History Quotes / TheManBehindTheMan

->"No, wait. I was just doin' what I was told. ''Couldn't'' refuse. She's someone high up, government, maybe, I don't know...No! I told him him nothi--!"

-->-->'''Don Punchinello''' [[HisNameIs moments before being shot]], ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''

->It's like I said. I'm just one small part in a great machine.
-->--'''Knox''', ''Series/{{Angel}}'' ("A Hole in the World")

->'''Loki:''' I have seen the true power of the Tesseract, and when I wield it --\\

->'''Falcon''': You're from [[BewareTheSuperman Hyperion]]'s old team, the Squadron Supreme!\\
'''Nighthawk''': Correction: The Squadron Supreme was ''my'' old team. Hyperion was [[TheBrute a hammer]]. [[TheChessmaster I am an architect]].
-->--''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', "Nighthawk"

->We all have our keepers, you see.

->'''Susan:''' There are paintings in the presidential office, pictures of investitures going right back... and he's there. [...] Sometimes, he's only a shadow, but he's in ''all'' of them. Always, dark robes just behind the new president, as if he's whispering in the president's ear.\\
'''[[spoiler: Quences]]:''' ''[[EvilWearsBlack Robes of night that drink the light]].'' And my name?\\
'''Susan:''' Your name is ''[[AncientConspiracy Auld Mortality]].''
-->--''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' "Auld Mortality"

->Every single time I think I have killed the person responsible for usurping my command, I find there's someone else higher up, still fighting me.
-->-- '''Martellus "Tweedle" von Blitzengaard''', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->[[color:#004183:"Tavros, at this point it should 8e o8vious. I am the unseen hand 8ehind every major event in their session, and to some extent, their whole lives. At least those events not happening 8y the volition of their own natural incompetence! Don't you think this is how it should 8e? Shouldn't the greatest player leave her fingerprints on every step of the rise to power of her ultim8 nemesis?"]]
-->-- '''[[Characters/HomestuckTrollsFour Vriska Serket]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

->This... is not good news. Some mysterious powerful force has been behind Talzo's group this entire time?
-->-- '''Kirby''', ''Webcomic/KirbyAdventure''

->''"You thought you were using me? ME?! Buddy, I was playing you like a bat fiddle!"''
-->-- [[spoiler:'''Bowser''']] to [[spoiler:'''Antasma''']], ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam''

->'''Max:''' ''(V.O.)'' Punchinello was a pushover. The moment I stepped into the room, [[AintTooProudToBeg he folded like a Deuce before a Royal Flush.]]\\
'''Angelo Punchinello:''' No...wait! I was just doin' what I was told! ''Couldn't'' refuse! ...She's someone high up, government maybe, I don't know!
-->--''VideoGame/MaxPayne''

->''And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known \\
(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) \\
Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time\\
Just controls their operations\\
The Napoleon of crime!''
-->-- ''Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats'': "Macavity, the Mystery Cat"

->'''Fortune''': Speaking of manipulation, it's time for me to steal Arsenal since I've been manipulating you from the start!\\
'''Solidus''': Actually, I tricked Ocelot into manipulating you into manipulating me!\\
'''Ocelot''': [[YouFOOL Fools!]] I've been manipulating everything from behind the scenes!\\
'''Magic Hand''': But actually, I've been manipulating you!\\
'''Raiden''': Alright, this has officially become a load of crap.
-->-- ''[[http://www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index.php/Site/ThumbnailMetalGearSolid2-05 Thumbnail Threatre: Metal Gear Solid 2: Part 5]]''

->'''Hot Shot''': You're saying Sideways is out there?\\
'''Optimus Prime''': I am, Hot Shot. But that's not who the Mini-Cons are warning us about. Our real enemy lies even further beyond Sideways; and that's why they want to protect us."
-->--''Anime/TransformersArmada'', "Uprising"

->We all work for someone.
-->--'''Lockdown''', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''

->''outer body is cosmetc only. why? because he supposed to scare us. [[OmnicidalManiac behemoth]] [[CreatingLife was fashioned.]] unnatural life.''
-->--'''[[AwesomenessByAnalysis Tattletale]]''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->We were almost never lords and masters. [[WeakenedByTheLight The torchlight was too intense, too bright]]; it has always been our way to rule under the light of our Moon. Why rule openly, when one can direct the lords with [[MadOracle whispers and riddles]] and even [[TheJester jests]]?

->As [[PlayingWithFire firemaster]], [[WitchDoctor shaman]] and [[ChefOfIron head chef]], Butchers wield an amount of influence within each Ogre Kingdom second only to the Tyrant himself. Twinned with their [[EvilGenius malign intellect]], it is not uncommon for the hoarse whispers of a tribe's Butcher to dictate the bellowed commands of his Tyrant.

->The leader of leaders, he is the one who pulls the strings, yet prefers to remain in the shadows as the good puppeteer he is.

->Someone has been pulling the strings from behind the entire time. Even [[TheChessmaster the Overseer]] ended up being just a puppet.

