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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': From Moebius, during the opening chapter of the game, after taking a break from the fight to explain (and disparage) Noah and Mio's first [[FusionDance Interlink]]:
-->''"Is that all? No further questions? Then let's get back on the dance floor!"''
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* Music/{{Skyclad}} expects to

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* Music/{{Skyclad}} Music/{{Skyclad|Band}} expects to
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->''"Let's dance... and by dance, I mean [[DontExplainTheJoke let's try to kill each other]]!"''

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->''"Let's dance... and by dance, I mean [[DontExplainTheJoke let's try to kill each other]]!"''other!"''
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* Subverted by ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' with its version of Spider-Man failing to stop the criminal who would kill Uncle Ben: Peter, in response to the crook yelling at him to get out of the way, sarcastically asks him "shall we dance?", but then stands aside and lets him escape.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''. Justified in ''Secrets of the Furious Five'' when a young Viper uses her skills as a ribbon-dancer to take down a gorilla bandit.

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

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->''"Let's dance... and by dance, I mean [[DontExplainTheJoke let's try to kill each other!"''other]]!"''



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 their {{mooks}}. The Hero announces their intention to fight/kill said Bad Guy by laughing 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 ''{{neck|Snap}}''.

Compare BringIt. DanceBattler also takes this literally.

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A StockPhrase {{Stock|Phrase}} PreAsskickingOneLiner, most often heard right before an action scene and used as a PreAsskickingOneLiner. The Hero scene.

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comes across a random BigBad, {{Mook}} (sometimes an {{elite|Mook}} one), or one of their {{mooks}}. even the BigBad themselves. The Hero announces their intention to fight/kill said Bad Guy bad guy, by laughing a little sadistically before a reply of "Let's Dance". uttering this phrase. Sometimes they'll also [[GrinOfAudacity smile a bit]] or even laugh a little sadistically. Other times, this is accompanied by a cracking of knuckles, or even of the victim's ''{{neck|Snap}}''.

Compare BringIt.
their neck.

Highly related to BringIt (and can overlap with such if used as an answer to someone wanting to fight).

DanceBattler also takes this literally.
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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 ''{{neck|Snap}}''.

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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 their {{mooks}}. When the The Hero announces his their intention to fight/kill said Bad Guy, he might laugh Guy by laughing 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 ''{{neck|Snap}}''.
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* ''Film/MortalKombat'' had this as Johnny Cage's PreAsskickingOneLiner, which he delivers twice. Once is to a bunch of mooks he's fighting for what turns out to be a film shoot. The other is to Goro as he's ThrowingDownTheGauntlet, just before delivering the mother of all {{Groin Attack}}s to the four-armed powerhouse.

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* ''Film/MortalKombat'' had this as ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'': This is Johnny Cage's PreAsskickingOneLiner, which he delivers twice. Once is to a bunch of mooks he's fighting for what turns out to be a film shoot. The other is to Goro as he's ThrowingDownTheGauntlet, just before delivering the mother of all {{Groin Attack}}s to the four-armed powerhouse.
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-->'''Gessen Death Cram School:''' ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Sink into the dreams of sleeping souls!]]''

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-->'''Gessen Death Cram School:''' ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Sink ''Sink into the dreams of sleeping souls!]]''souls!''
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* Music/DavidBowie has an song and an album titled ''Music/LetsDance'', with the album artwork depicting Bowie in a fighting stance.

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* Music/DavidBowie has an a song and an album titled ''Music/LetsDance'', with the album artwork depicting Bowie in a fighting stance.
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* Music/DavidBowie has an song and an album titled this way: ''Music/LetsDance''.

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* Music/DavidBowie has an song and an album titled this way: ''Music/LetsDance''.''Music/LetsDance'', with the album artwork depicting Bowie in a fighting stance.
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* The ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' characters [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Elena]] and [[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Eagle]] use the "Shall we dance?" variant.

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* The ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' characters [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Elena]] and [[VideoGame/CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium Eagle]] use the "Shall we dance?" variant.
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-->''[[ThemeTuneCameo Faith of the Heart]]'' blared from the comm system.\\

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-->''[[ThemeTuneCameo Faith -->''Faith of the Heart]]'' Heart'' blared from the comm system.\\
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** Lampshaded in "Fool for Love" for a typical Spuffy FoeYay moment. Spike is telling Buffy how he killed two previous Slayers.

