->"In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!!"\\
-- '''Sailor Moon''', ''SailorMoon''

Before the MagicalGirl confronts the {{Monster of the Week}}, she invariably issues a formal challenge, involving an always-repeated {{catch phrase}} and some topical variant. Reused every week as {{Stock Footage}}, typically following the TransformationSequence (not preceding it) and against some sort of symbolic background. A [[AssKickingPose signature pose and/or gesture]] generally accompanies the declaration, and there may be {{Dramatic Wind}} involved.

Frequently, the MagicalGirl somehow magically knows exactly the right formula to say directly from her first or second battle, even if she fumbles and is otherwise unsure of her powers.

This isn't just a MagicalGirl thing, though... Heroes of every stripe have opened a battle with a signature phrase or speech, a bold declaration of purpose. Even some ''villains'' have taken up this habit, loudly spitting their purpose at the fools who would dare stand against them.

Note that, unlike ByThePowerOfGreyskull, the speech doesn't trigger, activate, or otherwise have anything to do with the MagicalGirl's powers. Instead, it's meant to demonstrate the righteousness of her cause and the amount of ass-whup she's about to uncork.

Named after the challenge {{catch phrase}} that Usagi always utters in every ''SailorMoon'' battle. A type of post-{{Invocation}}, related to other forms of WordPower.

Don't expect anyone to [[TalkToTheFist attack the hero during this speech]], though. TalkingIsAFreeAction.

Contrast BattleCry, often shorter (but louder) and uttered just before or during the fight.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''SailorMoon'': "Hold it right there!", followed by a description of the bad thing the bad guy was doing. "[[ThisIsUnforgivable Unforgivable!]] Agent of love and justice, pretty soldier in a sailor fuku, Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon, I will punish you!"
** Better-dubbed episodes in the US dub use the above while earlier episodes use "I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" (In fact, in the [[http://www.smuncensored.com/comparison.php?episodeid=3 third episode]] of the dub, Luna attempts to correct Serena after she uses the "correct" version for the first time.)
** The other Senshi had their own, albeit shorter speeches that were seldom used.
*** Mars: "In the name of Mars, I will chastise you!" "In high heels, I will punish you" (manga)
*** Mercury: "Your quest to be Number One is relentless. Unforgivable! Agent of love and studying, pretty soldier in a sailor fuku, Sailor Mercury! Soak your head in water and think about your actions!" (''Ami-Chan's First Love'' special)
*** The Outer Senshi had their own speeches too. When Uranus and Neptune would appear (surrounded by rose petals, of course), they had a speech:
---->'''Uranus:''' Guided by the new era, acting gracefully, Sailor Uranus!\\
'''Neptune:''' The same, acting with elegance, Sailor Neptune!
*** When Pluto joined the group, they had a longer and more complicated speech describing the planets they came from.
---->'''Uranus:''' Guarded by Uranus, planet of the skies; soldier of flight, Sailor Uranus!\\
'''Neptune:''' Guarded by Neptune, planet of the seas; soldier of affinity, Sailor Neptune!\\
'''Pluto:''' Guarded by Pluto, planet of time; soldier of revolution, Sailor Pluto!\\
'''All Three:''' The three soldiers of the outer solar system, being led by a new crisis, have arrived!
*** The Sailor Starlights from the last season had their own speech too. Initially, their intro had shades of ''WestSideStory'', and would go: "Penetrating the darkness of night, the wind of freedom breaks through! Sailor Star Fighter, Sailor Star Maker, Sailor Star Healer; Sailor Starlights have arrived!" Later, they would get their own individual introductions as well as their better known announcement, "Sailor Starlights, stage on!"
** During the final season this sequence was lampshaded a few times, with villains throwing protests between sentences, or even escaping during the montage. And then there was that one memorable sequence indoors where Sailor Moon's unwieldy costume managed to break quite a few vases and lamps as she made her speech and pose.
** Spoofed in the "Sailor {{Hellblazer}}" ([[http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/vertigo/sailor-hellblazer/ yes, really]]) {{crossover}} {{fanfic}}, where John Constantine attempts to resist the urge. This results in:
--->"In the name of love.... fuck off."
* ''FushigiYuugi'' sends up the practice in its first episode, in which Miaka confronts a gang of street thugs: "The moon may forgive you, but I won't..."
