Line #1 Quotes/BadassBookworm


1	->''"[[WeNeedADistraction First, distract target.]] [[NoSell Then block his blind jab.]] Counter with cross to left cheek. [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Discombobulate.]] Dazed, he'll attempt wild haymaker: employ elbow block, and body shot. Block feral left. [[SickeningCrunch Weaken right jaw. Now fracture.]] Break cracked ribs. Traumatise solar plexus. Dislocate jaw entirely. Heel kick to diaphragm. In summary: [[CurbStompBattle ears ringing, jaw fractured, three ribs cracked, four broken, diaphragm haemorrhaging.]] Physical recovery, six weeks; full psychological recovery, '''''[[MindScrew six months]]'''''. Capacity to [[BerserkButton spit at back of head]]: neutralised."''
2	-->-- ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''
3
4	->'''Holmes:''' You’re not a soldier. You are a doctor.\
5	'''Watson:''' No, an ''Army'' doctor, which means I could break every bone in your body, while naming them.
6	-->-- ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', "The Abominable Bride"
7
8	->''So, the biggest, most important fight of my life walks away and sends in the world's strongest Bookworm!''
9	-->-- '''Mr. Perfect Cell talking about Gohan''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
10
11	->'''Drogan''': I am Drogan, and you are?\
12	'''Titus''': Captain Titus of the Ultramarines. [[BigDamnHeroes We received your distress call]], [[SubvertedTrope but]] [[TheCavalryArrivesLate you seem to have weathered the enemy assault]].\
13	'''Drogan''': I am soldier and scientist ''both'', Captain.
14	-->-- ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine''
15
16	->'''Introduction:''' Ah, you timed your arrival well. I've just finished reading a book, you see. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lucian. I am a user of the Psychic type. I must say, you've already proven yourself to be outstanding by coming this far. They say I am the toughest of the Elite Four. I'm afraid I will have to go all out against you to live up to that reputation.\
17	'''After being defeated:''' I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.
18	-->-- '''Lucian''', ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''
19
20	->''Can your government employees do ''this?''''
21	-->-- The ''Series/NinjaWarrior'' announcer, as government worker Bunpei Shiratori climbs a narrow ledge by his fingertips
22
23	->''[Yinsen] has a Ph.D in '''[[LetsGetDangerous killing you]]'''!''
24	-->-- '''Mike Nelson''', ''Film/IronMan1'' Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}
25
26	->''Let's face it, not everyone is cut out to be me. I'm a physics-crunching ''badass''. I'm the complete package.''
27	-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''', ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'': Episode 10
28
29	->''I graduated MIT! My diploma is worth more than your life!''
30	-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''', ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'': Episode 23
31
32	->I'm a scientist with a shotgun. I'm unstoppable!
33	-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''', ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'': Episode 64
34
35	->''Gordon Freeman saved my life!\
36	Fight for freedom with a brain storm\
37	Gordon Freeman saved my life!\
38	Like Creator/ChuckNorris in a geek form.\
39	\
40	Completely silent, a violent creature\
41	Despite looking like a geography teacher''
42	-->-- "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMUyjvXpMV0 Gordon Freeman Saved My Life!]]"
43
44	->We discern across the centuries a commanding and versatile intelligence, wielding with equal force the sword of war and of justice; using in defence arms and policy; cherishing religion, learning, and art in the midst of adversity and danger; welding together a nation, and seeking always across the feuds and hatreds of the age a peace which would smile upon the land.
45	-->-- Description of UsefulNotes/AlfredTheGreat, ''History of the English-Speaking Peoples'' by '''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill'''.
46
47	->''He's like the band geek you made fun of in high school... until you found out he's an expert in some obscure martial art form.''
48	-->-- '''Captain Qwark''' on Clank, ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One''
49
50	->'''[[BigBad Megatron]]''': Not bad for a librarian! Perhaps you should have spent more time in the pits!\
51	'''[[TheHero Optimus Prime]]''': And perhaps you should have spent more time in the library.
