History Main / RousingSpeech

* Happens every now and then in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'', with varying levels of cynicism, demagogy and good old stupidity. The undisputed king is Yang Wen-li, whose first Rousing Speech goes something like this:

* Remember [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} the Major's "I Love War" speech mentioned in Anime and Manga?]] ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' cranks it up a notch. Gentlemen, the ''fandom'' [[http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20090629.html version]].

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* Many readers were surprised when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Surge]] gave one when her team was about to take on Nimrod. Given [[TraumaCongaLine what had happened prior to this]], [[HeroicBSOD it was amazing anyone on her team could even function]]. She also gets points for doing the whole thing in her underwear without it looking stupid.

* Remember [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} the Major's "I Love War" speech mentioned in Anime and Manga?]] ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' cranks it UpToEleven. Gentlemen, the ''fandom'' [[http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20090629.html version]].

*** One of the speeches is a subversion known by some fans as the "Let's All Go and Get Killed" speech. Namely Éomer's speech when he sees Théoden and his sister fallen, believes both are dead, is surrounded buy a bunch of oliphants, together with his whole army, and his solution is to lead a suicide charge at the enemy, much to the dismay of Imrahil who was coming to support him with the Knights of Dol Amroth. Luckily, [[ChangedMyMindKid Aragorn saves their ass]].

*** One of the speeches is a subversion known by some fans as the "Let's All Go and Get Killed" speech. Namely Éomer's speech when he sees Théoden and his sister fallen, believes both are dead, is surrounded buy a bunch of oliphants, together with his whole army, and his solution is to lead a suicide charge at the enemy, much to the dismay of Imrahil who was coming to support him with the Knights of Dol Amroth. Luckily the Cavalry doesn't get AbandonedByTheCavalry, and Aragorn saves their ass.

* In ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', he manages to entirely turn the public opinion about Caesar with a speech that he gives on his funeral, and makes the people revolt against Caesar's killers.

* During the 2011 regular season, the St. Louis Cardinals were 10 1/2 games back from the wild card spot in the standings when [[TheAce ace pitcher]] Chris Carpenter held a players-only meeting and gave them a speech to urge everyone to turn things around. Slightly subverted in that the speech's ExactWords [[TakeOurWordForIt have not been made public]], but played straight in that after that meeting, the Cardinals not only earned the wild card spot, but also beating the heavily favored Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers to win the 2011 World Series. They had .006% chance of doing so. Way to go, [[FanNickname Darth Carp]]!

The background music usually swells to a rousing, if not outright ''majestic'' climax as the hero drives his point home. The SlowClap or other ovation followup is practically essential, followed by a MisfitMobilizationMoment (or a MiracleRally for sports-based works). But if a GrandFinale does not result, the whole thing will often backfire leaving the heroes badly battered. A SedgwickSpeech often looks like one of these at the beginning. When it's the whole damn human race that's getting the Rousing Speech, that's LastStand. When the Rousing Speech is delivered by the leader of a nation or world, it is an example of EmergencyPresidentialAddress.

** [[TheDitz Plastic Man]] leads a sing-along of ([[{{Mondegreen}} his version of]]) "Yankee Doodle" to evoke the spirit of freedom and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly restore]] Uncle Sam, setting the stage for the heroes' victory.

-->-- '''King Henry V''', ''Theatre/HenryV'', Act 4 Scene iii, giving us the TropeCodifier

* Tommy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' has been know to give these on occasion. Chuckie even admitted in one episode that he loved when Tommy would give these big speeches.

* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Phoebus gives a big rousing speech for the Gypsies and citizens to fight back and put an end to Frollo's tyranny once and for all.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickandMorty''season 5, when President curtis needs an army to take down his evil twin, he goes to a bar full of marines and shows Obama what a speech really is like:

--> '''Coop''': Just two questions, chief. Lock? And load? They’re rhetorical, sir!

Lock and load!

'''Superman:''' NO! There is '''always''' hope. That team in there— They are the '''Justice League of America'''. They're new to it, sure, but they '''aren't''' new to this level of adversity. '''None''' of them are. I '''know''' that they'll come through.

--->'''Otter:''' Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests. We did. But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

--> '''Tony D'Amato''': You know when you get old in life, things get taken from you. That's part of life. But you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out life's this game of inches. So is football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small. I mean...one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast, you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the FUCKIN' DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING! BETWEEN LIVING AND DYING! I'll tell you this - in any fight, it's the guy who's willing to die who's gonna win that inch. And I know if I'm going to have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch. Because THAT'S WHAT LIVING IS! THE SIX INCHES IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE!

-->'''Louis Winthorpe III:''' Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness. Always go for the throat. Buy low, sell high. Fear? That's the other guy's problem. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the absolute carnage you are about to witness. Super Bowl, World Series - they don't know what pressure is. In this building, it's either kill or be killed. You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners. One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley. Are you with me?

*** On the other hand, ''Night Watch'' also included ''two'' example of Vimes playing this completely straight- first during the 'Keel and the Line' scene where he tells his men that their duty is simply to keep the peace and keep as many people from getting hurt as possible, and again later when [[spoiler:Carcer and the palace guard are trying to kill him]] when his men are already resolved to following him to the death, so he simply tells them that it's important that they win because if they don't, things will be very bad. That's ''pure'' Sam Vimes.

-->"Herald of Burgundy, in God's name and the king's, I bid you go back to your master and say this: Kings are great in the eyes of their people, but the people are great in the eyes of God, and it is the people of France who answer you in the name of this epitome. The people of Paris are not so poor of spirit that they fear the croak of the Burgundian ravens. We are well victualled, we are well armed; we lie snug and warm behind our stout walls; we laugh at your leaguer. But when we who eat are hungry, when we who drink are dry, when we who glow are frozen, when there is neither bite on the board nor sup in the pitcher nor spark upon the hearth, our answer to rebellious Burgundy will be the same. You are knocking at our doors, beware lest we open them and come forth to speak with our enemy at the gate. We give you back defiance for defiance, menace for menace, blow for blow. This is our answer--this and the drawn sword. God and St. Denis for the King of France!"

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd both parodied these speeches in the [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/6719-1-year-anniversary-video TGWTG Team Brawl video.]] Nostalgia Critic tells he's not good at speeches... and he really isn't, because he's simply reminding everyone which movies DID have good speeches while they look on bored. Angry Video Game Nerd simply spews out a bunch of swear words sprinkled in with lip service about how they're gonna kick ass, but at least he can ''get'' his side roused up.
** The Critic improves on this by ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}''. Granted it's about [[GodwinsLaw Nazis]], but it worked.
*** Precisely, it was something like this:
---->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Are you Nazis?\\
'''Everyone:''' *boos*\\
'''Nostalgia Critic:''' OR ARE YOU NAZIS?!\\
'''Everyone:''' *cheers*
** And he finally gets to deliver a genuinely good one in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', even if most of it is cribbed from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'':
--->Critics, reviewers, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. Unlike all the other times we've ever done this, this time we're really fighting for something! A day may come when a dark mage threatens to throw us back into the stone age. A day may come when the cult of an unwitty hack actually allows him to do it. A day may come when the courage of critcs fails, and we break our oath of snark and irony. But it is not this day! Sure, we may have abused science. Really abused it! But that doesn't mean we still can't learn from it! There may be no more shows, when the age of technology comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! So by all the cool gizmos and technological toys that you hold dear on this good earth, stand, reviewers of the Internet!

* Played straight in WebVideo/HeroHouse, with Robin delivering a motivational speech to Nightwing after [[spoiler:Batman's death]].
* Parodied in the web video series ''KnobHockey'', with several caricatures of real-life hockey players giving out some... interesting motivational speeches. "Ryan Smyth" rambles on about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qa86rLGXmc being an]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H079KmVZwTE Edmonton Oiler]], while "Rod Brind'amour" rips off ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' much to the disdain of his Carolina Hurricane teammates ("Oh god, it's the f* cking Braveheart speech."). The [[http://www.heavy.com/channel/2468 second season]] has "Daniel Alfredsson" taking a cue from Brind'amour, much to the confusion of his teammates, and "Chris Pronger" inspiring his teammates by reminding them what city they play for ("We are bringing the Cup to the home of hockey, the twelfth-largest hockey market in the continental United States... I am talking about Anaheim, California!").