** It's something of [[ActorAllusion an in-joke;]] the voice actress who did Miaka also did Chibi-usa, Sailor Chibimoon.
***The voice actress in question, KaeAraki, actually did fill in for KotonoMitsuishi as Usagi for a few ''Sailor Moon'' episodes while the latter was recovering from an injury.
* ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': "Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!"
* ''BakuenCampusGuardress'': "Summoned by Heaven, Earth, and my pager...."
* ''[[WeddingPeach Legendary Love Angel Wedding Peach]]'' gently subverts this: brides are supposed to be feminine and non-confrontational, so Peach's challenges are always phrased gently and euphemistically.
** An [[TheAbridgedSeries abridged series]] of ''[[WeddingPeachAbridged Wedding Peach]]'' does a parody of this. "I stand for [[GiantPoofySleeves poofy dresses]], ribbons, flowers, and all that is girly! [[CallingYourAttacks Monologue attack!]]"
* Naturally, ''ExcelSaga'' gets in an explicit parody -- of ''Sailor Moon'', of course, as Usagi and Excel [[ActorAllusion have the same voice actress]] in Japanese. Excel berates a band of gangsters who are selling counterfeit animation cels and declares, "In the name of the moon, I will spank you!" (in the North American dub, it becomes, "In the name of the toons, I will punish you!"), complete with Sailor Moon's trademark gestures. Just to hammer the point home, though, she's standing in front of a sheet metal crescent moon and wearing [[{{Odango}} tennis balls]] and lengths of rope in her hair.
** The manga version has Iwata, as the closest the [[SuperSentai Daitenjin]] get to TheHero, lurch between a few of these: "Are there any ''bad'' children here?!?" or "Er... I take command of the heavens and the earth from now on!", for instance.
* LampshadeHanging: While Nagisa and Honoka in ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' automatically make their speeches from the first, Nagisa at least is rather upset that she doesn't seem to have a choice about it -- "What am I ''saying?''" and "I said something weird again!" are just two of the comments she makes. In a later episode, she becomes annoyed when another pair of girls consistently misquote her part of the speech.
** ''[[FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash*Star]]'' also had the girls wondering what they were saying the first time they said the following:
--->'''Bloom:''' The shining golden flower, Cure Bloom!\\
'''Egret:''' The sparkling silver wing, Cure Egret!\\
'''Both:''' We are Pretty Cure! (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'')\\
'''Egret:''' Those who desecrate the Holy Fountains...\\
'''Bloom:''' ...stop your cruel behaviour!
** And ''[[YesPrecure5 Yes! Precure 5]]'' takes it a step further by giving each girl her own speech, as well as one for the whole team ("The power of hope and the lights of the future! Five hearts flapping beautiful wings! Yes! Precure 5!" (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'' again).
** ''FreshPrettyCure'' isn't different either. The girls follow a certain pattern when they say their respective speeches, and they have one for the team as well, a very simple one: "Let's! Pretty Cure!" (third ''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'').
* The ''SamuraiPizzaCats'' would give an introduction to pretty much every fight they were about to jump into. While it was different every time in the Dub version, the Japanese version had them repeat a uniform motto everytime. The Rescue Team had their own version of this.
* Brilliant, brilliant twist: the ''MarmaladeBoy'' movie features a memorable scene where five small neighbourhood boys encounter the protagonist as she's practicing tennis, and pretend to be a SuperSentai FiveManBand, including [[InTheNameOfTheMoon a formal introduction of the entire team]] and lots of highly stylized [[CallingYourAttacks called]] KiAttacks. The teenage girl in question decides to be the CoolBigSis, and cheerfully pretends to be the MonsterOfTheWeek in response.
* In ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'', Haruhi uses one of these when accepting the Computer Society's challenge, though only ''after'' [[DynamicEntry kicking its president in the head.]]
* ''[[{{Dokkoida}} Dokkoida?!]]'' has both the titular hero and Neruloid Girl use this trope; it has the [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] that they're trying to sell their power suits to the companies they're working for, so they have to help sell the merchandise.
* Mew Ichigo's "I'll be your server for the earth's future -nya!" in ''TokyoMewMew''. Fans of the English dub know this one as "Mew Mew style, Mew Mew grace, Mew Mew Power, in your face".
