History Quotes / VillainDecay

'''Skulduggery:''' Vampires are overrated\\
'''Stephanie:''' You once called them the most efficient killing machines on the planet\\

-->-- ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' song parody, to the tune of "Prince Ali (reprise)" from Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''

->You're not the 'BigBad' anymore. You're not even the 'Kind Of Naughty'.

->'''Messy:''' You may have beaten us this time! And you may have beaten us last time!
->'''Lame:''' And you'll beat us next time! And the time after that! And the five times... um, what was our point again?!

->''"My dear Spencer... {{how the mighty have fallen}}. Your Umbrella has folded and now you have become a fugitive in the same world you once sought to control."''
-->-- '''Albert Wesker''', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' ending

->''"The times turn Jack the Lad into a pitiful figure. The local horror story - [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the one children have long been taught to fear]] - must now accept that [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains he is not the only terror in town]], and certainly not the greatest. There are no children now, and [[PokeThePoodle skipping through Archie Henderson's farm is hardly the worst you can do at night]]. We do not mind playing Jack's old nightmare game. However, there is little room for pity in the world of chaos: the next time you play with Jack, [[SympathyForTheDevil consider his misery]] and [[MercyKill make it the last]]."''

->''"Imbeciles! [[YouFool Fools!]] Nincompoops! [[SurroundedByIdiots Can't you idiots do anything right?!]] According to this, (Uka Uka shows a diagram in which their VillainCred gradually decreases) your track-record for [[CardCarryingVillain spreading evil]] is pathetic!"''

->Wotch! You've foiled my plans for the last time! You've turned my own minions against me, but who needs them! Plan #340 will spell my triumph!

-> See, I've fought you guys enough, you're basically not level bosses anymore. It's like a videogame!

->I see a Nine Inch Nails video. I see an NBC Mystery Movie of the Week. I see a video game politicians decry in order to win voters. I see Dante being ripped off for the umpteenth time in the course of history. But most of all... I see that you haven't achieved anything the humans haven't already thought of before. You and the other Dark Generals have been at this for so long that it stopped being original centuries ago. The Yamiko used to be fear itself... gloriously pure and horrible. Now you're just another thing to be afraid of.

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->[despairing] To go from [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm complex ideas destroying worlds]] to [[Creator/JackBlack one half]] of Music/TenaciousD acting like a dick-mule!
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', in his review of ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory The Neverending Story III: Escape From Fantasia]]''
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->'''God:''' Jesus, what the hell happened to you?\\
'''Satan:''' Huh?\\
'''God:''' You got kicked out of here for being a headstrong rebel, and now you're such a whiny little bitch.
-->--''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "Probably"

->''"... [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] was an ''absence'' of character. And yet all the sequels are trying to explain that. That’s silliness — it just misses the whole point of [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} the first movie]], to me. He’s [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane part person, part supernatural force]]. The sequels rooted around in motivation. I thought that was a mistake."''

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-->-- '''Uka Uka''' to the other adversaries of VideoGame/CrashBandicoot, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex''

->''"Imbeciles! [[YouFool Fools!]] Nincompoops! [[SurroundedByIdiots Can't you idiots do anything right?!]] According to this, (Uka Uka shows a diagram in which their VillainCred gradually decreases) your track-record for [[CardCarryingVillain spreading evil]] is ''pathetic''!"''

->''"Imbeciles! [[YouFool Fools!]] Nincompoops! [[SurroundedByIdiots Can't you idiots do anything right?!]] According to this, (Uka Uka shows a diagram in which their VillainCred gradually decreases) your [[CardCarryingVillain track-record for spreading evil]] is ''pathetic''!"''

-->-- '''Uka Uka''' to the other adversaries of Franchise/CrashBandicoot, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex''

-->'''God:''' Jesus, what the hell happened to you?\\

->'''Messy''': You may have beaten us this time! And you may have beaten us last time!
->'''Lame''': And you'll beat us next time! And the time after that! And the five times... um, what was our point again?!

