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* ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019'' has a rare ''one-word'' variation. The Jangly Man exists to punish Ramon's guilt about [[spoiler:dodging the draft for the Vietnam War]], so as it pursues him it repeatedly screams, "COWARD!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Tamatoa's VillainSong "Shiny" alternates between doing this to Maui and [[BadassBoast boasting about himself.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Tamatoa's VillainSong "Shiny" alternates between doing this to Maui and [[BadassBoast boasting about himself.]]himself]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'': Mojo does this in his final battle with the girls, until they [[ShutUpHannibal fight back]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'': Mojo does this in his final battle with the girls, until they [[ShutUpHannibal fight back]].
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** At the climax, when Terry [=McGinnis=] is facing the Joker, Bruce advises his successor to ignore the Joker's chatter and mind games. But Terry realizes [[YouFightLikeACow "I like to talk too"]] and turns things around, mocking the Clown Prince of Crime's origin story, calling his material boring, and speculating that all his antics were an attempt to get a laugh out of someone with no sense of humor. And the Joker, who has spent his whole criminal career trying to get Batman to laugh ''with'' him, is defeated by a new Batman [[TheHeckler laughing]] ''[[TheHeckler at]]'' [[TheHeckler him.]]
--->'''Terry:''' [[IronicEcho You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic.]] (''imitates Joker's laugh'')\\
--->'''Terry:''' [[IronicEcho You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic.]] (''imitates Joker's laugh'')\\
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** At In the climax, when Terry [=McGinnis=] is facing the Joker, Bruce advises his successor to ignore the Joker's chatter and mind games. But However, Terry realizes that [[YouFightLikeACow "I like to talk too"]] and turns things around, mocking the Clown Prince of Crime's origin story, calling his material boring, and speculating that all his antics were an attempt to get a laugh out of someone with no sense of humor. And the The Joker, who has spent his whole criminal career trying to get Batman to laugh ''with'' him, is defeated by a new Batman [[TheHeckler laughing]] laughing ''[[TheHeckler at]]'' [[TheHeckler him.]]
him, pissing him off so thoroughly that [[spoiler:he doesn't see Terry going for a joy buzzer, which he uses to fry the microchip holding the Joker's consciousness]].
--->'''Terry:''' [[IronicEcho You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic.]](''imitates ''[imitates Joker's laugh'')\\laugh]''\\
--->'''Terry:''' [[IronicEcho You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic.]]
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'''Terry:''' So you fell in a tank of acid, got your skin bleached, and decided to become a supervillain. [[DisappointedByTheMotive What, you couldn't get work as a rodeo clown?]] (''laughs'')\\
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 3}}'': During the final race, Jackson Storm tries to talk trash to Cruz Ramirez to throw her off his trail and slow her down, while Lightning tries to warn her not to believe a word he says. As Cruz starts to feel that he got to her, Lightning tells her that it's a sign that ''she'' got to ''him'', as Jackson wouldn't have [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness willingly slowed down into second place]] just to taunt her had he not felt threatened by her.
* [[spoiler: Hans]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
* [[spoiler: Hans]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 3}}'': The evil wizard in ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland'' gives Alice one of these, over how neither he nor she thinks she can pass for a princess.
* ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'': During the final race, Jackson Storm tries to talk trash to Cruz Ramirez to throw her off his trail and slow her down, while Lightning tries to warn her not to believe a word he says. As Cruz starts to feel that he got to her, Lightning tells her that it's a sign that ''she'' got to ''him'', as Jackson wouldn't have [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness willingly slowed down into second place]] just to taunt her had he not felt threatened by her.
*[[spoiler: Hans]] [[spoiler:Hans]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'': During the final race, Jackson Storm tries to talk trash to Cruz Ramirez to throw her off his trail and slow her down, while Lightning tries to warn her not to believe a word he says. As Cruz starts to feel that he got to her, Lightning tells her that it's a sign that ''she'' got to ''him'', as Jackson wouldn't have [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness willingly slowed down into second place]] just to taunt her had he not felt threatened by her.
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* ''Film/{{Looper}}'': Abe's preferred method of dealing with troublemakers. A few minutes' conversation, and Joe is ready to give up Seth's location rather than lose half his silver.
-->'''Abe:''' You're expecting that we're gonna break your fingers with a hammer or... something awful, but I'm gonna diffuse that tension right now. That's ''not'' gonna happen. What ''is'' going to happen is that I'm gonna talk for a little, not even that long, then you're gonna give up your friend.
-->'''Abe:''' You're expecting that we're gonna break your fingers with a hammer or... something awful, but I'm gonna diffuse that tension right now. That's ''not'' gonna happen. What ''is'' going to happen is that I'm gonna talk for a little, not even that long, then you're gonna give up your friend.
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* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of two decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote; the full quote is on the film's [[LordOfWar/{{Quotes}} quotes page]], or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
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* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of two decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote; the full quote is on the film's [[LordOfWar/{{Quotes}} [[Quotes/LordOfWar quotes page]], or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
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* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of two decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote, full quote on quotes page or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
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* In ''Film/LordOfWar'', HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of two decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote, quote; the full quote is on the film's [[LordOfWar/{{Quotes}} quotes page page]], or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
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'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:No. ''[blows into the glass, creating water droplets. He then makes a heart sign out of the air, indicating that he's taken Madeline hostage]'' But I know ''someone'' who does.]]\\
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'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:No. ''[blows into ''[breathes on the glass, creating water droplets. misting it up. He then makes a heart sign out of in the air, mist, indicating that he's taken Madeline hostage]'' But I know ''someone'' who does.]]\\
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker [[spoiler: that [[LukeIAmYourFather he is Luke's father]], [[ItWasHisSled but you already knew that]]]], which is enough to cause a HeroicBSOD, but his subsequent attempt to [[WeCanRuleTogether persuade him to join him]] fails.
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker [[spoiler: that [[LukeIAmYourFather he is Luke's father]], [[ItWasHisSled but you already knew that]]]], which is enough to cause a HeroicBSOD, but his subsequent attempt to [[WeCanRuleTogether persuade him to join him]] fails.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
''Franchise/StarWars'': This seems to be a standard tactic for Dark Side Force-users when trying to corrupt someone.
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker [[spoiler: that [[LukeIAmYourFather he is Luke's father]], [[ItWasHisSled but you already knew that]]]], which is enough to cause a HeroicBSOD, but his subsequent attempt to [[WeCanRuleTogether persuadehim Luke to join him]] fails.
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker [[spoiler: that [[LukeIAmYourFather he is Luke's father]], [[ItWasHisSled but you already knew that]]]], which is enough to cause a HeroicBSOD, but his subsequent attempt to [[WeCanRuleTogether persuade
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** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' this is one of the tactics that Palpatine/Darth Sidious uses to turn Anakin Skywalker to the Dark Side.
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi'', Snoke does this repeatedly to both Kylo Ren and Rey.
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi'', Snoke does this repeatedly to both Kylo Ren and Rey.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Subverted twice in the same scene:
** At [[spoiler:the 4*Town concert]], the furious Ming roars at Mei that "This isn't you!" She expects Mei to stop her defiance, leave the concert and come home. But Mei isn't broken; quite the opposite, by now she has enough self-confidence to say no to her mother, and does.
** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of her own, telling her mother that [[spoiler:she lied -- everything she did with her panda was her own idea, and her friends had nothing to do with it.]] She's hoping it will break Ming's rage and [[spoiler:get her to change from her [[{{Kaiju}} giant panda form]] back to human]]. It doesn't work.
** At [[spoiler:the 4*Town concert]], the furious Ming roars at Mei that "This isn't you!" She expects Mei to stop her defiance, leave the concert and come home. But Mei isn't broken; quite the opposite, by now she has enough self-confidence to say no to her mother, and does.
** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of her own, telling her mother that [[spoiler:she lied -- everything she did with her panda was her own idea, and her friends had nothing to do with it.]] She's hoping it will break Ming's rage and [[spoiler:get her to change from her [[{{Kaiju}} giant panda form]] back to human]]. It doesn't work.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Subverted twice Set up twice, then subverted both times:
** Ming ''tries'' to do this to Devon inthe same scene:
their confrontation at Daisy Mart, but it falls flat because her accusations are all false.
** At [[spoiler:the 4*Town concert]],the furious Ming roars at Mei that "This isn't you!" She expects Mei to stop [[CallingTheOldWomanOut shouts furiously at her defiance, leave the concert and come home. But Mei isn't broken; quite the opposite, by now she has enough self-confidence to say no to her mother, and does.
** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of her own, telling her mothermother]] that [[spoiler:she lied -- everything she did with her panda was her own idea, and her friends had nothing to do with it.]] She's hoping it will break Ming's rage and [[spoiler:get her to change from her [[{{Kaiju}} giant panda form]] back to human]]. It doesn't work.work; after [[HopeSpot a momentary pause]], Ming gets even angrier than before.
** Ming ''tries'' to do this to Devon in
** At [[spoiler:the 4*Town concert]],
** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of her own, telling her mother
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** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of her own, telling her mother that [[spoiler:she lied -- everything she did with her panda was her own idea, and her friends had nothing to do with it.]] She's hoping it will calm Ming down. It doesn't.
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** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of her own, telling her mother that [[spoiler:she lied -- everything she did with her panda was her own idea, and her friends had nothing to do with it.]] She's hoping it will calm Ming down. break Ming's rage and [[spoiler:get her to change from her [[{{Kaiju}} giant panda form]] back to human]]. It doesn't.doesn't work.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's mother asserts that Mei's rebellion against her isn't really the true her but merely the result of ToxicFriendInfluence.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's mother asserts ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Subverted twice in the same scene:
** At [[spoiler:the 4*Town concert]], the furious Ming roars at Mei thatMei's rebellion against her "This isn't really you!" She expects Mei to stop her defiance, leave the true concert and come home. But Mei isn't broken; quite the opposite, by now she has enough self-confidence to say no to her but merely the result mother, and does.
** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech ofToxicFriendInfluence.her own, telling her mother that [[spoiler:she lied -- everything she did with her panda was her own idea, and her friends had nothing to do with it.]] She's hoping it will calm Ming down. It doesn't.
** At [[spoiler:the 4*Town concert]], the furious Ming roars at Mei that
** Mei immediately attempts a breaking speech of
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** Terry [=McGinnis=] (the new Batman) does this ''to the Joker''. [[BoringInsult He tells the clown that he's boring and the only reason for his rivalry with Bruce was to make him laugh]].
*** Particularly impressive, as the Joker has spent his whole career trying to get Batman to laugh with him. The new Batman defeats him by laughing ''at'' him.
** The Joker gives one to the original Batman, calling him [[CrossesTheLineTwice "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy"]]. The above is basically an IronicEcho to this because they both involve laughing at their opponents for finding them pathetic.
*** Particularly impressive, as the Joker has spent his whole career trying to get Batman to laugh with him. The new Batman defeats him by laughing ''at'' him.
** The Joker gives one to the original Batman, calling him [[CrossesTheLineTwice "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy"]]. The above is basically an IronicEcho to this because they both involve laughing at their opponents for finding them pathetic.
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** Terry [=McGinnis=] (the new Batman) does this ''to In the Joker''. [[BoringInsult He tells flashback sequence, the clown that he's boring and the only reason for his rivalry with Bruce was to make him laugh]].
*** Particularly impressive, as the Joker has spent his whole career trying to get Batman to laugh with him. The new Batman defeats him by laughing ''at'' him.
** TheJoker gives one to the original Batman, Batman after discovering his SecretIdentity, calling him [[CrossesTheLineTwice "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy"]]. The above is basically an IronicEcho to this because they both involve laughing at their opponents for finding them daddy. It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic."]]
** At the climax, when Terry [=McGinnis=] is facing the Joker, Bruce advises his successor to ignore the Joker's chatter and mind games. But Terry realizes [[YouFightLikeACow "I like to talk too"]] and turns things around, mocking the Clown Prince of Crime's origin story, calling his material boring, and speculating that all his antics were an attempt to get a laugh out of someone with no sense of humor. And the Joker, who has spent his whole criminal career trying to get Batman to laugh ''with'' him, is defeated by a new Batman [[TheHeckler laughing]] ''[[TheHeckler at]]'' [[TheHeckler him.]]
--->'''Terry:''' [[IronicEcho You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic.]] (''imitates Joker's laugh'')\\
'''Joker:''' Stop that!\\
'''Terry:''' So you fell in a tank of acid, got your skin bleached, and decided to become a supervillain. [[DisappointedByTheMotive What, you couldn't get work as a rodeo clown?]] (''laughs'')\\
'''Joker:''' ''Don't you dare laugh at me!''\\
'''Terry:''' Why? I thought the Joker always ''wanted'' to make Batman laugh!\\
'''Joker:''' [[VillainousBreakdown YOU'RE NOT BATMAN!]]
*** Particularly impressive, as the Joker has spent his whole career trying to get Batman to laugh with him. The new Batman defeats him by laughing ''at'' him.
** The
** At the climax, when Terry [=McGinnis=] is facing the Joker, Bruce advises his successor to ignore the Joker's chatter and mind games. But Terry realizes [[YouFightLikeACow "I like to talk too"]] and turns things around, mocking the Clown Prince of Crime's origin story, calling his material boring, and speculating that all his antics were an attempt to get a laugh out of someone with no sense of humor. And the Joker, who has spent his whole criminal career trying to get Batman to laugh ''with'' him, is defeated by a new Batman [[TheHeckler laughing]] ''[[TheHeckler at]]'' [[TheHeckler him.]]
--->'''Terry:''' [[IronicEcho You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda pathetic.]] (''imitates Joker's laugh'')\\
'''Joker:''' Stop that!\\
'''Terry:''' So you fell in a tank of acid, got your skin bleached, and decided to become a supervillain. [[DisappointedByTheMotive What, you couldn't get work as a rodeo clown?]] (''laughs'')\\
'''Joker:''' ''Don't you dare laugh at me!''\\
'''Terry:''' Why? I thought the Joker always ''wanted'' to make Batman laugh!\\
'''Joker:''' [[VillainousBreakdown YOU'RE NOT BATMAN!]]
