History Quotes / ThereisNoKillLikeOverkill

--> '''[[CallOfDutyBlackOps Alex Mason]]''' ''AGameOfGods: [[{{Sequel}} Infinities]]''

--> '''[[DeathNote L]]''', ''FanFic/AsTimeDivergesTheMitakiharaCase''

-->-- '''The Heavy''', ''TeamFortress2''

-> ''I'm going to kill you '''so''' much.''

-->-- ''SchlockMercenary'', "The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries"

-->-- ''[[HonorHarrington At All Costs]]''

-> ""If they can still stand, then you gotta keep pulling the trigger till they lie down."

--> '''John "Sleepy" Estes''', aka ''Mad Bull 34''

->If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
-->-- ''MythBusters''

-> "[[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Tomoe-san]], [[LampshadeHanging that's overkill]]. Three quarters of your shots missed. [[AwesomeButImpractical It's effective, but a waste of ammunition]].

--> '''[[CallOfDutyBlackOps Alex Mason''' ''AGameOfGods: [[{{Sequel}} Infinities]]''

--> '''[[CallOfDutyBlackOps Alex Mason]], ''AGameOfGods: [[{{Sequel}} Infinities]]''

--> ''[[DeathNote L]]'', FanFic/AsTimeDivergesTheMitakiharaCase

-->-- '''RobertAHeinlein''' expressing his disapproval of this trope in ''StarshipTroopers''

->'''DoctorGirlfriend:''' You should have replaced his [[BloodyMurder blood with acid]]'' after ''this part. The [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks sharks]] won't touch him.
->'''The Monarch:''' Thanks, DoctorGirlfriend; ''now'' you tell me. '''[[ElectrifiedBathtub Lower the giant hairdryer]]!'''

-->-- ''SchlockMercenary'', "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates"

-> "[B]ut if you have to fight, you need to convince your opponents that [[DisproportionateRetribution you're about to bring a level of violence totally out of proportion to the situation.]]"
-->--'''Michael Westen''', ''BurnNotice''

->"If you're gonna do it, overdo it."
-->-'''AniDifranco,''' ''Puddle Dive''

-> "Never do an enemy a ''small'' injury."
-->-- '''Takashi Shimazu''', ''FanFic/DevaSeries'', quoting Niccolo Machiavelli

->'''#6''' ''If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.''\\
'''#34:''' ''If you're leaving scorch marks, you need a bigger gun.''\\
'''#37:''' ''There is no 'overkill'. There is only [[MoreDakka 'open fire' and 'I need to reload']].''
--->-- ''SchlockMercenary, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates"''

->''"Subtlety is a thing for philosophy, not combat. If you're going to kill someone, you might as well kill them a whole lot."''
--->-- '''[[MetalGearSolid Vulcan Raven]]''', ''TheLastDaysOfFoxhound''

->''There is no overkill, ever. You may need to reload on ammunition, friends, infrastructure, enemies, political goodwill, the VIP you were supposed to protect, but a kill is not an overkill.''

-> What is victory? Is it to defeat your enemy on the field of battle? Is it to simply repulse his armies and slay his misguided warriors? No, this is only the beginning!

->That is the meaning of victory.

-> Victory does not always rest with the big guns: but, if we rest in front of them we shall be lost.
-->-- '''Commander Argentius''' ,''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-> ''If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.''
--> ''MythBusters''

->''"I'm gonna stomp 'em to dust. I'm gonna grind their bones. I'm gonna burn down dere towns and cities. I'm gonna pile 'em up inna big fire and roast 'em. I'm gonna bash 'eads, break faces, and stomp on da bits dat are left. An' den I'm gonna get really mean."''
-->'''Grimgor Ironhide, Black Orc Warboss''', ''{{Warhammer}}''

->"AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the ''room'', accept no substitutes."
-->'''SamuelLJackson''' in ''JackieBrown''

->''Eighth Fleet had deployed almost eight thousand pods. Those pods launched 69,984 missiles. Of that total, 7,776 were Apollo birds. Another 8,000 were electronic warfare platforms. Which meant that 54,208 carried laser heads—laser heads which homed on Genevieve Chin's ships with murderously accurate targeting.''
-> ''Fifth Fleet's missile defenses did their best.''

->''Their best was not good enough.''

-> ''Fifth Fleet stopped almost thirty percent of them, which was a truly miraculous total, under the circumstances. But over thirty-seven thousand got through.''

-> ''It was, she decided coldly, a case of overkill''
-->HonorHarrington ''At All Costs''

-> ''"If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?"''

-> ''"Why... no sir!"''

-> ''"Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy city with an H-bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an ax."''
---> RobertAHeinlein, through the mouths of '''Sergeant Zim''' and '''Ted Hendrick''' from ''StarshipTroopers'', shows his disapproval of this trope

-> ''"A little collateral damage, but what the heck?"''
---> '''Drew Lansing/Kamen Rider Torque''', ''KamenRiderDragonKnight''

->"No, it's just the right amount of kill"
--->--'''Spike''' from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' after a minion asks him "isn't that overkill?"

-->'''Dr. Wilson:''' George, if you were making a dinner and wanted to kill a fly, what would you use?
-->'''George Green:''' Probably a flyswatter or some spray.
-->'''Dr. Wilson:''' And what would be 'overkill'?
-->'''George Green:''' Probably a mallet.
-->'''Dr. Wilson:''' And what would be 'extreme overkill'?
-->'''George Green:''' Probably a sledge hammer.
-->'''Dr. Wilson:''' What Dr. Sign did goes way beyond 'extreme overkill'. It was the equivalent of using nuclear weapons to get rid of flies.
-->- ''The Gatekeeper: The Gate Contracts''

-> "Infantry weapons never work well against starfighters. The reverse is not true."
-->- '''Wedge Antilles''', ''[[XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]'', p.65

-> "Fuck this, I'm getting the bazooka!"
-->- '''D'amico Family Bodyguard''', ''Film/{{Kick-Ass}}''

->''"You don't know what a delightful dilemma it was: trying to decide on the most appropriate method for your demise. I had so many ingenious ideas, I didn't know which to choose. So I decided to use them all!"''
-->--'''Prof. Ratigan''', ''TheGreatMouseDetective.''

->'''The Monarch:''' Thanks, DoctorGirlfriend; ''now'' you tell me. '''[[ElectricTorture Lower the giant hairdryer]]!'''
-->--''"The Trial of the Monarch"'', ''VentureBrothers''

->''"I am going to kill you and kill you and kill you."''
-->--'''The Heavy''', ''TeamFortress2''

* First I'm gonna **** him, then I'm gonna kill him, then I'm gonna [[BondOneLiner make a joke]], then I'm gonna **** him again.
-->--''The Captain'', {{Nextwave}}

->Any that have dealt with them or given them succour must be obliterated, for memory is insidious and though you have crushed their will and their bodies they may yet return. Send warrior scribes to excise the records of their name, expunge their deeds from the annals of history and remove even the memory of your foe’s existence. Only then have you truly won.

-->--'''Michael Westen''', BurnNotice

-->-- {{Warhammer 40000}}

-->-- ''Commander Argentius'' ,{{Warhammer 40000}}

-->Grimgor Ironhide, '''Black Orc Warboss, {{Warhammer}}'''

-->SamuelLJackson in ''JackieBrown''

---> Drew Lansing/Kamen Rider Torque, ''KamenRiderDragonKnight''

--->--Spike from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' after a minion asks him "isn't that overkill?"