Pre Asskicking One Liner / Video Games

"I'll tell you a secret: I prepared 40 different versions of my opening remarks."

— Elysia, Honkai Impact 3rd

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• Altered Beast (1988): "WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!"
• Arknights: An event has Ch'en surrounded by street thugs, one of whom tells her "You're outnumbered three to one!" Her response? "Then it's a fair fight."
• Armored Core: "Target verified. Commencing hostilities." The last words you will hear.
• Assassin's Creed III: "Well now... I'm going to feed you your teeth."
• Asura's Wrath: Come on! (To a fucking planet-sized god, and he wins.)
  • The game itself delivers one in Episode Twelve, when Asura goes into his Berserker Form.
    Achievement Unlocked: "Heads Will Roll"
• Baldur's Gate has quite a few used by both villain and hero, even if we discount the fact that every character has his own Battle Cries.
  CHARNAME: Is it true that dragon meat tastes like chicken? Never mind; I'll find out for myself.
  • Minsc has the best battle cries. "Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes! Raaagghhhhhhh!!"
  • Even better: "Jump on my sword while you can, evil! I won't be as gentle!"
  • "Evil, meet my sword! Sword, meet Evilllllllllllllllll!"
• Bayonetta has several, including Dante's "Let's rock, baby!"
  • "Don't fuck with a witch!"
• From BioShock Infinite's Motorized Patriot:
  The Lord judges. I act.
• BlazBlue has some characters with truly justifiable one liners.
  Hakumen: Give everything, and you might live a little longer!
  Nu-13: Activate termination protocol.
  Terumi: Make sure you do your part, and scream for me.
• In Brutal Orchestra, Osman Sinnoks is the only boss that talks before the fight, and he makes up for it:
  "Breathe deep. This you will not forget."
• From Chrono Cross: "Now, let love bleed! Darker and deeper than the seas of hell!"
• Command & Conquer: "I got a present for ya!"
• Contra: "It's time for revenge." "Let's attack aggressively."
  • And the lesser known "What is this place?" "Keep your eyes peeled!" *gun cocking sounds*
  • Neo Contra:
    Guerilla Contra: As your reward for getting this far, I'll grant you a quick death.
    Mystery G: Bwahahahaha! Let's see what you got!
    Plant Contra: En garde! Serious mode! Plant Flaaaaash!
    Pheromone Contra: Poor Billy. There are some things you're better off not knowing. But don't fear, I'll kill you now so you'll never have to deal with them.
    Animal Contra: Flutter about all you want! Your time is over...
    Master Contra: But enough! The time for talk is over! [first phase]
    Master Contra: When I'm through, not a single strand of your DNA will remain! [second phase]
• In Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Dingodile delivers one before his boss fight:
  Break out the butter. I'm gonna make toast!
• Darksiders: "You can look at me in the eye when I kill you."
• DC Universe Online:
  Deathstroke:: [taking a flamethrower, to Riddler] I've got a burning question for you.
• From Dead Space 2: "Goddamn it, I trusted you! Fuck you, AND FUCK YOUR MARKER!"
• From Dead Space 3: "You can't have us..."
• As the protagonists of Destiny 2 are all suffering from a severe case of Heroic Mime Syndrome, it's often on your Mission Control to provide these. For example, at the start of the final battle in The Pyramidion strike;
  Ikora Rey: Inform the Genesis Mind it has guests.
  • Your ghost gives a great one before the last fight of the first mission. After being Brought Down to Normal in the opening stage, fighting Cabal with naught but a sidearm and a SMG, and despairing of how to oust the Big Bad from the Last City, your ghost is downright gleeful to reestablish its connection to the Light and says with renewed confidence the catchphrase of the franchise: "Eyes up, Guardian."
• Deus Ex:
  Bob Page: Soon, I will become pure energy. I will burn like the brightest star.
  JC Denton: You're gonna burn alright.
• Devil May Cry: Dante practically lives for these.
  • "Let's rock, baby!"
  • "Jackpot!"
  • "I can already tell, looks like this is gonna be one hell of a party!"
  • "So, this is what they call a heartwarming family reunion, eh?"
    • Vergil even has a retaliatory one-liner for that one: "You got that right."
  • And of course Nero's short and sweet "Let's roll."
  • When using Buster on Sanctus, one of his lines is "You are the demon. NOT ME!"
  • When using his fully awakened Devil Trigger for the first time in the fight against Vergil, Nero says "FUCK YOU!"
• Diablo 3 gives us this one.
  Diablo: Even in the heart of heaven, angels can still feel fear.
• DonPachi series:
  • DoDonPachi, from the True Final Boss:^note Yes, this is verbatim
    "HOW DARE YOU PENETRATE MY TEARITORY? YOU HAVE ROBBED EVERYTHING I POSSESSED. YOU KNOE,WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME IS JUST UNFORGIVABLE. I'LL PUNISH YOU MYSELF AND SEE TO IT THAT YOU'LL DIE A MISERABLE DEATH BY MY AWESOME WEAPON. DIE, MAGGOTTS."
  • Colonel Longhena in DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu:
    "Finally, it is time for you to die. Farewell."
• Dragon Age: Origins:
  • Alastair gives us this gem.
    Alright, who ordered death?
  • Witness Gaxkang!
• This is part of the reason why the title character from Duke Nukem is such a Badass, even though he lifts a few lines from other sources. Example: "Come on out, Morphix. There's only two ways this can end, and in both of 'em, you die!"
• Dungeon Siege 3 has one especially memorable one.
  Jeyne: If any of you pretend to piety, pray to your gods now.
• Dusty Revenge have the titular character letting out an awesome one before facing Craven, the villain who killed his father Dante. "Craven got what he desired. It was time for me to get my revenge!"
• EarthBound (1994): The Department Store Spook shouts out one right before he attacks Ness.
  Dept. Store Spook: This department store is gonna be your grave! You will be gone, and you'll be burning in... Well, you'll go to heaven!
• The bosses in Einhänder, with the exception of the Schwarzgeist and Hyperion. All their taunts are in Gratuitous German.
• In Eternal Sonata, if you build up enough echoes before unleashing a special attack, the character will say something awesome.
  Falsetto: By thunder and lightning will you be thrown. By wind will you be scattered. Heaven and Earth! Howling Thunder!
  Fredric: There is power within my melodies! Listen! Piu Grave!
  Salsa: Descend from Heaven and shatter the Earth! Deadly Orbit!
  March: The bright light within me is apart of all things that shine! Super Nova!
  Polka: Stay out of my way! Pure Geyser!
• EVE Online gives us this from the trailer for the latest expansion, called Incursion. This particular one-liner precedes the collective ass-kicking of a galactic cluster, 4 established empires and their respective naval forces, and the player-base.
  Sansha Kuvakei: I will vanquish your fear, and commute your flesh...to dust.
• In Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, the Mr. Gutsy robots say these almost exclusively: "Every day is a good day to die!" "Kill'em all and let GOD sort 'em out!" "Looks like it's my lucky day." "Take THAT, you commie bastard!"
  • Every companion in New Vegas has one of these before combat starts. They range from the amusing (Arcade Ganon's "Oh here we go!) to the understated (Rose of Sharon Cassidy's "And then the fight started") to the genuinely disturbing (cold sniper Craig Boone's calm "You're mine"). ED-E, being able only to communicate in beeps, has a Western melody that plays (taken from a Pre-War radio show about a boy and his eyebot).
• Many Final Fantasy bosses have these before the Boss Battle.
  • Final Fantasy: "I, Garland, will knock you all down!"
  • Final Fantasy VI:
    • "My name is Ultima... I am power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed, for I am but strength given form... Feeble creatures of flesh... Your time is nigh!"
