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* Quite a few bosses in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' will say something along these lines when you first attack them, or when a specific character attacks them.

* Nearly all bosses and minibosses in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', as well as normal monsters, will produce some degree of {{Speech Bubble}}s. Some just cycle between a few characteristic lines and some mostly maintain VisibleSilence, but some bosses will carry on a lively dialogue and agree to spare you when they finally run out of things to say. The only exceptions are [[spoiler:ASGORE and "God Flowey,"]] tied to an InterfaceScrew and an UnexpectedGameplayChange respectively.

* ''VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''[[VideoGame/BuffyTheVampireSlayerChaosBleeds Chaos Bleeds]]'' have this. According to vamp!Tara, Willow is the domme in the relationship.
* In ''VideoGame/CreepyCastle'':

* ''VideoGame/StarFox'':

--->'''Wesker''': ''The human race requires judgment.''
--->'''Chris''': ''And you're going to judge us? Do you get all your ideas from comic book villains?''

-->'''Mithrix''': Now is the time for fear.

** The FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon|1}}'', [[spoiler:DJ Octavio]], is quite the chatterbox. The Japanese and European versions of him engage in the usual mixture of threats and braggadocio, while the [[{{Woolseyism}} American localization]] stands out for making him a veritable fountain of gleefully over-the-top [[PungeonMaster puns]] and [[EvilIsHammy ham]].

* Every boss in John Woo's ''{{VideoGame/Stranglehold}}'' will do this during your battle with them.

* Dr. Robotnik/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Eggman]] in the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' is fond of taunting Sonic during their battles (at least, in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and onward), all of which are heard so often that they received MemeticMutation.

** Even though the exact line in question wasn't delivered by the boss, ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' features a rare example where the in-battle banter is highly important to the plot: [[spoiler:The entire game's branching storyline is about determining what really happened to Shadow during his memory gap and whether he is still the original Shadow or a duplicate, and the various alternate endings provide contradictory revelations. During the true final boss battle, the supporting characters periodically give banter that doesn't repeat, usually updates on their current situation, but waiting long enough (longer than it usually takes to win the battle) results in Eggman revealing the truth: one of his robots saved Shadow after the events of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', and though he suffered from amnesia, Shadow survived. This is the ''only place'' where the truth is ever revealed.]]

** '''[[VideoGame/SonicUnleashed YOU LITTLE!]]''' ''YOU LITTLE!''

''Tian-ding''': Come on, you ''stupid'' gorilla! [''cue boss theme'']

* ''VideoGame/{{Ubersoldier}} 2'' have you battling the ReturningBigBad, Dr. Schaeffer, who assaults you in his mini-tank in the last stage. And he delivers trash-talk bu the ''truckloads'', to the point that you'll wonder if he's going to shut the hell up.

->''"Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? Because the only thing you've managed to break so far is my heart. Maybe you could settle for that and we'll just call it a day. I guess we both know that isn't going to happen. You chose this path. Now I have a surprise for you. Deploying surprise in five, four..."''

-->'''[[AxCrazy Zagi]]:''' I'm going to kill you, and carve your name into my blood!
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Yuri]]:''' Yeah... that's pretty disgusting.

-->'''Lloyd''': How can your world be ideal when you've caused countless innocent people to suffer?\\

* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' they don't just talk throughout the boss fights, but the entire level too. In a WorldOfHam, this can be pretty entertaining -- and distracting on higher difficulties. Those that don't speak themselves result in chatter with their rulers/manipulators (Cragalanche, the Underworlder rematches, Phoenix), between Pit and Palutena (Twinbellows, Great Reaper), or even between Pit ''[[TalkingToThemself and Pit]]'' [[spoiler:namely, Heart Of Hades]].

-->'''Wesker''': ''The human race requires judgment.''
-->'''Chris''': ''And you're going to judge us? Do you get all your ideas from comic book villains?''

** The FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' has some, uh, memorable banter. First, for those of you who haven't played the games: It is, among other things, the story of two boys who are close friends and, before the game started, rivals, who, after making some horrific mistakes and serious sacrifices, spend three games and the better part of two in-verse years trying to fix what went wrong, find each other, and go home, their rivalry abandoned because dammit, there are more important things than one-upping each other, and through it all, never losing trust in each other. And all that is if you don't believe they're romantically inclined towards each other. The final boss's taunts?

* Common in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', though in the former it only appears when fighting Strega, [[spoiler:the last boss]], [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Elizabeth]], and your teammates]] in ''The Answer''; the other bosses, being Shadows, don't speak human languages. In the latter, every plotline boss does it.

** Many bosses in ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' will taunt you mid-battle, depending on how the fight goes. Unlike the previous four games of the classic continuity, ''[=DmC=]'' is the first game in the franchise where the in-game boss banters are also displayed in the subtitles.
** In previous entries (especially the first four games), some bosses would say one or two simple lines at best if they talked at all beyond battle cries and [[CallingYourAttacks attack cues]]. In ''Devil May Cry 5'', many bosses will taunt you mid-battle and the player characters will smack-talk them back right away. And just like in ''[=DmC=]'', the in-game boss banters are also displayed in the subtitles.

* Nearly every boss in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' does this, especially Vergil ("Don't get cocky", "You are not worthy as my opponent"). When being beaten, he stops this, instead switching to "Now I'm a little motivated!" and "You are going down!"

->''[[AC:"Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it? Because the only thing you've managed to break so far is my heart. Maybe you could settle for that and we'll just call it a day. I guess we both know that isn't going to happen. You chose this path. Now I have a surprise for you. Deploying surprise in five, four..."]]''

* Most of the bosses in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' and [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the sequel]] do this.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', every boss-fight with Wesker involves him taunting you and/or explaining his [[TheSocialDarwinist evil plan]] in great detail. Towards the end, Chris finally had enough...

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', the boss battle with Salazar is the ONLY boss battle (besides the final boss) to talk with you. And it can be used very tactically, as he only talks for 3 reasons, besides his introductory "You will suffer like Ashley did". 1, whenever you shoot the Verdugo, he mocks you saying things like "That tickles"; 2, whenever he grabs with you with the tentacle, and the best of all, when he uses his one hit ko move. Which is very useful, since you can tell when to dodge.