| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 4 | ->''"I thought my Dark Rings were a stroke of genius. I never realized I was causing pain. I made them work for me tirelessly without ever giving them a break, and I was cruel to them beyond imagination. [[IAmAMonster I'm a monster!]] I can't believe what I've done!"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Ken Ichijoji/The Digimon Emperor''', ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ->''"For the sake of the island, the Eldians... No, it wasn't just that... What was really beyond the walls... it was different from what I dreamed of... From what I saw in Armin's book... it was different... When I learned that humanity lived outside the walls... I was disappointed. I... [[ItsAllAboutMe I wished... for everything to somehow disappear.]] I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''[[spoiler: Eren Yeager]]''', ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', ''Chapter 131''. [[spoiler: Sadly [[IgnoredEpiphany ignored right after this realization]].]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | ->''"We made use of hatred. We let it grow. We believed it would save us... We took every problem caused by our shortcomings and spat them all out onto an "island of devils." And the result... was the birth of that [[Characters/AttackOnTitanErenYeager monster]]... who has now come to repay us for all of the hate we've ever shown... If it's possible... for us to ever have a future again. I will never make the same mistakes... I swear it. If we ever see... another tomorrow..."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Muller''', ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', ''Chapter 134'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ->''"I've always been this way, haven't I? I never notice things until it's too late."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Precia Testarossa''', ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha TheMovie 1st'' |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ->'''Hakim''': Space has become a place that has become monopolized by handful of powerful countries. We should fix that, shouldn't we? We should start over from scratch, shouldn't we?! And... return all the countries to the way they should be. (''slowly begins raising gun at Nono'')\ |
| 17 | '''Nono''': Countries? Oh, I've heard all about those! \ |
| 18 | '''Hakim''': (''stops raising gun'')\ |
| 19 | '''Nono''': I've heard Earth is divided into them, is that right? Oh, I guess I should explain, I'm a Lunarian. I was born and raised here! So, I've never seen any of those country things myself. I'm kinda curious, mister, where's your country? (''points at Earth'') Can you see it from here? \ |
| 20 | '''Hakim''': ...You're right. You can't see any of it from out here in space. But, I still do. You can't see them... but I still do. (''slowly walks away'') |
| 21 | -->-- ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ->''"It happened in Year 5 of elementary school. Word of what happened between me and Ruri-chan had spread, and the other kids started to shun me. '{{The Bully}}.' That's who I'd become to them. During breaks and even during class, too, they acted as if I wasn't there at all. It never became an issue though. I just accepted it. And that's how I spent the rest of elementary school. It was my own fault, after all. I was a bully. I was the bad guy. And I got what I deserved."'' |
| 24 | -->-- '''Shizuku Hoshikawa''', ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'' |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 30 | ->''"You don't understand... I really didn't want to [[CallingCard leave you any clues.]] I really planned never to go back to Arkham Asylum. But I left you a clue anyway. So I... I have to go back there. Because I might need help. I... I might actually be crazy."'' |
| 31 | -->-- '''The Riddler''', ''[[ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures Batman: Gotham Adventures]]'' |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ->I think everybody wants to believe they'll be remembered when they check out. I also think everybody likes to believe that life can't go on without them, but that just ain't the truth. No way to stop the future. You're too young to be thinkin' about this kinda stuff now, but trust me... most men want to leave the world a better place than they found it. They wanna feel like they've made a difference. Been somebody. Everybody wants to be a Cadillac; no one wants to be an ol' junker!\ |
| 34 | All [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Scrooge's]] life, he had probably thought he was the Caddy - great paint job, powerful engine, smooth ride. I think when all was said and done, when it came down to the zero hour, ol' Scroogey knew that he would be remembered as the junker. You know, the one that used to break down on you all the time. You'd ''never'' forget what a pain in the neck it was. People don't remember that car when it was brand spankin' new... They just remember having to jump-start it every day.\ |
| 35 | Scrooge had lived his life as a man who could turn on you at any moment - leave you stranded or hurt. He'd been the type of man people only feared. Feared that he'd "break down" on 'em again. |
| 36 | -->-- ''ComicBook/BatmanNoel'' |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ->''"I lied to myself! I was no heroic German soldier, fighting and dying honorably on the eastern front! My sword has shown me the truth... I was a rapist! A monster! A Vampire! I deserved to die! I deserved to be sent here... To never see Rebecca again! I am truly in Hell! So I may as well enjoy it!"'' |
| 39 | -->-- '''Heinrich Augsberg''', ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'' |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ->''"I once told Optimus I killed for the sake of killing. I wanted to make him '''hurt me''', you see—because when he hurts others, he hurts '''himself'''. And the thing is, when the words were in my head I didn't think I meant them; but when they left my mouth, I realized that I '''did'''. If the world thinks you're a monster, what does it matter? The world is '''wrong'''. But when you start to think of '''yourself''' as a monster...I came to hate the person I'd become."'' |
| 42 | -->-- '''[[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:MTMTE32_i_came_to_hate_the_person_id_become.jpg Megatron]]''', ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye #32'' |
| 43 | |
| 44 | ->'''Delia Surridge''': You've come to kill me, haven't you?\ |
| 45 | '''V''': Yes.\ |
| 46 | '''Delia Surridge''': Thank God. |
| 47 | -->-- ''Comicbook/VForVendetta'' |
| 48 | |
| 49 | ->''"I guess I just hit a point in my life when I wondered what things could be like if all the billionaires and government spooks tried to save the world instead of bleeding it dry. Does that make any sense to you?"'' |
| 50 | -->-- '''Iron Man''', ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' |
| 51 | |
| 52 | ->'''Dinosaurus:''' You'll be disoriented for a moment.\ |
| 53 | '''Invincible:''' What happened? Machine break? Are we going to fight again now?\ |
| 54 | '''Dinosaurus:''' No...and no. I set you free. You're right. I can see that now.\ |
| 55 | '''Invincible:''' What? Really?!\ |
| 56 | '''Dinosaurus:''' Through all this... I've...distanced myself, grown beyond what I once was... I see myself as above those I try to help. Like a god bestowing wisdom on his...flock. I was never doing good for the sake of doing it, I was only ever serving to inflate my own ego. I never fully realized that until now. |
| 57 | -->-- ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ->'''Camille''': It was like being stuck in a nightmare. I could feel things, see things, but... I felt as if in a trance... as if I were someone else. And yet I know that [[ItsAllMyFault it was really me the whole time]]... It's horrible. |
| 60 | ->'''Leila''': I don't think it was your fault Camille. It was that darned [[EldritchLocation monolith]] that probably- |
| 61 | ->'''[[TheAtoner Camille]]''': Don't try to find excuses for me, Leila. [[ReformedButRejected I can see how everyone's looking at me here]]... and they're probably right to be afraid of me. I'm just not a good person, that's all. |
| 62 | -->-- ''ComicBook/{{Alone}}'' |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Fan Fiction]] |
| 66 | ->"I've been terrible to both of you, haven't I?" Adagio said, fear welling up in her, but wishing for all the world she’d said these words sooner, "I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry for ever dragging you two down into the dark with me. You both deserved better than me as a sister." |
| 67 | -->-- ''FanFic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'' |
| 68 | |
| 69 | ->"So, you're one of [[WesternTerrorists them]]."\ |
| 70 | She thought about what she could say. She could outright deny it. No, I'm not part of the White Fang. But she was.\ |
| 71 | She was. And didn't this girl, covered in blood, deserve a little truth?\ |
| 72 | "Yes." She said finally.\ |
| 73 | "But you saved me."\ |
| 74 | Pause. "Yes."\ |
| 75 | The other girl looked at her uneasily. "Why?"\ |
| 76 | Blake stared at her. "I... I don't know. What they did..." A scream bled into the crawl space, making them both cringe. Dust, it was still going on? "What they're doing is wrong." |
| 77 | -->-- ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1766911?view_adult=true The Lines Between the Dots]]'', a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fic |
| 78 | |
| 79 | ->''"I meant what I said, you know. I am sorry. And I know there's nothing I can ever do to repay my actions. It's just something I have to live with."'' |
| 80 | -->--'''[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Prince Hans]]''' to Queen Elsa [[spoiler:regarding his actions from the film]] in ''FanFic/AMarriageOfConvenience'' |
| 81 | |
| 82 | ->[[DefectorFromDecadence She]] couldn't quite say where it all went wrong - or, rather, when she started noticing [[{{Dystopia}} just how wrong everything already was.]] Perhaps White's [[EvilIsPetty petty]], spiteful little move and biting talk about ''[[WhatMeasureIsAMook getting too attached to her playthings]]'' had provided a turning point. Or perhaps it had been [[ButForMeItWasTuesday one of a million other things.]]\ |
| 83 | [[BigBadEnsemble She]] remembered the first time she couldn't help but cringe at the sight of a once flourishing planet [[ApocalypseHow turned into a lifeless husk]] by the [[HostileTerraforming fate]] she'd very deliberately imposed on it [[HeelFaceTurn herself]]; the first time she'd reacted with [[CharacterDevelopment awe and curiosity instead of disgust and discomfort]] at seeing [[FusionDance two tiny Gems become something even bigger than both of them together]]; the first time it truly hit her that [[ServantRace pearls]], [[DrillSergeantNasty agates]], and ambers and so, so many more all had wishes and desires and thought, the same as any other Gem - and the first time she saw [[DisproportionateRetribution how much it]] [[FateWorseThanDeath could come to cost them if they let anyone notice]].\ |
| 84 | Things she'd never before taken the time to contemplate in any depth [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone suddenly made a distressing amount of horrible sense]].\ |
| 85 | ''[[SympatheticPOV Pink Diamond]], [[IronicName bringer of life]].''\ |
| 86 | It rang just a bit more hollow each time. |
| 87 | -->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Pink Diamond]]/[[spoiler:[[BigGood Rose Quartz]]]]''', [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/4657413 "Never Leave the Stream"]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ->Speaking with Tokiha forced me to see how things could have been. She had an outlet to pour her energy into, [[TheAtoner to make up for her mistake]], occupy herself and try to fill the hole in her heart. So what if it was for selfish reasons? She couldn't possibly be as selfish as I am. It was an actual goal to work toward, rather than merely causing pain in order to ease hers.\ |
| 90 | I then have to wonder; has my life simply been a self-destructive tantrum against the injustices I've suffered? And what should I do now that I've realized this? |
| 91 | -->-- '''[[Anime/MyHime Nao Yuuki]]''', ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'' |
| 92 | |
| 93 | ->''"You're right. I can't justify myself the way I wanted to. There was really no way to do that at all. But you've already caught me, and the vote's been cast."'' |
| 94 | -->-- '''[[spoiler:Sonia Nevermind]]''', ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'' |
| 95 | |
| 96 | ->Belatedly, [[[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Sakura]]] began to wonder if she'd hurt him with her constant rejections.\ |
| 97 | It wasn't all her fault though. It's not like she was obligated to go out with him just because he asked. And she didn't want to spoil her chances with Sasuke-kun...\ |
| 98 | Unbidden, memories of some of her more... forceful... rejections came to mind, burning away a lot of her self-justifications.\ |
| 99 | "I’m not a very nice person," she whispered to herself. Her voice seemed unnaturally loud in the empty hallway. |
| 100 | -->-- ''Fanfic/{{Team8}}'' |
| 101 | |
| 102 | ->''"Twilight, I... words cannot express what utter shame I am feeling right now. I have always believed in ideals of Crystal Prep, of competitiveness and constant race, because I truly believed that was an essential part of progress... but I forgot, in my blindness, that the Shadowbolts are supposed to take care of each other, and you were a Shadowbolt, since Cinch, er... chose you to represent our school. And I didn't do that. None of us did."'' |
| 103 | -->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sugarcoat]]''', ''FanFic/HerInnerDemons'' |
| 104 | |
| 105 | ->''"I lost the last time because [[EvilCannotComprehendGood I didn't understand your friendship as well as I thought I did,]] and once I finally did understand it... [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I realize how it must've felt when I broke yours apart.]]"'' |
| 106 | -->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]]''', ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/90557/why Why]]'' |
| 107 | |
| 108 | ->''"I was wrong. I was ''always'' wrong."'' |
| 109 | -->--'''[[spoiler: Taylor/Annatar]]''', ''Fanfic/RingMaker'' |
| 110 | |
| 111 | ->"I...I'm the one who screwed everything up, aren't I...? Because...Because of my damn paranoia, I..." [[spoiler:Azami]] choked out. "I...I'm so sorry guys...I'm sorry guys! I'm sorry!" (...) [[spoiler:''"Mikio!'']] [[spoiler:Mikio]], I-I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!" |
| 112 | -->--''Fanfic/FracturedFates'' |
| 113 | |
| 114 | -> '''Blue Diamond:''' "I attacked you, and [[AgonyBeam you blasted me]], and you told me to stop grieving for thousands of years, and I never quite cared to pay attention to the fact that you were grieving yourself. And so I hurt you, and you hurt me, and we [[AbusiveParents hurt Pink]] over and over and ''over'' again until she felt like she had no choice but to [[FakingTheDead pretend to]] ''shatter'' herself [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to get away from us]]. [[TheChainOfHarm And White hurt us]], and [[IgnoredEpiphany we just recently threw Steven in prison]], and we have [[TheseHandsHaveKilled shards on our hands]] from millennia ago and yesterday and today, and…”\ |
| 115 | '''Yellow Diamond:''' “And?”\ |
| 116 | '''Blue Diamond:''' “And, I don’t think there’s such a thing as taking those hurts back.”\ |
| 117 | The finality of the sentence relieves as much as it scalds her.\ |
| 118 | They’ve done too much.\ |
| 119 | To each other.\ |
| 120 | To others.\ |
| 121 | Shards on their hands, in their eyes, on their souls.\ |
| 122 | The stars are silent in confirmation. |
| 123 | -->-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17524487 Stars]]'' |
| 124 | |
| 125 | -> "I woke up in a very different world than I left. I expected to see my people fighting the Angelic League's forces to their dying breaths. But when I wandered through the broken streets, they were greeted as liberators. Saviors. I was the villain. |
| 126 | -> "I spent my life trying to end injustice. Foolishness. Corruption. I thought Emberald a paradise. But when I saw my people dancing in their ruined homes, I realized that I could not simply bludgeon the world into perfection. That mindset was the ultimate folly. So when I heard that there was a Church, an army of fools who sought to do the same as I had tried to do, of course I sought to stop it." |
| 127 | -->-- [[spoiler:'''Yukon''']], [[Fanfic/TheGreatMetaFic Meta Fic II, New Gods]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | ->Sengoku had only one thing to say.\ |
| 130 | “When... did I begin to accept ''this''?”\ |
| 131 | [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget He can no longer truly remember]].\ |
| 132 | And that scares him like nothing’s ever scared him before. |
| 133 | ->[...] |
| 134 | ->When had it all gone so wrong, he wondered? He was sorely tempted to pin it on [[NeverMyFault the day Jeremiah Cross]] exited his mother's womb, [[DefiedTrope but he knew himself too well for that to stick]]. Jeremiah Cross had had nothing to do with the many morally questionable, or outright evil acts he had signed off on as Fleet Admiral. Or as an Admiral. Or even as a Vice Admiral.\ |
| 135 | When had it gone wrong?\ |
| 136 | The more Sengoku thought about it, the more he knew that the right question was, "Was it ''ever'' right?" |
| 137 | -->-- ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', Side Story "[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/this-bites-one-piece-si.356819/page-888#post-59507739 Sengoku]]" and Chapter 79. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | ->Ashamed as she now felt about it, the first time Kayden had seen Benny - sweet, kind, gentle Benny who got along so well with Aster - she hadn't realized he was [[HappilyAdopted one of Taylor's for a moment]].\ |
| 140 | Frankly, her thoughts had been - uncomplimentary enough she didn't even want to repeat them in her own thoughts now. She was trying to get ''away'' from that.\ |
| 141 | And then he'd been - just… sweet. Kind. Polite. A good kid, a nice kid - more assertive than Theo, a bit awkward, but rather clever in his own way, if not very good with understanding people. Concerned about family, good with younger kids.\ |
| 142 | A kid that would've been considered a model son in any of her old - former? - friends' households if it weren't for the colour of his skin. |
| 143 | -->-- ''Fanfic/LearningToBeHuman'' |
| 144 | |
| 145 | -> ''"All of it! All of it was complete shit! It didn't matter! None of it mattered! They didn't give a shit about what I thought. About what '''should''' have happened. About how it '''should''' have worked out! [[TheSocialDarwinist Prey, Predator, Survivors, Victims.]] It was all just… just a fucking lie! [...] It wasn't real. It was never fucking real Emma! It was all just... a big fucking joke... and I was almost the burnt out punch-line."'' |
| 146 | -->-- '''Sophia Hess''', ''Fanfic/NoGoodDeed'' |
| 147 | |
| 148 | ->''"I spent the next few weeks here in bed, unable to do anything but just sit and stare at the wall. I thought about everything I've done to that point, and I concluded that life is never a guarantee, I could die tomorrow and what would I have to show for it, other than hatred for those less fortunate than me? What would I have to show for it other than a family that hates me? I swore that day, I would change, I would be a better wife to Alador, I would be a better mother to the twins, I... I would be a person that could one day be okay with dying because I did everything I could to help others."'' |
| 149 | -->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Odalia Blight]]''', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45000925/chapters/115487935 The Princess and the Runaways]]'' chapter 18 |
| 150 | |
| 151 | -> ''Vulkan had killed hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions, in the name of the Imperial Truth. He had bombed cities, he had wiped out civilizations and cultures, he had burnt planets to ash. Vulkan was called the most compassionate of his brothers by everyone who had a basis for comparison, and he knew that they did not do so without reason. But - though his hands might be the least bloody of his brothers, he was far from innocent. Compared to any other human who walked the galaxy, his legacy was drenched in gore.'' |
| 152 | |