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI 40 Inspirational Speeches In 2 Minutes.]]
* ''WebVideo/ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver''
-->"Inspiring final lines of a speech that douchebags will quote in their Facebook profiles!"
-->"Cheer!"
* Machinima/RedVsBlue: Revelation sees [[TheNeidermeyer Sarge,]] of all people, give a legitimately stirring one that begins with an MeaningfulEcho of the first line of the series: "You ever wonder why we're here?" It was, in fact, SO rousing, that it even pushes [[LazyBum Grif]] into action, albeit reluctantly: "*sigh* I'll go get my car keys."
** Sarge gives another one at the climax of Season 10, convincing Washington to come with them in helping Carolina & Church.
** In Ep. 17 of Season 13, [[spoiler:Chorus New Republic leader Vanessa Kimball gives one that unites the Federal Army and New Republic soldiers in the wake of Federal General Doyle's HeroicSacrifice in the previous episode, convincing them to set aside their long-standing feud and focus all their energy against Charon Industries' mercenary army]].
* From ''Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel'', when everything looks bad and the [[strike:PowerTrio]] Power Quartet can't even summon a single happy thought to fight off the army of Dementors, and as Ron says, "there is absolutely ''no way'' we can win!"
-->'''Harry''': ''No way''? You listen to me now! For eleven years, I was a {{Muggle}} [[{{Jerkass}} douchebag]] living under some stairs. But ''this'' year, [[ChangelingFantasy I found out I'm a wizard! I'm famous!]] I can fly, turn invisible, '''''and I just travelled the fuck back in time!''''' So fuck you, Draco, how's that for a happy thought! There is absolutely ''no way'' that there's no way! [''cue TheElevenOClockNumber'']

* In ''Machinima/TheCodex'', one of the early ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' machinimas, there was a ''stunningly'' good one of these. Massive bonus points for overlaying ''two'' such speeches, by the (sympathetic) opposing commanders.
* In [[http://lparchive.org/Quest-for-Glory-1-5/ one epic play-through]] of the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' computer game series...
-->'''Nike:''' Great, well, at least the gang’s all here now. So now what?
-->'''Katrina:''' According to the Sybil, there needs to be a willing sacrifice before the Dragon of Doom can die. But who…
-->'''Gort:''' I—
-->'''Katrina:''' I have already died for—
-->'''Toro:''' Toro—
-->'''Nike:''' '''NO!''' No more deaths! No more sacrifices!
-->'''Elsa:''' But the prophecy—
-->'''Nike:''' Fuck prophecy! And fuck the Sybil while I’m at it! I swear, by the gods of Silmaria, by the river Styx, by the souls of [[spoiler:Erana and Toby]], '''the only one who dies here tonight will be the dragon!'''

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Given by [[EmotionlessGirl Keela]] of all people to pull Dylan out of his DespairEventHorizon in a flashback in "Over and Under".
--> '''Keela''': The Overlord of Evil just may be more powerful than the Master of the Dammed, but when has that stopped you? You inspired me to escape from the Unworld when I gave up. Please dont let me down. Dont let the WORLD down.

* The ''Braveheart'' example is spoofed in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' - as Thanksgiving turkeys are attacking the town, Chef rides in front of the townsfolk in ''Braveheart'' face-paint and gives them the Braveheart speech to inspire the town to fight. The scene then cuts to the ''turkey'' army, where a turkey - complete with facepaint - is doing the exact same thing, only in turkey-speak ("Puck-puck puckpuck puck puck puck-puck-puck!")
* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Band Geeks" parodies this when Squidward gives up in despair of his ZanyScheme to impress his high-school rival by getting his friends and neighbors to form a marching band, and Spongebob delivers the following speech after Squidward has walked out:
--> '''Spongebob''': What kind of monsters are we? That poor creature came to us in his hour of need, and we failed him. Squidward's always been there for us when it was convenient for him. Evelyn, when your little Jimmy was trapped in a fire, who rescued him?
--> '''Evelyn''': A fireman.
--> '''Spongebob''': And Larry, when your heart gave out from all those tanning pills, who revived you?
--> '''Larry''': Some guy in an ambulance.
--> '''Spongebob''': Right! So, if we can all just pretend that Squidward was a fireman, or a guy in an ambulance, then I'm sure that we can all pull together and discover what it truly means to be in a marching band.
--> '''Harold''': Yeah, for the fireman!
--> '''All''': Hooray!
** In the episode "Stuck In the Wringer", upon getting trapped in his wringer, [=SpongeBob=] feels he'll never be able to do anything anymore. Patrick (whose stupidity is the reason he's stuck in it) gives a speech saying he can go on despite the adversity. Subverted in the fact that [=SpongBob=]'s life really ''was'' ruined.
* Towards the end of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Beast Boy has managed to avoid being captured by the Brotherhood of Evil, but the only apparent other "survivors" have rather lame powers and don't see the point in trying to fight back. He manages to rally everyone together to go save the day.
** Starfire gives one to the other Titans in "Revolution" (sans Robin who has been captured by Mad Mod), which enables the team to come up with a successful strategy to defeat the villain, utilizing bits and pieces of the methods they'd already tried before.
** Robin gives one in "The End Part Two" in order to rally Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire to keep fighting Trigon, even though Raven is apparently dead and it's literally the end of the world.
** In one episode, after Cyborg loses a match against Atlas and fails to rescue his friends, Cyborg then decides to give up, until his reflection in a mirror gives him a rousing speech.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'', just after Andy has given a rousing speech in defense of his brother:
-->'''The Judge:''' ''The man in the hot pants speaks the truth. Case dismissed!''
-->'''[[AsianStoreOwner Mr. Bang]]:''' ''But they rob my store!''
-->'''The Judge:''' ''Well, maybe you should have given a rousing speech.''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Zapp Brannigan responds to being court-martialed [[BastardlySpeech (viewers would know that it's bullshit)]]:
-->'''Zapp''': ''I'd like to make one final statement. Kif, come here and hold up the flag. And wave it a little, for God's sakes. My friends, you can take away a man's title and his uniform but you can never take away his integrity or his honor. [[NeverMyFault Plus, it was mostly Kif's fault.]]''
** In "Benderama", when the unattractive giant monster is trying to ruin the world and Bender is the only one left to stop it:
--->'''Bender:''' Legion of Benders, come onto me. We have one thing to do!\\
'''Legion of Benders:''' Screw that.\\
'''Bender:''' Oh, come on, you lazy jerks. If we all pitch in, we each only have to do one quintillionth of a thing.\\
'''Legion of Benders:''' ''(Sigh)'' Alright.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' episode "Vuuck, as in Duck", Duckman gives a speech to his women's baseball team that parodies the famous Knute Rockne "Win One for the Gipper" speech, and culminates in "... or I swear I'll go beat that legless bastard."

* Near the end of the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' special, "Summer Belongs to You", Phineas gives up while he and his friends are on a deserted island, but Isabella tells him he can't give up with a speech, which motivated him to continue finding out a way to get off the island.
** In "The Lizard Whisperer", Ferb gives one to Danville, when his pet chameleon, Steve, goes missing.
** In "Meatloaf Surprise", Phineas gives one with a giant fan blowing for added effect.
* While in the [[FelonyMisdemeanor mall security holding cell]], ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' notices an [[AirVentPassageway air vent on the ceiling]] and gives a rousing speech on how if all the inmates use teamwork, he can reach the vent [[spoiler:[[BastardlySpeech and then he leaves them behind]]]].
* Happens a few times on ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', usually given by [[TheHero T.J.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE8C1WWixgc Rousing Song of Heroism]] is a particularly [[LargeHam hammy]] and catchy version of this trope.
** [[TheDitz Plastic Man]] leads a sing-along of ([[{{Mondegreen}} his version of]]) "Yankee Doodle" to evoke the spirit of freedom and [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly restore]] Uncle Sam, setting the stage for the heroes' victory.

* Tommy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' has been know to give these on occasion. Chuckie even admitted in one episode that he loved when Tommy would give these big speeches.

