1 | ->'''Sorting Hat:''' I can see you learned quite well all the cunning you could ever need during your last stay in [[SchoolForScheming Slytherin]].\ |
2 | '''[[TheAtoner Tom Riddle]]:''' What are you doing, Hat?\ |
3 | '''Sorting Hat:''' You already show commendable loyalty and you certainly strive toward academic achievements without needing any urging. And while you have [[VillainousValour plenty of courage]]... you might benefit from learning that being straightfoward in some dealings isn't all bad.\ |
4 | '''Tom Riddle:''' [[BigNo No!]]\ |
5 | '''Sorting Hat:''' Gryffindor! |
6 | -->-- ''Fanfic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders'' |
7 | |
8 | ->''"Evil? Your evil is my good. I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread [[OmnicidalManiac I leave nothing but dust and darkness]]. I find that good."'' |
9 | -->-- '''Sutekh the Destroyer''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars]]" |
10 | |
11 | ->'''Lex Luthor:''' Bizarro. Superman is your '''best''' friend! Do you understand?\ |
12 | '''Bizarro:''' Bizarro understand. Superman am friend! Bizarro must '''KILL''' him! |
13 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' |
14 | |
15 | ->'''Lex Luthor:''' Bizarro, you despise me, right?\ |
16 | '''Bizarro:''' Uh-huh. Bizarro hate Luthor. Me do anything for him.\ |
17 | '''Lex Luthor:''' Good -- I mean, bad! Anyway, take care of those monks.\ |
18 | '''Bizarro:''' Okay. |
19 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' |
20 | |
21 | ->''Fair is foul and foul is fair\ |
22 | Hover through the fog and filthy air'' |
23 | -->-- '''The Three Witches''', ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' |
24 | |
25 | ->''"They want to me to give up the only life I've ever had / But it's so, so good to be bad!"'' |
26 | -->-- '''Robbie Rotten''', ''Series/LazyTown'', "Good to be Bad" song |
27 | |
28 | ->''"Ewww, it's just so fluffy... it's repulsive... My eyes! My eyes!"'' |
29 | -->-- '''Gnarl''' on seeing a baby seal, ''VideoGame/OverlordII'' |
30 | |
31 | ->''So farewell, hope; and with hope farewell, fear;\ |
32 | Farewell, remorse! all good to me is lost;\ |
33 | Evil, be thou my good!'' |
34 | -->-- '''Satan''', ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' |
35 | |
36 | ->''When your name is Evil\ |
37 | Bad is good, or so you'd think\ |
38 | But you're so very wrong—\ |
39 | it's Evil\ |
40 | But being wrong is right\ |
41 | So then you're good again\ |
42 | Which is the evilest thing of all...'' |
43 | -->-- "Dr. Evil" by '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', from the ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' soundtrack |
44 | |
45 | ->'''Evil:''' Suddenly, I feel very, very good.\ |
46 | '''Robert:''' Oh, I'm sorry, Master.\ |
47 | '''Evil:''' No, it'll pass, it'll pass. |
48 | -->-- ''Film/TimeBandits'' |
49 | |
50 | ->''Good can't help but do a little evil,\ |
51 | Evil can't help but do a little good...'' |
52 | -->-- '''Music/TomWaits''' & '''Kool Keith''', ''Spacious Thoughts'' |
53 | |
54 | ->'''Harper Finkel:''' Alex, do you know what's going on? They put this good citizenship award on your locker!\ |
55 | '''Alex Russo:''' A good citizenship award? That's low!\ |
56 | ''[...]''\ |
57 | '''Alex Russo:''' Really? You think I'm an evil genius? That's so sweet. |
58 | -->-- ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' |
59 | |
60 | ->''I'm bad, and that's good.\ |
61 | I'll never be good, and that's not bad.\ |
62 | There's no one I'd rather be... than me.'' |
63 | -->-- The Bad-Anon Bad Guy Affirmation, ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' |
64 | |
65 | ->'''Chief Meanie:''' Are the troops in readiness?\ |
66 | '''Max:''' Yes, Your Blueness!\ |
67 | '''Chief Meanie:''' ''[enraged]'' ''WHAAAAAAAT?!'' We Meanies only take ''no'' for an answer! Is that understood, Max?!\ |
68 | '''Max:''' No, Your Blueness!\ |
69 | '''Chief Meanie:''' Thaaaat's better.... |
70 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' |
71 | |
72 | ->'''The Captain:''' Do you really consider yourselves Evil?\ |
73 | '''Ilwrath:''' Ha! Evil! Of Course We're Evil!\ |