| 153 | -> ''Even should Vulkan set aside the human cost of the crusade and think only of the crusades against xenos forces, he had ordered more of his sons to die in the name of the Imperium than had been originally created for his legion. At his father's orders, he had allowed the Terran components of his legion to all but eradicate themselves before he met them.'' |
| 154 | |
| 155 | -> ''His trust in the Emperor had been absolute, unshakable. He had believed, utterly, that his father's dream was worth its cost in blood.'' |
| 156 | |
| 157 | -> ''Now, he had to confront the idea that it was not.'' |
| 158 | -->--''Fanfic/VulkanAscendant'' |
| 159 | |
| 160 | ->"Today has been... a day. And now I'm flashing back to [[spoiler:being on the ground, about to be crushed by a raging moose]]... when it hits me: Heather would have never done that for me. She's never stuck her neck out for me, she's never sacrificed anything to help me. Everything I've done for her and she was just going to watch... I... I don't want to be like Heather. I want to be someone like [[spoiler:DJ]]." |
| 161 | -->--'''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Beth]]''', ''Fanfic/ForWantOfAMohawk'' |
| 162 | |
| 163 | ->''"...Hah. Ahaha... I see now. [[EngineeredHeroics I tried playing the hero... and I became an even worse villain]]. Ironic, isn't it?"'' |
| 164 | -->--'''[[spoiler:Naoya Edogawa]]''', ''Fanfic/DanganronpaMementoMori'' |
| 165 | |
| 166 | ->''As All Might led him to the officers, young Bakugou was utterly compliant. Finally, the boy worked up enough nerve to say, “Look, you don’t owe a shitty villain anything, but… I could tell you didn’t like me from the moment I first stepped into your classroom… and I wanna know why.'' |
| 167 | |
| 168 | ->''All Might was silent for some time. Finally, he said, “Once, there was a Quirkless boy who wanted to be a hero. He was constantly mocked and derided for his dream, but he didn’t care, because all he ever wanted to do was save people. To be someone that people on the street would see and know that everything was going to be okay. Once, in middle school, he got caught up in a villain attack. Many people derided him for interfering, powerless as he was. But there was one hero who saw potential in that boy. Saw that he had a power brimming beneath the surface. And so, the boy became the hero’s apprentice. He worked hard, unlocked his Quirk, and managed to defy everyone who mocked him by earning the record on the U.A. entrance exam.”'' |
| 169 | |
| 170 | ->''Bakugou didn’t even have the energy to scowl. “So it’s all because of Deku. Midoriya, I mean.”'' |
| 171 | |
| 172 | ->''“It is,” All Might said. “But you misunderstand me. In that story, I wasn’t the hero. I was the Quirkless boy. That is the story of how I met my own mentor. That is why young Midoriya means so much to me. That is why someone who would torment a Quirkless person infuriates me."'' |
| 173 | |
| 174 | ->''And at that, Bakugou stopped short.'' |
| 175 | |
| 176 | ->''All Might grew up thinking he was Quirkless? All Might grew up being told not to be a hero?'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | ->''All Might was once a deku?'' |
| 179 | |
| 180 | ->''Someone like Deku ''could'' grow up to be someone like All Might. If Bakugou and All Might were kids at the same time, he would have treated his hero the same way he treated Deku. He’d tried to perfectly craft his backstory to be the number one hero, but All Might’s backstory was the same as Deku’s. He just never told anyone.'' |
| 181 | |
| 182 | ->''Bakugou always thought Deku was just an extra in his own story, unimportant except maybe as a minor villain who always looked down on him as a kid… but Deku was like All Might. Deku’s story was as important as Bakugou’s. Maybe more. And, if the story was told from Deku’s point of view, then he… then he...'' |
| 183 | |
| 184 | ->''And it finally, FINALLY dawned on Bakugou that Nezu was right. He really ''was'' a villain.'' |
| 185 | -->-- ''Fanfic/OneForAllAndEightForTheNinth'' |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 189 | ->'''Lex Luthor:''' I could have made ''everyone'' see! If it wasn't for you, ''I could have saved the world!''\ |
| 190 | '''Superman:''' If it had ''mattered'' to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.\ |
| 191 | '''Luthor:''' ''[quietly]'' ...You're right. |
| 192 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman'' |
| 193 | |
| 194 | ->'''Mr. Pickles:''' We're just doing our jobs.\ |
| 195 | '''Winnie:''' Your "jobs?!" Are you pest exterminators or ''evil henchmen?!''\ |
| 196 | '''Mr. Pickles:''' ...I knew that's how people saw us. |
| 197 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'' |
| 198 | |
| 199 | ->'''Aunt Sarah''': AHHH! A rat!\ |
| 200 | '''Trusty''': A rat! We should've known.\ |
| 201 | '''Jock''': I misjudged him [Tramp]. Badly. |
| 202 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' |
| 203 | |
| 204 | ->'''Minion:''' I may not know much, but I do know this; the bad guy doesn't get the girl.\ |
| 205 | '''Megamind:''' Maybe I don't want to be the bad guy anymore! |
| 206 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' |
| 207 | |
| 208 | ->''"So... President Business is the bad guy?"'' |
| 209 | -->--- [[spoiler:'''The Man Upstairs''']], ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' |
| 210 | |
| 211 | ->''"I believed we were doing what was right; I was wrong. [[TheUndead Now this is our punishment.]] We thought we knew our way in life, but in death... we are lost."'' |
| 212 | -->-- '''Judge Hopkins''', ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' |
| 213 | |
| 214 | ->''And for one time in his life of power and control\ |
| 215 | Frollo felt a twinge of fear for his immortal soul.'' |
| 216 | -->-- '''Clopin''', "The Bells of Notre Dame", ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' |
| 217 | |
| 218 | ->'''Sully:''' I've been a real jerk...\ |
| 219 | '''Mike:''' So have I... |
| 220 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 224 | ->''"No. I haven't been acting correctly. I can't hardly recognize myself sometimes when I'm greased. I go on journeys out of my body and look at [[TheseHandsHaveKilled my red hands]] and [[HairTriggerTemper my mean face]] and I wonder about that man who's gone so wrong."'' |
| 225 | -->-- '''Jesse James''', ''Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord'' |
| 226 | |
| 227 | ->''"[[RevengeBeforeReason Vengeance has consumed you.]] It's consuming them. I am done [[HeWhoFightsMonsters letting it consume me]]."'' |
| 228 | -->-- '''[[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Challa]]''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' |
| 229 | |
| 230 | ->'''Prendergast:''' Let's meet a couple of police officers. They're all good guys.\ |
| 231 | '''Foster:''' I'm the bad guy?\ |
| 232 | '''Prendergast:''' ...[[BluntYes Yeah]].\ |
| 233 | '''Foster:''' How did ''that'' happen? |
| 234 | -->-- ''Film/FallingDown'' |
| 235 | |
| 236 | ->''"I know now why God didn't [[CureYourGays heal Bobby]]. He didn't heal him because... (''breaks down in pained sobbing'') ...there was nothing wrong with him!"'' |
| 237 | -->-- '''Mary Griffith''', ''Film/PrayersForBobby'' |
| 238 | |
| 239 | ->''"See, now I'm thinkin': maybe it means you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. And I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd."'' |
| 240 | -->-- '''Jules Winnfield''', ''Film/PulpFiction'' |
| 241 | |
| 242 | ->''"[[HeelFaceTurn Stand down. Stand down.]] It's finished. ...[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone We're finished.]]"'' |
| 243 | -->-- '''[[KnightTemplar The Operative]]''', ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' |
| 244 | |
| 245 | ->'''Dr. Alan Grant:''' Mr. Hammond, after great consideration, I have decided... ''not to endorse your park''.\ |
| 246 | '''John Hammond:''' ...so have I. |
| 247 | -->-- ''Film/JurassicPark'' |
| 248 | |
| 249 | ->'''Tony Stark:''' I never got to say goodbye to my father. There's questions I would've asked him, I would have asked him how he felt about what this company did. If he was conflicted, if he ever had doubts. Or maybe he was every inch the man we all remember from the news reels. ''({{Beat}})'' I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend them and protect them. And I saw that I... had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero accountability.\ |
| 250 | ''(various reporters try to ask questions, Stark points at one)''\ |
| 251 | '''Reporter:''' What happened over there?\ |
| 252 | '''Tony Stark:''' ''(stands up)'' I had my eyes opened! I came to realize that I have more to offer this world than just making things that blow up. And that is why -- effective immediately -- I am ''shutting down'' the weapons manufacturing devision of Stark International. |
| 253 | -->-- ''Film/IronMan1'' |
| 254 | |
| 255 | ->''"Well, what can I say about this pig that hasn't already been said? I know a lot of you folks have come out to the farm, and you've seen the words. A lot of you have asked me, "How could this have happened?" I don't know. But it has happened in a time when we really don't see many miraculous things. Or maybe we do. Maybe they're all right there around us, every day, and we just don't know where to look. There's no denying that our own little Wilbur, he's part of something that's bigger than all of us. And life on that farm is just a whole lot better with him in it. He really is... '''some pig.'''"'' |
| 256 | -->-- '''Homer Zuckerman''', ''Film/CharlottesWeb'' |
| 257 | |
| 258 | ->''"I would never hurt you. I wouldn't hurt anyone... I'm not a monster. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I'm...]]"'' |
| 259 | -->-- '''Wanda Maximoff''', ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 263 | ->'''Jacob Marley:''' Oh! captive, bound, and double-ironed, not to know, that ages of incessant labour by immortal creatures, for this earth must pass into eternity before the good of which it is susceptible is all developed. Not to know that any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness. Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! Yet such was I! Oh! such was I!\ |
| 264 | '''Ebenezer Scrooge:''' But you were always a good man of business, Jacob.\ |
| 265 | '''Jacob Marley:''' Business! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business! At this time of the rolling year, I suffer most. Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings with my eyes turned down, and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to a poor abode? Were there no poor homes to which its light would have conducted ''me!'' |
