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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

->''But, I can't sense spirits or see through girls' swimsuits or move a 10-yen coin in my sleep...''
-->-- '''Yuuri''' being GenreBlind, ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''

->''She's still close enough to human that we can just about appreciate how insanely good she is.''
-->-- '''Chisame Hasegawa''' on Ku Fei, ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''

->''Screw you. I'm purebred human, right down to the bone. Don't mistake me for one of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent you freaks]].'' [[labelnote:Alt. translation:]]''"I'm human. The real deal, right down to the fuckin' marrow of my bones. Don't lump me together with you [[PrecisionFStrike faggot-ass]] monsters."''\\
(From the ''Evil Genius'' translation)[[/labelnote]]
-->-- '''Guts''' [[PreMortemOneLiner just before killing one]], ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' (episode #275)

->''I'm not feeling any [psychic] pressure from him. He's just strong!''
-->-- '''Kamille Bidan''' on Yazan Gable, ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]

->''I do it because there's nothing more powerful than an ordinary person.\\
I do it because there's no such thing as an ordinary person.''
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''Dectective Comics #27 Special Edition'' (Free Barnes & Noble promo issue), August 2014

->'''Hyde''': You cannot avoid me for long! You are just an ordinary man... but I am Hyde! ''Hyde!''\\
'''Captain America''': Well, then here's an interesting lesson for you... ''Never underestimate the ordinary man!''
-->-- ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''

->'''This is Poyo'''. Poyo was exposed to a near lethal amount of radiation as an egg during the first stages of a government experiment to create mutant super soldiers, trained in exotic martial arts by Tibetan kung fu fightin' monks, and given strange bio-enhancements during a rash of farm animal abductions by extra-terrestrials.\\
Nah, just kidding. None of that shit is true. Poyo is just really, ''really'' badass.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Chew}}''

->'''Protex:''' Franchise/{{Batman}}! He's only a man!\\
'''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''' The most dangerous man on Earth.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{JLA}}'', "New World Order"

->''I've had the taste of the glory of being normal! To win through determination... courage... to be no more than myself — and no less!''
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore''

->''I survived the [[Film/ANewHope Battle of Yavin]]. I survived the [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Battle of Hoth]]. Hell - just a couple of weeks ago I blew up the Death Star during the [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Battle of Endor]]. The reason I'm still breathing when a lot of other [[AcePilot good Rebel pilots]] aren't? Maybe it's because I'm better. Or maybe I'm just [[BornLucky lucky]].''
-->-- '''Wedge Antilles''', ''ComicBook/StarWarsTales'' #23, "Lucky"

->''I have no powers and not nearly enough training, but I'm doing this anyways. Being a super hero is amazing. Everyone should try it.''
-->--'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Kate Bishop]]''', ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' Vol. 2 #1

->'''Songbird:''' I feel so naked without my sonic rig. Powerless...\\
'''ComicBook/BlackWidow''': Super-powers are a crutch. Don't rely on them. There's always someone who can take them away. In the end, all you really have are two fists and a brain... And you pray that's all you need.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' #136

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Fiction]]

->'''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]]''': Why!? Why did I lose? I am a Vampire! You are [[PunyEarthlings just a human]]!\\
'''Franchise/SherlockHolmes''': No, Edward. You got it backwards. [[HumansAreSpecial I am a human]]. You are just a vampire.
-->-- ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4821971/1/Edward_meets_Sherlock_Holmes Edward meets Sherlock Holmes]]''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film - Animated]]

->'''Anna:''' You are not going alone.\\
'''Elsa:''' Anna, no. I have [[AnIcePerson my powers]] to protect me. You don't.\\
'''Anna:''' Excuse me, [[CallBack I climbed the North Mountain, survived a frozen heart, and saved you from my ex-boyfriend]], and I did it all without powers. So, you know, I’m coming.
--> ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''

->''"Wait, you're not just some guy in a bat costume, are you? Are you freaking kidding me? What, nobody asked you to prom so you now dress as a bat and prowl around your parents' basement?"''
-->--'''Green Lantern''' to '''Batman''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]

->'''Laura:''' I see you with ComicBook/{{the Avengers}}, and well... [[SuperSoldier they're]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction like]] [[NighInvulnerable gods.]]\\
'''[[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint]]:''' You don't think they need me?\\
'''Laura:''' Actually, I think [[TheHeart they do]] - and that's scarier.
-->-- ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"The city is flying, we're fighting an army of robots, and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense."''
-->--'''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"[[SentientCosmicForce Hokey religions]] and [[LaserBlade ancient weapons]] are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."''
-->--'''[[Characters/StarWarsHanSoloCharacterSheet Han Solo]]''', ''Film/ANewHope''

