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->''"You nearly killed me!... with boredom."''
-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Blake Belladonna]]''', ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle''

The worst insult conceivable to a villain who prides himself on the fact that he's a genius. He's called out on being boring, predictable, and overall, just not particularly interesting. This may very well send him into a [[BerserkButton berserk rage]] or even a [[VillainousBreakdown total breakdown]], particularly if he can't counter any of the points his enemy is making. Could be a case of BullyingADragon from a FearlessFool, or the hero being DisappointedByTheMotive.

See also ShutUpHannibal and KirkSummation.

If you're looking for actual boring insults, try LameComeback. If you're looking for a FanSpeak term associated with calling a work/character boring, see EightDeadlyWords.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** If a fight is too easy, [[BloodKnight Kenpachi]] will tend to call it boring, like when he and Byakuya easily defeat [[UnskilledButStrong Yammy]] or when [[SingleStrokeBattle he kills Giriko with one slash]].
** After Tsukishima uses his powers to read Byakuya's past and memorize all his techniques, he repeatedly pulls the NonchalantDodge on Byakuya's attacks and calls him boring. Byakuya has to pull an IndyPloy to defeat him.
** Gremmy pulls a NonchalantDodge on Yachiru's sword swing and calls her boring.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goku abruptly cuts off his fight with Frieza on the grounds that there's no longer any point to it: Frieza has become so weak and predictable that [[NotWorthKilling there's no challenge in fighting him]]. Frieza, who prides himself on being unbeatable, gets more belligerent and is quickly dispatched by one of ''his own attacks''.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku gets this from Beerus because, despite Goku becoming a PhysicalGod, Goku still isn't giving him an exciting fight. "[[PunctuatedPounding YOU BORE ME! YOU BORE ME!]]"
* ''Literature/FateZero'': Gilgamesh dismisses Tokiomi Tohsaka as boring since all he cares about is reaching [[AkashicRecords The Root]], which Gilgamesh dismisses as foolish since he only cares about material treasures and the here and now.
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Whenever people try to explain or discuss things, [[ApathyKilledTheCat Tomoki]] usually responds by cutting them off and calling them boring.
* ''Gushing Over Magical Girls'': When Magia Baiser and Lord Enorme fight the first time, Enorme gives a rant about how she is destined to rule and that [[TheSocialDarwinist the strong take everything from the weak]]. Baiser stops paying attention halfway through and starts chanting "Boring" in her head. When Baiser wins, she mocks Enorme for [[UnskilledButStrong fighting with no style or creativity except for smashing things]] despite essentially having an ImaginationBasedSuperpower.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': When first meeting people, Aoi Todo asks them about [[HasAType their taste in women]] (a trait passed on to him by his former mentor, Yuki Tsukumo) as a way to get a grasp on their character. When Megumi gives what Todo considers to be an incredibly boring answer, [[DisproportionateRetribution he tries to kill him]]. Conversely, when Yuji flat out admits he likes tall women with big butts, which coincidentally [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike happens to be the exact type of woman Todo himself likes]], Todo cries ManlyTears, [[MrImagination invents an entire flashback of himself and Yuji going to school together]] and declares that they are best friends.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': In Joey and Zigfried's duel, Zigfried [[IgnoredEnemy barely pays attention to Joey]] at first due to concentrating on Kaiba. When Joey yells at him to pay attention, Zigfried asks why should he since Joey is boring. This changes when Joey manages to inflict damage on him, pissing him off.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' episode 94 has Judai ripping the [[LightIsNotGood Society of Light]]-[[BrainwashedAndCrazy possessed]] Asuka with this. In addition to calling her state boring, he called her uncool.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Jack Atlas constantly calls other duelists boring due to seeing them as too weak to be a proper challenge. In his rematch with Yuya Sakaki, he keeps deriding him as boring until Yuya manages to summon a stronger monster in an unprecedented way, causing him to acknowledge Yuya as a WorthyOpponent.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', when Bui begins his fight with Hiei by doing nothing but summoning axes, swinging, and throwing them, Hiei says he is boring. Bui then proves him wrong by unleashing his BattleAura.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* This is at the heart of TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that [[MagnificentBastard Stillwell]] gives the Homelander in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. Stillwell states that for all the Homelander's tremendous powers and abilities (Homelander being [[SupermanSubstitute an analogue of Superman]]), he's never taken a single action that wasn't petty or juvenile, that focused on anything larger than satisfying a passing whim or desire, or really required more than a moment of thought. Homelander's latest stunt, to TakeOverTheWorld with his fellow supers, is really just yet another example of that, and Stillwell is actually much more focused on the massive headache he has than the man who can casually reduce him to a smear on the floor. Remarkably enough this lecture ''saves Stillwell's life'', since it makes Homelander decide that rather than killing Stillwell then and there (which is what Homelander came to do in the first place), he's going to leave Stillwell alive long enough to make him eat those words first.