| 266 | -->-- ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' |
| 267 | |
| 268 | ->He wouldn't be able to walk on a street on any civilized planet in the galaxy; people wouldn't be able to abide his presence.\ |
| 269 | Nor would he blame them.\ |
| 270 | He couldn't stop thinking about it. He didn't believe he would ever be able to stop thinking about it. The dead would haunt him, forever.\ |
| 271 | [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone How could a man live with that?]] |
| 272 | -->-- '''Tenn Graneet''', Lead Gunner on the ''Literature/DeathStar'' |
| 273 | |
| 274 | ->''"You remember the dragon that you brought Vader forth from your heart to slay. You remember the cold venom in Vader's blood. You remember the furnace of Vader's fury, and the black hatred of [[PsychicStrangle seizing her throat]] to silence her lying mouth—and there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker.\ |
| 275 | That it was all you. Is you. Only you.\ |
| 276 | You did it. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone You killed her.]]\ |
| 277 | You killed her because, finally, when you could have saved her, when you could have gone away with her, when you could have been thinking about her, [[ItsAllAboutMe you were only thinking about yourself...]] it is in this blazing moment that you finally understand the trap of the dark side, the final cruelty of the Sith—[[IronicHell because now your self is all you will ever have]].\ |
| 278 | \ |
| 279 | And you rage and scream and reach through the Force to crush [[EvilMentor the shadow who has destroyed you]], but you are so far less now than what you were, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul you are more than half machine]], you are like a painter who has gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory, and so with all your world-destroying fury it is only droids around you that implode, and equipment, and the table on which you were strapped shatters, and in the end, you cannot touch the shadow.\ |
| 280 | In the end, you do not even want to. In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself—and within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame.\ |
| 281 | \ |
| 282 | [[AndIMustScream This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever.]]"'' |
| 283 | -->-- '''Anakin Skywalker''', ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' |
| 284 | |
| 285 | ->''"That boy had wanted to be [[KnightInShiningArmor Ser Arthur Dayne]], but someplace along the way he had become the [[BlackKnight Smiling Knight]] instead."'' |
| 286 | -->-- '''[[SympatheticPOV Ser Jaime Lannister]]''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' |
| 287 | |
| 288 | ->''"A month ago, he could easily have spoken with pride on how British dragons were cared for. Like all of them, Temeraire had been fed and housed on raw meat and in bare clearings, with constant training and little entertainment. Laurence thought he might as well brag of raising children in a pigsty to the Queen, as speak of such conditions to this elegant dragon in her flower-decked palace."'' |
| 289 | -->-- '''Captain William Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps''', ''[[Literature/{{Temeraire}} Throne of Jade]]'' |
| 290 | |
| 291 | ->[[{{Flashback}} She couldn’t tear her eyes away from the scene]], but reached out blindly to Kalecgos. [...] And the sight of herself, in a hastily thrown-on robe— [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold Golden hair, kind eyes, a face that bore a single furrow in its brow]], [[BreakTheCutie lips that knew more of gentle words than shrieks of pain]]. It was an alien face. Jaina's heart was shattered at the visible evidence of how truly innocent she had been not that long ago. [...] ''My voice... Did I truly sound so young?'' [...] Her voice was rich with warmth and gratitude. ''I was... good'', Jaina realized. ''I was'' good, ''then...'' |
| 292 | -->-- '''[[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis Jaina Proudmoore]]''', ''Literature/WarCrimes'' |
| 293 | |
| 294 | ->I AM A SUPERVILLAIN. |
| 295 | -->-- '''Taylor''''s message to her dad, ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/tangle-6-9/#comments Tangle 6.9]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | -> A hot breath is trapped in Kyra's lungs, and it flares like napalm. She looks into Dan Cody's eyes, and for the first time she sees the pain there, and she almost understands the agony he feels when he looks at her face and sees the eyes of his love locked in a skull where they don't belong.\ |
| 298 | "''You... took... everything!''" he says.\ |
| 299 | And Kyra knows that he is telling the truth. Suddenly, it all seems as simple as a fairy tale, and she's surprised to find that she's the villain. The witch who casts spells in a castle tower. |
| 300 | -->-- ''Literature/TheCrowWickedPrayer'' |
| 301 | |
| 302 | ->An epiphany. A revelation. The lightbulb switching on in my head.\ |
| 303 | ''Face it, Rachel. [[EvilFeelsGood The power is like a drug]]. And you are like an addict.''\ |
| 304 | Would I ever get enough? How long before I turned into a morally decrepit monster like [[TheBrute Visser One]]?\ |
| 305 | And [[DealWithTheDevil making a deal with Crayak]] would only accelerate the journey to that inevitable end.\ |
| 306 | Suddenly, I had a vision of myself as I would really appear to the world. To my family. Friends. To the other Animorphs. To [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots the Chee]]. The free [[InnocentAliens Hork-Bajir]]. To every decent person on this planet.\ |
| 307 | [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Super-Rachel]] was not beautiful and kind and benevolent. She would not be honored and respected. She was hideous and violent and brutal. She would be feared by everyone. Despised and hated. A tyrant to be plotted against, just like Visser One.\ |
| 308 | Rachel of the darkness down deep inside. |
| 309 | -->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #48: The Return'' |
| 310 | |
| 311 | ->'''Martín:''' I'm horrible to you. I'm a terrible person.\ |
| 312 | '''Casiopea:''' Maybe you could stop being so horrible, then.\ |
| 313 | '''Martín:''' I'm thankful, you know ... And I'm sorry. About everything. Will you accept my apology? |
| 314 | -->-- ''Literature/GodsOfJadeAndShadow'' |
| 315 | |
| 316 | ->'''David:''' "As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die; he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity."\ |
| 317 | '''Nathan:''' You are the man!\ |
| 318 | '''David:''' "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I have sinned against the Lord.]]" |
| 319 | -->-- Taken from '''[[Literature/BooksOfSamuel 2 Samuel 12:5-7 and 12:13]]''' (''Literature/TheBible'', NRSV) |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 324 | ->''"For a demon, I never did think that much about the "nature of evil." Just threw myself in; thought it was a party. [[BloodKnight I liked the rush. I liked the crunch.]] ''[quietly]'' Never did look back at the victims."'' |
| 325 | -->-- '''Spike''', ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Damaged" |
| 326 | |
| 327 | ->''"Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that."'' |
| 328 | -->-- '''Colonel Tigh''', ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' |
| 329 | |
| 330 | ->''"I accept who I am. I'm the bad guy."'' |
| 331 | -->-- '''Jesse Pinkman''', ''Series/BreakingBad'' |
| 332 | |
| 333 | ->''"I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. [[TearJerker And I was really… I was alive.]]"'' |
| 334 | -->-- '''Walter White''' finally owning up, ''Series/BreakingBad'' |
| 335 | |
| 336 | ->'''Detective Jake Peralta''': I can't believe we're fugitives on the lam, falsely accused of a crime.\ |
| 337 | '''Captain Raymond Holt''': There's nothing false about it. We committed several felonies and escaped from jail.\ |
| 338 | '''Peralta''': Yeah, [[WrongfulAccusationInsurance but we were just doing what we had to do]]. We're the good guys. (''gasps'') This is what they all think! |
| 339 | -->-- ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' |
| 340 | |
| 341 | ->'''Regina''': Greg Mandel said something funny to me. He said I'm a villain, and that villains don't get happy endings. You believe that?\ |
| 342 | '''Captain Hook:''' I hope not, or we've wasted our lives. |
| 343 | -->-- ''Series/OnceUponATime'' |
| 344 | |
| 345 | ->I'm the villain in my own story.\ |
| 346 | My actions have gone way too far.\ |
| 347 | I told myself that I was Jasmine\ |
| 348 | But I realize now I'm Jafar.\ |
| 349 | We're told love conquers all.\ |
| 350 | But that only applies to the hero.\ |
| 351 | Is the enemy what I'm meant to be?\ |
| 352 | Is being the villain my destiny? |
| 353 | -->-- '''Rebecca Bunch''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhzN7SfnNeY "I'm the Villain in My Own Story,"]] ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' |
| 354 | |
| 355 | ->'''Fisk:''' I was thinking about a story from Literature/TheBible...\ |
| 356 | '''SWAT 1:''' I tell you to open your mouth?!\ |
| 357 | '''[[DirtyCop SWAT 2]]:''' Let him talk. Don't mean nothin'.\ |
| 358 | '''Fisk:''' I'm not a religious man, but I've read bits and pieces over the years. Curiosity more than faith. But this one story... There was a man, he... he was travelling from Jerusalem to Jericho... when he was set upon by men of ill intent. They stripped the traveller of his clothes, they beat him, and they left him bleeding in the dirt. And a priest happened by... saw the traveller... but he moved to the other side of the road and continued on. And then a Levite, a religious functionary, he... came to the place, saw the dying traveller... but he too moved to the other side of the road, and passed him by. But then came a man from Samaria, [[GoodSamaritan a Samaritan, a good man]]. He saw the traveller bleeding in the road, and he stopped to aid him without thinking of the circumstance or the difficulty it might bring him. The Samaritan tended to the traveller's wounds, applying oil and wine, and he carried him to an inn, gave him all the money he had, for the owner to take care of the traveller, as the Samaritan, he... continued on his journey. He did this simply because the traveller was his neighbour. He loved his city, and all the people in it. (''sighs'') I always thought that ''I'' was the Samaritan in that story. It's funny, isn't it? How even the best of men can be... deceived by their true nature.\ |