* Lydia's speech in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' episode "The Unnatural" when an umpire is about to make a play-at-the-plate ruling (which would send the loser to a virtual Hell) wasn't so much a rousing speech as it was an impassioned treatise about sportsmanship. It brings the whole stadium to tears, resulting in the game being rained out.
* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': "Sky-Hi I.Q." has Dastardly invoking it then dismissing it:
-->'''Dastardly:''' Fearless flyers of the Vulture Squadron, it's up to us to stop that pigeon! Let's Go! ''Go!'' '''''Go!''''' (''the others zoom by him, with their entrails leaving Dastardly and his plane singed; to us'') I've got to knock off those pep talks!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'': When the Browns go to Comic-Con, Junior becomes disgusted with all the Hollywood crap that's overtaken the convention from its sci-fi/fantasy/comicbook roots. Eventually he gives a speech rallying all the cosplaying true fans into fighting to take Comic-Con back for themselves.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars,''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E14DefendersOfPeace "Defenders of Peace"]]: Durd gives a long boasting speech to his Separatist droids about "his" new superweapon before they test it, even though it's unnecessary, because he likes to hear himself talk. The droids to actually get excited when they learn the weapon is designed to harm organics and leave droids undamaged.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'', Season 1 "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E9LiveItUpTonight Live It Up Tonight]]", after Molly and Cole gets lost in the park and can't recognize where they are due to the darkness, Cole asks Molly if they should call their parents for help. Molly then gives him a speech using ''[[Film/HomeAlone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' and said Kevin [=McCallister=] didn't call his family when he got lost in New York, ("Never mind they didn't have cell phones and his family was in Florida."), she continues on how Kevin was lost longer than them and he was able to get through it. This motivates Cole to get back home.

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* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** The first comes in episode eight, and things just grow from there. The best definitely goes to Simon [[spoiler:once he overcomes Kamina's death]]. His speech and his ThemeMusicPowerUp together are ''extremely'' rousing. Essentially every line Simon has in the last three episodes is one of these.
---> '''Kamina:''' Simon...never forget. Believe in yourself. Not in the Simon that I believe in. Not in the Kamina that you believe in. Believe in the Simon...who believes in you!
** Near the end of the show, everyone else in the crew joins in and recite the Dai-Gurren Brigade's BadassCreed. For the last few episodes, EVERY motivating speech they give can be summed up as "We're about to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Punch Out Cthulhu]]." That's an awesome creed right there.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'':
** Right before Captain Pip Berdanotte leads his ragtag band of mercenaries into what is most definitely a suicidal close-quarters battle against an army of Nazi vampires after Seras goes on the offensive, he lets out a short but brutally simplistic speech about their fates.
--->"To let such a sweet girl die befits a death worse than hell, am I right? [...] And if it comes down to that, all of your lives must be sacrificed. This is the place you shall be buried. Your fortress will become your grave. [...] You fellas came here to kill for chump change, same as me. You all chose the life of a mercenary. Let's go die like mangy dogs. Let's die, screaming "Fuck! Fuck!" Taking gut shots, and writhing on the ground in agony. Heh, heh, heh. What do you boys say to that?"\\
"Sounds ''great'' to me."\\
"Absolutely."
** Anderson's speech to the entire Iscariot Orginization while saving Integra also definitely qualifies.
** But by far the most famous Rousing Speech to come out of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is [[ThoseWackyNazis the Major's]] "I Love War" speech to the Last Battalion. Sure, a Nazi says it, but it's still rousing.
---> "My friends, it has often been said that I like war. My friends, I like war. My friends, I ''love'' war."
** The speech then goes on for five minutes detailing exactly how much he [[BloodKnight loves war.]] Clue: It's a lot.
* Anime/{{Pokemon}}. Mewtwo plus an army of genetically altered (read: enhanced) Pokemon. Imminent extermination of the human race. [[UnflinchingWalk Enter Ash Ketchum with dozens of "ordinary" Pokemon in tow]]. Horribly outnumbered and outgunned. "You can't do this. I won't let you."
* In the last episode of ''Anime/LastExile'', between the overwhelming enemy forces and [[spoiler:indiscriminate attacks of Exile]], the final battle threatens to turn into a war of attrition. Sophia responds that this ''is'' a war of attrition, and lays out in no uncertain terms that no matter how much they have to throw into this battle, no matter how much they have to sacrifice, this is their last chance to overthrow the Guild. "[[FoeTossingCharge TARGET]]: [[TheCaligula MAESTRO]] [[BigBad DELPHINE]]!"

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': In the later moments of Muzan’s fight, in the Dimensional Infinity Fortress arc, after many slayers have been battered up to near-death, and Tanjiro had just been hit by a powerful shockwave emitted by Muzan, everything looks dire; Zenitsu steps up to save Inosuke from an attack and pushes himself to lift Tanjiro’s morale up, as the latter laid down in almost a convulsion state, telling him that he cannot die, Tanjiro has to live through that incredibly deadly fight and go home with Nezuko, who had just turned human, Zenitsu being alive and boosting his morale moves Tanjiro to tears. Zenitsu who was once a cowardly slayer, who had to be pushed over the edge and motivated to fight, now steps up on behalf of others, motivating them as well.
* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'': In the regional championship game, Deimon is behind by 17 points when their seemingly invincible [[MagnificentBastard leader/quarterback]] gets crushed by one of the opposing players and is taken off the field with a broken arm. With no back-up quarterback, their strongest lineman in minute two of his TenMinuteRetirement and the rest of the team totally shaken, the opposition asks if they're ready to forfiet the game. After a brief team meeting, the Devil Bats declare their decision in unison, "We will KILL them!"
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'':
** General Revil's unforgettable [[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/General_Revil "Zeon is exhausted!"]] speech when TheFederation was on the brink of total surrender.
** On the Zeon side, Gihren Zabi had two of his own: once after his brother Garma is killed, and another before the Federation's final assault on the Zeonic space fortress A Baoa Qu.
* Manga/{{Kaiji}} gives a few of these to Furuhata and Andou on the many occasions when things look hopeless on the ''Espoir''.

* A favorite pastime of the title character on ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', usually concerning the power of friendship and never giving up. Ironically, one of the most memorable of the show's speeches was much more cynical, given by not-exactly-main character [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]].
-->'''Shikamaru''': For as long as I've known him, Sasuke and I haven't exactly been close buddies. In fact, I don't really like him at all. All the same, Sasuke is a ninja belonging to the Hidden Leaf Village; he's a comrade, and I'll put my life on the line to help him. That's the way of our village. I know I usually seem like a pretty lazy guy, but not today... because now I'm responsible for your lives, too.
** Now that the series has been going towards end game territory (with TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt at hand), in Chapter 516, former WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds [[spoiler:Gaara]] has been given supreme command of the entire Shinobi Alliance Army. So how does he defuse [[strike: xenophobia- and racism]] generations of animosity fueled conflict between the united shinobi? Well, of course, by this gem:
---> ''Three times now... we've fought world wars for our own nations, our own villages. We've hurt one another, we've hated one another. That hatred bred a lust for power, and that lust for power '''created ME'''. I was a jinchūriki, the '''embodiment''' of hatred and power. And I hated this world, and all the people in it... I wanted to destroy it with my own hands. The exact same thing Akatsuki is trying to do today. But one man, one ninja from Konohagakure stopped me. '''[[MessianicArchetype I was his enemy, yet he wept for me! I hurt him, yet he called me his friend! He saved me! My enemy, my fellow jinchuriki... he suffered the same pain as me, yet bore me no ill will!]]'''
---> '''[[IWillFightNoMoreForever There are no enemies here because we've all suffered at Akatsuki's hand!]]''' So there is no Suna, no Iwa, no Konoha, no Kiri, and no Kumo! There are only '''"shinobi!"''' And if you still hold a grudge against Suna, '''[[TurnTheOtherCheek then when this war is over, come and take my head instead!]]''' Our enemies are after the friend who saved my life! If they take him, if we hand him over, our world is finished! I want to protect him, and I want to protect our world! But I'm too young to protect it all on my own! All of you, lend me your aid! Everyone who's with me, let's go!''
** Chapter 615 brought around arguably the most astonishing one of all, from ''[[spoiler: Hinata]]'', [[spoiler:in her attempt to snap Naruto out of a severe HeroicBSOD]]. Made all the more impressive in that [[spoiler: after being the ShrinkingViolet who could barely talk to Naruto at all (although that was mostly in Part I, since [[CharacterDevelopment she grew out of that by Part II]]), she steps up and delivers it without a single stutter]].
---> [[spoiler: "Do you understand what Neji said, Naruto? That your life is not the only one? Your words and your beliefs, that you won't let your friends die...they're not a lie! It's because of them that he was able to come this far! It's not only you. Everyone kept those words and feelings at heart, and that's how their lives are all connected. That's why they are comrades. If you give up on those words, then [[HeroicSacrifice what Neji did]] would become pointless. They wouldn't be comrades any more. I think...that would be the real way to kill your friends. So let's stand together, Naruto. [[MeaningfulEcho Always moving ahead and not going back on one's words...]] '''''[[YouAreNotAlone That's my way of the ninja too!]]]]'''''
*** ''[[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome It worked!]]]]''
** In Chapter 630, [[spoiler:as the Juubi prepares to undergo another transformation and Naruto is low on chakra,]] shinobi start wondering how they're going to manage without him. [[spoiler: Sakura, who is healing Naruto back to full strength, has this to say.]]
---> [[spoiler: "We can't just hesitate now after all that's happened! Naruto is doing everything he can! It was clear from his words (...) He's making us realise that he considers all of us his comrades! I'm going to make Naruto have a full recovery. Every one of us must do what's within their power. If we're gonna die anyway, then [[DoNotGoGentle it's better to die fighting than to do nothing!]]"]]

