History Quotes / IdiotHero

-->-- '''Model Robot''', ''PerfectHairForever''

-->-- '''Hareta''', ''PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''

->All of this culminates in Archer’s ''“[[{{Narm}} gazelle]]”'' speech. Scott Bakula is a good actor. After all, he has four Emmy nominations and one Golden Globe from his time on ''Series/QuantumLeap''. However, he is not an actor who is best suited to giving speeches. He lacks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Shatner’s]] theatricality, [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Stewart’s]] grace or [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Brook’s]] presence. Instead, Bakula’s strengths lie in his folksy charm. To use an analogy that arguably (albeit ironically) cements the show as an artifact of the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush presidency, Archer was probably the Star Trek captain you were most likely to have a beer with.

->Naive, as usual. Whether you believe me is of no import. Just do not stand in my way.
-->-- '''Grolla''' to '''Spiritia''', ''{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''

->Gwen almost seems normal in the early stages of this episode, calm and casual before she gets to the stage where she is annunciating every word with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent bizarre Welsh strain]] and [[EekAMouse staring boggling eyed]] at everything. Gwen is shown to be utterly incompetent and unprofessional, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero releasing the sex entity]] onto Cardiff because she can't take a jibe from Owen. Gwen feels responsible for the sex attacks and wants to work doubly hard to prove herself. She's supposedly a savvy police officer but you would be [[InformedAbility hard pressed to buy into that]] given how badly she performs on her first day. There's being thrown in at the deep end and there's not trying to doggy paddle at all...I like the fact that Gwen tries to be the [[TheFace public face]] of Torchwood, the likable member that ingratiates herself with the officials. Unfortunately that [[TookALevelInJerkass only lasts this episode]] and before long she is decked out in black leather and arrogantly strolling onto the crime scenes in slow motion as if she owns the place.
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2015/04/day-one-written-by-chris-chibnall-and.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''{{Series/Torchwood}}'', [[{{Recap/TorchwoodS1E2DayOne}} "Day One"]]

-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/omen-iii-the-final-conflict-graham-baker-1981// on]] ''[[Film/TheOmen Omen III: The Final Conflict]]'' (1981)

->''Voyager'' is running out of food and the ship that stole all of their equipment is packed to the gills with nutrition. Janeway in her divine wisdom decides to keep her morals intact and leave the food that isn’t theirs. Its nice to know that [[{{Glurge}} when they are starving to death she can keep her head held high.]]
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/voyager-season-seven.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Void"

->Oh my goodness! Spidey is about to be unmasked by his most dangerous and powerful super-foe … Ha ha, just kidding, obviously. Spidey has actually managed to [[RakeTake knock himself unconscious by accident]], and will be unmasked by a random child as he lies supine in a fetid alleyway in a puddle of his own failure.

->Oh my goodness! Spidey is about to be unmasked by his most dangerous and powerful super-foe … Ha ha, just kidding, obviously. Spidey has actually managed to [[TooDumbToLive knock himself unconscious by accident]], and will be unmasked by a random child as he lies supine in a fetid alleyway in a puddle of his own failure.

->All of this culminates in Archer’s ''“[[{{Narm}} gazelle]]”'' speech. Scott Bakula is a good actor. After all, he has four Emmy nominations and one Golden Globe from his time on ''Series/QuantumLeap''. However, he is not an actor who is best suited to giving speeches. He lacks [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Shatner’s]] theatricality, [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Stewart’s]] grace or Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Brook’s]] presence. Instead, Bakula’s strengths lie in his folksy charm. To use an analogy that arguably (albeit ironically) cements the show as an artifact of the UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush presidency, Archer was probably the Star Trek captain you were most likely to have a beer with.

