Line #52 Quotes/FallenHero


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3	[[folder:Comic Books]]
4	->'''ComicBook/GreenArrow:''' Green Lantern!\
5	'''[[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]:''' Not Green Lantern, Arrow. [[ThatManIsDead Not anymore]]. I've taken the name Parallax. I've seen the universe from many different directions, and I know how to fix it -- [[DarkMessiah even if it means destroying it]]!
6	-->-- ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime''
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8	->''"Let me tell you the kind of world '''I''' live in. It is a world of miserable, bitter, ungrateful paramecium who lash out at you in a state of perpetual rage for not solving '''their''' problems '''fast enough.''' You do '''astonishing things''' for them a hundred times a '''day'''. You bring '''wonder''' to the lives of '''ordinary people'''. And in the end, you realize it's like doing magic tricks for a dog. So you build a home out of a '''volcano''' and you hope the noise drowns them out."''
9	-->-- '''The Plutonian''', ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''
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11	->''"I once thought that I was impervious to the allure of the Dark Side. [[TheReveal I was mistaken.]]"''
12	-->-- '''Ulic Qel-Droma''', ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi''
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15	[[folder:Film]]
16	->''"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."''
17	-->-- '''Harvey Dent/Two-Face''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
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19	->''"[[Franchise/{{Batman}} You]] thought we could be [[TheLastDJ decent men in an indecent time]], but you were wrong! The world is cruel... and the only morality in a cruel world is chance. Unbiased. Unprejudiced. ''Fair.''"''
20	-->-- '''Harvey Dent/Two-Face''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
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22	->'''Two-Face''': The Joker chose ME!\
23	'''Batman''': Because you were the best of us! He wanted to prove that even someone as good as you could fall.\
24	'''Two-Face''': And he was right.
25	-->-- ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
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27	->'''Kirk''': What happened to you out there, Edison?\
28	'''Krall''': "Edison..." I have to say, Kirk, I missed being me. We lost ourselves, but gained a purpose! A means to bring the galaxy back to the struggle that made humanity strong.\
29	'''Kirk''': I think you underestimate humanity.\
30	'''Krall''': ''I fought for humanity!'' Lost millions to the Xindi and Romulan wars, and for what? For the Federation to sit me in a captain's chair and break bread [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain with the enemy]]!
31	-->-- ''Film/StarTrekBeyond''
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33	->'''Darth Vader''': [[NeverMyFault You turned her against me!]]\
34	'''Obi-Wan''': You have done that yourself!\
35	'''Darth Vader''': ''You will not take her from me!''\
36	'''Obi-Wan''': Your anger and your lust for power have already done that. You have allowed this dark lord to [[TheCorrupter twist your mind]] until now... until now, [[FaceHeelTurn you have become the very thing you swore to destroy]].\
37	'''Darth Vader''': Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear TheDarkSide as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire!\
38	'''Obi-Wan''': Your new Empire?!\
39	'''Darth Vader''': Don't make me kill you.\
40	'''Obi-Wan''': Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic! ''To democracy!''\
41	'''Darth Vader''': If [[WithUsOrAgainstUs you're not with me]], [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity then you're my enemy]].\
42	'''Obi-Wan''': Only a Sith deals in absolutes. (picks up his lightsaber) I will do what I must.
43	-->-- ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
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45	->'''Obi-Wan''': (''on the verge of tears'') [[ThePoorlyChosenOne You were the Chosen One!]] It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not ''join'' them! Bring balance to the Force... not leave it in darkness!\
46	'''Darth Vader''': (''gazes up at him remorsefully, but then his face twists into absolute rage'') '''[[DyingDeclarationOfHate I]] ''[[DyingDeclarationOfHate HATE YOU!]]'''''\
47	'''Obi-Wan''': You were my brother, Anakin! I '''loved''' you!
48	-->-- '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', to Darth Vader, ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
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50	->''"Your father was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, [[ThatManIsDead the good man who was your father was destroyed]]. So [[YouKilledMyFather what I told you]] was true, [[MetaphoricallyTrue from a certain point of view]]."''
51	-->-- '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', to Luke Skywalker, ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''
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54	[[folder:Literature]]
55	->'''Armsmaster''': What do you want, monster? Little point in coming after me. I don’t have much of a life to look forward to. I’ve already lost everything!\
56	'''[[WasOnceAMan Mannequin]]''': ''([[SilentAntagonist says nothing]])''\
57	'''Armsmaster''': You’d be doing me a fucking favor! Come on! Come get me, you freak!\
58	'''Dragon''': Oh, Colin.\
59	'''Dragon''': The PRT got a tip from one of the villain teams. The Slaughterhouse Nine is in town.\
60	'''Armsmaster''': So I gathered.\
61	'''Dragon''': They ran it by some of the experts. Colin, the consensus they came to was that Slaughterhouse Nine are in Brockton Bay to replace their ninth member.\
62	'''Armsmaster''': [[HeelRealization Me!?]]