    • Kefka, right before the final battle. "Life... Dreams... Hope... Where do they come from? And where do they go? Such meaningless things... I'll destroy them all!"
  • There's several of them in Final Fantasy VII, its sub-franchise, and crossover appearances, particularly from Sephiroth.
    • From Crisis Core: "Traitor...you will pay!" (Cue Octaslash)
    • From Kingdom Hearts II:
      Sephiroth: Well, that's an interesting sword you're carrying. [indicating Sora's weapon]
      Donald: It's the Keyblade.
      Sephiroth: I see. So that's a Keyblade. [to Sora] And I suppose you must be its chosen wielder.
      Sora: So what if I am?
      Sephiroth: I wonder if it won't change its mind, once I defeat you.
    • From Advent Children after impaling Cloud on the Masamune:
      "Is this the pain you felt before, Cloud? Let me remind you... this time, you won't forget."
    • Zack Fair, a non-villain example: "...and above all... protect your honor... AS SOLDIER!! COME AND GET IT!!!" To a whole army.
  • Final Fantasy IX: "Then allow me to shatter your delusions of grandeur!"
  • Final Fantasy X:
    • The game in general has the characters say one-liners before casting spells and using skills. Lulu is particularly known for that.
    • "Your hope ends here! And your meaningless existence with it!"
  • Final Fantasy XV has Noctis give a good one to the Final Boss.
    Noctis: Off my chair, jester. The king sits there.
  • Dissidia Final Fantasy has all characters say something when the battle starts, and a good part of the time it'll be this trope, or some sort of mocking comment about the opponent. The prequel Dissidia 012 went further with custom introductory quotes for storyline battles where both characters speaks. For example, this gem from the Final Boss:
    Garland: I will grant you true and utter annihilation!
    Lightning: Bring it on! I don't need a second chance!
    • Kain is also particularly adept at delivering these before his battles:
      Exdeath: So you offer your life in exchange for theirs?
      Kain: Of course not. I offer yours.
• Fire Emblem:
  • Although Fire Emblem Gaiden is considered primitive and didn't have voice acting, its 3DS remake, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, repeats this tradition of the now-famous pre-death one-liners by having its now-expanded cast to say voiced critical quotes, which complements the game's beautifully done full-voice acting. Examples include:
    Alm: This is how it's done!
    Celica: My apologies.
    Mae: Eat this, pal!
    • Even the equally aesthetically beautiful villains share this trait. For instance, if the RNG was in his favor and Berkut finally got to beat Alm in battle by getting an unlucky crit against him (at least unlucky to the player), you might hear the prideful prince of power scream:
      Berkut: Know your damn place!
  • This becomes a recurring element for final chapters starting with The Binding Blade, where characters present in the final chapter say something before the final chapter starts. For example, in The Blazing Blade before taking down the Big Bad, all characters that are taking part in the battle get to deliver one, or at the very least the group they're fighting for. The best is Canas' "Let this battle be forgotten by history, that is all I ask."
  • Hector gets this beauty of a quote when facing the boss of his version of chapter 11:
    Hector: You see, I'm about as angry as I've ever been. I doubt that even a dozen of you could slow me down. Prepare to die!!!
  • The Sacred Stones has this gem delivered by Joshua when fighting his former friend and partner Caellach, who just finished killing Joshua's mother.
    Joshua: Listen Caellach... I've got to kill you now. Don't hold it against me.
  • In Awakening, all characters have quotes when they land a critical hit or activate a skill. The line generally viewed as the best belongs to Frederick.
    Frederick: Pick a god and pray!
    The Avatar: Time to tip the scales!
    Tharja: You're all dead...
  • This comes back in Fates. One of the more memorable quotes is The Avatar shouting for the glory of the respective kingdom you choose to fight for, once they promote.
  • Because of its nature as a crossover of the whole series, Fire Emblem Heroes gives these to all of its units, even those didn't have voice acting in their original games.
  • It returns again in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the second entry with full-voice acting. Seems like crit quotes have become a series staple by now.
    Byleth: Here is something to believe in!
    Edelgard: I will prevail!
    Dimitri: Let's see you dodge this!
    Claude: My moment has arrived!
  • This continues yet again in Fire Emblem Engage, where, like in Fates, some of the retainers share the same crit quotes as their leaders.
    Alear: Sleep now!
    Alfred: Scatter like petals!
    Diamant: Nothing short of victory!
    Ivy: There is no escape!
    Timerra: Let’s have some fun!
• G.I. Joe:
  • The Joes: "Yo, Joe!"
  • Tomax and Xamot: It's now or never!
  • Metal-Head: Don't get me mad!
  • Baroness: I can't wait to see you. Hahahahahahaha!, It's showtime.
  • Major Bludd: Your Days Are Numbered!
  • Destro: You won't get out after this one.
  • Cobra Commander: Long live Cobra, the greatest, Whahahahaha!
• God Hand:
  • Gene has a few of these, even more irrelevant than usual because he doesn't give a damn about his opponent. "You can wax on wax off all you like, I'm still kicking your ass" is probably the most well-known. Probably the most amusing is the one word he spouts in response to the Mad Midget Five's Team Shot:
    "Douchebags!"
  • Elvis' "I'm gettin' hungry, hombre!"
• God of War: AREEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
  • Ares, destroy my enemies, and my life is yours!!
  • I am not the same man you found that day. The monster you created has returned... to kill you!
  • ZEUS! YOUR SON HAS RETURNED! I BRING THE DESTRUCTION! OF OLYMPUS!
• In Golden Sun: Dark Dawn:
  Arcanus: How many times must I prove that you little insects can't hurt me?
  Hou Zan: Once more, apparently.
  • Subverted, Arcanus teleports away.
• Grand Theft Auto V:
  • Your friendly neighborhood methhead Trevor Philips drops one in “The Paleto Score”:
  Trevor Philips: Time to face the music!
• From Guild Wars 2, for Human characters who choose the street-rat personal story:
  Two-Blade Pete: You think you're smarter than Pete, do ya? Think you hurt me? Let me tell you something—
  Player: Better men than you have tried.
  Two-Blade Pete: Tried and failed. Look, kid. I'm not easily intimi-
  Player: Tried... and died.
• In Hard Corps: Uprising:
  Tiberius: You again... So, you want me dead? I'm going to enjoy this battle!
• You let out several in Hero of Sparta, mostly in cutscenes before you charge towards mooks and turns everything to mincemeat.
  "You all belong to Hades, and that's where I'll send you!"
