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* In ''ComicBook/AquaMan'' Rebirth Issue 64 ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} insults Ocean Master after he demands ComicBook/{{Mera}} to relinguish the throne to himself:
-->'''Ocean Master:''' '''You were not born for this!'''
-->'''Aquaman:''' Theeeere he is! '''There's''' the Orm we all know! You're not a grand diplomat. You're a '''jealous little boy.''' Forever bitter you don't get to play '''king.''' You blame me. You blame Mera... but you know the truth. It wasn't '''us.''' It was '''you.''' '''You''' weren't strong enough.
* In ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'', ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} berates Kai for putting deliberately in danger the girl he claims to love:
-->'''Batgirl:''' I'll get it back-- on one condition. Leave Barbara alone. You put her in danger, and I can't tolerate that.\\
'''Kai:''' What?! But nothing happened to her! Nothing '''ever''' happens to her! There's always someone to protect her--\\
'''Batgirl: '''You '''used''' her to keep yourself safe. You used '''me'''. And who's protecting '''Barbara''' while I'm protecting '''you'''?
* In ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'' Jason Bard lost his partner/lover to a Batman wannabe ruining a drug bust. Now, after working with Hush to become Gotham's police commissioner, Bard sets a trap that smashes up the Batmobile. He's delighted...until he sees the cops on the roof glaring at him in disgust and then walking away.
-->'''Bard''': You don't understand, Harvey.
-->'''Harvey Bullock''': Guys like you? I don't want to understand.
** Of course, Batman survives and Bard tries to give him a speech on the damage Batman does...only to have it flipped right back on him.
-->'''Bard''': You go out there and you don't see the effect you have on the world. I see it! I've lived it. There wasn't a single life lost tonight because of what I—-
-->'''Batman''': Three stabbings. Eight shootings. A young woman was beaten to death by a mugger six blocks away from here. The officers you assigned to this foolish display of force are just getting the calls now. Far too late for ''you'' to do anything!
* Quite a few Black Lantern rings in ''Comicbook/BlackestNight'' give these to their targets to force emotional reactions out of them so they can rip their hearts out. They're disturbingly effective since their targets are people who had strong connections to the rings' hosts. The Black Lantern rings also draw on the memories and feelings of their hosts to make these speeches, so their targets can't even dismiss them as liars.
* Delivered to ComicBook/BlueBeetle (Ted Kord) by many other superheroes who did not belive him in the lead up to ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis, including Superman and Martian Manhunter. It makes you wonder how pathetic a hero has to be before [[TheCape Superman]] decides to give him one of these. And how horrific it must have been when everyone discovered he was the OnlySaneMan and had in fact figured out the entire OMAC conspiracy... getting a bullet to the head for his troubles.
** At least Booster was able to give a nice, short speech to Batman that summed up not only Batman's greatest flaw but one of the fans' biggest complaints about Bat-God.
---> '''Booster''': (after Superman claims Batman will be punished) No he won't... he'd have to admit he was wrong first.
* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} Convergence: Speed Force]]'' #2, Wally delivers this to ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Franchise/WonderWoman after trying in vain to reason with her. Diana promises that he and his son will die and his daughter will serve in her army. He [[TakeThatScrappy tells her that she is the worst version of Diana in any universe]] and that she does not really know what love is. Wally defeats her with help of his kids.
-->'''Wally!Flash:''' You don't... need your lasso... I've known... for a year... how bad I screwed up... kept Linda from our kids... I've lived with that pain... now I'll die with it... But ''you''? You I feel sorry for. All these universes... and you're the worst Diana in any of them...! A disgrace... and you don't even know it. You said you loved someone... but you don't know what love is. What I feel for Linda, Jai, and Iris... would shatter your heart. Outlive me a thousand years... you'll still never even know what you're missing. And that's ''your'' truth.
* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' During the ''Cry for Justice'' & ''Rise and Fall'' storyline, where Green Arrow I (Oliver Queen) murders Prometheus for destroying Star City and causing the death of his adopted granddaughter Lian Harper, both his wife Black Canary (Dinah Lance) and adopted son Speedy I/Arsenal/Red Arrow I (Roy Harper) cut ties with Oliver, both telling him they're done with him.
