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[[caption-width:186:Monologuing and the dangers thereof.]]
->''"Gentlemen! Since you are about to die anyway, I may as well tell you the entire plot."''
-->--'''Benedict''', ''LastActionHero''

Villains have an urge to [[EvilGloating gloat]]. Rather than simply start the needlessly complicated DeathTrap, they will pause to outline their plan to the hero, often including information on how to stop it.

It sometimes seems that heroes get more information out of being interrogated than their interrogators do.

Villains will do this even if they are going to just shoot them. There's something irresistible about twisting the knife that last little bit before finishing things. This can give the hero the time they need to escape, but just as often the hero will simply sit there and wait. It's rude to [[TalkToTheFist interrupt someone even when they're trying to kill you]].

Many anime use [[InactionSequence this as a technique]] to drag out the fights.

Dates at least as far back as the movie serials of the 1940s (especially those made by Republic), making it OlderThanTelevision.

Item #7 on the EvilOverlordList [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim advises the prospective overlord to simply shoot the hero]] when in this position. (Rather than risk that he will [[TalkingYourWayOut talk his way out.]])

When the villain falsely thinks it's Just Between You And Me, you have an EngineeredPublicConfession.

When the villain takes advantage of their solitude to tempt TheHero, it's WhatYouAreInTheDark.

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!!Examples:
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[[folder:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''FullMetalAlchemist'', Edward is chained up in a cell as the villain comes in to kill him. Ed baits the villain into spilling the beans on his CorruptChurch. Then Edward reveals that he was sitting in front of a [[EngineeredPublicConfession live public address microphone]], and that he had broken the chains.
**In the manga, Ed lures Cornello into his broadcast room and tricks him into gloating about manipulating the townspeople with the microphone on.
*** There's also an example in the manga where Ed shows GenreSavvy. After Father reveals several of his plans, Ed comments something "since you've told us your plans, I assume you intended to kill us".
* Used intelligently in ''DeathNote'': Light likes to gloat in front of his victims, but he does it discreetly and only when they are in their absolutely final moments. [[spoiler:Ray Penbar]] sees a train's sliding doors close on Light, who mouths him a farewell just before [[spoiler:Ray]]'s heart attack kills him, [[spoiler:Naomi Misora]] has Light's identity revealed to her one second before [[spoiler:the Death Note takes over her mind]], and the last thing [[spoiler:Ryuzaki]] sees in this world is Light, standing over him and wearing a SlasherSmile no-one else can see. [[spoiler:However, this pattern, though not the trope, is itself subverted when Light's final plan goes horribly wrong; the evidence against him may have been excusable if he hadn't shouted that this was his win.]]
* In ''SamuraiSeven'', Ukyo tells Kanbei, right before his planned execution, that he's planning to destroy Kanna Village and take over the world.
* Parodied ''twice'' in ''BlackLagoon'', when two separate villains get the drop on our {{AntiHero}}es, only to spend so much time talking about how they've won that they don't get an actual shot off before Revy guns them down [[strike: wordlessly]] while saying "Shut the fuck up!" ''as'' she pulls the trigger. Of course, one of them had the foresight to wear a bulletproof vest...
* In ''OnePiece'', Crocodile reveals the bomb that is set to go off in Alubarna when facing Vivi in the palace, as a way of mocking her desire to save everyone. While he does try to finish her off, Luffy and Pell manage to save her, and she uses the knowledge about the bomb to find and disable the cannon, [[spoiler:although it takes Pell's near-self-sacrifice to stop it completely]].
** ''OnePiece'' often goes a bit crazy with this trope, considering the number of [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]] around. Particularly notable is that nearly every villain helpfully explains their powers for the heroes' benefit - this is eventually given a LampshadeHanging and DoubleSubversion when [[spoiler: Calipha]] refuses to disclose her Devil Fruit's name and properties...and Nami guesses them perfectly.
