History Main / InTheNameOfTheMoon

Before the MagicalGirl confronts the MonsterOfTheWeek, she invariably issues a formal challenge involving an always-repeated CatchPhrase and some topical variant. Reused every week as StockFootage, typically following the TransformationSequence (not preceding it) and against some sort of symbolic background. A [[AssKickingPose signature pose and/or gesture]] generally accompanies the declaration, and there may be DramaticWind involved. Frequently, the MagicalGirl somehow knows the right formula to say directly from her first or second battle, even if she fumbles and is otherwise unsure of her powers.

Named after the challenge CatchPhrase that Usagi always utters in every ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' battle. A type of post-{{Invocation}}, related to other forms of WordPower. Contrast BattleCry, which is often shorter (but louder) and uttered just before or during the fight. Compare TransformationNameAnnouncement, IncomingHam, {{Leitmotif}} and can sometimes qualify as a BadassBoast or BadassCreed.

* ''Manga/YuGiOh'' tends to feature this when the God Cards are summoned. This was featured much less in ''GX'', but ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' reintroduced this with the speeches all the characters give when they Synchro Summon a Monster (Yusei: "Clustering [x] will call upon a [y]; become the path of light it shines upon!"), although the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dub]] tends to reduce this to a simple {{Catchphrase}} like "Let's rev it up!", though it still used them on occasion, particularly when Yusei is summoning Stardust Dragon.

* Spoofed in the film ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', where ClassicallyTrainedExtra Sir Alexander Dane (played by Alan Rickman) is tired of his character's CatchPhrase "By Grabthar's hammer...", even though the fans can't get enough of it. Until at a tragic moment, he bursts into THE WORDS before he can stop himself.

* Moeko, the magical girl voiced years ago by one of the characters of ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'', comes with her own {{catch phrase}}s. When burly, mustached cosplayer "Man-Moeko" struck horror and nausea into his enemies' hearts, he apparently quoted her word-for-word. He was then [[http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=591 frightened off]] by an actual girl's praise.

** Even {{Moe}} CloudCuckoolander Nia gets in on this an episode or two after her introduction. In [[{{Keigo}} different grammar]], of course.

** Becomes hilarious when they do that line against [[DarkChick Poisony]], and they saw that she ran away during their TransformationSequence.

* ''LightNovel/{{Dokkoida}}'' has both the eponymous hero and Neruloid Girl use this trope; it has the [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] that they're trying to sell their power suits to the companies they're working for, so they have to help sell the merchandise.

* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Haruhi uses one of these when accepting the Computer Society's challenge, though only ''after'' [[DynamicEntry kicking its president in the head.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' often starts a battle by giving at tongue-in-cheek description of the Villain Du Jour and telling that they face The Tick. This was played with in the FreakyFriday episode:

* In the ''Website/LemmysLand'' fanfic "[[http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk2/lk2-68.htm Uncle K. Rool]]" (which is specifically based on the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros.'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBros cartoon]] [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry shows]]), the Koopalings do this when they meet Donkey Kong himself.

* Most ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' teams will have each member say a phrase and/or their Ranger designation while getting into their AssKickingPose, followed by the group coming together to do a team phrase and SuperSentaiStance. (No, [[TalkingIsAFreeAction bad guys never interrupt this by shooting at them]]). These can get quite long, and trying to list them would probably be a page in itself...
** Sometimes they also do this ''during the fight''.

** [[SelfParody Self parodied]] in one episode of Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger. The Rangers are more than willing to let the MonsterOfTheWeek trio do the roll call and pose complete with ''their own logo''. When the Rangers are about to do their's, Debo Nagareboshi just simply [[CombatPragmatist throw the explosive balls and interrupt them]].

** As part of the video game theme, Series/KamenRiderExAid boasts that "I'll clear this with no continues!", which he modifies when using a LiteralSplitPersonality powerup into "Let's clear this with perfect co-op!". Kamen Rider Brave, being a professional, states "Commencing removal operation". Kamen Rider Snipe goes with "Mission start", Kamen Rider Lazer says "Now we're revving it up!", and [[spoiler:Kamen Rider Genm, following his [[BackFromTheDead late-series revival]] uses a modified version of Ex-Aid's: "I'll clear this even if it means using continues!"]].
*** The character, Poppy Pipopapo/Kamen Rider Poppy had a catchphrase about punishing when she's brainwashed as a navigator for Kamen Rider Chronicle, "If you break the rules, I'll punish you!"

* This is also very common in all sorts of Japanese live-action series, including jidai-geki (samurai shows). The heros of series like ''Abarenbo Shogun'', ''Mito Komon'', ''Tokugawa Buraicho'', etc., all have set phrases they invoke before taking on hordes of mooks.

'''Pluto:''' My guardian is the planet suspended in time and space. Solider of revolution; Sailor Pluto!\\

---->'''Saturn:''' My guardian is the planet of silence. Soldier of ruin and birth[[note]]"破滅と誕生," ''not ''death and rebirth(死と再生). Her powers have nothing, ''absolutely'' '''''nothing''''', to do with rebirth. More about this common fan misconception [[http://www.genvid.com/diesgaudii/saturnpluto/index.html here.]][[/note]]; Sailor Saturn!

'''James:''' And make it double because we're on the big screen!\\
'''Ash''' ''[interrupting]'' I'll have to catch this on video!\\
'''Team Rocket:''' ''[in unison]'' WHAT?!

** The live action cast also have a very heartwarming use of the speech. During Keiko Kitagawa (Sailor Mars) wedding, the other four girls take to the stage to give this message:

* ''Anime/BakuenCampusGuardress'': "Summoned by Heaven, Earth, and my pager...."

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** Touya does this as well [[spoiler: Ja-Mu! In the name of my blade, [[HelloInsertNameHere Name of Mech]], I will defeat you!]]

-->'''Ash''':"You will go no further! For her sake, I will not fail!"

* Website/TvTropes: "Unforgiveable! Agent of [[BuffySpeak unnotability]] and [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Wiki Magic]], pretty RummageSaleReject in a LimitedWardrobe, Sailor JustForFun/TropeTan! In the name of [[ForumSpeak the database]], I will [[Administrivia/JustifyingEdit justifyingly edit]] you!

* In ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'', All Might had one for the people he fought to save. All delivered with a smile on his face.

This isn't just a MagicalGirl thing, though... Heroes of every stripe have opened a battle with a signature phrase or speech, a bold declaration of purpose. Even some ''villains'' have taken up this habit, loudly spitting their purpose at the fools who would dare stand against them.

** At one point in ''Manga/LuckyStar'''s Lucky Channel, when Akira was ill, yet she still showed up in that segment, one of the things Minoru says she says is "I will lecture you in the name of Mars!"


* ''Anime/FushigiYuugi'' sends up the practice in its first episode, in which Miaka confronts a gang of street thugs:
-->'''Miaka:''' Heaven may forgive you, but Miaka Yuki does not! In the name of the heavens, I'll punish you!
** In episode 5, Miaka strikes a ''Anime/SailorMoon'' pose while dreaming about the food. It's something of [[ActorAllusion an in-joke;]] Creator/KaeAraki, Miaka's voice actress, stood in for Creator/KotonoMitsuishi as Sailor Moon when the latter was out for appendicitis. She would return to the show as the regular voice of Chibi-Usa/Sailor Chibimoon.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': "Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!" This is technically a BorrowedCatchphrase or simply what anyone says while drawing the Sword of Dios, however, as demonstrated by the first episode where it's used by Saionji.





* Mew Ichigo's "I'll be your server for the earth's future -nya!" in ''Anime/TokyoMewMew''. Fans of the English dub know this one as "Mew Mew style, Mew Mew grace, Mew Mew Power, in your face".
** The English manga translates it as, "For your evil actions, I will make you pay!"

