History Main / NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech

->''"That [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} man]] won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Po learns that the duty of TheChosenOne is to fight [[BigBad Tai Lung]] and is terrified because despite all the strides he has made as a martial artist, he doesn't believe in himself. The Dragon Scroll is revealed to be blank but shiny, a revelation that takes Po some time to comprehend. The message is that there is no "secret ingredient" -- your strength comes from your own effort and not some outside power. Since Tai Lung spent his life desiring the secret of the scroll and became a bad guy over it, it becomes a BreakThemByTalking speech that lets Po get the upper hand against him.

'''Alison:''' I think about how easy it would be. What if I just started showing up to Klan rallies with an I-beam? Knock down the capitol building, force them to pass Universal Health Care, stuff every Ayn Rand fanatic into a big mason jar, and hurl them into the sun. I could do it, you know. I really could. And then there's these people with their fucking sneers going "You're a monster! You're a thug! You kill people!" NO FUCKING ''SHIT'' I KILL PEOPLE! I put holes in mountains! I break shit constantly without even trying! I saved the world on no less than seven fucking occasions, and guess what, [[DestructiveSavior super-accuracy is not one of my anomalies]]! Am I supposed to be impressed that you've never killed anybody? What a bold moral choice from someone who's terrified of violence and scared shitless of going to jail! It's like, have you ever had the option of murdering a bunch of people? Okay, then why the FUCK am I listening to your opinion on the matter? Every day I ''don't'' kill a thousand fucking people, they should throw me a god-damned ticker tape parade!\\

'''Alison:''' I think about how easy it would be. What if I just started showing up to Klan rallies with an I-beam? Knock down the capitol building, force them to pass Universal Health Care, stuff every Ayn Rand fanatic into a big mason jar, and hurl them into the sun. I could do it, you know. I really could. And then there's these people with their fucking sneers going "You're a monster! You're a thug! You kill people!" NO FUCKING ''SHIT'' I KILL PEOPLE! I put holes in mountains! I break shit constantly without even trying! I saved the world on no less than seven fucking occasions, and guess what, super-accuracy is not one of my anomalies! Am I supposed to be impressed that you've never killed anybody? What a bold moral choice from someone who's terrified of violence and scared shitless of going to jail! It's like, have you ever had the option of murdering a bunch of people? Okay, then why the FUCK am I listening to your opinion on the matter? Every day I ''don't'' kill a thousand fucking people, they should throw me a god-damned ticker tape parade!\\

'''Goku''': I am the hope of the omniverse! I am the lightbulb in the darkness! I am the bacon in the fridge for all the living things that cry out in hunger! [[{{Malaproper}} I am the Alpha and the]] UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}}! [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck I am the terror that flaps in the night!]] I am Son Goku, and I am a Super--\\

->''"That [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Batman man]] won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

->''" That [[ComicBook/Batman man]] won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

->''" That Batman man]] won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

->''" That [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} man]] won't [[{{Determinator}} quit as long as he can still draw a breath]]. None of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague my teammates]] will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

->''"} That [[ComicBook/{{Batman} man]] won't [[{{Determinator}} quit as long as he can still draw a breath]]. None of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague my teammates]] will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

->''"[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} That man]] [[{{Determinator}} won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath]]. [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague None of my teammates]] will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''

BreakThemByTalking is essentially the opposite of this, with a villain outlining the hero's flaws and effectively using it against them.

* ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': This is what the moment of revelation looks like for Dr. Horrible, who proceeds to enlighten us with "Brand New Day", a World of Cardboard ''Song''.

* ''Film/CaptainMarvel'': Carol gets two of them - the first one when she realizes that her electronic implant has been suppressing her powers all along and she takes it off, and the second one in her final showdown with [[spoiler: Yon-Rogg]] when she realizes that there is no point for her to not use her powers in a fight just to prove something.

->''"That man won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''you'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''
-->-- '''Superman''', ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E13Destroyer Destroyer]]", right before one hell of an ass-kicking handed to Darkseid

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', Granny Weatherwax gives the [[spoiler:Queen of the Elves]] one of these when she explains why she's better than her.
** Even closer example: the all-powerful Coin, from ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', describes living in the fragile world of non-sourcerers as "like trying to sleep on a bed of eggs". It's implied that all such sourcerers eventually feel obliged to leave the Discworld's reality to avert living in a World of Cardboard. He is, though, also a bit more literal about it: Magic is anti-reality. Whenever he uses too much of it, things that are as natural to him as breathing, he thins the world that much more - and when the world gets too thin, the things outside want to ''get in''.

