Line #84 Quotes/AntiHero


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
4	->''"Friends or foes? That's something... you'll have to decide on your own!"''
5	-->-- '''Luffy''', ''Manga/OnePiece''
6
7	->''"[[ThinkNothingOfIt Glorification is only fitting for those in the light]]. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo Shadows shall proceed down the necessary path]]."''
8	-->-- '''Blaster Dark Revenger''', ''Anime/CardfightVanguard''
9
10	-> '''Kid''': What do we do, Isaac? They want to be saved.\
11	'''Isaac''': Those who would make good people cry... (''eye twinkle with AudibleGleam'')... deserve '''no mercy'''.
12	-->-- ''Anime/{{Braiger}}'', first episode
13
14	->''"Over the aeons, your proclamations of 'peace' always seemed pointless. You must admit [[BloodKnight you love the smell of battle]]."''
15	-->-- '''Unicron''' to '''Optimus Prime''', Anime/TransformersArmada.
16	[[/folder]]
17
18	[[folder:Comic Books]]
19	->''"It doesn't matter if there is an edge, or if we occasionally cross it. As long as the innocent are protected, our cause is just."''
20	-->-- '''ComicBook/GhostRider''', ''Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: Hearts of Darkness''
21
22	->''"You're not the hero we want, you're the scumbag we need."''
23	-->-- '''Emily Preston''' to '''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''', ''Deadpool Vol. 3 #1''
24
25	->''"The media likes to portray me as a senseless killer. I would point out that I am a [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne very sensible killer]]."''
26	-->-- '''ComicBook/ThePunisher'''
27
28	->''"[[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids Back off, Pollyanna]]! I don't have time for fairy tales. Maybe I'm not your idea of a hero... but there's no Santa Claus, either."''
29	-->-- '''Darkdevil''', ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl #12: Duel With Darkdevil''
30
31	->I'm not a damn hero. At my core, I'm still [[EvilOverlord a warlord]].
32	-->--'''Aja Oba/John,''' ''ComicBook/InfinitumAnAfrofuturistTale''
33	[[/folder]]
34
35	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
36	->''"Huh. You're not a traditional bad guy, but you're not exactly a good guy either."''
37	-->-- '''[[spoiler:Phyllis]]''' to '''Batman''',''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie''
38
39	->'''Krypto''': [[spoiler:[[Film/BlackAdam2022 Your owner]]'s]] a hero too?\
40	'''[[spoiler:Anubis]]''': Anti-hero. It’s basically exactly like a regular hero, except way cooler. You make up your own rules, and then you break ’em. Also you can ignore most moral and ethical conventions because no one can stop you.\
41	'''Krypto''': Yeah, that sounds a lot like a villain.\
42	'''[[spoiler:Anubis]]''': ''Anti-hero.''\
43	'''Krypto''': If he's ''anti'' a hero, then... isn't he a villain?\
44	'''[[spoiler:Anubis]]''': Admit he's an anti-hero or [[spoiler:Black Adam]] will destroy you!\
45	'''Krypto''': Very villain thing to do.\
46	'''[[spoiler:Anubis]]''': It's a fine line, not gonna lie.
47	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets''
48	[[/folder]]
49
50	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
51	-> '''Psychologist''': [WordAssociationTest] "Murder."\
52	'''Film/JamesBond''': [[ProfessionalKiller Employment]].
53	-->-- ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''
54
55	->"I may be a bastard, but I'm not a ''fucking'' bastard."
56	-->-- '''Seth Gecko''', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''
57
58	->'''James Gordon''': Why is he running, Dad?\
59	'''Commissioner Jim Gordon''': Because we have to chase him.\
60	'''James Gordon''': He didn't do anything wrong.\
61	'''Commissioner Gordon''': Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
62	-->-- ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
63
64	->''"We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the [[FunWithAcronyms Film Actors Guild]]... are pussies. And Kim Jong Il... is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, assholes who just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way, but the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick. With some balls. The problem with dicks is that sometimes they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate. And it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies get so full of shit that they become assholes, themselves. Because pussies are only an inch and a half away from assholes. I don't know much in this crazy, crazy world, but I do know that if you don't let us fuck this asshole, we are going to have our dicks and our pussies... all covered in shit."''
