History Quotes / RagtagBunchOfMisfits

'''Hermes:''' [[WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon Tally me banana]]!\\

'''[[CrusadingWidower Colonel]]:''' Not really, [[OldSoldier it's part of the job]].\\

-->-- '''General Kimsey''', ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''

-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', "Something Else Entirely"

->'''Harley''': You said no woman could ever get a crew of bad guys. Well, I didn't just get "bad guys", I got two of the '''''fuckin' worst'''''!\\
'''Maxie Zeus''': You call that a crew? A midget and a mudslide?

--> ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea'', Episode 40

->''"So, this is the team that's gonna take down the most dangerous wizard in over a century: a [[FantasticScience magizoologist]], his indispensable assistant, a wizard descended from a very old French family, a schoolteacher, and a {{muggle|s}} baker with his fake wand."''

-->-- '''Super Skrull''', ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020''

-> '''Heidegger:''' So then -- what is this ragtag group of misfits I see before me?\\

-->-- '''Starlight Glimmer''' describing the Mane Six, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

-->-- '''[[Characters/BlackCloverYamiSukehiro Yami Sukehiro]]''', ''Manga/BlackClover''


->With a reluctant assistant cook as a pilot, a ditsy general's daughter in command, and the largest contingent of geeks, misfits and anime fans ever sent into orbit, the poor enemy Jovians won't stand a chance!
-->-- Right Stuf's summary of ''Manga/MartianSuccessorNadesico''

->Back in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks '60s]], when DC super-heroes still sported right-angled jawlines and Boy Scout principles, the Comicbook/DoomPatrol slouched into town like a pack of junkyard dogs with a grudge against mankind.
-->-- '''Creator/GrantMorrison''' from his Afterword to ''Doom Patrol'' #20

->''"Funny thing is, even though it didn't exactly all work out the way I had hoped, I feel weirdly proud about the whole thing. Like maybe losing's not the worst thing that can happen to a guy, you know? I mean, hell, maybe it's not losing at all-- we were the Sinister Six! That's a big deal, right? And those other guys that used to call themselves that, the ones everyone thinks are the real Sinister Six-- I'd never trade places with them in a million years. You know why? Because while they might be smarter or richer or have awesome lion pelt vests-- they'll never know what it's like to be a guy with a dream and nothing else. Somebody just trying to get make it to where they have to go, willing to do anything to get there. What it's like to fight and scrap and claw for everything you have. Just survive. That's worth something, too. And that's what we were. We might have been a sorry bunch of lying, scheming, two-bit hoods, but you ask me, pound for pound-- I say we were the best damn gang this town's ever seen."''

->And the five sort-of friends went upstairs.\\

But they have it.

->They're all milling around the car in the gas station forecourt, stretching their legs while Snake pumps the gas, Clover hovering at his elbow. It's empty, which Junpei is thankful for, because as a group they look bizarre. A schoolgirl in kneesocks, an exotic dancer in a sarong, a hulking policeman, an aristocratic young man wearing a monk's robe, and some college kid, all filthy, all exhausted.

->"Yep, we're rude, crude and completely ragtag. In other words, we're a shoo-in to win!"
-->-- [[Manga/OnePiece Bartolomeo,]] ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', Chapter 62

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->We spend 250 billion dollars a year on defense. And here we are: The fate of the planet in the hands of bunch of retards I wouldn't trust with a potato gun!

->But, let's do a headcount here: Your brother, the demigod; a super-soldier -- a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with ''breathtaking'' anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, and ''you'', big fella... you've managed to piss off every single one of them.
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]''', ''Film/TheAvengers2012''

->''"So here we are: a thief, two thugs, an assassin and a maniac. But we're not going to stand by as evil wipes out the galaxy. I guess we're stuck together, partners."''
-->--'''[[ComicBook/StarLord Peter Quill]]''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' trailer

->There's no use waiting for the cavalry, because as of this moment, the cavalry is us. This is our fight, whether we like it or not. Just we few. We're not your classic superheroes. We're not the favorites. We're the other guys. We're the guys nobody ever bets on.
-->-- '''The Shoveler''' ''Film/MysteryMen''

->An orphan girl, a [[SummonEverymanHero lost traveler]], an [[DrunkenMaster old drunk]], and the monk who has failed at the same task for half his life. Hmph. Misfits following a misfit in hopes of rescuing... a [[SealedGoodInACan misfit]].

