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* Ichigo Kurosaki continues to fight a hopeless battle against his nemesis Ulquiorra, who then proceeds to kill him in order to prove his point. [[IGotBetter He gets better.]]

* When Tex makes her return after a two year absence in ''RedVsBlue'', she immediately starts a huge fight sequence in which she completely curbstomps the combined Red and Blue teams, including Sarge and Tucker, two characters that fans had speculated might potentially be able to match her in terms of combat skill (turns out, neither are even close). Tucker comes out as the most competent in the fight, though, and no matter how much he gets his ass kicked he just keeps making lewd comments to Tex instead of screaming or panicking like the others.

** Sergeant Johnson in ''Halo 3''. When he was captured by the Brutes, Truth tried to force him to activate the Halos, because only a human can do it. When he refused, the Brutes attempted to force him to do it by physical force. He just punched their chieftain at its face, and then insulted it. Even when Truth himself attempted to force him to light the Halos, he remained defiant, even insulted Truth himself while he's manhandled by the Brutes from behind.

** Sergeant Johnson in ''Halo 3''. When he was captured by the Brutes, Truth trys to force him to activate the Halos, because only a human can do it. When he refuses, the Brutes attempts to force him to do it by physical force. He just punch their chieftain at its face, and then insults it. Even when Truth himself attempts to force him to light the Halos, he remains defiant, even insults Truth himself while he's manhandled by the Brutes.

** Sergeant Johnson in ''Halo 3''. When he was captured by the Brutes, Truth trys to force him to activate the Halos, because only a human can do it. When he refuses, the Brutes attempts to force him to do it by physical force. He just punch their chieftain at its face, and then insults it. Even when Truth himself attempts to force him to light the Halos, he remains defiant, even insults Truth himself while he's manhandle by the Brutes.

** Sergeant Johnson in ''Halo 3''. When he was captured by the Brutes, Truth tried to force him to activate the Halos, because only a human can do it. When he refused, the Brutes attempted to force him to do it by physical force. He just punched their chieftain at its face, and then insulted it. Even when Truth himself attempted to force him to light the Halos, he remainded defiant, even insulted Truth himself while he's manhandled by the Brutes.

* [[TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] once in the episode ''Bart The Murderer''. After he had accidentely winded up in the Springfield mafia's turf, he was taken and interrogated by them, believing that he was a spy. He answered their questions with "eat my shorts" and "don't have a cow". Subverted that Bart's insults and toughly nature didn't enraged them but instead impressed them, and they gave him a job as a bartender.

* [[TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] once in the episode ''Bart The Murderer''. After he had accidentely winded up in the Springfield mafia's turf, he was taken and interrogated by them, believing that he was a snitch. He answered their questions with "eat my shorts" and "don't have a cow". Subverted that Bart's insults and toughly nature didn't enraged them but instead impressed them, and they gave him a job as a bartender.

* [[TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] once in the episode ''Bart The Murderer''. After he had accidentely winded up in the Springfield mafia's turf, he was taken and interrogated by them, believing that he was a snitch. Subverted that Bart's insults and toughly nature didn't enraged them but instead impressed them, and they gave him a job as a bartender.

* [[TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] once in the episode ''Bart The Murderer''. After he had accidentely winded up in the Springfield mafia's turf, he was taken and negotitated by them, believing that he was a snitch. Subverted that Bart's insults and toughly nature didn't enraged them but instead impressed them, and they gave him a job as a bartender.

* Emile and player character Noble six of ''{{Halo Reach}}'' display this trope rather well. Emile takes it to [[spoiler:''{{dying moment of awesome}}'' when a covenant elite stabs him through the back. Without missing a beat, he stabs the covenant in the neck, taking him down with him]] Six displays it early, when pounced by an elite, punches him in the face. It comes to a head at the games end when [[spoiler: he/she stays behind on reach to help Keyes escape with the cortana fragment. He/she takes on the swarming covenant with dual machine guns, then his/her bare hands, still punching at them as they deliver the killing blow]]

* Princess Sally in the third episode of ''SatAM''. When she was captured by Dr. Robotnik, he demanded her to tell there Knothole is located. Sally's reponse: ''"Sure I'll. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome When you get a life]]"''.

But some heroes can pull this off without dying, with [[IShallTauntYou their taunts serving to throw the captor off-balance]]. Either this angers them into making a mistake that will enable the hero's escape, or to distract them to give the BigDamnHeroes time to do their thing.

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** Greed isn't much more reverend in the [[Anime/FullMetalAlchemist anime]]: [[spoiler:When Dante tries to [[SealedEvilInACan re-seal him]] he instead opts to commit SuicideByCop by forcing Ed to kill him rather than go back into stasis (giving Ed the necessary info on how to fight Homonculi in the process).]]

