| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ->''"I really don't care that you're a [[EnfantTerrible baby]], I'll snap your neck like a twig!"'' |
| 6 | -->-- '''Noriaki Kakyoin''', ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ->''I admit it feels awkward to attack someone looking as young as you... But the beast within me keeps howling, "Kill [[HumanoidAbomination him]] or be killed!"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Heinkel''', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ->'''Jeice:''' Well, that's the end a' that. I don't think [[Characters/DragonBallSonGohan that kid's]] getting up this time.\ |
| 12 | '''Burter:''' How could he? Recoome just snapped his neck! |
| 13 | -->-- ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ->''Sometimes you just have to [[LiteralMetaphor put your foot down]] when it comes to kids.'' |
| 16 | -->-- '''Frieza''', ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ->''Sorry, but it doesn't matter if you're a [[WouldHitAGirl woman]] or even a child. I don't go easy on anybody who hurts my comrades.'' |
| 19 | -->-- '''Gray Fullbuster''', ''Manga/FairyTail'' |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ->''I don’t care if you’re kids, I show mercy to no one. The truth is I can kill you in the blink of an eye.'' |
| 22 | -->-- '''Dimaria Yesta''' to Wendy Marvell & Sherria Blendy, ''Manga/FairyTail'' |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ->'''Priestess:''' Children?\ |
| 25 | '''Goblin Slayer:''' They multiply fast. If we had waited any longer, there would have been fifty of them, and they would have attacked. You were lucky.\ |
| 26 | ''(Goblin Slayer steps into the den of baby goblins)''\ |
| 27 | '''Priestess:''' Are you going to kill them?\ |
| 28 | '''Goblin Slayer:''' Of course I am. They hold on to grudges for life. And the survivors of the nest learn from their mistakes and adapt. There isn't a single reason to let them live.\ |
| 29 | '''Priestess:''' Even if there was a good goblin?\ |
| 30 | '''Goblin Slayer:''' A good goblin? I guess there might be one if you looked really hard. But in the end, the only good goblins are the ones who never come out of their holes.\ |
| 31 | ''(commence slaughter)'' |
| 32 | -->-- ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' |
| 33 | |
| 34 | ->''But we can kill guilty children, right?'' |
| 35 | -->-- '''Ein Dalton''', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' |
| 36 | |
| 37 | ->''Fourth Hokage... Minato. Back away from the jinchuuriki or your son dies at the ripe old age of ''one minute. |
| 38 | -->-- '''Tobi''', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ->''"No way...! You'd go so far as to use children in your schemes...!?"'' |
| 41 | -->-- '''[[HeelFaceTurn Honey Trap]]''' to [[BigBad X]] after [[spoiler:X turns [[CuteBruiser Hina Fujigami]] into a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Kaijin]]]], ''Manga/SuperwomenInLove'' |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Blogs]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ->''Speaking of hell, here’s what all the demons down there will look like. The amount of work Mr. Wilson put into this is absolutely terrifying, and that’s assuming he’s gone to the trouble of creating a perfect Dennis wig and isn’t wearing the poor lad’s scalp as a hat.'' |
| 48 | -->--'''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''' [[https://joshreads.com/2019/10/did-he-did-he-dye-the-overalls-himself/ on]] ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | ->'''Bill:''' Look! It's a little kid! |
| 55 | ->'''Kraken:''' Can I eat it? |
| 56 | -->-- ''ComicBook/BigfootBill: Shadow of the Mothman'' |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ->(''upon surveying an orphan shelter that was wiped out by [[OmnicidalManiac Judge Death]]'')\ |
| 59 | '''Judge 1:''' Children? Why ''children?''\ |
| 60 | '''Judge 2:''' There's no ''limit'' to the creature's evil! |
| 61 | -->-- ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' |
| 62 | |
| 63 | ->''"When things came worse in '''our''' ghetto we said always: 'Thank God the kids are with Persis, safe.' That spring, on one day, the Germans took from Srodula to Auschwitz over 1,000 people. Most they took were kids-- some only 2 or 3 years. Some kids were screaming and screaming. They couldn't stop. So the Germans swinged them by the legs against a wall... and they never anymore screamed. In this way the Germans treated the little ones what still had survived a little. This I didn't see with my own eyes, but somebody the next day told me. And I said, 'Thank God with Persis '''our''' children are safe!'"'' |
| 64 | -->-- '''Vladek Spiegelman''', ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' |
| 65 | |
