Pre Asskicking One Liner / Western Animation

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• From American Dad!, when the Chocodile bumps against Stan while walking away:
  Stan: Hey Chocodile! Watch where you're going!
  Chocodile: [turns about and smirks] Oh HELL no. [lunges at him]
• Subverted 9 times out of 10 in Archer.
  Archer: Dammit, I had something for this...
• Amphibia:
  • After King Andrias fatally tosses Sprig out the window in "True Colors", this causes Anne to activate her connection with her Calamity Gem which in turn grants her a Super Mode, and she gives one heck of a line prior to fighting:
    Anne: Give him back. GIVE. HIM. BACK!
  • Anne in "The New Normal" when she sees the Plantars about to be killed by the Cloak-Bot, which in turn is what activates her Calamity Box powers:
    Anne: If you think I'm just gonna sit here while you hurt my friends... you've got another thing coming!
• Vi to Silco in Arcane: "Yeah, well... You talk too much."
• Avatar: The Last Airbender:
  • After Zuko frees Iroh from some Earth Kingdom Soldiers:
    Earth Kingdom Soldier: You're clearly outnumbered!
    Iroh: That's true, but you are clearly outmatched!
  • Pakku gets a pretty excellent one before fighting Katara:
    Pakku: Fine. If you want to learn to fight so bad, STUDY CLOSELY!!
  • When Zuko tries to kidnap Aang at the 'North Pole:
    Zuko: Ready for a rematch?
    Katara: Trust me, Zuko, it's not gonna be much of a match.
  • After getting captured by Azula in the Earth Kingdom Palace:
    Iroh: Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname "The Dragon of the West"?
    Azula: I'm not interested in a lengthy anecdote, Uncle. [She looks at her nails condescendingly.]
    Iroh: It's more of a demonstration, really.
  • During the Day of the Black Sun:
    Firebender: What do you think you're doing?
    King Bumi: Taking back my city!!
  • Just before their final duel:
    Azula: I'm sorry it has to end this way, brother.
    Zuko: No you're not.
• Batman: The Animated Series:
  • In "See No Evil", when the invisible man is finally revealed:
    Batman: Peek-a-boo. [WHAM!]
  • In "Prophecy of Doom", Batman and the Phony Psychic's partner are fighting inside a giant model planet (It Makes Sense in Context), who boasts, "you're about to fall out of orbit, Batman!" before unleashing a devastating roundhouse kick - which misses completely.
• From the Batman 75th Anniversary short featuring Batman Beyond:
  Terry McGinnis: Seven against two. Pretty bad odds.
  Bruce Wayne: [snapping on a utility belt; punches a fist into his hand] For them.
• Ben from Ben 10 loves to spout these before turning alien and leaping into action. They tend to be incredibly cheesy, but give him a break, he's a kid.
• Big City Greens: Cricket gives one heck of a line in "Chipocalypse Now" when he immediately sees a Fatal Flaw in Chip's attempt to kill him and his family with his helicopter, going from Oh, Crap! to steely determination:
  Cricket: COME AND GET ME, CHICKEN!
• Any time Bugs Bunny is forced to utter the phrase "Of course you realize this means war!" is essentially this trope at work. What comes may not be an ass-kicking by normal standards... but he makes sure you feel for what you've done.
• In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Lucy uses one to intimidate Linus into memorizing all his lines. Bonus points for the number of open digits in Lucy's hand shrinking in sync with the one-liner in question.
  Lucy: I'll give you five good reasons: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
  Linus: Those are good reasons.
• Clone High:
  • "More tea, Wesley?"
  • "Bah! Chamomile!"
• Codename: Kids Next Door:
  • "You just did! You made me angry!"
  • "Next stop: way down the lane!"
  • Numbuh Four: "Then what are you waiting for, princess? Let's dance!".
  • It even gets subverted in an episode where Numbuh 5 is about to rid the treehouse of lice by setting off some cheese-based explosives. Right before she does so, Numbuh Two comes running in claiming, "You have to say something cool first!"
    Numbuh Two: Something like, "Say cheese, punk", or maybe, "Cheese'd to meet you"! Oh! Wait wait wait!, "Cheese—" [Numbuh Five sets off the explosives]
• The Cuphead Show!: Two of them in "Sweater Luck Next Time", actually.
  • The first is when Cuphead discovers that he is not wearing his invisible sweater and lies his way out of a desperate situation waiting for Mugman to appear, the Devil laughs gleefully and corners the former.