** The English manga translates it as, "For your evil actions, I will make you pay!"
* ''CorrectorYui'' found it hard to think up a pre-battle catchphrase that had to do with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway deleting things off a computer]]; she decided on "You'll go in the recycle bin and be empty, empty, emptied!" Lampshaded in one episode;
-->'''Virus:''' What does that even mean?\\
'''Yui:''' It ''has'' no meaning!
* In the ''AngelicLayer'' anime, each Deus must think of an entry line that announces their Angel before competing.
-->'''Misaki Suzuhara:''' Wings of an angel! Please guide me and Hikaru!
* ''DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'' ("Fighting Love! Science Legend!")
* ''Re: CuteyHoney'': "Flowers on the Earth! Love to the people! Warrior of Love, I am Cutey Honey!"
** The more classic version for ''CuteyHoney'' combines this with ByThePowerOfGreyskull: She explains to a cornered MonsterOfTheWeek how she's disguised or transformed herself [[OnceAnEpisode this episode]] ("Sometimes, I'm a duck in a street carnival.") before triggering her TransformationSequence and finishing the speech as above.
* ''PrincessTutu'': In nearly every episode, the title character transforms into her MagicalGirl form and teaches the {{Monster of the Week}} the evil of its ways through ballet (as strange as it sounds). Every encounter is initiated with the invitation, "Will you dance with me?" and the exact same [[StockFootage footage]].
* Team Rocket from ''[=~Pokémon~=]''' recite their motto -- the same motto -- ''every time they appear'', no matter what they've come to do (although they've been known to humorously modify it on a situational basis), and are often accompanied by special effects from nowhere that disappear a moment later.
** They do change the motto with each new generation, though.
** This does not go unnoticed by the protagonists, who even perform a version of it themselves in the episode with Ditto. Team Rocket is ''not'' happy with this.
**They have one prepared, not only for their arrival, but for their inevitable defeat.
* Kamina, then Simon, and eventually the entirety of Team Dai-Gurren of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' often launch into inspirational speeches against whatever enemy they may be facing (even when that enemy ''is'' [[ColonyDrop the moon]]), and will always end it with some variation of the phrase "Who the hell do you think I am?". Given the nature of the show, the enemy will then be utterly, explosively destroyed seconds later.
** Even MoeMoe CloudCuckoolander Nia gets in on this an episode or two after her introduction. In [[{{Keigo}} different grammar]], of course.
--->'''Nia:''' Are you aware of exactly who I am?!
* Both Pretty Sammy and Pixy Misa in the ''PrettySammy'' series sometimes give speeches upon appearance detailing their roles.
* The Children in ''ZettaiKarenChildren'' usually perform a roll call when their {{power limiter}}s are released. The roll call is usually relevant to the situation and frequently comes with heroic posing and colored smoke. Variations of it are frequent, such as adding "... and Wild Cat" to the end when Naomi joins, and Aoi doing one of these when she's on a mission solo.
** Often someone will then rebuke them for standing on the table or setting off pyrotechnics in an enclosed space.
* In ''{{Naruto}}'', this just ''isn't done'' by working shinobi, but Konohamaru and friends do it all the time as little kids playing {{Ninja}} pre-TimeSkip. GenreSavvy may be involved.
* Subverted in ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' when Haruka issues a verbal challenge to Aswad leader Midori ''before'' she changes into her Robe, and promptly faceplants when Yukino tells her that she hasn't given Haruka authorization to use her powers yet.
** Played straight in ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' with ''that'' Midori's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome big HiME debut]] at the Fuuka Shrine.
* The [[{{God}} Lord of Nightmares]], from ''[[TheSlayers Slayers Next]]'', does a [[DissonantSerenity completely emotionless]] version of this, immediately before erasing the BigBad from existence.
-->"You who stand before me, desiring destruction... so shall you be destroyed."
** I am not sure if you can give the ultimate being in existence a Crowning Moment of Awesome, but if so, this is it!
* At one point in the ''{{Hellsing}}'' manga, the Iscariot Organisation give a pre-battle speech that takes up an entire chapter, "The Screamer" ("We are Iscariot, the Zealot Judas!"). Granted, Anderson does chop up a few vampires while saying his parts, but no one else does.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' tends to feature this when the God Cards are summoned in a textbook case of ''WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome''. This was featured much less in ''GX'', but ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' reintroduced this with the speeches all the characters give when they Synchro Summon a Monster (Yusei: "Clustering stars will call upon a new power; become the path of light it shines upon!"), although the dub tends to reduce this to a simple {{Catchphrase}} like "Let's rev it up!"