->''I can't fly, but I can kick your ass.''
-->-- '''Film/KickAss''', and the film's tagline

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]

->''"All through your flying life, you may have to face the fact that pilots who use the Force will be able to react more quickly, aim more accurately, get the better starfighters, get the greater fame. But those of us who can't use the Force - well, when we manage to [[AcePilot make it to the top of our profession]], we can look the Jedi in the eye and remind ourselves that we got there without any crutches."''
-->-- '''Wedge Antilles''' to his daughter Syal, ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce''

->Ever since his awakening, Yulric had encountered [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty children]] and mortals, and the only person who had impressed him had been a mortal child.
-->-- ''Literature/AnUnattractiveVampire''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]

->''And the "glorified bricklayer" picks up the spare.''
-->-- '''Xander Harris''' after using a wrecking ball to shot-put a PhysicalGod through a brick wall, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->''Just a quick reminder. {{Super speed}}: I don't have it.''
-->-- '''[[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver "Green Arrow" Queen]]''', after catching up with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/TheFlash, ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX''

->''It may be old school, but it gets the job done.''
-->-- '''Adam Park''', the only Ranger present without superpowers as a civilian, ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''

->'''Hughie:''' So maybe I can't be Creator/LeeMarvin. But I can be Literature/HarryPotter. Or you know, [[Franchise/TheTerminator John Connor]] or-or-or what's her name from ''Film/TheHungerGames''...
->'''Frenchie:''' Katniss.
->'''Hughie:''' (beat) Yeah... The point is, I could be that person who nobody thinks is awesome, but it turns out they're kind of fucking awesome!
-->-- ''Series/TheBoys2019'', "The Big Ride"

->''Look, here's the thing, uh, I'm not Tony Stark, I'm not Dr. Banner, okay? I don't have the flashiest gadgets, I don't have super strength. But what I do have is guts. Something Captain America always had, always needs to have, and I'm gonna need every ounce of it. Because I got big shoes to fill.''
-->-- [[ComicBook/USAgent John Walker]], after his achievements are mentioned during an interview. ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', ''The Star-Spangled Man''

->"[[Characters/MCUClintBarton You]] showed me that being a hero isn’t just for people who can fly or shoot lasers out of their hands. It’s for anyone, who’s brave enough to do what’s right, no matter the cost."
-->--'''[[Characters/MCUKateBishop Kate Bishop]]''', ''Series/Hawkeye2021''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]

->''Needless to say, the beast was stunned.\\
[[BuffySpeak Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail,]]\\
[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu And the beast was done.]]\\
He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?"\\
And we said, [[BadassBoast "Nay. We are but men."]] '''ROCK!!'''''
-->-- '''Music/TenaciousD''', "Tribute"

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]

->''Your capabilities are at the upper end of the normal human spectrum, or a little past it. Despite having no superpowers, usually no magical abilities, and only minor advanced technology, you can hold your own among four-color heroes. The biggest challenge you face may be avoiding a life of boredom – and being a hero may be your best way to overcome that challenge.''
-->-- '''RenaissanceMan template description,''' ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} [[{{Superhero}} Supers]]''

->''Fortune favors the mortal man.''
-->-- '''Shinsei''', ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings''

->The Imperial Guard is an army that appeals to both the ruthless commander who only cares about achieving his objective and nothing for the lives of his men, and those heroic generals who wish to see the normal man, armed with only the humble lasgun, prevail against the hordes of bio-engineered aliens and Warp-born monstrosities that would otherwise tear the Imperium asunder.
-->--'''Imperial Guard 5th Edition Codex''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->Though it is the God-King's champions, the [[SuperSoldier Stormcast Eternals]], who earn the greatest glory and renown through their valorous deeds, Sigmar's empire is built on the blood and sacrifice of millions of humble humans, duardian, and aelves. These heroes will not be remembered by name, save for those engraved upon scattered and time-worn monuments, but they do not fight for recognition. They fight to protect their families, friends, and way of life.
-->--'''Order Battletome: Cities of Sigmar''', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]

->''I'll have you know that I've taken out half a dozen villains with more power than you before I showed up to work today. Do you know how I, a lowly human, can do that while the rest of you fly around this city like you're gods? I can take you down because I'm just that much better than you. Take away your powers and you're nothing. Nothing! I win because I want it more than you. I win because I will never give up.''
-->-- '''Marshall Brass''', ''[[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]''

->'''Warboss Gorgutz:''' [[HumongousMecha Da Titan]] is worthless to me! Dat's why I'm gonna pound it inta scrap!\\
'''Lord Crull:''' You ''can't!'' The Titan Dominatus is one of the greatest war machines ever constructed!\\
'''Warboss Gorgutz:''' ''Wrong'', ya git! Da greatest war machine is da Ork [[BattleCry WAAAGH]]! We don't need no damn tinker'traption to be strong... we '''iz''' strong!
-->--''VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Winter Assault''

->'''BigBad:''' Hello, child... I'm a little surprised to see an ordinary boy like you, fighting for the world. This day is full of surprises!\\
'''[[SupportingProtagonist Sothe]]:''' No one's more surprised than me. I can't [[TheEmpath read people's feelings like Micaiah]]... I'm not [[TheAce invincible in battle like Ike]]... Between all these laguz kings and great beorc heroes, I don't really belong here.\\
'''Big Bad:''' Then why are you here?\\
'''Sothe:''' Because there's one thing I can't afford to lose. [[{{Protectorate}} Micaiah.]] I've come all this way just to protect her... I won't lose her now.
-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn''

->''This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing. Gordon Freeman is a theoretical physicist who had hardly earned the distinction of his Ph.D. at the time of the [[VideoGame/HalfLife1 Black Mesa Incident]]. I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, he was in a state that precluded further development of covert skills. The man you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that - an ordinary man.''
-->-- '''Dr. Wallace Breen''', ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''

->''Y'know, ever since I was a kid, I always wondered what I'd do with super powers. 'Course, if you think about it, do you really need 'em? Like, we ordinary folk seem to get along fine without 'em. I guess if you forget your keys and had to break a door.''
-->-- '''[[CloudCuckoolander Rufus']]''' VictoryQuote against [[BigBad M. Bison]], ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''

->''[[CitadelCity The City's]] first protectors were Ayane Takanome and her Rangers.\\
In the darkest days, we didn't have many [[TheChosenMany Guardians.]] And those who [[ResurrectiveImmortality Ghosts had revived]] were scattered across the solar system, far from the people who needed protection as they made their way to the City in the Traveler's shadow.\\
From their perches high up in the mountains, [[WeHelpTheHelpless the Takanome Rangers guarded the refugee roads to the City]]. Their rifles brought down many Fallen, as well as human bandits and murderers.\\
But Rangers only had one life to give. When they died, they were gone forever. So the Takanome Rangers took to planting blue flowers along the roads they watched. That way, when they fell, a piece of them would live on to guide weary travelers home.''
-->--'''[[FlavorText Takanome Wings]]''', ''Videogame/Destiny2''

-> ''Personally, I think the Force is overrated.''
-->-- '''Smuggler PlayerCharacter''', ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''

->'''[[spoiler:[=McBurn=]]]''': Unbelievable. You got no Stigma, no showy magic, and you ain't [[SuperpoweredEvilSide mixed]] like the Ashen kid, either. You're as normal as they come and you can still keep up with me!\\
'''Lloyd''': Yep. I'm just an ordinary detective. [[{{Determinator}} Maybe a little more stubborn than the average one.]]
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie''

->Commander of the Vespers, the Arquebus Group's augmented human squad.\\
An [[AcePilot ace pilot]] who achieved an astonishing 94.7% mission success rate during the Island Four Disturbance, Freud is widely speculated to be a recipient of repeated "adjustments" much like Snail.\\
However, the real Freud is simply [[TheTeamNormal an ordinary human being]]—a man who enjoys piloting his AC and making incremental improvements on his daily sorties.
-->-- '''V.I Freud's''' Arena profile, ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]

->''"All these crazies with their mechs and their biomedical crap... They probably think we're completely irrelevant. Give 'em hell for us normal guys."''
-->-- '''Officer Barnes''' to Officer Cho, ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'', [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/page-508 page 508]]

->[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Magical Lawyer Superpower [[Visual Novel/Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney # 1 ]]
: [[LivingLieDetector Psychic Lie Detection]]]]\\
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Magical Lawyer Superpower [[Visual Novel/Apollo Justice Ace Attorney # 2 ]]
: Hypersensitive Tell Spotting]]\\
'''Edgeworth:''' This gun was found on the crime scene. Furthermore, the victim died of a gunshot wound to the chest. From the evidence, it can be concluded that the victim was ''shot.'' With the ''gun.''\\
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Magical Lawyer Superpower [[Visual Novel/Ace Attorney Investigations # 3 ]]
: [[MundaneMadeAwesome Basic Logic]]]]
-->-- ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'', [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/eureka "Eureka"]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dj-9g07Rtk voice acted version here]])[[note]]Athena is not present as the comic was published well before ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]''.[[/note]]