    The Devil: [reaches into Cuphead's body] Are not!
  • And when the Devil starts yanking Cuphead's soul out of his body with a Slasher Smile, we get this one from Mugman.
    Mugman: [arrives with the sweater] You're right, Devil! He's not wearing the sweater! You are!!! [places the sweater on the Devil]
• Danny Phantom has the title character spout a few of these. Unfortunately, it doesn't run in the family: Jazz's one-liners are terrible. Except for when she's saving Danny for once, and it's combined with a Don't Say Such Stupid Things! and a Shut Up, Hannibal!:
  Jazz: Excuse me. I don't know this kid, but I hope it's okay if he gets a second opinion.
• Darkwing Duck:
  • "Let's Get Dangerous!"
    • Darkwing Duck's shift from comic relief to serious threat post-"Dangerous" constitutes its own trope.
  • "Suck gas, evildoer!"
• Dexter's Laboratory: A mix-up involving cereal-prize decoder rings leaves Deedee being threatened by the Pony Puffs, and Dexter having to team up with Action Hank to save her. As Hank bursts through the wall with his team to save Dee-Dee from being dunked in scalding-hot oatmeal, he delivers that classic line:
  Hank: Breakfast is no longer being served! Prepare to get brunched — in the face! [Starts sniggering uncontrollably]
• Droopy cartoons: You know what? That makes me mad!
• DuckTales (2017):
  • "GIVE ME BACK MY BOYS!!"
  • Another from Donald in the same series during the season 1 finale where he goes ballistic on shadow warriors and beats them back.
    Donald: Get away from my kids!
• Earthworm Jim:
  • "Eat dirt, everything in the vicinity!" (And about a billion variations thereof). Brilliant when you think of it. He's an earthworm and his kind generally tends to eat, well...
  • Parodied in the episode where Peter gets to become the hero. Peter's heroic catchphrase is "I go bang-bang now!" As Jim points out, it... needs work.
• The Fairly OddParents!: Wanda uses the form of a bat to locate an invisible Timmy shortly before Crocker arrives.
  Crocker: A bat?
  Wanda: That's right! [turns into a wooden bat and proceeds to wail on him]
• In Family Guy, right before Stewie crashes an Al Qaeda video shoot and gives them a beating:
  Stewie: Good day to you sir, and now prepare to die!
  • Subverted and Discussed in another episode. Brian delivers one, which lets his target realize what's coming and prevent the ass-kicking entirely. Sometimes the element of surprise is your friend.
• From Futurama:
  • Clamps: This is none of your concern, Slick.
    Zoidberg: My name isn't Slick. It's Zoidberg. JOHN F@#$%&G ZOIDBERG!
  • And:
    Clamps: It's like an all you can kill lobster fest!
    Zoidberg: I'm afraid that offer was for a limited time only.
  • From an earlier episode...
    Fry: I'm here to kick your ass!
    Big Brain: Foolish human. Our race has evolved beyond the need for asses!
• Gravity Falls:
  • "Alright, you undead jerks. You ready to die twice?"
  • Then there is the Exactly What It Says on the Tin from Wendy.
    Wendy: Because I'm a flippin' Corduroy!
  • Stan delivers one to Bill in the finale.
    Stan: You're a real wise guy, but ya made one fatal mistake: You messed with my family.
• Hey Arnold!:
  • Eugene's idol The Abdicator has a rather lame one whenever he's about to take out the bad guys.
    The Abdicator: It's time to take you... out to lunch!
• Justice League:
  • In "Only a Dream", J'onn delivers Superman's boast for him. Subverted in that the attack ultimately doesn't take.
    Dr. Destiny: You're good, but I'm better.
    J'onn: That's why I brought a friend.
    [cut to show Superman rocketing in with an outstretched fist]
  • Lobo vs. Kalibak in "Hereafter":
    Kalibak: I'm not dead yet.
    Lobo: You're right. My watch is about ten seconds fast.
  • In "The Doomsday Sanction", Doomsday drops in on Superman trying to stop a volcano from erupting. How does he introduce himself? "Superman, I've come to kill you. Is this a bad time?"
  • In "Destroyer", from Superman to Darkseid: "What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."
• Kim Possible: Both heroes and villains often break these out, with Shego especially fond of them. With everyone recovering from a cold, Shego declares, "Looks like someone's been drinking a lot of fluids — and retaining every ounce..."
