"Oh, I thought he'd never shut up..."
— Reaver, after the player or himself shoots Lucien Fairfax, Fable II
"It's unfair... I really wanted to hear the rest of that speech."
—Bernie, Godzilla vs. Kong
Bart: So Krusty double-crossed you. But your basic plan was pure genius. Where do you get your ideas?
Sideshow Bob: Oh, please! Let's not embarrass us both with that hoary old stall-the-villain-with-flattery scheme.
Bart: I — I should've known you were too smart to fall for that.
Bob: Really? What type of smart? Book smart? Because there are a lot of people who are book smart. But it takes a very special type of genius to—
Chief Wiggum: All right, Bob. It's over! Come out with your hands up!
Sideshow Bob: Oh, please! Let's not embarrass us both with that hoary old stall-the-villain-with-flattery scheme.
Bart: I — I should've known you were too smart to fall for that.
Bob: Really? What type of smart? Book smart? Because there are a lot of people who are book smart. But it takes a very special type of genius to—
Chief Wiggum: All right, Bob. It's over! Come out with your hands up!
Galak Fyyar: Within hours, Desann will have eradicated those annoying Jedi. Clearing the way for my ascent as the leader of the New Empire. I, Galak Fyyar the First, the genius who conceived of the Shadow Armor, will rule the galaxy with a cortosis fist! Worlds will tremble, stars will shudder—
[Kyle throws his lightsaber at the ship's shield generator]
Kyle Katarn: Your shields will fall.
[Kyle throws his lightsaber at the ship's shield generator]
Kyle Katarn: Your shields will fall.
"Monologues are for amateurs. If you have the time to make a speech, you have the time to kill a hero."
— Black Knight, A Practical Guide to Evil
"Rule number 3 of a long-living villain: NO FUCKING MONOLOGUE!"
— Hippolyte Kurtzmann, Flander's Company
"Monologuing always gets the bad guy in trouble"
— Kotori Itsuka, Date A Live
"You're going to die spewing your own lungs out of your nostrils, having failed at the finish line because you couldn't help but prattle about why you killed innocent people, as though your reasons were interesting."
— Palamedes Sextus to the murderer, Gideon the Ninth
"When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk"
— Tuco after killing a bounty hunter, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Debra: I am no longer the simple experimentation subject I once was. I now operate—
Connie: On a level I couldn't possibly understand. You have evolved unto goddesshood. You have already calculated every possibility, and your triumph is inevitable. Only a fool would dare challenge you, and I'm only still alive because it amuses you. Also, I'm perhaps the only person alive who can appreciate your genius, and it'd be a shame if I died before witnessing your inevitable victory. That was what you were going to say, wasn't it?
Debra: No necessarily.
Connie: On a level I couldn't possibly understand. You have evolved unto goddesshood. You have already calculated every possibility, and your triumph is inevitable. Only a fool would dare challenge you, and I'm only still alive because it amuses you. Also, I'm perhaps the only person alive who can appreciate your genius, and it'd be a shame if I died before witnessing your inevitable victory. That was what you were going to say, wasn't it?
Debra: No necessarily.