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz'', Dorothy Catalonia rouses the citizenry to openly protest Marimaia's coup d'etat. This can only be seen in the theatrical, not the 3-episode OVA cut.
* A villainous example by Seiji in the ''[[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Shin Hokuto no Ken]]'' [=OAVs=]. His speech regarding the madness of living and of combat is so effective it turns his milquetoast mercenaries who were about to break into crazed supersoldiers. He's like Evil Kamina or something. (And the milquetoastiest of them all, Chess, is instantly granted several hundred levels in badass by the speech alone, suddenly becoming as effective in combat as his master.) It turns the entire battle against the religious fanatics completely on its head. One wonders the kinds of [[EarthShatteringKaboom world shaking power]] it would have upon being used on people who were empowered in some fashion, or already at sociopath level. (And make no mistake that's what he sees himself as too.)
* Happens a few times in ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', notably when Tenma has to talk Nina out of her suicidal BSOD, and when he needs to impress upon the Turkish immigrants to secure the neighborhood or else face the wrath of the pyromaniacal Neo-Nazis.

* Goku gives a surprisingly potent Rousing Speech in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' episode 253, ''Union of Rivals'', in which he tells Vegeta that they've got to forget about their past histories and start fighting as one to protect their new race from Majin Buu.
--> "Wake up! Majin Buu's eaten everyone we care about! Everyone is gone, even Bulma! They've become part of Buu, they can't even die! I just thought the least we could do is put our old differences aside, just this once, and really work together. We owe that to our teammates, our families Vegeta, our friends! Look, you've always talked about our Saiyan race, how we're the last of a mighty people. Well it's time to accept we're starting a new race, one that can be just as strong, just as proud! But not if we're caught up in so much of our old birthrights to see what we have right in front of us! We've lost our old race Vegeta... let's not lose this one, too!"
* Like the games it was based on, in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Team Plasma gives one to convince the people that humans and Pokemon should be separated as Pokemon should not be used for tools of battle. While most people ignore them, amazingly enough however, a few ''actually'' take the speech to heart, one old man breaking down and crying how he abused many Pokemon over the years and some others immediately releasing their Pokemon.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Fleet Admiral Sengoku gives one Blackbeard stole Whitebeard's quake powers and threatened to sink the Navy HQ island Marineford with them. This is especially rousing in the anime, which shows the Marines' spirits rising from it.
--->A fortress... can always be rebuilt. But the island of Marineford is the hub of our world! To the people of the world, who live in fear of evildoers coming and going amongst them... this is an ominous day! But justice and righteousness will never be defeated! ''Don't you dare speak lightly of sinking this island,'' '''''you fiend!!'''''
** A rather husky pirate gives one to the Straw Hat pirates after Luffy and Zoro let themselves be beaten up by some other pirates berating their ideals. The pirate assures them that dreams will never die no matter what others say or do, and aren't worth fretting over. That pirate was ''Blackbeard''.
* Natsu gives an epic one in ''Manga/FairyTail'' that is not nakama-related, for once.
--> ''Can '''''EVERYBODY HEAR ME!!??''''' ''Dragon Slaying magic can'' '''''DEFEAT DRAGONS!!!''''' '''SEVEN DRAGON SLAYERS!!''' '''SEVEN DRAGONS!!!.''' ''Our Magic was created for this day!!!'' ''The Dragon Slayers exist to '''''FIGHT NOW!!!'''''. '''Let's GO!!''' ''It's time to hunt some Dragons!!!''
* Played with in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' where in episode 7, after everyone's morale is down, Sasha tries to get everyone together with a "If we all work together..." speech but she clearly doesn't believe it herself and it fails to make any impact. Later on, Mikasa is distraught after finding out [[spoiler:Eren was eaten]] but instead of a speech, she insults the remaining terrified soldiers and heads off to kill more Titans. It ''works''.
* Anytime Riki from ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'' appears onscreen, he's bound to use this speech for his pack.
* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', [[spoiler:[[BackFromTheDead Teresa]]]] gives one of these to an [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Awakened]] and partially [[YouWillBeAssimilated Assimilated]]-by-the-[[BigBad Big Bad]] [[TragicMonster Cassandra]], with shades of DareToBeBadass. Beyond goading Cassandra into [[HeroicWillpower summoning the willpower]] to break away from the BigBad, it's actually enough to reawaken her ''human'' side to face [[spoiler:Teresa]] in battle so that Cassandra can [[DyingAsYourself die as a human]] rather than a monster.
-->'''[[spoiler:Teresa]]:''' ''[[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan CASSANDRA]]!'' As a former [[WorldsBestWarrior Number One]]... [[WhatTheHellHero just how long do you intend to be used in such an idiotic fashion?!]] Don't forget the pride of being the absolute figure of that age! What it means to stand at the top of 47 people! [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight Remember the fighting spirit of being Number One!]]
* ''Anime/{{Bleach}}:'' Rukia has given several of these to Ichigo.
** After his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Inner Hollow]] interferes in his fight with Yammy, Ichigo has lost his will to fight as a Shinigami and can't even fight a [[{{Mook}} regular Hollow]]. In Chapter 196, Rukia drags him off and gives him this:
--->'''Rukia:''' Are you afraid of being defeated? Are you afraid of failing to save your friends? Or are you afraid of the Hollow inside you? If it's defeat, then you just need to train harder. If it's about your friends, then you just need to reseal those promises after becoming a more virtuous man. If it's about the Hollow inside you, then just become strong enough until you can shatter it in an instant. Even if you can't rely on anyone else, just pull yourself together and roar! The "you" that still lives on in my heart, Ichigo, would do exactly that!!"
** In chapter 460, after she [[spoiler:returns his Shinigami powers to him after Ginjo steals his Fullbring]]:
--->'''Rukia:''' ...Urahara told me all about Tsukishima's power. To "be able to change people's past"... No matter how you look at it, it's a horrendous ability. I ask you, does that even matter? No matter how much of your past he changes, he cannot change your future! Those bonds that you lost can be rebuilt! (...) Ichigo! These fools don't understand that this isn't nearly enough to make you despair! They don't know the caliber of despair that you have already conquered! Show them, Ichigo! Despair cannot ever hope to stop you!
** Rukia likes doing this so much that the anime made fun of it in an episode revolving around the cast making their own movies. Ichigo doesn't want to do it and is ready to quit the whole thing, until Rukia gives him a speech about being the best actor he can be, delievered with as much heart and conviction as her other speeches. Again, they're ''[[SeriousBusiness just making a movie]].''

* Every so often, Noelle from ''Manga/BlackClover'' gives one of these. It's one of the few times royalty is shown in a positive light, and it's very unusual to hear her talk like this given her usual haughty nature, but the objects of her speeches come to realize she has a point and are enlightened or encouraged afterward.
* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Mikage and Mari delivers one together to the [[EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo Mira and Ao]] over the phone during Chapter 34/Episode 10, when it turns out that only one of them was selected to the Shiny Star Challenge[[note]]A scientific summer camp that ties in quite tightly with their GoalInLife--discovering an asteroid together.[[/note]]--and are having so bad of a HeroicBSoD that no other character can handle.
-->'''Mikage''': You don't have time to waste moping. I mean, you cleared a major hurdle.\\
'''Mari''': Mm! Besides, even if only one of you can go, you can still share the knowledge you gained there with each other.\\
'''Mikage''': We're still here. If you need anything, just reach out.