| 66 | ->''"All those crimes you're investigating are about to get a whole lot worse, Sheriff Dribble! If Troy really has come back from the dead, you're gonna see a lotta little kids getting iced real soon! 'Cause that's what he's into, ya know? Troy told me there ain't nuthin' he likes better than offin' little kids!"'' |
| 67 | -->--'''Moe the Crow''' on '''Troy Hicks''', ''ComicBook/TheUnfunnies'' |
| 68 | |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ->''I really do like kids. [[PinkMist They don't leave much of a mess]].'' |
| 74 | -->-- '''Dodoria''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' |
| 75 | |
| 76 | ->'''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]]:''' You're a heartless monster who slaughters everyone in his way - even children!\ |
| 77 | '''[[BigBad Freeza]]:''' Oh, please. Everyone's ''always'' on about "the children." I already tried leaving them alive, but all they ever do is grow up under my rule or dedicate their pathetic lives to revenge. (''side-glance at Vegeta'') Usually both. Really, killing them is a kindness. I can retract that kindness if you wish, but ''then'' who's the villain?\ |
| 78 | '''Goku:''' (''totally lost'') [[SarcasmFailure Y-you]].\ |
| 79 | '''Freeza:''' [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder No, that was a rhetorical question.]]\ |
| 80 | '''Goku:''' [[IdiotHero And I gave you a rhetorical answer!]]\ |
| 81 | '''Freeza:''' Good lord, I traded Vegeta for this! |
| 82 | -->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' |
| 83 | |
| 84 | ->''Oh, "I'm a monster!" I haven't heard ''that'' one screamed at me today. Of all the people- ''[[ImAHumanitarian (coughs up a pacifier)]]'' Oh, that is just embarrassing! That's not even the right hole....'' |
| 85 | -->--'''Cell''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ->'''Yulier:''' How ''dare'' you defile the good name of Thinker! He is the greatest, most intelligent man I have ever known!\ |
| 88 | '''Yui:''' Statistically speaking, that says more about you than it does about him.\ |
| 89 | '''Yulier:''' [[SuddenlyShouting YOU WANNA TAKE THIS OUTSIDE, KID?!]] I'LL THROW DOWN WITH AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD! I DON'T GIVE A ''FUCK!''\ |
| 90 | '''[[MamaBear Asuna:]]''' [[TranquilFury Touch her and I kill Thinker myself.]]\ |
| 91 | '''Yulier:''' [[{{Beat}} ...]] Duly noted. |
| 92 | -->-- ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' |
| 93 | |
| 94 | ->''Now that I know how Zuko got his scar, I'm inclined to share his worry. [[{{Understatement}} Ozai's not… he's not]] ''[[{{Understatement}} sentimental]]'' about children. He's not going to go easy on Aang just because he's a kid.'' |
| 95 | -->-- '''Katara''', ''Fanfic/TheStalkingZukoSeries'' |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | ->''Don't stand there, ya bilge rats -- GET THOSE SCURVY BRATS!!'' |
| 102 | -->-- '''Captain Hook''', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' |
| 103 | |
| 104 | ->''Arr, that meddling little brat! I'm gonna get rid of him for good.'' |
| 105 | -->-- '''[[EvilPoacher Percival C. McLeach]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' |
| 106 | |
| 107 | ->''Now don't cry, little girl. They only eat when I tell them to.'' |
| 108 | -->-- '''[[LoanShark Bill Sykes]]''' to '''Jenny Foxworth''', ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' |
| 109 | |
| 110 | ->''This is an unholy demon. I'm sending it back to Hell where it belongs.'' |
| 111 | -->-- '''[[TheFundamentalist Judge Claude Frollo]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney'' |
| 112 | |
| 113 | ->[[spoiler:'''Eddy's Brother''']]: Just for old time's sake, let's play..."Uncle".\ |
| 114 | '''Eddy''': [[OhCrap ...Uncle?]]\ |
| 115 | [[spoiler:'''Eddy's Brother''']]: Wanna crash at my place, don't ya?\ |
| 116 | '''Eddy''': That's why we came all the way-- ''[winces as [[spoiler:his brother]] painfully twists his leg]'' UNCLE! UNCLE! UNCLE!\ |
| 117 | [[spoiler:'''Eddy's Brother''']]: Say what?\ |
| 118 | '''Eddy''': Uncle! Uncle Uncle!\ |
| 119 | '''Edd''': Oh my!\ |
| 120 | ''[As [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother]] releases his leg, Eddy rumbles around the ground as if he were a wind-up toy; all while [[spoiler:his brother]] laughs in sick amusement. He then grabs Eddy again.]''\ |
| 121 | [[spoiler:'''Eddy's Brother''']]: That was good, Pipsqueak.\ |
| 122 | '''Eddy''': So can we go inside now?\ |
| 123 | [[spoiler:'''Eddy's Brother''']]: ''[stroking his goatee]'' Why not? Don't forget to wipe your feet.\ |
| 124 | '''Eddy''': Whoaaaaaaaa!!\ |
| 125 | ''[Eddy is thrown repeatedly against his trailer, all while everyone [[EveryoneHasStandards including the kids watch in shock]]]''\ |