* [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket]] from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' recite their motto -- the same motto -- every time they appear, no matter what they've come to do (although they've been known to [[MadLibsCatchphrase humorously modify it on a situational basis]]), and are often accompanied by special effects from nowhere that disappear a moment later.
** This does not go unnoticed by the protagonists, who perform a version of it themselves in the episode with Ditto. Team Rocket is ''not'' happy with this.
** They have one prepared, not only for their arrival, but for their inevitable defeat.
** During ''Anime/Pokemon2000'', they get interrupted while delivering said motto.
--->'''Jessie:''' Prepare for more trouble than you've ever seen!\\
'''James:''' And make it double because we're on the big screen!\\
'''Ash''' ''[interrupting]'' I'll have to catch this on video!\\
'''Team Rocket:''' ''[in unison]'' WHAT?!
** Cassidy and Butch, another Team Rocket duo, have their own variation of the Team Rocket motto: whereas Jesse and James's is ironically heroic, Cassidy and Butch's makes no ambiguity that they are the bad guys.

* ''Toys/MachineRobo: Revenge of Chronos'' involves something similar with ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Whenever there's a baddie wreaking havoc, Rom Stoll will interrupt with "MATTE/WAIT!!", followed with a description of something, usually about virtues and justice, in which Rom will end it with "People call it (insert definition here)". The bad guy will get on with it, unable to understand why Rom would say that... they'll then ask who the hell is he that he got the guts to speech them like that. That's the cue for Rom to finish his whole speech with "You don't deserve to know my name!/I have no name to give for scums like you!", then begins kicking ass.
* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
** ''Anime/Macross7'': Nekki Basara would like everyone to "''LISTEN TO MY SONG!!!''"
** ''Anime/MacrossDelta'':
*** The members of Walkure have a certain set of catch phrases that they often use during their transformation sequence:
--->'''Reina:''' Music is love!\\
'''Makina:''' Music is hope!\\
'''Kaname:''' Music is life!\\
'''Mikumo:''' Music is mystery!\\
'''Freyja:''' Music is energy!
*** ''Zettai Delta Live'' introduces [[ThePsychoRangers Yami Q Ray]], who have their own opposing set of catchphrases.
--->'''Yami Kaname:''' Music is cold!\\
'''Yami Makina:''' Music is despair!\\
'''Yami Reina:''' Music is greed!\\
'''Yami Freyja:''' Music is sickness!\\
'''Yami Mikumo:''' Music is darkness!
* Brilliant, brilliant twist: the ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' movie features a memorable scene where five small neighbourhood boys encounter the protagonist as she's practicing tennis, and pretend to be a Franchise/SuperSentai FiveManBand, including a formal introduction of the entire team and lots of highly stylized [[CallingYourAttacks called]] KiManipulation. The teenage girl in question decides to be the CoolBigSis, and cheerfully pretends to be the MonsterOfTheWeek in response.
* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'': "Pichi Pichi Voice! Live Start!"
* In ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'', All Might had one for the people he fought to save. All delivered with a smile on his face.
--> '''All Might:''' "It's all right now. Why? ''Because I am here!''"
* ''Anime/MyHime'':
** Played straight with Midori's big [=HiME=] debut at the Fuuka Shrine.
** Subverted in ''Anime/MyOtome'' when Haruka issues a verbal challenge to Aswad leader Midori ''before'' she changes into her Robe, and promptly faceplants when Yukino tells her that she hasn't given Haruka authorization to use her powers yet.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', this just ''isn't done'' by working shinobi, but Konohamaru and friends do it all the time as little kids playing {{Ninja}} pre-TimeSkip.
* ''Manga/{{Noragami}}'': Added in the anime adaptation: "You, who would desecrate this land of the rising sun! With my advent, I, the God Yato, shall lay waste with the Sekki and expel thy vast defilement!"




* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': "O wicked spirit born of a lost soul in limbo, receive judgment from the garb of the Holy Virgin; cleansed of worldly impurities; return to Heaven and Earth. Repent!"
** And in an interesting twist, a version used by the ''[[EvilCounterpart villains]]''. "May the earth shatter, may the oceans dry up, may the sun extinguish itself; grant upon us the power of Our Lord Satan in Hell. We are demons! High-class Commander Demons!"
** Episode 7 features the heroines actually forgetting their speech and opting for just screaming instead.
*** It seems more of them trying to figure out whether the alien Ghosts even HAVE their own version of Heaven.
** ''Somehow'', the English dub managed to throw a Mother F Bomb into the speech in the first episode.
* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Ayaka is also prone to this whenever she confronts [[MonsterOfTheWeek the villain of the episode.]] It varies slightly, each time she says it, but it's cued by [[{{leitmotif}} the show's theme tune]] as she saunters onscreen and announces her presence:
-->'''Ayaka:''' ''[accompanied by show's theme]'' Rampant, parasitic evil, who tortures the living, baldheaded creep [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who threatens my income.]] [[ObviouslyEvil You KNOW you're up to no good]], but your time has come! Wanna know why? Because Ayaka Kisaragi has arrived!
* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', all the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, minus Byron (who was providing support from underground) and Volkner (who didn't bother to show up), shout out their names and titles before charging in and attacking the Galactic Admins.

* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'': Princess [[CuteClumsyGirl Amelia Seiryuun]] is [[{{parodied}} a parody]] of the trope, as she has a habit of scaling tall structures, and making dramatic gestures while proclaiming that she will smite evil with [[ForGreatJustice "the hammer of justice".]] Then [[RunningGag promptly falls flat on her face, or her butt]], when she tries to dismount.

One fansub group had a bit of fun translating the phrase in several different ways, such as "The love angel Wedding peach finds that her good mood is completely spoiled!" and "The love angel Wedding Peach is feeling very irritated about all this!"

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** At one point in ''Manga/LuckyStar'''s Lucky Channel, when Akira was ill, yet she still showed up in that segment, one of the things Minoru says she says is "I will lecture you in the name of Mars!"

* LampshadeHanging: While Nagisa and Honoka in ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' automatically make their speeches from the first, Nagisa at least is rather upset that she doesn't seem to have a choice about it -- "What am I ''saying?''" and "I said something weird again!" are just two of the comments she makes. In a later episode, she becomes annoyed when another pair of girls consistently misquote her part of the speech.
** For those not in the know, their 'In the name on the moon' speech goes like this:
--->'''Black:''' Emissary of light, Cure Black!\\
'''White:''' Emissary of light, Cure White!\\
'''Both:''' We are Pretty Cure! (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'')\\
'''White:''' Servant of the power darkness-\\
'''Black:''' -return the darkness from where you came!
** Becomes hilarious when they do that line against [[DarkChick Poisony]], and they saw that she ran away during their TransformationSequence.
** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' also had the girls wondering what they were saying the first time they said the following:
--->'''Bloom:''' The shining golden flower, Cure Bloom!\\
'''Egret:''' The sparkling silver wing, Cure Egret!\\
'''Both:''' We are Pretty Cure! (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'')\\
'''Egret:''' Those who desecrate the Holy Fountains...\\
'''Bloom:''' ...stop your cruel behavior!
** And ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' takes it a step further by giving each girl her own speech, as well as one for the whole team ("The power of hope and the lights of the future! Five hearts flapping beautiful wings! Yes! Pretty Cure 5!" (''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'' again).
** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' isn't different either. The girls follow a certain pattern when they say their respective speeches, and they have one for the team as well, a very simple one: "Let's! Pretty Cure!" (third ''[[AudibleGleam ka-ching!]]'').
** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' follow ''Fresh'''s path, but it's finally played with in ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' when the finally gathered team does their speech... and are promptly hit by a soda missile by the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': Minx Elfin, the {{Expy}} and AffectionateParody of Anime/SailorMoon, naturally has several of these.
--> "I'm gonna double my pleasure by doubling your pain!"
* ''Anime/FushigiYuugi'' sends up the practice in its first episode, in which Miaka confronts a gang of street thugs:
-->'''Miaka:''' Heaven may forgive you, but Miaka Yuki does not! In the name of the heavens, I'll punish you!
** In episode 5, Miaka strikes a ''Anime/SailorMoon'' pose while dreaming about the food. It's something of [[ActorAllusion an in-joke;]] Creator/KaeAraki, Miaka's voice actress, stood in for Creator/KotonoMitsuishi as Sailor Moon when the latter was out for appendicitis. She would return to the show as the regular voice of Chibi-Usa/Sailor Chibimoon.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': "Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!" This is technically a BorrowedCatchphrase or simply what anyone says while drawing the Sword of Dios, however, as demonstrated by the first episode where it's used by Saionji.
* ''Anime/BakuenCampusGuardress'': "Summoned by Heaven, Earth, and my pager...."
* ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' does a gentler form of this: brides are supposed to be feminine and non-confrontational, so Peach's challenges are always phrased gently and euphemistically.
--> "The love angel Wedding Peach is extremely displeased!"
One fansub group had a bit of fun translating the phrase in several different ways, such as "The love angel Wedding peach finds that her good mood is completely spoiled!" and "The love angel Wedding Peach is feeling very irritated about all this!"

* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' -- Ken's common speech "Sometimes five, sometimes one! The white shadow that moves unseen! Science Ninja Team Gatchaman!!" to announce his or the team's presence. Alone or in smaller groups, the other members may do a lesser speech, but usually just shout their rank and name: "Science Ninja Team G-2, Condor no Joe!!" etc.
* The ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' would give an introduction to pretty much every fight they were about to jump into. While it was different every time in the Dub version, the Japanese version, ''Kyattou Ninden Teyandee'' had them repeat a uniform motto everytime. The Rescue Team had their own version of this.
* Brilliant, brilliant twist: the ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' movie features a memorable scene where five small neighbourhood boys encounter the protagonist as she's practicing tennis, and pretend to be a Franchise/SuperSentai FiveManBand, including a formal introduction of the entire team and lots of highly stylized [[CallingYourAttacks called]] KiManipulation. The teenage girl in question decides to be the CoolBigSis, and cheerfully pretends to be the MonsterOfTheWeek in response.

* ''LightNovel/{{Dokkoida}}'' has both the eponymous hero and Neruloid Girl use this trope; it has the [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] that they're trying to sell their power suits to the companies they're working for, so they have to help sell the merchandise.

* ''Anime/CorrectorYui'' found it hard to think up a pre-battle catchphrase that had to do with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway deleting things off a computer]]; she decided on "You'll go in the recycle bin and be empty, empty, emptied!" Lampshaded in one episode;
-->'''Virus:''' What does that even mean?\\
'''Yui:''' It ''has'' no meaning!
* In the ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' anime, each Deus must think of an entry line that announces their Angel before competing.
-->'''Misaki Suzuhara:''' Wings of an angel! Please guide me and Hikaru!

* ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'': "Stars in the heavens! Flowers on the Earth! Love to the people! Warrior of Love, I am Cutey Honey!"
** The more classic version for ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' combines this with ByThePowerOfGreyskull: She explains to a cornered MonsterOfTheWeek how she's disguised or transformed herself [[OnceAnEpisode this episode]] ("Sometimes, I'm a duck in a street carnival.") before triggering her TransformationSequence and finishing the speech as above.

* Kamina, then Simon, and eventually the entirety of Team Dai-Gurren of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' often launch into inspirational speeches against whatever enemy they may be facing (even when that enemy ''is'' [[ColonyDrop the moon]]), and will always end it with some variation of the phrase "Who the hell do you think I am?". Given the nature of the show, the enemy will then be utterly, explosively destroyed seconds later.
** Even {{Moe}} CloudCuckoolander Nia gets in on this an episode or two after her introduction. In [[{{Keigo}} different grammar]], of course.
--->'''Nia:''' Are you aware of exactly who I am?!
** And who can forget [[spoiler: the birth of the TTGL?]]
---> '''Nia:''' Even when trapped by karma's cycle,\\
'''Yoko:''' The dreams we left behind will open the door!\\
'''Leeron:''' Even if the Universe stands in our way,\\
[[spoiler:'''Viral:''']] Our [[HotBlooded seething blood]] will determine what will be!\\
'''Simon:''' We will break through Time and Space!\\
'''All but Simon:''' [[ScrewDestiny And defy all who would stop us to grab hold of our path!]]\\
'''Simon:''' [[TitleDrop Tengen Toppa... GURREN LAGANN!]]\\
'''All:''' JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?