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* Harold delivers a devastating one to Michael in ''The Boys In the Band''.
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* Harold delivers a devastating one to Michael in ''The Boys In the Band''.''Film/TheBoysInTheBand''.
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* ''Film/ReapTheWildWind'': When Jack comes to confront the villainous Cutler, he finds himself on the receiving end of a devastating speech as Cutler reveals that Commodore Devereaux is dead and that Jack's future with the Devereaux line is in jeopardy. He then dissects how Jack will likely end up broke and homeless, and that Loxi will be willing to endure that with him, but that Jack will be too proud to subject her to this. [[TheCorruptor He then offers Jack a job captaining a slave ship for him]], which Jack rejects [[spoiler:in favor [[FaceHeelTurn of helping Cutler wreck his ship.]]]]
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'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:''[shrugs]'' My wounds will heal. ''What about yours?'' Look around you, James — look. This is what's left of your world. Everything you ever stood for, everything you believed in — a ruin.]]\\
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'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:''[shrugs]'' My wounds will heal. ''What about yours?'' Look around you, James — -- look. This is what's left of your world. Everything you ever stood for, everything you believed in — -- a ruin.]]\\
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'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:Am I? ''[snickers [[SmugSnake smugly]]]'' [[{{Sadist}} I've really put you through it, haven't I?]] [[CainAndAbel Oh well, that's brothers for you —]] '''[[BigBrotherBully they always know which button to press!]]''']]
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'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:Am I? ''[snickers [[SmugSnake smugly]]]'' [[{{Sadist}} I've really put you through it, haven't I?]] [[CainAndAbel Oh well, that's brothers for you —]] --]] '''[[BigBrotherBully they always know which button to press!]]''']]
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-->"The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year... sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So, you call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil."
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-->"The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - -- the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year... sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So, you call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil."
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** He delivers another one in the third movie as he watches Neo struggling to get back up after a royal thrashing - except Neo is barely listening to him and it just shows how ''Smith's'' mental state [[VillainousBreakdown is crumbling]].
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** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Emperor Palpatine focuses his full powers of charm and scheming to break and [[FaceHeelTurn turn]] Luke. Luke is in the throne room along with Palpatine and Vader while the Rebel Alliance and all his friends are about to be destroyed - all, it turns out, according to [[{{Chessmaster}} Palpatine's]] [[BatmanGambit plans]]. Palpatine's expositing this eventually drives Luke into attacking the unarmed emperor (as intended), only to be stopped by Vader, and soon Vader's threat to go after his sister finally drives Luke into an UnstoppableRage that almost pushes him to the DarkSide. [[spoiler: However, he has a moment of clarity just before killing Vader, and rejects the ObviouslyEvil Palpatine's offer to become his new apprentice.]]
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** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Emperor Palpatine focuses his full powers of charm and scheming to break and [[FaceHeelTurn turn]] Luke. Luke is in the throne room along with Palpatine and Vader while the Rebel Alliance and all his friends are about to be destroyed - -- all, it turns out, according to [[{{Chessmaster}} Palpatine's]] [[BatmanGambit plans]]. Palpatine's expositing this eventually drives Luke into attacking the unarmed emperor (as intended), only to be stopped by Vader, and soon Vader's threat to go after his sister finally drives Luke into an UnstoppableRage that almost pushes him to the DarkSide. [[spoiler: However, he has a moment of clarity just before killing Vader, and rejects the ObviouslyEvil Palpatine's offer to become his new apprentice.]]
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* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon attempts to do this to his interviewer in ''Film/FrostNixon'' with a late night phone call, but as his drunken ramblings progress, all his NotSoDifferent lines only end up revealing how broken and full of self-loathing he is. Frost doesn't even need to say ShutUpHannibal -- he now knows that all he needs to do is corner Nixon and the man will destroy himself.
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* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon attempts to do this to his interviewer in ''Film/FrostNixon'' with a late night phone call, but as his drunken ramblings progress, all his NotSoDifferent lines {{Not So Different Remark}}s only end up revealing how broken and full of self-loathing he is. Frost doesn't even need to say ShutUpHannibal -- he now knows that all he needs to do is corner Nixon and the man will destroy himself.
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* In ''Film/MulhollandFalls'', the General likes to give those speeches to the main character, also pulling a NotSoDifferent.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'': When Rattlesnake Jake shows up, he calls Rango's bluff and reveals him as a FakeUltimateHero in front of the citizens of Dirt. After Jake mocks him for being a fraud and a liar, Rango throws down his guns and [[HeroicBSOD leaves town in a depressed daze]].
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* ''Film/{{Exam}}'': When [[spoiler:White]] recovers from his coma, he delivers this speech to the others about how damaging their arrogance and selfishness are.
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* In ''Film/PeterPan'' Hook tries filling Peter's head with unhappy thoughts of Wendy leaving him and growing up, it's disturbingly effective, allowing Hook to land a near-fatal blow. But then the Lost Boys turn this on Hook by simply chanting "Old, alone, and done for!" as he's hovering over the crocodile.
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* [[spoiler: Hans]] in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
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* [[spoiler: Hans]] in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
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* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'': Tamatoa's VillainSong "Shiny" alternates between doing this to Maui and [[BadassBoast boasting about himself.]]
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* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Nick attempts this when he first meets Judy by playing on her fear that she'll fail to be accepted as a cop and have to return home in shame. While she is seriously hurt by it, her fundamental desire to help people ends up driving her to challenge him at wits again to get his help with a case, [[spoiler: and then blackmailing him with his recorded boasts of tax dodging to force his cooperation.]]
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* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Nick attempts this when he first meets Judy by playing on her fear that she'll fail to be accepted as a cop and have to return home in shame. While she is seriously hurt by it, her fundamental desire to help people ends up driving her to challenge him at wits again to get his help with a case, [[spoiler: and then blackmailing him with his recorded boasts of tax dodging to force his cooperation.]]
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* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'': Dr. Evil (while running away) tries to convince Austin that he's become a "square" and that the 90s doesn't have free love. Austin counters that the 60s were about ''freedom'', only now it's joined by responsibility and that's even groovier. Evil destroys freedom, so he's still fighting the same fight. Then Dr. Evil points out that there's nothing more annoying an old hippie who refuses to get with the times. ''That'' gets Austin's back up.
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* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'': Dr. Evil (while running away) tries to convince Austin that he's become a "square" and that the 90s doesn't have free love. Austin counters that the 60s were about ''freedom'', only now it's joined by responsibility and that's even groovier. Evil destroys freedom, so he's still fighting the same fight. Then Dr. Evil points out that there's nothing more annoying than an old hippie who refuses to get with the times. ''That'' gets Austin's back up.
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** The Joker gives one to the original Batman, calling him [[CrossesTheLineTwice "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy"]].
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* In the film adaptation of ''Film/GetSmart'', Maxwell does this to the giant, menacing Dalip, telling him the real family-related reason he's working for KAOS and that he's not evil at heart. This saves Maxwell and 99 from getting crushed, but Dalip still sprints off.
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* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', Wesley manages to completely break Prince Humperdinck's will with an incredibly detailed threat, to such a point where Prince Humperdinck drops his sword and surrenders. It was a complete bluff.
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* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', Wesley manages to completely break Prince Humperdinck's will with an incredibly detailed threat, threat to such a leave him [[FateWorseThanDeath horribly crippled]], to the point where that Prince Humperdinck drops his sword and surrenders. It was a complete bluff.
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* ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. Dr. Soran, an El-Aurian, shows what happens when one of the "race of listeners" use their extremely profound insight to harm than help.
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* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' this is the main antagonist Hans Landa's specialty. He will talk for quite some time and use questionable phrases on whether he knows their guilty secrets or not, always keeping his opponents on their toes. This is particularly in theinterrogation of Perrier Lapadite and Shosanna in the film.
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'''Dewey:''' 32 kills, Jason. Everyone of them made a difference. People all across this country, are safer because of what you did.\\
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'''Dewey:''' 32 kills, Jason. Everyone of them made a difference. People all across this country, country are safer because of what you did.\\
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'''Dewey:''' And how's that working out for you? You're never going to find any peace. Not till you admit to yourself, who you really are. It's sudden death here, Jason. It's time to come in.
* In ''Film/LordOfWar'' HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of 2 decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote, full quote on quotes page or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
* In ''Film/LordOfWar'' HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of 2 decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote, full quote on quotes page or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
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* BigBad Franz Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] gives a scathing ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Film/JamesBond in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' [[spoiler:when he holds the BondGirl Madeleine Swann hostage. This is because [[GreaterScopeVillain Blofeld is responsible]] for all the misery 007 suffered since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. It nearly leaves Bond depressed, but he gets better by saving Swann in the nick of time and having Blofeld arrested for his crimes against humanity. An orphaned Bond receiving more endearment from Franz's own father than Franz when they were younger is what ultimately led to the CainAndAbel relationship between the two in later years.]]
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* BigBad Franz Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] gives a scathing ReasonYouSuckSpeech monologue to Film/JamesBond in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' [[spoiler:when he holds the BondGirl Madeleine Swann hostage. This is because [[GreaterScopeVillain Blofeld is responsible]] for all the misery 007 suffered since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. It nearly leaves Bond depressed, but he gets better by saving Swann in the nick of time and having Blofeld arrested for his crimes against humanity. An orphaned Bond receiving more endearment from Franz's own father than Franz when they were younger is what ultimately led to the CainAndAbel relationship between the two in later years.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''. Slade lays an epic one on Robin.
-->'''Slade:''' Thank you, Robin! You were so ''desperate'' to be in a movie, you turned your back on everything that mattered to you -- ''even your own friends''! This shall be your final scene. ''(presses bomb switch)'' [[CallBack Magic!]]
-->'''Slade:''' Thank you, Robin! You were so ''desperate'' to be in a movie, you turned your back on everything that mattered to you -- ''even your own friends''! This shall be your final scene. ''(presses bomb switch)'' [[CallBack Magic!]]
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* Harold delivers a devastating one to Michael in ''The Boys In the Band''.
-->You're a sad and pathetic man. You're a homosexual and you don't want to be, but there's nothing you can do to change it. Not all the prayers to your god, not all the analysis you can buy in all the years you've go left to live. You may one day be able to know a heterosexual life if you want it desperately enough. If you pursue it with the fervor with which you annihilate. But you'll always be homosexual as well. Always Michael. Always. Until the day you die.
-->You're a sad and pathetic man. You're a homosexual and you don't want to be, but there's nothing you can do to change it. Not all the prayers to your god, not all the analysis you can buy in all the years you've go left to live. You may one day be able to know a heterosexual life if you want it desperately enough. If you pursue it with the fervor with which you annihilate. But you'll always be homosexual as well. Always Michael. Always. Until the day you die.
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!!Animated
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'':
** Terry [=McGinnis=] (the new Batman) does this ''to the Joker''. [[BoringInsult He tells the clown that he's boring and the only reason for his rivalry with Bruce was to make him laugh]].
*** Particularly impressive, as the Joker has spent his whole career trying to get Batman to laugh with him. The new Batman defeats him by laughing ''at'' him.
** The Joker gives one to the original Batman, calling him [[CrossesTheLineTwice "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy"]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', the Boss Baby does this with his adoptive older brother Tim, telling him that they'll spend every morning together, every Christmas and eventually grow old together. And since Tim is a MrImagination, he can picture this all too well.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 3}}'': During the final race, Jackson Storm tries to talk trash to Cruz Ramirez to throw her off his trail and slow her down, while Lightning tries to warn her not to believe a word he says. As Cruz starts to feel that he got to her, Lightning tells her that it's a sign that ''she'' got to ''him'', as Jackson wouldn't have [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness willingly slowed down into second place]] just to taunt her had he not felt threatened by her.
* [[spoiler: Hans]] in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen, when Po confronts him in the foundry and demands to know what he knows about his past. Shen cruelly lies to him, telling him that his parents abandoned him and didn't love him, which distracts Po long enough for Shen to get the upper hand and nearly kill him.
* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'': Tamatoa's VillainSong "Shiny" alternates between doing this to Maui and [[BadassBoast boasting about himself.]]
* Pitch Black in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' is a master of these. Given his ability to know what people are afraid of, it would be weirder if he ''couldn't'' pull one of these off. His speech to Jack, which is about how Jack will always be alone because he will always ruin any positive connection he makes by making a mess of things, pretty much kills Jack's will to fight him. It would've successfully taken him out of the picture if Pitch hadn't fallen victim to BondVillainStupidity.
* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Nick attempts this when he first meets Judy by playing on her fear that she'll fail to be accepted as a cop and have to return home in shame. While she is seriously hurt by it, her fundamental desire to help people ends up driving her to challenge him at wits again to get his help with a case, [[spoiler: and then blackmailing him with his recorded boasts of tax dodging to force his cooperation.]]
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* In ''Film/FortyTwo'', Ben Chapman breaks Jackie Robinson's spirit by bombarding him with racist slurs and insults until he's a screaming, sobbing mess.
* In ''Film/ActOfValor'', Senior Chief breaks Christo, the leader of the drug and weapons cartel smuggling the terrorists into the United States, by simply sitting down across from him, explaining how he's just lost everything: his wealth will be confiscated, he's going to prison for the rest of his life, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his wife will marry someone else, his daughter will grow up without him, and they'll more or less forget about him.]]
-->"Let me explain to you how the world works. This is no longer your boat."
* Salieri's confession in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' turns into one of these. By the end, with his closing lines about mediocrity, the priest is too shell-shocked to administer the sacrament (though Salieri was obviously unrepentant for his sins, so the conditions for the sacrament were clearly not fulfilled anyway).
* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'': Dr. Evil (while running away) tries to convince Austin that he's become a "square" and that the 90s doesn't have free love. Austin counters that the 60s were about ''freedom'', only now it's joined by responsibility and that's even groovier. Evil destroys freedom, so he's still fighting the same fight. Then Dr. Evil points out that there's nothing more annoying an old hippie who refuses to get with the times. ''That'' gets Austin's back up.
* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Comicbook/LexLuthor's speech to [[spoiler: (along with the revelation he knows Clark's true identity and has kidnapped Martha Kent)]] force Superman to fight Batman.
-->'''Lex Luthor''': I figured it out way back. If God is all powerful, He cannot be all good. And if He's all good then He cannot be all powerful. And neither can you be. They need to see the fraud you are. With their eyes. The blood on your hands... If you kill me [[spoiler: Martha]] dies. And if you fly away, [[spoiler: Martha]] also dies. But if you kill the Bat, [[spoiler: Martha]] lives. There we go. And now God bends to my will.
* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'' is one long speech like this by assassin Vincent to his hostage Max [[spoiler:which backfires towards the end]].
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'':
*** ComicBook/TheJoker gives a nihilistic speech to the scarred, disillusioned and currently helpless Harvey Dent about how chaotic the world is, convincing Dent to do a FaceHeelTurn and become [[spoiler:Two-Face]].
*** Batman finally returns the favor at the end of the movie.
---->'''Batman''': What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're ''alone''! [...] This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': ComicBook/{{Bane}} engages in this as well, shortly before he breaks them physically.
* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', in one of its opening scenes, features Loki (Creator/MattDamon) explains to a nun how he didn't believe in God due to the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter, successfully making her question and eventually throw away her faith...in a span of five minutes. As noted by his fellow angel Bartleby (Creator/BenAffleck), "You know for a fact that there's a God. You've stood in his presence. You've spoken to him ''personally''. Yet I just heard you claim to be an atheist." Loki's response? "[[ItAmusedMe I just like fucking with the clergy, man!]] I just -- I love keeping those guys on their toes!"
** There's also the board room scene, where Bartleby reveals all but one woman's sins. All their reactions range from looking down with shame to breaking down into tears.
* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon attempts to do this to his interviewer in ''Film/FrostNixon'' with a late night phone call, but as his drunken ramblings progress, all his NotSoDifferent lines only end up revealing how broken and full of self-loathing he is. Frost doesn't even need to say ShutUpHannibal -- he now knows that all he needs to do is corner Nixon and the man will destroy himself.
* [[TheSociopath Lisa Rowe]] from the movie ''Film/GirlInterrupted'' delivers one to Daisy after the latter is released from the psych ward. [[spoiler: It's so intense that it drives Daisy to suicide.]] Later in the movie, she tries to deliver a breaking speech to Susanna, [[ShutUpHannibal but it backfires]].
* Dr. Hannibal Lecter in his various film incarnations.
** ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'': Trapped in his cell, Lecter can exert surprising influence on his subjects simply by talking to them. It's stated that he convinced the guy in the cell next to him to commit suicide and attempts to weasel into the head of Clarice during his interviews.
** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'': He managed to convince a drugged-up Mason Verger to cut off his face and feed it to dogs.
** In ''Film/HannibalRising'', Grutas manages to do it ''to'' the young Lecter when at his mercy; it hardly improves his position, but it certainly has an impact on the other. He claims that Lecter isn't hunting him and a number of others down because [[spoiler: they ate his sister to keep from starving]] but because [[spoiler: they know that he ate some of it, too.]]
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' this is the main antagonist Hans Landa's specialty. He will talk for quite some time and use questionable phrases on whether he knows their guilty secrets or not, always keeping his opponents on their toes. This is particularly in theinterrogation of Perrier Lapadite and Shosanna in the film.
* BigBad Franz Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] gives a scathing ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Film/JamesBond in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' [[spoiler:when he holds the BondGirl Madeleine Swann hostage. This is because [[GreaterScopeVillain Blofeld is responsible]] for all the misery 007 suffered since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. It nearly leaves Bond depressed, but he gets better by saving Swann in the nick of time and having Blofeld arrested for his crimes against humanity. An orphaned Bond receiving more endearment from Franz's own father than Franz when they were younger is what ultimately led to the CainAndAbel relationship between the two in later years.]]
-->'''Bond:''' ''[after shooting at a bulletproof glass which forms the SPECTRE logo]'' You're a hard man to kill, [[spoiler:Blofeld]]. ''[mockingly looks at Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Blofeld's]] scar]'' [[SarcasmMode Ouch.]] I do hope that doesn't hurt too much.\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:''[shrugs]'' My wounds will heal. ''What about yours?'' Look around you, James — look. This is what's left of your world. Everything you ever stood for, everything you believed in — a ruin.]]\\
'''Bond:''' [[LameComeback Why are we here? Did you miss me?]]\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:No. ''[blows into the glass, creating water droplets. He then makes a heart sign out of the air, indicating that he's taken Madeline hostage]'' But I know ''someone'' who does.]]\\
'''Bond:''' [[spoiler:Where is she?]]\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:That's for you to find out. ''[Activates a timer]'' In three minutes, this building will be demolished. Well, I can get out easily. [[SadisticChoice Now, you have a choice.]] '''''[[HeroicSacrifice Die trying to save her]], [[DespairEventHorizon or save yourself and]] [[MyGreatestFailure live with the pain]].''''']]\\
'''Bond:''' You're bluffing.\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:Am I? ''[snickers [[SmugSnake smugly]]]'' [[{{Sadist}} I've really put you through it, haven't I?]] [[CainAndAbel Oh well, that's brothers for you —]] '''[[BigBrotherBully they always know which button to press!]]''']]
* Dewey gives one to Bourne in ''Film/JasonBourne'' in an attempt to stall for time, and it works, as Bourne listens long enough for agents to save Dewey.
-->'''Dewey:''' You took a long time to get here, Jason.\\
'''Jason:''' I know about Beirut. I know what you did. It all ends tonight.\\
'''Dewey:''' It'll be a lot easier if you do it right away. You didn't come here for revenge. You came because it's time to come in. [[spoiler:Your father created the program. Didn't have what it takes to make it work]]. And you did. You always did. That's why you volunteered.\\
'''Jason:''' I volunteered because I thought [[spoiler:our enemies killed him]]. I volunteered because of [[spoiler:a lie]]!\\
'''Dewey:''' No. You volunteered because of who you are. You volunteered because you are Jason Bourne. And, not, David Webb.\\
''[Jason then grabs Dewey and slams him against a window]''\\
'''Dewey:''' 32 kills, Jason. Everyone of them made a difference. People all across this country, are safer because of what you did.\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Jason:''' I'm trying to find another way.\\
'''Dewey:''' And how's that working out for you? You're never going to find any peace. Not till you admit to yourself, who you really are. It's sudden death here, Jason. It's time to come in.
* In ''Film/LordOfWar'' HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of 2 decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote, full quote on quotes page or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
-->"The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year... sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So, you call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil."
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Loki, BigBad of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', uses this against the heroes constantly, in keeping with his comic and mythological characterizations. [[spoiler:The heroes seem to be aware of this, as he's muzzled when they capture him at the end.]] Amusingly, this ends up biting him in the ass halfway through the movie, when [[spoiler:ComicBook/BlackWidow [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu exploits this to make him say too much.]]]]
