Fan Works - TV Tropes
- ️Thu Feb 20 2014
Instances of Punctuated! For! Emphasis! in Fan Works.
- Uninvited Guests. MY! NAME! ISN'T! SHIRO-CHAN! IT'S! CAPTAIN! HITSUGAYA! All the while beating the crap out of the assembled Espada.
- Examples from The Calvinverse:
- From Retro Chill: "I...... AM... NOT... THE... EARTH... POTENTATE!"
- Calvin & Hobbes: The Series paints its medium to deliver one of these:
The
mannequins
were
gone!
- The Saga Of Numbuh 451: After failing to convince Cree to turn herself in, Firecracker starts punching the roof of the train she was on while calling Cree (or possibly herself) a "stupid. fucking. bitch!".
- Adventures of a Line Hopper: In Date Night, Buffy punctuates every syllables of "Vampires" when trying to get it through to the Doctor that they are Always Chaotic Evil.
- Child of the Storm has a few examples.
- When Harry Dresden's informed that the Darkhold is loose.
Dresden: What. The. Hell
- In the sequel, Ghosts of the Past, Carol Danvers' reaction to winding up in Pepper Potts' pregnant body during a "Freaky Friday" Flip.
Carol: What. The. Fuck.
- And in chapter 15 of the sequel...
I AM LIFE. I AM FIRE. I. AM. PHOENIX!
- Magic And Steel: After reawakening in his dark form, Optimus declares that "I. Am. Nemesis! Prime!"
- A few in White Devil of the Moon
Fate: "Leave. Nanoha. Alone."
- One in A Posse Ad Esse
- A.A. Pessimal attributes this trait to Matron Igorina, who knows members of the Smith-Rhodes family can be awkward non-compliant medical patients.
"Complete bed rest. For at least fourteen days. And. No. Arguing!"
- Dragon Ball Z Abridged: "You stupid... ugly... son of a bitch. His NAME! Was CHIAOTZU! KIKOHO!!!
- Ed, Edd n' Eddy Z
:
- Red Lightning has Double-D deliver a beautiful speech that's constructed ENTIRELY! LIKE! THIS! When he gets to the clincher, he managed to get a freaking ARMY of deranged Super-Psychos to shut up and listen to him.
- I! AM! TALKING!
- Roy Mustang delivers a subtle one of these in Brilliancy. He's in the early stages of a debilitating fever and it's just been made clear that his Living Emotional Crutch has been kidnapped, so the narrating character notes that it's pretty much costing him every ounce of strength just to talk.
Find. My. Wife.
- In Lightning and Thunder
:
Voldemort: I. Need. The. Stone.
- A New Addition
:
Snape: Have. You. Seen. Harry. Potter?
- In Night Flight
Harry convinces a reluctant Zabini house elf to obey his orders.
Harry: And afterwards I don't. Want. You. To punish. Yourself.
- In Passageways
McGonagall is fed up with Dumbledore's manipulation of Harry.
McGonagall:''' So again, I say to you Albus Dumbledore: LEAVE. HIM. BE!
- In The Heir
Harry is annoyed by Ron's stalker tendencies.
Harry: We. Are. Not. Friends.
- In Coexistence
a pre-1980 Voldemort tries to Imperius Harry, whose spirit is temporarily possessing his mother's body into killing his own grandfather.
Harry: Like I said. Over. My. Dead. Body.
- Taking Back What Is Mine
:
Snape: I. Am. Going. To. Murder. Albus. Dumbledore!
- A Marauder's Plan
:
Sirius: Harry. Will. Never. Go. Back. To. The. Dursleys.
- In Amber and Emerald
Harry stabs Tom Riddle's diary Horcrux multiple times.
Harry: Shut. The. Hell. Up. And. Die.
- Harry Potter and the Wait, Scratch That
:
Ron: So Potter gets special treatment again, does she? First years aren't allowed to own brooms.
Draco: Duels aren't allowed either, but that's a rule I would definitely break. Just. For. You. Weasel.
- In Strange Potter
Neville comments that if they were in a cheap romance movie, Ron and Hermione would fall in love.
Hermione: Neville you are my friend so I will say this gently. Do. Not. Ever. Threaten. Me. Like. That. Again.
- Anger Management:
- Lincoln says that Lynn took his victory undies without permission "Just. Like. Bun-Bun."