** In ''Green Arrow'' #32, Dinah calls him out for all the problems he caused and driving her away:
--> '''Dinah Lance:''' Stop. I said Stop. Ollie, I didn't come here for any answers or explanations. And I certainly didn't come for any more of your apologies. You've always found a way to put things between us. Now, this glass is making it literally true.\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' What are you talking about?\\
'''Dinah Lance:''' I'm talking about you, Ollie. The way you always managed to find some way to mess it all up.\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' That's crazy.\\
'''Dinah Lance:''' It goes back to our days in Seattle. We were perfectly happy— so you started talking about getting married and having a family. You let me feel guilty for not wanting to have children. Then ashamed for not being able to. But the truth is—you never wanted to be a father. You ran out on Connor the day he was born. When that whore of an assassin Shado told you about your other son, Robert, you didn't seem interested there either. Face it, Ollie. Lying about this was just another wedge to drive me away.\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' It wasn't like that, Dinah. I…I killed somebody. Don't you realize that? I murdered Prometheus. I crossed a line, and I can never take it back.\\
'''Dinah Lance:''' Please. You crossed that line a long time ago, Ollie. It's old hat. But I know something you can take back.\\
''[Dinah put down her wedding ring.]''\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' Dinah no.\\
'''Dinah Lance:''' I can't. Out on the streets, I never give up. I never quit. But I can't fight this— not anymore. Deep down, you always wanted to be alone. Congratulations, Ollie. You win.\\
''[Dinah leaves and Oliver looks at her wedding ring.]''
** In ''Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal'' #2, Roy calls Oliver out on being a bad father to him:
-->'''Roy Harper:''' Are you friggin' kidding me? You're in jail—big deal. Look at me, Ollie. Look at Me! I lost my arm. Prometheus maimed me, but none of it even registers because she's gone. Lian's dead My… My… …My little girl.\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' I know, Roy. I'm so sorry. I'd do anything to bring her back anything. I tried to make it right— make him pay. But killing Prometheus didn't change a thing.\\
'''Roy Harper:''' Maybe for you. But it would have changed everything for me. Getting back at Prometheus was the only thing I had left anymore. He took my arm. He took Lian. But you took my revenge from me, Ollie. What now? You tell me. What am I supposed to do now?\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' The same thing we always have— you keep going. It's all we can do. I might be behind bars, but that doesn't mean I won't be here for you.\\
'''Roy Harper:''' Seriously? You're here for me? Ollie, you've never been there for me. Maybe when it was convenient for you, but never when it really mattered. It's the same with me as it is with Connor, or even Mia for that matter. You're no father— you just like to pretend you are from time to time. And that's why you'll never understand what I'm going though right now. You don't know what it's like to be a father— to really be a father.\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' Roy, listion—\\
'''Roy Harper:''' Listen? To what? You can't help me Ollie. You can't even help yourself.
* In ''[Franchise/GreenLantern]'' ''[ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth]'' John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.
--> '''John Stewart:''' I'm ''tired'' of this. I'm tired of the disrespect Batman ''slings'' Hal's way. You've ''always'' had a thing against him, haven't you? And I finally ''see'' why. ''(illuminating Batman with his ring, revealing his true appearance - a man in a costume)'' Hal is the ''one'' person in the ''world'' that didn't ''buy'' what you're ''selling''. Hal was the man ''without fear''. And what is "the Batman" when you're not afraid of him? ''Just a man''.
* ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'': Soranik Natu delivers a particularly scathing one to Kyle Rayner in issue #24 for [[spoiler:hiding from her that Sarko, the villain that he'd killed earlier and whom she was just done ''autopsying'', was actually their son from the future]].
--> '''Soranik:''' You forget that I'm a Natu by name, but a Sinestro by blood. Fear is the family gift. I feel it throbbing inside you. The fear that made you keep your secret. Fear that I wouldn't want to be with you. Fear that I'd be the love you let slip away. You fear a wounded heart! You can't hide from your fear, ''alley rat''.
* In ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': Year Zero, Poison Ivy delivers one to Joker after he abuses Harley one too many times, choking him with vines to drive the point home.
-->'''Joker:''' You think...hnn...you think you can threaten ''me?''\\
