History Quotes / LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt

-->-- '''WebVideo/MothersBasement'', "[url=https://youtu.be/b38sVVw6TK4?si=XgcFfGMILPRfsSLK SAO, But the Writing Isn't Garbage: SAO Alternative: GGO]"

And those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill [[IdentityCrisis2004 kill Sue Dibny]]\\

And those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis kill Sue Dibny]]\\

->"Well, the media really went for it, they really bid on it, they reeeeeeally thought that Creator/DCComics was gonna kill off its biggest moneymaker. Yeah, sure, and I also believe in the tooth fairy; and I also believe that if you're in a 747 at thirty thousand feet, [[CueTheFlyingPigs you're gonna hit a pig]]..."

->"Oh yeah, I'm totally convinced they're not gonna make it. Website/ChannelAwesome will fire all of them in one swoop just for shits and giggles, and yet they stilll show up to shoot their finales at the same time. Onward, poorly-deceiving soldiers."

->"Well, the media really went for it, they really bid on it, they reeeeeeally thought that Creator/DCComics was gonna kill off its biggest moneymaker. Yeah, sure, and I also believe in the tooth fairy; and I also believe that if you're in a 747 at thirty thousand feet, you're gonna hit a pig..."

->''ComicBook/GwenStacy isn't dead\\
She's only sleeping\\
And ComicBook/{{Elektra}} isn't evil or insane\\
And those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis kill Sue Dibny]]\\
No more than they could kill off ComicBook/LoisLane''
-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te0smsBSu1s Four-Color Love Story]]'' by the Metasciences

!!Real Life
->''The audience of today knows in advance, and absolutely, that the hero is not going to be killed by the villain, that the heroine is going to marry no one other than the hero, and that the United States Marines are certain to arrive on the scene before the bomb goes off.''
-->-- '''George Jean Nathan'''

->''I mean, you didn't really think we'd kill off Brian, did you? Jesus, we'd have to be fucking high.''
-->-- '''Creator/SethMacFarlane''' tweet following the airing of "Christmas Guy"

-->-- '''Creator/HarlanEllison''', on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', ''[[https://youtu.be/SgAXCT99m0M Harlan Ellison's Watching #3]]''

-->-- '''Creator/HarlanEllison'', on ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', ''[[https://youtu.be/SgAXCT99m0M Harlan Ellison's Watching #3]]''

->''Well, uh, the media really went for it, they really bid on it, they reeeeeeally thought that Creator/DCComics was gonna kill off its biggest moneymaker. Yeah, sure, and I also believe in the tooth fairy; and I also believe that if you're in a 747 at thirty thousand feet, you're gonna hit a pig..."''

->"Oh yeah, I'm totally convinced they're not gonna make it. Website/ChannelAwesome will fire all of them in one swoop just for shits and giggles, and yet they stilll show up to shoot their finales at the same time. Onward, poorly deceiving soldiers."
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' reviews his own hilm, ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''

->''Compare that cliffhanger to '''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''’s “The Best Of Both Worlds”: sure, Picard had been Borgerized, and it sucked, but I never believed for one minute that the writers would let him stay that way, because it would shake up the series too much. '''Series/BabylonFive''', on the other hand, had already had so many they’re-not-allowed-to-do-that-are-they? moments that Sheridan’s untimely death seemed like a very real possibility, whereas we never thought Picard was really in jeopardy.''

->'''Some Hospital in D.C.'''\\
'''EMT:''' Ma'am? Did someone order an ambulance for The Littlest Cancer Patient?\\
'''LUCY:''' OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU.\\
'''HEARTSTRING #79:''' *does not tug* \\

'''AUDIENCE:''' Oh, whatever. Like you were going to kill off The Littlest Cancer Patient.

->''"The best thing about '''Series/BabylonFive''' was that it could be a total bastard sometimes. Beloved characters died unfair deaths (who remembers [[spoiler:Marcus Cole]]? I do), Unrequited love often stayed that way (Lennier and Delenn, anyone?), good was not always rewarded, and evil sometimes went unpunished. That’s why the end of “Z’ha’dum” worked so well — I honestly believed that JMS was fully capable of allowing his protagonist to become a grease spot at the bottom of a crater, even with two years left in the vaunted five-year plan. Compare that cliffhanger to '''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''’s “The Best Of Both Worlds”: sure, Picard had been Borgerized, and it sucked, but I never believed for one minute that the writers would let him stay that way, because it would shake up the series too much. '''Babylon 5''', on the other hand, had already had so many they’re-not-allowed-to-do-that-are-they? moments that Sheridan’s untimely death seemed like a very real possibility, whereas we never thought Picard was really in jeopardy."''

->''ComicBook/GwenStacy isn't dead — she's only sleeping,''[[note]]In actuality, Gwen has managed to remain dead since 1973[[/note]]\\
''And ComicBook/{{Elektra}} isn't evil or insane.''\\
''And those bastards in the Pentagon can't really kill [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis Sue Dibny]],''\\
'''''No more than they could kill off ComicBook/LoisLane.'''''

->'''Chester A. Bum''': I knew it, you didn't have the balls!\\
'''Kermit the Frog (mimicked by Bum)''': None of us do, we're Muppets!
-->-- '''WebVideo/BumReviews''', ''Film/TheMuppets''

->''"The audience of today knows in advance, and absolutely, that the hero is not going to be killed by the villain, that the heroine is going to marry no one other than the hero, and that the United States Marines are certain to arrive on the scene before the bomb goes off."''

->''"I mean, you didn't really think we'd kill off [[spoiler:Brian]], did you? Jesus, we'd have to be fucking high."''
-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/412407556942753792 Seth MacFarlane]]''', ''after the airing of "Christmas Guy" which brought back [[spoiler:Brian Griffin]] from the dead''

->''"Unlike the [[Film/SupermanTheMovie first film]] where it's a legit shocking and heartbreaking moment when she dies, we all know they're not gonna do that again. So we watch them underwater and Superman save people for ten minutes. [...] So why is ''this'' supposed to be interesting? Oh yeah, draaaaag out that drowning sequence, I'm '''so''' afraid they won't make it. 'Hey, remember that Superman reboot where they killed his son as well as Lois?' Really got me there, movie!"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' reviews ''Film/SupermanReturns''

->''"So, as the Plot Hole gets bigger -- both literally and metaphorically -- the critics watch as their doom comes closer." ''(clip of the critics reminiscing about their first reviews)'' "Oh yeah, I'm totally convinced they're not gonna make it. Website/ChannelAwesome will fire all of them in one swoop just for shits and giggles, and yet they stilll show up to shoot their finales at the same time. Onward, poorly deceiving soldiers."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' reviews ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''

->''"Well, uh, the media really went for it, they really bid on it, they reeeeeeally thought that [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman DC Comics was gonna kill off its biggest moneymaker.]] Yeah, sure, and I also believe in the tooth fairy; and I also believe that if you're in a 747 at thirty thousand feet, you're gonna hit a pig..."''
-->-- '''Creator/HarlanEllison''', ''[[https://youtu.be/SgAXCT99m0M Harlan Ellison's Watching #3]]''

->''"We've all seen the movies where the hero is in trouble; he's surrounded by 20 people, but you know he's gonna get away 'cause he's the hero. You don't really feel any fear for him. I want my readers, and I want viewers to be afraid when my characters are in danger. I want them to be afraid to turn the next page because [[AnyoneCanDie the next character may not survive it]]."''

->''"Unlike the [[Film/{{Superman}} first film]] where it's a legit shocking and heartbreaking moment when she dies, we all know they're not gonna do that again. So we watch them underwater and Superman save people for ten minutes. [...] So why is ''this'' supposed to be interesting? Oh yeah, draaaaag out that drowning sequence, I'm '''so''' afraid they won't make it. 'Hey, remember that Superman reboot where they killed his son as well as Lois?' Really got me there, movie!"''

->''"Unlike the [[Film/Superman1 first film]] where it's a legit shocking and heartbreaking moment when she dies, we all know they're not gonna do that again. So we watch them underwater and Superman save people for ten minutes. [...] So why is ''this'' supposed to be interesting? Oh yeah, draaaaag out that drowning sequence, I'm '''so''' afraid they won't make it. 'Hey, remember that Superman reboot where they killed his son as well as Lois?' Really got me there, movie!"''

->''ComicBook/GwenStacy]isn't dead — she's only sleeping,''[[note]]In actuality, Gwen has managed to remain dead since 1973[[/note]]\\

->''"Unlike the [[Film/Superman1 first film]] where it's a legit shocking and heartbreaking moment when she dies, we all know they're not gonna do that again. So we watch them underwater and Superman save people for ten minutes. [...] So why is ''this'' supposed to be interesting? Oh yeah, draaaaag out that drowning sequence, I'm '''so''' afraid they won't make it. 'Hey, remember that Superman reboot where they killed his son as well as Lois?' Really got me there, movie!"''

->''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan Gwen Stacy]] isn't dead — she's only sleeping,''\\

->''"Unlike the [[Film/Superman1 first film]] where it's a legit shocking and heartbreaking moment when she dies, we all know they're not gonna do that again. So we watch them underwater and Superman save people for ten minutes. [...] So why is ''this'' supposed to be interesting? Oh yeah, draaaaag out that drowning sequence, I'm '''so''' afraid they won't make it. 'Hey, remember that Superman reboot where they killed his son as well as Lois?' Really got me there, movie!"''