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Loki's brother [[GuileHero Thor]] gives him a taste of his own medicine after realizing that just constantly forgiving Loki for everything will lead nowhere. So Thor gives him a heartfelt speech about how much Loki ''used to'' mean to him, but how he's made peace with the fact that their "paths diverged a long time ago", and claiming that them never seeing each other again is [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor what Loki always wanted]]. All the while fully aware that he's hitting Loki hard. Not a minute later, when Loki attempts to sell him out on the Grandmaster, Thor incapacitates Loki and proceeds with a KirkSummation that Loki cannot escape or interrupt. [[spoiler:Eventually, this works and motivates Loki to finally perform a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* Agent Smith in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films.
** His speech to Morpheus in the first movie is the most memorable:
--->'''Smith''': I'd like to share a revelation I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A ''virus.'' Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague. And we... are the cure.
** He delivers another one in the third movie as he watches Neo struggling to get back up after a royal thrashing - except Neo is barely listening to him and it just shows how ''Smith's'' mental state [[VillainousBreakdown is crumbling]].
--->'''Smith''': Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why? Why do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting ''for'' something, for more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom, or truth, perhaps peace, could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception! Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence without meaning or purpose! And all of it as artificial as the Matrix itself! Although, only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love! You must see it, Mr. Anderson, you must know it by now; you can't win, it's pointless to keep fighting! [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Why, Mr. Anderson, why? Why do you persist?!]]
** Neo responds with a ShutUpHannibal.
--->'''Neo''': Because I choose to.
* In ''Film/MulhollandFalls'', the General likes to give those speeches to the main character, also pulling a NotSoDifferent.
* ''Film/OceansTwelve'', where Isabel Lahiri, a Europol agent, has taken an informant named Matsui into custody in order to find out more information about the protagonists' upcoming heist. Matsui calmly endures the "bad cop" type interrogation (also unheard) by another Europol agent with an indifferent smirk. Then walks in Isabel, while the previous interrogator telling his partner that nothing will break this guy. Cue Lahiri telling Matsui a few words in the interrogation room, and the informant visibly collapses and grabs the pen to write a confession.
* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', Wesley manages to completely break Prince Humperdinck's will with an incredibly detailed threat, to such a point where Prince Humperdinck drops his sword and surrenders. It was a complete bluff.
* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' (the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' film), the Operative likes to do this to people he is about to kill, crossing it with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by explaining to people what their 'sin' is. This goes poorly when he tries it on [[TheDeterminator Mal Reynolds]].
-->'''Operative''': Do you know what your sin is, Malcolm Reynolds?\\
'''Mal''': [[ShutUpHannibal Aw, hell. I'm a fan of all seven]]. (''headbutt'') [[PreAsskickingOneLiner But right now, I'm gonna have to go with wrath.]]
** It actually ends up reversed when Mal plays him the recording of the mission log they found on Miranda. A few lines of exposition shatter the Operative's entire worldview.
* ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. Dr. Soran, an El-Aurian, shows what happens when one of the "race of listeners" use their extremely profound insight to harm than help.
-->'''Soran:''' They say ''time'' is the ''fire'' in which we ''burn''. Right now, Captain, my time is running out. We leave so many things unfinished in our lives... I know you understand.[[note]]Picard had just confessed to Troi that his brother and nephew burned to death in a fire. He then told her he started to wonder about the lack of any sort of legacy for the Picard family, and the realization of his own mortality.[[/note]]
* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', Harrison gives multiple speeches deconstructing Kirk and Spock's motivations and character flaws. [[spoiler:Several of these are similar to Khan's monologues from "Space Seed" and ''The Wrath of Khan'' in tone, though avoid any direct references]].
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker [[spoiler: that [[LukeIAmYourFather he is Luke's father]], [[ItWasHisSled but you already knew that]]]], which is enough to cause a HeroicBSOD, but his subsequent attempt to [[WeCanRuleTogether persuade him to join him]] fails.
** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Emperor Palpatine focuses his full powers of charm and scheming to break and [[FaceHeelTurn turn]] Luke. Luke is in the throne room along with Palpatine and Vader while the Rebel Alliance and all his friends are about to be destroyed - all, it turns out, according to [[{{Chessmaster}} Palpatine's]] [[BatmanGambit plans]]. Palpatine's expositing this eventually drives Luke into attacking the unarmed emperor (as intended), only to be stopped by Vader, and soon Vader's threat to go after his sister finally drives Luke into an UnstoppableRage that almost pushes him to the DarkSide. [[spoiler: However, he has a moment of clarity just before killing Vader, and rejects the ObviouslyEvil Palpatine's offer to become his new apprentice.]]
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Examples of BreakThemByTalking in movies.
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!!Animated
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'':
** Terry [=McGinnis=] (the new Batman) does this ''to the Joker''. [[BoringInsult He tells the clown that he's boring and the only reason for his rivalry with Bruce was to make him laugh]].
*** Particularly impressive, as the Joker has spent his whole career trying to get Batman to laugh with him. The new Batman defeats him by laughing ''at'' him.
** The Joker gives one to the original Batman, calling him [[CrossesTheLineTwice "a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy"]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', the Boss Baby does this with his adoptive older brother Tim, telling him that they'll spend every morning together, every Christmas and eventually grow old together. And since Tim is a MrImagination, he can picture this all too well.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 3}}'': During the final race, Jackson Storm tries to talk trash to Cruz Ramirez to throw her off his trail and slow her down, while Lightning tries to warn her not to believe a word he says. As Cruz starts to feel that he got to her, Lightning tells her that it's a sign that ''she'' got to ''him'', as Jackson wouldn't have [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness willingly slowed down into second place]] just to taunt her had he not felt threatened by her.
* [[spoiler: Hans]] in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' tries this twice. The first one is given to [[{{Determinator}} a dying Anna]], telling her that she was only ever a means to an end to him and [[DidYouActuallyBelieve what a fool she was for trusting him]]. It leaves her depressed for a while, but Anna eventually realizes that there are still people who care about her. [[spoiler:His speech to Elsa, on the other hand, effectively leaves her suicidal, because being told that her sister was dead due to her own actions is her worst fear come true. Luckily, Anna wasn't dead, and saved Elsa from Hans' attempt to decapitate her.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen, when Po confronts him in the foundry and demands to know what he knows about his past. Shen cruelly lies to him, telling him that his parents abandoned him and didn't love him, which distracts Po long enough for Shen to get the upper hand and nearly kill him.
* ''Disney/{{Moana}}'': Tamatoa's VillainSong "Shiny" alternates between doing this to Maui and [[BadassBoast boasting about himself.]]
* Pitch Black in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' is a master of these. Given his ability to know what people are afraid of, it would be weirder if he ''couldn't'' pull one of these off. His speech to Jack, which is about how Jack will always be alone because he will always ruin any positive connection he makes by making a mess of things, pretty much kills Jack's will to fight him. It would've successfully taken him out of the picture if Pitch hadn't fallen victim to BondVillainStupidity.
* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Nick attempts this when he first meets Judy by playing on her fear that she'll fail to be accepted as a cop and have to return home in shame. While she is seriously hurt by it, her fundamental desire to help people ends up driving her to challenge him at wits again to get his help with a case, [[spoiler: and then blackmailing him with his recorded boasts of tax dodging to force his cooperation.]]
!!Live-Action
* In ''Film/FortyTwo'', Ben Chapman breaks Jackie Robinson's spirit by bombarding him with racist slurs and insults until he's a screaming, sobbing mess.
* In ''Film/ActOfValor'', Senior Chief breaks Christo, the leader of the drug and weapons cartel smuggling the terrorists into the United States, by simply sitting down across from him, explaining how he's just lost everything: his wealth will be confiscated, he's going to prison for the rest of his life, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his wife will marry someone else, his daughter will grow up without him, and they'll more or less forget about him.]]
-->"Let me explain to you how the world works. This is no longer your boat."
* Salieri's confession in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' turns into one of these. By the end, with his closing lines about mediocrity, the priest is too shell-shocked to administer the sacrament (though Salieri was obviously unrepentant for his sins, so the conditions for the sacrament were clearly not fulfilled anyway).
* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'': Dr. Evil (while running away) tries to convince Austin that he's become a "square" and that the 90s doesn't have free love. Austin counters that the 60s were about ''freedom'', only now it's joined by responsibility and that's even groovier. Evil destroys freedom, so he's still fighting the same fight. Then Dr. Evil points out that there's nothing more annoying an old hippie who refuses to get with the times. ''That'' gets Austin's back up.
* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Comicbook/LexLuthor's speech to [[spoiler: (along with the revelation he knows Clark's true identity and has kidnapped Martha Kent)]] force Superman to fight Batman.
-->'''Lex Luthor''': I figured it out way back. If God is all powerful, He cannot be all good. And if He's all good then He cannot be all powerful. And neither can you be. They need to see the fraud you are. With their eyes. The blood on your hands... If you kill me [[spoiler: Martha]] dies. And if you fly away, [[spoiler: Martha]] also dies. But if you kill the Bat, [[spoiler: Martha]] lives. There we go. And now God bends to my will.
* ''Film/{{Collateral}}'' is one long speech like this by assassin Vincent to his hostage Max [[spoiler:which backfires towards the end]].
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'':
*** ComicBook/TheJoker gives a nihilistic speech to the scarred, disillusioned and currently helpless Harvey Dent about how chaotic the world is, convincing Dent to do a FaceHeelTurn and become [[spoiler:Two-Face]].
*** Batman finally returns the favor at the end of the movie.
---->'''Batman''': What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're ''alone''! [...] This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': ComicBook/{{Bane}} engages in this as well, shortly before he breaks them physically.
* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', in one of its opening scenes, features Loki (Creator/MattDamon) explains to a nun how he didn't believe in God due to the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter, successfully making her question and eventually throw away her faith...in a span of five minutes. As noted by his fellow angel Bartleby (Creator/BenAffleck), "You know for a fact that there's a God. You've stood in his presence. You've spoken to him ''personally''. Yet I just heard you claim to be an atheist." Loki's response? "[[ItAmusedMe I just like fucking with the clergy, man!]] I just -- I love keeping those guys on their toes!"
** There's also the board room scene, where Bartleby reveals all but one woman's sins. All their reactions range from looking down with shame to breaking down into tears.
* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon attempts to do this to his interviewer in ''Film/FrostNixon'' with a late night phone call, but as his drunken ramblings progress, all his NotSoDifferent lines only end up revealing how broken and full of self-loathing he is. Frost doesn't even need to say ShutUpHannibal -- he now knows that all he needs to do is corner Nixon and the man will destroy himself.
* [[TheSociopath Lisa Rowe]] from the movie ''Film/GirlInterrupted'' delivers one to Daisy after the latter is released from the psych ward. [[spoiler: It's so intense that it drives Daisy to suicide.]] Later in the movie, she tries to deliver a breaking speech to Susanna, [[ShutUpHannibal but it backfires]].
* Dr. Hannibal Lecter in his various film incarnations.
** ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'': Trapped in his cell, Lecter can exert surprising influence on his subjects simply by talking to them. It's stated that he convinced the guy in the cell next to him to commit suicide and attempts to weasel into the head of Clarice during his interviews.
** ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'': He managed to convince a drugged-up Mason Verger to cut off his face and feed it to dogs.
** In ''Film/HannibalRising'', Grutas manages to do it ''to'' the young Lecter when at his mercy; it hardly improves his position, but it certainly has an impact on the other. He claims that Lecter isn't hunting him and a number of others down because [[spoiler: they ate his sister to keep from starving]] but because [[spoiler: they know that he ate some of it, too.]]
* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' this is the main antagonist Hans Landa's specialty. He will talk for quite some time and use questionable phrases on whether he knows their guilty secrets or not, always keeping his opponents on their toes. This is particularly in theinterrogation of Perrier Lapadite and Shosanna in the film.
* BigBad Franz Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] gives a scathing ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Film/JamesBond in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' [[spoiler:when he holds the BondGirl Madeleine Swann hostage. This is because [[GreaterScopeVillain Blofeld is responsible]] for all the misery 007 suffered since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. It nearly leaves Bond depressed, but he gets better by saving Swann in the nick of time and having Blofeld arrested for his crimes against humanity. An orphaned Bond receiving more endearment from Franz's own father than Franz when they were younger is what ultimately led to the CainAndAbel relationship between the two in later years.]]
-->'''Bond:''' ''[after shooting at a bulletproof glass which forms the SPECTRE logo]'' You're a hard man to kill, [[spoiler:Blofeld]]. ''[mockingly looks at Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Blofeld's]] scar]'' [[SarcasmMode Ouch.]] I do hope that doesn't hurt too much.\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:''[shrugs]'' My wounds will heal. ''What about yours?'' Look around you, James — look. This is what's left of your world. Everything you ever stood for, everything you believed in — a ruin.]]\\
'''Bond:''' [[LameComeback Why are we here? Did you miss me?]]\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:No. ''[blows into the glass, creating water droplets. He then makes a heart sign out of the air, indicating that he's taken Madeline hostage]'' But I know ''someone'' who does.]]\\
'''Bond:''' [[spoiler:Where is she?]]\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:That's for you to find out. ''[Activates a timer]'' In three minutes, this building will be demolished. Well, I can get out easily. [[SadisticChoice Now, you have a choice.]] '''''[[HeroicSacrifice Die trying to save her]], [[DespairEventHorizon or save yourself and]] [[MyGreatestFailure live with the pain]].''''']]\\
'''Bond:''' You're bluffing.\\
'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:Am I? ''[snickers [[SmugSnake smugly]]]'' [[{{Sadist}} I've really put you through it, haven't I?]] [[CainAndAbel Oh well, that's brothers for you —]] '''[[BigBrotherBully they always know which button to press!]]''']]
* Dewey gives one to Bourne in ''Film/JasonBourne'' in an attempt to stall for time, and it works, as Bourne listens long enough for agents to save Dewey.