- When talking about being beaten up, Lincoln yells, "HE! GOT! LUCKY!".
- The Boy Who Cried Idiot: When Martin sees Lisa and Lily and thinks they're Lincoln's children, he yells, "YOU... GOT... KIDS?!".
- In Mall Rats, Leni says, "Leave. Him. ALONE!" to Lincoln's bullies.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Ace Combat: The Equestrian War: Fluttershy yells "Leave and NEVER! COME! BACK!" at the two griffins, scaring them away with the Stare.
- Adjacency: From "Chapter 8: A Moment of Reflection"
, from Trixie to Twilight Sparkle:
Trixie continued, maintaining her blank expression despite how ridiculous her friend looked. “If somepony asks... If you're a god..? You. Say. Yes!
- Chaotic Harmony:
- In chapter 3, after Sonic is sick of Owlowiscious's limited dialogue: "Alright, that's it! Say 'who' one more time. I dare ya, birdie! I. Dare. You."
- In chapter 4, as Rarity is asking Sonic to take a bath: "Don't. You. Dare."
- In chapter 5, after Sonic noticed that Eggman captured Tails, Amy and Cream: "Eggman! Let. Them. Go. NOW!"
- In chapter 6, after Sonic is sick of Amy telling Tails to give her lines for her: "I. Get. It. Thank you."
- Double Rainboom: "That! Wasn't! Very! COOL!" Doubles as Punctuated Pounding.
- Equestria: A History Revealed: Done a few times by the Lemony Narrator, the most notable of which was ending a chapter on a Shout-Out to Dragon Ball Z.
"And here’s where the fun keeps getting better. Next time! On Pony! War! Z!"
- Families: When Twilight goes Mama Bear to protect Spike from the teenage dragon gang: "Get. Away. From. My. Son!"
- Flash Fog: "Well," Applejack drawled, "the basic idea can be summed up in four words: Kill. It. With. Fire."
- In A Great Endeavor, "Purple. Pony. Girl!" is General McAuliffe's disbelieving response to seeing Twilight.
- At the end of Chapter six of Magnetism!, Rainbow Dash has had enough of everyone thinking her wing is broken, so she yells, "My! Wing! Is! Not! Broken!"
- Justice League of Equestria: General Zod during the final fight in Mare of Steel's first arc (also counts as Punctuated Pounding):
- During the Final Battle of My Little Avengers, this is how Captain Equestria wraps up his Shut Up, Hannibal! to the Ghost Flyer: "AND YOU! ARE UNDER! ARREST!"
- The Pieces Lie Where They Fell: Sunset Shimmer's thoughts, in which she states she will "Make. Them. Pay." (The "them" being Princess Celestia's murderer.)
- The Power of the Equinox:
- When the exposed Queen Chrysalis is about to explain her intentions in the wedding hall, Princess Cadance, desperate to make her leave before Dimmed Star (the transformed Twilight Sparkle) can come to do something horrible to her, interrupts her.
Cadance: I don't care! I just don't. Fucking. Care!
- Spike when the Cutie Mark Crusaders are preventing him from going to Twilight's trial.
Spike: Let. Me. Go!
- When Wind Rider wants Princess Celestia to detain Dimmed Star who has broken free of her restraints, Celestia only orders him to sit down.
Princess Celestia: Sit. Down.
- Dimmed Star does this two times in the same conversation when she demands Spike to tell her who called him a pet.
Dimmed Star: Who. Said. That? […] You have never once questioned anything of the sort, never once brought up the fact that you were different. You were raised to believe that you were equal, and you are equal. Somepony has infected your thoughts, and I. Will. Not. Have It!!
- When Cheerilee arrives at Scootaloo's house, Brutus Meadows repeats his initial question about her intentions this way.
Brutus: What. Do. You. Want.
- Dimmed Star again when she's demanding from Cheerilee an explanation to why she and Brutus were fighting at her doorstep.
Dimmed Star: Allow me to repeat the question. What. The fuck. Is going on out here?
- When Big Macintosh questions Applejack if Winona is trained well enough to sniff out ponies, she answers "Yes. Ah. Am."
- When the exposed Queen Chrysalis is about to explain her intentions in the wedding hall, Princess Cadance, desperate to make her leave before Dimmed Star (the transformed Twilight Sparkle) can come to do something horrible to her, interrupts her.