->We're all very different people. We're not Watusi. We're not Spartans. [[{{Eagleland}} We're Americans with a capital "A," huh]]? You know what that means? Do you? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. We're mutts. Here's proof. His nose is cold. But there's no animal that's more faithful, that's more loyal, more loveable than the mutt. Who saw ''Film/OldYeller''? Who cried [[ItWasHisSled when Old Yeller got shot at the end]]? Nobody cried when Old Yeller got shot? I'm sure. [[ManlyTears I cried my eyes out]]. Yeah. So we're all dogfaces. We're all very different. But there is one thing that we all have in common. We were all stupid enough to enlist in the army.

->''So, this is the team that's gonna take down the most dangerous wizard in over a century: a magizoologist, his indispensable assistant, a wizard descended from a very old French family, a school teacher, and a muggle baker with his fake wand.''

->''"Cassie, everyone here has problems. Ax is the only member of his species within a trillion miles who’s not a Controller; you’re a pacifist who spends half her time battling aliens; [[TheLeader Jake]] is just a dumb jock trying to play General Eisenhower; [[BloodKnight Rachel]] is about three millimeters away from morphing permanently into the Terminator; and, oh, by the way, Tobias is [[ShapeshifterModeLock a bird]] who lives in a tree and eats mice for breakfast."''

->'''[[SnarkKnight Shelena]]:''' Just great! I found myself in a ''fascinating'' company! A banished wizard, who can't conjure anything without fainting immediately...\\

(''[[TheKlutz Rest]] tries to protest, but has an attack of coughing'')\\

(''[[LittleMissBadass Virra]]'s the only one to cheer up'')\\

->'''[[TheCaptain Wedge Antilles:]]''' [[TheChainsOfCommanding I'm leading children, and I'm getting them killed.]]\\
'''[[TheLancer Wes Janson:]]''' [[BrutalHonesty That's true.]]\\

'''Wes:''' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It's true. Wedge, you asked for misfits]]. [[DeconstructedTrope You had to have known that even with the ones who made the grade, they were going to take losses that were heavier than in a normal unit. So many of them are dragging around these weights of emotional problems. It makes it tougher for them to hop in the right direction at the right time.]]\\

'''Wes:''' Even with that, [[MisfitMobilizationMoment as a group they're doing better than they ever had a right to]]. [[DeadpanSnarker Some of them are fit to eat with real people.]] Even to fly with other units. That wasn't the case when you founded the Wraiths.

->[[OnlySaneMan Hannah]] is laughing silently to herself, shoulders shaking. "God," she manages, "I can't bloody work out if this is the worst [[ExtranormalInstitute military intelligence division]] or the best. I really can't."
-->--''Broken Hero,'' by Jonathan Wood

->In the white light, Quentin could see better and what he saw was five people who didn't look much like [[CaperCrew a team of world-beating master thieves]]. He felt more like he'd just joined the French Foreign Legion: they were [[BlueCollarWarlock the sweepings of the magical world]], the lost souls, here because nobody else would take them.
-->--''[[Literature/TheMagicians The Magician's Land]]''

->This is the crack team that foils my every plan? I am deeply shamed.

->'''[[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]]:''' What I'm saying is going at them head on, that'll get you killed.\\
'''[[ComicBook/IronFist Danny Rand]]:''' Only if we do it alone.\\
'''ComicBook/JessicaJones:''' ''({{Beat}})'' No.\\

'''ComicBook/LukeCage:''' I wanted to help one kid. One family.\\

'''Danny:''' I tried being a one-man army and it failed. But ''this''. This feels like something else is at work here.

->Well, it's a [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]] kind of family... but for what it's worth, Zhaan, you're family.
-->-- '''John Crichton''', ''{{Series/Farscape}}''

->Talk about [[FiveTokenBand blatant tokenism]]. That whole ragtag bunch of misfits thing is so 2009.
-->-- '''Olivia Newton-John''', ''{{Series/Glee}}''

->You've each been selected for this mission because you're unknown to the enemy and you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster, and Daniel Day-Lewis; Welcome to Operation Mind-Fuck!

->You're telling me the fate of the world is in the hands of a pastry chef, a Harlem Globetrotter, an alien real estate sign-spinner, a dude dressed as Grimace, and an office chair?

->It is clear to me that none of you are worthy of my blood or my life, [[AFatherToHisMen but I will stand for you]]. And together we will bring honor to this ship and glory to the Empire.
-->-- '''Worf''' ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Soldiers of the Empire", to the crew of the ''Rotarran''.

->A child, a moron, a failure and a psychopath. Quite a little team you've put together.

