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Master Blaster: Who... run... Barter Town?
Aunty: You know who.
Master Blaster: Say.
Aunty: Master Blaster.
Master Blaster: Say loud.

If a former friend, former ally, enemy, political rival, or just someone you hate or like to make fun of wants your help, or a favor, or just to get in the clubhouse, why not make them grovel a bit before helping them?

Yah, so, make them admit that you rule, or make them do a silly dance. A form of Word Power. Sometimes used by villains as part of trying to make a hero Kneel Before Zod.

It often overlaps with Once More, with Volume!. Compare Repeat to Confirm. Contrast I Warned You (The Cassandra is finally proven right).


Examples:

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    Anime & Manga 

    Comic Strips 
  • Calvin and Hobbes: Calvin has to sing a rhyming song about how fearsome tigers are before Hobbes lets him in their treehouse. After he reluctantly finishes, Hobbes prompts him to sing the third verse well.

    Fan Works 
Dragon Ball
  • Dragonball Gohanverse: Subverted. El Hermano thinks he's doing Absalon Gohan a favor by letting him say his final words before he kills him. He mockingly tells Absalon to share it with the class. Absalon looks as if he's going to spill the soup before he counterattacks and tells El Hermano that he's been waiting for him to stand still.
  • Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Vegeta has Krillin blow a hole in his chest, banking on the Saiyan trait of growing stronger from injuries; the greater, the stronger. Dende makes Vegeta ask him please to heal him. He doesn't even know Dende's name until Dende makes him say it.

Hellsing

  • Hellsing Ultimate Abridged: After clearing out the hospital of zombies and a brief encounter with Anderson, Integra deduces that the one behind the vampire attacks is a large organized group. Alucard suggests it was the Nazis, which Integra writes off as retarded. But after drinking the Dandy Man's blood in the third episode, Alucard discovers through his memories that he was working with Millennium, which is a Nazi organization, and brags about it on Twitter. Which leads to the events of the fourth episode:
    Alucard: (over the phone) Say it.
    Integra: (over the phone) Fuck you.
    Alucard: After you say it.
    Integra: You're really going to force me on this?
    Alucard: I'm at half-mast! I need to hear this!
    Integra: FINE! YOU WERE RIGHT!
    Alucard: (chuckles perversely)
    Integra: Jump up your own ass and DIE! (slams down the phone)
    Alucard: Ahhhh, Houston... we have nooo problems.
Pokémon
  • Pokémon The 'Bridged Series: When Ash is Disguised in Drag in Episode 12, Pikachu demands he say “I’m a pretty girl” or else Pikachu will blow his cover. After some reluctance, Ash does so, but Pikachu blows his cover anyway stating that it was too late.

Steven Universe

    Films — Animation 
  • Peter Pan (1953): After Pan has defeated Hook and has him tied up and at the point of his own sword, the latter begs the former not to kill him. Pan acquiesces so long as Hook admits he's a cold fish. Hook complies, but Pan forces him to say it again louder before he can be released.
  • Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama: Throughout the series, Dr. Drakken can never remember Ron Stoppable's name. In The Movie, Ron has had enough of it, so he yells at Drakken until the latter remembers Ron's name.
  • The Wild Robot (2024): At the climax, when all the other animals come to Paddler because they need that giant tree he's been gnawing down, he first has all of them admit they were wrong about making fun of him for trying to gnaw the tree down. Then he specifically forces Fink to truthfully say that he's cool, which Fink genuinely struggles to do, despite the urgency of the situation.

    Films — Live-Action 
  • Back to School (1986): Professor Terguson angrily demands Mr. Helper to tell him why come the U.S. lost so badly in the Korean wars (see it here, about 2:18 in). He really chews the scenery, even wrecking a chair and yelling "Say It!" over and over again. Just as good is Mr. Helper's yelled answer about Truman not having enough balls. Terguson does something similar with his students during his grueling history oral finals.
  • Escape from New York: The Duke makes the President admit that he's the Duke of New York and a number one—in the sense of him being the true ruler of the city despite being a gang leader—under threat of being shot. When the President's first go at it doesn't please him, the Duke makes him say it louder.
    The Duke: What did I teach you?
    President: Y-You are the... Duke of New... New York. You're A-Number One.
    The Duke: I can't hear you!
    President: Y-You... You are the Duke of New York! You're A-Number One!
  • The Goonies: Chunk is forced to do "The Truffle Shuffle" for the others to gain admittance.
  • Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey: Sassy requires Chance to say "Cats rule and dogs drool" before helping him catch fish.
  • Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Master Blaster shuts off the (methane) power whenever his power feels threatened by Aunty, and forces Aunty to recite the phrase "Master Blaster runs Barter Town."
  • Tank Girl: "Just say it, 'I won', and the little girl lives."
  • Undercover Brother: A Running Gag involves Mr Feather struggling to resist the subversive influence of African-American culture. When he kidnaps James Brown, the inevitable happens.
    Mr Feather: (Playing with Syringes) So, Mr Godfather of Soul, life as you know it will soon cease to exist. Any... final requests?
    James Brown: Say it loud.
    (Oh, Crap! look from Mr Feather. Brown gets to his feet)
    James Brown: Say it, loud!
    (Feather starts twitching, throwing away his syringe)
    Doctor: What are you doing?
    James Brown: (dancing) SAY IT LOUD! (everyone stares at Feather as he convulses madly)
    James Brown: (pointing at Feather) SAY IT LOUD! SAY IT—
    Mr Feather: ARRRHM BLACK AND ARRRHM PROUD! (slaps hand over his mouth)

