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Examples of "The Reason You Suck" Speech in animated films.


  • Aladdin:
  • Alice in Wonderland: The Queen of Hearts gets herself one by Alice, who finally gets fed up with her falsely accusing her of a crime and her bitchy attitude all the while; eating both sides of the mushroom she took earlier and turning herself into a giant to punctuate it. Unfortunately, she recedes back to her regular size.
    Alice: Your Majesty, indeed. Why, you’re not a queen! You’re just a… fat… pompous… bad-tempered old ty... tyrant...
  • The Ant Bully: Hova chews out Zoc for chasing Lucas away, and refusing to take responsibility for it:
    Hova: Zoc, what have you done?
    Zoc: Me? What did I do?
    Hova: Where is he?!
    Zoc: [Beat] He's gone. [Hova gasps] He led you into a trap, Hova.
    Hova: There was no trap! He led us to food! He was trying to protect us from...
    Zoc: From what? What, Hova?
    Hova: From something.
    Zoc: Oh, something! And I was worried it was from nothing. He's blinded you, Hova.
    Hova: No, you are the one who's blind! You are so consumed by your hatred for the humans. You see only what you want to see!
    Zoc: Oh, come on!
    Hova: Zoc, I see a young pupa, a human learning our ways. Becoming part of this colony, becoming an ant.
    Zoc: Impossible.
    Hova: Listen to yourself, Zoc! "A wizard knows no such word!" So, what are you now? Certainly not the ant I love. [Hova leaves to find Lucas]
    Zoc: Hova! I did it for you, for the colony.
    Hova: You did it for yourself! [Hova leaves, with Fugax and Kreela going with her]
    Kreela: You know, I believe he was trying to protect us from something. See you, Zoc.
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire:
    • Milo gives sarcastic praise to Vinny, Audrey, Mole, Cookie, and Mrs. Packard when he finds out that they were going along with Rourke's scheme the whole time. It's so effective that they all immediately regret it, and sets the wheels in motion for their eventual collective Heel–Face Turn.
      Milo: So, I guess this is how it ends, huh? Fine, you win. You're wiping out an entire civilization, but, hey, you'll be rich. Congratulations, Audrey. Guess you and your dad'll be able to open that second garage after all. And Vinny, you-you can start a whole chain of flower shops. I'm sure your family's gonna be very proud. But that's what it's all about, right? Money.
    • Almost immediately after, Milo gives one to himself; blaming himself for instigating the expedition that led Rourke to finding and ransacking Atlantis, murdering their king, kidnapping Kida, and stealing the civilization's life-force crystal — which they can't survive without — all for the sake of pure greed.
      Sweet: I followed you in, and I'll follow you out. It's your decision.
      Milo: Oh, my decision? Well, I think we've seen how effective my decisions have been. Let's re-cap. [pulls out the Shepherd's Journal] I lead a band of plundering vandals to the greatest archaeological find in recorded history, thus enabling the kidnap and/or murder of the royal family, not to mention personally delivering the most powerful force known to man [furiously yelling as he throws the Journal to the ground] INTO THE HANDS OF A MERCENARY NUTCASE WHO'S PROBABLY GOING TO SELL IT TO THE KAISER! HAVE I LEFT ANYTHING OUT?!
      Sweet: Well, you did set the camp on fire and drop us down that big hole.
      Milo: [sarcastically] Thank you! Thank you very much!
  • In The Bad Guys (2022), Governor Diane Foxington mercilessly annihilates the gang's power fantasy during a televised interview following their latest bank robbery. It succeeds in infuriating the gang's leader, Mr. Wolf, so much that he plans to steal the Good Samaritan Award the following day just to get back at her.
    Diane: We all know how dastardly the Bad Guys are.
    Mr. Wolf: You bet we are!
    Diane: But more than anything... [laughs] I feel sorry for them.
    Mr. Wolf: What?!
    Diane: These so-called "Bad Guys" are really just second-rate has-beens. Behind their amateurish antics and frankly unoriginal capers — I mean, really, another bank? — is nothing but a deep well of anger...
    Mr. Piranha: I ain't angry! You're angry!
    Diane: ...Denial...
    Ms. Tarantula: Not true!
    Diane: ...And self-loathing.
    Mr. Snake: The only one I self-loathe is you.
    Diane: And those are holes that no amount of cash or priceless art can ever fill.
  • Ballerina: After finishing her Character Development, Félicie gives a brief one to Camille on her lack of passion, showing she couldn't care less about her insults anymore.
    Félicie: Looks like you need more training. You are nowhere near ready.
  • Bartok the Magnificent: Bartok gives one to Baba Yaga. This ultimately drives her to tears and leaves Piloff completely devastated at it. Bartok oversees Yaga being upset at her desk and decides to head back in to help give her comfort and compassion which provides Yaga with the last ingredient for her potion.
  • Batman:
  • In Beauty and the Beast, after having had to put up with Gaston's sexual harassment, his attempts of forcing her to marry him and his mistreatment of her father, Belle finally snaps at him when he insults Beast; who, ironically, mistreated Maurice and her too, at first, but made up for his wrongdoings.
    Gaston: Belle, if I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for this monster!
    Belle: [backs away in disgust] He's no monster, Gaston. YOU ARE!
  • In Brave, Merida takes out on her rage and frustration on her mother, Elinor, for pressuring her into a marriage without even asking her what she wanted to say, resulting in Elinor giving one back to her and the two destroying each other's treasured possessions.
    Merida: Ugh! This is so unfair!
    Queen Elinor: Unfair?
    Merida: You're never there for me! This whole marriage is what you want! Do you ever bother to ask what I want? No! You walk around telling me what to do, what not to do! Trying to make me be like you! Well, I'm not going to be like you!