| 126 | '''Nazz''': Dude, [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother]] [[{{Understatement}} is a real jerk.]]\ |
| 127 | '''Lee''': ''[furious]'' WHAT'S HE DOIN' TO MY MAN!? ''[tries to rush towards [[spoiler:Eddy's Brother]] as her sisters hold her back]'' |
| 128 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' |
| 129 | |
| 130 | ->'''Littlefoot:''' Let me go, or you'll be sorry. \ |
| 131 | '''Ozzy:''' Yes, sorry we didn't do this sooner. Say bye-bye, leaf-eater! |
| 132 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIITheGreatValleyAdventure'' |
| 133 | |
| 134 | ->''Remember the bad guys, on those [[SaturdayMorningCartoon shows you used to watch on Saturday mornings]]? Well, ''[[{{Mooks}} these guys]]'' are [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope not like those guys]]. They won't exercise restraint because you're children. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They. Will. Kill you]] if they get the chance. Do ''not'' give them that chance.'' |
| 135 | -->-- '''Helen''' to Violet and Dash, ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' |
| 136 | |
| 137 | ->''"Only one boy...? A few hundred and it's somewhat worth my time. A few thousand means good money and some job satisfaction. Fun for me begins when I'm counting in hundreds of thousands!"'' |
| 138 | -->'''Putna''', ''Animation/KrishnaAurKans'' |
| 139 | |
| 140 | ->'''Sulley:''' It doesn't have to be this way!\ |
| 141 | '''Waternoose:''' I have no choice! Times have changed. Scaring isn't enough anymore!\ |
| 142 | '''Sulley:''' But kidnapping children?!\ |
| 143 | '''Waternoose:''' I'LL KIDNAP ''1000'' CHILDREN BEFORE I LET THIS COMPANY DIE !! And I'll silence ''ANYONE'' '''''WHO GETS IN MY WAY!''''' |
| 144 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' |
| 145 | |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ->'''Hector:''' [[spoiler:Ernesto]], stop! Leave the boy alone!\ |
| 148 | '''[[spoiler:Ernesto]]:''' I've worked too hard, Hector! Too hard to let him destroy everything!\ |
| 149 | '''Hector:''' He's a ''living child,'' [[spoiler:Ernesto]]!\ |
| 150 | '''[[spoiler:Ernesto]]:''' He's a ''threat''. |
| 151 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' |
| 152 | |
| 153 | ->'''Doof-2:''' Alright, Platyborg, you see that platypus? You know what to do.\ |
| 154 | ''[Platyborg smacks Perry across the room, who doesn't react]''\ |
| 155 | '''Phineas:''' Perry! What was that for?! Perry, are you okay?\ |
| 156 | '''Doof-1:''' Told ya.\ |
| 157 | '''Phineas:''' ''[checking Perry with Ferb]'' How are his vitals?\ |
| 158 | '''Doof-2:''' Wait, let me try something. Platyborg... do the same thing to those two boys. |
| 159 | -->--''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'' |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 164 | ->''"Bring me the comater, or I will kill all these children... one at the time! I looooove children!"'' |
| 165 | -->-- '''Secundus''', ''Film/AbraxasGuardianOfTheUniverse'' |
| 166 | |
| 167 | ->'''Cleopatra''': It isn't my fault everyone scored before us. You should have gone after that boy scout camp like I told you!\ |
| 168 | '''Nero the Hero''': I tried the goddamn boy scout camp. You know how fast those boy scouts move? |
| 169 | -->-- ''Film/DeathRace2000'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | ->"If I hear of anyone helping the Judges, I will kill them and the next generation of their families." |
| 172 | -->-- '''Ma-Ma''', ''Film/{{Dredd}}'' |
| 173 | |
| 174 | ->'''Lord Hunter:''' General, did you realize there were children, and women, in the crowd?\ |
| 175 | '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Dyer Reginald Dyer]]:''' I did.\ |
| 176 | '''Government advocate:''' But that was irrelevant to the [[MakeAnExampleOfThem point you were making]]?\ |
| 177 | '''Dyer:''' That is correct! |
| 178 | -->-- ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'' |
| 179 | |
| 180 | ->''"You love your sister? You make any noise, you know what happens. I'm gonna kill her instead of you. Understand?"'' |
| 181 | -->--'''Wild Bill Wharton''', ''Film/TheGreenMile'' |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->''"You’re gonna throw me your gun, or the little one gets a new face. ''(beat)'' If your strategy relies on whether or not I’ll kill a child...you need a new strategy."'' |
| 184 | -->--'''Lloyd Hansen''', ''[[Film/TheGrayMan2022 The Gray Man]]'' |
| 185 | |
| 186 | ->''"Nothing would thrill me more greatly than to shoot you. Knocking off a youngster ain't gonna mean a lot to me. [...] I don't care if I get the chair, I'm gonna kill that kid!"'' |
| 187 | -->-- '''Harry Lime''', ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' |
| 188 | |
