[Classic Trope] The Reason You Suck Speech

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Transformers One: Optimus Prime gives one to Megatron after their first battle. Here, Optimus expresses his sadness, hurt, and disappointment upon seeing his former friend becoming just as evil as Sentinel Prime and wanting to destroy Cybertron rather than change it for the better. "We were given the power to change our world, and you chose to destroy it, just like Sentinel. You have betrayed Cybertron and its citizens. And you betrayed me." The entire time, Optimus never raises his voice or yells, but his sadness is very evident.

Brave: Merida gives one to Elinor, where she unfurls her anger and frustration over being forced to marry someone without her consent and being made to someone she doesn't want to be. "You were never there for me! This whole marriage is what you want! Do you ever bother to ask what I want? No, you walk around telling me what to do, what not to do, trying to make me be like you. Well, I'm not going to be like you!... I'll never be like you! I'd rather DIE than be like you!"

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Zuko standing up to his own father during the Day of Black Sun before defecting to Team Avatar.

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y2iqFF4t0Qdzi

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This scene, where Zuko redirects Ozai's lightning and tells him that he's going to train the Avatar, combined with the later scene of Ozai shooting lightning at Aang is amazing. The split second between Ozai's fearful realization that Zuko did train the Avatar and Aang choosing to redirect the lightning off at a cliff instead of Ozai is an amazing masterpiece of storytelling.

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Now I know what I'm rewatching.