    Queen Elinor: Oh, you're acting like a child!
    Merida: And you're a beast! That's what you are! [points her sword at the family tapestry that Elinor had been working on]
    Queen Elinor: Merida!
    Merida: I'll never be like you! [sticks the tip of her sword into the tapestry]
    Queen Elinor: No! Stop that!
    Merida: I'd rather DIE than be like you! [slashes the family tapestry, separating her picture from her parents and brothers, causing Elinor to gasp in shock and horror]
    Queen Elinor: [walking towards Merida in anger] Merida, you are a princess. [takes her sword and throws it on the floor] I expect you to act like one! [takes her bow and throws it into the fireplace]
  • A Bug's Life: Flik gives one to Hopper following his senseless assault at the hands of Thumper:
    Flik: You're wrong, Hopper. [defiantly stands up] Ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers. I've seen these ants do great things, and year after year, they somehow manage to pick food for themselves and you. So, who is the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! It's you who need us! We're a lot stronger than you say we are... and you know it, don't you?
  • Coco:
    • Miguel gives one to his ancestor Imelda for banning music from their family and therefore not supporting his dream of being a musician.
      Imelda: I am trying to save your life!
      Miguel: You're ruining my life!
      Imelda: What?!
      Miguel: Music's the only thing that makes me happy! And... And you wanna take that away! You'll never understand!
      [...]
      Imelda: I used to love [music]. I remember that feeling when my husband would play, and I would sing, but nothing else mattered. But when we had Coco, suddenly, there was something in my life that mattered more than music. [...] And now you must make a choice.
      Miguel: But I don't wanna... pick sides. Why can't you be on my side? That's what family's supposed to do — support you. But you never will.
    • Héctor also gives one to Ernesto upon confronting him in his tower and revealing the truth about him. Miguel later gives him one outside the tower just before Ernesto tries to murder him by pushing him off the building, not knowing he's being recorded.
  • In Dragons: Fire & Ice, the Big Bad Xenos gets one towards the end, which also doubles as a Badass Boast.
    Xenos: I, who for 1,000 years have manipulated their ancestors like puppets. I killed their dragons and they blamed each other. I know how they think. I know how they feel. They are but weak humans. And they can do nothing!
  • In Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show, after Double D begins walking away from Ed and Eddy after their latest prank left him thinking they'd died — as well as resulting in the other kids being collectively out for their blood through a scam that went horribly wrong — Eddy catches up to him, which leads to them getting into a major fight.
    Eddy: Hey! Where you going? You're headed back into the swamp! My bro don't live—
    Double D: [swats away Eddy's hand] Don't you dare touch me! [glares at Eddy] 'A sap'? Well, excuse my sincerity for thinking that I lost the only two people I have left in this world!
    Eddy: And?
    Double D: It's surprising! Because your stubborn and inane desire to shock, sandbag, and swindle is what put us here in the first place!
    Ed: I helped, too.
    [Double D glares at Ed, forcing him to back off]
    Double D: [gets right up to Eddy's nose] You and your nefarious scams!
    Eddy: Like you were picking daisies! [shoves Double D to the ground] You built the stupid thing!
    Double D: If you had just paid attention to what I said and not pushed the red button!
    Ed: [worried] Stop! I demand you tickle each other, right now!
    Double D/Eddy: [together] STAY OUT OF IT, ED!
    Ed: The evil dark side has consumed them both! Trouble, bad...
    Double D: I've had enough! [throws Eddy off of him] I'm returning home!
    Ed: [on his knees, begging] But we can't go home, Double D!
    Double D: I would rather face my consequences, Ed, than wonder aimlessly with a so-called "friend".
  • Ego Trip has Executive Mandark giving Number Twelve — AKA Future Dexter, whose inventions he'd stolen and taken credit for in the past to become an all-powerful despot in the future — a verbal thrashing for being almost late, just before he publicly flogs him with an electric whip.
    Executive Mandark: There are two types of people in this world, Number Twelve. There are those who can barely support their families. Scratching and scraping for any morsel of food they can find. Then there's the strong. The powerful! The elite! With luxuries that others can't possibly dream of. But you, Number Twelve, are neither.
  • The Emperor's New Groove has Yzma giving one to Kronk after getting fed up with his idiocy — thereby causing him to make a Mook–Face Turn.
    Yzma: Kronk! Why did I think you could do this? This one simple thing. It's like I'm talking to a monkey.
    Kronk's Shoulder Angel: Whoa, now!
    Yzma: A really, really big, stupid monkey named KRONK!
    Kronk's Shoulder Devil: Ouch!
    Yzma: And do you want to know something else? I never liked your spinach puffs!
    Kronk, Shoulder Angel, and Devil: [Gasp!]
    Yzma: NEVER!
    [Kronk sobs]
    Kronk's Shoulder Devil: That's it! [cocks his pitchfork like a gun] She's going down!
  • Encanto has Mirabel delivering one to her own grandmother for forcing her entire family to be perfect in the eyes of the town, and her abusive behaviour toward them.
    Mirabel: I will never... be good enough for you... will I? No matter how... hard I try. No matter how hard any of us tries. [looks at her sisters... and begins to realize the truth] Luisa will never be strong enough. Isabela won't be perfect enough. Bruno left our family because you only saw the worst in him.
    Alma: Bruno didn't care about this family.
    Mirabel: He loves this family! I love this family! We all love this family! You're the one that doesn't care. You're the one breaking our home!
    Alma: [enraged] DON'T YOU EVER...!
    Mirabel: The miracle is dying because of you!
  • An Extremely Goofy Movie:
    • Beret Girl gives a brief but effective one to Bradley early on, which culminates in coffeehouse-wide crowd snapping.
