| rdfs:comment | - ...Make your time! The villain, who never had any intention of letting the hero (or heroes) live, has finally instituted the perfect plan that will ensure their demise (or at least, that's what the villain thinks). Of course, for some people it's not enough to simply kill the heroes. They have to crush their hopes utterly, ensuring maximum despair and humiliation. In short, they have to tell them death is inevitable. This is never wise. If the hero is in a position to retort, expect a Badass Boast. See also Thanatos Gambit. Not to be confused with Take Your Time.
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| abstract | - ...Make your time! The villain, who never had any intention of letting the hero (or heroes) live, has finally instituted the perfect plan that will ensure their demise (or at least, that's what the villain thinks). Of course, for some people it's not enough to simply kill the heroes. They have to crush their hopes utterly, ensuring maximum despair and humiliation. In short, they have to tell them death is inevitable. This is never wise. A form of Evil Gloating; this tends to be standard for a Smug Snake. Expect this to almost always be invoked when there's a Death Trap. The villain can and will combine this with "The Reason You Suck" Speech. This would be a Stock Phrase... although very few villains end up saying this the same way twice. The classic villain threat has several variations, some of which are: Note that this sort of threat is always telegraphed in advance. The hero may or may not be at the villain's mercy -- for reasons related to Bond Villain Stupidity. When the villain finally utters a Pre-Mortem One-Liner prior to delivering a beat-down of some sort, that's Prepare to Die. If the hero is in a position to retort, expect a Badass Boast. Compare If My Calculations Are Correct and No One Could Survive That. Contrast I Need You Stronger, You Will Be Spared, and No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine. Not to be confused with the trope Your Days Are Numbered, which is not a threat, but a fact (despite the fact that some villains may very well use that exact phrase to mean this; if the hero's death is a foregone conclusion to them, it counts as a threat). Inverse of We Will Meet Again. See also Thanatos Gambit. Not to be confused with Take Your Time. Examples of You Have No Chance to Survive include:
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