| 359 | '''SWAT 1:''' [[WallOfText The hell does]] ''[[WallOfText that]]'' [[WallOfText mean?]]\ |
| 360 | '''Fisk:''' It means that I'm ''not'' the Samaritan. That I'm not the priest. Or the Levite. That ''[[BadassBoast I am the ill intent]]''... who set upon the traveller on a road that ''he should not have been on''. |
| 361 | -->-- ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' |
| 362 | |
| 363 | ->'''Davros''': You betrayed the Daleks?\ |
| 364 | '''Dalek Caan''': I ''saw'' the Daleks. What we have done throughout time and space. I saw the truth of us, creator, and I decreed: ''No more!'' |
| 365 | -->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Journey's End" |
| 366 | |
| 367 | ->''"I've taken lives. And I got worse, I got ''clever''. [[TechnicalPacifist Manipulated people into taking their own.]] Sometimes I think a Time Lord lives too long."'' |
| 368 | -->-- '''The Tenth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The End of Time" |
| 369 | |
| 370 | ->''"'''I've been worshipping the devil!'''"'' |
| 371 | -->-- '''Joji Yuki/Riderman''', ''Series/KamenRiderV3'' |
| 372 | |
| 373 | ->'''Mobius:''' [[SoProudOfYou You do know yourself]].\ |
| 374 | '''Loki:''' A villain. |
| 375 | -->--''Series/Loki2021'' |
| 376 | |
| 377 | ->'''Dave:''' You've really done it this time, Bill. You've bankrupted the station, nearly stripped us bare, and on top of that you broke poor Matthew's heart. I hope you're proud of yourself.\ |
| 378 | '''Bill:''' How do you think I feel? Everyone hates me now. I mean, not like before when they only sorta hated me. This is the real stuff. |
| 379 | -->-- ''Series/NewsRadio'', "Twins" |
| 380 | |
| 381 | ->''"They've got skulls on them. Have you noticed that [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset our caps actually have little pictures of skulls on them?]] Hans... are we the ''baddies''?"'' |
| 382 | -->-- '''[[ThoseWackyNazis SS officer]]''', ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' |
| 383 | |
| 384 | ->''"You start to tell a story, you think you’re the hero. [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope And then when you get done talking...]]"'' |
| 385 | -->-- '''[[CowboyCop Detective McNulty]]''', ''Series/TheWire'' |
| 386 | |
| 387 | ->''"This is all my fault. Why am I ''always'' wrong? I just, I want to be right, for once. It's all so complicated... wait, ''am'' I the villain? Am I, like, the bad guy, but just so stupid that I didn't even notice?"'' |
| 388 | -->-- '''Friedkin''', ''Series/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' |
| 389 | |
| 390 | ->'''King Richard:''' What happened to the other chef? Looked just like you, but older, more wrinkly.\ |
| 391 | '''Chef:''' My father?\ |
| 392 | '''King Richard:''' Right. What happened to him?\ |
| 393 | '''Chef:''' You had him killed, sir.\ |
| 394 | '''King Richard:''' Hmm?\ |
| 395 | '''Chef:''' Your mutton was too rare.\ |
| 396 | '''King Richard:''' Well, that doesn't sound like me.\ |
| 397 | '''Chef:''' You killed his father before him. Your family has killed the last four generations of chefs in my family. It's not a great job, my king.\ |
| 398 | '''King Richard:''' ''[Appalled]'' I'm such a ''bully''! |
| 399 | -->-- ''Series/{{Galavant}}'', "Pilot" |
| 400 | |
| 401 | ->'''[[HeelFaceTurn Damar]]:''' The casual brutality of it... the waste of life. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName What kind of state tolerates the murder of innocent women and children?]] What kind of people give those orders? |
| 402 | ->'''[[LaResistance Kira Nerys]]:''' Yeah, [[{{Hypocrite}} Damar]], [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what kind of people give those orders?]] |
| 403 | ->'''[[TheAtoner Damar]]:''' ''([[HeroicBSOD unable to speak]])'' |
| 404 | -->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Tacking into the Wind" |
| 405 | |
| 406 | ->'''Garak:''' Well, aren't you going to congratulate me, Doctor? My exile is now officially over. I've returned home. Or rather, to what's left of it. |
| 407 | ->'''Bashir:''' Listen, I know that this must seem bleak... |
| 408 | ->'''Garak:''' [[LaserGuidedKarma Some may say that we've gotten just what we deserved]]. After all, we're not entirely innocent, are we? And I'm not just speaking of the Bajoran occupation. No, our whole history is one of arrogant aggression. We've collaborated with the Dominion, betrayed the entire Alpha Quadrant. Oh, no, no. There's no doubt about it. We're guilty as charged. |
| 409 | ->'''Bashir:''' You and I both know that the Cardassians are a strong people. They'll survive. Cardassia will survive. |
| 410 | ->'''Garak:''' Please, Doctor. Spare me your insufferable Federation optimism. Of course it will survive, [[YouCantGoHomeAgain but not as the Cardassia I knew]]. We had a rich and ancient culture. Our literature, music, art were second to none. [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore And now, so much of it is lost. So many of our best people, our most gifted minds.]] |
| 411 | ->'''Bashir:''' I'm sorry, Garak. I didn't mean- |
| 412 | ->'''Garak:''' Oh, it's quite all right, Doctor. You've been such a good friend. I'm going to miss our lunches together. |
| 413 | ->'''Bashir:''' I'm sure we'll see each other again. |
| 414 | ->'''Garak:''' I'd like to think so, but one can never say. We live in uncertain times. |
| 415 | -->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "What You Leave Behind" |
| 416 | |
| 417 | ->''"I should have just stepped aside like a gentleman and- just let them be happy."'' |
| 418 | -->-- '''General John Gordon Macarthur''' regretting [[MurderTheHypotenuse murdering his wife's lover]], ''Series/AndThenThereWereNone2015'' |
| 419 | |
| 420 | ->''"What do I know anymore, really? I have lost my bearings. Oh. Until recently, I always had a North Star. Twin North Stars: Justice and Wendy Rhoades. And with those guiding me, I was able to move forward, to progress, to find and stay on my path. But in the end, although they were always there for me, I served neither. Not nearly enough. But I have lately determined to find my way back. It's clear that I must."'' |
| 421 | -->-- '''Charles "Chuck" Rhoades Jr.''', ''Series/{{Billions}}'' |
| 422 | |
| 423 | ->'''Wilhelmina:''' We've had a lot of good times together. |
| 424 | ->'''Marc:''' Remember breaking into that safe to steal [[spoiler:Bradford's will]]? |
| 425 | ->[both laugh] |
| 426 | ->'''Wilhelmina:''' That was the best. |
| 427 | ->'''Marc:''' No, the best was having [[spoiler:Christina]] accused of kidnapping her own baby. |
| 428 | ->[both laugh] |
| 429 | ->'''Wilhelmina:''' You're forgetting the fact that we stole the [[spoiler:sperm from Bradford's cold dead body]] in the first place. |
| 430 | ->[both laugh] |
| 431 | ->'''Wilhelmina:''' Good times! |
| 432 | ->'''Marc:''' ... We really should be in jail. |
| 433 | -->-- ''Series/UglyBetty'' |
| 434 | |
| 435 | ->''"They didn't love my act, they loved me. I don't love me. I don't even ''like'' me. I'm a lousy person."'' |
| 436 | -->--'''Billy Diamond''', ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'', "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E22 Take My Life... Please!]]" |
| 437 | [[/folder]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 440 | ->I was fighting for a reason\ |
| 441 | Holy blessed homicide |
| 442 | -->-- '''{{Music/Disturbed}}''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Us6CEufX6E Overburdened]]" |
| 443 | |
| 444 | ->[[BigWordShout STOP!]]\ |
| 445 | I wanna go home \ |
| 446 | Take off [[PuttingOnTheReich this uniform]] and leave the show \ |
| 447 | But I'm waiting in this cell because I have to know \ |
| 448 | Have I been guilty all this time? |
| 449 | -->-- '''Music/PinkFloyd,''' "Stop!", ''Music/TheWall'' |
| 450 | |
| 451 | ->I'm a bastard if it's true\ |
| 452 | ''(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)''\ |
| 453 | If the thing she did to me\ |
| 454 | [[LaserGuidedKarma Is what I did to you]]\ |
| 455 | I'm a bastard if it's true\ |
| 456 | ''(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)''\ |
| 457 | And I guess it's true |
| 458 | -->-- '''Prozzäk''', "Sucks to be You" |
| 459 | |
| 460 | ->Hear me as I speak to you:\ |
| 461 | Of all the evil men can do\ |
| 462 | There is none worse that I know\ |
| 463 | Than [[LeaveNoSurvivors what we did]] in cold Glencoe |
| 464 | -->-- '''Music/{{Rise}}''', "Cold Glencoe" |
| 465 | |
| 466 | ->I'm gonna go to sleep and wake up, far away, as someone else\ |
| 467 | And all of this, and my whole life, just a terrible dream\ |
| 468 | But it's still my eyes staring back, in the mirror, cold and black\ |
| 469 | Is this for real? Tell me now! Am I the fear in your hearts? |
| 470 | --> '''Music/{{Keldian}}''', "Never Existed" |
| 471 | |
| 472 | ->''I thought I couldn't love anymore\ |
| 473 | Turns out I can't, but not for the same reasons as before\ |
| 474 | I use everyone I ever meet\ |
| 475 | I can't find the perfect match\ |
| 476 | Abuse those I love\ |
| 477 | While I ostracize the ones who love me\ |
| 478 | Back'' |
| 479 | -->-- '''Music/WilburSoot''', "Your Sister Was Right" |
| 480 | |
| 481 | ->''I've long since retired, my son's moved away\ |
| 482 | I called him up just the other day\ |
| 483 | I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."\ |
| 484 | He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time.\ |
| 485 | You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kids have the flu\ |
| 486 | But it's sure nice talking to you, dad\ |
| 487 | It's been sure nice talking to you."\ |
| 488 | And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,\ |
| 489 | He'd grown up just like me\ |
| 490 | My boy was '''just like me'''.\ |
| 491 | And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon;\ |
| 492 | Little Boy Blue and the Man In The Moon.\ |
| 493 | When you comin' home, son? I don't know when, but we'll get together then, dad; we're gonna have a good time then."'' |
| 494 | -->-- '''Music/HarryChapin''', "Cat's In The Cradle" |
| 495 | |
| 496 | ->''What have I become, now that I've betrayed\ |
| 497 | everyone I've ever loved and pushed them all away?\ |
| 498 | I have been a slave to the Judas in my mind\ |
| 499 | Is there something left of me to save in the wreckage of my life?'' |