      Beret Girl: Oh, you slay me, tiger. You are the fly in my soup. You are the eyelash in my eye. You are so busy blowing out bad vibes in every DI-REC-TION that we are all choking on your second-hand smoke.
    • PJ makes a poetic and somber speech about himself and other teenagers of similar weight when Beret Girl goes up to talk to him. Her rebuttal is what brings PJ a newfound sense of confidence.
      Beret Girl: If it's all the same, I forgot your name...
      PJ: It is endemic of the current culture that those with large stature are overlooked, except by vultures. With no regard to the depth of their souls, the height of their passion, the beauty of their moments.
      Beret Girl: O wise Buddha boy, how could anyone overlook such a bundle of "yes-ness"? Let's dance. [takes PJ's hand and dashes him to the dance floor]
    • Also, Max gives one to Goofy after the first X-Games challenge is pretty heart wrenching, because Max was telling off Goofy over something he doesn't know about, and he tells him to stop trying to live through him. This only causes Goofy to become severely depressed, lose his focus, fail an exam, and miss his date with Sylvia, who then is seriously angry at him for ditching her.
      Goofy: Max! I've been lookin' all over for ya, son! Where have you been? I can't tell you how sorry I am.
      Max: Oh, save your breath! You may have won this time, but, Dad... This campus just isn't big enough for the both of us.
      Goofy: I didn't mean for it to turn out this way. I was just tryin' to get closer to ya.
      Max: [furiously] Oh, don't you get it? I'm trying to get away from you! I'm not a little kid anymore! Now just leave me alone and GET YOUR OWN LIFE!
  • Rufus Shinra gives one to Kadaj in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, ending with the following line:
    Rufus Shinra: So bring your Jenovas and your Sephiroths. We'll just stop you every time.
  • Frozen (2013) does this a lot, and always with Anna involved:
    • When Anna gets her blessing of marriage to Hans denied by Elsa, an argument escalates between the two of them until Elsa demands to know what she knows about true love. Anna rightfully calls out Elsa for being a terrible sister who does nothing but shut her out without explanation for her entire life.
      Elsa: What do you know about true love?!
      Anna: More than you know. All you know is how to shut people out!
    • Hans gives one out to Anna when he reveals his Evil Plan to marry her, kill Elsa, and rule Arendelle as king while at the same time, leaving the girl he married to die from the icy curse Elsa accidentally inflicted on her.
      Hans: Oh, Anna... if only there were someone out there who loved you.
      Anna: W-What? Y-You said you did.
      Hans: As thirteenth in line in my own kingdom, I didn't stand a chance. I knew I'd have to marry into the throne somewhere.
      Anna: What— What are you talking about?
      Hans: [puts out a candle near her] As heir, Elsa was preferable, of course, but no one was getting anywhere with her. But you...
      Anna: Hans?
      Hans: You were so desperate for love, you were willing to marry me, just like that! I figured after we married, I'd have to stage a little accident for Elsa. [puts out the fireplace]
      Anna: Hans, no! Stop!
      Hans: But then she doomed herself, and you were dumb enough to go after her.
      Anna: Please...
      Hans: All that's left now is to... kill Elsa and bring back summer.
      Anna: You're no match for Elsa.
      Hans: No, you're no match for Elsa. I, on the other hand, am the hero who's going to save Arendelle from destruction.
      Anna: You won't get away with this!
      Hans: Oh, I already have.
    • Anna gives a minor speech to Hans at the end of the movie, when he sees that the royal sisters are very much alive.
      Hans: But she froze your heart!
      Anna: The only frozen heart around here is yours.
    • The second part of the Cut Song "Life's Too Short" (which was from the era of the film's development when Elsa was a villain) is Anna and Elsa calling each other out.
      Elsa: That I'd shove on the gloves, that's how your story ends!
      Anna: It does! It's just like it was, except for we'll be best friends.
      Elsa: So that's been your plan? To force me back in a cage!
      Anna: Whoa, whoa!
      Don't get upset, let's get back on the same page!
      Elsa: Gee, thanks for coming up to see the place
      And showing off your mastery of tact and grace

      Okay! Run down the hill and spill my secrets, make a full report!
      Bye-bye!
      Anna: Wait!
      Elsa: 'Cause life's too short!
      Anna: There it is!
      The door you love to slam in my face!
      You did well there, for a spell, but now you're back in the same place.
      Kick me out if you want, but I'm the only one who
      Is not one hundred percent convinced the prophecy's you!
      Elsa: You can think whatever you want, 'cause I don't care.
      You're a fool who married a stranger!
      Anna: That is so unfair!
      Both: I swear I'm through with taking your unshaking sisterly support!
      HAH! Life's too short!
      Anna: To let you treat the people down there just as coldly as you always treated me!
      Elsa: La la lalala laaaa!
      Both: Life's too short!
      Elsa: To listen to a reckless fool who only ever sees the things she wants to see!
      Anna: You don't know...
      Elsa: You have no idea...
      Both: What I've been through!
      Because of you!
      Life's too short to waste another minute!
      Life's too short to even have you in it!
      Life's too short!
  • G.I. Joe: The Movie: Cobra Commander attempts to give one to Serpentor, blaming him for the failure of their missions. Serpentor turns it back around on him by detailing his own even longer list of failures and times when they would have won if not for his interfering and cowardice. For added effect, the Baroness, Destro, Dr. Mindbender, Tomax, and Xamot all agree with Serpentor and add to verbally decimating the Commander as well; and needless to say, he does not take it well.
    Serpentor: Blunderers! Fools! We possess power greater than any on Earth! Yet our conquests are stripped from us on every front! Our most dangerous enemy is not G.I. Joe, but your collective incompetence!
