History Main / SnarkToSnarkCombat

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* ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'': The Abh have elevated this type of interaction to an art form. Almost any conversation between high-ranking Abh is going to turn into a snark contest. In the novels, it's mentioned that there is technically a law in the Empire that forbids insulting the nobility or Imperial family, but it's never been enforced because if they ever did, they'd have to arrest pretty much the entirety of their nobility and Imperials.

* A lot of Spock and [=McCoy=]'s interactions in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' run on this.
* In one episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', [[MagnificentBastard Dukat]] and [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent Garak]] engage in this ''while engaged in '''actual''' combat'' with the Klingons.

* ''WebAnimation/NoEvil'' has Calamity and Kitty, who occasionally engage in brief verbal sparring (usually with Kitty winning). Notably, both Calamity and Kitty are [[TalkingToHimself voiced by series creator Betsy Lee]].

* Many characters in ''TabletopGame/NewVindicators'' are snarky. A scene between Adonis and Deimos shows this trope, along with CasualDangerDialog, as Adonis is keeping his cool despite Deimos having just kicked the crap out of Adonis' followers.

* On ''Series/{{Cracked}}'', Detective Aiden Black and Dr. Daniella Ridley engage in this a lot, especially in their first episode together, "How The Light Gets In".

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200518 This exchange]] between Gil, Tarvek, and Martellus consists almost entirely of snide verbal fencing.
-->'''Tarvek:''' I'm sure that Agatha shall like it as well.\\

* ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'': The Abh have elevated this type of interaction to an art form. Almost any conversation between high-ranking Abh is going to turn into a snark contest. In the novels, it's mentioned that there is technically a law in the Empire that forbids insulting the nobility or Imperial family, but it's never been enforced because if they ever did, they'd have to arrest 75% of their civilization.

* ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'': The Abh have elevated this type of interaction to an art form. Almost any conversation between high-ranking Abh is going to turn into a snark contest.

** Taken UpToEleven in Season 10 Episode 5 when Clarkson was interviewing that episode's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, Simon Cowell.

* ''Franchise/TombRaider'': [[WorldOfSnark The majority of dialogue]] from the Core Design era consists of Lara and whatever unfortunate NPC she's about to kill bouncing snarky one-liners off each other for a few minutes before she gets back to shooting things. Taken UpToEleven for ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAngelOfDarkness Angel of Darkness]]'' where Lara's DialogueTree generally consists of a mean, snarky comment and a mean''er'' snarky comment, with the recipient giving as good as they get.

* ''A + X'' #7 is mostly Comicbook/IronMan and Comicbook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} engaging in this; for instance, Tony asking Hank if his new look means he's been drinking his experiments again, and Hank responding by pointing out he is ''[[CouldSayItBut not]]'' making a comeback on the subject of drinking.

* From ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', Spider-Man and Hawkeye's episode together is nothing but this trope.

-->'''John Rolfe''': It's alright, I've taken care of it.\\

* Daylen and Ahrek in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' though neither of them gets much enjoyment out of the other's humor, as their preferences are so different. Meanwhile, Lyrah and Cueseg are in much the same situation. After Daylen is cleared of the crimes he was accused of during [[VigilanteMan his lynching spree]], Lyrah lets her guard down a little and they start teasing each other as well.

-->'''Pacey:''' I got a maybe-kind-of-sort-of-date this evening.
-->'''Joey:''' Mm. Who's the lucky farm animal tonight?
-->'''Pacey:''' Uh, what makes a woman horny?
-->'''Joey:''' Your polar opposite?

-->'''MJF''': I'd appreciate if you practiced [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic social distancing]]. Kind of like your hairline, Jon.
-->'''Moxley''': Don't worry dude, you'll get there one day. You just gotta hit puberty first.

-->'''Baker''': Let's talk about why you're here. . . . It's for ''you''. 'Cause you're still trying to figure out who the hell you are. How many times you change your name... in the last year? You get an extra tattoo, change your hair to every color of the rainbow because you're desperately trying to fit in ''anywhere''. Whereas here... ''everyone'' knows who I am. The AEW Women's World Champion, Dr. Britt Baker...
-->'''Crowd''': D! M! D!
-->'''Soho''': Of course, they know who you are, Britt. You remind them ''every week''. You're constantly having to shove it down their throats. . . . Let's talk about the "D.M.D.", huh? On the surface, you look like every other broad I've stepped across the ring from. Entitled... self-centered... and banging [[Wrestling/AdamCole some dude in the back]]." [crowd erupts] %% Baker and Cole have been in a relationship since their indy days.
-->'''Baker''': . . . And I'm just trying to figure out why you are lying to everybody, including yourself. Because you have the audacity to call yourself "The Runaway". But you didn't run away from [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} anything]], Ruby. You got fired.
-->'''Soho:''': You're not wrong . . . I did. But it turns out it was the best damn thing to ever happen to me!... And I want you to really look at me, Britt, LOOK AT ME. I want you to see the woman that you're messing with. But honestly I'm surprised you can see much of anything with your head so far up [AEW CEO] Tony Khan's ass.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' and his adoptive daughter Gosalyn regularly.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', Eugene Fitzherbert (a.k.a. Flynn Rider) and Rapunzel's handmaiden Cassandra don't like each other, but are forced to work together since they both care about the princess. Since they are both prominent snarkers, it results in them indulging in snide, verbal jousts every time they're in the same place. In any other ThreeAmigos series, this trope would be used to showcase the VitriolicBestBuds vibes between them and show the wit of the writers. Here, it is deconstructed, showing the real consequences of verbal abuse: Cassandra is Rapunzel's FirstFriend and Eugene is Rapunzel's LoveInterest. Both of them snark so much they constantly KickTheDog one to another: JerkAss Cassandra barely tolerates Eugene - She becomes a constant ShippingTorpedo with him and Rapunzel in all the seasons, at Season 1 Cassandra's snarkiness makes her a UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom [[spoiler: that inspires Eugene to walk into a SuicideMission]]. At season 2, she barely tolerates Eugene and pulls a TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou. As for Eugene, whenever he is verbally attacked, he pulls his ADarkerMe persona of ''Flynn Ryder'', who [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] a lot with Cassandra. Eugene displays HypocriticalHeartwarming to Cassandra, but Cassandra is TheParanoiac and she never acknowledges it. The worst part is that when Eugene is not putting his ADarkerMe persona, he becomes a HiddenHeartOfGold. This means that Eugene gives emotional support to everyone ''except Cassandra, the person who needs it the most''. Cassandra [[spoiler: makes a FaceHeelTurn at season 3, betraying Rapunzel and Eugene]]. That season shows Cassandra geographically far from Rapunzel and Eugene. Without Cassandra's constant snark-to-snark combat, [[spoiler:Eugene feels confident enough to BeYourself and experiments true CharacterDevelopment and becomes TheHeart. When Cassandra comes back, she tries her best to use snark-to-snark combat to hurt Rapunzel and prepares a DisproportionateRetribution trap for Eugene, but Eugene is now enough of TheHeart to forbid Cassandra when she makes her FaceHeelTurn]].

* Donald Duck in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' with many character, from his Uncle Scrooge to villains like the Raider.

* ''A + X'' #7 is mostly Comicbook/IronMan and Comicbook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} engaging in this, for instance Tony asking Hank if his new look means he's been drinking his experiments again, and Hank responding by pointing out he is ''[[CouldSayItBut not]]'' making a comeback on the subject of drinking.

* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': [[BattleCouple Shinji and Asuka]] are pretty snarky at the beginning of the history. During those chapters they are still in their BelligerentSexualTension phase, so their conversations and arguments often turns into this. [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/911278/019/ For example, in chapter 3]]:

* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': Shinji and Asuka in the chapter 12:

'''Shinji:''' My fault!? Why is always my fault!?\\

* In ''Fanfic/CodeTotalDramaReality'', Noah and Sora's first meeting results each burning the other.

