History Main / OpenShirtTaunt

-->''Go on, fire away, buck, you're damn gun's full of muck''
-->''Und nothing comes out just just hooey''

May have some overlap with BattleStrip, in which a character disrobes for ease of movement, displaying badass credentials and possibly {{Fanservice}}; the display may be a kind of taunt directed toward an opponent before actual combat begins.

* In the Disney version of ''WesternAnimation/FerdinandTheBull'', the matador wants Ferdinand to fight him, and opens his shirt to dare him to gore him. Then Ferdinand sees the flower tattoo on the matador's chest and licks it.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'' short "Fighting Tools", a German soldier opens his shirt to taunt Snafu when he sees that his rifle is leaking mud.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' episode "Stimpy's Fan Club", Ren is so distraught at disappointing Stimpy that he [[FurIsClothing tears open his fur]] and hands Stimpy a (rubber) dagger for him to stab him in the chest.

* In the 1983 movie of ''Film/ThePiratesOfPenzance'', The Pirate King (Kevin Kline) does this in the scene before the "Paradox" song.

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* In ''ComicBook/CreatureTech'', the last fight between Dr. Ong and Dr. Jameson ends with Ong baring his chest for Jameson to strike him. It's a BatmanGambit [[spoiler:and it works. Jameson gained his powers for this fight from an alien symbiote, and Ong has figured out that the symbiote is an intelligent creature that would much rather bond with a moral host than an evil one. When Ong bares his chest, Jameson rips his heart out -- and the symbiote immediately abandons Jameson (killing him in the process) to bond with Ong and save his life.]]

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* The Soviet-Ukrainian silent war film ''Arsenal'' features this at the end: the [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia White Russian]] soldiers have the [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheUSSR revolutionary hero]], Tymish Stoyan, dead to rights and [[NoKillLikeOverKill simultaneously shoot him]]. However, Tymish still stands after the barrage and opens his shirt to show that he is unscathed. Turns out that he's a metaphor for the power of Marxist ideals, [[YouCannotKillAnIdea and as such cannot be killed]].
* Azrael, the BigBad of ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', does this when he thinks Silent Bob's going to try and kill him with a golf club, because he's "a fucking demon" and has no reason to expect it to work. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to him (but suspected by Silent Bob), the golf club was blessed by Cardinal Glick, and it acts as a HolyHandGrenade, killing him instantly.]]

* Sam in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016'' wears his shirt almost completely buttoned up for most of the film. When he's confronted with the villain, he opens it up [[spoiler: revealing a scar from a noose - from when said villain raided his village and lynched him]].
* In ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', Louis wins a hand of poker against a very temperamental opponent, who immediately accuses Louis of cheating and aims a pistol at his chest. Caught in a self-destructive downward spiral following the death of his wife and child, Louis opens his shirt and demands that the man follow through with his threat. Instead, he lowers his weapon and allows Louis to leave.

* In ''[[Literature/{{Deryni}} High Deryni]]'', Morgan, Duncan, Kelson and Cardiel slip into Morgan's Castle Coroth to retake it from rebel leader Warin [=deGrey=]. They secretly watch Warin heal an injured man before confronting Warin and his officers. Morgan informs Warin that he and Duncan can Heal just as he does, and Warin refuses to believe him. Duncan suggests a demonstration of Deryni Healing and volunteers to take the injury to be Healed; he removes his shirt and is shown to have the training scars typical of a nobleman on his pale torso. Duncan's vulnerability is heightened when he tells Warin to choose the weapon and inflict the injury himself to be certain there is no trickery.

* In the ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' episode "Bagpipes", during Robin and Barney's fight over dirty dishes, Barney hands Robin a (butter) knife and then rips his shirt open.

* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' Commandant Grayza is all about the [[http://farscape.wikia.com/wiki/Mele-On_Grayza cleavage.]] In an interview with the actress, Rebecca Riggs, she notes that she didn't originally view Grayza's costume as titillating; rather, she thought it was more this trope, baring her vital organs for the enemy to see to show she's not afraid.

* ''Series/CoronationStreet'' had Charlie Stubbs do this when he realised that his girlfriend Tracy Barlow was planning to murder him. He ripped shirt open while she held a kitchen knife and dared her to do it then and there. She did - but not until later.

* Shakespeare would later re-use this trope in ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar.'' Cassius dramatically escalates an argument with Brutus by throwing open his toga, presenting a dagger, and taunting Brutus to kill him, just as he had killed Caesar.

* In the Disney version of ''Ferdinand the Bull'', the matador wants Ferdinand to fight him, and opens his shirt to dare him to gore him. Then Ferdinand sees the flower tattoo on the matador's chest and licks it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' episode "Stimpy's Fan Club", Ren is so distraught at disappointing Stimpy that he [[FurIsClothing tears open his fur]] and hands Stimpy a (rubber) dagger for him to stab him in the chest.
* In the WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu short ''Fighting Tools'', a German soldier opens his shirt to taunt Snafu when he sees that his rifle is leaking mud.

-->''Und nothing comes out bust just hooey''

* ''Website/CollegeHumor'': [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6828454/realistic-fighting-game Realistic Fighting Game]] has two characters Ryan and Greg engaging in a somewhat awkward WimpFight in a bar instead of fights similar to the likes of StreetFighter and ''Franchise/BlazBlue''. During the fight Ryan opens his shirt to taunt Greg.

* In ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack,'' [[AnthropomorphicPersonification female white corpuscle uniforms]] have AbsoluteCleavage and no bra, presumably for this reason (the other being FanService).

* According to some versions, UsefulNotes/Nero's mother Agripinna confronted the assassins her son sent to kill her by showing her abdomen, telling them to strike the place her son had come from.

* When founder of the [[UsefulNotes/Mormonism LDS church]] Joseph Smith was once confronted by a would be assassin, he invoked this trope. The man immediately dropped his gun, thinking that Smith must have concealed bodyguards with weapons trained on him.

* According to some versions, [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Nero]]'s mother Agripinna confronted the assassins her son sent to kill her by showing her abdomen, telling them to strike the place her son had come from.

* When founder of the LDS church JosephSmith was once confronted by a would be assassin, he invoked this trope. The man immediately dropped his gun, thinking that Smith must have concealed bodyguards with weapons trained on him.

* [[http://media.novinky.cz/764/137647-original-0g2ln.jpg This guy]] taunting the [[RedsWithRockets Red Army]] during [[TheCzechRepublic the Prague Spring]].