'''Kira:''' Well if he wants to defeat the Dominion he's going to have to put his personal feelings aside.\\
'''Garak:''' He's certainly willing to do that. He knows the value of your skills. Damar is concerned that his men will see your uniform as an affront. We Cardassians are a proud people. Losing Bajor to a ragtag band of terrorists, no offense, was a humiliation.

->You wouldn't be the first wayward soul we've folded into our ranks.

->What can we do? We're just a ragtag bunch of misfits.

->"The thing we're up against, it has virtually unlimited resources -- governments working unwittingly at its behest, operatives around the globe protecting it. You know how many we have? Five. Six if you count the dog."

'''Eleanor:''' --On one condition. You wanna be on our team? You gotta be on ''our team.'' Which means the professor here ''(points to Chidi)'' is gonna give us all lessons on how to be better people, ''including'' you.\\

-->--''from Recap/TheGoodPlaceS2E03TeamCockroach''

->One's father was filthy rich, two was middle class, and one was homeless,\\
Add in the paralyzed girl in the wheelchair who just liked to watch, and that was the whole clique.

->And the cynics were outraged\\

Cause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world.

->Burr, check what we got\\

Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

->What will posterity think we were? Demi-gods? We're men, no more no less, trying to get a nation started against greater odds than a more generous God would have allowed.

->''Great heroes can be found, even here... in the rain and mud.''
-->--'''The Ancestor''', when recruiting heroes from the Stagecoach, ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon''

-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', when Oghren wants to join the party.

->Have you ''met'' my friends? All of them are crazy, and most of them are killers.

->'''[[CowboyCop Leonard]]:''' Home ain't where the heart is. It's where they [[DudeWheresMyRespect respect who you are]]. Well my badge means shit now. You [[GoodIsNotSoft shoot a coupla sister-fuckin' dirtbags in the back]], and it's [[TurnInYourBadge no badge, no gun, no permits, just like that]].\\
'''[[SirSwearsALot Callum]]:''' Aye, I was the [[FunetikAksent heid man]] until I slashed up the wrong [[CountryMatters cunt]]. A mate of my da's, the cap'n, [[BaitTheDog took me in after that]]. Aye, [[LateArrivalSpoiler THAT cap'n]]. But I'm [[RecoveredAddict off the skag]] an' I've still got my [[KnifeNut knife]] in case an'er wrong cunt comes 'roon.\\
'''[[SassyBlackWoman Tisha]]:''' I'd still carry my M9 if I could, but [[HeroWithBadPublicity crazies]] don't get to carry weapons. The [[GeneralFailure general]] pulls [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections a few strings]], and suddenly I have a [[ShellShockedVeteran disorder]]. Hell, we all have a [[AmbiguousDisorder disorder]]. How do you think we ended up in this shit?\\
'''[[HuskyRusskie Mikhail]]:''' I had to leave. [[TheMafiya People like me]]... They do not respect life. [[MoralSociopathy They respect the code]]. I broke it. Now [[PersonaNonGrata I cannot go back.]] Not until I know [[ActionDad I can keep my Katya and our daughter safe]].\\

'''Leonard:''' The problem was [[EvilAllAlong that motherfuckin' ship captain]]. That cocksucker [[LesCollaborateurs sold us out]]. [[MuggingTheMonster Took every ounce a' cash we earned]] and [[LesCollaborateurs sold the ship and every person on it to a bunch of candyass pirates]].\\
'''Callum:''' The brass neck a' that cunt. The captain was my dad's mate. [[EtTuBrute Oor mate]]. ''[[TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil You just don' fuckin' do that!]]''\\

-->-- ''VideoGame/FarCry3'', '''Co-Op Mode'''

'''Rufus:''' [[LampshadeHanging What a crew.]]

-> '''Heidegger''': So then -- what is this ragtag group of misfits I see before me?\\
'''Barret''': Avalanche!\\
'''Aerith''': Local florist!\\
'''Red XIII''': Lab rat dog.

->An unlikely BandOfBrothers.

->Sometimes, I'm not sure if the ''Normandy'''s a warship or a traveling freak-show.

->Two [[SkyPirate air pirates]], a [[MysteriousWaif Silvite]], two crazy old men, a snot-nosed brat, and an airsick prince! [[EvilEmpire Valua]] doesn't stand a chance against us.