[[RousingSpeech A speech on willpower in this day and age?]] I did not know people still believed in such silly notions. Perhaps it was your thick skull that prevented my father's curse from affecting you.
-->-- '''Rozalin''', ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''

[[/folder]]

[[/folder]]

!!!On Works
->''"When Yokum speaks, he speaks for [[ThisLoserIsYou millions of morons.]]"''
-->-- '''Al Capp''', creator of ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''

->''"They're the kind of characters who look... stupid, really, but they're not stupid, just... simple. And all they really want to do is just focus on doing their job, no matter what."''
-->-- '''Creator/MichelAncel''', on the protagonists of ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins''

->''"They actually did an interview where Sid, the supposed top baby face, was so stupid he couldn’t find the arena. He kept calling in from his cell phone saying he was lost. '[[CanYouHearMeNow Guys, can you hear me?]]' he asked in at least three different segments. Clearly, nobody in the company ever learned that the one thing fans will absolutely not support is an idiot babyface."''
-->--'''''TheDeathOfWCW''''', on Wrestling/SidEudy

->''"Oh my goodness! Spidey is about to be unmasked by his most dangerous and powerful super-foe … Ha ha, just kidding, obviously. Spidey has actually managed to [[TooDumbToLive knock himself unconscious by accident]], and will be unmasked by a random child as he lies supine in a fetid alleyway in a puddle of his own failure"''
-->--'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''' [[http://joshreads.com/?p=1938 on]] ''ComicStrip/TheAmazingSpiderMan''

->''"''Voyager'' is running out of food and the ship that stole all of their equipment is packed to the gills with nutrition. Janeway in her divine wisdom decides to keep her morals intact and leave the food that isn’t theirs. Its nice to know that when they are starving to death she can keep her head held high."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/voyager-season-seven.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Void"

->'''Chris''': Uzi, at this point, can we agree that Clark is basically really dumb?
->'''David''': They say flight is the last power to show up, but at this point I’m just hoping to see ''regular'' intelligence, never mind ''super''-intelligence.
->'''Chris''': Seriously, just picking up an artifact from a dead, technologically advanced civilization [[TooDumbToLive and goofing around with it]] as soon as you see it is quite possibly the stupidest thing we’ve seen Clark do, and that includes referring to himself as “The Blur.”
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Luthor")

->''"The events of the game try to convince me that Cobra's awesome, but he [[InformedAbility just keeps working against it.]]"''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} slowbeef]]''' on ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''

->''"That's our hero, ladies and gentlemen: too stupid to '''[[TooDumbToLive eat!]]'''"''
-->-- '''Noah "[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One"]] Antwiler''' on a scene of Tidus choking on his food, ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Final Fantasy X]]''

->'' I would think if you had one mission in life, that mission being kill {{the Antichrist}} or all life dies, you might train a bit. I would personally move to Asia and only come back when I have in fact become a ninja like Batman. That being said I do set high goals for myself. But I would personally be happy if the [[BadassPreacher assassins for Christ]] were not middle aged fat asses who have gorged on too many communion wafers. These guys aren’t just out of shape, they are klutzes to boot. Let me give you an example. So Damien is getting interviewed on some news program and one of the monks has found a way onto the set. For some reason the monk thinks he should go on the rafters above the set. Why? I guess a thirty foot leap off the balcony with a dagger was a better option [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim than just running up and stabbing Damien]] but whatever. While he is up there, he trips, gets his foot caught in some of the rigging and he swings from the rafters. While this is happening he knocks over some stage lights which set the curtains on fire. The monk swings around, wraps himself in plastic sheeting, swings over to the burning curtains, then sets himself on fire [[CruelAndUnusualDeath which simultaneously burns him and shrink wraps him to death]]. That had nothing to do with Satan or evil forces; the dude was [[TheKlutz just a dumbass.]]"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/omen-iii-the-final-conflict-graham-baker-1981// on]] ''[[Film/TheOmen Omen III: The Final Conflict]]'' (1981)

!!!Fiction
->''"If being smart means [[PragmaticHero what you say...]] I'll remain a [[WideEyedIdealist fool]] [[HeroicResolve my entire life!"]]''