* Ultimate Captain America in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates #1''. World War II, and Cap's soldiers are assaulting a Nazi superscience bunker. They're being slaughtered by defenses ... until Captain America ''crashes the transport plane into it - and survives.'' As he climbs out, he waves the troops forward, proclaiming ''"What are you ladies waiting for - Christmas?!"''
-->"Cap says parachutes are for girls"
* This happens with the Comicbook/XMen in the ''Fall of the Mutants'' storyline. They know full well they will not survive the encounter with the [[CosmicHorror Adversary]], but go on to fight him anyway after Wolverine gives some rousing words to the people watching at home (a cameraman was accompanying them).
* Many readers were surprised when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Surge]] gave one when her team was about to take on Nimrod. Given [[TraumaCongaLine what had happened prior to this]], [[HeroicBSOD it was amazing anyone on her team could even function]]. She also gets points for doing the whole thing in her underwear without it looking stupid.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' album [[Recap/AsterixAndTheLaurelWreath "Asterix And The Laurel Wreath"]] where Asterix gives the courtroom a rousing speech that drives the entire courtroom to tears... in order to get themselves ''thrown to the lions'' in the hopes that Caesar will attend in order to obtain the titular laurel wreath.
* ''ComicBook/{{Scion}}'': Bron gives one of these to his army after the Heron army invades the Raven Kingdom.

* ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'': Just before infiltrating the Babel Spire, Quill gives one of these to his team... only to be met with blank looks, before muttering "thought not" and moving on.
* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'''s first team-up, Oracle is speaking to Black Canary as she is fighting Lynx and, when it seems like Lynx has won, Oracle explains that Dinah does not have the luxury of dying here and she better get up and DO something about it. Afterwards, Dinah actually comments that it was a nice speech.

* ''ComicBook/GiantDays'': Towards the end of a cricket match in which the regulars and various supporting characters have been bullied into playing as a RagtagBandOfMisfits, OnlySaneMan [=McGraw=] attempts a personal rousing speech to the demoralised Paul, to limited effect. Then PerkyGoth Esther cuts in and parodies the trope to ''match-winning'' effect.
--> '''[=McGraw:=]''' Look at Gemmell and Thompson cowering in the outfield. Two lads who know nothing but the sick note, yet they took their lumps today.\\
'''Paul:''' Yeah. They did.\\
'''[=McGraw:=]''' And Esther, a barely coordinated goth--\\
'''Paul:''' I get it. I'll bowl, skipper.\\
'''Esther:''' Listen, I don't know much about cricket, but I know this much: no one ever failed by pretending they were a huge robot with wings... ...and and that the sun would explode if they didn't achieve their goal. Do it, Paul. Do it for the ''sun.''\\
'''Paul:''' ''I will do it for the sun.''
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'': After Olympus falls to the First Born and most of the Olympians have been slaugtered and turned into meat moss Diana rouses the Amazons with, ''"Warriors, I ask you to join me in a fight to reclaim [[HijackedByJesus Heaven]]. Follow me... not as your princess... but as the God of War!"''
* ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'': Before heading off to Loomworld, 616!Spider-Man tries to give one of these to [[spoiler: an alternate Uncle Ben]] that ultimately fails. [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan Otto Octavius]] then interjects with a more aggressive one that actually manages to get through, much to Peter's astonishment.
-->'''Otto:''' So that's it?! You're afraid to fail--again?! ''Tough!'' I've lost more times than I've won, and every damn time I got back up! That's all that matters!\\
'''Peter:''' This isn't helping--\\
'''Otto:''' When victory is easy, it's cheap! Every fight that's ever been worth fighting has been against adversity! Against a so-called "unbeatable" foe! But there is no such thing! Every enemy has a weakness! You just have to find it! Once! You just have to win one time! ''Say it!''\\
[[spoiler: '''Ben''']]''':''' [-One time.-]\\
'''Otto:''' We all have feet of clay. We all fall down. But in us is the the spirit to rise back up! It's not the power of the spider that makes any of us who we are! It's will of the man! So get up! Get up old timer, and ''fight!''

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', Buzz Lightyear inspires the other toys to press on in their search for Woody, while working in a few [[ContinuityNod continuity nods]]:
-->'''Buzz:''' ''Come on, fellas. Did Woody give up when Sid had me strapped to a rocket? No! And did he give up when you threw him out of the back of that moving van? No, he didn't! We have [[ThePowerOfFriendship a friend in need]], and we're not going to rest until he's safe in Andy's room! Now, let's move out!''
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''. Twice. With ThemeMusicPowerUp. "AUTOBOTS! Transform and roll out!"

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' where Linguini finally confesses he is really a front for a rat, Remy, who is the real cook who has revived the restaurant's fortunes. In the face of the staff's stunned disbelief, Linguini eloquently tells them that if they have faith in this rat's culinary genius, they will all have a glorious future. Unfortunately at the conclusion, the entire staff reacts to this seemingly insane proposal by immediately quitting.
** Yet that speech is simultaneously played straight in that while the humans are not impressed, Remy's rat family is so moved in part by Linguini's efforts, that they step up to be the new kitchen crew.
*** Which is then subverted when the restaurant is closed down for good because of its rat infestation.

* [[BigBad Gaston]] does this to everyone in Belle's village near the end of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' so that they will "kill the Beast!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', Maria gives one to the entire town of San Angel, who have all been mostly cowering from Chakal the entire time.
* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Phoebus gives a big rousing speech for the Gypsies and citizens to fight back and put an end to Frollo's tyranny once and for all.
-->'''Phoebus''': Citizens of Paris! Frollo has persecuted our people! Ransacked our city! And now, he has declared war on Notre Dame herself! '''''WILL WE ALLOW IT?!!?'''''\\
'''Crowd''': (''charging'') [[BigNO NOOOOO!!!!]]

* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'' - the alien leader of the Red Lectroids (inhabiting the body of Italian scientist Emilio Lizardo (John Lithgow) gives a rousing pre-invasion speech to his men, complete with the mannerism of Benito Mussolini. It ends with a rousing call to arms:

* ''Film/AguirreTheWrathOfGod'' ends with Aguirre giving one of these, combined with his mad vision to conquer the Spanish Empire, to his crew - who are either dead or insane - himself, and a swarm of tiny monkeys. There is also a Rousing Speech (or at least one ''intendend'' to be rousing) in the first phase of the movie, when Aguirre goads the soldiers to mutiny. But both speeches are subversions of the trope, because 1. Aguirre is the evil guy, 2. his speeches make no effort to hide or euphemize his and his listeners' selfish and non-sublime motives (they all are only out for money and fame), and 3. many of the soldiers are not actually "roused", but only follow Aguirre out of fear of him and his accomplices. The last "speech" is actually partly an inner monologue, partly an address to monkeys instead of people, which leads the trope to absurdity.

--->'''Bluto:''' What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh?! This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst! [mockingly] "Oh, we're afraid to go with you, Bluto! We might get in trouble!" Well, just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this! Wormer - he's a dead man! Marmalard - dead! Neidermeyer-\\

** Another one after they've run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, and all but the main three are thinking of just giving up -

-->'''Rockne:''' And the last thing he said to me, "Rock," he said, "sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock", he said - "but I'll know about it - and I'll be happy."

----> '''Théoden''': Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered - a sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride now! Ride! Ride to ruin, and the world's ending! ''Death! Death!'' '''DEATH! ''FORTH ÉORLINGAS!'' '''

-->Cut it out! Cut it out! Cut it out! The hell's the matter with you? Stupid! We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts! Here's proof: his nose is cold! But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw "Old Yeller?" Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end? I cried my eyes out. So we're all dogfaces, we're all very, very different, but there is one thing that we all have in common: we were all stupid enough to enlist in the Army. We're mutants. There's something wrong with us, something '''very, very wrong''' with us. Something seriously wrong with us - we're soldiers. But we're American soldiers! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're 10 and 1! Now we don't have to worry about whether or not we practiced. We don't have to worry about whether Captain Stillman wants to have us hung. All we have to do is to be the great American fighting soldier that is inside each one of us. Now do what I do, and say what I say. And make me proud!

-->'''Billy Ray Valentine:''' Yeah, we got to kill the motherf... - we got to kill 'em!

* In ''Film/ElmosAdventureInGrouchland'', Oscar berates his fellow Grouches for letting Huxley constantly take their stuff, and rallies them to defeat the villain.