74 | '''Ilwrath:''' Dogar And Kazon Would Never Reward A Less-Than-Hideously Evil Species With Their Baleful Grace.\ |
75 | '''Ilwrath:''' Why We Are The Very Definition Of Evil!\ |
76 | '''Ilwrath:''' Everything About Us, Within And Without, Reeks Of Heinous Deeds, Deceit And Treachery!\ |
77 | '''Ilwrath:''' Even Our House Pets Are Rather Evil.\ |
78 | '''The Captain:''' But 'evil' is that which is morally bad or wrong. And if your actions are judged by your society as correct, aren't you, in fact, good?\ |
79 | '''Ilwrath:''' Hmmm... We ARE All Evil.\ |
80 | '''Ilwrath:''' We All Behave In A Mutually Agreed-Upon Fashion Of Murder, Torture, Deceit And So Forth.\ |
81 | '''Ilwrath:''' Our Uniform Acceptance Of This Heinous Credo Creates An Orderly And Cooperative Society\ |
82 | '''Ilwrath:''' Which Hardly Seems Evil.\ |
83 | '''Ilwrath:''' Evil Is Doing Things That Make Others Hurt Or Fear.\ |
84 | '''Ilwrath:''' We ALL Do That, Of Course.\ |
85 | '''Ilwrath:''' But Since We ALL Do Such Things, As Sanctioned By Our Culture,\ |
86 | '''Ilwrath:''' It Would Be 'Bad' To Do Otherwise.\ |
87 | '''Ilwrath:''' Which Means...\ |
88 | '''Ilwrath:''' Er...\ |
89 | '''Ilwrath:''' Puny Hu-Man, Do Not Play With Words! You Anger Both Dogar And Kazon! Now You Must Die! |
90 | -->-- ''VideoGame/StarControl II'' |
91 | |
92 | ->He had a horrible fairness of the intellect that made me despair of his soul. A common, harmless atheist would have denied that religion produced humility or humility a simple joy: but he admitted both. He only said, "But shall I not find in evil a life of its own? Granted that for every woman I ruin one of those red sparks will go out: will not the expanding pleasure of ruin..."\ |
93 | "Do you see that fire?" I asked. "If we had a real fighting democracy, some one would burn you in it; like the devil-worshipper that you are."\ |
94 | "Perhaps," he said, in his tired, fair way. "Only what you call evil I call good." |
95 | -->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton''', "The Diabolist", in ''Tremendous Trifles'' |
96 | |
97 | ->'''Minion:''' Sir, I think this is a bad idea...\ |
98 | '''Megamind:''' Yes, it is a very wickedly bad idea for the greater good of bad!\ |
99 | '''Minion:''' But I'm saying it's the kind of bad that... Okay, you might ''think'' is good from your ''bad'' perception, but from a ''good'' perception... It's just plain bad.\ |
100 | '''Megamind:''' Oh, you don't know what's good for bad! |
101 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' |
102 | |
103 | ->'''Baba Yaga:''' We're here to get you back on the right path... hehe, the wrong path. I'll let your friends explain.\ |
104 | '''Apple:''' Raven, I adore you! But, like, the other day you spilled that everlasting black ink all over my new ball gown.\ |
105 | '''Raven:''' That was an accident. I felt really bad and I said I was sorry like a hundred times!\ |
106 | '''Apple:''' You're not ''supposed'' to apologize! [[FantasticCasteSystem You're evil]]! |
107 | -->-- "[[Toys/EverAfterHigh Stark Raven Mad]]" |
108 | |
109 | ->''[At a funeral for a DoubleAgent, spoken to the agent's widow]''\ |
110 | '''Chief of CONTROL:''' Your husband served the cause of CONTROL well. He always conducted himself with honor.\ |
111 | '''Chief of KAOS:''' Your husband served the cause of KAOS well. He always conducted himself with dishonor. |
112 | -->-- ''Series/GetSmart'', "Die, Spy" |
113 | |
114 | ->''"Proving to the buyer that you have it is one of the distasteful but necessary parts of this business."'' |
115 | -->-- ''Film/CatalinaCaper'' |
116 | |
117 | ->'''Luna:''' Even our people weren't after the human world. We were perfectly content in [[HiddenElfVillage our kingdom]].\ |
118 | '''Falla:''' Ha! Our little hole in the monster world? Do you really think that's what we deserved? Just to stay in our little pocket of the world like caged butterflies?\ |
119 | '''Luna:''' We had everything we wanted, Falla. We didn't need the rest of the world.\ |
120 | '''Falla:''' That's why you wouldn't have made a good queen, dear sister. You lack ambition. You lack foresight. Our people would have ruled the world without question with our magic.\ |
