History Quotes / HoistByHisOwnPetard

-->-- '''Yooka''' to Capital B of ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' just before he starts using [[MisguidedMissile guided missiles] .

->''Brought down by my own Godslayer...You've become quite strong, kid.''

-->-- '''Albus Dumbledore''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Chapter 18 - Dobby's Reward, Pg. 331[[note]]Gilderoy Lockhart, reduced to a TalkativeLoon by his own backfired [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Memory Charm]], responds with "[[LiteralMinded Sword? I haven't got a sword.]] [[TheHero [Harry Potter[=]=]]] does, though. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Ask him.]]"[[/note]]

-->-- '''Albus Dumbledore''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Chapter 18 - Dobby's Reward, Pg. 331[[note]]Gilderoy Lockhart, reduced to a TalkativeLoon by his own backfired [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Memory Charm]], responds with "[[LiteralMinded Sword? I haven't got a sword.]] [Harry Potter] does, though. Ask him."[[/note]]

->'''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Ace]]''': Captain Jack was a Captain with a squad who also explored the Schwartzwelt and we gave them some of our technology so they can help us back. It was a mistake as they used our technology to do horrible experiments to demons. In fact, they experimented on Jimenez and Bugaboo. Bugaboo was about to die, so I used the technology of the lab and my Demonica to fuse Jimenez and Bugaboo together. I confronted Captain Jack and told me he was only in it for the money.\\
(Hanako Looks at Ace disturbed.)\\
'''[[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Hanako]]''': ...That's really messed up...\\
'''Steele''': ...What a pathetic waste of humanity.\\
'''Ace''': Indeed, Captain Jack was a really messed up man and the ensuing fight took a long time. In the end, the Jimenez/Bugaboo fusion killed Captain Jack. The technology he planned to abuse created a being that murdered him in the end. How fitting.\\
'''Hanako''': ...How indeed...\\
'''Steele''': Indeed.

->''"Daddy, I don't want to be on Namek anymore..."''

->'''[[TheseQuestionsThree Bridge keeper]]''': What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?\\
'''King Arthur''': What do you mean? [[BrickJoke An African or an European swallow?]]\\
'''Bridge keeper''': Uh?! I don't know that! (gets magically thrown off the bridge)

->''"I am the architect of my own destruction. So this is it... [[ArcWords What is written in the timeline... cannot be changed...]] ''[hears [[spoiler:the Dahaka]] looking for him]'' Come for me, then. In my quest to [[spoiler:destroy the Sands of Time]], I have [[spoiler:been the one to create them]]..."''

->'''Bilbo''': I used to know this guy, Minty. He had a dog who he'd trained to attack rich people. He was into the whole [[EatTheRich class-war thing.]] He called the dog Gramsci after an Italian Marxist. Rumor has it, it could smell wealth from up to 20 feet. The thing is, it all backfired. Minty won 100 grand on a scratchcard... and Gramsci bit his knees off.\\
'''Tim''': That's terrible.\\
'''Bilbo''': Not really. [[BittersweetEnding He used the money to buy new knees.]]

->'''Britta''': Shouldn't have worn that petard if you didn't want to be hoisted by it.\\
'''Jeff''': ...What do you think the expression "hoisted by your own petard" is referencing?\\
'''Britta''': [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant I guess I just assumed]] that in the old days a petard was a special outfit like a leotard, with a lot of fancy buckles and loops on it, and that rich people would wear them when they were feeling especially smug, but then poor people would tie a rope through one of the loops, and hoist them up a pole and then let them dangle there as punishment for being cocky.\\
'''Jeff''': Never look it up. [[EntertaininglyWrong Your explanation is way better.]]

-->-- '''Yooka''' to Capital B of ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' just before he starts using guided missiles.

->''"I killed him with his own technique. Heh, isn't that a kick in the--[[SubvertedTrope AUGH!]]"''

->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': So, you were an alien all the time, and you didn't even tell me!\\
'''Patrick''': I didn't even know!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Yeah? Well, I got you now!\\
'''Patrick''': Oh, but it's not ''you'' who's got ''me'', it's-- ''[[[EpicFail captures himself with his own net gun]]] Me'' that's got me!

->'''Beast:''' There's no running, Dr. Cornelius. I can smell you, whichever part of this place you're hiding in. I hope you appreciate the irony, because I wouldn't even have these senses if you hadn't given me this despicable feral snout. Brought down by your own hubris? I like to think of it as poetic justice.

-->-- '''Albus Dumbledore''', ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Chapter 18 - Dobby's Reward, Pg. 331

->''Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.''

->''"Hoist by my own petard! The one petard I thought would never hoist me!"''

-->-- '''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Literature/DarkHeresy'''

-->-- '''Herman''', [[ItMakesSenseInContext attempting to use a pair of shoddy counterfeit jeans as a zipline]], ''TheSimpsons''

'''Patrick''': Oh, but it's not ''you'' who's got ''me'', it's-- ''[[[EpicFail captures himself with his own net gun]]]'' Me that's got me!

-->-- '''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40,000]]: Literature/{{Dark Heresy}}'''

->''"YOU [[NeverSayDie ELIMINATED]] YOURSELF"''
-->-- '''Self-elimination message''', ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}: Battle Royale''

-->-- ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''

-->-- '''Yooka''' to the main villain of ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' just before said villain starts using guided missiles.

->'''Sherilyn Harper:''' [[FlatWhat What.]]]

->'''Sherilyn Harper:''' [[FlatWhat What.][

->'''King Kai:''' Freeza -- got cut in half!\\

'''Jeff''': Never look it up. Your explanation is way better.

->''"You types never learn... You always end up taking yourselves down."''

->'''The Doctor:''' Of course. And for them to understand, you had to make them a little bit afraid.

->'''Sherilyn Harper:''' What.

'''Britta''': [[IThoughtItMeant I guess I just assumed]] that in the old days a petard was a special outfit like a leotard, with a lot of fancy buckles and loops on it, and that rich people would wear them when they were feeling especially smug, but then poor people would tie a rope through one of the loops, and hoist them up a pole and then let them dangle there as punishment for being cocky.\\

-->-- '''VideoGame/GodOfWar'''

-->-- '''Bastion''', '''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'''

->''I am the architect of my own destruction. So this is it... [[ArcWords What is written in the timeline... cannot be changed...]]'' *hears [[spoiler:the Dahaka]] looking for him* ''Come for me, then. In my quest to [[spoiler:destroy the Sands of Time]], I have [[spoiler:been the one to create them]]...''

->'''Sideshow Bob''': ''Oh dear...Sideshow Bob...hoist...on his own petard...''\\

'''Sideshow Bob''': Oh get a life.

'''Lisa''': It's hoist ''[[GrammarNazi with]]'' his own petard.\\