->''"[[Franchise/{{Batman}} That man]] won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica my teammates]] will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of '''cardboard''', always taking constant care not to break something, to break ''someone.'' Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could ''die.'' But ''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid you]]'' can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/DCAUSuperman Superman]]''', ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E13Destroyer Destroyer]]", right before one hell of an ass-kicking handed to Darkseid

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', Terry was always being chided by the Joker for not being "the real Batman". At the climax, Terry finds himself slightly outmatched but comes to realize that the original Batman never beat the Joker at his mind games. To counter this, Terry turns the tables through an [[BreakingSpeech epic verbal beatdown]] that actually gets the Joker to stop smiling. He gets the Joker to finally lose his cool by doing exactly what Joker had wanted Batman to do ever since they started fighting: laugh. Terry makes the Joker ''flip out'' by ''laughing''...because he was laughing '''AT him''', making the Joker the butt of the jokes. Granted, the [[AxCrazy immediate result]] is not what Terry had in mind, but it shows that Terry is his own man, able to combat the Joker better than the original Batman ever could: unlike Bruce, Terry could see the Joker as a pathetic loser. It can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LikMS5gDDI here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' [[PlayingWithATrope plays with the trope]]. Finding out that Batman had not killed ComicBook/TheJoker to avenge the death of [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] sets Red Hood out to find out why, causing a wave of crime and chaos to follow. Batman's response to him is that he has yearned for the opportunity to make The Joker pay for what he did but does not out of fear for what it will bring about in him with regards to the rest of his rogues gallery. [[spoiler:The twist comes when the critical moment arrives and he has the opportunity, in the end still choosing not to and not straying from what he had said earlier.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Po learned that the duty of TheChosenOne was to fight [[BigBad Tai Lung]] and was terrified, as despite all the strides he made as a martial artist he didn't believe in himself. The Dragon Scroll was revealed to be blank but shiny, a reveal that took Po some time to comprehend. There is no "secret ingredient," your strength comes from your own effort and not some outside power. Since Tai Lung spent his life desiring the secret of the scroll and became a bad guy over it, it becomes a BreakingSpeech that lets Po get the upper hand against him.
-->'''Tai Lung:''' You cannot defeat me. You... you're just a big... fat... panda!\\
'''Po:''' I'm not a big fat panda. I'm '''the''' big fat panda.
* Tiana's speech to Facilier in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' when he tries to lure her by material want rather than the love she always had.
-->'''Tiana:''' My daddy never did get what he wanted... but he ''had'' what he ''needed''! He had love! He never lost sight of what was really important!\\
'''Dr. Facilier:''' Easy with that thing! Careful!\\
'''Tiana:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis AND NEITHER!]] '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WILL!]]''' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I!]]'''''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': "Let It Go" serves as one for Elsa expressed through song. Having spent most of her life concealing [[AnIcePerson her ice powers]], she is discovered and runs from her kingdom. Once she realizes she has nothing to fear and no one to accidentally hurt, "Let It Go" comes on and she starts using her powers to their full extent, creating snow creatures, a new wardrobe, and an enormous castle. In some ways, it is a subversion, though, as even when using the full range of her powers she still did not have full control and traded one form of isolation for another, and accidentally injured her sister Anna. [[spoiler: When Anna sacrificed herself to save Elsa, and in turn her love for her sister was enough to reverse the effects of the frozen heart, Elsa realized that "Love can thaw a frozen heart" and she gained full control of her powers, finally able to reverse the eternal winter at will]].

