Punctuated Pounding - Television Tropes & Idioms

Do! Not! Piss! Near! A! Church!

One character is very much annoyed at another. Rather than just use the generic Hyperspace Mallet or whatever is freely available once, however, he uses it repeatedly, while admonishing the poor sap on the other end in a staccato tone. The beating serves as the staccato, with each word or natural beat in the sentence given its own "exclamation point" with the physicality.

Almost exclusively used in animation, as to do it in real life often carries a risk of injury. Comedy ain't pretty. Live action examples tend to be intentionally violent and non-comedic, or Crosses the Line Twice.

Compare And This Is for..., Mickey Mousing, Punctuated! For! Emphasis!.

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Comedic Examples

Anime and Manga

Trigun, episode "And Between the Wasteland and Sky": Vash the Stampede is trying to stop the sandsteamer he's riding from going into a canyon wall, and his companion, who knows the steamer's layout, has gone into a breakdown. In exasperation, Vash grabs him and headbutts him repeatedly - into the ground like a tent spike, it's worth noting, as well: "What! Are! You! Getting! All! Senti! Mental! For! You! Little! Squirt!"
- It should be noted that said squirt had just cold-bloodedly manipulated Vash by pretending to be pathetic, drugged him unconscious, and then systematically betrayed everyone on the steamer to Crazy Awesome bandits who were going to kill them all, and they only had about half an hour before it went over the cliff. Because Vash is too nice a guy to behave like that without extreme provocation.
GOOOOOOD! MOOOORNING! ICHIGOOOOO!
In the Ranma ½ anime, Akane hits Ranma with a baseball bat, frying pan, and finally, a kettle, in an outrage that he hugged her after she caught (what appeared to be) him embracing Shampoo in a romantic fashion.
Akane: Molester! Pervert! You big liar!
Ladd Russo vs. Mook in Baccano, bare-knuckle style. Your definition of 'funny' may wary, considering the end result of the poor mook's skull.

Fan Fiction

In Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami, Dark coshes Near while roaring "DO! YOU! WANT! TO! BE! NECKS [sic] ?"

Film

The Bride does this to the last, frightened, teenage member of the Crazy 88s gang, with the flat of her blade against his backside, in Kill Bill:
"This — is what — you get — for fucking — around — with yakuzas! GO HOME TO YOUR MOTHER!"
- Also done on Buck with a door right at the start of the movie. "Where's Bill?!" "I dunn-SLAM" "Where's Bill?!"
In the Power Rangers movie, when the Ooze Men attack for the first time, Kimberly responds with "YOU! GUYS! MAKE! ME! SICK! SICK! SICK!" delivering a kick into his stomach each time. Eventually he slams into the ceiling and lands down on the floor.
The Incredibles has two instances of this. The first comes with Edna Mode swatting ~~Helen Parr~~ Elastigirl in the face with a newspaper while shouting at her to "Pull — yourself — together!" The second... see below.
Are you paying attention, Larry? Because this! Is what happens! When you fuck! A stranger! In the ass! Do you see it, Larry? Do you see what happens when you Fuck! A Stranger! in the Ass!
In Kung Fu Hustle, the protagonist Sing mocks a tram passenger's glasses, who retaliates by rhythmically beating Sing and his companion Bone's heads against the seats while berating them.
The MTV Movie Awards parody of The Matrix Reloaded had ~~Stifler~~ Seann William Scott do this to himself during their version of the "Burly Brawl" scene.
"STOP! HITTING! YOURSELF!"
Hot Fuzz has one:
Simon Skinner: "GET! *punch* OUT! *punch* OF MY! *punch* VILLAGE!" *punch*
Nicholas Angel (catching Skinners fist): "It's not your village any more!" *megaton punch*
Hudson Hawk. Tommy Five-Tone does it to Darwin Mayflower.
Darwin Mayflower: Tommy [snip] You were hired as bait. Do you have an answer as to why you betrayed me?
Tommy Five-Tone: I've got five of them. One! [punch] Two! [punch] Three! [punch] Four! [punch] Just one more! [punch]

Literature

In Peter David's Star Trek: The Next Generation novel "Q-in-Law," Lwaxana Troi delivers one of these to Q, of all people, while reciting her full title.
"Heir (kick) to the (kick) Holy (kick) Rings (kick) of Betazed!" (punt)
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mad-Eye Moody turns Draco Malfoy into a ferret (punishment for trying to hit Harry with a spell while his back was turned), and then begins bouncing him between the floor and ceiling, shouting at him between each bounce.
- Not to mention in the following book Order of the Phoenix: Harry has just had to repel two Dementors on his own in Little Whinging, much to Mrs. Figg's (a Squib who has kept watch on Harry secretly for years) ire. Mundungus Fletcher (who has also been tailing Harry in secret and abandoned his post momentarily in light of a business opportunity) returns to the scene, and is promptly attacked by a furious Figg and her drawstring shopping bag full of tinned cat food:
  "Ow! Ow! Get off, you ol' bat! Somebody's gotta tell Dumbledore!"
  "Yes- you- have!' shouted Mrs. Figg, punctuating each word with a blow, 'And- you- can- go- so- you- can- tell- you- why- you- weren't- there- to- HELP!!"
- And then, in The Deathly Hallows, upon Ron's unexpected return to Harry and Hermione:
  Hermione: "You- complete- ARSE- Ronald- Weasley!!!"