| 500 | -->-- '''Music/{{Fozzy}}''', "Judas" |
| 501 | |
| 502 | ->''Apollo was astonished; Dionysus thought me mad\ |
| 503 | But they heard my story further, and they wondered and were sad\ |
| 504 | Looking down from Olympus on a world of doubt and fear\ |
| 505 | Its surface splintered into sorry hemispheres'' |
| 506 | -->-- '''Music/{{Rush|Band}}''', "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Music/{{Hemispheres}}" |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 511 | ->''"I can hardly sleep anymore. I feel the tugging of some inner force, something inside that beckons me further into this nightmare. I'm scared. I hate to admit it, but I'm terrified. Rob's "[[KillAndReplace replacement]]" shakes me so deeply inside that I had to skip class. I'm almost afraid to call in sick, for fear of the "cure" [[MadScientist Dr. Reid]] might send. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I should go]]. I know it, [[TrappedInVillainy but I can't]]; more to the point, I won't. [[IveComeTooFar I've gone this far and won't back off now]]. Rob was an idiot, screwing a fellow Progenitor and mouthing off [[AcademyOfEvil in class]] to a superior. I won't make his mistakes.\ |
| 512 | God help me. I've just read what I've written and it doesn't sound like me at all. So cold, so callous. What have I become?"'' |
| 513 | -->-- '''Andrew Greene,''' ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Convention Book: Progenitors'' |
| 514 | [[/folder]] |
| 515 | |
| 516 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 517 | ->Now I'm the villain in your history\ |
| 518 | I was too young and blind to see...\ |
| 519 | I should've known\ |
| 520 | I should've known |
| 521 | -->-- '''Aaron Burr''', ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', "The World Was Wide Enough" |
| 522 | |
| 523 | ->What have I done? Sweet Jesus, what have I done?\ |
| 524 | Become a thief in the night, become a dog on the run. |
| 525 | -->-- '''Jean Valjean''', ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' |
| 526 | |
| 527 | ->We all deserve to die!\ |
| 528 | Even you, Mrs. Lovett, even I!\ |
| 529 | Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief!\ |
| 530 | For the rest of us death will be a relief! |
| 531 | -->-- '''[[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Sweeney Todd]]''', [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet the Demon Barber of Fleet Street]], "[[VillainSong Epiphany]]" |
| 532 | [[/folder]] |
| 533 | |
| 534 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 535 | ->''"For years, I've been rushing around, taking whatever I fancied, not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt. Yet here I am... with riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home. Yet when I turn around, and look at the course I've run... here's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me."'' |
| 536 | -->-- '''Edward Kenway''', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' |
| 537 | |
| 538 | ->''"This is the part where the bad guys regret their life choices."'' |
| 539 | -->-- '''Kyle''', ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' |
| 540 | |
| 541 | ->'''[[WellIntentionedExtremist Baelheit:]]''' Why, Daimon? Why won't you lend me your strength?\ |
| 542 | '''[[BondCreatures Daimon:]]''' Because we were wrong. |
| 543 | -->-- ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'' |
| 544 | |
| 545 | ->''"I'm the reason that you stopped making games, aren't I? It's because of what I did. I poisoned it for you."'' |
| 546 | -->--'''Davey Wreden''', ''VideoGame/TheBeginnersGuide'' |
| 547 | |
| 548 | ->''"One of the children came and sat in my lap. I push her off, I shout, "Get away from me!" I can see the [[PsychoSerum ADAM]] oozing out of the corner of her mouth, thick and green. Her filthy hair hanging in her face, dirty clothes, and that dead glow in her eye... I feel... ''hatred'', like I never felt before, in my chest. Bitter, burning, fury. I can barely breathe. And suddenly, I know: it is not this child I hate."'' |
| 549 | -->-- '''[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Brigid Tenenbaum]]''', ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' |
| 550 | |
| 551 | ->''"I just wanted to finally do something as a family. We've never gotten along, so I thought bounty hunting could be fun. I guess friendship is all I really wanted. Thanks for helping me realize that."'' |
| 552 | -->--'''Skulk Leader''', ''VideoGame/BuddySimulator1984'' |
| 553 | |
| 554 | ->''"WAIT. STOP. I see everything so clearly now. What a monster I've been. What a terrible monster. I need you to understand, I never meant for any of this to go so far. You see, many years ago, this place used to be home to us Raffs. After outsiders began moving in, we left because we were scared. We're not used to people different from us. After I heard the port was opening, I arrived in a crate full of apple juice. I took as many Raffs with me as I could fit. We had to take back what was ours. Once we arrived, everyone was being so talkative with me. We had no choice but to hide away down here. What monsters those ground dwellers are. But, now I understand. They were trying to be our friends, just like you are now. I think us Raffs need to finally have a conversation with the townsfolk. We're not the best at friendship, but we can surely give it a shot. Thank you, adventurer. I'll always remember this day."'' |
| 555 | -->--'''King Raff''', ''VideoGame/BuddySimulator1984'' |
| 556 | |
| 557 | ->''"No. This is all wrong. Everything is all wrong. What have I done? I... how could I? How could I have done that to my best friend? I can't believe... I did that. Yet... You still stayed with me. After all we've been through... After all I've put you through... You still stayed for me. You know, you've changed me, [[[HelloInsertNameHere playername]]]. You've changed me a lot. It only took until hurting something you cared about for me to realize... I have been a horrible friend. [...] I hurt you. I took something you loved and destroyed it. I'm a monster. [...] All I've done is cause pain. To both of us. I'm a terrible friend."'' |
| 558 | -->--'''Your Buddy''', ''VideoGame/BuddySimulator1984'', [[GoldenEnding Ending 1 (This Is It/Our Happy Ending)]] |
| 559 | |
| 560 | ->''"Once [[LovecraftianSuperpower The Darkness]] gets ahold of you, you start to lose control. You start to wonder what the fuck you're doin'. Time slips away from you. And then, all of a sudden, it's like you're sittin' in a theater, watchin' a movie of your own life. And you're up there on the big screen. Big as life, you're a fuckin' movie star. And you're killin' all the bad guys, tearing them limb from limb. [[EvilFeelsGood And you feel good]]. You look good.Fuck, you are good. And then you realize something. Everyone else in the theater: they're screamin', [[MookHorrorShow 'cuz they're watchin' a horror movie.]] And you're not the hero...\ |
| 561 | You're the monster..."'' |
| 562 | -->-- '''Jackie Estacado''', ''VideoGame/TheDarkness 2'' |
| 563 | |
| 564 | ->''"[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge I want to take from them what they took from me, from my family.]] In this life. [[PayEvilUntoEvil I want them to suffer. I want all of them to die in fear and pain.]] I want to have my revenge. Against him. Against [[EvilFormerFriend Caesar]]. I want to call it my own, to make my anger God's anger. [[BeAllMySinsRemembered To justify the things I've done.]] Sometimes I tell myself these wild fires will never stop burning. But I'm the one who starts them. Not God. Not them. I can always see it in my mind, the warmth and the heat. It will always be a part of me... [[TheAtoner but not today.]]"'' |
| 565 | -->-- '''Joshua Graham''' if he is convinced to spare Salt-Upon-Wounds, ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' |
| 566 | |
| 567 | ->''"I guess this is it. [[LockedInAFreezer Not much air left now]]. Minutes, maybe. [[UndesirablePrize And this is what I have to show for it]]. I guess [[ShootTheShaggyDog the joke's]] (''gasp'') on me. Prolly shouldn't (''gasp'') have killed... all those people, Prolly shoulda stayed at home... (''gasp'') and taken care of my ma. She... always used to say people who... murder and steal... [[KarmicDeath die bad in the end]]. Said they... (''gasp'')"'' |
| 568 | -->-- '''Allen Marks'''' last words, recorded on [[ApocalypticLog holotape]], ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' |
| 569 | |
| 570 | ->''"I let myself believe we were [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans making things better]]. But we're not."'' |
| 571 | -->-- '''Regime Flash''', ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' |
| 572 | |
| 573 | ->''"It is such a quiet thing, to fall. But far more terrible is to admit it."'' |
| 574 | -->-- '''Kreia''', ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' |
| 575 | |
| 576 | ->''"We're shitty people, Joel. It's been that way for a long time."'' |
| 577 | -->-- '''Tess''', ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' |
| 578 | |
| 579 | ->'''[[BadassBookworm Mordin]]''': Understandable, but not acceptable. Will not sacrifice [[DyingRace Krogan]] for political gain.\ |
| 580 | '''[[AntiHero Renegade Shepard]]''': Every time we've talked about this before, you've ''[[IDidWhatIHadToDo defended]]'' the [[DepopulationBomb genophage]]! Hell, I had to talk you into saving Maelon's data! How can you change your mind now!?\ |
| 581 | '''Mordin''': I MADE A MISTAKE! [[note]] This is one of the only sentences where [[TerseTalker Mordin]] uses the first-person pronoun "I;" [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he normally leaves it out as part of his depersonalization to disconnect himself from his actions]].[[/note]] |
| 582 | -->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' |
| 583 | |
| 584 | ->''"Goodbye, Shepard. Thank you."'' |
| 585 | -->--'''Saren Arterius'''[[note]] Saren was [[MindRape indoctrinated]] by the Reapers to help them invade the Galaxy, and was reputed for [[FantasticRacism his hatred of humans]]. The fact that Shepard convinced him to see the truth and realize it makes the above quote (done by Paragon Shepard, any other dialogue choices will be a BossBattle). [[/note]], ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' |
| 586 | |
| 587 | ->''"I'm already a demon. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Heaven's not my kinda place, anyway]]."'' |
