Armor-Piercing Question in Web Animation.
- In Dingo Doodles - Fools Gold:
- In episode 29 Gothi and Erina asking Sips in the midst of one of his rage induced moments when he's being pushed by Xanu to chase after the crystal that Jack and Masika have escaped with through the portal "What do you want?" has him breaking down and admitting he just wants all the stress of his situation to be over and that he wants to make a difference, so that he can feel that his life is worth something.
- In episode 30 Xanu attempts to give one to Gothi, asking if she's still unwilling to commit genocide if it means Foreclaimers like Goddrick III will continue their cruelty. Gothi then suggests they Take a Third Option, and then asks which one Xanu is willing to let go: his anger, or her. Xanu starts crying, and chooses to let go of his anger, ending his plan to commit genocide.
- In the season one finale of Camp Camp Max gives one to top off his Breaking Speech to David:Max: Life sucks, and we live in a world of desensitized, apathetic assholes! Why don't you just get with the program and stop giving a shit?
- Doobus Goobus: In "The Confederacy Was Bad", Doobus dismantles a Confederate apologist and lost causer's arguments about how the Civil War was fought over "states' rights" by repeatedly asking him "States' rights to do what?"
- Helluva Boss:
- Three times in "Loo Loo Land":
- Played for Laughs in one of the few moments where Octavia smiles. She asks the Loo Loo Land mascot about the... familiarity of the park.Octavia: (sarcastically) Is it true this park is just a really shameless spinoff of Lucifer's far more popular Lu Lu World?
Loo Loo: ...No? - Played for Drama when Octavia confronts her father about the situation at home and their future together. It forces Stolas to refocus on her.Octavia: Are you going to run off with [Blitzo]? And leave me behind? Go away where I can't find you?
Stolas: What? No! No, no, never. I'd never do that... Never. - Defied when Robo Fizz tries to lay one on Blitzo, who responds quickly with no emotional distress.
- Played for Laughs in one of the few moments where Octavia smiles. She asks the Loo Loo Land mascot about the... familiarity of the park.
- In "Truth Seekers", while Blitzo is hallucinating due to the truth serum gas, he experiences visions of people in his life delivering a "The Reason You Suck" Speech, followed up by two questions:Hallucination Stolas: Are you afraid to love people, Blitzy?
Hallucination Moxxie: I believe your subconscious is trying to tell you that you simply cannot fathom proper intimacy, but also crave it as well. It's rather unfortunate, sir, considering it's often how you treat those who stand by you, such as myself. Are you worried I may have enough of it someday as well?
Blitzo: STOP FUCKING TALKING, ALL OF YOU! - In "OZZIE'S", during their date, Stolas asks Blitzo about his day, showing interest in his job and asking him what made him invite Stolas out after all this time. These mundane questions catch Blitzo off-guard; he didn't expect Stolas to show interest in him for anything other than sex, and can't bring himself to admit he was using Stolas as a plus-one so he could spy on Moxxie and Millie.
- In "The Circus", when Stella returns from her weekend with Octavia to berate Stolas, he asks point-blank "Why are you still here?" She drops all pretense of anger and admits she likes tormenting him, and wants to keep holding his infidelity against him.
- In "Seeing Stars", when Loona tries to talk Octavia into coming home after she had run off, Octavia breaks down, bitter over Stolas forgetting his promise and focus solely on his divorce from Stella, and says "Why does he hate her more than he loves me?" Despite Loona not being the target of Octavia's scorn, the words visibly affect her and get her to open up more emotionally.
- Three times in "Loo Loo Land":
- If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device:
- Small, and hidden in the middle of general berating, but it's a particularly effective part of it: As the Emperor's reading his Custodes the riot act for standing around in the Imperial Palace instead of actually going out there and actually fighting battles, he drives it in with the following question:The Emperor: "When was the last time anyone of you killed anything?"
Karstodes: "Uh..."
Whamuudes: "Erm..."
Custodisi: "I killed a fly the other day...!" - Magnus to Kitten when the latter is defending Emperor's logic.Magnus: Well, if that truly is the case, how come you haven't deactivated Guilliman's life support yet? It is one of his highest demands, isn't it?
- Small, and hidden in the middle of general berating, but it's a particularly effective part of it: As the Emperor's reading his Custodes the riot act for standing around in the Imperial Palace instead of actually going out there and actually fighting battles, he drives it in with the following question:
- The Music Freaks: Delivered by Zander in episode 2. Jake is arguing with him, insisting that he really does have a passion for music. Zander asks “then why have you talked down on us for so long?”.