-->'''Dewey:''' You took a long time to get here, Jason.\\
'''Jason:''' I know about Beirut. I know what you did. It all ends tonight.\\
'''Dewey:''' It'll be a lot easier if you do it right away. You didn't come here for revenge. You came because it's time to come in. [[spoiler:Your father created the program. Didn't have what it takes to make it work]]. And you did. You always did. That's why you volunteered.\\
'''Jason:''' I volunteered because I thought [[spoiler:our enemies killed him]]. I volunteered because of [[spoiler:a lie]]!\\
'''Dewey:''' No. You volunteered because of who you are. You volunteered because you are Jason Bourne. And, not, David Webb.\\
''[Jason then grabs Dewey and slams him against a window]''\\
'''Dewey:''' 32 kills, Jason. Everyone of them made a difference. People all across this country, are safer because of what you did.\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Jason:''' I'm trying to find another way.\\
'''Dewey:''' And how's that working out for you? You're never going to find any peace. Not till you admit to yourself, who you really are. It's sudden death here, Jason. It's time to come in.
* In ''Film/LordOfWar'' HeroAntagonist Jack Valentine spends the better part of 2 decades chasing illegal ArmsDealer [[VillainProtagonist Yuri Orlov]] for Orlov's gunrunning. Regardless of the tricks Yuri has pulled, or how [[RulesLawyer he's twisted the law to suit his advantage]], or [[CrazyEnoughToWork done insane stunts when seemingly cornered]], Valentine has been dedicated to busting Yuri [[ByTheBookCop by the book]]. So [[FramingTheGuiltyParty he's never planted evidence on Yuri]], he's refused to make Yuri "[[NeverFoundTheBody disappear]]" as one of his colleagues suggested, ([[WhatYouAreInTheDark because even if no one else knew, Valentine would]]), etc. [[HopeSpot When he finally has Yuri arrested with the appropriate evidence]] for a conviction, Yuri calmly explains that none of that means anything because [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections some of Yuri's arms trafficking is done on behalf of the US Government]], which is going to make the charges go away in order to maintain PlausibleDeniability. Along the way, Yuri shreds Valentine's idealism and faith, and when everything happens the way Yuri predicted, you can practically see [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness the life going out of Valentine's eyes]]. (Below is a partial quote, full quote on quotes page or see the scene in question [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITv11rctGg here]].)
-->"The reason I'll be released is the same reason you think I'll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss - the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year... sometimes it's embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can't be seen supplying. So, you call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I'm a necessary evil."
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** Loki, BigBad of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', uses this against the heroes constantly, in keeping with his comic and mythological characterizations. [[spoiler:The heroes seem to be aware of this, as he's muzzled when they capture him at the end.]] Amusingly, this ends up biting him in the ass halfway through the movie, when [[spoiler:ComicBook/BlackWidow [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu exploits this to make him say too much.]]]]
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Loki's brother [[GuileHero Thor]] gives him a taste of his own medicine after realizing that just constantly forgiving Loki for everything will lead nowhere. So Thor gives him a heartfelt speech about how much Loki ''used to'' mean to him, but how he's made peace with the fact that their "paths diverged a long time ago", and claiming that them never seeing each other again is [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor what Loki always wanted]]. All the while fully aware that he's hitting Loki hard. Not a minute later, when Loki attempts to sell him out on the Grandmaster, Thor incapacitates Loki and proceeds with a KirkSummation that Loki cannot escape or interrupt. [[spoiler:Eventually, this works and motivates Loki to finally perform a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* Agent Smith in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' films.
** His speech to Morpheus in the first movie is the most memorable:
--->'''Smith''': I'd like to share a revelation I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A ''virus.'' Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague. And we... are the cure.
** He delivers another one in the third movie as he watches Neo struggling to get back up after a royal thrashing - except Neo is barely listening to him and it just shows how ''Smith's'' mental state [[VillainousBreakdown is crumbling]].
--->'''Smith''': Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why? Why do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting ''for'' something, for more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom, or truth, perhaps peace, could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception! Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence without meaning or purpose! And all of it as artificial as the Matrix itself! Although, only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love! You must see it, Mr. Anderson, you must know it by now; you can't win, it's pointless to keep fighting! [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Why, Mr. Anderson, why? Why do you persist?!]]
** Neo responds with a ShutUpHannibal.
--->'''Neo''': Because I choose to.
* In ''Film/MulhollandFalls'', the General likes to give those speeches to the main character, also pulling a NotSoDifferent.
* ''Film/OceansTwelve'', where Isabel Lahiri, a Europol agent, has taken an informant named Matsui into custody in order to find out more information about the protagonists' upcoming heist. Matsui calmly endures the "bad cop" type interrogation (also unheard) by another Europol agent with an indifferent smirk. Then walks in Isabel, while the previous interrogator telling his partner that nothing will break this guy. Cue Lahiri telling Matsui a few words in the interrogation room, and the informant visibly collapses and grabs the pen to write a confession.
* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', Wesley manages to completely break Prince Humperdinck's will with an incredibly detailed threat, to such a point where Prince Humperdinck drops his sword and surrenders. It was a complete bluff.
* In ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' (the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' film), the Operative likes to do this to people he is about to kill, crossing it with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech by explaining to people what their 'sin' is. This goes poorly when he tries it on [[TheDeterminator Mal Reynolds]].
-->'''Operative''': Do you know what your sin is, Malcolm Reynolds?\\
'''Mal''': [[ShutUpHannibal Aw, hell. I'm a fan of all seven]]. (''headbutt'') [[PreAsskickingOneLiner But right now, I'm gonna have to go with wrath.]]
** It actually ends up reversed when Mal plays him the recording of the mission log they found on Miranda. A few lines of exposition shatter the Operative's entire worldview.
* ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. Dr. Soran, an El-Aurian, shows what happens when one of the "race of listeners" use their extremely profound insight to harm than help.
-->'''Soran:''' They say ''time'' is the ''fire'' in which we ''burn''. Right now, Captain, my time is running out. We leave so many things unfinished in our lives... I know you understand.[[note]]Picard had just confessed to Troi that his brother and nephew burned to death in a fire. He then told her he started to wonder about the lack of any sort of legacy for the Picard family, and the realization of his own mortality.[[/note]]
* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', Harrison gives multiple speeches deconstructing Kirk and Spock's motivations and character flaws. [[spoiler:Several of these are similar to Khan's monologues from "Space Seed" and ''The Wrath of Khan'' in tone, though avoid any direct references]].
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'': Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker [[spoiler: that [[LukeIAmYourFather he is Luke's father]], [[ItWasHisSled but you already knew that]]]], which is enough to cause a HeroicBSOD, but his subsequent attempt to [[WeCanRuleTogether persuade him to join him]] fails.
** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Emperor Palpatine focuses his full powers of charm and scheming to break and [[FaceHeelTurn turn]] Luke. Luke is in the throne room along with Palpatine and Vader while the Rebel Alliance and all his friends are about to be destroyed - all, it turns out, according to [[{{Chessmaster}} Palpatine's]] [[BatmanGambit plans]]. Palpatine's expositing this eventually drives Luke into attacking the unarmed emperor (as intended), only to be stopped by Vader, and soon Vader's threat to go after his sister finally drives Luke into an UnstoppableRage that almost pushes him to the DarkSide. [[spoiler: However, he has a moment of clarity just before killing Vader, and rejects the ObviouslyEvil Palpatine's offer to become his new apprentice.]]
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