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* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Wandersong}}'''s third act, Audrey tells the Bard to leave the important stuff to the real heroes. The Bard responds: "How about YOU leave the... shutting up! to... YOU!!!"
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* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Ebenezer Scrooge asks his jubilant nephew Fred, "What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough." To which Fred responds with, "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion What reason have you to be dismal? You're rich enough]]." Scrooge's response is just to mutter his "Bah Humbug!" quote.

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* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', Ebenezer Scrooge asks his jubilant nephew Fred, "What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough." To which Fred responds with, "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion What reason have you to be dismal? You're rich enough]]." Scrooge's response is Scrooge can't come up with a good rejoinder to that on the spur of the moment, and so just to mutter repeats his "Bah "Bah! Humbug!" quote.quote, which shockingly has no impact on his nephew's good cheer.
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-->'''Bob Fossil:''' Hey Moon. What are you supposed to be, Franchise/{{Zorro}} on gay night?\\

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-->'''Bob Fossil:''' Hey Moon. What are you supposed to be, Franchise/{{Zorro}} Literature/{{Zorro}} on gay night?\\
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-->'''Ki''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Has it ever occurred to you that not all of them are like that? Did you ever stop to think that you are sterotyping them just as you accuse them of stereotyping you]]?\\

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-->'''Ki''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Has it ever occurred to you that not all of them are like that? Did you ever stop to think that you are sterotyping stereotyping them just as you accuse them of stereotyping you]]?\\


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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has Percy, normally the king of the BondOneLiner, slip up a little trying to get the last word in on a fish-like monster screaming at him in an incomprehensible language as he stabs it.
-->'''Percy:''' I don't speak...''fish''.\\
'''[[Creator/TaliesinJaffe Taliesin]]:''' That was the worst kill line ''ever''.
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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': Fozzie makes one in the Creator/BruceForsyth episode when, backstage, he tries to prepare for Statler and Waldorf's heckling by having Kermit heckle him so he can practice his comebacks. Kermit isn't impressed with Fozzie's attempts.
-->'''Fozzie:''' Let's see, you be the audience, and I'll tell a joke, and then you insult me... and then just watch my razor-sharp wit at work. Okay, you ready, huh? Huh?\\
'''Kermit:''' [[BluntNo Uh, no.]]\\
'''Fozzie:''' Good. Okay. Here we go. I wouldn't say my wife can't cook, but last night she burned the water.\\
'''Kermit:''' Boo! Boo! That's terrible. Terrible! Get off the stage! You are the worst!\\
'''Fozzie:''' ''[groveling]'' Oh, please don't heckle me.\\
'''Kermit:''' Uh, Fozzie, is this an example of your razor-like wit?\\
'''Fozzie:''' [[LampshadeHanging Could use a little sharpening, huh?]]
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'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there?\\

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'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' And "And he left them and went out of the city, into Bethany, and he lodged there?\\there"?\\
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* {{Invoked|Trope}} by the [[GodOfChaos Chaos King]] in the FourthWallMailSlot in Issue #2 of ''ComicBook/ChaosWar'':

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* ''WebVideo/SmoshGames'': In the "Epic Smosh Rap Battle" Game Bang, Joven and Sohinki must rap battle each other for losing the game, and Joven's roasts aren't particularly good, to say the least. In the first round, he calls Sohinki "Dinky", which is captioned "???" by the editor, presumably due to how lame it is. In the second round, he mocks Sohinki for having "an army of barbies", which almost sounds like a complete non-sequitur.
-->'''Ian:''' I don't know how that made sense.
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** "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" has Principal Skinner say one to Willie, yet [[SubvertedTrope Willie actually seems to have found it effective]]:
--->'''Principal Skinner:''' Willie, go into the vent and get him.\\
'''[[ViolentGlaswegian Groundskeeper Willie]]:''' What!? [[FunnyForeigner Have ye gone waxy in yer beester? I canna fit in the wee vent, ye croquet-playin' mint-muncher!]][[note]][[RuleOfFunny These are definitely not real Scottish insults.]][[/note]]\\
'''Principal Skinner:''' Grease yourself up and go in, you, you...guff-speaking work-slacker.\\
'''Groundskeeper Willie:''' Ooh. [[SincerityMode Good comeback.]]\\
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* In ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'', when a pair of bike-riding teens insult Mystery Inc. over the incident at the Coolsonian, Daphne tells the others, "We need to think of a comeback". The comeback she comes up with? "Hey! [''{{beat}}''] Shut up!" The teens just laugh derisively and ride off.
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--> '''Oren:''' ''Buuuuurn!'' Let's [[IncrediblyLamePun roll-laf.]]

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--> '''Oren:''' ''Buuuuurn!'' Let's [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} roll-laf.]]
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->'''Jesus Quintana:''' You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mío, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.\\
'''The Dude:''' Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, uh ... your opinion, man.
-->-- ''Film/TheBigLebowski''

In a situation where the usual tropes call for a clever rejoinder, sometimes the absence of one can have the same effect (as far as the audience is concerned).

