1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
2 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
3 | ->''"Floki! Why don't you ask King Sweyn a question for me? Ask him if it's so fun always being the winner!"'' |
4 | -->-- '''Thorkell the Tall''', ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' |
5 | [[/folder]] |
6 | |
7 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
8 | ->'''Hobbes''': The thrill of the chase is so diminished when one's prey has little legs. |
9 | ->'''Calvin''': ''(angrily)'' OH, I'M ''REAL'' SORRY! |
10 | -->-- ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' |
11 | |
12 | ->''"With 200 snowballs at my immediate disposal, I have no opposition! My will is law! I am omnipotent! ''[two {{beat}} panels]'' How boring."'' |
13 | -->-- '''Calvin''', ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' |
14 | [[/folder]] |
15 | |
16 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
17 | ->''"This is what I envisioned, but not what I truly wanted. I feel as if I am a child on Christmas morning. All of the presents have been opened and now I feel only disappointment that the excitement is over and done. Don't you see [[TheDragon Lucius]], for one such as I, it is not the crown or the glory of victory, but the blood and the battle. I am not like you, I cannot find satisfaction in being king."'' |
18 | -->-- '''[[Franchise/HarryPotter Voldemort]]''', ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4196232/1/A-Friend-Named-Voldemort A Friend Named Voldemort]]'' |
19 | |
20 | ->''"This was all fun and games, but even I was growing tired at how easy it was to have the great detective L in the palm of my hand. Seeing him powerless to stop me was a thrill; but like all thrills, it was losing its edge. Even having his name, the name I wanted so badly to know--was all nothing now that I knew it. I felt like it was game over. It was the same thing as beating the final boss in a video game and seeing the end cut scenes. It was not satisfying once the task was actually completed. Was the hunt truly over? I wanted to win, but did it have to be so quickly? I was hoping to play a tad longer."'' |
21 | -->-- '''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]''', ''{{Fanfic/Seigikan}}'' |
22 | [[/folder]] |
23 | |
24 | [[folder:Film -- Animation]] |
25 | ->''"Wow! Y'know, I've just realized that I have devoted my entire adult life to putting you in jail. You are my '''purpose'''. Without you, who am I? [[SubvertedTrope Nah, I'm just kiddin'! This is the best moment of my LIFE!]] It's the end of the Bad Guys!"'' |
26 | -->-- '''[[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Chief Luggins]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'' |
27 | |
28 | ->''"[[Main/ThirdPersonPerson Francesco]] needs-a no strategy, it's very simple: You start the race, wait for Lightning [=McQueen=] to choke, pass him, then win. Francesco always-a wins. It's-a boring."'' |
29 | -->-- '''Francesco Bernoulli''', ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' |
30 | [[/folder]] |
31 | |
32 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
33 | ->''"I had a vision of a world without Batman. The mob ground out a little profit and the police tried to shut them down, one block at a time. And it was so... boring."'' |
34 | -->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' |
35 | |
36 | ->''"Damn. I've '''won.'''"'' |
37 | -->-- '''[[LouisCypher Mr Nick]]''', ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'' |
38 | |
39 | ->''"I WIN!!! ''[{{beat}}]'' I always win...''" |
40 | -->-- '''General Zod''', ''Film/SupermanII'' |
41 | |
42 | ->''"There's something inherently disappointing about success."'' |
43 | -->-- '''[[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan Gilbert]]''', ''Film/TopsyTurvy'' |
44 | [[/folder]] |
45 | |
46 | [[folder:Literature]] |
47 | ->''"I swear to you, I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead now that I've won it."'' |
48 | -->--'''Robert Baratheon''', ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' |
49 | |
50 | ->''I had nine million four hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars in my Merrill Lynch account. Mostly in stocks, some bonds.\ |
51 | My TV show was doing fine, winning its time slot, although viewership in the critical demographic was falling off a little.\ |
52 | I had a girlfriend. She was a model/actress. She was not, shall we say, a genius. But she was beautiful and sweet and about a foot taller than me.\ |
53 | I had seven cars. A butler named Wetherbee. (Actually his name was [=McPherson=], but I liked the sound of "Wetherbee.") I had two maids. I had a time-share deal on a jet. I had the house in Santa Barbara, the ''pied-a-terre'' in New York and was looking at a little place in Tuscany.\ |
54 | So exactly why was I spending my time morphing to lobster in order to crawl along the bottom of my swimming pool?\ |
55 | I hadn't done the lobster morph in a long, long time. It seemed like a million years ago I'd used it to escape the Yeerks by hiding in a grocery store's fresh fish tank.\ |
56 | The days, man. Those were the days.'' |
