Line #0 Quotes/Badass


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3	[[folder:Comic Books]]
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5	->'''[[TheCommissionerGordon Gordon]]:''' Why did you have to choose an enemy that's as old as ''time'' and bigger than all of us, Batman?\
6	'''Batman:''' Same reason you did, Jim. I figured I could take him.
7	-->-- ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' #702
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9	->''None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. ''You're locked up in here with me.''''
10	-->-- '''Rorschach''', ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''
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14	[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
15
16	->''Tallahassee sets the standard for "not to be fucked with."''
17	-->-- '''Columbus''', ''Film/{{Zombieland}}''
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19	->''And as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil for I am the baddest motherfucker in that goddamn valley.''
20	-->-- '''Staff Sergeant Sykes''', ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' ([[OlderThanTheyThink among many others]])
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22	->''[[LampshadeHanging Your boyfriend's a badass...]]''
23	-->-- '''Zach''' to Claire, while watching Owen [[SignatureScene ride a motorcycle alongside his very own pack of tame Velociraptors]], ''Film/JurassicWorld''
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25	->'''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson Jules:]]''' I want you to look inside that bag and find my wallet.\
26	'''Robber:''' Which one is it?\
27	'''Jules:''' The one that says "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bad Mother Fucker]]."
28	-->-- ''Film/PulpFiction''
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30	->'''Viggo:''' It is not what you did, son, that angers me so. It's who you did it to.\
31	'''Iosef:''' Who? That fucking nobody?\
32	'''Viggo:''' That "fuckin' nobody"... is [[TitleDrop John Wick]]. He once was an associate of ours. They call him "[[RedBaron Baba Yaga]]."\
33	'''Iosef:''' The Boogeyman?\
34	'''Viggo:''' [[{{Understatement}} Well, John wasn't exactly the Boogeyman]]. [[TheDreaded He was the one you sent to kill the fucking Boogeyman]].\
35	'''Iosef:''' [[OhCrap Oh]].\
36	'''Viggo:''' [[{{Determinator}} John is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will]]. Something [[DumbassTeenageSon you know very little about]]. I once saw him kill three men in a bar fight [[ImprobableWeaponUser with a pencil]]. [[MemeticMutation With a fucking pencil]]. One day, he tells me he wants out. [[LoveRedeems It's over a woman, of course.]] So I made a deal with him. I gave him an impossible task. A job no one could have pulled off. [[OneManArmy The bodies he buried that day laid the foundation of what we are now.]] And now, my son...a few days after his wife dies, [[BullyingADragon you steal his car...and kill his]] '''[[BullyingADragon fucking]]''' [[BullyingADragon dog!]]
37	-->-- ''Film/JohnWick''
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41	[[folder:Literature]]
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43	->''Slayer qualities: kicking ass! (emphasis mine)''
44	-->-- '''Faith [=LeHane=]''' calls it how it is, the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' novel ''Go Ask Malice''
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46	->'''[[MagnificentBastard Havelock Vetinari]]''': Given, then, a contest between an invisible and very powerful quasidemonic thing of pure vengeance on the one hand, and the commander on the other, where would you wager, say... one dollar?\
47	'''Drumknott''': I wouldn't, sir. That looks like one that would go to the judges.
48	-->-- ''Literature/{{Thud}}''
49
50	->''Smart plus strong plus quick equals badass.''
51	-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
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53	->Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. ''If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being '''bad.''''' Hiro used to feel this way, too, but then he ran into Raven. In a way, this was liberating. He no longer has to worry about being the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken.
54	-->-- ''Literature/SnowCrash''
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58	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
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60	->'''Al:''' The gruffest, toughest man to ever graduate from Polk High.\
61	'''Roger:''' He had a beard in the seventh grade. And a wife.\
62	'''Officer Dan:''' Took out his own appendix with a pocket fisherman.\
63	'''Al:''' Could've been a great football player for Polk High... but he refused to take off his spurs.\
64	'''Jefferson:''' He wore boots to play football?\
65	'''Al:''' No boots. Just spurs.
66	-->-- ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', "The Legend of Ironhead Haynes"
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70	[[folder:Music]]
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72	->''I could take the pitchfork from the devil\
73	Keep a super suit like I'm incredible\
74	From the deep blue sea to the dark blue sky\
75	I'm the baddest man alive.''
76	-->-- '''Music/TheBlackKeys''' and '''[[Music/WuTangClan RZA]]''', "The Baddest Man Alive"
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78	->''I know karate, voodoo too\
79	I'm gonna make myself available to you\
80	I don't need no makeup, I got real scars\
81	I got hair on my chest\
82	I look good without a shirt.''
83	-->-- '''Music/TomWaits''', "Goin' Out West"
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87	[[folder:Poetry]]
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89	->YOU are the SUN incarnate––\
90	WALKING INFERNO,\
91	you are as GLORIOUS as HEAVEN,\
92	as DEATHLY as HELL.