• From a very little known show called King, delivered by Gus, the West Highland White Terrier
  Gus: It's Terrier Time!
• King of the Hill:
  • "That's my purse! I don't know you!" (kicks person in the balls). Seriously, you can't tell me you wouldn't get caught off guard by some fat kid yelling "That's my purse!" then yelling "I don't know you!" before kicking your nuts into your throat is a great way to finish it.
  • Also, from the episode where Bobby and Joseph become professional panhandlers.
    Bum: What're you gonna do, tell my mommy?
    Hank: No, I'm going to kick your ass up one side of the street and down the other.
• The Legend of Korra:
  • Korra, in the first episode, confronts a gang of three thugs. Surprised by the fact that anyone has the nerves or stupidity to challenge them, the confrontation leads to this exchange:
    Thugs: Who do you think you are?
    Korra: Why don't you come and find out?
  • From Amon before he easily defeats Tarrlok:
    Amon: It is time for you to be Equalized.
  • In the Season 2 Origins Episode "Beginnings", Wan says this just after Vaatu mocks him and declares that no human can beat him:
    Wan: Haven't you heard the legends? I'm not a regular human anymore! [unleashes Firebending]
  • And again when he becomes the Avatar, and his first act is curbstompping an Eldritch abonimation:
    Wan: We are bonded forever!
  • Tenzin gets a great one before his fight with Zaheer in Season 3:
    Zaheer: Unfortunately, you don't have a choice.
    Tenzin: Yes, I do. (blasts Zaheer, Ming-Hua, and Ghazan across the courtyard with one move)
• The Legend of Vox Machina has Grog shout "Real men HUG!" at Sylas Briarwood before grabbing him in a body lock and immobilising him for Keyleth to disintegrate with a beam of sunlight.
• The Looney Tunes Show: In the B-plot of "The Foghorn Leghorn Story", when Yosemite Sam tells the Goofy Gophers that he discovered a vase that Bugs Bunny found, Bugs says "that's all I needed to hear" before socking him in the face, erupting into a massive fistfight. Doubles as an Ironic Echo, as this is what Sam said every time Bugs told him what to do with the vase earlier in the episode.
• Masters of the Universe: Revelation: Orko's resurrection in "The Battle of Castle Grayskull" sees him give an awesome one to Scare Glow.
  Orko: I heard you say a king's fear tastes best of all. So that means the king of fear must be delicious.
• Megas XLR: Thanks to his Determinator tendencies, Coop throws these out almost Once an Episode.
  Coop: I'm putting you in a hurt-locker and slamming the door, junkman!
• Metalocalypse: "That's my bread and butter you're fucking with." If anyone utters that, you know, RUN!
• Texas keeps trying these in Motorcity, in an attempt to emulate action heroes from the movies he's been watching. Most of them are hilariously lame.
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic^note What, you didn't think a My Little Pony show would have examples of this?:
  • Rainbow Dash, when she's about to start rounding out the parasprites in "Swarm of the Century":
    Rainbow Dash: Time to take out the adorable trash.
  • "A Dog and Pony Show":
    • When one of the Diamond Dogs tries to put a bridle on Applejack, she quips "If you can take this bull by the horns, you better be ready for a ride!" before starting to buck him off.
    • "A Dog and Pony Show" also gives us the precursor to a verbal ass-kicking:
      Rarity: I am not whining. I am complaining. Do you want to hear whining?
  • In part 2 of "The Return of Harmony", Twilight Sparkle gives one just before she and the mane cast defeat Discord with the Elements Of Harmony. Probably one of the most badass ways of invoking The Power of Friendship ever. It briefly gets interrupted by Pinkie Pie stopping to eat the chocolate rain.
    Twilight Sparkle: All right, ladies. Let's show him what friendship can really do!
    Pinkie Pie: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!!
    (Shows her eating the rain until she gets a Disapproving Look from Twilight, then rejoins them.)
  • In "It's About Time," when Twilight prepares to kick the ass of Cerberus. Yes, that Cerberus. The moment is ruined by Fluttershy, but it's still pretty awesome.
    Twilight Sparkle: Hey, Cerberus! You look like you could use some obedience training. Magic obedience training.
  • In "Dragon Quest," the gang of adolescent dragons make the mistake of provoking Rarity's Mama Bear tendencies. Ultimately subverted — the ponies end up retreating — but still, wow.
