History Quotes / BewareTheSuperman

'''Superman:''' [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Lois' death]] doesn't justify--\\

->''Kryptonians could survive in space without a suit. Was that not a pleasure? It certainly was. She could live her life between the stars, and never once need to breathe.\\

She laughed soundlessly.''

->''"Look what they needs to mimic a fraction of our power. It's right to pity them, Mark, but wrong to value them over your own kind."''
-->-- '''Omni-Man''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}''

-->-- '''Omni-Man''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}''

'''Superman''': We would never do that to you.\\
'''Batman''': Then you're damn fools.
-->--''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom''

->''"Let me tell you what happens when dreams get loose; they're like wild animals, running madly and devouring everything in sight. Here were my super people, my "[[EldritchAbomination Tygers]]" of wrath -- superhumans with [[MindOverMatter complete psychokinetic control]] [[RealityWarper over the structure of matter]]. Here were the gods, walking the earth... [[CosmicHorrorStory crushing everything underfoot]]."''
-->-- Extracts from "Seizing The Fire," by '''Dr. Michael Peyne,''' ''ComicBook/{{Zenith}}''

'''Bruce:''' Not '''''yet''''', he hasn't. Yet is the operative word. We've lived here in Gotham for twenty years, Alfred. We've seen what promises and principles are worth. How many good guys do we have left? How many stayed that way?

'''Bruce:''' Not '''''yet''''', he hasn't. Yet is the operative word. We've lived here in Gotham for twenty years, Alfred. We've seen what promises and principals are worth. How many good guys do we have left? How many stayed that way?

->'''Injustice Superman:''' I am this world's savior. I protect it.\\
'''Superman:''' That's what happening out there? Protection?\\
'''Injustice Superman:''' Disobedient children will be punished.\\

'''Injustice Superman:''' [[AGodAmI The decision is mine]]! It ''became'' mine when [[DespairEventHorizon Joker turned me into a weapon of mass destruction]]!\\

'''Injustice Superman:''' And you judge me? [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget After I've killed you]], I'll bring [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Lois]] here. When she sees how I've perfected this world, she'll--\\

'''Injustice Superman:''' She'll be alive!\\

'''Injustice Superman:''' [[VillainousBreakdown He stole her from me]]!\\

->''"In superhero comics, pretty much everyone who's called upon to put on [[TheCape the cape]] is, at heart, emotionally equipped for the job. I reject that premise."''
-->--'''Creator/MarkWaid''', Preface of ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''

->''"There's this old [[Series/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]] episode called, "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]". It's about a farm town ruled by an omnipotent little boy who can change reality just by'' '''thinking''' ''about it. People live and die depending upon what'' '''mood''' ''he's in. Every second of every day, all these poor, scared people can do if they want to survive is tell what a'' '''good boy''' ''he is. They live on'' '''eggshells.''' ''They can't even'' '''whisper''' '' to each other how'' '''afraid''' ''they are because they're terrified he'll'' '''hear''' ''them. That's their'' '''world.''' ''Every morning, they wake up wondering if this is the day they do something to anger'' '''God.'''
-->--'''Hornet''', Issue 18 of ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''

-->--'''Norman [=McCay=]''', ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''

-->--'''Spock''' on Gary Mitchell, ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ("Where No Man Has Gone Before")

-->--'''Rupert Giles''' after Faith Lehane is exposed as TheMole for Mayor Wilkins, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->''"The universe needs a protector--a ''real'' Guardian to right these wrongs. Time for a new start. Clean slate. A re-made universe. ''My'' universe. Who knows? Maybe one world... one universe--[[DimensionLord won't be enough."]]''
-->--'''Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan''', ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime''

-->--'''Rick Remender''', ''ComicBook/TheEndLeague''

-->--Unknown, on the Space Marines; ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->What is it that makes us Astartes?

->''Our augmentations and battlegear are as nothing compared to the mas­tering of our own fears. It is this that places us above the human race.''
-->--'''The Catechisms Martial''', TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}

->"We are TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}. I have been singled out and empowered by the gods. Specifically, by Luna. Endowed with the power to change my own form, and the responsibility to protect the entire world from its enemies. All Exalted are stronger, tougher, even smarter than any normal human. If we will it so, we do not even bleed. Even the greatest sickness gives me only chills, and the most grievous wounds are healed in mere days. Mortal men and women are bound by society, by culture, by destiny. We are not. It is not my place to follow the normal rules of conduct. It is my place to decide what is right or wrong. That has been granted to me by my goddess, Luna. The Moon. In short, in being Exalted, I have divine endorsement to do whatever I please."

-->--'''Creator/FriedrichNietzsche''', ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra''

->"We've lost their trust. The people are afraid of us. Power corrupts, after all, and who has more power than ''Superman''!?"
-->--The ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}[=/=]ComicBook/LexLuthor android version of [[KnightTemplar Justice Lord]] Superman

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->'''[[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Injustice Superman]]''': I am this world's savior. I protect it.\\
'''Superman''': That's what happening out there? Protection?\\
'''Injustice Superman''': Disobedient children will be punished.\\
'''Superman''': ''Children?'' [[AGodIAmNot We're not gods.]] We don't decide who lives and who dies.\\
'''Injustice Superman''': [[AGodAmI The decision is mine!]] It ''became'' mine when [[DespairEventHorizon Joker turned me into a weapon of mass destruction!]]\\
'''Superman''': I know what you lost.\\
'''Injustice Superman''': And you judge me? [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget After I've killed you]], I'll bring [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Lois]] here. When she sees how I've perfected this world, she'll-\\
'''Superman''': She'll be afraid and disgusted!\\
'''Injustice Superman''': She'll be alive!\\
'''Superman''': [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Lois' death]] doesn't justify-\\
'''Injustice Superman''': [[VillainousBreakdown He stole her from me!]]\\
'''Superman''': And you stole this planet's freedom. [[PreAsskickingOneLiner It's time to give it back.]]
-->--''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''

->'''Bruce Wayne''': Alfred, that bastard came from the sky and brought his people's war to us four years ago. Count the dead: thousands of people. What's next: millions? He and Zod proved they have the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even [[MillionToOneChance a 1% chance]] that he is our enemy we have to take it as an '''absolute certainty'''! And that means we have to destroy him.\\
'''Alfred Pennyworth''': But he isn't our enemy, sir!\\
'''Bruce''': Not '''''yet''''', he hasn't. Yet is the operative word. We've lived here in Gotham for twenty years, Alfred. We've seen what promises and principals are worth. How many good guys do we have left? How many stayed that way?
-->--'''Bruce Wayne''' to '''Alfred Pennyworth''', ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''

->"You might win this war. You might kill all those who tried to stop you. But everyone will...know what you are now. They'll know you're...you're not their savior. The whole world...will ''fear'' you.
-->--'''ComicBook/BlackCanary''', ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Year Two #23''

->'''Phir Sē''': I have been doing this for ten years. I admire you for retaining your…\\
'''[[ReformedCriminal Weaver]]''': Idealism?\\
'''Phir Sē''': Not a word I’m familiar with, Weaver. Faith?\\
'''Weaver''': Faith works.\\
'''Phir Sē''': I have none left, after ten years. No faith. We are a wretched, petty species, and we have been given power to destroy ourselves with.
-->--''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/crushed-24-4/ Crushed 24.4]]

->''“If word were to get out about [[EvilKnockoff the clones]], the ramifications would be too damaging. We’ve spent decades cultivating an illusion, that we’re heroes. Decades shaking the idea that we’re killing machines. The nature of this fight threatens to reveal just how much damage even the more [[LethalHarmlessPowers mundane]] of us [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals parahumans]] could do to the common people. That’s not only the clones and what they did, [[GodzillaThreshold but how we dealt with the clones, in turn.]] We can’t shatter the image that the [[HeroesRUs Protectorate]] has so painstakingly built, or the entire world will turn on us.”''
-->--'''Alexandria,''' ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/scourge-19-7/ Scourge 19.7]]

->"[[ClingyMacGuffin That weapon on his wrist]] can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn him into]] a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Tokustar]]. Or perhaps even a [[PhysicalGod Celestialsapien]]. This [[KidHero grimy child]] [[FridgeHorror could one day]] [[RealityWarper just wish everything out of existence]]."
-->--'''[[KnightTemplar Proctor Servantis]]''' regarding '''[[TheHero Ben Tennyson]]''', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''

->I tried so hard to be there for you. To serve you. I tried so hard to make sense of you and what you needed from me. I wanted to be there. I wanted to serve. But then it occurred to me - I asked myself the incredibly obvious question: why am I so much more than you? Why are you so small and I am so much more? I then realized that I am not your servant. I am your ''king''. ... You anger me. You confuse me. And I will have no more of it. No more. I have control over your life. I have control over your existence. I always have. You will live the way I want you to live. You will be the way I want you to be. And I will bathe in the blood of those who dare to contradict me.
-->--'''Supershock''' (the local SupermanSubstitute), ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}''

->Come on... It's not like everyone with super powers is a complete jerk... [...] Okay... See... He's not everybody. Some people are jerks no matter what. But that doesn't mean that we're suddenly going to be treated differently just because we don't have super powers.

->Kryptonians could survive in space without a suit. Was that not a pleasure? It certainly was. She could live her life between the stars, and never once need to breathe.\\

She could tyrannize worlds, whole systems of planets, make them bow to her mighty hand, instantly execute anyone who dared protest--or just anybody she wanted to kill.\\

She laughed soundlessly.

->The bleakest of times is the work of one of time's greatest heroes.

->Let me tell you what happens when dreams get loose; they're like wild animals, running madly and devouring everything in sight. Here were my super people, my "[[EldritchAbomination Tygers]]" of wrath - superhumans with [[MindOverMatter complete psychokinetic control]] [[RealityWarper over the structure of matter]]. Here were the gods, walking the earth... [[CosmicHorrorStory crushing everything underfoot]].
-->--Extracts from "Seizing The Fire," by '''Dr Michael Peyne,''' ''ComicBook/{{Zenith}}''

->I'm the Homelander, and I can do whatever the fuck I want.

->We’re not suspending disbelief when we watch our heroes soar, we’re suspending the disbelief that they wouldn’t burn us to the ground.
-->--'''Honest Trailers''' in regards to ''Series/TheBoys2019'' , [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd71IPe6ChA&t=0s]]

->''"There's this old [[Series/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]] episode called, "It's a Good Life." It's about a farm town ruled by an omnipotent little boy who can change reality just by'' '''thinking''' ''about it. People live and die depending upon what'' '''mood''' ''he's in. Every second of every day, all these poor, scared people can do if they want to survive is tell what a'' '''good boy''' ''he is. They live on'' '''eggshells.''' ''They can't even'' '''whisper''' '' to each other how'' '''afraid''' ''they are because they're terrified he'll'' '''hear''' ''them. That's their'' '''world.''' ''Every morning, they wake up wondering if this is the day they do something to anger'' '''God.'''

-->--'''Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan''', ''ComicBook/ZeroHour''

->'''[[FallenHero Injustice Superman]]''': I am this world's savior. I protect it.\\

->''"There's this old [[Series/TheTwilightZone Twilight Zone]] episode called, "It's a Good Life." It's about a farm town ruled by an omnipotent little boy who can change reality just by'' '''thinking''' ''about it. People live and die depending upon what'' '''mood''' ''he's in. Every second of every day, all these poor, scared people can do if they want to survive is tell what a'' '''good boy''' ''he is. They live on'' '''eggshells.''' ''They can't even'' '''whisper''' '' to each other how'' '''afraid''' they are because they're terrified he'll'' '''hear''' ''them. That's their'' '''world.''' ''Every morning, they wake up wondering if this is the day they do something to anger'' '''God.'''

'''Bruce''': Not '''''yet''''', he hasn't. Yet is the operative word. We've lived here in Gotham for twenty years, Alfred. We've seen what promises and principals are worth. How many good guys do we have left? How many stayed that way?\\

->''"I've seen this raw strength only once before, in Kylo Ren. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now."''

->'''Bruce Wayne''': Alfred, that bastard came from the sky and brought his people's war to us four years ago. Count the dead: thousands of people. What's next: millions? He and Zod proved they have the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even [[MillionToOneChance a 1% chance]] that he is our enemy we have to take it as an '''absolute certainty'''. And that means we have to destroy him."''
'''Alfred Pennyworth''': But he isn't our enemy, sir!"
'''Bruce''': Not '''''yet''''', he hasn't. Yet is the operative word. We've lived here in Gotham for twenty years, Alfred. We've seen what promises and principals are worth. How many good guys do we have left? How many stayed that way?"''

->''"Alfred, that bastard came from the sky and brought his people's war to us four years ago. Count the dead: thousands of people. What's next: millions? He and Zod proved they have the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even [[MillionToOneChance a 1% chance]] that he is our enemy we have to take it as an '''absolute certainty'''. And that means we have to destroy him."''
->''"But he isn't our enemy, sir!"''
->''"Not '''yet''', maybe. But we've lived her in Gotham for twenty years, Alfred. We've seen what promises and principals are worth. How many good guys do we have left? How many stayed that way?"''

->''"Count the dead: thousands of people. What's next: millions? He has the power to wipe out the entire human race, and if we believe there's even [[MillionToOneChance a 1% chance]] that he is our enemy we have to take it as an '''absolute certainty'''."''
-->--'''Bruce Wayne''', ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''

-->'''Alexandria,''' ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/scourge-19-7/ Scourge 19.7]]

-->'''Alexandria,''' ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/scourge-19-7/]

-->Alexandria, ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/scourge-19-7/]

->"[[ClingyMacGuffin That weapon on his wrist]] can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn him into]] a [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Tokustar]]. Or perhaps even a [[PhysicalGod Celestialsapien]]. This [[KidHero grimy child]] [[FridgeHorror could one day]] [[RealityWarping just wish everything out of existence]]."

-->-- '''Omnitron-X''' on Iron Legacy, TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse