is '''made''' of this trope. |
| 85 | ** Goku's "I am" speech, ''both'' versions! |
| 86 | *** Z: I am the hope of the Universe! I am the answer to all living things that cry out for Peace! I am the protector of the innocent! I am the light in the darkness! I am truth... Ally to good! Nightmare to '''''you!''''' |
| 87 | *** Kai: I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. ''That's'' what I am. '''I am the Super Saiyan, Son Goku!!''' |
| 88 | * Naturally, ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' gets in an explicit parody -- of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', of course, as Usagi and Excel [[ActorAllusion have the same voice actress]] in Japanese. Excel berates a band of gangsters who are selling counterfeit animation cels and declares, "In the name of the moon, I will spank you!" (in the North American dub, it becomes, "In the name of the toons, I will punish you!"), complete with Sailor Moon's trademark gestures. Just to hammer the point home, though, she's standing in front of a sheet metal crescent moon and wearing [[OdangoHair tennis balls]] and lengths of rope in her hair. In the English dub, Excel also states that she wanted to audition for Sailor Moon, but it was dubbed in Canada. |
| 89 | ** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] has Iwata, as the closest the [[Franchise/SuperSentai Daitenjin]] get to TheHero, lurch between a few of these: "Are there any ''bad'' children here?!?" or "Er... I take command of the heavens and the earth from now on!", for instance. |
| 90 | * In ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', Kaze -- typically the only character who confronts an enemy -- will combine this with [[CallingYourAttacks Calling His Attack]] in his unnecessarily long transformation + summoning sequence. |
| 91 | * ''Anime/FushigiYuugi'' sends up the practice in its first episode, in which Miaka confronts a gang of street thugs: |
| 92 | -->'''Miaka:''' Heaven may forgive you, but Miaka Yuki does not! In the name of the heavens, I'll punish you! |
| 93 | ** In episode 5, Miaka strikes a ''Anime/SailorMoon'' pose while dreaming about the food. It's something of [[ActorAllusion an in-joke;]] Creator/KaeAraki, Miaka's voice actress, stood in for Creator/KotonoMitsuishi as Sailor Moon when the latter was out for appendicitis. She would return to the show as the regular voice of Chibi-Usa/Sailor Chibimoon. |
| 94 | * ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'': |
| 95 | ** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! [[BadassBoast ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!]] [[TakeThat TAKE THIS!]] [[LargeHam MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!]] [[CallingYourAttacks SHINING FINGEEEER!]] |
| 96 | *** '''THIS HAND OF MINE IS'''' '''''BURNING RED!''''' '''IT'S LOUD CRY TELLS ME TO GRASP''' '''''VICTORY!''''' '''ERUPTING! BURNING/GOD!''' '''''FINGEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!''''' |
| 97 | *** '''AND NOW...''' '''[[YouAreAlreadyDead HEAT END!]]''' |
| 98 | ** "[[FriendlySniper Lockon Stratos]]" from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': "''[[ImprobableAimingSkills TARGETED AND]]'' '''''[[ImprobableAimingSkills FIRING]]'''''!!" |
| 99 | * In ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Haruhi uses one of these when accepting the Computer Society's challenge, though only ''after'' [[DynamicEntry kicking its president in the head.]] |
| 100 | * Naturally spoofed in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', when Nagi dons a costume and calls herself Mask the Money-san. |
| 101 | -->'''Nagi:'''In the name of money, I will punish you! |
| 102 | * ''Anime/HellGirl'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj6_E7tgZyI "Ippen, shinde miru?"]] (Would you like to see death once?) Said by the eponymous Enma Ai before [[OnceAnEpisode dragging another soul to hell.]] |
| 103 | ** The full version is oddly similar to the ''Panty & Stocking'' example above. Here's the dubbed version: |
| 104 | --->''O pitiful shadow lost in the darkness,''\ |
| 105 | ''bringing torment and pain to others.''\ |
| 106 | ''O damned soul wallowing in sin.''\ |
| 107 | ''Perhaps...it is time to die?'' |
| 108 | * At one point in the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga, the Iscariot Organisation give a pre-battle speech that takes up an entire chapter, "The Screamer" ("We are Iscariot, the Zealot Judas!"). Granted, Anderson does chop up a few vampires while saying his parts, but no one else does. |
| 109 | * ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'': Parodied by Ami and Mami during the incident where Iori's pudding disappeared. |
| 110 | * In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', Houin-sensei says one of these when dressed up as the main character from [[ShowWithinAShow Saint Rose.]] |
| 111 | * In ''Manga/KoiKoi7'', the eponymous AmazonBrigade gives a very long speech, with requisite posing, when they first appear. The speech doesn't appear much more after that. |
| 112 | * At one point in ''Manga/LuckyStar'''s Lucky Channel, when Akira was ill, yet she still showed up in that segment, one of the things Minoru says she says is "I will lecture you in the name of Mars!" |
| 113 | * ''Toys/MachineRobo: Revenge of Chronos'' involves something similar with ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Whenever there's a baddie wreaking havoc, Rom Stoll will interrupt with "MATTE/WAIT!!", followed with a description of something, usually about virtues and justice, in which Rom will end it with "People call it (insert definition here)". The bad guy will get on with it, unable to understand why Rom would say that... they'll then ask who the hell is he that he got the guts to speech them like that. That's the cue for Rom to finish his whole speech with "You don't deserve to know my name!/I have no name to give for scums like you!", then begins kicking ass. |
| 114 | ** After summoning Kenryu, he has, "Where there is darkness, there is light. Where there is evil, there is justice. The emissary from the heavens, Kenryu, has arrived!" |
| 115 | * ''Anime/{{Macross}}'': |
| 116 | ** ''Anime/Macross7'': Nekki Basara would like everyone to "''LISTEN TO MY SONG!!!''" |
| 117 | ** ''Anime/MacrossDelta'': |
| 118 | *** The members of [[GirlGroup Walkure]] have a certain set of catchphrases that they often use during their transformation sequence: |
| 119 | --->'''Reina:''' Music is love!\ |
| 120 | '''Makina:''' Music is hope!\ |
| 121 | '''Kaname:''' Music is life!\ |
| 122 | '''Mikumo:''' Music is mystery!\ |
| 123 | '''Freyja:''' Music is energy! |
| 124 | *** ''Zettai Delta Live'' introduces [[ThePsychoRangers Yami Q Ray]], who have their own opposing set of catchphrases. |
| 125 | --->'''Yami Kaname:''' Music is cold!\ |
| 126 | '''Yami Makina:''' Music is despair!\ |
| 127 | '''Yami Reina:''' Music is greed!\ |
| 128 | '''Yami Freyja:''' Music is sickness!\ |
| 129 | '''Yami Mikumo:''' Music is darkness! |
| 130 | * Brilliant, brilliant twist: the ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' movie features a memorable scene where five small neighbourhood boys encounter the protagonist as she's practicing tennis, and pretend to be a Franchise/SuperSentai FiveManBand, including a formal introduction of the entire team and lots of highly stylized [[CallingYourAttacks called]] KiManipulation. The teenage girl in question decides to be the CoolBigSis, and cheerfully pretends to be the MonsterOfTheWeek in response. |
| 131 | * ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'': "Pichi Pichi Voice! Live Start!" |
| 132 | * In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', All Might had one for the people he fought to save. All delivered with a smile on his face. |
| 133 | --> '''All Might:''' "It's all right now. Why? ''Because I am here!''" |
| 134 | * ''Anime/MyHime'': |
| 135 | ** Played straight with Midori's big [=HiME=] debut at the Fuuka Shrine. |
| 136 | ** Subverted in ''Anime/MyOtome'' when Haruka issues a verbal challenge to Aswad leader Midori ''before'' she changes into her Robe, and promptly faceplants when Yukino tells her that she hasn't given Haruka authorization to use her powers yet. |
| 137 | * In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', this just ''isn't done'' by working shinobi, but Konohamaru and friends do it all the time as little kids playing {{Ninja}} pre-TimeSkip. |
| 138 | * ''Manga/{{Noragami}}'': Added in the anime adaptation: "You, who would desecrate this land of the rising sun! With my advent, I, the God Yato, shall lay waste with the Sekki and expel thy vast defilement!" |
| 139 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': "O wicked spirit born of a lost soul in limbo, receive judgment from the garb of the Holy Virgin; cleansed of worldly impurities; return to Heaven and Earth. Repent!" |
| 140 | ** And in an interesting twist, a version used by the ''[[EvilCounterpart villains]]''. "May the earth shatter, may the oceans dry up, may the sun extinguish itself; grant upon us the power of Our Lord Satan in Hell. We are demons! High-class Commander Demons!" |
| 141 | ** Episode 7 features the heroines actually forgetting their speech and opting for just screaming instead. |
| 142 | *** It seems more of them trying to figure out whether the alien Ghosts even HAVE their own version of Heaven. |
| 143 | ** ''Somehow'', the English dub managed to throw a Mother F Bomb into the speech in the first episode. |
| 144 | * ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Ayaka is also prone to this whenever she confronts [[MonsterOfTheWeek the villain of the episode.]] It varies slightly, each time she says it, but it's cued by [[{{leitmotif}} the show's theme tune]] as she saunters onscreen and announces her presence: |
| 145 | -->'''Ayaka:''' ''[accompanied by show's theme]'' Rampant, parasitic evil, who tortures the living, baldheaded creep [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who threatens my income.]] [[ObviouslyEvil You KNOW you're up to no good]], but your time has come! Wanna know why? Because Ayaka Kisaragi has arrived! |
| 146 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 147 | ** In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', all the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, minus Byron (who was providing support from underground) and Volkner (who didn't bother to show up), shout out their names and titles before charging in and attacking the Galactic Admins. |
