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** Subverted earlier with Elan's EvilTwin Nale: after Elan catches him with Haley in a compromising position, Nale proceeds to gloat at Elan's stupidity at not seeing that Haley is evil and has been selling out the Order of the Stick. It catch is that none of it is true, and Nale is gloating about something that never happened, but since Haley is afflicted with [[TheUnintelligible aphasia]] at the moment, she can't defend herself against the evidence.

Or perhaps this is the place where they finally have a chance to get [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech all the reasons they despise the hero personally]] off their chest. Any [[WhatTheHellHero mistakes]] the hero makes are also fair game for villainous gloating. At any rate, while this is a villainous staple on par with a hero and InTheNameOfTheMoon, it's still one of the things the EvilOverlordList strenuously warns against, as any villain caught gloating is sure to be either killed or foiled. In their defense, it's really ''[[EvilIsStylish fun]]'' and gives you that warm evil feeling in the black pit of your soul when you utterly [[HeroicBSOD grind your opponent's face into the dirt.]] Unfortunately, most villains fail to [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind grind hard enough]].

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!!Evil Gloating Trope Index:
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!!{{Monologuing}}[=-related=] tropes:

-->'''Magua:''' Before you die, know that I will put under the knife your children, so your seed are wiped out from the earth forever.

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive (you are on [[YouAreOnTheWayToDestruction the way to destruction]]... sooner or later)

** Arthas is so incredibly fond of this that it prevents him from actually accomplishing anything. He shows up and gloats at you, then just goes away and lets you interfere with his plan.

* ''ZeroWing'' has the rather infamous scene with Cats phoning into the heroes' ship's huge viewscreen to gloat about how [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs all their base are belong to him]], and that they are on the way to destruction.

-->'''Witch-King:''' "Old fool!" he said. [["TrashTalk Old fool!]] [[NothingCanStopUsNow This is my hour]]. Do you not know '''''Death''''' when you see it? [[PrepareToDie Die now and curse in vain!"]] And with that [[StabTheSky he lifted high]] his sword and [[FlamingSword flames ran down]] the blade.

-->'''Witch-King:''' "Old fool!" he said. "[[TrashTalk Old fool]]! [[NothingCanStopUsNow This is my hour]]. Do you not know '''''Death''''' when you see it? [[PrepareToDie Die now and curse in vain!"]] And with that [[StabTheSky he lifted high]] his sword and [[FlamingSword flames ran down]] the blade.
-->'''Witch-King:''' A cold voice answered: "Come not between the Nazgûl and [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer his prey!]] Or he will [[YouWillBeSpared not slay thee]] [[YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive in thy turn]]. He will [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty bear thee away]] to the [[AFateWorseThanDeath houses of lamentation]], beyond all [[DarkIsEvil darkness]], where thy [[BodyHorror flesh shall be devoured]], and thy [[MindRape shrivelled mind]] be [[FreudWasRight left naked]] [[ToThePain to the Lidless Eye]]."

---> '''McKay''': Hello? Anubis, call your agent."

[[VictoryGloating Heroes tend to not gloat]], which is why villains facing a SwordOverHead will usually either be allowed to live or killed without [[BondOneLiner (much)]] [[KirkSummation fanfare]].

* WouldYouLikeToKnowHowTheyDied

* ''HarryPotter'' villains just ''love'' this trope. Voldemort himself is easily the biggest offender, though nearly every villainous character monologues at least once in the series.

* ''HarryPotter'' villains just ''love'' this trope. Voldemort himself is easily the biggest, though nearly every villainous character monologues at least once in the series.

* ''HarryPotter'' villains just ''love'' this trope. Voldemort himself is easily the biggest, though nearly every villain monologues at least once in the series.

* In The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale, Selia gloats for a few PAGES about how she's a better princess, how [[spoiler: Falada]] died, and so on, and how no one will believe poor Ani.
** she should have double checked behind the tapestries, though

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive (you are on the way to destruction)

* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive (you are on the way to destruction... but not yet)