->'''Sam:''' Stuffed shirt over there is Erik Luna. He's on every local political board with an extra chair. He's a big deal down at the docks. I guess he even owns part of this golf club. He's a sorry excuse for a man, but he's got a lot of friends. The guy that worries me, though -- he's at the bar. Gray suit. That's his brother Quinn. He built this little empire. He does all the heavy lifting, but none of it means anything without Erik's pretty face and clean record. So, he's a little protective.\\
'''Michael:''' The guy behind the guy.\\
'''Sam:''' You got it.
-->-- ''Series/BurnNotice'', "Shot in the Dark", discussing the two [[VillainOfTheWeek Villains of the Week]]

->'''Palutena:''' [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades?!]]\\
'''Pit:''' Who's Hades?\\
'''Palutena:''' The true master of the Underworld.\\
'''Hades:''' Sorry to keep ''you'' waiting. But now that I'm here, let's get this party started. Welcome to MY Underworld, Pitty Pat. You too, pretty Palutena.\\
'''Palutena:''' I'm...honored you know who I am.\\
'''Hades:''' So this little angel took down [[BigBad big, bad]] Medusa all by himself. What an accomplishment! Goodness, you should put this on your resume!\\
'''Pit:''' Uh, what's with this guy?\\
'''Hades:''' But before you do, you should know that I whipped up ''that'' Medusa especially for you.\\
'''Palutena:''' Wait, how?!\\
'''Hades:''' Add a pinch of memories to a ton of souls. [[LaughablyEvil Put them in a blender, and hit frappé!]]\\
'''Pit:''' Explain yourself!\\
'''Hades:''' Her thirst for revenge was so great, it seemed a shame to let it go to waste. Oh, pretty Palutena...you must have done a real number on her. \\
'''Palutena:''' I won't deny that.\\
'''Hades:''' But she's old news, and old news ''bores'' me. We must look to the future, and that future is ''me'', the true leader of the Underworld! [[PhysicalGod Next to me, little miss Medusa's going to look like a sweet, cuddly bunny.]]\\
'''Palutena:''' No! This can't be happening!\\
'''Hades:''' I must bid you adieu.
-->-- ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

->Politicians and law enforcement think they rule society. They cannot see [[PuppetKing their own puppet holes]] or the desiccated hands jammed inside. Civic planning, excavation rights, gambling, prostitution, black market trade - all of these belong to [[TheNecrocracy the Kingdom]], and they offer access to it for the right price.
-->--'''The Buzzing''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->From the very beginning, you had been at my side like a shadow; staying ever a step behind, always pushing me into the limelight. But who was the true conductor of this opera, I ask? 'Tis a foolish question that needs no answering.
-->--'''Reinhard Heydrich''', ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''

->"You get to the top and then you find out that it's only the middle."
-->-- '''Prime Minister Dawkins''', ''Series/SecretState''

->'''Franz Oberhauser:''' You came across me so many times and yet you never saw me. [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Le Chiffre]], [[Film/QuantumOfSolace Greene]], [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Silva]]...\\
'''James Bond:''' All dead.\\
'''Franz Oberhuaser:''' Yeah, that's right. A nice pattern developed, you interfered in my world, I destroyed yours. Or did you think it was coincidence that all the women in your life ended up dead? [[ILetGwenStacyDie Vesper Lynd]] for example, she was the big one, has he told you about her? And then of course, your beloved M, gone forever. ''Me.'' It was all me, James. It's always been me. ''[[GreaterScopeVillain The author of all your pain]].''
-->-- ''Film/{{Spectre}}''

->'''Palutena:''' Hades?!\\

'''Hades:''' Add a pinch of memories to a ton of souls. Put them in a blender, and hit frappé!\\

'''Hades:''' But she's old news, and old news ''bores'' me. We must look to the future, and that future is ''me'', the true leader of the Underworld! Next to me, little miss Medusa's going to look like a sweet, cuddly bunny.\\

'''Hades:''' Sorry to keep you waiting. But now that I'm here, let's get this party started. Welcome to MY Underworld, Pitty Pat. You too, pretty Palutena.\\

'''Hades:''' So this little angel took down big, bad Medusa all by himself. What an accomplishment! Goodness, you should put this on your resume!\\

->'''Falcon''': You are from [[BewareTheSuperman Hyperion]]'s old team, the Squadron Supreme!\\

->'''Susan:''' There are paintings in the presidential office, pictures of investitures going right back... and he's there. [...] Sometimes, he's only a shadow, but he's in ''all'' of them. Always, dark robes just behind the new president, as if he's whispering in the president's ear.
->'''[[spoiler: Quences]]:''' ''[[EvilWearsBlack Robes of night that drink the light]].'' And my name?
->'''Susan:''' Your name is ''[[AncientConspiracy Auld Mortality]].''

--> '''Martellus "Tweedle" von Blitzengaard''', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->'''Hot Shot''': You're saying Sideways is out there?
->'''Optimus Prime''': I am, Hot Shot. But that's not who the Mini-Cons are warning us about. Our real enemy lies even further beyond Sideways; and that's why they want to protect us."