'''Poison Ivy:''' Of course I can. You're not special. You're not exceptional. You're like every other pathetic troll, lashing out, hoping someone who's actually worth a damn will pay attention. You want Batman to notice you and he does, but not because you're worthy, not because he needs you. It's because he feels sorry for you. You're an object of pity for him.
-->'''Joker:''' You [[SymbolSwearing @#$%!]]\\
'''Poison Ivy:''' And Harley feels the most pity for you. She looks at you and sees a sad, broken man who needs fixing.\\
'''Joker:''' Heh. She'll...hnng...still come crawling back.\\
'''Poison Ivy:''' Maybe. But every time she leaves she gets further away. Every time your gaslighting bull[[SymbolSwearing @#$%]] gets a little less effective. Harley is special. She's managed to grow despite your rot. You know it. And she'll realize it one day soon, too.\\
'''Joker:''' If you think...hrrr...you'll get away with this-\\
'''Poison Ivy:''' ''You're not in control!'' (binds Joker tighter with vines, breaking his nose) You will wake up tomorrow because I ''allowed'' it. And because she'd never forgive me if you didn't. But you're not powerful. You're a [[SymbolSwearing @#$%&@$#]] joke.
* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Superman gives one to his cousin after Supergirl went off on him, pointing out that she's clung to her anger for so long that she can't get rid of it now, and she always pushes him away even though she constantly complains that she's alone:
--->'''Superman:''' You know what, Kara? Ever since you showed up on Earth, you've been trying to get me to do one thing — leave you alone to let you live your own life. You've been so focused on just being angry — yes, you lost your home, and that's terrible, but you can't bring it back.\\
'''Supergirl:''' What are you saying?\\
'''Superman:''' You've been choosing anger instead of acceptance for so long that you've become anger. You want to be your own person? Good. Be your own person. I just hope you like who you turn out to be.
** ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'': Supergirl gave a short and blunt speech to Batgirl after the latter insulted her family and her idealistic mindset:
--->'''Supergirl:''' They mean the world to me: Lex... my family...\\
'''Batgirl:''' Spare me! The Society's not a family. It's the gods of Olympus looking down on the little people below. You have no clue what real life is!\\
'''Supergirl:''' And you do? Living like a worm underground?
** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 The Hunt for Reactron]]'', ComicBook/LoisLane gives Catherine Grant a very scathing - and very accurate - speech, calling Cat out on having become a war-mongering tool.
--->'''Lois Lane:''' Are you even a '''reporter''', Cat? Don't you have a '''shred''' of integrity? Or is '''pandering''' with lies and innuendo just that much '''easier''' for you? This '''isn't''' journalism! It's '''PROPAGANDA'''! And '''that''' makes you a '''tool'''. How you can '''stand''' to look at yourself in the mirror, Cat?
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Superman delivers one of these to ComicBook/LanaLang after she detonated a thousand kryptonite bombs around the world, an action that nearly made the planet uninhabitable not only to Superman, but to anyone with Kryptonian DNA, including ''Comicbook/PowerGirl'', ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'', and ''[[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]]''. After the radioactive mess is cleaned up, Supes has a chat with Lana.
--->'''Superman:''' [[WhatMightHaveBeen You might wonder sometimes]] -- I know I have -- what life would have been like had we... had you and I... Had it been '''you''' instead of [[Comicbook/LoisLane Lois]]. And you might have wondered why it '''wasn't''' you instead of Lois... Lois would never have pushed that button.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Superman gives one to ComicBook/LexLuthor.
--->'''Superman:''' You've always claimed you could make this world a paradise if I weren't around to stop you. You had a year without me around. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What have you done?]]
** In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman gives the speech to a corrupt businessman who is more concerned with making a profit than his employees' health:
--->'''Superman:''' Hold it! Men are dying, Kalmbach — getting cancer from working in your vats — and you say that risk is acceptable? NO! People like you are destroying this planet, killing its people, ruining its future — and for WHAT? Profit — Greed — and some sick illusion called "Progress"!
** In ''Comicbook/WarWorld'', Comicbook/MartianManhunter chews Franchise/{{Superman}} out for being too arrogant and impulsive.
--->'''Superman:''' Forgive me, J'onn... Looks like I failed you!\\
'''Martian Manhunter:''' No, not me, Superman —It's the entire universe that will have to pay the price of your failure! I warned you that you were dealing with forces beyond your comprehension — but you were just too overconfident — too egotistical — to listen!
** ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': Superman gives Darkseid one of these:
--->'''Superman:''' Of course, none of what I've said has any meaning to you. You only know death. A blackness that has brought you nothing.\\
'''Darkseid:''' It has made me a god.\\
'''Superman:''' No. It has made you vulnerable.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman''
*** Morgan Edge tries to bully Clark Kent into compliance, but for once Clark isn't getting it:
---->'''Morgan Edge:''' No backtalk, Kent! I call the shots around here and when I decide I need a man to do a report from Chile that man goes to Chile-- hear me talking, Kent?\\
'''Clark Kent:''' But, Mr.Edge, I...\\
'''Morgan Edge:''' I don't care what you've got going next week--\\
'''Clark Kent:''' But...\\
'''Morgan Edge:''' I suggest you travel light!\\
'''Clark Kent:''' Hold your flapping mouth, you barrel of overpriced lard! You might treat your other employees like cattle... But the cattle train stops right here!
*** Superman delivers one to Xviar after foiling his scheme to destroy Earth:
---->'''Superman:''' The instant I defeated Amalak and Brainiac, you switched bodies with Amalak, knowing I would imprison him far from Earth... where your superiors would soon release you! Only they won't bother freeing a failure! You'll stay here... along with the real Amalak!
** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', the titular villain attempts to murder Supergirl after framing her for murder and finds she's bitten more than she can chew. Superwoman asks for mercy but she only gets an enraged retort in return:
--->'''Supergirl:''' You're asking for mercy? Like Agent Liberty got?! Like poor Mister Henderson!? Like my father!? You don't deserve mercy, you deserve a beating!
* Catman gives a nasty one to the Crime Doctor in ''Villains United'' by breaking free of his shackles and explaining how he's nothing but a vulture picking off the meat on the bones of captured prey, putting him low on the ladder and then royally screwing him up.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' sequel ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' shows Ozymandias giving one to [[spoiler: Batman (and to the extent the rest of the DC superheroes in general)]] when it comes to their antics and how they contributed to their world compared to his.
--> '''[[spoiler: Ozymandias]]''': I've read and seen enough to know you're tripping over your own capes, playing a game of tag, while the world falls apart. You've put these people through hell. [[CrapsackWorld Your world is worse off than mine ever was]]. Look at the sheer number of people you lost in the narrative of Good versus Bad. Wandering aimlessly in a fog of self-righteousness. You're so busy putting these "super-villains" into [[CardboardPrison prisons with revolving doors]], [[ReedRichardsIsUseless you've ignored the world's real problems]]. And now you're caught in this vicious cycle of entertaining yourselves. You cling to a simplistic morality based on pulp heroes. I wonder. [[spoiler: Is that why Jon came here? To observe the futility of your colorful lives? Or did he come here believing he would blend in?]] I weaned my world off gasoline and oil. I cured famine and disease. I negotiated nuclear disarmament. I turned the world upside down. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo I did whatever I had to, to try and save it.]] And, yes, I failed. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion But what have you tried to do to make this world a better place?]]

* In ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern]] [[ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth]]'' John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.

* In ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern]] [[ComicBook:GreenLanternRebirth]]'' John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.

* In ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern]] [[ComicBook:Green LanternRebirth]]'' John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.

* In ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern: Rebirth]]'' John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.

-->'''Aquaman:''' Theeeere he is! '''There's''' the Orm we all know! You're not a grand diplomat. You're a '''jealous little boy.''' Forever bitter you don't get to play '''king.''' You blame me. You blame Mera... but you know the truth. It wasn't '''us.''' It was '''you.''' '''You''' weren't strong enough.\\

'''Poison Ivy:''' ''You're not in control!'' (binds Joker tighter with vines, breaking his nose) You will wake up tomorrow because I '''allowed''' it. And because she'd never forgive me if you didn't. But you're not powerful. You're a [[SymbolSwearing @#$%&@$#]] joke.

-->'''Joker:''' You think...hnn...you think you can threaten '''me?'''\\

'''Poison Ivy:''' '''You're not in control!''' (binds Joker tighter with vines, breaking his nose) You will wake up tomorrow because I '''allowed''' it. And because she'd never forgive me if you didn't. But you're not powerful. You're a [[SymbolSwearing @#$%&@$#]] joke.