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Alphonse: Scar! You say that you believe alchemists have defied God. Isn't that hypocritical? You use alchemy just like we do!
Scar: I explained it when we met in East City. It's balance; where there are creators, there must be a destroyer.
Alphonse: That's a lie! You're using the name of your god to justify murder. Revenge is all you care about! When you killed Shou Tucker and Nina, I suppose you believe you were doing god's work then too!?
Scar: Interesting... you two saw that abomination as well, did you? Alchemy created that tragic creature. So that's the science you would spend your lives following!? [The Elric brothers are struck silent as Edward recalls Shou Tucker's "Not So Different" Remark] That chimera was made because a man thought he could create when creation is the province of God alone.
Edward: Maybe you're right. But why did you have to kill her!? You stole what little life she had left!
Scar: Foolish as you are, you must still have known that chimera could never have returned to her human state. It would have lived out its life as a laboratory specimen, treated as a test subject, but never again as a human being.
[beat]
Alphonse: [thinking] He's right... even then we knew that Nina would be sent off to live in a laboratory. We knew full well what would happen to her.
Edward: [thinking] We didn't want to think about it... we knew there was no hope.
Alphonse: [thinking] So we did nothing...
Edward: [thinking] Nothing...
Scar: I explained it when we met in East City. It's balance; where there are creators, there must be a destroyer.
Alphonse: That's a lie! You're using the name of your god to justify murder. Revenge is all you care about! When you killed Shou Tucker and Nina, I suppose you believe you were doing god's work then too!?
Scar: Interesting... you two saw that abomination as well, did you? Alchemy created that tragic creature. So that's the science you would spend your lives following!? [The Elric brothers are struck silent as Edward recalls Shou Tucker's "Not So Different" Remark] That chimera was made because a man thought he could create when creation is the province of God alone.
Edward: Maybe you're right. But why did you have to kill her!? You stole what little life she had left!
Scar: Foolish as you are, you must still have known that chimera could never have returned to her human state. It would have lived out its life as a laboratory specimen, treated as a test subject, but never again as a human being.
[beat]
Alphonse: [thinking] He's right... even then we knew that Nina would be sent off to live in a laboratory. We knew full well what would happen to her.
Edward: [thinking] We didn't want to think about it... we knew there was no hope.
Alphonse: [thinking] So we did nothing...
Edward: [thinking] Nothing...
Marie Antoinette: Let him go! You took my husband and now my child?! You have children yourselves, don’t you?!
Guards: You’re right. We had sons, as well. While we had no milk to feed our sons and helplessly watched them die of malnutrition, you were eating splendidly, wore jewels and were laughing at Versailles!
— The Rose of Versailles, episode 40
Shizuku: There are other hospitals you could try....
Kaori: I've been to a lot of places. It's all the same.
Shizuku: Maybe they've got the wrong diagnosis...
Kaori: I don't think so, not this time around. They're the leading doctors on it. Famous even.
Shizuku: F-Famous? But, that's great! Maybe you have to stay a bit and somehow...
Kaori: Somehow, I made it up until now. It's a miracle I survived to high school.
Shizuku: Gh... But...
Kaori: Shizuku. There are no miracles left for me. This is it for me.
Kaori: I've been to a lot of places. It's all the same.
Shizuku: Maybe they've got the wrong diagnosis...
Kaori: I don't think so, not this time around. They're the leading doctors on it. Famous even.
Shizuku: F-Famous? But, that's great! Maybe you have to stay a bit and somehow...
Kaori: Somehow, I made it up until now. It's a miracle I survived to high school.
Shizuku: Gh... But...
Kaori: Shizuku. There are no miracles left for me. This is it for me.
— The Summer You Were There, Chapter 16
Comic Books
Earth-2 Superman: The truth is that your Justice League lobotomised its enemies. Your Batman built a satellite spawning an army that killed dozens. Your Wonder Woman murdered Maxwell Lord. And worse of all, you, Superman, could've stopped this before it started. You should have! You should have led them to a better tomorrow. Instead, when this universe needed its greatest heroes, they refused to stand together. You had the opportunity to make that Earth into the perfect world it had the potential to be and you wasted it! That's why I had to come here! That's why my Lois died!
Wonder Woman: To bring back your perfect Earth?
Superman: If you're from this Earth, it can't be perfect. A perfect Earth doesn't need a Superman.
Earth-2 Superman: It... the perfect Earth... it's... my God... it's not mine. It never was.
Wonder Woman: To bring back your perfect Earth?
Superman: If you're from this Earth, it can't be perfect. A perfect Earth doesn't need a Superman.
Earth-2 Superman: It... the perfect Earth... it's... my God... it's not mine. It never was.
