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| 8 | ->'''Ned Plimpton:''' I'm gonna fight you, Steve--\ |
| 9 | ''[Steve hits Ned in the face]''\ |
| 10 | '''Steve Zissou:''' You never say, "I'm gonna fight you, Steve." You just smile and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him. |
| 11 | -->-- ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'' |
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| 13 | '''...'CAUSE THE FACE AIN'T LISTENING!!!''' |
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| 15 | So, you've got [[CombatPragmatist a guy who thinks fair fights are for suckers]], and he's up against [[SmallNameBigEgo some idiot]] who [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness won't shut up]] because he's trying to sound all cool and intimidating. Or perhaps he was smart enough to [[WeNeedADistraction trick the foe]] into [[EvilGloating talking too much]]. The only thing for our StreetSmart fighter to do in this case is-- '''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle *WHAM*]]''' |
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| 17 | Naturally the opposite to TalkingIsAFreeAction; many shows where the characters [[CallingYourAttacks call their attacks]] have at least one instance where this trope [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality overrides the normal approach]]. Great way to deliver a ShutUpHannibal OffhandBackhand is a variant of this for extra cool points. |
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| 19 | Note that this ''can'' be used in an unsympathetic light, usually by a stupid and uninformed person (like, say, a KnightTemplar or TheFundamentalist) who has been backed into an ideological corner by someone who challenged their idiotic, benighted ramblings and defeated all of their counterarguments with an effective KirkSummation; if they really don't want to accept that they have nothing left to stand on, expect the stupid-and-angry character to punch them square in the face, often along with a terse "no one cares", or "shut the fuck up". It's also a great way to establish an unsympathetic character as a violent, thuggish scumbag for all of the same reasons. |
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| 21 | Compare KilledMidSentence, the much more extreme version.[[note]]Well, most of the time, anyway.[[/note]] Can overlap with the FisticuffProvokingComment which is similar but timing-insensitive and not about interrupting someone else while they're talking. Sister trope of VerbThis. Not to be confused with TalkToTheHand. |
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| 24 | !!Examples: |
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| 26 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 29 | * Staz gets interrupted in the middle of [[CallingYourAttacks Shouting Kamehameha]] in the manga ''Manga/BloodLad''. |
| 30 | * In ''Manga/TheLawOfUeki'' it's, obviously, Talk to the tree. |
| 31 | * From the ''Manga/RealBoutHighSchool'' manga: |
| 32 | -->'''Takasugi:''' H-How dare you...\ |
| 33 | '''[[TheDragon Dragon]]:''' Wait, Takasugi. She's good. I'll g--\ |
| 34 | ''(Ryoko smashes his face in with her wooden sword, knocking a few of his teeth out in the process)''\ |
| 35 | '''Ryoko:''' Gotcha!\ |
| 36 | '''Dragon:''' Awful... I haven't... said... |
| 37 | ** Worth noting that Ryoko isn't a real [[CombatPragmatist dirty fighter]], as she doesn't exactly think it's dirty to hit someone who's acting like an idiot for no reason (she'd already trounced one of Takasugi's other thugs, so as far as she was concerned, the fight had started already). |
| 38 | * Revy from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is fond of gunning down blowhards in the middle of their speeches, like [[ThoseWackyNazis that giant Nazi]] with the specially designed Luger that only he could shoot from the Nazi arc in the first season. In fact, the guy's bragging speech was so long, Revy was calmly ''reloading her guns'' while he was talking before popping a round into him. |
| 39 | ** She also shot Rotton The Wizard mid-introduction (who was luckily wearing Kevlar), and during the Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise, ''drop-kicks'' the {{yakuza}} gunman who tries to duel her. |
| 40 | * Most protagonists in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' are fond of doing this, but the shining example comes from ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', when Jotaro prevents DIO from [[spoiler:activating a time stop]] by ''punching into his skull mid-sentence.'' |
| 41 | * Kogoro Mouri/Richard Moore from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' pulls one. When a murderer of the case, a professional judo fighter and policeman as well as [[GeniusBruiser a huge 180 cms hulking pile of muscle]], rushes at the detective, an amateur who purposely avoided all tournaments because of stage fright, he casually flips him over his shoulder and to the ground. The murderer thinks he's gotten stronger over the years. Nope, in Kogoro's words, ''the murderer just got weaker''. |
| 42 | * ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureInTheSouthSeas'' have Doraemon and friends teaming up with Captain William Kid (yes, ''that'' William Kid from history) in order to infiltrate the villains' underground mines and liberate some slaves. With Kid posing as a TrojanPrisoner and Kid's subordinate, Gonzales, DressingAsTheEnemy, Gonzales tries convincing two mooks to let them pass. When Gonzales fails, Kid instead steps forward and knocks out the two guards with a couple of punches. |
| 43 | -->'''Kid:''' Ok, back to business! |
| 44 | * In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', this is recalled as a common tactic of Gogeta (the FusionDance version of Goku/Vegeta). |
| 45 | ** Pulled off much earlier by Goku when he first faces off with the Ginyu Force: Recoome is doing his "You have no chance" song and dance number, and just before he can finish and attack, Goku one-shots him with an elbow to the gut. He tells him, "Sorry, you were so wide open, I couldn't help myself." |
| 46 | ** A little bit later, Recoome's teammate Jeice is talking trash at Goku, declaring that the Ginyu Force will annihilate him. Goku socks him in the nose, and while he's still reeling and screaming in pain, Goku says "You guys just keep leaving yourselves wide open." |
| 47 | *** Parodied all to hell in the abridged series where Goku cuts Jeice off five times mid-sentence and then a sixth in the following episode. |
| 48 | ** Future Trunks obliterates Future Cell while he was busy calling his Kamehameha. |
| 49 | ** Chibi Trunks chides Buu for doing this to him while he and Goten are powering up, telling him that a sucker punch is a move that "only ''[[DirtyCoward inexperienced]]'' fighters do." |
| 50 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', Nuova Shenron repeatedly attacks Goku before he can finish calling his Kamehameha. |
| 51 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Zamasu's tendency to speechify about how perfect he is and how inferior mortals are leaves him open to this tactic more than once. Both Goku and [[spoiler: Vegito]] have socked him in the face mid-rant. |
| 52 | ** Vegeta uses this several times in the Tournament of Power. Poor Dr. Rota got spanked by two opponents in the tournament, the second time by Vegeta, who was blasting someone that Rota picked a fight with at the worst possible moment. |
| 53 | * Happens at least once in ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Eudial takes advantage of the [[CallingYourAttacks long windup]] for Sailor Moon's attack to counter it with a physical weapon requiring much less lead time. While it doesn't get knocked back at her, it ends up being deflected into that episode's MonsterOfTheWeek, killing it. |
| 54 | * An unspoken version occurs in the first episode of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', due to the limitations of [[TheUnintelligible the victim]]. The first Zonder is showing off its regeneration abilities, silently boasting with a flash of its eyes -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrp7dQjgVK8 and then has to do it again]]. |
| 55 | ** Later, the villains have the appalling tactlessness to attack [=GaoGaiGar=] in the middle of [[CallingYourAttacks calling its defence]], underlining the seriousness of the situation. '''PROTECT SHA--'''*zap* AUUUGH! |
| 56 | ** This scene played out again in the final episode of ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', during the battle between Guy and Palparepa. He picks himself up, pulls his face back together, and '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTnKZ9U5Og WHAM!!]]''''' |
| 57 | * Done quite a few times in ''Manga/OnePiece'' most notably in the "Arlong Arc"'. After forcing Fishman Karate expert Kuroobi to the surface, Sanji angrily declares that he will beat the living daylights out of him. Kuroobi laughs the remark off and begins to list why he is a superior fighter but is immediately kicked in the neck by Sanji. Then pummeled everywhere else. [[HumiliationConga Then]] kicked ''through'' a building. |
| 58 | ** Another funny moment is when Crocodile is talking to Luffy, and Luffy suddenly punches him. Crocodile is made of sand, so Luffy punches away part of his face, but his expression remains fixed. Unfortunately, this only makes Croc ''angrier'', resulting in [[spoiler:Luffy's first defeat via hook to the stomach]]. |
| 59 | ** This has become a RunningGag with Caesar Clown. Any time Caesar attempts to tell his enemies [[ToThePain what horrors he's about to do]], one of them will deliver a painful blow to him mid-paragraph. Luffy won't even let him speak a sentence. |
| 60 | ** Jack "the Drought" is [[AxCrazy already unstable as is]], but trying to talk things out or negotiate anything with him will make immediate violence a certainty. Violence is not something you want from a guy whose claim to infamy is taking entire countries apart piece by piece when he's having a bad day. |
| 61 | -->"I didn't come here to talk." |
| 62 | * ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': |
| 63 | ** Roy Mustang fries Envy's eyes every time the latter attempts to pause and deliver a HannibalLecture. |
| 64 | ** Earlier, Ed ''tries'' this on Envy to shut it up about [[spoiler:how it caused the Ishvalan Civil War by shooting a child]]... but while Envy does stop talking, Ed's automail fist [[NoSell barely makes it flinch]] and [[TranquilFury Envy just gets pissed]] before going OneWingedAngel to pound him and Ling. |
| 65 | ** ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' plays with this, though it is never actually carried out. Ed arrives in Central and is informed that his yearly assessment is coming up. After some HilarityEnsues involving stray [[CuteKitten cats]] and dogs, Ed decides he'll take a fight assessment with Mustang. When asked by Al what his strategy is, he responds abruptly: "I told you - a fist in his face!" |
| 66 | ** It gets reversed on him. |
| 67 | --->'''Maes Hughes:''' Alchemists, get seeeeeet... ''[takes two steps back, turns around, and runs out of the way]'' READYANDFIGHT!!\ |
| 68 | '''Ed:''' Whaaat?!\ |
| 69 | '''Roy:''' Too slow. *KABOOOM!* |
| 70 | * In ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', Pist manages to repeatedly take advantage of the heroes' excessively long attack montages. |
| 71 | * ''Anime/FushigiYuugi'': |
| 72 | ** Occurs during the Tasuki/Tamahome battle: |
| 73 | --->'''Tasuki:''' I'll fight you with my bare hands, like a man!\ |
| 74 | '''Tamahome:''' ''(immediately hits him in the face with a nunchuck; punches; kicks; nunchucks again)'' |
| 75 | ** Tasuki himself pulls off a Talk to the Fist moment, by [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks hurling a sword]] at Nakago when he's mid-[[EvilGloating evil gloat]]. [[spoiler:He hits Soi instead, but it still gets Nakago to shut up, if momentarily.]] |
| 76 | ** Hotohori also has his in his character novel ''Suzaku Hi Den'', which is shown in ''Eikouden''. The antagonist of said character novel gloats, sneers and laughs evilly... and then Hotohori stabs him from behind. |
| 77 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 78 | ** ''Attempted'' by both the title character and Raikage, who both try to attack [[spoiler:[[BigBad Tobi]]]] while he's trying to talk to Naruto himself/the people in the Kage summit, but the guy just [[IntangibleMan phases through it]] the second time, after which he [[LampshadeHanging calls the Raikage rude for interrupting him]]. |
| 79 | ** In the battle between Sakura and Sasori, Sakura, after being saved from Sasori's poison gas, angrily declares that she will force him to tell her where to find Orochimaru (and thus, Sasuke). Sasori nonchalantly shoots some kunai at her, which Chiyo blocks with her puppets, saying that men should listen to women while they are talking. |
| 80 | ** When Orochimaru appears during Itachi & Sasuke's battle in his [[EldritchAbomination Yamata no Orochi]] form and attempted to deliver a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech smug]] lecture to both Itachi & Sasuke, Itachi strikes him mid-sentence with the [[OneHitKill Totsuka sword]] and seals him in an eternal illusion. |
| 81 | * An amusing double instance of this in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' in the end. During his losing battle against Haman, Char questions her motives as he's more or less defeated. She remarks her answer will be killing him and she moves to do so. However, Char cuts ''her'' off when he opens fire with his vulcans on some open wiring in the ship hangar they're in. The resulting explosion blasts Haman's Qubeley away, allowing Char to fight another day. |
| 82 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ranma does this fairly frequently, to the point he occasionally greets Tatewaki with a kick to the face to prevent him from talking. |
| 83 | * In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', mages usually need partners to protect them while chanting spells. Of course, that goes entirely out the window when Negi decides he doesn't like relying on other people after that one fight where he kept getting attacked while trying to chant and learns martial arts so he can defend himself while chanting. |
| 84 | * A slight variant in ''Manga/BeetTheVandelBuster'': At one point, Poala sneaks up behind a Vandel by the name of Ventura and points a gun at his head. Ventura attempts to intimidate her with the usual fare, daring her to shoot, stating she'll pay dearly if she does, etc. She ignores him and fires several rounds halfway through his tough talk (not KilledMidSentence though; he survives because Vandels have hard skin, but it still stuns him and knocks him off the tree branch he was standing on). |
| 85 | * Episode 23 of ''Anime/StarDriver''. Head A.K.A. [[spoiler: Tokio Tsunashi]] approaches Takuto, pretending to be a stranger, asking for directions. Takuto doesn't even let him finish, and [[http://i.imgur.com/a9l89.gif punches him right in the face.]] [[spoiler: Just like he said he would when he found his father.]] |
| 86 | * Happens in Turn 13 of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' R2, Cornelia and Bartley run into V.V. [[spoiler:Cornelia already knows about Geass, so she knifes V.V in the head as a precaution, cutting him off mid-sentence. Unfortunately, this is the part where Cornelia learns about immortals.]] And he just ''keeps talking''. |
| 87 | * In the ''Anime/MyHime'' manga, Natsuki shoots [[spoiler:her mother]]'s Princess earring while she is in the middle of taunting her over her inferiority. |
| 88 | * From ''Manga/FairyTail'': |
| 89 | --> [[spoiler: '''Ultear:''']] "I'm the head of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Seven Kin of Purgatory]]. [[BadassBoast Someone like you is no match for the likes of-]]"\ |
| 90 | '''Gray:''' Sucker Punch'd! |
| 91 | ** Natsu does this twice, in chapter 32 and 97: |
