History Main / WhoDares

* Website/GoAnimate [[YouAreGrounded grounded]] videos tend to have the parent/parent figure characters shout "[Name of troublemaker], how dare you [infraction]?" as part of their usual spiel of grounding the troublemaker.

* The {{Troperrific}} Doctor Impossible shouts this repeatedly in ''Literature/SoonIWillBeInvincible'', especially during the climax.

* ''Author/EdgarAllanPoe'' Features this trope in "The Masque if The Red Death" . It's the first [[YouAreAlreadyDead (and last)]] thing that Prince Prospero says to the Red Death when the same dares to interrupt the bacchanalian, hedonistic Party they're having.

** If a different dialogue path is chosen in the same encounter, the Shaman can say the exact same words to Uvenk when he questions his authority. However, the Shaman has a [[GutturalGrowler strong enough voice]] to make it sound legitimately threatening rather than blustering. Proof that it's all in the delivery.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': Desire starts in on Dream for banishing Nada to hell, earning a cold "You...dare..." from Dream. Desire's totally unimpressed.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': In the series finale, "Legacy", {{Franchise/Superman}} and {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} have finally come to blows in the climax of the series. As Darkseid mercilessly devastates Superman with the [[EyeBeams Omega Beam]], Superman manages to get close enough to finally lay hands on his foe. However, unlike many of the entries on this page, Darkseid really is [[PhysicalGod that powerful]], and regards Superman's blows more with confusion than anything before he [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu grabs Superman's fist, crushing his hand]] as Darkseid drags the Man of Steel to his knees.

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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': In one ''ComicBook/HeroicAge'' comic, the Avengers are battling Apocalypse when Iron Man traps him in a forcefield. Cue the following exchange

* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': In one comic during ''ComicBook/TheHeroicAge'', the Avengers are battling Apocalypse when Iron Man traps him in a forcefield. Cue the following exchange

* In one of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' Heroic Age comics where the Avengers are battling Apocalypse, Iron Man traps him in a forcefield. Cue the following exchange

* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' story "There Is No Hope In Crime Alley", Batman interrupts an attempt to mug Leslie Thompkins at the very spot where Batman's parents were murdered. One of the muggers is stupid and/or desperate enough to [[BullyingADragon try pulling a gun on him]]:

* Pictured above: Eternity, having been summoned by Hercules during the ''ComicBook/ChaosWar''

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Desire starts in on Dream for banishing Nada to hell, earning a cold "You...dare..." from Dream. Desire's totally unimpressed.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Stated by Darkseid in ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'' when his gloating after defeating the Legion and Orion is interrupted by ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s quite violent arrival.

** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', Darkseid roars a very loud "YOU '''DARE?!'''" when Batman he has reprogrammed and set off his Hellspores firebombs, hecen Apokolips will explode unless Darkseid releases Kara.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Zeus is furious that Diana and Alcippe (Philippus) dare defy him, and they both barely escape with their lives after his booming angry exclamation.

* Unironically used in Neil Bauman's laughable 'cease and desist' letter to YTMND dot com, which included the line ''How dare you and your brethren make death threats against our personnel?''

* Urizen of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', when he gets hit for the first time [[spoiler:(just a scratch on his palm)]] calmly monologues for a bit about how his attacker is merely a human. Then comes the [[TurnsRed fury]].

** If a different dialogue path is chosen in the same encounter, the Shaman can say the exact same words to Uvenk when he questions his authority. However, the Shaman has a [[BadassBaritone strong enough]] [[GutturalGrowler voice]] to make it sound legitimately threatening rather than blustering. Proof that it's all in the delivery.

* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheThirdAge'': While traveling through western Moria, the heroes come upon the Throne of Durin. Partway through the throne chambers, they encounter a [[EliteMook goblin armed with a]] [[MagicStaff magic staff]]. The goblin growls "Who dares?" Hadhod responds "I think ''I'' do!" and draws his axe.
* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline''
-->'''ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}''': [[PlanetLooters I have]] [[OmnicidalManiac conquered worlds]]. You dare defy me? [[BadassBoast Witness]] my [[PreAsskickingOneLiner power]].

-->'''Lucien:'''You dare to mock the power of Lucien?
-->'''Dragonkin:''' We dare.
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':
** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': "Who dares defile these ancient lands? Who dares the wrath of Cenarius and the night elves?"
** ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': "Who dares awaken Archaedas? Who dares the wrath of the Makers?" Apparently daring the wrath of things isn't actually all that daring in the Warcraft universe.
** Subverted in the Blood Furnace:
--->'''Keli'dan the Breaker''': Who dares interrupt--[[OhCrap What is this, what have you done? You'll ruin everything!]]
** From the third game:
---> '''Illidan Stormrage''': You ''dare'' speak to me?
** And part of his monologue in ''The Burning Crusade'':
---> '''Illidan Stormrage''': (...) And now you ''dare'' enter ''my realm?'' [[CatchPhrase You are not prepared...]] '''[[YouAreNotReady YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!!]]'''
* [[spoiler:Doopliss]], the doppleganger from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' asks something like this when you confront him and your deceived allies. From the same game, [[spoiler:Gloomtail]] also gets one of these moments when you enter his lair in the final chapter.
* From ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'': [[MemeticMutation "Mario! How dare you disturb my family vacation!"]] Made {{Narm}}y by Bowser sounding like [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': "How ''dare'' you dodge the barrel!"
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXL1DkJgLQ WHO DARES TO TRY TO STOP THE TIME BOMB?]]
%% This example has NEGATIVE context. What game is it from? What character says it? Under what circumstances?
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6'': [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Feng Wei]] asks this to anyone who crashes his private training grounds.

* ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'': "What fool dares awaken me, the great Laharl?"
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': You find some Sith in the Temple on the Unknown Planet. "Who Dares intrude on our meditations?"
* Undead King Joseph attempts to intimidate the player like this in ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders: Shadow Magic''. Then he remembers that he was only a minor villain who died in all endings of the first game, and immediately decides it would be much smarter to get on the player's good side.
* There is an Achievement in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' called "Who Dares Defy Me?". You get it for using Melia's Arts 100 times.

* "Who dares disturb my sleep?" —[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Diablos]][[note]]A bunch of teenagers armed with magical monsters, that's who.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'':
-->'''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]:''' Soulless machines! You ''dare'' strike the Son of Odin?!
* One of the reactions that certain EliteMook enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' give when the player approaches them is a snarly "Who daresssss?"
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'': said word-for-word by ComicBook/{{Galactus}} in the bonus comic that came with the special edition.
-->'''Galactus''': '''''WHO DARES?'''''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'':
** Drogoz and Lian may react to being attacked by saying "You ''dare'' attack me?!". Azaan is a lot more straightforward in this: "''Who dares!?''"
** When Makoa uses his [[LimitBreak Ultimate]], he'll announce it with a booming "'''YOU CHALLENGE MAKOA?!'''".
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 4'': When approached for a duel, Lu Bu beckons you with "You ''dare'' face the mighty Lu Bu!?". Bad idea to dare if you are low leveled and are at Hu Lao Gate.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': In the fifth palace, the cognitive representation of Haru's fiancee (a ten-foot robot) tries to crush her, only to say this in response to her persona's effortless rebuffment of his attack.
* ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'': Zetta gets insulted by a TomeOfFate when it predicts that his stupidity and arrogance will doom his netherworld.
-->'''Zetta:''' How dare you read to me like that! I'm a freaking Overlord!
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', when Noel and Sarah stumble into the Coliseum in search of a fragment, the first thing they hear from the Arbiter of Time is "Who dares?! Explain this intrusion!" Noel tells him that they'll leave if he gives them the fragment and since he wants neither the fragment ("an omen of time-shattering misfortune") nor their presence, he gives them the fragment and they leave.
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'':
** When the Nephalem are making their way through Leoric's Tomb in Act I, his ghost appears and roars, "You DARE to bring the warmth of light into '''my tomb!?'''" before using four summoning towers to call forth a crowd of undead.
** Later in Act I, the ghost of Queen Asylla tasks the Nephalem with freeing the souls of six prisoners in the Cursed Hold. After you free the first two, the ghost of the Warden shouts "What!? Who DARES?!"
** One of the Wizard's {{Badass Boast}}s during battle is "You ''dare'' attack ''me?''"
* ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'': In the prologue, the PlayerCharacter can respond to the demon lord Deskari subjecting a silver dragon to a CurbStompBattle by [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu hitting him with a crossbow bolt]]. Deskari says something along these lines in response, seeming to be irrationally pissed off that a mere mortal would stand and fight him.
* One of Cervantes de Leon's intros in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' and ''[[VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI VI]]'' on the 1P side has him say "So, you DARE to defy me?" being the dreaded pirate that he is.
* Urizen of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', when he gets hit for the first time [[spoiler:(just a scratch on his palm)]] calmly monologues for a bit about how his attacker is merely a human. Then comes the [[TurnsRed fury]].
-->'''Urizen:''' How... dare... you... strike... ''ME!''
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler:if the player chooses to turn against the church]] in Chapter 11, Rhea lets out a shocked and furious "You... How dare you!"

Who dares to cut this article short with a [[TheStinger stinger]]?

%%This example has NEGATIVE context. What game is it from? What character says it? Under what circumstances?

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona5}}'': In the fifth palace, the cognitive representation of Haru's fiancee (a ten-foot robot) tries to crush her, only to say this in response to her persona's effortless rebuffment of his attack.

'''Shaman''': ''[laughs loudly]'' I '''like''' this human! [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority S/He understands!]]

* ''Film/HerculesInNewYork

* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', when Sarah tries to enter the Goblin City, the gate slams in her face...and each wing of the gate has half of a huge mechanical giant (who's named Humongous, by the way), who grabs a huge [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] and starts swinging it back and forth while repeatedly booming "WHOOOOO GOES?!...WHOOOOO GOES?!"

* ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsTheThirdAge'': While traveling through western Moria, the heroes come upon the Throne of Durin. Partway through the throne chambers, they encounter a [[EliteMook goblin armed with a]] [[MagicStaff magic staff]]. The goblin growls "Who dares?" Hadhod responds "I think ''I'' do!" and [[AnAxeToGrind draws his axe]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', the [[BigBad head Blue Meanie]] asks Who Dares bring music back into Pepperland. TheDragon, Max, first answers, "Rimski Korsikov?"; this gets him blasted and stomped. He next suggests "Guy Lombardo?"

* In the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon, this is the mutant warlord Apocalypse response when his arch-enemy Cable infiltrates his pyramid temple in Cairo in 3999 AD.

-->'''Batman:''' You ''dare''? You ''dare'' to pull a gun on me -- to pull a gun on me '''''[[BerserkButton here]]'''''? '''DO YOU?!'''

** In a 'WhatIf' future episode, Kevin thought it would be funny to attack Ben's son mid-battle. [[BerserkButton Big mistake.]]