** Lampshade Hung for laughs with broadaxe wielder Sentoumaru, who refuses to tell anything about himself saying he's the most tight-lipped person, then promptly revealing the exact information he just said he wouldn't reveal... And excusing himself that he wanted to reveal that when called out on his slip.
* The big bad delivers a monologue to the heroes in ''{{S-CRY-ed}}'' via a remote video feed that serves to keep them in place long enough for his KillSat to get in firing position.
* Used in ''{{Trigun}}'' by [[TheDragon Legato Bluesummers]]. Not only does he [[HannibalLecture explain his plan]], he forces it to come to fruition as well. His plan? [[spoiler:Force Vash [[MindRape to kill him]].]]
** However Vash was given the choice to either kill Legato or let his friends die, he obviously went with the lesser of two evils since he had no choice.
* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' screws around with this idea. [[spoiler: Chao]] was smart enough not to gloat about the completion of her plan until [[YouAreTooLate a week after she already did it]], sending the protagonists [[TimeTravel forward in time]] to when she already won. Unfortunately for her, Negi has his own TimeMachine, so he and his squad decide to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong...
* Pain tells Jiraiya his plan on the justification that [[{{GenreBlind}} "you're going to die anyway"]]. At least he's a bit vague on the details.
** Then very harshly subverted by the fact that [[spoiler:[[{{HopeSpot}} Jiraiya does in fact die]] before he can tell anyone Pain's plan]].
**Played straight with Naruto. Pain seemingly has Naruto pinned down with spikes that disrupt the flow of his chakra and tells him about his plan, but then [[spoiler:Hinata arrives, tells Naruto she loves him and gets kknocked down and stabbed, resulting in him going into his [[UnstoppableRage six-tailed]] [[SuperPoweredEvilSide mode]] and breaking free. Naruto gets out with help from his father, and then defeats Pain]].
*** This pretty much seems to be [[spoiler: Madara's]] modus operendi. Just about every time we see him, he's telling something important to someone. Hell, half the time he shows up JUST to tell the heroes something about his plans and then LEAVES. [[spoiler: And now he's going to tell 4 of the five Kages his entire plot because... Well, I guess he just REALLY wants to tell someone and has already talked to Naruto once today. Going back would be just bad form or something...]]
**** Except that [[spoiler:Madara]] is a manipulative bastard, to such a degree that telling people his plans is probably integral to his plans, of which the critical parts are probably still undisclosed.
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[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* Every single JamesBond film ever, often more than once per movie.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', where just for once Blofeld actually has a sensible reason for keeping the captured Bond alive and explaining the plot to him: Bond's credibility will lend weight to Blofeld's threat to the United Nations.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the [[TabletopGames card game]] ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond'' (which became ''James Ernest’s Totally Renamed Spy Game'' after legal threats).
** Subversion in ''{{Goldfinger}}'': Auric blabs about his master plan to a bunch of goons, not Bond. Bond just so happens to be peeking in. Then Goldfinger kills the goons; however, he made sure they told their people to cooperate before he eliminated them.
*** Played straight afterwards, as after Goldfinger captures Bond, he [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine has a mint julep with him]] and fills him in on the details of the plan.
** Averted in ''{{Moonraker}}'' where Hugo Drax lampshades the trope and then says he's not going to follow it. But when Bond and the BondGirl follow Drax up to his space station and see [[StoryboardingTheApocalypse most of what's happening anyway]], Drax helpfully provides the remaining details before ordering them ThrownOutTheAirlock.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''DiamondsAreForever''. You think Blofeld is going to explain his plan, but...
--->JamesBond: What do you intend to do with those diamonds?
--->Blofeld: An excellent question. And one which will be hanging on the lips of the world quite soon. If I were to break the news to anyone, it would be to you first. You know that. But it's late, I'm tired, and there's so much left to do. Good night, Mr Bond.
* LampshadeHanging in the film ''TheIncredibles'', where the villain's penchant to elaborately explain their nefarious plans is dubbed "monologuing" by the heroes.