63	-->-- ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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65	->''"Begone! The sight of you is all the fouler, knowing that you once were fair."''
66	-->-- '''Selitos''', ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind''
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69	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
70	->'''Daisy''': Stop! People are dying!\
71	'''Talbot''': This is war; collateral damage is part of it. I need to arm myself so I can fight my enemies.\
72	'''Daisy''': You are ''[[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming]]'' the enemy, [[ObliviouslyEvil whether you believe it or not]].
73	-->-- ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS5E22TheEnd The End]]"
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75	->''"You start with a [[ThouShaltNotKill code]]. You hold onto it with every [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids self-righteous]] breath, but then [[StartOfDarkness you take one life]]. [[ItGetsEasier Then another]], [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope then another]], [[HeWhoFightsMonsters then another]]. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood You'll see.]]"''
76	-->-- '''Earth-99 Bruce Wayne''', ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019''
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78	->'''Series/UltramanTaro''': Return to the Land of Light with me! Restore the light within you, Tregear!\
79	'''[[EvilFormerFriend Ultraman Tregear]]''': You know nothing, Taro! I reject both the [[LightIsGood light]] and the [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower bond]]! Its all just an illusion!
80	-->-- ''Series/UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracy'', [[Recap/UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracyEpisode5 Episode 5]]
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83	[[folder:Music]]
84	->''"If only I could stand and stare in the mirror, could I see\
85	One fallen hero with a face like me?\
86	And if I scream, could anybody hear me?\
87	If I smash the silence, you'll see what fame has done to me"''
88	-->-- '''[[Music/WASPBand W.A.S.P.]]''', "The Idol"
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90	->''For the last time I've been betrayed\
91	Never again will I subject myself to this hypocrisy\
92	Something is drawing me to the other side\
93	Only time will tell my true destiny''
94	-->-- '''Music/IcedEarth''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E--XSLdD1jk "Angels Holocaust"]]
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97	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
98	->''"...and when it all came to pass, the name Hulk Hogan, the man Hulk Hogan, got '''bigger''' than the sport of professional wrestling brother!"''
99	-->-- '''Wrestling/HulkHogan''', during his famous FaceHeelTurn.
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102	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
103	->''Those who have tasted the light of goodness and justice and turned away make the foulest villains.''
104	-->-- ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Third Edition Dungeon Master's Guide'', on fallen paladins who become [[BlackKnight Blackguards]].
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106	->''"In troubled times, there are few greater sorrows than a wayward savior."''
107	-->-- '''[[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3616 Fallen Askari]]''', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
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109	->Somewhere down the line, the [[ScienceHero Order of Reason]] lost sight of their goals. Invention and structure became ends in and of themselves. During the Industrial Revolution, Artificers introduced factories and the modern work ethic to churn out innovation upon innovation without thought for their effects on the Masses. The Guild encouraged [[CorruptCorporateExecutive mass production, laissez-faire economics and colonialism]]. The Cabal of Pure Thought stopped revealing truths to the Masses, and began [[InternalRetcon restructuring their perception of history]] through archaeology and geology. The Hippocratic Circle lost interest in healing humans and considered [[EvilutionaryBiologist how they could be improved through accelerated evolution]]. The Void Seekers [[TokenGoodTeammate remained true to their goal of exploration]]; the native cultures they encountered, however, [[EvilColonialist were brutally enslaved, assimilated, or destroyed]].
110	-->-- ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension, Core Rulebook'' (2nd ed)
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112	->Unfortunately, Fariq's [[ReconcileTheBitterFoes noble goal]] will not come to fruition. The atrocities committed by both Christians and Muslims will [[TookALevelInCynic destroy his idealism and fill his soul with bitterness]]. Muslims will be driven from the Kingdom of Hungary in the mid-13th century. Age will taint Fariq's mistrust. This will result in his refusal to attend the [[PeaceConference Convention of Thorns]] in the 15th century, his eventual indoctrination into the ranks of the [[MurderInc Assamite]] ''[[EvilCounterpart antitribu]]'', and from there, his initiation into the [[ReligionOfEvil Path of Evil Revelations]]. Fariq will fall from grace, and he has a ''very'' long way to fall...
113	-->-- ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Vampire: The Dark Ages]] - Transylvania By Night''
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115	->Once Mankind's greatest champions, now its direst foes.