    Cobra Commander: Hogwash.
    Serpentor: What?! You dare say-?!
    Cobra Commander: The fault, most imperial Serpentor, lies not within us, but within you! Your leadership has been pompous, pusillanimous and pathetic!
    Baroness: What did he say?!
    Zarana: He's gone batty!
    Dr. Mindbender: That's treason!
    Tomax: I don't believe it!
    Serpentor: Yes, leadership is at the very heart of this matter. But it's not mine that's inadequate, Cobra Commander. It is yours! Your ego-driven stupidity has converted victory into catastrophe FOR THE LAST TIME!
    Cobra Commander: Go ahead. Make me the scapegoat. My loyal subordinates could testify to my superb stewardship of Cobra. But you don't have the courage to let them speak!
    Serpentor: Wrong again! Defend him, if you can.
    Cobra Commander: Indeed they shall! You first, noble Destro.
    Destro: Militarily speaking, it is only fair to say that Cobra Commander is a world-class... buffoon.
    Cobra Commander: WHAT?! Baroness, Dr. Mindbender, brave Xomat and Tomax... you won't let Destro's treacherous assassination of my character go unchallenged, will you?
    Dr. Mindbender: Certainly not! Destro forgot to mention your frequent displays of cowardice!
    [Cut to Pythona emerging from the lake and breaking into Cobra's headquarters, then back again to the other Cobras blaming Cobra Commander for their repeated failures]
    Baroness: —and you botched our desert campaign!
    Destro: We had won, but you countermanded my order!
    Baroness: Your meddling brought us defeat! Again and again and again!
    Dr. Mindbender: You're not just a fool, you're Cobra's curse!
    Tomax: Inept!
    Xamot: Insufficient!
    Tomax and Xamot: Inexcusable!
    Cobra Commander: [furiously screaming] UNSUBSTANTIATED FANTASY! LIES, LIES, LIIIIIIIIES!
  • In The Great Mouse Detective, Basil gives one to Ratigan through a robotic version of Queen Victoria.
    Robot Queen: Most assuredly... you insidious fiend. You're not my Royal Consort!
    Ratigan: [covers the Robot Queen's mouth] What a sense of humor...
    Robot Queen: [continues speaking] You're a cheap fraud and impostor!
    Ratigan: [grabs Robot Queen again] Flaversham!
    Basil: A corrupt, vicious, demented, low-life scoundrel. There's no evil scheme you wouldn't concoct!
    [Basil proceeds to make the Robot Queen attack Ratigan and fall apart as it does, exposing his scheme in front of the audience]
    Robot Queen: No depravity you wouldn't commit!
    Basil: You, Professor...
    Robot Queen: ...are none other than a foul stenchus rodentus, commonly known as a...
    Ratigan: DON'T SAY IT!
    Basil: [bursts out of the curtain and points at Ratigan] SEWER RAT!
    Ratigan: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
  • In the "Captain Sternn" segment of Heavy Metal, the aptly-named Hanover Fiste initially defends the corrupt titular space captain as he was paid off to do... only for the Loknar's power to cause him to blurt out Sternn's crimes — ranging from selling dope disguised as a nun to a child prostitution ring — and ultimately break down in an angry tirade on how awful of a person he is, all while Hulking Out before going on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge shortly afterwards.
    Hanover Fiste: STEERRRRRNNNN! He's nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous perverted worm! Hanging's too good for him! Burning's too good for him! He should be torn into little, bitsy pieces and buried aliiiiiive! I'll KILL HIIIIIM! KIIIIIIIIILL!
  • In Home (2015), Tip gives one to Oh for what his species have done to Earth, after he tried to get her to come with him for safety. Tip also tells him his people are not even his family.
  • In The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney), Quasimodo delivers one to Frollo after he realizes exactly how evil Frollo is:
  • In Ice Age: Continental Drift, Peaches gives one to Ethan and his Brat Pack when she's grown annoyed by their Lack of Empathy, and angered by them bullying her best friend, and insulting her possum side of her family.
    Peaches: There is nothing bad about being part of my family. I like hanging by my tail. And if you geniuses are normal, this species is going to end up extinct!
  • Syndrome (AKA Buddy Pines) delivered some pretty good ones to Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles. The movie directly refers to this trope as "monologuing"; Frozone describes a scenario where a villain once had him dead to rights, but still lost because instead of finishing the job, he stopped to deliver a speech. Syndrome's first notable one is when he reveals his true identity after his latest Omnidroid beats down Bob:
    Syndrome: (stops the Omnidroid's spinning blades inches from Bob's neck) It's finally ready! You know, I went through quite a few supers to make it worthy to fight you, but man, it wasn't good enough! After you trashed the last one, I had to make some major modifications. Sure, it was difficult, but you are worth it! I mean, after all... I am your biggest fan.
    Mr. Incredible: (realizes who he is) Buddy...?!
    Syndrome: My name is not BUDDY! (hurls him to the ground with the Omnidroid) And it's not Incrediboy, either! That ship has sailed. All I wanted was to help you. I ONLY WANTED TO HELP! And what did you say to me?
    Past Mr. Incredible: (dismissing him) Fly home, Buddy. I Work Alone.
    Mr. Incredible: (present) I-I was wrong to treat you that way! I'm sorry.
    Syndrome: Eh, you'll get over it. I seem to recall you prefer to... "work alone"? (laughs maniacally; Mr. Incredible tries to grab him, but Mirage pushes Syndrome out of the way and is caught in a chokehold instead)
    Mr. Incredible: RELEASE ME, NOW!
    Syndrome: Or what?
    Mr. Incredible: I'll crush her.
    Syndrome: That sounds a little dark for you! Eh, go ahead. (Mirage gasps at his lack of concern)
    Mr. Incredible: It'll be easy, like breaking a toothpick.