* In ''{{Dogma}}'', the villain taunts the heroes in this way, but hangs a lampshade on it: "I've seen enough Bond movies to know that you never give away '''all''' your secret plans, no matter how close you are to success."
* Possible first subversion was in the film ''[=~The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly~=]'': Tuco is surprised while in the tub by an old rival, who starts talking about how his revenge is at hand. Tuco, unimpressed, shoots the rival, then notes "When you have to shoot: ''shoot'', don't talk," before finishing him off GangstaStyle.
** A slightly over-wordy homage to this moment appears in ''VanHelsing'':
-->'''Aleera:''' Anna, my love. It is your blood that shall keep me beautiful. What do you think of that?\\
'''Anna Valerious:''' ''(Drives a stake through her chest)'' I think if you're going to kill somebody, kill them! [[HypocriticalHumor Don't stand around talking about it!]]
* Subverted in ''StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''. One of the villains' allies decides to tell Kirk and [=McCoy=] the master plan, but they are beamed to safety by Spock before they get to hear a word of it.
-->'''Kirk:''' ''No! No! Of all the - son of a - Couldn't you have waited two seconds? They were just about to tell us the whole thing!''
-->'''Chekov:''' ''You want to go back?''
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' ''Absolutely not!''
* In ''Film/IronMan'', [[spoiler:Obidiah Stane gets to do this with Tony Stark. He paralyzes Tony with a sonic device which has effects lasting 15 minutes, and proceeds to remove the arc generator from his chest, gloating all the way. The flaw in this plan is that Stane doesn't know there is an old generator Tony can use, but due to the temporary paralysis, it comes much closer to working than similar gloating plans.]]
** This is also an interesting variation in that the gloating didn't actually harm the villain's plans... He had to tip his hand [[spoiler: to get the generator, which was after all ''attached'' to our hero]], anyway. If anything, gloating ''longer'' would probably have [[spoiler: kept his eye on Tony long enough for his heart to finish failing]]!
* Happens between Lewis and the Bowler Hat Guy in ''{{Meet the Robinsons}}'' in [[spoiler:the orphanage]]: Lewis demands "What did I ever do to you?", at which point BHG tells him the story of his long and ridiculously pathetic life, and also that [[spoiler:Lewis is Cornelius Robinson]].
* In the movie ''DieHard'', when terrorist Marco is chasing and shooting John [=McClane=] who is crawling under the table, he runs out of ammo, then says (while reloading) to John, "Let me give you some advice, next time you have to kill someone, don't hesitate." John shoots him through the table, killing him, then says, "Thanks for the advice, fella."
* A subversion occurs in the film version of ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' when the heroes find a phonograph that the villain had planted on the Nautilus. In the recording he reveals all of his plan up to that point, but as a twist, there is a high-pitched noise also on the record that only Mr. Hyde can hear that is the trigger mechanism for several bombs that were also planted aboard the sub by TheMole ([[spoiler:Dorian Gray]]). He reveals this at the end of the recording right before they start going off. Of course they still live.
* Subverted in StarWars Episode VI. Palpatine gleefully explains his trap to Luke... But there ''isn't'' anything Luke can do and the Rebels fall into it. And not only that, Palpatine's gloating is not just for fun, he needs to get Luke angry, upset, and hating him for the Dark Side to kick in.
** Subverted ''again'' in Episode II. Dooku has Obi-Wan imprisoned and tells him the truth. Darth Sidious is in control of the Republic. Not only does this ''not'' backfire, it actually ''helps''. By telling the Jedi this, they start investigating Republic senators and Sidious latches on to this to create tension between the Jedi and Republic, ultimately allowing him to declare them traitors.
* Spoofed in ''DeadMenDontWearPlaid'', where the PrivateDetective argues over his right to give TheSummation versus the BigBad's right to his JustBetweenYouAndMe speech. They start alternating their speech, eventually revealing the whole scheme in unison.