52	-->-- ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron''
53
54	->'''[[TheMedic Maturin]]:''' You have the makings of a naturalist.\
55	'''[[PluckyMiddie Midshipman]]:''' Perhaps I can be a sort of fighting naturalist like you, sir.\
56	'''[[TheMedic Maturin]]:''' They don't combine too well, I find.
57	-->-- ''Film/MasterAndCommander''
58
59	->Joachim studied Axel for a moment. There was something owl-like about the examination. Scholarly, yes - but owls are also predators.
60	-->-- ''[[Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo 1633]]''
61
62	-> ''"Let me give you one piece of advice. Take it for what you will. Piss off terrorists, piss off mobsters, piss off your president if you wish. But never ''ever'' piss off a microbiologist."''
63	-->-- '''Dr. Arensky''', after killing his guard with some home-brew biological warfare, ''[[Literature/PaladinOfShadows Unto the Breach]]''
64
65	->'''Shinji:''' I presume then that you want me to help you with your written Japanese.\
66	'''Asuka:''' If you could. I can help you with your homework, I took most of it already when I was in college.\
67	'''Shinji:''' (squeaking because she's thirteen) You went to ''college''?\
68	'''Asuka:''' Yeah, I graduated last year.\
69	'''Shinji:''' Do you ''want'' to lose your virginity tonight? Because I am so turned on right now. Brains, beauty, and a degree in what I must presume is ass kicking, what more could a guy want?
70	-->-- ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji''
71
72	->''I was a scientific advisor attached to the military, except when I was a soldier sent on a scientific mission.''
73	-->-- '''Jim [=McCarthy=]''', ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr''.
74
75	->''That's my bread and butter you're fucking with.''
76	-->-- Dethklok financial officer '''Charles Offdensen''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}''
77
78	->''My eleventh [=PhD=] is in Applied Ass-Kicking!''
79	-->-- '''The Engineer''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
80
81	->''[[PreAsskickingOneLiner I've found the winning formula!]]''
82	-->--'''Sento Kiryu''', ''Series/KamenRiderBuild''
83
84	->''That's the trouble with monsters. No [[WeakButSkilled theoretical vigor]]. No one ever made you iron out your fundamentals, did they? If they had, you certainly wouldn't fall for [[WizardDuel this]]... ''[pause for more asskicking]'' [[InstantArmor Fergus' Spectral Armory!]] Like it? Do you? Very basic principles. Second Year stuff! But then you never bothered with school, did you, [[spoiler: Martin?]] You wouldn't have lasted an hour at [[WizardingSchool Brakebills]]!''
85	-->--'''Alice,''' ''Literature/TheMagicians''
86
87	->'''Vikenti:''' No. I'm not a warrior. I'm just a librarian. I only catalogue the legends of warriors and such.\
88	'''Morena:''' And yet, you still pushed on. Your profession may be different, but the fire of a warrior surged through your veins.
89	-->-- ''VideoGame/NocturneInYellow''
90
91	->'''Bogs:''' Now, I'm gonna open my fly and you're gonna swallow what I give ya to swallow. And after you swallow mine you're gonna swallow Rooster's, cause ya done broke his nose and I think he oughta have something to show for it.\
92	'''Andy:''' Anything you put in my mouth you're gonna lose.\
93	'''Bogs:''' Naw, you don't understand. You do that and I'll put all eight inches of steel in your ear.\
94	'''Andy:''' All right. But you should know that sudden serious brain injury causes the victim to bite down hard. In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victim's jaws open with a crowbar.\
95	'''Bogs:''' ''[unnerved]'' Where do you get this shit?\
96	'''Andy:''' I read it. You know how to read, you ignorant fuck?
97	-->-- ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''
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99	->"Next we need a bookworm adventurer who can say "brains" and "guts" in twenty-seven languages."
100	-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "200"
101
102	->''You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, right? Nigga with a library card.''
103	-->-- '''Brother Mouzone''', ''Series/TheWire''

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