During the series either the hero or villain will get called out for their actions, usually on the damage they have caused to others and fail to notice. Here is a list of the many speeches done thought the series:
- Blake gives one to Sienna, during the events of RWBY: Partners in Time, over what she had turned the White Fang into.Blake: Well... it started off pretty well until you took over. You wanted to strike fear into humans, so you decided to make things not who we are. Look what happened, the White Fang had been branded as terrorists! What makes you think that was okay? Instead of making things equal, you made things worse and not to mention how you praised Adam for his brutality! You were the reason why Adam turned into this monster that he had become. The more praise he got, the more it went to his head and made him turn into... this... someone who he left! I loved him with my heart and watching him go off the deep end just broke my heart... and at first, I blamed myself because I didn't get him back to the way he was, but then I remembered I tried to talk him out of it, only for it to fall on deaf ears. It wasn't until later that I realized that it wasn't my fault. It was yours. You've turned the White Fang into something else... it was no longer a peaceful group, you turned it into something else! Not to mentioned that all this praise for Adam has more than likely turned him into a psychopath and he will never go back because of you. If you were just a little more patient, we would have made progress, but instead the White Fang had become what the humans thought of them. Monsters! The White Fang had become the very thing they were trying to avoid. You wanted to make peace with the humans? Well gee, now that can't be possible because of what YOU did! I had looked up to you because I thought of you as a strong leader, but then I realized that the White Fang had been dragged through the mud because of your actions AND Adam's! To make things worse, some of them are following Adam and are making things worse for everyone! Your... your ways sicken me...Sienna: Wow... that's a lot of bottled up emotion.Blake: DON'T TOUCH ME, YOU BITCH!
- Ruby tears into Yang hard and invokes this trope when she is found by her team at the start of RWBY: Isle of Armor.Ruby: I... I don't think I'm strong enough to do it! You guys don't get it! She's out there plotting to cut me to pieces again, destroying me and scarring the heck out of me again! And to top it all of, keep getting nightmares over Dark Ruby chewing me out, saying I'm not strong enough to take her down, saying I'm weak... and no matter what I do in Galar I keep getting those nightmares! I don't think I'm ready... I don' think I'm ever ready to go back to Remnant, because the minute I go back, she's ready to turn me into a shishkebob and eat me alive like she always does! You three took out your doppelgängers easily, but where does that leave me? I keep getting creamed by her and she's haunting me every step of the way... They... they haven't scarred you unlike her and what she does with me! I'll... I'll never be strong... against her... no matter what I do! I get stronger all the time, but she's like ten steps ahead of me...Yang: Ruby...Ruby: AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! Every time I get like this, you're nowhere to be seen! You're off like, practicing your Hadoken, teasing K. Rool, or like... going off somewhere to vent your frustrations! You've NEVER been there for me when I'm despairing! What kind of sister isn't there for her baby sister when she is in pain?! You're off doing who knows what and leaving me high and dry!Yang: ...I'm sorry...
- Hiyoko delivers a massive one to the reds and blues after getting fed up with Tucker's behavior.Hiyoko: AAAAAAAAGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!Reds and Blues: OoooooooooohLopez" Lo estoy cambiando a quince dólares (I'm changing it to fifteen bucks)Hiyoko: I want to go home! I want to be away from YOU shitheads!Tucker: P-please... have mercy on me...! I was only playing...!Church: Shitheads? What did we ever do to you?Hiyoko: All of your idiocy has driven me up the wall! First off... You, Tucker! Your flirting is so bad, a baby can do better than you! In fact, he'd win all the ladies compared to you!Tucker: Ooooow.Hiyoko: YOU, CHURCH! Your aiming is fucking terrible, you have to aim lower just to hit something and even then, that's questionable! OH, and then there's this whole ghost thing going on with you. What the FUCK is that about? Are you trying to haunt somebody, because you can't haunt shit!Church: Ouch...Hiyoko: Grif! You are so fucking lazy, that you would go out of your way and let someone else do you dirty work! Not to mention that your complaining makes me wonder why you're in the army in the first place... IF YOU CAN CALL IT THAT!Griff: Hey, I resent that remark!Hiyoko: Lopez! Seriously, someone fix you up! I can't fucking understand you and everyone is doing all the shitty translating that I bet is one hundred percent wrong to begin with!Lopez: PredÃcalo Hermana! (Preach it, sister!)Hiyoko: YOU! SIMMONS! Would it kill you to be your own voice and not be some yes man that agrees to Sarge all the damn time! WOULD IT KILL YOU TO NOT BE THAT WAY OR IS THAT TOO FUCKING HARD FOR YOU?!Simmons: Meep...Hiyoko: Donut! You aren't even that fabulous! You're like... pathetically dull when it comes to your dance moves! No seriously, what even was that?!Donut: You're just jealous because I got the moves!Hiyoko: SHUT UP! YOU! CABOOSE! ...Getting mad at you is like... getting mad at a puppy. I can't bring myself to yell at you.Caboose: Yay, puppies!Sarge: Hey! You can yell at those damn dirty Blues all you want, but when you yell at my men, even if they deserve it... it's personal!Hiyoko: OHO, DON'T GET ME STARTED WITH YOU! First off, is Sarge even your name at all?!Sarge: Sarge. Just Sarge. That is my full name!Hiyoko: UGH! What kind of name is that! Second of all, you disregard your teammates, especially Griff... not to mention you shoot at him constantly. You berate anyone who wears blue-Sarge: That's because blue is the natural enemy!Hiyoko: And yet you hang out with a few blue guys all the time! And then there's you intelligence; which from my understanding, you literally have no brains there!Sarge: Hey! I'll have you know that-Hiyoko: I'M NOT FINISHED! You disregard anyone who disagrees with you, you're all shotgun first, ask questions WAY later and to top it all off, you are a big fat IDIOT who has not idea what to do, and I'm not even sure you know what you're doing half the time, and oh, by the way, your shotgun? There are better weapons and you fucking know it!Sarge: There's no way I'm going to trade ol' reliable. You watch it missy!Hiyoko: NO! You watch it, buster! I will not be surprised if you are the first to die in a war that you cannot win because of your no-brained strategy, YOU NINE MONTH WASTE OF A WOMAN'S LIFE!
- In Bowser's Inside Story, Sonia lays into Damian for being a bad killer, and when he tries to mock her for her tenure as a killer, she really lets him have it.Damian: Heh...but...you just run around in circles! You call yourself...a killer? Don't make me laugh! You just go around all day and run around in circles like you know what you're doing!Sonia: Really! Really, is that true? Do you have any idea what the hell you're talking about? There's a lot more to it than just 'running around in circles' as you say. When you're the big bad monster, you can't just blindly charge ahead and brute force your way through everything. You have to use your brain since there's a couple nuances to being a true killer than that. Oh, and tunneling Marnie and only focusing on only taking her out after losing two battles with her really says something about YOUR priorities, when any sensible killer would have left a strong link like her alone by now. You want to see how a real killer operates? You want me to show you where you're fucking up as the scary monster we're supposed to be afraid of? How about I give you a demonstration and put this all to bed?
- This gets a sort of sequel in Chapter 12, when Damian reveals the reason he's been so obsessed with killing Marnie is because she reminds him of Captain Slime. Sonia isn't having any of it.
Sonia: Oh bitch please! Someone really hasn't learned anything from our last encounter, huh? You're in no position to be mocking the girl who has been beating you this whole time! You wanna know WHY you failed to kill Marnie? You failed to pressure any others who could've done anything about it. That's on you. And judging by what you were about to do, you're still overcommitting to her? I don't care who she reminds you of, the fact that you've been getting styled on by one person for so long shows how arrogant and incompetent you are as a villain! This might sound juvenile, but you're the exact kind of person who deserves to get teabagged by those you failed to terrorize! - During chapter 10 of SPBRR: Fusion Ridley gives one to Samus in a similar vain to the one Watts gave to Cinder during volume 8 of RWBY.Ridley: Heh... Are you going to kill me, bounty hunter?Samus: After everything you've done... after all the bullshit you've done to me and possibly everyone at the Mansion... I am going to make sure you no longer live. You're too dangerous to be kept alive... and I'm going to make damn SURE that you stay dead this time. After I kill you... the whole galaxy will truly be at peace!Ridley: Hmmm... hmhmhmhm... AHAHAHAHAHA!Samus: You laugh while you're at death's door?Ridley: Killing... all you ever do is kill... because that's just what you do, isn't it? You claim you are the galaxy's greatest protectors, but quite frankly, I find that rather bullshit!Samus: Where are you going with this?Ridley: Ohohohoho! Where do I even begin? You are the galaxy's self proclaimed heroine, but all you ever do is kill everything mercilessly/ You storm into any planet that Galactic Federation assigns you to and you kill everything in your path. Innocent creatures minding their business only to be slaughtered. Creatures that are only protecting their territory only to be massacred easily. And those who survive the massacre are slaughtered after you blow up their home!Samus: You don't know that! I saved a few creatures on Zebes!Ridley: 'A few', she says! You claim that you saved a few creatures but a few isn't enough! You claim you're a benevolent Bounty Huntress, yet all those Metroids you've slaughtered remorselessly say otherwise! I'm surprised you had a heart when the Baby Metroid hatched, and you just left it there with those scientists only for it to be slaughtered by yours truly! Their blood is on YOUR Hands!Samus: MY hands?! What does that have to do with-Ridley: If you had killed that baby Metroid, those innocent scientists would still be alive. You left all of them to die! All of these creatures that you've mercilessly slaughtered... it makes me laugh that you claim that you're the good guy! And let's not forget what happened at the Bottle Ship! From what I've hear, you let Adam Malcovich die... you let this woman named MB die, along with those creatures minding their own business until you came along and slaughtered them!Samus Shut up...Ridley Oh, I'm not done yet! You claim you're a good guy with a troubled past just because you suffered as a child, but suffering isn't enough! You claim you're good, and yet you massacre everything in your path and blow up any planet you make contact with. I'm honestly surprised Remnant is still standing after you left it!Samus: Ridley!Ridley: You slaughter everything, including those Shroobs that you helped RWBY with your younger self! Face it, you're nothing more than a killing machine despite claiming you're human! You call US the bad guys? Have you looked into a mirror lately because frankly, you're more naive than I had taken you for!Samus: One more word out of you and I'll-Ridley: If it wasn't for your naivety... your parents would still be alive!Samus: No... no no... nnngh!Ridley: Because of your naivety, you also let your adopted parents be killed too! Remember Old Bird and Gray Voice? Now where could those Chozo be? Oh wait, your naivety cost them their lives!Ridley: You can't just be a good guy if you constantly massacre everything in sight! You can't just be a benevolent Bounty Hunter if you constantly blow up planets! Everyone calls you heroic but all that you have EVER been is a BLOOD SOAKED MURDERER! Sure, I have ravaged planets and killed countless people... but I don't go acting like I'm some sort of broken spirit. NO! I can at least admit that I'm bad and not delude myself into thinking I'm the good guy in this situation!Samus: Of course... you would throw that hypocritical bullshit at me. If this is what the Chozo legacy has turned into with the Federation working for the likes of you good for nothing Space Pirates... then I think it's time I do a little clean up one of these days. So why don't you take your hypocrisy and shove it up your ass before I do it myself! Oh... and you think you can just call me out for my mass body count? Is it me, or is the great and powerful Ridley jealous that I have a higher body count than him?Ridley: Why you insufferable bounty hunter... I'd rather rip your hearts out for that!Samus: You already did when you killed my parents.Ridley: Perhaps so... but know this, Samus... you and I are quite the same, and you just don't know it yet!Samus: I'm not like you...
- During chapter 14 of Galactic Conquest, Ryuji gives Dimentio a very well-deserved speech over everything that he has done since his introduction.Dimentio: Would you be willing to fight your friend again? I imagine you would! But, this Phazon is a fickle thing... it messes with your mind and shortens your life... sooo.... I took the liberty to do away with all of that nasty stuff. Sure, she's corrupted but it'll get the job done! now then, LET THE SECOND COMING OF CHAOS RUBY BEGI-Ryuji: THAT IS ENOUGH! You... you horrible piece of shit! Where do you get off thinking you can do this horrible thing to Ruby. It was bad enough that you did this to your own Ruby but now you're doing this to OUR Ruby just for some sick twisted god damned bullshit?Ann: Ryuji... Ryuji, please, calm do-Makoto: No, let him go on.Ryuji: Where the HELL do you get off, thinking you can catch lightning in a bottle twice! YOU... you think this is some game where can do whatever the hell you want! You might have won your game with your fancy bullshit powers with this Chaos Heart and destroying all worlds just for the hell of it in your world, but this is different! We already had an end of the universe experience once and by golly, we do NOT have a Chaos Heart or an endless void in this dimension where you sleep with chaos all over again! Paper Ruby might have been stressed the hell out but OUR Ruby had NOTHING on that! The worst she's ever been stressed over it that stupid Dark Ruby skank! You think you can get away with everything just because you succeeded once...Ryuji: NEWS FLASH, PAL! THAT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN! You're never going to win on chaos alone because all of us have been through hell and back! You think you can win twice?! That ain't happening! You have corrupted Ruby but we have a Phazon Cure that can patch her up! If you think you can win by doing this bullshit all over again... I've got news for you pal. That ain't happening!Dimentio: Ahahaha, but it already did, my foul mouthed friend! Your little tangent is only stalling fo-Ryuji: YOU NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP, ASSHOLE!Dimentio Gets kicked by Ryuji: GYAAAAAAAAAGHRyuji: I hope you have life insurance... because you're about to be eating through a straw for a couple of weeks!
- During chapter 33 of Galactic Conquest Ridley gives one to Dark Samus right after he betrays her:Dark Samus: SO IT WAS YOU! You're the one who's been going around staging an uprising against me!Ridley: About time you figured it out. It was amusing seeing you absolutely paranoid, watching you fall from grace... assuming you ever had any.Dark Samus: I never expected you to betray me... I thought you had the same goal into humiliating Samus!Ridley: While you had a strong start. I agreed to your plans because we had the same common enemy, I no longer need you. You were just a stepping stone for the continuation of my intergalactic conquest! You thought you were in control this whole time? How easily adorable! You had a very strong lead, but if I know Samus, she would annoyingly pick herself back up and fight for another day. You may have taken away her abilities but she came back swinging! I will admit, you had competence... But it all fell apart because of fatal flaw.Dark Samus: And what would THAT be?Ridley: Your one track mind of using phazon! You think you can just spout phazon all day long? Eventually people will find a way to be immune to it. Look at the silver eyed warrior! She found a way to use it against us and you never bothered to see it, especially when you were so hell bent on ruining Rosalina's life! The fact that you're still alive from the supernova befuddles me to no end!Dark Samus: Is this it? You betrayed me because of insistence of using phazon!Ridley: I planned on betraying you since the beginning! I only just used you as a pawn and you didn't even realize it because while you were planning on corrupting everything, I would pull the strings from the sidelines and watched your every move AND I would keep an eye on the heroes while you were busy corrupting everyone. I ask you to spy on them, and when you went to Observatory, I went and honed my skills and even proceded to stir up MY troops to rebel against your pathetic attempts! Do you recall our ships needing to refuel while you were busy getting bombarded by Star Fox and Star Wolf? THAT WAS ME! I ORDERED THEM TO STAY PUT!Dark Samus: You WHAT!?Ridley: We could have been a team, but all you could think about was corrupting everything with your phazon and getting back at Samus all because of you being a whiny bitch because she destroyed you in Tallon IV! To think that you were nothing more than baggageDark Samus: Baggage?! Let me remind you that you were ran over by that thing after the first area!Ridley: Hahahahaha... you're saying that as you'd be able to dodge it! You'd probably be ROADKILL if you were hit by that hydra! I just used my injuries as an excuse to plot my betrayal and relay info to Mother Brain!Dark Samus: You WHAT?!Ridley: Did you really take me for a fool, Dark Samus? You pushed ahead no matter what all because of your petty grudge against Samus! You can't just be strong, you have to be smart! You have to be WORTHY in order to fight Samus... but all that you have ever been IS NOTHING MORE THAN BEING A DAMNED MIGRAINE AGAINST THE HEROES! And I say it's time for the medicine to wipe you out for good... wouldn't you agree Mother Brain?Dark Samus: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!Mother Brain: I couldn't agree more.Samus: Mother... I was wondering when you'd rear your ugly brain.Mother Brain: We are not fighting yet. You are going to be fighting the garbage disposal right here. We will be waiting for you when have disposed of her.Ridley: Have fun taking out the trash.
- At the end of Galactic Conquest, Hiyoko hits Ridley with one about how badly he failed.Hiyoko:...Wow. I mean...wow. You are pathetic. Like I'm not even surprised you're before us defeated, I knew you were going to choke. But at this stage of victory when victory was within grasp...Do you realize what you have just done? This is quite possibly the greatest failure in the history of villainy. A legion of brainwashed enemies, destroying words like a scorched Earth strategy, infecting anyone with deadly poison, and a track record of power! You're a pioneer, Ridley. You're the first villain I've met who had victory in reach but pissed it away several fucking times! This is some of the best comedy out there! Maybe I can find that talent and threat you kept teasing us about if I squint real hard because I sure as shit can't see it otherwise. But wait, it gets better. You and Mother Brain could have had us all killed with that self destruct sequence! And yet botched it by not having it be remote and instant, but instead on a timer like most movies they make nowadays. I have no idea how you are still alive. You've died like...how many times now? And the only reason you're still kicking these I bet is because people want their same ramen bowl instead of trying something new for fear of being disappointed. I wasn't expecting this war to be something like a cakewalk but holy fucking shit, did you even TRY to adjust your tactics? You had one period of glory. Congrats, you had your time of the month like me and most women out there. Perhaps now you can learn some basic responsibilities like cleaning up the diarrhea you spewed all over the universe.Ridley: Hmph! For your information, girl...the Phazon is all cleaned up thanks to that stupid rose girl with the Star Cure.Hiyoko: Yeah, because you don't know to clean up after yourself! You could have cleaned all that up after Dark Samus died but nooooo, you just had to leave it there and taunt Samus by taking the fight to K2L! And look what happened there. You're done, Ridley. Your Space Pirates are dead and you're the only one left. The only thing I have left to say is...you're nothing. I've seen a mere BABY more threatening than you. I hope you enjoy retirement as the villain because you're clocked out!
- After successfully making in through his death maze in Super RWBY 3D Land, Kyoko points out how utterly pathetic Dimentio really, saying that, in spite of all his claims that he's a master manipulator, he's really more like a schoolyard bully.Kyoko: You see how easy it is to get under your skin? You yourself are quite enamored with the suffering of others, but lose your temper whenever someone is able to successfully resist you. Thought I wouldn't notice, huh? While anyone unprepared would have had a rough time, as soon as you face someone who knows what kind of person they are dealing with, your plans crumble. Setting up complex traps with no thought on any glaring oversights...a schoolyard bully with a stick has more successful nuance than you ever could, jester. I'd advise giving it up now while you're this behind.
