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Harry Potter

  • In Acceptance Pansy calls Hermione a Mudblood.
    Daphne: You disgrace the noble house of Slytherin with your foul mouth and lack of respect. Magic is precious and all magical students should be held in equal regard. I know you only attack Granger because you feel inferior to her, which is true. You attack her because she is smarter than you and stronger magically than you are. The fact that you attack her makes you even weaker. The use of that derogatory slur shows just how unintelligent and unimaginative you really are. I for one am embarrassed to be associated with you. Heiress Greengrass can no longer consider you an acquaintance. You, daughter of Parkinson, are nothing more than a shadow. I do not see you, I do not hear you.
  • In The Chronicles of Merlin: The Return, Hermione gives one to Harry's sister Glory.
    Hermione: Harry once said there was a good person buried deep inside of you somewhere. I know now that he was wrong, how you could have ever been Harry's sister I will never know.
    He tries to see the good in everyone, but there isn't anything good inside of you is there? You are twisted, cruel, and petty.
    That's why you're jealous of Harry, aren't you? You know that Harry is a good and decent person, and no matter how hard you try you can't take that away from him, no matter what, he will always have his dignity, his honor, and most of all his kindness.
    I pity you for what you've become, what you've turned yourself into, and most of all destroying the sweet little sister that Harry loved so much when he first laid eyes on you.
  • In Consequence for Cause, Snape blames Dumbledore for not protecting Lily when he asked him to. But Dumbledore, in full Tranquil Fury mode, reminds Snape that Lily’s life never would have been endangered in the first place if Snape himself hadn’t told Voldemort about the prophecy. Not only that, but he asked Dumbledore to only save Lily and leave her husband and baby son to die so he could have her to himself, and even after Lily was murdered, continued to dishonor her memory by mistreating her son Harry for years on end. His parting words to Snape are that by making Harry hate him, he has done worse damage to Lily’s memory than anyone else ever could have.
    Dumbledore: Why do you suppose he hates you so, Severus?
    Snape: We both know very well why he's been made to hate me. The Dark Lord can never suspect the truth, otherwise your plans would be ruined. This is the role you've cast for me, Dumbledore.
    Dumbledore: What you're describing, Severus, is a consequence, not a cause. You're more than clever enough to understand the difference. Why does Potter hate you?
    Snape: He blames me for the death of his parents.
    Dumbledore: Shouldn't he?
    Snape: That was your failing, Dumbledore. Not mine, yours! I gave you everything. Told you everything. Swore my life to you! On one condition. One condition only! That you would keep them safe!
    Dumbledore: Keep her safe. You asked me to keep her safe. And once again, you confuse consequence for cause. Why did she require my protection? What compelled you to swear your life to me? There's something I want you to know, Severus. I never told her how the Dark Lord came to know of the prophecy. I thought she'd already suffered more than enough anguish on your account.

    Lily Potter never knew that the boy she befriended as a little girl was the one who betrayed her to the Dark Lord. Lily Potter died without knowing that boy tried to sacrifice her family to the Dark Lord in return for her life. And Lily Potter rests peacefully without knowing how shamefully that boy has treated her son. Lily Potter will never have to carry those burdens. But you know how she would have felt about those things, Severus. How she would have felt about you. You know it every time you see her eyes, filled with hatred, on the face of her son. And so long as I live, that is a burden you will never escape.
  • The Cosigner:
    Harry: I refuse. I won't serve detention for a pitiful bully who openly mocks one of his students in front of others. And I expect an apology for your remark about Hermione's teeth.
    Hermione: Harry, it's –
    Harry: It's not okay. You saw what Malfoy did to her, and as a teacher, you're supposed to be there to help your students! To build them up and give them what they need to succeed! You know who did that!? Remus Lupin! And you were so utterly blinded by your childhood grudge that you had to ruin his life! And that's why I call you pathetic, Severus Snape. Petty, pathetic, and disgusting enough to take out your issues on children.
  • In The Dungeon Books, when Dumbledore says that because Harry grew up in a loving adoptive home instead of at the Dursleys' he has gone Dark—because the Horcrux in his scar was left unchecked by the blood magic wards—and must be killed, he gets one of these from Sirius, and then from Snape, and then from Molly, after which the order unanimously expels him.
  • In Eternal Fantasy, Lucius calls Draco a disgrace for daring to deal with Gaian magic and mingle with muggles, unlike the rest of the Wizarding World.
    Draco: You're as big a fool as Dumbledore. Your wand is failing you as much as mine did me, but you cling to it as though without it you will fall into the abyss. I took a Mark because this world has power if you would just open your eyes to see it. Power even to cast spells from Earth. I still remember what you and Mother taught me. A Malfoy does not bow to others' whims. A Malfoy does not turn his nose up at power. A Malfoy does whatever is necessary to advance his family. Yet here I am, rich and strong, only for you to brush me off as though I am some kind of disgrace and at the same time hold your hand out for the scraps I deign to bring back to you. In all those lessons, you never once said that the power and influence "A proper Malfoy" should seek could only be that which you approve of and understand.
  • In Fair Lady, an AU crossover between during the eleventh chapter. a still-young Harry delivers one of these to Tom.
    Tom: Does this form please you Potter? See how I have suffered for your interference? I, who once held the world in my hands, reduced to this pathetic form! Have you relished your fame boy!? So many years of work, destroyed, nullified, from a child.
    Harry: I didn't ask for this Voldemort, You started this fight, just so you can hurt others.
    Tom: Do you think these wizards know what's best? They walk around like children with a shiny new toy, they lacked insight. There is so much to be done with magic and they're satisfied with the scraps of potential they can squander with. I would have shaped the magical world in my image. Perfection, power, prestige. all of it was MINE. It was my age and you ruined it.
    Harry: How dare you act like it was for the best of the wizard world. My future was set in stone the moment you walked into it. I could've had a loving family and friends galore. But you ruined everything. My parents died never knowing what happened to me. All for your ego. Don't act like you're some savior, you're a monster. that form you have is nothing less than you deserve.
  • The Fifth House:
    Godric Gryffindor: You are a disappointment to me. The House of the brave? Is this what my House has become? Loyal to no one but yourselves. The House of chivalry, and yet I see none of that here. Young Lord Potter here has year after year demonstrated the kind of courage and bravery that is the epitome of this House. And yet you look upon him as a disgrace. The looks of jealousy and distrust marked plainly on your faces. Professor McGonagall, what has become of my House? You, as its Head, should be the walking embodiment of the traditions that I hold dear. And yet you sit there, cowering, allowing one of your own to be held up as a sacrificial victim to the games of the Headmaster. Shame on you, shame on you all!
  • Harry Potter and the Last Chance by LeQuin features this when, in the summer between books four and five, Harry—knowing everything thanks to time travel, lectures the Order of the Phoenix after rejecting Sirius's offer for information:
    Harry: The Order of the Phoenix, a 'secret' militia and information gathering ring started by Dumbledore during the last war with Riddle. You have no information I want or need. As far as I can tell, you have massively failed at literally every target you have set.
    Moody: And what do you think you know about it, Potter?
    Harry: Let's review what you have done so far, shall we? First, information gathering: you have tried to establish contacts with the darker elements of our society both to further this goal and also to try and slow Riddle's recruitment of those same elements. The werewolves for example. (looks at Remus) Lupin has been trying to ingratiate himself into the pack and is failing miserably due to his prolonged exposure to wizards, as well as being the only werewolf on the Isles who was allowed to attend Hogwarts while already cursed. It would take years before they start trusting him with anything remotely important. You've also sent Hagrid and Madame Maxime to parley with the giants. They will fail. Giants are not impressed by pretty words and even if they were, Riddle can offer them something concrete that you never can: expanded territory and revenge on wizards. (looks at Bill) Bill is your contact with Gringotts. The goblins don't have a dog in this fight and won't get off their collective arse until a clear winner becomes obvious. They are far more likely to wait and hope we destroy each other so they can squeeze some concessions out of whatever wizarding government comes into being at the end of this. In addition, Bill is a human and has clearly shown he will side with wizards the moment there is a conflict, meaning Ragnok is keeping him pacified with platitudes while his career implodes. You have no contact with the vampire covens, which shouldn't be a problem unless one of the Elders is bored this century. The centaurs will simply attack anyone who comes into the forest, no matter which side they're on. The only reason the Acromantula colony hasn't attacked Hogwarts yet is that Hagrid hatched and raised their patriarch, who is just about on his deathbed. Your information from the ministry comes from rumor and hearsay and is also available to the other side. That leaves us with your supposed trump card: Snape's spy work, which is probably worse than useless.
    Remus: Dumbledore trusts Snape. We should too, or at least look past our differences with him.
    Harry: (smiles pityingly) Whether or not Dumbledore or anyone else trusts Snape is largely irrelevant. Dumbledore proclaimed in at least two public trials after the war that Snape had turned spy for our side. He said that in front of both Crouches, whom Riddle had access to for months. Wormtail was a spy in the Order for Riddle last time around and let his master know exactly what information was leaked to you. Riddle knows that Snape has been a spy for Dumbledore and yet somehow Snape's still alive. That means Snape's given Riddle enough to still be useful to him. Since Riddle is not an idiot he is extremely unlikely to allow sensitive information anywhere near Snape. Anything tall, dark, and greasy does uncover is likely to be misdirection. (Beat) Shall we move on to your active operations? You currently have two. The first was finding me, which you didn't. I even managed to find you. The second is guarding the Department of Mysteries. Why on earth you lot are still wasting your time there is the real mystery. Since Sturgis Podmore, a member of your organization, got arrested for trying to break into the Department you had him guarding we can conclude one of two things: he was a traitor, in which case the enemy knows what you are doing; or he could have been Imperiused in which case you still have to assume that the enemy knows what you are doing. Even if you ignore that, what is one guard under an invisibility cloak going to do when Riddle shows up? You have very few competent fighters. (points them out as he names them) Former Auror Moody, Auror Shacklebolt, Auror Tonks, Former Auror Black, and Remus Lupin who would have a Mastery in Defense if the wizarding world wasn't a bigoted shithole. Oh, and Dumbledore I suppose, even though he doesn't pull guard duty and if the aurors' After Action Reports are accurate he never once captured or incapacitated a single Death Eater during the last war so we might as well discard him except as a flashy distraction. If all of that wasn't enough you haven't even realized that for the past two weeks, the very thing you've been guarding has gone missing. I removed it myself and left a slightly altered copy that I hope Riddle enjoys. Which I suppose also proves that you lot don't make particularly effective guards. (Beat) The grand sum of your accomplishments so far is making yourselves feel important at the risk of your lives and serving as a reverential cult for Dumbledore. So, if your intelligence sources are compromised, unreliable, or both and your active operations are ridiculous failures on almost every front, why would I want to ask you anything about the war?
  • Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality: Harry delivers a cold and dismissive one to Professor McGonagall:
    Harry: There's a picture in your head of a stern disciplinarian and you do whatever that picture would do, whether or not it makes any sense. A stern disciplinarian would order the students back to their rooms, even if there was a troll roaming the hallways. A stern disciplinarian would order students not to leave the Hall on pain of expulsion. And the little picture of Professor McGonagall that you have in your head can't learn from experience or change herself, so there isn't any point to this conversation.
  • Harry Potter and the Rejected Path has Narcissa Black give one to Hermione that can basically be summed up as, "You are a stupid little girl who is too busy being outraged and self-righteous at our backward outdated ways to bother realizing that there are very good reasons for what we do."
  • In HJG: The Smartest Witch of Her Age Hermione is given one during an interview with the Department Of Mysteries about how not only is she severely lacking in empathy, but her immense focus on book learning means she's learned essentially nothing from everything she's experienced.
  • Honey:
    Hermione: And you, Malfoy, are a git. You may think you're funny, but the fact is, the only people who laugh at what you think pass for jokes are bottom-feeding sycophants who want your money far, far more than they want your company. You have the most repellent entitlement complex I have ever seen, made all the worse by the fact that you're basically incompetent at everything, and for the record? Girls don't throw themselves at you. Pansy has low standards becuase frankly there's no one else who would have her who isn't at least a quarter-troll, because she's just as unlikable as you and doesn't even have money, which puts her somewhere around the level of a courtesan, and not even a talented one. And if Ginny's only with you to annoy her overprotective brothers, that isn't actually a compliment. Even so, treat her well, because it's the nearest thing to a legitimate romance you'll ever have.
  • In Kiss of Life, Harry doesn't attend fifth year after apparently being turned into a squib.
    Hermione: I am not your mother, I am not your sister, I am not your girlfriend, and I am certainly not your friend. I don't owe you a thing.
    Ron: Yeah, you're a friendless swot. Everyone knows it. They know what a bint you are, too. You'd be alone if it weren't for me!
    Hermione: I'd be dead if it were up to you, you git! You never apologized for almost getting me killed first year, for shunning me over your rat that was really a Death Eater animagus, or for trying to turn Harry's friendship from me over a broom that wasn't even yours. You've never apologized for ruining the ball last year for me or for Padma. You're lazy, sloppy, you have bad hygiene, and you're a bully. Stay away from me, Ronald. Just stay away.
  • In The Power of Seven, Dumbledore receives one from the spirit of Lily Potter when he summons her with the Resurrection Stone, only for Lily to criticize everything he's done in regards to Harry's upbringing.
  • In Time Travel? Really! Ron calls Millicent an ugly, troll-like Slytherin.
    Rose: You have no right, no right, to speak to anyone like that. That girl was simply trying to help you with your work that you're too lazy to do yourself. I've noticed your jealousy and envy over these past few weeks, and let me tell you something: it's pathetic. You stand there and have the audacity to complain about not having things, yet you seem to have no motivation to actually work for anything, you just expect everything to fall into your lap. When someone actually offers you help you throw it back in their face like a whiny little child having a temper tantrum.
    You claim to be proud of your House, yet I see nothing brave or chivalrous about verbally attacking someone behind their back and laughing like an immature child. And you have the gall to accuse Slytherins of being evil?
    Congratulations Weasley, you're finally going to be known as someone who stands out from everyone else. You'll be known as the little boy who can't think for himself and hurts others to cover up his own sad insecurities. I'm sure you're so proud of yourself. I bet your parents will be when they hear what you said.
  • In The Very Secret Diary, Tom Riddle doles these out like candy to Ginny in order to destroy her. Ginny herself doles out a particularly biting one to him after deducing his past. It's all the more remarkable considering her mind has been enthralled to Tom's sick whims by this point.
    Ginny: Did you live in an orphanage?
    Tom: How...
    Ginny: It was the picture. The one you did not mean to show me, months ago. That room with all the beds. It was not Hogwarts. And it was not a house. You said that you were an only child. I remember. You also said that you studied at home, but now I know that was a lie. I think that you did not have a home. And then I remembered that your father did not die until 1946. Which means he was alive while you were in an orphanage. So he must have left you. Why did he leave you? (beat). What happened to your mother? Was it a terrible place?
    Tom: Oh, are we back to Tom? And now comes a surge of pity… yes, I feel it. God, how insipid you are. How predictable. How full of drama and tepid romantic conclusions. It was just a place like your sorry little Burrow, overrun with children. No different.
    Ginny: You say that you can feel my lies. Well, you are in me so much now that I can feel yours too. And I do not feel sorry for you at all. I have been thinking. Harry is an orphan, and he is not horrible. And Prissy has everything she wants, and she is still nasty. So I do not know how much it counts. I cannot work out what is wrong with you.
    [beat]
    Tom: Get. Out.