The Joker: Ohhh God, you disgust me. You have no charm at all, just... obviousness. Dumb, dull. Disappointing. Obvious. Shame on you. Obvious... and everybody knows. You wear your shame like a badge, because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on. Yes, just look at you. Desperate to be feared, you want to be perceived as a monster, dressed in black. And yet... you leave that little window. A glimpse at the perfection underneath. Obvious — the chiseled good looks, not the jaw, the mouth of a monster... why do you let it be seen? Tell me why.
Batman: To mock you.
Batman: To mock you.
— Joker
Lex Luthor: Even through the dust... I see your eyes. I know of all your remarkable "visions." But let me tell you what you can't see... My soul. And there's not a soul in Metropolis who watched Hope drop the monster, and given the same opportunity? Wouldn't have done it themselves. Not a soul. How does that make you feel... You arrogant alien bastard? ... Your silence speaks volumes. You understand my words but you refuse to believe what they mean. Is that because you see something in humanity that in truth isn't there, or that you're blind to what truly is? ... Say something, goddamnit!
Superman: You're wrong. I can see your soul.
Superman: You're wrong. I can see your soul.
Fanfiction
Aelfric: So, Jeralt, Byleth. Do you really want to stop me? When I succeed, and I will succeed, Sitri will have returned to life. Jeralt, you and she can be together again. And Byleth, you can get to meet the mother you never had.
Jeralt: What would it cost? The lives of those kids? The lives of everyone in this room? What would it cost, Aelfric!?
Aelfric: Who cares! All that matters is that I can bring her back!
Jeralt: Sitri would have cared. Don’t you understand? In your delusional quest to bring her back, you’ve gone against everything she stood for.
Jeralt: What would it cost? The lives of those kids? The lives of everyone in this room? What would it cost, Aelfric!?
Aelfric: Who cares! All that matters is that I can bring her back!
Jeralt: Sitri would have cared. Don’t you understand? In your delusional quest to bring her back, you’ve gone against everything she stood for.
Ria: The bounty placed upon his head by Norsburg's clergy was quite high. Surely... it would be better for the Hunter to die on an errant knight's blade.
Jophiel: What makes you think any knight is capable of taking that fiend down?
Ria: ...
Jophiel: What makes you think any knight is capable of taking that fiend down?
Ria: ...
Elphaba: Look at what's happened ever since I set out to stop the Wizard: I've failed almost single mission I've set myself, I've blundered into the most infuriatingly obvious traps, and for all the talk I've heard about my unlimited potential, I've changed absolutely nothing in this world or Oz except perhaps adding a few hundred notches to the death toll. Back in Oz, the Wizard's still in power, the Animals are still caged and still being silenced, and the people are either too ignorant, too apathetic, or just too bigoted to care. And what about all the people I tried to save? Fiyero, Nessa, Doctor Dillamond are all dead or worse, either because I couldn't reach them in time or because I wasn't strong enough. The few Animals I did save from the re-education camps are probably all recaptured and silenced for good by now. So you tell me, Glinda, in all my fruitless years spent fighting for one cause or another, who have I ever managed to save? Who have I saved?
Glinda: Me.
[Yui and Madara Uchiha are discussing a treaty that Yui managed to get signed between the Uchiha and Senju that got them to declare her town The Neutral Zone].
Madara Uchiha: Do you think peace is possible?
Yui: Of course.
Madara Uchiha: But you said earlier that there is nothing you could do against ninja. Against violence. How can you be certain about peace if you are so powerless?
Yui: Physically, yes. And in the way you think about power. But there are other ways to change things. Kind words. Good deeds. Friendships.
Madara Uchiha: [Laughs]. Has it worked?
Yui: [Looks at the treaty]. Has it?
Yui: Of course.
Madara Uchiha: But you said earlier that there is nothing you could do against ninja. Against violence. How can you be certain about peace if you are so powerless?
Yui: Physically, yes. And in the way you think about power. But there are other ways to change things. Kind words. Good deeds. Friendships.
Madara Uchiha: [Laughs]. Has it worked?
Yui: [Looks at the treaty]. Has it?
— Sanitize
Mickey: I’m not asking you to compromise your morals Donald, I just want you to stand aside and let me do what I need to.
Donald: What you need to do?! Mickey, killing is never the answer! It won’t bring Goofy back, it won’t make you feel better! The only thing it’s gonna do is leave you with a weight on your shoulders that will haunt you for the rest of your life!
Mickey: And what would you know?!
Donald: BECAUSE I’VE CROSSED THAT LINE BEFORE!
Donald: What you need to do?! Mickey, killing is never the answer! It won’t bring Goofy back, it won’t make you feel better! The only thing it’s gonna do is leave you with a weight on your shoulders that will haunt you for the rest of your life!
Mickey: And what would you know?!
Donald: BECAUSE I’VE CROSSED THAT LINE BEFORE!
Todd: Can’t you see anything except in terms of how it affects you?!