* Spoofed in ''SkyHigh''. [[spoiler: Gwen, after outlining her EvilPlan to turn all of the superheroes into infants and then raise them again as villains, then tells The Commander (who has been turned into an infant, and who she is cradling in her arms) that the best part is that he can't understand a word she's saying.]]
* Subverted in ''{{Damnatus}}'' in that G'guor [[spoiler:''does'' kill Nira half way through his {{Evil Gloating}}. Not to be put off, he continues monologuing to the [[SoulJar spirit stone]] she was carrying.]]
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[[folder:{{Comics}}]]
* Subverted and lampshaded in chapter 11 of the graphic novel ''{{Watchmen}}''.
-->"[[spoiler:I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I would explain my masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it [[ThirtyFiveMinutesAgo thirty-five minutes ago]].]]"
* In ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers Mighty Avengers]] #11'', Doctor Doom monologues in thought bubbles while calmly threatening the heroes, and finishes the thought with "...but I'll be '''damned''' if I'm going to stand here and explain myself to '''you'''!!!"
* Lampshaded in ''YTheLastMan''. [[StrawFeminist Radical misandrist Victoria]], leader of the Daughters of the Amazon, has tracked down Yorick, the last man alive, and is starting a speech about how he's going to pay for the crimes of all his gender when Yorick interrupts her with: "Geez, you Amazons don't know when to just shut up and kill a guy!"
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[[folder:{{Literature}}]]
* During the first 6 books, ''HarryPotter''[==]'s main strategy was to make the villains talk, as a way to buy some time and think of a way to get the hell out.
** In the final book, his plan is to keep talking himself, to both try and get the big bad to step down after realising he is well and truly screwed either way, and to tell everyone why the big bad is screwed, and if he is killed they can just mass kill him.
* In the TerryPratchett {{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/MenAtArms'', Commander Vimes muses about how it's better to be at the mercy of an evil man: "The evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to ''know'' you're going to die. So they'll talk. ...A good man will kill you with hardly a word."
** First lampshaded, then inverted in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'':
-->'''Wolfgang:''' What ''is'' it you want me to say, Your Grace? Something like "you are going to die anyway so I might as well tell you", perhaps?\\
'''Vimes:''' Well, it'd be a help.\\
'''Wolfgang:''' You ''are'' going to die anyway. Why don't ''you'' tell ''me''?
* Used slightly oddly in the novel ''TheCityOfDreamingBooks''. The villain just seems to enjoy giving this speech, even when it's completely unwarranted. In fact, many of his victims point out that they never would have known he even ''had'' an EvilPlan, had he not told them about it in great detail before disposing of them.
* In ''SoonIWillBeInvincible'', Doctor Impossible repeatedly struggles against this urge, remembering his last defeat:
-->Last time I told them everything, giving it away like a fool, how I was going to do it, how escape was impossible. And they just listened, smirking.
* Subverted in James P. Hogan's story ''The Assassin''. The title character is sent to liquidate a scientist who had defected from his side, succeeds, but is then captured. [[spoiler: His interrogators then introduce him to his "deceased" target, who has developed technology to duplicate people. Since they can duplicate the prisoner as many times as necessary, they can simply try ''every'' interrogation strategy... including honest explanation and persuasion.]]
* Played straight ''and'' lampshaded in the CiaphasCain novel ''Duty Calls'', where Cain meets with the Inquistor that's been trying to kill him through the whole book. The Inquisitor waits until he thinks Cain is on his side before revealing the whole plan. The LampshadeHanging comes from the villain's name, Ernst Savros Killian, which bears a striking resemblance to a certain JamesBond villain.
* Subverted in R. A. Salvatore's ''Homeland.'' Alton [=DeVir=] asks the Faceless Master why he is about to kill him. The Faceless Master refuses, because "You broke my mirror!"...even though Alton only broke it while running from the Faceless Master after the Faceless Master first attempts the assassination. Alton reflects that that doesn't make any sense before [[spoiler:the Faceless Master's apprentice shoots him from behind.]]
* DoubleSubverted in LoisMcMasterBujold's ''The Vor Game''. The BigBad decides to reveal her plan to Miles before sending him away to attend to some buisness for her. Some time later, Miles decides that she couldn't possibly have told him her actual plan for the moment and uses this (and the [[XanatosSpeedChess two]] other plans she's thought of, told to people, and discarded.) to deduce her current plan. Then he decided that plan is too obvious and goes with the second option. Yes, it dissolves in a ThirtyXanatosPileup. How did you guess?
* During the fifth ''DresdenFiles'' book, Harry tries to bait Nicodemus into doing this, [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy to no avail]]. Later, he remarks to Susan that he must've read the EvilOverlordList.
* Completely inverted in ForgottenRealms novel ''Silverfall'', when one AffablyEvil foe inadvertently convinced [[LadyOfWar Storm Silverhand]] to spare his life ''after'' his [[GracefulLoser surrender]] was answered [[TheSlowWalk only by one raised eyebrow]]. By asking one right question. Well, by asking and then clarifying it:
--> There's just one thing I'd like to know before I die. How did you know?
--> Know about ''what''?
* ''WarriorCats'': [[spoiler:Hawkfrost]] does this at the end of ''Sunset''. His plan wasn't particularly complicated, but before trying the strike the killing blow, he felt the need to tell Brambleclaw that he was just testing him. And of course, after [[spoiler:Brambleclaw impales him]], he remembers something else important and says a little extra as he bleeds to death.
* ''The Berlin Memorandum'' by Adam Hall. The neo-Nazi BigBad not only explains his master plan to British spy Quiller, he is so confident in its success that he ''lets Quiller go''. Subverted however in that a) the master plan is bogus anyway, and b) it's actually a NiceJobGuidingUsHero gambit -- the Nazis hope Quiller will contact his base in an attempt to avert the plan, thereby exposing its location to them.
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[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* Nicely Lampshaded in the ''DoctorWho'' episode "Utopia", where [[spoiler: the newly regenerated Master]] says to The Doctor: "Why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, ''I don't think''!"
* The demons in ''{{Supernatural}}'' have a bad habit of doing this. Meg, Tammi, even Azazel (previously [[NoNameGiven The Yellow-Eyed Demon]]) have given up easy victories this way. Other monsters' modus operandi tend to be exposited in other ways, from arcane research.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Dean in "Devil's Trap" with, "Listen, you mind just getting this over with, huh? Cause I really can’t stand the monologuing." This turns out to be a slight mistake [[spoiler: when his organs start to, y'know, liquefy]].
** Surprisingly averted when new BigBad Lilith has both heroes helpless. Sam tries to bargain with her; she points out he has nothing she wants, and Dean tries to prompt a bit of monologuing. "So, is this your big plan, huh? Drag me to hell. Kill Sam. And then what? Become queen bitch?" Lilith simply replies "I don't have to answer to puppy chow," and [[spoiler:sets the hellhounds on him, killing him]] before immediately [[spoiler: attempting to kill Sam. It didn't work, but not for wont of trying at least, and it wasn't until the next season we actually found out what her plan is]].
* LampshadeHanging in ''SledgeHammer'': when an assassin has Sledge tied to a DeathTrap, he tells him how he intends to kill the captain. Sledge responds by saying, "I'll never understand why you guys explain your whole plan before you kill somebody."
* Subverted in the ''PushingDaisies'' episode "Dummy." The murderer makes a full confession while the heroes are wrapped in body bags and locked inside a car, so they can't actually hear a word of what he's saying.
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[[folder:Radio]]
* Parodied in ''{{Nebulous}}'', when the eponymous professor is captured by the evil Klench.