| 148 | ** [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket]] from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' recite their motto -- the same motto -- every time they appear, no matter what they've come to do (although they've been known to [[MadLibsCatchphrase humorously modify it on a situational basis]]), and are often accompanied by special effects from nowhere that disappear a moment later. |
| 149 | *** This does not go unnoticed by the protagonists, who perform a version of it themselves in the episode with Ditto. Team Rocket is ''not'' happy with this. |
| 150 | *** They have one prepared, not only for their arrival, but for their inevitable defeat. |
| 151 | *** During ''Anime/Pokemon2000'', they get interrupted while delivering said motto. |
| 152 | --->'''Jessie:''' Prepare for more trouble than you've ever seen!\ |
| 153 | '''James:''' And make it double because [[BreakingTheFourthWall we're on the big screen]]!\ |
| 154 | '''Ash:''' ''[interrupting]'' I'll have to catch this on video!\ |
| 155 | '''Team Rocket:''' ''[in unison]'' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]] |
| 156 | *** Cassidy and Butch, another Team Rocket duo, have their own variation of the Team Rocket motto: whereas Jesse and James's is ironically heroic, Cassidy and Butch's makes no ambiguity that they are the bad guys. |
| 157 | * ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' ("Fighting Love! Science Legend!") |
| 158 | * ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': In nearly every episode, the title character transforms into her MagicalGirl form and teaches the MonsterOfTheWeek the evil of its ways through ballet (as strange as it sounds). Every encounter is initiated with the invitation, "Will you dance with me?" and the exact same [[StockFootage footage]]. |
| 159 | * ''Anime/PrettyCure:'' |
| 160 | ** LampshadeHanging: While Nagisa and Honoka in ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' automatically make their speeches from the first, Nagisa at least is rather upset that she doesn't seem to have a choice about it -- "What am I ''saying?''" and "I said something weird again!" are just two of the comments she makes. In a later episode, she becomes annoyed when another pair of girls consistently misquote her part of the speech. |
| 161 | *** For those not in the know, their 'In the name on the moon' speech goes like this: |
| 162 | --->'''Black:''' Emissary of light, Cure Black!\ |
| 163 | '''White:''' Emissary of light, Cure White!\ |
| 164 | '''Both:''' We are Pretty Cure! (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'')\ |
| 165 | '''White:''' Servant of the power darkness-\ |
| 166 | '''Black:''' -return the darkness from where you came! |
| 167 | ** Becomes hilarious when they do that line against Poisony, and they saw that she ran away during their TransformationSequence. |
| 168 | ** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' also had the girls wondering what they were saying the first time they said the following: |
| 169 | --->'''Bloom:''' The shining golden flower, Cure Bloom!\ |
| 170 | '''Egret:''' The sparkling silver wing, Cure Egret!\ |
| 171 | '''Both:''' We are Pretty Cure! (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'')\ |
| 172 | '''Egret:''' Those who desecrate the Holy Fountains...\ |
| 173 | '''Bloom:''' ...stop your cruel behavior! |
| 174 | ** And ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' takes it a step further by giving each girl her own speech, as well as one for the whole team ("The power of hope and the lights of the future! Five hearts flapping beautiful wings! Yes! Pretty Cure 5!" (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'' again). |
| 175 | ** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' isn't different either. The girls follow a certain pattern when they say their respective speeches, and they have one for the team as well, a very simple one: "Let's! Pretty Cure!" (third ''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]''). |
| 176 | ** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' follow ''Fresh'''s path, but it's finally played with in ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' when the finally gathered team does their speech... and are promptly hit by a soda missile by the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 177 | ** While this trend continues in every suceeding series, there's notable ones for ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' where one of the Cures (depending on who is the focus at the time) does the speech of preparation after saying their team name. ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/WonderfulPrettyCure'' took this even further, as they had additional phrase depending on the series' theme after TransformationNameAnnouncement of each Cure one by one before declaring their team name. |
| 178 | * Both Pretty Sammy and Pixy Misa in the ''Anime/PrettySammy'' series sometimes give speeches upon appearance detailing their roles. |
| 179 | * The Children in ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' usually perform a roll call when their {{power limiter}}s are released. The roll call is usually relevant to the situation and frequently comes with heroic posing and colored smoke. Variations of it are frequent, such as adding "... and Wild Cat" to the end when Naomi joins, and Aoi doing one of these when she's on a mission solo. |
| 180 | ** Often someone will then rebuke them for standing on the table or setting off pyrotechnics in an enclosed space. |
| 181 | * ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': "Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!" This is technically a BorrowedCatchphrase or simply what anyone says while drawing the Sword of Dios, however, as demonstrated by the first episode where it's used by Saionji. |
| 182 | * The ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' would give an introduction to pretty much every fight they were about to jump into. While it was different every time in the Dub version, the Japanese version, ''Kyattou Ninden Teyandee'' had them repeat a uniform motto everytime. The Rescue Team had their own version of this. |
| 183 | * ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' -- Ken's common speech "Sometimes five, sometimes one! The white shadow that moves unseen! Science Ninja Team Gatchaman!!" to announce his or the team's presence. Alone or in smaller groups, the other members may do a lesser speech, but usually just shout their rank and name: "Science Ninja Team G-2, Condor no Joe!!" etc. |
| 184 | * ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'': Princess [[CuteClumsyGirl Amelia Seiryuun]] is [[{{parodied}} a parody]] of the trope, as she has a habit of scaling tall structures, and making dramatic gestures while proclaiming that she will smite evil with [[ForGreatJustice "the hammer of justice".]] Then [[RunningGag promptly falls flat on her face, or her butt]], when she tries to dismount. |
| 185 | * ''Anime/SweetValerian'' has this: |
| 186 | -->'''Kate:''' Come forth, Serotonin!\ |
| 187 | '''Pop:''' Appear, Dopamine!\ |
| 188 | '''Kanako:''' Dubba dubba dubba! Relaxation Combat Team Valerian, at your service! |
| 189 | * Kamina, then Simon, and eventually the entirety of Team Dai-Gurren of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' often launch into inspirational speeches against whatever enemy they may be facing (even when that enemy ''is'' [[ColonyDrop the moon]]), and will always end it with some variation of the phrase "Who the hell do you think I am?". Given the nature of the show, the enemy will then be utterly, explosively destroyed seconds later. |
| 190 | ** Even {{Moe}} CloudCuckoolander Nia gets in on this an episode or two after her introduction. In different grammar, of course. |
| 191 | --->'''Nia:''' Are you aware of exactly who I am?! |
| 192 | ** And who can forget [[spoiler: the birth of the TTGL?]] |
| 193 | ---> '''Nia:''' Even when trapped by karma's cycle,\ |
| 194 | '''Yoko:''' The dreams we left behind will open the door!\ |
| 195 | '''Leeron:''' Even if the Universe stands in our way,\ |
| 196 | [[spoiler:'''Viral:''']] Our [[HotBlooded seething blood]] will determine what will be!\ |
| 197 | '''Simon:''' We will break through Time and Space!\ |
| 198 | '''All but Simon:''' [[ScrewDestiny And defy all who would stop us to grab hold of our path!]]\ |
| 199 | '''Simon:''' [[TitleDrop Tengen Toppa... GURREN LAGANN!]]\ |
| 200 | '''All:''' JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!? |
| 201 | * Mew Ichigo's "I'll be your server for the earth's future -nya!" in ''Anime/TokyoMewMew''. Fans of the English dub know this one as "Mew Mew style, Mew Mew grace, Mew Mew Power, in your face". |
| 202 | ** The English manga translates it as, "For your evil actions, I will make you pay!" |
| 203 | * In ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'', Sanada, in her Slayer of Evildoers form, Nekomimizukin, offers the following monologue before a fight with Spot, Mar, and Mur: |
| 204 | -->'''Sanada:''' Heavens call! Earth calls! The cats call! Known among the cats as the wandering hero! Mysterious hero Nekomimizukin comes forth!\ |
| 205 | Hear me, agents of evil! I who happened to be passing by and has absolutely no relation to Valhalla, will not let you go unpunished! Prepare yourselves! |
| 206 | * [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The anime of]] ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' has Akira Yuki recite a lengthy one before each major fight. |
| 207 | --> "People should neither bring harm to themselves, nor to others. That is the guiding principle of my martial arts. But this does not apply to those who have gone astray! Since you lack discipline, I'll have to set you straight. COME ON!" |
| 208 | * ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' does a gentler form of this: brides are supposed to be feminine and non-confrontational, so Peach's challenges are always phrased gently and euphemistically. |
| 209 | --> "The love angel Wedding Peach is extremely displeased!" |
| 210 | ** One fansub group had a bit of fun translating the phrase in several different ways, such as "The love angel Wedding peach finds that her good mood is completely spoiled!" and "The love angel Wedding Peach is feeling very irritated about all this!" |