->'''Ol' Man Death:''' Oh. They want my hat.\\
'''Zeuxippe:''' Your ''hat?'' But why?\\
'''Ol' Man Death:''' Ha! For those guys, hats are a ''[[SeriousBusiness big deal!]]''\\
'''Zeuxippe:''' But... but your hat isn't particularly ''fancy'', grandpa.\\
'''Ol' Man Death:''' Nope, but it's ''mine'', and every [[SuperSoldier Jäger]] ''knows'' it.\\
'''Zeuxippe:''' Right, and they care about ''your'' hat ''because''...?\\
'''Ol' Man Death:''' It's part of the game. The badder the enemy, the better the hat.\\
'''Zeuxippe:''' But why...\\
'''Ol' Man Death:''' Because ''I'' never lost a ''fight''.\\
'''Zeuzippe:''' So?\\
'''Ol' Man Death:''' No. ''Listen'' to me. I'm just a ''human''. Rode with the ''Jägers''. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never. Lost. A. Fight.]]
-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner Let me tell you something, lady]]... (''Delivers a vertical RoundhouseKick that flips Concretia upside-down'') There is no such thing... (''delivers a punch that sends her careening outside'') as '''just''' human."''
-->-- '''[[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-202-predictable-but-only-if-you-know-what-anvils-powers-are/ Math]]''', ''Webcomic/GrrlPower''

->'''Bun-bun''': Oh sure, it's really easy to be "tough" when you're totally invulnerable. Sounds more like a petty ''*beep*''hole to me.\\
'''Lodoze''': ''Is that so?''\\
'''Bun-bun''': Finally, some service around here! Get me a refill on this stuff, ugly! And try not to stare at it, you'll scare all the booze out of it!
-->-- ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', "GOFOTRON Champion of the Cosmos"

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[[folder:Web Original]]

->''The only other comic character that comes close to the preposterousness of ComicBook/{{Superman}} is Batman - a character who can afford the colorful long underwear - BUT HAS NO SUPER POWERS AT ALL! And we're expected to believe that you can't kill him. Isn't he the most popular character too? It's because it makes no sense that he's so beloved.''
-->--Creator/JohnKricfalusi on ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', [[Blog/JohnKStuff "Wayne Boring's Superman"]]

->''At the end of the day, though he's been ferried through [[HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace Space Hell]] on a ship that's [[UsedFuture four thousand years old]] to his destination, though he deployed [[ItsRainingMen from high orbit with a grav chute]], though he is [[WeHaveReserves one of ten million men raised from his homeworld to fight a war he barely understands]], though he has been given [[PlasmaCannon a weapon that fires miniature suns]] and [[{{Overheating}} might annihilate him when he fires it]] [[ScavengerWorld because no-one knows how it works anymore]], though his company is supported by [[TankGoodness tractor-tanks that run on anything you can burn]], though he wages war against [[HordeOfAlienLocusts a devouring hivemind]] or [[TheLegionsOfHell space demons]] [...]\\
A Guardsman is a man, just like you, though he grew up in another culture. He has no millennia-old [[BioAugmentation genetic engineering]], no [[DarkMessiah prophetic leader]], no miracles of faith. He has his lasgun, his orders, and his fellow soldiers.\\
And he will {{hold the line}}.''
-->-- '''Anonymous''' on ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'''s Imperial Guard

->The great thing about [[Franchise/StarWars Han [Solo] ]] is that he's just a regular guy with no superpowers, and he somehow manages to hold his own in a galaxy filled with giant monsters, crazy technology and angry motherfuckers with lightsabers who can move objects with their minds and set people on fire just by thinking about it. People are getting Force Choked the fuck out all over the place, entire planets are being blown up by giant universe-killing space stations, Luke is doing backflips in his sleep while bench-pressing Yoda, and in the middle of all this futuristic ridiculous space-insanity is Han Solo, who has little more to offer than piloting skills and a pistol, and he's taking care of business, saving Jedi Luke's hide from certain death, and generally just making everyone around him his bitches.
-->-- ''Website/BadassOfTheWeek'' on [[https://www.badassoftheweek.com/solo Han Solo]]