-->'''Nebulous:''' Surely you're going to outline your brilliant plan?\\
'''Dr. Klench:''' Why should I? The information's no use to you.\\
'''Nebulous:''' To... satisfy my curiosity?\\
'''Dr. Klench:''' It's irrelevant. Any minute now you're going to be a dead body.
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[[folder:TabletopGames]]
* ''FengShui'''s Spy archetype has the unique schtick of spending a Fortune point to get a reluctant or hostile {{NPC}} to tell them something they shouldn't, and it's best used when captured to get a villain to engage in a Just Between You And Me speech. Also, ''Seed of the New Flesh'', the Architects sourcebook, has a Criminal Mastermind archetype that has "Slave to the Cheese" as their unique weakness -- which not only requires you to make this kind of speech to enemies you capture, but also precludes [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just shooting your foes]] in favor of elaborate deathtraps and other Bond villain-style ways of toying with your prey.
* In the Marvel Super-Heroes RPG, the section on villains actually outlines this in game terms: villains get a karma bonus for telling the heroes their plans.
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[[folder:VideoGames]]
* Lampshaded in ''PaperMario: The Thousand Year Door'' when you confront Lord Crump. Instead of telling you his plans, he replies "Oh no, that's a novice villain mistake!"
** A very similar moment occurs in ''AdvanceWars: Dual Strike'' (which was made by Intelligent Systems, the same people who made ''Thousand Year Door''). When questioned about Black Hole's recovery, TeenGenius Lash responds: "Duh! Like I'd tell you that!"
* Subverted and lampshaded in ''BaldursGate 2'': You have the option of asking the BigBad what he's planning, and he flatly responds, "No, you warrant no villain's exposition from me." You have to go extra mile of asking one of his treacherous lieutenants.
* Parodied several times in the ''MonkeyIsland'' series. In ''[=LeChuck's=] Revenge'', the titular villain explains his {{Deathtrap}} in minute detail, and then takes some time to allow Guybrush to ask questions in case he needs clarifications. In ''Curse of Monkey Island'', after capturing the hero, [=LeChuck=] ''insists'' on explaining the plot. Eventually Guybrush has to hold his hands to his ears and tell [=LeChuck=] he's deliberately ignoring him in order to get him to stop.
* Don Corneo from ''FinalFantasyVII'' comes to mind. Is it because he's ready to die? Sure of victory? Or just clueless? Guess.
** [[spoiler:However short-lived it was, Corneo's "victory" was that he got [[IdiotHero Cloud]] to stop walking away to answer the stupid question. Had he (Cloud, that is) just kept on walking, he could have gotten to Sector 7 in much better shape than he did, not to mention much sooner.]]
* This happens in ''[[GaiaOnline zOMG]]'' twice, although both times it was just a distraction while the villain in question was preparing his method of attack. During the BigBad's monologue, one of your crew members will hang a lampshade.
* Done by Liquid Ocelot to Old Snake before their [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome final duel]] in ''MetalGearSolid 4'', though one could say that it's perfectly legitimate for him to do so because (1) [[MindScrew he's Ocelot]] and (2) his [[spoiler:true]] plan had already succeeded.
** Done all the time in the ''MetalGear'' Series. Liquid and Solidus in particular seem to love doing this. It was toned down a few notches in part 3 and most of part 4, but it still takes up lots of time, especially considering [[ParrotExposition Snake's tendency to ask for clarification]].
* Parodied in one of the bonus scenes from ''{{Bomberman}} 64'': The Second Attack, where the BigBad, after reviewing his plans aloud with no one else in the room, comments "It's not much fun making speeches about my plans without an audience..." After a pause he followed this up with maniacal laughter (which he happens to [[VerbalTic end almost every sentence with]]).
* ''ResidentEvil 4'' had a particularly bad example. Saddler's plan revolves around kidnapping ThePresidentsDaughter, infecting her with the Virus, having her rescued, and then have her take control of the United States from within. And he goes and tells her rescuer the entire plan as she's being rescued. Smart move, villain.