* [[GGundam THIS HAND OF MINE BURNS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!]] [[BadassBoast ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!]] [[TakeThat TAKE THIS!]] [[LargeHam MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!]] [[CallingYourAttacks SHINING FINGEEEER!]]
* In ''KoiKoi7'', the eponymous AmazonBrigade gives a very long speech, with requisite posing, when they first appear. The speech doesn't appear much more after that.
* In ''UFOPrincessValkyrie'', Sanada, in her Slayer of Evildoers form, Nekomimizukin, offers the following monologue before a fight with Spot, Mar, and Mur:
-->"Heavens call! Earth calls! The cats call! Known among the cats as the wandering hero! Mysterious hero Nekomimizukin comes forth!"
** She continues:
--->"Hear me, agents of evil! I who happened to be passing by and has absolutely no relation to Valhalla, will not let you go unpunished! Prepare yourselves!"
* [[{{Gundam00}} "With the Name of]] [[spoiler:'''[[{{CrowningMoment/Gundam00}} LOCKON STRATOS]]''']], [[{{Gundam00}} I will]] [[spoiler:'''[[ImprobableAimingSkills SNIPE YOU DOWN]]''']]!!"
* In ''FinalFantasyUnlimited'', Kaze -- typically the only character who confronts an enemy -- will combine this with [[CallingYourAttacks Calling His Attack]] in his unnecessarily long transformation + summoning sequence.
* [[{{Macross7}} Nekki Basara]] would like everyone to "''LISTEN TO MY SONG!!!''"
* ''BubblegumCrisis'': "Knight Sabers, sanjo!"
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[[folder:Comics]]
* StanLee and JackKirby used a lot of these for their 1960s MarvelComics characters. The most famous are, "[[Comicbook/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time!]]" and "[[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk HULK SMASH!]]" But it also includes "[[TheMightyThor For honor, for glory, for Asgard!]]" and the Sub-Mariner's "Imperius Rex!"
* [[CalvinAndHobbes Stupendous Man]] attempts one of these speeches after transforming from Mild-Mannered Calvin (and getting stuck in a locker):
-->'''S'''... for Stupendous!\\
'''T'''... for Tiger, ferocity of!\\
'''U'''... for Underwear, red!\\
'''P'''... for Power, incredible!\\
'''E'''... for Excellent physique!\\
'''N'''... for... um... something... hm, well, I'll come back to that...\\
'''D'''... for Determination!\\
'''U'''... for.. wait, how do you spell this? Is it "I"??
* And let us not overlook GreenLantern. Even though he rarely says it where the villain of the day can hear him, it still is a classic example:
-->In brightest day, in darkest night,\\
No evil shall escape my sight\\
Let those who worship evil's might\\
Beware my power -- Green Lantern's Light!
** The Green Lantern invocations were often customized for individuals and races. One of the more interesting variations comes from a story by Alan Moore, with a Green Lantern from a race that had no concept of visual light:
--->In loudest din, In hush profound,\\
My ears hear evil's slightest sound.\\
Let those who toll out evil's knell\\
Beware my power -- The F-Sharp Bell!
**Behind the elbow, past my wrist. Look out evil! It's my fist!!!
* Marvel hero {{Moon Knight}} has actually been known to say "in the name of the moon" before laying on a holy beatdown.
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[[folder:Films]]
* Example (and inversion): in ''PulpFiction'', Jules Winfield's (mis)quoting the Biblical book of Ezekiel before pulling the trigger.
* Spoofed in the film ''GalaxyQuest'', where ClassicallyTrainedExtra Sir Alexander Dane (played by Alan Rickman) is tired of his character's CatchPhrase "By Grabthar's hammer...", even though the fans can't get enough of it. Naturally, the one time when he says this and actually ''means'' it is the emotional high point of the whole movie.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Frodo defies the Nazgul at Rivendell, "By Elbereth and Luthien the Fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!" (Sadly omitted from the films.)
** Justified, because the name of Elbereth harms/drives off bad guys on at least one occasion.
* ''{{Beowulf}}'' issues formal challenges (and formal boasts at the mead hall the night before).
* The heroes of {{Homer}}'s ''Iliad'' do likewise, down to formulaic repetition originally designed to allow extemporaneous reciters of epic poetry to keep to the meter. Thus this is OlderThanDirt.