• In Heroes of the Storm, using a Heroic Ability rewards you with an awesome line or quote from nearly every playable hero. Even the Overwatch characters say their iconic lines for their signature Heroics from their home game, as well as new lines for their exclusive Heroics for this game^note Tracer is the only exception as she only has her Pulse Bomb as her only Heroic:
  Alarak: Meet my blades! (Deadly Charge)/[Evil Laugh] (Counter-Strike)
  Artanis: Activate Purifier Beam! (Purifier Beam)/Take their vision away! (Suppression Pulse)
  Arthas: Let the army of the damned RISE! (Army of the Dead)/Sindragosa! Let loose your wrath! (Summon Sindragosa)
  Azmodan: DROWN IN THE TIDE OF SIN! (Black Pool)/[Evil Laugh] You though you were so clever... (Demonic Invasion)
  Brightwing: Blessings among friends!! (Blink Heal)/Go away!!! (Emerald Wind)
  Cassia: Suffer the might of THE STORM! (Ball Lightning)/Lend me your aid, sister! (Valkyrie)
  Cho: Get over here! (Upheaval)
  Chromie: Power of the BRONZE DRAGONFLIGHT! (Slowing Sands)/ See you in a few moments! (Temporal Loop)
  E.T.C.: Let's JAM!!! (Mosh Pit)/Stage Dive!!! (Stage Dive)
  Falstad: Ride the lightning! (Hinterland Blast)/It's BOOM time! (Mighty Gust)
  Gall: Come havoc! Come INFINITE NIGHT! (Twisting Nether)
  Genji: Ryuujin no ken wo kurae! (Dragonblade) / Ryuu gekiken! (X-Strike)
  Gul'dan: Such feeble minds! (Horrify)/Bear witness to the Master's true power!! (Rain of Destruction)
  Illidan: YOU!! ARE NOT!! PREPAAARED!!! (The Hunt)/NOW I AM COMPLETE! (Metamorphosis)
  Jaina: Rise, servant of Neptulon! (Summon Water Elemental)/Ring of Frost! (Ring of Frost)
  Johanna: FAITH is my shield! (Blessed Shield)/May the Heavens' wrath fall! (Falling Sword)
  Kael'thas: Behold... the phoenix god, Al'ar! (Phoenix)/And now you will taste true power! (Pyroblast)
  Kharazim: THE GODS STRIKE THROUGH ME! (Seven-Sided Strike)/A thousand and one blessings upon you. (Divine Palm)
  Leoric: YOU DARE BRING THE WARMTH OF LIFE INTO MY TOMB?! (Entomb)
  Lt. Morales: Nano-Stim Deployed! (Stim Drone)/ Heal Bus is here! Fall in! (Medivac Dropship)
  Lúcio: OH, LET'S BREAK IT DOWN! (Sound Barrier)/RRE~MIIXXX!! (Reverse Amp)
  Lunara: Ha-HAHA! (Leaping Strike)
  Malfurion: Gather my friends, and be healed! (Tranquility)/ Let our enemies beware!! (Twilight Dream)
  Muradin: KHAAAAZ MOOOO-DAAAAAAN! (Avatar)/Ha, ha, ha! That's how we do it! (Haymaker)
  Murky: [Horn blowing] (March of the Murlocs)
  Nazeebo: Rise, Gargantuan! Defend this land! (Gargantuan)/Devour everything! (Ravenous Spirit)
  Nova: Terminating, with extreme prejudice! (Triple Tap)/Here comes the light show! (Precision Strike)
  Ragnaros: BEHOLD, RAGNAROS!! (Molten Core)/DIE INSECTS!!! (Lava Wave)/SULFURAS WILL BE YOUR END!!! (Sulfuras Smash)
  Raynor: Light 'em up, Matt! (Hyperion)/ Rain down hell down on my target! (Raynor's Raiders)
  Rehgar: BATHE IN THE POWER OF THE HORDE! (Bloodlust)/YOU'RE NOT DYING ON ME! (Ancestral Healing)
  Sgt. Hammer: Let's rain down some HELLFIRE! (Napalm Blast)/Time for the BIG GUN! (Blunt Force Gun)
  Tassadar: The Void and Khala, AS ONE! (Archon Mode)/FORCE WALL!!! (Force Wall)
  Tracer: You need a time-out! (Pulse Bomb)
  Tyrael: EMBRACE JUDGMENT! (Judgment)/Stand firm, friends! (Sanctification)
  Tyrande: BURN IN THE GODDESS'S LIGHT! (Starfall)/We meld with the shadow! (Shadowstalk)
  Uther: The Light is our shield!! (Divine Shield) / Divine Storm!!! (Divine Storm)
  Valeera: There's smoke in your eye! (Smoke Bomb)/ Shadows envelop me! (Cloak of Shadows)
  Valla: You cannot escape my wrath! (Strafe)/ Let vengeance take you! (Rain of Vengeance)
  Varian: You're holding back. Don't! (Taunt) / [scream of fury] (Colossus Smash)
  Xul: Poison Nova! (Poison Nova)/ Rise in my service! (Skeletal Mages)
  Zagara: The Swarm consumes! (Devouring Maw)/Rise, Nydus! (Nydus Network)
  Zarya:Огонь по готовности![Fire at will!] (Graviton Surge)/Прочь с дороги![Get out of the way!] (Expulsion Zone)
  Zeratul: Your fate is sealed! (Void Prison)/The void claims you! (Shadow Assault)
  Zul'jin: TAAAAAAZ'DINGO!!! (Taz'dingo)/Here come the big axe!!! (Guillotine)
• Honkai Impact 3rd: During fight with Herrscher of Domination, when Kiana awakens her Herrscher of Flamescion powers, she raises her sword, points it at the enemy and says "My turn now. Hope you're fine with that!". Theme Music Power-Up and The Power of Friendship ensue.
• Killer7:
  • Harman's first lines in the game "Good night child, it's past your bed time."
  • And Dan's classic, "I went to see the Devil, now it's your turn."
• Killzone:
  • Do not...toy with me.
  • Also: "Haven't I killed ALL of you yet?!"
• More than a few of these in Kingdom Hearts, especially from the Organization XIII baddies.
  • Axel, Demyx (below), Larxene, and Xemnas:
    Axel: Oh? So you really do remember me this time. I'm sooooo FLATTERED. But you're toooo LATE!
    Axel: [during the intro sequence of the boss fight] Come here! I'll make it all STOP! BURN! BABEH!
    Xemnas: I cannot feel sorrow... no matter what misery befalls your worlds. No matter what you think, what you feel, or how you exist
  • Cloud's memorable and extremely clever comeback to Sephiroth's taunts (several times): Shut up!
  • Gems from Auron: "I foresee no difficulty," "You don't want to move," and "Pray. Now."
  • "They'll pay for this." Cue Flung Clothing and Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
  • And what about some of Those Few Bosses' lines, such as "Different name, same fate," the Lingering Sentiment's ever so simple "Xehanort!" or Demyx's Let's Get Dangerous! line, "Silence, traitor."
  • Zexion, his attempted Mind Rape of Riku thwarted and on the verge of a Villainous Breakdown, gets one during his (actual) boss fight in re:CoM (he was The Unfought in the original). Had Axel not started a chain of events leading to Naminé playing Spanner in the Works, he might have very well succeeded in carrying out his threat.
    Zexion: Then I shall make you see... That your hopes are nothing—nothing but a mere illusion!
  • We get this one from Riku in Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]:
    Riku: Glad I get to fight more than boredom.
  • And, from the same game, and in the same world...
    Sora: Let's go, Tron!
  • Also from Dream Drop Distance, and also from Riku (seeing a pattern here?):
    Riku: Are you what's trapping him in that nightmare? Because if you are... I'm what Nightmares fear!
  • Even the manga adaptation cannot avoid such badass lines. One noticeable example is Sora taking out an out-of-control Magnum Loader.
    Sora: End of the road!
  • Despite its Unexpected Gameplay Change, Atlantica gets one from Sora when he realizes that the girl with Eric is a disguised Ursula.
    Sora: Okay, that's it! [pulls the Keyblade out and destroys Ursula's necklace with a beam of light]
• Parodied in Kingdom of Loathing:
  "PANCAKES!" you howl, testing the theory that it doesn't actually matter what you howl, so long as you get the correct volume and murderous inflection. "PANCAAAAAAAAAAKES!" Your foe scampers away in fear, lending credence to your hypothesis.
• Carth Onasi's great line from Knights of the Old Republic: "DOWN YOU GO!"
• Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords actually has one for, of all people, Bao-Dur.
  Bao-Dur: I think he wanted us to give the General to his poorly trained collection of bounty hunters.
  Atton: Well that makes sense. Which one do you want?
  Bao-Dur: I'll take the stupid one who decided to threaten us rather than shoot us when he had the chance.
• Left 4 Dead:
  Bill: Goddamn Smoker! You're going to have to use that tongue of yours to pull my foot out of your ass!