* The former {{Trope Namer|s}}, which you can watch [[https://youtu.be/4GDNd8b_QOo?t=153 here]] and read at the top of the page, is Superman's speech in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' during his fight with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} in the GrandFinale. The specific moment is in answer to Darkseid asking, "[[NothingCanStopUsNow Can't you see that it's hopeless]]?" after he's attacked by Batman. Superman proceeds to hit Darkseid harder than he's hit anything else in the DCAU and has him on the ropes, [[spoiler:only for Darkseid to resort to an AgonyBeam when it becomes clear Superman would win a straight fight.]]
** Also the last time Superman and Darkseid fought in the episode "Twilight" counts. Superman refuses to back down even while in a base that's about to explode;[[spoiler: being brainwashed and set loose on Earth in the finale of WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries [[ItsPersonal really enraged him]].]]
--->'''Darkseid:''' You really are a glutton for punishment. Time and again I've beaten you, humbled you. What makes you think today's outcome will be any different?
--->'''Superman:''' Because this time, I won't stop until you're just a greasy smear on my fist. Let's go.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[CallingTheOldManOut Zuko confronts his Dad]] during the Day of Black Sun. He unfolds his life and what he went through to please his [[AbusiveParents father]], deconstructing his own [[LoveMartyr life]] and [[WellDoneSonGuy motivations]], topping it off with a rejection of his nation's goals and summary of how they are viewed by others before finally [[spoiler: telling Ozai that he's [[HeelFaceTurn leaving to join the Avatar]]]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' villain Spectra [[PoweredByAForsakenChild uses the misery of children to permanently appear young]]; naturally, she would go out of her way to traumatize her victims to provide enough angst to maintain her appearance. Danny's humiliation and psychological breakdown at her hands gave Spectra and her servant the upper hand during their earlier fights with Danny until Danny realizes that [[AnAesop being hard on himself only makes things worse.]]
-->'''Danny:''' Man, I'm so tired of you dumping on me, and I'm so tired of dumping on myself. [[BrotherSisterTeam Jazz]] never did that, even when I was mad at her, [[AndThisIsFor and I won't let her DOWN!]]
* Blue Beetle gives one in the season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. After spending the entire series fighting with the Scarab (and it fighting with him) [[spoiler:being stuck inside Jaime's body with each other]] for a few months turned them into equals and partners, united against any outside threat.
* [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]] says something similar to the ''JLU'' example in the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' episode "Hulked Out Heroes." After Gamma poisoning turns the rest of the Avengers (save for ComicBook/BlackWidow) into monsters, Hulk advises ComicBook/TheFalcon to treat "everything like an egg" in order to avoid breaking things. During the finale, Hulk gleefully states that he always has to hold back to avoid killing his opponents, but now that he's up against a group of Hulked-out monsters, he no longer has to worry about that.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossibleMovieSoTheDrama'': Kim's PreAsskickingOneLiner before the final fight crosses with this, [[spoiler: helped by Ron's LoveConfession while they were tied up]].
-->'''Kim:''' You're right, Drakken. Boys, dating, oh it's hard, but '''THIS'''... is easy!
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' combines this with ShutUpHannibal at the climax of "The Return of Harmony":
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' I'll tell you what we've learned, Discord! We've learned that friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt it's worth fighting for!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Sterling Archer gets a badass one in "Sitting".
-->'''Archer:''' So here's the thing, Farooq. I don't know about any stories, but whatever badass shit that you heard I did? You really need some context, because pretty much my whole life, pretty much right up until this minute my default setting has been half-assed. (cracks knuckles) But that was before I had [[spoiler:a child. A child]] you threatened to harm. [[spoiler:A child]], I just realised, who's probably on her way up to the roof so [[spoiler:Aunt]] Pam can swat at biplanes! So imagine, as I literally beat you to death - Hang on... Yeah, literally - that a giant hand has turned my dial from half-assed to quadruple-assed!
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' has a variant, where Louie gives Donald a half-satirical, half-serious version of this speech as a pep talk to inspire him to weaponize his UnstoppableRage to defeat [[BornLucky Gladstone Gander]] in a race.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E08PathOfTheJedi "Path of the Jedi"]]: When Ezra is overwhelmed by the visions and by being abandoned and alone, he realizes that this happened before and he survived, and he can do so again. It gives him the emotional stability needed to face and conquer his fears.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'': Steven's revelation during the climax [[spoiler: where he realizes that his most important ability is the ability to change, to learn and grow from his hardships; this is the revelation that restores his powers from the effects of Spinel's rejuvenator. He then sings a No More Holding Back ''Song'', "Change", where he basically lays out to Spinel that wallowing in self-loathing and anger and lashing out isn't going to heal her or give her closure from her trauma, and that the only way she'll be able to move on and be happy again is if she genuinely wants to change and takes the necessary steps to do so. After she interrupts him with a particularly violent ShutUpKirk, he does eventually get through to her]].