    Rarity: Fighting's not really my thing, I'm more into fashion, but I'll rip you to pieces if you touch one scale on his cute little head!
  • When Princess Celestia breaks out one of these in "A Canterlot Wedding", the audience knows she's finally gonna get the chance to stretch her legs. And does she ever. It's quite a shame that it leads to a Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? moment, but it's remarkably telling that even the villain was completely stunned by her own victory.
    Celestia: You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed your true self — I can protect my subjects... from you!
    [attacks with a giant projectile spell]
  • Combined with Shut Up, Hannibal! in "Twilight's Kingdom Part 2", before the mane six curbstomp Tirek with their newly acquired Rainbow Power:
    Tirek: How is this possible?! You have no magic!
    Twilight: You're wrong, Tirek. I may have given you my Alicorn magic, but I carry within me the most powerful magic of all!
  • In their Final Battle against King Sombra, the Mane Six deliver a Title Drop in unison: "FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!!!"
• The Owl House:
  • Amity to Luz, as they prepare to take on Grom with a dance routine.
    Amity: May I have this dance?
  • Emperor Belos, just before his "fight" with Luz.
    Belos: Okay. [Teleports behind her] I'll play.
  • Camila, confronting Conspiracy Theorist Jacob Hopkins.
    Hopkins: I'm the good guy here!
    Camila: Yeah. [Pulls la chancla out of her purse] A lot of bad guys say that.
  • Hooty, before spitting out a series of explosive potions like a grenade launcher.
    Hooty: Special delivery: PAIN!
• Popeye: "Dat's all I kin stands, I can't stands NO MORE!!!
• Robot Chicken: "GO F#%* YOURSELF!"
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  • Scooby says the Text-Book definition of a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner in episode 10.
    Scooby Doo: Bad Dog. Time to heel.
  • He follows it up with something even more badass, especially given his utterly cold delivery.
    Scooby Doo: Play Dead.
• Played with in the The Simpsons several times.
  • The episode "Lisa the Beauty Queen" begins with one, courtesy of Principal Skinner, as he is confronted by a lawyer representing Disney threatening to sue him for tag-lining the Springfield Elementary School Carnival as 'The Happiest Place on Earth':
    Lawyer: Principal Skinner, 'The Happiest Place on Earth' is a registered Disneyland copyright.
    Skinner: Well, gentlemen, it's just a small school carnival.
    Lawyer: And it's heading for a great big lawsuit. You made a big mistake, Skinner.
    Skinner: [chuckles] Well, so did you. You got an ex-Green Beret mad.
  • In the episode "Simple Simpson" when Homer becomes Pie Man. After a series of heroic exploits and delivering multiple pastry-based one-liners just before subduing his various victims, he eventually just uses, "I have run out of pie-related puns!"
  • In the episode "Itchy & Scratchy Land", while fighting out-of-control animatronic Itchy and Scratchy robots with cameras, Bart says in Schwarzenegger-esque voice "Hey mouse... say cheese." followed quickly by "With a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action hero." It's played with even further when moments later, Homer emerges from a pile of defeated robots, saying "Die, bad robots, die!... With a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action hero."
  • In a Halloween episode, Homer thinks of a witty remark to say before he assassinates Kent Brockman... but when he decides on one, he realizes that there's nobody around and so he doesn't have to say it.
  • In "The Debateful Eight" short, Jeb Bush of all people delivers one to Donald Trump before performing a Groin Attack on him.
    Bush: Wanna see something my mother suggested?
    Trump: Go ahead.
    [cue groin attack]
• Space Ghost is notoriously bad at these in Space Ghost Coast to Coast. One example from "Baffler Meal" (aimed towards a prototype Master Shake.)
  Space Ghost: You need to chill out, and shut your lid, cup! Or else it'll be time to shake it up! (Beat) And the drinks are on me. (Beat) 'Cause I'm... tired of milkin' this shake. (Beat) And there's no... free refills this time. (Beat) Excuse me, ma'am, but the machine seems to be out of ice, and... I just purchased this.
• SpongeBob SquarePants:
  • "Tea At The Treedome" has this:
    You have fought well, giant clam. Prepare to be vanquished!
  • In "Sleepy Time", when SpongeBob lets Moby Dollar get away, Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob he's fired, then proceeds to fire a plunger gun, hurling SpongeBob out of his dream.