  Bill (Sacrifice Comic): Hold your horses, I'll be with you in a minute.
  Nick: I have not...come this far...to die now!
  Ellls: Kill all sons of bitches...that's my official instructions.
  Coach: And when we run outta bullets...baby, they gonna wish we hadn't.
• Legacy of Kain:
  • In Blood Omen 2, before the first boss, the boss in question says that Kain will die if he fights the Sarafan Lord, Kain says that may be true, and then adds, "But you will never know how it ends, Faustus, for I will bury you first of all."
  • If you haven't played the other games before Defiance, it does a great job at explaining Kain to you in the first five minutes.
    Sarafan: Surender, fiend, and we promise you an easy death.
    Kain: I could promise you the same. ...but it would be a lie.
• The Legend Of Zelda C Di Games:
  • From Link: Faces of Evil:
    Ganon: Join me, Link, and I will make you a face—the grrrreatest in Koridai! Or else you will DIE.
  • From Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon:
    Ganon: You dare bring light into my lair? YOU MUST DIE!!
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom:
  Ganondorf: Do not look away. You witness a king's revival... and the birth of his new world.
• Upon fighting the final boss of Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters, he says, "Arise, my friends!"
• Lunar: Eternal Blue:
  Lucia: Dragons of Althena, come forth!
  Ruby: This is it! Let's go!
  Nall: Let's rock!
• Whereas most Fighting Games use, "Ready? Fight!" before matches, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 gives us...
  Announcer: Prepare to kick butt. BEGIN!
• Onslaught, the final boss of Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, gives two, one for each form.
  Onslaught (first form): Know my name and fear it: I am Onslaught.
  Onslaught (final form): NO ONE IS SAFE!
• Mass Effect, made by the same company as Baldur's Gate, includes a whole lot of team chatter that qualifies, including a shout-out to Minsc's famous line:
  • Tali: "Go for the Optics, Chikkita! Go for the Optics!"
  • Jack: "Hello, dead people!"
  • Mordin: "Flammable! Or inflammable! Forget which! Doesn't matter!"
  • Grunt: "I! AM! KROGANNNNNN!"
  • Kasumi: "Now you see me..." *cue Stealth Hi/Bye and Back Stab*
  • Zaeed: "Sit down!"
  • Commander Shepard is full of these. If we were to list all the one-liners s/he says we would probably have to give Mass Effect its own section. AGAIN!
  • Emily Wong got one in a Twitter feed. She was in an aircar, unarmed, bleeding, with a Reaper right in front of her. She had only one choice. Her last message: "You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." A shame she almost certainly accomplished nothing with it.
  • "I AM URDNOT WREX! AND THIS! IS MY!! PLANET!!!"
  • Even Joker gets one (sorta): "It's joking time!"
• The Matrix: Path of Neo has a few, a notable villainous one:
  Agent: Crush him!
• MechWarrior's BattleMechs themselves almost seem to coincidentally have one every mission you start off already in the middle of a fight. Given that your 'Mech is an armored behemoth bristling with more than enough firepower to level a city block in a single instant the third part of the line rather... telling.
  Mech Power Up Voice Over: Reactor online, sensors online, weapons online. All systems nominal.
• Colonel, General, Double, Iris, and Sigma from Mega Man X4 have several pre-battle lines.
  Colonel: Show me what you've got.
  Colonel: I've been waiting to fight with you.
  Colonel: I'll show you no mercy. Now get ready!
  Double: I'm so anxious to rip you apart!
  Double: I'm gonna recycle you!
  Double: Ha ha ha... You're gonna get hurt, X!
  Iris: Okay. I'll do it.
  Iris: Forgive me, Zero!
  Iris: Stay with me, brother...
  General: My fate is sealed. I have... no choice.
  General: Show me your true power.
  General: It was our destiny to fight.
  Sigma: Prepare to become space dust!
  Sigma: Are you ready for Round 2?
  Sigma: Tremble with terror, you are finished!
  Sigma: Are you ready for your final journey?
• Metal Gear:
  • In Metal Gear Solid:
    • Snake and Otacon are trapped inside a building while the Big Bad circles it in an armed helicopter. Snake tells Otacon to go fix the elevator so they can move on, and Otacon asks Snake what he intends to do. Snake's response? "I've got to go and swat a noisy fly."
    • The same game also has Gray Fox's: "A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal!" though he died shortly after saying it.
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty:
    • "You want eternal rest? I've got it right here."
    • Also, a couple from Solidus in the same game: "I applaud your attitude. Well, if you have a death wish, I'll be happy to accommodate you; see you in hell!" "Stupid Machines!"
  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance:
    • Raiden gets a great one after an attempt to break him by talking goes horribly right.
      It's time for Jack... to let 'er rip!
    • There's also this little gem right before the actual Final Boss Battle (as opposed to the Hopeless Boss Fight bits that precede it).
      "I said my sword was a tool of justice... Not used in anger. Not used for vengeance. But now... now I'm not so sure. And besides... This isn't my sword."
• Gaz/GHOST/the SAS announcer in all three Modern Warfare games. "Let's do this."
• Mortal Kombat 9 gave most of the playable characters a short one-liner for their arcade battle introductions. Most are short but serve to summarize the character in a sentence, such as Scorpion shouting about vengeance or Shang Tsung declaring that Your Soul Is Mine!. A sampling.
• Mortal Kombat X expanded the one-liners into entire brief conversations between the two kombatants, with several unique dialogues for each potential pair of opponents, including variations based on which character starts the conversation or in the event of a Mirror Match. It still qualifies for this trope, as many of the exchanges finish with a character giving a one-liner, followed by violence.
• Mortal Kombat 1 features the Fire God Liu Kang delivering an epic version of this to Shang Tsung in the announcement trailer.
  Liu Kang: You have chosen to defy peace. THEN YOU HAVE CHOSEN WAR WITH A GOD!
• Neverwinter Nights' NPCs and PCs have voice that sets will occasionally have them say one of these once they attack an enemy.
  • Dark Hero: "NO QUARTER!"
  • Reserved Guardian: "Let the earth take you!"
  • Confident: "I'll handle this one!"
  • Dramatic: "Your death has been too long delayed."
  • In Neverwinter Nights 2, this ultimately fails with Kaelyn the Dove, for which she can explain why. And this is one of her One Liners.
    Kaelyn: Oh... you... oh, I don't know any profanities! How embarrassing...
• In the No More Heroes series:
  • Travis gives a good number of these in No More Heroes.
    To Dr. Peace: "This is what I LIVE FOR. Fighting your own kind, nothing's more gratifying!"
    To Destroyman: "If challenge had a taste, you'd be quite delicious."
    To Holly: "Normal assassins don't shoot the shit like this. They see their target and KILL THEM!"
    To Harvey: "IT'S KILLING TIME!"
    To Bad Girl: "You're no assassin. You're just a perverted killing maniac."
    To Jeane: "All of your sorrows end today, Jeane."
  • In No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, Travis delivers quite a lot of these (in addition to Pre Mortem One Liners and Bond One Liners).
    • v.s. Skelter Helter: "And when you see your brother in hell, tell him, that he's still a DOUCHE!"
    • v.s. Nathan Copeland: "Hale-fucking-lujah!"
    • v.s. Matt Helms: "Time for some pro-bono ghost-busting!"
    • v.s. Jasper Batt Jr. (last form): "Come on, Prez! Unleash your hate! Your anger! Everything! I'll take it all and FUCKING kill you with it!"
• Everyone in Overwatch when they activate their respective ultimate ability. To wit^note All of these lines below are heard when it's activated either by yourself or by the enemy (Zenyatta is the lone exception, explained below):
  Ana: Warihum qawtuk! ^note Show them your strength!
  Ashe: B.O.B.! Do somethin'!
  Baptiste: Vide bal sou yo! ^note Rain bullets on them!
  Bastion: (chirps the "Charge!" fanfare) ^note Unlike fellow robot Zenyatta, Bastion can't speak; hence why he chirps.
  Brigitte: Alla till mig! ^note Everyone to me!
  Doomfist: Meteor Strike!
  D.Va: Nerf THIS!
  Echo: Adaptive circuits engaged!
  Genji: Ryuujin no Ken wo kurae! ^note Taste the blade of the Dragon God!
  Hanzo: Ryuu ga waga teki wo kurau! ^note Let the dragon consume you!
  Illari: Inti lluqsimun! ^note  The sun rises!
  Junker Queen Time for the reckoning!
  Junkrat: Fire in the hole!
  Lifweaver: Chii-wít bpòk-bpâawng chii-wít! ^note  Life protects life!
  Lucio: Vamos esculachar! ^note Let's drop the beat!
  Cassidy: It's high noon...
  Mei: Dòng zhù! Bùxǔ zǒu!! ^note Freeze! Don't move!!
  Mercy: Helden sterben nicht! ^note Heroes never die!
  Moira: Géill do mo thoil! ^note Surrender to my will!
  Orisa: Pade ayanmọ rẹ!^note  Meet your destiny!
  Pharah: JUSTICE RAINS FROM ABOVE!
  Rammatra: Suffer as I have!
  Reaper: DIE! DIE! DIE!
  Reinhardt: Hammer DOWN!
  Roadhog: Eat! THIS!
  Sigma: Het universum zingt voor mij! ^note  The universe sings to me!
  Sojourn: This ends now!
  Soldier: 76: I've got you in my sights!
  Sombra: ¡Apagando las luces! ^note Turning off the lights!
  Symmetra: Yahí param vaastavikita hai! ^note This is the ultimate reality!
  Torbjörn: MOOLLLTEN COOOORRREEEE!!!
  Tracer: Bombs away!
  Widowmaker: Personne n'échappe à mon regard. ^note No one can escape from my sight.
  Winston: [Enraged roar]
  Wrecking Ball: AREA DENIED.
  Zarya: Ogon' po gotovnosti! ^note Fire at will!
  Zenyatta: Experience tranquility...
  • On that note, some characters^note D.Va, Genji, Hanzo, Junkrat, Lucio, McCree, Mercy, Pharah, Reaper, Soldier: 76, Zenyatta have completely different lines when they use their ultimate; but most of those lines can only be heard only if that character is a friendly unit:
    • Mercy has two different lines. Normally, she will say "Heroes never die!" when she uses her ultimate. If she wears the Devil or Imp skins, she will say "Heroes never die! For a price..." instead. If she wears the Sigrun or Valkyrie skins, she will say "'Til Valhalla!" instead. If she wears the Witch skin, she will say "My servants never die!"
    • Hanzo has three different lines. Normally, he will say "Ryuu ga waga teki wo kurau!". If a friendly Hanzo activates his ultimate, he will say "Let the dragon consume you!" instead. However, if Hanzo wears the Lone Wolf or Okami skin, he will say "Okami yo waga teki no kurae!" instead; while a friendly Hanzo wearing those skins will say "The wolf hunts for its prey!" instead.
    • Zenyatta only had one different line, but he have a unique case. In his case, the different line comes when he's an enemy unit, in which he says "Pass... into the Iris..." instead.
    • Apart from Hanzo, Mercy, and Zenyatta's unique case; the rest who had different lines only had one other lines per ultimate ability:
      Ana: Nano-Boost administered!
      Ashe: Get in there, B.O.B.!
      Baptiste: Light them up!
      Brigitte: Rally to me!
      Doomfist: Incoming!
      D.Va: Activating self-destruct sequence!
      Echo: Duplicating <hero name>!
      Genji: The dragon becomes me!
      Junkrat: Ladies and gentleman, start your engines!
      Lucio: Oh, let's break it DOWN!
      McCree: Well now, step right up...
      Orisa: Team up for special attack!
      Pharah: Rocket barrage incoming!
      Reaper: Clearing the area...
      Soldier: 76: Tactical Visor activated!
      Sombra: EMP activated!
      Symmetra: Reality bends to my will!
• As a game with Ultimates, Paladins naturally has these. Complete with Power Echoes that can be heard across the map.
  Barik: LAST ONE STANDING WINS! ^{Allies hear}Hunker down!
  Fernando: I will not die... Not yet, amigo! ^{Allies hear}Together, we are strong!
  Inara: YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE! ^{Allies hear}Strike now, friends!
  Ruckus: Bringing out the big guns! ^{Allies hear} Keep talking while you can
  Makoa: YOU CHALLENGE MAKOA?! ^{Allies hear} I will not be stopped!
  Torvald: It's working! IT'S WORKING! ^{Allies hear}Power overwhelming!
  Ash: COME ON! LET'S FIGHT! ^{Allies hear}I'll handle this!
  Terminus: ONCE MORE I RIIIIIISE! ^{Allies hear}Please, let me die! No! Nooooooo!
  Khan: Your mine! ^{Allies hear} you are outmatched!
  Raum: SHATTER! ^{Allies hear} Slaughter Them!
  Atlas: Your out of time ^{Allies hear} Time is on our side
  Cassie: Target locked! ^{Allies hear}Go, Zigs!
  Kinessa: Try and run!
  Lian: Kneel.
  Drogoz: BEHOLD! THE DRAGON'S FURY! ^{Allies hear} I must break you
  Bomb King: Give your king a big hug! ^{Allies hear}Don't deny me this embrace!
  Viktor: BARRAGE, INCOMING! ^{Allies hear} I'm not giving up!
  Sha Lin: YOUR SIGHT FAILS YOU! ^{Allies hear}The winds hide me.
  Strix: Flash out! ^{Allies hear} I'm gone
  Tyra: GIVE THEM HELL! ^{Allies hear} *wolf howl*
  Willo: Reach for the Sky! ^{Allies hear} ahahaha
  Vivian: Have you met my friends?
  Dredge Release the kraken! ^{Allies hear} she hungers
  Tiberius En Garde! ^{Allies hear} Attention all! A masters at work
  Imani Igmore vonte dracone! ^{Allies hear} Hear my call
  Pip: Let's make this interesting... ^{Allies hear}Special delivery!
  Grohk: SURGING... WITH... POOOWWWWEEEERRRR!!! ^{Allies hear}Ride the lightning!
  Grover: The spirits... do not rest... ^{Allies hear}Spring... has come!
  Jenos: Step into the light... And perish! ^{Allies hear}The stars spell their fall!
  Mal' Damba: Please^note He doesn't specifically say "Please", but he says the same word his voice set says when you use the "Please" voice clip. Wekono! ^{Allies hear}The spirits join us!
  Seris: GAZE INTO THE ABYSS! ^{Allies hear}Gather round!
  Ying: Time to take charge! ^{Enemies hear}We are stronger together!
  Io: Leave this realm! ^{Allies hear} Their course is set
  Furia: Show them no mercy ^{Allies hear} Incinerate them!
  Corvus: Behold the power of the ABYSS! ^{Allies hear} Let me save you from yourselves!
  Skye: Time's ticking! ^{Allies hear} Your defenses are nothing!
  Buck: Here's the WINDUP! ^{Allies hear} I AM THE JUGGERNAUT!
  Androxus: DEATH AWAITS YOU ALL!
  Lex: No one escapes THE LAW! ^{Allies hear}I will pass judgement.
  Maeve: Good niiiiiiight! ^{Allies hear} They're blind!
  Moji: Snack time!
  Talus: HAAAAAAAAAH, HYAAAAAAAA! ^{Allies hear} This is my birthright!