-->--'''Dr. McNinja''', after flawlessly beating one of his oldest foes

-->--''SouthPark'', "Probably"

->There was a time, when I was a young man, the mere mention of the Klingon Empire made worlds tremble. Now, our warriors are [[ChefOfIron opening restaurants]] and serving ''racht'' to the grandchildren of men I slaughtered in battle.
-->--'''Kang''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ("Blood Oath")

-->-- ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} "Hokéycon"]]''

->''"And that's how Jason Took Manhattan. I guess he didn't really TAKE Manhattan, so much as...I don't know. Annoy it briefly? Strolled through it for about 3 minutes without hurting anybody? And then got killed in a really embarrassing fashion that doesn't make any sense? Heck he barely made an impact on Manhattan. What are the papers bound to say if they even run the story? ''[='=][[AC:JASON VOORHEES GOES ON RAMPAGE: [[WorstNewsJudgementEver DESTROYS BOOMBOX]], NOBODY HURT.]][='=]''"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]''' [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/friday-13th-part-8/ on]] ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan''

->''"Cate Blanchett is cutting bitches with those [[EvilEyebrows sharpened shiv brows]]... I just hope that she stays regally cunty from beginning to end and doesn’t pull a {{Film/Maleficent}} (SPOILER ALERT) by growing a heart. It’s always a sad day for bitches when an iconic villain starts feeling things."''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/11/19/well-at-least-the-cinderella-trailers-got-a-ginger-cate-blanchett-in-it/ Michael K.]]''', "Well, At Least The ''Cinderella'' Trailer’s Got A Ginger Creator/CateBlanchett In It"

->After ten movies, {{ComicBook/Thanos}} has become the [[Advertising/TrixRabbit Trix rabbit]] of supervillains. ''"Silly Thanos, Infinity Stones are for anyone other than you."''
-->--'''Mike Ryan''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/thanos-infinty-stone/ "Perhaps this is why these are called Infinity Stones, because it will take an infinite amount of movies for Thanos to ever obtain one."]]

->While I love Delgado’s Master, the fact remains that this is a staggering level of frequency for one villain played by one actor.\\\
One result of this is that, inevitably, and with no particular story being at fault, the Master has gone from being a character who transgresses against the narrative and throws it into chaos to being virtually [[TheUsualAdversaries the most predictable character on the show]]... As we feared when it happened, there was nowhere to go but down once [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons}} he summoned the Devil.]]
-->--'''Dr. Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-sound-of-empires-toppling-frontier-in-space/ on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace}} "Frontier in Space"]])

->It could--and will--be argued that this was the first huge mistake [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff]] made with regard to the booking of the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder story line. Before, the [=nWo=] consisted of top-tier guys in the industry. Now, it was being watered down considerably as wrestlers who had been [[TheGarfunkel nowhere near the top of the card]] gained easy entry into the previously elite group.
-->--'''R. D. Reynolds''' and '''Bryan Alvarez''', ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''

->Some bright spark in the ''Voyager'' office probably thought ''"[[YoungerAndHipper How about a bunch of Borg kids attacking the ship?]]"'' and Brannon Braga’s eyes lit up. Clearly this production team is way past their creative best now (for Braga it was around ''TNG'' season seven and yet ''Trek'' would have to endure [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise five more years of him]]) and as for the Borg? ''Beyond'' redemption.
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/voyager-season-six.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Collective"

->So what if he's Superman's #1 nemesis. So what if Michael Rosenbaum [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously did a spectacular job]] playing him. He [[DroppedABridgeOnHim died like a chump]] and didn't really accomplish much as a supervillain. All of his world domination schemes were immediately suspect when we saw how much time they spent on him [[VillainsOutShopping operating a coffee shop]]... Also, he gets knocked out more than most boxers, and [[TapOnTheHead usually by one punch.]]
-->--'''''Blog/ToplessRobot''''', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/09/the_5_best_and_5_worst_dc_supervillains_on_smallvi.php?page=2 "The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) DC Supervillains on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}''"