* The Children in ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' usually perform a roll call when their {{power limiter}}s are released. The roll call is usually relevant to the situation and frequently comes with heroic posing and colored smoke. Variations of it are frequent, such as adding "... and Wild Cat" to the end when Naomi joins, and Aoi doing one of these when she's on a mission solo.
** Often someone will then rebuke them for standing on the table or setting off pyrotechnics in an enclosed space.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', this just ''isn't done'' by working shinobi, but Konohamaru and friends do it all the time as little kids playing {{Ninja}} pre-TimeSkip.

* ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'': "Pichi Pichi Voice! Live Start!"
* At one point in the ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' manga, the Iscariot Organisation give a pre-battle speech that takes up an entire chapter, "The Screamer" ("We are Iscariot, the Zealot Judas!"). Granted, Anderson does chop up a few vampires while saying his parts, but no one else does.

* In ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'', the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Seven Barian Emperors]] do a similar thing when they first appear together in front of the heroes. Right after transforming into their true forms, all of them say a line that describes their character.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' proudly continues the tradition, with [[TheHero Yuya]] and [[TheRival Reiji]] both having speeches for Pendulum Summoning. Notable because, although there are other characters that can Pendulum Summon, these two are the only ones that do this.

* ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! [[BadassBoast ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!]] [[TakeThat TAKE THIS!]] [[LargeHam MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!]] [[CallingYourAttacks SHINING FINGEEEER!]]
** '''THIS HAND OF MINE IS'''' '''''BURNING RED!''''' '''IT'S LOUD CRY TELLS ME TO GRASP''' '''''VICTORY!''''' '''ERUPTING! BURNING/GOD!''' '''''FINGEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!'''''
** '''AND NOW...''' '''[[YouAreAlreadyDead HEAT END!]]'''
* In ''Manga/KoiKoi7'', the eponymous AmazonBrigade gives a very long speech, with requisite posing, when they first appear. The speech doesn't appear much more after that.
* In ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'', Sanada, in her Slayer of Evildoers form, Nekomimizukin, offers the following monologue before a fight with Spot, Mar, and Mur:
-->'''Sanada:''' Heavens call! Earth calls! The cats call! Known among the cats as the wandering hero! Mysterious hero Nekomimizukin comes forth!\\
Hear me, agents of evil! I who happened to be passing by and has absolutely no relation to Valhalla, will not let you go unpunished! Prepare yourselves!
* "[[FriendlySniper Lockon Stratos]]" from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'': "''[[ImprobableAimingSkills TARGETED AND]]'' '''''[[ImprobableAimingSkills FIRING]]'''''!!"
* In ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'', Kaze -- typically the only character who confronts an enemy -- will combine this with [[CallingYourAttacks Calling His Attack]] in his unnecessarily long transformation + summoning sequence.
* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'':
** ''Anime/Macross7'': Nekki Basara would like everyone to "''LISTEN TO MY SONG!!!''"
** ''Anime/MacrossDelta'': The members of Walkure have a certain set of catch phrases that they often use during their transformation sequence:
--->'''Reina:''' Music is love!\\
'''Makina:''' Music is hope!\\
'''Kaname:''' Music is life!\\
'''Mikumo:''' Music is mystery!\\
'''Freyja:''' Music is energy!
* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': "Knight Sabers, sanjo!"
* In a ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' manga chapter, there's a villain named Ruby, complete with the VSign, who says, "In the name of the heavens, I'll punish you!" Almost immediately afterward, Bobobo dumps her in a trash can.
* Inverted word-wise with Haran Banjo of ''Anime/{{Daitarn 3}}''. Those who do not fear the shine of the sun can come and bring it.
* Naturally spoofed in ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', when Nagi dons a costume and calls herself Mask the Money-san.
-->'''Nagi:'''In the name of money, I will punish you!
* [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The anime of]] ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' has Akira Yuki recite a lengthy one before each major fight.
--> "People should neither bring harm to themselves, nor to others. That is the guiding principle of my martial arts. But this does not apply to those who have gone astray! Since you lack discipline, I'll have to set you straight. COME ON!"
* ''Anime/{{Dancougar}}'''s Shinobu Fujiwara said this before using the FinishingMove: "The love in our hearts will slice through evil's darkness! DANKUUKOUGAKEN! YATTE YARUZE!"
** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact'', he says this if the player unlocks the [=Dankuu Kouga Ken=] MAP attack for Dancougar.
* The Great Saiyaman from ''Manga/DragonBall'' is '''made''' of this trope.