57 | -->--'''Marco''', ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', "The Beginning" |
58 | [[/folder]] |
59 | |
60 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
61 | ->''"So honor the valiant who die 'neath your sword\ |
62 | But pity the warrior who slays all his foes'' |
63 | -->-- '''''The Fall of Kang''''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E09SecondSight Second Sight]]" |
64 | [[/folder]] |
65 | |
66 | [[folder:Music]] |
67 | ->''"I'm so thrilled to finally be failing."'' |
68 | -->-- ''Music/BarenakedLadies'', "Falling For the First Time" |
69 | |
70 | ->''Wars that are so fun you don't want to win'' |
71 | ->''Against the most hated: Cardinal Syn!'' |
72 | -->-- ''[[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]]'', "Lust in Space" |
73 | [[/folder]] |
74 | |
75 | [[folder:Radio]] |
76 | ->''"[[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Shan]]... everything feels so empty... so ''[[EvilIsEasy easy]]...''"'' |
77 | -->--'''Davros''', AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho: ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho048Davros Davros]]'' |
78 | [[/folder]] |
79 | |
80 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
81 | ->''"The entity known as the [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Changeling]] felt despondent, but that was expected. It happened every time one of his [[TheChessmaster labyrinthine schemes]] reached completion. This was, in part, the sweet melancholy felt at the end of a long and beloved labour, but also a growing frustration with the inevitable anti-climactic ending. After all, there was no-one in this realm with the wit to appreciate the intricate details or the elaborate inveiglements he had so expertly wrought. The Changeling had tried explaining it to mortals before, [[HumansAreMorons but so many of the subtleties were lost on them that the game became tedious]]."'' |
82 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex -- Chaos Daemons'' |
83 | |
84 | ->''"Another flawless victory. Ah well. It almost makes one long for a loss, just to keep things interesting. Almost, but not quite..."'' |
85 | -->-- '''Lady Aurelia Malys,''' ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex -- Dark Eldar (5th Edition)'' |
86 | [[/folder]] |
87 | |
88 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
89 | ->''"Another victory! I'm getting tired of these!"'' |
90 | -->-- '''Banished Grunt''', ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite'' |
91 | |
92 | ->''"This resistance was pitiful. Oh well. Not every battle can be one worth retelling."'' |
93 | -->-- '''Ganondorf''', ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' |
94 | |
95 | ->''"Who would have ever imagined that [[FromNobodyToNightmare a sickly boy born in a prison would survive to become humanity's savior?]] I did. And now [[TheBadGuyWins the world is mine]]. So I say to all prisoners... '''[[SuddenlyShouting RISE]]! [[RousingSpeech Come out! Kill your wardens. Make slaves of your guards. Teach them the meaning of despair!]]''' We have no more prisons, no police, no [[KnightTemplar Regime]] left to fight...\ |
96 | ''(sighs)'' [[ExplainExplainOhCrap No one left to fight]]... Any WorthyOpponent has already... fallen. [[GratuitousSpanish Dios]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone mío]]. Perhaps victory can be a prison. A possibility I never imagined..."'' |
97 | -->--'''ComicBook/{{Bane}},''' ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' |
98 | |
99 | ->'''Link:''' Gee, it sure is boring around here!\ |
100 | '''King:''' [[YouTubePoop Mah]] [[MemeticMutation boi]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvJpiCjVrw0 this peace is what all true warriors strive for!]] |
101 | -->-- ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]'' |
102 | |
103 | ->''"I'd cut a lotta deals, but none spiffier than this. I spared [[TimeMaster Kronika]], and she gave up the [[{{MacGuffin}} Hourglass]]. The power to shape time and history to my liking? [[StoryBreakerPower Oh ho ho, fuck yeah]]. I [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight set it up so that everything came up aces]]. Every [[GladiatorGames desire]], every [[{{Sadist}} wish]], every [[AllMenArePerverts whim]] I ever had? [[TheBadGuyWins Done and done]]. But I realized pretty quick I'd [[ChallengeSeeker sucked the fun out of things]]. Without [[BloodKnight a fight]], winning was worthless. Nah, the fun [[WantingIsBetterThanHaving wasn't in the having]]. It was in the getting. So I changed things up one more time. Now what I want is always just outta reach. I gotta earn it. I score lotsa wins, but not always. And when I do win... It's [[ArtifactOfDoom something to savor]]."'' |
104 | -->--'''[[TheBogan Kano]]''''s Tower Ending, ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' |
105 | |
106 | ->'''Emperor Nefarious''': That's it...? Where's the joy? The bliss? The ''murderous enlightenment''? Why don't I feel any different?\ |
107 | '''Dr. Nefarious''': Because you equated happiness with success, and now that you've achieved it, life is meaningless. |