Haruhi Suzumiya

  • Mikuru delivers these to the entire rest of the SOS Brigade (and some other characters too) when drunk, in You Got HaruhiRolled!.

Helluva Boss

  • The fanfic Shadows Over Hell has plenty of these directed at various people, for different reasons.
    • The first one comes from Blitzo towards Stolas when the prince asks his paramour what he's done to alienate the imp so badly and how he can improve. Considering the condescension and belittling he's put him through, Blitzo is all too eager to answer in a bitter, blunt rant.
    Blitzo: "Fine—if you want me to lay it out for you, I'll do it; Stolas, you're a selfish, spoiled little rich boy who treats me like your own personal cum sock. I know exactly what I am to you and Rufus and everybody else in this shithole; a little imp who'll never be anything other than a clown trying to run a business he's an inch away from losing! And I'm not your fucking boyfriend, okay? I don't need you or anyone else holding my hand like I'm your goddamn princess! You can't keep your fucking beak out of my life, even when I tell you no!"''
    • Octavia lashes out at her mother, after chapters of her constantly criticizing her choices, appearances, and in particular her friendship with Loona, resulting in a slap to the face and this:
    Octavia: "I hear you. Maybe now you'll listen to me for once in your life. You talk all the time about how Dad never listens to you and always takes my side. He's not perfect, but at least he took the time to get to know Loona a little. At least he cared enough to find out why I like her. I've tried to tell you, but every time I bring her up, all you hear is how she's going to ruin my life, my future, our family. And you won't even say her name. It's always the dog or the mutt or the bitch. Well, I've got news for you; she's not a fucking piece of meat, Mum. Loona is my friend, but just because she's a hellhound, you won't give her a chance, or even let her in our house. No, she has to stay outside, like a good Dog. And she puts up with it! For me! And I chicken out because it makes YOU happy! And you stand there and say I'm never sacrificing anything for this House? Hell's Teeth, Mum, where do I even start? I've put up with you and Dad screaming every other week all year until you chase me out of the goddamn house because I can't fucking sleep. I've gone to every party, and training course, and political playdate you've ever asked me to since I was ten. I put up with Slaanesh and all her idiots even when they treated me like I was a wall decoration. I aced all my classes. I took ballet and foreign languages and piano! But nothing is ever good enough for you, is it? All that, and you couldn't give me one demon for one day. So I snubbed my best friend on one of the most important days of my entire life. For the Family. For all those fucking reporters you hired to fix our "soiled reputation"! I did it for you! Loona's not perfect, but she's my friend, my first REAL friend in this whole, shitty town, and I am so fucking tired of trying to make you understand! Just once, can't that be enough for you? Can't I have anything for myself that's about being your daughter instead of some Bullshit Fairy Tale Princess!?"''
    • Moxxie finally lets Blitzo have it for all he's put him through, after a mission gone wrong nearly gets Millie killed, while holding his boss at gunpoint.
    Moxxie: "You talk all the time about how much of a family we are. Well, now it's my turn, so unplug your ears and listen up you arrogant, greedy son of a bitch. I told you we shouldn't do it. I warned you it was too good to be true. We all did, but you didn't listen. Again! And we barely got back with our lives. We're lucky we got away with broken bones and empty magazines, you greedy, fucking asshole! You... you... What do you have to say? HUH? TELL ME SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS WORTH IT, BLITZ!"
    • Even Alastor, the Radio Demon, gets one from his old rival warden Rufus.
    Rufus: "Do you know what I think really pisses you off, Deer? I'm alive, I'm happy, and I'm a better man than you are. I'm a hungry monster with a purpose larger than myself. And you're on center stage with nowhere else to go, running your mouth and clinging to a Princess's passion project because you don't have anything else to fill eternity. And now, when Hell turns upside down and scares the piss out of us all, you come right for an old, reliable target to put a little spring in your step. Predictable. Reliable. Poking and prodding and playing the all-knowing asshole, and pissing me off so much I want to mount your head on the wall. I hope you're enjoying it while it lasts. When I'm done with this drink, I'll leave a tip, go sit with my new friends, and then go home to my Captain. And you'll still be here. All alone with your empire of cheap, tasteless meat, and your stagnant little radio show, and so much power that you don't know what to do with yourself other than talk to a mirror. I'll be kissing my woman while you're here with nothing but your thoughts for company. A man can change. A monster can't. So you'll stay here, making a nuisance of yourself, like the narcissistic, self-centered little brat you are because after almost one hundred years in Hell, you're still too in love with your own ego to realize that your life is as empty as your glass while mine is overflowing. You're just a lonely monster clown who climbed the mountain of dead bodies only to find that there's no one left to enjoy his show. I'd almost feel sorry for you, if you weren't so pathetically needy."

Hetalia: Axis Powers

  • In What a Way to Fall, being a Recursive Fanfiction of the Financial Crisis Gangbang, has several of these.
    • Spain, of all people, delivers a very blistering one to South Italy, calling him out for his self-centered attitude, the way he acts like the world owes him something and for being a Jerkass and declaring his disappointment for him. South Italy attempts to fire one back, calling Spain out on his blatant favoritism of North Italy, but Spain refuses to hear it.
      Spain: Oh boo-hoo, it's always about you, isn't it Lovino?! You are never happy, and you always feel like you have to drag everyone else down with you! Let me tell you a little revelation I've had - you see, the reason why people generally prefer your brother over you is not because you're less talented than him. You have your own strengths too Lovino, but you've never bothered to really explore and build upon them. No, the reason is because Feliciano goes out of his way to be nice, personable and warm. Sure, he's not the most assertive person out there, but he goes out of his way to make others comfortable to be around him and give a good impression. You, on the other hand, seem to have it in for everyone! You always treat everyone like garbage and act like the whole world owes you something. You ever thought that maybe you could stand to be a bit nicer? I wonder at times, especially now, just what I did wrong in raising you.
      South Italy: You want to know where you went wrong? I'll tell you! You went wrong by always favoring Feliciano over me! Even when we were kids, you always preferred him over me, and you were so blatant about it too! I never once got a break! You and Francis only wanted me for my inheritance I got from Grandpa Rome, and don't you deny it!
      Spain: I'll say this once Lovino—don't ever call me again. I will let you know also just how utterly disgusted and ashamed of you for what you did to Alfred. He certainly was a fool and made some mistakes, but he did not deserve any of the pain you and the others put him through. And that's not even getting to the pain you are putting his brother Matthew through, and to Mercedes, as well as little Kenna. And even more is how deeply you embarrassed me. Your actions reflect on me as well you know, Lovino.
      South Italy: Antonio, please! I'm sorry!
      Spain: I'm not at all sorry to break it to you, Lovino, but you saying sorry in this case is just not good enough to make up for even half of the horrible things you have done. You have crossed the line and you have only yourself to blame for your own misery. Don't ever call me again Lovino. Not unless you have something important to tell me.
    • A nightmare vision of New!America dishes out some brutal ones to her predecessor's rapists as well, warning them that should they do to her what they did to Alfred, she won't let them off as easily.
    • Canada also delivers some toward his brother's attackers as well, most especially to England and North Italy.
    • Lithuania gives a long, thorough, and especially blistering one to Russia fueled by more than a few centuries' worth of resentments and rage, calling him out on his selfish Love Hungry ways, the All Take and No Give way he treats others, and makes it clear he not only has No Sympathy for Russia's guilt, but will also never forgive the latter for driving his friend to suicide.
  • Another Recursive Fanfiction of the FCGB called Parting Sentiments has America deliver a brutal one to England after the latter attempts to apologize to him for the assault. The author (who also wrote What a Way to Fall) states she was inspired by Bojack Horseman for the speech (with some parts being lifted word for word).
    America: I'm not going to give you even an ounce of forgiveness for what you did to me on that day, Arthur. You don't deserve any of that. You have to live with this shitty thing you did for the rest of your life, and it’s going to be a very, very long one. You have to know that it's never, ever going to be okay! Because no matter how long it has been or will be since that day, no matter how much therapy I get, no matter how much alcohol I drown myself in, no matter how sorry you feel, I can never feel better or "get over it"! And I sure as hell am not going to forgive you just because you feel bad and you need to clear your conscience! Do you know what it was like for me? I had nobody. Even Matt couldn't completely understand! I knew all those phonies like Ivan, and Yao, and maybe Kiku and Lovino, would turn their backs on me the second the going got rough, sure. But you? You didn't just hurt me, Arthur; you fucking stabbed me in the back, humiliated me, took away all of my dignity and then some, and then shat all over the trust and love that I had for you like it meant absolutely nothing to you! You swore that you would protect me and have my back. And you abandoned me. I will never forgive you for that! Now get the fuck out of my house.

Homestar Runner

  • In Cheat Codename, Reynold tells his old team they suck for always seeing him as inferior.

Homestuck

Homicide: Life on the Street

  • Shadow Self: Munch gives an epic tongue-lashing to Pembleton about his egotism and treating his partner Bayliss like crap.
    John Munch: Hey, Frank. Tinkerbell still isn't in, huh?
    Frank Pembleton: What? What did you just say?
    Munch: Hmmm? Oh, I was just wondering where Tim was, I wanted to ask him—
    Pembleton: What did you call him? I've warned you about that mouth of yours. You just watch how you flap that tongue, or I'll make you swallow it!
    Munch: You've got a lot of nerve!
    Pembleton: What's that supposed to mean?
    Munch: It means that you don't have any right to tell me what to say about Bayliss. I've known him as long as you have. I've worked with him, we own a bar together, we're pals. There's no malice behind whatever I say. It means nothing. Tim knows that. Tim knows I'm his friend, that I'll always be his friend no matter what. That's more than you can say.
    Pembleton: What in the hell are you talking about? You call him names and you think-
    Munch: Yeah, that's right, I think I'm a better friend to him than you. When have you ever been a real friend to him, a real partner? When have you ever given him a good word, a pat on the back? And this, I remind you, is coming from a man who had Stanley Bolander as a partner, who was as cuddly and demonstrative as a grizzly bear. But Stan had heart, something you're singularly lacking.
    Pembleton: Just forget it, I'm busy.
    Munch: No, I won't forget it. When you treat the rest of us like spear carriers, walk-ons in the great pageant of Frank Pembleton's life, that's okay. We're used to it; it doesn't matter. But Tim is your partner. For some grotesque reason, Tim thinks you walk on water. He defends you; follows behind trying to smooth the feathers you ruffle. Stands up for you even when you're being a total asshole. When you were sick, he took care of your family like it was his own, Frank. I don't know what masochistic tendencies caused the poor schmuck to choose you to latch onto, but he did. And what's he get in return? In six years, I've yet to see you put yourself out for him; to give him back even a tenth of the loyalty he gives you.

