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 "If you think that's enough to kill me, you really don't know what a Slayer is. Trust me when I say you're gonna find out."
— Buffy Summers, "The I in Team"
Many characters like to boast about their achievements, but only a few can gasconade in style, rattling off a string of titles and battle honours that impresses allies and intimidates enemies in a way which makes them sound mythic, not conceited.
The character has got to be pretty badass to be able to make this kind of boast convincingly, though sometimes a weaker character will bluff like this. It helps when he is obviously in a situation where he may be called on to demonstrate; if not, he may insist that he can show you at once, to prevent his appearing a Miles Gloriosus. The usual subversion is for something to promptly undercut the boaster's pretensions. The Combat Pragmatist in particular is given to unceremoniously cutting off boasters in the middle of their speech with a punch to the face. A Large Ham is particularly given to these.
Self-granted titles are considerably less impressive than those bestowed by awestruck allies, while titles of grudging respect from the character's enemies rank highest of all, all else being equal. Naturally, more powerful beings count for more, when ranking titles or battle honours.
The smarter heroes and villains may use riddling talk when describing their accomplishments.
A Badass Boast can be used in a few different ways.
Examples have been divided into their own pages!
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alternative title(s): Badass Boasts
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