Live-Action TV

Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
- Buffy did this almost every time she beat the crap out of someone.
- Like, when she pounded Olaf the Troll God into an unconscious pulp while verbally defending Xander's and Anya's relationship, or when she used Olaf's troll-hammer to play croquette with Glory (with Glory as the croquette ball, naturally).
- Or in "Flooded", when a demon damaged her new plumbing: "FULL! COPPER! REPIPE! NO! MORE! FULL! COPPER! REPIPE!"
- Combined with Dance Battler in the Musical Episode when she kills Sweet's puppet minions while singing "Give Me Something to Sing About".
- Xander, in "Reptile Boy", when he was pounding on the frat boy
Xander: That’s for the wig...and that’s for the bra…… that’s for the make-up and that’s for the last sixteen and a half years!

New Media

It's Sam G's "thing" in Avatar Adventures to finish off an opponent with either one of these or a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure reference.
"You! Can't! Go! And! Take! My! Punctuating! Each! Word! With! An! Assault! Thing! It's! MINE!"
Happens every time Gordon Freeman attacks something in Freeman's Mind.

Video Games

More of an implied example, really, but in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, one of Cyrax's training mode opponents is Johnny Cage. Apparently, Cyrax hates Cage's movies, and "felt especially robbed of his eight bucks when he saw Ninja Mime." With promises to beat that money out of Cage, it's not hard to imagine Cyrax going, "I! (whap) Want! (whap) My! (whap) Eight! (whap) Bucks! (whap) Back! (whap)", or something to that effect.
Sam's awesome beatdown to Skunkape in They Stole Max's Brain.
"I! have! had! e! nough! of! you!"

Web Comics

I! ALREADY! SAID! THE! FUCKING! PUNCH! LINE! YOU! STUPID! PIECE! OF! CRAP!
If filler is to be believed, Dan Shive does this during Percussive Maintenance on a computer.

Web Original

On Homestar Runner, in the Strong Bad Email "do over", a frustrated Strong Bad has to put up with Homestar standing in for The Cheat. Eventually, he snaps and begins using his keyboard as a weapon, yelling, "DON'T! EVER! DRESS! UP! As The CHEAT! AGAIN! PARSLEY! SAGE! ROSEMARY! And THYME!" A nice pat on the head and some sage advice indeed. Unfortunately, Strong Mad is more easily fooled by Homestar's disguise, and comes to rescue "The Cheat".
From Atop the Fourth Wall: Word! To! The! Wise! Wearing! A! Huge! Frigging! Echo! Chamber! On! Your! Head! Is! Not! Very! Smart! ...*bong*.
- May be more serious but...YOU! TALK! TOO! MUCH! DURING! A! FIGHT! SCENE! ...Nah.
Sleep Talkin' Man.

Western Animation

During a jailbreak in The Powerpuff Girls, Blossom smacks a prisoner's head back and forth, in the expressed hope that "maybe — this will — teach you to — leave jail — before you've — paid your — debt to — society!" The Professor, currently in the role of the super-powered "PowerProf" and in a particularly overbearing mood, takes the prisoner and tries to correct her technique, saying that "It's — all in — the wrist!" while doing the exact same thing.
In part 1 of the Darkwing Duck episode "Just Us Justice Ducks", the title character's evil twin Negaduck jumps on top of Darkwing's body to the rhythm of "THIS! IS THE HAPPIEST! MOMENT! OF! MY! LIFE! Oh, almost forgot..."
On Xavier: Renegade Angel, a drug dealer beats Xavier, shouting, "Give! Me! Back! My! Son! Wait! Sorry! I! Mean! Drugs!"
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GET ME THE RED MEGAMAN! YOU DIRTY! CHEAP-ASS! PIECE OF CRAP!
- In another episode, Mickey Mouse beats up one of the Jonas Brothers when they refused to promote the purity rings for the company (which was actually a marketing ploy made by the company to get pre-teen girls into having sex) because the rings overshadow their music:
Mickey Mouse: You DON'T. FUCKING. TALK TO ME. LIKE THAT. Huh-huh-huh... YOU LITTLE. PIECE OF. SHIT!
Bender does this several times, usually to Zoidberg.
Bender: YOU'RE - NOT - FIT - TO WEAR - FRY'S - LEOTARD!
Bender: Second place?! That's the same as losing! YOU. DIDN'T. STICK. YOUR. LANDING!
Glib! Does not! Equate! With clever!
This! Is! For! Not! Returning! My! Lawnmower! Always return the things that you borrow...
This line from the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Flipmode", punctuated by Space Ghost whacking Zorak with a pipe wrench under the screen: "DO NOT - INTERRUPT - THE JUDGE!! ... [WHACK!]"
In The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit does this as he hammers in a sign reading "Don't feed the bear" when Pooh is stuck in a hole.
The Penguins of Madagascar: Zookeeper Alice yells "Do - not - feed - the - animals!", punctuating the phrase by slapping up signs displaying the same message.
In Celebrity Deathmatch, Martha Stewart does this to Sandra Bernhard for the latter's manners:
Martha Stewart: Hasn't anyone - ever - told you - not to - talk - with your - mouth full?

Serious Examples