* In the ''Fanfic/BloomingMoonChronicles'', Luna, Scrivener Blooms and Twilight Sparkle are quipping at each other about half the time that there isn't ''actual'' combat happening.
* As ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' is a WorldOfSnark, this happens ''all the time,'' with far more characters than it's possible to list. [[AnchoredShip Harry and Carol]] manage to combine this, CasualDangerDialogue, and FlirtingUnderFire all at the same time, often to the bemusement of everyone around them. Just one example takes place after Harry makes a DynamicEntry (wearing the tattered remnants of a power-limiting suits that he cut open with a machete, resulting in a variant on [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey's]] usual look) in ''Ghosts of the Past'' chapter 8:

* ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld'' gives us Pocahontas and John Rolfe's first conversation, after the latter stops a fight from breaking out between the colonists and a troupe of scouts from the Pamunkey community.

* Daylen and Ahrek in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror,'' though neither of them get much enjoyment out of the other's humor, as their preferences are so different. Meanwhile, Lyrah and Cueseg are in much the same situation. After Daylen is cleared of the crimes he was accused of during [[VigilanteMan his lynching spree]], Lyrah lets her guard down a little and they start teasing each other as well.

** The eponymous vampire's team communicate with each other almost exclusively in snark, especially Wesley and Cordelia. Nicely summarized by Wesley early in the second season.
--->'''Wesley:''' Well, our discussions tend to go about three minutes, then it's strictly name calling and hair pulling.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' has this whenever [[SitcomArchNemisis Madeline Wunch]] and Holt wind up in the same room.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion School Reunion]]" has the Doctor, Rose, Sarah Jane, Mickey and K9, as well as chief antagonist Mr. Finch, all engaging in some manner of snark with at least one of the other named characters.

** The Thirteenth Doctor, Yazmin Khan and Dan Lewis are a snarky trio.

** Almost any scene with the series' resident {{Magnificent Bastard}}s, Varys and Littlefinger, together fits as this.

* On ''Series/HomeImprovement'', HappilyMarried Tim and Jill sometimes engage in as playful version of this:

* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'': Merlin and Arthur are constantly snarking at each other and sometimes indulge into this.

** Many of the characters of get into this at one point or another, especially between Daniel Jackson and Jack O'Neill in the later seasons:

* Happens every now and then on ''Series/{{Tatort}}'' because each team has at least one DeadpanSnarker, often more. Honorary mention goes to the Münster team, [[GentlemanSnarker Boerne]] and [[FlatJoy Thiel]], and the Munich Team, Batic and Leitmayr who've been snarking at each other [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple for a good thirty years]].

--> '''Moxley''': Don't worry dude, you'll get there one day. You just gotta hit puberty first.

-->'''Baker''': Let's talk about why you're here. . . . It's for ''you''. 'Cause you're still trying to figure out who the hell you are. How many times you change your name... in the last year? You get an extra tattoo, change your hair to every color of the rainbow, because you're desperately trying to fit in ''anywhere''. Whereas here... ''everyone'' knows who I am. The AEW Women's World Champion, Dr. Britt Baker...

-->'''Soho:''': You're not wrong . . . I did. But it turns out it was the best damn thing to ever happen to me! . . . And I want you to really look at me, Britt, LOOK AT ME. I want you to see the woman that you're messing with. But honestly I'm surprised you can see much of anything with your head so far up [AEW CEO] Tony Khan's ass.

-->'''Cora:''' A krogan would look like a whale trying to dance ballet.\\

* The pre-fight talks in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XIII'' has virtually all characters sassing each other before the fisticuffs start. Of special notice is how Ash Crimson managing to [[{{Troll}} raise everyone's hackles and piss them off]]... until Terry Bogard [[InsultBackfire calmly sasses him back]].

** Rachel Alucard and Ragna the Bloodedge are both [[OnlySaneMan surprisingly sane]] and [[DeadpanSnarker incredibly snarky]]. Put the two of them together (it wont take much), get some popcorn, and enjoy the show. [[WellExcuseMePrincess Behind all the snark, however, is a very strong, almost romantic, bond]].

** The first instalment of the sequel, ''Webcomic/Homestuck2'', consisted of two snark-offs between Rosebot and Dirk, plus one between Dirk and Terezi.
* ''Literal'' Snark-to-Snark Combat breaks out toward the end of ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'', when DeadpanSnarker Sarine engages in a duel to the death with SnarkKnight (or possibly the other way around) Sarna, who also had been Sarine's best friend for centuries. Snarkage mixes with blood and gore right up to the moment someone dies.

