History Quotes / StrawCharacter

->''His master plan is to create a black hole that will suck up everything on earth and turn it into energy that will power the Negative Zone planet, on which he will then live, all alone. This seems [[StupidEvil extremely pointless]], unless you buy the Radio/AlexJones conspiracies and somehow assume that that's what all environmentalists secretly want.''

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/09/too-narrow-too-crippled-monster-of.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon "The Monster of Peladon"]]

->''"In many ways, ''The Man With The Golden Gun'' begins the theme of eco-friendly science being evil. You’ll notice a theme developing over the course of the series: Scaramanga’s clean and efficient means of solar power? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/{{Moonraker}} Hugo Drax’s]] interest in plant biology? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/{{Thunderball}} Stromberg’s]] fascination with marine biology? '''''Evil!''''' [[Film/DieAnothrDay Colonel Moon’s]] solar-powered laser beam? vEvil!''''' [[Film/QuantumOfSolace Dominic Greene’s]] water conservation? '''''Evil!'''''"''

->'''Alien 1:''' So this is he -- [[RonaldReagan The Reagan]]? [[PunyEarthlings A puny specimen]], even for a human. Just like [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the defilers]] to worship such a one! Do you suppose [[HumansAreUgly ugliness is a virtue to them]]?\\

-->-- Aliens commenting on RonaldReagan, ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog''

->''"Do you wanna see the American Judicial System dragged through the muck? You wanna see our democratic institutions crumble at your feet? While the decadent East Coast liberal intelligencia score the biggest victory they've had since they stopped us from pushing the reds back" (draws his gun) " past the 38th paralell in Korea?!" (beat) "But I digress."''

->''His master plan is to create a black hole that will suck up everything on earth and turn it into energy that will power the Negative Zone planet, on which he will then live, all alone. This seems [[StupidEvil extremely pointless]], unless you buy the Creator/AlexJones conspiracies and somehow assume that that's what all environmentalists secretly want.''

->''"I'm not even going to pick up particularly on Tat Wood's suggestion that Ettis is intended as an analogue for Arthur Scargill, then effectively the second in command in [[UsefulNotes/PostWarBritishPolitics the miners' union.]]...suffice it to say that he was a very controversial and fairly Marxist figure. In any case, if Wood is correct about this equivalence, the decision to have Ettis go mad and try to blow everyone up has to be ranked as the crassest political moment in ''Series/DoctorWho'' since [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} the pacifists all had to wear dresses.]]"''

->''"{{WWE}}, it seems, is only up-to-date with its villains when they’re [[EvilForeigner one-dimensional foreigners.]] Oh, and picketers. So when the Occupy movement started disrupting the business world in September 2011, camping out in New York’s Zuccotti Park, and seeking an overthrow of their corporate overlords, it took only a month for WWE to work it into their storylines. Did they A) bring in [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]] as a sort of [[JustLikeRobinHood Socialist babyface]] to demand all the rich tax cheats pay their fair share?\\\
Did they B) get [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] to spread the Occupy message with the 'People’s Microphone'?\\\
Or did they C) make their ersatz Occupiers out to be a bunch of trouble-making whiners?\\\
If you said 'C', then I should remind you that this is merely an article and I can’t hear you, so you should probably just think the answer and not say it out loud. But you’d also be correct."''
-->--'''''{{Website/Wrestlecrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/the-wwe-walkout/ "The WWE Walkout"]]

->''"A former FBI agent, he began his political career as an operative in UsefulNotes/RichardNixon's 1972 election campaign as a member of the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP). During his time there, he was known as a top "ratfucker" and one of the Watergate "plumbers"...He also served as the inspiration for a superhero, something few other pundits/convicted felons can claim. Unfortunately, that superhero, Edward "The Comedian" Blake from Alan Moore's ''{{ComicBook/Watchmen}}'', was a sociopathic murderer, but it probably looks good on a résumé anyway."''

->'''David''': ''Smallville''[='=]s Cat Grant is basically Mandy Moore from ''{{Film/Saved}}'' Or maybe Reese Witherspoon in ''{{Film/Election}}''...I believe she listens to Glorious Godfrey on the radio, because she seems like the kind of person who’d be into Radio/GlennBeck.\\
'''Chris''': All buttoned-up cardigans and homemade cookies.\\
'''David''': I also love how they really twist in the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything gay metaphor]] when Cat starts going on about '[[HeteronormativeCrusader alternative lifestyles]].'
-->--Chris Sims and David Uzumeri [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-shield-recap-review/?trackback=tsmclip on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Shield")

