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-->'''Hughes:''' On you marks, get set... (runs out of the way) GOOOOO!!!

->''"You never say, 'I'm gonna fight you, Steve'. You just smile, and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him."''\\
-- '''Steve Zissou''', ''TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''

->"You never say, 'I'm gonna fight you, Steve.' You just smile, act casual and then you sucker-punch."\\
-- '''Steve Zissou''', ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''

* In ''ResidentEvil 4'', [[SmugSnake Ramon Salazar]] goes off onto another smarmy monologue on how he's going to kill Leon with another clever trap. Leon, who by this point is thoroughly fed up with Salazar's bullshit, shuts him up with [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome a knife to the hand.]]

* When MegaMan copies Pharaoh Man's weapon in the Ruby-Spears cartoon, he shouts [[CatchPhrase "Now I've got your power!"]] ...and gets punched in the face, instantly promoting Pharaoh Man to MemeticBadass status.

* Let's just say, when [[{{Bleach}} Ichigo]] asks you to move the fight somewhere else, you do it. Full stop.

-->'''Superman''': (''headbutts him, sending him flying'') I heard ''that'' before.[[/folder]]

* In ''RomeoMustDie'', a thug does the crane stance and claims that he has picked up martial arts, but Jet Li's character kicks him in the knee while he is talking.

* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', a Mandalorian Agent is monologuing to Obi-Wan and the Duchess of Mandalore prior to his escape. He explains how he's going to kill them once he's off the ship, and how neither can stop him without killing him which would violate the Duchess' technical pacifism and make her no longer love Obi Wan if he was the one to kill the agent. Cue Anakin's lightsaber being driven through his chest from behind.[[/folder]]

*** [[{{Pokemon}} Aldrin used Mach Punch! It's super-effective!]]

*** [[Pokemon Aldrin used Mach Punch! It's super-effective!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:He's just put his fist right through that guy's HEAD...]]

So, you've got [[TheCombatPragmatist a character]] who thinks [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty fair fights are for suckers]], and he's up against [[SmallNameBigEgo some idiot]] who [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness won't shut up]] because he's [[BadassBoast trying to sound intimidating]] but just comes across as a [[{{Narm}} cheesy actor]] [[InTheNameOfTheMoon repeating overused lines]]. Or perhaps he was smart enough to [[WeNeedADistraction trick the foe]] into [[EvilGloating talking too much]]. The only thing for our [[GenreSavvy savvy]] fighter to do in this case is-

''' *WHAM* '''

* In ''Romeo Must Die'', a thug does the crane stance and claims that he has picked up martial arts, but Jet Li's character kicks him in the knee while he is talking.

'''* BOP* '''

* In the beginning of Season 3 of ''{{Heroes}}'', Claire nails Sylar in the chest with a butcher knife while the serial killer supervillain is busy monologuing. [[spoiler:It doesn't take.]]

* In BuffyTheVampireSlayer, a demon in the musical episode get it while singing. Worth a laugh.

* In {{Professional Wrestling}}, this is very common in and out of matches, either to catch a showboating opponent off guard or to [[{{Shut Up Hannibal}} end a Heel's promo]]. For bonus points, this is often done with a {{Finishing Move}}. {{Shawn Michaels}} tends to shut people up with his Sweet Chin Music.

* In the final fight in {{Bully}}, when Gary is knocked down to certain levels of HP, he grabs you and starts unloading more of his HannibalLecture on you. Mash buttons fast enough, and you can knock him away; otherwise, he'll finish his lecture and hit you.

* From MassEffect, in what can be viewed as both a CrowningMomentOfAwesome '''and''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]], the player has the option to end a news interview with an irritating reporter by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ccaXFrOcM outright decking her]]. In ''Mass Effect 2,'' you run into the same character again. If your [[OldSaveBonus original choice wasn't to punch her,]] but you ''do'' punch her this time, Shepard will remark, "[[ContinuityNod I should've done that the first time we met.]]"

* AGirlAndHerFed has [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?625 the Fed employ this to good effect]].

* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/11/11/episode-1058-talking-is-a-free-action/ Black Mage]] use this in 8-bit Theather. Well, the party basically use it every time when they didn't argue about something.

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** Another one is during Miranda's loyalty mission; as a mercenary commander proceeds to describe how his men are prepared to gun them all down on the spot. You're given the option of having Shepard [[CrowningMomentofAwesome grab the commander and turn him around in a chokehold and break his neck, then proceed to shoot an explosive tank hanging from a crane, dropping and exploding behind two other mercenaries.]] One flies towards the camera and bounces off the crate another mercenary was using for cover. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tubo_XgtGlE His expression says it all.]]
** The best example is during the mission to find Thane, where you come across a particularly uncooperative mercenary. The Renegade interrupt has you [[BadAss shove him out the window that he's in front of. In a skyscraper.]]