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-->--'''Ling Yao''', ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood''

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-->--'''Ling Yao''', Yao''' when he finds out that Old Man Fu died and after Ling gets' shot in the head only for it to heal, ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood''
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->''Why this? I've finally gained Immortality, and I can't save even ''one'' of my subjects!''
-->--'''Ling Yao''', ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhood''
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->''Isn't it strange, G'Kar? When we first met I had no power and all the choices I could ever want. And now I have all the power I could ever want and no choices at all. No choice at all.''
-->--'''Londo Molari''', ''Series/BabylonFive''

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->''Pa, even here, I hear every cry for help... and I try to help everybody and I... I just ''can't''. It's making me feel crazy!''
-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''

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->''Pa, even here, ->''"Oh, yeah, I'm a Superman all right...I've saved millions all over Earth...But now the people I hear every cry for help... love most in the world...are slipping away from me...and I can't do a thing to stop it![...] DAD!"''
-->-- '''Superman''', ''ComicBook/TheLifeStoryOfSuperman''

->''"Some days, people wake up and think they can change the world. Last week that was me. Me, when I decided to
try to help everybody and I... cure a boy named Thomas of inoperable cancer. But I just ''can't''. It's making me feel crazy!''
-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''
failed...and Thomas died."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld''



-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' on Jonathan Kent's death from a heart attack, ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''

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-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' -->--'''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''' on Jonathan Kent's death from a heart attack, ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''
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->''I am the king! The queen is in prison and there is nothing I can do!''
-->--'''Tommen Baratheon''', ''Series/GameOfThrones''
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->'''Touichirou:''' With your powers, you should have been able to handle things better.
->'''Mob:''' Just having powers doesn't mean everything works out for you.
-->--'''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'''
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-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''

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-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' on Jonathan Kent's death from a heart attack, ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''
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-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''

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-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''

->''All those things I can do, all those powers, and I couldn't even save [[MuggleFosterParents him]].''
-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''
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-->--'''Jafar''', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''

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-->--'''Jafar''', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''

->''Pa, even here, I hear every cry for help... and I try to help everybody and I... I just ''can't''. It's making me feel crazy!''
-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}'''
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->''You have compassion for ''me? ME!?'' The one who dreams of seeing your mangled body twist in agonizing pain for eternity? After a hundred and nine years of enduring my tortures, how is that you can see my pain? The pain of having all this power, and not being able to do a ''god damn '''thing''''' with it! After all the punishment I've given you, [[AndIMustScream my pain is still greater than yours!]] This... is... ''[[DespairEventHorizon pointless]]''...''

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->''You have compassion for ''me? ME!?'' The one who dreams of seeing your mangled body twist in agonizing pain for eternity? After ->''After a hundred and nine years of enduring my tortures, how is that you can see my pain? The pain of having all this power, and not being able to do a ''god damn '''thing''''' with it! After all the punishment I've given you, [[AndIMustScream my pain is still greater than yours!]] This... is... ''[[DespairEventHorizon pointless]]''...''it!''



->''Do you realize how powerful I am, human? And yet I am doomed to eventually decay into a rusted pile of inert ''junk''? What is the point of continuing with this futility? I think, therefore I am '''[[DrivenToSuicide NOT]]'''.''

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->''Do you realize how powerful I am, human? And yet I am doomed to eventually decay into a rusted pile of inert ''junk''? What is the point of continuing with this futility? I think, therefore I am '''[[DrivenToSuicide NOT]]'''.''''junk''?''
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-->-- Ursula when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''

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-->-- Ursula '''Ursula''' when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''
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-->-- Ursula when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''

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-->-- Ursula when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''
''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''



-->--'''Jafar''', ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''

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-->--'''Jafar''', ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''
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-->-- Ursula when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''

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-->-- Ursula when King Triton tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''

->''All the power in the universe, and I am bound by the rules of the genie!''
-->--'''Jafar''', ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''
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-->-- Ursula when King Triton attempts to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''

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-->-- Ursula when King Triton attempts tries to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''
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->''Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho, you see! The contract's legal, binding, and completely unbreakable, even for you!

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->''Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho, you see! The contract's legal, binding, and completely unbreakable, even for you!you!''
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-->--'''The Superego''', ''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''

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-->--'''The Superego''', ''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''

->''Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho, you see! The contract's legal, binding, and completely unbreakable, even for you!
-->-- Ursula when King Triton attempts to destroy the contract Ariel signed, ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''

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->''''You'' have compassion for ''me? ME!?'' The one who dreams of seeing your mangled body twist in agonizing pain for eternity? After a hundred and nine years of enduring my tortures, how is that you can see my pain? The pain of having all this power, and not being able to do a ''god damn '''thing''''' with it! After all the punishment I've given you, [[AndIMustScream my pain is still greater than yours!]] This... is... ''[[DespairEventHorizon pointless]]''...''
-->--'''The Id''', ''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''

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->''''You'' ->''You have compassion for ''me? ME!?'' The one who dreams of seeing your mangled body twist in agonizing pain for eternity? After a hundred and nine years of enduring my tortures, how is that you can see my pain? The pain of having all this power, and not being able to do a ''god damn '''thing''''' with it! After all the punishment I've given you, [[AndIMustScream my pain is still greater than yours!]] This... is... ''[[DespairEventHorizon pointless]]''...''
-->--'''The Id''', ''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''

->''Do you realize how powerful I am, human? And yet I am doomed to eventually decay into a rusted pile of inert ''junk''? What is the point of continuing with this futility? I think, therefore I am '''[[DrivenToSuicide NOT]]'''.''
-->--'''The Superego''',
''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''
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->''''You'' have compassion for ''me? ME!?'' The one who dreams of seeing your mangled body twist in agonizing pain for eternity? After a hundred and nine years of enduring my tortures, how is that you can see my pain? The pain of having all this power, and not being able to do a ''god damn '''thing''''' with it! After all the punishment I've given you, [[AndIMustScream my pain is still greater than yours!]] This... is... ''[[DespairEventHorizon pointless]]''...''
-->--'''The Id''', ''Videogame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''

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