-->'''Stillwell:''' Why? Because I'm not impressed by you? Think about it. This is par for the course with you. When have you ever done anything remotely interesting or original? What have you thought of to do that the lowest speck of this pointless species couldn't, were they granted your level of power? And what next, destroy another airliner? Dismember more families, that kind of thing? A spoiled child's personal Auschwitz. [[EvilIsPetty It's so petty it's actually quite embarrassing]]. I'm just glad I won't be alive to see it...
* In the climax of the ''ComicBook/DaredevilGuardianDevil'' storyline, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} gets a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how totally unoriginal and copying of other villain's classic schemes [[spoiler:Mysterio]]'s EvilPlan is. [[spoiler:It drives Mysterio to commit suicide, snarking that he has one more villain to copy: [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt Kraven]].]]
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* Jon from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' gets these a lot:
-->'''Jon''': Someone threw this rock through the window, there's a note attached. ''(reading note)'' "You seem boring".\\
'''Garfield''': Must remember to send them a thank-you-rock.\\\
'''Jon''': I'm bored.\\
'''Garfield''': You're also boring, you do it all!
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'': Yang enjoys sparring with Tapu Koko, but when he notices that she is not improving between fights and just keeps doing the same thing, he derides her as boring. She takes this to heart and trains between each fight, impressing him.
* ''Fanfic/EarthAndSky'' features a non-villainous example: part of the reason [[FunPersonified Pinkie Pie]] is so distraught in the first chapter is that after having to lecture her daughter Tootsie again, Tootsie told her she was "no fun anymore".
* In ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', Makarov unveils his goal of committing mass murders while making everyone [[FakeUltimateHero think he is the hero]]. Shining Armor mocks him by pointing out he's ripping off the plot of ''[[Film/Scream4 Winny 4]]'', and that killer did it much more effectively. Shining can also predict most of his speeches and gloating because they are ripped off from various fictional characters.
* A major example happens in ''Fanfic/OfState''. After Grimmel seemingly ambushes Hiccup and Toothless, Hiccup expresses disappointment at his new foe and brushes Grimmel off, commenting on how he's no different from the other hunters Hiccup has had to deal with in the past. He even goes as far as to guess Grimmel's backstory and motives.
* ''Fanfic/ARedRoseInTheBlueWind'': Upon confronting Eggman aboard the ARK, Sonic interrupts his evil monologue and tells him that these repeated confrontations are starting to get old in their predictability. Eggman actually ''agrees'', which is why he came up with the plan to start anew on Remnant.
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[[folder:Film — Animated]]
* Bruce gets to deliver a similar BreakingSpeech to ComicBook/TheRiddler in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush'', accusing his supervillain name of being on the nose. The Riddler [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex did not like that, for some reason]].
--> '''Bruce:''' You tell riddles a ''fifth-grader'' could solve, you call yourself the Riddler. The sheer lack of imagination is staggering.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DariaIsItFallYet,'' this is how [[LovableAlphaBitch Quinn]]'s PrivateTutor gets her to actually start studying.
-->'''David:''' Look, you seem bright enough, but I just can't sit here and listen to any more vacuous prattle with your brain-dead friends. Eyeliner, headband colors...God, are you boring.\\
'''Quinn:''' I'm not boring! I'm popular!\\
'''David:''' Hey, the only reason you're popular is your looks, and those won't last forever. You have nothing interesting to say and no intellectual curiosity whatsoever.
* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'':
-->'''Hiccup''': It's not every day that you find out your mother is some kind of crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady!\\
'''Valka''': Well, at least I'm not boring, right?
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'': Po lets Kai know how bored he is with yet another villain rant:
-->'''Kai''': You must be the Dragon Warrior.\\
'''Po''': And you must be Kai. Beast of vengeance, Maker of widows.\\
'''Kai''': YES! Finally thank you. Almost makes me want to spare your life.\\
'''Po''': Oh you want to spare me huh? How about you spare me the chit-chat, alright? Let's do this.\\
'''Kai''': I'm going to take your chi then the chi of every panda in the...\\
'''Po''': Augh! chit-chat\\
'''Kai''': In the...\\
'''Po''': Chitty-chitty-chat-chat, chat-chat-chat!\\
'''Kai''': In the...\\
'''Po''': Chit-Chat!