  • This immortal line from Squidward in "Pizza Delivery", as he punishes the customer who drove SpongeBob to tears and turned his whole journey into a waste of time by refusing to pay for the pizza because he didn't get a soda with it:
    Customer: Another one? Look, I told your little friend I ain't payin' for that!
    Squidward: Well, this one's on the house! (slams pizza box in the customer's face, knocking him out)
• Steven Universe: After Peridot escapes by revealing her ability to Wall Run,
  Steven: Aw, no fair! I can't do that!
  Pearl: [taking aim with her spear] Neither can she!
  • After Jasper finished destroying Amethyst both physically and psychologically, Stevonnie delivers a badass one-liner, before fighting her, until she retreats.
    "I don't want to hear anything you say (holds up Amethyst's Gem) unless it's "sorry".
• Stripperella. "Look out crime. I'm gonna to take a bite out of you. But... not in a way you're gonna find... pleasurable."
• From Stunt Dawgs:
  Needham: It's T. T. Kaaaaaaaay B.!
  Others: Time to kiiiiiiiick butt!
  • The only thing villains hate to hear more than that one is the one that means you're well and truly screwed:
    Needham: It's P.B.T.!
    Others: Pay-back time!
• Teen Titans (2003):
  • This is Robin's job. It gets a bit ridiculous at times.
  • Starfire gets one in one of the first episodes.
    Starfire: I am sorry to disappoint you, but I am stronger than I look. [WHAM]
  • Raven and Beast Boy have them during their Berserk Button moments,
    Raven: Don't come any closer.
    Beast Boy: I am not a man, I AM AN ANIMAL!!!
  • Red X is more prone to nonlethal Bond One-Liners, but he gets one of these in a single word when he takes out nine supervillains in under fifty seconds.
    Gizmo: Whose side are you on, Barf Brain?!
    Red X: Mine!
• Parodied in the "Let's Get Serious" episode of Teen Titans Go!. During a part where the team is saying stereotypical superhero one-liners after becoming Darker and Edgier, Starfire says "I am saying the one-liners like a real hero!"
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) has quite a few.
  • One notable example comes from Leonardo when the Shredder tries to deceive him into joining him. The answer he gives to a large group of Foot Clan Ninja:
    Leonardo: Tell your boss the answer is "no", and he can have his sword back. [tosses away Shredder's ceremonial sword] Let's dance.
  • That same episode, when Shredder appears, he delivers one of his own.
    Shredder: Those who are not with me are against me! And I crush anyone who stands against me!
• The Tick: "SPOOOOOOON!!"
• In Total Drama, by the end of the fight between Izzy and Chef in "Hide and Be Sneaky":
  Izzy: Bye-bye! [kicks Chef]
• Transformers:
  • "One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall." So nice, they used it twice. Also, and more to the point, "Megatron must be stopped."
  • Surely the true one-liner is in this exchange:
    Megatron: Why throw away your life so recklessly?
    Optimus: That's a question you should ask yourself, Megatron.
  • At the end of The Movie, Rodimus Prime gets two in the same scene.
    Rodimus Prime: [after wrestling the MacGuffin from The Dragon] This is the end of the road, Galvatron. [throws him through a wall]
    Rodimus Prime: [as he activates the Deus ex Machina MacGuffin] Now... light our darkest hour!
  • Almost everybody gets one of these.
    Devastator: PREPARE FOR EXTERMINATION.
    Frenzy: First we crack the shell, then we crack the nuts inside!
    Wreck-Gar: You check-in, but you don't check out.
    Grimlock: Me Grimlock want to munch metal.
  • Bulkhead is the current reigning king of one-liners. He spouts one in every episode so far.
• Ultimate Spiderman 2012 has an example of this. After Otto Octavius has reclaimed the technology Hydra stole from him, he turns Arnim Zola back on so he can gloat in front of him about having done this. Spider-Man finishes off the villains and before shutting off Arnim Zola says "FAIL Hydra". Extra awesome is sprinkled in when you realize it's a re-purposed opposite of Zola's Catchphrase.
• W.I.T.C.H.:
  • Elyon, as Phobos taunts the Guardians: "Hello... brother". The six of them then proceed to absolutely decimate Phobos, and all of his allies as well.
  • She repeats a similar line in "J is for Jewel": "Who said you could leave your room, brother?"
    • Earlier in the same episode, Hay Lin delivers this line to Phobos: "If I'm the weakest link, then you must really be in trouble!"

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