-->'''Lockdown''', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''

-->'''[[AwesomenessByAnalysis Tattletale]]''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

-->''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Ogre Kingdoms Army Book (6th edition)''

->'''Franz Oberhauser:''' You came across me so many times and yet you never saw me. [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Le Chiffre]], [[Film/QuantumOfSolce Greene]], [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Silva]]...\\

-->''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''

'''Hades:''' I must bid you adieu.\\
-->-- The reveal of Hades being behind Medusa, ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

->Now that I'm here, let's get this party started! Welcome to MY Underworld, Pitty Pat! And you too, Pretty Palutena! So this little angel took down big, bad Medusa all by himself? What an accomplishment! Goodness, you should put this on your resume. But before you do, you should know that I whipped up that Medusa especially for you. Add a pinch of memories to a ton of souls. Put them in a blender and hit frappe! Her thirst for revenge was so great it seemed a shame to let it go to waste. Oh Pretty Palutena...you must have done a real number on her. But she's old news, and old news bores me. We must look to the future, and that future is me; the true leader of the Underworld! Next to me, little miss Medusa is going to look like a sweet, cuddly bunny! I must bid you adieu.
-->-- '''Hades''', ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

-->-- '''Bowser''' to [[spoiler:'''Antasma''']], ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam''

''Thor:''' Who showed you this power? Who controls the would-be King?

->Who controls the would-be King?
-->-- '''Thor''', ''Film/TheAvengers2012''

-->--'''Kirby''', ''Webcomic/KirbyAdventure''

->'''Michael:''' The guy behind the guy.\\
->'''Sam:''' You got it.

->''"You're just a microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan\\
Designed and directed by his RedRightHand"''
-->-- '''Music/NickCave''', ''Red Right Hand''

->We all have our keepers, you see.
-->--'''Emperor Mollari''', ''Series/BabylonFive'' ("War Without End Pt. 2")

->Who controls the would-be King?
-->-- '''Thor''', ''Film/TheAvengers2012''

->[[color:#004183:"Tavros, at this point it should 8e o8vious. I am the unseen hand 8ehind every major event in their session, and to some extent, their whole lives. At least those events not happening 8y the volition of their own natural incompetence! Don't you think this is how it should 8e? Shouldn't the greatest player leave her fingerprints on every step of the rise to power of her ultim8 nemesis?"]]
-->-- '''[[Characters/HomestuckTrollsFour Vriska Serket]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

->'''Falcon''': You are from [[BewareTheSuperman Hyperion]]'s old team, the Squadron Supreme!\\
'''Nighthawk''': Correction: The Squadron Supreme was ''my'' old team. Hyperion was [[TheBrute a hammer]]. [[TheChessmaster I am an architect]].
-->--''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', "Nighthawk"

->''And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known \\
(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) \\
Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time\\
Just controls their operations\\
The Napoleon of crime!''
-->-- ''Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats'': "Macavity, the Mystery Cat"

->'''Susan:''' There are paintings in the presidential office, pictures of investitures going right back... and he's there. [...] Sometimes, he's only a shadow, but he's in ''all'' of them. Always, dark robes just behind the new president, as if he's whispering in the president's ear.
->'''[[spoiler: Quences]]:''' ''[[EvilWearsBlack Robes of night that drink the light]].'' And my name?
->'''Susan:''' Your name is ''[[AncientConspiracy Auld Mortality]].''
-->--''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' "Auld Mortality"

->This... is not good news. Some mysterious powerful force has been behind Talzo's group this entire time?
-->--'''Kirby''', ''Webcomic/KirbyAdventure''

->'''Hot Shot''': You're saying Sideways is out there?
->'''Optimus Prime''': I am, Hot Shot. But that's not who the Mini-Cons are warning us about. Our real enemy lies even further beyond Sideways; and that's why they want to protect us."
-->--''Anime/TransformersArmada'', "Uprising"

->As [[PlayingWithFire firemaster]], [[WitchDoctor shaman]] and [[ChefOfIron head chef]], Butchers wield an amount of influence within each Ogre Kingdom second only to the Tyrant himself. Twinned with their [[EvilGenius malign intellect]], it is not uncommon for the hoarse whispers of a tribe's Butcher to dictate the bellowed commands of his Tyrant.
-->''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''

->The leader of leaders, he is the one who pulls the strings, yet prefers to remain in the shadows as the good puppeter he is.

->As [[PlayingWithFire firemaster, [[WitchDoctor shaman]] and [[ChefOfIron head chef]], Butchers wield an amount of influence within each Ogre Kingdom second only to the Tyrant himself. Twinned with their [[EvilGenius malign intellect]], it is not uncommon for the hoarse whispers of a tribe's Butcher to dictate the bellowed commands of his Tyrant.

->As [[PlayingWithFire firemaster, [[WitchDoctor shaman]] and [{ChefOfIron head chef]], Butchers wield an amount of influence within each Ogre Kingdom second only to the Tyrant himself. Twinned with their [[EvilGenius malign intellect]], it is not uncommon for the hoarse whispers of a tribe's Butcher to dictate the bellowed commands of his Tyrant.

->'''Optimus Prime''': I am, Hot Shot. But that's not who the Mini-Cons are warning us about. Our real enemy lies even further beyond Sideways and that's why they want to protect us."