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* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' gives a variant at the end of the solution for the Kingdom of Conscience thought:
--> Ask yourself: is there something sinister in moralism? And then answer: no. God is in his heaven. Everything is normal on Earth.
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* In ''YsIXMonstrumNox'', one of the translated graffiti scribbed across the walls of the city of Balduq is similar to the first part of the quote, "Abandon all hopes and dreams", but the second part goes "ye who know what's good for you".

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* In ''YsIXMonstrumNox'', ''VideoGame/YsIXMonstrumNox'', one of the translated graffiti scribbed across the walls of the city of Balduq is similar to the first part of the quote, "Abandon all hopes and dreams", but the second part goes "ye who know what's good for you".
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* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' comic "The Swords of Kali", the Twelfth Doctor paraphrases the trope-naming quote to warn Rani Jhulka about the dangers of seeking revenge... and then adds "Should '''never''' have given that quote away [to Nietzsche]. Could've dined out on it all across the universe."


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* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
** In ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', Bruce Wayne of Earth-99 drops the Nietzsche quote while explaining to Batwoman how he [[spoiler:abandoned his code against killing.]]
** ''Series/Batwoman2019''. Kate Kane gives the quote to her evil twin sister Alice (citing Bruce Wayne of Earth-99) after Kate violates the ThouShaltNotKill rule due to Alice's manipulations.


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->''"I think, therefore I am."''
-->-- '''''Discourse on the Method''''', French philosopher '''René Descartes'''

It originally comes from the Latin "Cogito, ergo sum" and is sometimes simply called the cogito.

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* Bizarrely used in ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'', where Yuu cites this quote in the OpeningMonologue as he wonders why he's him and not someone else.
-->'''Yuu''': ''[thinking]'' Long ago, a philosopher once said, "I think, therefore I am."
* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'''s entire premise is based on this dictum, and the Ergo in the title is taken from the ergo (meaning therefore) in the Latin quote. Since the anime examines what it means to be human, this serves as one of its ArcWords.

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* Priscilla, one of the [[ArtificialHuman Replicants]], echos this statement in ''Film/BladeRunner'' when she tells Sebastian, "I think, Sebastian, therefore I am."

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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', Batman alludes to the second part in response to his EvilCounterpart's NotSoDifferent speech.

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* Data referenced this line in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Lonely Among Us". Somewhat lampshaded in that Data had just absorbed all of Doyle's SherlockHolmes novels and was essentially channeling the famed detective.

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* Data referenced this line in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Lonely Among Us". Somewhat lampshaded in that Data had just absorbed all of Doyle's SherlockHolmes Literature/SherlockHolmes novels and was essentially channeling the famed detective.
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* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', the Arcade Mode ending for Noob Saibot has him use this quote verbatim as he reimagines himself as "[[GrimReaper Death]]" with help from the Sands of Time.



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* The quote is used several times in VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations.

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* In ''YsIXMonstrumNox'', one of the translated graffiti scribbed across the walls of the city of Balduq is similar to the first part of the quote, "Abandon all hopes and dreams", but the second part goes "ye who know what's good for you".
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* Sofia Rikkin whispers the sentence before her father's speech in ''Film/AssassinsCreed'' (2016).
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* In ''Film/TheIntern'', the protagonist, Ben, talks with Fiona, his love interest, for the first time. He describes the start-up company where he works as such: "It’s a brave new world. Thought I’d jump in, see what it’s all about."
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', there is a band named 'Pale Horse' who are implied to be named for this quote. To drive the point home further, the mass deaths of the story's climax occur at a Pale Horse concert.
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* The final chapter of ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' is called "Pale Horse".
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May overlap with AsTheGoodBookSays if the memorable quote is from Literature/TheBible. When used to title a work, it is a LiteraryAllusionTitle. Not to be confused with BeamMeUpScotty, which is when a quote is popularly attributed to a source but was never actually said, or played for laughs when a stock quote is misidentified InTheOriginalKlingon (many of these are also misidentified with the bible quotes when [[JustForFun/ZerothLaw Shakespeare said it first]]). See also StockPhrases, which can't be attributed to a single source but also show up time and again.

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May overlap with AsTheGoodBookSays if the memorable quote is from Literature/TheBible. When used to title a work, it is a LiteraryAllusionTitle. Not to be confused with BeamMeUpScotty, which is when a quote is popularly attributed to a source but was never actually said, or played for laughs when a stock quote is misidentified InTheOriginalKlingon (many of these are also misidentified with the bible quotes when [[JustForFun/ZerothLaw [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples Shakespeare said it first]]). See also StockPhrases, which can't be attributed to a single source but also show up time and again.
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* Bagheera in Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' quotes this (or a version of it) [[spoiler:regarding Baloo's assumed HeroicSacrifice after the battle with Shere Khan.]] (This scene is not in [[Literature/TheJungleBook the book]].)

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* Bagheera in Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' quotes this (or a version of it) [[spoiler:regarding Baloo's assumed HeroicSacrifice after the battle with Shere Khan.]] (This scene is not in [[Literature/TheJungleBook the book]].)
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* Rincewind reads the speech in ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld II: The Globe'', and is amazed it was written by someone in a city that still put its enemies heads on spikes. The title of the chapter is "The Paragon of Animals".

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* Rincewind reads the speech in ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld ''Literature/TheScienceOfDiscworld II: The Globe'', and is amazed it was written by someone in a city that still put its enemies heads on spikes. The title of the chapter is "The Paragon of Animals".