* In ''Literature/RuledBritannia'', Shakespeare's entire ''play'' of the story of Boudicca, the final two lines of which inspire his audience to rise up and throw out the Spanish occupiers:
--> "No epilogue here, unless you make it;\\
If you want your freedom, go and take it."
* The unnamed U.S. President (implied to be Colin Powell) in ''Literature/WorldWarZ'' gives one of these with a less then lukewarm reception. [[DownplayedTrope It still gets the job done.]]
* Tyrion Lannister in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' gets a few of these. They may not be masterpieces, but since he's a dwarf, the fact that he makes the effort at all is nothing less than phenomenal.
** Consider also he was doing this for people who hated his guts, treated him like garbage, and lopped off his ''nose'' for his trouble in saving their sorry asses...
* Subverted in Creator/OrsonScottCard's ''Literature/EndersShadow'' when Bonzo is out to kill Ender and Bean gives a speech about how anyone who's against Ender is on the Buggers' side. When he finishes, someone tells him Ender's alone and Bonzo and his gang are already after him.
* Parodied in Robert Graves's ''Literature/IClaudius'', where Claudius meets historians Livy and Pollio. Pollio criticizes Livy for writing that generals gave rousing speeches before battles, and tells that UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar before the decisive battle with UsefulNotes/{{Pompey}} (where Pollio was present) didn't do anything of the sort; instead, he did funny skits involving a radish. In the sequel, ''Literature/ClaudiusTheGod'', Claudius gives a similar speech before an important battle in Britain (without a radish though).
* Spoofed repeatedly by Creator/CleolindaJones, author of ''Movies in 15 Minutes'', who enjoys using the titular poem as a substitute for inspirational moments in the movies she parodies. Of note is the spoof of ''Independence Day'', when the President begins to give his speech... and then, seeing that his audience doesn't get it, switches to a more contemporary reference - Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".
* Creator/RobertJordan's ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time]]'' has the Aiel [[BadassCreed oath]]:
-->Till shade is gone, till water is gone\\
Into the [[{{Hell}} Shadow]] with teeth bared\\
[[DefiantToTheEnd Screaming defiance with the last breath]]\\
To spit in [[{{Satan}} Sightblinder's]] eye on [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the last day]].

** Nanny also uses one of these to enlist the aid of [[spoiler: the Elf king]], after a fashion - except she only means for humanity to [[DoNotGoGentle not go gentle into that good night]]. In helping her he's merely ensuring that there'll be room for him on the day they ''do'', when finally even the iron in the head is rusty.

** ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'' also parodies ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' by taking the most remembered line--"They may take our lives", etc.--and having people react to it as if the speaker had just said something profoundly stupid. It does turn out be literally true for Reg Shoe, who is the one who used it.

** In ''Literature/WyrdSisters'', Hwel, the dramatist, thinks that Tomjon, who's the greatest actor in the world, could make a bunch of drunkards in a pub to storm the Patrician's palace by giving a speech - and they'd probably succeed.

* Played with in Raiders of {{Literature/Gor}}, where Tarl/Bosk manages it with a few lines and a Rousing Rock. ("It is the Home Stone of Port Kar.... If you wish it, it shall be so.")
* Yukiko gave one in the epilogue to ''Literature/{{Stormdancer}}''.

* In Literature/TheSilmarillion, [[MagnificentBastard Fëanor]] manages to convince almost all of the Noldor to [[Franchise/StarTrek boldly go where no elf has gone before]].
** [[GoYeHeroesGoAndDie Subverted]] with his sons Celegorm and Curufin. They too are great orators -their speeches are compared to Fëanor's-, but they manage to convince a whole city ''not'' to follow their king, and make them so afraid that they refuse to go into open battle until a few decades later.
* Commissar Genadey Novobazky delivers one of these at the end of the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Literature/GauntsGhosts'' novel ''His Last Command''. [[spoiler:Colonel Wilder, Novobazky and A Company of the 81/1st (Recon) stay behind during the retreat from Sparshad Mons to fight a rearguard action and allow Imperial forces to withdraw from the city before it gets bombarded from orbit. This example is a BolivianArmyEnding. We never see what happens, but there are only two possible outcomes. The Belladon either get slaughtered by the Blood Pact, or vaporised by the orbital bombardment.]]
** [[spoiler:It's also a convenient way for Gaunt to get command of the regiment again. Wilder is out of the picture, and most of the Belladon soldiers are dead.]]
* The Novel ''[[Literature/PrinceRoger We Few]]'' by Creator/JohnRingo and Creator/DavidWeber is named after the Saint Crispian's day speech. Much thought is given to the problems when a King establishes a great deal of personal loyalty by surviving a BolivianArmyEnding with his own troops.
-->"The safety of the Empire? Admiral, I'm sworn to serve the Empire, we both are, but I serve Master Rog. We all do. You'd have to have been there to understand. He's not... who he was. None of us are. We're Prince Roger's Own. Period. They call aides 'dog-robbers' because they'll rob a dog of its bone, if that's what the admiral wants. We're... we're pig-robbers. We'll steal slop, if that's what Roger wants. Or conquer the Caravaz 'I don't know where I'll be then, Doc,' he said, 'But I won't smell too good, that's for sure.' an Empire. Or set him up as a pirate king. Maybe Pahner wasn't that way, maybe he fought for the Empire, even to the last. But the rest of us are, we few who survive. We're Roger's dogs. And if he wants to save the Empire, well, we'll save the Empire. And if he'd told me to come in here and assassinate you, well, Admiral, you'd be dead."
* Another novel by Creator/DavidWeber, coauthored by Steve White, ''Crusade'', has a corrupt alien religion based around the "Holy Mother Terra". The main headquarters of this religion on the alien home planet has been targeted for invasion/destruction by the Terran fleet that's laboriously fought its way through several other conquered systems, because capturing it will open a small hole in the planetary defenses, allowing the Terrans to force terms of peace. The problem? Said base has been constructed into a mountain, under two hundred meters of rock, the ground defenses are forty kilometers deep, there's four fighter squadrons based there, and ''countless'' rocket launchers, anti-shuttle weapons, minefields, auto-cannon, pillboxes, and mortar pits. It's described as being not so much a fortress as a weapon designed to drown the attackers in their own blood. The icing on the cake? A ''two hundred megaton suicide charge'' underneath the base proper. The reply from the back row, after all this has been explained to the troops?
-->"Question, Commander. What do we do ''after'' lunch?"
** This book also features a very different kind of speech from the old and wizened Admiral, where he convinces the Terran Navy's High Command ''not'' to exterminate the religious fanatics entirely.
* In ''[[Literature/{{Conqueror}} Lords of the Bow]]'', Genghis Khan gives a very impressive speech after gathering the steppe tribes together, which motivates them to cross the Gobi desert and attack [[UsefulNotes/DynastiesFromShangToQing the Chinese nations]].
* In Creator/RussellKirk's novel ''Literature/ACreatureOfTheTwilight'', Manfred Arcane gives his army of African Traditionalists a tour de force plaigiaring everyone from Napoleon ("Men of Kalidu, the centuries look down upon you!") to Kennedy.
* From the Literature/AbleTeam (spin-off of Literature/TheExecutioner series) novel ''Ironman''.
-->"He had village assemblies. Set up loudspeakers. Preached 'beans and bullets'. The duty of the people to the nation. The evil of neutrality. The evil of communism. Promised schools and electricity. New roads. Should have saved his breath."
-->"Everyone knew the facts. Fight or get shit on."
* Used by Roran in the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' to the entire village of Carvahall in order to persuade them to abandon the town and join the Varden in Surda. Subverted later on when the town needs to steal a boat. They turn to Roran, expecting another rousing speech, but he simply delivers the OneLiner "It's either this or walk," and goes to sleep.
* In the [[Literature/TheLeagueOfPeoplesVerse League of Peoples 'Verse]] novel ''Expendable'', the drunken old former Explorer Phylar Tobit manages to get a bunch of indolent aliens to help him out by firing them up with a rousing speech (which he then admits to loosely translating from [[ShoutOutToShakespeare Henry V]]).
* ''Literature/XWingSeries'':
** Wedge Antilles gives one in ''Starfighters of Adumar'', before launching the united Adumari nation. The Adumari [[PlanetOfHats hat]] is ProudWarriorRaceGuy, but that just gets them killed, so he speaks about keeping their minds on the task at hand, not on glory. Before he starts, he thinks that he's not one of those people who needs a rousing speech to fight at his best, and he's a little iffy on the idea of someone who does.
** He also said something in ''Iron Fist'' before the Wraiths started a particularly important mission.
---> "I'm not going to give you some sort of stirring, half-witted speech about why we're here. They're for crowds, not for fighter pilots."
* François Villon in ''If I Were King'':
-->"Herald of Burgundy, in God's name and the king's, I bid you go back to your master and say this: Kings are great in the eyes of their people, but the people are great in the eyes of God, and it is the people of France who answer you in the name of this epitome. The people of Paris are not so poor of spirit that they fear the croak of the Burgundian ravens. We are well victualled, we are well armed; we lie snug and warm behind our stout walls; we laugh at your leaguer. But when we who eat are hungry, when we who drink are dry, when we who glow are frozen, when there is neither bite on the board nor sup in the pitcher nor spark upon the hearth, our answer to rebellious Burgundy will be the same. You are knocking at our doors, beware lest we open them and come forth to speak with our enemy at the gate. We give you back defiance for defiance, menace for menace, blow for blow. This is our answer--this and the drawn sword. God and St. Denis for the King of France!"