->There's something I still don't get. Am I really THAT weird? This world's full of crazies! Look at [[BattleButler Jakob]]. He has split-personality disorder. The minute [[PlayerCharacter Lord/Lady Avatar]] shows up, he's a celestial being with a heart of gold. With everyone else, he's a jerk. [[KnightInShiningArmor Silas]]? He's OK, but he's into some strange stuff. Or [[CosmicPlaything Arthur]]? He must have done something terrible to the gods to have such bad luck! All of the ladies are sick and tired of being hit on by [[ChivalrousPervert Laslow]]! You know it's true! And [[PsychoForHire Niles]]?! Seriously?! Is anyone shadier than that character? Why single [[LargeHam me]] out?

-->-- ''Videogame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''

->We're a sorry bunch of losers!

->An elite group of war veterans, psychopaths, heroes and expendables.

->Okay, listen up: Um... you're a bunch of dirty misfits! But you're all that's left, so you'll have to do.
-->--'''Cayde-6''', ''[[Videogame/{{Destiny}} Destiny 2]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLAJVmggt0 trailer]]

->Men and women. Soldiers and outlaws. All will come to us now that the road is clear.
->Great heroes can be found, even here... in the mud and rain.
-->--'''The Narrator''', ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', when upgrading the Stagecoach

-->--''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''

->''"A courier, doctor, and a cybernetic dog. After we deal with the whole "imminent conquest of New Vegas" problem, we should open an act at the Tops."''

->That would be you. The leftovers nobody else wants. Makes sense?
->A punk car thief, a tramp who "worked" in a bar bathroom and an otaku narcissist who can't love anything that isn't two-dimensional... A walking potato who's strong but brainless and a cowardly sniper who can't kill people. I'm genuinely impressed they managed to find such a collection of rejects.
->Of course, I myself am an idiot who rebelled against his parents, tried to become a dentist, and somehow ended up as military doctor instead... If anything, I'm probably the single biggest moron in this room.
-->--'''Liutenant J''', when first meeting his future platoon, ''VisualNovel/TheLabyrinthOfGrisaia''.

->The three of us all have pretty annoying personalities. If we were a bit more normal, we'd probably have more normal friends. We're stuck together now because we're all flawed.
-->--'''Sasa Futano''', regarding herself and her two best friends, ''VisualNovel/KindredSpiritsOnTheRoof''

->Is it true what they say about ragtag bands of misfits? Because if it is, we're pretty much invincible.

->Wait, wait. You ARE a rag-tag group of adventurers with unclear goals and good hearts, right? ...Yeah, you people are my LARGEST threat.

'''Trond:''' Stop badmouthing idiots, you spoiled brats! Some of the most competent soldiers that I've had the privilege to work with were idiots. (...) Another demographic we should look into is desperate people, like the recently fired ones. And those who hate their current employers or co-workers with a burning passion. \\

->So... we got carrot head, talking deer and the pervert chef. Must be one hell of a crew once we get them all together, huh?

->'''[[HiredGuns Felix]]''': Let's see if [[ArmedFarces you guys]] are [[FamedInStory as good as they say.]]\\
'''Grif''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Prepare]] to be [[SelfDeprecation sorely disappointed.]]
-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

->[A] career supervillain, a killer robot AI with tits, and a crazy teenage mutant girl who had her soul gang-banged in Limbo...
-->-- '''[[http://xmen-supreme.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/avengers-vs-x-men-consequences-5.html Jack Fisher]]''' describing ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}'s activist group.

'''Rodan:''' Uh, Godzilla, they ARE the group of nerdy-looking monsters!\\

->'''B.O.B.:''' We are the worst adventurers on the planet. [[DisappearedDad The bad father]], the [[BewareTheQuietOnes taciturn dwarf]], [[KnightTemplar the paladin that do police brutality]] and that [[SelfDeprecation guy who flirts with everyone]]. We must open our tavern, we've been talking about this for too long.
-->-- ''WebVideo/{{Aventures}}''

->So we have a strategist with no plan, a charmless bard who is also tone deaf, an insane cannibal wolf lady, a barbarian who prefers the art of film to fighting, and a slow rogue. What a colorful bunch.

