History Quotes / ResetButton

->"If you think about it, Franchise/SpiderMan not only made a deal with the devil, he came out of it ''pretty damn good!'' He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with [[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson a damn supermodel]] ''back then'', and fool around with [[ComicBook/BlackCat kinky sex-addicted catgirls]] ''now''."

->''"[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] Reset button," announced the voice of Creator/MajelBarrett. "When the ship is severely damaged in an alien attack or a crewmember undergoes a life-changing experience, it resets everything to its normal parameters."\\\

->"If you think about it, Franchise/SpiderMan not only made a {{deal with the devil}}, he came out of it ''pretty damn good!'' He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with [[ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson a damn supermodel]] ''back then'', and [[DatingCatwoman fool around]] with [[ComicBook/BlackCat kinky sex-addicted catgirls]] ''now''."

->"If you think about it, Franchise/SpiderMan not only made a {{deal with the devil}}, he came out of it ''pretty damn good!'' He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with a damn supermodel ''back then'', and [[DatingCatwoman fool around with kinky sex-addicted catgirls]] ''now''."

->Return to the past... now!

->In any story worth the tellin', that knows about the way of the world, the third wish is the one that undoes the harm the first two wishes caused.
-->-- '''Granny Weatherwax''', ''Literature/AHatFullOfSky''

->And the University had been rebuilt, or had rebuilt itself, or in some strange way had never been unbuilt; every strand of ivy, every rotting casement, was back in place. The sourcerer had offered to replace everything as good as new, all wood sparkling, all stone unstained, but the Librarian had been very firm on the subject. He wanted everything replaced as good as old.

->Ah, dammit, I want a fajita plate now. Whis, rewind!

->"[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] Reset button," announced the voice of Creator/MajelBarrett. "When the ship is severely damaged in an alien attack or a crewmember undergoes a life-changing experience, it resets everything to its normal parameters."
->"So that's how she does it," muttered Harry. He'd always wondered why he was stuck at the rank of ensign, not to mention where all those shuttles came from.
-->-- ''It Was Your Blood (Part Spoof)''

->'''Rick:''' There's an infinite number of realities, Morty! And in a few dozen of those, I got lucky and turned everything back to normal. We just had to find one of those realities in which we also happen to both die around this time. Now, we can just slip into the place of our dead selves in this reality and everything will be fine. We're not skipping a beat, Morty. Now help me with these bodies.
->'''Morty:''' This is insane...!
->'''Rick:''' Look, Morty, I'll grab myself, you grab yourself, okay? I mean, that seems fair to me. I mean, that seems like a fair way to divvy it up.
->'''Morty:''' Rick, what about the reality we left behind?!
->'''Rick:''' What about the reality where Hitler cured cancer, Morty? The answer is, "don't think about it!" It's not like we can do this every week, anyways. We get three or four more of these, tops.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''"Rick Pution #9"''

->If you think about it, Franchise/SpiderMan not only made a deal with the devil, he came out of it pretty damn good! He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with a damn supermodel back then, and fool around with kinky sex-addicted catgirls now.
-->-- '''[[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]]''', "[[ComicBook/OneMoreDay The Devil and Mr. Parker]]"

->So every piece of character development they ever did with Lex on this show? Gone. Worthless. No sir, officer. Never seen it before in my life.

-->--'''Jeremy''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Code Lyoko}}''

->In any story worth the tellin', that knows about the way of the world, [[RuleOfThree the third wish]] is the one that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor undoes the harm the first two wishes caused]].
-->-- '''Granny Weatherwax''', ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky''

->And the [[WizardingSchool University]] had been rebuilt, or had rebuilt itself, or in some strange way had never been unbuilt; every strand of ivy, every rotting casement, was back in place. The sourcerer had offered to replace everything as good as new, all wood sparkling, all stone unstained, but the Librarian had been very firm on the subject. He wanted everything replaced as good as old.
-->-- '''''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'''''

->'''Rick:''' There's an infinite number of realities, Morty! And in a few dozen of those, [[SyntheticPlague I got lucky and turned everything back to normal]]. We just had to find one of those realities in which we also happen to both die around this time. Now, we can just slip into the place of our dead selves in this reality and everything will be fine. We're not skipping a beat, Morty. Now help me with these bodies.

->If you think about it, Franchise/SpiderMan not only made a {{deal with the devil}}, he came out of it pretty damn good! He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with a damn supermodel back then, and [[{{Unishment}} fool around with kinky sex-addicted catgirls now.]]

->So every piece of {{character development}} they ever did with Lex on this show? Gone. Worthless. No sir, officer. Never seen it before in my life.

->'''Rick:''' What about the reality where Hitler cured cancer, Morty? The answer is, "don't think about it!" It's not like we can do this every week, anyways. We get three or four more of these, tops.\

->"Voyager Reset button," announced the voice of Majel Barrett. "When the ship is severely damaged in an alien attack or a crewmember undergoes a life-changing experience, it resets everything to its normal parameters."