| 211 | * ''Manga/YuGiOh'' tends to feature this when the God Cards are summoned. This was featured much less in ''GX'', but ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' reintroduced this with the speeches all the characters give when they Synchro Summon a Monster (Yusei: "Clustering [x] will call upon a [y]; become the path of light it shines upon!"), although the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dub]] tends to reduce this to a simple catchphrase like "Let's rev it up!", though it still used them on occasion, particularly when Yusei is summoning Stardust Dragon. |
| 212 | --> Out of two shall come one and out of one shall come great cosmic might! |
| 213 | ** In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Seven Barian Emperors]] do a similar thing when they first appear together in front of the heroes. Right after transforming into their true forms, all of them say a line that describes their character. |
| 214 | -->'''Mizael:''' [[DragonRider "The true Galaxy-Eyes master — Mizael!"]]\ |
| 215 | '''Girag:''' [[GiantHandsOfDoom "Everthing is within my grasp — Girag!"]]\ |
| 216 | '''Alito:''' [[BareFistedMonk "My holy fists can break even God's bones — Alito!"]]\ |
| 217 | '''Vector:''' [[{{Troll}} "TA-DA! I'm Vector!"]]\ |
| 218 | '''Merag:''' [[AnIcePerson "I can instantly freeze even the fires of the sun! Sword of ice — Merag!"]]\ |
| 219 | '''Durbe:''' [[NobleDemon "The Barian's White Shield — Durbe!"]]\ |
| 220 | '''Nasch:''' [[BigBad "And I am the one who leads the Seven Barian Emperors — Nasch!"]] |
| 221 | ** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' proudly continues the tradition, with [[TheHero Yuya]] and [[TheRival Reiji]] both having speeches for Pendulum Summoning. Notable because, although there are other characters that can Pendulum Summon, these two are the only ones that do this. |
| 222 | -->'''Yuya:''' Sway, pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the sky! Pendulum Summon! Come, my monsters!\ |
| 223 | '''Reiji:''' Grand power that shakes my very soul, arise within me and give birth to a new light that rends the darkness! Pendulum Summon! Come before me, my monsters! |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 227 | * Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby used a lot of these for their 1960s Creator/MarvelComics characters. The most famous are, "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time!]]" and "[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk HULK SMASH!]]" But it also includes "[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor For honor, for glory, for Asgard!]]", "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour Flame on!]]", and the "[[ComicBook/SubMariner Imperius Rex!]]" |
| 228 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Stupendous Man attempts one of these speeches after transforming from Mild-Mannered Calvin (and getting stuck in a locker): |
| 229 | -->'''S'''... for Stupendous!\ |
| 230 | '''T'''... for Tiger, ferocity of!\ |
| 231 | '''U'''... for Underwear, red!\ |
| 232 | '''P'''... for Power, incredible!\ |
| 233 | '''E'''... for Excellent physique!\ |
| 234 | '''N'''... for... um... something... hm, well, I'll come back to that...\ |
| 235 | '''D'''... for Determination!\ |
| 236 | '''U'''... for.. wait, how do you spell this? Is it "I"?? |
| 237 | * In ''ComicBook/Blackbird2018'', would-be MagicalGirl Nina Rodriguez invokes this trope word-for-word in a magical duel with her own sister. |
| 238 | * ComicBook/GreenLantern rarely says it where the villain of the day can hear him, but it is still a classic example: |
| 239 | -->In brightest day, in blackest night,\ |
| 240 | No evil shall escape my sight;\ |
| 241 | Let those who worship evil's might\ |
| 242 | Beware my power -- Green Lantern's Light! |
| 243 | ** The Green Lantern invocations were often customized for individuals and races. One of the more interesting variations comes from a story by Creator/AlanMoore, with a Green Lantern from a race that had no concept of visual light: |
| 244 | --->In loudest din, In hush profound,\ |
| 245 | My ears hear evil's slightest sound.\ |
| 246 | Let those who toll out evil's knell\ |
| 247 | Beware my power -- The F-Sharp Bell! |
| 248 | ** [[http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/haljordan.jpg "From the shoulder, beyond the wrist... look out evil!, It's my FIST!"]] |
| 249 | * Marvel hero ComicBook/MoonKnight has actually been known to say "in the name of the moon" before laying on a holy beatdown. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 253 | * Spoofed in the "Sailor ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}" ([[http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/vertigo/sailor-hellblazer/ yes, really]]) {{crossover}} {{fanfic}}, where John Constantine attempts to resist the urge. This results in: |
| 254 | -->"In the name of love.... fuck off." |
| 255 | * In the ''Website/LemmysLand'' fanfic "[[http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk2/lk2-68.htm Uncle K. Rool]]" (which is specifically based on the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros.'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDic cartoon]] [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry shows]]), the Koopalings do this when they meet Donkey Kong himself. |
| 256 | * When the ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' is resurrected during the Roleplay/DCNation version of ComicBook/BlackestNight, Mento is deputized with a [[ItMakesSenseInContext Star Sapphire]] ring. As soon as it's on his finger, he pulls himself back into the fight with "For Rita!" |
| 257 | * [[OverlyLongGag Done to death]] in the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' parody one-shot ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7376176/1/God_Within God Within]]'', as pretty much every other thing that comes out of Shinji's mouth is either this, ByThePowerOfGrayskull, or a NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech, often all three at the same time. |
| 258 | --> '''[[ChewingTheScenery Shinji]]:''' ''[paraphrased]'' YOU '''DARE''' RAISE A HAND AGAINST [[{{Yandere}} THE WOMAN I LOVE]]? [[YouKilledMyFather MURDER THE WOMAN]] WHO RAISED US BOTH?! [[ByThePowerOfGraySkull BY THE GRACE OF YUI IKARI]], and IN THE NAME OF ASUKA LANGLEY SOHRYU [[RuleOfThree AND]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge AS VENGEANCE FOR MISATO KATSURAGI]], I SHALL [[DeathFromAbove TURN THE SKY ITSELF]] AGAINST [[CurbStompBattle YOU]]!!! |
| 259 | * In Fire's ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/435276/1/Red-Moon Red Moon]]'', Franchise/SailorMoon still makes her same introductory speeches. Only since she's an ardent communist in this AlternateUniverse, they play out a little differently. Like when a youma attacks a cram school... |
| 260 | --> '''Sailor Moon:''' People like these provide the intellectual capital for our nation, capital that should be in the hands of the workers, not some elitist minority. By attacking this centre of learning, you are denying their futures and attacking the State as a whole. In the name of the People, I shall punish you! |
| 261 | * Sailor Moon did this toward the beginning of the ''Legends of Lightstorm'', but eventually stopped as her training with Lightstorm progressed. In one instance, she did the speech to an unactivated Sailor Mars, who asked who they were. |
| 262 | * ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': |
| 263 | ** It subverts the actual line with the [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Mooninites parody]] in Episode 34. |
| 264 | ---> "In the name of the moon..."\ |
| 265 | "...Better recognize!" |
| 266 | ** Episode 47 has "Team [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]]" (with the gratuitous addition of Meowth) doing a parody of the Team Rocket speech. |
| 267 | * Spoofed in, of course, ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged''. |
| 268 | --> "In the name of the moon, I like wiener schnitzel!" |
| 269 | * And in ''Script/ShadowjackWatchesSailorMoon'', she eventually adopts the style of Darkwing Duck. "I am the terror that trips in the night! I am the unacceptable bill in the vending machine of crime!" There are other variations as well, such as when they break into a Team Rocket intro... that changes nothing except becoming "profess the virtues of truth and love" and manages to make perfect sense. They even have a cat! |
| 270 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' makes fun of Goku's speech when they get to that point, thanks to his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} ways. |
| 271 | -->'''Freeza:''' You... you're different. What happened? ''What the hell'' are ''you''?\ |
| 272 | '''Goku:''' Can't you tell, Freezer? It's just like Vegeta said.\ |
| 273 | '''Freeza:''' No, you [[PrecisionFStrike f***ing]] don't...!\ |
| 274 | '''Goku:''' I am the hope of the omniverse. I am the light in the darkness. I am the bacon in the fridge for all those who cry out in hunger. I am the Alpha and the Platform/{{Amiga}}. [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck I am the terror that flaps in the night!]] '''I AM SON GOKU! AND I AM A SUPER--!''' ''[[[ShutUpKirk Freeza shoots him in the face]], [[NoSell Goku just leans his head back]]]'' --Saiyan. |
| 275 | * ''WebVideo/WeddingPeachAbridged'' does a parody of this. "I stand for [[PimpedOutDress poofy]] [[FairytaleWeddingDress dresses]], ribbons, flowers, and all that is girly! [[CallingYourAttacks Monologue attack!]]" |
| 276 | * ''[[Fanfic/TheZeroContextSeries Zero Context: Taking Out the Trash]]'' has the saboteurs attacking Circe and Marc's wedding deliver one of these when one of the bystanders angrily asks what's going on. Each one present contributes to the speech, and it's topped off with the ringleader delivering a SlasherSmile before giving the order to engage the enemy. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 280 | * The eponymous white blood cell in ''Film/OsmosisJones'' yells "Stop! Immunity!" at perps, rather than "Stop! Police!" |
| 281 | * Hilariously averted in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship''. Twilight (the human version, not the pony version), starts one up when she and the other magical girls confront the BigBad, only for Pinkie Pie to interrupt her. "Yeah, yeah, we get it. LIGHT HER UP, LADIES!" |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 285 | * Example (and inversion): in ''Film/PulpFiction'', Jules Winfield's (mis)quoting the Biblical book of Ezekiel before pulling the trigger. |
