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1!!{{Film}}
2->'''Neville Flynn''': I need you to stay up here.\
3'''Sean Jones''': Why?\
4'''Flynn''': Because if you die, then all of this was for nothing.
5-->--''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''
6
7!!{{Video Game}}s
8->''"Yet more meaningless endeavors?"''
9-->-- '''Magus''', ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger DS''
10
11->"Bonwald has his shopping list. Tremble, oh Thedas!"
12-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''
13
14->"If there's one thing we're good at, it's finding weird objects!"
15-->-- '''Serah''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''
16
17-> '''Witch of the Woods:''' I also need lamb's cress, do you mind? It's a white-petal flower in my garden. Just a handful.\
18[{{Beat}} as Kratos considers]\
19'''Kratos:''' Fine... [walks off, muttering to himself] Lamb's cress... I'm a fucking God of War...
20-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orMWArk6kMs Outtake]] from ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4''
21
22->"I've found myself transported to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''."
23-->-- '''Trestkon''', ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod''
24
25->"Just once, I'd like to ask someone for help and hear them say 'Sure! Let's go! Right now! No strings attached!'"
26-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
27
28->"Sir, in exchange for the use of your weapons, I will get you some cola."\
29''[later]''\
30"Cola for guns. I think this is like the reverse of what my school did."
31-->--'''Ellis''', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''
32
33->"Either bring me back me missing cogs, or [[SoundEffectBleep F*** OFF!]]"
34-->-- '''Carl the Cog''', ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''
35
36->'''[[TheBogan Buck]]''': Knife? ''A knife?!'' It's not just a FUCKIN' KNIFE! IT'S ART! There's more history in this than you and Keith's four arses squeezed together! That's my fuckin' fee, right?\
37'''Jason''': Where is it?\
38'''Buck''': This treasure hunter, he knew where it was. But [[RuthlessModernPirates Vaas]], he got the wanker's boat, research he was doing on some Chinese treasure, and his crew. But you know what else he got?\
39'''Jason''': The knife?\
40'''Buck''': ''No, not the fuckin' knife!'' Its ''location''! You want [[IHaveYourWife Keith]] back? Get on the goddamn boat, find out where it's at before somebody else nicks it! Now, on your bike. Fuck off.
41-->-- ''VideoGame/FarCry3''
42
43->"Here we go again on another treasure hunt! Find this, give it to him, find that, give it to her. Story of my freakin' life!"
44-->-- '''[[VideoGame/AnakshaFemaleAssassin Anaksha]]''', ''Anaksha Mini-Adventures 2: A New Threat''
45
46->'''Information Lady:''' I'd be happy to tell you about all the little things our burg has to offer...\
47'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Great! Thanks!\
48'''Information Lady:''' ...''if'' you would be so kind as to get me a snack.\
49'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' What am I, a delivery boy? I've been running errands all day!\
50'''Information Lady:''' One Kelp Bar, please. And don't let it get mushy.\
51'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Anyone ''else'' want anything?! Please tell me ''now'' so I can get it all at ''once!''
52-->-- ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsEmployeeOfTheMonth''
53
54!!{{Webcomic}}s
55->''"Would you say this "errand" to 'fetch' something might also be considered a...a quest? A quest to fetch something??!"''
56-->-- '''Celia''', ''WebComic/AwfulHospital''
57
58!!WebAnimation
59->"You go to the entrance of DeathMountain. Dude won't let you pass. You go, 'What the ''fuck'', man? I wanna go up there. That's what I ''want'' to do.' But no. You gotta wait for the game to tell you ''why'' you wanna go up there. You KNOW why you wanna go up there! [[DungeonCrawling You wanna fight some dudes, fight a boss, and get a cool weapon!]] But no, you gotta go talk to Zelda. And then Impa's like, 'Hey, y'know, this is really important, so why don't I give ya ''this note'' to give to ''[[CityGuards this guy]].''[='=] I don't ''care!'' Nobody ''cares!'' You seriously just made me waste my time, press 'A' a bunch of times just so I could go up there! There's ''[[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence a tiny wall standing between me]]''--I could ''climb'' over it. I'm an agile kid! I could climb the shit outta that! [[WallCrawl I climb vines all the time!]] NO BIG DEAL."
60-->--'''{{Creator/Egoraptor}}''' on ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime, Sequelitis''
61
62->''Puzzle design is horrendously uninspired and usually falls back on 'find three objects for a bloke'. On more than one occasion, I found the three objects for a bloke and he immediately sent me off to find another three objects! I'm not the bloody Home Shopping Network!''
63-->--'''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation,''' "Steam Roundup" while discussing '''"VideoGame/TheBookOfUnwrittenTales"'''
64
65
66!!WebOriginal
67->''Granted, ''VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy|I}}''[='s=] story wouldn't exactly lend itself to any other media: "TONIGHT ON {{Creator/HBO}} PRESENTS ''FINAL FANTASY''! A [[GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed little red man]] must deliver the CROWN to Astos so he'll drop the CRYSTAL which he must return to Matoya in exchange for her most potent HERB! Will the potent HERB [[FindTheCure revive the Elf Prince]] so he'll give the little red man the [[LockedDoor MYSTIC KEY]] to unlock the treasure room containing the [[BrokenBridge TNT?]] Guest-starring Creator/JamesGandolfini!"''
68-->-- '''Pat R.''', [[http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff01 "Final Fantasy Uber Alles"]]
69
70->''More stuff we have to hunt down. Damn.''
71-->-- '''Sophia''', ''[[http://vault.digitalmzx.net/show.php?id=2032 red]]''
72
73->'''pipes!:''' I'd really, like, hate to make a sandwich in [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] land. Have to fight a boar, push a block onto a peg, which, I dunno, [[LockedDoor unlocks a door]], which allows me to get mayonnaise.\
74'''Maxwell Adams:''' You'd have to [[VideoGameCaringPotential rescue a monkey]] just so you can get the bread knife.\
75'''Evek:''' You'd have to make the bread.\
76'''pipes!:''' Through a series of three {{minigame}}s that are completely unrelated to wheat or flour.\
77'''Ferr:''' Well, [[ChainOfDeals you have to get one item and then bring it to somebody, and then they'll give you an item and you bring it to someone]] and they give you honey-baked ham.\
78'''Evek:''' And [[AbilityRequiredToProceed you have to unfreeze their oven.]]
79-->--''The LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts''
80
81!!WebVideo
82->"Okay, you have to break up a wedding for Will Scarlet, whose wife has been kidnapped by this lord. So, you go there and you say, [='=]''Stop'' this shit, [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace I object,]]' and he's like, 'Well, do you have any ''proof'' I've abducted her?' I'm like, asshole, she's ''[[CutsceneIncompetence sittin' right there]]''; why don't you ''ask'' her if she's being forced to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe marry this guy against her will?]] So yeah, you gotta fight your way through the castle, you gotta fight all the guards and [[NintendoHard get my ass kicked]]; you gotta find this letter in which [[VillainBall he brags to the Sheriff of Nottingham,]] y'know, he's 'got this fine piece of pussy, ha ha ha ha.' And ''then'' you gotta [[BossBattle fight this guy,]] because of course he's not gonna stand for it."
83-->--'''''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment''''' on ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' for [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]]
84
85->"First you gotta find a library card, then you gotta get back your lost communicator and you zap two guys find a diamond you exchange it with the shop owner for a marked deck of cards, then you find a bone on the sidewalk and a gumball from some guy with a dog, then you find a hair pin, then you find a stick, you gotta put the gumball ''on the end'' of the stick, put it in the gutter and fish out some coins, then you talk to a bartender and get [[Recap/StarTrekS2E17APieceOfTheAction Oxmyx's]] phone number, give him the diamond in exchange in exchange for some plates, you take the plates to the police, use the hairpin and the bone to open up the door, find counterfeit money, use the coins on the phone booth, give the operator the number, go in to talk to Oxymyx about the communicator, he tells you to go to Cracklin's place, he tells you Bonehead Malone has the communicator, you go to the casino, you give Bonehead the money, you give him your marked deck of cards ''and you get the communicator!!''"
86-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' plays ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' (NES)
87
88->'''Questgiver:''' Speaking of eggs, don't forget to find all ''800'' eggs scattered throughout all the worlds!\
89'''Player Character:''' Is that optional?\
90'''Questgiver:''' Oh yeah, sure, it's optional.\
91'''Player Character:''' Oh, okay.\
92'''Questgiver:''' Yeah, sure, ''if you don't care about seeing the true ending''.
93-->-- '''WebVideo/ProZD''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZKcZbi1rg games that think more gameplay mechanics equals more fun]]''
94
95->'''Maxwell:''' Get me a beer, it's in the fridge.\
96'''Ferr:''' ...Okay. THERE'S DRAGONS IN HERE!!! AAAAAAAAH!!!\
97[...]\
98'''Maxwell:''' Did you find beer in there?\
99'''Ferr:''' Uh, no.\
100'''Maxwell:''' Oh. Turns out the beer is at the liquor store, and [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle the quest is now to go to the liquor store]] and get me some beer.\
101'''Ferr:''' Right, um--\
102'''Maxwell:''' I've heard rumors of a liquor store to the south.\
103'''pipes!:''' Wait-wait-wait-wait, how's he gonna get there? Can he drive your car?\
104'''Maxwell:''' He can [[WarpWhistle fast-travel.]]\
105'''pipes!:''' That's like driving a car, right? Doesn't he need a key to drive the car to go to the liquor store?\
106'''Maxwell:''' He needs the magical Key of the Kings. It's infused with the power of Heavenly Ó”thera, Goddess of Nightmoons.\
107'''Evek:''' And ''that'' key is [[FakeLongevity somewhere to the north.]]
108-->-- The '''LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts''', [[LetsPlay LPing]] ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''
109
110->"Remember when we were going through the Egg Corridor and everything had meaning? And now we're collecting puppies. I kinda feel like somewhere, we missed the point. Is the puppy collection necessary? Why can't you keep your eye on your own puppies?"
111-->-- '''LetsPlay/DeceasedCrab''', ''LetsPlay VideoGame/CaveStory'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0UOL26fbw 10: Damn Puppies!]]"
112
113!!RealLife
114->''Man, making new content is hard. Making fetchquests is EASY, though!''
115-->-- '''Al [=McMasters=]''', creator of ''VideoGame/BillyVsSNAKEMAN''

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