    Syndrome: (chuckles nonchalantly) Show me.
    (after a tense few moments, Mr. Incredible lets go of Mirage, unable to actually hurt her)
    Syndrome: I knew you couldn't do it. Even when you have nothing to lose! You're weak. And I've outgrown you.
    • And finally, when he has Mr. Incredible — as well as the rest of his family — dead to rights again after he escapes and reunites with them, Syndrome takes the time to show them his ultimate plan, making them watch everything unfold via a live feed in their prison cell with sadistic glee.
    Syndrome: (watching live news footage of the Omnidroid) Huh? Huh? Oh, come on! You've gotta admit, this is cool! Just like a movie... the robot will emerge dramatically, do some damage, throw some screaming people. And just when all hope is lost? Syndrome will save the day! I'll be a bigger hero than you ever were.
    Mr. Incredible: (furiously) You mean you killed off real heroes, so that you could pretend to be one?!
    Syndrome: Oh, I'm real. Real enough to defeat you! And I did it without your precious gifts, your oh-so-special powers. I'll give them heroics. I'll give them the most spectacular heroics anyone's ever seen! And when I'm old and I've had my fun, I'll sell my inventions so that everyone can be superheroes. Everyone can be super! And when everyone's super... (chuckles darkly) no one will be.
  • Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie:
    • Khalil lays a big one on Jonah (that is more or less identical to God's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Jonah in The Bible):
      Khalil: Would you look at yourself?! You care more about that weed than about all the people in Nineveh!!
      Jonah: Well... I...
      Khalil: Why are you here now? Instead of back in the belly of that whale? Because God is compassionate! He wanted to help you! And because He is merciful! He gave you a second chance!
      Jonah: Oh, yes - and I'm very grateful-
      Khalil: Has it ever occurred to you that maybe God loves everybody, not just you?! That maybe He wants to give everyone a second chance!
      Jonah: Uh, well...
      Khalil: He saw that those people needed help - that they didn't know right from wrong - and He wanted to help them! And that is why He sent you! And when you told them what they were doing wrong they said they were sorry - they put down their mackerels and their halibuts - and they asked God for a second chance. And by golly, He gave them one! Don't you see? God wants to give everyone a second chance! And so should we!
      Jonah: Well, if they get a second chance - those fish-slappers - well, then... it would be better if I were dead! Oh, I wish I were back in that whale!
      Khalil: (stonily) You are pathetic.
    • When Jonah protests Khalil's decision to leave, Khalil then retorts:
      Khalil: I wanted to be big and important... just like you! But the world doesn't need more people who are "big and important". The world needs more people who are nice. And compassionate. And merciful. That's what I want to be. You can find yourself a new traveling buddy. Goodbye.
      Jonah: You can't just leave!
      Khalil: Can and am!
  • In The LEGO Movie, Lord Business delivers one of these to Emmet when he has the latter cornered, right after it's revealed that the prophecy proclaiming Emmet to be "The Special", the destined savior of the world, is made up.
    Lord Business: Hey, not so special now, huh? Well, guess what? No one ever told me I was special. I never got a trophy just for showing up! I'm not some...special little snowflake, no! But as unspecial as I am, you are a thousand billion times more unspecial than me!
  • The Lion King: In an alternate take on the climax of the film (watch here at the 26:07 mark), Simba gives one to Scar as they battle.
    Simba: You think that because you killed my father, that you're better than him? You're pathetic. You're weak. And above all, Scar, you're nothing but a coward.
  • Megamind manages to provide one to Tighten with two sentences near the end of the movie. Also invoked, as he planned for Tighten to throw him next to his invisible car.
    Tighten: This is the last time you make a fool out of me!
    Megamind: I made you a hero. You did the "fool" thing all by yourself!
  • The matchmaker gives one to Mulan after the latter humiliates her (though, to be fair, it wasn't through any fault of Mulan's):
    Matchmaker: You are a disgrace! You may look like a bride, but you will never bring your family honor!
  • My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks: The Dazzlings deliver a cruel one to Sunset Shimmer when she confronts them on their true nature. Unimpressed, they mock her claims to be turning over a new leaf, claiming she simply didn't have the power to become a threat, and that for all her talk of friendship, none of the Rainbooms have really warmed up to her.
  • My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games: Sunset Shimmer explodes at Human Twilight Sparkle when her messing around with magic endangers everyone's lives, tearing into her lack of knowledge and recklessness for tampering with what she doesn't fully understand. She soon regrets it, though, after she sends Human Twilight running off in tears.
  • In Osmosis Jones:
    • Mayor Phlegmming gives one to Drix:
      Phlegmming: Son, do me a favor and read what it says on your arm.
      Drix: For the temporary relief of symptoms associated with—
      Phlegmming: Exactly! Temporary. You're nothing but a wannabe, a placebo, a generic brand. Marked-down, over-the-counter, useless Tic-Tac! Now get out of my body!
    • However, Phlegmming gets one himself by Leah, who is finally tired of his attitude.
      Leah: Mayor, something freaky is going on with the weather.
      Mayor Phlegming: We're probably just drinking some hot coffee.
      Leah: Sir, look at the maps. What if Jones is right?
      Mayor Phlegming: Jones? Ha ha ha! Funny, funny.
      Leah: You care more about your stupid re-election than you care about all our lives! Something is going on, and I'm going to the hypothalamus to check it out!
    • Frank's daughter Shane gives him a less vitriolic one regarding his health and selfish behavior:
      Shane: This is so unfair! I'm tired of this! I go where you wanna go, I eat what you wanna eat. Don't you care about anyone other than yourself?
      Frank: ...I think about you all the time.