65	-->-- '''Gary Johnston''', ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''
66
67	->''"If wearing superhero tights means [[ThouShaltNotKill sparing psychopaths]], then maybe I wasn't meant to wear 'em. Not everyone monitors the hall like you."''
68	-->-- '''Deadpool''' to Colossus, ''Film/Deadpool2016''
69
70	->'''Peter Quill''': What should we do next: Something good, something bad? Bit of both?\
71	'''Gamora''': We'll follow your lead, Star-Lord.\
72	'''Peter''': A bit of both!
73	-->-- ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''
74
75	->'''Anna Valerious''': Some say you're a murderer, Mr. Van Helsing. Others say you're a holy man. Which is it?\
76	'''Gabriel van Helsing''': It's a bit of both, I think.
77	-->-- ''Film/VanHelsing''
78
79	->''I've seen angels fall from blinding heights''\
80	''But you yourself are nothing so divine''\
81	''Just next in line''
82	-->--''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''
83
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	[[folder:Literature]]
87	->''"One of the coldest, most evil souls I have ever encountered once told me that the reason I fought so hard to do what seemed right was that I was terrified to look within me and see the desire to cease the fight and do as I would, free of conscience or remorse.\
88	And now I could see that he had been right."''
89	-->-- '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]''', ''Literature/DeadBeat''
90
91	->''"How can I even explain? I’ve seen the worst of the worst. I want to protect each and every one of you from it. The system won’t stop them, not all on its own."''
92	-->-- '''[[VillainProtagonist Skitter]]''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
93
94	->'''[[TheHero Arthur]]''': [[WouldHurtAChild Killing little girls]], possessed or no, hardly strikes me as your average good-guy behavior.
95	->'''[[TokenEvilTeammate Kayla]]''': Who the feck said anything about being good guys? Good guys are comic books and popcorn movies. They're feckin' fake. We don't do the right thing, Arthur. We do the necessary thing. [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids How the feck have you not figured that out yet]]?
96	-->-- ''Anti-Hero'', by Jonathan Wood
97
98	->It wasn't the noblest path, but Brad wasn't the noblest person. He was an ambitious guy who [[GroundhogPeggySue could predict the future]].
99	-->--''Literature/{{Repeat}}''
100
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
104	->''"I may be on the side of the angels, but don't think for '''one second''' that I am one of them."''
105	-->-- '''Sherlock Holmes''', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''
106
107	->'''Elena Gilbert''': Why won't you let anyone see the good in you?\
108	'''Damon Salvatore''': 'Cause when people see good, they ''expect'' good. And I don't wanna live up to anyone's expectations.
109	-->-- ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''
110
111	->'''Hart''': Do you ever wonder if you're a bad man?\
112	'''Cohle''': No, I don't wonder, Marty. World needs bad men. We keep the other bad men from the door.
113	-->-- ''Series/TrueDetective''
114	[[/folder]]
115
116	[[folder:Music]]
117	->''"Whatever happened to all the heroes?''
118	->''All the Shakespearoes?''
119	->''They watched their Rome burn''
120	->''Whatever happened to the heroes?''
121	->''Whatever happened to the heroes?''
122	->''No more heroes anymore''
123	->''No more heroes anymore"''
124	-->-- '''The Stranglers''', "No More Heroes"
125
126	->''"Now, here I lie in my own blood, and strangers cry for me''
127	->''I'm prepared to meet the gods, I wish they'd let me be''
128	->''I don't deserve their sympathy, I know who I am''
129	->''My soul is death and misery''
130	->''I am an evil man"''
131	-->-- '''Music/AmonAmarth''', "The Hero"
132
133	->''"Yo, it's three thousand thirty''\
134	''I want y'all to meet Deltron Zero, hero, not no small feat''\
135	''It's all heat in this day and age''\
136	''I'll raid your grave, anything it takes to save the day"''
137	-->-- '''Music/Deltron3030''', "3030"
138
139	->''"Hunting high and low to seek revenge\
140	Brand new moral code, got made reluctant renegade\
141	Leaving empty souls when he avenged\
142	Evil spirits flowed, he drank the blood like lemonade"''
143	-->-- '''Morcheeba''', "Blood Like Lemonade"
