This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
The Nifty: How is this different from Hannibal Lecture?
: This is one of those tropes where the fact that it's a villain doing it really does make it completely different. It's completely different in tone and execution. Above all, what the hero says should probably be right. Also, I think Hannibal Lecture should be done from captivity, as with the Trope Namer and many examples are do that merely from imitation of Hannibal, sometimes deliberately, whereas there's no sign of that in this trope..
Silverevilchao: My impression of this is that the "Reason You Suck" Speech is delivered after you kicked someone's ass (see: Full Metal Panic's example). On the other hand, the Hannibal Lecture is delivered by someone who GOT their ass kicked/captured/whatever, and generally serves as a way for said defeated/captured person to get under the skin of the victorious one (after all, Hannibal is the Trope Namer).
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Peteman: Okay, we need to move all the big quotes from the main page to the Quotes.