->Just about [[TheGoomba every stage boss is a Predator]]. You kill more Predators in this game than the Predator kills ''people'' in the movie. If that's all you do -- is hunt down Predators -- then the Predator isn't really a Predator, it's '''Prey'''!
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', ''{{Film/Predator}}'' (NES)

->''"The real crowning glory of this shit-show, however, is when Pyramid Head basically becomes a Pokémon summoned to do battle for the good guys against some last-minute, contrived Creator/CliveBarker rip-off crap. She just ''chooses him'' to do battle at the end, and there's no good reason for it! [[AssPull No good reason for any of it! At all!]]"''
-->--'''Creator/JimSterling''' on ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D''

->'''Mike''': Boba Fett's so cool! 'Cause he's so ''awesome'' and ''mysterious''!\\
'''Rich''': Look, guys. Boba Fett is cool ''because'' he's mysterious. If they make a movie about him, then it kinda ruins ''all'' of that.\\
'''Mike''': [counting cash while "'''[[CashCowFranchise In the Money]]'''" blares overhead] ...sorry, what?
-->--''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C_Dnt7k_0#t=103 "Nerd Talk!"]]

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-> The Jackal was so ruined as a character by this point that he can now only be considered 'damaged goods.' I sincerely believe that it will be a VERY long time before we ever see him again, [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland if indeed we ever do.]]
-->--'''Editor/Writer Glenn Greenberg''' on ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'', ''Life of Reilly''
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->''"And that's how Jason Took Manhattan. I guess he didn't really TAKE Manhattan, so much as...I don't know. Annoy it briefly? Strolled through it for about 3 minutes without hurting anybody? And then got killed in a really embarrassing fashion that doesn't make any sense? Heck he barely made an impact on Manhattan. What are the papers bound to say if they even run the story? ''[='=][[AC:JASON VOORHEES GOES ON RAMPAGE: [[WorstNewsJudgementEver DESTROYS BOOMBOX]], NOBODY HURT.]][='=]''"''

->''"Cate Blanchett is cutting bitches with those [[EvilEyebrows sharpened shiv brows]]... I just hope that she stays regally cunty from beginning to end and doesn’t pull a {{Film/Maleficent}} (SPOILER ALERT) by growing a heart. It’s always a sad day for bitches when an iconic villain starts feeling things."''

->Some bright spark in the ''Voyager'' office probably thought ''"[[YoungerAndHipper How about a bunch of Borg kids attacking the ship?]]"'' and Brannon Braga’s eyes lit up. Clearly this production team is way past their creative best now (for Braga it was around ''TNG'' season seven and yet ''Trek'' would have to endure [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise five more years of him]]) and as for the Borg? ''Beyond'' redemption.

-->--'''Dr. McNinja'', after flawlessly beating one of his oldest foes

-->--'''Dr. Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/08/sound-of-empires-toppling-frontier-in.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' ([[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace}} "Frontier in Space"]])

->[despairing] To go from [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm complex ideas destroying worlds]] to one half of Music/TenaciousD acting like a dick-mule!

->My dear Spencer... {{how the mighty have fallen}}. Your Umbrella has folded and now you have become a fugitive in the same world you once sought to control.

->The times turn Jack the Lad into a pitiful figure. The local horror story - [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the one children have long been taught to fear]] - must now accept that [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains he is not the only terror in town]], and certainly not the greatest. There are no children now, and [[PokeThePoodle skipping through Archie Henderson's farm is hardly the worst you can do at night]]. We do not mind playing Jack's old nightmare game. However, there is little room for pity in the world of chaos: the next time you play with Jack, [[SympathyForTheDevil consider his misery]] and [[MercyKill make it the last]].