108 | -->---''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart'' |
109 | |
110 | ->''The only problem is that I have no more problems.'' |
111 | -->-- '''Mr. Mowz''', ''VideoGame/BookOfMarioThousandsOfDoors'' (a RecursiveTranslation of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'') |
112 | [[/folder]] |
113 | |
114 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
115 | ->'''Tucker:''' It looks like the Reds pulled out. Does that mean we win?\ |
116 | '''Church:''' I suppose so. Guess we have...two bases...in the middle of a box canyon.\ |
117 | '''Tucker:''' [[CallBack Whoop-dee-fuckin' doo.]] |
118 | -->--''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' |
119 | [[/folder]] |
120 | |
121 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
122 | ->''"Having overwhelming strength is pretty boring."'' |
123 | -->-- '''[[ComicallyInvincibleHero Saitama]]''', ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' |
124 | [[/folder]] |
125 | |
126 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
127 | ->'''Pip:''' Alright men, you know the drill. If it moves; it dies. If it dies; you move on. [[GrenadeLauncher Keep those grenades coming]]. [[MoreDakka keep the bullets raining]]. And most-importantly: have fun. I'm going to have a smoke.\ |
128 | '''Willingham:''' No offense sir, [[CasualDangerDialogue but you're being awfully casual about this.]] I mean, as casual as usual. But aren't we dealing with "Creator/BramStoker Meets [[{{VideoGame/Wolfenstein}} Castle Wolfenstein]]" shit here?\ |
129 | '''Pip''': Honestly Willingham, we were prepared for a full-on tactical assault. Instead we got [[ThoseWackyNazis a volley of Swastika-covered dipshits]] [[LeeroyJenkins running dick-first into enemy territory.]]\ |
130 | '''Willingham:''' Still kinda crazy though isn't it?\ |
131 | '''Pip:''' Oh, ''oui!'' If you told me two years ago when we were either starting or ending a war in The Middle East that we'd end up fighting [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Vampires]], I'd have kissed you full on the mouth. But now? All I feel is robbed. |
132 | -->-- ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' |
133 | |
134 | ->'''Mike:''' One of these days, you're gonna lose.\ |
135 | '''Brennan:''' I would welcome that day, because it would mean a return to [[EmptyShell feeling anything]].\ |
136 | '''Mike''': (''[[MoodWhiplash cheerfully]]'') Well, good! Maybe today will be that day! |
137 | -->-- ''[[Website/CollegeHumor Um, Actually]]'' |
138 | |
139 | ->''It seems no one can defeat me\ |
140 | I weep, it's all so easy!'' |
141 | -->-- '''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat''', ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' (Alexander the Great vs. UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible) |
142 | [[/folder]] |
143 | |
144 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
145 | ->''"When we finally caught you, I was expecting you'd put up more of a fight. Oh well...[[TropeNamers victory is boring]]."'' |
146 | -->-- '''[[EmotionlessGirl Mai]]''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
147 | |
148 | ->''"[[AntagonistInMourning Without Batman, crime has no punchline.]]"'' |
149 | -->-- '''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE51TheManWhoKilledBatman The Man Who Killed Batman]]" |
150 | [[/folder]] |
151 | |
152 | [[folder:Other]] |
153 | ->''"May all your dreams ''but one'' come true, for what is life without dreams?"'' |
154 | -->-- '''David Gemmell''' |
155 | |
156 | ->''"The only real surprise was that the Oscar messes didn’t find a way to nominate Creator/MerylStreep for something. I expected to hear the words, 'And for Best Actress, the nominees are Meryl Streep for um, err, being Meryl Streep.' I guess Meryl Streep has this year off and is letting the lessers have their little fun."'' |
157 | -->--'''[[http://dlisted.com/2016/01/14/the-oscar-nominations-really-brought-the-surprises-this-year/#more-201583 Michael K.,]]''' "The Oscar Nominations Really Brought The Surprises This Year!!!!!!! (And I mean the direct opposite of that)" |
158 | |
159 | ->''"We seek rest in a struggle against some obstacles. And when we have overcome these, rest proves unbearable because of the boredom it produces."'' |
160 | -->-- '''Blaise Pascal''', ''Pensées'' |
161 | |
162 | ->''"It reminds me of the time my dog ''actually'' caught a squirrel, after all those years of trying... He looked sad. Like he'd ruined something for himself."'' |
163 | -->-- '''Creator/JonStewart''' |
164 | |
165 | ->''"We will have so much winning if I get elected, you may get bored with winning!"'' |
166 | -->-- '''Creator/DonaldTrump''' |
167 | |
168 | ->''"I achieve my goals\ |
169 | So unfazed am I\ |
170 | As my life unscrolls\ |
171 | Unamazed am I\ |
172 | Winning is a job\ |
173 | And I get no real enjoyment'' |
174 | -->-- '''Marcy Park''', ''Theatre/The25thAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee'', "I Speak Six Languages'' |
175 | [[/folder]] |
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/context.php
FollowingContext Quotes / VictoryIsBoring
Go To
- Show Spoilers
- Night Vision
- Sticky Header
- Wide Load