The Hunger Games

  • Some Semblance of Meaning: The "pragmatic voice" seems to get great satisfaction out of giving these to Vale, constantly telling her that she is a wimpy, nervous, cowardly Horrible Judge of Character whose only talent is caring about people. Also, near the end of the Games, Amber gives a particularly cutting one to Obsidian, mocking him for being weak and compassionate and citing that as the reason why he will never win the Hunger Games. Obsidian responds with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech of his own, in which he undermines all of her points and tells her that caring about others doesn't make you weak; it gives you the strength and drive to carry on and follow through. "The last one standing has to stand for something. Otherwise, you might as well just lay down and die." He then goes on to win the Games.

Infinite Stratos

  • The Final Straw begins with three of these as Ichika tells Cecilia, Houki, and even his own sister how he's tired of the way they treated him, and that he's leaving the IS Academy rather than deal with their crap any longer.

Infinity Train

  • Infinity Train FANFIC: In Chapter 10, after Tulip is forced to view some of her past memories, all of which highlight either her jerkass personality or deteriorating relationship with her father, she demands to know why she's being tortured like this. Koo responds that she's being selfish about the matter, and when she attempts to rebut this, asking if he thinks her being stuck on the train is just because she threw a tantrum, he has this to say:
    Koo: I don't think it, I know it. You were the one who arrogantly thought you could outsmart the Conductor of this train. You were the one who arrogantly thought that if you could prove how tech-savvy you were, how clever you were, that you could just avoid the responsibility and reality of the failure you left back home, the failure both in you and your father. I watched for over a century of you playing your elaborate game of chess with that stupid Conductor. Over a century, Tulip. I watched how you purposefully stayed on this train just to prove a point. So you tell me who the selfish one is in this scenario.

Inuyasha

  • In Roundabout Way, Inuyasha gives a blistering "The Reason You ALL Suck" Speech to Sango (for always taking Kagome's side in an argument), Miroku (for getting involved in issues that don't concern him), Shippo (for being a whiny brat), and especially Kagome (for punishing him with a sit all the time whether he deserves it or not) about all the abuse he's had to put up with from them after Kagome sits him one too many times.
  • The Legacy of the Cursed Mask Series: InuYasha delivers an absolutely scathing one of these to Kagome.
    InuYasha: Dammit...that's always the way with you, isn't it, Kagome?! I make a mistake, you get mad and start sitting me. I do something you don't like, and you attack me! You get mad about something you don't like, and you take it out me! You don't get your way, and you go outta your way to make things difficult for everyone else, just like the spoiled brat you are! And I'll just bet that this is the part where you run on back home and leave us all in the lurch! Am I right?! Well, go right ahead! I'm tired of trying to force some sense into that stupid head of yours! Run on back home, if that's what you want! I'm just glad that I have some friends who won't just skip out on me, just because things get a little tough!

Invader Zim

  • Gaz Dreams of Genie:
    • The Villain World version of Professor Membrane gives Gaz a mild one, referring to her as "an apathetic video game junkie" and noting that his disappointment in her being the only child his "superior" genes could conceive destroyed his faith in humanity and was the main reason he sold out to the Irkens.
    • Azie gives Gaz a more aggressive one after they switch lives, calling out how selfish and ungrateful she was for the great life she had.

Jackie Chan Adventures

  • In Queen of All Oni, Ikazuki gives one to Tohru, right before the big chi wizard gives a Shut Up, Hannibal!:
    "She was your comrade, and even now you seek to protect her. Humans with their senseless nobility. I could find it admirable if it weren't so pathetic," Ikazuki chuckled. Despite facing his fear and the nightmare that would soon descend on him, Tohru meet the green eyes.
    "Yet humans defeated you once, and it's a human body you need now," Tohru answered shortly. Ikazuki frowned and smacked him in the face with his sheathed sword.
    • Also, Jade delivers one to Paco, regarding his status as The Load and Tagalong Kid, which may or may not be a Take That, Scrappy!:
      Paco: You are fighting Yackie. But you are his biggest fan!
      Jade: Heh, I suppose a towel boy like you wouldn't understand. I'm past looking up to Jackie; I'm looking to be better than him. In fact I always was, it's just age and a lack of opportunity didn't let me make that clear. Not like you, towel boy. I don't know why El Toro puts up with you trailing after him like some lost puppy. Guess he likes getting his ego stroked – it's not like you're good for anything else.
    • Jade's father Shen gets several — Jade herself calls him out on his years of Parental Neglect, one of her Co-Dragons, Left, tells him he was unworthy to be the parent of someone as great as Jade, and several of the heroes confront Shen about his decision to run away rather than help Jade.
    • Wong gives one to Uncle for choosing Tohru, a virtual stranger in his home as his apprentice rather than his own niece. He notes by the strength of her failures that she had more than a little talent and asks Uncle if he was scared to cultivate a talent that leaned more towards power than control.
    • Paco gives one to Hak Foo during the fight with his Mini Khan, calling out his Noble Demon facade as BS, saying he has no honor for being willing to sink to any depths for power. This is enough to actually get Hak to pay attention to Paco and try to kill him.
      "You are a fraud! You call yourself a true warrior, yet you take pride in serving wicked men! You have no true loyalty, serving any master that can rent you! And you have no respect for true strength, eager to take the quick and easy path with dark magics! You have no place among the mighty! El Toro Fuerte lies struck down by a cowardly attack by your leeches, and yet he is worthy many times over. Because he had the strength to give up the false strength of magic, even after being its slave for so long. You, who would so eagerly put on the chains he broke free of, you must climb so high otherwise you would have to look up at even beggars like the miserable bug you are!"
    • Hak Foo himself gets one later in the same fight, when he combines it with a Motive Rant — he tells Jackie that he's weak for fighting for others, and that with the Khan now at his disposal, he's going to purge such weakness from the world.
    • Jade gives an EPIC one to Filler Villain Anton Mortimer on just how unimportant he really is to what's going on, especially compared to her. All while robbing him blind, at that.
    • Several other characters do this as well throughout the story.
  • The Ultimate Evil:
    • When Valerie Payne makes with Shendu a Deal with the Devil in order to rescue Jade, displeasing the rest of the Chan Clan, she criticizes them, especially Jackie, about their selective failure to act. Her speech about their faults proves to be right on the mark later in the sequel.
      Valerie: Jade is stuck in the Netherworld, and as far as I can see, I am the ONLY one who seems to be doing anything to bring her back!
      Jackie: If you had just listened –
      Valerie: No! Call me a traitor if you want, but I am doing something – you're not! God's sake, Jackie! Why can't you do something for once! Stop being a coward and just do it!
    • During the climax of the first story, Shendu (who's been empowered through his newly formed bond with his Other) prepares to kill Jade, but she retains the nerve to call him out of altering her friend and his love interest Valerie with the Book of Ages along with the reality.
      Jade: Whatever you've done to Val, I'll –
      Shendu: Done to her? She came along willingly.
      Jade: Liar! The real Valerie would've never done this! You've changed her, the way you've changed everything!
      Shendu: And is she not better for it? I have made her a queen, she is mine, and everything is now as it should be.
      Jade: It's not really her though! What you've done to her is unforgivable!
      Shendu: There's enough of her in there for me to be satisfied with. The rest of her will come with time, but it is too late to change what has been done.
      Jade: You don't care about her! You bewitched her, forced her. Everything about her you took from her to make her what you wanted. She's not a person to you, she's a puppet!
    • The Guardian of the Book of Ages gives in the sequel a short yet concise TRYSS to Shendu and Valerie about how little trust there's between them even though they're connected as Others.
      The Guardian: You claim to be completed. But neither of you are willing to be one. It seems your journey to Tiamat must start with yourselves.
    • When Shendu enters Jade's psyche in order to tell her how to banish from her body Hsi Wu who's trying to merge with her at the risk of ending them both, he tells her that every time she has meddled with magic and gotten herself into trouble, he's been bailed out by her uncles and friends, but she has to rescue herself this time by giving up a part of her own personality if she wants to survive.
  • Webwork:
    • Every time Daolon Wong mentions one of his past attempts at gaining power in an attempt to impress Tarakudo, Jade replies by mentioning how he screwed up in that instance.
    • Uncle derides the depths Wong will go to for power, saying he doesn't respect Wong enough to hate him, instead pitying him.
    • Ms Hartman delivers an epic one to Tarakudo when he decides to appear to her. Not only does she tell him that she doesn't approve of what he's done to Jade but also derides him as powerless and says once Jade realizes she doesn't need him, he'll be left with nothing.
    • Uncle gives one to Viper, saying he refuses to trust her like the other reformed crooks he knows because she continues to go by her thief's name rather than her real name, which tells him that she lacks the resolve to truly give that life up.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

  • In Jonathan Joestar, The First JoJo, Jotaro delivers a short but brutal one to Jonathan due to realizing everything that happened to him could have been averted if Jonathan had killed Dio:
    "You let Dio live." Jotaro said, calmly, but his words dug deep into Jonathan. "On that ship, you hugged his head as the flames burned around you. You embraced him instead of crushing his skull or burning him alive."
    Joseph was getting close now, yelling, and Josuke instinctively took a hold of his arms, keeping him back. Jolyne was pulling Jotaro's arm, asking what he was doing, and old Joseph was telling Jotaro to, basically, shut up. Giorno was gripping Jonathan's wrist, saying over and over that they should move, all the while Speedwagon, alternate universe Josuke, Joshu and Johnny just watched on, confusion rolling off them in waves.
    But Jonathan just stared at Jotaro, hurt deep in his oceanic eyes as Jotaro's stayed icy cold.
    "It's your fault we're in this mess."
    His breath hitched.
    "It's your fault for not finishing Dio off all those years ago. He killed most of my friends, slaughtered them. He nearly drained your grandson of all his blood, killed hundreds of innocent people, almost killed my mother. Almost killed me."
    His heart ached.
    "I was just a normal high school student, living my life peacefully until Dio awoke our Stands, and my world was flipped to shit and back. Why the fuck did I need to finish what you started? It wasn't my fault Dio made your life a living hell and turned into a vampire using your mom's mask."
    ...Was he crying?
    Jotaro looked at him, directly in the eyes. He spat the next words with venom:
    "It's all your fucking fault."

Katawa Shoujo

  • In the fanfic Reconciliation, Hanako gets one from a grief-stricken Lilly, when she tries to offer her comfort after Hisao's funeral. While Hanako agrees with the criticism, she also realizes that the speaker did not mean what she said.
    Lilly: SHUT UP! You don’t know what I’m going through! You didn’t just lose the most important person in your life! You haven’t had your entire world shattered without warning or reason! I don’t have the same luxury you have! When things get too tough, you know what you do, Hanako? You just run away!
  • In one chapter of Mean Time To Break Down, Iwanako ends up hospitalized when Emi runs into her, exacerbating her arrhythmia and giving her a concussion. Emi attempts to apologize but not only winds up making it more about herself than the pain she caused Iwanako but also lets slip that she accidentally did exactly the same thing to another student before who happened to have brittle bone disease, and then still kept on carelessly running through hallways despite that. All throughout the fic, Iwanako had been holding in all of her pain and feelings, and when the latter sees her mother there, still angry over the fact that her own mother isn't here with her, Iwanako hits her Rage Breaking Point and snaps.
    Iwanako: Look. What the hell is it you want from me?!
    Emi: What-
    Iwanako: Is it forgiveness? You may as well hit the road, because that’s never going to happen. Do you seriously think I’m okay? You nearly killed me, do you understand that? Why the hell would I ever forgive you for that? I’m not the goddamned Pope. I don’t have to grant you a tabula rasa just because you only almost ruined my whole goddamn life.
    Emi: I-
    Iwanako: And you’re seriously telling me that this isn’t even the first time that this has happened? You go to a school for the disabled and you just, what, ignored a dozen warnings? What kind of freaking idiot are you? Sure, you’re remorseful. Good for you. I don’t give a damn. How are you any different from some drunk driver who only feels bad after he finally spins out and murders half a family? And, yes, I’m not dead, thanks for noticing, though maybe you’ve knocked ten years off my life, for all I even know. And that’s not even mentioning the concussion you gave me, thanks for that. And I didn’t tell the school to do a single goddamn thing, so don’t blame me for whatever they did. Sorry, not my problem. You should have thought of that before you went sprinting through the halls. You want me to feel better? You want to make things right? You can start by getting out of my life. God knows it’s short enough already without you in it! What the hell are you waiting for?! GET OUT! GET! OUT!

