1 | '''Basic Trope''': The boss talks to the player character(s) during the BossBattle. |
2 | * '''Straight''': ArrogantKungFuGuy Dave disses the party when they fight him. |
3 | -->"I'll knock you down!"\ |
4 | "Your aspirations are irrelevant!"\ |
5 | "My patience runs thin... I'm ending this, now!" [[note]]Cue ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]\ |
6 | ''[at less than a quarter health]'' "[[ThisCannotBe No... No, I'm unstoppable, you worms!]] [[VillainousBreakdown UNSTOPPABLE, DO YOU HEAR ME?!]]" |
7 | * '''Exaggerated''': Each of Dave's line is a paragraph or so. His lungs capacity is superb. |
8 | -->"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 judgment from the mighty!" |
9 | * '''Downplayed''': Dave has lines to say, and they consists of one or two words. |
10 | -->"Begone!"\ |
11 | "You fools."\ |
12 | "Oblivion awaits." [[note]]In the Japanese version, he says "[[NeverSayDie kiero]]".[[/note]]\ |
13 | ''[later in the fight]'' "Just DIE!" |
14 | * '''Justified''': ArrogantKungFuGuy Dave is an ArrogantKungFuGuy, and he want everyone to know it. |
15 | * '''Inverted''': The party members tell Dave how much he's a monster. |
16 | --> '''[[OurElvesAreDifferent Alicia]]''': "YouMonster! I shall avenge [[LastOfHisKind my people]] with your death!"\ |
17 | '''[[KidSamurai Bob]]''': "[[BrokenPedestal Why, Dave? You were the guy I wanted to be!]]"\ |
18 | '''[[SquishyWizard Eric]]''': "[[WithDueRespect Ser Dave!]] [[FallenHero It appears that none of the virtues remain within you!]]"\ |
19 | '''[[BoisterousBruiser Charlie]]''': "[[UnstoppableRage You're about to get what's comin' to ya,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you son of a bitch!]]" |
20 | * '''Subverted''': |
21 | -->'''Dave''': "You verm-"\ |
22 | '''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **whack**\ |
23 | [[AC: Dave is inflicted with SILENCE!]] |
24 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
25 | -->'''Dave''': "You verm-"\ |
26 | '''Bob''': [[TalkToTheFist "Shut up, Dave!"]] **zing**\ |
27 | '''Dave''': [[FightingAShadow "I'm over here, vermin."]] |
28 | * '''Parodied''': |
29 | ** The banter is made of FloweryInsults. |
30 | -->"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed [[MascotMook Chickaboo]] food trough wiper!"\ |
31 | "I fart in your general direction, you silly [[LaResistance Troperian Knnniggits]]!" [[note]][[{{Fartillery}} Cue]] ThatOneAttack.[[/note]]\ |
32 | [[MindScrew "Your mother was a rainbow-feathered Chickaboo and your father reeked of bunnyberries!"]] |
33 | ** You get an ActionCommand to bash Dave's face in every time he opens his mouth. |
34 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Dave is very talkative in the first half of the battle, [[SilentAntagonist then goes silent when he ]] TurnsRed as then he realizes that the party is a threat. |
35 | -->"'''[[TranquilFury I'm done humoring you, Bob.]]"''' |
36 | * '''Averted''': In a fully-voiced game where everyone [[CallingYourAttack calls their attack]], the boss battles are noticeably devoid of banters. |
37 | * '''Enforced''': The writers want to make sure you know that Dave is [[{{Jerkass}} unlikable.]] |
38 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
39 | --> Bob: "I'm not here to listen to your nonsense, Dave!" |
40 | * '''Invoked''': |
41 | ** [[IShallTauntYou Dave constantly talks to throw his foes off guard.]] |
42 | ** [[ContractualGenreBlindness Evulz feels this is part of his job as the final boss.]] |
43 | * '''Exploited''': Bob makes each strike when Dave is Bantering, giving him a slight element of surprise. |
44 | * '''Defied''': Dave fights the Good Guys, and doesn't start bantering until they're so weak they can barely hear him. |
45 | * '''Discussed''': "Like all big villains, he's takes the time to have a conversation in a life or death battle." |
46 | * '''Conversed''': "A lot of the bosses in this game are shouty..." |
47 | * '''Deconstructed''': Dave is so busy taunting Bob that it leaves him wide open for a counterattack. |
48 | ---- |
49 | Back to BossBanter |
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51 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
52 | %% |
53 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
54 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
55 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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