| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 4 | ->'''Pui Pui''': You might've noticed that my planet is very different from yours. It's the gravity, ''ten'' times stronger than Earth! ''[picks up a stone and drops it; it falls extremely fast and sinks into the ground]'' Your hopes of winning are falling faster than that stone! You won't leave here alive! ''[manic laughter]''\ |
| 5 | '''Vegeta''': ''[chuckles]''\ |
| 6 | '''Pui Pui''': ...!\ |
| 7 | '''Vegeta''': Maybe, if this was ''five hundred'' times Earth's gravity, you might have an advantage. But ''ten''!? ''I don't even feel it.''\ |
| 8 | '''Pui Pui''': [[OhCrap ... Y-you're just bluffing! I know you are!]]\ |
| 9 | '''Vegeta''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Maybe I am. Hard to tell.]] ''[effortlessly dodges Pui Pui's punches and sends him flying into a boulder]'' So, do you still think I'm bluffing? |
| 10 | -->-- ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | ->''"Sometimes, mermaids can devour tigers."'' |
| 13 | -->-- '''Kagura Mikazuchi''' showing Sabertooth guild who's boss, ''Manga/FairyTail'' |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ->You fools!! In battle, if you let your opponent see you're winded, it's the same as throwing away most of your chance of victory!! Watch carefully and learn the intensity of the battlefield...\ |
| 16 | [[LudicrousGibs WOP!]] |
| 17 | -->-- '''Random Mook''' believing Guts to be tired during his ExtremeMeleeRevenge, ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' |
| 18 | |
| 19 | ->'''Sophia:''' ''(angrily)'' "Tell me you're joking! Why is Anna there with those terrorists??"\ |
| 20 | '''Matsukage:''' ''(smugly)'' "Calm down, dear."\ |
| 21 | '''Sophia:''' "Huh?"\ |
| 22 | '''Matsukage:''' "I'm sure she's just gathering intel. [[BunnyEarsLawyer Oboro]] is with her."\ |
| 23 | '''Sophia:''' "You really think [[CloudCuckoolander that clueless dummy]] can protect our little girl?!"\ |
| 24 | ''(scene immediately shifts to Oboro [[SuperSpeed sprinting down the hall]] [[BigDamnHeroes to save Anna]])'' |
| 25 | -->-- ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'', episode 11 |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ->You made the mistake of thinking of me as a mere powerless girl, Mr. Mage. |
| 28 | -->-- '''[[TookALevelInBadass Nodoka Miyazaki]]''', ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ->'''Einhart:''' Huh? Vivio's mothers will be in the mock battle? \ |
| 31 | '''Vivio:''' Yep! They're always pushing themselves! \ |
| 32 | '''Einhart:''' Even though those two seem like beautiful, family-oriented, warm-hearted mothers... I'm a bit surprised that they would participate in a magic battle. \ |
| 33 | ''([[FunnyBackgroundEvent Nove nearly bursts into laughter]])'' \ |
| 34 | '''Vivio:''' [[PersonOfMassDestruction I wouldn't say they just "participate."]] |
| 35 | -->-- ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 39 | ->''My father once told me, "you are never so strong as when your enemy believes you to be weak."'' |
| 40 | -->-- '''Sofia "Gigante" Falcone''', ''ComicBook/BatmanTheLongHalloween'' |
| 41 | |
| 42 | ->'''White Martian''': You must be ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. What can '''you''' do? You can't fly or run fast, can you? Your skin may be tough, but not so tough I can't just cut through. What '''can''' you do, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway apart from talk to fish?]]\ |
| 43 | '''Aquaman''': Let me think. [[SemanticSuperpower I can locate your brain's basal ganglia, the part you inherited from your marine ancestors]]. [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower And, just for starters, I can give you a seizure]].\ |
| 44 | ''(The martian collapses to the ground, convulsing)'' |
| 45 | -->-- ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ->'''Karnak''': Well... I was expecting [[ComicBook/XMen them]] to send someone. But not you, Ms Grey.\ |
| 48 | '''ComicBook/JeanGrey''': No? Who did you expect?\ |
| 49 | '''Karnak''': I thought they would send one of the warriors. [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]], maybe.\ |
| 50 | '''Jean Grey''': My feelings are hurt, Karnak. [[ActionGirl I've always considered myself a warrior]].\ |
| 51 | '''Karnak''': [[JustAKid You are a child]]. And you are out of your depth, Ms. Grey. Peharps if you'd snuck up on-- Wait-- that's odd... ''DejaVu''.\ |
| 52 | '''Jean Grey''': [[WhamLine That's because it's the fourth time we've had this same conversation]]. [[GroundhogDayLoop I actually arrived six hours ago.]]\ |
| 53 | '''Karnak''': Oh. I'll get out of this, you know, Ms. Grey.\ |
| 54 | '''Jean Grey''': I know. But by then it will be too late. |
| 55 | -->-- ''ComicBook/InhumansVsXMen'' |
| 56 | |
| 57 | ->He believes he's already won. He thinks I'm stupid. It's okay. I like being underestimated. |
| 58 | -->-- '''ComicBook/PowerGirl''' |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ->'''Eamon:''' We can take this guy!\ |
| 61 | '''Polly:''' Eamon. That guy is the Punisher. [[SubvertedTrope We have to go.]] |
| 62 | -->-- ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Kitchen Irish]]'' |
| 63 | |
| 64 | ->[[ComicBook/{{Lobo}} He]] thinks I'm '''weak'''. He thinks I won't do it... |
| 65 | -->--'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' |
| 66 | |
| 67 | ->Why everybody underestimate me? |
| 68 | -->--'''Grimlock''', ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' |
| 69 | |
| 70 | ->"I have not forgotten your powers, Superman, but it seems that you underestimate mine! That is not your first mistake in dealing with me, my mortal friend. But I do promise it shall be your last!" |
| 71 | -->-- '''Lord Satanis''', ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne'' |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ->All right-- So maybe there is more between your ears than cottage cheese as I always thought, ComicBook/{{Superboy}}-- |
| 74 | -->-- '''ComicBook/LexLuthor''', ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'' |
| 75 | |
| 76 | ->Dad thinks I'm too short. My Sensei thinks I'm too "girly". But just like the principles of Jujitsu-- I use their expectations against them. That will be ''their'' weakness. Not mine. Let them all underestimate me. |
| 77 | -->-- '''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}''', ''ComicBook/BatgirlYearOne'' |
| 78 | |
| 79 | ->'''Captain Marvel:''' He's blowing me off the rooftop-- with a blast of super-breath! Looks like I've underestimated the Big Red S-- But that's one mistake I'm going to correct pronto! |
| 80 | -->-- '''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]''', ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'' |
| 81 | |
| 82 | ->'''Amalak:''' If I cannot take Superman's life...I shall settle for his career! You, however, are less resourceful than your cousin-- I can kill you-- easily!\ |
| 83 | '''Supergirl:''' Can you? Your weapon merely stunned me earlier!\ |
| 84 | '''Amalak:''' I shall be happy to lay your doubts to rest...along with your dead body!\ |
| 85 | ''One punch later''\ |
| 86 | '''Supergirl:''' ''(thinking)'' Amalak never had a chance! |
| 87 | -->-- ''ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan'' |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ->'''Lex Luthor:''' With my great knowledge of psychology, I'll destroy [Supergirl] by playing on her feminine traits!\ |
| 90 | Later...\ |
| 91 | '''Lex Luthor:''' You made me live again, so I'd be a gangland laughing stock!-- Before, I was respected! Now the other criminals will laugh at me behind my back because I was saved by you!! |
| 92 | -->-- ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'' |
| 93 | |
| 94 | ->''"Come on, pal-- Don't I look nice and small and harmless? Good-- A little closer-- And you can find out you've made a big mistake! What's the matter? Don't like five-foot-wide knuckles?"'' |
| 95 | -->-- '''Colossal Boy''', "ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining" |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 99 | ->[''The group has been slapping [[AsianFoxSpirit Kuyou]] around and knocked him into the gymnasium building'']\ |
| 100 | '''Rason''': I gotta say, this guy isn't so hard.\ |
| 101 | '''Ahakon''': Yeah, this creep is a joke.\ |
| 102 | '''Inner Moka''': Don't be so sure of yourself. He hasn't begun to fight yet.\ |
| 103 | '''Ahakon''': What do you mean? He hasn't managed to get one hit on us yet.\ |
| 104 | [''the gymnasium building begins to shake, and flames shoot out of the wall'']\ |
| 105 | '''Kurumu''': That's because [[IAmNotLeftHanded he hasn't been trying yet]].\ |
| 106 | '''Mizore''': It's about to get hotter here.\ |
| 107 | '''Gin''': Get ready, he's coming!\ |
| 108 | [''A fireball shoots out from the gymnasium, and the group narrowly manages to dodge'']\ |
| 109 | '''Kuyou''': Such arrogant talk from such weaklings. [''emerges from the building in his [[BishonenLine Ultimate]] [[OneWingedAngel Battle Form]]''] |
| 110 | -->--''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'' |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ->[Scootaloo's] superiors had saw her skill and talent, allowing her a chance to prove herself by taking over the basic training of many of the pegasi who had joined from the Fire Tribe lands, but they all scoffed when they found out her handicap. It tended to remain that way until she drove them face first into the ground, choking on their own feathers. Just because she couldn't fly, after all, didn't mean her wings didn't work. |
| 113 | -->-- ''Fanfic/AvatarTheLastAlicorn'' |
| 114 | |
| 115 | ->I nodded, "that's true," my smile was mirthless, "remember what I said about the strong using the weak to get stronger?" the filly nodded hesitantly, "well, the son-of-a-mule thought that he was stronger than one of them; and he was wrong. Got killed for his trouble. Served him right." |
| 116 | -->-- '''Jackboot''', [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/196844/fallout-equestria-legacies Fallout Equestria: Legacies]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | ->"It's the Healer!" she yelled, cleaving through the green wall. "we can ta-"(Shamal takes down them all with a SingleStrokeBattle) |
| 119 | -->-- ''[[FanFic/GameTheoryLyricalNanoha Power Games]]'' |
| 120 | |
| 121 | ->Mala's eyes went wide with pain and surprise. He'd expected this job to be a walk. Two of them against a [[ComicBook/PowerGirl girl]]? No problem. Three of them had taken down the great Superman.\ |
| 122 | Now, the pain in his abdomen and his lack of breath were forcing him to reconsider matters. |
| 123 | -->-- ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' |
| 124 | |
| 125 | ->The prismatic explosion and small mushroom cloud that followed shook the ground, and Twilight saw [[spoiler: Flash]] shield his face and lose his balance in the air from the shockwave. She grabbed him with telekinesis and lowered him next to her, where the Soul Reaper gave her an astonished look.\ |
| 126 | "Yeah, think this cinches it, ''definitely'' underestimated you ponies."\ |
| 127 | Twilight couldn't help but smile. "We have our moments." |
| 128 | -->-- ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'' |
| 129 | |
| 130 | ->I'd almost started to laugh again. What was ''she'' going to do? Then I got my answer. Applejack swiftly turned and bucked the tree she was just inspecting. A rain of apples, still not yet ripe for harvest, began falling down. What happened next was almost too ridiculous to believe.\ |
| 131 | As the apples fell, Applejack spun around, and somehow manage to buck dozens of them in a row with perfect precision, her legs moving so fast that they were practically a blur. The result was me being pelted with a stream of rapid-fire projectiles, almost like a machine gun that had been loaded with apples instead of bullets. And since none of the apples were ripe, each of them was nearly as hard as a rock. |
| 132 | -->-- "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/387331/my-little-planeswalker-shattered-sunset My Little Planeswalker: Shattered Sunset]]" |
| 133 | |
| 134 | ->'''Berserker:''' I would like to meet him, in Armagetto or any other place. I would take his Astro-Force and force it into his guts, before I ripped his body asunder.\ |
| 135 | '''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}:''' Underestimating my first son’s power would be like unto underestimating my own. All too many battles are lost thru one’s own arrogance, and thru underestimation of the enemy. This will not be done. Agreed? |
| 136 | -->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' |
| 137 | |
| 138 | ->Bulletman and Bulletgirl hurtled themselves towards the Black Rat, their old enemy, who wore his familiar rat costume. Both were empowered by the gravity helmets they wore, and the sera that coursed through their bodies. The Black Rat only had his clawlike finger extensions to rely on.\ |
| 139 | At least, that was what the heroes thought before they bounced off his body like rubber balls. |
| 140 | -->-- ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'' |
| 141 | |
| 142 | ->"Karshov was right," she said in Russian. "This Flash is so much easier than the other one."\ |
| 143 | A yellow boot kicked her in the chest and she went spinning backwards, and didn't stop until she bashed into Molotov.\ |
| 144 | The Flash dragged himself to his feet. "I don't know any Russian," he said, "but I don't care for your tone of voice, lady." |
| 145 | -->-- ''Fanfic/FuneralForAFlash'' |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ->'''Fuyutsuki:''' "That's exactly it. The records of..."\ |
| 148 | '''Gendo:''' "Everything that's gone on in the command center up to this point. They've obtained them and have studied them quite carefully."\ |
| 149 | '''Fuyutsuki:''' "But... how? The security..."\ |
| 150 | '''Gendo:''' "They are more resourceful than we had anticipated. Be thankful they are working for us, and not for SEELE." |
| 151 | -->-- ''Fanfic/RolePlayingEvangelion'' |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Films -- Live Action]] |
| 155 | ->''"You came light. A four man crew, for me? Fucking insulting."'' |
| 156 | -->-- '''Richard B. Riddick''', ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' |
| 157 | |
| 158 | ->'''Gordon''': What about this "[[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]" guy? \ |
| 159 | '''Batman''': One man or the entire mob? He can wait. |
| 160 | -->-- ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' |
| 161 | |
| 162 | ->'''Loki:''' ENOUGH! You are all of you beneath me! [[AGodAmI I am a god]], you dull creature! And I will not be bullied by--\ |
| 163 | ''[[MetronomicManMashing *Loki gets grabbed and slammed against the floor repeatedly*]]''\ |
| 164 | '''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]:''' Puny god.\ |
| 165 | '''Loki''': ''(whimpers in pain)'' |
| 166 | -->-- ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' |
| 167 | |
| 168 | ->'''Billy Jack''': I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face... and you wanna know something? There's not a damn thing you're gonna be able to do about it.\ |
| 169 | '''Mr. Posner''': ''[sarcastically]'' Really.\ |
| 170 | '''Billy Jack''': ''[nodding]'' Really. ''[does exactly what he promised]'' |
| 171 | -->-- ''Film/BillyJack'' |
| 172 | |
| 173 | ->'''Viggo''': It's not [[KickTheDog what you did]], my son, that angers me so. [[BullyingADragon It's who you did it to.]] |
| 174 | ->'''Iosef''': Who? The fuckin' nobody? |
| 175 | ->'''Viggo''': That ''fuckin' nobody''... is [[OneManArmy John]] [[TheDreaded Wick.]] |
| 176 | -->--''Film/JohnWick'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | ->'''[[{{TheDragon}} Archie]]''': I'd be careful of [[TheMafiya these Russians]], Lennie. [[RuthlessForeignGangsters They ain't no respecters of the old school]].\ |
| 179 | '''[[LondonGangster Lennie Cole]]''': [[PrecisionFStrike Bollocks]]. There's no school like the old school, and [[TheDon I'm the fucking headmaster]]. |
| 180 | -->--''Film/RockNRolla'' [[note]] Lennie ends up being subjected to {{Kneecapping}} after Yuri the Russian loses patience with him [[/note]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | ->''"You think that I'm not a hunter like you... That I'm not a threat... That's what makes me dangerous."'' |
| 183 | -->-- '''Naru''', ''Film/Prey2022'' |
| 184 | [[/folder]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | ->'''Gimli''': I thought Fangorn was dangerous.\ |
| 189 | '''Gandalf''': Dangerous! And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord. And Aragorn is dangerous, and Legolas is dangerous. You are beset with dangers, Gimli, son of Gloin, for you are dangerous yourself, in your own fashion. |
| 190 | -->-- ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings, The Two Towers: Chapter 5: "The White Rider'' |
| 191 | |
| 192 | ->'''Slaver Captain:''' I don't know how you managed to kill four of my men, but I'm going to flay the rest of you alive for that. Could fuckin' hear it on the comms, had to mute the shitstain's screaming. And you, Winterscar princess. You just ''had'' to make it a mess. Could have just surrendered, avoided all this. Now I have to butcher everyone to get even.\ |
| 193 | '''Keith Winterscar:''' Funny. The last four of your men said the same thing. They're dead now.\ |
| 194 | '''Slaver Captain:''' Oh well I fuckin' see that. Didn't like them anyhow, more loot for the rest of us, so you did me a favor. Don't know how you did it, probably split them apart and stabbed them all in the back like a fuckin' coward. Now, the six of us here? We ain't dumb. There's no splitting us up. Just all six of us against the one of you.\ |
| 195 | '''Keith Winterscar:''' They also told me they outnumbered me. That I wouldn't win. Again, they're ''dead'' now. |
| 196 | -->-- ''Literature/TwelveMilesBelow'' book 2: ''A House Reborn'' |
| 197 | |
| 198 | ->''"That? ''That'' is the whelp? You mean to tell me this girlish boy is the devastator of my army? I don't believe you. I refuse to believe you. I have better warriors than that in slave collars!"'' |
| 199 | -->-- '''Queen Maeve''', meeting [[TheAce Cu Chulainn]], ''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley'' |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
| 204 | ->''"Don't worry about [the Winchesters]?'" What, like [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] didn't worry? Or [[ArchangelMichael Michael]], or [[DarkMessiah Lilith]], or [[TortureTechnician Alastair]], or [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Azazel]] didn't worry? Am I the only game piece on the board who ''doesn't'' underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!"'' |
| 205 | -->-- '''Crowley''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' |
| 206 | |
| 207 | ->[''Giles is researching info on Spike'']\ |
| 208 | '''Giles''': Our new friend Spike. He's known as "William the Bloody". Earned his nickname by torturing his victims with railroad spikes. Very pleasant. Well, here's some good news: he's barely two hundred. He's not even as old as Angel is. [''reads further and frowns''] [[OhCrap Oh.]]\ |
| 209 | '''Xander''': That's a bad look, right?\ |
| 210 | '''Giles''': I think your suggestion of running away this Saturday might've been a good one. Spike has fought two Slayers in the last century, and... [[HeroKiller he's killed them both]]. |
| 211 | -->--''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' |
| 212 | |
| 213 | ->'''Dalek:''' SMALL HU-MAN FE-MALE SIGH-TED ON LE-VEL THREE!\ |
| 214 | '''Ace:''' Who are you calling small!? ''[proceeds to attack Dalek with a [[BatterUp baseball bat]]]'' |
| 215 | -->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | ->''"The first thing you notice about the Doctor of War is he's unarmed. For many it's also the last."'' |
| 218 | -->--'''Soldier,''' ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | ->'''Caitlin''': [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry]] has superpowers. [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver]] has a bow and arrow.\ |
| 221 | '''Diggle''': Do you have any ''idea'' how many people Oliver has killed using that bow and arrow? |
| 222 | --> ''Series/TheFlash2014'' |
| 223 | |
| 224 | ->'''Ben [=McKittrick=]''': You know, I have heard about you. [[VegetarianVampire You don't feed.]] [[TemptingFate You won't be strong enough to defeat me.]] (''attacks'') Is that all you got?\ |
| 225 | '''[[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Stefan]]''': No. (''[[CombatPragmatist grabs a flamethrower]]'') [[PreMortemOneLiner I got this too.]] (''[[KillItWithFire roasts him alive]]'') |
| 226 | -->-- ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' |
| 227 | |
| 228 | ->'''Hardison''': He's just a kid, Nate. How bad could it get?\ |
| 229 | '''Nate''': How many grown men said that about you while you were raining digital fire down on their lives?\ |
| 230 | '''Hardison''': Haha, [[OhCrap now I'm worried]]. |
| 231 | -->-- ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', "The Experimental Job" |
| 232 | |
| 233 | ->''"Just because someone doesn't ''like'' to fight, doesn't mean they ''can't''."'' |
| 234 | -->-- '''Methos''', ''Series/HighlanderTheSeries'' |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 238 | ->Too late, [[BastardUnderstudy Nero]] realized his mistake. When he was young, in Tilea, he had heard legends of the great strength of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Lords of the Night]], but he had never seen that in his former teacher, who [[LooksLikeOrlok resembled a rotting carcass]]. He had never imagined that [[EvilSorcerer Nicodemus]] could move so fast - never imagined that he could burst through those skeletons so easily - never imagined that those wizened hands could break his neck so quickly. |
| 239 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Vampire Counts Army Book (6th edition)'' |
| 240 | |
| 241 | ->The "destabilizing element" zigzagging through the desert sky was a man in his thirties. He wore a long black beard, a black turban, and an ornately embroidered vest that his mother had made for him when he left home to take his apprenticeship. It was faded now, and in many places, scorched. His name was Khalil Mahmud ibn Hijazi, and he was sitting on a carpet. Specifically, [[FlyingCarpet he was sitting on a blue and white flying carpet that he had woven himself]]. |
| 242 | ->Inside the cockpit, [[{{Cyborg}} Rogers]] was eagerly engaging the plane's extraordinary tracking and weapons system. He looked forward to this kill. [[OurMagesAreDifferent Reality Deviants]] ([=RDs=] for short) in the west at least had the common sense to know their place in the paradigm and stay out of sight. Here in the Rub al-Khali, toward the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula, they seemed to be getting a little out of hand; or, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain as his father had said about the blacks]], "downright uppity." He was looking forward to teaching this one, at least, that there was no room in the world for rebellious anachronisms. |
| 243 | ->His first barrage of heat-seeking missiles would have been more than enough to neutralize the RD, but [[WalkingTechbane something went wrong]]: they never detached from the wings of the plane. Nevertheless, [[EpicFail they exploded just as they were supposed to]]. |
| 244 | -->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Lost Paths'' |
| 245 | |
| 246 | ->“What? You think this assignment is going to be easy, greenhorn? I've fought [[TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful these witches]] before, and let me tell you who else wore a stupid outfit. [[FlyingBrick Superman]] with his underwear outside his tights. This is not a cakewalk, and if you don't shape up you won’t be coming home. I've seen skilled veterans [[DodgeTheBullet empty entire clips and hit nothing but air]]. I've seen [[LittleMissBadass little girls walk off bullets at point blank range]]. And rookie, you will never ever laugh at [[SuperCuteSuperPowers a Barbie magic wand that shoots rainbows]] once you've seen [[BewareTheSillyOnes those rainbows melt the flesh off a man's bones]]. Oh god, I can still smell it.” |
| 247 | -->'''Charles Nelson''', [[TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil Task Force VALKYRIE]] captain, ''[[TabletopGame/HunterTheVigilDarkAndLight Hunter the Vigil: Darkness and Light]]'' |
| 248 | |
| 249 | ->[[EgomaniacHunter The hunter]] chose [[TheBigGuy the horned beast in the hoodie first]]: a [[GroinAttack sharp kick to the virilities]], and the bull-man was down. Next was the troll with [[WolverineClaws the long, Black Annis fingers]]: she was still gawking when the baseball bat smashed into her temple. But when the hunter rounded on the third member of the Motley, he realized he'd [[WrongGenreSavvy prioritized his prey all wrong]]. The [[ActionGirl waif]] held a [[{{BFS}} blade near-long as she was]], a crimson cloth knotted around its guard, and its point was already at his throat.\ |
| 250 | "[[BadassBoast When I started sharpening this sword, ten years ago," she whispered, "it was a knife the size of my finger.]]" |
| 251 | -->--''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' |
| 252 | |
| 253 | ->No, no, they didn't ''look'' dangerous, more like a bunch of rich kids out to show off in their new armour. [[AgentPeacock Very flashy they were, all gems and silk]]. We'll have a bit of fun, we thought. Easy pickings, we thought. Well, anyone can make a mistake. Poor old captain Malvino, last mistake he ever made... |
| 254 | -->--'''Overheard In The Old Pig and Whistle,''' ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Dogs Of War Army Book (5th Edition)'' |
| 255 | |
| 256 | ->Although a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Lord of Change]] elects to use [[TheArchmage magic]] and [[ManipulativeBastard trickery]] to further his ends, he is still a [[MagicKnight fearsome fighter]]. Countless heroes have underestimated these strange creatures, thinking their [[LeanAndMean wiry frames]] and fluttering wings fragile. [[MadeOfIron Only when lances and swords shatter against the Daemon's skin]] and his mighty talons shred armour like paper, do his assailants realize the terrible depth of their mistake... |
| 257 | -->--''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Daemons of Chaos Army Book (8th edition)'' |
| 258 | |
| 259 | ->At first, the enemy believes victory to be theirs for the taking. Who are these once-men, these warrior automatons who have [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul sacrificed their humanity]] on an altar of uncaring iron? Do they expect to prevail [[ZergRush simply by walking into the teeth of the enemy guns]]? The answers are slow to dawn and terrifying. The Cult Mechanicus cares not if a million Skitarii are blasted apart, for in killing them, the enemy yield their secrets to hungry eyes. One cohort dies, [[WeHaveReserves only for another to take its place]] and fight on all the harder. The calculations are complete, the simulations run: whatever the enemy may field, the Skitarii have [[CrazyPrepared already deployed the countermeasures and more besides]]. Surrender falls on deaf ears, for it is worth nothing to the [[MadScientist dark scientists]] of the Cult Mechanicus. So the death toll spirals ever higher. |
| 260 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Codex - Skitarii'' |
| 261 | |
| 262 | ->''The Clanners made the worst mistake possible you can make when looking at an opponent: they dismissed him as a joke, and failed to respect him... and for that, he fucking broke them.'' |
| 263 | -->--Tex Talks ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', on the character Anastasius Focht |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 267 | ->''"Advantage of being [[ProudScholarRace salarian]]. [[ProudWarriorRace Turian, krogan, vorcha]], all obvious threats. ([[VerbalTic sharp inhale]]) [[PsychoticSmirk Never see me coming.]]"'' |
| 268 | -->-- '''Mordin Solus''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' |
| 269 | |
| 270 | ->'''Roquefort:''' This is a waste of time. And you know what time is? MONEY! And I am not gonna waste ANY more of that.\ |
| 271 | '''Chai:''' I'm gonna waste YOU.\ |
| 272 | '''Roquefort:''' Well, tell me how it feels to underestimate someone... ''(Maliciously grins)''\ |
| 273 | ''[[[BattleThemeMusic Boss music]] starts playing as the [[SuperMultiPurposeRoom room transforms]]. Roquefort undergoes a {{Cyborg}} [[TransformationSequence transformation]] that resembles a werewolf. He strikes a menacing pose at a now [[WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises fearful]] Chai.]''\ |
| 274 | '''Chai:''' [[OhCrap Hey, guys...?]]\ |
| 275 | '''Roquefort:''' Where's your confidence now, ''kid?''\ |
| 276 | '''Chai''' ([[BackingAwaySlowly backing away]]): Korsica? That wolf thing... [[LiteralMetaphor WAS NOT AN EXPRESSION!]] |
| 277 | -->-- ''VideoGame/HiFiRush'' |
| 278 | |
| 279 | -> '''[[Anime/ShinMazinger Kouji Kabuto]]''': You're not getting away, Gadlight! We're gonna settle accounts today!\ |
| 280 | '''[[Characters/SuperRobotWarsZ Gadlight Meonsam]]''': “You're not getting away”? Don't make me laugh, Earthling! Looks like you still don't understand the gap in power between us! Someone like you doesn't have a snowflake's chance in Hell of beating me!\ |
| 281 | '''Kouji''': You know about all of the villains who've said that and underestimate us!? Not a Black Hole, Fallen Angels, the Mycenae, or Sphere Reactors have been able to stop us!\ |
| 282 | '''Gadlight''': Then I'll have to shove your faces down into despair!\ |
| 283 | '''Kouji''': Just try it! We won't hand our future to someone like you! |
| 284 | -->-- Scenario 58, ''Third VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ: Jigoku-hen'' |
| 285 | |
| 286 | ->You've gone far enough. [[TheManBehindTheMan Neloth]] is a fool to think he could send [[WrongGenreSavvy some low life]] to finish me off. |
| 287 | -->-- '''Ildari Sarothril''' to '''[[PlayerCharacter the Dragonborn]]''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', ''Dragonborn'' |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ->"The befuddled look frozen on [[ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} Brainiac's]] dead face is one [[ReminiscingAboutYourVictims I shall always relish]]. Even as I [[OffWithHisHead ripped the head from his body]], the [[AliensAreBastards alien]] couldn't believe [[ThisCannotBe that an ape was taking his life]]." |
| 290 | -->-- '''[[KillerGorilla Gorilla Grodd]]''' (in his Arcade ending), ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' |
| 291 | |
| 292 | ->'''[[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Malgros the Defiler]]''': (''EvilLaugh'') Look who it is... [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Strife]].\ |
| 293 | '''[[TheGunslinger Strife]]''': Know who I am?\ |
| 294 | '''Malgros''': [[FamedInStory Yeah]]. I met [[ActionGirl your sister]] once. She was [[StatuesqueStunner a lot bigger than you]]. (''EvilLaugh'') But [[DepravedBisexual not as pretty]]. What do you want, little Horseman?\ |
| 295 | '''Strife''': (''clears throat'') [[FullNameBasis Malgros, the Defiler]]... for conspiring with [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]... committing [[OffscreenVillainy countless crimes against all of creation]]... ''and'' by order of [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the Council]]... I hereby [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner sentence you... to death]].\ |
| 296 | '''Malgros''': ''Oh''! (''EvilLaugh, inspiring the other demons in his court to [[ContagiousLaughter laugh with him]]'') You come into ''my'' place... ''alone''... threaten ''me''... and think you just ''walkin' outta here''?!\ |
| 297 | '''Strife''': [[RefugeInAudacity It... does sound funny, hearin' you say it]].\ |
| 298 | '''Malgros''': ''I'm gonna [[CountingToThree count to three]]...'' If you're still standin' here, I'm gonna [[ILoveTheDead defile your corpse in ways you can't possibly imagine]]. [[FedToTheBeast Feed what's left to my boys]]. [[IAmAHumanitarian Horse meat's their favourite]]. ''One...''\ |
| 299 | '''[[CombatPragmatist Strife]]''': ''Two-three!'' (''subjects [[MultipleHeadCase Malgros]] to two [[BoomHeadshot headshots]]'') [[PreMortemOneLiner Sorry]]. (''fires a remaining bullet into Malgros' head'') We're in a hurry. (''his brother [[BloodKnight War]] plunges [[BigDamnHeroes into Malgros' hall]] and stands with him'') Oh, and, uh... ''I'm not alone''. |
| 300 | -->--''VideoGame/DarksidersGenesis'' |
| 301 | |
| 302 | ->"[[PlayerCharacter You]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent and your kind]] may play mortals for weaklings and fools, and that may be fitting for some, but you underestimate ''me''." |
| 303 | -->-- '''[[MadScientist The Mandarin]]''' ([[WrongGenreSavvy unaware he is the one who this trope applies to]]), ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' |
| 304 | |
| 305 | ->'''Artanis''': Have faith, Zeratul! You almost sound as if you fear [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression these humans]]. [[PunyHumans What are they to such as]] [[SuperiorSpecies we]]? Was it not we who defeated the dreaded [[EldritchAbomination Overmind]]?\ |
| 306 | '''Zeratul''': Yes, Artanis, we did vanquish the Overmind. But we did so with the help of humans. Do not be so quick to underestimate them. |
| 307 | -->-- ''VideoGame/StarCraft: Brood War'' |
| 308 | |
| 309 | ->''Why am I so scared? It's just one merc.'' |
| 310 | -->-- '''Shez''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'', when fighting [[OneManArmy Byleth]] for the first time |
| 311 | |
| 312 | ->'''Garnet:''' What the fuck!? [The [[CaperCrew PAYDAY Gang]] are] supposed to be dead!\ |
| 313 | '''Concord:''' We sent our best operatives. I expect they made the mistake of thinking retirement made [[BadassCrew the targets]] soft. |
| 314 | -->--''VideoGame/PAYDAY3'' |
| 315 | |
| 316 | ->'''Barbariccia:''' Yet [[DefiedTrope we must not underestimate]] [[PlayerCharacter he/she who bested the Cloud of Darkness]]. Even restrained by a covenant, the Cloud was no feeble wisp to be dispersed by some flesh-and-blood mortal.\ |
| 317 | '''Cagnazzo:''' Bah, [[DoubleSubverted let him/her come]]! I will drown the world and watch this fleshling gasp for breath in his/her final moments! |
| 318 | -->--''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV Endwalker'' |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 322 | ->''They see you as small and helpless\ |
| 323 | They see you as just a child\ |
| 324 | Surprise when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild'' |
| 325 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', "This Will Be The Day" |
| 326 | |
| 327 | ->'''Sharkface:''' I underestimated you.\ |
| 328 | '''Carolina:''' We get that a lot. |
| 329 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', "Temple of the Key" |
| 330 | [[/folder]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 333 | ->'''Charlie:''' Your new counterpart: Parson Gotti, Lord Hamster of Gobwin Knob. [[TheChessmaster The more-than-perfect warlord]]. [[ShroudedInMyth He is the most dangerous]] ''[[HumanoidAbomination being]]'' [[ShroudedInMyth in Erfworld]].\ |
| 334 | '''Tramennis:''' What, behind [[{{Gonk}} the potato]]?\ |
| 335 | '''Charlie:''' I'll send you a dossier. |
| 336 | -->-- ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' |
| 337 | |
| 338 | ->You're just like my father! You '''underestimated''' her and she '''bested''' you! She is a '''Heterodyne'''! Doesn't that '''mean''' anything to you?!? |
| 339 | -->-- '''Gilgamesh Wulfenbach''', dressing down Captain Vole after the latter got utterly trounced by the titular heroine Agatha, ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' |
| 340 | |
| 341 | ->'''Martellus''': You have NO idea what she's capable of!\ |
| 342 | '''Xersperina''': So tell me. I '''love''' a good Heterodyne story. But Martellus, [[ThisIsReality this is real life.]] It's not as if she's in her own lab, or even her own ''town''. She's '''kilometers'' from Mechanicsburg, trapped in our OWN fortress, in the dead of winter. [[TemptingFate What could she possibly do?]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent And why do you have]] [[RightBehindMe that idiotic look on your face?]] |
| 343 | -->''Girl Genius'' |
| 344 | |
| 345 | ->''I was a little too optimistic, all three at the same time, it's too much!'' |
| 346 | -->--'''Piccolo''', WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse |
| 347 | |
| 348 | ->''"Did you honestly think that you were the only witch capable of shrouds? That I would leave my full power out in the open? I leave out just enough to lure in anyone who thinks they can take advantage of it. Now do you understand what you've done?"'' |