* Referenced in "Discworld/FeetOfClay"

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* Referenced in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' with the line "We are Myria [=LeJean=]."

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** ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' -- When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss shouldn't wave to you.
** Mentioned again in ''Discworld/GoingPostal''.

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** ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'' ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' -- When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss shouldn't wave to you.
** Mentioned again in ''Discworld/GoingPostal''.''Literature/GoingPostal''.
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* ''Film/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' (1996)

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* Paraphrased in ''ReBoot'':

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* Paraphrased in ''ReBoot'':''{{WesternAnimation/ReBoot}}'':
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** And and in an arguably more epic case, in the end of ''Ghost of Sparta'', [[spoiler: Kratos stands alone in the Suicidal Cliffs from the first game, having finally killed Thanatos, but lost his brother and his mother, pretty much severing any ties to humanity he had. As he looks down the cliff he tried jumping from the first game, he wonders horrified "By the Gods, What have I become?" once again. The Grave Digger from the first game, who is actually Zeus in disguise, stops digging his brother's grave and answers "Death. The Destroyer of Worlds]]. Which in a meta sense seems to be literally true, given everything Kratos does following it all.

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** And and in an arguably more epic case, in the end of ''Ghost ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarGhostOfSparta Ghost of Sparta'', Sparta]]'', [[spoiler: Kratos stands alone in the Suicidal Cliffs from the first game, having finally killed Thanatos, but lost his brother and his mother, pretty much severing any ties to humanity he had. As he looks down the cliff he tried jumping from the first game, he wonders horrified "By the Gods, What have I become?" once again. The Grave Digger from the first game, who is actually Zeus in disguise, stops digging his brother's grave and answers "Death. The Destroyer of Worlds]]. Which in a meta sense seems to be literally true, given everything Kratos does following it all.
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* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar II'' has an EasterEgg/experience bonus about a third of the way through the game, in the area with the ginormous horses chained to the island. [[GuideDangIt By activating a few particular spots where nothing actually seems to happen,]] the last one by a tree on an island gives Kratos a huge experience boost--while the camera turns skyward to observe "Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds" writing itself in the clouds.

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* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar II'' ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'' has an EasterEgg/experience bonus about a third of the way through the game, in the area with the ginormous horses chained to the island. [[GuideDangIt By activating a few particular spots where nothing actually seems to happen,]] the last one by a tree on an island gives Kratos a huge experience boost--while the camera turns skyward to observe "Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds" writing itself in the clouds.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Dragonfable}}'' has "Cry havoc and let loose the togs of war (I'm sure you'll find some use for them)" on a letter the hero recieves along with a bunch of creatures [[CaptainObvious called togs]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Dragonfable}}'' has "Cry havoc and let loose the togs of war (I'm sure you'll find some use for them)" on a letter the hero recieves receives along with a bunch of creatures [[CaptainObvious called togs]].togs.
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* Some versions of the text adventure game [=AberMUD=] have this as a puzzle, of all things. On the way to Hell, you'll find the Hope Diamond, which is quite valuable. But the only way out again is through a certain gate...
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* Creator/AgathaChristie's novel ''The Pale Horse''.

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* Death in the ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' novels does indeed have a pale horse. The fact that the horse's name is "Binky" is a clue that this is not exactly the standard model Death.
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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The episode "Mortal Coil" involves Neelix suffering angst after being brought back from the dead.




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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''. When one of his minions is foolish enough to defy him, the Joker says sardonically, "Ah brave new world... [[TooDumbToLive that has such putzes in it]]."
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* Quoth [=NTom64=] at the beginning of the LetsPlay/HellfireCommentaries playthrough of [[VideoGame.SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]]: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here, for this is the Sonic 06 playthrough." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Co-commentator Fastest Thing Alive promptly follows it up with "You poor, poor, poor, poor bastards."]]

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* Quoth [=NTom64=] at the beginning of the LetsPlay/HellfireCommentaries playthrough of [[VideoGame.SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic 06]]: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here, for this is the Sonic 06 playthrough." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Co-commentator Fastest Thing Alive promptly follows it up with "You poor, poor, poor, poor bastards."]]
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* Quoted by Spock in both ''Film/{{Star Trek VI|TheUndiscoveredCountry}}'' and ''[[Film/StarTrek XI]]'' (and attributed by him, in the former, to "an ancestor of mine"!)

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* Quoted by Spock in both ''Film/{{Star Trek VI|TheUndiscoveredCountry}}'' and ''[[Film/StarTrek ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 XI]]'' (and attributed by him, in the former, to "an ancestor of mine"!)
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* Keith Giffen's last arc on ''[[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Europe]]'', the individual issue titles were taken from Yeats' "Second Coming", at least the first stanza: "Turning and Turning", "The Widening Gyre", "Things Fall Apart", et cetera.

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* Keith Giffen's last arc on ''[[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeague Justice League Europe]]'', the individual issue titles were taken from Yeats' "Second Coming", at least the first stanza: "Turning and Turning", "The Widening Gyre", "Things Fall Apart", et cetera.
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* In ''Film/Gamera2:AdventofLegion'', the title monster's name comes from this very quote, as a JGSDF watches Soldier Legion swarm Gamera.

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* In ''Film/Gamera2:AdventofLegion'', ''Film/Gamera2AdventofLegion'', the title monster's name comes from this very quote, as a JGSDF watches Soldier Legion swarm Gamera.
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* ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations]]'' features a long-barreled Colt Python called the "Pale Rider." It also appears in the sequel.

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