* In Diane Duane's ''YoungWizards'' and ''Feline Wizardry'' books, protocol normally requires a similarly ritualized challenge upon meeting the adversarial Lone Power: "Fairest and fallen, greetings and defiance!" Oh, and always remember to ask the Transcendent Pig the meaning of life when you meet him (the older wizards hope that one day he'll just answer reflexively).
** You do have to be taught to say these things -- it's not the MagicalGirl's automatic posturing. But the intent is still there.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Some PowerRangers teams have a post-roll-call declaration:
-->"Power of water! Power of light! Powers unite!" -- ''Alien Rangers''
-->"Guardians of the Earth, United We Roar!" -- ''Wild Force''
-->"We call forth the Magic! -- ''Mystic Force''
* As do various SuperSentai. These can get quite long, and trying to list them would probably be a page in itself...
** Notably, a few times in ''Engine Sentai Go-onger'', the sentient mecha have actually done their own declarations. When all twelve did their roll call, the ones who couldn't speak ''had their growls subtitled'' on the side of the screen.
**The "roll calls" themselves count. Every ''SuperSentai'' team and most ''PowerRangers'' teams will have each member say a phrase and/or their Ranger designation while getting into their AssKickingPose.
**No, [[TalkingIsAFreeAction bad guys never interrupt this by shooting at them]].
* Each of ''KamenRider Den-O''s personalities has a post-transformation catchphrase.
** Momotaros typically strikes a pose and says, "Ore... sanjou!" (a particularly dramatic way of saying, "I arrive!").
** Urataros says, "Shall I string you along?" or "Can I reel you in?"
** Kintaros always says, "My strength has made you cry! Wipe away your tears!" post-transformation (and ''pre''-battle!), occasionally followed by tissues fluttering from the sky like cherry blossoms.
** Ryuutaros says something along the lines of "Is it alright if I beat you up?" and quickly follows it with "Not gonna hear your answer!" as he starts shooting ([[ATeamFiring very badly]]) while the enemy dives for cover.
** Both forms of Zeronos say "Let me say this to start..."
*** For Yuuto, in ''Alair or Zero From'', the most common version is "Let me say this to start: I'm pretty strong!"
*** Deneb (Vega Form) spoofs this merely by using it ("Let me say this to start... I have nothing to say.")
** Though he only a few chances to use it, Seig's (Wing Form) catchprase is "Advent. At the top of everything."
* If you mention ''KamenRider'', you '''have''' to mention [[KamenRiderStronger Stronger]]: "The heavens call me...the Earth calls me...humanity calls me...they call upon me to defeat evil! Listen, evil-doers! I am a warrior of justice! Kamen Rider Stronger!"
* This is also very common in all sorts of Japanese live-action series, including jidai-geki (samurai shows). The heros of series like ''Abarenbo Shogun'', ''Mito Komon'', ''Tokugawa Buraicho'', etc., all have set phrases they invoke before taking on hordes of mooks.
** ''Mito Komon'' is slightly different -- not necessarily a subversion -- as the phrase is accompanied by proof that the OldMan the bad guys have been trying to kill is actually "extremely" important. Very often, this is followed by the horde of mooks getting on their hands and knees, begging for forgiveness.
* Hayakawa Ken, the Ace of 'Kaiketsu Zubat', had a different take on it. When confronting a bouncer or hired gun, each of whom held great confidence in their particular skill (swords, guns, cutlery, swords while blindfolded, archery...), he would tell them that their level of skill was "only No. 2 in Japan". When asked, he would 'whistle' and thumb at himself, then proceed to completely upstage the bouncer.
* In every generation of ''SukebanDeka'' -- there have been four primary live adaptations over the past few decades plus several movies -- the heroine has speech like this, different in every version. The director of the latest version, the 2006 film, has admitted he was tempted to use ''all'' the predecessors' speeches, but eventually settled for a new speech unique to the film.
* [[MadanSenkiRyukendo "Ryukendo!" "Ryuguno!" "Ryujino!" "Raijin!"]]
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* Some, but not all, WWE superstars have intro music that begins with their version of InTheNameOfTheMoon. Examples include The Rock's, "If you smellllll..."; Shelton Benjamin's "Ain't no stopping me now"; Edge's "You think you know me"; Undertaker's [[ForDoomTheBellTolls church bells]]; Stone Cold's glass shattering; and Triple H's "Time to play the game. TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!"