* Almost every character in ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards'' engages in this. It sometimes seems that Snark must be one of the classes taught at the University between friends, allies, unacquainted neutrals, mortal enemies, people who are simultaneously trying to out-gambit each other and between a boy and his talking sword.

'''Brian:''' Oh really? A music video? Working on a little video there? A little music video? ''[voice starts to increase in pitch as he goes on]'' A little compliation of visual images to go with a song? A little 4-minute movie that tells the story of a...\\

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': Obi-Wan and Anakin do this left, right and centre, but Obi-Wan is such a SnarkKnight that he also tends to do this with just about everyone he fights alongside (except maybe Cody).

* In ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', Eugene Fitzherbert (a.k.a. Flynn Rider) and Rapunzel's handmaiden Cassandra don't like each other, but are forced to work together since they both care about the princess. Since they are both prominent snarkers, it results in them indulging in snide, verbal jousts every time they're in the same place. In any other ThreeAmigos series, this trope would be used to showcase the VitriolicBestBuds vibes between them and show the wit of the writers. Here, it is deconstructed, showing the real consequences of verbal abuse: Cassandra is Rapunzel's FirstFriend and Eugene is Rapunzel's LoveInterest. Both of them snark so much they constantly KickTheDog one to another: JerkAss Cassandra barely tolerates Eugene - She becomes a constant ShippingTorpedo with him and Rapunzel in all the seasons, at Season 1 Cassandra's snarkines makes her a UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom [[spoiler: that inspires Eugene to walk into a SuicideMission]]. At season 2, she barely tolerates Eugene and pulls a TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou. As for Eugene, whenever he is verbally attacked, he pulls his ADarkerMe persona of ''Flynn Ryder'', who [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] a lot with Cassandra. Eugene displays HypocriticalHeartwarming to Cassandra, but Cassandra is TheParanoiac and she never acknowledges it. The worst part is that when Eugene is not putting his ADarkerMe persona, he becomes a HiddenHeartOfGold. This means that Eugene gives emotional support to everyone ''except Cassandra, the person who needs it the most''. Cassandra [[spoiler: makes a FaceHeelTurn at season 3, betraying Rapunzel and Eugene]]. That season shows Cassandra geographically far from Rapunzel and Eugene. Without Cassandra's constant snark-to-snark combat, [[spoiler:Eugene feels confident enough to BeYourself and experiments true CharacterDevelopment and becomes TheHeart. When Cassandra comes back, she tries her best to use snark-to-snark combat to hurt Rapunzel, and prepares a DisproportionateRetribution trap for Eugene, but Eugene is now enough of TheHeart to forbid Cassandra when she makes her FaceHeelTurn]].

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'''Asuka:''' No, just wondering how this country ever became important when it’s filled with morons like you.\\

'''Asuka:''' I’m a quarter Japanese, and I was raised in Germany. I think I took minimal splash.\\

'''Shinji:''' But they’re so easy! Come on, throw an Imperial Japan joke. Hell, I haven’t even tried to throw out any weird German fetish jokes cause I know you’ll have way too much tentacle demon material to work with.\\

* Joey and Pacey in ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' engage in this pretty much whenever they’re on screen together, at least in the first few seasons.

-->'''Joey:''' Mm. Who’s the lucky farm animal tonight?

'''Adonis:''' Try saying that when you’re not threatening to kill a toddler...

-->'''Soho:''': Of course, they know who you are, Britt. You remind them ''every week''. You're constantly having to shove it down their throats. . . . Let's talk about the "D.M.D.", huh? On the surface, you look like every other broad I've stepped across the ring from. Entitled... self-centered... and banging [[Wrestling/AdamCole some dude in the back]]." [crowd erupts] %% Baker and Cole have been in a relationship since their indy days.

* While poor [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]] often finds his snark meeting oblivious teammates he [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner]] and [[ComicBook/{{Wondergirl}} Cassie]] have had some entertaining volleys of snarking while on the job as ComicBook/YoungJustice.

* ''A + X'' #7 is mostly Comicbook/IronMan and Comicbook/{{Beast}} engaging in this, for instance Tony asking Hank if his new look means he's been drinking his experiments again, and Hank responding by pointing out he is ''[[CouldSayItBut not]]'' making a comeback on the subject of drinking.