Lucy Bauer: You're just like your uncle. You have the same fire. Robbie Reyes: No. Mine's worse.
Alphas: Stanton Parish works his Chessmaster mojo on a hapless guard, and finishes him off thus:
"That was the lesson. The lesson is: follow orders." ::stab::
In the grand finale of Angel, Angel's opponent hands him the perfect straight line for him to not only triumph, but to spin a CMoA-caliber Pre-Mortem One-Liner off of:
Hamilton: Let me say this as clearly as I can: you can not beat me. I am a part of them; the Wolf, Ram, and Hart. Their strength flows through my veins! My blood is filled with their ancient power! Angel: Can you pick out the one word there you probably shouldn't have said? (proceeds to vamp out, drink his blood and hand him his ass)
The series premiere also has an epic example, when a Smug Snake vampire masquerading as a Hollywood talent agent gloats about how Wolfram and Hart's protection allows him murder with impunity.
Darhk: Nine months ago, I made your daddy a promise. I told him what I would do if he betrayed me. I want you to give your father a message from me. I want you to tell him— [stabs her with an arrow] Darhk:I'm a man of my word.
That phrase, previously uttered a couple of times — in less dramatic circumstances — by a vampire (and thus explicitly evil) version of Willow from an alternate timeline, is a signal of how far "our" Willow has gone to the Dark Side.
Buffy herself was so well known for offing baddies with one-liners that they lampooned it several times — examples include "Anne", where Xander and Willow fail in making good puns: "I've always been amazed with how Buffy fought, but in a way, I feel like we took her punning for granted", and in "Bargaining", by having the BuffyBot screw up pun attempts.
Buffy herself Lampshaded her tendency to do it in "Helpless" — "If I was at full Slayer power, I'd be punning right about now."
During the first season finale, the Master engages in some Evil Gloating when he thinks he's won, and Buffy responds with this trope.
The Master: Where are your jibes now? Will you laugh when my Hell is on earth? Buffy: You're that amped about Hell? (grabs the Master by the neck)Go there.(throws him down onto a broken table leg to stake him)
Raidon gives one to Buffy, but Satsu gives him one right back when she saves Buffy.
Chuck has Roark saying "Hmm, real Shotgun Wedding," while getting ready to shoot Chuck with a shotgun at his sister's wedding, then immediately lampshading it by adding, "Just think, that terrible pun is the last thing you'll ever hear."
"Tooth and Claw": Queen Victoria faces the leader of the monks who attempted to sic a werewolf on her. They are at a standstill, and he is about to finish his job of assassinating her. As she pulls a small gun from her purse:
Queen Victoria: There have been many attempts on my life over the years, I learned to come prepared. Father Angelo: You don't have it in yourself to kill me, woman. Queen Victoria: The correct form of address is "Your Majesty"! [shoots him dead with one shot]
"Rise of the Cybermen": Evil Cripple John Lumic has this to say to a scientist with ethical concerns over his latest project, who's thinking of going to the UN for approval:
Lumic: And how will you do that from beyond the grave?![Cyberman electrocutes the scientist]
"The Satan Pit": The Beast, in the body of Toby, claims that it cannot die. Rose has an excellently thematic retort before she blows out the rocket's windshield and sends Toby into space:
"Go to hell."
"The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky": The Doctor says that Sontarans see themselves as superior warriors because the weak spot on the back of their neck means they must always face their enemies. Later, as UNIT is retaking the ATMOS factory from, the commanding officer spots one of the Sontaran leaders, approaches him from behind, and:
Colonel Mace: You will face me, sir! [Sontaran turns in surprise and immediately gets gunned down while facing him]
Amy: Oi! Mummy's boy![disintegrates a fish-alien with reflected sunlight]
"The Big Bang": When a Dalek assumes River won't actually shoot it, since she's the Doctor's companion: "I'm River Song. [click] Check your records again." Cue a Dalek begging for mercy.
"The Wedding of River Song": This is echoed by Amy, with Madame Kovarian assuming that Amy will save her from a horrible death (her magic eyepatch thing is hanging loose and carrying painfully lethal dosages of electricity), despite how much Amy hates her (because of the absolutely brutalTrauma Conga Line she subjected Amy too, and what she did to Amy's daughter), because she wouldn't want to disappoint him. Amy agrees that that is very true, the Doctor is very dear to her, and she wouldn't want to disappoint him. She also notes something else. The Doctor's not there. Then, having reattached the eyepiece, she comes up with a example of this trope: "River Song didn't get it all from you. Sweetie." After that, she coldly strolls off, making off-hand date plans with a recently remembered Rory (who is not quite up to speed), while Madame Kovarian dies screaming.
"Rosa": Just before he sends the villain into the distant past with his own temporal displacement weapon, Ryan quips that since Krasko clearly likes the past so much, he should just live there.
Lampshaded in "The Timeless Children" when The Master zaps someone with his Tissue Compression Eliminator, then laments that he should have said, "Somebody should cut you down to size!" before pulling the trigger.
The Exorcist features two back-to-back in the first season finale, as Father Simon prepares to shoot Pope Sebastian, only for Marcus to come up behind him and stab him in the neck:
Simon: The Morning Star sends his regards. Marcus: And I send mine.
The Expanse: When Dr. Strickland is finally cornered, Amos talks Prax down from killing him, saying, "You're not that guy." After Prax leaves and Strickland thinks he's been spared:
Petaline:Ranse, this is Jonah. Say hi to daddy, Jonah. [pulls out Nandi's favorite gun and shoots Rance Burgess point-blank in the forehead] Petaline:Say goodbye to your daddy, Jonah.
In "Paradox", when The Rival gets the better of Barry and prepares to impale him, he quips, "Time to look for a new rival." Fortunately, Vibe saves him at the last second.
In "Heart of the Matter Part 2", when Godspeed gets the better of Barry and prepares to kill him, he quips, "Tag, you're dead." Fortunately, Eobard Thawne saves him at the last second.
Ramsay Bolton: I prefer being an only child. (throws his stepmother and newborn half-brother to his dogs)
Ramsay's Karmic Death has a similar exchange: Ramsay says "They're loyal beasts." and Sansa replies "They were. Now they're starving."
Roose Bolton to Robb Stark: "The Lannisters send their regards."
Gregor isn't usually the most charismatic of folk, but he does manage to deflect Oberyn's My Name Is Inigo Montoya moment (though the one that precedes Oberyn's death is listed in the book's entry on the Literature folder).
Oberyn: Have they told you who I am? Gregor: Some dead man! [swings at Oberyn's head]
When Sandor finds some of the men who murdered Septon Ray, he splits the last one's nutsack with an axe, then begins interrogating him. The man screams, "Fuck you!" Sandor replies, "Really? 'Fuck you?' That's your last words?" The man then stutters, "Cunt!" Sandor replies, "You're shit at dying, you know that?" before hacking the man's skull in two.
In the same episode, Sandor kicks the stand out from under a man the Brotherhood Without Banners is hanging:
Danaerys after the other khal have laughingly rejected the idea that she would be a better leader for all the Dothraki and the implication that they should serve her.
I don't expect you to serve. I expect you to die. [lights building on fire, to which she's immune]
"My name is Arya Stark. I want you to know that. The last thing you're ever going to see is a Stark smiling down at you as you die." Said to Walder Frey.
Littlefinger to Lysa:"I have only loved one woman. Only one, my entire life. Your sister."
In Heroes, Thompson tries one while doing a *Click* Hello... but Noah Bennet (AKA Horn-Rimmed Glasses) does it on him instead.
Mook:[as Winston points a gun at him] You hold your gun like a cop. From what I understand, cops don't go around shooting people. [Winston shoots the mook several times] Winston: I'm retired.
iCarly: Attempted by Spencer when he surprises Sam by hiding inside her locker. Sam slams the locker shut in his face, and he lampshades the trope:
Spencer: (annoyed at himself) I've gotta quit saying witty things before I blow.
Later played straight by Sam by conniving with a delivery man to distract Spencer.
From "Glades": "Maybe...you won't even...twitch..."note to a man holding a young girl hostage, threatening that if he twitches, she's dead
From "Bushido": "Surf's up, pal!"note before shooting a henchman named Surf
NCIS has a version: at the end of an episode (Mind Games), Gibbs says "Enjoy Hell" to an unrepentant Serial Killer whose execution is imminent.
"You have thirty seconds to live, Salim." *chuckle* (Truth or Consequences)
Mike Franks to arms dealer Arkady Kobach in "Faking It":
Arkady: You think you're the first person to point a gun at me? Franks: No, but I will be the last. *bang*
Tony DiNozzo to terrorist leader Daniel Budd in "Stop the Bleeding":
Tony: You're not a Bond villain, Daniel. You're a fraud, and frauds don't get to speechify like Bond villains. (Beat) They do get to die like them. *bang*
In "Robert Plant", Olive delivers one that doubles as a Stealth Pun as she manages to fight her way through the eponymous plant and nab the vial of antidote needed to turn it back to normal.
