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** Seto Kaiba loves trash-talking his opponents to get under their skin.
** In his duel against [=PaniK=], Yami Yugi taunts him by declaring a countdown to victory and even telegraphs his cards. [=PaniK=] falls for his ruse and walks right into the traps he lays down.

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** [[Characters/YuGiOhSetoKaiba Seto Kaiba Kaiba]] loves trash-talking his opponents to get under their skin.
** In his duel against [=PaniK=], [[Characters/YuGiOhYamiYugi Yami Yugi Yugi]] taunts him by declaring a countdown to victory and even telegraphs his cards. [=PaniK=] falls for his ruse and walks right into the traps he lays down.
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* ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'': In ''Freddy in Peril'', the MadScientist Professor Fleischkopf and his henchman Brewster try to use a vicious, cat-hating dog named Rex to track down the protagonists. Sir William the cat leads Rex away from Freddy, Enrico, and Caruso by yelling "Rexy is a cat lover!" Enraged, Rex yanks his leash out of Brewster's hand and runs after Sir William, who leads him on a lengthy chase before giving him the slip and reuniting with the others.

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' features this as an effect on some cards (as seen in the page image), and there is even a keyworded ability, "Goad", that forces a specific creature to attack ([[SetAMookToKillAMook another player than the one who goaded it]], if possible) when its turn comes. Due to the way combat works in Magic, a creature that's forced to attack will give the target the freedom to block it with any of their available creature or creatures they have on the board—and [[CounterAttack kill it]] if the defender has better stats, making the implementation an example of the BlindedByRage variant of the trope. As such, Goad is a somewhat unconventional way to get rid of enemy creatures that are useless in battle but [[SupportPartyMember have strong passive or activated abilities]], which the opponent would never send into combat otherwise.
--> ''Mklthd had always hated crowds … and they had always hated him.''
--> Flavor text for [[https://scryfall.com/card/clu/88/jeering-homunculus Jeering Homunculus]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', there's a card named "Divine Intervention", which lets all Clerics gain a level. That level can be the one that makes them win the game. If that happens, any cleric who reached Level 10 this way get to taunt the other players mercilessly. And the rules even ''encourage'' taunting them if you win this way, because it's just unlikely to ever actually happen.
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--->'''Faora Hu-Ul:''' ''"This planet... shall fall... before my might...!"''\\
'''Supergirl:''' ''"You think so, Faora-- with those looks and no personality?"''\\
'''Faora Hu-Ul:''' ''"Supergirl!! Then this attack upon my beauty was your doing! I shall scratch your eyes out for this, you—"''\\
'''Supergirl:''' ''"Save the threats for another night, Sweetcheeks."''
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the ''Proteus'' Saga, Cyclops notes Wolverine is suffering psychologically from the villain's reality-warping attacks. Fearing Wolverine might become permanently gun-shy, Cyclops taunts him into attacking him. After a brief fight (where Cyclops manages to skillfully avoid Wolverine's attacks) that is interrupted by Phoenix, Cyclops reveals his reasons for provocation, which have successfully broken Wolverine out of his funk.

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--->'''Faora Hu-Ul:''' ''"This This planet... shall fall... before my might...!"''\\
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'''Supergirl:''' ''"You You think so, Faora-- with those looks and no personality?"''\\
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'''Faora Hu-Ul:''' ''"Supergirl!! Supergirl!! Then this attack upon my beauty was your doing! I shall scratch your eyes out for this, you—"''\\
you--\\
'''Supergirl:''' ''"Save Save the threats for another night, Sweetcheeks."''
Sweetcheeks.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the ''Proteus'' Saga, saga, Cyclops notes Wolverine is suffering psychologically from the villain's reality-warping attacks. Fearing Wolverine might become permanently gun-shy, Cyclops taunts him into attacking him. After a brief fight (where Cyclops manages to skillfully avoid Wolverine's attacks) that is interrupted by Phoenix, Cyclops reveals his reasons for provocation, which have successfully broken Wolverine out of his funk.



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* Standard tactics in ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' (formerly ''James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'', formerly ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond...'') -- the spy cards are worth more points if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.



* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} has the "Rapier Wit" Advantage which allows a character's witty remarks to leave an opponent mentally stunned. Critical failures, however, push the opponent over the line from "exasperated and wide open" to "infuriated and dangerous."
* Standard tactics in ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' (formerly ''James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'', formerly ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond...'') -- the spy cards are worth more points if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' has the "Rapier Wit" Advantage which allows a character's witty remarks to leave an opponent mentally stunned. Critical failures, however, push the opponent over the line from "exasperated and wide open" to "infuriated and dangerous."
* Standard tactics in ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' (formerly ''James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'', formerly ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond...'') -- the spy ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' features this as an effect on some cards (as seen in the page image), and there is even a keyworded ability, "Goad", that forces a specific creature to attack ([[SetAMookToKillAMook another player than the one who goaded it]], if possible) when its turn comes. Due to the way combat works in Magic, a creature that's forced to attack will give the target the freedom to block it with any of their available creature or creatures they have on the board -- and [[CounterAttack kill it]] if the defender has better stats, making the implementation an example of the BlindedByRage variant of the trope. As such, Goad is a somewhat unconventional way to get rid of enemy creatures that are worth more points useless in battle but [[SupportPartyMember have strong passive or activated abilities]], which the opponent would never send into combat otherwise.
-->''Mklthd had always hated crowds ... and they had always hated him.''\\
--->-- Flavor text for [[https://scryfall.com/card/clu/88/jeering-homunculus Jeering Homunculus]]
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', there's a card named "Divine Intervention", which lets all Clerics gain a level. That level can be the one that makes them win the game. If that happens, any cleric who reached Level 10 this way get to taunt the other players mercilessly. And the rules even ''encourage'' taunting them
if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.win this way, because it's just unlikely to ever actually happen.



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* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall's'' Linkara pulls this on [[WellIntentionedExtremist Lord Vyce]] in order to get him to come and fight him again.

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* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall's'' ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'''s Linkara pulls this on [[WellIntentionedExtremist Lord Vyce]] in order to get him to come and fight him again.



** "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDeserter The Deserter]]": When facing Zhao, who is a very powerful firebender but has a lousy temper and poor self-control, Aang repeatedly insults his bending and combat skills until Zhao loses control and starts sending out wild blasts that set his entire fleet on fire.
** In a later episode, [[spoiler:Azula]] wastes the heroes' time [[spoiler:during the eclipse]] by mocking Sokka [[spoiler:about Suki]].

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** In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDeserter The Deserter]]": When Deserter]]", when facing Zhao, who is a very powerful firebender but has a lousy temper and poor self-control, Aang repeatedly insults his bending and combat skills until Zhao loses control and starts sending out wild blasts that set his entire fleet on fire.
** In a later episode, "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDayOfBlackSunPart2 The Day of Black Sun, Part 2]]", [[spoiler:Azula]] wastes the heroes' time [[spoiler:during the eclipse]] by mocking Sokka [[spoiler:about Suki]].



** Extremely rare example from the original Batman himself: In "Mad Love", he taunts the Joker by saying that Harley had come closer to killing him than he (the Joker) ever had. Then Batman grins and calls him "Puddin'", Harley's pet-name for the Joker.
** Robin did this all the time.
** The episode "Mad Love" also had Batman pulling this stunt on Harley Quinn. After she tells him her plan of killing him so the Joker will love her, he actually breaks into laughter (delivered in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bmM7Ihv0Y the most haunting, chilling chuckle]] by Kevin Conroy), telling her the Joker only cares about himself and mockingly informing her that he's played the same mind games on her with countless other people -- she's just the only one to fall for it.

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** Robin does this all the time.
** Extremely rare example from the original Batman himself: In "Mad Love", "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove Mad Love]]", he taunts the Joker by saying that Harley had come closer to killing him than he (the Joker) ever had. Then Batman grins and calls him "Puddin'", Harley's pet-name for the Joker.
** Robin did this all the time.
** The episode "Mad Love"
Joker. He also had Batman pulling pulls this stunt on Harley Quinn. After she tells him her plan of killing him so the Joker will love her, he actually breaks into laughter (delivered in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bmM7Ihv0Y the most haunting, chilling chuckle]] by Kevin Conroy), telling her the Joker only cares about himself and mockingly informing her that he's played the same mind games on her with countless other people -- she's just the only one to fall for it.



* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In "Bullies", Valmont gets his hands on the dragon talisman, which provides the power of combustion, which he uses to rob Fort Knox. Jackie follows him, and remembering his own struggles with his BerserkButton (Captain Black's injuries by Valmont) throughout the episode, decides to press Valmont's BerserkButton by tossing gold overboard, while sarcastically asking things like "How much is this gold worth? A new Ferrari?" [[VillainousBreakdown Valmont loses it, fires at Jackie in a rage,]] and proceeds to sink his own raft.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': In "Bullies", "[[Recap/JackieChanAdventuresS1E7Bullies Bullies]]", Valmont gets his hands on the dragon talisman, which provides the power of combustion, which he uses to rob Fort Knox. Jackie follows him, and remembering his own struggles with his BerserkButton (Captain Black's injuries by Valmont) throughout the episode, decides to press Valmont's BerserkButton by tossing gold overboard, while sarcastically asking things like "How much is this gold worth? A new Ferrari?" [[VillainousBreakdown Valmont loses it, fires at Jackie in a rage,]] and proceeds to sink his own raft.



** "Only a Dream" has another Batman example, where he relentlessly mocks and taunts Dr. Destiny as he closes in, disrupting Destiny's focus and making it harder to bring his full psychic power to bear.
** "Wake the Dead" sees Aquaman act like a PoliticallyIncorrectHero to goad Shayera out of her funk to no avail.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheKarateKid'' episode "My Brother's Keeper", Kala insults his guard to make him come back so that Kala can steal his spear to cut himself loose.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the second season finale, the villain traps Twilight Sparkle in a cave and taunts her until Twilight is attacking with magic. Not only does the magic ricochet all over the place, but Twilight attacks the pony that the villain has been masquerading as. However, this ends up backfiring, as Twilight breaks open an exit and is able to free both herself and the other pony.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'': In "Makes Zen To Me," Mojo Jojo unsuccessfully tries to taunt Buttercup during her meditation session.

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** "Only "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream" Dream]]" has another Batman example, where he relentlessly mocks and taunts Dr. Destiny as he closes in, disrupting Destiny's focus and making it harder to bring his full psychic power to bear.
** "Wake "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E11WakeTheDead Wake the Dead" Dead]]" sees Aquaman act like a PoliticallyIncorrectHero to goad Shayera out of her funk to no avail.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheKarateKid'': In ''WesternAnimation/TheKarateKid'' the episode "My Brother's Keeper", Kala insults his guard to make him come back so that Kala can steal his spear to cut himself loose.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the second season finale, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2]]", the villain traps Twilight Sparkle in a cave and taunts her until Twilight is attacking with magic. Not only does the magic ricochet all over the place, but Twilight attacks the pony that the villain has been masquerading as. However, this ends up backfiring, as Twilight breaks open an exit and is able to free both herself and the other pony.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'': ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Makes "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS6EP2MakesZenToMeSayUncle Makes Zen To Me," to Me]]", Mojo Jojo unsuccessfully tries to taunt Buttercup during her meditation session.



** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E01DroidsInDistress "Droids in Distress"]]: [[TheBigGuy Zeb]] has the upper hand in his bo-rifle duel with Agent Kallus, until Kallus claims he personally ordered the use of disruptors during the massacre of the population of Zeb's homeworld, causing Zeb to get really angry and fight sloppier, leading to Kallus coming very close to killing him.
*** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E15TheHonorableOnes "The Honorable Ones"]] [[spoiler:would confirm that Kallus was lying to demoralize Zeb: While he ''was'' involved in the Lasat genocide, he didn't make the call for the use of disruptors and didn't expect such a massacre.]]
** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E13TrialsOfTheDarksaber "Trials of the Darksaber"]]: Kanan, playing the WarriorTherapist, does this to Sabine during their practice duel, to get her to spill the hang-ups that are preventing her from giving her all to the training.
** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E19ZeroHour "Zero]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII Hour"]]: [[spoiler:Kallus]] does this to Governor Pryce while she's in the middle of a VillainousBreakdown, causing her to order him ThrownOutTheAirlock — which is exactly what he wanted, as it gives him the perfect opportunity to escape the ''Chimaera'' and join up with the rebels.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Earthlings Part 2" Peridot laughs at Jasper during her fight with [[spoiler:Smoky Quartz]] whenever she gets beaten up or humiliated in some way. This makes Jasper madder and madder and causes her to make more mistakes during the fight. She eventually gets so mad, [[spoiler:she fuses with a corrupted gem to get a power boost. She's still easily defeated, and [[HoistByHerOwnPetard only managed to infected herself with corruption]] in the process]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': While he doesn't often use it against his enemies, Michelangelo, in true sibling fashion, knows that taunting is a hugely effective weapon against Raphael, and will always use it when fighting him. This tactic backfires horribly once when Mikey makes Raphael so angry he nearly caves his head in with a blunt instrument. Naturally, Raph is horrified at his action and spends the episode learning AnAesop about self-control.
* When Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire have evil Doppelgangers of themselves made in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', the Doppelgangers start taunting the heroes they were based on. Beast Boy's Doppelganger managed to get him to cry BerserkerTears.