| 92 | --> '''Jellal:''' "Pathetic, ''(EvilLaugh)'', how utterly foolish. Now, that's called dying in vain, Simon! The situation hasn't changed one bit! No one can leave this Tower ali—"\ |
| 93 | '''Natsu:''' ''(punches him)'' [[ShutUpHannibal SHUT UP!!!!]] |
| 94 | * In ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure'', Cure Marine smashes her fist in Kumojacky's face as he's telling her to show him her strength. |
| 95 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': |
| 96 | ** When Ichigo faces Renji for the first time, Renji has the upper hand and mocks him, then overconfidently closes his eyes while bragging that Ichigo could never hit him. Ichigo immediately lands a cut to the chin with his sword. |
| 97 | ** Jirōbō Ikkanzaka constantly brags about himself and his powers, causing Uryu to get fed up and shoot him in the arm with an arrow. |
| 98 | ** When Ichigo battles Nnoitra, at one point, Ichigo turns to Nel and tries to assure her that he will protect her and everything will be okay. Nnoitra hits him midsentence and calls him a fool for not paying attention to him. |
| 99 | ** The final battle between Ichigo and [[BigBad Aizen]] starts with Ichigo saying that the battle will be moved elsewhere. Aizen replies that Ichigo is too weak to make such a demand... or at least tries to, because Ichigo grabs him by the face and drags him several miles outside of town before Aizen even has a chance to react. |
| 100 | ** While Orihime was in the middle of calling her attack, Tsukishima used a FlashStep to get behind her and then impaled her. |
| 101 | ** The Vandenreich establishes themselves as a group of NoNonsenseNemesis by immediately attacking the Shinigami while they are trying to introduce themselves or call their attacks, leaving several maimed or KilledMidSentence. |
| 102 | ** Omaeda smashes his flail into [=BG9=]'s face while the latter is talking. Unfortunately, the difference between their powers is so great that [=BG9=] is completely unaffected and keeps talking. |
| 103 | ** Guenael Lee keeps using his powers to disappear from both sight and memory, then reintroducing himself and bragging about his powers. Yachiru starts cutting him off by punching him in the face when he reappears. He angrily calls her a barbarian while Isane scolds her for attacking a stranger, but Yachiru points out her instincts can tell he is an enemy. Besides, since they are deep in enemy territory, any stranger is an enemy. |
| 104 | * In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', the BigBad of the Tama Quest arc gloats about the gang being powerless to save Tama and how they can't attack him without harming her as well (Taking her appearance to try to rub it in further), then decides to punctuate his speech with some evil laughter. Everyone is at a loss as to what to do... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEO9CbuWowM save for Gintoki, that is.]] He doesn't bother paying attention to speeches from cliche RPG villains. |
| 105 | ** Said villain tries pulling the same stunt again immediately after, this time choosing to take the appearance of the Leukocyte King's father and receives the same result, but with Shinpachi and Kagura getting in on it, too, because they don't have any qualms about hitting somebody who doesn't look like a friend. |
| 106 | * ''Anime/MekakucityActors'': During Episode 12, [[spoiler:Possessed!Konoha]] pulls this on Kido, who was halfway through telling for everyone to run when they [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom sent her flying in a single punch]]. Oddly, the very same scene makes use of TalkingIsAFreeAction when [[spoiler:Shintaro and Ayano]] [[BigDamnHeroes arrive on the scene]]. |
| 107 | * In the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga and OVA, Schrödinger welcomes Integra aboard the Major's airship. Integra answers by blowing his head off. This isn't KilledMidSentence in this case because Schrödinger has loose ties to reality as it is. |
| 108 | * In ''Anime/SaintSeiyaSoulOfGold'', most of the duels between the Gold Saints and their Asgard counterparts begin with a bit of pre-battle banter. [[MadScientist Fafner of Nidhogg]] has the unfortunate luck of squaring off against the [[TranquilFury seriously pissed off]] Aries Mu, who lets him get in maybe one full sentence of dialogue before sending him flying across the room with a [[PsychicPowers psychic blast]]. |
| 109 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': The first (and only time) Kenshin has ever been interrupted while [[CallingYourAttacks calling his attacks]] was when he faced a seriously pissed off Enishi. |
| 110 | * ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'': Kuromi does this to My Melo in Episode 50. |
| 111 | * In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', Saitama does ''not'' give a crap about anyone's backstory or motivations. If anyone tries to give him a MotiveRant or similar speech, he'll either get bored and walk away, or [[OneHitKill punch them]]. |
| 112 | * ''Manga/ImmoralGuild'': Hitamu Kyan often gets attacked midsentence when she tries to politely introduce herself to her opponent, usually because she tries it on monsters that don't even talk. |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 116 | * ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 7 episode 48, Kalo's arms are chained to either side of him, he can't move his legs, and the room he's in cancels out superpowers. ''All'' superpowers. So when Caesar gets closer to him to gloat, Kalo headbutts him... hard. |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 120 | * In his stand-up act, Creator/RichardJeni explained that as a New Yorker, he was used to the traditional lead-up to an NYC fist fight, in which the two combatants jaw back and forth and strike postures for several minutes before really getting into it. [[CultureClash While visiting the South]], though, Jeni ruefully discovered that this trope was the far more common way of announcing that a fight has begun. |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 124 | * ''ComicBook/TheGoon'': Franky does this all the time. "Knife to the eyes!" |
| 125 | * In ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'', Batman grabs Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan by the shoulder to stop him from leaving to fight Parallax. |
| 126 | -->'''Batman:''' We're not done—\ |
| 127 | (Hal punches him)\ |
| 128 | (Batman falls down)\ |
| 129 | '''Hal Jordan:''' Right now we are. |
| 130 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' demonstrates this trope to Judge Fear, a Judge from an AlternateUniverse who was calling his "Gaze into the face of Fear!" attack, as shown [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_kouopijcQr1qzgwhvo1_500_6763.jpg here]]. |
| 131 | * The "one punch" scene in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' #5. |
| 132 | -->'''[[ComicBook/GreenLantern Guy]] [[{{Jerkass}} Gardner]]:''' All bark and no bite? Oh, I bite! I--\ |
| 133 | ''(Franchise/{{Batman}} knocks him out with one punch)'' |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/SecretSix'': ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} ''loves'' this trope. It's pretty much a guarantee with him that if you take too long to say something, he'll lose interest and blow a hole in you. |
| 135 | * In ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'', when the Spider-Armies unite, Superior Spider-Man goes on a rant about how superior he is and how he should be in charge. When he challenges Amazing Spider-Man to fight him for the leader's position, Amazing Spider-Man socks him in the face before he can finish the sentence, musing that even the possibility of permanent facial damage is worth it. |
| 136 | * ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'': At the climax of the "Outlaw" arc, a freed Nelson Kreelman starts ranting about how norms are superior to mutants. Before he can start his second speech bubble, all the bounty hunters shoot him to death. |
| 137 | * ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': |
| 138 | ** ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'': When [[BigBad Gandelo]] finally confronts ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and starts taunt her as a "weak, sad and utterly predictable infant", Supergirl cuts her rants off by punching her crystalline face so hard it cracks, as asking if she predicted ''that''. |
| 139 | --->'''Empress Gandelo:''' Did he break your heart, girl? One more painful loss to add to your grief? Under all of your posturing, you are nothing but a mewling infant crying for love. So weak. So sad. And so utterly predictable.\ |
| 140 | '''Supergirl:''' In all your infinite wisdom, did you predict '''this'''?! |
| 141 | ** In ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', Supergirl and Flamebird are trying to solve a case, but their teamwork is strained because they cannot stop bickering...mainly because Kara blames Thara for her father's death, and because she is unable to respect Thara's beliefs. During an argument, Thara finally snaps when Kara says her father got killed because Thara was too busy praying to a figment of her imagination to perform her job, and punches Kara through one wall. |
| 142 | ** In ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'', Supergirl cuts Doomslayer (no, not [[Franchise/{{Doom}} that one]])'s rant off by asking if he has not yet figured out he is not going past her before punching his face. |
| 143 | ** In the ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'' crossover, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} cuts Xa-Du's threatening rants by kicking his mouth. |
| 144 | ** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': When two Kryptonian policemen try to take Faora Hu-Ul into custody, she kicks one of them in the mouth as he is talking. |
| 145 | --->'''Kryptonian Cop:''' Halt-- In the name of-- Unngh\ |
| 146 | '''Faora-Hu-Ul:''' I don't care to be shouted at, lawman! And I don't care to halt, either! |
| 147 | ** ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped'': While King Kosmos is complaining that his calculations did not account for a mysterious alien weapon strengthening Superman, the Man of Steel breaks his jaw. |
| 148 | * In ''ComicBook/Thor2014'', Thor is approached by the new Loki from ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'', who says that he wants to try to change the story of perpetual rivalry between those who bear their names. Given that Thor is [[spoiler:Jane Foster, who had been frequently used as a DamselInDistress by the old Loki]], she responds to his offer by using Mjolnir to [[OffWithHisHead knock his block off]]. |
| 149 | * Subverted in one issue of ''ComicBook/TwistedToyfareTheater'', where Captain America keeps attacking the Red Skull while he's trying to surrender. |
| 150 | * In an ''Ultimate Marvel'' comic, an obnoxious little prick (flanked by two huge thugs, of course) comes up to the Punisher in the Rikers cafeteria and starts giving him shit about how he's being released ''[[TemptingFate that day]]'' and his cousin, a new up-and-coming crime boss, is going to give him a good position, while the Punisher is stuck here with the absolute minimum of comforts (they took away all of his silverware because he kept killing people with it). The little prick makes it clear that obviously, he and his kind have won, while the Punisher has only ruined his own life. Frank doesn't say a word. Instead, he flips his table over, uses it as a battering ram to pin all three of them against the wall, and ''beats the little bastard's head in '''with a tray.''''' |
| 151 | * ''ComicBook/WarOfKings'': |
| 152 | -->'''Smasher:''' Accessing hyper-strength upload from my exospecs.\ |
| 153 | '''Drax:''' Accessing fist. |
| 154 | * Rorschach and Nite Owl try to do this to [[spoiler:Ozymandias]] in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. It doesn't go very well, as [[spoiler:Ozymandias is ''leagues'' more powerful than {{Badass Normal}}s Rorschach and Nite Owl have even a hope of standing up against physically]]. |
| 155 | * ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': |
| 156 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': As Inventa and Torcha's plan to escape Reformation Island falls apart Torcha starts yelling at Wonder Woman about the injustice of it all and how the plane would have worked if they'd followed her lead while standing between Diana and and injured Steve Trevor. Di knocks her out with a fist to the jaw in mid-sentence and runs past her to Steve saying the wardens can listen to her explanation later. |
| 157 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': When ComicBook/{{Artemis}} attacks [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Jason Blood]] Diana tries to talk the other Amazon down, but while Temi is well aware of Diana's ties to truth she's also an impulsive hothead who has already made up her mind about Jason so she pauses for a second and then just includes Diana in those she's attacking. A couple minutes later ComicBook/WonderGirl interrupts Temi's (misinformed) tirade about what a monster Jason is by attacking her. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 161 | * Deconstructed in ''Fanfic/BattleFantasiaProject''. Making [[ShutUpHannibal Hannibal Shut Up]] through force doesn't automatically deal with the seeds of doubt planted, and if the Lecturer's main thrust was of you being a trigger-happy belligerent, why that's doing yourself no favours, [[spoiler:Nanoha]]. Also reaffirmed, however, with the ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'' characters who ''have'' resolved their mental issues and thus are unaffected. |
| 162 | * In ''Series/Numb3rs'' story ''Fanfic/{{Blaze Of Glory|Nkala}}'', Don does this to [[spoiler:Danny, his former high school best friend]] and a [[DirtyCop corrupt DEA Agent]] who had [[spoiler:drugged Charlie, causing him to overdose, and caused him pain in high school]]. |
| 163 | * In ''Fanfic/CatchYourBreath'''s {{crossover}} spinoff ''[[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Shell Game]]'', the battle with [[spoiler:All For One]] is basically one long string of these, augmented with [[spoiler:[[SpeedBlitz Minato]]'s]] teleportation to make sure the opponent can't get space to breathe. And when it's All Might's fist doing the talking, everybody listens. |
| 164 | * ''Fanfic/ChroniclesOfHarmonysEnd'': Array distracts Discord with a question while simultaneously teleporting behind him. Discord [[InstantKnots catches him with a whip]] before he even reappears, and calmly says: [[LampshadeHanging "It's rude to teleport when someone's talking to you."]] |
| 165 | * ''Fanfic/HarmonyTheory'': [[spoiler:Applejack]] cuts off one of Nightmare Umbra's rants this way. |
| 166 | -->'''Nightmare Umbra:''' Your Efforts Are Pointless. Your Power Is Nothing Next To Mine! I–\ |
| 167 | '''[[spoiler:Applejack]]:''' Talk too much. ''[kicks her]'' |
| 168 | * ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': During their fight, King Sombra keeps trying to make speeches boasting of his superiority, only for Xenilla or Princess Cadance to attack him. |
| 169 | * ''Fanfic/FateHaremAntics'': Rider lassos Temptress and yanks her down when she starts bragging about herself and posing. |
| 170 | * ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': During their fight, Mordred runs Edmond Dantes through with her sword while he was busy demanding she address him by his full title. She says he talks too much. |
| 171 | * ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'': Cyril, from his fight with Druella. |
| 172 | --> '''Druella:''' [[VillainRespect You're quite strong.]]\ |
| 173 | '''Cyril:''' You talk too much. ''*slashes her in the midriff*'' |