| 189 | ->''"I never made it to the sixth grade kid. And it doesn't look like you're gonna either"'' |
| 190 | -->-- '''Harry Lime''', ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' |
| 191 | |
| 192 | ->'''Ro-Man''': What are you doing alone, girl-child?\ |
| 193 | '''Carla''': My daddy won't let you hurt me.\ |
| 194 | '''Ro-Man''': We'll see! |
| 195 | -->--''Film/RobotMonster'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | ->'''Mal:''' I don't murder children.\ |
| 198 | '''The Operative:''' I do. [[WellIntentionedExtremist If I have to]]. |
| 199 | -->-- ''Film/Serenity2005'' |
| 200 | |
| 201 | ->''"Spider-Man! This is why only fools are heroes -- because you never know when some lunatic will come along with a sadistic choice: '''let die the woman you love'''... or '''suffer the little children!''' Make your choice, Spider-Man, and see how a hero is rewarded! "'' |
| 202 | -->-- '''Green Goblin''', ''Film/SpiderMan1'' |
| 203 | |
| 204 | ->''"Not even the younglings survived...."'' |
| 205 | -->-- '''Obi-Wan Kenobi''', ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'' |
| 206 | |
| 207 | ->''"Look what we've got here. A little mother and a littler baby. You like Mexican food little baby? Well how would you like to have this hot tamale shoved down your throat?"'' |
| 208 | -->--'''Leroy''', ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' |
| 209 | |
| 210 | ->''"Before I kill you, I'm going to throw your baby out the window."'' |
| 211 | -->--'''The Zodiac Killer''', ''Film/Zodiac2007'' |
| 212 | |
| 213 | ->'''Private Joker''': Any women or children?\ |
| 214 | '''Door Gunner''': Sometimes!\ |
| 215 | '''Private Joker''': How can you shoot women and children?\ |
| 216 | '''Door Gunner''': Easy, [[LeadTheTarget you just don't lead 'em so much!]] [[WarIsHell Ain't war hell?]] |
| 217 | -->--''Film/FullMetalJacket'' |
| 218 | |
| 219 | ->''"See this? This little DNA bead comes from a little girl in Riverside, California. Didn't like to wash her hands. Took me three whole weeks."'' |
| 220 | -->--'''Thrax''', ''Film/OsmosisJones'' |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[/folder]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | [[folder:Folklore]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | ->''This feorful worm would often feed\ |
| 227 | On caalves an' lambs an' sheep,\ |
| 228 | An' swally little bairns alive\ |
| 229 | When they laid doon te sleep.'' |
| 230 | -->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87E2TrHPiVM The ballad of]] Literature/TheLambtonWorm, as written in the traditional Northumbrian English |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[/folder]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | ->''Children... Ah! Killing them is actually a great favor to mankind and for each person on the face of this planet, especially when those damn "cute little fucking faces" give false hopes to the humanity. I love to kill them, they are more attractive dead. I'm not the "villain" here, I'm just ridding the world of these pests.'' |
| 237 | -->-- '''Minerva Liddell''', ''[[Literature/DateALive Date AST Like]]'' |
| 238 | |
| 239 | ->''"You’ll want your child, I expect. I'll send him to you when he’s born. With a trebuchet."'' |
| 240 | -->-- '''Jaime Lannister''' (he's bluffing), ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' |
| 241 | |
| 242 | ->'''Tyrion:''' ''[Tired]'' Tell me, Bronn. If I told ''you'' to kill a babe... an infant girl, say, still at her mother's breast... would you do it? Without question?\ |
| 243 | '''Bronn:''' [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Without question? No.]] ''[Rubs thumb and forefinger together]'' I'd ask, "[[PunchClockVillain How much?]]" |
| 244 | -->-- ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' |
| 245 | |
| 246 | ->''Threaten a child and you will unite [[MamaBear its]] [[PapaWolf parents]] against you. ''Kill'' a child and those who have lost it will retreat in mourning. Those around them will feel their pain and likewise look to their own families. They will keep their children close and out of schools. [...] This makes the Rebellion look unforgivably weak.'' |
| 247 | -->-- '''Flirry Vorru''', ''[[Literature/XWingSeries X-Wing: The Krytos Trap]]'' |
| 248 | |
| 249 | ->On every formal visit, a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse, or in extreme cases, [[FedToTheBeast if someone needs to be thrown overboard to satisfy the piranhas trailing the boat]]. |
| 250 | -->-- ''Literature/SenseAndSensibilityAndSeaMonsters'' |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ->"I hope your children die! Slowly!" |
| 253 | ->"Hmm," he said, "I'm not sure I qualify, but if I do it'd be a long spit." He collapsed back on the bed, then looked aghast, and levered himself back up again. "Shit; they really must get to you people young; that's a terrible thing for anybody to say, let alone a woman." |