- During the climactic battle of Nazo Unleashed, Perfect Nazo expresses his admiration for Sonic and Shadow's Fusion Dance into Hyper Shadic… then pointedly asks how many Rings they have left. Cue a massive Oh, Crap! moment for Hyper Shadic as they realise they can't sustain the transformation for much longer.
- In The Nightmare Before Christmas Who: Skellington's Revenge Sponge Bob gives one to Jack after the latter explains why he set out to take over Christmas.Jack: All I ever wanted was to bring them a great special...AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'LL DO!Sponge Bob: Well, why didn't you just ask?
- Red vs. Blue: Season nine has York asking North one in the flashback segments:York: We're the good guys, right?
- RWBY:
- On the mission to Mountain Glenn, Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck individually challenges Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long over why they want to become Huntresses. This question catches them all off-guard, and leads to them doubting the answers they gave him. While Oobleck sleeps, they talk it over, and realise the true point of being a Huntress is to put the needs of others before their own desires. Oobleck's faint smile as they reach this epiphany makes it clear he's not asleep and was listening all along.Blake: There's too much wrong in this world to just stand by and do nothing. Inequality, corruption... Someone has to stop it.
Oobleck: Very well. How? - James Ironwood responds to the danger facing humanity by bring a large army to protect Vale, but it takes him a long time to understand why Ozpin, Glynda Goodwitch, and Qrow Branwen disapprove. He only understands during a group argument that ends when Ozpin asks him a question that emphasizes how armies unsettle people enough to generate the kind of negative atmosphere that will attract the Grimm.Ozpin: A guardian is a symbol of comfort; an army is a symbol of conflict. There is an energy in the air now, a question in the back of everyone's minds: if this is the size of our defenses, what is it we're expecting to fight?
- In Volume 3, Pyrrha Nikos asks Cinder Fall "Do you believe in destiny?", causing the latter to respond with an oddly morose "Yes".
- While dueling with Ilia Amitola in the fifth volume, Blake asks if her violent actions are what her parents would have wanted for her. Ilia tearfully confesses she doesn't know what to do any more and she eventually has a Heel–Face Turn.
- Adam Taurus confidently tells Blake he's made powerful new friends in Salem's group, but Sun Wukong flippantly asks him where they are, pointing out that for all his talk about having allies, none of them are rushing to help him. Upon discovering that his men are being arrested, Adam eventually realises Sun's right and flees Haven.
- At the conclusion of the battle at Haven, Yang challenges Raven Branwen about the person she is compared to the person her father Taiyang Xiao Long described. Once she asks "Did you kill her, too?", it stops Raven dead in her tracks. As Yang becomes increasingly confident, Raven emotionally disintegrates and tearfully leaves Yang with the Relic of Knowledge.
- In Volume 7, Ruby Rose cheerfully hands a sombre Oscar Pine the Relic of Knowledge to look after while Teams RWBY and JNPR are on a mission. However, Oscar asks "doesn't [hiding things from Ironwood] feel like what Ozpin did to us?", causing Ruby to stop dead in her tracks. She later tells Qrow she's unsure if she's as bad as Ozpin; while he confidently states she's different, she remains unconvinced.
- In Volume 8, Ozpin asks how Hazel Rainart's hatred of him can lead to the conclusion that siding with evil like Salem is the answer to his problems. This shakes Hazel into revealing he did initially go after Salem, but she broke him. After telling him there's no point opposing an unstoppable force like her, she redirects his rage at Ozpin.
- Though Elm Ederne freaks out about the heroes' plan to rescue the citizens of Atlas and Mantle, Robyn Hill asks her and Vine Zeki what she thinks a kingdom is made of. This gets through to both of them. Vine immediately goes to stop Harriet Bree from following Ironwood's orders, while Elm follows in Robyn's ship as Vine's back-up; both are convinced the heroes are right to evacuate the people since a kingdom is its people, not its infrastructure.
- On the mission to Mountain Glenn, Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck individually challenges Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long over why they want to become Huntresses. This question catches them all off-guard, and leads to them doubting the answers they gave him. While Oobleck sleeps, they talk it over, and realise the true point of being a Huntress is to put the needs of others before their own desires. Oobleck's faint smile as they reach this epiphany makes it clear he's not asleep and was listening all along.
- Wacky Game Jokez, 4 Kidz!: "Was there ever a time when you were not a dick?"