- From chapter 4 of Sonic Generations: Friendship is Timeless, after Spike pushed Amy's Berserk Button: "I. SAID. OPEN. THIS. DOOR!"
- Mayor Mare in A Special Offer from Shutterfly!
: "How. Long. Each?"
- Followed by the titular character noting the emphasis and saying that no one would put up this very entry.
- Turnabout Storm has several. None of them are played too seriously.
- Threatingly by the Judge after one of Phoenix's blunt remarks hurt Apple Bloom's feelings: "Mr. Wright, you are threading on Very. Thin. Ice."
- Rainbow and Applejack after Phoenix tries out his "I'm always Wright" pun: "That. Wasn't. Funny."
- Phoenix after Pinkie insists on not getting the difference between a ladder and a stepladder: "It's. A. Ladder!"
- Twilight in her Inner Monologue after learning that she's become a Living Lie Detector thanks to Phoenix's Magatama: "This. Is. AMAZING!"
- In Ultra Fast Pony... Prince Blueblood... talks like this all the time! He sounds a lot like. William. Shatner!
- Vision: Rarity does this, due to fact that she's Rarity. She's also crazy as shit, due to the fact that she's in a BioShock crossover.
- Night Strike of Fallout: Equestria - Empty Quiver gets one in while bringing a 37mm autocannon to bear on a very unfortunate gryphon mercenary.
- True Potential: At one point during the Invasion of Kumo, Hidan wonders out loud "WHERE. THE. FUCK. IS. MY. SCYTHE."
- A Crown of Stars: Asuka to Shinji in chapter 20:
Asuka: If you wanna 'love me', Third, you better be ready! to! push! BACK!
- Advice and Trust: When Zeruel is about to strike Asuka and Shinji, Rei... goes nuts:
Rei: "You... will not... harm them... I... will... not... permit... it!"
- Evangelion 303: In chapter 17 Rei asks what the Hikari's bachelorette party will consist of. Asuka explains it this way
:
Asuka: "Nude. Male. Review. Best in town."
- Hail to the King (Thuktun Flishithy): Shinji, when he fights Leliel to protect Asuka:
Shinji: Get. Away. From. Her.
- A prominent recurring line in Junior Officers is "{character} just. Completely. Snapped.", usually used when a character finally reaches their Rage Breaking Point.
- Once upon a Time: Abridged gives you this, when Snow White is about to win:
- The Progenitor Chronicles: Rebecca, furious at the MC for risking his life after he recklessly runs into Bear University during a bioterror attack:
Rebecca: "What. THE HELL. Were you thinking?!"
- There's this
episode of Sailor Moon Abridged. I'm. Not. USELESS!
- In Beyond the Dawn Beren slashes a certain Orc in pieces with this motto:
No! One! Speaks! To! Me! This! Way!
- The Legend of Total Drama Island normally uses ellipses when this effect is called for.
Bridgette: I am going to make you eat… every… word.
- The Age of Dusk: “I am master and king of all Space marines. Though you have cast aside your humanity, you are still Astartes, and you! Will! Kneel!
- Here Comes the New Boss:
- Stoneknapper gets fed up with Elpis' stalemate against Mush, and tells her, "Just. Make. A. Sword." (But she doesn't want to reveal his power, so she doesn't do it.)
- After Elpis is nearly killed fighting against the Teeth, Spitfire insists that she "Don't. Ever. Do. That. Again," while pounding on her chestplate.
- Tattletale can't help waxing verbose about all the things she knows, but Elpis doesn't have the patience for it.
Elpis: What. Do. You. Want.
- Trickster wants to hurry things up, but Leet insists that they "Wait. A. Second." so he can bask in the moment.
- Spitfire objects to Weld making assumptions about the city when he's just arrived, because the existing Wards are the ones who have actually seen and experienced what's happening, "Not. You."
- In the Hostile Takeover spinoff, just after breaking out of the locker, Taylor seizes Emma and slams her against the wall, demanding "What! Did! You! Do! There's people yelling and all these noises and I saw Gladly's blood and it's your fault!"
Unsorted
- The first installment of the Deliver Us from Evil Series. If it isn't bad enough that a half-dead Sherlock Holmes is convulsing in his sleep, Dr. Watson quickly turns the moment into a tear-jerker with these words (while he himself is crying): "I refuse to let you die, Sherlock Holmes, do you hear me? I refuse to let. You. Die."