** [[LetsPlay The Dark Id]] had a field day with that one.
* Used in several games of the ''TalesSeries'', though often it's because the villains tend to be {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s or KnightTemplar who feel the need to claim the moral high ground; some even hope to [[WeCanRuleTogether to recruit the heroes]] using such a speech. Ironically enough, it's averted in [[spoiler:''TalesOfPhantasia'']] where the villain never reveals his plan until he's dying -- and if he'd taken five minutes to explain his motivation it probably ''would'' have helped convince the party that the villain isn't the monster he was made out to be.
* At the end of ''TheElderScrolls III: Tribunal'', [[spoiler: the PhysicalGod Almalexia explains to the PlayerCharacter how she convinced him/her that another god, Sotha Sil had gone insane and tried to attack the capital city of Mournhold, while it was all in fact orchestrated by her so that she could kill the other two gods of the Tribunal, turn the player into an unwilling martyr, and rule as the sole remaining god herself.]]
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[[folder:WebAnimation]]
* Almost a description of the trope itself in the ''WorldOfWarcraft'' {{machinima}} movie ''TalesOfThePast 3'', when [[spoiler: Arthas]] and [[spoiler: Blazer]] speak on top of dragon sculptures :
-->[[spoiler: '''Arthas:''' ''Let me tell you a little secret, Blazer. The sword you're wielding is a key -- using it, you would be able to not only undo the summoning but you might also be able to release the soul of your dear friend, Yimo.'']]
-->[[spoiler: '''Blazer:''']] (pauses) ''Why should I believe you?''
-->[[spoiler: '''Arthas:''']] ''I [[VillainsNeverLie never lie]]. I'm simply telling you because there is no way you can defeat me... And I would love watching you die in agony, realizing that you failed them all... again.''
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[[folder:WebComics]]
* Hilariously subverted in ''SchlockMercenary'', where [[spoiler:gate-cloned]] captain Tagon and Brad are captured by the Gatekeepers, interrogated, and are about to be executed. Tagon tries to stall the Gatekeeper by asking him if he's going to reveal his nefarious plans, but the Gatekeeper points out how silly a mistake that would be, and then [[spoiler:kills both of them]]. He even refuses to tell the ''narrator'' any details, saying he's under [[NoFourthWall standing orders not to reveal any secrets to the narrator]].
* Once more, Basic Instructions gives us simple step by step guidlines to this practice, including how to deal with the rude assassin when he's already escaped your trap and has a gun pointed at Kitty.
* [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=10227 Parodied]] in ''{{Narbonic}}'', when MadScientist Helen gets another scientist's henchman to explain ''her own plan'' to her as a stalling tactic.
-->'''Helen:''' There is no one on the side of Evil this tactic doesn't work on.
* Nale from ''OrderOfTheStick'' parodies this trope by [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0383.html explaining his EvilPlan to himself]].
** The black dragon mother [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0628.html explains her plan for revenge upon Vaarsuvius]]. Explaining the plan is, in fact, part of the plan.
* [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0205.html In this strip]] of ''{{Adventurers}}!'' Khrima's GenreBlind stumbling right into this trope is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the GenreSavvy Karn.
* General Gray in the ''JumpLeads'' issue ''Who Wants to Rule the World?'' averts this, despite being an otherwise textbook case of ContractualGenreBlindness. After all, "before I kill you, let me tell you my plan" only works if you have any actual intention of killing the person you're talking to.
* In ''SluggyFreelance'' Torg [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=991001 plays on Dr. Steve's]] ContractualGenreBlindness to invoke this trope.
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' I've decided to just shoot you and get this over with.
-->'''Torg:''' But wait, don't you want to reveal your master plan to me?
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' No.
-->'''Torg:''' If you were a ''real'' villain, you'd tell me your master plan before killing me.
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' Hmmmm . . .
-->'''Torg:''' After you tell me your master plan, you can strap me to a table and cut me in half with a laser.
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' How about I tie you to a chair and blind you with a pen light?