144
145	->''"Like a demon leads the youth\
146	We are terrible in truth\
147	No time to falter, no turning back\
148	When we come under attack\
149	There is no question as with a friend\
150	We have our honor to defend\
151	We're on fire but on a leash\
152	We only ever wanted peace!"''
153	-->-- '''Judas Priest''', "Never The Heroes"
154
155	->''"Stay in the lines, don't make a scene"\
156	Heroes try to tell us what's right\
157	But when push comes to shove, you'll know what I mean\
158	I'm ready to start a fight\
159	I'm gonna be the anti-hero\
160	Feared and hated by everybody\
161	I'm gonna be the anti-hero\
162	So I can save you when the time comes!''
163	-->-- '''Sekai no Owari''', "Anti-Hero"
164
165	->''I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror\
166	[[LampshadeHanging It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero]]''
167	-->--'''Music/TaylorSwift''', "Anti-Hero"
168	[[/folder]]
169
170
171	[[folder:Video Games]]
172	->''"Look at you, you're one of the Six Heroes, and you're [[WouldHurtAChild threatening]] ''[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} a child]]''."''
173	-->-- '''Iron Tager''', towards Hakumen, ''VideoGame/BlazblueCrossTagBattle''
174
175	->''"I see and feel the evil''
176	->''My hands will crush 'em all''
177	->''You think you have the answer''
178	->''I'll laugh and watch you fall''
179	->''Black hearted evil''
180	->''Brave hearted hero''
181	->''I am all, I am all I am"''
182	-->-- '''Music/Crush40''', [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog "I Am All of Me"]]
183
184	->''"We're not the good guys. We're not even ''close'' to being the good guys. But today, we're going to save the world."''
185	-->-- '''Athena''', ''Videogame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tcGpsNvALI Last Hope trailer]]
186
187	->''"Good men mean well. We just don't always end up doing well."''
188	-->-- '''Isaac Clarke''', ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3''
189
190	->''"Men have this idea that [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen they can fight with dignity]], that there is a proper way to kill someone... it's absurd. We need that idea, to endure the bloody horror of murder. You must destroy this idea. Show them what a messy, terrible thing it is to kill a man, and show them that [[BloodKnight you relish in it]]. Shoot to wound, then execute the wounded, burn them, take them in close combat. Destroy any preconceptions as to what a man is and you become their personal monster... when they fear you, you become stronger, you become better."''
191	-->-- '''The Jackal''', ''VideoGame/FarCry2''
192
193	->''"That is the end of this war. That is the responsibility I took when I swore to be a {{superhero}}. It is the first price I have to pay to become my ideal. There's no need to talk about the obvious outcome. Emiya Shirou will turn his mind to steel, and become a {{superhero}}."''
194	-->-- '''Shirou''', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' [[MultipleEndings bad end]] #30: Mind of Steel
195
196	->''"You both have [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids childlike ideals]]. Believing in simplicity and shouldering the role of a criminal for the sake of that ideal. Turning yourselves into the greatest evil to eliminate all the small evils in this world. You and Kiritsugu act like the saviors we call 'anti-heroes'."''
197	-->-- '''Kotomine''', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''
198
199	->''"There was no glory in this. I hadn't asked for this crap. Trouble had come to me in big dark swarms. The good and the just were like gold dust in this city. I had no illusions. I wasn't one of them... I was no hero."''
200	-->-- ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''
201
202
203	->'''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}:''' [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Your angel of death awaits.]]\
204	'''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]:''' You ''can't'' kill me! Heroes have moral codes!\
205	'''Spawn:''' Who said I was a hero?
206	-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''
207
208	->'''Markus Kruber:''' Blimey, bit exciting hereabouts, isn't it sir?\
209	'''Victor Saltzpyre:''' The world seethes with challenge for righteous souls!\
210	'''Markus Kruber:''' I don't mind that, sir. Just wish it'd leave ''me'' alone for a bit, if you follow.
211	-->-- ''VideoGame/VermintideII''
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Web Animation]]
215	->''"In R-rated movies, the good guy only kills in self-defense. RR-rated movies are allowed to blur the line. Man, I saw this one RR-rated movie where the good guy stepped on a rabbit. He didn't kill it, but, later on, he wished he did! The ''good'' guy! That's messed up, man!"''