  Zhin: tzzzzzZAAAAAAAAAAH! ^{Allies hear} I am stronger
  Evie: Ha...CHOO! (Yes, that is her ultimate callout. And it has Power Echoes as well.) ^{Allies hear} Freeze, jerks!
  Koga You're already dead ^{Allies hear} Don't blink you'll miss it
• Persona 3 has a lot of great lines after you knock down an enemy and get a chance to have all four characters gang up on it, such as Akihiko's "Oh, I've been waiting for this!" and Junpei's "Come back here, you son of a-!"
  • "I make my living as an elevator attendant but... I know several effective ways of inflicting pain. Don't worry, I'm not as fragile as I look. Try to kill me... if you can."
    • And its Spear Counterpart: "I am he who governs power. I should pose a challenge, even for you. I advice that you do not hold back. Fight as though you intend to kill".
• Persona 4:
  • Every Shadow boss starts with "I am a Shadow, the true self..."
  • Kanji: "I LIVE FOR THIS PART!"
  • Teddie: "Just say the word, and it's bear time!"
• Persona 5:
  • The Protagonist will drop a line from Persona 4: Arena Ultimax right before summoning the damaging "Wings of Purgatory" Special Attack to cut enemies to pieces with giant wings of darkness.
    Protagonist: Showtime!
  • Or when he shoots Yaldabaoth through the head:
    Protagonist: Begone!
  • Or in Royal, when he shoots Adam Kadmon:
    Protagonist: Checkmate!
• Pony Island: Lucifer delivers one a third of the way through the full system dump, which shows that he's no longer playing around: "You don't want to give me your souls? Fine. I am no longer asking."
• Portal 2:
  • Executed quite nicely by GLaDOS, although the person the one-liner was directed at - Chell - never actually got her ass kicked.
    GlaDOS: I hope you brought something stronger than a portal gun this time. Otherwise, I'm afraid you're about to become the immediate past president of the Being Alive Club. Ha ha.
    GlaDOS: This next test involves turrets. You remember them, right? They're the pale spherical things that are full of bullets. Oh wait, that's you in five seconds. Good luck.
    GlaDOS: I suppose we could just sit in this room and glare at each other until somebody drops dead... But I have a better idea. It's your old friend, deadly neurotoxin. If I were you, I'd take a deep breath. And hold it.
  • Later, she gives another one to Chell, but this time it implies she's not going to be at the receiving end of the asskicking this time.
    GLaDOS: [to Chell] Look, even if you think we're still enemies, we're enemies with a common interest. Revenge. You like revenge, right? Everybody likes revenge! Well, let's go GET SOME!
  • Wheatley delivers a couple for himself as well. Some are cute and silly, others are terrifying.
    • When he's about to crush you to death with a spiked plate.
      Wheatley: Holmes versus Moriarty... Aristotle versus MASHY SPIKE-PLATE!
    • And then there's the absolutely side-splitting example from the intro of chapter 9:
      GlaDOS: Well, this is the part where he kills us.
      Wheatley: Hello! This is the part where I kill you!
      Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You.
      BGM: The Part Where He Kills You
      Achievement Unlocked: The Part Where He Kills You
      Achievement Subtitle: This is that part.
    • One of the very few times he actually sounds terrifying is after you escape multiple of his death traps at the start of Chapter 9. He'd been yelling triumphantly the entire time, but after you escape him yet again, suddenly his voice gets eerily quiet.
      Wheatley: Fine. Let the games... begin.
    • And who could forget this dialogue from right before his Boss Battle?
      Wheatley: Also, I took the liberty of watching the tapes of you killing [GLaDOS], and I'm not gonna make the same mistakes! Four-part plan is this: one, no portal surfaces. Two, start the neurotoxin immediately! Three, bomb-proof shields, for me! Leading directly into number four, bombs. For throwing at you. You know, this plan is so good, I'm gonna give you a sporting chance... And turn off the neurotoxin! I'm joking, of course. Goodbye.
• In Primal you need to get back the sword of a ghost from the Wraith Captain who executed him.
  Jen: Now that's a sword I'd kill for.
• Psychonauts:
  Coach Oleander: Kochamara does not speak giant monster boy language.
  Raz: The only word you're gonna need is "ouch".
• In the middle of Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, the titular duo (or rather, just Ratchet, since "Clank" is really Klunk) witness a video recording of Evil Diva Courtney Gears turning the captured Skidd into a robot. Gears then captures them, and shows how far she has crossed the Moral Event Horizon. Ratchet declares war on her.
  Gears: Don't be afraid, Ratchet. The transformation doesn't hurt... [chuckles] much. Besides, I think you'll enjoy being a robot.
  Ratchet: Let's see if you can fight better than you can sing!
• Red Faction: Guerrilla: Alec Mason cracks quite a few of these during the game, but the most epic one happens in the end, when the Red Faction is about to shoot down the Hydra, the largest warship ever known to man.
  Kobel: This is Admiral Kobel of the EDF Hydra. What is your status?
  Mason: Just fine, Admiral, but yours is about to go red.
• Resident Evil 4:
  • "It's game time." (HEY! That's my line!)
  • "Hasta luego."
• Resident Evil 6:
  • "Hope you've got friends on the other side, 'cause no one's gonna miss you here!"
• Many bosses in Shin Megami Tensei have one, but of note is the bosses inside Purgatorium in Shin Megami Tensei IV, the Very Definitely Final Dungeon on the Chaos path and the second-to-last dungeon on the Neutral path; with the sole exception of the endboss, every single boss repeats the exact same line, almost as if under a Hive Mind:
  "I speak unto the Filth...We will not allow you to take even a single step into the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado. We will obliterate you Filth, just as the Lord has commanded."
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne brings perhaps one of the series most infamous quotes. If the player sees it, they better get ready, cause the speaker ain't joking.
  Matador: I swear, by my sword and capote, that I will once again prove victorious!
• Silent Scope:
  Cobra: I told you I'll survive to have my revenge! Feel my reborn power!
  Mosquito: Keh keh keh keh keh! Catch me if you can! Keh keh keh keh keh!
  Smith: Go to hell!
  Shaker: Oh my! Our guest has no sense of style! But I suppose a guest is better than no guest at all! Welcome, welcome! Come, come now, do stay a while and enjoy yourself!
  Ray: You there! Wait! So you're the scum that's causing all the commotion! Thanks to you, I had to drag my ass all the way out here! It's hot and stuffy in here... My suit's getting dirty... This is the pits! Sorry, but I have to kill you now... I'm kinda in a hurry to get back home...
  Charly: Hahaha! Let the fire burn!
  Robert: Now why don't you just relax...
• In Sonic Adventure 2, Both Sonic and Shadow have lines when their final fights start up
  Shadow: [Against Sonic] Before this is over, I'll show you the true power of Chaos Control!
  Sonic: [Against Shadow] Alright, Shadow, time to finish this!
  • The conversation before the fight might even count as one as well:
    Shadow: So, there's more to you than just looking at you. What are you, anyway?
    Sonic: What you see is what you get: a guy who loves adventure! I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!
    Shadow: I see. Well, you know, I can't let you live. Your adventuring days are coming to an end!
  • In Sonic Heroes, right before the Egg Emperor boss fight in their story, Team Sonic gives us this exchange.
    Tails: This time you won't get away!
    Knuckles: Give it up!
    Sonic: This looks like checkmate, Doctor!
    Eggman: Hmph! Enough of this! Sonic, Tails, Knuckles! [Egg Emperor armor clanks down with perfect timing] Time to meet your maker! [swings lance]
    • Also, after said cutscene, Eggman starts the battle with this.
      Eggman: I'll show you what real evil is!
