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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
->''"Now, we're going to power up. You stand there and be quiet, I'll tell you when it's time to fight."''
-->-- '''Trunks''' [[InvokedTrope sets Majin Buu straight]], ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

->'''Freeza:''' Ninety-eight...percent! Almost...at maximum power!\\
'''Goku:''' That's right, you go right on up to 100. The only reason I'm waiting so patiently for this "grand unveiling" is to have the honour of taking you down at your best.
-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZKai''

->'''Vegeta:''' ''(watching Cell transform)'' He's certainly taking his time; [[TemptingFate this had better be worth the wait.]]\\
'''Trunks:''' There's no way I'm letting this happen! ''(opens fire, but his blasts just bounce off Cell's aura)''
-->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZKai''

->''"You tried to mess up our combination sequence. You have no shred of romance or aesthetics!"''
-->-- '''Minato Sakai''', after Team Try Fighters fails to stop the Tryon 3 from combining, ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''

->''''Oh no, no, no. [[DefiedTrope There’s no retreating into ball form for you]]!''''
-->-- '''Mechtavius Destroyer''' killing Mutabrid by attacking as he runs out of energy, ''Anime/BakuganBattleBrawlers''
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->'''Wilfred:''' When I saw you before, you said that your people could change, [[TheNthDoctor like your whole body.]]\\
'''Doctor:''' I can still die. If I'm killed before regeneration, then I'm dead.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]"
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->''"No attacking while I transform!"''
-->-- '''Neptune''', ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
->''"Ain't you learned from anime that you never interrupt a transformation sequence? [[TalkingIsAFreeAction Or an enemy's monologue]]?"''
-->-- '''Blackbeard''', ''Webcomic/FateGamersOnly''
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[[folder:Web Original]]
->''"If my enemy is a magical girl, I will not stand in awe as she goes airborne, drops all of her clothes, and starts spinning in preparation to transform. I will wait until her regular clothes are gone, then [[TalkToTheFist yank her down and start fighting]]. If her shock at my breaking the Law of Uninterruptable Metamorphosis doesn't paralyze her, the [[DefeatByModesty fact that she's in her birthday suit]] will."''
-->-- "[[http://issendai.com/silliness/animevillain.htm If I Ever Become an Anime Villain]]," an [[JustForFun/TheUniversalGenreSavvyGuide Evil-Overlord-inspired list]].

->''"If an enemy begins to metamorphose into something bigger and badder, I will immediately start whacking away at it instead of watching in horrid fascination."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.thalia.org/hero.html The Things I Will Do if I Am Ever the Hero]]''
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[[folder:Web Video]]
->''"Okay, really? You couldn't even let a brother transform first? You broke, like, Rule 4 of all anime, dude!"''
-->-- '''[=Alphastar716=]''' griping about a player splatting him in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' before he could mount his [[AnimalMecha Crab]] [[MiniMecha Tank]], "[[https://youtu.be/y4mmgP9HKnA?t=266 Inside the Mind of Splatoon 3 Crab Tank Users]]"

->''"Vegeta, I know this is ''Dragon Ball'', and it's a rule that we idly have to stand by when a villain powers up. But can we make an exception just this once?!"''
-->-- '''Krillin''', ''WebVideo/AlternateRealityDBZ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0gwDPZaRUU&feature=related episode 30]]''

->''"This is taking a lot of start-up time..."''
-->-- '''[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Byakuya]]''' watching Ichigo activate his Bankai for the first time, ''WebVideo/BleachSAbridged''

->(While Trunks is powering up) ''"You know, if I had a watch, I'd be looking at my wrist ''really condescendingly'' right now."''
-->-- '''Cell''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
->''"Man, that took a while..."''
-->-- '''Skeletor''' after '''the Masters of the Universe''' transform, ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021''
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[[folder:Miscellaneous]]
->''"Why do I let people ''do'' that?!"''
-->-- '''Goku''', ''Revenge of Cooler Abridged''

->'''Picolo:''' I feel like we should be stopping this.\\
'''Goku:''' [[ChallengeSeeker Nah, I want a good fight.]]
-->-- ''Super Android 13 Abridged''
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