History Quotes / DefeatMeansFriendship

->'''Watta Takeo''': This is getting annoying, Gura! Shotaro's misses being your friend so much and you just keep ignoring him!\\

->'''Dalinar:''' Well, in any case, welcome to my elites.
->'''Archer:''' What? I tried to ''kill'' you! … We're enemies!
->'''Dalinar:''' Not anymore. Looks like we're all allies now.
-->--''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}''

->''"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln''' (attributed)

->''"Well, my father always said: the best way to understand someone is to fight him."''
-->- Sinclair describing Minbari, ''Series/BabylonFive''

->''"I punched it in the nose. Now we're friends."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden,''' ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Turn Coat]]''

->''"After a fair and square fight, everyone becomes friends -- That's the Rule of Right of Shonen Manga!"''

->''"My ship and the Hiryu have this strange fate. Those who we once fought have become our brothers in arms & we now fight together as one. Our history is a long and complicated one."''
-->-- '''Captain Daitetsu''', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2''.

->''"Fight's over! We're all friends now!"''
-->-- '''Kyon Feulion''', ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier''.

->''"Y'know, I'm beginning to '''like''' those guys."''
-->-- '''Monterey Jack''', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''

->''"After an awesome fight, they realized the power of friendship!"''
-->-- '''Gin''', ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Vol.6

->'''Nathaniel:''' You like having Grey Wardens who want you dead?
->'''Warden:''' Some of my best friends have wanted me dead.

-> "You just seem to pick up new friends wherever you go, don't you, Fullmetal?"
-->-- '''[[ColonelBadass Roy Mustang]]''' to '''[[TheHero Edward Elric]]''', discussing Ed's band of estranged military chimeras, ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''

-->-- The Podcast/RiffTrax of ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''

->''There are two running gags in ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. One is their [[InfiniteSupplies limitless supply]] of shuttles, often remarked throughout the web. The other, which doesn't seemed to be noted much outside this website, is that Janeway loves to add people to the crew. She hands out comm badges to people like they were Tic Tacs, and apparently the only requirement to getting one is to fire on Voyager or be a certifiable nut."''

->''It’s funny to see [[Creator/StevenSeagal Seagal]] beat the racism out of someone. Seriously, he beats a man half to death and asks “[[ArmorPiercingQuestion What does it take to change the essence of a man]]” and the man realizes the error of his ways. I didn’t know beating someone’s ass made you so introspective.''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/on-deadly-ground-1993-steven-seagal/ on]] ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''

->'''Gambit:''' Die!\\
'''Wolverine:''' No.\\
'''Gambit:''' Oh, okay, I guess I'll help you out, then.
-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', ''WebVideo/BumReviews'', ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''

->''"[[FlawlessVictory Flawless]] [[MortalKombat victory]]! [[FinishHim Friendship]]!"''
-->-- ''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''

->'''EAT ENEMIES. SHIT FRIENDS.'''
-->''[[http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/v6l/ Courage Wolf]]''

->''"I'm going to love and tolerate the ''shit'' out of you."''
-->-- ''Popular saying amongst Bronies (male fans of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic).''

->''"Befriend (v.): to use mecha-class beam weaponry to inflict grievous bodily harm on a target in the process of proving [[RightMakesMight the validity of your belief system]]."''
-->-- From a post on rpg.net, on ''Franchise/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''

-> "''Why are they friends now? I just [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] destroyed you!''"
--> '''Dexter Manning''' commenting on what happens after he beats the first boss in ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKebrsruiM Rayman]]''

-> ''"We confronted each other, [[EnemyMine then teamed up to defeat an enemy]]. [[WorthyOpponent We became rivals]], [[FriendlyEnemy and then finally friends]]. [[HeelFaceTurn It was that sort of relationship]]."''
-->-- [[TheSpock Stern the Destructor]] in ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha GOD Sound Stage M]]'', explaining to [[AlternateUniverse MovieVerse Nanoha]] how she became friends with her universe's Nanoha (and generally summing up how Nanoha met most of her friends).

->'''Robin''': I wanted to see what you were made of. And I did.\\
'''Little John''': I hope you'll not hold it against me.\\
'''Robin''': On the contrary, I love a man that can best me!
-->--''"Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood"''

->''The name's Kisaragi Gentaro! I'm going to become friends with everyone in this school! And that includes you, once I've beaten some sense into you!''
-->-- '''Gentaro''', ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''

->'''Watta Takeo''': This is getting annoying, Gura! Shotaro’s misses being your friend so much and you just keep ignoring him!\\
'''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Gura]]''': I’m the one who should be annoyed at always being hounded by you.\\
'''Watta''': OK, that does it! If you’re gonna talk like that, then I’ll give you a piece of my mind!\\
'''Watta''': I’m gonna make you our friend again but in a different way than Shotaro’s!\\
'''Gura''': What?!\\
'''Watta''': Come here, Gura! After we punch each other dizzy, we’ll shake hands – as friends do!
-->--''Dai-3-ji VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ: Jigoku-hen''

-->-- '''Kyon Feulion''', ''EndlessFrontier''.

->''It’s funny to see [[StevenSeagal Seagal]] beat the racism out of someone. Seriously, he beats a man half to death and asks “[[ArmorPiercingQuestion What does it take to change the essence of a man]]” and the man realizes the error of his ways. I didn’t know beating someone’s ass made you so introspective.''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/on-deadly-ground-1993-steven-seagal/ on]] ''OnDeadlyGround''

-->-- From a post on rpg.net, on ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''

->''There are two running gags in ''[[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. One is their [[InfiniteSupplies limitless supply]] of shuttles, often remarked throughout the web. The other, which doesn't seemed to be noted much outside this website, is that Janeway loves to add people to the crew. She hands out comm badges to people like they were Tic Tacs, and apparently the only requirement to getting one is to fire on Voyager or be a certifiable nut."''

-->-- The Podcast/RiffTrax of ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix Reloaded]]''

-->-- '''AbrahamLincoln''' (attributed)

->''It’s funny to see [[StevenSeagal Seagal]] beat the racism out of someone. Seriously, he beats a man half to death and asks “[[ArmorPieringQuestion What does it take to change the essence of a man]]” and the man realizes the error of his ways. I didn’t know beating someone’s ass made you so introspective.''

->''There are two running gags in ''[[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. One is their [[InfiniteSupplies limitless supply]] of shuttles, often remarked throughout the web. The other, which doesn't seemed to be noted much outside this website, is that Janeway loves to add people to the crew. She hands out comm badges to people like they were Tic Tacs, and apparently the only requirement to getting one is to fire on Voyager or be a certifiable nut."''
-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''', Janeway Crew Bio

->''It’s funny to see [[StevenSeagal Seagal]] beat the racism out of someone. Seriously, he beats a man half to death and asks “What does it take to change the essence of a man” and the man realizes the error of his ways. I didn’t know beating someone’s ass made you so introspective.''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/on-deadly-ground-1993-steven-seagal/ on]] ''OnDeadlyGround''

->''"I'm going to love and tolerate the ''shit'' out of you."''
-->-- ''Popular saying amongst Bronies (male fans of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic).''

->''"I punched it in the nose. Now we're friends."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden,''' ''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Turn Coat]]''

->'''Gambit:''' Die!\\
'''Wolverine:''' No.\\
'''Gambit:''' Oh, okay, I guess I'll help you out, then.
-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', ''WebVideo/BumReviews'', ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''

->'''Seraph:''' You do not truly know someone until you fight them.\\
'''Bill Corbett:''' Which is bad news for my grandma.
-->-- The Podcast/RiffTrax of ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix Reloaded]]''

->''"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."''
-->-- '''AbrahamLincoln''' (attributed)

->''"Befriend (v.): to use mecha-class beam weaponry to inflict grievous bodily harm on a target in the process of proving [[RightMakesMight the validity of your belief system]]."''
-->-- From a post on rpg.net, on ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''

->''"[[FlawlessVictory Flawless]] [[MortalKombat victory]]! [[FinishHim Friendship]]!"''
-->-- ''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''

-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', ''WebVideo/Bum Reviews'', ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''

-->-- '''Captain Daitetsu''', ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2''.

->''There are two running gags in ''[[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. One is their [[ResetButton limitless supply]] of shuttles, often remarked throughout the web. The other, which doesn't seemed to be noted much outside this website, is that Janeway loves to add people to the crew. She hands out comm badges to people like they were Tic Tacs, and apparently the only requirement to getting one is to fire on Voyager or be a certifiable nut."''

->''"For every [[ShonenDemographic boys' manga]] like the '80s hit FistOfTheNorthStar, [[YourHeadASplode in which defeated enemies have their brains splattered]], there are five manga like DragonBallZ, in which defeated enemies are befriended, neutralized and converted to the heroes' worldview. Thus, the circle of the protagonists' friends grows and grows. Only in this way, through taking everyone into the protected circle, does the hero get the hubris to want to "save the world" — usually expressed as "I want to protect everyone!" , an almost [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddhist]] feeling of compassion for all things, except perhaps for [[MoralEventHorizon some final enemy who is just too ugly to be redeemed]]."''
-->-- '''Jason Thompson,''' ''[[http://io9.com/5490323/to-protect-and-kill-morality-in-action-manga To Protect and Kill: Morality in Action Manga]]''. ''io9, March 11th, 2010''.

->''"For every [[Shonen boys' manga]] like the '80s hit FistOfTheNorthStar [[YourHeadASplode in which defeated enemies have their brains splattered]], there are five manga like DragonBallZ, in which defeated enemies are befriended, neutralized and converted to the heroes' worldview. Thus, the circle of the protagonists' friends grows and grows. Only in this way, through taking everyone into the protected circle, does the hero get the hubris to want to "save the world" — usually expressed as "I want to protect everyone!" , an almost [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddhist]] feeling of compassion for all things, except perhaps for some final enemy who is just too ugly to be redeemed."''
-->-- '''Jason Thompson,''' ''[[http://io9.com/5490323/to-protect-and-kill-morality-in-action-manga To Protect and Kill: Morality in Action Manga]]'', io9, March 11th, 2010.

-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAge''

-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', ''[[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Bum Review]]'' of ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''

-->-- The {{Rifftrax}} of ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix Reloaded]]''

-> We confronted each other, [[EnemyMine then teamed up to defeat an enemy]]. [[WorthyOpponent We became rivals]], [[FriendlyEnemy and then finally friends]]. [[HeelFaceTurn It was that sort of relationship]].
--> [[TheSpock Stern the Destructor]] in ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha GOD Sound Stage M]]'', explaining to [[AlternateUniverse MovieVerse Nanoha]] how she became friends with her universe's Nanoha (and generally summing up how Nanoha met most of her friends).