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Dumb? I'll show you dumb! —Skywarp and Starscream, War for Cybertron
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In response to something character A says, character B takes parts X and Y of its wording, and says something along the lines of "I'll [X] You Some [Y]!" or similar variations. It's not so much a Stock Phrase as a stock-structure of phrases.
When said towards a villain, this may be part of a Shut UP, Hannibal moment. However, neither using the phrase nor being the subject of the phrase is necessarily associated with moral alignments in either direction. Very often turns out to be a Lame Comeback.
Compare/Contrast with Verb This, in using someone's own wording in a retort to them, but in this case it's specifically about what the character saying it will do, whereas Verb This has no "I" in it and could just as easily be referring to some external circumstance. Compare No, You.
...what? You want some examples? I'll show you some examples![]
Anime[]
- In Yu-Gi-Oh!, Tristan has an open crush on Joey's sister Serenity, which Joey is none too pleased about. At one point in the English dub, Tristan talks about how he's going to visit Serenity (read:hit on her) in the hospital, to which Joey responds "I'll send you to the hospital!"
- When the preteens of Ichigo Mashimaro pay a surprise visit to Nobue at the diner where she works. Miu tries ordering breakfast at a time of day the diner doesn't serve it, then writes a zero after the price of each menu item, them complains about the prices. She finally puts in a proper order, including a chocolate parfait. Nobue mutters that she'll "parfait" her...
Comic Books[]
- The page image is from issue 74 of Archie Sonic comics. After the freedom fighters find Robotnik on the walkway of an outer-space facility after previously thinking he was dead:
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Sonic: You're toast if you don't tell me what happened to my family and the other roboticized mobians, Ro"butt"nik! |
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NNY: I'll show you wacky! I'll show you all wackeeeeee! |
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- Then he disembowels everyone in the restaurant with a spork.
- Similarly, one issue of Groo the Wanderer shows he dislikes being called "feckless."
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"Groo is not feckless! He has plenty of feck! I will show you feck like you have never seen!" |
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Film[]
- In The Dark Knight, during an argument between a witness on the stand and Harvey Dent:
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Dent: I have a sworn statement from you that [points to Maroni] this man is the head of the Falcone crime family. |
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Aladdin: If I were as rich as you, I could afford some manners. |
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- And in the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast, when Maurice intrudes into the castle.
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Maurice: I just needed a place to stay... |
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Joe: "Your Honor, I call for a mistrial." |
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- In Fantastic Four, Johnny and Ben discuss girls.
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Johnny: I've been wondering. How do you and Alicia...*clicks his tongue in lieu of finishing the sentence* |
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- Serenity has a more delayed example. The Operative tells Mal that he's trying to help the Alliance create "a world without sin". Later, upon discovering a dark secret about the Alliance that the Operative didn't know about, Mal shows it to the Operative but first says "I'm gonna show you a world without sin."
- In the film version of The Running Man, Amber, one of the protagonists and the main Love Interest, is cornered by Dynamo.
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Dynamo: Thought it was pretty funny out there in the zone? What's the matter now bitch, why aren't you laughing? |
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- Done in the original X-Men 1 movie:
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Magneto: What are you looking for, Charles? |
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Literature[]
- From Ross Macdonald's novel The Far Side of the Dollar:
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Lew Archer: I was investigating-- |
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- Al Franken reacts to Fox News' Coverage of President Bush's 2004 Inauguration speech in the first chapter of The Truth (with jokes), specifically the part where Bush claims to have won a mandate:
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But the responsible news media, instead of calling him out or grabbing their crotch and going "Mandate? I got your mandate here!", were going along with it. |
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- In Big Trouble, when Eliot Arnold is getting fed up with his newspaper-writing job, his boss admonishes him that he needs to have his assignment (pointing to his computer) "in here before you go home tonight." Eliot then crosses around to his boss's side of the desk, saying, "How about I put it in there RIGHT NOW?" and puts his left foot through the computer screen.
- Marco does this in Animorphs
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Marco: I'll show you monkey! |
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Live Action TV[]
- On The A-Team, B.A. would often respond in this way to whatever nonsense Murdock was spouting. Some of them barely made sense, but Murdock didn't always give him much to work with, and B.A. doesn't like to mince words.
- Wizards of Waverly Place. There was an entire episode devoted to TJ Taylor, another wizard who responded to everything with this trope. And of course, it never made sense.
- In Drake and Josh when Josh started losing patience with helping Drake cheat via Radio.
