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3[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
4->I… I wasn't blessed with any magic. That always frustrated me. But… I sure was blessed with great friends!!
5-->-- '''Asta''', ''Manga/BlackClover''
6
7->''Forever united as one! Together, the battles are won! Through us let your spirit evolve! (If we're all for one world, there's a world for us all!) If we're all for one world, there's a world... for us all!''
8-->-- ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' dub theme
9
10->'''Greed:''' Those memories [of my friends] [[AmnesiacDissonance aren't a part of me anymore!]]\
11'''Ling:''' No you're wrong, Greed! It's not that easy, they'll ''always'' be a part of you! You can't just erase them from your soul! They were the only part of you that ''you chose!'' Look at them, can you not hear their souls crying out!? You abandoned them, your real family! You threw them away like trash!
12-->-- ''[[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', Episode 44
13
14->Maybe IAmAMonster, but [[YouAreNotAlone I met people who reached out to me]].
15-->-- '''[[{{Telepathy}} Haruka]] [[BrokenBird Kotoura]]''' to the infamous child beating criminal, ''Manga/KotouraSan'' episode 11
16
17->'''Vita:''' Her allies?\
18'''Fate:''' No. Her ''friends''.
19-->-- ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''
20
21->Don't you understand why we came with you? Isn't it because we're friends?! Yugi, with friends... Allowing themselves to like themselves, that's why they want to be together. If you're in pain or suffering, then give some to me! That's what being a friend is about!
22-->-- '''Jounouchi Katsuya/[[DubNameChange Joey Wheeler]]''', ''Anime/YuGiOh''
23
24->'''[[AntiVillain Entei]]:''' What is this?\
25'''[[AllLovingHero Ash Ketchum]]:''' My friend, Charizard.\
26'''Entei:''' Your friend?\
27'''[[TheLancer Pikachu]]:''' [[PokemonSpeak Pika!]]\
28''[[TheBigGuy Charizard]] roars in agreement.''\
29'''Ash:''' All of my Pokémon are my friends. We all work together like a family!\
30'''[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Molly]]:''' A family?\
31'''Entei:''' Then I will defeat your family too!\
32''(10 seconds later into the fight between Charizard and Entei, as Ash almost falls off a large window before being caught in time by his friends and [[VillainousRescue Team Rocket]]...)''\
33'''[[ChivalrousPervert Brock]]:''' We won’t let you fall!\
34'''[[{{Tomboy}} Misty]]:''' We’re like family too!
35-->-- ''Anime/Pokemon3''
36
37->'''[[DemBones Hone Onna]]''': It's great to have friends. When you keep agonizing over things all by your lonesome, you get this prickly ache right here.\
38'''[[EyeSpy Ichimoku Ren]]''': Sorry, but I don't think of [[{{Youkai}} you]] [[PunchClockVillain guys]] as friends.\
39'''Hone Onna''': Oh? If we're not friends that what are we?\
40'''Ichimoku Ren''': Family... I guess.
41-->-- ''Anime/HellGirl''
42[[/folder]]
43
44[[folder:Comic Books]]
45->'''Dave:''' They tried to make me talk. I gave them nothing.\
46'''Frank:''' You don't know me, you don't owe me anything. I've brought you nothing but trouble. Why were you ready to die for me?\
47'''Dave:''' Because you're one of us. You're family.
48-->--''ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank''
49
50->'''Billy:''' You guys all showed up [[StormingTheCastle to rescue me?]]\
51'''Kate:''' We're family. We stick together no matter what scary, unstoppable powers you may have.\
52'''Eli:''' Plus, if you ''do'' have scary, unstoppable powers, we're thinking we should probably be on ''your'' side.
53-->-- ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers: The Children's Crusade''
54[[/folder]]
55
56[[folder:Fan Works]]
57->Not TV-perfect family with pearly white smiles and "very special episode" problems solved in an hour or half... Family that grates your nerves because they're always there, and can be relied on in a pinch because they're always there... Where you're either in on the joke or the butt of it. Family that fights and screams and kind of hates a little, then fights by your side and wraps your bleeding knuckles and loves despite themself or yourself.