Olive: Show's over, Robert Plant.
In "Dawn of the Read", Oren's one-liners of "time to write this story an ending" and "time to end this chapter for good" are subversions, as both times when he goes to use the Flying-Book-inator on the flying books, it doesn't work.
In "Friends of Odd Squad", Hopkins, of all people, delivers one just as he shuts down the king of the evil photocopiers.
In "Oswald in the Machine", Oswald delivers one to the leader of the robots working inside the factory just before the agent zaps it with the rescued Float-inator. It's quite awesome to see, considering he is the Cowardly Lion of the team.
Robot leader: We thought you were one of us. Oswald: I may walk like a robot, talk like a robot, and even dance like a robot, but I'm Odd Squad to the core. Great party though. [zaps the leader with the Float-inator]
Pouchy's niece: We know where you live. We know where Oscar and Gemma go to school. Helena: Did you threaten babies? [pushes Donnie out of the warehouse and locks herself in with the gang] You should not threaten babies.
Discussed in The Orville's pilot. At the climax, Ed and Kelly trick the Krill captain into testing a time-accelerator device he'd just stolen from a human lab, except they glued a redwood seed to the emitter. Ed remarks, "Happy Arbor Day" right before a redwood tree grows to its full height in seconds and tears the Krill ship in half. The others then start critiquing the line and Kelly suggests, "You got wood." (The audience seemed to prefer the former, though.)
In the final scene of Peep Show, Jeremy talks about what his sign-off would be if, hypothetically, he were to kill Mark.
Jeremy: "You always loved history, Mark. Well now you can be part of it." Bang.
In the epilogue of the Person of Interest episode "The Devil's Share" The Don Carl Elias appears in Dirty Cop Simmons' hospital room. Simmons killed Detective Carter in the previous episode and Elias is here to exact vengeance because he liked her.
Simmons:You really think you're gonna be the one to kill me? Elias: No, no, my friend is going to kill you. (Elias' right-hand Anthony Marconi comes out of the shadows with a garrote.) I'm just going to watch.
In "Asylum", Control is attempting to root out Samaritan moles within her organization, and spends most of the episode interrogating their handler. At the end, she finds out what exactly they're planning, prompting a New Era Speech from the captive agent:
"Shelly": ...Samaritan will build a new world, a better world. Control: Too bad you won't live to see it. (double tap)
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rita tries her hand at this during the arc where Kimberly is transitioned out of the show to be replaced by Kat, but it's subverted because Kimberly doesn't die, she just suffers a concussion.
Rita:This'll ruin Kimberly's chances of being in the Pan-Global Games.
Darkening: I'm disappointed, Miss Smith. Sarah Jane: Well, I do hate to disappoint. [springs the real trap]
In the Sharpe episode "Sharpe's Battle", Sergeant Harper gets one when he comes across a deserter who had killed one of his men.
O'Rourke:Sergeant Harper. Sure, I've no quarrel with a fellow Irishman. (Tries to shoot Harper but fails as his weapon won't fire) Harper:A good soldier always looks after his weapon, boy. O'Rourke, this one's for Perkins! This one's for Ireland. And this one, this one's for me!
One of the most iconic instances of this trope on this show comes from Tony to Matt Bevilaqua in "From Where to Eternity": "'Cause that sugarless motherfucker, it's the last fucking drink you're ever gonna have."
In "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", Silvio and Chris taunt the government informant Jimmy Altieri before shooting him.
Silvio: Why don't you call for help in your radio mike? You fuckin' rat. Jimmy: Mother of god. Silvio: What's the matter? Not wearin' one tonight? Christopher: Nah. He didn't have time to put on anything decent.
Gigi Cestone before killing Philly Spoons in "Funhouse": "Here YOU go, you big mouth fuck! Fuck!"
Silvio to Adrianna in "Long Term Parking": "Come on, come on! Fuckin' cunt!"
Sherlock has one in "His Last Vow". "Oh, do your research. I'm not a hero. I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Merry Christmas!" *bang*
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, when simulated Garak is confronted with a pair of Jem'Hadar while trying to escape with Bashir and Sisko:
Garak: Don't you know how this goes? First, I pretend to be their friend—and then I shoot you.
Another Garek example (after he's been exposed to a psychotropic drug)