| 174 | * In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path Chapter 8]] of ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheRuneStonePath'', Harry Potter lets loose an [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech angry rant on what's wrong with the wizarding world]] when anti-muggleborn bigotry disguised as "budget concerns" delays the acquisition of a critical depetrification potion ingredient. Professor Snape starts to say "He had no right to speak to us like-" but Professor [=McGonagall=], who agrees with Harry, slaps Snape's mouth shut. |
| 175 | * In ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo,'' [[BigBad Heaven Ascension Dio]] doesn't realize what Jonathan is planning to accomplish by simply charging at him, so he [[EvilGloating taunts him for a moment]] before Jonathan swiftly shuts him up with a [[PowerOfTheSun Hamon]]-charged strike. |
| 176 | -->"Really? ''This'' is your plan? No ''wonder'' you lost so easily back then, [=JoJo=]! you were never on the ''smart'' side-!"\ |
| 177 | The words were immediately cut off with a satisfying crack. |
| 178 | * ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'': During their duel in the climax, [[TheDragon Vivian]] manages to injure Rainbow Dash in the wing, but when she starts making a MotiveRant on Dash's inquiry, she gets so carried on that Dash uses her chance to kick Vivian in the face and knock her unconscious. |
| 179 | * ''Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaUnchainedPredator'': When Curator tries to speak in the Slayer's presence, the Slayer whips out his Super Shotgun and blasts Curator's helmet off his face, making it clear that he wants him and the Volcano Thieves ''dead''. |
| 180 | * ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': ''Second Sun'': Happens twice, in quick succession: |
| 181 | --> “Stand down, sister,” Luna implored. “I would fain avoid battle this -”\ |
| 182 | Celestia threw Stiff Strut at her. Luna's entreaty dissolved into a startled yell as the professor hit her with enough force to send the two tumbling backwards amidst a mad thrashing tangle of limbs.\ |
| 183 | “You never listen! Don’t talk during your battles!” Celestia shouted. “If I’ve been telling you one thing for all these years -”\ |
| 184 | She never finished her sentence. The other Celestia came at her in a blur, slamming into her side and lifting her off her hooves with mountain-shattering force. |
| 185 | * In ''Fanfic/SugarPlums'' Ume will frequently end fights by hitting her opponent the moment they stop to monologue. |
| 186 | * ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': In Chapter 7, Tynar tries to deescalate a budding fight between the guards and former rebels, only to get punched in the face by a guard who blames him for convincing them all to defect from Phobos in the first place, as all they've gotten for their trouble is constant distrust and derision from the rebels. |
| 187 | * ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': Grimmjow tries to refuse orders to return to Las Noches, only to be cut off by Halibel sucker punching him. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 191 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'', Colonel Cutter arrives in Insectopia and starts describing Princess Bala. A stoner bug tries to welcome him, and his flat response is a fist to the face, while he continues describing her. |
| 192 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', After disarming and knocking down Leonardo, Ra's al Ghul starts [[EvilGloating monologuing]] about how the turtle never had a chance of defeating him... only to be cut off by Leonardo [[GroinAttack kicking him in the groin]]. |
| 193 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', Anna takes her appropriate revenge against Hans for playing with her emotions in a bid to usurp the throne, not to mention trying to kill her sister, and proceeds to [[ShutUpHannibal shut him up and then some]]: |
| 194 | -->'''Hans:''' Anna? [[ThisCannotBe But... she froze your heart!]]\ |
| 195 | '''Anna:''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The only]] [[TheSociopath frozen heart]] [[ShutUpHannibal around here is]] ''[[NoYou yours]]''. ''[she then punches him hard enough that he lands in the fjord]'' |
| 196 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': |
| 197 | ** Mr. Incredible attempts to flatten Syndrome with a log while the other is recapping his life-story, but it doesn't quite work, and then gets [[LampshadeHanging fitted with a lampshade]]: |
| 198 | --->'''Syndrome:''' You sly dog! You got me monologuing! |
| 199 | *** He does get one in the end [[spoiler:as he is making an escape, claiming he'll kidnap Bob's son Jack-Jack someday, only to get a car thrown at him, resulting in him getting sucked into a jet turbine because of his cape.]] |
| 200 | ** {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when Bob's MeanBoss Huph belittles a guy getting mugged across the street, only for Bob to give him a NeckLift and then toss him through five office walls that lead to the hallway. This leaves Huph grievously injured and gets Bob discharged from his job. |
| 201 | --->'''Bob:''' ''[sees the mugger get off scot-free]'' [[TranquilFury He got away]].\ |
| 202 | '''Huph:''' [[LackOfEmpathy Good thing, too]]. [[SmugSnake Huh, you were this close to losing your]]-- ''[Bob grabs him by the neck and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom tosses him through the walls leading from his office]]]''\ |
| 203 | '''Bob:''' ''[as his shocked co-workers stare at him]'' [[OhCrap Uh-oh...]] |
| 204 | * ''WesternAnimation/Injustice2021''. During an argument over Superman breaking his ThouShaltNotKill rule, Batman ends up slugging the Man of Steel with predictable results. |
| 205 | -->'''Superman:''' Show me your hand. ''(Batman doesn't)'' Come on, don't be [[TheStoic 'you']]. ''(Batman holds out his hand so Superman can use his X-ray vision)'' Hairline fracture of the third finger. A little ligament damage. You'll be fine in three weeks. |
| 206 | * In the opening of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', the bull says it, but it's Po that does it. |
| 207 | -->'''Bull:''' I see you like to chew. Maybe you should chew ON MY FIST!\ |
| 208 | '''Po:''' Enough talk. Let's fight. SHAKABOOIE! |
| 209 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': When Hercules regains his godly powers at the end of the film, Hades flies into a rage and tries shouting him down only for Herc to OffhandBackhand his face in. When Hades recovers, he admits he deserved that. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 213 | * Both the verbal and non-verbal kind appear in ''Film/Batman1989''. |
| 214 | ** The first being when Batman fights a guy with a sword who after his pre-fight flourish, kicks him in the gut. |
| 215 | ** After that ComicBook/TheJoker in a joke pulls off a YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses prank while cornered. Batman punches him out anyway. |
| 216 | * In ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'', Rocco starts to lay a YourMom insult on one of the Russian mobsters who come in to shut down the local pub. The mobster [[OrphanedSetup orphans his setup]] by punching Rocco's lights out before he can finish it. Connor, Murphy, and the rest of the bar patrons' fists ([[GrievousBottleyHarm and a few liquor bottles]]) then [[CurbStompBattle join the discussion]]. |
| 217 | * ''Film/TheGingerweedMan'': When [[TheProtagonist The Gingerweed Man]] goes to confront Smokahontas while Barbara rescues Buddy, Gingy tries to start the fight with some words, only to be knocked across the room by Smokahontas. |
| 218 | * ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'': When Kong arrives in Skar King's domain, he sees a slave ape being abused by one of Skar King's enforcers for accidentally dropping a heavy boulder. He defends the slave ape, which causes the enforcer to go on a furious snarling and screeching fit in Kong's face. Kong responds by punching the enforcer in the face mid-roar, instantly knocking him out cold. |
| 219 | * The ''Film/JamesBond'' [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' opens with one of these, showing how it's going to be DarkerAndEdgier: a baddy is taunting Bond over his first kill, and starts to say that killing people gets easier after the first. Bond shoots him mid-sentence, then says nonchalantly: [[BondOneLiner "Yes, considerably."]] |
| 220 | * This is Zhukov's preferred communication style in ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin''. When he shows up to arrest Beria, he silences the latter's objections with two punches to the face. |
| 221 | * In ''Film/DieHard'', Dick Thornburg forced himself into Holly's house, and the resulting news report led Hans to discover Holly could serve as bargaining against John. Once Dick appears after the hostage crisis is solved and tries interviewing them, Holly punches him in the face. |
| 222 | * ''Film/DoctorSeries'': |
| 223 | ** ''Film/DoctorInDistress1963'': When she's kicking him out of her apartment, Sonja decks her ex-boyfriend in the face and sends him down the stairs. |
| 224 | ** In ''Film/DoctorInClover'', Rock Stewart threatens Dr. Grimsdyke with a belt in the mouth after he is accused of being over 35. |
| 225 | ** ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'': When the sick Russian trawlerman refuses to have an anesthetic injection, his Captain decides to put him to sleep herself with a swift crack from her fist. |
| 226 | * [[FakeUltimateHero Turbo]] tries this when he's sparring with [[TheHero Tiger]] [[HeirToTheDojo Wong]] in ''Film/DragonTigerGate''. It works the first time. The second time, Tiger kicks him in the face as he moves in. |
| 227 | * In ''Film/DumbAndDumber'', BigBad Joe "Mental" Mentalino, henchman of [[spoiler:briefcase owner]] Nicholas Andre, does this to a man waiting outside a phone booth and losing patience. What's more, he does it ''through the glass.'' |
| 228 | * ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': When [[spoiler:Forge has a dagger to Kira's neck]] he begins monologuing about his villainy and ill-gotten riches. Holga throws a potato at him, it hits him square in the face, and a fight commences. |
| 229 | * ''Film/TheGamers'': "All hail the bandit king!" |
| 230 | * In ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' the Gaelic-speaking assassin pulls out his gun on Bill the Butcher but then spends an unnecessary 2 seconds shouting "For the blood of the Irish!" which allows Amsterdam to jump up and grab the assassin's arm -- directing his aim away from Bill's heart -- and ultimately kill him with the assassin's own gun. |
| 231 | * Tuco from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' pretty much says it all: "''When you have to shoot, shoot -- don't talk!''" This quote came immediately after he put down a one-armed guy who had cornered him in his bath and ''just would not shut up''. |
| 232 | * Chang-yi's employer in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'' should have followed Tuco's advice. After he gets tired of Chang-yi demanding more money, he threatens the assassin at gunpoint and starts bragging that he can't dodge a bullet. Chang-yi proceeds to drive a knife into his neck. |
| 233 | * ''Film/GroundhogDay'': [[spoiler:Phil gives Ned this wise advice after some time loops]] |
| 234 | * In ''Film/HangmenAlsoDie'', audience members at the cinema start applauding when they hear the news of UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich's assassination. A Nazi there stops the film and demands to know who started the applause, saying that nobody is allowed to leave until he finds out. They start leaving despite his protests, which are then interrupted by one of the moviegoers punching him out. |
| 235 | * ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle:'' "Butterfly Guy" finds himself on the receiving end of this, right in the middle of delivering the PreAsskickingOneLiner from the first film. It's one of several signs that he's not quite back to normal. |
| 236 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 237 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', as the SSR are invading Hydra's base, one of the Hydra men starts to say Hydra's motto: "Cut off one head, two more take its place!" [[ColonelBadass Colonel]] [[Creator/TommyLeeJones Philips]] blasts him with a shotgun and provides the best counter. |
| 238 | --->'''Colonel Philips:''' Let's go find two more! |
| 239 | ** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has Loki furiously telling the Hulk, who's been tearing through his army, that he is a god and he will not be threatened by a green simpleton like him. [[spoiler:The Hulk responds by grabbing him and [[MetronomicManMashing slamming him around the room,]] leaving him bloodied, beaten, and making a hilariously pathetic squeaky noise.]] |
| 240 | --->'''Hulk:''' Puny god. |
| 241 | ** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'': |
| 242 | *** Drax [[ShutUpHannibal shoots Nebula]] with a rocket while she's badmouthing Gamora. |
| 243 | *** Peter interrupts Ronan's monologue by singing and ''dancing'' to buy time for Rocket [[spoiler:to repair the Hadron Enforcer and shoot Ronan's hammer.]] |
| 244 | ** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': In the Avengers' confrontation with Ultron [[spoiler:in his main body after they destroy most of the Ultron Sentries]], during a pause in their attacks, Ultron manages to get out "You know, with the benefit of hindsight..." before Hulk punches him off into the distance. |
| 245 | ** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'': During the climax, while [[spoiler:Sprite rants at Sersi about envying humanity and never getting to live a normal life herself, Druig knocks her out with a rock]]. |
| 246 | * The nonverbal version appears in ''Film/NeverBackDown''. During an underground UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts bout, a capoeirista won't stop showboating, so his opponent "shuts him up" with a [[GoodOldFisticuffs simple punch]]. |
| 247 | * In ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', Mr. Jones decks Edward in the face when he believes he's been having an affair with his daughter, Miss Jones. |
| 248 | * Another unspoken version of this occurs in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. Right as the enemy swordsman is wrapping up his pre-fight flourish, Indy pulls a gun and [[JustShootHim just shoots him]]. The original script called for an extended sword/whip duel, but Harrison Ford was [[WrittenInInfirmity suffering horribly from dysentery]], and so the scene was shortened to a joke. |
| 249 | * In ''Film/RaisingTheWind'', an annoyed street musician tells his group's leader to punch Mervyn "on the hooter" after he gives them some condescending advice. |
| 250 | * In ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', a thug does the crane stance and claims that he has picked up martial arts, but Creator/JetLi's character kicks him in the knee while he is talking. |
| 251 | * In ''Film/ScreamVI'', a barrage of reporters is waiting for Sam outside her home. Once one of them turns out to be Gale Weathers, Sam tries punching her, Gale ducks... and then is hit by Sam's sister Tara. |
| 252 | * In the movie ''Film/ShootEmUp'', the presidential candidate is giving a final speech to the main character to redeem himself, but the hero shoots him in the head before the candidate can even finish his speech. |
| 253 | * Just before the climax of ''Film/SmallSoldiers'', when Alan is confronted by [[SmugSnake Larry Benson]] ([[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom the creator of the Commando Elite]]) [[BunnyEarsLawyer who makes a smug comment that Alan could be sued for his claims]], Alan's father promptly decks him [[PapaWolf for threatening his son]] [[spoiler:after he learned that Larry's toys nearly killed Alan and Christy]]. |
| 254 | -->'''Alan:''' There's a problem with the Commandos.\ |
| 255 | '''Larry:''' Really? What kind of problem? [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bear in mind, you will be called into court to substantiate your claim]].\ |
| 256 | ''[Stuart punches Larry in the face and knocks him down]''\ |