| 349 | -->-- '''Eliza''', ''Webcomic/WildeLife'', [[https://www.wildelifecomic.com/comic/345 p.345]] |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 353 | ->"[Sunburst]’s been a superheroine for at least forty years! Forty YEARS. In that time, she’s had dozens if not hundreds of dynamorph challenges; by this time, she’s probably got one of the most powerful dynamorphs in the world. And in all that time, she’s never been the acknowledged leader of the California Crusaders. BUT, she’s always the ‘elder statesman’, the one that everyone listens to, the one with the final say. |
| 354 | ->"Mother, Sunburst is DANGEROUS! The only reason that a woman like that would allow herself to be disregarded as a giddy bimbo is that that was [[ObfuscatingStupidity exactly how she wanted to be seen]]! She is underestimated, which means that she can get away with murder when she wants to. During that first summer [as Sunburst's ward], I was constantly trying to get away, and I could never pull it off, yet it always, ALWAYS looked like a pure fluke, and I could never quite be sure whether it was just bad luck or not. Most of the chessplayers who could pull something off like that have an ego that needs to rub their sucker’s face in exactly how badly they’ve been played. Sunny doesn’t have that.” |
| 355 | -->-- '''Nacht''', ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', [[https://whateley.academy/index.php/story/silent-nacht-chapter-2 "Silent Nacht" ch. 2]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | ->'''Shirou''': Go ahead and cast whatever spell you want, Rin! You're a Mage, [[SquishyWizard but that also means you've probably neglected your body! Once I get up there, you're toast]].\ |
| 358 | '''Rin''': ... You think I'm weak because I'm a Mage?\ |
| 359 | '''Shirou''': Yeah! ... [[WrongGenreSavvy Logically]]!\ |
| 360 | '''Rin''': Oh, Shirou... (''PsychoticSmirk'') This is going to be ''all'' too easy. [...] (''[[KungFuWizard proceeds to chase Shirou by casting magic while jumping around with enhanced reflexes]]'') [[SarcasmMode LOOK HOW WEAK I AM, SHIROU! I'M SO OUT OF SHAPE, SHIROU]]! |
| 361 | -->--''WebVideo/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorksAbridged'' |
| 362 | |
| 363 | ->''"Meh, I can take her."'' |
| 364 | -->-- '''[[Memes/{{Worm}} Worm]]''' MemeticMutation |
| 365 | |
| 366 | ->''"[[Franchise/{{Batman}} He]] doesn't say 'I'm warning you' '''unless he's warning you!''' The same way that 'Get off my lawn' is followed by an asskicking, remember?"'' |
| 367 | -->-- '''Website/SFDebris''', reviewing the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' pilot episode "Rebirth" |
| 368 | [[/folder]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 371 | ->''"The [[WrongGenreSavvy Commander]] was wrong; you ''are'' dangerous! Too dangerous to leave alive!"'' |
| 372 | -->-- '''The Super-Skrull''' regarding ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' |
| 373 | |
| 374 | ->'''[[TheMentor Jeong-Jeong]]:''' Nothing I taught you prepared you for [[TheChosenOne the Avatar]].\ |
| 375 | '''[[SmugSnake Zhao]]:''' I think I can handle [[JustAKid a child]]. |
| 376 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheDeserter The Deserter]]" |
| 377 | |
| 378 | ->'''ComicBook/LexLuthor''': What makes you think you can kill Franchise/{{Superman}} when you can't even defeat [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} a mere mortal in a Halloween costume]]?\ |
| 379 | '''ComicBook/TheJoker''' ([[BerserkButton menacingly]]): [[BadassNormal There's nothing mere about that mortal]]! |
| 380 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', "World's Finest" |
| 381 | |
| 382 | ->I underestimated you when we first met. [[JustAKid You]] caught me off-guard. I'm not making the same mistake twice! ''(one clash of blades later)'' And I have a few new moves of my own! |
| 383 | -->--'''[[spoiler:Carver]]''' to '''Aerrow''', ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' |
| 384 | |
| 385 | ->'''Batgirl''': I don't waste my time with punk amateurs.\ |
| 386 | '''Paris Franz''': Oh, baby...I think you've misjudged me. |
| 387 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' |
| 388 | |
| 389 | ->Be assured, I will never underestimate you again. |
| 390 | -->-- '''Megatron''', ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' |
| 391 | |
| 392 | ->'''ComicBook/GreenLantern''': Wow, someone forgot to take their "True Blood" tonight.\ |
| 393 | '''{{ComicBook/Batman}}''': I'm not a vampire.\ |
| 394 | '''Green Lantern:''' Seriously? I thought with the darkness and the vanishing, the.. Then what - super strength?\ |
| 395 | '''Batman''': No.\ |
| 396 | '''Green Lantern:''' Can you fly?\ |
| 397 | '''Batman''': In a plane.\ |
| 398 | '''Green Lantern:''' Wait - you're not just some guy in a bat costume, are ya?\ |
| 399 | ''(Batman turns and smirks at him)''\ |
| 400 | '''Green Lantern:''' Are you freakin' kidding me!? What - nobody asked ya to prom, so now ya dress as a bat and prowl around your parents' basement?\ |
| 401 | '''Batman''': ... ''(Holds up the freshly-pickpocketed Power Ring)'' What's this do? |
| 402 | -->--''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'' |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 |
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