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** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E01DroidsInDistress "Droids In "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E01DroidsInDistress Droids in Distress"]]: Distress]]", [[TheBigGuy Zeb]] has the upper hand in his bo-rifle duel with Agent Kallus, until Kallus claims he personally ordered the use of disruptors during the massacre of the population of Zeb's homeworld, causing Zeb to get really angry and fight sloppier, leading to Kallus coming very close to killing him.
*** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E15TheHonorableOnes "The
him. "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E15TheHonorableOnes The Honorable Ones"]] [[spoiler:would confirm Ones]]" [[spoiler:confirms that Kallus was lying to demoralize Zeb: While while he ''was'' involved in the Lasat genocide, he didn't make the call for the use of disruptors and didn't expect such a massacre.]]
massacre]].
** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E13TrialsOfTheDarksaber "Trials In "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E13TrialsOfTheDarksaber Trials of the Darksaber"]]: Kanan, Darksaber]]" Kanan -- playing the WarriorTherapist, WarriorTherapist -- does this to Sabine during their practice duel, to get her to spill the hang-ups that are preventing her from giving her all to the training.
** [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E19ZeroHour "Zero]] In "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E19ZeroHour Zero]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII Hour"]]: Hour]]", [[spoiler:Kallus]] does this to Governor Pryce while she's in the middle of a VillainousBreakdown, causing her to order him ThrownOutTheAirlock -- which is exactly what he wanted, as it gives him the perfect opportunity to escape the ''Chimaera'' and join up with the rebels.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Earthlings "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E22Earthlings Earthlings Part 2" 2]]", Peridot laughs at Jasper during her fight with [[spoiler:Smoky Quartz]] whenever she gets beaten up or humiliated in some way. This makes Jasper madder and madder and causes her to make more mistakes during the fight. She eventually gets so mad, [[spoiler:she fuses with a corrupted gem to get a power boost. She's still easily defeated, and [[HoistByHerOwnPetard only managed to infected herself with corruption]] in the process]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': While he doesn't often use it against his enemies, Michelangelo, in true sibling fashion, knows that taunting is a hugely effective weapon against Raphael, and will always use it when fighting him. This tactic backfires horribly once when Mikey makes Raphael so angry that he nearly caves his head in with a blunt instrument. Naturally, Raph is horrified at his action and spends the episode learning AnAesop about self-control.
* When Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire have evil Doppelgangers of themselves made in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', the Doppelgangers start taunting the heroes they were based on. Beast Boy's Doppelganger managed to get him to cry BerserkerTears.



-->'''Bumblebee''': What, my stingers? My turbo-speed?\\
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'''Prowl''': '''Prowl:''' Your obnoxious personality.

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* ''Literature/JohnRain'': When [[FriendlySniper Dox]] is held prisoner in ''The Killer Ascendant'', he keeps his morale up by taunting the one member of the professional team of mercenaries holding him who is easier to provoke, but Dox also does it in the hope of creating an opportunity to escape, knowing that the man would have to get him alone to get payback. [[spoiler:It very nearly backfires when his escape attempt fails and the man decides to castrate Dox on the spot, only for John Rain to pull a BigDamnHeroes.]]



* When [[FriendlySniper Dox]] is held prisoner in ''The Killer Ascendant'', by Creator/BarryEisler, he keeps his morale up by taunting the one member of the professional team of mercenaries holding him who is easier to provoke, but Dox also does it in the hope of creating an opportunity to escape, knowing that the man would have to get him alone to get payback. [[spoiler:It very nearly backfires when his escape attempt fails and the man decides to castrate Dox on the spot, only for John Rain to pull a BigDamnHeroes.]]

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* ''Fanfic/HereComesTheNewBoss'': One of the uses for Bearskin's rage aura is preventing enemies from running, if you can handle them furiously attacking you instead. (Which the Butcher usually can.) [[spoiler:Taylor uses it to stop Hookwolf from escaping and revealing her to Kaiser.]]



* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf's main tactic is to insult his enemies and destroy them in melee combat when they charge in blind rage, ranging from the Mountain to Petyr Baelish and even the Night King. Unfortunately, he has the same effect on his allies (without appearing to consciously try to do so), who restrain themselves from punhing him with some difficulty, and even his most sincere compliments end up causing YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame.

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* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf's main tactic is to insult his enemies and destroy them in melee combat when they charge in blind rage, ranging from the Mountain to Petyr Baelish and even the Night King. Unfortunately, he has the same effect on his allies (without appearing to consciously try to do so), who restrain themselves from punhing punching him with some difficulty, and even his most sincere compliments end up causing YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame.
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* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': In ''Captain's Fury'', Tavi, dueling a considerably more skilled opponent, is able to defeat her by working out her mental weakpoint and talking her into a berserk rage. It turns out this runs in the family, as his aunt Isana pulls off a similar feat in Princeps' Fury.

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* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': In ''Captain's Fury'', Tavi, dueling a considerably more skilled opponent, is able to defeat her by working out her mental weakpoint and talking her into a berserk rage. It turns out this runs in the family, as his aunt Isana pulls off a similar feat in Princeps' Fury.''Princeps' Fury''.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' features this as an effect on some cards (as seen in the page image), and there is even a keyworded ability, "Goad", that forces a specific creature to attack ([[SetAMookToKillAMook another player than the one who goaded it]], if possible) when its turn comes. Due to the way combat works in Magic, a creature that's forced to attack will give the target the freedom to block it with any of their available creature or creatures they have on the board—and [[CounterAttack kill it]] if the defender has better stats, making the implementation an example of the BlindedByRage variant of the trope. As such, Goad is a somewhat unconventional way to get rid of enemy creatures that are useless in battle but [[SupportPartyMember have strong passive or activated abilities]], which the opponent would never send into combat otherwise.
--> ''Mklthd had always hated crowds … and they had always hated him.''
--> Flavor text for [[https://scryfall.com/card/clu/88/jeering-homunculus Jeering Homunculus]]
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** In "Samaritan Snare", Picard recounts that the reason he has an artificial heart is because he was taunted into a bar fight just after he graduated the academy. Much later, "Tapestry" explored the incident further, with Q apparently giving him the chance to do it over in the midst of a near-death experience. The crucial difference is that while the original young Picard allowed the taunting of the Nausicaans to start a melee, the mature Picard chose to keep his friends and himself out of danger. Q then [[ItsAWonderfulPlot forwards]] him to the "present-day" [[ForWantOfANail following from that choice]], where Picard has been unnotable and never been promoted past lieutenant. Picard [[NecessaryFail takes the point]].

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** In "Samaritan Snare", Picard recounts that the reason he has an artificial heart is because he was taunted into a bar fight just after he graduated the academy. Much later, "Tapestry" explored the incident further, with Q apparently giving him the chance to do it over in the midst of a near-death experience. The crucial difference is that while the original young Picard allowed the taunting of the Nausicaans to start a melee, the mature Picard chose to keep his friends and himself out of danger. Q then [[ItsAWonderfulPlot forwards]] him to the "present-day" [[ForWantOfANail following from that choice]], choice, where Picard has been unnotable and never been promoted past lieutenant. Picard [[NecessaryFail takes the point]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the titular character deliberately uses Titan's short temper to get punched across a square towards the hidden weapon that can turn him back to normal.
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* ''Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel'': In the third film, ''Spring Song'', when Saber Alter and Rider fight, Saber gets confused why Shirou is just standing there instead of jumping in like a LeeroyJenkins like back when they were partners. Rider taunts her about how she is a better partner than Saber because Shirou trusts her more. The comments slowly get under Saber's skin, and while her combat performance doesn't suffer too badly, she does leave herself open for them to kill her.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the Proteus Saga, Cyclops notes Wolverine is suffering psychologically from the villain's reality-warping attacks. Fearing Wolverine might become permanently gun-shy, Cyclops taunts him into attacking him. After a brief fight (where Cyclops manages to skillfully avoid Wolverine's attacks) that is interrupted by Phoenix, Cyclops reveals his reasons for provocation, which have successfully broken Wolverine out of his funk.

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the Proteus ''Proteus'' Saga, Cyclops notes Wolverine is suffering psychologically from the villain's reality-warping attacks. Fearing Wolverine might become permanently gun-shy, Cyclops taunts him into attacking him. After a brief fight (where Cyclops manages to skillfully avoid Wolverine's attacks) that is interrupted by Phoenix, Cyclops reveals his reasons for provocation, which have successfully broken Wolverine out of his funk.



* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' has a Taunt debuff as an early option for one character. It's Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}'s. And they tend to be a bit... surreal.

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* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' has a Taunt debuff as an early option for one character. It's Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}'s.[[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]]'s. And they tend to be a bit... surreal.



* In ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'', Toad's Taunt, Rogue's Bedazzle, and [[spoiler:Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}'s]] Wisecrack lowers the enemies stats while luring the baddies towards the hero who used the power.

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* In ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'', Toad's Taunt, Rogue's Bedazzle, and [[spoiler:Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}'s]] [[spoiler:[[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]]'s]] Wisecrack lowers the enemies stats while luring the baddies towards the hero who used the power.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkBhHVPNzcg Imperial Fist VS Iron Warrior]] is a ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fan-animation, showing a verbal altercation between an Imperial Fists Space Marine and an Iron Warriors Chaos Marine. Instead of a heated exchange between two mortal enemies however, it's more like an argument between playground bullies.
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** In the episode "The Deserter", Aang does this and makes Zhao set his entire fleet on fire.

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** In the episode "The Deserter", "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDeserter The Deserter]]": When facing Zhao, who is a very powerful firebender but has a lousy temper and poor self-control, Aang does this repeatedly insults his bending and makes combat skills until Zhao loses control and starts sending out wild blasts that set his entire fleet on fire.
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* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': Hank pulls a subtle one, impressively so considering the series has no spoken dialogue. When he first encounters a Soldat, bio-mechanical cyborgs, he dramatically points to his own eye to make fun of them for their own lack thereof. Naturally, they open fire on him.

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* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': Hank pulls a subtle one, impressively so considering the series has no spoken dialogue. When he first encounters a Soldat, bio-mechanical cyborgs, he dramatically points to his own eye to make fun of them for their own [[CyberCyclops lack thereof.thereof]]. Naturally, they open fire on him.
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* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': Hank pulls a subtle one, impressively so considering the series has no spoken dialogue. When he first encounters a Soldat, bio-mechanical cyborgs, he dramatically points to his own eye to make fun of them for their own lack thereof. Naturally, they open fire on him.
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'''Spider-man:''' How about that? I've got a super-power I didn't even know about: My Spider-Speech!

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'''Spider-man:''' '''Spider-Man:''' How about that? I've got a super-power I didn't even know about: My Spider-Speech!



* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' has the Taunt feat, which lets you do this. Not that there's anything stopping you from mouthing off, but this lets you use it in combat a la Franchise/SpiderMan. And it's only one character point.

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* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' has the Taunt feat, which lets you do this. Not that there's anything stopping you from mouthing off, but this lets you use it in combat a la Franchise/SpiderMan.ComicBook/SpiderMan. And it's only one character point.
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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Kaito uses his powers to forbid violence, resulting in everyone being surrounded by invisible forcefields. Yanagisawa goads Kuwabara by calling him weak, causing him to lose his temper and throw a punch, only to hurt his hand on the forcefield.
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* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Parshendi get ''really'' angry if someone touches or moves their dead. In ''Literature/TheWayOfKings'', Kaladin exploits this when he dresses up in armor covered in Parshendi hide and bone. This cause the entire Parshendi army to focus fire on him, ignoring the unarmored bridgemen and allowing them to place their bridges in relative safety. On multiple occasions after this, the Parshendi ignore Alethi soldiers who are right among them cutting them down to try and put an arrow in Kaladin.

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* ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Parshendi get ''really'' angry if someone touches or moves their dead. In ''Literature/TheWayOfKings'', ''Literature/TheWayOfKings2010'', Kaladin exploits this when he dresses up in armor covered in Parshendi hide and bone. This cause the entire Parshendi army to focus fire on him, ignoring the unarmored bridgemen and allowing them to place their bridges in relative safety. On multiple occasions after this, the Parshendi ignore Alethi soldiers who are right among them cutting them down to try and put an arrow in Kaladin.

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** [[spoiler:Armored All Might]] uses it against All For One as well in the Final Battle. He knows AfO can’t think as clearly if he’s doing TrashTalk.

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** [[spoiler:Armored All Might]] uses it against All For One as well in the Final Battle. He knows AfO AFO can’t think as clearly if he’s doing TrashTalk.