-->'''Torg:''' Deal!
-->'''Dr. Steve:''' Let's do it!
* Used and {{Lampshaded}} in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0329.html this]] {{Darths and Droids}} strip.
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* ''[[{{ptitlebrl75dwevzir}} Doctor Horrible]]'' taunts a frozen Captain Hammer, as well as his captive audience... [[TheMusical in song]]!
** Not to mention that Captain Hammer gloated to Horrible an act earlier that he was going to sleep with Penny just to piss Horrible off.
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* In ''TheLionKing'', Scar has Simba hanging over a raging inferno, ready to toss him in. But Scar can't resist taunting him. "Here's ''my'' little secret: I killed Mufasa!" Of course, this revelation finally frees Simba from his lifelong guilt over his father's death, which gives him the HeroicResolve necessary to turn the tables on Scar...
* In ''DarkwingDuck,'' Negaduck explains in minute detail just how each DeathTrap will kill its Justice Duck victim when he throws... the ''Switch''!.
* Spoofed in an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', where thanks to Homer, Bond loses his card game bet against Ernst Stavro Blofeld. As he's being carried off by the henchmen Bond exclaims, "That's impossible. I don't lose. I never lose! Well, at least tell me your plans for world domination!" Blofeld replies, "Oh no, I'm not falling for that one again."
* ''KimPossible'': In the movie ''A Sitch In Time,'' Future Shego has victory in the palm of her hand... until Dr. Drakken (now her sidekick) talks her into gloating. Listing all the times Drakken himself has lost because of his own monologuing would cause this page to collapse under its own weight.
** In one particular episode, this happened to Drakken ''three times'' in a montage sequence that lasted maybe a minute, tops. The last time, Kim and Ron manage to escape before Drakken could get as far as "And so, Kim Possible, you must watch as I-- GAH!!!"
*** In the first episode, Shego had convinced Drakken not to gloat while carrying out the mission. Good girl.
** At one point, Drakken even delivers a visual presentation to Kim on how he intends to dispose of her.
** Of course, Senor Senior, Sr. merely considers this to be good form.
* ''TransformersAnimated'' has this happening between ''two villains''. Starscream has Megatron cornered and helpless, but being something of a LargeHam, he of course takes time to gloat. Bumblebee then bursts in, scoring a direct hit on Starscream with his stingers... which does nothing. He then goes berserk, mostly concerned that, as he put it:
-->'''Starscream:''' ''You interrupted my '''SPEECH'''!''
* ''BeastWars'' also played with this in the episode "Dark Designs", where an attempt to brainwash GentleGiant Rhinox into a Predacon goes off without a hitch... then [[ItGotWorse goes straight to the Pit]]. When the evil Rhinox has Megatron backed into a corner, he starts up with this, to which Megatron muses: "Sometimes, we Predacons gloat too much!"
* From an episode of ''{{Duckman}}'': "They never just kill ya. There's always a lecture."
* ''{{Animaniacs}}'' featured a villain in one episode who was ''contractually obligated'' to do this sort of thing.
* Parodied in the ''InvaderZim'' episode "Tak: The Hideous New Girl," where Tak explains part one of her plan to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt to Zim and then ''immediately'' enacts it. When she tries to explain the rest of the plan however, Zim, [[TooDumbToLive being Zim]], [[OverlyLongGag repeatedly]] interrupts her with screaming until a frustrated Tak simply leaves.
* ''BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': [[VainSorceress Lydia]], after capturing Liana, takes the time to explain exactly how she tricked her because she knows that Liana took off the necklace that [[DeflectorShields warded off]] her [[{{Brainwashed}} mind-control spell]].
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* At the end of ''BrokenSaints'', BigBad [[spoiler: Lear Dunham]] spells out, in detail, his motives and the origins of his big plan to the heroes. [[spoiler: The whole point of him telling them (and of their involvement in the plot at all) was so they would be inspired by his vision and join him as his chief apostles.]]
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