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[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
* Used against [[AlphaBitch Angela]] in ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', in reference to her earlier line, "There's nothing worse than being ordinary."
-->'''Angela:''' Well, at least I'm not ugly.\\
'''Ricky:''' ...Yes, you are. And you're boring. And you're totally ordinary. And you know it.
* At the end of the film version of ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] confesses several crimes to his lawyer, Harold Carnes, who [[MistakenIdentity mistakes his client for someone else]] and believes his list of [[RefugeInAudacity audacious]] killing sprees to be a hilarious joke that was otherwise undermined by the fact that the perpetrator was ''"Patrick Bateman"'', whom he views as being too much of a dorky, boring and spineless lightweight to commit murder. Adding insult to injury, Harold goes on to say that the "joke" would have been perfect had the perpetrator instead been [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Timothy Bryce or Craig [=McDermott=]]], both of whom are part of Patrick's friend group. Patrick is visibly bothered by Harold's remark that was obliviously aimed towards him.
-->'''Harold Carnes:''' Davis, I'm not one to badmouth anyone. Your joke was amusing, but come on, man. You had one fatal flaw: Bateman is such a dork. Such a boring, spineless lightweight. Now if you said Bryce or [=McDermott=]... Otherwise, it was amusing. Now if you'll excuse me, I really must be going.
* ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'': Roman Sionis/Black Mask kidnaps Harley Quinn and ties her to a chair. He tries to threaten her with a ToThePain speech, but she keeps interrupting him and saying he's boring because she's heard all of them before.
* ''Film/DieHard''. After Hans Gruber and his band of terrorists are revealed to actually be after $600 million in bearer bonds:
-->'''Holly [=McClane=]''': After all your posturing, all your little speeches, you're nothing but a common thief.\\
'''Hans Gruber''': I am an ''exceptional'' thief, Mrs [=McClane=]. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.
* In ''Film/{{Dredd}}'', when Dredd delivers his verdict over the PA system, he makes a point that Ma-Ma, the sadistic drug clan leader, is a "common criminal."
* In ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', when [[DreamWeaver Freddy]] from ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' is finally forced to fight [[ImplacableMan Jason]] from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' in the real world, he quickly runs down a list of Jason's weaknesses, finishing with a boring insult in true ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fashion.
-->'''Freddy Kreuger:''' You're [[MightyGlacier slow]]. You're [[DumbMuscle stupid]]. And ya got no style!
* Malcom Tucker from ''Film/InTheLoop'' is one of these, as he demolishes [[GeneralRipper Linton Barwick]] in his own [[ClusterFBomb inimitable]] [[CountryMatters style]].
--> '''Malcolm''': I've met a lot of psychos, but none as fucking ''boring'' as you -- I mean, you're a real boring ''fuck.'' [[SarcasmMode Oh, sorry.]] I know you don't approve of swearing, so we'll sort that out: you are a boring eff-star-star-'''CUNT.'''
* In ''Film/{{The Italian Job|2003}}'' remake, this is the primary tone of the gang's first confrontation with Steve since Steve had previously thought them all dead. While Steve clearly thinks highly of himself for his "clever" betrayal plan (which pretty much involved hiring a bunch of guys with guns to show up at the rendezvous point) and his equally "clever" plan to safeguard the gold, the gang calls him out on the fact that in spite of being a multi-millionaire, Steve hasn't thought of anything the least bit interesting to do with his money. He just bought all the things everybody else said they would do with their share of the money ([[FridgeLogic just like he joked he would during their conversation about what they each wanted to do]]). And, though they don't mention this, he basically lives his life watching TV and is so hard up for entertainment that he hits on who he thinks is the cable girl. Further driven home by the fact that, in the climax, it's revealed [[spoiler: he still had almost all the original loot when the gang steals it from him]]. Which isn't all that surprising considering Steve regularly engages in BlatantLies.
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** ''Film/GoldenEye'': Subverted when Bond faces Janus towards the end, Boris just smirks and Janus points Bond fails to understand the ''real'' plan.
