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-->-- ''[[Literature/{{Deathlands}} Homeward Bound]]''

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-->-- ''[[Literature/{{Deathlands}} Homeward Bound]]''
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-->-- '''The Zodiac Killer'''

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->"The only prey I really like to take my time with is of the human variety. The ones I'm really fond of, I like to stuff and mount on my walls. In fact, I've got quite a nice collection now, if I do say so myself. You know how some people like to hunt foxes? It's just like that, only with humans."
-->-- Koyanskaya, ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''

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-->-- '''Rainier Wolfcastle''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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-->-- '''Rainier Wolfcastle''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Children Of A Lesser Clod"

->'''Mr. Burns:''' Welcome, all. Now, to explain why I summoned you all here...
->'''Moe:''' [[MotiveMisidentification Oh, god, here it comes: time-share pitch]]. Well, I got bad credit, so the joke's on you!
->'''Burns:''' You're here to participate in a hunt for the world's most dangerous game.
->'''Barney:''' "The most dangerous game"? What could it be?
->(''Barney leans back, revealing a hunting trophy plaque with Barney's name printed on it hanging over him, as does everyone else'')
->'''Burns:''' The game I'm hunting... is ''all of you''. (''pulls out rifle'') [[MercyLead Now, because I am too kind, I will give you all a five-minute head start]]. You may commence running.
->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Five minutes of running? [[TooDumbToLive Shoot me now]]!
->(''Burns shoots Comic Book Guy'')
->'''Burns:''' Well, that broke the ice. Now, any man who lives till noon tomorrow shall win his freedom.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse Of Horror XVI", "Survival Of The Fattest"
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->When I was little, we found a man. He looked like - like, butchered. The old women in the village crossed themselves... and whispered crazy things, strange things. ''El Diablo cazador de hombres.'' Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins... and sometimes much, much worse. ''El cazador que hace trofeo de los hombres'' means "the hunter who makes trophies of men."

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->When ->''When I was little, we found a man. He looked like - like, butchered. The old women in the village crossed themselves... and whispered crazy things, strange things. ''El Diablo cazador de hombres.'' Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins... and sometimes much, much worse. ''El cazador que hace trofeo de los hombres'' means "the hunter who makes trophies of men.""''



->This planet is a game preserve, and we're the game.

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->This ->''This planet is a game preserve, and we're the game.''



->So I guess I'm playing Signeur Rainsford to your General Zaroff.

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->So ->''So I guess I'm playing Signeur Rainsford to your General Zaroff.''



->...and Araminta Meliflua... cousin of my mother's... tried to force through a Ministry Bill to make Muggle-hunting legal...

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->...->''...and Araminta Meliflua... cousin of my mother's... tried to force through a Ministry Bill to make Muggle-hunting legal...''



->A hunter is always seeking new prey. I grew tired of hunting beasts, and humans make poor game. Their minds are sharp, but their bodies are weak. And then I thought how wonderful it would be if I could combine [[BeastWithAHumanFace the body of an animal with the intelligence of a human]]. What a test it would be for my skills!

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->A ->''A hunter is always seeking new prey. I grew tired of hunting beasts, and humans make poor game. Their minds are sharp, but their bodies are weak. And then I thought how wonderful it would be if I could combine [[BeastWithAHumanFace the body of an animal with the intelligence of a human]]. What a test it would be for my skills!skills!''



->And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now,\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking two Game Wardens, seven hunters and a purebred Guernsey cow.]]

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->And ->''And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now,\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking two Game Wardens, seven hunters and a purebred Guernsey cow.]]]]''



->Hunting humans? That ain’t nuth’n but nuth’n... They all run like scared little vermin in the end. Run vermin run. Run vermin! RUN VERMIN RUN!
-->-- '''"Doc" Pale''' addressing the fresh meat, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: Literature/DarkHeresy''

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->Hunting ->''Hunting humans? That ain’t nuth’n but nuth’n... They all run like scared little vermin in the end. Run vermin run. Run vermin! RUN VERMIN RUN!
RUN!''
-->-- '''"Doc" Pale''' addressing the fresh meat, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Literature/DarkHeresy''



->The thrill of the hunt... the promise of payment...