Kill la Kill

  • From Kill la Kill AU, Ragyo gives one to her mother on her deathbed for the hell she's put their family through:
    Ragyo: How do you do, Mother? I am doing fine, thank you. Just fine, I should note, which is surprising considering that I was hit by a car when I was six, the day of my birth being the day that your life was ruined. In that vein, you say how I had hurt you, yet you never think about how you had hurt me. I was never to blame for your problems, instead, I had the misfortune of being born. I had needed you to guide, protect, hold, and love me, yet after I had grown teeth and started to walk, you left me to fend for myself, doing none of those things. Daddy never forgave you for that and neither did I, actually, that stayed with me for a very long time. Of course, I promised to never turn into someone like you and will try my best to be a good mother, not exactly perfect, I should add, but at least I try. When you tried to be a toxic influence in my life once again, I told you no, yet, you almost put one of my babies in their graves and drove one to madness. I don't think I could forgive you for that, seeing as what you did, for a while, screwed us up psychologically. You're a monster, we will not deny that. I can tell you are curious as to why I even came to see you. Of course, I came to show what you've failed to destroy. You are dying and we rejoice. You've brought us misery and, now, that you are dying, going to be dead and gone, we feel relief. We are free, Mother, and never again will you torment us. We are finally free. Before I go and arrange your funeral, I must thank you for bringing me into this world and remember one thing as you go, the blood may run deep and, whilst scars fade, wounds may not heal.
  • In a Calling the Old Woman Out moment from Cellar Secrets, Satsuki hands Ragyo good one:
    Satsuki: You destroyed lives beyond any real repair and, fittingly, you've destroyed your own life. You destroyed Rei's with your abuse and a child you wanted to keep hidden. You also destroyed Ryuuko's, the child you never named and kept hidden, by keeping her locked away in a cage in a cellar, allowing her development and growth to become stunted. You didn't just destroy her life, you destroyed ours with your secrets and abuse. You hurt us and you're going to be living with that for the rest of your life.
    • Later, in Chapter 14, Tsumugu tears one into a social worker, scaring her off:
      Tsumugu: First of all, this young woman, Ms. Satsuki Kiryuuin has been nothing but compliant, even when you forced your way into her home and decided to interrogate a child, neither of which you had a warrant to do. You came here to investigate a tip about potential abuse, yet it is you committing the abuse with your bullying and intimidation, all and out, abusing your position. Look at her, Ryuuko is shaking and crying because is afraid but she isn't afraid of her sister be noted, she is afraid of you. Now, unless you want very much to lose your job, you would be wise enough to leave.
  • What Ryuuko says to Satsuki in Secret Sunshine.
    Ryuuko: I wasn't looking to see you at all. Let me tell you this, 'sorry' isn't going to fix this or anything related to this. Two years ago, you've abandoned us both and, in those two years, besides checks, you didn't show an ounce that you cared at all. You didn't ask about Kiko or me and, really, this is the first time you've visited. Let me make this clear, I didn't ask to do any of this but I couldn't bring myself to do what you did. No, I couldn't because, really, what did that baby ever do to deserve something like that? Nothing, fucking nothing. I guess the fact that I couldn't just dump her on someone else so she'd shoved from place to place without ever knowing she could be loved says more about me than you. You gave birth to her and then you ghosted on her, ghosting on me, too, right along with her. I'm going to remind you again, in case you, forgot, Bitch, that your actions affect more than just you and, as you already know, they affected more than just you. I sacrificed everything, everything, and you got to be selfish but, let me tell you this, I wouldn't trade the life I have now, with Kiko, for the life I could have had then, without her. I love her more than anything, more than you could ever be bothered to, and she loves me. I'm her 'Momma' and being her 'Momma' is what makes the whole thing bearable. Where were you during these two years? Nowhere important, out with your friends or whatevers. Out with your friends or whatevers, while I stayed home, stayed home doing things to take care of Kiko by myself. So really, how fair is it that you get to just show up after ghosting on us for two years, huh? How fair is it that you want to see the baby you abandoned when she was two days old? Whatever your reasons for doing what you did, well, they ain't good enough reasons. If you weren't ready, then you should have taken precautions but, no, you put that responsibility on me and ghosted. I wanna beat your ass and, if I knew who you screwed, I'd kick his ass, too. Now, you're pregnant again and I'm worried. Not worried about you, you'll be fine, I'm worried about the one you'll have because I've seen what you did. Got anything to say?
    • In chapter 16, she delivers another shorter one to Satsuki, after being hospitalized.
      You ghosted on her and you ghosted on me. To be honest, that hurt me more than you even realize. When we were kids, I was shipped off to elsewhere, while you got to stay. I never knew why I did but I never had reasons to think that you'd do the same thing that almost everyone else did. You're my sister, Satsuki. I was supposed to depend on you above anyone or anything else and you abandoned me, shipping Kiko and me off like some dirty secret you just had to keep hidden. Kiko didn't do a damn thing to me and I couldn't bear to do what you did because, really, who else did she have? No one and knowing that broke my heart. You ruined three lives because you can't get it through your thick skull that your actions didn't just affect you.

Kingdom Hearts

  • Kingdom Hearts: The Antipode:
    • DiZ gets one from both Zexion and Goofy.
      Goofy: Y'know what, DiZ? You're no model citizen yourself. All you do is shout and push away the people closest to ya. Maybe if you behaved more like a person and less like a Heartless, we'd all be able to talk things out and come up with some way to get out of this mess. You've been holed up in your basement for so long that you've forgotten all about how to treat other people. Ever since we got here, you've treated us like tools to boss around. And Xion, your own daughter—why, I wouldn't be surprised if she never came back after all you've put her through! Not even Ansem was as bad as you.
      Zexion: Ah, but it's Zexion now. And I have to say, Master… I'm almost appalled, looking at you now. (...) True. But just think of how far you've fallen. You were once a noble ruler, the most brilliant scientific mind… and then you failed. Your fear was what ultimately cast you into that darkness. And look at the results! You failed to save your once radiant kingdom, and you failed to save this town… Just like before, your hands are stained with the blood of those around you.
    • Elsa gives a heartbreaking one to Anna after being corrupted by a shard of enchanted glass.
      Elsa: You never let me go. Always clawing at my door, driving me insane. You didn't want a sister; you wanted a toy. You'd wake me in the middle of the night, demanding we'd build a snowman. You'd push me harder and harder... Until I finally pushed back.
      Anna: It was an accident and you know it! I know you, Elsa, and you'd never-
      Elsa: You know me? You're nothing more than a closed door!
      Anna: ...You're right. We haven't been close since we were little, and, after today, I'm not even sure how many of those memories are real. But that was then. This is now. There's no more doors except the ones you create. You or this... darkness. (...) And I know this because I finally saw you at the coronation. For just a few minutes, you actually smiled! You seemed genuinely happy!
      Elsa: And tell me, Anna. Why did I stop smiling? (...) Don't you see, Anna? All this darkness... All this rage that I've hidden for so long; it's all because of you. Why couldn't you stay dead?

Kung Fu Panda

  • Near the end of The Vow, Jade attacks Lord Shen in order to furiously give him a piece of her mind about how he's about to drag down everyone with him in his campaign to conquer China, including her lover and his loyal best friend, Zhan the Wolf Boss. Shen, who's been for days in Villainous BSoD due to releasing his newlywed wife Lianne out of love, actually considers the dhole's words and realizes she's right. He then lets her go, takes out Zhan with a Pressure Point and sends him away with the majority of his wolf pack right before the final confrontation with Po, ensuring their avoidance of their canon fate.

The Legend of Zelda

  • FFS, I Believe in You: Link receives one from Dark Link that mocks and exposes his flaws and weaknesses, such as his inability to prevent the Calamity and his actions having caused the Master Sword to lose most of its power. As these are all things that Link already privately believes and as it comes together with the Master Sword becoming stuck in a tree and resisting Link's attempts to pull it free, implicitly signifying a rejection of Link's worthiness to wield it, it hits him especially hard. Later, it's revealed that Sidon's copy was doing much the same with his own personal issues.