| 286 | * Spoofed in the film ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', where ClassicallyTrainedExtra Sir Alexander Dane (played by Alan Rickman) is tired of his character's catchphrase "By Grabthar's hammer...", even though the fans can't get enough of it. Until at a tragic moment, he bursts into THE WORDS before he can stop himself. |
| 287 | --> '''Dane:''' ''[as "Dr. Lazarus" at a store opening]'' By Grabthar's hammer ... ''[sags visibly]'' ... what a savings. |
| 288 | * The ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' heroes always had "There can be only one!", both in the films and the TV series. |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 292 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Frodo defies the Nazgûl at Rivendell, "By Elbereth and Lúthien the Fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!" (Sadly omitted from the films.[[note]]Except in the Ralph Bakshi film, where Frodo says instead, "''By all the Shire, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!''"[[/note]]) Justified, because the name of Elbereth harms/drives off bad guys on at least one occasion. |
| 293 | * ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' issues formal challenges (and formal boasts at the mead hall the night before). |
| 294 | * The heroes of Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheIliad'' do likewise, down to formulaic repetition originally designed to allow extemporaneous reciters of epic poetry to keep to the meter. Thus this is OlderThanFeudalism. |
| 295 | * In Creator/DianeDuane's ''Literature/YoungWizards'' and ''Feline Wizardry'' books, protocol normally requires a similarly ritualized challenge upon meeting the adversarial [[{{Satan}} Lone Power]]: "Eldest, Fairest and Fallen, greetings and defiance!" Oh, and always remember to ask the [[ParadoxPerson Transcendent Pig]] the meaning of life when you meet him (the older wizards hope that one day he'll just answer reflexively). You do have to be taught to say these things -- it's not the MagicalGirl's automatic posturing. But the intent is still there. |
| 296 | * One of the books of the series ''Literature/TheDestroyer'' had [[OldMaster Chiun]] make an announcement seeming like this, to several international crime bosses he was [[OneManArmy about to slaughter]]: "Jackals of crime and despoilers of men, prepare yourselves for death. It is the Hour of the Cat." However, this particular turn of phrase apparently doesn't occur in the other books. |
| 297 | * The classic fantasy tale ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'', widely considered the worst fiction ever written, has a mighty hero prone to yelling "By the surly beard of Mrifkr!" before attacking enemies with his gigantic sword. And any other time. |
| 298 | * ''Literature/NowhereStars'': Shona, as the most GenreSavvy about MagicalGirl tropes and an AscendedFanGirl, is prone to making these kinds of declarations to sound "cool" much to the embarassment of Liadain and Mide. |
| 299 | --> '''Shona:''' Don't worry everyone! The Screaming Hymn is here to silence evil's dirge! |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 303 | * Most ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' teams will have each member say a phrase and/or their Ranger designation while getting into their AssKickingPose, followed by the group coming together to do a team phrase and SuperSentaiStance. (No, [[TalkingIsAFreeAction bad guys never interrupt this by shooting at them]]. Well, almost never.) Sometimes they also do this ''during the fight''. These can get quite long, and trying to list them would probably be a page in itself... |
| 304 | ** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' took the roll call thing to its logical, hilarious extreme. The Rangers had ''rhyming'' roll call phrases. There's a roll call for the [[KillerRobot Gaiarc]] Ministers. There was a one-shot roll call for ''one branch of Gaiarc,'' done by the branch's [[BigBad minister]], the [[TheDragon vice-minister]], and the [[MonsterOfTheWeek attack bot du jour]]. There's a roll call for all 12 [[HumongousMecha Engines]] (the ones who couldn't speak ''had their growls subtitled'' on the side of the screen). There's a roll call for all four [[CombiningMecha combined forms]], plus the support robot Goroader GT. When Yellow, Silver, and ''a villainess'' make an all-girl band, G3 Princess (G3 for Go-onger, Go-on Wings, and Gaiarc), ''they'' had a roll call (it still rhymes!). Ironically, its counterpart ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' took itself a little more seriously than most seasons and did away with roll calls entirely. |
| 305 | ** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' had several [[SelfParody Self-Parodies]] of the roll call, where some aspect got tweaked for laughs: |
| 306 | *** The Black Ranger being in too much pain thanks to MonsterOfTheWeek shenanigans to do his part correctly. |
| 307 | *** The villains are [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs raiding their base]] and the Rangers morph to fight them, only to be hurriedly warned that the accompanying StuffBlowingUp would wreck the place -- so they ''whisper'' their roll call and the explosions are reduced to puffs of smoke. |
| 308 | *** The first Violet Ranger, being an older man, tries to strike his pose and throws out his back, [[PaintingTheMedium knocking over the background in the process]]. |
| 309 | *** In the same episode as the Violet Ranger example, the Rangers allow the MonsterOfTheWeek trio do their own roll call and pose complete with ''their own logo'', but when the Rangers are about to do theirs, the monsters don't return the favor and instead [[TalkToTheFist shoot them]]. |
| 310 | *** The Rangers are [[KlatchianCoffee hopped up on energy drinks]] and do the roll call at double speed, including everyone doing their solo parts at once instead of taking turns as usual. |
| 311 | *** The Blue Ranger leads the roll call and ends it on [[PungeonMaster a bad pun]], leading to ChirpingCrickets. |
| 312 | *** A FreakyFridayFlip episode results in the Rangers' poses getting switched around, and they announce both the Ranger colors of the bodies they're using and their ''actual'' colors. |
| 313 | ** ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' takes almost gleeful joy in subverting the trope at every turn. The Donbrothers, [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits a completely dysfunctional bunch of clashing personalities]] that barely even qualify as a team beyond their shared power source, do not have the sync (or even the desire, really) to do a proper roll call, so it's constantly parodied, failed, or most often just skipped altogether. It takes them ''the entire show'''s worth of CharacterDevelopment to finally pull off the full roll call in the final episode, and while it is a big emotional moment, the call itself is a disorganized mess. [[spoiler:That no less than four former antagonists [[HeelFaceTurn had joined their ranks by that point]] wasn't helping with coordination either.]] |
| 314 | * It's also common in ''Sentai'''s sister show ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 315 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderStronger's'' is one of the earliest and most elaborate: "The heavens call me...the Earth calls me...humanity calls me...they call upon me to defeat evil! Listen, evil-doers! I am a warrior of justice! Kamen Rider Stronger!" |
| 316 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' Minami Kotaro has: "I'm the child of the sun! Kamen Rider Black! RX!" |
| 317 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' is especially famous for it, as each of the Imagin who [[DemonicPossession possess]] Den-O has their own: |
| 318 | *** Momotaros typically strikes a pose and says, "Ore... sanjou!" (a particularly dramatic way of saying, "I arrive!"). |
| 319 | *** Urataros says, "Shall I string you along?" or "Can I reel you in?" |
| 320 | *** Kintaros always says, "My strength has made you cry! Wipe away your tears!" post-transformation (and ''pre''-battle!), occasionally followed by tissues fluttering from the sky like cherry blossoms. |
| 321 | *** Ryuutaros says something along the lines of "Is it alright if I beat you up?" and quickly follows it with "Can't hear your answer!" as he starts shooting ([[ATeamFiring very badly]]) while the enemy dives for cover. |
| 322 | *** Though he only a few chances to use it, Seig's catchprase is "Advent. At the top of everything." |
| 323 | *** Kamen Rider Zeronos also has one of his own: "Let me say this to start: I'm preeetty strong!" Parodied when his Imagin Deneb possesses him and activates Zeronos Vega form, as he'll say "Let me say this to start..." before following up with a non-sequitur such as "The face on my chest is just for show", "Please take care of Yuto", or "...I have nothing to say." |
| 324 | *** Den-O's penchant for these is parodied in ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''. When the PowerCopying protagonist tries to use Den-O's attacks, he winds up using their ''catchphrases'' instead. |
| 325 | ** Series/KamenRiderDouble has "Now, count up your sins/crimes!"[[note]]The Japanese word here is ''tsumi'', 罪, which can be translated either way[[/note]], which he got from his predecessor and mentor Kamen Rider Skull. Kamen Rider Accel's is "Now, let's break away!" |
| 326 | ** Series/KamenRiderFourze is well-known for shouting "UCHUU KITAAAAA!" (literally "Space is heeere!", usually translated "It's space tiiime!") right after transforming. Hilariously, it's been shown on several occasions that if another Rider taps into Fourze's powers, they'll be compelled to shout it too. [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Zangetsu]] managed to stop himself partway through ("UCHUU KI-And that's as far as I'll indulge ''that'' notion."), but Specter said the whole thing and had a confused [[Series/KamenRiderGhost Ghost]] ask him why he was talking about space all of a sudden. |
| 327 | *** Fourze also formally challenges opponents with "Let's settle this one-on-one!", and in his SuperMode proclaims that "Our friendship will take on the universe!" His ally Meteor uses "Your fate is mine to decide!" normally, and "My fate will deliver a storm!" on using his own SuperMode, Meteor Storm. |
| 328 | ** Series/KamenRiderWizard says "It's showtime!" Kamen Rider Beast, who consumes the monsters as his power source, tweaks this to "It's lunchtime!" |