| 254 | ->"Our women are more manly than your ''men''," the woman sneered. |
| 255 | ->"And still you breed. Choice must be limited, I suppose." |
| 256 | ->"May your children suffer and die horribly!" the woman shrieked. |
| 257 | ->"Well, if that's really the way you feel," he sighed, lying back again, "then there's nothing worse I can wish on you than to be exactly the fuckhead you so obviously are." |
| 258 | -->-- ''Literature/UseOfWeapons'' |
| 259 | |
| 260 | ->But as I grow ever closer to my own personal twilight, the thing I remember most vividly is watching [[note]] through the window of a Franco-Vietnamese arms-dealer’s car, on my way to a cool white house in Saigon, where I would wait out the final days of the war in relative comfort and safety [[/note]] as a pair of barefoot coolies pulled the denuded skeleton of Brian Thompson-Greenaway from a culvert full of malaria-laden water. I knew it was him, because even after [[DiabolicalMastermind Wao Ruyen]]’s court had [[ChildEater consumed the rest of his pathetic little body]], they had left his face nearly untouched — there not being quite enough flesh on a child’s skull, apparently, to be worth the extra effort of filleting... let alone of cooking. |
| 261 | ->And I remember, with almost comparable vividness, when — just a year ago — I saw the former warlord Wao, Huang’s most respected father, sitting in a Limehouse nightclub with his Number One and Number Two wife at either elbow. [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Looking half the age he did when I first met him]], in that endless last July of 1945, before black science altered our world forever. Before [[EvilMentor Ellis]] sold him Brian instead of me, and then fled for the Manchurian border, leaving me to fend for myself in the wake of her departure. |
| 262 | -->--''Literature/TheEmperorsOldBones,'' by Gemma Files |
| 263 | |
| 264 | ->'''New achievement! You Monster!'''\ |
| 265 | '''You have killed an infant! An ''infant!'' '''\ |
| 266 | '''Okay, okay. Unless you're a complete psychopath, we know you probably didn't wake up this morning and tell yourself, "Today is the day I'm going to slaughter a child." Well let us put your mind at ease. [[ImprobableInfantSurvival All children mobs who die within this dungeon don't actually perish]]. They're transferred to a holding area where they're safe and treated nicely and gently until they can be reunited with their loving parents at the end of the season.'''\ |
| 267 | '''Feel better? Good.'''\ |
| 268 | '''''Reward:'' These past twenty seconds, when your conscience started to ease? That was your reward. [[SubvertedTrope It was also a lie]]. That baby is dead, and it's dead because of you. You're totally going to hell.''' |
| 269 | -->-- ''Literature/DungeonCrawlerCarl'' |
| 270 | |
| 271 | ->'''The Huntress:''' [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame A hunter must hunt]]. |
| 272 | ->'''David:''' But she was a little girl. [[BeastWithAHumanFace A girl with the body of an animal]], but still a girl. I heard her speak. She was frightened. And then you killed her. |
| 273 | ->'''The Huntress:''' Yes. She lasted longer than I expected. She was more cunning than I thought. Perhaps a fox's body [[MadDoctor might have been more appropriate]], but it is too late now. |
| 274 | -->--''Literature/TheBookOfLostThings'' |
| 275 | |
| 276 | ->''"Are you dog-shit insane, son? You broke into my house, destroyed pictures of my daughter, and beat my wife. You’re lucky you’re still alive. I’ve killed children for less.”'' |
| 277 | -->--'''Sheriff Graham Walker''', ''Literature/{{Borrasca}}'' |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | ->''You'd think to children, I'd be cuter\ |
| 284 | No, I was their biggest executor\ |
| 285 | Used their guts to read the future\ |
| 286 | Says here I should get a job as a [[SadistTeacher school tutor]]'' |
| 287 | -->-- '''Elagabalus''', ''Series/HorribleHistories'', [[VillainSong "The Evil Emperors' Song"]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | ->'''Herod:''' Kill every male child up to one year old... [[OnSecondThought two years old]]. Better the innocent should die, than the guilty should escape.\ |
| 290 | '''Priest:''' Guilty?! Your Majesty, a [[ChildrenAreInnocent child?]]\ |
| 291 | '''Herod:''' Guilty in the womb! Guilty in the stars! [[ScrewDestiny I'll bring down their stars.]] I'll snuff them out in blood! This is my world. I will not share it with an infant! [[NotBigEnoughForTheTwoOfUs There's no room for two Kings here.]] Like a newborn scorpion-- (''stomps'') underfoot! You know the mark of a real King? Courage. Even in the face of Jewish prophesy, bits of old parchment, old blind men. Ha! Now go to Bethlehem and make history! Kill!--\ |