- In Saki: After Story, Teru tells Sumire, “I. Do. Not. Have. A. Sister!”
- Bait and Switch (STO):
- In Reality Is Fluid, Eleya mistakenly thinks that Professor Atani Dukat is responsible for sabotaging her ship.
- "The Road Not Taken": Alt!Eleya to a Klingon she arrests for assault:
Klingon: Officer, this verengan—Trans.
Eleya: —is not worth ending up in ghe’torTrans. for being shot in the back. Drop. Your. Sword.
- In Frozen Hearts (Sakume): Hans has this to say to Heins when they are in Arendelle under assumed names.
Hans: We. Cannot. Be found.
- Hivefled: dorky teacher Icatus Gritch goes Papa Wolf after one too many lewd comments from Shuran Harkol: "Do. Not. Talk. That. Way. About. My. Students."
- Marybelle's Curse:
"Oh. My. StarClan. I... I don't know what to say! I don't deserve this. This is such... such an honor!
- Kage: Jade to Miranda in chapter 5:
- The Queen of the Shadowkhan to Jade in chapter 11:
- Bruce Has a Problem: Damian Wayne runs into this with his cloned brother, Gideon.
Gideon: I was created to be your better in every way! I was purified! Improved! I am what you should have been! Stronger! Faster! Smarter—!
Damian: Tt. Oh, please. She obviously screwed that part up.
Gideon: Shut! Up! Brother! I am speaking!
Damian: You. Are. Shouting. Genetics aside, you are no brother to me. - Zistopia: Chet goes berserk when he sees prejudiced rabbits attack Nick, who at this point has saved Judy's life, befriended all of the Hopps family, and proved to be safe around baby rabbits without a shock collar despite being a predator.
Bully: Whoa, Chet, it was just a long-nose chomper! A friggin conniving fox!
Chet: [pummeling the other rabbit to the ground] NICK WILDE! IS! A! SAINT! YOU! JERK!
- The Keys Stand Alone: The Soft World : When the angry Paul is pounding Zarrack's unbreakable axe head into the ground, he punctuates each strike of his fist with the four's Share Phrase: “Don't! Fuck! With! Nine! Thousands!”
- Ages of Shadow has Jade, in the middle of a Villainous Breakdown while losing the Final Battle, saying this while fighting off the monsters the Sun Souls send at her:
"HOW! MANY! TIMES! MUST! I SHOW! I CAN'T! BE BEATEN?!"
- In Supergirl fanfic Hellsister Trilogy, Kara's reaction when she's whisked away from her vacation spot -where she was resting after getting almost killed by Darkseid- by the Legion of Super-Heroes who intends to drag her in another life-or-death struggle.
Kara: (sighing, crouching and hiding her face) I. Am. Just. Getting. So. Damned. Tired.
- Megami no Hanabira: Father Phillips is fond of this.
- Amazing Fantasy has Peter use this while giving Izuku dating advice.
Peter: Here's a bit of free advice before you hit the dating scene. [jabs a finger at Izuku] Do. Not. Date. Supervillains. Not even morally ambiguous cat burglars.
- Oversaturated World: Group Precipitation - Blooper Reel
, from, when Rainbow isn't getting Sunset's point:
"Not. My. Point."
- In Origin Story, Alex Harris (a Kryptonian stuck in the Marvel Universe) speaks this way while instructing Moonstone on the message to be taken back to Henry Peter Gyrich and Norman Osborn:
Alex Harris: “Tell your bosses to leave me alone, or the next time I’ll visit them in person. I don’t want to fight. I’m not robbing banks and I’m not hurting anyone. Leave. Me. Alone.”
- At another point in the story, Tony Stark gets to do it to Norman Osborn, but in a sarcastic manner instead of angrily:
Tony Stark: “Why do you call her a thing, Norman?”
Norman Osborn: “What?”
Tony Stark: (speaking slowly, as if to a four-year old) “Why. Do. You. Call. Her. A. Thing. Norman?”
- A Diplomatic Visit:
- In chapter 3 of the sequel Diplomat at Large, Bow Hot Hoof uses the same phrase twice - "BEST! FAMILY! EVER!"