--->'''Bond''': You break into the Bank of England via computer, then transfer the money electronically, seconds before you set off the [=GoldenEye=], which erases any record of the transactions. Ingenious.\\
'''Janus''': Thank you, James.\\
'''Bond''': But it still boils down to petty theft. In the end, you're just a bank robber. Nothing more than a common thief.\\
'''Janus:''' You always did have a small mind, James. It's not just erasing bank records. It's everything on every computer in Greater London: tax records, the stock market, credit ratings, land registries, criminal records. In 16 minutes and 43-no, 42 seconds, the United Kingdom will reenter the Stone Age.\\
'''Bond:''' A worldwide financial meltdown.
** Done again by Bond in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''. Silva takes a moment to express the power he wields with his hacking, showing how he can manipulate stocks and votes with the press of a button. Bond responds with the snarky quip ''"Everyone needs a hobby"''. Cue a nerve visibly popping on Silva's forehead.
* In ''Film/MysteryMen'', when The Shoveler, Mr. Furious and the Blue Raja first face the Disco Boys, they're less than impressed by their arsenal. Unfortunately for them, the superheroes -- who exist in a world of AwesomeButImpractical -- are not quite sharp enough to consider the fact that these weapons are actually BoringButPractical:
-->'''Tony P:''' What do we got here?\\
'''Tony C:''' I think they're supposed to be jive superheroes.\\
'''Tony P:''' Well, they made a big mistake coming to Casanova's place. (''as he draws a gun, the heroes snicker'') What's so funny?\\
'''Mr. Furious:''' (''unimpressed'') That's it? That's your power? You have guns? Couldn't you be a little more creative than that?\\
'''Blue Raja:''' Pardon the impertinence, guv'nor, but what the devil does a pistol have to do with disco?\\
'''Disco Boy:''' It's a Saturday Night Special.\\
'''Mr. Furious:''' Weak.\\
'''Blue Raja:''' At best.\\
(''they high-five as more Disco Boys arrive, armed with a variety of blunt instruments'')\\
'''Shoveler:''' Check out the guy with the pipe. What are you, the Disco Plumber?\\
'''Blue Raja:''' (''laughing'') There's no theme at all here, mates!\\
'''Mr. Furious:''' I mean, if you're gonna carry a chain, at least make it a gold chain, and that's just off the top of my head... (''To Tony C'') Yo, what's up, Tiger Lily?\\
'''Tony C:''' Top of your head, huh?\\
(''The Disco Boys beat the heroes up'')
* In ''Film/QuoVadis'', Petronius' suicide note to the Emperor Nero where he enjoins Nero to stop boring everyone with his bad poetry; he can continue to be a bloody tyrant, but could he please stop murdering the arts?
* After Tony Montana makes it big in ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', his wife Elvira tells him he's become boring because all he talks about is money.
* In ''Film/TheShadow'', this pops up while Lamont and Shiwan Khan have a chinwag at the Chinese restaurant.
* In ''Film/SherlockHolmesAndTheSecretWeapon'', Holmes talks himself out of being shot dead on the spot by telling Professor Moriarty that a man of Moriarty's genius ought to be able to come up with something more creative. He then goads Moriarty into giving him a slow, lingering death that gives TheCavalry time to arrive.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novel ''[[Recap/EighthDoctorAdventuresUnnaturalHistory Unnatural History]]'' sees the Doctor give one to a young boy who’s an agent of Faction Paradox and has offered to avert the current crisis in exchange for the Doctor’s companion Sam Jones; the boy has been trying to present himself as a threat, but the Doctor effortlessly guesses the general details of his backstory and dismisses him as nothing more than another monster broken by life who just wants to smash everything, no more special than any of the other monsters out there, and affirms that his companions are more than that.
* The (real-life) critic Anthony Lane ended his review of ''Literature/HannibalRising'' by saying, about Hannibal Lecter: "He would kill me for saying it, but he's a bore."
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Voldemort's entire motive was always to be special. He achieved this in finding out he was a wizard, excelling both academically and socially, and becoming the most powerful dark wizard ever. His horcruxes were all unique, powerful and symbolic items. So it stands to reason that, during his and Harry's final showdown at the end of the seventh book, Harry continually calling Voldemort "Tom" -- his original name that represented everything ordinary about him -- hits his BerserkButton. It's a mannerism borrowed from Dumbledore, who always calls him "Tom" when speaking to him, and generally talks to him as less a terrifying murderer and more a schoolboy in detention.