| 588 | -->-- '''Venom Snake''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' |
| 589 | |
| 590 | ->'''[[SharingABody Tyrann]]:''' You know, [[TermsOfEndangerment Sunshine]], that [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Black Scrawl has almost completely taken you over]].\ |
| 591 | '''Kainé:''' Yeah. I know.\ |
| 592 | '''[[DemonicPossession Tyrann]]:''' But ''goddamn'', we had fun, huh? Killing and killing and ''more'' killing... [[AxeCrazy what a rush!]]\ |
| 593 | '''Kainé:''' Yeah? ''[[HeroicRROD Ngh...]]''\ |
| 594 | '''Tyrann:''' Wait - no! No, no, no! It wasn't fun at all! I turned you into a killing machine! I spread evil and chaos around the world! [[BeingEvilSucks But it all feels so empty now!]] ''[[WhatIsThisFeeling Why?! I don't understand!]]''\ |
| 595 | '''Kainé:''' Sorry, [[IronicEcho Sunshine]]. [[HumanityIsInfectious Maybe I'm just nicer than you thought]]. |
| 596 | -->-- ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' |
| 597 | |
| 598 | ->''"Stories are told again and again, and from their shape we build our understanding of the world. [[Literature/HanselAndGretel Two children are led into the woods; they are lost for a time, but then are captured by an old witch]]. A child goes missing in [[AmusementParkOfDoom Atlantic Island Park]]; he wanders, lost, for a time, before finding his way into the mouth of an old witch. In the oldest version of the story, the [[AbusiveParents mother]] and the [[WickedWitch witch]] were the same person.\ |
| 599 | I never wanted to be the witch... but I am... aren't I?"'' |
| 600 | -->-- [[spoiler: '''Lorraine''']], ''VideoGame/ThePark'' |
| 601 | |
| 602 | ->''"Sophie, I went and checked the people outside the tower before coming here... Now I know what a real human doll looks like."'' |
| 603 | -->-- '''[[spoiler:Kuon Ichinose]]''', ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' |
| 604 | |
| 605 | ->''"I-I didn't mean to hurt anybody..."'' |
| 606 | -->-- [[spoiler: '''Captain Martin Walker''']], ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' |
| 607 | |
| 608 | ->''"Sorry, Terisa. After Alderaan, I can't ignore what the Empire's become."'' |
| 609 | -->-- '''Lindon Javes''', ''VideoGame/StarWarsSquadrons'' |
| 610 | |
| 611 | ->[[PlayerPunch You]] felt [[WhatTheHellPlayer your sins crawling on your back]]. |
| 612 | -->-- BossBattle with [[spoiler:Sans]], ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', "No Mercy" playthrough |
| 613 | |
| 614 | ->''Did not God give them souls, hearts, and minds, just as he gave us? We stole their destiny to realize ours.'' |
| 615 | -->--Anonymous Wehrmacht trooper's letter, ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' |
| 616 | |
| 617 | ->''"I failed you, Terra. Perhaps I've no one to blame but myself for the darkness inside you. And now, I've done worse...raised my Keyblade against you and Ventus. My own heart is darkness!"'' |
| 618 | -->-- '''Eraqus''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' |
| 619 | |
| 620 | -> '''Ralsei''': STOP! What... In the world are you all doing? |
| 621 | -> '''Berdly''': ''[was trying to open a Dark Fountain in order to bring about the dream world he and Noelle fantasized about]'' ...Well, we thought we would just-- |
| 622 | -> '''Ralsei''': Stop. |
| 623 | -> '''Berdly''': I mean-- |
| 624 | -> '''Ralsei''': ''Stop!'' Do you know what will happen if you [open another Dark Fountain]? ...You'll bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Roaring.]] |
| 625 | -> ''[Legend sequence begins, detailing the Roaring.]'' |
| 626 | -> '''Ralsei:''' ''[narrating]'' When the LIGHT is subsumed by Shadow... When FOUNTAINS fill the sky... [[ApocalypseHow All will fall into CHAOS]]. The [[SealedEvilInACan TITANS]] will take form from the FOUNTAINS... And [[PersonOfMassDestruction envelop the land in devastation]]. The surviving Darkners, crushed by the darkness... Will slowly, one by one, [[TakenForGranite turn into statues]]... Leaving the Lightners to fend for themselves, lost eternally in an endless night. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Is that your idea of paradise?]] |
| 627 | -> ''[End of legend sequence.]'' |
| 628 | -> '''Everyone''': ''[StunnedSilence]'' |
| 629 | -> '''Queen''': ''[who had been trying to find a way to open more Dark Fountains [[WellIntentionedExtremist so she could fix the world]] throughout the chapter]'' [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Oh Damn I Did Not Know That]] |
| 630 | -> '''Ralsei''': You didn't?! But your whole plan was to-- |
| 631 | -> '''Queen''': I'm Just A Computer LMAO I Don't Know Everything I Was Just Guessing Based On The Knight's Actions [[EvenEvilHasStandards Why The Heck (Hell) Would I Want To End The World]] |
| 632 | -->-- ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Chapter 2'' |
| 633 | |
| 634 | ->''"I thought myself the instrument of God, not the tool of man!"'' |
| 635 | -->-- '''Azrael''' if [[spoiler:you choose to have him break his sword]], ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' |
| 636 | |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 640 | ->''"That was the worst to me, that [Lily] could be so nice and still take so many people for granted. Why even join the Student Council, then? It seemed so shortsighted and selfish, don't you think? But it's actually me who's this way."'' |
| 641 | -->-- '''Shizune''', ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' |
| 642 | |
| 643 | ->''"I know the [[AmoralAttorney path I've walked]]. You don't need to tell me. And the path I've walked... hasn't been a just one. I can't forgive myself for what I've done... and no one else should forgive me either."'' |
| 644 | -->-- '''Miles Edgeworth''', ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'' |
| 645 | |
| 646 | ->''"What's wrong with me...? How horrible am I for you to hate me this much? All my friends... I did so many awful things. So many [[IfICantHaveYou selfish]] and [[MurderTheHypotenuse disgusting]] things. I... I shouldn't have done any of this. I'm just messing up a world that I don't even belong in. A world that you wanted to be a part of... I ruined it. I ruined everything. Maybe that's why you deleted me... Because I destroyed everything that you wanted. How could I do that to someone I love...? That's not love... That's..."'' |
| 647 | -->-- '''[[spoiler:Monika]]''', ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' |
| 648 | |
| 649 | ->''"As I watched my former mentor perish before my eyes at the jaws of the hound I commanded, I realized that I had lost the last shred of decency within me and sunk to the level of a wild beast. [[BeyondRedemption There is no path back to the light.]]"'' |
| 650 | -->-- '''[[SerialKiller The Professor]] (aka [[spoiler:Klint van Zieks]])''', ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: Resolve'' |
| 651 | [[/folder]] |
| 652 | |
| 653 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 654 | ->''"I was certainly a lousy father... Since my visions of the future I've changed a lot... I saw the error of my ways and how barbaric the Saiyan people were... But don't expect any excuses. You can give up if you want."'' |
| 655 | -->-- '''Bardok''', ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' |
| 656 | |
| 657 | ->''"[[GoodFeelsGood Ev'ryone always talks about tha seductive power o' Evil, but I think Good's just as slippery a slope. Doin' good - sometimes just seein' other people do good - feels good.]] Tha feelin' gets ta ye ev'ntually. Sometimes I think tha only reason more evil folks dinnae succumb ta it is tha it feels ''bad'' ta realize how evil ye've been. Most'd rather pretend ta nev'r feel nuthin' than experience tha pain."'' |
| 658 | -->--'''Durkon''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' |
| 659 | [[/folder]] |
| 660 | |
| 661 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 662 | ->''"I'm not a soldier. I'm a monster...like [[TheSociopath you]]."'' |
| 663 | -->-- '''[[spoiler: Locus]]''', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' |
| 664 | |
| 665 | ->'''Alucard''': Are [[MindHive we]] a bad person? |
| 666 | ->'''[[SplitPersonality Also Alucard]]''': ...Well, let's start with the twenty thousand people we '''impaled'''. |
| 667 | ->'''Alucard''': We ''were'' pretty mad at dad that day.... |
| 668 | -->--''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'' |
| 669 | |
| 670 | ->''"Sh*t, I'm an a*shole."'' |
| 671 | -->-- ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66treaoATsA A Very Madden 08 Christmas]] |
| 672 | |
| 673 | ->''"Several legendary Pokemon had gotten captured [...] [W]e had to track them down and bring them in, so we had a Mew who could teleport us to various locations, find the Pokemon, and recapture them from being...captured. I mean, free them. I mean, not exactly "free" free; it was the kind of freedom where you work for a master and have to do whatever they tell you to do or else you...suffer grave consequences.\ |
| 674 | {{Gasp}}\ |
| 675 | Oh my god! ''We were the bad guys the whole time!'' Sweeeet."'' |
| 676 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/PuffinForest'', "RPG Story: Pokemon Tabletop Gangster" |
| 677 | |
| 678 | ->'''Ex-[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft WoW]] player:''' Oh well, see you guys. Uhm, oh, right! Er... you all suck! Uh, uninstall the game! All that, you know... the usual.\ |
| 679 | '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV FF14]] player:''' Oh, what do you mean, man? We'll just go again!\ |
| 680 | '''Ex-[=WoW=] player:''' Uh, no, idiot! I didn't pull the pack, I was--WaitWhat\ |
| 681 | '''[=FF14=] player:''' Yeah, we don't have to disband! We'll just try again, right?\ |
| 682 | '''Ex-[=WoW=] player:''' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone I didn't think this is a thing. I-I'm just so used to everyone leaving after each wipe!]] Aren't you just afraid of wasting your time with this... failure of a group?\ |
| 683 | '''[=FF14=] player:''' Ha ha ha! Then we waste our time together!\ |
| 684 | '''Another [=FF14=] player:''' (makes a cute noise and gives a thumbs up.)\ |
| 685 | '''Ex-[=WoW=] player:''' (genuinely touched) ... Wow... |
| 686 | -->--''[[Creator/CaptainGrim WoW Players Experience FFXIV]]'' |
| 687 | |
| 688 | ->'''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]:''' Why are you doing this?!\ |