| 257 | '''Stuart:''' YOUR TOYS NEARLY KILLED MY SON!! |
| 258 | * In ''Film/{{Taken}}'', [[spoiler:the bad guy has a knife to Bryan's daughter's throat]]. He gets halfway through the sentence [[spoiler:"We can negoti--" and Bryan shoots him in the face.]] |
| 259 | * A scene in ''Film/TrueLies'' pulls a variation on this, when Harry and Alan confront Simon, a humiliated con-artist that previously attempted to [[spoiler:sleep with Harry's wife.]] They leave him on a dam in his underwear, where he's certain they will kill him. |
| 260 | -->'''Simon:''' You're going to kill me, aren't you?? You're just... I'm gonna get shot aren't I? I know it, I'm gonna get shot!! You're gonna shoot me! Well shoo--\ |
| 261 | '''Alan:''' Get lost, Dipshit. ''[starts shooting at his feet]'' |
| 262 | * In ''Film/UpPompeii'', Lurcio punches the jailer in the eye for trying to have his way with him. |
| 263 | * Anna in the film ''Film/VanHelsing''. She takes advantage of the LargeHam qualities of her vampire opponent to attack. |
| 264 | -->'''Anna:''' I think if you're going to kill somebody, kill them, don't stand around talking about it. |
| 265 | * In the ''Film/VeronicaMars'' movie, AlphaBitch Madison Sinclair confronts Veronica after the events at their 10-year high school reunion: |
| 266 | -->'''Veronica:''' I'd stop right there.\ |
| 267 | '''Madison:''' What are you, gonna use your stun gun on me? [[SarcasmMode Don't you think that's gotten a bit old?]]\ |
| 268 | ''[Veronica clocks Madison in the face, knocking her down]''\ |
| 269 | '''Veronica:''' Original enough for ya? |
| 270 | * This is the main schtick of Su Qi-er, the protagonist of ''Film/TheYoungVagabond'', who responds to any challenges by lashing out. Punks, bullies, challengers, everyone. This actually gets him into trouble early in the film when Su punches out a business partner of his father, a foreigner, for mistaking the foreigner at making a racist remark on the Chinese when said foreigner is only complimenting Chinese food. |
| 271 | [[/folder]] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 274 | * ''Literature/TheActsOfCaine'': This is a ''major'' recurring tactic in ''Blade of Tyshalle''. Caine in fact uses this trick in the climax to [[spoiler:kill the reascendant Ma'elKoth]]. |
| 275 | * The Donald Westlake novel ''Literature/DancingAztecs'' features a conversation where a group of smugglers argue about whose fault it was that a shipment got misplaced. They gradually realize that one of them gave the pickup man instructions in the Spanish alphabet when telling him to get Crate E. Said guy doesn't quite get the difference between the Spanish and American alphabets yet, nervously asking "Beg pardon?" Rather than explain his mistake, the very irritated [[TheBrute enforcer]] of the organization ops to deck the guy in the face. |
| 276 | * Occasionally invoked in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', but lampshaded more often. Vimes in particular devotes a little bit of internal monologue in ''Literature/MenAtArms'' to the notion of monologuing; always hope the guy who has you at his mercy is an evil man, because it means he's going to take some time to gloat about it and enjoy having power over you, while a good man will kill you straightaway (as Carrot does later). In other words, Vimes actually likes people who monologue, because it gives him a chance to ''use it against them''. |
| 277 | * ''Literature/FullDive'': Hiro often gets attacked midsentence while trying to boast or make dramatic speeches in the middle of fights. |
| 278 | * Sōsuke from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' does this... how many times? He's [[CombatPragmatist as fond]] of doing this as executing {{Groin Attack}}s. There's an instance where he keeps sucker-shooting the three karate guys in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', and the instance where he blows Tsubaki (and Mizuki) away while Tsubaki makes his dramatic speech. |
| 279 | * In ''Literature/HeraldsOfRhimn'', Crislie’s response to a guard who harasses Navaeli is to clock him straight in the face while he's still talking. This does take the guard out of the picture, but it also sets multiple knights on their tails and gets them thrown in jail. |
| 280 | * ''Literature/HowNotToSummonADemonLord'': Emile [[CallingYourAttacks calls]] an attack called "Alps Fall", then starts ''describing'' the attack while it is charging. Diablo gets fed up and punches him out, then calls him a moron for trying that so close to him. |
| 281 | * In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, getting the villain talking and then attacking them is one of Peter Grant's favoured tactics. |
| 282 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 283 | ** In a ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' novel, Calhoun is confronted by an Orion who's a quicker draw than he is. They size each other up in an Old West-style staredown... then the Orion decides to gloat, since he's obviously going to win... until a grenade Calhoun planted goes off and kills him. |
| 284 | ** A less combative example, but in ''Literature/SpocksWorld'', a [[GiantSpider Hamalki]] scientist bites a Vulcan professor in the middle of a debate. AintNoRule that says she can't. |
| 285 | --->'''Professor:''' When one remembers that, on most levels of consideration, one does not exist, such matters as the question before us today assume their proper ''aaaaaaaiigh!''\ |
| 286 | '''K's't'lk:''' Fascinating. For someone whom on most levels of consideration doesn't exist, you scream with great enthusiasm. And I ''heard'' you, too. Better have that looked into. |
| 287 | * ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'': In ''Confessor'', a military commander that's had Richard as a captive from the last book, sees Richard coming, and starts on a monologue about the things he's going to do to Richard, and is cut off (excuse the pun) mid-sentence. |
| 288 | * In ''Literature/WarOfTheSpiderQueen'', a wizard aiming a wand at a suspicious visitor shuts up in the middle of his sentence and receives a postmortem diagnosis: |
| 289 | -->'''Pharaun Mizzrym:''' If you hadn't been so busy expounding on my foolishness, you might have heard the words to my spell. |
| 290 | * ''Franchise/Warhammer40000ExpandedUniverse'': |
| 291 | ** The ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' series has several instances of this. |
| 292 | *** ''First & Only'', Gaunt surprises Zoren by punching him. This is so Zoren can, as part of a ploy, accurately report to the ship's captain that Gaunt attacked him; the captain has scanners that he uses to try to work out when people are lying to him, and can read the truth of the charge. |
| 293 | *** In ''Ghostmaker'', Gaunt punches Ortiz after his artillery had fired on a location where he knew the Ghosts were, killing hundreds of them. The [[WeHaveReserves superior who had actually ordered the attack]] intends to take advantage of this to court-martial and shoot Gaunt; unfortunately for him, Ortiz [[DrivesLikeCrazy drives a tank into headquarters]] and files a report that [[CutHimselfShaving he had been injured by his guns' recoil]]. |
| 294 | *** In ''His Last Command'', Ludd is ordering some [[BlueBlood aristocratic officers]] of a NewMeat unit into battle. One says Ludd has insulted him and [[GloveSlap demands a duel]]. Ludd punches him and declares the duel over -- he had said it was at Ludd's convenience, and that was convenient. |
| 295 | ** ''Literature/{{Eisenhorn}}: Xenos'' ends with a villain cornering Eisenhorn on the top of a collapsing alien edifice and demanding that he hand over the primer for a TomeOfEldritchLore. Eisenhorn responds by shooting the man dead. |
| 296 | ** In the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''The Flight of the Eisenstein'', [[spoiler:Dorn]] strikes Garro [[BearerOfBadNews for the news he brought]]. [[spoiler:Then, as Qruze [[WithDueRespect pointed out]], Dorn had clearly held the blow, which could have killed Garro, because he wanted to hear it all. He listens to the rest, and accuses him of insanity. When Garro accuses him of blindness, he decides to execute him. Only Keller's intervention saves him.]] |
| 297 | * ([[PunchClockVillain Punch-clock]]) villainous example in ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'': [[spoiler:Jim Casy attempts to give a strikebreaker a LastSecondChance and promptly gets his skull smashed]]. Sucks for [[spoiler:Casy]], but hey, it does fit the religious metaphor! |
| 298 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': |
| 299 | ** In ''Literature/DeathStar'', in a cantina on the Death Star, two Alderaanian contractors are trying to make sense of [[EarthShatteringKaboom what Tarkin just did to their homeworld]]. Enter a stormtrooper boasting that "the Rebel scum won't be giving us much trouble after Alderaan, hey?" Mock their grief, will you, motherkriffer! That contractor's fist can give your smug face trouble! And then the bouncer will evict you instead of him! |
| 300 | ** In the {{Novelization}} of ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'', General Grievous kills several [[{{Mooks}} Nemoidians]] this way when they get on his nerves. |
| 301 | * In ''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'', Simon Legree has [[spoiler:murdered Tom]], and George Shelby is furious. Legree reminds him that the law is on his [Legree's] side, and adds, "After all, what a fuss, for a dead n***." Shelby gets really pissed and decks Legree. |
| 302 | * The protagonist of ''Thunder Point'' by Jack Higgins, Sean Dillon, gets surprised on a boat by the bad guy, and in the middle of the speech about how he's going to be killed, pushes his enemy over the rail and drowns him. "If you're going to kill someone, bloody kill them! Don't stand around talking about it!" |
| 303 | * Shows up several times in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Harry likes doing this to villains. |
| 304 | ** Subverted in ''Literature/DeathMasks'' when Anna Valmont shoots Nicodemus mid-speech, [[NighInvulnerability to no effect]]. [[ShootingSuperman She keeps on shooting him]], and Nicodemus makes an annoyed 'get on with it' gesture. |
| 305 | ** Later in the book, however, Nicodemus seems to appreciate it; he asks [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Michael]] why he's fighting, clearly as a prelude to a BreakThemByTalking speech. When Michael simply readies his sword for battle, Nicodemus' response is "Ah. Eloquence." |
| 306 | ** Another notable instances occurs in ''Literature/GhostStory'' when Harry repeatedly does this to the Grey Ghost. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was trying to trick him into CastFromHitPoints-ing himself to death, as she can take the hits better than he can dish them out.]] |
| 307 | * Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos is fond of remarking that "No matter how powerful or subtle the wizard, a dagger in the back will seriously cramp his style." |
| 308 | * ''Literature/{{Sandokan}}'': In ''The King of the Sea'', an alleged Mecca's Pilgrim was ordering the escaping Tigers of Mompracem to surrender when Yanez, happy to see him, shot him in the chest. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
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| 311 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 312 | * Subverted in ''Series/SevenDays1998'', when Frank tries to interrupt the bad guy of the week this way. The bad guy gives him an irritated smackdown and repeats himself from the top. |
| 313 | * ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': In "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace The Magical Place]]", Skye enters the building where [[spoiler:Coulson]] is being held and tortured by [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Centipede]]. [[TheHeavy Raina]] starts saying that this is for [[spoiler:Coulson]]'s own good, only to be cut off by Skye knocking her out with one punch and strolling past her. |
| 314 | * In the GrandFinale of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', after [[spoiler:Wesley is mortally wounded by Vail, Illyria walks in and they have a touching scene. Vail recovers consciousness from Wesley's last-ditch attack, and sees Wesley die in the arms of Illyria, who has shifted into her human guise. Thinking she's just another human, Vail mocks Wesley's "meaningless death"... only to have Illyria morph back into her [[PhysicalGod God-King form]] and punch right through his face.]] |
| 315 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'': In "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E19TheWheelOfFire The Wheel of Fire]]", Sheridan forces Lyta to stop inflicting MassHypnosis on a bunch of bystanders. Lyta taunts that he can't watch her forever, so Lochley obliges by punching her out, which has a practical implication, too: telepaths can't use their abilities when they're unconscious. |
| 316 | * Parodied in the ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS4E4PrivatePlane Private Plane]]". The Baron von Richthofen has Blackadder and Baldrick held captive. George brings [[TheAce Lord Flashheart]] to come and save them only to come face to face with the dreaded baron. The following exchange plays out like so: |
| 317 | -->'''Baron von Richthofen:''' Ah, and the Lord Flashheart. This is indeed an honour. Finally, the two greatest gentleman fliers in the world meet. Two men of honour, who have jousted together in the cloud-strewn glory of the skies, face to face at last. How often I have rehearsed this moment of destiny in my dreams. The honour we two encapsulate; the unspoken nobility of our comradeship--\ |
| 318 | ''(Flashheart shoots the baron)''\ |
| 319 | '''Flashheart:''' What a ''poof!'' |
| 320 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 321 | ** A demon in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling Once More, With Feeling]]" gets it while singing. Worth a laugh. |
| 322 | --->''"She's not even half the girl she... OW!"'' |
| 323 | ** Invoked and then lampshaded in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E19Choices Choices]]" when Faith responds to Willow giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by punching her in the face. |
| 324 | --->'''Faith:''' You hurt me, I hurt you. I'm just a little more efficient.\ |
| 325 | '''Willow:''' Aw, here I just thought you didn't have a comeback. |
| 326 | ** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E1TheFreshman The Freshman]]", Sunday does this to Buffy twice. The first time is after she makes a crack about Buffy's outfit, and when Buffy looks down, Sunday clocks her. The second time is when Buffy falls through the ceiling of Sunday's lair, and she's surrounded by Sunday and the other vampires: |
| 327 | -->'''Sunday''': I must say, you've really got me now. [[AllAccordingToPlan I mean, it's a diabolical plan]] - [[LampshadeHanging throw yourself at my feet with a broken arm and no weapons of any kind]]. [[SarcasmMode How am I going to get out of this one]]?\ |
| 328 | '''Buffy''': You got a nice set-up here, but you made one mistake.\ |
| 329 | '''Sunday''': Yeah? What was that?\ |
| 330 | '''Buffy''': Well, I'm not actually positive, but statistically speaking people usually make at least one- [''Sunday punches Buffy in the face''] |
| 331 | * A truly epic example comes from a 1981 episode of ''Series/CoronationStreet'' when Ken decides to confront his ArchEnemy, Mike, about his involvement with his wife, Deirdre. Going into his office at Underworld, he states, "I've had enough of you mucking around with my family, Baldwin. More than enough." And before Mike can even get out a response, Ken belts him in the face so hard it knocks him down and departs. |
| 332 | * ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': While Dexter is washing dishes, Paul gives him a long-winded, menacing speech trying to intimidate Dexter. He warns him that he loves his children, he's their father, and he won't let Rita or anyone else get in his wa--''Wham!'' Upside the head with a frying pan. And, because this is Dexter, [[spoiler:this leads inexorably to Paul's death]]. |
| 333 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 334 | ** At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror "The Reign of Terror"]], Robespierre is shot in the jaw by one of the men come to arrest him as he tries to turn them to his side with a pretty speech. |
| 335 | ** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern "The Idiot's Lantern"]], the Doctor is punched out mid-sentence: |
| 336 | --->'''The Doctor:''' Hooold on a moment, there are three important, brilliant and ''complicated'' reasons why you should listen to me. One– ''[punch]'' |
| 337 | ** Rory gives the Doctor one in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]]. |
| 338 | --->'''SHE IS TO ME!!!''' |
| 339 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon "Day of the Moon"]]: |
| 340 | --->[[spoiler:'''Canton:''' Are you armed?]]\ |
| 341 | [[spoiler:'''Silent:''' [[AC:THIS WORLD IS OURS. WE HAVE RULED IT SINCE THE WHEEL AND THE FIRE. WE HAVE NO NEED OF WEAPONS.]]]]\ |
| 342 | [[spoiler:'''Canton:''' ''[shoots Silent]''. [[PostMortemOneLiner Welcome to America.]]]] |
| 343 | ** Happens twice in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]], both by Rory. First Rory. Punches. Hitler. Then he hails a Nazi guard and then releases the fist. |
| 344 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E3ThinIce "Thin Ice"]]: The Twelfth Doctor punches out Lord Sutcliffe after the latter starts shouting racial abuse at the Doctor's latest companion, Bill Potts. |
| 345 | * In ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', Topher boasts that he has uploaded several martial arts into his brain, only for his opponent to punch him out before he can react. |
| 346 | * ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' |
| 347 | ** In the premiere, John Crichton is freaked out over being thrown into the midst of these psychotic aliens and being sneezed on by Rygel is the last straw, causing him to shout, "What is the MATTER with you...''people?''" D'Argo responds by knocking him unconscious with his OverlyLongTongue. |
| 348 | ** In "Throne for a Loss", Crichton is trying to convince the mercenaries who've kidnapped Rygel for ransom that it's not worth the trouble. |
| 349 | --->'''Crichton:''' Look, Rygel is an obnoxious gas bag and who's gonna shell out for that? |
| 350 | --->'''Rygel:''' He's right! I'm unloved, unwanted, unpopular-- |
| 351 | --->''(Bekhesh kicks Rygel viciously in the head.)'' |
| 352 | --->'''Rygel:'''... unconscious... |
| 353 | * Upheld beautifully in ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', where the Alliance agent in the pilot has a gun to River's head and [[PutDownYourGunAndStepAway starts threatening to shoot her]] as Mal walks in -- only to get shot in the face by Mal without missing a beat. |
| 354 | ** Subverted, however, in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'': |
| 355 | --->'''The Operative:''' Let us discuss this like civilized men. I'm not threatening you, I'm unarmed--\ |
| 356 | '''Mal:''' Good.\ |
| 357 | ''(Mal shoots the Operative down, grabs Inara and then turns to get the hell out, but the Operative stops him)''\ |
| 358 | '''The Operative:''' I am, of course, wearing full body armor. I am not a ''moron''. |
| 359 | ** There's also Mal punching [[{{Jerkass}} Atherton Wing]] just as he is about to say something nasty about Inara. He really likes this trope. |
| 360 | ** There's also this bit of dialogue from the pilot, where Mal decks Simon for hitting his BerserkButton about the Alliance in general: |
| 361 | --->'''Mal:''' You don't want to go down this road with me, boy.\ |
| 362 | '''Simon:''' Oh, you're not afraid of [The Alliance]? I already know you'd sell me out to them for a pat on the head. Hell, you should probably be working for them. You certainly fit the prof... ''*WHAM!*''\ |
| 363 | '''Jayne:''' Saw that comin'. |
| 364 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 365 | ** Jaime's way of shutting up the obnoxious Black Walder Rivers when he scoffs at his accurate criticism and disregards his warning? A backhanded slap. With his golden hand. |
| 366 | ** Jaime and Tyrion find themselves facing a rather pissed-off Bronn. |
| 367 | --->'''Bronn:''' I've never hit a dwarf before, but say another word and I ''will'' belt you!\ |
| 368 | '''Tyrion:''' You see, I don't believe you'd do that -- ''[Bronn hits him in the face]'' |
| 369 | * In the beginning of Season 3 of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Claire nails Sylar in the chest with a butcher knife while the serial killer supervillain is busy monologuing. [[spoiler:It doesn't take.]] |
| 370 | ** And when Sylar makes another douchey comment about Emma, Peter punches him in the mouth. |
| 371 | * In a rare example when the protagonists are the victims of this, on ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' this happens to resident badass Eliot when he meets [[WakeUpCallBoss Quinn]] and his usual [[HeyYouHaymaker tap on the shoulder]] tactic is greeted with this. |
| 372 | * Ben, ManipulativeBastard of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', gets one from Sawyer in season four when he is trying to play on the latter's emotions by talking about how Kate decided to stay with Jack instead of going with him. Probably not the smartest idea since Ben was tied up and being held captive at the time. |
| 373 | -->'''Ben:''' Good thing she has Jack there to comfort h-- ''(*PUNCH*)'' |
| 374 | * ''Series/{{Monk}}'': In "Mr. Monk, Private Eye", while Monk is making inquiries about the driver in a fender bender, he gets gut-punched in midsentence by a bar manager. It's not clear why the guy does this or whether he knows the driver is also a murderer, and he [[KarmaHoudini gets no onscreen comeuppance]]. |
| 375 | * In ''Series/OnceUponATime'', at the end of the Arendelle arc in Season 4, ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' movie it's based on, gets an {{offscreen|MomentOfAwesome}} CallBack to a scene where Anna punches Hans: |
| 376 | -->'''Anna:''' ''[putting on her gloves to hide the knuckles]'' Have you seen these bruises?\ |
| 377 | '''Elsa:''' Have you seen Hans' eye?\ |
| 378 | '''Anna:''' Definitely WorthIt. |
| 379 | * That fantastic moment in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' when Dr Cox (who'd been worrying about the kind of father he'll be to his unborn son) walks in on Dr Kelso tearing into Elliot. J.D. tells him that "if she was your daughter, you'd know exactly how to handle it." |
| 380 | -->'''Dr Cox:''' ''[whispering]'' My God, you're right. ''[walks up to Kelso, taps him on the shoulder and then [[HeyYouHaymaker decks him]]]'' |
| 381 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'': |
| 382 | ** Minor Goa'uld Toth begins his melodramatic doom monologue, but just when he starts to talk, Carter shoots him. |
| 383 | ** "[[Recap/StargateSG1S4E6WindowOfOpportunity Window of Opportunity]]" has Jack and Teal'c stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. Teal'c has the unfortunate luck of being hit in the face with a door at the start of every loop. In the middle of the episode we get a montage sequence of the two spending several loops having fun instead of trying to get out of it. Teal'c takes this opportunity to respond to the "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were there." by slamming the door back into the opener's face mid-apology. |
| 384 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 385 | ** In an early ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode titled "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E07QLess Q-Less]]", Q goads Commander Sisko into throwing a punch and then is surprised when Sisko obliges him. |
| 386 | --->'''Q:''' You hit me... Picard never hit me.\ |
| 387 | '''Sisko:''' I'm not Picard. |
| 388 | ** When Garak tries to sweet talk his way out of becoming a prisoner of the Dominion, a Jem'Hadar soldier replies with with a rifle butt to his head. Actually, several episodes seem to suggest that this is the Jem'Hadar equivalent of a handshake. |
| 389 | ** In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry Tapestry]]", Picard seemingly dies from his artificial heart breaking down, and gets greeted in the afterlife by Q, [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong who grants Picard the opportunity to go back into the past and avert the near-fatal fight with Nausicaans that necessitated the artificial heart]]. However, this drastically alters his life so that he's a lowly lieutenant in the present, not a badass captain. So, he's taken back to the fight [[DyingAsYourself because he'd rather die as somebody who lived a meaningful life]]. He sets things straight and he miraculously survives in the present. |
| 390 | --->'''Picard:''' What did you say?\ |
| 391 | '''Nausicaan:''' I said, you are a coward.\ |
| 392 | '''Picard:''' That's what I thought.\ |
| 393 | (''Picard punches the Nausicaan'') |
| 394 | ** [[ProudWarriorRace Klingons]], unsurprisingly, are big on this, but they also have rules on ''how'' one does it. A punch to the face is a display of dominance, and a perfectly acceptable way of responding when someone angers you, challenges your authority, or questions your orders. If you win the subsequent fight, the argument is over and may even lead to a case of DefeatEqualsFriendship. However, ''backhanding'' someone means you are challenging them to a DuelToTheDeath. [[FumblingTheGauntlet Don't confuse the two]]. |
| 395 | * Early in Season 2 of ''[[Franchise/UltramanZero Ultra Zero Fight]]'', [[ButtMonkey Jathar]] the [[Series/UltramanAce Alien Hipporito]] plans to trap Ultraman Zero in Bronze ([[TakenForGranite after having done so successfully on Glenfire and Mirror Knight]]). Despite having coated Zero's fist in bronze, [[TooDumbToLive Jathar goes on with mocking him at how easy it will be to defeat him]]. How does Zero respond? By evoking this trope, with his "bronzed" hand no less. |
| 396 | ** During the episode of ''[[ClipShow New Ultraman Retsuden]]'' being hosted by Ultraman Zero and Glenfire, Jathar reveals he had survived his encounter with Zero in Ultra Zero Fight and tries again to turn Zero and Glenfire into Bronze. He fails yet again. |
| 397 | * In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Logan does this more than once when someone presses one of his many [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]], often intentionally. |
| 398 | [[/folder]] |
| 399 | |
| 400 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 401 | * ''Pinball/FunHouse1990'': One way for the player to interrupt [[LivingToy Rudy's]] [[DeadpanSnarker heckling]] is to shoot the ball into his mouth. This will either hit his jaw ("OW!") or cause him to gag on the ball; both actions award points. |
| 402 | * In ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers'', hitting Bud or Buzz while they are in the midst of taunting the player stops them in mid-sentence and shows a satisfying clip of the gofer getting clonked with a pinball. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 406 | * This is very common in and out of matches, either to catch a showboating opponent off guard or to [[ShutUpHannibal end a Heel's promo]]. For bonus points, this is often done with a FinishingMove. Wrestling/ShawnMichaels tends to shut people up with his Sweet Chin Music. |
| 407 | * This is actually the FinishingMove of Wrestling/TheBigShow. He simply punches his opponent (with his 16 INCH FIST) and often does this to someone who is annoying him outside the ring. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 411 | * ''TabletopGame/DoctorWhoAdventuresInTimeAndSpace'' has a pre-set initiative: people who want to [[GuileHero talk]] ''always'' go first, followed by people who want to run away, then people who are going to do something like MacGyvering, and finally people who want to fight ''always'' go last... unless the PlayerCharacter gets the "FiveRoundsRapid" Advantage (which is, appropriately enough, described on the UNIT sourcebook), which allows him to attack other people during the "talker" part of the initiative. |
| 412 | * Any ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' game, ever, will sooner or later have ''someone'' yell "I roll for initiative" in the middle of the villain's evil speech. The fourth edition sphinx gains combat bonuses if you do this, or can't answer its riddle. |
| 413 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', Infernals have this trope both ways. Ones drawing power from [[ManipulativeBastard The Ebon Dragon]] receive bonuses for doing the speechifying, at the cost of putting themselves in danger of this trope. Meanwhile ones following Malfeas and Adorjan, both strong proponents of murder over talking, can get bonuses for doing the ''interruption'' unto any opponent they find available. |
| 414 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': |
| 415 | ** [[https://scryfall.com/card/rtr/210/azors-elocutors Azor's Elocutors]] offers an InstantWinCondition of [[TheBore literally boring the other players to death]]. However, within the card mechanics themselves, the filibuster counters can be reduced by damaging the Elocutors' controller. |
| 416 | ** In multiplayer games, some decks are designed as "political" decks: they have a lot of effects that hand out bonuses to other players as well as themselves, with the intention of keeping themselves too useful to directly target until they're in a position to pull out an instant win combo. However, the fact that they're spending resources on benefiting other people means that when they ''do'' get targeted, they tend to fold pretty quickly unless they've gone in hard on a [[StoneWall "pillowfort" build]]. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 420 | * In ''Theatre/TheBirds'', a bogus soothsayer comes to {{Cloudcuckooland}}, using a fake prophecy to extort some new clothes and a share of the sacrifice meat from Peisthetaerus. Peisthetaerus answers him on his own level; he claims that Apollo told him, basically, "any fake soothsayer who comes to demand goodies from you needs to Talk To The Fist". He then beats the fraud up and sends him packing. |
| 421 | * In the wedding scene of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', Marius gives Thenardier's "payment" for [[spoiler:trying to blackmail him for his father in law's status as an escaped ex-con ''at his own wedding'']] by punching him in the face. Madame Thenardier finds this hilarious; Thenardier, less so. |
| 422 | * In ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'' by Creator/TeamStarKid Taz goads Commander Up into punching her to toughen him up. When he doesn't she punches him instead. |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 426 | * Used beautifully in one segment of ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''. The player can find themselves in a very annoying minigame featuring a lute contest between the player and an arrogant bard. The bard, Cain, insults the player at virtually every opportunity and the minigame is no thrill either. At the very tail end of the contest, win or lose, Cain insults the player one last time. Upon which, the character is given a new interaction choice in the dialogue menu: "Set Cain on fire and steal his lute." Even if you're playing a goody-two-shoes character, you can't resist that. |
| 427 | * In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', the player hears BigBad Mankar Camoran's HannibalLecture coming from thin air from the first moment they set foot in his realm. When they finally confront him face to face, Camoran launches into [[BadassBoast yet another long-winded speech]]... if they let him. In some other cutscenes, the player's controls are locked down for the duration, but not this time -- so many choose to [[ShutUpHannibal interrupt his monologue]] with sword or spell. |
| 428 | ** And many choose not to interrupt him, because Mankar Camaron's speeches are a genuine work of art as far as megalomaniacal ranting goes. Then again, they only went and hired ''Creator/TerenceStamp'' to do the voice, so what else could we expect? |
| 429 | ** Turn the difficulty down to minimum and spell yourself up to 100% Chameleon and you can kill him with one shot, which makes the interruption that much more satisfying. |
| 430 | * While it wasn't an attack to his person, it's similar and equally satisfying: in ''VideoGame/JediOutcast'', Kyle comes up against one of the game's two {{Big Bad}}s, Admiral Fyyar, at the end of a mission to bring down the ship's shields. Fyyar launches into full LargeHam mode, about how worlds will tremble and all... and [[spoiler: Kyle throws his lightsaber at the shield generator, frying it.]] |
| 431 | * When [[AnticlimaxBoss Lucien]] in ''VideoGame/FableII'' goes into his long-winded speech, you have the option of shooting him in the face to permanently shut him up at any time. Take too long, and [[AntiHero Reaver]] does it instead. |
| 432 | * ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayer2002'': Mook vampires love to run up to Buffy while saying something creepy/threatening/{{narm}}ful. Quite possible to stake them in the middle of their speech. "You can't stop us Slayer... there's OOOFFF AAARGH." DUST. Awesome. |
| 433 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' |
| 434 | ** In ''VideoGame/CrisisCore: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', most attacks and spells have a starting time. Against smaller foes, it's possible to interrupt this, but beware that they don't do it '''to you, Zack!''' |
| 435 | ** In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', after Squall defeats Ultimecia during the Shade Impulse storyline, she tries to deliver a monologue about her FreudianExcuse. Squall responds by finishing her off mid-speech with a slash of his gunblade. He is the only hero in the game to do so; every other villain either manages to gloat or gets a more touching send-off. This moment is also a nod to the final battle of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': Ultimecia begins the same speech in the last stages of the BossBattle, but is unable to finish it before Squall and the other heroes defeat her. |
| 436 | * A lot of this happens in-game in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series when an enemy is [[CallingYourAttacks calling his/her attacks]]. For example, the only way to stop [[{{Superboss}} Sephiroth's]] HPToOne attack is to bash him over the head while he's trying to invoke "Descend Heartless Angel". ''Chain of Memories'' even gives you a way to quickly interrupt ''any'' attack, complete with its own tutorial (though your attacks are subject to the same mechanic, as well). |
| 437 | * Ansem in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' periodically stops attacking to say something, practically begging for you to come over and shut him up, especially in the case of his taunt of "Is that all you've got?". |
| 438 | * In ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', X (the resident MartialPacifist, mind) unceremoniously shoots Epsilon dead in the middle of his ''post-battle'' speech. Granted, Epsilon was swearing to oppose them as for long as he lived. |
| 439 | -->'''X:''' Why? Why create something as dangerous as the Supra-Force Metal missile?!\ |
| 440 | '''Epsilon:''' For power. Without power, our ideas will be ignored.\ |
| 441 | '''X:''' What?! There must be another way...\ |
| 442 | '''Epsilon:''' The Federation has already declared us Maverick. What other choice do we have? As long as I am in operation, I shall--\ |
| 443 | '''Zero:''' Now, X! ''Shoot''!\ |
| 444 | '''X:''' ''(fires)'' |
| 445 | * Entertaining in-game example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OOCBSvG5yo&NR=1 This video]] of the ''VideoGame/XMen'' arcade game. |
| 446 | * In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', [[SmugSnake Ramon Salazar]] goes off onto another smarmy monologue on how he's going to kill Leon with another clever trap. Leon, who by this point is thoroughly fed up with Salazar's bullshit, shuts him up with a knife to the hand. |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom Ex'' is one of those games where you can sock the enemy in the head mid-speech and your allies won't stand for it. |
| 448 | * Happens to the [[ShoutOut Prism Rangers]] in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. After their incredibly corny introduction speech, they prepare a transformation attack. Etna interrupts them mid-sentence with two gunshots, taking out both Yellow and Blue with little trouble and leaving red without the ability to transform. |
| 449 | -->'''Prism Red:''' Curse you! Shooting before we even have a chance to transform... How inconsiderate! Are you demons?!\ |
| 450 | '''Etna:''' Uh-huh.\ |
| 451 | '''Prism Red:''' ...Oh my gosh! I completely forgot about that! |
| 452 | ** Unfortunately, this turns out to be a dumb thing to do, as Red summons his hired help and [[ThatOneLevel it all turns into crap.]] |
| 453 | * This is the titular character's way of things in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory''. No, not the Mario Bros., but [[VillainProtagonist Bowser]]. Giving absolutely ''zero craps'' for anyone else's agenda, he tends to address most speeches, rants, and villainous proclamations with a solid MegatonPunch. Most notably is the following exchange: |
| 454 | -->'''[[BigBad Fawful]]:''' ''[in the middle of absorbing energy from an EldritchAbomination with a TransformationSequence]'' With this! The world... The world...! IS FOR FAWFUL!\ |
| 455 | '''Bowser:''' Try again in a hundred years, you little weirdo! The world is ''mine!'' ''[immediately punches Fawful so hard that he flies clear out of the room]'' |
| 456 | * You can do this in so many ways to the mooks in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' that it can be great way to spend time when you're bored. [[spoiler: When heading to the final confrontation with ComicBook/TheJoker, you walk through a gauntlet of thugs taunting you, but not attacking. You can casually walk up to one and just jack him in the face, erupting the room into an epic brawl.]] |
| 457 | * There's a particularly notable instance of this in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'': [[spoiler: during the [[OneHitPointWonder "battle"]] against the Electrocutioner, he taunts you and mocks you relentlessly... until you punch his lights out. Whether you do this during an ellipsis or as he speaks is up to you, though.]] |
| 458 | * ''VideoGame/BushidoBlade'' begins almost every fight with your opponent talking for a short bit before the fight starts proper. It's entirely possible to cut them down before they finish, however this is considered a dishonorable act and will brutally [[NonStandardGameOver end your playthrough short]] if you ever do it. |
| 459 | * In the final fight in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', when Gary is knocked down to certain levels of HP, he grabs you and starts unloading more of his HannibalLecture on you. Mash buttons fast enough, and you can knock him away; otherwise, he'll finish his lecture and hit you. |
| 460 | * ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'': |
| 461 | ** The player has the option to end a news interview with an irritating reporter by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ccaXFrOcM outright decking her]]. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2,'' you run into the same character again. If your [[OldSaveBonus original choice wasn't to punch her,]] but you ''do'' punch her this time, Shepard will remark, "[[ContinuityNod I should've done that the first time we met.]]" You get one last round against her in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', only she [[IKnowKungFu dodges your swing at the last second]], either leaving you to be knocked on your butt, or, if you're quick enough, follow up with a headbutt. |
| 462 | ** You can opt to shut up a TalkativeLoon with a swift right hook. Kaidan remarks: "[[DeadpanSnarker That might have been a little extreme, Commander.]]" |
| 463 | ** In other instances, this trope involves a bullet. Popular targets are Finch, the slimeball from the "Old Friends" mission, and [[spoiler:Wrex, who has second thoughts about working with Shepard on Virmire.]] |
| 464 | ** Some of the interrupts from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' are an even better example. |
| 465 | ** In one case, a Krogan Warlord engages in a long speech about how the Krogan are going to [[spoiler: take over the galaxy]]; you're given the ability to cut him short by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvwSMjF0EjE shooting the explosive tank below him, burning him alive.]] |
| 466 | ** In another, when an irritating krogan warlord named Uvenk is trash-talking Grunt and Shepard in front of Clan Urdnot's Shaman, Shepard can ''headbutt Uvenk in the face'', which staggers him [[note]]and which has been heavily implied throughout other moments in the series to be a Krogan gesture of dominance/challenge[[/note]]. Uvenk looks pretty surprised and angered at this, while the Shaman laughs his head off at Shepard's audacity (and then compliments Shepard for having such an understanding of [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership krogan mindsets]]). |
| 467 | ** Another one is during Miranda's loyalty mission; as a mercenary commander proceeds to describe how his men are prepared to gun them all down on the spot. You're given the option of having Shepard grab the commander and turn him around in a chokehold and break his neck, then proceed to shoot an explosive tank hanging from a crane, dropping and exploding behind two other mercenaries. One flies towards the camera and bounces off the crate another mercenary was using for cover. [[OhCrap His expression]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tubo_XgtGlE says it all.]] |
| 468 | ** The best example is during the mission to find Thane, where you come across a particularly uncooperative mercenary. The Renegade interrupt has you punch him out the window that he's in front of. [[DestinationDefenestration In a skyscraper.]] |
| 469 | --->'''Merc:''' I have nothing more to say to you; if you shoot me, my team will--\ |
| 470 | '''Shepard:''' ''(punches Merc out the window, DeathCryEcho)''\ |
| 471 | '''Shepard:''' [[BondOneLiner How about "goodbye?"]] |
| 472 | ** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', there's a renegade interrupt where you gut-punch a quarian admiral and kick him off of your ship as he's trying to justify his actions, because he fired on the geth Dreadnought you and Tali, a fellow admiral, were still on at the time (at the cost of his ''chance to withdraw safely''). |
| 473 | ** Perhaps one of the greatest examples is at the end of the Rannoch arc, where you can interrupt a ''Reaper's'' monologue. Except in this case, the fist in question is ''the entire quarian armada shooting it in the face''. |
| 474 | * At the end of the Imperial Agent storyline in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', you have the opportunity to shoot the BigBad in the face during his MotiveRant, [[spoiler:robbing her of her dramatic {{Bifauxnen}} reveal]]. |
| 475 | * In one of Iron Tager's Story Mode paths for ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'', he punches Bang Shishigami while the latter is [[CallingYourAttacks calling an attack]]. |
| 476 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroTheEternalNight'': During the SkyPirate arc, the BigBad of the arc are a couple annoying parrots named Scratch and Sniff who are the brains behind the "captain" of the pirates, the massive, but extremely stupid, Skabb. Sniff ''really'' likes throwing around trash talk and BullyingTheDragon. This gets so annoying that it even annoys ''Sparx''. [[spoiler:After Skabb falls to his DisneyVillainDeath, Sniff continues to insult Spyro. Sparx has enough and shuts Sniff up by knocking him out cold with a punch to the face.]] |
| 477 | * At the end of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers'', [[spoiler:[[BigBad Darkrai]] attempts to pull a WeCanRuleTogether on the player and their partner. He even ''seems'' to convince the partner to do so. But then the player reconizes AGlitchInTheMatrix in that their partner would ''never'' react this way. They realize they're in a nightmare and attack Darkrai, shattering the illusion.]] |
| 478 | * Totally doable in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', thanks to its [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential unnervingly satisfying]] "you-can-sucker-punch-anyone-you-like" function. This is, in fact, a perfectly viable means of completing certain sidequests, like the one where you're trying to get the blackmail footage from Brian Tindell. You can do his quest, talk him into handing the footage over, or punch him in the face and take the footage off his body. |
| 479 | ** There is a total of one side-quest that can't be completed if you choose to just punch out the guy you're trying to get information from. On the other hand, if you don't have the social enchancer augmentation, you can just bribe him, '''then''' punch him out and get your money back. |
| 480 | * In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', this is combined with the act of skipping a cutscene where at certain points when bosses start talking, pressing a button would have Asura try to shut them up forcefully. The [[BraggingRightsReward Trophy/Achievement]] names follow the template of "[[ShutUpHannibal Shut Up, Name!]]" |
| 481 | ** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] against Augus where Asura tries this but Augus doesn't budge an inch. |
| 482 | ** [[SubvertedTrope Also subverted]] against Kalrow, who turns out to be just a hologram. |
| 483 | ** Reaches its logical conclusion in the final episode of the DLC. Asura is offered [[spoiler: godhood by Chakravartin, who is for all intents and purposes {{God}}]]. His response? "I refuse." [[spoiler: '''(Punches GOD in the face)''']] |
| 484 | -->[[spoiler:[[ExactWords Press O to extend arm]]]] |
| 485 | * At the end of ''[[VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense X-COM]]'', the alien brain you need to kill in order to stop the invasion attempts to plead its case. A soldier interrupts it by blowing it apart with a plasma gun. |
| 486 | * In ''GrotesqueTactics 2'', the protagonist and a villain start arguing over who will win if they start to fight. They keep going. It turns into an OverlyLongGag before one of the hero's allies announces "Oh for the..." and the game goes to combat turns with her acting first. She can then teleport past the protagonist to attack the villain in the back. |
| 487 | * In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', [[spoiler: After the fight with The Warrior, Handsome Jack [[VillainousBreakdown goes into a long rant about how you screwed up his plan to take over and "tame" Pandora]], which you can interrupt at any time by shooting him. Or you can let him finish, and give Lilith the honor of finishing him off.]] |
| 488 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', the AffablyEvil [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Cardinal]] [[LightIsNotGood Virtues]] will ramble endlessly if they're allowed to; Bayonetta usually has to fire a few rounds at them just to get them back on topic. For the gigantic archangels, this is a mild annoyance, but the thought's there. |
| 489 | * In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'' The Herald is a menace that can visit one of your colonies and broadcast [[BreakThemByTalking ominous statements that cause the morale of the colony to take a big hit]]. Of course any defence forces with enough firepower at the colony can destroy his vessel [[ShutUpHannibal and avoid the morale drop]]. |
| 490 | * The opening sequence of ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' ends with [[WellIntentionedExtremist Dr. Samuel Hayden]] trying to [[ForTheGreaterGood justify]] his tampering with [[{{Unobtanium}} Argent Energy]] (and its inevitable consequences) to the protagonist. Doomguy takes one look at the mutilated civilian corpse at his feet before silently cracking his knuckles and [[ShutUpHannibal punching out the speaker.]] |
| 491 | * Rick from ''VideoGame/UnboundSaga'' seems only capable of communicating by punching. |
| 492 | -->'''Tian:''' I believe that's all of them. ''[sheathes blades after helping Rick and Lori slice up some mutants]''\ |
| 493 | '''Rick:''' Good. ''[suddenly performs an AngryCollarGrab on Tian while slamming him on a wall]'' Now start talking! Who are you and what are you doing down here? |
| 494 | * Foes in ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'', ''especially'' bosses, start off with a monologue, then the player gets the first turn to attack. [[spoiler: Sans]], the final boss of a No Mercy/Genocide run, interrupts his own monologue to suddenly attack the player, taking the first turn and unleashing a powerful, hard to dodge series of very rapid attacks. If the player manages to survive, he ponders: |
| 495 | -->Always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first. |
| 496 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 6}}'', Kiryu and the Hirose family are marching on the Millennium Tower to confront the traitorous acting Chairman of the Tojo Clan, Sugai. A small army of Tojo mooks is waiting outside the skyscraper, but when their leader goes to stop them he gets a mouthful of Kiryu's knuckles for his trouble. |
| 497 | -->'''Mook leader:''' Hello there. You're the fourth chairman, yes? What business do you have here today?\ |
| 498 | ''[MegatonPunch]''\ |
| 499 | '''Kiryu:''' [[TranquilFury I need to speak with Sugai. But I can show myself up.]] Get out of my way! |
| 500 | * ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': |
| 501 | ** Billy the Kid has a habit of shooting people midsentence. |
| 502 | ** Miyamoto Musashi has a habit of slashing people midsentence. When Archer of Inferno is able to block it, she calls Musashi a coward for attacking her while she was talking, but Musashi retorts that given how powerful Archer of Inferno is, [[CombatPragmatist she'll take any opening she can get]]. |
| 503 | ** Limbo, moments away from defeat, starts a [[FinalSpeech long-winded speech]], trying to buy a few seconds to use his secret trump card. It does not work. |
| 504 | [[/folder]] |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 507 | * When the protagonist of ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' thinks Dennis is about to rape Johanna, he grabs Dennis around the neck, not listening to his frenzied explanations and warnings. He then throws Dennis out the window. |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 511 | * In Egoraptor's "[[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Awesome Chaotix]]", a bored Sonic starts off the video, "Man, Mobius sure is boring around he--*cue fist to the face from Knuckles*". Knuckles does it to Espio as well. |
| 512 | * In ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'', Yuffie shouts "SURPRISE ATTAAAAAAACK!" and starts gloating about her skill; she only gets as far as the first syllable of her name before Tifa applies percussive maintenance. The screen then switches to Yuffie's naming screen, where her name is incomplete, several letters are knocked askew or outright missing, and her portrait has Tifa's fist embedded firmly in her face. |
| 513 | * In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', the Emperor does it with mind-fists twice in the same episode: once to Eliphas when he hears his letter, the other time to Kitten after the latter mocks his earlier line. |
| 514 | * In the "Black" trailer for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', this is Adam's response to being ordered to identify himself by an AK-130 android. |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 518 | * [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/11/11/episode-1058-talking-is-a-free-action/ Black Mage]] uses this in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. Well, the party basically use it every time when they don't argue about something. |
| 519 | * ''Webcomic/{{Aurora|2019}}'': The villainous storm god Tynan tries to monologue at Kendal about how doomed he is, only for Kendal to slice him in half. Unfortunately, since ''Aurora'''s gods' bodies are just vessels they form to interact with the world it just manages to surpise Tynan for a brief moment. |
| 520 | * In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', Tomato tries to threaten Almond, bragging that [[WouldHitAGirl he has no qualms about hitting girls]] and so on. Almond isn't impressed, and [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-46/ interrupts his speech with her sword]]. |
| 521 | * Inverted in ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', when Dark Pegasus pulled out an Immolating Blast in the middle of a sentence -- his own. |
| 522 | -->'''Dark Pegasus:''' And for the rest of you, I give this advice: If you're going to destroy someone, do it while you're talking. They always expect you to finish the sentence first. |
| 523 | * Used in the backstory of ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}''. Just as Leon is delivering his "Good will always triumph" speech to Gort, he gets a knife in the back courtesy of Casper. |
| 524 | * Darth Maul gets one in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' when he tries to talk to Qui-Gon, who responds: |
| 525 | -->'''Qui-Gon:''' Talk to the laser sword!\ |
| 526 | They really should have listened – [[spoiler:he was on their side, and didn't want to fight.]] |
| 527 | * ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': In an arc where several people in Hell have been subjected to their sympathetic origin stories, the irredeemable Sigfried decides to ''punch the vision in the face and leave''. Even the ''{{Fan Hater}}s'' liked it! |
| 528 | * ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': Nail does this to Frieza during the Universe 7 backstory. |
| 529 | * In [[http://www.dystopia-game.com/wiki/index.php?title=Avv%27s_Comics_-_Groundless_Accusation this]] ''VideoGame/{{Dystopia}}'' strip, the ''Dystopia'' heavy shows the ''Tribes'' heavy [[PowerFist how it's done]]. |
| 530 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Professor Raven attempts to slice homicidal wizard Abraham's head off in mid-speech as negotiations break down -- with him, "final warning" means exactly that. |
| 531 | -->'''Abraham:''' Feigned frailty, no "En garde"... ''Have you no honor?!''\ |
| 532 | '''Raven:''' The lives of my students are more important. Besides which I ''did'' warn you… |
| 533 | * Done by Jon in this [[http://www.errantstory.com/2007-10-22/721 this]] ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'' strip, after he provokes the other man into arguing with him face to face so that he won't notice the revolver suddenly being drawn and aimed at his midsection. |
| 534 | * ''Webcomic/ExistentialComics'': Captain Metaphysics "refutes" Pyrrho's skepticism by punching him, while the hover over text lists a number of ideas this works on. He uses this for every problem which is brought up, and also threatens anyone who disagrees with his "solution" this way. |
| 535 | * ''Webcomic/FateTypeRedline'': Sakura Saber faces a Servant who attempts to introduce himself, only for her to stab him in the throat mid-sentence. As he staggers around choking on his own blood, she finishes him off and says he was a fool to talk in the middle of a fight. |
| 536 | * Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Footloose}}'' when [[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Fey!Keti]]]] begins talking, then attacks in the middle of [[spoiler:her]] ''own'' speech. |
| 537 | * ''Webcomic/AGirlAndHerFed'' has [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.620.html the Fed employ this to good effect]]. |
| 538 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': |
| 539 | ** [[spoiler:The Abbess]] lost the count of the Heterodynes for a while. [[ActionSurvivor Moloch]] applied a lever, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121107 to the back of the head]]. |
| 540 | --->'''Von Zinzer:''' Trust me. You wouldn't get ''anywhere'' trying to ''argue'' with her.\ |
| 541 | '''Tarvek:''' You really are the best minion ''[[ItsTheBestWhateverEver ever]]''. |
| 542 | ** Vole perhaps ironically gives a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110729 gleeful lecture]] on this very subject to Tarvek and Gil, even as he whales on them: when it's time to fight, ''fight'', don't stand around assuming that TalkingIsAFreeAction. As soon as he gets a chance, Gil shows that he [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110812 got the lesson]]. |
| 543 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', when Edith tries to explain to Turner that she has no idea where Anpu is, he answers by slamming her into a wall before she can finish speaking. |
| 544 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Andrew Hussie [[spoiler: beats Doc Scratch to death with a broom]] while he's in the middle of launching into another expository speech. |
| 545 | * In ''Webcomic/MenInHats'', Aram decides he'd rather avoid having conversations with people, and [[http://meninhats.com/d/20031119.html punches Beriah in the gut]] before he can say "what's up." |
| 546 | * ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' combines this with GroinAttack. [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2010-06-24 Ow!!]] |
| 547 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Enor, the half-dragon bounty hunter, doesn't let Elan goad him into a pun-fight. |
| 548 | -->'''Enor:''' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0714.html Puns are for girls.]] |
| 549 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': |
| 550 | ** Madeline pulls a simple version of this on Plaidbeard. Mimic objects, due to wanting more information about why the dwarf did what he did. |
| 551 | ** Later she does it to [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-30/ the Zombie Knight]]; this one [[ClicheStorm didn't talk anything valuable]], and she smelled his evil. |
| 552 | * ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-11-14 demonstrates]] how once the meaningful discussion is dismissed, people simply choose on which methods they used to fall back: |
| 553 | -->'''[[PrivateMilitaryContractors Captain Tagon]]:''' I've got a torpedo bay ''full'' of points. |
| 554 | * ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': This happens while Quant and Endorsi are talking to each other, revealing where they have their [[InstantWinCondition badges]]. Endorsi goes for Quant's badge the moment he reveals it, while he is still talking. |
| 555 | * ''Webcomic/WeakHero'': |
| 556 | ** In the cafeteria, Philip Kim tries to intimidate Gray with his usual bluffing, only for Gray to cut him off with a sudden elbow hook to his face followed by a kick to the head before he hit the floor. |
| 557 | ** A bully from Alex's past makes his reintroduction by mocking Alex's new friends, prompting Alex, with a deadpan expression, to sock him in the face while he's still in the middle of talking. |
| 558 | ** Alex manages to interrupt Dongha mid-sentence by surprising him with a one-two combo punch. |
| 559 | --->'''Donga:''' Whoa! Shit, that caught me by surprise! You almost hit-- '''WHAM!''' |
| 560 | ** The fight between Juwon and Jake seems to end as Jake is hit and slumps to the floor. Juwon is in the middle of complimenting his strength and potential when Jake's fist suddenly hits him square in the face. |
| 561 | [[/folder]] |
| 562 | |
| 563 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 564 | * Attempted in ''Literature/SailorNothing''. The villain in question [[SubvertedTrope simply snuffs out the attack with a gesture before it's invoked]] and bemusedly asks the heroes to be a little more civil since he hasn't even ''begun'' with his EvilGloating yet. [[spoiler:As it turns out, the villain ''needs'' said gloating in order to intentionally fire up the heroes enough [[DeathSeeker so they would be able to defeat him]].]] |
| 565 | * ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'' gets in on this too. |
| 566 | -->411. It is bad form to shoot a god while he's monologuing. |
| 567 | * In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', this occurs when Golem finally gets his showdown with [[OmnicidalManiac Jack Slash.]] Jack tries to engage him in conversation about recent events (for example, [[spoiler:that he's put Golem's entire family into an unescapeable FateWorseThanDeath,]] and how far Golem's come since Jack challenged him to this fight two years previously). Golem replies that he's not here to banter, and that Jack is just a thug with delusions of grandeur, which leads to Jack attacking midsentence. |
| 568 | [[/folder]] |
| 569 | |
| 570 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 571 | * ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': |
| 572 | ** '''"I AM A MAN!!"''' ''[[MemeticMutation *Punch*]]'' First used by Linkara during a comic-book review of ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' and has since become a RunningGag. |
| 573 | ** The [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] / [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] ComicBook/BlackestNight crossover has Black Lantern Spoony moaning "Fleeeeeeesh..." to which Linkara replies: "How about some FIST!?" *PUNCH* |
| 574 | * ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'': |
| 575 | ** The AVGN does this to [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]. |
| 576 | ** ''[[SayMyName NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE]]-- '''punch''' |
| 577 | ** He also employed it to Linkara, when the latter reviewed ''Wolverine: Adamantium Rage'' and went on a punching rampage due to the game's [[NintendoHard obscene difficulty]]. |
| 578 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': |
| 579 | ** Played most straight by Goku against the Ginyu force, where he downs Recoome during his posing, smashes Jeice in the face repeatedly, and downs Burter while he's having a touching discussion of friendship with Jeice. |
| 580 | ** Also played with in two flashbacks. In the first, Zarbon is remembering Frieza ordering him to get to work, only to be blasted in mid-air by Vegeta. In the second, Jeice is trying to recall advice on what to do when being repeatedly smashed in the face, only for another punch to break off the Captain's words. |
| 581 | --->'''Jeice:''' Ah, he cut off the Captain! |
| 582 | ** When Piccolo arrives to the battle against Freeza's second form, Freeza starts a joke with "Now tell me if you've heard this one." As Piccolo just fused with Nail, he has, and punches him before he can finish. |
| 583 | ** Goku's heroic speech (I am the lightbulb in the darkness! I am the Alpha and the Amiga! etc.) is interrupted right as he's saying that he's a Super Saiyan, when Freeza blasts him in the face. Goku, of course, isn't seriously injured, and finishes his sentence after a short pause. |
| 584 | ** Android 18 kicks Vegeta in the middle of one of his sexist comments directed toward her in their fight. |
| 585 | * Variation in Jonathan in ''WebVideo/JoJosBizarreAdventureAbridged'', who's willing to crash-tackle Dio during the latter's InternalMonologue. |
| 586 | -->'''Dio:''' Seriously? Let me finish my sentences! |
| 587 | * ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical'': "Genocide Package" has dying [[HeroAntagonist Mettaton]] telling the [[OmnicidalManiac Fallen Child]] that they failed to kill everyone and Alphys has already evacuated most of the monsters. Fallen then proceeds to furiously finish him mid-sentence. |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 591 | * PlayedForDrama and {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "[[Recap/ArthurS4E1DWsLibraryCardArthursBigHit Arthur's Big Hit]]", when Arthur punches [[BrattyHalfPint D.W.]] after the latter has a NeverMyFault speech over his model plane being destroyed. Arthur himself then gets [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] for this act. |