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->The ->''The thrill of the hunt... the promise of payment...''



->But you must first do a service for my glory. The one who stole [my ring] has fled to what he thinks is his sanctuary. Just as a bear climbs a tree to escape the hunt, but only ends up trapping himself. Seek out this [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent rogue shifter]]. Tear the skin from his body, and make it an offering to me.

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->But ->''But you must first do a service for my glory. The one who stole [my ring] has fled to what he thinks is his sanctuary. Just as a bear climbs a tree to escape the hunt, but only ends up trapping himself. Seek out this [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent rogue shifter]]. Tear the skin from his body, and make it an offering to me.''



->The most dangerous game? ''[[PunyEarthlings Hardly.]]''

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->The ->''The most dangerous game? ''[[PunyEarthlings Hardly.]]'']]



->I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down, and turn the land into a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''

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->I ->''I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down, and turn the land into a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''



->There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

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->There ->''There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.''



->I'll just tell you this: Until you've hunted man, you haven't hunted yet.

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->I'll ->''I'll just tell you this: Until you've hunted man, you haven't hunted yet.''



->I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest [sic] because man is the most dangerous anamal [sic] of all.

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->I ->'' like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest [sic] because man is the most dangerous anamal [sic] of all.''
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->'''Captain William Boone:''' I hunt animals, you know?
->'''Mowgli:''' Maybe someday... you hunt me.
-->--''Film/TheJungleBook1994''
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-->--'''Royce''', ''Film/{{Predators}}''

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-->--'''Royce''', ''Film/{{Predators}}''
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-->--'''Arthur Leigh Allen''', ''Film/{{Zodiac}}''

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-->--'''Arthur Leigh Allen''', ''Film/{{Zodiac}}''
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->A hunter is always seeking new prey. I grew tired of hunting beasts, and humans make poor game. Their minds are sharp, but their bodies are weak. And then I thought how wonderful it would be if I could combine [[BeastWithAHumanFace the body of an animal with the intelligence of a human]]. What a test it would be for my skills!
-->--'''The Huntress,''' ''Literature/TheBookOfLostThings''

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->''"My brothers, you knights! King Alexander has dared to resist us, But God's hand has punished his impertinence. His advance guard is trapped in the forest, like a bear. I invite you all to hunt the Russian bear."''
-->--'''Hermann von Balk''', ''Film/AlexanderNevsky''
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->Gentlemen, they're large, they're fast, and fucking you up's their idea of tourism.
-->-- '''Will Traeger''', ''Film/ThePredator''

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->Gentlemen, they're large, they're fast, and fucking you up's their idea ->''"''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame''. That's why you're here isn't it? It was my favorite book in high school. It's about this man who waits for these people to get shipwrecked on this island. Because he was tired of tourism.
-->-- '''Will Traeger''', ''Film/ThePredator''
hunting animals, he hunted the people for the challenge."''
-->--'''Arthur Leigh Allen''', ''Film/{{Zodiac}}''
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->''"There is no hunting like the hunting of man. And those who have hunted armed men long enough, and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."''
-->--'''Royce''', ''Film/{{Predators}}''

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->The thrill of the hunt... the promise of payment...
-->-- '''The Ancestor''' upon recruitment of the BountyHunter, ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon''



->''The thrill of the hunt... the promise of payment....''
-->--'''The Ancestor''', ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', on recruiting the BountyHunter

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->''The thrill ->The most dangerous game? ''[[PunyEarthlings Hardly.]]''
-->-- '''The Hunter''', ''VideoGame/XCOM2: War
of the hunt... the promise of payment....''
-->--'''The Ancestor''', ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', on recruiting the BountyHunter
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->''"I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest (sic) because man is the most dangerous anamal (sic) of all."''
-->-'''The Zodiac Killer'''

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->''"I ->I like killing people because it is so much fun it is more fun than killing wild game in the forrest (sic) [sic] because man is the most dangerous anamal (sic) [sic] of all."''
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-->-'''The Zodiac Killer'''
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->''The thrill of the hunt... the promise of payment....''
-->--'''The Ancestor''', ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', on recruiting the BountyHunter

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->"But you must first do a service for my glory. The one who stole [my ring] has fled to what he thinks is his sanctuary. Just as a bear climbs a tree to escape the hunt, but only ends up trapping himself. Seek out this [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent rogue shifter]]. Tear the skin from his body, and make it an offering to me."
-->--'''Hircine, Lord of the Hunt''', ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

->'''Ryan:''' You know what? I felt like you guys were a little low-energy, so we're gonna start off with a little warm-up. You ready? Welcome to the king's private game reserve. Uh, I'd say - what do you think, Kerry? Thirty seconds?\\
'''Kerry:''' Oh I don't - yeah, maybe thirty seconds.\\
'''Ryan:''' Thirty seconds. Alright, so, counting down from thirty... Kerry, you wanna count that down for me?\\
'''Kerry:''' Yeah-yeah, got it.\\
'''Ryan:''' So... (''begins putting on armor'') This is gonna be pretty easy if you all just stay here.\\
'''Kerry:''' Thirty. Twenty-nine. Twenty-eight. Twenty-seven.\\
'''Michael:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Oh, he's gonna murder us.]]\\
'''Ryan:''' [[ItsWhatIDo Yeah...]]
-->-- ''LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaphXlXb1zU "Mad King Ryan part 1"]]

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->When I was little, we found
a service for my glory. man. He looked like - like, butchered. The one who stole [my ring] has fled to what he thinks is his sanctuary. Just as a bear climbs a tree to escape old women in the hunt, but only ends up trapping himself. Seek out village crossed themselves... and whispered crazy things, strange things. ''El Diablo cazador de hombres.'' Only in the hottest years this [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent rogue shifter]]. Tear the skin from his body, happens. And this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins... and make it an offering to me.sometimes much, much worse. ''El cazador que hace trofeo de los hombres'' means "the hunter who makes trophies of men."
-->--'''Hircine, Lord of the Hunt''', ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

->'''Ryan:''' You know what? I felt like you guys were
-->-- '''Anna''', ''Film/{{Predator}}''

->This planet is
a little low-energy, so game preserve, and we're gonna start off with a little warm-up. You ready? Welcome to the king's private game reserve. Uh, I'd say - what do you think, Kerry? Thirty seconds?\\
'''Kerry:''' Oh I don't - yeah, maybe thirty seconds.\\
'''Ryan:''' Thirty seconds. Alright, so, counting down from thirty... Kerry, you wanna count that down for me?\\
'''Kerry:''' Yeah-yeah, got it.\\
'''Ryan:''' So... (''begins putting on armor'') This is gonna be pretty easy if you all just stay here.\\
'''Kerry:''' Thirty. Twenty-nine. Twenty-eight. Twenty-seven.\\
'''Michael:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Oh, he's gonna murder us.]]\\
'''Ryan:''' [[ItsWhatIDo Yeah...]]
game.
-->-- ''LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaphXlXb1zU "Mad King Ryan part 1"]]
'''Royce''', ''Film/{{Predators}}''

->Gentlemen, they're large, they're fast, and fucking you up's their idea of tourism.
-->-- '''Will Traeger''', ''Film/ThePredator''

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->There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
-->-- '''Creator/ErnestHemingway'''

->'''Mac''': [[BrutalHonesty We're gonna hunt you, bro.]]\\
'''Cricket''': [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Mac''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis We ... are going ... to hunt you ... Cricket!]]\\
'''Cricket''': Why?\\
'''Dennis''': I'd spend a lot less time asking questions and more time running.
-->-- ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', "Mac and Dennis: Manhunters"

->And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now,\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking two Game Wardens, seven hunters and a purebred Guernsey cow.]]
-->-- '''Music/TomLehrer''', "The Hunting Song", ''Music/SongsByTomLehrer''



->When I was little, we found a man. He looked like - like, butchered. The old women in the village crossed themselves... and whispered crazy things, strange things. "El Diablo cazador de hombres." Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins... and sometimes much, much worse. "El cazador que hace trofeo de los hombres" means the hunter who makes trophies of men.
-->-- '''Anna''', ''Film/{{Predator}}''

->This planet is a game preserve, and we're the game.
-->-- '''Royce''', ''Film/{{Predators}}''