->''"Where's the fun in thinking BEFORE you do something?"''
-->-- '''Pixel''', ''VideoGame/GraffitiKingdom''

->''"I think we're dealing with a very very very very smart person, or a very very very very stupid person."''
-->-- '''Model Robot''', ''PerfectHairForever''

->''"[[RousingSpeech A speech on willpower in this day and age?]] I did not know people still believed in such silly notions. Perhaps it was your thick skull that prevented my father's curse from affecting you."''
-->-- '''Rozalin''', ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories''

->''"I'm fine with being stupid! I'm going to keep meeting challenges and keep marching forward!"''
-->-- '''Hareta''', ''PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure''

->''"Did you even graduate from junior high!?"''
-->-- '''[[http://pokemonx.comicgenesis.com/d/20070423.html Wattson]]''', ''Webcomic/PokemonX''

->''"You're surprisingly dull-witted."''
-->-- '''The King of Red Lions''', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]''

->''"Naive, as usual. Whether you believe me is of no import. Just do not stand in my way."''

->''"I can't help it man! I'm all about stupid!"''
--> -- '''Finn''', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''

->''"So, to review: actual attempts at heroism result in failure, while victory is achieved entirely accidentally, thanks to [[SuperDickery really awful negligence]]. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!!!!!!!!"''
-->--'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''', [[http://joshreads.com/?p=23323 "Oh, it's pretty 'amazing' all right"]]

->'''Chris''': Uzi, at this point, can we agree that Clark is basically really dumb?\\
'''David''': They say flight is the last power to show up, but at this point I’m just hoping to see ''regular'' intelligence, never mind ''super''-intelligence.\\
'''Chris''': Seriously, just picking up an artifact from a dead, technologically advanced civilization [[TooDumbToLive and goofing around with it]] as soon as you see it is quite possibly the stupidest thing we’ve seen Clark do, and that includes referring to himself as “The Blur.”

->'' I would think if you had one mission in life, that mission being kill {{the Antichrist}} or all life dies, you might train a bit. I would personally move to Asia and only come back when I have in fact become a ninja like Batman. That being said I do set high goals for myself. But I would personally be happy if the [[BadassPreacher assassins for Christ]] were not middle aged fat asses who have gorged on too many communion wafers. These guys aren’t just out of shape, they are klutzes to boot. Let me give you an example. So Damien is getting interviewed on some news program and one of the monks has found a way onto the set. For some reason the monk thinks he should go on the rafters above the set. Why? I guess a thirty foot leap off the balcony with a dagger was a better option [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim than just running up and stabbing Damien]] but whatever. While he is up there, he trips, gets his foot caught in some of the rigging and he swings from the rafters. While this is happening he knocks over some stage lights which set the curtains on fire. The monk swings around, wraps himself in plastic sheeting, swings over to the burning curtains, then sets himself on fire [[CruelAndUnusualDeath which simultaneously burns him and shrink wraps him to death]]. That had nothing to do with Satan or evil forces; [[TooDumbToLive the dude was just a dumbass.]]"''

->''"When Yokum speaks, he speaks for millions of morons."''

->'' I would think if you had one mission in life, that mission being kill {{the Antichrist}} or all life dies, you might train a bit. I would personally move to Asia and only come back when I have in fact become a ninja like Batman. That being said I do set high goals for myself. But I would personally be happy if the assassins for Christ were not middle aged fat asses who have gorged on too many communion wafers. These guys aren’t just out of shape, they are klutzes to boot. Let me give you an example. So Damien is getting interviewed on some news program and one of the monks has found a way onto the set. For some reason the monk thinks he should go on the rafters above the set. Why? I guess a thirty foot leap off the balcony with a dagger was a better option [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim than just running up and stabbing Damien]] but whatever. While he is up there, he trips, gets his foot caught in some of the rigging and he swings from the rafters. While this is happening he knocks over some stage lights which set the curtains on fire. The monk swings around, wraps himself in plastic sheeting, swings over to the burning curtains, then sets himself on fire [[CruelAndUnusualDeath which simultaneously burns him and shrink wraps him to death]]. That had nothing to do with Satan or evil forces; [[TooDumbToLive the dude was just a dumbass.]]"''

