With any great feat, transformation, or move must come a signature phrase. Index of phrases used to preface, activate, or accompany a transformation/attack/use of power.

Not to be confused with the {{central theme}}, ThePowerOfLanguage.

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* {{Antidisestablishmentarianism}}: Long words can be effective {{invocation}}s.
* AsianRuneChant: The phrase "Rin Pyo To Sha Kai Jin Retsu Zai Zen" and its variants, used as a meditation tool or MagicalIncantation.
* AttackPatternAlpha: When your team of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Pinja Nirates]] or space ship needs to kick tail in choreographed fashion!
* BadassBoast: When a character makes a huge boast or speech right before they kick ass.
** BlaseBoast: When a character makes a casual-sounding boast to mess with other people's heads.
** BlasphemousBoast: Nothing says "boasting" than when they outright demean/insult/compare themself to a god. They might get karmic retribution later... or they may actually prove it.
** NotHyperbole: When a character proves just how literal they are in their over-the-top boasts or threats.
* BadassCreed: A character or organization's badass motto.
* BondOneLiner: a striking (and often punny) quip delivered after taking someone down.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: A phrase that triggers a transformation or power-up. Usually is necessary to activate the power.
* CallingYourAttacks: Announcing your moves as you make them, often for show.
* CallingYourOrgasms: Because sometimes you just gotta...
* CombatCommentator: CallingYourAttacks, but spoken by a third party.
* CreepyMonotone: A line delivered in an eerie calm that lets people know something has GoneHorriblyWrong.
* DareToBeBadass: Delivered by one character to another in attempt to unlock that character's inner badass.
* FromTheLatinIntroDucere: Etymology used to introduce a subject.
* IAmTheNoun: Calling yourself a noun (usually an ominous one) says a lot about what you are.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Called out after the transformation, this is a phrase to challenge the opponent or to inform the opponent of their impending demise.
* {{Invocation}}: A part of a TransformationSequence that is used like ByThePowerOfGreyskull, but it doesn't actually activate the power.
* MagicalForeignWords: Using foreign words to unleash AppliedPhlebotinum.
* MagicalIncantation: Commanding things to happen through a series of magic words.
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Badasses will make you remember their name before they kick your ass.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: A pithy one-liner thrown out by the action hero just before he starts kicking ass. Always just for show.
* PreMortemOneLiner: a pithy one-liner used just before the killing/KO-ing blow.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: A heroic or dramatic line DELIVERED....LIKE...THIS...FOR...''EMPHASIS!!!''
* PunctuatedPounding: Like AndThisIsFor, only it's a single line where every word is punctuated by a blow.
* RockyRollCall: When one name is not enough.
* SayIt: For when you must say someone else's CatchPhrase or vicarious self-aggrandization.
* SayMyName: Calling out someone's name during a moment of high drama.
* TheScottishTrope: Say the bad guy's name and bad stuff happens.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: When a character regularly uses long words.
* SpeakOfTheDevil
* SpellingBonus: Collecting letters in a game one by one, with something special happening when they form a complete word.
* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Basically the hero or villain's way of calling out his or her opposite number.
* TransformationNameAnnouncement: Shouting your own name dramatically after powering up and/or transforming.
* VerbalBusinessCard: I am [Name]; I [Noun Verbs].
* VerbalWeakness: When a character can be severely hurt by an otherwise harmless word or phrase.
* WordsCanBreakMyBones: CallingYourAttacks strikes you for massive damage. Magic words and words of power.
* WeaponsGradeVocabulary
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