| 329 | ** Series/KamenRiderGaim's rarely-used phrase is "This is my stage now!"; if he's fighting with an ally he'll modify it to "our stage". |
| 330 | ** In ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'', Kamen Rider Mach is a LargeHam and has an especially elaborate announcement and sequence of poses that he likes to do: "Tracking! Terminating! Always at...mach speed! Kamen Rider...Mach!" The first time he did it, he had (with the help of holograms) set up an ''actual stage,'' with fireworks and streamers and such to announce himself. He stops doing it as the series goes on and gets more serious, no doubt helped along by the fact that enemies ''have'' taken advantage of the time to either flee or [[TalkToTheFist attack him]]. Drive has his own phrase, a threatening "I'm Kamen Rider Drive, and you're coming along for the ride", but only used it a few times. In the prequel episode, the Prototype Drive answered questions of "WhoAreYou" with "Those who are about to die do not need to know my name." |
| 331 | ** All three Riders in ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' have a phrase they pull out occasionally. Ghost's is "My life is going to burn bright!", Specter's is "Let me show you the path I've chosen!", and Necrom's is "Listen to the call of my heart!" |
| 332 | ** As part of the video game theme, Series/KamenRiderExAid boasts that "I'll clear this with no continues!", which he modifies when using a LiteralSplitPersonality powerup into "Let's clear this with perfect co-op!". Kamen Rider Brave, being a professional, states "Commencing removal operation". Kamen Rider Snipe goes with "Mission start", Kamen Rider Lazer says "Now we're revving it up!", and [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Genm, following his [[BackFromTheDead late-series revival]] uses a modified version of Ex-Aid's: "I'll clear this even if it means using continues!"]]. Kamen Rider Poppy had a catchphrase about punishing when she was brainwashed as a navigator for ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', "If you break the rules, I'll punish you!" |
| 333 | ** Series/KamenRiderBuild is a scientist, and will sometimes preface his transformation with "Let's begin the experiment" and then start battle with "The law of victory has been decided!" (some fansubs translate the latter as "I've found the winning formula!"). Cross-Z has "Right now I feel like I can't lose!", changing to "My power is overflowing...my soul is burning...and my magma is surging!" when he gets his SuperMode. Grease has "I'll crush you with fire burning in my heart!" |
| 334 | ** In ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'', Woz often acts as Zi-O's HammyHerald and will announce Zi-O's arrival or latest upgrade with "IWAE!" ("REJOICE!") and a speech like "REJOICE! Behold the heir to the power of all Riders. The lord of time, traveling beyond time and space to reign over past and future!" As the season goes on, Woz adapting his "IWAE!" speeches to the situation at hand becomes a RunningGag. |
| 335 | ** Series/KamenRiderSaber is a storywriter, and will zig-zag between prefacing his transformation and starting a battle with "How the story ends...shall be mine to decide!"[[note]]Monogatari no ketsumatsu wa...ore ga kimeru![[/note]] Blades has "I swear in the name of Suiseiken Nagare...that I shall protect...the people's smiles!" |
| 336 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': The Igarashi siblings tend to pun on their names: Ikki uses "Ikki ni ikuze!" ("Let's go at once!"), Daiji has "Daiji ni kimeyou ka!" ("Let's settle this seriously!"), and Sakura's is "Sakutto taotsu yo!" ("I'll defeat you quickly!"). Ikki also uses "I'm boiling up now!" (playing on how his family runs a bathhouse) and Daiji says "I'll decide between black and white" (in reference to his JekyllAndHyde duality). More seriously, Hiromi's regular phrase is "I'll lay down my life if it means [X]!" -- which gets thrown in his face when he learns that he was set up to be killed, and he later abandons it when he learns to value his own life more. |
| 337 | ** Series/KamenRiderGeats says "Now for the [[GratuitousEnglish highlight]]", as he suspects and later confirms that he's actually taking part in [[spoiler:an ImmoralRealityShow]]. Ziin, seeking emotional fulfillment, starts battles stating "What I want... is to be moved." |
| 338 | * This is also very common in all sorts of Japanese live-action series, including JidaiGeki (samurai shows). The heros of series like ''Abarenbo Shogun'', ''Mito Komon'', ''Tokugawa Buraicho'', etc., all have set phrases they invoke before taking on hordes of mooks. |
| 339 | ** ''Mito Komon'' is slightly different -- not necessarily a subversion -- as the phrase is accompanied by proof that the old man the bad guys have been trying to kill is actually "extremely" important. Very often, this is followed by the horde of mooks getting on their hands and knees, begging for forgiveness. |
| 340 | * Hayakawa Ken, TheAce of ''Series/KaiketsuZubat'', had a different take on it. When confronting a bouncer or hired gun, each of whom held great confidence in their particular skill (swords, guns, cutlery, swords while blindfolded, archery...), he would tell them that their level of skill was "only No. 2 in Japan". When asked who could be better, he would 'whistle' and thumb at himself, then proceed to completely upstage the bouncer. |
| 341 | ** Also, when confronting the episode's BigBad, Ken will sum up all the horrible stuff the villain had done before telling them that they [[ThisMeansWar had to pay]]. |
| 342 | ** His real In The Name Of The Moon, however, would have to be the way that whenever he shows up as Zubat and is asked who he is, he says, "Zu-VATT, I'm on the scene! Zu-VATT, I solve the case! They call me the wandering hero, [[TitleDrop Kaiketsu Zubat]]!" |
| 343 | * ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' has "Disciple of the Togakure school, Jiraiya!" That and ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' are the only Metal Heroes to have this trope. |
| 344 | * In every generation of ''Manga/SukebanDeka'' -- there have been four primary live adaptations over the past few decades plus several movies -- the heroine has a speech like this, different in every version. The director of the latest version, the 2006 film, has admitted he was tempted to use ''all'' the predecessors' speeches, but eventually settled for a new speech unique to the film. |
| 345 | %%* [[Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo "Ryukendo!" "Ryuguno!" "Ryujino!" "Raijin!"]] %%Zero Context Example - at least, please provide a translation. It sounds like it could just be the characters' names, which is a different trope. |
| 346 | * Rare Western adult-show example: ''Series/{{Arrow}}''[='s=] "You have failed this city!" |
| 347 | * The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' has started adopting this trope in its modern "New Generation" era, with the Ultraman hosts making a different pronouncement during the TransformationSequence based on which different form they're using at the time. (''After'' the transformation, the vast majority of the Ultras only make [[{{Kiai}} grunts]].) The first one to do this was Series/UltramanOrb, who says: |
| 348 | ** [[JackOfAllTrades Spacium Zeperion]]: "I light the darkness and strike at evil!" |
| 349 | ** [[MightyGlacier Burnmite]]: "I'm burning in crimson red!" |
| 350 | ** [[FragileSpeedster Hurricane Slash]]: "I cut down darkness faster than the speed of light!" |
| 351 | ** [[TheBerserker Thunder Breaster]]: "I embrace the darkness so I can become the light!" |
| 352 | ** [[SuperMode Origin]]: "The light of the galaxy is calling me!" |
| 353 | [[/folder]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 356 | * "Hello, I'm Music/JohnnyCash". |
| 357 | * "You wanted the best, you got the best! The hottest band in the world, Music/{{KISS}}!" |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 361 | * All the Podcast/{{Sequinox}} girls might have one, but so far only Winter has said hers (and it's usually either ignored or cut off by the others just starting the fight). |
| 362 | -->'''Winter:''' Riding in on the frigid north wind! Possessed of a sharp mind and a passionate soul, Sequinox winter has arrived! Under the Arctic lights, justice will be done! |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 366 | * Some, but not all, WWE superstars have intro music that begins with their version of In The Name Of The Moon. Examples include [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson "If you smellllll... What The Rock...Is Cookin"]] |
| 367 | * Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination: "We are the nation, a live and in color! Don't dis the man, cause we'll bum rush your mother! Listen to what I'm saying, it's for real not playing! [[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]] is the man, hit your knees and start praying!" |
| 368 | * [[{{Music/ACDC}} "Well I'm ever upper class, high society. God's gift to ballroom notoriety. And I always fill my ballroom, the event is never small. The social pages say I've got the biggest balls of all!"]] - Wrestling/BallsMahoney. |
| 369 | * Wrestling/ChrisJericho: "You know I Got Ya, Yeah. One, BREAK THE WALLS DOWN!!!" |
| 370 | * Wrestling/BookerT "Now Can You Dig That, Suckaaa?" |
| 371 | * Wrestling/TripleH "It's time, to play the game. TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!" |
| 372 | ** "Behold, the King of kings! On your knees dog!" |
| 373 | * "WELLLLLLLLLL.... WELL IT IS Wrestling/{{THE BIG SHOW}}. It's a Big Bad Show tonight yall! Yeah, it's the Big Show! Crank it up, and turn up those lights! Get ready for something that you've never known. You won't see it coming but I promise you'll know! It's the Big Show." |
| 374 | * Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}'s "You think you know me; On this day, I see clearly! Everything has come to life! A bitter place and a broken dream and we'll leave it all behind!" |
| 375 | * Wrestling/StevieRichards: "I'll Show You! You'll See!" |
| 376 | * Wrestling/TrishStratus after becoming women's champion. "Oh? It's time to rock n'roll? This time I'm in control!" |
| 377 | * Wrestling/AJStyles: "The razors and the dying roses, plead I don't leave you alone. The demi-gods and hungry ghosts, oh God, God knows I'm not at home." |
| 378 | ** "This is my time, my grind, promise Imma do this right. Hopin that I'd see the sign, now I give it all I got. This is not what you think, this is nowhere near a game to me. It's the air that I breath and my partner's dreams." |