-->--''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'' [[http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/2025.html#cutid2 review]] in ''Movies in 15 Minutes,'' by Creator/CleolindaJones

-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin'''

->''"We've all seen the movies where the hero is in trouble; he's surrounded by 20 people, but you know he's gonna get away 'cause he's the hero. You don't really feel any fear for him. I want my readers, and I want viewers to be afraid when my characters are in danger. I want them to be afraid to turn the next page because the next character may not survive it."''

'''EMT:''' Ma'am? Did someone order an ambulance for The LittlestCancerPatient?\\

'''AUDIENCE:''' Oh, whatever. Like you were going to kill off The LittlestCancerPatient.

->''"The best thing about '''Series/BabylonFive''' was that it could be a total bastard sometimes. Beloved characters died unfair deaths (who remembers [[spoiler: Marcus Cole]]? I do), UnrequitedLove often stayed that way (Lennier and Delenn, anyone?), good was not always rewarded, and evil sometimes [[KarmaHoudini went unpunished]]. That’s why the end of “Z’ha’dum” worked so well — I honestly believed that JMS was fully capable of allowing his protagonist to become a grease spot at the bottom of a crater, even with two years left in the vaunted five-year plan. Compare that cliffhanger to '''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''’s “The Best Of Both Worlds”: sure, Picard had been Borgerized, and it sucked, but I never believed for one minute that the writers would let him stay that way, because it would shake up the series too much. '''Babylon 5''', on the other hand, had already had so many they’re-not-allowed-to-do-that-are-they? moments that Sheridan’s untimely death seemed like a very real possibility, whereas we never thought Picard was really in jeopardy."''

->''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan Gwen Stacy]] isn't [[KilledOffForReal dead]] — she's [[HesJustHiding only sleeping,]]''\\
''And ComicBook/{{Elektra}} isn't [[FaceHeelTurn evil]] or [[AxCrazy insane.]]''\\
''And [[ExecutiveMeddling those bastards]] in the Pentagon can't really [[StuffedInTheFridge kill]] [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis Sue Dibny,]]''\\

'''Kermit the Frog (mimicked by Bum)''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint None of us do, we're Muppets!]]

->''"I mean, you didn't really think we'd kill off [[spoiler: Brian]], did you? Jesus, we'd have to be fucking high."''
-->-- '''[[https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/412407556942753792 Seth MacFarlane]]''', ''after the airing of "Christmas Guy" which brought back [[spoiler: Brian Griffin]] from the dead''

->''"[[CaptainObvious But I didn't die though. It was a joke.]]"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/JonTron''''s [[ItMakesSenseInContext gravestone]], ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'' '''review'''

->''"So, as the Plot Hole gets bigger -- both literally and metaphorically -- the critics watch as their doom comes closer." ''(clip of the critics reminiscing about their first reviews)'' "Oh yeah, I'm [[SarcasmMode totally]] convinced they're not gonna make it. Website/ChannelAwesome will fire all of them in one swoop just for shits and giggles, and yet they stilll show up to shoot their finales at the same time. Onward, poorly deceiving soldiers."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' [[SelfDeprecatingHumor reviews]] ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''

-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin'''

->'''''Superman #429''': Superman kicks the bucket again. Sure to be a collectors' item with stupid fans who actually think that DC Comics is going to kill off a character worth billions of dollars.''
-->-- ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''
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'''Kermit the Frog (mimicked by Bum)''': [[ComicallyMissingthePoint None of us do, we're Muppets!]]

->''"So, as the Plot Hole gets bigger -- both literally and metaphorically -- the critics watch as their doom comes closer." ''(clip of the critics reminiscing about their first reviews)'' "Oh yeah, I'm [[SarcasmMode totally]] convinced they're not gonna make it. [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] will fire all of them in one swoop just for shits and giggles, and yet they stilll show up to shoot their finales at the same time. Onward, poorly deceiving soldiers."''

->''"[[CaptainObvious But I didn't die though. It was a joke.]]"

->''"So, as the Plot Hole gets bigger -- both literally and metaphorically -- the critics watch as their doom comes closer." ''(clip of the critics reminiscing about their first reviews)'' "Oh yeah, I'm [[SarcasmMode totally]] convinced they're not gonna make it. [[WebVideo/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] will fire all of them in one swoop just for shits and giggles, and yet they stilll show up to shoot their finales at the same time. Onward, poorly deceiving soldiers."''