| 592 | * During the FinalBattle of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', [[BigBad Fire Lord Ozai]] starts gloating after blasting Aang into a pile of rubble. His gloating is cut off when Aang (who has just regained access to [[SuperMode the Avatar State]]) grabs Ozai by the goatee and blasts him into a stone pillar. |
| 593 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In "[[Recap/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroesS1E13GammaWorldPart2 Gamma World, part 2]]", the Abomination ''tries'' to deliver a BadassBoast to The Hulk, only for the latter to cut him off mid-sentence and fling him through the roof with a kick. |
| 594 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Terry [=McGinnis=] interrupts the Joker's lecture on what the ''real'' Batman would do with an elbow twist. Also: "[[FinishingMove Ha. Ha.]]" |
| 595 | ** Terry manages to ''irritate'' ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' by ''making fun of him''. Sort of a verbal punch. |
| 596 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Batman is having "one of those nights" when he hears the police scanner report a man attacking a restaurant wielding a ''ketchup gun''. When he arrives to sort out the situation the Condiment King, as he describes himself, has been gleefully waiting for this confrontation for quite a while. |
| 597 | -->'''Condiment King:''' "What's this? Ah, the Big Bad Bat Guy. I knew you'd [[{{Pun}} ketchup]] to me sooner or later. How I've [[{{Pun}} relished]] this meeting. You, the Dynamic Dark Knight, versus me, the Conceptual ''Condiment King''! Come Batman, [[BringIt let's see if you can cut the mustard]]."\ |
| 598 | '''Batman:''' *delivers a single punch to CK's stomach* "Quiet!" |
| 599 | ** In "Joker's Favor," everyman Charlie Collins--who the Joker's tormented for two years--kicks off some [[TookALevelInBadass well-deserved karma]] by punching the Clown Prince of Crime so hard that he falls into some nearby trash cans. BadassNormal doesn't even begin to cover it. |
| 600 | --->'''Charlie:''' ''[to an escaping Joker]'' Hold it.\ |
| 601 | '''Joker:''' Oh, come ''on!'' ''[laughs and starts walking away]''\ |
| 602 | '''Charlie:''' I said HOLD IT!\ |
| 603 | ''[socks the Joker in the stomach, sending him reeling]'' |
| 604 | * Wonderfully inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' finale. Megatron tries goading Optimus to give [[RousingSpeech one of his grand speeches about protecting the innocent]], to which Optimus simply responds "[[VerbThis Speech this]]!" with a right hook to the face. |
| 605 | ** Much earlier, Dinobot and Rattrap deliver both this and a BigShutUp to Tarantulas when he interrupted their bickering. |
| 606 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': With Numbuh 4, it's a case of Talk to the ''Dodgeball''. Also sort of done when he faces off against Count Spankulot with a ''gun that fires a KANGAROO'', with him declaring "[[BadassBoast Time to teach you the Australian word for OUCH!]]" |
| 607 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 608 | ** An infamous OverlyLongGag has Stewie needle Brian at length, twice in one episode, in a voice irritatingly rising in pitch with every sentence, about the novel he's never finished writing. In a later episode, Stewie starts doing this again, but this time Brian punches him out almost immediately. |
| 609 | ** In another episode, when [[ButtMonkey Meg]] gets released from prison, she asks who "the biggest, toughest guy in the house" is. Peter responds to the question and starts to boast until she beats the living shit out of him for all the [[AbusiveParents abuse]] he put her though. |
| 610 | * On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', as Jimmy goes on about how he's going to tell [[MadScientist Heloise]] about the Snowrilla, he gets a snowball in the mouth by said creature. |
| 611 | * Used by Zatanna in "This Little Piggy" episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', against the Sorceress Circe: |
| 612 | -->'''Circe:''' Insolent trickster! You dare to strike-- ''(gets hit by a chair)''... You dare to strike-- ''(gets hit by a table)''... You dare-- ''(gets smothered by a tablecloth)'' '''QUIT IT'''!... [[OhCrap Oh no]]... ''(gets hit by a grand piano)'' |
| 613 | ** Here's this delightful little gem from the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Wild Cards": |
| 614 | -->'''Ten:''' ''(beats up on Superman, grabs him by the scruff of his neck)'' I'm stronger than everybody! I knew I was stronger than you!\ |
| 615 | '''Superman:''' ''(headbutts him, sending him flying)'' I heard ''that'' before. |
| 616 | * A truly epic moment for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. In ''So the Drama'', [[ArchEnemy Drakken]] seems to have finally outsmarted Kim, and exuberantly gloats in his office about how he figured out that her weakness is boys and dating. Then he finds that she escaped his death trap and [[RightBehindMe snuck up on him]]. |
| 617 | -->'''Kim:''' You're right, Drakken. [[SociallyAwkwardHero Boys? Dating? Oh it's hard.]] But this... ''is easy!!'' ''[punches him in the face]'' |
| 618 | * ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': An inversion by Bobby, when confronted by one of his usual bullies who doesn't seem too intimidated by his recent GroinAttack spree he ends up hitting him in the middle of his ''own'' sentence: |
| 619 | -->'''Clark:''' What are you gonna do? [[TemptingFate Are you gonna kick me in the nads?]]\ |
| 620 | '''Bobby:''' ''Am'' I gonna do it? Yes. ''When'' am I gonna do it? Don't know!. Could be tomorrow--\ |
| 621 | '''[[GroinAttack *CRUNCH*]]'''\ |
| 622 | '''Bobby:''' ''[to an incapacitated Clark]'' One thing you'll find out about me, Clark, is that I'm '''not''' a very patient person. |
| 623 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'' pilot, a GiantMook began making a [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon bizarre and overly long threat]] to Korgoth that the main character eventually got tired of listening to, so he interrupted by ripping off the mook's face. |
| 624 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': Juniper Lee once conked a would-be monologuing villain with a rock in a BatmanColdOpen. |
| 625 | * When the title character of ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' copies Pharaoh Man's weapon, he shouts "Now I've got your power!"... and gets punched in the face, instantly promoting Pharaoh Man to MemeticBadass status. |
| 626 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Chrysalis remains defiant even as she, Tirek, and Cozy Glow have been defeated and de-powered... it doesn't help: |
| 627 | -->'''Queen Chrysalis:''' You think ''friendship'' will save you?! We will ALWAYS return! [[TemptingFate Nothing will EVER stop]]--\ |
| 628 | ''[a giant cupcake falls on the trio]'' |
| 629 | * ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': |
| 630 | ** In "[[Recap/RegularShowS02Ep21TheNightOwl The Night Owl]]", the title character freezes Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and High-Five Ghost for several hundred years to make himself famous. When the guys manage to make it back to the present and accidentally ruin his plan before he caught them with it, the Night Owl starts chewing them out for it. Muscle Man walks up, grabs him by the shirt and knocks him out cold in the middle of his rant. |
| 631 | --->'''Night Owl:''' I maxed out my student loans for that car! You're gonna have to pay for that! ''(Muscle Man decks him to the ground)''\ |
| 632 | '''Muscle Man:''' [[BondOneLiner That's for freezing us on purpose.]] |
| 633 | ** In "[[Recap/RegularShowS03Ep17Eggscellent Eggscellent]]", after [[MeanBoss Benson]] makes an insensitive comment towards Rigby's dying state due an allergic reaction to eggs, Mordecai punches him in the face and gives him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how [[BrutalHonesty nobody likes him and only hang out with him because he's their boss]]. |
| 634 | * Happened to ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' in the episode where he fought in GladiatorGames against his will. As it happens, this was immediately after his opponent rattled off a long train of smack talk that Jack was trying to counter in turn. |
| 635 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 636 | ** Happens twice in "Bart vs. Australia". Homer does stupid things in front of the U.S. Marine guarding the embassy's gate, and twice the Marine punches Homer in the face. |
| 637 | -->'''Homer:''' Hey, are you like one of [[BritishRoyalGuards those English guards]] who can't laugh or smile or anything? (''makes silly faces and noises till the Marine punches him'') OW! |
| 638 | -->'''Marine Guard:''' No, sir! US Marine Corps, sir! |
| 639 | ** In "The Old Man And The 'C' Student", Homer tries to sell springs door-to-door; he goes to the Skinner residence, where Skinner decks him on account of his son Bart costing the town the Olympics. Due to the springs covering his body, he just bounces right back up, so Skinner decks him again. [[OverlyLongGag Rinse and repeat.]] |
| 640 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]", [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward go through a ''lot'' of hardships to give the pizza to the customer who ordered it. When [=SpongeBob=] finally arrives at his doorstep to give it to him, the customer has the nerve to chew him out for not giving him a drink (which he didn't even order) and sends poor [=SpongeBob=] to ''tears''. Squidward (in a rare instance) immediately comes to his defense and knocks the customer's door, and when the customer continues to complain, Squidward decks him ''hard'' with the pizza box. |
| 641 | -->'''Customer:''' Another one?! Look, I told your little friend I ain't paying for that!\ |
| 642 | '''Squidward:''' [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Well, this one's on the house!]] ''([[PieInTheFace smashes the pizza in his face]])'' |
| 643 | * In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', a Mandalorian Agent is monologuing to Obi-Wan and the Duchess of Mandalore prior to his escape. He explains how he's going to kill them once he's off the ship, and how neither can stop him without killing him which would violate the Duchess' technical pacifism and make her no longer love Obi-Wan if he was the one to kill the agent. Cue Anakin's lightsaber being driven through his chest from behind. |
| 644 | * In the climatic battle of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', Madame Rouge repeatedly tries to monologue only for one or more of the heroes to take her down midsentence. |
| 645 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Bumblebee tries to attack Starscream when monologuing to Megatron. Starscream effortlessly takes Bumblebee down. "'''YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEEEEEEEEECH!!'''" |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 649 | * Ex-Apollo Astronaut UsefulNotes/BuzzAldrin was once harangued by conspiracy theorist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Sibrel Bart Sibrel]], who vehemently argued that the Moon landing was a hoax in front of his stepdaughter. His response was to interrupt the conspiracy theorist with a punch to the face. A judge let Aldrin off, ruling that the conspiracy theorist was practically assaulting Aldrin, and Aldrin had every right to make him Talk to the Fist. After all, Sibrel said things to Aldrin's face such as "how do you expect to get to heaven" and "you are a coward, a liar and a thie-", the last one is a downplayed version of KilledMidSentence because that's when [[BerserkButton a line was crossed]] and Aldrin gave Sibrel his solid right hook. |
| 650 | * Creator/RayBradbury, apparently: |
| 651 | -->''"A horrible little boy came up to me and said, 'You know in your book ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles''?' I said, 'Yes?' He said, 'You know where you talk about Deimos rising in the East?' I said, 'Yes?' He said 'No.' -- So I hit him."'' |
| 652 | * This once happened [[BloodOnTheDebateFloor on the floor of the]] [[UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion European Parliament]]. During a visit by [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul II]] to the EP, [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland Northern Irish]] [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles ultra-Loyalist]] MEP and hard-right Presbyterian minister Rev. Ian Paisley started angrily denouncing him as TheAntichrist. Conservative German MEP Otto von Habsburg - who was also the current head of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic House of Habsburg]] at the time - as a very devout Catholic (his father was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Austria the literally saintly last Emperor of Austria Hungary]] and his ancestors were the [[UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire Holy Roman Emperors]], for heaven's sake!) took exception. With his fist. |
| 653 | * Billy Milano was arrested for punching [[Music/{{Nevermore}} Warrel Dane]] in the face at some point in the late nineties. The true instigator is still unknown, as is the reason why it happened; some accounts allege that Dane was drunk, depressed, and was just generally not having a good night and that Milano told him to shut up and stop whining before he punched him, while others allege that Dane was drunk and acting like a complete asshole and that he had been verbally abusing Milano and talking shit about him all night, resulting in Milano confronting him and punching him when he received a rude response. What is known is that Dane was drunk, that Milano punched him, and that the police were called and subsequently carted off Milano for assault. Amusingly enough, photos exist of the arrest and of Milano sitting in the back of a cruiser with a drunken Dane waving at him. |
| 654 | * Creator/JeremyClarkson, presenter of ''Series/TopGearUK'', was accused of adultery on the front page of a tabloid newspaper. Discovering the editor of the ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Daily Mirror]]'' -- one [[CountryMatters Piers Morgan]] -- sitting in an upmarket restaurant with ''his'' extra-marital affair, Clarkson addressed the double standard involved here by punching Morgan across the diner. Whilst public opinion in this case was supportive of Clarkson, on the grounds the man he had chinned was Piers Morgan, a later punch by Clarkson had far less of a happy result. [[note]]Getting him sacked by the Creator/{{BBC}}, which almost blew up in the latter's face when the other two presenters left with him to start ''Series/TheGrandTour''.[[/note]] |
| 655 | * The now famous video of neo-Nazi Richard Spencer getting punched in the face [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rh1dhur4aI while giving a speech]]. |
| 656 | * Miami Dolphins Cuban-American player Kiko Alonso reacted extremely badly when Colin Kaepernick praised Fidel Castro after the latter's death. In a game between the Dolphins and Kaepernick's San Francisco 49ers, [[https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/11/28/dolphins-49ers-kiko-alonso-colin-kaepernick-fidel-castro-shirt Alonso smashed Kaepernick with a vicious tackle that decided the game]]. Alonso, whose father was a Cuban exile forced to flee Cuba from Castro's regime, later said that Kaepernick's comments caused bad blood between the two of them. |
| 657 | [[/folder]] |
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| 660 | ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hello Fist! How are you?]]'' |
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