The Loud House

  • The Boy Who Cried Idiot: Lincoln gives Martin a long, angry telling-off after the boys get kicked out.
    Lincoln: NO! DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! EVERYTHING'S [sic] THAT HAPPENED TO ME IS LITERALLY YOUR FAULT! FIRST, YOU THREW MY WORLD HISTORY BOOK, THEN I WAS FORCED TO GET IT AND GOT ATTACKED BY RACCOONS, I GOT SENT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, I GOT GROUNDED FOR A WEEK, I GOT THIS HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE, I PUNCHED MY SISTER, LENI, IN THE FACE BECAUSE OF THAT NIGHTMARE, I GOT GROUNDED FOR 2 WEEKS, CHANDLER DECIDED TO MAKE YOU HUMILIATE ME FOR HIM, I GOT SENT TO THE OFFICE AGAIN, I GOT SUSPENDED FOR A WEEK, I GOT GROUNDED FOR 3 WEEKS, AND NOW THIS! MY SISTERS JUST KICKED ME OUT, AND AM I THE ONE TO BLAME!? NO! YOU ARE! I MEAN, IF ONLY YOU WERE A LOT SMARTER AND A TRUE FRIEND, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN! BUT NO! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT AN IDIOT! A red-haired... green-shirted... idiot! I can't tell what was worse, that stupid sister protocol, my sisters and parents accusing me for bad luck, or what has happened recently. An idiot... who gets me in trouble...
  • Syngenesophobia
    • Lynn got an off-screen one from her friend Polly in Chapter 8. While the readers never actually saw the said speech, Lynn's beating of Lincoln destroyed her friendship with Polly.
    • In chapter 11, Rita gives her daughters one when she learns the whole story behind the fight. And one to herself for letting the situation get out of control.
      Rita Loud: So let me get this straight...you girls thought it was ok to use your brother's room to avoid each other, without his consent, you took his bed sheets even though we had spares in the basement...and on top of that, any time he asked about the protocol, you just told him it's a 'sister thing' and to butt...out?...
      (Her daughters all nod, looking up at her fearfully.)
      Rita Loud: No Leni... Because 'mad' doesn't begin to cover it! How could you girls act like this?! We raised you better than that, and you should've known better than to treat your only brother like his opinion doesn't matter! Not only did you treat his possessions and space like they were expendable, you also couldn't see the flaws in your protocol from the very beginning! I don't care if one of you is upset, you have no right to block off an entire section of the house! You can do that in your own homes, but not in my house missies!
      (The girls slump shamefully in their seats.)
      Rita Loud: I understand Lincoln accidentally reignited the initial argument, but his intentions were pure, and to be honest, you girls are literally at fault for keeping secrets from each other. All he wanted to do was get everything back on track. Lori and Leni, I'm especially disappointed in both of you for arguing over something so trivial. You both bought the dress, so what is wrong with having the same item? You both share a room for God's sake!
      I'm also disappointed in you as well, Luna and Luan! You shouldn't have let yourself get dragged into their argument, especially when it didn't concern you and it was over a petty reason! This is like, worse than the time you kids fought over money...
      Aside from Lily, I'm disappointed in the rest of you for going along with everything that happened...but... I'm mostly disappointed in myself... I know I have a right to be upset, but the blame goes to me and your father for not taking the time to settle things between our kids like a real parent would...it's...it's our faults you girls ended up like this...
  • From What is a Person Worth?, a Deconstruction Fic of the episode "No Such Luck", has Lincoln snap at his family in the fourth chapter and standing up to and giving a very harsh (and cathartic) speech to his family for their treatment of him in this story, the episode, and other episodes.
    Lynn Sr: Lincoln! Answer me when I'm talking to you!
    Lincoln: No dad...I'm not apologizing...in fact, why should I have to say sorry to people who've been doing nothing but making me endure hell for the past few days? Or better yet, a damn good amount of my time as an 11-year-old?!
    Rita: Lincoln! That's no way to talk to your father, and you should not be using such language!
    Lincoln: Oh, stuff it, mom! You want to know why I got rid of the suit? I was chased (Points to Lynn) by her damn rival team because they were sore about losing their last game! I had to hide in the junkyard and I got attacked by dogs, tearing the suit up to pieces! Ever since I've had to start wearing that, that...fucking thing outside of games, nothing but pain and misfortune has come to me while the rest of you remained oblivious to it! And I'd be damned if I had to take it home just so this brat and idiot (Gestures to Lola and Leni) can stitch it up again JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN MAKE ME WEAR IT AGAIN IN THE NAME OF YOUR DAMN SUPERSTITIONS!
    (Everyone reacts with Stunned Silence.)
    Lincoln: Oh, and guess what I saw at the dump, mom?!
    Rita: What do you mean?
    Lincoln: I threw the suit onto a pile of burning debris. Said debris, were parts of my furniture, which you said you guys sold!
    Rita: (uneasily) W-We did try to sell it, but the guys taking it accidentally broke it, so...we thought it'd be best to...trash it...
    Lincoln: So that's it huh? You guys thought since I wouldn't be in the house anymore you thought it'd be ok to sell, no...throw out my stuff?! Why don't you just get rid of my clothes since I might as well be a complete stranger!..I probably wouldn't have found out if you girls, (Points to Lucy and the twins) actually realized I wasn't on the damn bus, SO THANKS FOR PROVING NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE CARES ABOUT ME!
    Lori: Lincoln...we do care about you, and you need to calm down...
    Lincoln: Oh please, don't act like you give a shit. Only thing you ever care about is texting your oh-so-precious boyfriend...you might as well be married to that phone considering how often you type on it!
    Lori Hey! I'm not on my phone all the time!...Right, guys?
    (the family gives a sideways glance)
    Lincoln: And the rest of you don't care enough to notice how wearing that stupid costume made me feel...you cared more about your stupid luck than your only son/brother!
    Leni: Lincoln, that's not true!
    Lincoln: You know it is, Leni! Every time I suffer from an unfortunate accident, that suit would look brand new, yet I still have welts from bee stings! If you guys really cared, you would've done more than just one-minute healing sessions, but instead, you continue to lie to me just so I can continue to be your stupid good luck charm! (Points to his father) You were even more concerned about that stupid suit than me! AND AN ALLIGATOR ALMOST KILLED ME!
    Lynn Sr.: L-Lincoln-
    Lincoln: Spare me your lies, dad...remember when we thought you and mom were gonna kick us out of the house, but you were really talking about your tie collection? You said you'd never get rid of any of your children. Either that was a lie, or I'm not considered part of this family!
    Lana: Lincoln, you are part of this family. You're my older brother for corn's sake!
    Lincoln: That's funny Lana, cause if I remember correctly, my room was boarded up, I was forced to sleep outside, and even your brat of a twin seemed whole hardy at the notion of me not coming to the beach with you guys because I was 'bad luck'...I'll admit it was really stupid of me to let that white lie drag on for so long, BUT DID IT HAVE TO INVOLVE REMOVING ME FROM THE HOUSE?! WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT ANYWAYS?!
    (Beat as the families Heel Realization kicks in.)
    Lincoln: Just...why?...Why is it that every time I make a mistake, everyone is quick to jump on my case, but when the girls do it, everyone feels sympathetic and they have their backs?...Is it because I'm the only other guy in this house? Is it because I wasn't born as a girl? Is that it?...
    Lisa: Lincoln, I can assure you that gender has nothing to do with it.
    Lincoln: Really...then why wouldn't you help me fix this?...Are your studies that more important than your own family?... (Beat) Every day I go to everyone's events to support them, but there comes a time when someone needs time to unwind...but with a family as large as this, guess there's no room for privacy...Day in and day out, I can't even get a moment of peace before one of you girls barge into my room and try to get me to do something...you pranked me just because I wanted some peace and quiet... (Glares at Lola) I was forced to set off multiple pranks because someone had to invite Ronnie Anne over... (Glares at Luan) Got kicked out of my room twice and had a good day ruined because the two biggest blondes in the house had to fight over a dress... (Lori and Leni exchange a guilty glance) Had to take the blame for clogging the toilet just because a certain someone can't handle criticism... (Lucy hangs her head in shame) And speaking about the toilet, you girls remember that dare where we each gave up our annoying habits and we all learned to accept them?...That was a huge lie because ALL of you laughed at my Ace Savvy outfit! Not only that, you never cared that I could've failed 5th grade when you guys chased off my tutor! You also ruined my chances for claiming the sweet spot just because I didn't want to be stuck with a crappy seat or sit next to someone who'd annoy me for the whole trip! I know I probably ruined it by asking too many questions, but why couldn't you just let me have the seat...But nothing, compares to the amount of idiocy I suffered a few weeks ago... (Glares at Lynn)
    Lynn: (uneasy) Lincoln...?
    (Lincoln gets into her face)
    Lincoln: You forced me to come to your stupid game despite the fact I gave a clear reason why I didn't want to go, and why I couldn't attend your other games, but no...you felt the need to threaten me with a bat! Then when you lose the game, it's somehow MY fault?!...I felt sorry for your loss, and yet you label me as bad luck! (Lynn flinches and he turns away from her) You're not a winner by any regards Lynn...you're just a sore loser...
    Lynn: (Berserk Button pressed) Oh yeah?! What about you Mr. I'm-too-lazy-to-exercise?! You asked me to play football for you just because you couldn't hack it!
    Lincoln: Difference is, you agreed to help me, and I didn't even threaten you in the process! You loved every second of it! You were fucking smiling as you threatened to beat me with that bat, and then you have the nerve to say it's my fault you lost! Then you go on and claim I'm bad luck just because you managed to win your next two games?! Here's a lesson for you Lynn...Real winners, take losing in stride, and clearly...you're not one of them...
  • In No Such Luck, No Such Love, a fic that Deconstructs Lincoln's Butt-Monkey status, Lori yells at him for leaving for school early in the morning and for not being there to help everyone else get ready, at which point Lincoln calls her out.
    Lincoln: I'm sorry that I'm my own person, I'm sorry that I'm doing my own thing, I'm sorry that I'm prioritizing myself, I'm sorry that all of you are so incompetent to get yourself ready in the morning, I'm sorry I'm not your slave! It's not my fault that half of you can't set an alarm properly, it's not my fault you all argue over the bathroom EVERY morning, it's not my fault that the roads are busy during the school rush hour, and it's not my fault that YOU can't control your sisters!
  • What You Wish For: When Lincoln breaks Lori's perfume, she chews him out and makes him cry.
    Lori: You literally have no idea, do you? I tell you to stay out of my room to keep shit like this from happening, but it just doesn't get through your thick head, does it? It's like you just disregard my fucking privacy just because you let your stupid spider out of its cage AGAIN. How dumb do you have to be to literally make the same mistake twice? None of your sisters do this, because they all know what the words STAY OUT mean! Christ, I wish I only had nine sisters! Maybe then I could actually manage to own expensive things that don't end up broken by asshole little brothers! Now GET OUT!

Love, Simon

  • In The Story of My Life, Abby, Nick, and Leah confront Martin after finding out he posted Simon’s emails to Blue, even after he promised not to if Simon helped him out, which he at least tried to. Nick expresses disgust that Martin blackmailed Simon to become his pawn, then betrayed him to save himself a little teasing. When Martin says he didn’t think it would be such a big deal, Abby points out that he must have thought it was enough of a big deal to get Simon to do his bidding and to make everyone forget about his embarrassment at Homecoming. Leah finishes off with a lecture that Martin is not the All-Loving Hero he thinks he is, but rather the villain of the story he’s in.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

  • In Not a perfect soldier, but a good man, Doctor Strange steps in after John Walker kills with the shield to make it clear to Walker that he is inferior to Steve Rogers by creating an illusion where Walker relives key moments of Steve's life (his final confrontation with Schmidt, his fight with the Winter Soldier, the fight with Tony in the Siberian bunker, the final stand against Thanos), the other party affirming to Walker that his violent attitude would have made those situations worse where Steve would have made more of an impact by just being a good man.

Mass Effect

  • In Little Star, a team of ExoGeni scientists had been overwhelmed by monsters that were people that merged (messily at that) with their alternate selves and driven mad, known as the Merged. Shepard and co arrived for a rescue mission. Dr. Harland, the lead scientist, proposed that the orb, which was the cause of the plot, should be used for other means. Shepard did not take this lightly.
    Shepard: Dr. Harland, I’m aware your intentions are good. You made that absolutely clear.
    Harland: And?
    Shepard: If you think that excuses for what happened here, don’t bother. You’re lucky I said I would get you out of here. Otherwise, I would’ve kicked your ass the moment I walked in the room and had you arrested. I mean, you didn’t find it odd that it appeared out of nowhere? The moment you found something was off, you went into studying it without containing it until it was too late. You sure do give science a bad rep. Feels great, doesn’t it? Being the mad scientist.
  • Shepard gives a particularly vicious one to the Citadel Council in Chapter 36 of Mass Effect: Synthesis shortly before they are executed for attempted genocide against a Reaper-allied humanity using a bio-engineered plague made from experimenting on human slaves purchased from the Batarians.
    Esheel: You barbarian!
    Shepard: (pause) I dismiss that claim. Though, the term applies to you.
    Tevos: How?
    Shepard: You admitted to employing tier-two weapons of mass destruction in an effort to exterminate my species. According to your records, such an action was banned approximately 1500 Thessian years ago. Additionally, you maintain that slavery is against Council law, but once again you show your barbarism, knowingly purchasing slaves for the development of a WMD. But also, you knowingly allied Council associate members to continue the practice. You, Councilors, are barbarians playing at civilization. You accept the laws that make civilization when they support you, but the instant they don't, you look the other way because that is more convenient to you. I, however, have not forsaken any of my rules. So which one of us is barbaric?
    Esheel: You cannot do this!
    Shepard: Of course I can.
    (Esheel is executed on the spot.)
    Shepard: Nothing further, Tevos?
    Tevos: (weakly) Why?
    Shepard: Why what?
    Tevos: Why any of this? No matter what Saren would have had us believe, it's obvious we never had a chance.
    Shepard: Your probes hit many of our colony worlds. Every human man, woman, and child on all of those worlds died. The CEumans didn't but that was due to outside interference. Those humans were civilians. Farmers, crafters, merchants, people who just wanted to live their own lives. They never would have taken up arms against you. Their worldview, like most humans, was much simpler. Live and let live. You destroyed that. You killed them. I am Marshall Shepard Harbinger. I am the head of the Systems Alliance's military and it is my job to see to the protection of Systems Alliance colonies. Your attack probes meant I had failed. I take that failure personally and so, for those who cannot seek justice for themselves, the Systems Alliance has taken up arms. Your worlds will burn, your people will fall, because you barbarians of the Council willfully used weapons of mass destruction on civilian targets. You were never fit to rule.
  • In the Uplifted series, Hanala to a group of Quarians on the Citadel for not rejoining the fleet. The crowd's reaction is justifiable, however, given that the previous attempts by the Migrant Fleet were failed offensives. They understandably want nothing to do with whatever scheme the fleet has come up with.
    • Hanala's Mother's response to Joachim Hoch's berating of their responsibility to their child.
      Galina'Jarva: The difference is that Hanala is Saleb's family. You are not. You will never be our family even if she marries you; and you will certainly never understand the culture of quarian child-rearing. Saleb is the first and foremost concern of hers now. If you had a family you might have understood the concept of being selfless. But lo and behold, you're quite possibly the most selfish creature I have ever seen. You staked your pride and honour before the lives of others and you got everyone killed for it. You killed my son, you killed my daughter-in-law, and you ruined Hanala forever. Your choices have left you with no real attachments, and you have the GALL to stand there and say you know better than I!
  • Weightless: Mierin showed Garrus that he was not as good as he thought:
    Mierin: I've been watching you for months. I thought about killing you. It would have been easy. You always pick the same piece of shit motels to sleep in, and your check-in times are as regular as trigonometry. You eat at the same times every day, drink the same things. You may have had dozens of names, but your identity is always exactly the same because it's yours. No change in your posture, no difference in your step. You drink tea constantly, a dead giveaway. You have no concept of how to transcend your own personality undercover. You know the mechanics, but not the art.
    -And nothing looks more suspicious than consistently checking in the early morning and out at late evening. And never pay with a card you fool, even if the accounts are opened and closed in the same week. What were you thinking? You're getting it right by changing locations as often as possible, but you need to break up your habits. Painfully predictable. Not to mention that any additional layer of security over the place you choose to fade into only assists in keeping you unseen. Hiding only amongst the impoverished and addicted is a beginner's mistake. You need to be able to disappear anywhere, and at any time.
    You only see me right now because I want you to see me. You're fighting a war; a war in which you're outnumbered one thousand to one. The only way, the only chance you have of making an impact, is to become invisible in plain sight. Foolish engineer, you think you can do anything if you think hard enough about it, analyze it to death. No amount of thought alone will make you disappear in a crowd. It must be taught. It must be learned. I can see you're trained, but you are not a master.
    • Later, Thane delivered another one for Garrus to call him out for just wallowing in the past and ignoring Shepard's attempt to reach for him while she herself was having a lot of pressure.
      Garrus: How long have you been spying on me?
      Thane: Spying? No. Not spying. Realizing... Long enough to doubt that you are doing anything here at all. ...Except stare into things better left behind.
      When your last hours come, on their fiery wings. Inescapable. Inevitable. Your gun won't save you. (...) When you finally see, after your whole life... (...) The time you wasted. And you stand there, looking, into that impossible light, the light that leaves you behind...that claims all that you love, all that you built..and where she goes, you cannot follow...
      You should have died that day...And yet you just keep breathing...Wasting. (...) Every.Breath. Nothing. Nothing, will buy that time back. The time I watch you squander with every passing day. (...) Do you hear me? Nothing. And you...you have everything...Everything...And yet, here with your thoughts and your memories of places long dead you waste the gifts of the living...No more...No more can I watch while you squander two miracles when there are some who would kill for only one.
      Go to her. She waits. For you.

