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* In ''ComicBook/CaptSavageAndHisLeatherneckRaiders'', Japanese TortureTechnician Colonel Sakata subjects Savage to a long rant while holding a tortured, exhausted and semi-conscious hostage (Ben Grimm, who later became ComicBook/TheThing of the ComicBook/FantasticFour) at gunpoint. He's so focused on the speech to Savage that he doesn't notice his hostage recovering until Grimm grabs the gun.
* In ''ComicBook/TheWarNewUniverse'', teleporter Harlan Mook (aka "Blowout") visits Iran and decides to assassinate the Ayatollah while he's there. His powers [[HavingABlast trigger an explosion]] whenever he teleports away, so this should be pretty straightforward. But then he stops to monologue at his victim - and gets [[MindControl Mind Controlled]] while he's gloating.
* ''ComicBook/Zatanna2010'': In Issue #15, when the witch hunters finally corner Zatanna, instead of just killing her, their leaders goes on a spiel about their work and the evils of magic, and how their cause is righteous. This gives Zatanna enough time to finish healing her wound, thus getting her magic back and then easily dealing with them.

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* In ''ComicBook/CaptSavageAndHisLeatherneckRaiders'', ''ComicBook/CaptSavageAndHisLeatherneckRaiders'': Japanese TortureTechnician Colonel Sakata subjects Savage to a long rant while holding a tortured, exhausted and semi-conscious hostage (Ben Grimm, who later became ComicBook/TheThing of the ComicBook/FantasticFour) at gunpoint. He's so focused on the speech to Savage that he doesn't notice his hostage recovering until Grimm grabs the gun.
* In ''ComicBook/TheWarNewUniverse'', teleporter ''ComicBook/TheWarNewUniverse'': Teleporter Harlan Mook (aka "Blowout") visits Iran and decides to assassinate the Ayatollah while he's there. His powers [[HavingABlast trigger an explosion]] whenever he teleports away, so this should be pretty straightforward. But then he stops to monologue at his victim - and gets [[MindControl Mind Controlled]] while he's gloating.
* ''ComicBook/Zatanna2010'': ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'': In Issue ''ComicBook/Zatanna2010'' #15, when the witch hunters finally corner Zatanna, instead of just killing her, their leaders goes on a spiel about their work and the evils of magic, and how their cause is righteous. This gives Zatanna enough time to finish healing her wound, thus getting her magic back and then easily dealing with them.
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* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'': Dredd is fatally wounded by [[CorruptCop Judge Lex]] and tells him to "''Wait''" when he approaches to finish him off. Lex goes off on an EvilGloating rant assuming that Dredd AintTooProudToBeg, only for Dredd to reply "''No...''" have Lex get gunned down by Cassandra Anderson from behind and finishing with "''... wait for her to shoot you.''"
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': This sort of happens to [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons Walter Simmons]], the movie's main human BigBadWannabe, upon [[KarmicDeath his death]]. When [[spoiler:a Ghidorah-hijacked Mechagodzilla begins to ambulate behind him]], Simmons is too wrapped up in his EvilGloating at Team Godzilla to notice anything is wrong (even as everyone in front of him is backing away) until [[spoiler:the Mecha]] is right behind him. He turns around just in time to see [[spoiler:his impending demise]]. Hilariously {{lampshaded}} by Bernie Hayes in the immediate aftermath:

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': This sort of happens to [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons [[Characters/MonsterVerseApexCybernetics Walter Simmons]], the movie's main human BigBadWannabe, upon [[KarmicDeath his death]]. When [[spoiler:a Ghidorah-hijacked Mechagodzilla begins to ambulate behind him]], Simmons is too wrapped up in his EvilGloating at Team Godzilla to notice anything is wrong (even as everyone in front of him is backing away) until [[spoiler:the Mecha]] is right behind him. He turns around just in time to see [[spoiler:his impending demise]]. Hilariously {{lampshaded}} by Bernie Hayes in the immediate aftermath:
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* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Whilst attempting to hold up a Baron turned Marine Commodore's birthday party, Ranma tries to start the hold up "properly" with a suitably dramatic speech. He learns the hard way that ''this'' Commodore [[RankEqualsAsskicking earned his status due to his combat skills]] when Sukumvit punches him across the room whilst Ranma is in mid-speech.

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* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Whilst attempting to hold up a Baron turned Marine Commodore's birthday party, Ranma tries to start the hold up "properly" with a suitably dramatic speech. He learns the hard way that ''this'' Commodore [[RankEqualsAsskicking [[FourStarBadass earned his status rank due to his combat skills]] when Sukumvit punches him across the room whilst Ranma is in mid-speech.
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* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Whilst attempting to hold up a Baron turned Marine Commodore's birthday party, Ranma tries to start the hold up "properly" with a suitably dramatic speech. He learns the hard way that ''this'' Commodore [[RankEqualsAsskicking earned his status due to his combat skills]] when Sukumvit punches him across the room whilst Ranma is in mid-speech.
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* In ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of Dragons]]'' you will at one point be confronted by Sir Rodegard. You are quite welcome to devour him mid speech.

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* In ''[[Creator/ChoiceOfGames Choice of Dragons]]'' ''VideoGame/ChoiceOfTheDragon'', you will at one point be confronted by Sir Rodegard. You are quite welcome to devour him mid speech.mid-speech.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': Night Boy decides to take up Darkwing's mantle and takes it to a brutal fashion. Invincible clearly has him outmatched, up until Night Boy traps him in the shadow verse. Invincible has no way out, and Night Boy could have just left him in there, leading him to be killed by the creatures inside, had he not begin to monologue about his self-righteous reasoning and throw punches at him, leading to Invincible catching him and forcing him to release them both.

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