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->'''Jesus Quintana:''' You ready to be fucked, man? I see you rolled ->'''Imaginary Man:''' Face it, Nemesis! Without your way into the semis. Dios mío, man. Liam and me, we're gonna fuck you up.\\
'''The Dude:''' Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, uh ... your opinion, man.
flowers, you're no match for me!\\
'''Nemesis:''' Oh, yeah? Well...ssshut up!
-->-- ''Film/TheBigLebowski''

''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''

In a situation where the usual tropes call for a clever rejoinder, sometimes the absence of one can have the same effect (as far as the audience is concerned).
concerned). At best, the retort is ineffectually weak or too nonsensical to hurt its target. At worst, the speaker can't even string together coherent words.



Also see {{Dissimile}}, {{Metaphorgotten}} and BuffySpeak for different kinds of subverted verbal setups. See YourMom, BigStupidDoodooHead, YouAreFat and NoYou for straighter examples.

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Also see {{Dissimile}}, {{Metaphorgotten}} and BuffySpeak for different kinds of subverted verbal setups. See YourMom, BigStupidDoodooHead, YouAreFat and NoYou for straighter examples.
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* During your [[RecurringBoss final battle with]] [[SmugSnake Kai Leng]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', he tries taunting Shepard. [[InsultBackfire Shepard throws it right back at him]], and his comeback line reeks of lame.

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* During your [[RecurringBoss final battle with]] battle]] with [[SmugSnake Kai Leng]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', he tries taunting Shepard. [[InsultBackfire Shepard throws it right back at him]], and his comeback line reeks of lame.



* ''VideoGame/LastAlert'': Because of the game's BlindIdiotTranslation, roughly half of Guy Kazama's dialogue consists of [[SoBadItsGood hilariously]] [[{{Narm}} narmy]] retorts. Just one example:

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* ''VideoGame/LastAlert'': Because of the game's BlindIdiotTranslation, roughly half of Guy Kazama's dialogue consists of [[SoBadItsGood hilariously]] [[{{Narm}} narmy]] {{Narm}}y retorts. Just one example:



'''Guy:''' [[DullSurprise How interesting...]] [[NoYou but it's going to be]] ''[[NoYou your]]'' [[NoYou blood and not mine!]]

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'''Guy:''' [[DullSurprise How interesting...]] interesting]]... [[NoYou but it's going to be]] ''[[NoYou your]]'' [[NoYou blood and not mine!]]



'''Kaiba''': If you're about to [[AdoptionDiss make a comment about my being adopted]], save it. [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech I'd rather have no parents than live a single day in your shoes, Wheeler. You're a joke.]] [[AlcoholicParent Your father was a drunk]]. And your mother was smart enough to walk out on your ass when you were too young to start poisoning the world with your stupidity! But by all means, call me "adopted". Go on, do it.\\

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'''Kaiba''': If you're about to [[AdoptionDiss make a comment about my being adopted]], save it. [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech I'd rather have no parents than live a single day in your shoes, Wheeler.Wheeler]]. You're a joke.]] [[AlcoholicParent Your father was a drunk]]. And your mother was smart enough to walk out on your ass when you were too young to start poisoning the world with your stupidity! But by all means, call me "adopted". Go on, do it.\\
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* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': When Gaz points out that Zim's plan to flood the Membranes' neighborhood with sewage from the City Cesspool will affect his house too (as he lives on the other end of said neighborhood), all he can give in response is "Nuh-uh", causing her to roll her eyes.
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* From ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'':

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* From ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'':''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld1991'':
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--> '''Hiro:''' One of us is [[SuperOCD super-controlling]] and the other [[GeniusSlob goes with the flow]]. \\

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--> '''Hiro:''' One of us is [[SuperOCD super-controlling]] super-controlling and the other [[GeniusSlob goes with the flow]]. \\
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'''Richard Hayden:''' Are you ''talking?''\\

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'''Richard Hayden:''' '''Richard:''' Are you ''talking?''\\
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* ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'': In the episode "Space Invaders", Kaos gets confident enough to want to prove his superiority to the Doom Raiders and begins [[BullyingADragon teasing Wolfgang]], and after that, this is what follows:
-->'''Wolfgang:''' I will end you...\\
'''Kaos:''' Yeah? Well, not before I smack your nose with a rolled-up magazine, by which I mean my fists!
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-->'''Richard Hayden:''' Oh that sounds good: melted chocolate inside the dash, that really ups the resale value.\\
'''Tommy:''' I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.\\
'''Richard Hayden:''' I think your brain has a thick candy shell.\\

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-->'''Richard Hayden:''' Oh [[SarcasmMode Oh, that sounds good: melted chocolate inside the dash, that really ups the resale value.]]\\
'''Tommy Callahan:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell.]] 'Surprised you didn't know that.
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'''Tommy:''' I think you'll be okay here, they have a thin candy shell. 'Surprised you didn't know that.\\
'''Richard Hayden:'''
'''Richard:''' I think your brain has a thick ''thick'' candy shell.\\
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* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen an earlier version]] of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei was going to run for class president against Tyler and the debate would have involved Mei attempting to respond to Tyler calling her a nerd by calling him "half-nerd half-fart" which he would have barely reacted to.