* In Creator/JamesSwallow's ''[[Literature/BloodAngels Deus Sanguinius]]'', at the climax, Rafen gives a rousing speech, reminding his fellow Blood Angels that their primarch died at the hands of Chaos and calling on them to renounce their allegiance to [[spoiler:the false Reborn Angel]].
* Subverted in ''Chesapeake'' by Creator/JamesMichener. John Smith (the one that was linked with Pocahontas) sends his men out with a few orders. They come back, having been utterly victorious, and he writes it up in his diary with a rousing speech at the beginning ''that never happened''.
* [[HeroicBastard Jiaan]] gives one at the end of ''Fall of a Kingdom'', the first book in the Literature/FarsalaTrilogy. The entire deghan army has just been destroyed, leaving Farsala with no defenders, and he only speaks a few lines, but we can assume they work. By the next book, he has assembled a ragtag but effective army.
* Deeba gives one in Chapter 81 of ''Literature/UnLunDun''.
* Tavi gets an amazing one to his entire country via watercrafting in ''First Lord's Fury'' of the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series.
* In ''Literature/ThePaleKing'', one is given by a substitute teacher on the final review day of the Advanced Tax class. [[spoiler: It motivates Chris to clean up his life.]]
** ''Gentlemen, you are called to account.''

-->''"You don't see a battle. You hear it. Black powder blasting by the ton on all sides. Black smoke blinding you and choking you and making you vomit. Then the French come out of the smoke - not in a line, but in a column. And they march towards our thin line, kettledrums hammering like hell and a golden eagle blazing overhead. They march slowly, and it takes them a long time to reach you, and you can't see them in smoke. But you can hear the drums. They march out of the smoke, and you fire a volley. And the front rank of the column falls, and the next rank steps over them, with drums hammering, and the column smashes your line like a hammer breaking glass... and Napoleon has won another battle. But if you don't run - if you stand until you can smell the garlic, and fire volley after volley, three rounds a minute - then they slow down. They stop. And then they run away. All you've got to do is stand, and fire three rounds a minute. Now, you and I know you can fire three rounds a minute. But can you stand?"''
* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' contains a speech from the Count himself. Though the context is wrong for this trope, the content is certainly worthy of a particularly good one. Plus, after the discovery that Dracula used to be a human lord who was also a great general, one can very easily imagine him giving a true Rousing Speech that could have said many of the same things.
* UsefulNotes/AlfredTheGreat in Creator/BernardCornwell's ''[[Literature/TheSaxonStories The Pale Horseman]]'' before the Battle of Ethandun. It starts out as a typical (for Alfred) homily to God to grant victory, but Alfred quickly remembers Uhtred's advice and changes this to a speech appealing to his warriors' desire to kill as many Danes as possible.
* In Creator/JohnMilton's ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', Beezelbub gives one to the fallen angels just after the fall, concluding, "Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n." and they are abashed and stand.
* In Hugo's ''Literature/LesMiserables'', the men at the barricade of the Rue de Chanvrerie are aware they will probably not get out of it alive. That doesn't stop Enjolras from giving a speech about progress and a more idealistic republic. The speech literally takes up one chapter of the book.
* In Creator/JulieKagawa's ''Literature/TheIronQueen'', when Glitch and the others are about to hide from the false king again, Meghan gives a speech to inspire them to fight. [[spoiler:Puck]] even calls it a rousing speech.
* ''[[Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy Hero of Ages]]'': Elend delivers one in full [[DeterminedDefeatist Determined Defeatist]] style. He asks his men to fight even though there's absolutely no question that they will die if they do. He says that every second they're able to keep going is a second longer the people they're protecting will stay alive.
* ''Literature/OfFearAndFaith'': North delivers one to a group of haggard soldiers at the end of one chapter. [[spoiler: It works out well for him and the soldiers, as they finally agree to escape alongside North and his party from the hellhole they've been refusing to leave, but it doesn't go as well for Phenix, who feels like a complete failure after three straight chapters of trying and failing to do the same thing, only to have [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter North come in and rally them all in a second]].]]
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'', [[spoiler:Guardian]], though incapable of coherent speech after years in [[{{Mordor}} the Gloom]], is capable of communicating with the others trapped there. He touches the Rangers' starburst on his tattered uniform, and the two other superheroes get up to help get others to safety, so the gestures apparently were this.
* At the climax of ''Literature/TheBalladOfTheWhiteHorse'', [[UsefulNotes/AlfredTheGreat Alfred's]] [[DarkestHour army is routing, his heroes are dead]], and the enemy has given up chasing them to just loot, sacrificing all discipline to do. This is the trigger for him failing to give into despair and instead making an epic rousing speech, starting with, "Brothers in arms, on *this* side lies the foe," before turning into a speech that amounts to "we'll die whatever we do, so let's kill a lot of them before we do." It works.
* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': In ''Catching Fire'' Katniss makes a beautiful speech in District 11, about her ally Rue. Then in ''Mockingjay'', she has a couple; Her "If we burn, you burn with us" speech implied to be received well, but when she tries to give one in the middle of a firefight in District 2, [[spoiler: she gets shot.]]

* ''Literature/KingsOfTheWyld'': Gabe gives one at [[spoiler:the War Fair to convince every mercenary present--and therefore nearly all of the mercenaries ''in the world''--to follow him through a portal to Castia to save the city and his daughter]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext And he gives this speech through a pinecone]].
* Near-future military thriller ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'', chronicling a second American civil war, has several, for example that by General [=LeMieux=] before one of the decisive battles. Here is an excerpt:
-->"What are we fighting for? Everything. Our lives, our families, our homes, our culture, and our God. If we lose, we lose all of them."
* Subverted in ''Vasili Tyorkin'' by Alexander Tvardovsky. In the chapter "The Battle in the Swamp", Tyorkin cheers up the exhausted soldiers who are fighting for one tiny village. The LemonyNarrator notes that it would be a wonderful moment to say that the soldiers stood up and took the village easily and that Tyorkin personally killed eight Nazis with a wooden spoon... but nothing of that sort happened. The battle was hard, it lasted many more days and claimed many lives.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': These occur occasionally. In ''Cloudstar's Journey'', Cloudstar gives one to his Clan after they lose an important battle, in order to keep their spirits up and encourage them to fight another day.

* ''Literature/MobyDick'': Several, but the most notable and dramatic happens with the St. Elmo's Fire scene, where the crew swears loyalty to Captain Ahab after seeing how fearless he is.