-->--''South Park'', "Probably"]]

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->So Scarecrow and Arkham knight have joined forces to destroy Batman and it seems that the method they have chosen to do so is to '''[[BondVillainStupidity BORE]]''' him to death! What the fuck happened to the Scarecrow who was the highlight of [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum the first game]]? That cackling, energetic, genuinely ''scary'' motherfucker who’d secretly slip you Fear Gas, so you only knew he was around because all the chandeliers start looking like your father’s willy? ''He'' was a guy who '''acted'''!
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''

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And he's just Evil Amuro]]'s bitch\\

'''Rich''': Look, guys. Boba Fett is cool ''because'' he's mysterious. If they make a money about him, then it kinda ruins ''all'' of that.\\

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->''"Yes, [[FanNickname Ali's]] destined to be another flunky\\
A sad fate not even saved by the [[BadassBeard goatee]]\\

And all his screentime is brief little clips\\
And he's just [[FanNickname Evil]] [[ActorAllusion Amuro]]'s bitch\\

->I see a Nine Inch Nails video. I see an NBC Mystery Movie of the Week. I see a video game politicians decry in order to win voters. I see Dante being ripped off for the umpteenth time in the course of history. But most of all... I see that you haven't achieved anything the humans haven't already thought of before. You and the other Dark Generals have been at this for so long that it stopped being original centuries ago. The Yamiko used to be fear itself... gloriously pure and horrible. Now you're just another thing to be afraid of.
-->--'''Dark General Cobalt''', ''Literature/SailorNothing''

->Wotch! You've foiled my plans for the last time! You've turned my own minions against me, but who needs them! Plan #340 will spell my triumph!
-->--'''ElseWorld!Xaos''', ''Webcomic/TheWotch''

->You're not the 'BigBad' anymore. You're not even the 'Kind Of Naughty'.
-->--'''Xander''' to Spike, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

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-> The Jackal was so ruined as a character by this point that he can now only be considered 'damaged goods.' I sincerely believe that it will be a VERY long time before we ever see him again, [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland if indeed we ever do.]]
-->--'''Editor/Writer Glenn Greenberg''' on ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''

->Just about [[TheGoomba every stage boss is a Predator]]. You kill more Predators in this game than the Predator kills ''people'' in the movie. If that's all you do -- is hunt down Predators -- then the Predator isn't really a Predator, it's '''Prey'''!
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', ''{{Film/Predator}}'' (NES)

->So Scarecrow and Arkham knight have joined forces to destroy Batman and it seems that the method they have chosen to do so is to '''[[BondVillainStupidity BORE]]''' him to death! What the fuck happened to the Scarecrow who was the highlight of [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum the first game]]? that cackling, energetic, genuinely ''scary'' motherfucker who’d secretly slip you Fear Gas, so you only knew he was around because all the chandeliers start looking like your father’s willy? ''He'' was a guy who '''acted'''!

->[despairing] To go from [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm complex ideas destroying worlds]] to one half of Music/TenaciousD acting like a dick-mule!
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', in his review of ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory The Neverending Story III: Escape From Fantasia]]''

->''"Creator/CateBlanchett is cutting bitches with those [[EvilEyebrows sharpened shiv brows]]... I just hope that she stays regally cunty from beginning to end and doesn’t pull a {{Film/Maleficent}} (SPOILER ALERT) by growing a heart. It’s always a sad day for bitches when an iconic villain starts feeling things."''
-->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2014/11/19/well-at-least-the-cinderella-trailers-got-a-ginger-cate-blanchett-in-it/ Michael K.]]''', "Well, At Least The ''Cinderella'' Trailer’s Got A Ginger Cate Blanchett In It"

->''"The real crowning glory of this shit-show, however, is when Pyramid Head basically becomes a Pokémon summoned to do battle for the good guys against some last-minute, contrived Creator/CliveBarker rip-off crap. She just ''chooses him'' to do battle at the end, and there's no good reason for it! [[AssPull No good reason for any of it! At all!]]"''
-->--'''Creator/JimSterling''' on ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D''

->'''Mike''': Boba Fett's so cool! 'Cause he's so ''awesome'' and ''mysterious''!\\
'''Rich''': Look, guys. Boba Fett is cool ''because'' he's mysterious. If they make a money about him, then it kinda ruins ''all'' of that.\\
'''Mike''': [counting cash while "'''[[CashCowFranchise In the Money]]'''" blares overhead] ...sorry, what?
-->--''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0C_Dnt7k_0#t=103 "Nerd Talk!"]]