Times where an antagonist rejects the heroes' attempt to reason with them in Comic Books.
- In Batman: One Bad Day - Penguin, Batman confronts Penguin as he leads his gang to launch an assault on the Iceberg Lounge to take back his criminal empire from his usurper Umbrella Man. The Penguin promptly gives Batman an epic "The Reason You Suck" Speech, explaining that the only reason crime in Gotham was manageable was because Penguin made it that way since it was good for business - and that Batman only thrived because Penguin made sure never to arm the rogues enough that they'd be able to take him out, ensuring they'd come back to him for more supplies. He caps it off by explaining that Umbrella Man does not have the same standards, and thus Batman's only real option is to let Penguin take care of Umbrella Man. Batman reluctantly steps aside.
- In The Black Ring, when Superman realises that Luthor's hatred for him is going to poison the perfect world Lex has created, he starts out giving him a lecture on the importance of keeping hold of his peace, and then starts apologising for whatever he's done that Lex hates him for, but to Luthor, it all sounds like the Kirk Summation, and he screams at Supes to be quiet.
- Inverted then played straight in The Powerpuff Girls DC finale "Smart and Smarter". Blossom has let her admittance to a school for exceptionally smart children go to her head, so she psychoanalyzes Bubbles' and Buttercup's routines critically to where it alienates them as well as Mojo Jojo.Blossom: Girls! I realize that your reading level is not past Dr. Seuss, but in studying the literature of renowned authors such as Chaucer and Jane Austen we have discussed character motivation. A strong motivation propels a character's action. Now, Bubbles, what is your primary motivation for fighting well against Mojo?
Bubbles: (upset, teary-eyed) So you won't yell at me and say I have interior intelligence.
Blossom: And you, Buttercup?
Buttercup: (angrily) Usually it's to beat the pucky out of him! But today it's to get you to shut up!
Mojo: (to Blossom) I am with Powerpuff Girl Buttercup! It is time for you to put a sock in it, the "it" being your mouth! Now I am not one to talk about not talking because if there is one thing that I like, it is expressing through words how much more intelligent I am than all those around me. But you, Powerpuff Girl Blossom, have taken this self-expression to an annoying and hurtful level. - The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe: Captain America faces off against Frank Castle (which on this "What If?" has become a superhero-killing crusader courtesy of his family being stuck on the crossfire of a typical battle of the Marvel Universe) and tries to bring him back to his senses by appealing to his sense of duty as a soldier. Frank's response begins with him saying "I guess I'm just having a My Lai
kind of day" and when Cap doesn't understand what Frank means...Frank Castle: (After explaining the reference (he personally saw that event), which gave him enough time to take hold of the gun he concealed on the battlefield and point it point-blank at the back of Cap's head) You don't know what I've been through. So who are you to judge?? (Boom, Headshot!). - Spider-Man: In The Clone Conspiracy, Spidey points out that Ben Reilly/the Jackal hasn't brought back Uncle Ben, when he's cloned just about everyone else Peter knows who died, ever. He says the reason is that Uncle Ben would disapprove of what Reilly is doing, and Reilly wouldn't be able to argue with him. The response?
- Ben Reilly: (turns to cloned villains) Kill him.
- In Spider-Man and the X-Men, after Spider-Man learning of Sauron's and Stegron's plan to use genetic engineering to turn the people of Staten Island into dinosaurs, he points out that they could use the technology for altruistic means such as curing cancer. Sauron gives a straightforward response.Sauron: But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs.
- Happened in The Transformers: All Hail Megatron. When Prime returned to put the kibosh on Megatron, he began with his Catchphrase about freedom being the right of all— OH, SHUT UP!!
- Ultimate Marvel:
- A fairly tragic example in Ultimate Spider-Man, mostly because it's taking place in a fight that ends in Peter's death.Peter: What's the plan, Osborn? I'm dying to know... What next? You kill me, then what next? The son you killed won't magically come back to life! Your world as a captain of industry won't magically go back to the way it was! And your hair... Won't magically come... into fashion!
Goblin: But you'll be dead. - Ultimate X Men: At the end of "Return to Weapon X", Jean Grey gives a speech that they shouldn't kill the soldiers, even if they're evil. Rogue tries to silence her by touching her, but Iceman freezes her hand.
- A fairly tragic example in Ultimate Spider-Man, mostly because it's taking place in a fight that ends in Peter's death.