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Drake: Just pull up your antenna. |
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- From the Doctor Who episode, "Army of Ghosts" after the Doctor convinces Torchwood that Jackie is Rose who went through Rapid Aging.
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Doctor: Lead on. But not too fast. Her ankle's going. |
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Music[]
- Country Music singer Gretchen Wilson has an album and song titled I Got Your Country Right Here.
- "Space" by Sarah Buxton: "You say you want space / Well, I'll give you space..."
- From "I Wanna Sex Up A Crying Charmander In His Sexy Butthold While Jerking Off His Two-Inch Floppy",by The Baby Stompers:
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Let's go play some Pokémon! |
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Video Games[]
- In Starcraft, in one of the missions in the original Terran campaign:
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General Duke: You're about the last folks I expected to show up. What's your angle, Mengsk? |
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- Tales of Monkey Island: There are a few examples of this when Elaine is poxed and fighting De Singe near the end of Chapter 4: "I've got yer juicy strain right here, bucko!" "I'll give you some piddlin' firkins!" "I'll show you who's done for!" and "I'll spread you to the four corners!!"
- Resident Evil 3 Nemesis has the Nemesis scream out "S.T.A.R.S.!" Guess what Jill says near the end when she finally finishes him off? "You want S.T.A.R.S.? I'll give you S.T.A.R.S.!"
- When Kratos finally confronts Ares face to face in the first God of War, he tells Ares that the monster (Kratos himself) he created will now destroy him. Ares' response? "You do not know what a true monster is..." (grows a bunch of freaky spider legs on his back) "Your final lesson is at hand!"
Web Animation[]
- In the dragon Strong Bad email:
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Strong Sad: I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and- |
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Web Comics[]
- In Questionable Content, Angus compliments his shy, socially awkward roommate Marigold on her haircut, then slips in an affectionate insult:
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Angus: So does that mean you're gonna wash it more than twice a year now? |
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Sarda: That's adorable, really. |
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- During the Wizard Duel between Terra and Magus in El Goonish Shive, Terra promised to show him "potential".
- Played with in Men in Hats, with the word being "converge".
- Ozy and Millie: "I'll feather duster you!"
Western Animation[]
- A Running Gag in Animaniacs, or more precisely, the "Goodfeathers" series within it, is Pesto very often misinterpreting what Squit says about him. The result is I Will Show You X, preceeded by several other phrases among the lines "Are you sayin' that I'm <...>, is that what you're sayin'? What am I, <...> here to amuse you?"
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Squit: Yes. Pesto, you are one swell bird. Here's your "swell"! I got your "swell"! Right here! I'll show you "swell"! |
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- The sign at the entrance of the Brooklyn Aquarium in Futurama reads "We got your fish right here pal."
- The Simpsons:
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Homer: Lisa! Knock off that racket! |
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- And in another episode:
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Judi Dench: Who are you talking to? |
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- Another Simpsons example, when Homer's mom reappears, Bart asks for retroactive birthday, Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa gifts. Homer responds with "I'll Kwanzaa you!"
- This is a fairly popular one with The Simpsons. For example, when Homer was yet again passed up for the "Worker of the Week" award for...an inanimate carbon rod. "Inanimate huh? I'll show him inanimate!" He just stands there.
- "The earring could plug the hole." "I'll plug YOUR hole!"
- Done again in, "Today, I am a Clown":
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Bart: Dad. You blew it. You listened to Lisa and then you lost your stranglehold on the audience. |
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- The Penguins of Madagascar, "I Was A Penguin Zombie":
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Vet: Don't worry. I know you don't like the big, scary needles, so we'll use a topical cream instead. |
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- In a Ren and Stimpy episode dealing with the Stimpy facing his own mortality and going throuh various emotional phases. To illustate "Anger", there's a short bit where Ren is at the dinner table, ready to eat.
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Stimpy: *cheerily* Here's your breakfast, Ren! |
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- In the finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender: "I'll show you lightning!"
- And during Aang's fight with Zhao:
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Aang: "Woah, wild shot!" |
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- Also, from one of the chibi shorts:
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Katara: Tiny Zuko! He looks so cute! |
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- In the sequel series, Korra is fond of giving these whenever she commits a foul during a Pro-bending match.
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Referee: Foul! Over the line! Move back to Zone 3! |
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Referee: Unnecessary roughness! Move back 1 zone! |
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- On The Mr. Men Show, a running gag has Mr. Rude say "I'll give you X," and then fart, causing all the characters to chastise him.
I got yer stinger right here pal!