->I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down, and turn the land into a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''
-->-- '''Rainier Wolfcastle''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->I'll just tell you this: Until you've hunted man, you haven't hunted yet.
-->-- '''Wrestling/JesseVentura''', to his later chagrin when the newspapers printed it

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->'''Jeff''': [[CaptainObvious Do
I was little, we found a man. He looked like - like, butchered. The old women in the village crossed themselves... and whispered crazy things, strange things. "El Diablo cazador de hombres." Only in the hottest years this happens. And this year, it grows hot. We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins... and sometimes much, much worse. "El cazador que hace trofeo de los hombres" means the hunter who makes trophies of men.
even need to say it?]] It is bad to hunt man for sport!\\
'''Pierce''': Bad-''ass''!
-->-- '''Anna''', ''Film/{{Predator}}''

->This planet is
''{{Series/Community}}'', '''Accounting for Lawyers'''

->'''Mac''': [[BrutalHonesty We're gonna hunt you, bro.]]\\
'''Cricket''': [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Mac''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis We ... are going ... to hunt you ... Cricket!]]\\
'''Cricket''': Why?\\
'''Dennis''': I'd spend
a game preserve, lot less time asking questions and we're the game.
more time running.
-->-- '''Royce''', ''Film/{{Predators}}''

->I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down,
''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', "Mac and turn the land into Dennis: Manhunters"

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->And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now,\\
[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking two Game Wardens, seven hunters and
a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''
purebred Guernsey cow.]]
-->-- '''Rainier Wolfcastle''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->I'll just tell you this: Until you've hunted man, you haven't hunted yet.
-->-- '''Wrestling/JesseVentura''', to his later chagrin when the newspapers printed it
'''Music/TomLehrer''', "The Hunting Song", ''Music/SongsByTomLehrer''

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->'''Jeff''': [[CaptainObvious Do I even need to say it?]] It is bad to hunt man for sport!
->'''Pierce''': Bad-''ass''!
-->--''{{Series/Community}}'', '''Accounting for Lawyers'''



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->But you must first do a service for my glory. The one who stole [my ring] has fled to what he thinks is his sanctuary. Just as a bear climbs a tree to escape the hunt, but only ends up trapping himself. Seek out this [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent rogue shifter]]. Tear the skin from his body, and make it an offering to me.
-->-- '''[[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Hircine, Lord of the Hunt]]''', ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

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''[everyone stares at her in horror]''\\
'''Rosaline:''' What!? I said I ''don't'' want to do it!

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''[everyone (''everyone stares at her in horror]''\\
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'''Rosaline:''' What!? [[DefensiveWhat What!?]] I said I ''don't'' want to do it!


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->'''Ryan:''' You know what? I felt like you guys were a little low-energy, so we're gonna start off with a little warm-up. You ready? Welcome to the king's private game reserve. Uh, I'd say - what do you think, Kerry? Thirty seconds?\\
'''Kerry:''' Oh I don't - yeah, maybe thirty seconds.\\
'''Ryan:''' Thirty seconds. Alright, so, counting down from thirty... Kerry, you wanna count that down for me?\\
'''Kerry:''' Yeah-yeah, got it.\\
'''Ryan:''' So... (''begins putting on armor'') This is gonna be pretty easy if you all just stay here.\\
'''Kerry:''' Thirty. Twenty-nine. Twenty-eight. Twenty-seven.\\
'''Michael:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...Oh, he's gonna murder us.]]\\
'''Ryan:''' [[ItsWhatIDo Yeah...]]
-->-- ''LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaphXlXb1zU "Mad King Ryan part 1"]]

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->I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down, and turn the land into a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''
-->-- '''Rainier Wolfcastle''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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->There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.
-->-- '''Creator/ErnestHemingway'''

->I'll just tell you this: Until you've hunted man, you haven't hunted yet.
-->-- '''Wrestling/JesseVentura''', to his later chagrin when the newspapers printed it

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->Thank you for coming. I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down, and build a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''

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->Thank you for coming. I ->I have purchased the Springfield [=YMCA=]. I plan to tear it down, and build turn the land into a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all - ''Man.''

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