| 292 | '''Adviser:''' But your Majesty--\ |
| 293 | '''Herod:''' ''Kill! Kill them all! Kill! Kill them all!'' |
| 294 | -->-- ''Series/JesusOfNazareth'' |
| 295 | |
| 296 | ->''"If you try to interfere, this becomes a much simpler matter. I will kill your wife. I will kill your son. I will kill your infant daughter."'' |
| 297 | -->-- '''Gus Fring''', ''Series/BreakingBad'', "Crawl Space" |
| 298 | |
| 299 | ->''"Well, looks like getting rid of a baby made my to-do list."'' |
| 300 | -->-- '''Regina, the Evil Queen''', ''Series/OnceUponATime'' |
| 301 | |
| 302 | ->''"You're right; [[EvenEvilHasStandards I would never harm a child]]. But then, [[HostageForMacGuffin I knew you wouldn't either]]."'' |
| 303 | -->-- '''Elias''', ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', "Baby Blue" |
| 304 | |
| 305 | ->''"So, who are we killing? [[WouldntHurtAChild I won't do kids, that's a rule.]] [[ImmediateSelfContradiction But that rule is negotiable if the kid's a dick.]]"'' |
| 306 | -->-- '''Adrian Pimento''', ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', "Cheddar" |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | ->''"I kill children\ |
| 313 | I love to see them die\ |
| 314 | I kill children\ |
| 315 | And make their mamas cry\ |
| 316 | Crush 'em under my car\ |
| 317 | I wanna hear them scream\ |
| 318 | Feed 'em poison candy\ |
| 319 | To spoil their Halloween"'' |
| 320 | -->--'''Music/DeadKennedys''', "I Kill Children" |
| 321 | |
| 322 | ->''"Oh, look who's come for tea, are you sitting comfortably?\ |
| 323 | All of the children better sit still then\ |
| 324 | ‘Cause when little kiddies [[DisproportionateRetribution fidget then I kill them]]"'' |
| 325 | -->-- '''Music/TheStupendium''' and '''Music/DanBull''', "[[VideoGame/LittleNightmares2 Tune Into The Madness]]" |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | ->''"The thing I hate about pedophiles is that they [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil give other child killers a bad name]]. [[BlackComedy Like there's no other reason to kill a kid.]] I mean, what if he [[DisproportionateRetribution looked at you wrong]]? That's why if I ever have to kill a kid, I'm doing it from a safe distance with a sniper rifle. [[EvenEvilHasStandards That way people will know I'm not some kind of sicko]]."'' |
| 331 | -->-- '''Creator/JohnSteinberg''' |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | ->"Feeding off children is a particularly vile way to survive, but needs must as the devil drives. Whether out of [[DirtyCoward cowardice]] or [[ChildEater preference]], such creatures are responsible for countless legends of [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight monsters lurking in wait for bad little children]]. And when kids are scared out of their wits, [[AdultsAreUseless parents are quick to disbelieve]] obviously delusional stories of what their predators looked like..." |
| 338 | -->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Nosferatu (Revised)'' |
| 339 | |
| 340 | ->''"Suffer the little children for they will be disturbed."'' |
| 341 | -->-- '''Batbilig Chinzorig''', ''TabletopGame/{{Quelf}}'' |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 346 | ->''I've got Donkey Kong and now I'll get you too Junior!'' |
| 347 | -->-- '''Mario''' to '''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJunior''' during commercials for some ports outside the Platform/{{NES}} version. |
| 348 | |
| 349 | ->''I want to clear something up with you Tony, before I kill you. When you move 400 kilos a month, it's imperative that you ''do'' kill children. That way, heroes don't get confused and go on ''Series/SixtyMinutes''. They instead crawl back into the hole they came from.'' |
| 350 | -->-- '''Alejandro "Alex" Sosa''', ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'' |
| 351 | |
| 352 | ->''"It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. On days like these, [[EnfanteTerrible kids]] like [[OmnicidalManiac you]]... [[WhamLine SHOULD BE BURNING IN HELL.]]"'' |
| 353 | -->-- '''[[spoiler:Sans the Skeleton]]''', FinalBoss of the No Mercy route of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' |
| 354 | |
| 355 | ->''[[TestedOnHumans Why the children]]? Are we explorers of science or bogeymen?\ |
| 356 | [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]].'' |
| 357 | -->--'''Dr Schreber,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' |
| 358 | |
| 359 | ->''They liked the money. But they liked the killing even more... they thrived on fear, and blood, the blood of lawmen, the blood of women, and even the ''blood of children. |