58-->-- '''Guy Gardner''', a ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' Fanfic
59
60->We may hate things about each other, but in combat we know we can trust each other with our lives.
61-->-- '''Asuka''', ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide''
62
63->''as the six of them head toward the bridge, alpha notices a sense of pride has returned to him. the footsteps echoing behind him restore his confidence. he pauses to turn back and smile at the group, who grin back-- just like always.''
64-->-- [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14960619?view_full_work=true -- you'll never be alone.]], a ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' fic
65
66->'''Veronica:''' "Before we do whatever we're going to do, I have to say something. Everyone, please listen."\
67'''Archie:''' "We're listening, Ronnie. Go ahead."\
68'''Veronica:''' "I just wanted to say that, if this is the...the last time we get to say something like this...that no matter what, I want us to know that we're all friends. No matter what happens, or what happened among us, between any of us. There's something that's...more than just boy and girl, you know? There's a...oh, nuts. I don't know how to put it."\
69'''Betty:''' "You've put it just fine, Ronnie. There's a bond. A bond we all have between us. Even with the differences...you rich, me middle-class, Reggie an ego-queen..."\
70'''Reggie:''' "Hey, just a minute!"\
71'''Betty:''' "...and Archie a klutz, we love each other. And I think we always will. Am I right on that, gang?"\
72'''Reggie:''' "You know it, Bets."\
73'''Archie:''' "Never thought I'd see you in a frame of mind like this, Mantle. But yeah, Betty, you're right. There is a bond between us. And there always will be."
74-->-- ''Fanfic/MaybeTheLastArchieStory''
75
76->"ACE! [[ActOfTrueLove JUST WAIT, WE'RE COMING TO SAVE YOU]]!"\
77"ANYONE WHO LAYS HANDS ON ONE OF US SUFFERS THE CONSEQUENCES!"\
78"WE'LL MAKE SURE THOSE RESPONSIBLE PAY FOR IT, ACE!"\
79"SNAIL-BOY [[SinsOfTheFather IS RIGHT]], [[DefiedTrope SCREW ROGER]]! [[YouAreWorthHell WE WANT OUR FRIEND BACK]]!"\
80"AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HIM, [[MemeticMutation I'LL KILL EVERYONE HERE AND THEN MYSELF]]!"\
81"[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome WHAT THE FUCK]], DUDE!?"
82-->-- ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', as the Whitebeard Pirates and their allies come to save Ace.
83[[/folder]]
84
85[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
86->When your teammate's in trouble, you go. Whether they ask or not, you go!
87-->-- '''Rhino''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}''
88
89->''Ohana'' means family. Family means [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind nobody gets left behind]], or forgotten.
90-->-- '''Lilo Pelekai''', ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''
91
92->This is my family. I found it, all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good.
93-->-- '''Stitch''', ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''
94
95->Remember all the places you can hide\
96Remember, we are always on your side!
97-->-- ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', "Streets of Gold"
98
99->'''Tigger:''' You mean... ''you'' fellas... are my family?\
100'''Pooh:''' I'm afraid we have nothing better to offer.\
101''[beat]''\
102'''Tigger:''' ...Well, of ''course'' not, Pooh boy! 'Cause there's nothing better than the ''best''!
103-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie''
104
105->We are ''more'' than we are\
106We are one
107-->-- "We Are One", ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''
108[[/folder]]
109
110[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
111->When I go home, some people are gonna ask me, "Hoot, why do you do it? You some kind of war junkie?" I won't say a goddamn word. Why? They won't understand... won't understand why we do it. They won't understand that it's about the men next to you. That's it... that's all it is.
112-->-- '''Hoot''', ''Film/BlackHawkDown''
113
114->[[TheMafia This]] is my family. More even than my own family.
115-->-- '''Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero''', ''Film/DonnieBrasco''
116
117->If this is to end in fire, then we shall all burn together.
118-->-- '''Thorin Oakenshield''', ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug''
119
120->'''Gimli:''' [[ElvesVersusDwarves Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf.]]\
121'''Legolas:''' What about side by side with a ''friend?''\
122'''Gimli:''' ...Aye. (''smiles'') I could do that.
123-->-- ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing''
124
125->I've had a dream too. It's about singing and dancing and making people happy. That's the kinda dream that gets better the more people you share it with. And I found a whole bunch of friends who all have the same dream. And it kinda makes us like a family.
126-->-- '''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]]''', ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''
127
128->Love. Love is the key. Love and family. For what are night and day, the sun, the moon, the stars without love, and those you love around you? What could be more hollow than to die alone, unloved?
129-->-- ''Film/TheProposition''
130
131->I don't have friends, I got family.
132-->-- '''[[Creator/VinDiesel Dominic Toretto]]''', ''Film/Furious7''
133
134->I have lived most of my life surrounded by my enemies. I would be grateful to die among my friends.
135-->-- '''Gamora''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''
136
137->''Dude, you're my hero and shit!''
138-->-- '''Skinny Pete''' to '''Jesse Pinkman''', ''Film/ElCamino''
139
140->'''Poe:''' I gotta tell you, I don't really know... how to do this. What you did. I'm not ready.\
141'''Lando:''' Neither were we. Luke, Han, Leia and me. Who's ever ready?\
142'''Poe:''' How did you do it? Defeat [[TheEmpire an empire]] with almost nothing?\
143'''Lando:''' We had each other. That's how we won.
144-->-- ''Franchise/StarWars: Episode IX: Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
145[[/folder]]
146
147[[folder:Literature]]
148->[[RuleNumberOne Rule One:]] [[BadassBoast You fuck with me, you die. No questions, no exceptions, no second chances.]]\
149Rule Two: What I say goes. Break Rule Two, you get hurt. Break it again, you die. Again, this is your only warning.\
150Rule Three: You fuck with any of my friends, you fuck with me. [[DisproportionateRetribution When in doubt, see Rule One.]]
151-->-- '''Caine''', ''Literature/TheActsOfCaine''
152
153->We're just one big family and, when you've been to a few domestic disputes, Littlebottom, I can assure you that you'll see the resemblance.
154-->-- '''Sam Vimes''', ''Literature/FeetOfClay''
155
156->I don't have brothers. Not by blood.
157-->-- '''Maddox''', ''Literature/LordsOfTheUnderworld''
158
159->We're all still inextricably entangled -- Split Enz isn't just something you can walk away from.
160-->-- '''Noel Crombie''', ''Literature/StrangerThanFictionTheLifeAndTimesOfSplitEnz''
161
162->One for all and all for one!
163-->-- '''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'''
164
165->Could one judge a man by his company? Could she judge [[CrazyIsCool Miles]] that way? [[ChivalrousPervert Ivan]] was [[HiddenHeartOfGold charming and funny]], [[GrandeDame Lady Alys]] fine and formidable, [[TheSpymaster Illyan]], despite his sinister history, strangely kind. Miles’s clone brother Mark , for all his [[SourSupporter bitter bite]], seemed a brother in truth. Kareen Koudelka was pure delight. The [[RememberTheNewGuy Vorbrettens]], the rest of the Koudelka clan, Duv Galeni, Tsipis, [[SupremeChef Ma Kosti]], [[BattleButler Pym]], even [[AbsentMindedProfessor Enrique]]... Miles seemed to [[MagneticHero collect friends of wit and distinction and extraordinary ability around himself as casually and unselfconsciously as a comet trailed its banner of light]].
166-->-- ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga A Civil Campaign]]''
167
168->But from now on, we fight as a Clan. No warrior will go into battle alone. Where one fights, we all fight!
169-->-- '''Hailstar''', ''Literature/WarriorCats''
170
171->'''Dresden:''' [[FromBadToWorse Things just got worse]]. I'm still going. [[LineInTheSand None of you have to come with me. I don't expect you to-]]\
172'''Dresden's Narration:''' Before I finished speaking, [[MamaBear Charity]], [[FireForgedFriends Murphy, and Thomas]] stepped up to stand beside me. A bolt of warmth, fiece with joy and pride and gratitude, flashed through me like sudden lightning. I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching - they are your family. And they were my heroes.
173-->-- ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
174[[/folder]]
175
176[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
177->Don't they understand that we're a family? That that's why this works, is because we're a family. Do they even care?!
178-->-- '''Garcia''' in response to [[spoiler:JJ being forced to take a promotion to the Pentagon]], ''Series/CriminalMinds'', "JJ"
179
180->'''Nadeem:''' I mean, your friends [[SecretKeeper know who you are, what you do.]]\
181'''Matt:''' [[VigilanteMan My life]] almost got them killed. And not for the first time. I don't see how I can have it both ways.\
182'''Nadeem:''' But you already do. I messed up, and no matter what happens today, I don't know if my wife's ever coming back. But your friends keep coming back. I mean, how do you hold onto them?\
183'''Matt:''' It's not me. It's them.
184-->-- ''Series/Daredevil2015'', "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S3E12OneLastShot One Last Shot]]"
185
186->'''Saffron:''' Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.\
187'''Mal:''' You got all kinds a learnin' and you made me look the fool without even trying, and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I've got people with me, people who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always looking for the advantage.
188-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
189
190->I learned something from Nandi. Not just from what happened, but from her. The family she made... the strength of her love for them, it’s what kept them together. When you live with that kind of strength, you get tied to it. You can't break away and you would never want to.
191-->-- '''Inara''', ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
192
193->So maybe Victor's luckier than us. But we're going to get to the mask first. Because we have something he doesn't have, and that's what we have. All of the Sibunas. And we're going to win, because we won't let each-other give up, and we won't let each-other fail.
194-->-- '''Fabian Rutter''', ''Series/HouseOfAnubis''
195
196->''"Do I get along with my co-workers? Well, first of all, I don't have co-workers anymore, I have subordinates. So, have I gotten along with my subordinates? Let's see. My supplier relations rep, Meredith Palmer, is the only person I know who knows how to properly head-bang to Music/{{Motorhead}}. Oscar Martinez, my accountant, is now godfather to my son. Angela Schrute, my former accountant, is now my wife. My top salesman, Jim Halpert, was best man at my wedding, and office administrator Pamela Beesly Halpert is my best friend. So yes, I'd say I have gotten along with my subordinates."''
197-->-- '''Dwight Schrute''', ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', "Finale"
198
199->I trust very few people, and I'm looking at all of them.
200-->-- '''Will Scarlett''', ''Series/RobinOfSherwood''
201
202->'''Shane:''' I can't ask you to do this for me.\
203'''Vic:''' I'm offering.
204-->-- ''Series/TheShield''
205
206->They say the family of the 21st century is made up of friends, not relatives. If that's true, you're the best auntie I've ever had!
207-->-- '''Tim''', ''Series/{{Spaced}}''
208
209->Jeremy, on this starship... ''no one'' is alone. No one.
210-->-- '''Captain Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
211
212->Family don't end with blood, boy.
213-->-- '''Bobby''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
214
215->She's our friend, and she's crazy!
216-->--'''Dustin''', ''Series/StrangerThings''
217
218->This is better than a family. No one around here asks me for my damn bone marrow.
219-->-- '''Tracy Jordan''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''
220
221->''"The decision was made a long time ago. Before any of us knew each other. When we were all strangers who would just pass each other on the street before the world ended. And now we mean everything to each other. You were in trouble, you were trapped. Glenn didn't know you, but he helped you. He put himself in danger for you. And that started it all. From Atlanta, to my daddy's farm, to the prison, to here, to this moment now. Not as strangers, as family. Because Glenn chose to be there for you that day a long time ago — that was the decision that changed everything. It started with both of you and it just grew, all of us. To sacrifice for each other, to suffer, to stand, to grieve, to give, to love, to live, to fight for each other. Glenn made the decision, Rick. I was just following his lead."''
222-->-- '''Maggie Rhee''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''
223
224->'''Avon:''' [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself I'm going down alone.]]
225->'''Tarrant:''' Not this time.
226->'''Avon:''' [[ItsPersonal This has nothing to do with you; any of you.]]
227->'''Tarrant:''' That's true.
228->'''Dayna:''' On the other hand, [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits you are something to do with us.]]
229->'''Cally:''' We've talked about it and [[FireForgedFriends discovered we care what happens to you.]]
230->'''Tarrant:''' [[VitriolicBestBuds Within reason, of course.]]
231->'''Dayna:''' [[WorldOfSnark We're as surprised about it as you are.]]
232->'''Vila:''' [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids Not to mention, embarrassed.]]
233-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E8RumoursOfDeath Rumours of Death]]"
234
235->'''Capt. Hikaru Sulu:''' You'll find that more happens on the bridge of a starship than just carrying out orders and observing regulations. There is a sense of loyalty to the men and women you serve with; a sense of family. Those two men on trial... I served with them for a long time. I owe them my life a dozen times over. And right now they're in trouble, and I'm going to help them; [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight let the regulations be damned]].
236->'''Ensign Tuvok:''' Sir, that is a most illogical line of reasoning.
237->'''Sulu:''' You better believe it. Helm, engage!
238-->-- ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Flashback", during the events of ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''
239
240->"This tiny girl; outsized, outmatched, outnumbered--and she survived. Why? Because she was willing not to. She was prepared to die for the cause rather than abandon her comrade."
241-->-- '''Holtz''', ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Loyalty"
242
243->''"It's not that I didn't trust you two, but I just wanted to keep my words to Melani who said that she don't want other people to know about our relationship. But I should have realize that you two are not "other people" to me. You are my best friends and I think of you as my family."''
244-->-- '''Bambang''' to '''Alan''' and '''Prima''', ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan''
245
246-> '''Lister:''' Reload.\
247'''Kryten:''' Sir! Another barrage could bring down the ceiling and bury us all!\
248'''Lister:''' ''Reload!''\
249'''Rimmer:''' You'd risk your lives for me?\
250'''Kryten:''' Of course! You're part of the crew.
251-->-- ''Series/RedDwarf''
252[[/folder]]
253
254[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
255
256->A true companion is loving all the time, and is a brother that is born for when there is distress.
257-->-- ''Literature/BookOfProverbs 17:17''
258
259[[/folder]]
260
261[[folder:Music]]
262
263->It's a fool don't know that his family's his crew.
264-->-- '''Michelle Dockrey''', [[{{Series/Firefly}} "Mal's Song"]]
265
266->First Serve is like tennis\
267It's the love, love\
268It's the love, love\
269It's like tennis\
270It's the perfect match
271-->-- '''First Serve''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKfSbqEDSwk "Tennis"]][[note]]See, First Serve is the name of the group, and the song is about them reuniting after a feud. In hip hop lingo, 'love' can be used to describe nearly any sort of positive relationship between two or more people.[[/note]]
272
273->Sisters scorned, brothers worn\
274Lonely pain is harder to mend\
275Flora tall, fauna small\
276Get you on your feet again\
277\
278So lean a little on your friends\
279They will carry you\
280Shelter from the stormy nights\
281Lean a little on your friends\
282They will guide you through\
283You know you’re gonna be alright
284-->-- '''Music/MiracleOfSound''', [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 "Friends"]]
285
286->I'll be there for you\
287When the rain starts to pour\
288I'll be there for you\
289Like I've been there before\
290I'll be there for you\
291'Cause you're there for me, too
292-->-- '''Music/TheRembrandts''', "I'll Be There For You", the theme song of ''Series/{{Friends}}''
293
294->''You and I have memories\
295Longer than the road that stretches out ahead...''
296-->-- '''Music/TheBeatles''', "Two of Us"
297[[/folder]]
298
299[[folder:Theatre]]
300
301->We few, we happy few, we band of brothers... for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.
302-->-- '''Theatre/HenryV'''
303
304[[/folder]]
305
306[[folder:Video Games]]
307
308->Family's not just the people you're related to by blood. There are other people who care about you. [[CannotSpitItOut Like... Aveline.]]
309-->-- '''Isabela''' to Hawke, ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''
310
311->'''Prisoner:''' Do you have any family?\
312'''Dragonborn:''' I have friends, it's all the family I need.
313-->--''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
314
315->You've always protected us. But you still don't understand that we looked out for you, too! We watched your back while you watched ours. And we believed in you the same way you believed in us! Just like you protected us... [[YouAreNotAlone We want to protect you.]]