121 | '''Luna:''' You wouldn't have been queen with that mindset, Falla. You would have led our people into a war that would cost countless lives. You would have been the end of us all, not that you weren't already.\ |
122 | '''Falla:''' Such little faith, sister. I would have led our people to greatness. If only they saw the truth rather than believing that you would have been suitable for the throne they would still be alive. |
123 | -->-- ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act IV'' |
124 | |
125 | ->'''Ligur:''' So, Crowley.\ |
126 | '''Hastur:''' ''[makes a face]'' What's Mr. Slick done now?\ |
127 | '''Ligur:''' I'm not sure. But I know it's nothing good.\ |
128 | '''Hastur:''' Oh. Well, that's alright, then. He's not meant to do good.\ |
129 | ''[beat]''\ |
130 | '''Ligur:''' Figure of speech. Nothing bad, then.\ |
131 | '''Hastur:''' Nothing bad? So he's not in trouble?\ |
132 | '''Ligur:''' He's definitely in trouble. Or he will be. |
133 | -->-- ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' |
134 | |
135 | ->''"We've been going about this all wrong, and not in the confusing Bad Place way where that's actually good."'' |
136 | -->-- '''Shawn''', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' |
137 | |
138 | ->''"Remember, no one is born a sinner. You have to work hard to achieve success."'' |
139 | -->-- '''UAC Spokeswoman''', ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' |
140 | |
141 | ->''"She'd done something, something bad, because it was good."'' |
142 | -->-- '''Nita''' on disobeying her abusive mother by setting her latest victim free, ''[[Literature/MarketofMonsters Not Even Bones]]'' |
143 | |
144 | ->''"Look, I hate purity. Hate goodness. I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt."'' |
145 | -->-- '''Winston Smith''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' |
146 | |
147 | ->''"Look! Ugly one-horned mule!"'' |
148 | -->-- '''Blunder''', a goblin, describing a unicorn, ''Film/Legend1985'' |
149 | |
150 | ->''"Mortal world turned to ice... Here be goblin paradise!"'' |
151 | -->-- '''Blix''', ''Film/Legend1985'' |
152 | |
153 | ->''"The weather's gone bad again."'' |
154 | -->-- '''Francesco Dellamorte''' on a sunny day, ''Film/CemeteryMan'' |
155 | |
156 | ->''"You, too, can feel the joy and happiness of hating."'' |
157 | -->-- '''Princess Asa Vadja''', ''Film/BlackSunday'' |
158 | |
159 | ->'''Pan:''' I think you two should rule Lionheart-land. Even pre-redemption, you, [[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens Kylo]], weren't half the incel [[RonTheDeathEater the best male character in this fic]] is. And you, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], would look like a benevolent ruler compared to the three factions here.\ |
160 | '''Ganondorf:''' Is he flattering or insulting us? |
161 | -->-- '''Blog/DasSporking''' [[https://das-sporking2.dreamwidth.org/1703695.html?thread=43642383#cmt43642383 on]] ''Fanfic/PartiallyKissedHero'' |
162 | |
163 | ->'''Kammy Koopa:''' There you are! I've been looking all over for you!\ |
164 | '''Kamek:''' M.. M.. Mother??? What are you doing back here so soon?\ |
165 | '''Kammy:''' I just got back from my vacation. But as of you, I'm very disappointed in you. The moment I got back here, I checked your bedroom, and what did I find? Everything was neat and tidy! I thought I told you to mess up your room before I got back? How am I supposed to teach you bad manners when you're constantly behaving yourself?!\ |
166 | '''Kamek:''' Wait, I can explain! I've been very busy serving his Royal Evilness, and I didn't.....\ |
167 | '''Kammy:''' Enough of your excuses, young Magikoopa! Go to your room this instant and mess it up!\ |
168 | '''Kamek:''' Meh.... I never get to have any fun..... |
169 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'', Episode 7 |
170 | |
171 | ->''"I don't like to feel good, I like to feel evil!"'' |
172 | -->-- '''Skeletor''', ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' |
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