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Sanger Zonvolt of ''SuperRobotWars'' gets a short version (in the "hero of antiquity" vein): "I am Sanger -- Sanger Zonvolt! I am the sword that cleaves evil!"
** Other pilots, especially of {{Super Robot}}s or when using special weapons like the Shishio Blade, get in their own as well. "There are two stars of calamity...", "One punch can't destroy the world, but it can certainly destroy you!", etc.
* Each individual in the NipponIchi game ''PhantomBrave'' seems to have their own phrase before entering into a battle. While this causes a BattleAura, it's not entirely clear if it does anything else.
-->'''Ash''':"You will go no further! For her sake, I will not fail!"
* And in the NipponIchi game ''[[LaPucelle La Pucelle: Tactics]]'', the main character is likely to yell things like "In the name of the Maiden of Light" and "Repent!" before proceeding beating the crap out of a boss.
* Games where you select and give commands to multiple characters ([[RolePlayingGames [=RPGs=]]], [[RealtimeStrategy RTSs]], etc...) often have "chatter" that they give whenever you interact with them:
** Minsc, of the ''BaldursGate'' series, is famous for his amusingly overblown battle chatter:
--->"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right Boo?"\\
"Butt-kicking! For goodness!"\\
"Feel the burning stare of my HAMSTER and change your ways!"\\
"I grow tired of shouting battle cries while fighting this mage! Boo will ''finish'' his eyes so he does not rise again! Evil, ''meet my sword''! ''SWORD'' '''''MEET EEVIIILL!!!'''''"
**** Minsc's battle chatter is so awesome that this troper made a Worms battle chatter file set out of it.
* ''{{Killer7}}'' has a boss who does a parody of MagicalGirl intros: "Like a flower that blooms in the soil of our carnal and corrupt society, I shall administer retribution to stray vermin that graze this land. For I am the Chairman of the Education Guidance Council, Ayame Blackburn!" It's a fifteen-year-old girl in a very creepy anime-girl mask and carrying a machine gun. Also the power rangers style handsome men. "We are the punishing rangers, the handsome men!"
* [[WorldOfWarcraft Warcraft]] has quite a few of these, though the Orcs are perhaps the most frequent users of it with "[[BattleCry FOR THE HORDE!]]"
** This Troper has found himself screaming that at his computer a great many times.
*** This one too. Also Night Elves in ''Warcraft 3'' also issue a challenge, which is quite similar to the trope name...
* ''{{Warhammer40000}}'': Dawn of War (and expansions) has this with [[strike:the Space Marines]] any Imperial armies, whose phrases almost always says something along the lines of "In the name of the Emperor".
** Warhammer 40000 has several for every faction except Necrontyr and Tyranids, unless you count "gauss weapon discharge" and "chittering sounds" as an In The Name Of The Moon.
* Inspector Daria of ''TouchDetective'' frequently ''attempts'' to do these, but often puts so much "oomph!" into striking her poses she injures herself.
* Danzaiver! The HotBlooded hero character of ''EvilZone'' has perhaps two or more of these; "For everything that is good." being the first, and the second, longer version used in the final battle; "I cannot be defeated. Absolutely. Positively. For the sake of the WORLD! HERE GOES! THE POWER OF THE SUPREME RULER DESTROYS EVIL! THE ULTIMATE HERO; DANZAIVER!!!" It's hard to keep track sometimes, dude is SERIOUS about his job.
* This routine is done by a QuirkyMinibossSquad in ''SuperMarioRPG'', complete with posing:
-->'''Axem Red:''' We fight for evil!\\
'''Axem Black:''' We live for disorder!\\
'''Axem Green:''' We like what we do!\\
'''Axem Pink:''' We struggle for chaos!\\
'''Axem Yellow:''' We are... the AXEM RANGERS!!
** Spoofed for their appearance in ''SuperMarioBrosZ''; it's mostly the same, except for:
-->'''Axem Yellow:''' We eat donuts!\\
'''Axem Pink:''' We wear the trendiest clothes!\\
'''All:''' We are... the AXEM RANGERS X!
* In ''DevilSurvivor'', Midori is a cosplayer who acts like a MagicalGirl, and even has an InTheNameOfTheMoon speech to go along with it, as well as striking a pose when she does it on the battle screen.
-->'''Midori:''' I'm Magical Dolly, the Warrior of Love! My magical punishment strikes down all demons who do evil!