316-->-- '''Dagger''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''
317
318->Well ...what can I say? ...You guys ...are the best!
319-->-- '''Noctis Lucis Caelum''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''
320
321->The [[TheQuest experience we shared]] - all of us - [[FireForgedFriends have bound us together]] in a way that defies understanding... But this bond we share can be felt, but not seen. This is faith. So, I do not have faith in [[TheHero Ryudo]]. I have faith in our bond. I have faith in our hearts, for they are one.
322-->-- '''Elena''', ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' epilogue
323
324->'''Franklin:''' Eh, Lamar. That was above and beyond, homie.\
325'''Lamar:''' Ain't nothing above and beyond when it come to the homies, homie. A nigga just wanna be helpful, you heard me?\
326'''Franklin:''' I'm serious, dog. That's hood. Michael and Trevor, too. We grateful. You a real homie and I love you, dog.\
327'''Lamar:''' You too, homie.
328-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
329
330->'''Michael:''' We fucking did it, kid. Nearly sent me insane, but we did it. I hope you... I hope you learned something from hanging with me and the maniac, even if it was how NOT to grow old. You're my friend for life. I hope you know that. Yours M\
331'''Franklin:''' For life! What a journey. Thank you for looking out for me. Your boy, Frank.
332-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
333
334->Loves in your life\
335Live ever on\
336Home is not where you live\
337But who cares when you’re gone\
338They’ll follow you to the beyond\
339It’s in the blood...
340-->--"In the Blood", ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''
341
342->Take care of each other, you guys are the only family I've got left!
343-->-- '''Bill Overbeck''', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead: The Sacrifice''
344
345->With all due respect, admiral, I didn't represent one of your people. I represented one of mine.
346-->-- '''Commander Shepard''' during Tali's trial, ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
347
348->'''Shaman:''' Grunt - who is your ''krantt?'' Your allies willing to kill and die on your behalf?\
349'''Shepard:''' How is a candidate tested if he brings backup on his RiteOfPassage?\
350'''Shaman:''' Not every krogan can be the strongest warrior, but each must inspire his peers to battle at his side. If the ones who know you best can find nothing worthy in you, you should wander the wastes and die alone before you weaken my clan.\
351'''Shepard:''' (Paragon) We stand with Grunt, as shipmates and comrades. / (Renegade) Grunt will strengthen Clan Urdnot. Name our target, and it will die.
352-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
353
354->'''Shepard:''' You two have been with me longer than most. You believed in me when nobody else did. Thanks.\
355'''Tali:''' We'll finish this the way we started it... together.\
356'''Garrus:''' Damn right!
357-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
358
359->This war has brought us pain and suffering and loss. But it's also brought us together, as soldiers, allies, friends. This bond that ties us together is something the Reapers will never understand. It's more powerful than any weapon. Stronger than any ship. It can't be taken or destroyed.
360-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
361
362->One big happy ass-kicking family!
363-->-- '''James Vega''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3: Citadel'' DLC
364
365->'''Shepard:''' Everybody say "Normandy!"\
366'''Normandy Alum:''' NORMANDY!
367-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3: Citadel'' DLC
368
369->And if you ask me, you know that it's true\
370There is not a thing that I wouldn't do\
371I'd follow you to the ends of the earth\
372That's how much I think our friendship is worth\
373Maybe now you have figured it out\
374That's what bein' a friend is about
375-->-- ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', "Bein' Friends"
376
377->'''Ratchet:''' Looks like Otto overlooked one thing; I'm not half as good without you.\
378'''Clank:''' True.
379-->--''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters''
380
381->You're my brother!
382-->-- '''John Marston''' to '''Arthur Morgan''', ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''
383
384->This world don't give us nothing. It be our lot to suffer... And our duty to fight back. This Horde be our family! We may not always see eye-to-eye. We come to blows before. But when we work together - ah - there's nothing this Horde can't do.
385-->-- '''Vol'jin''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
386
387->You know what would be fun, Willump? Everything, if you were there with me!
388-->-- '''Nunu''', ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''
389
390->I won't be stained by desire. After all, I can see hope. If I am lost, they will extend their hands. If I am wrong, they will chastise me. ...As long as I have my rays of hope to guide me, I will be fine.
391-->-- '''Yusuke Kitagawa''', ''VideoGame/Persona5''
392
393[[/folder]]
394
395[[folder:Visual Novels]]
396
397->'''Satoko:''' We're here for you! We're like a family of friends!\
398'''Keiichi:''' A family of friends, huh? I like how that sounds.
399-->-- ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
400
401[[/folder]]
402
403[[folder:Webcomics]]
404
405->But I think in your case, maybe it's better to find that sense of family among people who are good than it is to try to find a sense of good inside your family.
406-->-- '''Roy Greenhilt''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
407
408->There are a grand total of ''three people'' in this ''cosmos'' whom I ''love. Someone'' who was ''obviously'' after ''your'' idiot princess has ''kidnapped two'' of them!... Get me up into ''space'' so I can get them ''back!''
409-->-- '''Galatea Martin''', ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''
410
411[[/folder]]
412
413[[folder:Web Original]]
414
415->[The MagicalGirl genre] resonated, because most of the drama and joy in my life came from platonic relationships, so it was nice to see that represented in fiction. Your teenaged years don’t have to be scary if you’ve got a group that you trust, that was the message I got out of these kinds of shows.
416-->-- '''[[https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/the-world-needs-magical-girls/ The Afictonado]]'''
417
418->''How lucky I have been to have had all of you...how lucky indeed...thank you.''
419-->-- '''Vax'ildan''', ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''
420
421[[/folder]]
422
423[[folder:Western Animation]]
424
425->''And I won't let you hurt my planet\
426[[MamaBear And I won't let you hurt my friends]]''
427-->-- '''[[FusionDance Garnet]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OWq38TikzU Stronger Than You]], ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
428
429->A true, true friend helps a friend in need\
430A friend will be there to help them see\
431A true, true friend helps a friend in need\
432To see the light that shines from a true, true friend
433-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tCPxXW_9qI "A True, True Friend"]]
434
435->[[EveryEpisodeEnding You know, I've learned something today.]] Family isn't about whose blood you have, it's about who you care about. And that's why I feel like ''you'' guys are ''more'' than just friends. You're my family. (''{{beat}}'') [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Except for Cartman.]]
436-->-- '''Kyle Broflovski''', ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', "Ike's Wee Wee"
437
438->'''Stealth Elf:''' I totally get it, and I'm sorry I was so reluctant to having fun. I spent so many holidays alone [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan when I was an orphan]] that I convinced myself I was happy doing it every year. But, it's not true.\
439'''Spyro:''' For what it's worth, there really is nobody else I'd rather spend my holiday with. And inescapble room aside, I hope you had some fun.\
440'''Stealth Elf:''' I guess I did enjoy that whole putting on aftershave bit.\
441'''Spyro:''' And how about that sunset?\
442'''Stealth Elf:''' And sheep bowling!\
443'''Spyro (flies away and returns with a polka dot):''' Here you are, my lady. Thankstaking dinner is served.\
444'''Stealth Elf (fetches two mugs):''' I propose a toast, to having holiday fun with your best friend.\
445'''Spyro:''' To having holidy fun with ''family''.
446-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'', "Thankstaking for the Memories"
447
448[[/folder]]
449
450[[folder:Real Life]]
451
452->The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
453-->-- '''Richard Bach'''
454
455->The hardest thing to do is to stick together. Mates, family, marriage, business, bands. It's like resisting gravity... it's like King Canute trying to talk back the tide. But you can, and we have, and we will turn the world around... the alternative is too predictable: you empty your life of the people you need the most.
456-->-- '''[[Music/{{U2}} Bono]]'''
457
458->If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.
459-->-- '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_de_Montaigne Michel de Montaigne]]'''
460
461->We two dear men, friends forever, were here. If you want to know our names, they are Gaius and Aulus.
462-->-- [[OlderThanFeudalism Graffiti found in the ruins of Pompeii]]
463
464->''"The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."''
465-->-- '''Proverb'''
466
467[[/folder]]
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