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* In the FrankMiller comic ''TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', Batman is captured by Lex Luthor and then proceeds to issue several insults to Luthor even though he's totally helpless. [[spoiler: Of course, this is part of the goddamn Batman's plan.]]

* Blue Beetle's last words? "Rot in hell, Max." [[spoiler: Max was the guy who shot him.]]
* In FrankMiller's "SinCity" when Marv is being [[spoiler: executed via the Chair. After surviving the first jolt, he defiantly says to his executioners: "Is that the best you can do, you pansies?" The switch is thrown again and Marv is soon pronounced dead.]]

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*** "Right?"
*** [[SubvertedTrope "ROARNG!"]]

* In cinema classic ''TheyLive'', Rowdy Roddy Piper's unnamed character makes it to the antenna broadcasting the alien signal, but is fatally shot. In one last act of defiance, he raises his arm out of the fire and flips the aliens off. It's AWESOME.
* In ''PlunkettAndMacleane'', facing certain execution, [[spoiler: Macleane's last words before being sentenced are directed at all attending]]. The speech also double's as a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMOA]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Macleane''': I am guilty of one thing for which I am heartily sorry. Namely cheating my friend and fellow highwayman. A man who has more nobility of soul in his little finger, than any of you bloated bastards have in your entire bodies]].

--> [[spoiler: '''Hammer''': [BAM!]]]

--> '''Prince Richard''': [In a dungeon, hearing his captor approach] He's here. He'll get no satisfaction out of me. He isn't going to see me beg.
--> '''Prince Geoffrey''': My you chivalric fool... as if the way one fell down mattered.

* Jazz in the first live-action ''[[TransformersFilmSeries Transformers]]'' movie.

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---> '''Madine''': "[[FamousLastWords Not to you.]]"

* In ''[[ILucifer I, Lucifer]]'' despite [[spoiler: being offered a chance at redemption and relief from his constant pain as a mortal, Lucifer instead opts to lead a second assault on paradise before likely facing ''eternity in the infinite void alone''.]]

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* In the second season finale of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Angel is brutally torturing Giles for infomration on how to perform a ritual to destroy the world. When Giles seems just about ready to break, he comes out with this: "You must perform the ritual... while wearing... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny a tutu]]."

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--->'''Dr. Moon:''' Tell me what you know.
--->'''The Question:''' The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called "[[WhatTheHeckIsAnAglet aglets]]". Their true purpose is ''sinister''!
* In ''[=~Batman: The Brave and the Bold~=]'', Slug captures Wildcat and Batman, and begins lowering them into a pit so they can be eaten by mutant snapping turtles. Wildcat starts insulting Slug, stinging his pride enough to make him pull Wildcat back out so they can fistfight.

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* Shirou from ''FateStayNight''. Practically every time an option like this shows up alongside an AintTooProudToBeg alternative, taking the DefiantToTheEnd option will advance the story and avoid a BadEnd. Outside of Shirou, Rin is also a big-time adherent in this trope and continues to spit insults at people even as they've got her cornered. [[spoiler:And then there's "Heaven's Feel", where this trope gets subverted quite a few times both for Shirou and Rin.]]

* Eddie Pulaski, one of the antagonists from ''{{Grand Theft Auto San Andreas}}'' is this after Carl causes him to crash and asks for any last words. Eddie's response? "Can I fuck your sister?".

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* During the Salem Witch Trials, suspected witches could not be tried until they gave a plea of innocent or guilty; if they refused to plead, the townsfolk would tie them up and slowly pile more and more heavy boulders upon them until they pled. If they plead guilty, they were put to death and their property was stripped from their descendants. If they plead innocent, they'd be sent to trial, found guilty, put to death, and their property stripped from their descendants. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey Giles Corey]] opted to TakeAThirdOption and [[BadAss would only call out "More weight!"]] whenever the townsfolk demanded a plea.
* Che Guevara.
-->-- I know you have come to kill. Kill me if you wish, coward, but know that you can only kill a man.
** This from a guy who personally executed hundreds of Cubans, by the way. You have to wonder how ''they'' took it.
** Nor do all accounts agree on Che's last words. Some claim that he said something to the effect of: "Don’t shoot. I’m Che. I’m worth more alive than dead"
*** The general concensus is that he said both; the latter when he was captured, the former when he was about to be executed.

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[[caption-width:350:Don't hold back, Hawkgirl. Tell [[EldritchAbomination Icthultu]] how you ''really'' feel about him.]]

** In the novel ''Darksaber'', General [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Madine Crix Madine]] was captured and killed on the bridge of the new Darksaber superweapon. Which turned out to be ''nonfunctional'', making the death of the first(but by no means the last) character with a speaking role in the movies entirely pointless.