-->--'''[[http://spoonyexperiment.com/neon-genesis-evangelion/ Christopher Kinsey]]''' on ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''

->''"I'm not even going to pick up particularly on Tat Wood's suggestion that Ettis is intended as an analogue for Arthur Scargill, then effectively the second in command in [[{{UsefulNotes/PostWarBritishPolitics}} the miners' union.]]...suffice it to say that he was a very controversial and fairly Marxist figure. In any case, if Wood is correct about this equivalence, the decision to have Ettis go mad and try to blow everyone up has to be ranked as the crassest political moment in ''Series/DoctorWho'' since [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators}} the pacifists all had to wear dresses.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/09/too-narrow-too-crippled-monster-of.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS11E4TheMonsterOfPeladon}} "The Monster of Peladon"]]

->''"{{WWE}}, it seems, is only up-to-date with its villains when they’re [[EvilForeigner one-dimensional foreigners.]] Oh, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and picketers]]. So when the Occupy movement started disrupting the business world in September 2011, camping out in New York’s Zuccotti Park, and seeking an overthrow of their corporate overlords, it took only a month for WWE to work it into their storylines. Did they A) bring in [[Wrestling/MikeRotunda Irwin R. Schyster]] as a sort of [[JustLikeRobinHood Socialist babyface]] to demand all the rich tax cheats pay their fair share?\\\

'''David''': I also love how they really twist in the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything gay metaphor]] when Cat starts going on about '[[HeteronormativeCrusader alternative lifestyles]].' I mean, this isn’t the ''X-Men''.

->''"Ambrose comes across as a particularly unbelievable character, somebody who would risk a war with another species in order to protect her family. A war that would [[TooDumbToLive probably see everybody she knows murdered]]. Don’t get me wrong, I can buy into the idea of her family meaning more to her than anything else in the world but she is characterised and portrayed as being so single minded and obstinate that I couldn’t really see much humanity in her. She is one of those characters that turns up in ''Doctor Who'' from time to time whose only purpose is to complicate that plot, no matter how unrealistic or bloody minded they might appear... ''[='=]I didn’t know it would go like that, dad...[='=]'' What? You didn’t realise if you [[TortureFirstAskQuestionsLater shoved a thousand volts up a lizard's jacksy]] that it would kill them?"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-hungry-earthcold-blood-written-by.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood"

->''Vanishing Point'' is also notable for containing a shout-out to director Stuart Baird. It seems likely that “Crewman Baird” was named in honour of the director of ''Series/StarTrekNemesis''...However, the reference does not seem entirely flattering. After all, Baird is introduced usurping a member of the regular cast – perhaps reflecting the sense that Jonathan Frakes was passed over for the gig. (For his part, Frakes has stated that he would have happily directed the film – were he asked.) Hoshi’s questioning of Baird’s basic competence and familiarity with the ship (“Crewman Baird doesn’t know the first thing about our linguistic database!”) reflects a lot of the cast and crew’s anxieties about Stuart Baird, who “[[PointyHairedBoss knew nothing]]” about the franchise. After all, the director kept calling [=LeVar=] Burton’s character “Laverne.”
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/04/14/star-trek-enterprise-vanishing-point-review/ Darren Mooney]]'''

!!!Fiction

-->--'''Congressman [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Alex Shrub]]''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''

->''"I OPPOSE EVERYTHING"''
->--''Protester's placard in '''Anime/DominionTankPolice'''''

->''"Oh my God! The dead have risen and they're voting Republican!"''
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]]''', in "Sideshow Bob Roberts," on finding the tomb of a [[VoteEarlyVoteOften "registered voter" who died in 1909]]


!!!RealLife

->''"Ambrose comes across as a particularly unbelievable character, somebody who would risk a war with another species in order to protect her family. A war that would [[TooDumbToLive probably see everybody she knows murdered]]. Don’t get me wrong, I can buy into the idea of her family meaning more to her than anything else in the world but she is characterised and portrayed as being so single minded and obstinate that I couldn’t really see much humanity in her. She is one of those characters that turns up in ''Doctor Who'' from time to time whose only purpose is to complicate that plot, no matter how unrealistic or bloody minded they might appear... ''[='=]I didn’t know it would go like that, dad...[='=]'' What? You didn’t realise if you shoved a thousand volts up a lizard's jacksy that it would kill them?"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-hungry-earthcold-blood-written-by.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood"

-> '''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Big Oil]]''' (thought bubble): If I let this guy stop the weather, people will stop dying. But oil is made of dead things. That means less oil.
-> '''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Big Oil]]''' (aloud): beat it, hippie!