• Soulcalibur IV, as with other games in the series and most modern fighting games, have these for each character. One, in particular, stands out, from Guest Fighter Darth Vader: "Unwise." Equal parts simple and menacing.
• The Splatterhouse remake delivers an awesome one using the game's title.
  Terror Mask: Well, look who's back. Show him why we call it... SPLATTERHOUSE
• Star Control II has the Kohr-Ah's traditional greeting to new ships they meet:
  "We are the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah. We cleanse our destiny. You will soon die. Make whatever rituals are necessary for your species."
• StarCraft:
  • We have the following badass exchange:
    Fenix: The Khala awaits me, Kerrigan. But although I am prepared to meet my destiny, you will not find me an easy prey.
    Kerrigan: Then that. Will be. Your epitaph.
  • Also in one cinematic, where Zeratul faces Kerrigan.
    Kerrigan: The galaxy will burn at their coming.
    Zeratul: Perhaps... But you won't live to see it!
  • There are also many, many examples from the units themselves.
    Archon: Power overwhelming!
    Ghost: Somebody call for an exterminator?
    Firebat: Need a light?
• Star Fox:
  • "Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"
  • "Andross has ordered us to take you down."
  • "Peppy! Long time, no see!"
  • "Andross' enemy is my enemy!"
  • "Your daddy screamed REEEEEALL good before he DIED!"
  • "Think you're tough eh? In that case, IT'S SECRET WEAPONS TIME!"
  • "Dang! DEPLOY IT NOW!"
• The Empire's Assassin droids in Star Wars Droidworks say nothing but these once they see you. One such gem stands out: "There's nothing like a warm BLASTER to brighten your day!"
• A particularly impressive one from the Sith Warrior in Star Wars: The Old Republic:
  Republic Soldier: Time to show this bastard what we're made of!
  Sith Warrior: You are made of bones that break and blood that spills.
• Super Mario RPG: "I am matter... I am antimatter... I can see your past... I can see your future... I consume time... And I will consume you!"
  • From Super Paper Mario, "Control, Alt, DEL!"
  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story: Bowser saves his one intelligible voice clip for his Fight Woosh.
    "Showtime!"
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King: "Feast your eyes upon my art-senal! Twelve colored pencils, ready to make your paper bodies my canvas!"
• Super Smash Bros.: Some characters deliver one before firing their Final Smash:
  Lucario: Watch the power of aura! [Kamehamehadoken]
  Meta Knight: Know my power! [Flash Step]
  Snake: It's show time! [calls helicopter with grenade launcher]
  Sonic: Now I'll show you! [screams as he flies straight through everything]
• S.W.I.N.E. has units that always drop a taunt whenever they spot an enemy or score a kill. The combatants are rabbits (French accent) and pigs (German accent). The best are the rabbit artillery units.
  I'm going to open a can of whoopass on these pigs!
  I'm supposed to be afraid? You gotta be kidding me...
  Adieu, mon ami...
  Whoa, brother! You really had to eat that much slop?
  Off ya go to hog heaven!
  (Hungarian version) Here, lead pill from the pharmacy!
  (Hungarian version) I'm gonna kick you so hard you'll fly home!
• In Tales of Symphonia, Corrine dies to protect Sheena from Volt. After Lloyd motions her into action Sheena yells "For the sake of everyone that risked their lives to protect me, Volt...I DEMAND YOUR POWER!" The party then kills the God of Thunder and Lightning.
  • Lloyd and Kratos team up to do this at the Iselia Ranch. As Forcystus emerges from the front doorway after shooting Lloyd, Kratos says very calmly that he is disappointed that this is how the great Desian hero Forcystus meets his end. He doesn't need to do anything though, as Lloyd does the asskicking part for him WHEN HE SHANKS HIM. Kratos has some choice lines when he finishes off Kvar ("Feel the pain" *slash* "Of those inferior beings" *slash* *sheathes sword* "as you burn in hell") and before right after you kill Remiel in the first time in the tower of salvation and Kratos show up and as the fight starts he say "Do you earnestly think you can defeat ME?"
• In later Tales Series games, many player characters get pretty awesome lines before shredding their opponents up with Mystic Artes:
  Jade Curtiss: I, who stand in the full light of the heavens, command thee to open the gates of hell! Come forth, divine lightning! This ends now! INDIGNATION!!!
  Yuri Lowell: O brilliant blade of coldest steel, rend the infinite darkness, and crush my enemies to nothing! You're dead! SAVAGE WOLF FURY!
  Hubert Ozwell: Prepare yourself! You have angered me. You'll regret this! TEMPEST ARROW!
• Target Of Desire Episode 1: Maia says "Hi boys!" before kicking ass, but since she uses guns, it might be more specifically called shooting ass. Then again, maybe stick with kicking ass.
• Team Fortress 2 has those whenever an ubercharge is used on a Heavy. "Is good time to run cowards!"
  • NOW IS COWARD KILLING TIME!
  • I AM BULLET-PROOOOOOOF!! *Commence ass-kicking*
  • The Soldier's Buff Banner when used also makes him utter one of his battle cries.
    Soldier: Each and every one of you will be sent home to your momma in a box!
  • Also, every character on both teams at the very start of a round. They can also be used at any time through the "Battle cry" voice command.
  • The "Meet the Medic" short gives us this:
    Medic: Now? [creepy chuckle] Let's go practice medicine.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time:
  The Shredder: Tonight I dine on turtle soup!
• In Telepath Tactics, bosses tend to say one of these before their first attack. Emma gets one as well, if she attacks Tarion in the final battle:
  Tarion: I should have killed you ten years ago, fleshling.
  Emma: Too late for that now. I am going to strike you down, tie you to a rope, and let the slaves use your body for games of tetherball.
• Many Time Crisis bosses:
  • Sherudo Garo (Time Crisis Stage 2 boss): "Since you have traveled so very far, be my guest and let me ENTERTAIN YOU!"
  • Buff Bryant (Time Crisis II Stage 2 boss): "It's time for you to say goodbye!"
  • Ernesto Diaz (Time Crisis II Stage 3 boss): "This is not a real satellite, anyway let me ENTERTAIN YOU!"
  • Victor Zahn (Time Crisis 3 Stage 1 boss): "Say goodbye!"
  • Wild Fang (Time Crisis 3 Stage 3-1): "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wild Fang, and it's a pleasure to meet YOU!"
  • Giorgio Zott ((Time Crisis 3 Stage 3 boss): "And now... Time to get rid of you both!"
  • Marcus Black (Time Crisis 4 Stage 1-3): "You want it? Then come over here and TAKE IT!"
  • Jack Mathers (Time Crisis 4 Stage 2-3): (in response to Captain Rush asking "Where's your patriotism?") "What good is patriotism?"
  • Wild Dog (Time Crisis 4 Stage 3-2): "A bunch of annoying little flies..."
  • Gregory Barrows (Time Crisis 4 Stage 3 boss): "You two... are gonna DIE HERE!"
  • Robert Baxter (Time Crisis 5 Final Stage boss): "Now then, shall we begin?!"
• Happens quite often in the Touhou Project, usually delivered by the final boss:
  Utsuho Reiuji: The sunlight that rains down on the Earth is a nuclear furnace that will create new atoms. My ultimate nuclear fusion will burn up every body, heart, ghost, and fairy!
  • But Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom are unique in the fact that both the heroine and the final boss deliver one each other simultaneously:
    Reimu: Return under the flowers, ghost of spring!
    Yuyuko: Sleep under the flowers, red-white butterfly!
• Transistor has Royce Brackett start off the final fight with one as he uses his own Transistor to enter Bullet Time and fire energy blasts at you before you can react.
  "Who gets to go first? How about... me."
