History Quotes / TerrorHero

'''Imp''': “Creep factor a thousand. You’re just standing there, [[MadeOfIron and you shouldn’t be upright,]] with the way your arm is, but you are because of that flight pack, you’re not looking at anyone you talk to, not even opening your mouth. And when you’re talking, you don’t pause for breath or anything and there’s no emotion in your voice. I’d almost think you bit it, and your ghost lives on in the ''swarrrrmm.''”\\

'''Imp''': “Right. But you ''look'' dead, and that’s creepy, and that’s ''good'', because creepy reminds me of old [[VillainProtagonist Skitter.]] [[SignificantRename Old Skitter was cool.]]”

->If we are to survive, a new balance must be found. In normal times, evil would be fought by good. But in times like these, well, it should be fought by another kind of evil.
-->-- ''Opening narration to Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''

->When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice: ''that'' is fear. ''That'' is what I am. That is why they hired assassins, because I am the reason that criminals breathe easier when the sun rises.

'''[[CreepyGood Anaxas]]''': Don't you want to terrify? Fear means there are fewer to fight next time.astiel''': Don't worry about the Winchesters.\\
'''Crow Fear means lives are saved.

->Don't worry"?! What, like [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] didn't worry? Or [[ArchangelMichael Michael?]] Or Lilith or Alastair or Azazel ''didn't worry?'' Am I the only game piece on the board who doesn't underestimate those '''denim-wrapped nightmares?!'''
-->--''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "The Man Who Would Be King"

->Wow, what a transformation between [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen}} "Revenge of the Cybermen"]] (where [[Creator/TomBaker Tom]] seemed a little wobbly and unsure in the role) and this. By all accounts he received some feedback on his performance in the first season and [[WagTheDirector flew off the handle]] at the comments (according to an interview with Creator/NicholasCourtney). It seems to have put him in a massive grump and what materializes is the brooding, menacing fourth Doctor of seasons thirteen and fourteen. Perhaps the definitive fourth Doctor for most...he looks as terrifying and ominous as any of the villains he has ever faced. Rather than sympathising with Sarah when the air is sucked out of the room he tells her to [[NoSympathy shut up and save her breath]]. When he hypnotises her, the Doctor is the most frighteningly alien thing in this story.

-->--'''[[ Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons}} "Teror of the Zygons"]]

->''"If we are to survive, a new balance must be found. In normal times, evil would be fought by good. But in times like these, well, it should be fought by another kind of evil."''

->''I didn’t have to give a response. Fear was a tool I could use, here, and I could achieve that through uncertainty and the unknown.''\\
''I’d been thinking of [[SerialKiller Jack Slash]] before, but now I was thinking of [[MadBomber Bakuda]]. She’d been the first one to introduce me to that concept.''

->'''Batman''': "When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice: ''that'' is fear. ''That'' is what I am. That is why they hired [[CarnivalOfKillers assassins]], because [[BadassBoast I am the reason that criminals breathe easier when the sun rises.]] So no, Alfred, I am '''not''' in over my head! Tonight will not be my end. ''But it will be theirs!''"
-->--''Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins''

->''"It’s tempting to read this as post-''[[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Dark Knight]]'' 'let’s make all our heroes dark and tormented,' but The Girl Who Waited actively resists this reading. For one, the Doctor isn’t particularly tormented by all of this... Rory gets some zingers, but they’re not exactly [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructive]] swipes at the heart of the show. You can tell because they’re actually reasonably well-founded. Unlike, say, Davros in [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E13JourneysEnd}} Journey’s End]], where the attempts at moral critique only land because the Doctor declines to offer [[FridgeLogic the obvious refutations]], Rory’s pointing out that maybe doing a spot of research to avoid landing in the middle of a plague, or that the Doctor [[WhatTheHellHero is kind of a dick]] in making him explain to Old Amy that, yeah, he’s totally murdering her is, on the whole, a fair point.\\\
But the truth is that it wouldn’t be ''Doctor Who'' if it didn’t feature the Doctor imprudently landing in trouble. More broadly, this script fits firmly into one of [[Creator/StevenMoffat Moffat’s]] most basic and recurring themes, not just in ''Doctor Who'', which is that there is a price for having gods. Great men who can serve as ontological forces within a narrative are scary things. But this isn’t a critique of them. As Moffat said quite early on in writing ''Doctor Who'', the Doctor is worth the monsters."''
-->--'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2014/08/one-day-i-shall-come-back-girl-who.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E10TheGirlWhoWaited}} "The Girl Who Waited"]]

'''[[CreepyGood Anaxas]]''': Don't you want to terrify? Fear means there are fewer to fight next time. Fear means lives are saved.

->'''Castiel''': Don't worry about the Winchesters.\\
'''Crowley''': Don't worry?! What, like [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] didn't worry? Or [[ArchangelMichael Michael?]] Or [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Lilith or Alastair or Azazel]] didn't worry? Am I the only game piece on the board who doesn't underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!

'''''"[[AintTooProudToBeg Please]] [[VillainousBreakdown stop!]]"'''''

->'''Inquisitor''': People will fear me [if I learn [[{Necromancer}} Necromancy]]?\\
'''Anaxas''': Don't you want to terrify? Fear means there are fewer to fight next time. Fear means lives are saved.

->'''Taylor''': I'm a good guy.
->'''Armsmaster''': [[GenreSavvy You don't look like one.]]

->''I didn’t have to give a response. Fear was a tool I could use, here, and I could achieve that through uncertainty and the unknown.''
->''I’d been thinking of [[SerialKiller Jack Slash]] before, but now I was thinking of [[MadBomber Bakuda]]. She’d been the first one to introduce me to that concept.''

->'''Batman''': "When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice: that is fear. That is what I am. That is why they hired [[CarnivalOfKillers assassins]], because [[BadassBoast I am the reason that criminals breathe easier when the sun rises.]] So no, Alfred, I am '''not''' in over my head! Tonight will not be my end. ''But it will be theirs!''"
-->--''[[Videogame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Batman: Arkham Origins]]''

'''''"[[AintTooProudToBeg Please stop!]]"'''''
-->-- '''[[SmugSnake Monsoon]]''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''

->'''[[GadgeteerGenius Armsmaster]]''': [[HorrifyingHero You don't look like one.]]
-->--'''Taylor''' encounters issues with this trope, ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

-->-- '''[[SmugSnake Monsoon]]''', ''MetalGearRisingRevengeance''

->''"If we are to survive, a new balance must be found. In normal times, evil would be fought by good. But in times like these, well, it should [[CreepyGood be fought by another kind of evil.]]"''

'''Batman''': "When the mugger or the thief stops to think twice: that is fear. That is what I am. That is why they hired [[CarnivalOfKillers assassins]], because [[BadassBoast I am the reason that criminals breathe easier when the sun rises.]] So no, Alfred, I am ''NOT'' in over my head! Tonight will not be my end. ''But it will be theirs!''

-->--'''Skitter''' reflects on the lessons she's learned, ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->''I didn’t have to give a response. Fear was a tool I could use, here, and I could achieve that through uncertainty and the unknown.
->I’d been thinking of [[SerialKiller Jack Slash]] before, but now I was thinking of [[MadBomber Bakuda]]. She’d been the first one to introduce me to that concept.''

I’d been thinking of [[SerialKiller Jack Slash]] before, but now I was thinking of [[MadBomber Bakuda]]. She’d been the first one to introduce me to that concept.''

-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Girl in the Fireplace"

-->--''DoctorWho'', "The Girl in the Fireplace"