      Shane: Were you thinking of me when you packed me that fried Slim-Jim sandwich for lunch?
      Frank: Yeah, it was a Turkey Slim-Jim!
      Shane: You know dad... maybe if you and mom listened to me more often, and took better care of yourselves... maybe she'd still be here.
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish:
    • The Wolf delivers one to Puss as he reveals that he's Death. As he explains to Puss, he already doesn't like that cats have nine lives, but Puss's arrogance and recklessness with the opportunities he's had — because he acted like he'd always have another life to fall back on, even after dying in increasingly wasteful ways — has enraged Death so much he's decided to take Puss's last life personally.
    The Wolf: Sorry to crash the party with your past lives; or, your past deaths, as I like to call them. (raises his sickle, revealing a Kill Tally of Puss's deaths carved on the blade) I was there to witness all of them. Each. Frivolous. End. But you didn't even notice me, because "Puss in Boots laughs in the face of death", right? But you're not laughing now.
    (later)
    The Wolf: Y'know, I'm not a cat person. I find the very idea of nine lives absurd; (points a sickle at Puss, glaring at him) and you didn't value any of them. So, why don't I do us both a favor, and take this last one, now?
    • Later, after Puss is sent fleeing in terror for the Wishing Star by the Wolf — abandoning Kitty and Perrito in the process — she confronts him on it, telling him what her wish would have been, believing him to have done it out of cowardice rather than outright trying to deal with Death himself, and realizing that she still can't compete with "[his] true love". Puss tries to explain to Kitty that he's down to his last life, but she angrily dismisses it; but spoiler:does make up with him later when she not only realizes he wasn't kidding about Death being after him, but goes through a great deal of Character Development.
      Puss: But I am NOT! I AM NOT PUSS IN BOOTS! (sighs despairingly) I'm on my last life. I need to get my lives back. Without them, I am not... I-I am not-
      Kitty: What, the legend? I still can't compete with your one true love. Go on, get your lives back. Just keep them out of mine.
    • The Ethical Bug gives one to Big Jack Horner after witnessing him accidentally killing most of his remaining men and then immediately shrugging it off, declaring him a lost cause. Jack isn't particularly affected, casually agreeing and flicking the Bug away.
    Ethical Bug: That was horrible! Your wish is horrible! YOU'RE HORRIBLE! You're an irredeemable monster!
  • In Rango, the title character gets one from Rattlesnake Jake, who calls him out on his lies and tall tales.
  • Recess: School's Out: Unsurprisingly, it happens in a dramatic moment between T.J. and Principal Prickly. Very surprisingly, it's T.J. who is the recipient of it. When T.J. and Prickly are both imprisoned by Benedict, T.J. angrily accuses Prickly and all other adults of being no better than Benedict, not caring about summer vacation. Prickly retorts with a long speech about how T.J. has unfairly cast him as a heartless villain:
    Principal Prickly: I'll let you in on a little secret, Detweiler. Every adult you've ever known was a kid at sometime in his life. You think we don't remember summer vacation? Riding bikes down by the creek, catching polliwogs in a jar, camping out under the stars? Well, you're wrong! Some days, I sit there in my office, looking out at you kids on the playground and I think, 'They don't know how good they got it. In a few years, they're all going to be grownups like me and all those good times will just be memories for them, too.' So go ahead. Put a whoopie-cushion in my chair. Cover my carpet with fake vomit. Make fun of my big, saggy butt. But don't you ever say I don't care about summer vacation, (voice breaking) 'cause those memories are the last part of childhood I got left.
  • In The Rugrats Movie, Tommy delivers a scathing one to Dil, ultimately reaching his Rage Breaking Point after Dil tears their only blanket when they're abandoned in the woods in a middle of a thunderstorm. He gradually gets more and more angry as he rants about how much Dil has ruined his life, and in doing so nearly pours mashed bananas on him for some nearby monkeys to take him away, before both he and Dil realize how bad they'd been to each other accordingly make amends over it.
    Tommy: You think it's funny?! Phil and Lil was right! You're a bad, naughty baby, and you're never gonna get any better! I'm through being your big brother! I don't want my "sponsatility" NO MORE! (tosses his watch away, the monkeys notice)
    Dil: Monkey! My monkey! Mine!
    Tommy: You want monkeys? Oh, okay. I'll give you monkeys. You'll have a monkey mommy and a monkey daddy and a monkey brother! I shoulda let my friends take you back to the hopsicle, but "Noooooo," I said. "He didn't mean it", I said. "He was only playing". Well, I was wrong! Now I don't even have friends. (throws a diaper over his shoulder, the monkeys grab it) Dil wants monkeys, and monkeys want the nanners. (takes out the mashed bananas) Sooo, EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT!
  • Shark Tale Angie is heartbroken and disappointed upon discovering Oscar lied about being a Sharkslayer. The rift escalates after Gold Digger lionfish Lola forcefully kisses Oscar in front of the cameras. Later, Angie furiously argues with Oscar, revealing the crush she had on him and calling him out as a shameless, opportunistic conman. Oscar sadly leaves.
    Angie: Just tell me Oscar, because I'm curious. Why do you think Lola's interested, huh? Do you honestly think, for one minute, that she'd even be with you if you weren't the rich and famous Sharkslayer?! Are you that blind?
    Oscar: At least she treats me like I'm somebody!
    Angie: Yeah, but would she love you if you were nobody?!
    Oscar: NOBODY LOVED ME WHEN I WAS NOBODY!
    Angie: I DID! (Oscar stares at her speechless: Angie turns away) Before the money... and before the fame... before the lie. To me, you were a somebody, Oscar. Now, you're nothing but a fake. A sham. A con. You're a joke.
    (Oscar is deeply hurt by her words)
    Oscar: (reaches out his fin) Angie, I-
    Angie: (rebuffs his fin, on the verge of tears) No, forget it! Just go! Cause I'm tired of hearing about how everything you had in your life wasn't good enough — including me.
    (Oscar lowers his head in despair and sadly swims out of the warehouse, while Angie weeps)
  • Shrek:
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie:
    • SpongeBob shows up at the Krusty Krab one day after he is passed over for the promotion to manager again, and he has this to say to Mr. Krabs, stumbling into the scene whilst half-dressed and completely smashed off his face on ice-cream.
      King Neptune: Before I turn this conniving crustacean into fish-meal, who here has anything to say about Eugene Krabs?
      SpongeBob: (drunkenly stumbles into the door) I've got somethin' to say about Mr. (belch) Krabs!
      Mr. Krabs: SpongeBob, me boy, you've come just in time! Please, tell King Neptune all about me.
      SpongeBob: (staggers over and bumps into King Neptune) Pardon me, miss! (falls into Mr. Krabs' arms) I have worked for Mr. Krabs for... (belch) many years, and always thought he was a great boss.
      Mr. Krabs: Y'see? A great boss!
      SpongeBob: I now realize, that he's a GREAT BIG JERK! I deserve that manager's job! But you didn't give it to me, 'cause you said I'm a kid. Well, I am one hundred percent MAN! And this MAN has got something to say to youuuuu! (blows a long raspberry at Mr. Krabs, and poses smugly) There! I think I made my point.
      Mr. Krabs: (stares at SpongeBob in horrified silence, then glances back at King Neptune)
    • Also, at The Climax of the movie, Plankton gives this to SpongeBob when he has him, Patrick, and Mindy cornered by a mind-controlled King Neptune.
      Patrick: SpongeBob, what happened?
      SpongeBob: Plankton cheated.
      Plankton: CHEATED?! (turns to Neptune) Hold on there, Baldy. (Neptune puts his flaming trident out, then Plankton turns back to SpongeBob) Oh, grow up! What do you think this is, a game of kickball on the playground? You never had a chance to defeat me, fool! And you know why?
      SpongeBob: Because you cheated?
      Plankton: No, not because I cheated! Because I'm an Evil Genius! And you're Just a Kid! (laughs) A stupid kid! (continues laughing)
  • In Tangled, Rapunzel gives one to Mother Gothel, after she discovers she is the kingdom's missing princess, and also realizes that Gothel never loved her at all and only wanted to use her hair to stay young forever, reminiscent of Quasimodo calling out Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    Mother Gothel: Please speak up, Rapunzel. You know I hate the mumbling.
    Rapunzel: I am the lost princess! Aren't I? (Mother Gothel stares at her, stunned) Did I mumble, Mother? Or should I even call you that?
    Mother Gothel: (regains composure) Oh, Rapunzel, do you even hear yourself? Why would you ask such a ridiculous question?
    Rapunzel: It was you! It was ALL YOU!
    Mother Gothel: (coldly) Everything I did was to protect you, Rapunzel.
    Rapunzel: I've spent my entire life hiding from people who would use me for my power—-
    Mother Gothel: Rapunzel!
    Rapunzel: — when I should have been hiding FROM YOU!
    Mother Gothel: Where will you go? He won't be there for you.
    Rapunzel: What did you do to him?!
    Mother Gothel: That criminal? He is to be hanged for his crimes.
    Rapunzel: (gasps) No!
    Rapunzel: NO! You were wrong about the world, And you were wrong about me. And I will NEVER let you use my hair AGAIN!
    Mother Gothel: You want me to be the bad guy? Fine. Now I'm the bad guy.
  • Teacher's Pet: The Movie has these moments, when Leonard gives one to Spot (or Scott Manly-Manning), who has turned into a human man and desires to marry Leonard's mom in order to become his stepdad, during an argument.
    Leonard: Are you crazy?! You can't be my dad! You're my dog!
    Spot: Hey, people change. Come on, it'll be great. I'll teach you how to shave, take you fishing, holler at young little league coach, when he doesn't play you enough. Maybe I'll even get you a little puppy.
    Leonard: (furious) Mister, you are out of control.
    Spot: What? You gonna send me to my room? I think that's my job, son.
    Leonard: (enraged) No! No, this is not okay with me! You have to stop liking my mom right now!
    Spot: Oh, in all fairness, son, I believe Mary Lou should have something to say about this.
    Leonard: And stop calling her Mary Lou! And stop calling me son! I command you, as your master!
    Spot: Former master, Leonard! I'm not your dog anymore!
    Leonard: Well, I sure as heck am not your kid! So maybe you'd just better leave me and my mom ALONE!
  • The Tigger Movie has a few:
    • When Tigger accidentally destroys Rabbit's Rock-Remover:
      Rabbit: Just look at my Rock-Remover! Everything's ruined, and all you can think about is... (angrily stutters) b-b-bouncing?!
      Tigger: But that's what Tiggers do best.
      Eeyore: Exactly. Unlike us.
      Kanga: ...I'm afraid he's right, dear.
      Piglet: Wh-What we're... trying to say is that, uh, we really can't bounce like Tiggers anyway, because, uh—
      Pooh: —we're not Tiggers.
      (Tigger looks at them sadly, realising what he's done)
      Rabbit: (glares at him angrily, before looking away contemptuously) Hmph!
    • Rabbit does it again, when he caught Pooh and gang dressing up as Tiggers:
      Rabbit: What on earth are you doing?! Stripes? Springs? Have you lost your minds? You should be covering the windows! Counting your supplies! Gathering firewood! Winter is here, and you aren't even ready. What are you doing wasting your time with... What am I doing wasting my time?! I've got serious work to do! At least I haven't lost sight of what's really important.