->If you think about it, {{Spider-Man}} not only made a {{deal with the devil}}, he came out of it pretty damn good! He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with a damn supermodel back then, and [[{{Unishment}} fool around with kinky sex-addicted catgirls now.]]

-->-- '''{{Moviebob}}''', "[[ComicBook/OneMoreDay The Devil and Mr. Parker]]"

-->--'''Beerus''', after blowing up earth, ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Dragonball Z Abridged Super Shorts]]''

-->--'''Beerus''', after blowing up earth, ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Super Shorts]]''

->Everything was moving in a direction that was dramatic, interesting, poignant, strange, new, frightening. I was locked in my seat and compelled. I even almost cried when Lana died ([[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing not because Lana was dead]], but because I felt so agonized for Clark and, naive or no, his grief at the loss of [[TheScrappy the she-beast]]).\\\
And then...the same thing that make many not like the first ''{{Film/Superman}}'' movie. The time travel twist. I even said, last week, as I recall, that if he turns the world around backwards, it'll be horrible.
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville5-ep12 Neal Bailey]]''' on ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Reckoning")

->The Reset Button (™''Series/StarTrekVoyager''). Oh how I hate the reset button. No good ever comes of pressing this laziest of plot devices and wiping out everything that you have just watched. With no emotional ramifications, no narrative consequences and no point to the proceedings than to experience it and then toss it away, it has to be handled spectacularly well in order to take something worthwhile away from stories that utilise this narrative blind alley. [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords}} Last of the Time Lords]] just about got away with it because [[Creator/RussellTDavies Russell T. Davies]] was clever enough to realise that if he was going to delete all of the Master’s plans then he needed to show that the regulars characters were [[RippleEffectProofMemory still affected by what happened]]...Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is the worst kind of reset (which is the standard, in my experience), taking hold of a story that had [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the potential to mean something]] and throwing it all away. I don’t care if this is all undone in future episodes, for the here and now any development that this story professes to promote is effectively undone at a moment when it was needed more than ever. That’s not just daft, it’s enough to turn a fan who is finding a series of the show a struggle into somebody who is completely apathetic to future developments. Trying to make the reset [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cute and in-yer-face]] by having it realised in the most literal sense isn’t clever or witty, it’s a show trying to capture the confidence of shows like ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' (that played with conventions playfully all the time) and [[PretenderDiss falling flat on its face.]]
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/09/series-seven.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTARDIS}} "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS"]]

->{{Wrestling/WCW}} had a problem at the Augusta, Georgia, house show on April 30. The main event was scheduled to be [[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] versus [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Hennig]], but with Flair being out indefinitely and Hennig being, well, just not there, fans were very upset...After thinking over several scenarios, the decision was made to do a last-minute change and have Wrestling/ChrisBenoit beat Wrestling/BookerT to win the TV title. It worked; the fans were overjoyed. So the decision was made to do it again the next night. And then again, and again, and again. The belt changed hands four times in four days at the house shows, going from Booker to Benoit to Booker to Benoit to Booker again. Every night, the fans went crazy as they watched something special happen right there in their hometown. But then on Monday, when Booker T showed up to lose the belt to Fit Finley on TV, the announcers never mentioned anything about the house show title changes. They just ignored them, and to all the casual fans watching around the nation, it was as though nothing had ever happened. It also sent a very strong message to all those previously overjoyed fans in Norfolk, Greenville, North Charleston, and Savannah: you don't count, and if anything happens in [[DeepSouth your little hick town]], it won't be acknowledged on TV because it's not important. If they hadn't already already done enough to kill business in those areas, this was another nail in the coffin.
-->--'''R. D. Reynolds''' and '''Bryan Alvarez''', ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''

->''" Return to the past... now!"''

->''"In any story worth the tellin', that knows about the way of the world, [[RuleOfThree the third wish]] is the one that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor undoes the harm the first two wishes caused]]."''

->''"And the [[WizardingSchool University]] had been rebuilt, or had rebuilt itself, or in some strange way had never been unbuilt; every strand of ivy, every rotting casement, was back in place. The sourcerer had offered to replace everything as good as new, all wood sparkling, all stone unstained, but the Librarian had been very firm on the subject. He wanted everything replaced as good as old."''

->''"So every piece of {{character development}} they ever did with Lex on this show? Gone. Worthless. No sir, officer. Never seen it before in my life."''

->''"Everything was moving in a direction that was dramatic, interesting, poignant, strange, new, frightening. I was locked in my seat and compelled. I even almost cried when Lana died ([[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing not because Lana was dead]], but because I felt so agonized for Clark and, naive or no, his grief at the loss of [[TheScrappy the she-beast]]).\\\
And then...the same thing that make many not like the first ''{{Film/Superman}}'' movie. The time travel twist. I even said, last week, as I recall, that if he turns the world around backwards, it'll be horrible."''