93	-->-- An [[http://anna.co.vu/post/105219217135/oh-child-why-do-you-mourn-why-do-you-scratch untitled poem]] by '''l.n.s'''
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97	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
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99	->''Nice guys... it's said [[NiceGuysFinishLast they always finish last]].\
100	But badasses... always kick an asshole's ass!''
101	-->-- "You're Gonna Pay", '''[[Wrestling/{{WWE}} The Undertaker]]''''s theme during his "Big Evil" persona
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105	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
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107	->''I am the man the Colonel visited a dozen kinds of hell upon and survived... I am the man who helped the Colonel kill three million people. I am the only man to survive when four thousand others died on the battlefield. I have killed men in their sleep. I have shot them. I have stabbed them. I have strangled them. I've even beaten them to death with my hands and fists. I've fought tyranids and orks, I've marched across searing deserts and frozen wastelands. I've nearly died six times. My own men have tried to kill me on more than one occasion. I've fought things you don't even know exist. And I killed them.''
108	-->-- '''Lieutenant Kage''' of the 13th Penal Legion, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''
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112	[[folder:Video Games]]
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114	->''He is no [[KnightErrant Jedi]]. [[MartialPacifist A Jedi controls his emotions and his powers.]] But Starkiller... [[TheUnfettered he does not know restraint.]] He will bring down an entire Star Destroyer on your head, if that is what it takes to kill you.''
115	-->-- '''Juno Eclipse''' warns [[BountyHunter Boba Fett]], ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed 2''
116
117	->''Damn. That's one dangerous Slavic fucker!''
118	-->--'''Johnny Klebitz''' on Niko Bellic, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned''
119
120	->''The Collectors killed you once, and all it did was piss you off. I can't imagine that they'll stop you this time.''
121	-->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''' to Commander Shepard, in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
122
123	->''That was slick! I should ''sign'' my work!''
124	-->-- '''Sideswipe''' after taking down two Decepticon brutes with one grenade, ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron''
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126	->'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' Hey Snake, something I've been meaning to ask you. [[NostalgiaLevel That canyon...]] Isn't that where [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid you demolished Raven's tank]]? How'd you do it, anyway?\
127	'''Solid Snake:''' How? Well... Grenades.\
128	'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' That's it? You didn't use an anti-tank missile or something?\
129	'''Solid Snake:''' [[WithThisHerring Didn't have one.]]\
130	'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' Your technique is kind of... how do I put this... archaic when it comes to fighting tanks. Honestly, I don't think it'd work on today's main battle tanks.\
131	'''Solid Snake:''' Well, that's how I did it. What do you want me to say?\
132	'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' You know, I asked an active-duty Army officer once: If an infantryman had to take on a tank one-on-one, how should he do it?\
133	'''Solid Snake:''' And what was his answer?\
134	'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' [[NoJustNoReaction "Don't."]] He swore there's no way in hell a single infantryman could take down a tank by himself.\
135	'''Solid Snake:''' Interesting.\
136	'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' I always suspected there was a little something crazy about you, Snake. But after hearing that story... Now I know it. You're nuts! Single-handedly taking out a tank? That's crazy! You're insane!\
137	'''Solid Snake:''' Otacon, is this your idea of a compliment?\
138	'''Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich:''' Yes! [[WorldsBestWarrior You're the toughest, craziest, most hardcore badass on the planet!]] You're... ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments THE SHIT]]''!
139	-->-- ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''
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143	[[folder:Webcomics]]
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145	->''We are on Eastern Pain Time, and it is ''Dan o'clock''. [[note]][[AltText From Dan O'Clock to Dan Thirty, all drinks are half-price]][[/note]]''
146	-->-- '''Dan [=McNinja=]''', ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''
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148	->''Best be showing some r'spect for [[Creator/MarlonBrando Marlon]] there, th' man's a religious icon where I come from. Followers a'th' Bran-Dao believe that [[MilesGloriosus you don't gotta be runnin' yer mouth to prove how macho you are]]. [[BadassUnintentional Just gotta be confident an' put your all int' what you do and people will fill th' rest in themselves.]] We b'lieve if you live your life right, you reach a state of Nir[[RatedMForManly Man]]a, where th' whole universe is in complete recognition of your masculinity.''
149	-->-- '''Commander Badass''', ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''
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153	[[folder:Web Original]]
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155	->''I'm Ensign Munrooooooooe and ''[[CatchPhrase I am a man!]]
156	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', ''LetsPlay VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce''
157
158	->''Apparently, I'm made of awesome.''
159	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on [[Franchise/MortalKombat Jax Briggs]]
160
161	->'''Tucker:''' Where are you going?\
162	'''Tex:''' Red Base. Kill everybody. Get the flag back.
163	-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles''
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167	[[folder:Western Animation]]
168
169	->''Ask yourselves. Is being in here with me what you truly desire?''
170	-->-- '''The ComicBook/MartianManhunter''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''
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172	->''Boys, you don't want to shoot me. You know me. You know what I'll do to you if you do.''
173	-->-- '''Brock Samson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', "The Incredible Mr. Brisby"
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