216	-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]''', sbemail "rated"
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Web Comics]]
220	->'''VRISKA''': I only ever wanted to do the right thing no matter how it made people judge me, and I don't need a magic ring to do that....
221	->'''VRISKA''': And you don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.
222	->'''VRISKA''': You just have to know who you are and stay true to that.
223	->'''VRISKA''': So I'm going to keep fighting for people the only way I ever knew how.\
224	'''VRISKA''': 8y 8eing me.
225	-->-- '''Vriska Serket''', ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''
226
227	->'''Gear''': ...Shooting people in the back isn't very ''heroic'', you know.\
228	'''Benzene''': Steffi's the one who believes in things like heroics. Which is why I need to protect her from people like ''you''.
229	-->-- ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz''
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:Web Original]]
233
234	->''"There has always been something of the bizarre about the {{Series/Torchwood}} team but until now it has just been the most collection of flawed and sexually corrupt human beings ever to have been assembled in one environment. To have the man who cannot die heading the organization and the man who died and lives on as their Chief Medical Officer seems to fit somehow. A true bunch of grotesques."''
235	-->-- '''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/a-day-in-death-written-by-joseph.html Joe Ford]]'''
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Web Video]]
239	->''"It is the purpose of the anti-hero to fight against, and thus reveal the hypocrisy of humanity."''
240	-->-- '''[=Ninja07Keaton=]''', Website/YouTube
241
242	->'''[[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]]''': Welcome, heroes...!\
243	'''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Vegeta]]''': Okay, we'll use that word loosely.
244	-->-- ''[[LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay Renegade for Life]]: Vegeta Plays Deltarune''
245	[[/folder]]
246
247	[[folder:Western Animation]]
248	->''"Discord may be reformed, but he's not '''that''' reformed."''
249	-->--'''Spike the Dragon''', who is [[GoodIsNotNice kind of right]], ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
250
251	->''"And, well, he's not a villain, Summer, but he shouldn't be your hero."''
252	-->-- '''Morty (about Rick)''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rick and Morty}}''
253
254	->''"You may not like the way I do things, but I get things done!"''
255	-->-- '''Rouge the Bat''', ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime''
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Real Life]]
259	->''"In judging policies we should consider the results that have been achieved through them rather than the means by which they have been executed."''
260	-->-- '''Creator/{{Niccolo Machiavelli}}''', letter to Piero Soderini
261
262	->''"James Bond is a blunt instrument wielded by a Government Department. He is quiet, hard, ruthless, sardonic, fatalistic."''
263	-->-- '''Creator/IanFleming'''
264
265	->''"Yes, I do; though a very flawed hero. An anti-hero, perhaps. He is not a particularly likeable man in many ways. He remains rather cruel, a bully, riddled with bitterness and insecurity -- and yet he loved, and showed loyalty to that love and, ultimately, laid down his life because of it. That’s pretty heroic!"''
266	-->-- '''Creator/JKRowling on [[Literature/HarryPotter Severus Snape]]'''
267
268	->''"When I was cast as Galadriel, I was so excited about exploring this element of her – that she's not a saint, and she's from a family that has caused a huge amount of damage, and she realizes that she can only fully be in control of the side of her that could be twisted towards evil, as seen in the Third Age with Frodo. To show that side of her and for Adar to really... She's the closest to speechless she could ever be because he really truly sees her. It was really exciting to have what we were exploring with Galadriel, that she was not perfect, and she had this darkness inside of her and we have that come to a peak, which is what that scene felt like."''
269	-->-- '''Creator/MorfyddClark on [[Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower Galadriel]]'''
270
271	->''"The anti-heroes are central to these television shows, and people are really getting behind them, even though they're not necessarily the most moral characters. So I'd say that I've become more familiar with the character who's obviously very flawed but gets you on their side -- you have complicated feelings about them. But I think I saw the story too much from this character's perspective to perceive any flaws."''
272	-->--'''Creator/PedroPascal''', when asked for [[Series/GameOfThrones Oberyn Martell]]'s influences
273	[[/folder]]

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