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** Lampshaded in "Fool for Love" for a typical [[ShipTease Spuffy FoeYay moment.moment]]. Spike is telling Buffy how he killed two previous Slayers.
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-->'''Frank:''' HEY! ''(enter Frank Castle)'' I'll dance with ya. ''(opens fire with GunsAkimbo)''

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-->'''Frank:''' HEY! ''(enter Frank Castle)'' the Punisher)'' I'll dance with ya. ''(opens fire with GunsAkimbo)''

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* In the final scene of ''Series/ThePunisher2017'', two criminal gangs are about to come to blows when Frank Castle walks in on them.

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* In the final scene of ''Series/ThePunisher2017'', two criminal gangs are about to come to blows when Frank Castle walks in on them.
does a WalkInChimeIn.
-->'''Gangbanger:''' Oh, you wanna dance? Is that what this is? ''(everyone draws their guns)''
-->'''Frank:''' HEY! ''(enter Frank Castle)'' I'll dance with ya. ''(opens fire with GunsAkimbo)''
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* In the final scene of ''Series/ThePunisher2017'', two criminal gangs are about to come to blows when Frank Castle walks in on them.
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* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', Noble Mandrago will invoke this during her first fight against Zero.
-->'''Noble Mandrago:''' Odoranai? (Shall we dance?)
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* Before the Battle of Falkirk, William Wallace is quoted as saying "I have brought you to the revel, now dance if you can!"
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* ''VideoGate/GuiltyGear'': "Heaven or Hell? Duel 1! Let's ROCK!"

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* ''VideoGate/GuiltyGear'': ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': "Heaven or Hell? Duel 1! Let's ROCK!"
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* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'': This is the phrase that Gilder says whenever he uses the "Gunslinger" super move attack.
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* In the ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'' ParodyFic "Farce Contact", the [[SpaceMarine MACHOS]] shout "Let's rock!" as per ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
-->''[[ThemeTuneCameo Faith of the Heart]]'' blared from the comm system.\\
"That's not rock, that's some 70's pop tune by Diane Warren!"\\
"But it's working, sir. The Suliban are [[TakeThat fleeing in terror]]."
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* ''Chuck Steel: Raging Balls of Steel Justice''. CowboyCop Steel tells his RobotBuddy A55 to play some action music for the upcoming shoot-out.
-->'''Steel:''' ''(DramaticGunCock)'' OK fudge-suckers, let's dance!
-->''Robot plays fairground music. Criminals gape in disbelief.''
-->'''Steel:''' I ask you to do one goddamn thing...
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* Amagi Hitsugi of "Manga/HayateCrossBlade" has used this line in a duel as a PreAsskickingOneLiner.

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* Amagi Hitsugi of "Manga/HayateCrossBlade" ''Manga/HayateCrossBlade'' has used this line in a duel as a PreAsskickingOneLiner.
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* ''VideoGate/GuiltyGear'': "Heaven or Hell? Duel 1! Let's ROCK!"
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* One of the Spammers from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender's Big Score]]'' says, "You've got no code, no porn, and you're ugly. Let's dance!" just before attacking our heroes.

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* One of the Spammers from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender's Big Score]]'' says, "You've got no code, no porn, and you're ugly. Let's dance!" just before attacking evicting our heroes.heroes as they've taken all their stuff.
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->'''Riker:''' ''Why?''\\

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->'''Riker:''' -->'''Riker:''' ''Why?''\\
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Q Who", the all-powerful alien trickster hurls the Enterprise into Borg space to see how [[HumanAreSuperior Humanity]] deals with an OutsideContextProblem.

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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Q Who", the all-powerful alien trickster hurls the Enterprise into Borg space to see how [[HumanAreSuperior [[HumansAreSuperior Humanity]] deals with an OutsideContextProblem.
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* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Q Who", the all-powerful alien trickster hurls the Enterprise into Borg space to see how [[HumanAreSuperior Humanity]] deals with an OutsideContextProblem.
->'''Riker:''' ''Why?''\\
'''Q:''' "Why?" Why, to give you a taste of your future. A preview of things to come. ''Con permiso, Capitan.'' The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance.

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