  • In Toy Story, Woody gets so fed up with Buzz being lost in his Space Ranger persona — despite them both being accidentally abandoned at a gas station — he completely snaps at him, while Buzz fires one back at Woody over his petty jealousy and refusing to take responsibility for their situation:
    Buzz: According to my navicomputer-
    Woody: Shut up! Just shut up, you idiot!
    Buzz: Sheriff, this is no time to panic!
    Woody: This is a perfect time to panic! I'm lost, Andy is gone, (steps forward furiously) they're going to move from the house in two days, AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!
    Buzz: My fault?! If you hadn't pushed me out of that window in the first place-
    Woody: (groans in frustration) Oh, yeah?! Well, if you hadn't shown up in your stupid little cardboard spaceship and taken away everything that was important to me
    Buzz: Don't talk to me about importance! Because of you, the security of the entire universe is in jeopardy!
    Woody: (visibly taken aback) WHAT?! What are you talking about?!
    Buzz: Right now, poised at the edge of the galaxy, (gestures to the Moon in the sky, as heroic music swells) Emperor Zurg has been secretly building a weapon with the destructive capacity to annihilate an entire planet! I alone have the information that reveals his weapon's only weakness. And you, my friend, are responsible for delaying my rendezvous with Star Command!
    Woody: (Beat as the heroic music comes to a stop) YOU! ARE! A! TOOOOOOOOOOY! You aren't the real Buzz Lightyear, you're an action figure! YOU ARE A CHILD'S PLAYTHING!
    Buzz: You are a sad, strange little man. And you have my pity. (gives him a Vulcan Salute and walks away) Farewell.
    Woody: Oh yeah?! Well, good riddance, you loony! (under his breath as he stomps off) Rendezvous with Star Command...!
  • Gus gives a not-entirely-undeserved one to Stanley in A Troll in Central Park, when the latter refuses to help him save his sister Rosie from Gnorga, out of fear of being stoned:
    Gus: Oh, come on! Stop being such a scaredy-cat!
    Stanley: Uh, but what can I do?
    Gus: What about all your powers, "Mister-You-Gotta-Believe-Green-Thumb"?
    Stanley: Oh, no, no, no, my prestidigitation is no match for Gnorga's magic-
    Gus: (cuts him off) Oh, sure! You're just saying that, 'cause you're scared to fight her! (flowers gasp)
    Stanley: I- I can't! Gnorga, oh, you don't know Gnorga, she'll destroy me! She'll marbleize me!
    Gus: Well, I'm not scared! (starts to leave)
    Stanley: I'd help you if I could, but I can't! She'll turn me to stone, and I don't want to be rockenized. Gus! Don't you understand?! In the troll world, darkness always triumphs over light!
    Gus: You know what, Stanley? You'll never have a dream come true! And you know why?! Because you're too scared to fight for what you believe in! YOU'RE A COWARD!
  • In The Transformers: The Movie, Optimus gives a little one to Megatron in the opening battle, after the latter tried to beg for mercy, when the former managed to turn the fight in his favor. Sadly, this was just a ploy to get Optimus to let his guard down.
    Megatron: No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you!
    Optimus Prime: You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff.
  • In Turning Red, Ming gives one to Mei's friends who she believes are responsible for Mei's recent actions.
    Ming: I can't believe you girls would use her like this!
    Miriam: What?
    Priya: But we didn't.
    Abby: No, we'd never.
    Mei: What?
    Ming: I knew you were trouble. Putting all these thoughts into Mei-Mei's head, parading her around. Now she's lying, sneaking out. She attacked a defenseless boy. You think this is a joke? Do you know how dangerous this is?
    Miriam: We didn't mean to, we just wanted to see 4*Town.
    Ming: 4*Town! You manipulated her for a bunch of tacky delinquents?
    Miriam: No! She wanted to...
    Ming: Don't you blame her. She is a good girl, and you've taken advantage of her.
  • Zootopia
    • Early on in the film, Nick gives a cynical one to Judy about her aspirations to become a rabbit police officer.
      Nick: Tell me if this story sounds familiar. Naïve little hick with good grades and big ideas decides, "Hey, look at me, I'm gonna move to Zootopia, where predators and prey live in harmony and sing 'Kumbaya'!". Only to find, whoopsie, we don't all get along. And that dream of becoming a big city cop? Double whoopsie, she's a meter maid. And whoopsie number three-sie, no one cares about her or her dreams. And soon enough, those dreams die, and our bunny sinks into an emotional and literal squalor living in a box under a bridge, until finally, she has no choice but to go back home with that cute, fuzzy-wuzzy little tail between her legs to become... you're from Bunnyburrow, is that what you said? So how about a carrot farmer? That sound about right?
    • Some time later, Judy, having been given two days to crack a missing persons case in order to keep her job, contacts Chief Bogo to tell him that she's found a person of interest, only for said individual to escape by the time Bogo gets there. Upon seeing that Judy failed to deliver the person to him, Bogo immediately tells Judy to turn in her badge despite still having time left, and Nick calls him out on setting Judy up to fail.
      Nick: No.
      Bogo: ...What did you say, fox?
      Nick: Oh, I'm sorry. What I said was NO! She will not be giving you that badge. Look, you gave her a... a... a clown vest and a three-wheel joke mobile and two days to solve a case you guys haven't cracked in two weeks? Yeah, no wonder she needed to get help from a fox. None of you guys were gonna help her, were you? Here's the thing, chief. You gave her the 48 hours, so technically we still have... 10 left, to find our Mr. Otterton. And that's exactly what we're gonna do! So, if you'll excuse us, we have a very big lead to follow and a case to crack. Good day.


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