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* ''Fanfic/VowOfTheKing'': When Ganju challenges Ichigo to a fight, Ichigo lies that he banged Ganju's sister Kukaku, in order to make him angry and sloppy.

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* Used tactically in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', as Hitoshi Shinso needs to make someone verbally respond to him for his [[MindManipulation Brainwashing Quirk]] to work. He's very good at this, as he manages to make Midoriya fall for it by calling Ojiro an "idiot monkey" and mocking him for [[HonorBeforeReason quitting the Tournament because he didn't feel he'd earned it]] - even though Ojiro had ''specifically warned Midoriya'' not to talk to Shinso just before their match started.

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* Used tactically in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', as ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
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Hitoshi Shinso needs to make someone verbally respond to him for his [[MindManipulation Brainwashing Quirk]] to work. He's very good at this, as he manages to make Midoriya fall for it by calling Ojiro an "idiot monkey" and mocking him for [[HonorBeforeReason quitting the Tournament because he didn't feel he'd earned it]] - even though Ojiro had ''specifically warned Midoriya'' not to talk to Shinso just before their match started.started.
** [[spoiler:Armored All Might]] uses it against All For One as well in the Final Battle. He knows AfO can’t think as clearly if he’s doing TrashTalk.
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* ''Film/ScreamVI'': When faced with the killers and learning how their motives are tied to [[spoiler:avenging Richie Kirsch, the killer from ''Film/Scream2022'']], Sam begins to taunt the ringleader by [[spoiler:insulting Richie, calling him pathetic and noting how his girlfriend did most of the killing]]. This provokes one of the Ghostfaces into attacking in a rage, which breaks the standoff they were in and gives Sam's group a chance to fight back.
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** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E6TheVampiresOfVenice "The Vampires of Venice"]], Rory tries insulting Francesco to get him away from Amy but nothing works, that is until he [[YourMom insults Francesco's mother]].
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* Also on sports, whenever the audience has a reason to insult the opposing team they will chant to unsettle them. Even more to gloat once things are headed towards a victory (the StandardSnippet is "Na na, na na na naaa, hey hey hey, GOODBYE.") In hockey, the home crowd also likes to chant the visiting goaltender's name once he concedes a goal (or especially if he gives in ''[[CurbStompBattle many]]'').

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* Also on sports, whenever the audience has a reason to insult the opposing team they will chant to unsettle them. Even more to gloat once things are headed towards a victory (the StandardSnippet is "Na na, na na na naaa, hey hey hey, GOODBYE.") "). In hockey, the home crowd also likes to chant the visiting goaltender's name once he concedes a goal (or especially if he gives in ''[[CurbStompBattle many]]'').
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* In ''VideoGame/RenownedExplorers'' one type of standard attack is Enrage which in addition to dealing damage to the target's [[CallAHitPointASmeerp Spirit]] makes them so angry that they neglect thier defenses, lowering thier armor and making them more vulnerable to Agressive attacks. If a target loses the last of their Spirit to an Engrage attack they become so angry that they stop fighting and just stand on the side of the battlefield yelling at you.
** Some characters also have special Enrage attacks that force the targets to attack them for a turn or two allowing them to pull aggro away from other party members.


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* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' during the fight agaisnt the revenant Andronicus Valois the Jagers start [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170419 taunting him]] to keep him distracted while other characters prepare attacks that might actually be able to stop him.
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* Standard tactics in ''[[TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy]]'' (formerly ''James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'', formerly ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond...'') -- the spy cards are worth more points if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.

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* Standard tactics in ''[[TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy]]'' ''TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy'' (formerly ''James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game'', formerly ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond...'') -- the spy cards are worth more points if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.
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* Standard tactics in ''[[http://www.cheapass.com/products/cardgames/cag530.html James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game]]'' -- the spy cards are worth more points if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.

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* Standard tactics in ''[[http://www.cheapass.com/products/cardgames/cag530.html James ''[[TabletopGame/BeforeIKillYouMisterSpy]]'' (formerly ''James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game]]'' Game'', formerly ''Before I Kill You, Mister Bond...'') -- the spy cards are worth more points if you can pull off a successful taunt before the kill.

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** Seto Kaiba loves this technique.

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** Seto Kaiba loves this technique.trash-talking his opponents to get under their skin.
** In his duel against [=PaniK=], Yami Yugi taunts him by declaring a countdown to victory and even telegraphs his cards. [=PaniK=] falls for his ruse and walks right into the traps he lays down.

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