->''" I would think if you had one mission in life, that mission being kill {{the Antichrist}} or all life dies, you might train a bit. I would personally move to Asia and only come back when I have in fact become a ninja like Batman. That being said I do set high goals for myself. But I would personally be happy if the assassins for Christ were not middle aged fat asses who have gorged on too many communion wafers. These guys aren’t just out of shape, they are klutzes to boot. Let me give you an example. So Damien is getting interviewed on some news program and one of the monks has found a way onto the set. For some reason the monk thinks he should go on the rafters above the set. Why? I guess a thirty foot leap off the balcony with a dagger was a better option [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim than just running up and stabbing Damien]] but whatever. While he is up there, he trips, gets his foot caught in some of the rigging and he swings from the rafters. While this is happening he knocks over some stage lights which set the curtains on fire. The monk swings around, wraps himself in plastic sheeting, swings over to the burning curtains, then sets himself on fire [[CruelAndUnusualDeath which simultaneously burns him and shrink wraps him to death]]. That had nothing to do with Satan or evil forces; [[TooDumbToLive the dude was just a dumbass.]]"''

->''"When Yokum speaks, he speaks for millions of morons."''
-->-- '''Al Capp''', creator of ''ComicStrip/LilAbner''

->''"They're the kind of characters who look... stupid, really, but they're not stupid, just... simple. And all they really want to do is just focus on doing their job, no matter what."''
-->-- '''Creator/MichelAncel''', on the protagonists of ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins''

->'''Chris''': Uzi, at this point, can we agree that Clark is basically really dumb?\\
'''David''': They say flight is the last power to show up, but at this point I’m just hoping to see ''regular'' intelligence, never mind ''super''-intelligence.\\
'''Chris''': Seriously, just picking up an artifact from a dead, technologically advanced civilization [[TooDumbToLive and goofing around with it]] as soon as you see it is quite possibly the stupidest thing we’ve seen Clark do, and that includes referring to himself as “The Blur.”
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Luthor")

->''"So, to review: actual attempts at heroism result in failure, while victory is achieved entirely accidentally, thanks to [[SuperDickery really awful negligence]]. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!!!!!!!!"''
-->--'''''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''''', [[http://joshreads.com/?p=23323 "Oh, it's pretty 'amazing' all right"]]

->''"That's our hero, ladies and gentlemen: too stupid to '''[[TooDumbToLive eat!]]'''"''
-->-- '''Noah "[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One"]] Antwiler''' on a scene of Tidus choking on his food, ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Final Fantasy X]]''

->''" I would think if you had one mission in life, that mission being kill {{the Antichrist}} or all life dies, you might train a bit. I would personally move to Asia and only come back when I have in fact become a ninja like Batman. That being said I do set high goals for myself. But I would personally be happy if the assassins for Christ were not middle aged fat asses who have gorged on too many communion wafers. These guys aren’t just out of shape, they are klutzes to boot. Let me give you an example. So Damien is getting interviewed on some news program and one of the monks has found a way onto the set. For some reason the monk thinks he should go on the rafters above the set. Why? I guess a thirty foot leap off the balcony with a dagger was a better option [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim than just running up and stabbing Damien]] but whatever. While he is up there, he trips, gets his foot caught in some of the rigging and he swings from the rafters. While this is happening he knocks over some stage lights which set the curtains on fire. The monk swings around, wraps himself in plastic sheeting, swings over to the burning curtains, then sets himself on fire [[CruelAndUnusualDeath which simultaneously burns him and shrink wraps him to death]]. That had nothing to do with Satan or evil forces; [[TooDumbToLive the dude was just a dumbass.]]"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/omen-iii-the-final-conflict-graham-baker-1981// on]] ''[[Film/TheOmen Omen III: The Final Conflict]]'' (1981)

->''"Disguises haunted [[{{ComicBook/Shazam}} Mary Marvel]]'s entire career. [[PaperThinDisguise A change of slacks or a well-placed hat]] would throw her right off your trail. If you punched a puppy with your left hand and waved to Mary Marvel with your other, she'd apologize and ask you if you saw anyone run by left-handedly. She died a virgin because every time one of her beaus changed clothes she mistook it for a first date."''
-->--'''{{Seanbaby}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-beloved-superheroes-who-are-actually-really-stupid_p2/#ixzz2STfJePbr 5 Beloved Superheroes Who Are Actually Really Stupid]]"