->''"The Reset Button (™''Series/StarTrekVoyager''). Oh how I hate the reset button. No good ever comes of pressing this laziest of plot devices and wiping out everything that you have just watched. With no emotional ramifications, no narrative consequences and no point to the proceedings than to experience it and then toss it away, it has to be handled spectacularly well in order to take something worthwhile away from stories that utilise this narrative blind alley. [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords}} Last of the Time Lords]] just about got away with it because [[Creator/RussellTDavies Russell T. Davies]] was clever enough to realise that if he was going to delete all of the Master’s plans then he needed to show that the regulars characters were [[RippleEffectProofMemory still affected by what happened]]...Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is the worst kind of reset (which is the standard, in my experience), taking hold of a story that had [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the potential to mean something]] and throwing it all away. I don’t care if this is all undone in future episodes, for the here and now any development that this story professes to promote is effectively undone at a moment when it was needed more than ever. That’s not just daft, it’s enough to turn a fan who is finding a series of the show a struggle into somebody who is completely apathetic to future developments. Trying to make the reset [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cute and in-yer-face]] by having it realised in the most literal sense isn’t clever or witty, it’s a show trying to capture the confidence of shows like ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' (that played with conventions playfully all the time) and [[PretenderDiss falling flat on its face.]]"''

->''"The Reset Button (™''Series/StarTrekVoyager''). Oh how I hate the reset button. No good ever comes of pressing this laziest of plot devices and wiping out everything that you have just watched. With no emotional ramifications, no narrative consequences and no point to the proceedings than to experience it and then toss it away, it has to be handled spectacularly well in order to take something worthwhile away from stories that utilise this narrative blind alley. [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords}} Last of the Time Lords]] just about got away with it because [[Creator/RussellTDavies Russell T. Davies]] was clever enough to realise that if he was going to delete all of the Master’s plans then he needed to show that the regulars characters were [[RippleEffectProofMemory still affected by what happened]]...Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is the worst kind of reset (which is the standard, in my experience), taking hold of a story that had [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the potential to mean something]] and throwing it all away. I don’t care if this is all undone in future episodes, for the here and now any development that this story professes to promote is effectively undone at a moment when it was needed more than ever. That’s not just daft, it’s enough to turn a fan who is finding a series of the show a struggle into somebody who is completely apathetic to future developments. Trying to make the reset [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cute and in-yer-face]] by having it realised in the most literal sense isn’t clever or witty, it’s a show trying to capture the confidence of shows like ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' (that played with conventions playfully all the time) and falling flat on its face."''

->''"The Reset Button (™''Series/StarTrekVoyager''). Oh how I hate the reset button. No good ever comes of pressing this laziest of plot devices and wiping out everything that you have just watched. With no emotional ramifications, no narrative consequences and no point to the proceedings than to experience it and then toss it away, it has to be handled spectacularly well in order to take something worthwhile away from stories that utilise this narrative blind alley. [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords}} Last of the Time Lords]] just about got away with it because [[Creator/RussellTDavies Russell T. Davies]] was clever enough to realise that if he was going to delete all of the Master’s plans then he needed to show that the regulars characters were [[RippleEffectProofMemroy still affected by what happened]]...Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is the worst kind of reset (which is the standard, in my experience), taking hold of a story that had [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the potential to mean something]] and throwing it all away. I don’t care if this is all undone in future episodes, for the here and now any development that this story professes to promote is effectively undone at a moment when it was needed more than ever. That’s not just daft, it’s enough to turn a fan who is finding a series of the show a struggle into somebody who is completely apathetic to future developments. Trying to make the reset [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cute and in-yer-face]] by having it realised in the most literal sense isn’t clever or witty, it’s a show trying to capture the confidence of shows like ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' (that played with conventions playfully all the time) and falling flat on its face."''

->''"The Reset Button (™''Series/StarTrekVoyager). Oh how I hate the reset button. No good ever comes of pressing this laziest of plot devices and wiping out everything that you have just watched. With no emotional ramifications, no narrative consequences and no point to the proceedings than to experience it and then toss it away, it has to be handled spectacularly well in order to take something worthwhile away from stories that utilise this narrative blind alley. [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords}} Last of the Time Lords]] just about got away with it because [[Creator/RussellTDavies Russell T. Davies]] was clever enough to realise that if he was going to delete all of the Master’s plans then he needed to show that the regulars characters were [[RippleEffectProofMemroy still affected by what happened]]...Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS is the worst kind of reset (which is the standard, in my experience), taking hold of a story that had [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot the potential to mean something]] and throwing it all away. I don’t care if this is all undone in future episodes, for the here and now any development that this story professes to promote is effectively undone at a moment when it was needed more than ever. That’s not just daft, it’s enough to turn a fan who is finding a series of the show a struggle into somebody who is completely apathetic to future developments. Trying to make the reset [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall cute and in-yer-face]] by having it realised in the most literal sense isn’t clever or witty, it’s a show trying to capture the confidence of shows like ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' (that played with conventions playfully all the time) and falling flat on its face."''