My Hero Academia

  • Cain: After repeatedly trying to help Katsuki recognize his own Doublethink and break free from his twisted logic, Toshinori finally loses his patience and calls him out for being a Spoiled Brat that refuses to accept reality:
    Toshinori: Ever since we've met you've done nothing but prove what an insufferable little shit you are! Give me one good reason why you deserve my blessing as the next Symbol of Peace when you do nothing but try and make the people around you miserable!?
    Katsuki: (starts sobbing)
    Toshinori: And you have the nerve to cry like your feelings are hurt? Because someone finally pointed out how terrible you are? After you tormented a disabled child for years? For the crime of being born different from you? Or was it because he wanted to be your friend when you were toddlers?
  • Consequences is pretty much nothing but Inko Midoriya giving Bakugo one long "The Reason You Suck" Speech after Deku is Driven to Suicide by Bakugo's bullying.
    Inko: You know... My little Izuku was all I had ever since his father went abroad. He was always smiling, full of happiness, gets excited on hero news. Then the moment came when he met you, he thought you were so cool with your explosive quirk. That you'd make an amazing hero with it. His world seemingly brightened even more the moment you came to his life. Izuku just wanted to be friends with you. He was so fond of you that — that he kept on rambling about you. Every day, every night. Every moment that he found an opportunity to talk to me about your awesomeness. But then you were heartless. He knew his father cut off all his ties with him the moment the doctor announced his quirklessness. The harsh realization of it caused him great sadness. But that suffering was enough right? No! You and everybody had to rub it in his face of his disability or whatever you call it! All he wanted was to be friends with you! His desire to be friends with you put him on the edge of a cliff! And you pushed my Izuku, my Izuku, sucking, destroying, and putting out the life out of him!! You could have done better as a person Katsuki.
  • In Conversations with a Cryptid, Hisashi Midoriya has hated Bakugou for a long time due to the latter's cruel treatment of his son Izuku through most of their lives. So when Bakugou is alone and defenseless during his hospitalization after Hisashi publicly strangled him, he verbally tears Bakugou a new one and removes his Explosion Quirk when he talks back one time too many.
    Hisashi: You haven’t noticed, Bakugou? You’re the most disliked person in your class. One of the best achieving, yet they have nothing but contempt for you. For your attitude, for your mannerisms, for your complete lack of social skills....For your lack of control and temper. You’re a liability, which is why you failed and they succeeded.
    Bakugou: Fuck off. You don’t know anything.
    Hisashi: What an excellent view. We must be on, what, the tenth story? I know plenty Bakugou. I know that your father was so worthless that your mother had to chase him. That he’s a spineless, pathetic wimp that’s at the beck and call of his emotionally abusive wife. That not once in all your years has he ever defended you from her stupidity about strength and weakness, as though she were a chimpanzee frolicking about in the jungle as opposed to a functional human being raising a vulnerable child.
    Bakugou: I turned out fine.
    Hisashi: Oh? Is that why my son beat you in your first combat simulation? Is that why he had his provisional licence before you? My disadvantaged boy, so new to the world of violence, still surpassed you. It’s almost like there’s more to life than having a Quirk and money. For all that my son once lacked, he still had more than enough substance to his personality to utterly destroy you in all the ways that matter.
    Bakugou: Deku is as fucking useless as he always will be. Nothing can fucking change that.
    Hisashi: Ah, Bakugou, remember what I said about calling my son that name?
    Hisashi: (Grabs Bakugou by the neck)
    Hisashi: This Bakugou, is why Tomura saw such likeness to himself in you. Another spoilt, emotionally driven brat who’d step on others to achieve their goals. A menace to society.
  • Coyote:
    • Bakugo gives an especially cruel one to Izuku, after the manifestation of Riley's Quirk drives a wedge between them.
      Bakugo: Hey, Deku. Lose your girlfriend?
      Izuku: Shut up, Bakugo.
      Bakugo: Whoa, hit a nerve. Ah don’t feel so bad, Deku. Anyone could see this was coming. It was obvious he only hung out with you because you were the only loser as sad as he was.
      Izuku: Shut up, Bakugo.
      Bakugo: Ooh, getting some SPUNK are we? Better pull that back in, DEKU. You haven’t even got that dog-faced loser to have your back anymore. He’s no big deal to me — he got his Quirk, so what? But even he wasn’t going to let a useless Deku hanger-on drag him down. Face it, Midoriya, everything’s back to the way it was. He’s just another Extra that walked off-stage... and you’re a worthless DEKU, all alone. Later, loser.
      • Unfortunately for Bakugo, Riley catches wind of what's going on and delivers a scathing speech of his own to the bully — in the form of a mocking parody set to the tune of "Gangnam Style", no less. As for Izuku, he gets to deliver his own on the bus for the USJ field trip after Bakugo foolishly pushes him one time too many and gets his fist caught in Izuku's Quirk-powered grip.
        Izuku: What is wrong with you? Why are you like this? It’s like you think you're the only real person in the world, like other people don’t even matter. —but you know? I finally think I get it. I used to be your friend. I thought I was. But I was just furniture to you, wasn't I? Something for you to use — or kick out of the way.
        Bakugo: Let go of me, you Deku—
        Izuku: What’s the matter, Kacchan? I thought I don’t matter to you. But then again I never did, did I?
      • Izuku delivers an even more decisive speech to Bakugo in the final round of the UA Sports Festival. Having realized Bakugo wants to crush him in a proper fight to serve his own delusions of grandeur, Izuku denies the bully that by getting him to exhaust himself while calmly tearing apart said delusions, then simply shoving him out of bounds; it leaves Bakugo stunned silent and staring at him with blank eyes while the crowd goes wild.
        Izuku: Kacchan. I'm TIRED, Kacchan. I'm tired of this, Kacchan. Tired of your shouting. Tired of your attacking me. Tired of YOU. Our whole lives, you’ve been nothing but a SPOILED BRAT. A pampered little prince, told he was the greatest and that he deserved the best of everything — and throwing a Splodey-dope TANTRUM if you didn't get it. I wanted to be your friend. You wanted me to be your doormat. A punching bag for you to beat up. A straw man for you to defeat. A DEKU. And in spite of everything — the Zero Pointer, the combat trials, the USJ, the Sludge villain — anyone else could see how powerful I'd gotten. But you still thought I was a DEKU. You came here thinking you were going to walk all over me, that you were going to beat me into the ground and show everyone here how great YOU were. All you wanted out of me was a good fight. Well, guess what, Kacchan. I'm going to take that all away from you. I'm not a Deku, Kacchan. I'm not your stepping stone. I'm not even your rival. I surpassed you MONTHS ago. And now I'm going to beat you without even raising my hands.
    • Aizawa's threat to expel Izuku for getting last place on the Quirk Apprehension Test, as well as the fact that he actually did expel his entire class last year, results in him getting called on the carpet by Principal Nedzu and the rest of the UA faculty.
      Aizawa: I did them a favor. If they couldn’t handle a little difficulty—
      Nedzu: Oh really? Let’s review what happened to the last group on whom you showered this particular benevolence. (puts down a folder and opens it up) Let’s start with the 20 students you expelled a couple of years back... Six of them applied for transfers to our competitors, graduated, and went on to become Pro Heroes. Four of them overseas. They are all on record as disparaging U.A. to the press as having an undeserved reputation, by the way... Six of them were unable to complete their education and are now struggling as minimum-wage workers. four more of them dropped out completely and now have criminal records as Villains. And five of them committed suicide.
      Aizawa: I judged them as not having enough potential to be proper Heroes, and I stand by that decision—
      Nedzu: That was not your decision to make! They proved their potential when they passed the gauntlet of the admissions exam. Your job was to bring that potential out, to nurture it, to teach them how to use their Quirks become Pro Heroes. Instead you decided to become an obstacle, a hindrance, a threat that the students had to somehow overcome just to secure their futures. On paper, you’re an excellent teacher. On paper, the students who graduate from your class are of the highest quality and go on to be great heroes. The reality, however, is anything but. You maintain your high evaluations by expelling countless promising young students, and keeping the remaining handful of gifted prodigies whom you barely have to exert yourself training, artificially puffing up your own accomplishments as a teacher. You're constantly pulling your little 'logical ruses' on them, turning them untrusting and paranoid toward you and by extension toward the rest of staff. Your personal appearance is slovenly, your attitude is deplorable and you're constantly sleeping in your own class! Your 'eccentricities' have been tolerated for far too long, and it has now been conclusively demonstrated that they harm this institution more than they help. You may be a fairly excellent Pro Hero, but you are a ruinously substandard teacher, and it has once again fallen to someone else to clean up the damage you have done. You may consider yourself on unpaid suspension until further notice.
  • In The Devil of UA, Izuku, who has gone blind due to an accident, stands up to Bakugo on the first day of School and tells him the reason nobody likes him is that he's a self-absorbed asshole with a chip on his shoulder who thinks the world owes him everything and never takes responsibility for anything he does. He even threatens Bakugo that if he ever says anything about Izuku's mother again, he'll beat the hell out of him.
  • Entropy: The Fate of the Hero System: Momo delivers a short one to Izuku after realizing he doesn't understand how societal norms play into society's problems.
    Momo: Midoriya, I know that you've already inspired millions. You're going to usher in a new, fairer hero society, and I'm sure that that society will regard you as a new pillar to uphold it. But it has become clear to me, from the conversation we just had, that your desire to help other people is far greater than your ability to recognize how best to do so. [uses her Quirk to don her hero costume, ditching her dress and gown]
    Izuku: Yaoyorozu, wait—
    Momo: You'll never be a Symbol of Hope to me.
  • In Fear No Evil, Izuku tells Flect Turn that he has the ability to turn off his Reflect quirk but his psychological issues prevent him from realizing it. He has spent his entire life turning himself into a victim for no reason.
  • In Forgiveness is the Attribute of the Strong, All for One tries to give one to his younger self. But young Hisashi turns around and gives him one back, pointing out that he lost everyone he loved in his pursuit of villainy.
  • Ghost Week At Nighteye Agency has the vestiges of Nana Shimura and the First manifest out of sheer rage over his treatment of Izuku, with Shimura absolutely ripping into him for his presumptiveness:
    Nana: Honestly, who do you think gave you the right?! You keep going on and on about that little protégeé of yours, about his worthiness, his skill, his superiority. You keep saying that he's the ideal candidate for One For All, that he would be the one to bring out the full potential of our quirk, all while knowing perfectly well that he wasn't even able to use the one he had since birth until you deigned to train him. Are you fucking kidding me?!
    It's not the first time you thought you could tell a holder of One For All what to do with their quirk. A quirk you wouldn't even know about if Toshinori hadn't believed you trustworthy enough, and you know what? He shouldn't have told you! I don't acknowledge you.
    You do not deserve to know about One For All, you have no right to demand how it is used and to who it is given, and you have even less of a right to complain and make claims and question the ability of a person who created an entire new technique for a two hundred years old quirk after having it for less than nine months.
    If you would please stop embarrassing yourself with your stupid demands and insulting the legacy upon which this entire society lies, then I suggest you start watching your mouth or seal it shut immediately.
  • Haigha:
    • Following the USJ assault, Katsuki visits Izuku at the hospital...just to demand answers from his former friend and punching bag. This proves to be the last straw for Izuku, who calls him out on being a self-centered Jerkass:
      Izuku: You got what you wanted. You were the only one from Aldera that made it into U.A. You have your perfect origin story. You even took one look at me and decided the only explanation was that I became a Villain to spite you. Newsflash, Katsuki, you aren't some fucking Shonen protagonist. You still call people extras, don't you? Do — do you even think of other people as real? Or are you so far up your own ass you really don't think of other people as anything but background characters?
      (...)
      Izuku: I think you should leave. It's supposed to be family and friends in here, right? You've made it clear that we were never friends. Leave, Bakugou.
      Katsuki: I-I never—
      Izuku: I don't care. I should've stopped caring the first time you called me Deku.
      Katsuki: Yeah? Well why didn't you?
      Izuku: Because I thought you were my first, best friend. And I never really understood why you started to hate me. I wanted my friend back. I told you to leave, Bakugou. I'm expecting visitors.
    • When Endeavor arrogantly corners Izuku before his match with Shouto, Izuku picks apart and highlights the flaws in his scheme to use his son to realize his ambitions:
      Izuku: I don't understand what you intend to prove. Even if he goes on to be the next Number One, do you really think people will say he 'surpassed All Might'? The man's at least a decade past his prime. No one will ever surpass All Might. Because All Might is so much more than 'the Number One Pro Hero'. He chose to become the Symbol of Peace. To make Japan safe with his presence alone.
      (Endeavor silently fumes)
      Izuku: No, he'll be compared to you. Do you know what they'll say, Endeavor? That your son is a better Hero than you ever were. Your legacy won't be 'The Man Who Surpassed All Might'. Even if Todoroki pulled that off, that would be his legacy, never yours. No, your legacy will be the Hero who never made it all the way to the top and then lost to his own son. The eternal Number Three.
      Endeavor: You insolent little brat.
      Izuku: I don't think you're allowed back here. After all, this is for students and staff only. You wouldn't want to get charged with trespassing now, would you? Or, more accurately, of fixing your son's matches. That would sure get Todoroki some notoriety, huh? The Number Two's son can't even win without daddy dearest threatening the other kids?
      Endeavor: You...
      Izuku: Careful, Endeavor, it would be hard to explain why I have burns on me. After all, Todoroki doesn't use his fire.
  • Izuku gives a surprisingly calm and understanding (but no less cutting) one to Bakugou in The Handling of Ash, saying that Bakugo's ego and need to be the best makes him unsuited to be a hero, and that any sort of loss or failure might end up breaking him.
    Izuku: I'm not afraid of you, Kacchan. I'm only afraid for you.
  • During Kingpin VS Paragon in Hero Class Civil Warfare, Kingpin turns the fight into a Battle in the Rain and easily controls the flow of the fight; redirecting Paragon's explosions and actually destroying a gauntlet with his hat. Paragon has pretty much lost the fight after that and Kingpin uses the opportunity to deliver this and a brutal Curb-Stomp Battle:
    Kingpin: You know, I find the irony here almost cathartic. Not because you're the hero and I'm the villain, but because this exercise has proven something I've always believed. I know that you are obsessed with being "Number One". I know you think that heroism is a competition, that being the best means something. Being Number One? It never mattered in the same way to me. I appreciate the title, the meaning behind the words. There are heroes and there are villains. That's the fight you should worry about. Number One? It's a joke. A public opinion piece ran by gossip magazines that worry more about sales than merit. I'd rather be a "Symbol of Peace".
  • Ignited Spark: Izuku gives one to Bakugo when the explosive blonde goes on one of his It's All About Me rants after he is kicked out of the Hero course, having finally grown tired of his attitude.
    Bakugo: Well, just so you two assholes know - this isn't over. I'm not gonna be out of the hero course for long. I'm gonna get my spot back, and I'm gonna prove to all you shitty extras that I'm supposed to be the next Number One Hero. It's my fucking destiny. And you two are gonna be stuck on the sidelines while I get to go to the top and -
    Izuku: Kacchan, please, just - stop talking. Kacchan, what … what exactly do you want me to say here? 'I'm sorry'? 'You shouldn't have been kicked out'? 'I'm gonna go talk to the teachers tomorrow to help get you back into the hero course, because you deserve it'? You know … maybe … maybe years ago, I might have done that, back when we were little kids, and I followed you around everywhere, I might've gone up to bat for you. But … but now? Now I'm just tired. I don't wanna think about your problems, Kacchan, because … because honestly, I don't really know what your problem is with me anymore.
    Bakugo: You -
    Izuku: I don't care, I don't care if you have a problem with me anymore. Because honestly? At this point, Kacchan, I think we've both gotta realize we aren't little kids anymore. What happened here -” (He points over at the melted playground)- is something I struggled with for a long time. Back a year ago, I'd have agreed with you that everything that happened here was my fault. I blamed myself for everything that happened here. Hurting my mom. Hurting Yubi and Tsubasa. Hurting you. That's something I had a hard time dealing with. When people called me a villain, as much as I didn't want to, I thought, 'they're right'. (Beat) And … even now, there's a part of me that still thinks that what happened that day was my fault, but it's something I have to get over. If I want to be a hero, I - I can't wallow in self-pity. That's what you called me a coward for, Kacchan, and … and you were right. I was running from actually owning up to what happened, running from trying to do better. And it took - it took someone taking me here and telling me that only I could convince myself to become a hero to do it, but I did. And now … even if I still blame myself for what happened to you, Kacchan, I'm gonna stop letting it define me.
    Bakugo: What the fuck has that got to do with -
    Izuku: It means, that right now, the only one who's obsessed with what happened here that day is you. You're the only one here that's letting what happened here that day define you. You could've won today, Kacchan, if I had been a little bit slower, or if you had been a little bit faster. That doesn't matter. What does matter, though, is that you're considering yourself the victim of what happened during our match - but do you really wanna know what happened today?” (Izuku suddenly storms up to Bakugo, unable to stop himself in his anger, and jabbed a finger against Katsuki's chest in turn) You hurt Occhan. You hurt me. All because I hurt you all those years ago, and you think that gave you the right to take all your anger out on both of us ever since. Because you 'lost a fight' when we were kids. So you wanna know what? I'm not sorry that you got kicked out of the hero course. In fact, I'm happy to hear it. I don't care anymore, Kacchan, what you think of me. All your attempts to get in my head? They won't work anymore. Because I know Occhan and Kendou - they're better friends than you have ever been. So this - this thing where you try to make me a hiccup in your great story? I'm not gonna let that get to me. I'm done. You wanna get back into the hero course, fine. Just leave me and Occhan and Kendou out of it. So just - just go home, and stop bothering me.
