'''Basic Trope''': The boss talks to the player character(s) during the BossBattle.
* '''Straight''': ArrogantKungFuGuy Dave disses the party when they fight him.
-->"I'll knock you down!"\\
"Your aspirations are irrelevant!"\\
"My patience runs thin... I'm ending this, now!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]\\
''[at less than a quarter health]'' "[[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, DO YOU HEAR ME?!]]"
* '''Exaggerated''': Each of Dave's line is a paragraph or so. His lungs capacity is superb.
-->"Vermins! How short-sighted of you to bare your blades before I, Dave! I have walked east and west, north and south, and yet not a single warrior remained standing when faced by my might! There is no hope you will walk away from this battle alive! This is not even a battle, this is where I crush you like insects! Behold judgment from the mighty!"
* '''Downplayed''': Dave has lines to say, and they consists of one or two words.
-->"Begone!"\\
"You fools."\\
"Oblivion awaits." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]]\\
''[later in the fight]'' "Just DIE!"
* '''Justified''': ArrogantKungFuGuy Dave is an ArrogantKungFuGuy, and he want everyone to know it.
* '''Inverted''': The party members tell Dave how much he's a monster.
--> '''[[OurElvesAreDifferent Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! I shall avenge [[LastOfHisKind my people]] with your death!"\\
'''[[KidSamurai Bob]]''': "[[BrokenPedestal Why, Dave? You were the guy I wanted to be!]]"\\
'''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"\\
'''[[BoisterousBruiser Charlie]]''': "[[UnstoppableRage You're about to get what's comin' to ya,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you son of a bitch!]]"
* '''Subverted''':
-->'''Dave''': "You verm-"\\
'''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **whack**\\
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[[folder: Dave is inflicted with SILENCE! ]]

* '''Double Subverted''':
-->'''Dave''': "You verm-"\\
'''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **zing**\\
'''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermin."]]
* '''Parodied''':
** The banter is made of FloweryInsults.
-->"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed [[MascotMook Chickaboo]] food trough wiper!"\\
"I fart in your general direction, you silly [[LaResistance Troperian Knnniggits]]!" [[note]][[{{Fartillery}} Cue]] ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]\\
[[MindScrew "Your mother was a rainbow-feathered Chickaboo and your father reeked of bunnyberries!"]]
** You get an ActionCommand to bash Dave's face in every time he opens his mouth.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realizes that the party is a threat.
-->"'''[[TranquilFury I'm done humoring you, Bob.]]"'''
* '''Averted''': In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticeably devoid of banters.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make sure you know that Dave is [[{{Jerkass}} unlikable.]]
* '''Lampshaded''':
--> Bob: "I'm not here to listen to your nonsense, Dave!"
* '''Invoked''':
** [[IShallTauntYou Dave constantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]]
** [[ContractualGenreBlindness Evulz feels this is part of his job as the final boss.]]
* '''Exploited''': Bob makes each strike when Dave is Bantering, giving him a slight element of surprise.
* '''Defied''': Dave fights the Good Guys, and doesn't start bantering until they're so weak they can barely hear him.
* '''Discussed''': "Like all big villains, he's takes the time to have a conversation in a life or death battle."
* '''Conversed''': "A lot of the bosses in this game are shouty..."
* '''Deconstructed''': Dave is so busy taunting Bob that it leaves him wide open for a counterattack.
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