"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 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, Half-Life 2
Moloch: Nobody "sent me." I don't have any "secret knowledge." I just don't want to die.
Violetta: I don't believe you! That's cheating!
Violetta: I don't believe you! That's cheating!
Agatha: But... you say nobody can get through all that...
Moloch: There's just no way!
Agatha: And you've been doing work all over the town?
Moloch: That's right! So I've seen it! It's hopeless!
Maxim: Ho! Hyu iz vun heckuva useful guy! Hyu come vit us!
Moloch: There's just no way!
Agatha: And you've been doing work all over the town?
Moloch: That's right! So I've seen it! It's hopeless!
Maxim: Ho! Hyu iz vun heckuva useful guy! Hyu come vit us!
Kate Kane: I'm sorry. It's too dangerous.
Mary Hamilton-Kane: Dangerous? I have been poisoned, stabbed, and nearly exsanguinated, and the fact that I have lived to use that word as a verb is proof that I can look out for myself.
Mary Hamilton-Kane: Dangerous? I have been poisoned, stabbed, and nearly exsanguinated, and the fact that I have lived to use that word as a verb is proof that I can look out for myself.
Narrator: And there are only two heroes that can stop them!
[camera reveals Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have already been cloned by the Jelliens]
Narrator: Ohh... Ummm... Do we have a plan B? Okay, uhhhh...
[offscreen sound of the Narrator flipping through pages]
Narrator: Uhh, I'm afraid to ask, but what's plan Z?
[Smash Cut to the four protagonists: a fry cook, a cashier, a fast food manager, and a slacker]
Narrator: [looks down] Oh Crap.
[camera reveals Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have already been cloned by the Jelliens]
Narrator: Ohh... Ummm... Do we have a plan B? Okay, uhhhh...
[offscreen sound of the Narrator flipping through pages]
Narrator: Uhh, I'm afraid to ask, but what's plan Z?
[Smash Cut to the four protagonists: a fry cook, a cashier, a fast food manager, and a slacker]
Narrator: [looks down] Oh Crap.
— The trailer for Around the Clock at Bikini Bottom
The Doctor: [muffling the EMH 2's mouth] Listen to me. This vessel has been taken over by Romulans. The crew is dead. You and I are the only Starfleet officers on board. Do you understand?
EMH 2: [muffled] I understand.
[the Doctor removes his hand]
EMH 2: Computer, deactivate EMH.
[the EMH 2 deactivates]
The Doctor: [shakes his head] Computer, activate EMH.
EMH 2: Please state the nature of the medical emergency. [sees the Doctor] Now what?
The Doctor: I need your help.
EMH 2: Starfleet security protocol 28 subsection D: "In the event of hostile alien takeover, the EMH is to deactivate and wait for rescue."
The Doctor: I'm afraid you don't have that luxury. There are two ships at stake here, yours and mine. Now, I need to know more about what's happening. Is the Federation at war with the Romulans?
EMH 2: No. The Romulans haven't gotten involved in our fight with the Dominion.
The Doctor: The who?
EMH 2: Long story.
The Doctor: In any case, we need to take control of this situation.
EMH 2: I'm a doctor, not a commando.
The Doctor: It's time you became a little of both.
EMH 2: [muffled] I understand.
[the Doctor removes his hand]
EMH 2: Computer, deactivate EMH.
[the EMH 2 deactivates]
The Doctor: [shakes his head] Computer, activate EMH.
EMH 2: Please state the nature of the medical emergency. [sees the Doctor] Now what?
The Doctor: I need your help.
EMH 2: Starfleet security protocol 28 subsection D: "In the event of hostile alien takeover, the EMH is to deactivate and wait for rescue."
The Doctor: I'm afraid you don't have that luxury. There are two ships at stake here, yours and mine. Now, I need to know more about what's happening. Is the Federation at war with the Romulans?
EMH 2: No. The Romulans haven't gotten involved in our fight with the Dominion.
The Doctor: The who?
EMH 2: Long story.
The Doctor: In any case, we need to take control of this situation.
EMH 2: I'm a doctor, not a commando.
The Doctor: It's time you became a little of both.
Maybe I was never meant to survive Trost, maybe I should have died a while ago when I joined the Scouts; eaten by a Titan or killed by an MP. And maybe I should have died on the field against Annie instead of taking her place... But I didn't. I'm still here and so long as I'm here, I'll keep going!
—Mina Carolina, Dedicated Hearts made Fullmetal