  • Inko gives a good one to a nosy reporter in Makes Us Stronger after she, Izuku, Hitoshi and Aizawa get caught in a bank robbery and a bomb goes off, killing a number of people.
    Inko: I’m honestly appalled that you all are so worried about your ratings that you would badger the heroes and officers working to take care of us and keep you all safe to answer your questions, and you didn’t even stop there! Some of you were willing to ask traumatized people for an interview just to get a good story. I’d seriously reevaluate your priorities the next time you think about asking a victim for an interview.
  • Izuku in Izuku Midoriya the Rabbit manages to give an unintentional one to Shigaraki by pointing out that the reason nobody knows who he is is that he hasn't really done anything. Breaking into U.A.? That was Kurogiri. Fighting All Might and unleashing the Nomus on Hosu? The Nomus did all the work.
    Shigaraki: ...Have I really done that little? Giran found the party members, the doctor made the nomu, and Sensei did everything else. The plan didn’t really need me, did it?
    • Later on, Izuku calls out Mirko for refusing to join the Yakuza Raid and rescue Eri simply because "she doesn't do teamwork".
      Izuku: No! This is wrong and Stupid!
      Mirko: Ha?! You're going to tell me how to be a hero?
      Izuku: Yes! If someone is in trouble you help them, even if someone else could do it for you, because if everyone said that then no one would get help. And if you're the kind of person who wouldn’t do anything to help a kit in danger then you are a bad bunny!
      (Mirko gasps in shock at Izuku calling her out)
      Izuku: There is a little girl being tortured every day, and if you aren't there tomorrow to help me save her then I'll just find a new hero who will!
  • Keep Your Friends Close: Izuku delivers a scathing one to his classmates following the exam.
    Izuku: I hope you enjoyed making me into a villain. To be honest, I don't think you were very bad at it – but I don't really think that that was your intention. And, if I'm being really, truly honest – I think we all lost. So congratulations, heroes. I certainly didn't win, so I guess you must have. Plus Ultra.
    • The alternate ending, "Bad ending" features a similar speech.
      Izuku: ...What am I supposed to say? I lost. I know why I lost. I trusted you, and I've learned my lesson. I won't do it again. What else is there? [...] Yeah, you won. Good for you. But did you ever think beyond that? If this is how quickly you betray your values, how quickly you betray people, what kind of heroes will you be?
  • Mastermind: Rise of Anarchy has Shigaraki deliver one to the principal of Aldera Middle School, shortly before executing him and the rest of the staff:
    Shigaraki: Izuku Midoriya went to school here every day for three years. And all that time, you never listened. You didn't listen when he was called useless, or deku, or a quirkless waste of space. You didn't even listen when his classmates told him to jump off this very roof. So why don't you take a swan dive off the roof and hope you'll be better in the next life?
  • In Chapter 39 of My Hero Playthrough, Aizawa gives one to Shinso, after learning that he used his Quirk to control Ojiro and Hagakure during the Sports Festival and left them behind when they'd served their role. He asks Shinso if he wants to be a Hero, and when Shinso rants about how the system is rigged against those who don't have flashy or destructive Quirks, Aizawa shows Shinso a recording of Pro Heroes saying that Shinso has a very useful Quirk and a terrible personality.
    Aizawa: Listen, kid. I don't have a problem with what you did in the second or third round. Or even the beginning of the first round. Not all Heroes are like All Might. "Good Is Not Nice," as the trope goes. What you did was fair and logical, given the events' rules. Except when you screwed over those two.
    Shinso: I had to make sure I made it through.
    Aizawa: Then you could have ordered them to stay behind you. You might not have been sure you three would all make it, but you could at least have let them finish after you. After all they did to get you there, that would have been the Hero move. What you did was no different than the cliche Villain who shoots his minions because he doesn't need them anymore.
    And what's more? It wasn't just an evil move. It was a stupid one. You didn't know if there was someone ahead of you. Or another team coming up behind. Hell, I'm still surprised Midoriya didn't head back into the Labyrinth to help out his classmates, after he finished, because there wasn't a rule against it. There could have been another trap after the boss fight. And if any of these had been true, you would have been taken out, without your bodyguards.
    And that's not even the main reason why I asked why you even wanted to be a Hero.
    We've heard your complaints about how the entrance exam practical is unfair. That it favors those with flashy, destructive Quirks. Some of us even agree. But it just sounds like sour grapes from you. Those two you cheated today? Neither one of them has a flashy or destructive Quirk. His tail is like a third arm, only without a hand. It's no stronger than the rest of him. And she is just invisible, which is good for sneak attacks, but also puts her in danger. Despite that, both of them made it through the practical. Their strength stamina and flexibility pulled them through. They are a lot tougher than most kids your age. And better trained. And that's because they want to be Heroes, and put in the work.
    Your grades are fine. But in physical education? You are barely passing. It seems like you are barely trying. And you honestly expect to survive what we put the Hero course students through?
    You want to be some low-rent street-level Hero who gets by on his Quirk and messes up when it doesn't work? Fine, transfer to an easier Hero school. You'll probably do great. But UA has higher standards. We make the Heroes who know that when you screw up, it costs lives.
    Shinso: So you are kicking me out?
    Aizawa: No. I'm not your homeroom teacher, and you're in General Studies. They're more lenient anyway. Just don't let me hear you complain about how the deck is stacked against you when you are the one stacking it.
  • (Not) Everyone Wants To Be A Hero is set in a world where Izuku didn't become Toshinori's successor, deciding to remain Quirkless and attend U.A.'s Gen Ed in order to eventually become a Quirk Analyst or Counselor. After he sweeps through the Sports Festival, Nedzu, Aizawa, and most of U.A.'s staff are chomping at the bit to promote him to the Hero Course...save for Toshinori, the only one who bothered asking Izuku what he wanted. Once they browbeat him into voting the way they wish, Nedzu, Aizawa and Present Mic give the "good news" to Izuku, only for him to ream them out for their Condescending Compassion:
    Aizawa: We finally managed to get a unanimous vote; it took two weeks due to a bigot on staff, so we're excited to inform you you'll be transferring to the Hero Course immediately.
    Izuku: What if I don't want—
    Aizawa: This is obviously a dream come true for someone of your status, so I'll forgive the lack of excitement. I promise it's real; you can even read the Hero Course Contract for proof.
    Izuku: So do you plan to force me to go to the Hero Course Classroom? Do you plan to chain me up in the seat you chose for me? (stands, throwing the contract back their way) You can retract the offer. I asked Yagi to vote against my transfer.
    Aizawa: But... why? You want—
    Izuku: I don't want to be in the Hero Course. I wanted to prove I was strong enough to beat all those dumbasses, yes, but not everyone wants to be a Hero, so don't try to live vicariously through me, Hobo. I don't want to transfer. (turns to Present Mic, his homeroom teacher) You've known me for all of a month, some of you only know what I did in the Sports Fest. Yagi has known me for ten months, helped me clean up a beach and get into U.A.'s Gen Ed! He is the only one who respected my wishes? You didn't even ask before voting! Why would I ever want to be a Hero if you all are examples of what Heroes nowadays are taught? (in a mocking falsetto) "Don't worry about the dumb Quirkless kid and their wants. We know better! We call everyone a bigot for standing in the way of what we think the Quirkless kid wants. The Quirkless kid is too dumb to know better than us!" (huffs) That's what you sound like.
    (he moves to leave the room and finds Toshinori in the doorway, holding up three tickets)
    Toshinori: Hello, Midoriya, I was thinking you might want to go for some ice cream and then go to the nearby amusement park with me and your mother, or your mother and someone else, if you want.
    Izuku: I'd love to go to an amusement park with you, Yagi. (glaring back at Aizawa, Present Mic, and Nedzu) And for what it's worth, I'm sorry they tormented you for the last two weeks. You could have voted sooner in their favor.
    Toshinori: (shakes his head) Young Midoriya, you felt safe to express your true desires to me, and I wanted to respect that. My ex-friends, barely even coworkers, would not change that.
  • One for All and Eight for the Ninth: Destro gets one delivered to him by Isamu/Charger, the third wielder of One for All, after he takes him down.
    Isamu: You idiot. You absolute buffoon. You wanted free use of Meta Abilities? Well, now there's no chance anyone will let that happen. Fuck, even other Metas want the laws to restrict their own abilities! You practically signed the restriction laws yourself! All because you got more of a kick out of killing baselines than actually doing something productive.
    Destro: They deserve it! The damned throwbacks are our enemy! You know this! We fought against the death squads together! They're the bastards who slew my mother!
    Isamu: Yeah, you don't get to pull that card. We all lost people we love. But you decided you wanted to be the one leading the mob stoning people to death. My late husband's sister was a baseline, and she loved her daughter, who has a Meta ability to make grease. She cared for her Meta daughter, and you fucking killed her. And she's not the only one. Now there’s hundreds of Metas out there who're orphans, because their families didn't have any powers. You'd have killed your own mother. You already have.
  • Quirkless 1-B: Togaru gives a scathing one to Kirishima when it becomes clear to him that the boy despises Izuku.
    Togaru: Dude, do you have the hots for him or something?
    Kirishima: Who?
    Togaru: You keep staring at Izuku, (sets chopsticks down) Do you have a problem with him? You should know that if you have a problem with him, then we have a problem.
    Kirishima: So it's like that?
    Togaru: Yes it is.
    Kirishima: Look, I don’t like him. Something about him rubs me wrong. After the brawl, I hated your entire class.
    Togaru: What the hell for?
    Kirishima: I just don’t believe that Bakugo would go off like that for no reason, At least I didn’t… hell, even now, I am not sure.
    Togaru: Are you a bully? Do you have a thing for bullies? Does it get you off? Or was that Bakugo douche a close friend of yours?
    Kirishima: What? Fuck you. I ain't no bully; I hadn’t met Bakugo till that first day?
    Togaru: Then are you racist? Hate mutants or something?
    Kirishima: My best friend has a mutant quirk!
    Togaru: Is it because she is hot, I mean, she is pretty damn hot.
    Kirishima: Listen you...
    Togaru: Then you’re a quirkest? You must hate him because he is quirkless, and he beat up someone you thought was all tough shit without a quirk.
    Kirishima: Dude, I am about two seconds from coming over this table and beating your ass,
    Togaru: The last option is that you are fucking stupid. If you are not racist or the quirkist, then you have to hate him because you are dumb, but if you were that stupid, I would severely question how you made it into U.A.. I have another theory, though; I bet you probably got picked on or stood by when someone was getting picked on. Maybe a bit of a coward, but then I bet you meet her. I bet she did something that made you ashamed, made you feel like crap. So you decided to change your hair, start working out, or do whatever. Then you see this Bakugo, tough, great quirk; you mistake his poor attitude for confidence. I bet he was confident, told how awesome he was, how great he was going to be, but when he saw that a quirkless kid, standing in the same spot as him, he fucking lost it. How could he be so fucking special if a quirkless kid was in the same spot as him? So when he decides to attack Izuku because he is quirkless, it is for that simple reason: what you mistook for confidence was shattered when he saw someone with no quirk standing on equal footing with him. So there has to be a different reason. If this cool, confident, badass future hero attacked him, Izuku had to do something to provoke it, and then he used some trick to beat that guy down. He had to be this guy, and he would be great. That is what you thought: this guy will do stuff, be somebody; he never doubted himself. Not like me, he never had to dye his hair and reinvent himself. Not like me. You hate Izuku because of what he represents; he didn’t let shit stop him, he didn’t let anyone tell him no, he went for it, and here he is. Cause you know, Bakugo knows, and anyone else knows if they bothered to think about it, he made it this far without a quirk; how far would he go if he had one. When you pull your head out of your ass, we can talk then. But either grow the fuck up or get the fuck out; we don’t need a hero like you, we don’t need that Bakugo fuck as one.
  • Rise of the Last Villain: Izuku delivers a short one to All Might before killing him.
    Deku: Any last words?
    All Might: I am truly sorry for failing to save Young Bakugou and then you that day. I’ve regretted it ever since you refused me that day. I apologize.
    Deku: That’s it? You crushed my dream. You were everything to me! All I ever wanted was to be a hero. After a decade of everyone else telling me how useless I am, the only thing that kept me going was you! Do you have the faintest idea how I felt when you turned out to not only be a joke of a hero but also a liar who was no different than everyone else in my life? You said anyone could be a hero! Why couldn’t I? [crying]
    All Might: [speechless]
    Tomura: Izuku. It’s time. The teachers will be here soon.
    Deku: I know. [puts mask back on] Goodbye All Might. We’ll make a better world after this than yours. [punches him in his old injury and stabs him] Show the world what you really are and die.
  • Half the point of Snap Before You Break is Izuku and Present Mic calling out Aizawa for his terrible teaching practices at the start of the final exam.
    Izuku: You honestly have done the bare minimum to be our Homeroom Teacher, and it seems more like you want to be our Heroics Teacher. Homeroom Teachers are supposed to be our third parent, the person we trust with what ails us. We're supposed to be able to share secrets and take comfort with our Homeroom Teacher. You run our class like you're our goddamn Drill Sergeant! You're not our Heroics Teacher; stop acting like you get to judge our Heroic Potential when you don't have the hard job of teaching us Heroic Things. What have you even taught us since the school year started!? Name one useful lesson you've taken from Aizawa-sensei!
    Ochako: Always have a sleeping bag on hand for impromptu naps during Homeroom?
    Izuku: That's the one takeaway we've learned beyond "Can't be trusted to have our best interest at heart unless in a life-or-death situation." Congrats, 20 students, and you have failed so colossally for each and every one of them. ... If I were to go with Bakugou and face All Might, I'd give the idea of retreat because All Might is not someone I can face, with or without Bakugou's help. And that's the right answer. All Might's strength is so overpowering that there's no way for anyone to fight it unless they're also overpowering, which could really only be a handful of people. So I wouldn't learn anything helpful from Bakugou, and I have the right idea for All Might. My grade depends on Bakugou learning a lesson, and he's notoriously stubborn. Like angrily so. So there's a strong chance I could fail my Final Exam through no fault of my own. From now on, I will ignore everything you say, because you do not bother to pay attention to your student's needs. Did you know my first time using my Quirk was the Entrance Exam? No? It's in my file. Did you just... never read my file this year? Did you notice Kaminari short circuits? He sure could use help there. Or Aoyama? Did you notice any of us needing help, oh wise observant Underground Hero? No, but you sure as hell noticed Mr. "Boo Hoo, you all have Powerful Quirks and never had to work hard" who proceeded to try to get into the Hero Course using just his powerful Quirk and didn't do any strength-building or anything. I cleaned Dagobah Beach, by myself, in ten months to prepare for UA, and I still believed myself Quirkless! You have no time to teach your own classroom full of students what you're legally obligated to, but you have time to teach a student you have no legal obligation to how to use your highly specialized weapon and train him to enter the Hero Course? You, Eraserhead, are the single laziest teacher I've ever seen, and I have come from some pretty lazy backgrounds. How dare you expel kids who got into the most prestigious school in Japan? You actively enjoy threatening to ruin fifteen-year-olds lives because they aren't jaded, jealous, cynical old men like you. How many students have you killed?
  • Statistic: When Toshinori tries calling out his coworkers at Aldera Middle School for being so dismissive about Izuku's safety simply because he's Quirkless, Maita smugly accuses him of having a victim complex. This doesn't end well for Maita.
    Maita: And there it is! The Quirkless victim complex! Complain about how unfair the world is, but expect everyone else to do the heavy lifting to make it easier for you! Or maybe you're bitter because you think people without Quirks should be in charge by default like the good ol' days, right?
    (Fuming, Toshinori storms towards him)
    Maita: I wonder how many more qualified teachers you took this job from so the school could claim diver—
    (Toshinori transforms into All Might, instantly silencing him)
    Toshinori: You can expect a criminal investigation for discrimination and child neglect by the end of the week.
  • Type-2 Hero: Despite Katsuki blowing off one of Izuku's arms, Aldera attempted to cover up the incident so that their "star student" could apply to his dream school. When Principal Nedzu confronts him about this, Katsuki proves to be completely unapologetic, fully expecting to be catered to like he always is. When Nedzu makes clear that's not happening, Katsuki blames Izuku, thoroughly enraging the Principal:
    Nedzu: Why should I let a bully and a thug like you enter U.A.'s halls?
    Katsuki: (dismissively shrugs) Like you said, I got a strong quirk and good control over it. What does it matter what I did to a useless deku like him?
    Nedzu: It matters because U.A. is a hero school, where we train heroes. Being strong isn't the only thing that makes a hero, and you are greatly lacking in those categories. As such, Bakugou Katsuki, despite your school's best efforts, you are hereby barred from taking the U.A. entrance exam. You are not permitted to attend.
    Katsuki: (bows his head, briefly looking contrite — before muttering) Damn deku...
    Nedzu: What was that?
    Katsuki: (furiously) This is all that deku's fault! He's always getting in my way and ruining things! Why can't he just stay down like the Quirkless freak he—
    (the Principal cuts him off by lobbing a throwing knife at him, drawing blood from his cheek)
    Nedzu: Make no mistake, Bakugou, everything that has happened today is your own fault. I had hoped you'd display some regret for what you'd done, but it's clear you care only for yourself, and we don't need a second Endeavor. You've earned yourself a Red Mark. You are barred from applying to other Hero programs for the remainder of your life. If any program extends an invitation is their own prerogative, but any application you submit will be rejected. (addressing Vlad and Eraserhead) Take him away, dump him at the gates. He is no longer welcome on U.A. property.
    Katsuki: (screaming bloody murder as he's dragged from the room) You can't do this to me! I'm stronger than anyone! I'm supposed to be the hero!
    Nedzu: Then you shouldn't have acted the part of the villain.