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''LastResort'' invokes this with the [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/?p=726 Galaxy Girl Scouts' introduction]], who also provide a GreenLantern ShoutOut in the process:
-->In boldest clash!\\
In deepest shade!\\
The price of mischief must be paid!\\
We keep the torch of justice bright!\\
Galaxy Girl Scouts, it's time to fight!
* The [[GirlGenius Jäger]] [[FanNickname boyz]] give [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050617 such a]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050620 speech]] to Jenka when they drive her out of town. Of course, it was all an act, and they carefully chose their words to give her an important information.
* Moeko, the magical girl voiced years ago by one of the characters of ''{{Megatokyo}}'', comes with her own {{catch phrase}}s. When burly, mustached cosplayer "Man-Moeko" struck horror and nausea into his enemies' hearts, he apparently quoted her word-for-word. He was then [[http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=591 frightened off]] by an actual girl's praise.
* Parodied in the webcomic ''Triquetra Cats'': when Project: Elemental Cat first confronts the Hand of the Dragon, they introduce themselves by name and Blue Cat quickly adds "and your rampage of death is [[ThisIsUnforgivable something that can never be forgiven]]!" to which Green Cat remarks "'something that can never be forgiven'? what is that, your cliche anime phrase #217?"
* Another webcomic example is [[http://ant.comicgenesis.com/d/20060411.html this page]] of ''MechagicalGirlLisaANT''. Note that there are ''two'' speeches, with [[TheDitz ANT]] really believing it while [[DarkMagicalGirl Pink Flash]] is only doing it for publicity.
* ''[[http://amazoness.co.uk Amazoness!]]'' suggests this distracts the enemy by [[http://amazoness.co.uk/4.htm making them laugh so hard]] that it throws them off guard.
* [[http://www.lfgcomic.com FOR PONY!!!]]
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* At least twice, characters in ''SailorNothing'' awkwardly try to pull this off. Emphasis on "try". They can be hard to remember, okay?
** Not so much awkward as kind of heart-wrenching (well, okay, it was awkward too) the first time Himei appears as Sailor Nothing:
--->"... I don't know," she whispered. "I guess I'm a sailor. I'm nothing."
* ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' subverts the actual line with the [[AquaTeenHungerForce Mooninites parody]] in Episode 34.
--> "In the name of the moon..."
--> "...Better recognize!"
* Spoofed in, of course, ''SailorMoonAbridged''.
--> "In the name of the moon, I like wiener schnitzel!"
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''DarkwingDuck'', to some extent. The title character likes to mysteriously appear in smoke and dramatically introduce himself: "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the [noun] that [verb]s your [noun]! I am Darkwing Duck!" The second sentence changes depending on the context; DW gives us such gems as --
-->I am the gum that sticks to your shoe!\\
I am the batteries that are not included!\\
I am the check-writer in the Cash Only lane!\\
I am the wrong number that wakes you at 3 AM!\\
I am the burned-out bulb you cannot reach!
* TheTick often starts a battle by giving at tongue-in-cheek descripion of the Villain Du Jour and telling that they face The Tick. This was played with in the FreakyFriday episode:
-->'''The Tick (in a zebra's body):''' Body pirates, you face The Tick!\\
'''Chairface Chippendale (in The Tick's body):''' No, I face a zebra. ''You'' face The Tick.
* It has been established that ''{{Beetlejuice}}'' only needs his name said three times to be summoned, but in the AnimatedAdaptation, Lydia dresses up the summoning with the same speech (and probably [[StockFootage recycled animations]]). Although as a byproduct of summoning ''{{Beetlejuice}}'', her [[TransformationSequence clothing does in fact change]].
** [[RuleOfCool And the dressed-up version is totally awesome besides.]] If that bit didn't inspire a generation of Goth kids...
* "[[AllYourPowersCombined By your powers combined,]] [[IAmHeroHearMeRoar I am Captain Planet!"]]
* [[DannyPhantom Danny Phantom]] and many of his ghostly opponents have catch phrases, such as: 'Going ghost!' 'I am the Box Ghost!' 'I am Technus, Master of all technology!' and so on. Subverted in that, for Technus at least, talking is ''not'' a free action, and his tendency to loudly announce who he is and what he's doing is a disadvantage for him.
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[[folder:Music]]
* "Hi, I'm JohnnyCash".
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