- In chapter 6, when Luna shoots down Spitfire's complaints over not being involved in the war councils and asks if she's done anything, beyond simple seniority, to earn her ranking, Spitfire has this to say:
Spitfire: "Give. Me. The chance."
- Chapter 7 uses this a few times. Twilight's is overlapped with Punctuated Pounding.
Pharynx: "I am really. Starting to get tired. Of you!"
Twilight: "You! Don't! Touch! My! Friends!" - In A Load of Bulk, a fanfiction of The Loud House, Lana says, "They're... too... LIGHT!" about some weights she was lifting.
- In The Loud House fanfiction The Nightmare House, this happens twice:
- The first is when the old woman in Luna's nightmare brings up Sam, to which Luna responds, "Leave. Her. Out of this!"
- The second is when the demon-like sister impostors from Lincoln's nightmare tell him that if he let them be, he'd never be teased, to which he responds, "I. Don't. CARE!".
- In What You Wish For, when Lori Loud finds out that Lucy was the one who granted Lori's "wish" to not have a brother, she says, "WHAT. DID. YOU. DO?!".
- Sunsplit Saga: Sunspawned: "Okay, whatever you do, just act cool."
: When the soon-to-be-named Sunset reflects on why Sunburst couldn't talk to mares, and what happened when he tried talking to them like stallions:
"I mean, mares are people too, right?"
"Yeah?"
"So, just... talk to them like stallions!"
Sunburst blinked. "I... tried that once. It didn't... work."
"Oh. Right. That."
There was an awkward moment.
"In your defense," the construct pointed out, "she thought Saddle Rager was the best power pony. Obviously she was crazy."
"Oh, yeah. Radiance all the way."
"...I'm thinking a toss-up between Radiance and Matter-Horn." - Homecoming, 2026: In a Shout-Out to the "This. Is. Sparta!" line of 300, to start off a Halloween event:
This! Is! Halloween!
- In Maybe the Last Archie Story, Mad Doctor Doom is not happy after getting his face and hands scratched by Salem.
Mad Doctor Doom: "YOU...BLASTED...CAT!"
- Evershade: From shock, as said:
Owen was in shock. He was pressed back against his seat, a distressed look frozen on his face as he stared at me. He shuddered: "What. The fuck. Was that?"
- Metro: In "Metro 1: Chewing Through The Straps (Part 1)"
from Elizabeth Carson:
- When she's noting that someone is not helping their case:
"Not. Helping."
- When she's angry and speaks:
"That. Was. Inexcusable."
- When she's noting that someone is not helping their case:
- Your Alicorn Is in Another Castle: When talking about clients in "Inevitability Frames":
I'd hate to lose her — but I can afford to drop one here and there. And besides..." The lips curled. "...now I just. might. have. you."
- PMD: Another Perspective: The Rocket grunt's initial response to her nickname of "Purry" is "DON'T. YOU. DARE.", coupled with glaring and her fur puffing up.
- All Mixed Up!: Chapter 9 gives us an example from Oprah regarding her and her agents' search of Mariana Mag's aquarium.
Oprah: We didn't find anything. Mr. O told me yesterday that the villain uses a gadget hooked onto a belt to turn people into odd objects. I had every available agent on the Maintenance and Security staff ransack the entire building and interrogate every employee to find the villain and their belt gadget. And. We. Found. Nothing!
- Read the Fine Print (Evangelion): It happens when Asuka stops Toji from bullying Shinji.
Asuka: "First and only warning, asshole. Leave. Him. Alone."
- We Won't Tell You to Heel: Nico stresses her words while reminding the rest of the Runaways that what they want to do is considered theft, which is a crime.
"The. Dog. Does. Not. Belong to us," Nico repeats. "This is illegal."
- Discord's New Business:
- Discord reacts this way when Starlight, having been turned into a changeling queen and instinctively reacts by turning into the being Discord loves most, aiming to spur love she can feed on. Instead, he gets mad and snaps her back into her changeling form while growling "Don't. You. Dare."
- Used in Celestia's angry reaction when she learns of what Jet Set, Upper Crust and some corrupt guards were up to — You. Hurt. My. Sister.
- Sonic Adventure Abridged: THIS! IS! SEGA!
- Yugioh The Abridged Series:
- Crump gets in on it, too: