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* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'': [[SmugSnake Quattro]], after managing to keep the [[KillSat Saint's Cradle]] running despite the destroyed engine, triumphantly announces "We're not finished yet!". Then Nanoha spots her. Cue OhCrap moment.

** ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'': Blofeld says "Interception will take place in eight minutes. Nothing can prevent that."

-->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLorax Lorax:]]''' That's it. The very last one. That may stop you.

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'': [[http://comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/44/28341_20060209135243_large.jpg This Hulk cover]].

* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI: "It'll all be [[HomeByChristmas over by Christmas]]".

* When Roman sics a Geist Grimm on the heroes in ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'', he drops this line when it possesses a stack of pancakes. Naturally, someone ''does'' stop him...
---->'''Roman:''' ''[[EvilIsHammy Finally, victory is mine]]''!! Nothing can stop me now!\\

* ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'': Grings Kodai finally [[spoiler:absorbs the Time Ripple he's been searching for after his EvilPlan seems to go off flawlessly]]. Having a massive ego, he just can't help going into one of these rants in front of Ash, telling him that he'll get away with it and there's nothing anyone can do. [[spoiler:Turns out [[SpannerInTheWorks Zorua destroyed his illusion canceler]], something [[MasterOfIllusion Zoroark]] took full advantage of, and the Time Ripple he just absorbed was a fake and [[EngineeredPublicConfession Karl caught his entire EvilGloating session on tape and plays it to the entire town the next morning, including the cops]].]] While Kodai would've been defeated even if he hadn't gone into his speech, it was the final nail in the coffin, [[spoiler:as it had him admit to causing a massive disaster 20 years ago and being perfectly willing to do it again]], ensuring his arrest.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Inverted with [[spoiler:Asuka]] in ''End of Evangelion''. [[spoiler:After waking from her coma and discovering about the connection between her EVA and her mother, this trope is in play. Asuka was fighting very well but three factors would ensure her defeat, the [[TimedMission cut power supply]], the [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose Mass Produced EVAs]], and the DiabolusExMachina. Cue HeroicRROD at [[FinaglesLaw THE worst possible moment]].]]

** The Allies wanted to end the war quickly after the Normandy landings. Then old UsefulNotes/BernardLawMongomery came up with the overly-ambitious offensive into Holland dubbed "Operation Market Garden", and claimed it would end the war by Christmas. It didn't.

** The Allies expected the war to be over by Christmas after the Normandy landings. This was specifically mentioned just before the massive Allied offensive into Holland with the overly ambitious Operation Market Garden.

* [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic The Titanic]] was frequently billed as "Unsinkable". Its hull was popped open by an iceberg. And then it broke in half. And then its broken halves sank.

* Heroic, nonlethal [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/001127c example]] in ''Webcomc/BobAndGeorge''. Protoman wants to unmask the mysterious stranger, when the AuthorAvatar tells him to stop because revealing his identity too soon would ruin the suspense. Protoman persists and demands to know what the Author can possibly do to stop him. So the Author blacks out the last panel.

** Most of the Allies have this attitude early on, believing that the Wehrmacht is now a spent force so the operation will be incredibly easy.

* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': [[BigBad Berg Katse]] or one of his captains does this every few episodes. Generally shortly before a kaboom aimed at or in the mecha/base of the week.

* [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic The Titanic]] was frequently billed as "Unsinkable". It was broken in half by an iceberg. And then its broken halves sank.

* A classic cinematic example occurs at the end of ''Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry''. [[spoiler:As their car speeds away, Larry declares, "Ain't nothing gonna stop us!" The car then broadsides a freight train and explodes.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'': A line from Lightside!Starkiller's WorldOfCardboardSpeech:

* ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'': [[http://comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/44/28341_20060209135243_large.jpg This Hulk cover]].
* In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' super-villain Radion traps Franchise/{{Superman}} in an energy globe, explains his plan and brags that no-one can stop him and his ally Protector, not even Superman. Bad idea. Superman shatters his energy cell, tracks both villains down and beats them.
-->'''Radion:''' We can't be stopped -- Not even by you, Superman!

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Episode 36, the one before the series finale, ends with Light (who is actually the series' [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]]) saying "This is my win", and by that [[spoiler:revealing himself as Kira, while thinking the SPK members are going to be killed by Mikami's Death Note]]. However, when [[spoiler:Near and the other SPK members don't die]], it becomes clear that Light has been {{out gambit}}ted.

* ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Xur, the resident BigBad, receives an incomplete transmission from Earth saying simply "The last Starfighter...". He automatically completes the sentence himself: "...is dead. The last Starfighter is dead. NothingCanStopUsNow!" No prizes for guessing how that worked out for him.

* An election storyline in ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} has Lucy say this. [[https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1964/10/21 Then...]]
-->'''Linus''': [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption I want to talk to you this morning about the "Great Pumpkin".]]\\
'''Charlie Brown and Lucy''': [[OhCrap AAAUGHH!!]]

* Near the end of ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', Jafar has Aladdin and his friends at his mercy hanging over a lava pit. "Give it up, boy. You can never have my lamp, and there is no-one here to save you this time." Cue [[HeelFaceTurn Iago's arrival.]]