->'''Kimball:''' [[FamedInStory When I first heard about you four, I envisioned strong, daring, respectable soldiers.]]\\

'''Kimball:''' But, now that I've come to know you, I found that you're something else entirely. It turns out you're all a bunch of-\\

->'''Fry:''' Why would you want to be normal? You're better than normal. You're ''abnormal'', and that's what makes you great! Like Dr. Zoidberg. He's a weird monster who smells like he eats garbage, and does.\\

'''Fry:''' The Professor's a senile, amoral crackpot...\\
'''Farnsworth:''' (''cackles'')\\
'''Fry:''' Amy's a klutz from Mars...\\
'''Amy:''' (''crash'') [[FutureSlang Floops!]]\\
'''Fry:''' Hermes is a Rastafarian accountant...\\
'''Hermes:''' Tally me banana!\\
'''Professor:''' And Fry, you've got that brain thing.\\

-->-- ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''

->'''Raven:''' I don't exactly... fit in.\\
'''Cyborg:''' He's green, half of me is metal, and she's from space. You fit in fine.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''

->Ugh! What's so special about your friends?! How can a group of ponies that are so different be so important?!

->Is this really all the women we could find in this town? A receptionist, a circus freak... That's a car.
-->--'''Gina Jabowski''' on Karen's all-female police force, ''WesternAnimation/ParadisePD'', "Recap/ParadisePDS02E03TuckerCarlsonIsAHugeDick"

->''But this is all that's left of [[[BigGood Rose Quartz's]]] army? A lost, defective [[SlaveRace Pearl]], a puny, overcooked runt, and THIS [[FusionDance shameless display]]?''
-->--'''[[BloodKnight Jasper]]''', about Pearl, Amethyst and Garnet respectively, ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

'''Wes:''' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It's true. Wedge, you asked for misfits.]] [[DeconstructedTrope You had to have known that even with the ones who made the grade, they were going to take losses that were heavier than in a normal unit. So many of them are dragging around these weights of emotional problems. It makes it tougher for them to hop in the right direction at the right time.]]\\

'''Wes:''' Even with that, [[MisfitMobilizationMoment as a group they're doing better than they ever had a right to.]] [[DeadpanSnarker Some of them are fit to eat with real people.]] Even to fly with other units. That wasn't the case when you founded the Wraiths.

'''Isabela:''' Let's see... [[DemonicPossession Are you possessed?]] [[DealwiththeDevil Consorting with demons?]] [[TheMunchausen A pathological liar]]?\\

'''[[SirSwearsALot Cal]][[ViolentGlaswegian lum]]:''' Aye, I was the [[FunetikAksent heid man]] until I slashed up the wrong [[CountryMatters cunt]]. A mate of my da's, the cap'n, [[BaitTheDog took me in after that]]. Aye, [[LateArrivalSpoiler THAT cap'n]]. But I'm [[RecoveredAddict off the skag]] an' I've still got my [[KnifeNut knife]] in case an'er wrong cunt comes 'roon.\\

->'''[[HiredGuns Felix]]''': Let's see if [[ArmedFarces you guys]] [[FamedInStory are as good as they say.]]\\
'''Grif''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Prepare to be]] [[SelfDeprecation sorely disappointed.]]

->''But this is all that's left of [[[BigGood Rose Quartz's]]] army? A lost, [[FantasticRacism defective]] [[SlaveRace Pearl]], a puny, overcooked runt, and THIS [[FusionDance shameless display]]?''

->''"Someday, I'm gonna make my own brigade. I bet the other brigades will look after the decent types and the brilliant ones, so the ones destiny didn't choose. The ones who got chained down. The lost ones. The ones burdened with crimes. A brigade where people who haven't been able to wield the power they've got can rampage around. I'll get stronger too, so I can keep those idiots together."''

->''"My first impression of this group... you're a bunch of idiots."''
-->-- '''Kakashi''', ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''

->''"We're the Black Bulls. A whole group of failures. That little flaw of yours ain't a big deal, idiot."''
-->-- '''Magna Swing''', ''Manga/BlackClover''

-->-- ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1186465 it's the end of the world as we know it]]'', a ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' fic

-->-- '''General Kimsey''', ''{{Film/Armageddon}}''

->''"[[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Rider]], the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] is an ad-hoc group of mercenaries and trauma survivors, operating out of bars and hospital facilities. What is there for the Council to shut down exactly?"''

->''"[[ComicBook/Nova Rider]], the [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians]] is an ad-hoc group of mercenaries and trauma survivors, operating out of bars and hospital facilities. What is there for the Council to shut down exactly?"''

'''Wes:''' [[RealityEnsues It's true. Wedge, you asked for misfits.]] [[DeconstructedTrope You had to have known that even with the ones who made the grade, they were going to take losses that were heavier than in a normal unit. So many of them are dragging around these weights of emotional problems. It makes it tougher for them to hop in the right direction at the right time.]]\\