| 379 | * Wrestling/SamoaJoe's theme after turning the Wrestling/{{R|ing Of Honor}}oH Title into the World Title. "And I'm nice like B-I-G is, I'm the greatest of all times, and Imma say it just like I lead it... THE CHAMP IS HERE!" |
| 380 | * Wrestling/CMPunk: "Look in my eyes, what do you see? The cult of personality! I know your anger, I know your dreams! I've been everything you want to be!" |
| 381 | * Wrestling/{{ReyMysterio|Jr}}:"Booyaka Booyaka, 619, HEY! Booyaka, Booyaka, That's my Pueblo! Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?" |
| 382 | * Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin's "Ain't no stopping me now" |
| 383 | * Wrestling/JohnCena's "Rrapido! Your time is up, my time is now." |
| 384 | * Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}}: "I spit in the face, of people who do not want to be cool!" |
| 385 | * Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter "One two, you hear the clock ticking? Tick tock, you about to stop living. Tick tock, I want you to remember me. Tick tock, but the dead don't have no memory!" |
| 386 | ** "I'm back, yeah the Baller is back! Stronger than ever, here to make an [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} Impact]]!" |
| 387 | * Wrestling/RandyOrton: "I hear voices in my head, they council me, they understand, they talk to me. You got your rules and your religion, all designed to keep you safe. But when rules start getting broken, you start questioning your faith. I have a voice that is my savior, hates to love and loves to hate. I have the voice that has the knowledge and the power to rule your fate." |
| 388 | * [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]]: "I aint a lady to mess with." |
| 389 | * "I'm the Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}}! And I'm coming to get you!" |
| 390 | * Wrestling/TheMiz: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWESOOOOOOOME. Followed up by: I CAME TO PLAY!!! |
| 391 | * Wrestling/ChrisHero and Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli's ROH theme (and sometimes Wrestling/SaraDelRey): "[[Wrestling/TheKingsOfWrestling Kings, Reign, Supreme]]!" |
| 392 | * While he was with WWE: [[Wrestling/KenAnderson KENNEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY]]. |
| 393 | * Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}: "Read the words that are written in my face. Why believe them? I believe, It's A Shame For They, Lost Your Head! A Careless Man Could Wind Up Dead! You Wear Your Sin Like It's Some Kind Of Prize! Too Many Lies! Too Many Lies!" |
| 394 | * Wrestling/TheNexus: "We walk alone, in the unknown. We live to win another victory. We are young, dying sons. We live to change the face of history. So Be Afraid! It's The Price We Pay! The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday! So Hear Our Voice! We Have A Choice! It's Time To Face It!" |
| 395 | * Wrestling/WadeBarrett and the Corre:"I've had enough! I'll make em see. You'll never take another drop of blood from me! I'll judge you all! My final vow? To be your end of days!" |
| 396 | * Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre:"What's that metronome I hear? Perhaps the end, is drawing near? Never hear the shot that takes you down. Now your dream's a memory, that seems more true from far away, just like smoke that fades and makes no sound. Out of time, so say goodbye! What is yours, now is mine! And I dream broken dreams! I make them come true. I make them for you!" |
| 397 | * Wrestling/CodyRhodes: "WHHOOOA You're Only Smokes And Mirrors". |
| 398 | * Wrestling/KevinSteen: "I ain't your friend, and you're not mine. This difference, helps me cross the line!" |
| 399 | * The Lucha Sisters:"I am the awesome, you see me flossin, watch me walk upon your face. Make that incision, I leave you itchin' just to join my monster race." |
| 400 | * "We live in a world where even kings have vices. Well then we are the kings and we are your vice! You see we the true kings, kings of the night, kings of the lights, Roppongi Vice!" |
| 401 | * Wrestling/Ryback: "Feed! Me! More! Feed! Me! More! Feed! Me! More! Feed! Me! More..." |
| 402 | * [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms The Hurricane]]: "Stand back! There's a Hurricane coming through!" |
| 403 | * Wrestling/JeffHardy: "Modest, Another Me, Resurrected, Similar Creatures, Time and Fate." |
| 404 | * Wrestling/MattHardy: "I will DELETE YOU!!!" |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 408 | * ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'': A Princess may strengthen her magic by spending a turn giving a brief speech in the Royal Tongue about the Charm she is about to use and why she feels the need to use it. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 412 | * In ''Videogame/SkiesOfArcadia'', not only do the various characters of the game do this traditionally, they shout "Moons! Give me strength!" before each spell is cast. Fina does this for her special attacks [[spoiler:and later, so does [[DragonAscendant Ramirez]]]]. |
| 413 | * Ishida Mitsunari of ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 3'' gets to say the phrase in a certain stage (just replace "the moon" with "Lord Hideyoshi"), which earned him the nickname "Sailor Mofunari" both for this line and his furry outfit in the third game. |
| 414 | * Sanger Zonvolt of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' gets a short version (in the "hero of antiquity" vein): "I am Sanger -- Sanger Zonvolt! I am the sword that cleaves evil!" |
| 415 | ** Other pilots, especially of {{Super Robot}}s or when using special weapons like the Shishio Blade, get in their own as well. "There are two stars of calamity...", "One punch can't destroy the world, but it can certainly destroy you!", etc. |
| 416 | ** Touya does this as well: "[[spoiler: Ja-Mu! In the name of my blade, [[HelloInsertNameHere Name of Mech]], I will defeat you!]]" |
| 417 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Saisei-hen'' has one of its {{Big Bad}}s [[spoiler: Uther, King of Restoration]] deliver this awesome speech before using his ultimate attack: |
| 418 | --> ''The sun shines on all creation'' |
| 419 | --> ''The king's love is for his subjects'' |
| 420 | --> ''You who tread the path of the Fool'' |
| 421 | --> ''By the light of Salvation'' |
| 422 | --> ''Thou shalt be saved'' |
| 423 | *** The badassery of this speech is further augmented when the robot, normally concealed by a face mask that only reveals one glowing green eye, showing a rather feminine face, which then SAYS THE SPEECH AT THE SAME TIME, WITH ITS MOUTH MOVING. To add more to its sheer over-the-top nature, the left and right sides of the screen get this flowery, golden border and gold text runs across the screen, all to paralyze its target. |
| 424 | * Each individual in the Nippon Ichi game ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' seems to have their own phrase before entering into a battle. While this causes a BattleAura, it's not entirely clear if it does anything else. |
| 425 | -->'''Ash''': "You will go no further! For her sake, I will not fail!" |
| 426 | ** It can get quite exaggerated, as near ''everyone in the game'' has one. The Raven Captains, Sprout, Raphael, Walnut, even Marona. |
| 427 | * ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'': Seimei and his [[UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} "Kyū-kyū-nyo-ritsu-ryō!"]] |
| 428 | * And in the Nippon Ichi game ''VideoGame/LaPucelleTactics'', the main character is likely to yell things like "In the name of the Maiden of Light" and "Repent!" before proceeding to beat the crap out of a boss. |
| 429 | * Games where you select and give commands to multiple characters ({{R|olePlayingGames}}PGs, {{R|ealtimeStrategy}}TSs, etc...) often have "chatter" that they give whenever you interact with them: |
| 430 | ** Minsc, of the ''Franchise/BaldursGate'' series, is famous for his amusingly overblown battle chatter: |
| 431 | --->"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right Boo?"\ |
| 432 | "Butt-kicking! For goodness!"\ |
| 433 | "Feel the burning stare of my HAMSTER and change your ways!"\ |
| 434 | "Go for the eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES!! [=RrraaaAAGHGHH=]!!!" |
| 435 | ** ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'': The scene before the [[SequentialBoss Final Final Boss Fight]] has every character in the party respond to Irenicus' BreakingSpeech with one of these.. Again, Minsc gets the best: |
| 436 | --->"I grow tired of shouting battle cries while fighting this mage! Boo will ''finish'' his eyes so he does ''not'' rise again! Evil, ''meet my sword''! ''SWORD'' '''''MEET EEVIIILL!!!'''''" |
| 437 | * ''VideoGame/Killer7'' has a boss who does a parody of MagicalGirl intros: "Like a flower that blooms in the soil of our carnal and corrupt society, I shall administer retribution to stray vermin that graze this land. For I am the Chairman of the Education Guidance Council, Ayame Blackburn!" It's a fifteen-year-old girl in a very creepy anime-girl mask and carrying a machine gun. Also the power rangers style Handsome Men. "We are the punishing rangers, the Handsome Men!" |
| 438 | * ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Warcraft]]'' has quite a few of these, though the Orcs are perhaps the most frequent users of it with "[[BattleCry FOR THE HORDE!]]" |
| 439 | ** The Night Elves have their equivalent: "BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON!" |
| 440 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' (and expansions) has this with [[strike:the Space Marines]] any Imperial armies, whose phrases almost always says something along the lines of "In the name of the Emperor". |
| 441 | ** Warhammer 40000 has several for every faction except Necrontyr and Tyranids, unless you count "gauss weapon discharge" and "chittering sounds" as an In The Name Of The Moon. |
| 442 | * Inspector Daria of ''VideoGame/TouchDetective'' frequently ''attempts'' to do these, but often puts so much "oomph!" into striking her poses she injures herself. |
| 443 | * Danzaiver! The HotBlooded hero character of ''VideoGame/EvilZone'' has perhaps two or more of these; "For everything that is good." being the first, and the second, longer version used in the final battle; "I cannot be defeated. Absolutely. Positively. For the sake of the WORLD! HERE GOES! THE POWER OF THE SUPREME RULER DESTROYS EVIL! THE ULTIMATE HERO; DANZAIVER!!!" It's hard to keep track sometimes, dude is SERIOUS about his job. |
| 444 | * One QuirkyMinibossSquad in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' is a villainous parody of ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'', complete with a VFormationTeamShot: |
| 445 | -->'''Axem Red:''' We fight for evil!\ |
| 446 | '''Axem Black:''' We live for disorder!\ |
| 447 | '''Axem Green:''' We like what we do!\ |
| 448 | '''Axem Pink:''' We struggle for chaos!\ |
| 449 | '''Axem Yellow:''' We are...\ |
| 450 | (everyone strikes a pose) \ |
| 451 | '''Everyone:''' ...the AXEM RANGERS!! |
| 452 | ** Spoofed for their appearance in ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ''; it's mostly the same, except for: |
| 453 | --->'''Axem Yellow:''' We eat donuts!\ |
| 454 | '''Axem Pink:''' We wear the trendiest clothes!\ |
| 455 | '''All:''' We are... the AXEM RANGERS X! |
| 456 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': |
| 457 | ** In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', Midori is a cosplayer who acts like a MagicalGirl, and even has an In The Name Of The Moon speech to go along with it, as well as striking a pose when she does it on the battle screen. |
| 458 | --->'''Midori:''' I'm Magical Dolly, the Warrior of Love! My magical punishment strikes down all demons who do evil! |
| 459 | ** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'''s Matador. "''[[ThatOneBoss I swear, by my sword and capote, that once again I will prove victorious!]]''" |
| 460 | ** This trope is even [[ShoutOut quoted verbatim]] in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'' and ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon''. For some reason, the invoker is an Oboroguruma, a fairly vicious {{youkai}}. |
| 461 | * Every playable character in ''[[VideoGame/ValkyrieProfileCovenantOfThePlume Covenant of the Plume]]'' has two lines from which one is randomly picked when they initiate battle and another line they use when making a special attack, and they're ''very'' often like this. Spellcasters get a miniature speech during the special attack, everyone [[CallingYourAttacks calls out the attack's name at the end]], and everyone gets a BondOneLiner if they kill their opponent. Combine this with a special line for a critical hit, and [[TheDandy Fauxnel]], for instance, can run through this entire speech while smacking down an enemy soldier: |
| 462 | -->''There is a burden on your shoulders--your head. I shall set your spirit free! Please accept this humble token. No mercy for the damned. Thou hast no escape from the grasp of catastrophe. Meteor Swarm! No apology necessary, your death shall suffice.'' |
| 463 | * Kay from ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' introduces herself this way in the third case. |
| 464 | -->Even in the depths of night, |
| 465 | -->when no other bird dares to take flight, |
| 466 | -->one alone soars to shine the light |
| 467 | -->of righteousness on the world's blight! |
| 468 | -->And that one is me! For I am the Great Thief, Yatagarasu! |
| 469 | * Several characters in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' start (or end) battles like this. |
| 470 | ** There's [[LargeHam Bang]] [[TestosteronePoisoning Shishigami's]] Distortion Drives: |
| 471 | --->'''Quicker than the wind and as still as the ocean! Hotter than flames and more magnificent than a mountain!''' |
| 472 | --->'''To rid this world of evil, I will become a hammer of justice!''' |
| 473 | ** There's also Hakumen: |
| 474 | --->'''I am the white void. I am the cold steel. I am the just sword. With blade in hand shall I reap the sins of this world, and cleanse it in the fires of destruction! I am Hakumen! The end has come!''' |
| 475 | ** Not to mention the NOL themselves, in lesser fashion: |
| 476 | --->'''Dispatched in mankind's darkest hour, we, are knights of the Blue Flame!''' |
| 477 | ** Taokaka quotes the TropeNamer word for word, except she calls the moon "that big, round, white thingy in the night sky". |
| 478 | ** Hazama does this with his Astral Heat: |
| 479 | --->'''Hungry Darkness of a Thousand Souls! In the name of Susano'o, I command you! Awaken, Nox Nyctores: Ouroboros!''' |
| 480 | * The ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' is loaded with these. At the end of every battle, the player who got the last hit (and sometimes others) will recite a victory phrase, either taunting the defeated enemy or asking about the state of the other party members. |
| 481 | * In ''VideoGame/LightningLegendDaigoNoDaibouken'', Mayu Uzaka, the [[LargeHam most passionnate]] of the game's three resident [[JusticeWillPrevail Allies of Justice]], delivers [[Quotes/InTheNameOfTheMoon this kind of speech]] each time she's about to fight an evildoer. She couples it with Franchise/SuperSentai-style {{Ass Kicking Pose}}s, lots of CherryBlossoms, and StuffBlowingUp. |
| 482 | * Played with in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories]]''. |
| 483 | -->'''[[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent Axel]]:''' The [[LegionOfDoom Organization's]] betrayed. In that name, I will annihilate ''you''. |
| 484 | -->'''[[BigBad Marluxia]]:''' That line's not you. |
| 485 | -->'''Axel:''' [[LampshadeHanging Had to try it at least once, you know]]. |
| 486 | * ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features [[StepfordSmiler Luxanna]] [[SquishyWizard Crownguard]]'s ShoutOut version: |
| 487 | -->[[LightEmUp "In the name of Demacia, I will punish you!"]] |
| 488 | * ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' Lars Halford has one, which he uses to cap off his {{Rousing Speech}}es. |
| 489 | --> For the honor of Bladehenge, the freedom of its people, and the glory OF ITS METAL! |
| 490 | * ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' tends to play the trope straight, but at the end of Chapter 5, Pit delivers a long, awkwardly worded spiel to Pandora before fighting her, complete with scrolling sparkle backgrounds, SpeedLines, and sound effects straight out of a magical girl anime. [[ParodiedTrope Both Pandora and Palutena are very confused.]] He attempts in again at the end of Chapter 14, but Phosphora just [[CombatPragmatist shoots at him]] and tells him to skip the "blabbity-blab" and get to the "main act". |
| 491 | * Gargouille from ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'' delivers this little speech whenever she's about to start kicking ass: |
| 492 | -->'''Gargouille:''' Passing Dubhe, Merak and Phecda. Until it's bound to Alkaid… I will open a hole in the scoop of the Big Dipper. The overflowing sand bites the blood of sacrifice. It shall not give even a single drop of mercy. |
| 493 | * During the climax of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', Dante makes a declaration to his brother: |
| 494 | -->'''Dante:''' We are the sons of Sparda. Within each of us flows his blood. But more important, his soul! And now, my soul is saying it wants to stop you! |
| 495 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', if you achieve the highest ranking with the five beast tribes in ''A Realm Reborn'', an epilogue chapter is unlocked. The five leaders of their respective tribes join together to challenge the villain of the story. |
| 496 | -->'''Hamujj Gah:''' Treaterous fiends. Purveyors of villainy. The vengeance of Heaven is slow, but certain. You shall answer for your treachery this day. I am the flame that quenches the shadow! The fist that crushes villainy! I am the warleader of the Brotherhood of Ash, Hamujj Gah, [[BadassBoast and my name shall be the last you utter with your dying screams!]]\ |
| 497 | '''Novv:''' I am Novv! The ssspear from the dark depths. [[PapaWolf Clutchfather first, and warrior sssecond.]]\ |
| 498 | '''Sezul Totoloc:''' Squawwwrk! Sezul Totoloc of Ehactl Nine, I am! [[NonindicativeName How to count, Ehcatl Nine know not.]] How to fight, Ehcatl Nine know well. Forfeit, your life is!\ |
| 499 | '''Frixio:''' This one is Frixio, elder of Little Solace. Laughing ones' crimes against little ones will not be forgiven!\ |
| 500 | '''789th Order Pickman Gi Gu:''' Gi Gu of the 789th is here! [[SubvertedTrope ...And Gi Gu has, er, forgot his line-- slipped his mind, drew a blank, forgot!]]\ |
| 501 | '''All:''' Together we are... the Beastman Alliance! |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 505 | * ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' invokes this with the [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/?p=726 Galaxy Girl Scouts' introduction]], who also provide a Franchise/GreenLantern ShoutOut in the process: |
| 506 | -->In boldest clash!\ |
| 507 | In deepest shade!\ |
| 508 | The price of mischief must be paid!\ |
| 509 | We keep the torch of justice bright!\ |
| 510 | Galaxy Girl Scouts, it's time to fight! |
| 511 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Jäger boys give [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050617 such a]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050620 speech]] to Jenka when they drive her out of town. Of course, it was all an act, and they [[PublicSecretMessage carefully chose their words to give her an important information]]. |
| 512 | * Moeko, the magical girl voiced years ago by one of the characters of ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'', comes with her own catchphrases. When burly, mustached cosplayer "Man-Moeko" struck horror and nausea into his enemies' hearts, he apparently quoted her word-for-word. He was then [[http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=591 frightened off]] by an actual girl's praise. |
| 513 | * Parodied in the webcomic ''Webcomic/TriquetraCats'': when Project: Elemental Cat first confronts the Hand of the Dragon, they introduce themselves by name and Blue Cat quickly adds "and your rampage of death is [[ThisIsUnforgivable something that can never be forgiven]]!" to which Green Cat remarks "'something that can never be forgiven'? what is that, your cliche anime phrase #217?" |
| 514 | * Another webcomic example is [[http://ant.comicgenesis.com/d/20060411.html this page]] of ''Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT''. Note that there are ''two'' speeches, with [[TheDitz ANT]] really believing it while [[DarkMagicalGirl Pink Flash]] is only doing it for publicity. |
| 515 | * ''Webcomic/{{Amazoness}}'' suggests this distracts the enemy by [[http://amazoness.co.uk/4.htm making them laugh so hard]] that it throws them off guard. |