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'': In ''Mission of Honor'', this is invoked by a Manticoran official in the Spindle System, when they are hailed by an approaching Solarian fleet. First they take their sweet time answering the Solarian admiral's call, and then by the video call opening to reveal the Manticoran official reclining in his chair, reading a book, and having to be alerted to the Admiral's call by an aide, as if the approaching Solarian battle fleet was simply not worth noticing, compared to whatever he was reading. ThePlan being to [[IShallTauntYou taunt the Solarians]] into firing the first shot of the inevitable battle, so that the Manticorans can dispatch the fleet while still claiming self-defense.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' derides Penn, a vampire he sired, for being so lacking in imagination that he's spent the last hundred years doing the same set of kills over and over again. He backs this up by accurately describing Penn's serial killer wall despite never having seen it.
* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', this was the catchphrase of [[EvilTwin Evil Vampire Willow]], in the [[AlternateUniverse Wish!Verse]], an alternate universe where Buffy never came to Sunnydale. [[spoiler:Gets a MeaningfulEcho several seasons later when Willow [[CruelAndUnusualDeath flays Warren alive]] in revenge for the AccidentalMurder of Tara.]]
-->'''Willow:''' Bored now.
** Buffy does this to the Master during the first season finale when he tries to hypnotize her.
--->'''Buffy''': You have fruit-punch mouth. (hits him) Save the hypnosis crap for the tourists!
** [[AlphaBitch Cordelia]] delivers one to Willow in the second episode of the series.
--->'''Cordelia:''' Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist? Do I horn in on your private discussions? No. Why? Because you're boring.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]], after the Doctor learns that the villain wants to crash the Starship Titanic on Earth to get back at the board who seized control of his company. Capricorn spends most of his speech mugging and making faces, until he gets to the end...
-->"So that's the plan? A ''retirement'' plan? Two thousand people on board this ship, six billion underneath us, all of them slaughtered, and why? Because Max Capricorn is a '''loser'''."
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Young Cersei calls the witch Maggy this in "The Wars to Come".
** Olenna describes the High Sparrow's "man of the people" act as dull, but seems disconcerted when she realizes it really isn't an act.
* Will Graham tells Hannibal Lecter "I don't find you that interesting" in the pilot of ''{{Series/Hannibal}}''. He changes his mind '''very''' much afterwards.
* Done brilliantly in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. When trying to get a suspect to confess, Pembleton and Bayliss call him the "most boring man ever to enter the interrogation room" and list off all the types of killers they have encountered, saying that none of them were ever as dull as ''him.''
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' has the accountant who wants a new job because his job is drearily dull. The vocation counselor tells him that his records show how dull and unimaginative he is, and as these would be drawbacks in other professions, in accountancy such traits are considered positives.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' gets one in his final confrontation with Moriarty:
-->'''Moriarty''': Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain. You need me or you're nothing. Because we're just alike, you and I, except you're boring. You're on the side of the angels. (''This insult doesn't seem to bother Sherlock - or if it does, [[TheStoic he doesn't show it]].'')
** There was a moment of this in "A Study in Pink." Cabbie Jeff Hope pulls a gun (really a lighter shaped like a gun) on Sherlock. Sherlock practically rolls his eyes.
--->'''Sherlock''': Dull.
** There's also a set of Sherlock reviewing cases to see if he'll take them, and telling potential clients he's either bored, or that they're boring.
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[[folder:Multiple Media]]
* ComicBook/TheJoker has been tripped up by this insult repeatedly in various different ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' works; he [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] likes to think of himself as unpredictable, chaotic, and something of an artistic genius, so pointing out that his evil plans actually tend towards being repetitive, uncreative and samey is something of a BerserkButton for him. On the other hand, Joker has also weaponized this (or attempted to do so) against Batman and other foes.
** The Cassandra Cain version of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, when fighting ComicBook/TheJoker, suddenly walks away saying, "Bored. You're boring." This infuriates him so much that he's thrown off-guard and she is able to subdue him. Previously his ConfusionFu had been spectacularly effective, since Cass's fighting style revolves around reading body language to the point of CombatClairvoyance. Since Joker's body language is gibberish, she was unable to fight him effectively until she angered him by calling him boring.
** In the ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk'' crossover, the [[RealityWarper Shaper of Worlds]] gives Joker some of his power, allowing Joker to re-shape the world with his imagination. Batman soon accuses Joker of being uncreative, to which Joker begins re-shaping the world in more chaotic ways, eventually straining his mind to the breaking point.
