History Main / IsThatAThreat

** In an earlier novel, Tyrion Lannister does something similar when he finds his nephew King Joffrey having Sansa Stark stripped and beaten in public.
--->'''King Joffrey:''' The King can do as he likes!\\
'''Tyrion:''' [[TheCaligula The Mad King]] did as he liked. Did your [[TheOathbreaker uncle Jaime]] tell you [[BodyguardBetrayal what happened to him]]?\\
'''Ser Meryn:''' No one threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard!\\
'''Tyrion:''' I am not threatening the King, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, if Ser Meryn speaks again, kill him. See? That is a threat.

* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Played very straight (and with a simle) by Ken Hotate when he's making it clear he's got no patience for the local city-councilman and burger chain working together to break their word and screw someone over.

'''Ken''': Why yes. I thought that was obvious.

* ''Greg Mandel Trilogy'': Averted in ''The Nano Flower'' by Creator/PeterFHamilton. Victor Tyo, chief of the security division of [[MegaCorp Event Horizon]] goes to talk to the head of their SETI project, and starts the conversation by reminding him of his confidentiality agreement.

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries''

* ''Winner Take All'', by Creator/BarryEisler.
-->I returned his stare, and something in my eyes made him look away. “If you want to play fishing games with me,” I said, “you’re just wasting time. But if I think your I-took-a-course-at-[[UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} Langley]]-on-verbal-manipulation-techniques bullshit contains an element of threat, I’ll take you out before you even have a chance to beg me not to.”

* There's this heated exchange between a (maybe) UFO witness and one of the MenInBlack in ''Series/TheXFiles'' "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E20JoseChungsFromOuterSpace Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space']]".

-->'''Vader:''' Be careful, Governor Tarkin. If you invest too much of yourself in this battle station, it may well become your tomb.
-->'''Tarkin:''' Is that a threat, Lord Vader?
-->'''Vader:''' No, Governor. Merely a [[Film/ANewHope prediction]].

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* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
** A third-party variant:
--->'''[[GeneralFailure Director Tagg]]:''' And you don't care about your savior, locked away in that cell?\\
'''[[{{Seers}} Dinah Alcott]]:''' Are you threatening [[VillainProtagonist Taylor]]?\\
'''Director Tagg:''' I don't know. You said she'll do damage in some form. Maybe we need to stop that from happening. And you said that no matter what happens, the outcome's more in our favor than it was before she surrendered. Why? Is it that important to remove her from Brockton Bay? To unseat her from her throne?\\
'''Dinah Alcott:''' I'm not answering any more questions.\\
'''Director Tagg:''' You'll answer what I ask you to answer, because we need to go into this with our eyes open. We can't have Skitter damage ''us''.\\
'''Mrs. Yamada:''' Director, this isn't constructive. The last thing she wants--\\
'''Dinah Alcott:''' The last thing I want is another arrogant dickface telling me what to do. You want answers, Director? Fine. [[LudicrousPrecision Twenty two point eight one three]] percent chance you die painfully, over long, slow minutes or hours. Maybe soon, maybe in twenty years, but it'll bring you to tears, and you'll wail in pain. That's a freebie. Want more details?
** Alexandria and Taylor have this little discussion in [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/cell-22-4/ Cell 22.4]]. It later gets turned around, in the most gruesome manner.
--->'''Alexandria:''' You wanted to be on board, I presume. You had to be informed, so you understood exactly what it means when I make a threat.\\
'''Taylor:''' You're planning to make threats?\\
'''Alexandria:''' Threats is the wrong word. But English is a limited language in some ways. There's really no word to articulate what I mean. A threat with a measure of inevitability to it. A promise? Too feeble. People break promises too often. A curse? A malediction? Too... magical. An oath? The connotations are wrong. When I say I'll do something, I make it happen.
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* ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith''. Governor Tarkin taunts Vader of how once his Death Star is built, Vader will no longer be TheDreaded in [[AlwaysABiggerFish comparison]]. Vader replies thus:

'''Mad-Eye Moody:''' ''[pleased Vernon's caught on so quickly]'' Yes, I am.\\

'''Moody:''' Well... ''[reveals his magical eye, making Vernon jump backwards into a luggage trolley]'' Yes, I'd have to say you do, Dursley.

-->'''Prince Charles:''' ''[regarding a statement his son wants to release condemning the racist attacks on his girlfriend]'' It's emotional. It's reactionary. It's not what we do.\\
'''Prince Harry:''' You mean it's not what ''you'' do. If you won't put it out as an official palace statement, then I'll tweet it myself.\\
'''Prince Charles:''' Is that a threat?\\
'''Prince Harry:''' [[BluntYes Yes]]. I'll give you twenty minutes to decide. ''[storms out]''

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': The group has found a shortcut under a dangerous-looking cliff, which is dangerously close to breaking.

* ''{{Film/Cinderella|2015}}''

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'':
-->'''Uncle Vernon:''' Are you threatening me, sir?\\

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' features a rare example where the one asking the question wasn't being threatened. Harry (at the time using Polyjuice Potion to impersonate an Ministry worker named Runcorn) gets confronted by Arthur Weasley for giving information about Dirk Cresswell. Harry tells him he's being tracked, and Mr. Weasley takes it as a threat.
-->'''Harry:''' "No, it's a fact! They're watching your every move-"

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': When Luthen brings up his ISB mole's new daughter the agent questions if its a threat, Luthen doesn't give him a straight answer and the threat is implied to be both on Luthen's behalf and the ISB's behalf pointing out that the mole can't try to quit without attracting suspicion and worse from the ISB.

* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''. When Cad Bane tells Marshal Cobb to be careful where he sticks his nose, Cobb replies "Is that friendly advice or a threat?"

--> '''Prince Charles''': ''(regarding a statement his son wants to release condemning the racist attacks on his girlfriend)'' "It's emotional. It's reactionary. It's not what we do".
--> '''Prince Harry''': "You mean it's not what ''you'' do. If you won't put it out as an official palace statement, then I'll tweet it myself."
--> '''Prince Charles''': "Is that a threat?"
--> '''Prince Harry''': "[[BluntYes Yes]]. I'll give you twenty minutes to decide." ''(storms out)''
* ''Series/{{Jekyll}}''

-->'''First Minister Dreylock:''' Need I remind you that the stargate is in our possession?\\

'''First Minister Dreylock:'''Is that a threat?\\

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* ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}'': ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':

--> '''Salem:''' It's important not to lose sight of what drives us: love, justice, reverence... But the moment you put your desires before my own, they will be ''lost'' to you. This isn't a threat; this is simply the truth. The path to your desires is only found through ''me''.

* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/{{Twitch}} and Website/YouTube.
** A little more than three hours into "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSgFRq2pY0Q When Scammers Think You're a Bitcoin Millionaire]]", Kitboga's character is refusing to cooperate with the refund scam, given that she's a Bitcoin millionaire and therefore doesn't really care about wasting time trying to claim a $300 refund. The scammers tell her that she ''has'' to take the money, saying that if she doesn't take the money "then there will be a problem with your banking." "Are you threatening me right now?!" wonders Kitboga, asking just what sort of problem there's going to be.
** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8Z4Sj-h60&t=1947s Scammer Smashes Phone After Losing $3,000]]," the scammer insists that Kitboga tell him his zip code fast so that he can look up where the nearest Target store is to get gift cards. Kitboga, however, is growing bored with the scammer [[SuckinessIsPainful due to his ineffectualness]] and it doesn't help that the scammer's next move is to state that if Kit doesn't hurry up with the zip code he will go into his bank account and "took out all the money," a standard scammer threat when they're otherwise out of options. "You wanna see that?" asks the scamer and Kit asks if he's threatening him right now.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
-->'''Ratchet:''' Omega Supreme is one of us. An Autobot. A ''friend''. [[PapaWolf Harm one circuit on him and you'll answer to me]].\\
'''[[{{Jerkass}} Sentinel Prime]]:''' Are you threatening me? That's treason, soldier! Arrest him!

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Zhao uses a variant when he pushes Zuko's BerserkButton in the second episode by pointing out [[WellDoneSonGuy Zuko's scar is proof of his father's disfavour]]. Enraged, Zuko asks if Zhao would like one to match, to which Zhao coolly replies if that was intended as a challenge. Zuko confirms it by challenging Zhao to a firebending duel.

** In ''Artificial Condition'', when Murderbot says it will rip out the tongue of the BigBad if she steps out of line, she suggests it come up with better threats. Murderbot replies, "I don't make threats. I'm just telling you [[NotHyperbole what I'm going to do]]." This becomes an IronicEcho in the following story when Murderbot finds itself up against [[KillerRobot combat bots]] who state they're going to tear them apart.
-->I reminded myself a combat bot wasn't a human, it wasn't a villain [[GenreSavvy from one of my shows]]. It was a bot, and it wasn't threatening us.\\

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': In ''Artificial Condition'', when Murderbot says it will rip out the tongue of the BigBad if she steps out of line, she suggests it come up with better threats. Murderbot replies, "I don't make threats. I'm just telling you [[NotHyperbole what I'm going to do]]." This becomes an IronicEcho in the following story when Murderbot finds itself up against [[KillerRobot combat bots]] who state they're going to tear them apart.

* ''[[LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek Harry & Meghan:]][[https://youtu.be/ZlSgsjovD4I A Royal Romance]]''
--> '''Prince Charles''': ''(regarding a statement his son wants to release condemning the racist attacks on his girlfriend)'' "It's emotional. It's reactionary. It's not what we do".
--> '''Prince Harry''': "You mean it's not what ''you'' do. If you won't put it out as an official palace statement, then I'll tweet it myself."
--> '''Prince Charles''': "Is that a threat?"
--> '''Prince Harry''': "[[BluntYes Yes]]. I'll give you twenty minutes to decide." ''(storms out)''

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', "[[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E6FromTheDesertComesAStranger From the Desert Comes a Stranger]]": When Cad Bane tells Cobb Vanth to be careful where he sticks his nose, Cobb replies "Is that friendly advice or a threat?"

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': In ''Artificial Condition'', when Murderbot says it will rip out the tongue of the BigBad if she steps out of line, she suggests it come up with better threats. Murderbot replies, "I don't make threats. I'm just telling you [[NotHyperbole what I'm going to do]]." This becomes an IronicEcho in the following story when Murderbot finds itself up against [[KillerRobot combat bots]] who state they're going to tear Murderbot apart.

* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': In ''Artificial Condition'', when Murderbot says it will rip out the tongue of the BigBad if she steps out of line, she suggests it come up with better threats. Murderbot replies, "I don't make threats. I'm just telling you [[NotHyperbole what I'm going to do]]."

'''Prince Derek:''' ''[grabs Rothbart by the throat]'' Don't you dare let her die!\\
'''Rothbart:''' Ooooh, it is a threat!