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-->'''The Huntsman:''' Before I wish for your annihilation, [[AnyLastWords any last words?]]\\

'''Jake:''' Well, considering the occasion, I have just two: Let's dance!

-->'''Terry McGinnis:''' ''Let's dance, bozo.''

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'': See the quote above.

* ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017''. Yakuza thugs handcuff Major to a stripper pole in a private room of their nightclub and have fun zapping her with a StaticStunGun. One of the goons suggests she "dance" and they have a little fun. But as Major points out, [[PreAsskickingOneLiner she's not programmed for dancing]].

* Seraphim01/Serah from ''VideoGame/SilhouetteMirage'' says this when her health is reduces to about two thirds.

* A variation appears in ''TheWitcher'' saga, with a PsychoForHire calling for music before starting a fight. Geralt himself uses the same phrase in the game.

* [[spoiler:Tieger to zombie!Grissom]] as a YouShallNotPass, in the ending of ''VideoGame/VagrantStory''.

* ''ideoGame/GrandiaII'', before the boss fight with Melfice.

-->'''The Huntsman:''' Before I wish for your annihilation, any last words?\\

->''"Let's dance... and by dance I mean try to kill each other!"''

->''"Let's dance... and by dance I mean kill each other!"''

->''"Let's dance, Bozo."''
-->-- '''Terry [=McGinnis=]''' (to SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker), ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShell 2: Innocence''. Batou easily shoots his way through a roomful of Yakuza thugs without difficulty. Then a Yakuza cyborg lurches into the room, wielding a huge arm-claw. Batou just smiles and starts to manoeuvre around him. "Bring it on, Crab. You ain't too bright if you want to dance with me."

-->''"You came for a fight, you got one, buddy. Put on your red shoes, let's dance..."''

* Another instance in the Franchise/{{DCAU}}: When {{Lobo}} takes on the entire WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague (sans Superman and Batman) in "Hereafter".

* Julius, owner of the ''LibertyMeadows'' animal sanctuary, when he prepares to catch his nemesis, Khan the giant catfish: "Let's dance, Khan."

-->-- '''Terry [=McGinnis=]''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', to SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker.

!!Examples

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' - Madara Uchiha does this a lot.

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* Xadhoom's catchphrase in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''.
** Also with variations. A particularly satisfying one was, after a particularly bad day, she asked the Evronian responsible for it what you do in a ballroom, and ''disintegrated him'' when he said "You dance?".

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* ''TheMagicOfTorchwood'' Jack Harkness to Bellatrix Lestrange

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-->'''Ron Burgundy:''' Let's dance, dickweed.
-->'''Wes Mantooth:''' You wanna dance, Burgundy?" (whips out a knife) I wanna polka.

-->'''Danny:''' God dammit, Ronnie!
-->'''Ronnie Shields:''' What? Because I'm black you think I did it?
-->'''Danny:''' No, because you did it is why I think you did it. Let me tell you something, I'll hit you. I will hit a child. I've never done that before, but I will punch you in the face.
-->'''Ronnie Shields:''' Let's dance, Ben Affleck!

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Lampshaded in "Fool for Love" for a typical Spuffy FoeYay moment. Spike is telling Buffy how he killed two previous Slayers.
-->'''Spike:''' The first was all business but the second, she had a touch of your style. She was cunning, resourceful... oh, did I mention? Hot. I could have danced all night with that one.
-->'''Buffy:''' You think we're dancing?
-->'''Spike:''' That's all we've ever done.

-->'''Spike:''' I spent a long time trying to track you down. Don't want the dance to end so soon, do you, Nikki? The music's just starting, isn't it?

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* {{Skyclad}} expects to

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* Julius, owner of the ''LibertyMeadows'' animal sanctuary, when he prepares to catch his nemesis, Khan the giant catfish: "Let's dance, Khan."

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* ''StarControl 2'' has Orz who speak StarfishLanguage even ''after'' the UniversalTranslator, talk about battles as...

* ''GrandiaII'', before the boss fight with Melfice.

* Said by Silly!Hawke to the Arishok when he/she accepts a duel with him in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.

* One of Nero's taunt in ''Franchise/DevilMayCry 4'' is to extend his ([[RedRightHand demonic]]) hand in a gentlemanly manner and ask "Shall we dance?". Said hand is also used for [[GrievousHarmWithABody tossing enemies around like ragdolls]], by the way.

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-->'''The Huntsman''': Before I wish for your annihilation, any last words?
-->'''Jake''': Well, considering the occasion, I have just two: Let's dance!


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->[[Music/DavidBowie Put on your red shoes and dance the blues!]]

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* ''Film/MortalKombat'' had this as Johnny Cage's PreAsskickingOneLiner.

A StockPhrase most often heard right before an action scene and used as a PreAssKickingOneLiner. The Hero comes across a random BigBad, or one of his {{mooks}}. When the Hero announces his intention to fight/kill said Bad Guy, he might laugh a little sadistically before a reply of "Let's Dance". Sometimes this is accompanied by a cracking of knuckles, or even of the victim's ''[[NeckSnap neck]]''.

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* ''Film/MortalKombat'' had this as Johnny Cage's PreAssKickingOneLiner.

-->'''Danny:''' God dammit Ronnie!

* In ''Film/VanWilder'', one of the antagonists challenges the titular slacker with "Let's Dance", only to have Wilder respond with "[[Franchise/StarTrek It's a good day to die]]".

* Shinobu Jacobs, the perky ninja assassin sidekick to Travis Touchdown says a few variations of this in ''NoMoreHeroes2''.

* This is one of Raphael's opening lines in ''[[SoulSeries Soulcalibur 2]]''.

* Xadhoom's catchphrase in ''PaperinikNewAdventures''.

* One of Nero's taunt in DevilMayCry 4 is to extend his ([[RedRightHand demonic]]) hand in a gentlemanly manner and ask "Shall we dance?". Said hand is also used for [[GrievousHarmWithABody tossing enemies around like ragdolls]], by the way.

* [[MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy's]] version was "Let's rock."
* Lampshaded in "[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Fool for Love]]" for a typical Spuffy FoeYay moment. Spike is telling Buffy how he killed two previous Slayers.

* ''{{Sinfest}}'' got this among other corny lines in the [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1591 Ninja Theatre]].

* Invoked as episode titles in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Season 1's "Duet", and Season 6's "Waltz". Both are character pieces in which two adversaries spar verbally.