My-HiME

  • In Perfection Is Overrated, Natsuki gives one to The Usurper when it is revealed that he has possessed the Obsidian Lord, and has conjured forth two more SUEs who are imitating Mai and the manga version of Haruka in order to accomplish his goal of remaking the world as he sees fit.
    Natsuki: You're a fool... and a hypocrite. You talk of perfection when in fact the only power you yourself had is borrowed. As for your SUEs, all the ones who have come before have been defeated, and the ones that remain are mere copies of Mai and Suzushiro. Surely you've realized that your strength will never be a match for ours? But what you haven't realized is that no matter how much you may try to cheat, steal, or copy our powers, you will never be our equals!
    • Ishigami does this to Yukariko when she objects to his scheme.
      Yukariko: You mean I should betray everyone else?
      Ishigami: You already have, Yukariko. You did the moment you decided to frame Yuuki-kun for attacking you. It may have failed and you may have avoided responsibility, but you showed that you wished to survive the Carnival alone with me rather than trust your fate to everyone else. Your God knows this; that's why He is not responding to your prayers intended to ease your conscience. And once it comes out what you've done, the rest of the Himes will never trust you again. The die is cast, as they say; you will make it to the end of the Carnival with me or you will never make it at all.

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

  • In Catarina Claes MUST DIE!, In a desperate attempt to justify her actions, Henrietta says that she is not so different from Catarina due to their respective ignorance of their situations when Geordo and Mary interrogate her in the jail. Geordo promptly shoots this down by pointing out that while both had foreknowledge of events that would happen, Catarina's actions led her to change things for the better and her actions were genuine instead of acts of self-preservation, while Henrietta did nothing because all she wanted was to see Catarina suffer, and that if she truly cared for Maria's well-being, Henrietta would've intervened to stop the bullying. This particular speech alongside Mary's summation are what finally snaps Henrietta out of her self-righteous attitude and pave the way to her Villainous BSoD.

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