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Darmok: Just curious here, are there any examples of the "asskicking of epic proportions"?
- Well, there was a convoluted example in X Men comics. Colossus hurt Shadowcat. Wolverine manoeuvered Colossus into a bar fight with the Juggernaut (in which, needless to say, Colossus received an asskicking of epic proportions. I seem to recall at one point Juggernaut hit him with the bar). Then, when it was done, Wolverine told Colossus that if he hurt Shadowcat again, worse would result...
Tabby: I never watched the show, but ISTR hearing that there was one in Roseanne.
Darmok: Yeah, I seem to remember a scene where Dan puts on his coat and walks out of the house without saying a word. (To some audience applause, if I recall correctly.) Was it Jackie's husband? Did he receive the "If you ever do anything to hurt her..." speech?
Eran of Arcadia I remember it happened in the movie DEBS, but I can't be bothered to look up the details . . . interesting because the one who said it had never been anything more than a friend to the one being "protected".
Ophicius: Moved Troper examples to Troper Tales
Arivne: Merged the two identical Buffy The Vampire Slayer examples and added the DEBS example.
Arivne: Deleted the following from Male Warning Male because it isn't this trope:
- In Fallout 3, you can use this on the Overseer, saying that Amata (his daughter, your best friend) trusts you, and you could, and would, harm her if he messed with you again.
