History Main / OpenShirtTaunt

In some cases, the character welcomes the injury, thinking it's deserved. Alternatively, he [[YouWouldntShootMe doesn't really believe the other will harm them]], or is at least confident that the blow won't be fatal. Or he just wants to FaceDeathWithDignity. Or it's a case of StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred.

* 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 taunts the man to follow through with his threat. Instead, the man lowers his weapon and allows Louis to leave.

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

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

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

* In ''Anime/CellsAtWork Black Company,'' female white corpuscle uniforms have AbsoluteClevage and no bra, presumably for this reason.

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' has a serious version: after [[spoiler:Durkon's trapped soul overwhelms the vampiric spirit possessing his body]], he opens his robes, dimisses his {{Protective Charm}}s, and sits still so [[spoiler:Belkar]] can drive a stake through his heart.

* 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.

* The BigBad of ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' does this, because he's "a fucking demon" and has no reason to expect it to work.

* In ''Series/TheKillPoint'', at one point during negotiations, Mr. Wolf strips his shirt off in front of the bank to show that he's not afraid of getting shot. It also shows off his extensive war scars to the public, as he's cleverly using his military service to rouse support for himself and the hostage takers.

* In ''Series/TheKillPoint'', at one point during negotiations, Mr. Wolf strips his shirt off in front of the bank to show that he's not afraid of getting shot.

* Rare female example in ''Theatre/{{Nine}}''. At the end of the "Take It All" number, Luisa gradually strips off to symbolise how her husband has taken everything from her. The end of the song has her ripping her bra open, which coincides with her breaking it off with him in real life.

* ''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.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'', our hero -[[spoiler:now a king and becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the world]]- goes the whole-hog of taking off his armour, throwing away his sword, and ripping open his tunic to bear his chest to an enemy warrior, all the time telling him to kill him. The last time he yells 'Kill me', it doesn't seem so much a taunt, as a '''plea'''.

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* Rare female example in ''{{Theatre/Nine}}''. At the end of the "Take It All" number, Luisa gradually strips off to symbolise how her husband has taken everything from her. The end of the song has her ripping her bra open, which coincides with her breaking it off with him in real life.

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* TruthInTelevision: The baring of the chest as a symbolic move has happened a few times in RealLife historical events.
** 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.
** UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte famously did it after he escaped the island of Elba and stepped on the French soil again. A troop of king's soldiers was dispatched to stop him, but he bared his chest and shouted: "Who wants to shoot his Emperor?" The soldiers still had fond memories of Napoleon's reign, and immediately defected to his side.
** It's said UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini did this right before he was shot to death.
** 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.
** Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa also did this during a police strike, daring the strikers to just shoot him and get it done with. This was of course all macho hyperbole, but it worked, given that as of 2016 he is still alive and in office.

* In ''[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40K Warhammer 40,000]]'', the gladiatorial Wych cults of the Dark Eldar tend to wear skimpy clothing into combat. This serves a triple purpose: to evoke this trope (it is explicitly stated that one purpose of wearing skimpy clothes is to dare their opponents to hit them), to provide FanService for the crowds, and display their unscarred bodies as testament to their combat prowess. The higher up in the rankings you go, the less clothing you typically wear.

* One SergioAragones cartoon has a man who's due to execution doing this - and revealing a tattoo of himself {{mooning}} his executors.

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Kenpachi does this for Ichigo in their first encounter. Not like Ichigo's first strike does much since Kenpachi is the soul equivalent of MadeOfIron.

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* In the original ''Literature/PeterPan'' novel, after Tootles shot Wendy down with an arrow:
-->Tootles did not flinch. He bared his breast. "Strike, Peter," he said firmly, "strike true."
* 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.
* Happens a couple of times in ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''. In ''Salamandastron'', Klitch strips off his shirt and dares Urthstripe to shoot him, pointing out that the prisoners Sapwood and Oxeye will die if Klitch or Ferahgo are harmed. In ''Lord Brocktree'', Fleetscut opens his shirt during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Jukka, shouting that if she kills him instead of coming back to help defend Salamandastron her home will be invaded next.

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* In ''[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40K Warhammer 40,000]]'', the gladiatorial Wych cults of the Dark Eldar tend to wear skimpy clothing into combat. This serves a triple purpose: to evoke this trope (it is explicitly stated that one purpose of wearing skimpy clothes is to dare their opponents to hit them), to provide FanService for the crowds, and display their unscarred bodies as testament to their combat prowess. The higher up in the rankings you go, the less clothing you typically wear.

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* 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.

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* TruthInTelevision: The baring of the chest as a symbolic move has happened a few times in RealLife historical events.
** 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.

** Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa also did this during a police strike, daring the strikers to just shoot him and get it done with. This was of course all macho hyperbole, but it worked, given that as of 2016 he is still alive and in office.

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.