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'''Butters''': Oh yeah? [[CriticalResearchFailure Well at least we have assholes]], you dumb girl!

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'''Butters''': Oh yeah? [[CriticalResearchFailure Well at least we have assholes]], assholes, you dumb girl!
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* ''Series/{{The Newsroom}}'':
** Charlie and Sloan on the issue of lame comebacks:
--->'''Charlie:''' Hey, Money skirt!\\
'''Sloan:'''The day will come when we have an HR rep who cares what goes on on this floor. And on that day, sir, I will dance upon your grave.\\
'''Charlie:''' Reciting stock quotes and wearing a skirt?\\
'''Sloan:''' How much time do I have to formulate a comeback?\\
'''Charlie:'''That was it. The first thing out of your mouth is the comeback - you wasted yours on a question about comebacks.
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--->'''Matt Damon:''' Hey, Ben, Film/{{Armageddon}} ready to kick your ass!\\

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--->'''Matt Damon:''' Hey, Ben, Film/{{Armageddon}} Film/{{Armageddon|1998}} ready to kick your ass!\\
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* In ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'', Dr Neo Cortex experiences this as he confronts his past self, who thinks he's an imposter:
--> '''Past Neo Cortex:''' Masquerade as me, will you?! Well--\\
'''Neo Cortex:''' I'm you from the future, you idiot! I--\\
'''Past Neo Cortex:''' I'm not an idiot! [[NoYou You're the idiot. Idiot!]]
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has a lot of these, despite the fact that the initial insults are hardly clever themselves.

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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has a lot of these, despite the fact that the initial insults are hardly clever themselves.



* In ''Master Chief Sucks At Halo'' (the predecessor to ''Machinima/ArbyNTheChief'') [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] uses [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LTxO_pgMqys uses these a lot]] (loadsa swearing):

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* In ''Master Chief Sucks At Halo'' (the predecessor to ''Machinima/ArbyNTheChief'') ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'') [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] uses [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LTxO_pgMqys uses these a lot]] (loadsa swearing):
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--> '''ComicBook/AmadeusCho:''' C'mon, dazzle us with some REAL invective! \\

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--> '''ComicBook/AmadeusCho:''' '''Amadeus Cho:''' C'mon, dazzle us with some REAL invective! \\
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* ''VideoGame/DangerGirl'' have a moment where Sydney, one of the girls, gets confronted by Assassin X, demanding her to hand over a doomsday artifact. Sydney's response sounds like something schoolchildren would use to taunt each other (and NOT something you'd expect a world-class super-assassin to say aloud):
--> "I don't see ''your'' name on it."

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This example is more of I Will Show You X that Lame Comeback.


* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
** In "Pressure", [=SpongeBob=] engages Sandy in a name-calling contest until all he can come up with is "not-wet person".
** In "Patrick [=SmartPants=]", Patrick tells [=SpongeBob=] he's observing a subspecies under a microscope. Plankton, whom he's observing, yells "I'll show you subspecies!"

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''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Pressure", [=SpongeBob=] engages Sandy in a name-calling contest until all he can come up with is "not-wet person".
** In "Patrick [=SmartPants=]", Patrick tells [=SpongeBob=] he's observing a subspecies under a microscope. Plankton, whom he's observing, yells "I'll show you subspecies!"
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* In {{WebAnimation/RWBY}}, The group is denied entry to the city of Atlas by the egotistical Caroline Cordovan. Nora's response is... uh...

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'''Kaiba''': Well, what was about as scathing as a youtube comment.

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'''Kaiba''': Well, what that was about as scathing as a youtube comment.
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* This exchange in "How Kaiba Got His Groove Back" in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
-->'''Kaiba''': Give it up, Wheeler. This Duel is as good as over. You're just as worthless as ever.\\
'''Joey''' Yeah, well say what you will about me, Kaiba, but at least I'm not—\\
'''Kaiba''': If you're about to [[AdoptionDiss make a comment about my being adopted]], save it. [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech I'd rather have no parents than live a single day in your shoes, Wheeler. You're a joke.]] [[AlcoholicParent Your father was a drunk]]. And your mother was smart enough to walk out on your ass when you were too young to start poisoning the world with your stupidity! But by all means, call me "adopted". Go on, do it.\\
'''Joey''': I was gonna call you a dork.\\
'''Kaiba''': Well, what was about as scathing as a youtube comment.

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