116	-->-- '''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer 40000}} Rulebook (7th edition)''' on the Chaos Space Marines.
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119	[[folder:Video Games]]
120	->''"A fallen hero. How regrettable."''
121	-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Kain]]''' on [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
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123	->''"It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it."''
124	-->-- '''Kreia''', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''
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126	->''"Once there was a man named Jack who wanted to find a Vault and become a hero. [[StartOfDarkness Things kind of]] [[VillainousBreakdown escalated from there.]]"''
127	-->-- LoadingScreen of ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel''
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129	->''"While I was under his control, I realised something. Egil once wished only to break the circle of suffering, he believed that if blood was spilt now a new world would be born. But something terrible happened and now, now he is consumed with vengeance."''
130	-->-- '''Gadolt''' talking about Egil, ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''
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132	->'''Rex''': Mythra, don't tell me?\
133	'''Mythra''': Yes, he's a Blade too. He was the strongest Blade in Torna, until it fell in the war.\
134	'''Jin''': It fell, [[PersonOfMassDestruction says the girl who sank it!]]\
135	'''Rex''': A Blade?\
136	'''Mythra''': [[WorldsStrongestMan There were none stronger]], yet none kinder either and [[MartialPacifist no one who hated to fight more than him.]] Why Jin, what changed?\
137	'''Jin''': What if I told you it was your fault?\
138	'''Mythra''': Mine?\
139	'''Jin''': If you hadn't sealed yourself away, she'd still-\
140	'''Mythra''': Oh, so that's it.
141	-->-- ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''
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143	->''"In my years fighting crime, I've learned one truth: that every villain is the hero of his own story. Superman was no exception. The Joker drugged him. Tricked him into killing his pregnant wife Lois. And made him trigger the bomb that nuked Metropolis. So when Superman killed the Joker, I understood why. We all did. But once that line was crossed, there was no going back. He gave himself and the Justice League a new mandate. Stop all crime before it happened, by any means necessary. But he couldn't see his good intentions were leading him down a path of tyranny and evil. That's how our greatest hero...became our greatest threat."''
144	-->-- '''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]]''', ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', regarding [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman's]] StartOfDarkness in the Franchise/{{Injustice}} universe.
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146	->'''Atrocitus:''' Earth's hero turned villain...\
147	'''Superman:''' Justice requires order!\
148	'''Atrocitus:''' Looks more like oppression.
149	-->--'''Atrocitus''', ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', to Superman on the Man of Steel's fall to villainy.
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151	->''"I was their most devoted warrior. [[TheAce A champion of light]]. But I fell... Fell into darkness. And now I am feared as the [[TheAntichrist Prince of Darkness]]. Ironic, don't you think?"''
152	-->-- '''Dracula''', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2''
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154	->''"[[WeUsedToBeFriends I knew you as you used to be, long ago]]. You were once a fine investigator, and an example to others on the force. I'm sorry to learn that you are no longer that person."''
155	-->-- '''The Judge''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' case 5
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158	[[folder:Web Original]]
159	->''When you get [[TrappedInAnotherWorld transported to a different world]] one too many times and 'become' the demon lord everyone else gets transported in to fight''
160	-->-- '''[[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1534964-western-animation Abrax404]]''' on a piece of artwork depicting [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} Anne Boonchuy]] as the first BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain''
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162	->''Sephiroth wasn't eating. The man who would burn villages and bring untold suffering on the planet wasn't eating because he was upset and worried about his friends.''\
163	''Whatever you think of Seph, no matter how incredibly evil and irredeemable he is now, at one point in his life, he was just a soldier with two friends who he loved dearly. Friends who he loved enough to go against the company that raised him. Friends who he was low-key essentially committing treason for. Friends that ultimately tipped him over the edge.''
164	-->-- [[https://www.tumblr.com/altocat/683234301203054592/the-stupid-sephiroth-have-you-lost-weight-line This]] Website/{{Tumblr}} post on [[Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]
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167	[[folder:Western Animation]]
168	->'''Cheetor:''' Do you think [Depth Charge] will come back?\
169	'''Optimal Optimus:''' There was a time he would never have left. Rampage changed all that.
170	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''
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172	->''"I did love being a hero. But if this is where it leads... I'm done with it."''
173	-->-- [[{{Superdickery}} Alternate-universe]] '''Superman''' moments before killing {{President\|Evil}} Lex Luthor, ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11And12ABetterWorld A Better World]]"
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175	->'''Bumblebee:''' Megatron is my hero!\
176	'''Windblade:''' No, he's not your hero! How could you say that? We've lost friends because of him. He's ruined everything we loved!\
177	'''Bumblebee:''' Really? But... in the arena, everyone loved him.
178	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse''
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