• Two Worlds uses this to alert the player to the presence of enemies. In dialog it is noticable that the PC becomes more free with them when he is accompanying Reesa, who he is attracted to.
  Reesa: Damn! Looks like we're out of plans.
  PC: Looks like something's in our way.
• In Undertale, the true final boss of the Genocide path, Sans the skeleton, who's in a far less affable mood than usual, drops one of these at the start of the fight, followed by an attack so brutal it could easily double as a Pre-Mortem One-Liner:
  it's a beautiful day outside. birds are singing, flowers are blooming... on days like these, kids like you... Should be burning in hell.
  • Undyne also has a few great ones before her fight as Undyne the Undying.
    I, UNDYNE, will strike you down!
    You're gonna have to try a little harder than THAT.
• The bosses of Vampire Night have at least one.
  Bathe'lemy (human form): Draw your guns! Don't disappoint me!
  Bathe'lemy (true form): Be prepared, because I've no mercy for you! This sword will mark your graves!
  Guillaume: You stupid humans! I'll show you how incompetent you are!
  Raoul (human form): Enough! You humans disgust me! Now it's your turn to suffer!
  Raoul (true form): Humans! Heal my soul!
  Diane: But I can't stop here! The warmth Sir Vampire has given me...I can't turn back now!
  Auguste (true form): The end to all!
  Auguste (final form): I shall not be defeated...I am immortal...I am the Vampire!
• From Vampire: The Masquerade — Redemption, said by a crusader who has survived to the modern nights.
  Christof Romuald: Stand, sir, or wouldst thou arrive in hell squatting upon thy arse?
• Vega Strike has Dialogue Tree entries for cases when AI pilot is aggressive and taunts or hostile and fails to be appeased:
  Rlaan: (arthropod): I put your flesh back inside your bones!
  Mechanist: I'm going to retrofit you in unspeakable ways!
• Versus Umbra: Fenrir says, right before beginning the final level of Cold Rescue, "Battle log, take 2: Action!"
• Every boss in Virtua Cop:
  Kong: Hahahahaha! Pretty bold, aren't we? I'll take care of you myself!
  King: Haha! Show's enough, you two! So you made it this far, huh? Haha!
  Boss: But now, you'll regret being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
  Fang: This chopper is all I need. I'm through with you two! Now, you meet your maker!
  Bull: Hahaha! Where are you looking? I'm over here, cops!
  Aero-Divers: Die!
  Bladley: I'll remember this last moment after I finish you. Die!
  Fang: It seems my plan has been ruined. But I can at least finish you!
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War has many. Each expansion adds more, and basically half the lines in the series are these.
  Apothecary: Death or healing... I care not which you seek.
  Dreadnought: At last, back to war.
  Force Commander: Come! Show me what passes for fury among your misbegotten kind!
• In Wario World, Wario frequently utters the line "I'm-a number one!" before boss battles.
• The video game adaption of The Warriors had each warrior give one of these when entering rage mode. Here is an example from each warrior:
  • Cleon: Here comes the motherfucking warchief, asshole!
  • Swan: I'm gonna march right through you!
  • Ajax: You stupid fucks!
  • Snow: Enough of this bullshit! You're fucking finished!
  • Rembrandt: Let me show you how the Warriors bump!
  • Vermin: All right, all right, that's fucking it!
  • Cowboy: I'm gonna go wild on you asshole!
  • Fox: I'll show you how to flex!
  • Cochise: Bring it on sucka!
• Wing Commander Prophecy has Maestro's: "I think we haven't been properly introduced yet, I'm Maestro, you're dead."
• Many bosses in the Wolfenstein series, most of which is Gratuitous German.
  • Wolfenstein 3-D:
    Hans Grosse: Guten tag!
    Dr. Schabbs: Muahahaha!
    Adolf Hitler: Die, Allied schweinehund! [first phase]
    Adolf Hitler: Scheisse! [second phase]
    Otto Giftmacher: Eine kleine Amerikaner!
    Gretel Grosse: Kein durchgang!
    General Fettgesicht: Erlauben sie, bitte!
  • Spear of Destiny:
    Trans Grosse: Einer sprachschnitzer!
    Barnacle Wilhelm: Ach so!
    Death Knight: Tot ist mein leben!
    Angel of Death: Prove your worth, human!
  • Wolfenstein (2009):
    Hans Grosse: Guten tag!
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order:
    Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse: You perplex me, captain. But you do not scare me. [first phase]
    Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse: Die, Allied schweinehund! [second phase]
• The World Ends with You has some memorable ones.
  • One of the best is from Neku and Joshua's Level 3 Fusion Attack:
    Neku: Another world awaits!
    Joshua: And you're going.
  • Also, Neku and Beat's Level 3 Fusion:
    Beat: Let's start it up!
    Neku: No, let's end it!
• World of Warcraft: Each of the Alliance & Horde faction leaders will deliver one of these if you attack them.
  • One attack on the Horde capital city of Orgrimmar featured this especially well. The raid organisers were targetting Thrall, warchief of the orcs, and forgot (as many do on both factions) that the leader of the trolls also spends most of his time in Thrall's keep. They charged Thrall at full speed, only to hear from behind, "Dis gonna be de last mistake you make, mon" seconds before Vol'jin the Shadowhunter tore their formation apart, starting with the healers at the back.
  • "Leeroy Jenkins!"
  • "Arcanite Reaper, HOOO!"
  • During the Gunship Battle we have "You DARE board my ship? Your death will come swiftly." if you're on Horde and "What's this then?! Ye won't be takin' this son o' Ironforge's vessel without a fight!." if you're on Alliance.
  • During the Wrathgate cinematic, Saurfang the Younger delivers this gem:
    Rise up, sons of the Horde! Blood and glory await us!
  • The standard Battle Cry of "FOR THE HORDE!" or "FOR THE ALLIANCE!" can work as one of these.
• X Men:
  Pyro: Pyro will turn you to toast!
  The Blob: Nothing moves the Blob!
  Magneto: Hahahaha, X-Men, welcome to die!
  Emma Frost: The White Queen welcomes you to die!
  Juggernaut: Juggernaut will flatten you!
• Yggdra Union:
  • Gulcasa give the anti heroic version of this trope during his first confrontation with Milanor.
    Milanor: So you're the big man around here, huh? Get ready!
    Gulcasa: We haven't been introduced, so I'll think of you as "Prey".
  • And when using his card's special ability, Gulcasa brings one tried and true line back.
    Gulcasa: ARE YOU READY?!'
• Yakuza
  • Yakuza 0 has Daisaku Kuze's speech in the Sewers.
    I'll let you in a little something. The yakuza game, it's not like boxing. The man who gets beat down isn't the loser. The guy who can't tough it out to the end, he's the one who loses. Eh? Don't ya think? [removes shades and tosses them into the water] In the yakuza life, there are no KO's. I'll tell you what, Kiryu. To me, a finger or two don't mean shit. Having Awano or Shibusawa beat me to the captain's spot? Couldn't give a fuck... As long as I'm alive, I'll keep getting back up for more. Which is why you... A half-ass like you's the one thing I can't stand. Now DIE, you little shit!
  • Kiryu has a specific Catchphrase that doubles as this.
    If you wish to die... STEP RIGHT UP!!
  • Yakuza
  • This line from Hiroshi Hayashi from the dub, even if it sounds hilarious and a little stilted:
    Go! KILL THIS ARROGANT MO-THER-FU-CKER!!!
  • A second line from the dub, this time from Kiryu in the Batting Center, against a pack of thugs threatening Takashi:
    I did feel the urge to hit some balls today. I suppose yours will have to do.'
  • Yakuza 4 has this line from Taiga Saejima when up against his Final Boss Takeshi Kido, which has turned into complete meme material:
    BALLS OUT, KIDO!!!

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