** Goku's "I am" speech, ''both'' versions!
*** Z: I am the hope of the Universe! I am the answer to all living things that cry out for Peace! I am the protector of the innocent! I am the light in the darkness! I am truth... Ally to good! Nightmare to '''''you!'''''
*** Kai: I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. ''That's'' what I am. '''I am the Super Saiyan, Son Goku!!'''
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': "O wicked spirit born of a lost soul in limbo, receive judgment from the garb of the Holy Virgin; cleansed of worldly impurities; return to Heaven and Earth. Repent!"
** And in an interesting twist, a version used by the ''[[EvilCounterpart villains]]''. "May the earth shatter, may the oceans dry up, may the sun extinguish itself; grant upon us the power of Our Lord Satan in Hell. We are demons! High-class Commander Demons!"
** Episode 7 features the heroines actually forgetting their speech and opting for just screaming instead.
*** It seems more of them trying to figure out whether the alien Ghosts even HAVE their own version of Heaven.
** ''Somehow'', the English dub managed to throw a Mother F Bomb into the speech in the first episode.
* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', all the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, minus Byron (who was providing support from underground) and Volkner (who didn't bother to show up), shout out their names and titles before charging in and attacking the Galactic Admins.
* Shamelessly spoofed in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' when Revy et al are chased by a CarnivalOfKillers. Whilst falling off a collapsing warehouse they find themselves confronted by a PrettyBoy in Dramatic Pose, BadassLongcoat and CoolShades with [[CoolGuns Broomhandle Mausers]] held GunsAkimbo.
-->"I am here to take your life! And who, you ask, is the specter who stands before you? My name...is Wizard. Lotton the Wizard. And while I have no grudge against you--" ''[[[FailedAttemptAtDrama Revy shoots him mid-sentence]]]''
** Happens again in ''Roberta's Blood Trail''. This time Sawyer the Cleaner chainsaws the mooks he's addressing in the middle of his speech.
* ''Anime/HellGirl'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj6_E7tgZyI "Ippen, shinde miru?"]] (Would you like to see death once?) Said by the eponymous Enma Ai before [[OnceAnEpisode dragging another soul to hell.]]
** The full version is oddly similar to the ''Panty & Stocking'' example above. Here's the dubbed version:
--->''O pitiful shadow lost in the darkness,''\\
''bringing torment and pain to others.''\\
''O damned soul wallowing in sin.''\\
''Perhaps...it is time to die?''
* ''[[Anime/TheIdolmaster THE iDOLM@STER]]'': Parodied by Ami and Mami during the incident where Iori's pudding disappeared.
* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'', Houin-sensei says one of these when dressed up as the main character from [[ShowWithinAShow Saint Rose.]]
* ''Toys/MachineRobo: Revenge of Chronos'' involves something similar with ''Anime/SailorMoon''. Whenever there's a baddie wreaking havoc, Rom Stoll will interrupt with "MATTE/WAIT!!", followed with a description of something, usually about virtues and justice, in which Rom will end it with "People call it (insert definition here)". The bad guy will get on with it, unable to understand why Rom would say that... they'll then ask who the hell is he that he got the guts to speech them like that. That's the cue for Rom to finish his whole speech with "You don't deserve to know my name!/I have no name to give for scums like you!", then begins kicking ass.
* ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'': Princess [[CuteClumsyGirl Amelia Seiryuun]] is [[{{parodied}} a parody]] of the trope, as she has a habit of scaling tall structures, and making dramatic gestures while proclaiming that she will smite evil with [[ForGreatJustice "the hammer of justice".]] Then [[RunningGag promptly falls flat on her face, or her butt]], when she tries to dismount.
* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Ayaka is also prone to this whenever she confronts [[MonsterOfTheWeek the villain of the episode.]] It varies slightly, each time she says it, but it's cued by [[{{leitmotif}} the show's theme tune]] as she saunters onscreen and announces her presence:
-->'''Ayaka:''' ''[accompanied by show's theme]'' Rampant, parasitic evil, who tortures the living, baldheaded creep [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking who threatens my income.]] [[ObviouslyEvil You KNOW you're up to no good]], but your time has come! Wanna know why? Because Ayaka Kisaragi has arrived!
* ''Manga/{{Noragami}}'': Added in the anime adaptation: "You, who would desecrate this land of the rising sun! With my advent, I, the God Yato, shall lay waste with the Sekki and expel thy vast defilement!"
* Parodied in ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove''. The Battle Lovers complain about how lame theirs sounds, combined with how they don't have a choice but to say it either upon transformation or confronting of the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* In ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'', All Might had one for the people he fought to save. All delivered with a smile on his face.
--> '''All Might:''' "It's all right now. Why? ''Because I am here!''"
* "For the world, for the people, Anime/Daitarn3 will smash the ambitions of the Meganoids. If you don't fear the shine of the Sun, then BringIt on!"

