History Main / WhoDares

** [=Bangladesh DuPree=] encounters Tarvek Sturmvoraus and is overjoyed to see [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120222#.XEhRymmYOcx Prince "How Dare You!"]] again, having apparently been on the receiving end of this trope in Paris. [[{{Schadenfreude}} What Tarvek was receiving]] to make him deliver the line [[NoodleIncident we can only guess]].

** He gets an earlier one [[CurbStompBattle while slaughtering the Shadow Thieves]] after you escape from [[FanNickname Chateau Irenicus]]:

-->'''Waspinator:''' "Who ''dares'' shoot at [[ButtMonkey Waspinator]]?!"

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': Josuke Higashikata says this line when someone insults his pompadour:

'''Iron Man''': I dares.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', during the festival of fools, Frollo is furious when Esmeralda unbinds a tied-up Quasimodo against his orders not to, shouting "How '''dare''' you defy me!?"

* Pictured above: Eternity, having been summoned by Hercules during the ComicBook/ChaosWar (long story)

* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
** Stated by ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} in ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'' when his gloating after defeating the Legion and Orion is interrupted by ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s quite violent arrival.
** From ''Legion of 3 Worlds'' #2, when Mordru is angry at Superboy-Prime's appearance:
--->'''Mordru''': Who dares disturb Mordru?\\
'''Superboy-Prime''': Who dares question my dare?\\
'''Mordru''': What?

* In one of the ''Avengers'' Heroic Age comics where the Avengers are battling Apocalypse, Iron Man traps him in a forcefield. Cue the following exchange
-->'''Apocalypse''': Who dares!?
-->'''Iron Man''': I dares.
* In the 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]]:
-->'''Batman:''' You ''dare''? You ''dare'' to pull a gun on me -- to pull a gun on me '''''[[BerserkButton here]]'''''? '''DO YOU?!'''

** Drogoz and Lian may react to being attacked by saying "You ''dare'' attack me?!".

* There is an Achievement in ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' called "Who Dares Defy Me?". You get it for using Melia's Arts 100 times.

* When a mimic of [[VideoGame/SpiderMan Spider-Man]] knocks out security at the Science Expo:

->''"You ''dare'' bring light to my lair?! You must '''die!'''"''

-->'''Voldemort:''' ''You dare-''

** Subverted repeatedly in one of the short stories; Harry encounters a blustering teenager [[BigBadWannabe who thinks he's a powerful warlock but has hardly any talent at all]]. When he challenges Harry to a magical duel and [[CombatPragmatist Harry simply draws a gun]], he repeatedly says "You would dare -" only to be constantly interrupted.

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

** [[MagnificentBastard Irenicus]] says this exact line when you interrupt his [[AGodAmI plans for ascension]].

* In more a [[ShoutOut homage]] to this trope than anything, at the start of the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', as the titular character finally realises it's [[spoiler: worth risking everything to correct his mistakes]], the [[HeelFaceTurn former Supervillain]] announces his presence in the most dramatic, villain-esque way possible...

--> The President: How dare you come in here and lecture me?
--> Jack Ryan: How dare you, sir!
--> The President: How dare you come into this office and bark at me like some little junkyard dog? I am the President of the United States!

* Literature/TheDresdenFiles
** Harry is so impudent. Nicodemus, the White King, the Erlking, the Winter Lady Maeve, the Black Court Wizard Mavra and others have found that there are very few lines that Harry won't cross.
*** As the books progress, this evolves from just being his personality to an actual survival strategy -- an indignant villain yelling at him is, after all, a villain that is not currently unleashing one of the many arcane powers floating around that could crush him in an instant.

* From ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', the [[UnfortunateNames coincidentally named]] He Man ([[UsefulNotes/WhyMaoChangedHisName Pronounced something like 'Huh Mahn']]) shouts 'I am He Man, the devil who shoots across the sky. Who dare fight with me?' when he appears. He is immediately cut down by a random minor character.

* Played fairly straight in one ''StarWars'' novel, where Mara Jade strolls into the lair of the BigBad to save the main character in a BigDamnHeroes moment:
-->'''BigBad''': Who ''DARES?''
-->'''Mara Jade''': [[OneLiner Who ]]''[[OneLiner cares ]]''[[OneLiner is more like it]].

-->"Who dares disturb the sleep of the Syndic Mitth'raw'nuruodo?!"

-->'''BEASTMASTER:''' YOU WOULD DARE TO DEFY ME?
-->'''ANGELUS:''' Defy who? A big scary voice? Whoa! Hey, I got one of those, too. You wanna hear it? (cups his hands over his mouth) You can kiss my vampire ass!

-->'''Haxil:''' WHO IS THE INTERLOPER? TO THINK YOU COULD DISTURB THE [[BizarreBabyBoom BIRTH OF MY CHILDREN?]] {{WHO ARE YOU}}?
-->'''Wesley:''' Wesley Wyndham-Pryce, rogue demon hunter. And I’m here to fight you, Sir, to the death...preferably yours.

** '''ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}''': [[PlanetLooters I have]] [[OmnicidalManiac conquered worlds]]. You dare defy me? [[BadassBoast Witness]] my [[PreAsskickingOneLiner power]].

-->'''[[LargeHam Irenicus]]:''' What!? '''[[ChewingTheScenery Who DARES]]?'''\\

--> You dare to attack me here? Do you even know whom you face?

-->'''Keli'dan the Breaker''': Who dares interrupt--[[OhCrap What is this, what have you done? You'll ruin everything!]]

--> '''Illidan Stormrage''': You ''dare'' speak to me?

--> '''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.
** Also, from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'': [[MemeticMutation "Mario! How dare you disturb my family vacation!"]] Made {{Narm}}y by Bowser sounding like [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]].
** And let's not forget ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': "How ''dare'' you dodge the barrel!"
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErXL1DkJgLQ WHO DARES TO TRY TO STOP THE TIME BOMB?]]

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', Commander Shepard has the option to headbutt a Krogan rival. The watching Krogan Shaman finds it ''hilarious''.
-->'''Uvenk''': You...You ''dare?''\\

-->'''Xyklon the Consequential:''' Who dares to disturb Xyklon the Consequential?!

* While the actual words "Who dares" are never actually said, the spirit is very much there in the ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'' version of ''Super Android 13''. Both Vegeta and Piccolo are hanging out in the Arctic looking for some alone time when the battle between Goku, Trunks, and the androids disturbs them. Both of them make a LargeHam entrance that includes both a display of their Ki power and starting to ask who disturbed them before they realize who it is.
-->'''Vegeta:''' [Shatters a glacier and intones in a dramatic voice] For thousands of years I lay dormant! Who has disturbed my-\\

--->'''Lois Lane''': How ''dare'' you show your face here? ''(*slaps him*)''

--->'''Circe''' (''After taking two tables to the face''): Insolent trickster! You dare to strike--! (''*chair*'') You dare to stri--! (''*another table*'') ''You dare to strike--!'' (''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking *tablecloth*]]'') [[NotSoStoic QUIT IT!]] (''stares'') [[OhCrap Oh no.]] (''[[PianoDrop *piano*]]'')

* In a 'WhatIf' future episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Kevin thought it would be funny to attack Ben's son mid-battle. [[BerserkButton Big mistake.]]
-->'''Ben:''' ''[mashing Kevin into the ground, having morphed into Way Big]'' '''HOW ''DARE'' YOU?!'''

-->'''Dr. Animo''': Who dares?
-->'''Brainstorm''': That isn't the way to tell a joke, miscreant. First, I say "knock, knock", then you say "who dares?"

* In ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' [[NametoRunAwayfromReallyFast Deathmaster]] combines it with an ImpliedDeathThreat when he was teleported from his world:
--> "What worm-ridden '''carcass''' would dare spirit me from my catacombs?"

--> "Who others than those meddlesome Biker Mice would dare wage war against Limburger? One would have to be a moron, a mouse or a complete madman!"

[[folder: RealLife]]
* Inverted with the motto of the British Special Air Service (and many other units with ties to the British SAS): ''[[BadassBoast Who Dares, Wins]]''

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg Greta Thunberg]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMrtLsQbaok "How dare you?" speech]] became famous internet meme to the point that if you just type "how dare you" on Website/{{Google}}, you will immediately see Greta Thunberg herself wearing a pink shirt.

!! Who Dares to make Examples out of these?:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirlsMovie'' movie, Mojo states "You dare challenge me!?". He actually manages to make it sound intimidating.

* ''Fanfic/RealmOfEntwinedScienceAndSorceryAcademyCity'': When Touma Kamijou punches Queen Medb in the face, she yells, "How dare you lay a hand on me!"

* While the actual words "Who dares" are never actually said, the spirit is very much there in the ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'' version of ''Super Android 13''. Both Vegeta and Piccolo are hanging out in the Artic looking for some alone time when the battle between Goku, Trunks, and the androids disturbs them. Both of them make a LargeHam entrance that includes both a display of their Ki power and starting to ask who disturbed them before they realize who it is.