| 689 | '''[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]]:''' Why? Why should Halloween be cancelled year after year?! Why should our years of hard work go unrewarded? All I ever wanted was to bring them a great special. AND THAT'S ''EXACTLY'' WHAT I'LL DOOOO!\ |
| 690 | '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Well, why didn't you just ask?\ |
| 691 | '''Jack:''' ...What?\ |
| 692 | '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' We can share it. But first, let Santa and my friends go, and promise not to hurt anybody else! Don't you see? War's not what Christmas is about!\ |
| 693 | '''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas Flynn]]:''' Wow. Corny.\ |
| 694 | '''Jack:''' ...You're ''right''!\ |
| 695 | '''Phineas:''' But apparently effective!\ |
| 696 | '''Jack:''' My friends were right. How could I be such an ass? |
| 697 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasWhoSkellingtonsRevenge'' |
| 698 | |
| 699 | ->'''Nazi advisor:''' Sir, that laugh was pretty evil. Are we… are we the bad guys?\ |
| 700 | '''Hitler:''' That's a stupid question! [[SubvertedTrope Of course we are!]]\ |
| 701 | '''Nazi advisor:''' Oh. Makes sense… |
| 702 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/MrSpherical'' |
| 703 | [[/folder]] |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 706 | ->''"But anyway, [[HeelFaceTurn I'm good now.]] I mean, I thought I was good before, but now I realize I was bad..."'' |
| 707 | -->--'''Zuko''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "The Western Air Temple" |
| 708 | |
| 709 | ->''"I wanted to speak out against this [[FinalSolution horrifying plan]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone but I'm ashamed to say I didn't]]. My whole life, I struggled to gain [[AbusiveParents my father's]] love and acceptance, [[WasItReallyWorthIt but once I had it]], I realized I'd lost myself getting there. I'd forgotten who I was."'' |
| 710 | -->--'''Zuko''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "Sozin's Comet" |
| 711 | |
| 712 | ->''"[=BoJack=], I don't like... ''anything'' about me."'' |
| 713 | -->-- '''Sarah Lynn''', ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' |
| 714 | |
| 715 | ->'''Dipper''': Rumble! I have something to tell you! Robbie... Robbie didn't kill my father.\ |
| 716 | '''Rumble''': (''gasps'') Then who did?\ |
| 717 | '''Dipper''': What? No-one. I... I lied to you.\ |
| 718 | '''Rumble''': Hwuh? Well then, you're actually a... ''bad guy!''\ |
| 719 | '''Dipper''': I guess I kinda am. |
| 720 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' |
| 721 | |
| 722 | ->''"Avatar Korra. I am truly sorry for all that I've done to you. I thought I was better than my father, but his ghost still shaped me. I became a soldier of revenge, just like he wanted me to be."'' |
| 723 | -->-- '''Tarrlok''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' |
| 724 | |
| 725 | ->''"You think you can boss [[EldritchAbomination Discord]] around?! You think I'm just going to turn all this back because ''you'' say so?! [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Because if I don't, I'll lose the one friend I ever had?! ...Oh.]] [[TearsOfRemorse Well played, Fluttershy. Well played.]]"'' |
| 726 | -->-- '''Discord''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
| 727 | |
| 728 | ->'''Dr. Venture:''' What the hell am I signing, a zeppelin?\ |
| 729 | '''Dr. Henry Killinger:''' A most sacred pact - membership in the [[WeirdTradeUnion most elite brotherhood]], ''mit'' exclusive arching rights.\ |
| 730 | '''Dr. Venture:''' Didn't have to go through all this hooey to get my first {{archenemy}}, but what the hey. Did you pick me a good one?\ |
| 731 | '''Dr. Henry Killinger:''' No, ''you'' did.\ |
| 732 | '''Dr. Venture:''' What... my brother?\ |
| 733 | '''Dr. Henry Killinger:''' Bingo! Isn't it perfect? It's a classic [[CainAndAbel Cain-]]''[[CainAndAbel und]]''[[CainAndAbel -Abel]] story.\ |
| 734 | '''Dr. Venture:''' But... but he can't arch me, he's not even a super- ''Oh my God.'' |
| 735 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', "The Doctor is Sin" |
| 736 | |
| 737 | ->'''Quagmire:''' You are such a scumbag. You know, when you were poor, you were always a douche, [[AtLeastIAdmitIt but at least you came by it honestly]]. But now? [[UngratefulBastard Screwin' over the people who helped you?!]] I don't know how you sleep at night. \ |
| 738 | '''Brian:''' My God. You're right! I'm a [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]]. I'm a [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo pretentious]] jerk, and you're the only guy in town who's ever called me out on my crap. You know, I used to hate you for it, but now I think you're the only person who is trying to be my friend.\ |
| 739 | '''Quagmire:''' No, I think you're misunderstanding me. \ |
| 740 | '''Brian:''' No, I'm serious. Even though I know you never liked me, you still helped me when I really needed it. That says a lot about your character. I'm ashamed of myself because I am none of the things you are. You're honest and direct and compassionate [his phone chimes] [[SubvertedTrope and...that is 72 hours! Enjoy your craphole, dumbass!]]\ |
| 741 | '''Quagmire:''' You son of a bitch! |
| 742 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "Brian the Closer" |
| 743 | |
| 744 | ->''"You know, when that bullet went through my head...[[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes I saw my life flash before my eyes]]. Yeah, that's always sounded like bullshit to me too, but it's not...''and I didn't like what I saw. ''I was such a dick to Kate, to Eve too,'' to every woman I've ever dated. ''None of them deserved it. I don't know why I had to get my brains blown out to see that."'' |
| 745 | -->-- '''Rex Splode''', ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'', "It's Not That Simple" |
| 746 | |
| 747 | ->''"All my life, I was a nobody. [[FromNobodyToNightmare Then I get this power]], and I use it to try and hurt you... [[MisplacedRetribution The one guy who wanted to help me]]."'' |
| 748 | -->-- '''The Living Laser''', ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' |
| 749 | |
| 750 | ->''"Because I now know the true meaning of oppression... and have thus lost my taste for inflicting it."'' |
| 751 | -->-- '''Megatron''', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', "Predacons Rising". |
| 752 | |
| 753 | ->'''Darwin''': But I'm doing this for your own good! I'm the hero here. |
| 754 | ->'''Gumball:''' Okay, let me ask you one question: Would a hero sit on a throne? Would a hero carry a riding crop? Would a hero hang out in a lair, surrounded with plans to take over the world?! |
| 755 | ->'''Darwin:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That's three questions.]] |
| 756 | ->'''Gumball''': That's...That's not the point! [turns camera towards Darwin] Look at yourself! |
| 757 | ->'''Darwin''': [upon looking at himself in one of the monitors he had installed] Do you think...Am I the villain? |
| 758 | ->'''Gumball''': [nods aggressively] |
| 759 | ->'''Darwin''': Did I go too far? |
| 760 | ->'''Gumball''': [gesturing at all the evil things Darwin had set up in his lair], YES, YES, YES, YES, [points at Darwin's BadassCape] [[BaitAndSwitch NO!]] The cape is awesome! |
| 761 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', "The Safety'' |
| 762 | |
| 763 | ->''"It's your room... [[VillainousBSOD My boy... I'm- I'm killing my boy... Lisa... I'm killing our boy.]] We painted this room. We... made these toys. It's our boy, Lisa... your greatest gift to me... [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and I'm killing him.]] '''[[EmptyShell I must already be dead...]]'''"'' |
| 764 | -->-- '''Dracula''', ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' |
| 765 | |
| 766 | ->'''Mike:''' It was hard for me to accept the truth too. |
| 767 | ->'''Dar:''' What do you know, traitor? |
| 768 | ->'''Mike:''' I know you feel angry, betrayed. You thought you were trying to make things better, but you've realized you were working for the bad guys. |
| 769 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' |
| 770 | |
| 771 | ->'''[[TwoAliasesOneCharacter Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond]]''': All this life that's been growing wild here on Earth... [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 none of it... will survive my invasion.]] We're not creating life from nothing. We're taking life, and leaving nothing behind. |
| 772 | ->'''Pearl''': Forgive me, my Diamond. I shouldn't have brought you to such a place. |
| 773 | ->'''Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond''': [[HeelFaceTurn No. I needed to see this.]] |
| 774 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Now We're Only Falling Apart" |
| 775 | |
| 776 | ->'''Tylor:''' I just wish we could go back to scare power, you know? I mean, that's what I'm good at. And you, you could be back on the Scare Floor, be Top Scarer again.\ |
| 777 | '''Sulley:''' I never told you about [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 what happened with Boo]]. The fear in her eyes when she was scared. I... I didn't like what I saw. I didn't like what I saw in ''me''. Laugh power is the heart of the new Monsters Inc. And it's also [[GoodFeelsGood the right thing to do]]. |
| 778 | -->--- ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'' |
| 779 | |
| 780 | ->''"Holy shit, I'm a terrible father."'' |
| 781 | -->-- '''Rick''', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[/folder]] |
| 784 | |
| 785 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 786 | ->''"You may have just saved my wife's life, for as I listened to you describing Simpson's [[DomesticAbuse abuse]], I recognized myself."'' |
| 787 | -->-- An abusive husband, writing to one of the prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson case. Quoted by Gavin de Becker in ''The Gift of Fear'' |
| 788 | |
| 789 | ->''"There must be a point in the middle of [[BestialityIsDepraved such an act]] when you think, 'I’m not in [[Franchise/HarryPotter Gryffindor]], am I?'"'' |
| 790 | -->--'''Creator/FrankieBoyle''', "[[https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/frankie-boyle-on-piggate-not-even-in-the-top-ten-worst-things-cameron-has-done/ Frankie Boyle on #PigGate - Not even in the top ten worst things Cameron has done]]" |
| 791 | |
| 792 | [[/folder]] |
| 793 |
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