->'''David''': ''Smallville''[='=]s Cat Grant is basically Mandy Moore from ''{{Film/Saved}}'' Or maybe Reese Witherspoon in ''{{Film/Election}}''...I believe she listens to Glorious Godfrey on the radio, because she seems like the kind of person who’d be into Radio/GlennBeck.
->'''Chris''': All buttoned-up cardigans and homemade cookies.
->'''David''': I also love how they really twist in the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything gay metaphor]] when Cat starts going on about '[[HeteronormativeCrusader alternative lifestyles]].' I mean, this isn’t the ''X-Men''.

->'''David''': ''Smallville''[='=]s Cat Grant is basically Mandy Moore from ''{{Film/Saved}}'' Or maybe Reese Witherspoon in ''{{Film/Election}}''. I mean, she [[InNameOnly doesn’t really act like Cat Grant]] at all...I mean, I believe she listens to Glorious Godfrey on the radio, because she seems like the kind of person who’d be into Radio/GlennBeck.

->'''David''': ''Smallville''[='=]s Cat Grant is basically Mandy Moore from ''{{Film/Saved}}'' Or maybe Reese Witherspoon in ''{{Film/Election}}''. I mean, she [[InNameOnly doesn’t really act like Cat Grant]] at all. She’s supposed to be [[ReallyGetsAround vamping it up]], you know? Even when she was younger. This Cat Grant is just… like, kind of annoying. I mean, I believe she listens to Glorious Godfrey on the radio, because she seems like the kind of person who’d be into Radio/GlennBeck.

-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-shield-recap-review/?trackback=tsmclip on]] ''Smallville'' ("Shield")

->'''David''': I also love how they really twist in the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything gay metaphor]] when Cat starts going on about '[[HeteronormativeCrusader alternative lifestyles]].' I mean, this isn’t the ''{{ComicBook/X-Men}}''.

->'''David''': ''Smallville''[='=]s Cat Grant is basically MandyMoore from ''{{Film/Saved}}'' Or maybe ReeseWitherspoon in ''{{Film/Election}}''. I mean, she [[InNameOnly doesn’t really act like Cat Grant]] at all. She’s supposed to be [[ReallyGetsAround vamping it up]], you know? Even when she was younger. This Cat Grant is just… like, kind of annoying. I mean, I believe she listens to Glorious Godfrey on the radio, because she seems like the kind of person who’d be into Radio/GlennBeck.

->''"Asuka really plays up the 'Ugly foreigner' aspect of her existence. Whining about how her room's too small, moaning about this and that... while Misato just chimes in 'The Japanese way is about being considerate of others'. I always thought the Japanese way was 'Don't shame your ancestors by getting caught looking as tentacle sex during your seven minute lunch break'."''

->'''David''': ''Smallville''[='=]s Cat Grant is basically MandyMoore from ''{{Film/Saved}}'' Or maybe ReeseWitherspoon in ''{{Film/Election}}''. I mean, she [[InNameOnly doesn’t really act like Cat Grant]] at all. She’s supposed to be [[ReallyGetsAround vamping it up]], you know? Even when she was younger. This Cat Grant is just… like, kind of annoying. I mean, I believe she listens to Glorious Godfrey on the radio, because she seems like the kind of person who’d be into Radio/GlennBeck.\\
'''Chris''': All buttoned-up cardigans and homemade cookies.\\
'''David''': I also love how they really twist in the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything gay metaphor]] when Cat starts going on about '[[HeteronormativeCrusader alternative lifestyles]].' I mean, this isn’t the ''{{ComicBook/X-Men}}''.

->''"Why am I forced to walk the Earth with this conscience? Maybe, if there's such a thing as reincarnation, I can come back down to Earth and just trample all over people without giving a damn about anyone but myself. That would be awesome. That's it -- in my next life, I'm coming back as a conservative."''
-->-- '''Wrestling/MickFoley''', ''The Hardcore Diaries''

->''"I OPPOSE EVERYTHING"''
->--''Protester's placard in '''Anime/DominionTankPolice'''''

-> '''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Big Oil]]''' (thought bubble): If I let this guy stop the weather, people will stop dying. But oil is made of dead things. That means less oil.
-> '''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Big Oil]]''' (aloud): beat it, hippie!
-> ''Webcomic/ChainsawSuit'', "[[GlobalWarning Disastorm]]" the movie [[http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2009/02/18/strip-164/ arc]].

->''"Oh my God! The dead have risen and they're voting Republican!"''
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]]''', in "Sideshow Bob Roberts," on finding the tomb of a [[VoteEarlyVoteOften "registered voter" who died in 1909]]