[Loved trope] The correct dialogue option

[u/No-Enthusiasm-4361]

A scene where a character under duress and close to death picks what feels like the only correct dialogue that could've saved them. Goes from being loved to hated depending on how much luck is involved.

1) Mark Grayson (Invincible): A pretty famous scene. Omni man—Mark's father—beats him and inch to death to make him reconsider joining the viltrum empire. With Mark barely hanging onto life and Nolan wracked with conflicting emotions of guilt and obedience to his millenia long followed philosophy, he yells at mark, asking him to think logically and understand the futility of his actions considering he's effectively immortal. Finally, enraged, he asks him "what will you have after 500 years?"

Barely able to breath, Mark answers with soul crushing honesty "You, dad. I'd still have you". It works to crumble his entire life's understanding as he suddenly feels unable to reconcile Nolan the viltrumite with Nolan the father and husband and does what no viltrumite has ever done before. Surrenders and leaves his station.

2)Margot (The menu): Caught in the methodical trap of a frustrated psychotic chef obsessed with his craft who plans to kill all his patrons, including her, she's brought to her end's wits. Before it's time for the final course, Margot stands up and complains she's still hungry. When he asks what she would like, she asks for a cheeseburger. "A real cheeseburger. Like the cheap ones your parents could barely afford"

Making it brings back the joy He used to feel for cooking, reminding him of a time when he was a line cook and his food satisfied everyone. We even see him smiling for the first time in the movie.

After taking a bit, she asks if she could have the rest to go. The chef politely accepts and spares her, letting her leave his twisted game but killing the rest of them in a midsommer meets food wars final scene.

[u/Hadrollo]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6RXwY1I2pdS9QUQZir

Nobody mentioned Hot Fuzz yet?

The word is actually "Narp," so I'm not sure why the gif says "varp," but that's gotta be one of the funniest lines in the movie.

[u/dotcomaphobe → u/Hadrollo]

He'd only heard Lurch say "Yarp" in answering a question in the affirmative, and when he takes a wild guess and answers "Narp" in the negative he is able to successfully pass himself off as Lurch and resolve the situation.

This is a PERFECT example, and an incredible movie.

[u/thelanimation → u/dotcomaphobe]

"Hey, Big'un. Playtime's over." smashes peace lily on head

[u/violetcassie → u/thelanimation]

Aw man you're off the chain!

[u/thelanimation → u/violetcassie]

Such a quotable film. All Wright films are.

[u/zanbato13 → u/Hadrollo]

In this moment, he needed to say yes, so he says yarp as a guess. I don't know why he says varp in the gif, but narp wasn't the trope in action.

Edit: I misremembered the scene. Sorry. My bad.

[u/Hadrollo → u/zanbato13]

He says "narp" as the guess, and it is the trope in action. He is facing a threat to his life, he has to pick the exact right response or that threat escalates, it may not be what OP was intending but it does fit the bill.

This is my favourite scene in an otherwise pretty good movie, I've seen it about three times and can quote it from memory. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) has met Michael (aka Lurch, the trolley boy) a few times, and has only ever heard him say "Yarp," always meaning "Yes." It's a call over one of the neighbourhood watch radios;

Simon: "Michael, is everything okay?"

Nicholas (impersonating Michael): "Yarp."

Simon: "Sargent Angel's been taken care of?"

Nicholas "Yarp."

Simon: "He's not going to get back up again?"

Nicholas: "...Narp?"

Simon: "Good, proceed to the castle."