** Joker was once kidnapped and tied to a chair by a self-proclaimed sadist who started punching him in the face repeatedly. Joker was not impressed and mocked the man's lack of creativity, especially when the beating made his face numb and the man couldn't think of what to do next.
** The Joker tried to use it on Batman in the one-off DarkerAndEdgier comic ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}''. When the two finally meet in the climax of the comic, the Joker goes on a rambling lecture where he talks about Batman's lack of style and how trite Joker find Batman's whole TerrorHero schtick.
--->'''Joker:''' Uhh, God you disgust me. You have no charm at all, just... obviousness. Dumb, dull. Disappointing. Obvious. Shame on you. Obvious... and everybody knows. You wear your shame like a badge, because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on. Yes, just look at you. Desperate to be feared, you want to be perceived as a monster, dressed in black.
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' features multiple examples of this.
*** In a flashback scene, the Joker does this to Batman after revealing that he knows that Batman is really Bruce Wayne:
---->''I must admit, it's sadly anti-climactic. Behind all the sturm and batarangs, you're just a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy! It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic... Oh, what the heck, I'll laugh anyway! [[LaughingMad HAHAHAHAHA]]!''
*** Happens at the climax. After the Joker reveals himself, Bruce radios Terry with specific instructions ''not'' to respond to the clown's gloating, as it's just what he wants. This is the proviso Batman used during the animated series whenever he fought Joker. Terry instead realizes that [[YouFightLikeACow he likes to talk too]], and mocks the Joker over his obsession with Batman, ending in a very mocking, condescending laugh that [[VillainousBreakdown puts Joker over the edge]].
---->'''Joker:''' Funny guy...\\
'''Terry:''' Can't say the same for you.\\
'''Joker:''' [''loses all joviality''] Impudent brat! Who do you think you're talking to?!\\
'''Terry:''' Not a comedian, I'll tell you that!
*** Terry even gives an IronicEcho to Joker's line from the flashback:
---->''You make me laugh, but only 'cause I think you're kind of pathetic.''
** This is pretty obviously what Joker is thinking (and occasionally indirectly saying), during the interrogation scene in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. First he practically rolls his eyes when he thinks Gordon is going to do an old fashioned GoodCopBadCop routine, then he criticizes Batman's lackluster attempts at [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique physical coercion]], and finally he winds up laughing in Batman's face after goading Bats into losing his temper. By the end he's outright cackling while taunting Batman about how all of Batman's physical strength and determination is utterly powerless to get Joker to reveal the locations of Harvey Dent and Rachel (Joker only reveals said locations because that's part of his plan anyway). Along the way he also chides Batman for trying to think/talk like a cop, which he definitely considers both boring and not Batman's true nature.
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[[folder:Music]]
* In the ''Music/JTMusic'' song, [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} "Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To"]], Ana Amari crashes the rap battle between Soldier: 76 and Reaper.
-->''Between petty insults, rhymes that are boring, I can't believe for once that'' I'm ''the one snoring.''
* "Crazy = Genius" by Music/PanicAtTheDisco has the speaker dealing with a LoveInterest who hits him with this insult.
-->She said "At night in my dreams you dance on a tightrope of weird,
-->But when I wake up, you're so normal that you just disappear,
-->You're so straight like commuters with briefcases toeing the line,
-->There's no residue of a torturer inside of your eye."
-->She said, "You're just like Music/MikeLove, but you wanna be Music/BrianWilson."
-->[...]
-->And I said, "If [[TitleDrop crazy equals genius]],
-->[...] Then I'm a fucking arsonist,
-->I'm a rocket scientist."
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* This is how Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin pretty much deflated the rest of Wrestling/LanceStorm's Wrestling/{{WWE}} run.
* Wrestling/RingOfHonor and Wrestling/{{CZW}} had already scheduled joint events before Wrestling/ChrisHero provoked the latter promotion to invade the former. They managed to workout an agreement to be civil, rather than go the trouble of rescheduling the events, the fans however, did not and the CZW side would frequently chant "Boring" during the ROH matches.
* Wrestling/JohnMorrison's fans gasped and hoped for the sake of his WWE career he was being in character when he pulled this trope on perennial WWE Champion Wrestling/JohnCena.
* In a Meta example, this is typically what rings as the death knell for a prospective wrestler, with an audience chat of "Bo-ring! Bo-ring!" either meriting a retool or "Good luck on future endeavors" for the wrestler(s) being hit with this trope. Hilariously, when the audience chanted this to Wrestling/BoDallas, he replied, "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint This IS Bo's Ring!]]"
* In Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/ChrisJericho's Wrestling/WrestleMania 19 match, after Jericho started using standard mat wrestling instead of his usual arsenal, Shawn mocked him by miming going to sleep.
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* Non-villainous example. In an episode of ''Radio/HelloCheeky'', John describes Barry with the aside "He could make World War II sound boring", to which Barry responds by doing his impression of World War II -- an amalgamation of accents, sound effects, and war songs.
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* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', ComicBook/TwoFace uses this trope against ComicBook/TheRiddler when they are locked in the same cell along with the other villains. However, since he suffers from a disorder that forces him to [[ConsultingMisterPuppet rely on a coin flip in order to come up with decisions]], and he's talking to a {{narcissist}} with genius intellect who enjoys [[InsufferableGenius insulting others intelligence]], this [[InsultBackfire backfires]] hilariously.
-->'''Two-Face:''' Your riddles are a cruel waste of time, just like Gotham's courts!\\
'''Riddler:''' [[SarcasmMode How nice to see you, Dent.]] Still relying on that coin to make decisions rather than faultless logic and cognitive prowess?
* Rachel pulls this on [[BigBad Hazama]] in her bad ending for ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift''. She tells him that for all his faults, [[ButtMonkey Ragna]] is still a more interesting man than he is. Hazama responds by kicking her teeth in. Much to his dismay, this doesn't get a reaction from her. [[FridgeBrilliance When you put it together, it makes sense]], Hazama fancies himself as the most awesome being ever, so if anyone else dares to think otherwise... that just pretty much hits his BerserkButton.
* The plot of ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'' stems from the villain, MadScientist BrainInAJar Dr. Neurosis, taking offense to the hero calling him an "average mad scientist".
* In ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', Jimmy says this to Gary in an early cutscene in response to Gary once again harassing Pete by making constant digs at [Pete] being effeminate. This is implied to be a primary cause for [[spoiler: Gary's FaceHeelTurn predicated on Jimmy being out to get him]].
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', one of Severa's [[PreMortemOneLiner Pre-Mortem One-Liners]] is "You're boring me!"
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', one of Xigbar's battle quotes in the first half of the fight is him taunting Sora with "You're putting me to sleep, bucko!" if Sora goes a long time without attacking him.
* In ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'', the Phantom of the Bwahpera, a boss who [[TheHeroSucksSong sings an opera that tears down Mario]], has an [[CutSong unused second act]] that taunts him about how little he and his companions hurt him, with two of the verses specifically stating that the boring plumber's blows are sleep-inducing.
-->[[TheHero Mario]], you're such a bore...\\
Your blows just make me snore!
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': The krogan like to judge people on the quality of their enemies. As a result, to say someone is boring or NotWorthKilling is the most deadly insult in krogan culture there is: "I'll do the genophage the worst insult one can do to an enemy. I'll ignore it."
* ''Videogame/ResidentEvil5'':
** Excella compares Chris to a broken record after he keeps demanding the whereabouts of [[spoiler: Jill]].
** Chris gets it several times on Wesker (who has a severe God complex) during the final battle:
--->'''Wesker:''' I do not consider myself a king. [[AGodAmI I'm a god!]] And even kings bow to gods!\\
'''Chris''': Oh great, another portion of trash-talk incoming.\\
''(later)''\\
'''Wesker:''' A new genesis is at hand, and I will be the creator!\\
'''Chris:''' [[ShutUpHannibal I've had enough of your BULLSHIT!!]] You're just one of Umbrella's leftovers.\\
''(later)''\\
'''Wesker:''' [[VillainousBreakdown THE HUMAN RACE REQUIRES JUDGEMENT!!!]]\\
'''Chris:''' And you're going to judge us? Do you take all your ideas from comic book villains?
* In ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'', Spider-Man of 2099 essentially {{Troll}}s Doc Ock into having a VillainousBreakdown by responding to her boasts about how powerful and advanced her technology is with a disinterested "Meh".
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* Inverted in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''; the absolute highest praise Kokichi Oma can give someone is telling them that they ''weren't'' boring. [[spoiler: He reassures Kaede with this phrase when she's about to be executed.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/QueenOfThieves'', "boring" is just about the worst criticism that [[TheChessmaster Nikolai]] [[ChallengeSeeker Stirling]] can dish out. When his ArchEnemy Gerard confronts him publicly early in Nikolai's first season, Nikolai puts him in his place thusly:
-->'''Nikolai:''' You want to be my rival so badly, Gerard. It really is unfair, when I'm so bored with you.