    Live-Action TV 
  • Farscape: When Critchton gives Scorpius the wormhole technology he's always craved for a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Crichton makes him say "please", then "pretty please with sugar on top". In a subversion, Scorpius does all this without the slightest hesitation.
  • Firefly: In "Objects in Space", Kaylee is terrified that Jubal Early is going to harm her, and says the captain was right down the hallway. "The captain is locked in his quarters. There's no one who can help you. Say it." She does, with a whimper.
  • The Goldbergs: In "Lucky", Erica and Lainey end up in a holding cell. Beverly refuses to spring them until Erica admits to her (and the nearby cop) that she needs Bev in her life.
  • Horrible Histories: Parodied in the "Twit Light" sketch through a play of charades. A girl wrongly guesses that Lord Byron is a vampire after he prods her to say what she really thinks about him. The answer is that he's a particularly pretentious poet but, really, he should have expected it after she exclaimed "Bite me and make me like you!".
  • Justified: Donovan points a gun at Quarles and demands that Quarles admit to killing his friend Brady.
  • Married... with Children: One whole episode is about Peggy trying to get Al to say "I love you".
  • Scrubs: Turk makes JD say "I'm your biatch" every time he beats him at something.
  • The X-Files: In "Unusual Suspects" (origin story for The Lone Gunmen), Langly refuses to hear Frohike's request until he says "Your Kung Fu is best," (a reference to one of Kevin Mitnik's cryptic taunting phone messages).

    Video Games 
  • ANNO: Mutationem: One conversation by a couple of citizens has them arguing with the other to demand their outfitted weaponry is the best.

    Visual Novels 
  • Nukitashi: Junnosuke's first conversation with his little sister has him try to wake her up for school, but she won't get off the bed and she insists that he says her name, which is Asane. Junnosuke complies and she replies: "I'd rather be ass-'asane'-ted than wake up...''.

    Websites 
  • NFL Quarterbacks On Facebook: Tom Brady, in his HHOFB cameo not only forces all the other quarterbacks to say Devin Gardner's real name instead of Denard, he actually gets them to fully respect Gardner and put him back in the Heisman race.

    Web Animation 
  • Team Fortress 2: In the short film "Expiration Date", the RED team members are supposedly dying from tumors gotten from teleporting too much, and after Scout ruins Spy's plan to help everyone achieve a dying wish, he still approaches Spy to ask for his help in getting a date with Ms. Pauling. Scout is able to convince Spy to help him by admitting Spy is better than him (after making Spy promise that his admission never leaves the room), but Spy makes him fulfill one more condition. He then activates a mic connected to the hideout intercom.
    Spy: *gesturing to the mic* Say that again.

    Western Animation 
  • Looney Tunes: In "This Is a Life?" Elmer Fudd hosts a spoof of the testimonial show This Is Your Life, and Daffy (in the audience with Bugs) thinks he's the night's subject. He holds the testimonial book in Elmer's face and tells him to read the name inscribed on it loud and clear.
    Elmer: BUGS BUNNY!
  • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes: When Rad schedules a discussion of the Plaza Prom with K.O. and Enid, Enid won't answer Rad until he addresses with her DJ handle, DJ Fireball.
  • South Park: In "Scott Tenorman Must Die", Scott forces Cartman to sing a self-deprecating song and dance "I'm a little piggy" in order to get his money back (and he still doesn't).
  • What If…? (2021): In "What If… Ultron Won?", things have gone to shit thanks to Infinity Ultron seeking to destroy the multiverse and Uatu is forced to ask Strange Supreme for help, thus breaking his oath. Strange Supreme wants to actually hear him break said oath before helping.

 
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Please Heal Me, Dende

After all the crap he pulled on Namek, a critically injured Vegeta has the nerve to ask Dende to heal him....
Thankfully, Dende has other plans for now.

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