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''[at less than a quarter health]'' [[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, YOU HEAR ME?!]]

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''[at less than a quarter health]'' [[ThisCannotBe "[[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, DO YOU HEAR ME?!]]ME?!]]"
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** at less than a quarter health** [[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, YOU HEAR ME?!]]

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** at ''[at less than a quarter health** health]'' [[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, YOU HEAR ME?!]]



** later in the fight** "Just DIE!"

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** later ''[later in the fight** fight]'' "Just DIE!"
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--> '''[[OurElvesAreDifferent Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that [[LastOfHisKind to my people]]?!"\\

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--> '''[[OurElvesAreDifferent Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that I shall avenge [[LastOfHisKind to my people]]?!"\\people]] with your death!"\\
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'''[[DefeatMeansPlayable Charlie]]''': "[[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt I'm makin' THIS my resignation letter,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you son of a bitch!]]

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'''[[DefeatMeansPlayable '''[[BoisterousBruiser Charlie]]''': "[[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt I'm makin' THIS my resignation letter,]] "[[UnstoppableRage You're about to get what's comin' to ya,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you son of a bitch!]]bitch!]]"

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"My patience runs thin... I'm ending this, now!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]

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"My patience runs thin... I'm ending this, now!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]][[/note]]\\
**at less than a quarter health** [[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, YOU HEAR ME?!]]



"To Oblivion." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]]

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"To Oblivion."Oblivion awaits." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]][[/note]]\\
**later in the fight** "Just DIE!"



'''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"

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'''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"you!]]"\\
'''[[DefeatMeansPlayable Charlie]]''': "[[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt I'm makin' THIS my resignation letter,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you son of a bitch!]]



* '''Averted''':In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticeably devoid of banters.

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* '''Averted''':In '''Averted''': In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticeably devoid of banters.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Dave is so busy taunting Bob that it leaves him wide open for a counterattack.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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"Know despair! Your days end here!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]

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"Know despair! Your days end here!" "My patience runs thin... I'm ending this, now!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]
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--> '''[[OurElvesAreBetter Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that [[LastOfHisKind to my people]]?!"\\

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--> '''[[OurElvesAreBetter '''[[OurElvesAreDifferent Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that [[LastOfHisKind to my people]]?!"\\
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-->"Vermins! How short-sighted of you to bare your blades before I, Dave! I have walked east and west, north and south, and yet not a single warrior remained standing when faced by my might! There is no hope you will walk away from this battle alive! This is not even a battle, this is where I crush you like insects! Behold judgement from the mighty!"

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-->"Vermins! How short-sighted of you to bare your blades before I, Dave! I have walked east and west, north and south, and yet not a single warrior remained standing when faced by my might! There is no hope you will walk away from this battle alive! This is not even a battle, this is where I crush you like insects! Behold judgement judgment from the mighty!"



'''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermins."]]

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'''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermins.vermin."]]



* '''Zig Zagged''': Dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realises that the party is a threat.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realises realizes that the party is a threat.



** [[IShallTauntYou Dave consantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]]

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** [[IShallTauntYou Dave consantly constantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]]
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* '''Parodied''': The banter is made of FloweryInsults.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The banter is made of FloweryInsults.



* '''Invoked''': [[IShallTauntYou Dave consantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]]

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
**
[[IShallTauntYou Dave consantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]]



%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Like all big villains, he's takes the time to have a conversation in a life or death battle."
* '''Conversed''': ???"A lot of the bosses in this game are shouty..."
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* '''Zig Zagged''': dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realises that the party is a threat.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': dave Dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realises that the party is a threat.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realises that the party is a threat.
-->"'''[[TranquilFury I'm done humoring you, Bob.]]"'''

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**You get an ActionCommand to bash Dave's face in every time he opens his mouth.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???[[IShallTauntYou Dave consantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]]
** [[ContractualGenreBlindness Evulz feels this is part of his job as the final boss.]]
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* '''Justified''': ArrogantKungfuGuy Dave is an ArrogantKungfuGuy, and he want everyone to know it.

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* '''Justified''': ArrogantKungfuGuy ArrogantKungFuGuy Dave is an ArrogantKungfuGuy, ArrogantKungFuGuy, and he want everyone to know it.



* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make sure you know that Dave is [[JerkAss unlikable.]]

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* '''Enforced''': The writers want to make sure you know that Dave is [[JerkAss [[{{Jerkass}} unlikable.]]
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* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Bob makes each strike when Dave is Bantering, giving him a slight element of surprise.
* '''Defied''': ???Dave fights the Good Guys, and doesn't start bantering until they're so weak they can barely hear him.
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* '''Straight''': ArrogantKungfuGuy Dave disses the party when they fight him.

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* '''Straight''': ArrogantKungfuGuy ArrogantKungFuGuy Dave disses the party when they fight him.

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--> "I'll knock you down!"
--> "Your aspirations are irrelevant!"
--> "Know despair! Your days end here!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]

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--> "I'll -->"I'll knock you down!"
-->
down!"\\
"Your aspirations are irrelevant!"
-->
irrelevant!"\\
"Know despair! Your days end here!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]



--> "Vermins! How short-sighted of you to bare your blades before I, Dave! I have walked east and west, north and south, and yet not a single warrior remained standing when faced by my might! There is no hope you will walk away from this battle alive! This is not even a battle, this is where I crush you like insects! Behold judgement from the mighty!"

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--> "Vermins! -->"Vermins! How short-sighted of you to bare your blades before I, Dave! I have walked east and west, north and south, and yet not a single warrior remained standing when faced by my might! There is no hope you will walk away from this battle alive! This is not even a battle, this is where I crush you like insects! Behold judgement from the mighty!"



--> "Begone!"
--> "You fools."
--> "To Oblivion." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]]

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--> "Begone!"
-->
-->"Begone!"\\
"You fools."
-->
"\\
"To Oblivion." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]]



--> '''[[OurElvesAreBetter Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that [[TheLastOfHerKind to my people]]?!"
--> '''[[KidSamurai Bob]]''': "[[BrokenPedestal Why, Dave? You were the guy I wanted to be!]]"
--> '''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"

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--> '''[[OurElvesAreBetter Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that [[TheLastOfHerKind [[LastOfHisKind to my people]]?!"
-->
people]]?!"\\
'''[[KidSamurai Bob]]''': "[[BrokenPedestal Why, Dave? You were the guy I wanted to be!]]"
-->
be!]]"\\
'''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"



--> '''Dave''': "You verm-"
--> '''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **whack**

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--> '''Dave''': -->'''Dave''': "You verm-"
-->
verm-"\\
'''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **whack****whack**\\



--> '''Dave''': "You verm-"
--> '''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **zing**
--> '''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermins."]]

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--> '''Dave''': -->'''Dave''': "You verm-"
-->
verm-"\\
'''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **zing**
-->
**zing**\\
'''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermins."]]



--> "I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed [[MascotMook Chickaboo]] food trough wiper!"
--> "I fart in your general direction, you silly [[LaResistance Troperian Knnniggits]]!" [[note]][[{{Fartillery}} Cue]] ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]
--> [[MindScrew "Your mother was a rainbow-feathered Chickaboo and your father reeked of bunnyberries!"]]

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--> "I -->"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed [[MascotMook Chickaboo]] food trough wiper!"
-->
wiper!"\\
"I fart in your general direction, you silly [[LaResistance Troperian Knnniggits]]!" [[note]][[{{Fartillery}} Cue]] ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]
-->
[[/note]]\\
[[MindScrew "Your mother was a rainbow-feathered Chickaboo and your father reeked of bunnyberries!"]]



* '''Averted''':In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticably devoid of banters.

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* '''Averted''':In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticably noticeably devoid of banters.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???The banter is made of FloweryInsults.
--> "I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed [[MascotMook Chickaboo]] food trough wiper!"
--> "I fart in your general direction, you silly [[LaResistance Troperian Knnniggits]]!" [[note]][[{{Fartillery}} Cue]] ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]
--> [[MindScrew "Your mother was a rainbow-feathered Chickaboo and your father reeked of bunnyberries!"]]



* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Averted''': ???
'''Averted''':In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticably devoid of banters.
* '''Enforced''': ???
The writers want to make sure you know that Dave is [[JerkAss unlikable.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': ???'''Lampshaded''':
--> Bob: "I'm not here to listen to your nonsense, Dave!"
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'''Basic Trope''': The boss talks to the player character(s) during the BossBattle.
* '''Straight''': ArrogantKungfuGuy Dave disses the party when they fight him.
--> "I'll knock you down!"
--> "Your aspirations are irrelevant!"
--> "Know despair! Your days end here!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]
* '''Exaggerated''': Each of Dave's line is a paragraph or so. His lungs capacity is superb.
--> "Vermins! How short-sighted of you to bare your blades before I, Dave! I have walked east and west, north and south, and yet not a single warrior remained standing when faced by my might! There is no hope you will walk away from this battle alive! This is not even a battle, this is where I crush you like insects! Behold judgement from the mighty!"
* '''Downplayed''': Dave has lines to say, and they consists of one or two words.
--> "Begone!"
--> "You fools."
--> "To Oblivion." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]]
* '''Justified''': ArrogantKungfuGuy Dave is an ArrogantKungfuGuy, and he want everyone to know it.
* '''Inverted''': The party members tell Dave how much he's a monster.
--> '''[[OurElvesAreBetter Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! How come you did that [[TheLastOfHerKind to my people]]?!"
--> '''[[KidSamurai Bob]]''': "[[BrokenPedestal Why, Dave? You were the guy I wanted to be!]]"
--> '''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"
* '''Subverted''':
--> '''Dave''': "You verm-"
--> '''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **whack**
[[AC: Dave is inflicted with SILENCE!]]
* '''Double Subverted''':
--> '''Dave''': "You verm-"
--> '''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **zing**
--> '''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermins."]]
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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