Future Trunks gets two in particular before utterly OBLITERATING his targets.Although after 70% of them, it turns out the target is OK after all. Many characters are fond of these, particularly Vegeta.'Why do you keep looking at your watch?' 'Oh that? That's because I'm Kira.'.Ryuk gets to say this to Light himself in the end after writing Light's name in his own Death Note.

Taylor' 'Good bye Raye Pember' 'Good Bye, Naomi Misora' probably to gloat in the fact that he can kill them because he knows their names.

'Good bye (Name of the victim)' several times, 'Good bye Lind L.The Pre-Mortem One-Liner instead becomes a confession. 'I win, Near.' Unfortunately for Light, about five seconds after said one liner is delivered, we discover that Near is one step ahead of the game and has set events in motion to counteract Light's grand plan.Death Note: Light Yagami likes using these.what do you value most? Your own pitiful life?īradley: You think an Eleven can threaten me?! If the victim is the one speaking, it's Defiant to the End or 'Facing the Bullets' One-Liner. Compare Bond One-Liner (aka Post-Mortem One-Liner), which is said after the victim's consciousness has faded, and directed at the audience, to another character, or just to oneself. Give My Regards in the Next World and See You in Hell are subtropes. Also related but different is a one-liner delivered when escaping from battle. Not to be confused with a Pre-Asskicking One-Liner, which is used at the beginning of a fight these quotes are used to end the fight. The monstrous equivalent is less articulate. Be warned, however, that if your enemy still has motor control, the quote might be the proverbial nail that spurs them to pull off a Taking You with Me. Of course, sometimes (as in the Heroes and Matrix examples) it seems that a Pre-Mortem One-Liner somehow paralyzes your enemy while you deliver it, or maybe they're just courteous.Īlternatively, the quote can be said in that short window of time after the killing blow is struck, but before your enemy's consciousness fades, as a metaphorical way of adding salt to the wound. Consequently, Genre Savvy heroes are advised to just Kill Him Already! and save the pithy quotes for immediately afterwards. What's better than killing your most hated enemy? Sending them into the afterlife with your voice in their ears and the proof of your badassery in their head, that's what.Īnother common staple of the Action Hero, this finishing quote need not be a One-Liner, but the longer your little speech goes, the more likely the bad guy will find some way to evade your intended killing blow or worse, make you Talk to the Fist.

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