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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': In addition to the Freeza example that existed in official canon, Gohan tells Cell that he's getting bored of him, which sends Cell into a [[VillainousBreakdown fit of rage]]. Even better, Cell seconds before [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan was attempting to calm himself down and "tone down the Freeza part"]] before Gohan called him boring.
-->'''[[LikeFatherLikeSon Goku/Gohan]]''': I'm bored. You're boring me.
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Vaarsuvius does it in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0397.html this strip]]. His teammate Elan's EvilTwin Nale had invoked a SpotTheImposter situation and then attempted to take advantage of the KillUsBoth trope, hoping that would trick V into assuming Nale was the good twin and blast Elan in response. V outsmarts Nale, who is a massive SmugSnake with [[SmallNameBigEgo an equally big ego]], by calling Nale's stratagems "tedious, unoriginal, and lacking in any truly keen insight". Nale is miffed by this description and gives himself away by attempting to defend them, earning a lightning bolt to the face for his trouble.
* ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'': [[spoiler:Hart]] uses this insult on Brain, claiming that entire motivation [[spoiler:to hunt for The Pit [[ImmortalsFearDeath simply as a way to extend his life]] is dull given [[JustThinkOfThePotential the potential of what The Tar can be used for]].]] He re-iterates the insult later, [[spoiler:[[SplitPersonalityTakeover when he hijacks Brain]] and takes control of The Pit and essentially unleashes TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Duane brags that he has the magic to dissolve Litriya Shrine and everyone in it, Siya, who's much more interested in [[LegacySeeker creative pursuits that will outlive her]], flatly says, "You'd be so ''common'', then."
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* ''WebVideo/CounterMonkey'': At the end of his "3d6 in Order" video, Spoony retracts part of a previous ReasonYouSuckSpeech, where he'd called people who wouldn't try rolling 3d6 in order for stats "cowards", and amends it with this.
--->'''Spoony''': You're not cowards if you don't try this; you're boring. And that's worse. Cowards can at least be interesting.
* Creator/StephenKing dismisses Creator/EdgarAllanPoe as a boring writer in ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'', considering his stories to not be scary at all.
-->'''Poe:''' In a minitue maybe I'mma hit him, cut him into itty bitty bits and I'mma stick him in the floorboards!\\
'''King:''' [yawns] Speaking of bored, you're the worst. Dropped out of school but you can't drop a verse.
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* In his final confrontation with The Lich on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' Finn says this regarding the Lich and how evil and malevolent it is. Plenty of characters in the show that Finn has encountered have all sorts of back stories or reasons for why they act the way they do, the Lich is ultimately nothing but hardwired destructiveness and anti-life.
-->'''Finn:''' You're so evil it's boring. You're basic, man.
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Louise complains that one of the guests Linda invited to Louise's "surprise" slumber party is extremely boring, describing her as "red-headed wallpaper". [[spoiler: It seems to just be a defense mechanism to avoid being invited to slumber parties because of her chronic bed-wetting problem]].
--> '''Louise:''' And then there's Jessica. Bland, boring Jessica! If she were a spice, she'd be ''flour''. If she were a book, she'd be two books.
* Quagmire from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' tops off his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [[AuthorAvatar Brian]] by stating he could forgive Brian's faults if he wasn't such a huge bore.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''. From "Anthology Of Interest I".
-->'''Zoidberg:''' And the murderer is... ''({{gasp}})'' And the MURDERER IS...!\\
'''Fry:''' ''(gets up to leave)'' This is boring. You're boring me, Zoidberg. ''(leaves)''
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Kaeloo receives a letter from someone claiming to be a fan of the show and criticizing her for being "boring". [[spoiler: She eventually gets sent into an extreme rage when she finds out that [[CatsAreMean Mr. Cat]] wrote said letter just to annoy her.]]
* This exchange from the season one finale of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. Oddly enough, Marco seems to [[NotSoStoic hit a nerve here]].
-->'''Toffee:''' You're a disappointment.\\
'''Marco:''' Yeah? Well, you're boring. And you dress like a lawyer.
* Used dead seriously in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. In one episode, Megatron reveals that's he's been aware of Starscream's treachery since the start, but has tolerated it as long as it was entertaining. Now that he's become predictable, Megatron [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer cares to put up with it.]]
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