--> "Gather round, guys. Get closer over here. To be honest with you, I didn't want to do this on, on camera, but...I'm not happy right now. I haven't been happy all day. I have the feeling that there's some guys here who don't wanna fight. I don't know if that's true, or not true, or whatever, but I don't know what the fuck everybody thought they were coming here for. Does anybody here ''not'' wanna fight? Did anybody ''come here'' thinking that they would not fight? No? Speak up. Anybody who, who came here thinking they weren't gonna fight, speak up, let me hear it...Let me explain something to everybody. This is a very - and when I say very, I can't explain to you what a unique opportunity this is - if you've ever wanted to ''really'' be a fighter, and when I say a real fighter, you wanna be like him(''*points to Randy Couture*''), you wanna be like him(''*points to Chuck Liddell*''), you wanna be like some of the guys on the wall in here? This is fucking unbelievable. This is an ''amazing'' opportunity, right? You don't have to worry about paying your fucking bills, you really don't have to worry about whatever's going on out in the real world right now, you train with your trainers, we've gotten some of the best grappling, boxing, muay thai coaches there are, you have ''nothing'' to fucking worry about, everyday, except coming in and getting better at what, ''supposedly'', you wanna do for a living...Big deal, the guy sleeping next to you fucking stinks, you know, he doesn't take care of things, you know, he's drunk all night, making noise, you can't sleep. You got fucking roommates. We picked who we believe are the best guys in the country right now. We did, and you guys are it. Fucking act like it, man. You're gonna fight in front of a lot of people, a lot of people. And it depends on pay-per-view. We're not scumbag promoters. We're not. We're not Don King, we're not any of these other guys, you make us money, we'll make ''you'' money. That's the way it works, that's the way the ''entire'' industry works. If you draw and sell tickets, if you draw and sell pay-per-view, you make a lot of fucking money. The show is the opportunity for that to click for one of you guys, you know...You never know what's gonna click with somebody. You have no fucking clue the opportunity that you have here. Any questions? Does ''anybody'' not wanna be here? Does anybody ''not'' wanna win this fucking thing? Does anybody not wanna fight? ''Do you wanna be a fucking fighter?'' Do you wanna be a fighter? That's the question. It's not about cutting weight, it's not about living in a fucking house, it's about ''do you wanna be a fighter?'' It's not all, fucking, you know, signing autographs and banging broads when you get outta here. It's not. It's no fucking fun, man, it's a job, just like any other job. Being a fighter isn't all fucking girls and signing autographs. It's fucking hard work. But you have the opportunity to fucking make money, be famous, and do something for the sport here. That's what this is all about. So the ''question'' is not did you think you had to make weight, not did you think you had to do this, ''do you wanna be a fucking fighter?!'' That is my question. And only you know that. Anybody who says they ''don't'', I don't fucking want you here, and I'll throw you the fuck out of this gym so fucking fast your head'll spin. You'll be sitting over at the other fucking house playing checkers. It's up to you, I don't care. Cool? I love you all, that's why you're here. Every guy that's in this room right now, your coaches dig, they believe in you. I just wanna make sure you all wanna be fucking fighters. That's it, that's all I wanna know. Cool? Have a good night, gentlemen.

* This is one of the character schticks of the Warlord class (the "Martial Leader") in the 4th edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Like a number of other classes, the Warlord can choose between several "motifs" at character creation; two motifs focus towards manipulating their allies in the fight (Tactical and Resourceful), while the other two focus towards inspiring allies to fight harder. The Inspirational Warlord is the more likely of these latter motifs to make use of Rousing Speeches -- the Bravura Warlord prefers inspiring through example. Beyond being part of the theme, a number of the Warlord's powers actually take the form of particular speeches and battle cries.
** A bard in ''D&D'' 3rd edition who specializes in oration provides combat or skill buffs through rousing speeches. There's even a feat in an issue of ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine named "We Few, We Happy Few" that enhances this ability.

* The TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness has the "Inspiring" Merit for all character types, which allows the character to make a speech which allows others to regain a point of Willpower. Combine this with the Hope Virtue, and the character can gain all ''their'' Willpower back as well.

* Subverted in ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra''. Before one of the battles, Mark Antony gives an incredibly depressing speech ("Haply you shall not see me more; or if,/A mangled shadow: perchance to-morrow/You'll serve another master.") This is the only battle in the play that Antony actually wins.

* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' a guard gives this speech to a lynch mob.
--> Guard: But above all else...they are a level 1 encounter. And we will ''not'' allow our city to fall to a ''level 1 encounter''!
* At the end of the main story of the first run of Webcomic/{{Fans}}, Rikk, Kath and the assembled geek armies of the world [[http://www.faans.com/books1-6/index.php?p=1570 recite Aragorn's speech]] ''in unison'', ''to each other'', before going to war with the God Machine.
** [[http://www.faans.com/books1-6/index.php?p=1571 And then Rumy's alien ex does it for the aliens.]] Subverted with Sol-Son/Soulson's response.
* During ''[[Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault GPF's]]'' mammoth 'To Thine One Self...' arc, the Grey Drone, Pi, attempts to rouse his fellow aliens into revolt against TheEmpire, in a classic Rousing Speech playing on morality and justice. And fails utterly. Then his comedic sidekick, Planck, steps up, after having serendipitously ended up with a fairly decent Braveheart costume through a series of improbable mishaps - and successfully rouses the drones into revolt with a [[http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive.php?d=20060623 mishmashed speech]] combined from various real and fictional Rousing Speeches, and some general-purpose silliness. (Though the ending isn't as crazy at it would appear to the uninitiated - earlier comics revealed that the Greys find cheese to be both delicious and addictive.)

* Remember [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} the Major's "I Love War" speech mentioned in Anime and Manga?]] ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' cranks it UpToEleven. Gentlemen, the ''fandom'' [[http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/d/20090629.html version]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Bug|Martini}}'' gives us an example of this... [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/playing-the-percentages/ kinda.]]
* ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'' has Norah deliver a short, conscise, but successful speech to the rest of her team after TheReveal leaves them absolutely terrified [[http://www.agentsoftherealm.com/aotr/-176-captain-norah here]]. Made even more impressive when you consider that Norah has social anxiety.
-->''No. '''No'''. We are not going to sit and spiral like this. There's five of us. Or... well... there's going to be. We '''all''' have to go and talk to her - to '''Jordan''' - and just get this massive mess sorted.''
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' parodied this sort of speech with Sam Starfall "the larcenous squid" [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01669.htm addressing]] several thousands of ''crickets'' he was going to send into an attack. [=DoS=] attack on an alarm system.
* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'': Penny gave Aggie [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=759 this speech]], which results in the two former adversaries becoming friends in order to take on [[AlphaBitch Karen and her clique.]]
-->"Ready to save the world, you post-ironic, post-yuppie?"

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' got one delivered by Grace [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-02-07 here]]. The first line forms a pretty neat summary:
-->'''Grace:''' Someone has to try.
** Susan after getting Elliot a job [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-07-31 gives]] him speech on the importance of movie renting, with serious face and her trademark DramaticWind.
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' had Ysengrin, of all people, occasionally giving rather concise and efficient motivational speeches to bewildered Antimony. That manage to steer her right even though she wasn't used to heed anyone at all in better circumstances, except her parents and to a lesser degree {{Psychopomp}}s.
* In ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2012/03/18/cks-epiphaly/ CK tries to deliver one of these to Fluffy. She gets bored and walks off before he's done.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/544/ parodies the halftime pep talk]] with a clueless coach who takes time out to deliver a speech ''during'' the game, allowing the opposing team to score at will.
** [[http://xkcd.com/588/ Another one]] subverts the standard pep-rally version, by having members of the audience question the standard "we're the best" slogans and invoke matters that make the upcoming game fade into insignificance.
* Played for laughs in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' when John attempts one of these and Rose suggests that he hire a speechwriter.
* At one point in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Othar Tryggvassen (GentlemanAdventurer!) gives one of these which almost convinces Gil's employee Oglavia Spüdna to stop spying on people. "Fortunately" she comes to her senses.

* ''Webcomic/MobyDickBackFromTheDeep'': In page 5 of chapter 4, Captain Ahab delivers one such speech to his crew.
* ''Webcomic/{{Recursion}}'': Admiral Mosley gives one to his fleet before the {{final battle}}. Or at least he tries, but he gets [[DoNotAdjustYourSet interrupted]] by Dr. Deathe, who manages to spectacularly fail at intimidation.
--> '''Jade:''' Everybody just get in your stupid ships and let's get this over with.

-->-- ''King Theatre/HenryV'', Act 4 Scene iii, by Creator/WilliamShakespeare, giving us the TropeCodifier

->'''Edward, Prince of Wales''': Remember this! The men that we fight today have sworn fealty to a ''godless murderer''! Make no mistake, his aim will be to take our England next! ''[the English army shouts and jeers]''
->'''Robert the Bruce''': I could talk about God, but he has no place where we are going. I could talk about honour, but you are here, you know enough about honour. I know you all as men, but today... today we are beasts. You can fight for God, for honour, for country, for family, for yourselves, I don't care, so long as you '''FIGHT'''! ''[the Scottish army shouts]''
-->-- ''Film/OutlawKing''

* ''Film/The39Steps1935''. In the scene where [[MistakenForSpecialGuest he's mistaken for a guest speaker]] while on the run from the police, Richard tries to do this during his RousingSpeech, only to quickly hide his hands because they're handcuffed together.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Lindsay gives one in "[[Recap/TotalDramaFullMetalDrama Full Metal Drama]]" to get the team to try harder in the war challenge.