| 360 | -->--'''El Tejon''' on [[CarnivalOfKillers The Nine]], ''VideoGame/DeadMansHand'' |
| 361 | |
| 362 | ->''You have the boy castrated and turned into a eunuch. [[WhatTheHellPlayer You're a real piece of work, aren't you?]]'' |
| 363 | -->--'''Dialogue Box''' when the player castrates a child, ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' |
| 364 | |
| 365 | ->''"And the great thing about killing a target up close and personal is you can talk to 'em before you do it! You know, say something scary! For example, this one time I had a contract to kill a little Nord girl at her birthday party. She asked me if I was the jester! So I said to her, "No, I am a messenger of death." You should have seen the look on her face! Ha ha ha ha! Anyway, she won't be seeing age six!"'' |
| 366 | -->-- MurderInc {{Cult}}ist '''Gogron gro-Bolmog''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' |
| 367 | |
| 368 | ->''"Hold it! With these kids hanging over a thousand-foot drop, do you really want to take another step? You wouldn't want it to end like THAT, now would you? I'm sending these children to another realm, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!"'' |
| 369 | -->--'''The Maze Meister''' taunting '''Peter''' while holding his daughter and two other children hostage above a cliff, ''VideoGame/MrMaze'' |
| 370 | |
| 371 | ->'''Colonel Pretzel:''' This is war! It's not a place for children to play!\ |
| 372 | '''Malt:''' [[ChildrenForcedToKill It's not like we want to be here!]]\ |
| 373 | '''Colonel Pretzel:''' Very well… then I suppose you kids will have to face the consequences of your actions! |
| 374 | -->-- ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'' |
| 375 | |
| 376 | ->''"Kids; y'know, their skulls don't break so much as...kinda melt. Like a rotted pumpkin."'' |
| 377 | -->--'''Randall''', ''[[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo The Walking Dead: Michonne]]'' |
| 378 | |
| 379 | ->'''Blue Beetle:''' There any line you won't cross?\ |
| 380 | '''Superman:''' I don't hurt children.\ |
| 381 | '''Blue Beetle:''' Didn't stop you with [[KidHero Shazam]]. |
| 382 | -->-- ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | ->'''Maikos:''' We were attacked.\ |
| 389 | '''Richard:''' We had provisions for that.\ |
| 390 | '''Maikos:''' The town fell quickly.\ |
| 391 | '''Richard:''' Did you do as I asked with all the women and children?\ |
| 392 | '''Maikos:''' Yes, my lord. But the catapult could only fire four of them at a time. |
| 393 | -->-- ''WebComic/LookingForGroup''[[note]]actually a subversion[[/note]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | ->''Listen, like I told your captain, the orphanage attacked me! It was self-defense!'' |
| 396 | -->-- '''Richard''', ''WebComic/LookingForGroup'' |
| 397 | |
| 398 | ->'''Haley:''' Belkar, whoever is under that pink kitty umbrella is having a tea party. They're obviously a child of some sort. We're not going to kill a child.\ |
| 399 | '''Belkar:''' Unless we have to?\ |
| 400 | '''Haley:''' What?\ |
| 401 | '''Belkar:''' Come on at least give me a little hope.\ |
| 402 | '''Haley:''' (''sighs'') OK, we're not going to kill a child unless we absolutely have to.\ |
| 403 | '''Belkar:''' Good enough. |
| 404 | -->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' |
| 405 | |
| 406 | ->'''Denevol:''' Don't interfere! [[KnightTemplar I am doing my duty as a warrior of Heaven!]]\ |
| 407 | '''Cliff Sinclair:''' Looks to me like you're just murdering some kids! |
| 408 | -->-- ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 413 | ->''These hands are [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard rated E for Everyone]]'' |
| 414 | -->-- ''[[https://twitter.com/funimation/status/912843944198905856 Funimation Twitter account]], along with [[MemeticMutation various memes]]'' |
| 415 | |
| 416 | ->'''Screenwriter''': ...So then Lucius is so mad he tries to murder Harry, but Dobby jumps in and saves the day.\ |
| 417 | '''Producer''': Was he just going to use a death curse on an eleven-year-old on school grounds?\ |
| 418 | '''Screenwriter''': [[BluntYes Yes.]]\ |
| 419 | '''Producer''': This guy's hardcore! |
| 420 | -->-- ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'', ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' |
| 421 | |
| 422 | ->'''Lighthouse Keeper:''' Those are children! Are you mad!? |
| 423 | ->'''[[NoNonsenseNemesis Benedict]]:''' Why yes! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Furious, actually!]] |
| 424 | -->-- ''WebAnimation/SunsetParadise'' |
| 425 | |
| 426 | ->''"So I've never killed a kid before... ''but I'm open to new experiences." |
| 427 | -->-- '''Sips''', ''WebAnimation/DingoDoodles' "Fools Gold"'' |
| 428 | |
| 429 | ->'''Edward''': You know, [[BerserkButton if he keeps calling me a girl]], I'm going to have to kill him.\ |
| 430 | '''Mustang''': Oh please... [[BringIt try]]. I promise you, it'll be over (Nintendo Switch sync sound effect) [[{{Pun}} in a snap.]]\ |
| 431 | '''Edward''': That was not funny.\ |
| 432 | '''Mustang''': Bi-i-itch, I am not afraid to incinerate a child! |
| 433 | -->-- ''WebVideo/FullmetalAbridged'' |
| 434 | |
| 435 | ->'''[[GameMaster Noah]]:''' You see a girl and she says: "Have you seen my mommy?"\ |
| 436 | '''Sophist:''' I cast Thunder Spell!\ |
| 437 | '''Vernias:''' No, Sophist!\ |
| 438 | '''Noah:''' You cast Thunder Spell.\ |
| 439 | '''Vernias:''' No! Sophist!\ |
| 440 | '''Nick:''' Eevee! |
| 441 | -->-- ''WebVideo/PartyCrashers''/''[[https://www.youtube.com/@MagicTheNoah Magic the Noah]]'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VMniPDc8qg I Made A Game Designed To Be Bad]]" |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | ->'''Roger:''' He started it.\ |
| 447 | '''Stan:''' So you were going to drown him in the river?!\ |
| 448 | '''Roger:''' Well, how do ''you'' kill babies? |
| 449 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' |
| 450 | |
| 451 | ->''"[[HangingJudge NO AMNESTY FOR MINORS!]]"'' |
| 452 | -->-- '''Judge Frobot''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' |
| 453 | |
| 454 | ->''It's been a long time since I've added a child's face to my collection.'' |
| 455 | -->-- '''Koh The Face Stealer''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
| 456 | |
| 457 | ->'''The Boulder:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson The Boulder]] feels conflicted about fighting a young blind girl.\ |
| 458 | '''Toph:''' Sounds to me like you're ''scared'', Boulder.\ |
| 459 | (''{{beat}}'')\ |
| 460 | '''The Boulder:''' The Boulder is over his conflicted feelings, and now he's ready to bury you in a rockalanche! |
| 461 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' |
| 462 | |
| 463 | ->''[[HostageForMcGuffin The code]]. No tricks or she'll make quite an ugly stain on the street.'' |
| 464 | -->-- '''Taurus Bulba''', ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' |
| 465 | |
| 466 | ->''"For female baby, you sure don't seem very tied up in bag and dropped in river."'' |
| 467 | -->-- '''Ling-Ling''', ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' ("Captain Girl") |
| 468 | |
| 469 | ->''You two wait here! I've got some children I need to make into corpses!'' |
| 470 | ->''When I get my hands on you kids, I'm gonna DISASSEMBLE YOUR MOLECULES!'' |
| 471 | ->''Alright, Ford, times up! I've got the kids! I think I'm going to kill one of them now ''just for the heck of it! |
| 472 | -->-- '''Bill Cipher''', ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' |
| 473 | |
| 474 | ->'''Mr. Burns:''' Men, there's [[LittlestCancerPatient a little crippled boy sitting in a hospital who wants you to win this game.]] I know because... [[InvokedTrope I crippled him myself to inspire you.]]\ |
| 475 | ''(cut to Milhouse lying in a hospital bed with a broken leg and his parents by his bedside)''\ |
| 476 | '''Milhouse:''' ''(to his parents)'' I hope they win or Mr. Burns said he's coming back. |
| 477 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 478 | |
| 479 | ->''Aw, man, I love being mean to kids.'' |
| 480 | -->-- '''Chip Whistler''', ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' |
| 481 | |
| 482 | ->'''Demon Hunter Leader:''' Throw them over the cliff.\ |
| 483 | ''[One of the other demon hunters, Tom, drags a bound Willow, Luz, and Gus to the cliffside, chuckling]''\ |
| 484 | '''Tom:''' All righty kids, here's the end of your short little lives.\ |
| 485 | '''Gus:''' Wait! Wait! Wait, w-w-w-wait. Is this really what you wanna be doing with your life? Tossing kids from cliffs?\ |
| 486 | '''Tom:''' [[BluntYes Actually, yes]]. It's been my dream since I was a boy. ''[Long {{beat}} as the kids stare at him.]'' I was a strange child. Whee! ''[tosses them over]'' |
| 487 | -->--''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' |
| 488 | |
| 489 | ->'''Yakky Doodle:''' A doctor would never hurt a kid.\ |
| 490 | '''Yogi Bear:''' ''[on top of the turnbuckle]'' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I'm off duty.]] ''[bodyslams Yakky]'' |
| 491 | -->--''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'', [[ProWrestlingEpisode "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!"]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | ->''Oh, I could never hurt a child... ''but I should at least try! |
| 494 | -->-- '''Aftershock''', ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'' |
| 495 | |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 |
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