History Main / TrashTalk

* One time during the AmericanCivilWar a group of pickets were shooting at each other. One Rebel and one Yankee got so angry with each other that everyone agreed that guns were to impersonal, and so they called a truce to settle the manner with GoodOldFisticuffs. Once that was done, they had a rest. Then they went back to shooting at each other.

* Pick any online game with any form of free communication between players. Most of this communication will be either people gloating and telling you that ThisLoserIsYou because they beat you, or people accusing you of cheating or using cheap tactics because ''you'' beat ''them''. If the game is an Xbox Live shooter, expect its TrashTalk levels to be ten times greater than other games, most of it being kids 12 and under, using enough racial slurs to emasculate a KKK member.

* The all-time king of this trope has to be ''{{Bleach}}''. With the possible exception of Chad, Orihime and Shunsui, every single character—good or bad—in every single fight spends [[InactionSequence most of the encounter]] bragging about how great they are and how utterly worthless their opponent is.
** Ulquiorra gets bonus points for actually calling his foes “trash.”

* The all-time king of this trope has to be ''{{Bleach}}''. With the possible exception of Chad, Orihime and Shunsui, every single character—good or bad—in every single fight spends [[InactionSequence most of the encounter]] bragging about how great they are and how utterly worthless their opponent is.
** Ulquiorra gets bonus points for actually calling his foes “trash.”

'''Greg Thomas:''' (Holdung up a cricket ball, after Viv Richards had played and missed at a couple of deliveries) [[TemptingFate Hey, Viv, it's red, round, and weighs about six ounces.]]

*** And he seems to be such a master that, if a [[spoiler: villain throws it back at him]], he simply ignores it or takes it in, yet has the final word anyway, even if the villain has the greatest of points.

** MegaMan: "You fucking meanie, you ten-pound weenie, to get the world, you'll have to go through me! My name is Mega Man, but you can call be Rock, 'cuz I'll be rockin' yo shit, up and down the block!"

* ''ColbertReport'': [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/166777/april-22-2008/earth-is-awesome In honor of Earth Day, Stephen participates in a little interplanetary trash talk.]]

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* [[TheBible Biblical]]: David and Goliath both indulge in ritual TrashTalk before they fight.
* Greek: both the Greek and the Trojan champions indulge in ''{{The Iliad}}''.

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* ''DoctorWho'': In "Battlefield", Ancelyn and Mordred spend some time exchanging insults before charging at each other, even though they're in the middle of a battle.
* ''All the time'' in ProfessionalWrestling. In the ring, outside the ring, before, during and after the matches, to the opponent, to the powers that be, to the audience... You name a form of TrashTalk, wrestling delivers.
* A MOTD in ''PowerRangersTimeForce'' had some pretty good trash-talk; the Blue Ranger had just said that no one was too tough for the Power Rangers, prompting the monster to yell, "Well, let me introduce myself. I'm No One, and I'm too tough for the Power Rangers."

* In ''MageTheAwakening'', {{Wizard Duel}}s traditionally determine who goes first (as well as getting a slight attack bonus) by having the combatents TrashTalk each other, although some choose to forgo this in favour of a simple DeathGlare. The magical field which the duel takes place in measures which duelist is the most intimidated, which is how the order of attack is chosen.

--> "Who in the hell parked in my space?! That's like calling 1-800-Collect begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-800-Collect      end_of_the_skype_highlighting An Ass-Whoopin'! And no, that ain't no toll-free call, PARTNAH!"

** "I got a thousand volts of lightning runnin' through my veins; three feet of steel in my hand, and it's flavor is pain! You've been playin' with fire, now you gonna get burned; you're in over your head, another lesson to be learned! I'm gonna run you through! You gonna pay for your crime, fucker! I just cast Haste, and now you're running out of time!"

** Simon Belmont: "Armed with a whip and a fucking stake, I'm gonna find Count {{Dracula}} and seal his fate!"

* Often used in {{poker}}. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is a master of it.

* In ''StarWars: Racer'' there's actually a programmable button on the joystick/keyboard that has the sole function of screaming insults at your opponents. It really doesn't do anything in a race but it certainly makes the player feel better, OrSoIHeard. Unfortunately, since most of the racers are aliens, the only character you can actually understand is Anakin (such gems as "Eat fumes, wormo!")...and half the time his are in Huttese instead of [[strike: English]] Basic anyway.

* TruthInTelevision in classical Eastern warfare, OrSoIHeard. One guy is designated to ride in front of the pack to trash talk the people he's about to attack.

* Seto Kaiba of {{Yu-Gi-Oh}} is this trope personified.

* Biblical: David and Goliath both indulge in ritual TrashTalk before they fight.

* A MOTD in PowerRangersTimeForce had some pretty good trash-talk; the Blue Ranger had just said that no one was too tough for the Power Rangers, prompting the monster to yell, "Well, let me introduce myself. I'm No One, and I'm too tough for the Power Rangers."

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* In ''MageTheAwakening'', {{WizardDuel}}s traditionally determine who goes first (as well as getting a slight attack bonus) by having the combatents TrashTalk each other, although some choose to forgo this in favour of a simple DeathGlare. The magical field which the duel takes place in measures which duelist is the most intimidated, which is how the order of attack is chosen.
* The Jester class in 3.5 edition DungeonsAndDragons lives and breathes this trope; with magical augmentations to their cutting wit Jesters can goad their enemies into making mistakes, insult them into losing confidence, frighten them into fleeing, and even deal damage at higher levels.

* Common in tri-Ace games, notable ValkyrieProfile (nearly every character can be a cocky bastard) and the StarOcean series. Reasonably common in other [=RPG=]s with voice acting.

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* Rowasu of {{Juathuur}} loves this and BringIt.

* {{Avatar the Last Airbender}}: Commonly used in the Earth Rumble matches, but for both the ring and the entire series, Toph is the master.
* Terry from BatmanBeyond is fond of this strategy, which in fact is instrumental in helping him take down a resurrected Joker.
* {{The Boondocks}}: [[JerkAss Colonel H.]] [[EvilOldFolks Stinkmeaner]] speaks nothing ''but'' trash talk when he isn't using the N-word like it's going out of style:

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--> "Who in the hell parked in my space?! That's like calling 1-800-Collect An Ass-Whoopin'! And no, that ain't no toll-free call, PARTNAH!"

During the course of a sporting event, SeriousBusiness duel, or an armed fight, one, both or ''all'' present will start trash talking their opponents to psych them out. They'll say their two year old ADD niece is [[AdultsAreUseless more competent]], that their equipment is [[ExplosiveInstrumentation liable to explode]] ''before'' the fight starts, and they are blessed to fight someone so [[TheMagnificent Magnificent]] that this [[SeenItAll trivial battle]] will be the single greatest day of their (doomed) opponent's life.