->'''Chris:''' The vampires? They do not like Blade. But they f***ing '''''hate''''' Whistler.\\
'''David:''' Blade's at least [[{{Dhampir}} KIND OF one of them.]] They see him as someone who's [[GoingNative gone native]], I figure. Whistler's just [[VanHelsingHateCrimes a racist dick]] to them. I mean, deservedly, they're damn vampires.\\
'''Chris:''' I think it's part of their whole Vampire Superiority thing. Like, they get that Blade's, you know, the Daywalker. All of their strengths, none of their weaknesses, bent on revenge. But Whistler's just some regular human dude who spent like 40 years just rampaging on them.\\
'''David:''' That's got to be so dispiriting! Like, some auto mechanic with a whiskey addiction has just annihilated tons of your friends.
-->-- '''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/blade-ii-review/ on]] ''Film/BladeII''

->''What can you do with a character who responds to everything by either punching it or deploying Bat Anti-thing Spray... then punching it?''
-->-- '''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]]''' on Batman

->She has no inherent understanding of superscience, no connections to alternate dimensions, no blessings of Abrahamaic deities. She's not a time traveler, nor an android, nor an extraterrestrial, nor a demon. She doesn't control the weather, nor suddenly appear in your dreams, nor shapeshift into different forms, nor pull weapons out of thin air. She's just a human - a perfectly normal human woman with expertises and limitations consistent with known phenomenon. And that's exactly what makes her so damned intimidating!
-->-- '''[[http://somethingfishy.wikidot.com/dossier-rm-46 CDR Colby Burns]]''', NOAA liaison to the ''Website/SCPFoundation''

->In the reboot, he has a similar backstory, but is a bit more heroic, removing his implants in an attempt to take down Ultratech and make an honest comeback. Given that this means now he's a mostly normal guy who beats up dinosaurs, aliens, the undead, werewolves, evil sorcerers, and a VideoGame/{{Battletoad|s}}, this gives him the biggest stones in the entire cast.
-->--'''Website/HardcoreGaming101''' [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/killerinstinct/killerinstinct.htm on]] [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct TJ Combo]]

->''You may have made quick work of this [[ComicBook/TheVision killbot]] and [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch sorceress]] and [[StoryBreakerPower their undefined godlike powers]], but let’s see how you handle three human fighters armed with [[SuperSerum steroids]], a [[JetPack jet pack]], and [[ActionGirl a vagina]]!''
-->-- '''Creator/ChrisEvans (Captain America)''', ''Website/TheEditingRoom''’s abridged script for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''


[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]

->'''[[DeviousDaggers Mai]]:''' How do you expect to fight without your bending?\\
'''[[CoolSword Sokka]]:''' ''I'' seem to manage!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

->''Super powers do NOT a hero make!''
-->-- '''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'''

->'''ComicBook/MartianManhunter:''' You really should be resting. I know this must be hard for you, feeling vulnerable. You're the only one of us without special powers, but you don't need to prove yourself. You're a valued member of this team, and we're only trying to-\\
'''Batman:''' I'm taking the shuttle. Unless you want to try and stop me.\\
'''Martian Manhunter:''' ...No. (''moves out of the way'')
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

->'''Doctor Destiny:''' You know, I could let you go. You're a distraction now, and it's the others I have the real problem with. [[MotiveRant We're like insects to them - they step on us, ruin our lives, and they don't even realize it.]] But you're different. You don't have any special powers.\\
'''Batman:''' Oh, I have one, Johnny. [[{{Determinator}} I]] ''[[{{Determinator}} never]]'' [[{{Determinator}} give up.]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

->'''Bull Dog''': Oh dear, no power? So how do you fight any bloomin' crime then?\\
'''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Ace the Bat-Hound]]''': I throw things.\\
'''Mammoth Mutt''': You throw things, huh?\\
'''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Krypto the Superdog]]''': Hey, h-he doesn't just throw things! He, uh, he throws them... ''really well!''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'', "Bat Hound Meets the Dog Stars"

->''Deep down, I know, that I'm just a human\\
but I know that I can raise my sword and fight\\
With my short existence\\
I can make a difference\\
I can be there for him\\
I can be his knight!''
-->-- '''Connie,''' ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E9SwornToTheSword Sworn to the Sword]]"

->''In the end, the world didn't really need a superman...[[TearJerker just a brave one.]]''
-->-- Superman's eulogy at the grave of [[spoiler: Dan Turpin]], ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''

->''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} You're]] feeling it now, aren't you? What the rest of us live with every day; your own mortality. Don't worry, you'll survive. The kryptonite will work its way out of your lungs soon enough. [...] But I didn't have to go easy on you. A different binding agent, a stronger mix. I want you to remember that. I wanted to remind you to stay out of my way. In all the years to come, in your most private moments, I want you to remember the one man who beat you.''
-->-- '''Batman''', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''

[[/folder]]

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