| 516 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-04-19 presents]] one angry Catalina Bobcat, applying her inspired MundaneSolution to the problem of disabled [[HyperspaceMallet magic hammers]]: |
| 517 | --> '''Catalina''': '''''For Asgard!''''' |
| 518 | * I am the wielder of the fiber-optic antennae, obtainer of the Gauntlets of Grip, possessor of the will and knowledge of the ancient Broadoniansu, who have entrusted their secrets unto me. The Ultimate in Information and Communications Technology! [[Webcomic/CaptainBroadband CAPTAIN BROADBAND!]] |
| 519 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'' [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/18/ got]] the best version so far: |
| 520 | -->--Halt in the name of Law of Chaos! |
| 521 | -->--Not e'en if that made sense! |
| 522 | * ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'' [[http://yafgc.net/comic/1581-divine-whupping/ presents]] one extremely annoyed high priestess with one-liner deserving to be immortalized. If only to ensure no one will ever repeat it. |
| 523 | * A side-story in the print version of ''Webcomic/GetMedieval'' has extraterrestrial vulcanologist Kaguya pioneering this as well as, possibly, the whole trend of [[http://www.ainself.net/irony/get_medieval/get_medieval0595.gif anime characters with odd hair colors]]. One of the 14th-Century pirates she threatens with [[Franchise/SailorMoon "In the Name of the Moon, I shall punish you!"]] calls it a dumb line, but another says, "I dunno, it's kinda catchy." |
| 524 | * ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'' shows Tiffany, vampire-slayer-in-training, [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/chapter_2_-_store-bought in the important act of choosing the catchphrase]] after she stumbled on the vampire who once bitten (and thus accidentally revived) her. |
| 525 | * Being ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'''s MagicalGirlWarrior archtype, Mary pulls one of these during the showdown in Kreedor's Castle. [[AntiHero Walter]] is not amused by the hypocrisy of her words and [[BoomHeadshot cuts the speech short]]. |
| 526 | * Given a ShoutOut in ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' when Allison -- self-loathing sorority girl, anime fan, and possible [[GodEmperor demiurge]]-in-training -- needs to bind a devil by giving it a [[IKnowYourTrueName Name]]: |
| 527 | --> '''Allison:''' Then ''by the'' '''''power''''' ''of the'' '''''Moon''''' -- and all this delicious-ass liquor -- '''''[[http://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-2-33/ I name you...]]''''' [[spoiler:Princess [[Manga/SailorMoon Mamoru]] Moonshine Jagermeister Jack Jack Daniels Timothy Tim Bill [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddy Mercury]] Blueberry Luna '''''Esquire!''''']] |
| 528 | * Silver in ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' tries to use a catchphrase because he thinks superheroes always use one. He gets called out once for using it because it sounds weird: |
| 529 | -->I am what remains of a legacy...\ |
| 530 | I'm the last hero standing...\ |
| 531 | I am Silver the Hedgehog! |
| 532 | * ''Webcomic/LeifAndThorn'': An in-universe magical-girl series has the catchphrase "In the name of the mountain, I'll punish you!" [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/fish-story-2841/ Ivy quotes it during battle]], in [[GratuitousJapanese the original Sønska]]. |
| 533 | [[/folder]] |
| 534 | |
| 535 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 536 | * Literature/ALittleVice: |
| 537 | ** We only see it on the first chapter, but presumably the Angelic Saints say it every time they appear. |
| 538 | ---> Cleansing evil with the flames of purity, Angelic Saint Castitas has arrived! |
| 539 | ---> Steadfast as the earth! Persevering forward one step at a time, Angelic Saint Diligentia is here! |
| 540 | ---> Calm as still water. Biding until I strike like a tsunami, Angelic Saint Temperantia... |
| 541 | ** Also, after C [[spoiler:becomes Invidia Bat for the first time, she also has one:]] |
| 542 | ---> [[spoiler:With a jealous scream to shatter the night, Invidia Bat has arrived!]] |
| 543 | * ''Literature/SailorNothing'': |
| 544 | ** At least twice, characters awkwardly try to pull this off. Emphasis on "try". They can be hard to remember, okay? |
| 545 | ** Not so much awkward as kind of heart-wrenching (well, okay, it was awkward too) the first time Himei appears as Sailor Nothing: |
| 546 | --->'''Himei:''' ''[whispering]'' ... I don't know. I guess I'm a sailor. I'm nothing. |
| 547 | ** The MerchandiseDriven ''Sailor Moon'' parody ''Magical Princess Sailor Rose Wand'' has the titular protagonist using "In the name of love and justice, I will show you no mercy. I am Magical Princess Sailor Rose Wand". |
| 548 | * Website/TvTropes: "Unforgiveable! Agent of [[BuffySpeak unnotability]] and [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Wiki Magic]], pretty RummageSaleReject in a LimitedWardrobe, Sailor JustForFun/TropeTan! In the name of [[ForumSpeak the database]], I will [[Administrivia/JustifyingEdit justifyingly edit]] you!" |
| 549 | * In ''Literature/MagicalGirlPolicy'', a need to monologue seems to be built into the Spirit Guard's transformation. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 553 | * ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'', Captain Falcon sees his lover Pit get assaulted. |
| 554 | -->"Unhand him! The frightened reach out, and you cast them aside. The weak cry out, and you raise your fists against them. Now the kingdom rises to repay you in kind. I may have held mercy for you, but there is only one fist that may bruise the face of ''my'' angel! [[MegatonPunch Falcoooooooooon PUNCH]]!" |
| 555 | [[/folder]] |
| 556 | |
| 557 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 558 | * ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', to some extent. The title character likes to mysteriously appear in smoke and dramatically introduce himself: "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the [[MadLibsCatchPhrase [noun] that [verb]s your [noun]]]! I am Darkwing Duck!" The second sentence changes depending on the context; DW gives us such gems as -- |
| 559 | -->I am the gum that sticks to your shoe!\ |
| 560 | I am the [[UsefulNotes/BatteriesNotIncluded batteries that are not included]]!\ |
| 561 | I am the check-writer in the Cash Only lane!\ |
| 562 | I am the wrong number that wakes you at 3 AM!\ |
| 563 | I am the burned-out bulb you cannot reach! |
| 564 | ** It's when he says [[LetsGetDangerous his other catchphrase]] that you're really in trouble. |
| 565 | ** This is deconstructed on occasion, where characters will often attack Darkwing while he's in the middle of his speech. |
| 566 | * And while we're talking about ducks ... WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck's "WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers" incarnation had [[Recap/DuckDodgersS1E9 an episode]] parodying ComicBook/GreenLantern generally, in which Duck Dodgers gets a Green Lantern ring. His oath? |
| 567 | -->In blackest day or brightest night,\ |
| 568 | Watermelon, cantelope, yadda yadda,\ |
| 569 | Superstitious and cowardly lot \ |
| 570 | With liberty and justice for all! |
| 571 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' often starts a battle by giving at tongue-in-cheek description of the Villain Du Jour and telling that they face The Tick. This was played with in the FreakyFridayFlip episode: |
| 572 | -->'''The Tick (in a zebra's body):''' Body pirates, you face The Tick!\ |
| 573 | '''Chairface Chippendale (in The Tick's body):''' No, I face a zebra. ''You'' face The Tick. |
| 574 | * It's established that Film/{{Beetlejuice}} only needs his name said three times to be summoned; but in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} animated series]], Lydia dresses up the summoning with an extended version of the speech (and probably [[StockFootage recycled animations]]). Bonus: as a byproduct of summoning Beetlejuice, her [[TransformationSequence clothing often does in fact change]]. [[RuleOfCool And the dressed-up version is totally awesome besides.]] If that bit didn't inspire a generation of {{Goth}} kids... |
| 575 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}'': "In the name of the Highland Quid clan, feel my sting!" |
| 576 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the first performance of the mares as magical girls involved this; it's completely improvised, and ''almost'' perfectly executed (you can see Twilight's eyes glancing down for a second, looking for the right words) because Twilight Sparkle is just that eloquent. An especially ironic example given who the villain is. |
| 577 | * Green Lantern's oath is also parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' short "Green [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bear]]" that parodies the ''Film/{{Green Lantern|2011}}'' movie. Here, Hal Jordan is recruited to the eponymous bears and forced to wear a mascot-style suit. |
| 578 | -->With itchy fur and curly hair,\ |
| 579 | I make good friends most everywhere.\ |
| 580 | I hug and smile and skip and share;\ |
| 581 | feel the love, my ''CareBearStare''! |
| 582 | [[/folder]] |
| 583 | |
| 584 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 585 | * Sam Houston, the Governor of Texas (and former President of the Republic of Texas, and a hero of the Texas War of Independence before that), invoked this trope while refusing to swear allegiance to the Confederate States of America, as he was being removed from office on March 16, 1861: |
| 586 | -->''Fellow-Citizens, in the name of your rights and liberties, which I believe have been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath.\ |
| 587 | In the name of the nationality of Texas, [[WhatTheHellHero which has been betrayed by the Convention]], I refuse to take this oath.\ |
| 588 | In the name of the Constitution of Texas, I refuse to take this oath.\ |
| 589 | In the name of my own conscience and manhood, which this Convention would degrade by dragging me before it, to pander to the malice of my enemies, I refuse to take this oath.\ |
| 590 | I deny the power of this Convention to speak for Texas....I protest....against all the acts and doings of this convention and I declare them null and void.'' |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
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