* Wrestling/{{Edge}}'s "You think you know me; On this day, I see clearly! Everything has come to life! A bitter place and a broken dream and we'll leave it all behind!"

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27736435 Zero Context: Taking Out the Trash]]'' has the saboteurs attacking Circe and Marc's wedding deliver one of these when one of the bystanders angrily asks what's going on. Each one present contributes to the speech, and it's topped off with the ringleader delivering a SlasherSmile before giving the order to engage the enemy.

* Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby used a lot of these for their 1960s Creator/MarvelComics characters. The most famous are, "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour It's clobberin' time!]]" and "[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk HULK SMASH!]]" But it also includes "[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor For honor, for glory, for Asgard!]]", "[[ComicBook/FantasticFour Flame on!]]", and the "[[ComicBook/SubMariner Imperius Rex!]]"

* Wiki/TvTropes: "Unforgiveable! Agent of [[BuffySpeak unnotability]] and [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary Wiki Magic]], pretty RummageSaleReject in a LimitedWardrobe, Sailor JustForFun/TropeTan! In the name of [[ForumSpeak the database]], I will [[Administrivia/JustifyingEdit justifyingly edit]] you!

* And while we're talking about ducks ... Daffy's "Duck Dodgers" incarnation had an episode parodying Green Lantern generally, in which Duck Dodgers gets a Green Lantern ring. His oath?

* Green Lantern's oath is also parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' short "Green [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bear]]" that parodies the ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' movie. Here, Hal Jordan is recruited to the eponymous bears and forced to wear a mascot-style suit.

* In ''ComicBook/BlackBird'', would-be MagicalGirl Nina Rodriguez invokes this trope word-for-word in a magical duel with her own sister.

*** Kai: I'm a proud Saiyan who calls Earth home, and I'm here to defeat you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. ''That's'' what I am. '''I am the Super Saiyan, Son Goku!!'''

* During the climax of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'', Dante makes a declaration to his brother:

* Green Lantern's oath is also parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' short "Green [[WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s Care Bear]]" that parodies the ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' movie. Here, Hal Jordan is recruited to the eponymous bears and forced to wear a mascot-style suit.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The Jäger [[FanNickname boyz]] give [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050617 such a]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050620 speech]] to Jenka when they drive her out of town. Of course, it was all an act, and they [[PublicSecretMessage carefully chose their words to give her an important information]].