Dana: No! I can’t! And I don’t see why you won’t!! You’ve got a lot of nerve claiming she needs protection from me, when I’m trying to protect everyone from her!!
Todd: Dana, this has to stop! You can’t keep using Mary as a scapegoat for all your problems! You need help! Counseling! Therapy! There’s no shame in admitting you need help!
Dana: I’m not the one with the problem! Mary’s destroying us!!
Todd: NO, DANA!! YOU’RE THE ONE DESTROYING US!!
Dana: No! I can’t! And I don’t see why you won’t!! You’ve got a lot of nerve claiming she needs protection from me, when I’m trying to protect everyone from her!!
Todd: Dana, this has to stop! You can’t keep using Mary as a scapegoat for all your problems! You need help! Counseling! Therapy! There’s no shame in admitting you need help!
Dana: I’m not the one with the problem! Mary’s destroying us!!
Todd: NO, DANA!! YOU’RE THE ONE DESTROYING US!!
— The Sun Will Come Up And The Seasons Will Change, Todd finally getting through to Dana.
Dipper: (Responding to Mabel’s attempts to convince him to leave Gravity Falls and come back to Piedmont with her) Life back in Piedmont was terrible, Mabel.
Scratch: Come on, Molly. You confronted the entire Ghost Council and even destroyed The Chairman, all because they didn’t believe a human and a ghost could be friends. So why are you letting this little self-righteous hypocrite get to you like this?
Molly:.....She was my friend.
Molly:.....She was my friend.
Films — Animation
Bill: I won't be here to protect you forever. I'm so afraid that one day you'll end up in a cage.
Robyn: But I already am in a cage!
Films — Live Action
Red Skull: He resented my genius and tried to deny me what was rightfully mine. But he gave you everything... so... what made you so special?
Mark Russell: It's not all math, Emma. There's some things you can't control!
Emma Russell: And there's some things that you can't run from!
[beat]
Mark Russell: This won't bring him back to us.
[longer beat]
Emma Russell: And there's some things that you can't run from!
[beat]
Mark Russell: This won't bring him back to us.
[longer beat]
Smith: Why, Mr. Anderson, why? Why, why do you do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something, for more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is, do you even know? Is it freedom or truth, perhaps peace - could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself. Although, only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson, you must know it by now! You can't win, it's pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson, why, why do you persist?
Neo: Because I choose to.
Neo: Because I choose to.
Andy: That's the beauty of music. They can't get that from you. Haven't you ever felt that way about music?
Red: Well... I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn't make too much sense in here.
Andy: No, here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.
Red: ...Forget?
Andy: That there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone. That there's... There's something inside that they can't get to. That they can't touch. It's yours.
Red: What are you talking about?
Andy: Hope.
Red: "Hope"? (Beat) Let me tell you something, my friend: hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It's got no use on the inside. You'd better get used to that idea.
Andy: Like Brooks did?
(Red gets up and walks away without a word)
Red: Well... I played a mean harmonica as a younger man. Lost interest in it, though. Didn't make too much sense in here.
Andy: No, here's where it makes the most sense. You need it so you don't forget.
Red: ...Forget?
Andy: That there are places in the world that aren't made out of stone. That there's... There's something inside that they can't get to. That they can't touch. It's yours.
Red: What are you talking about?
Andy: Hope.
Red: "Hope"? (Beat) Let me tell you something, my friend: hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It's got no use on the inside. You'd better get used to that idea.
Andy: Like Brooks did?
(Red gets up and walks away without a word)
LeBron: We're down a thousand points. No team is comin' back from this.
Yosemite Sam: Well, why don't you try coachin' us better, bucko?
LeBron: I've been coachin' y'all this whole time! Sylvester over here gettin' the wrong MJ, Granny's out here havin' a martini at halftime, and Taz might as well be playin' for the other team!
Daffy: Your son plays for the other team!
Tweety: Yeah! You're a bad dad!
LeBron: I'm a bad dad? I've been tryin' to save my son and coach y'all at the same time! What y'all doin'?
Lola: We've been trying!
LeBron: Tryin' to do what?!
Lola: Trying to be like... you.
Bugs: ...And it's not working.
Peter: Is everyone okay?
Iron Man: No thanks to you.
Peter: No thanks to me? Those weapons were out there and I tried to tell you about it, but you didn't listen. None of this would have happened if you had just listened to me! If you even cared, you'd actually be here.
(The Iron Man suit opens up and Tony steps out.)
Literature
Harry: After I killed Justin and got my head together at Ebenezar's place, I promised myself something. I promised that I would live my life on my own terms. That I knew the difference between right and wrong and that I wouldn't cross the line. I wouldn't allow myself to become like Justin Dumorne.
Shadow Harry: Don't you want to survive?
Harry: Of course I do. But some things are more important than survival.
Shadow Harry: Yeah. Like the people who are going to get killed when you die and don't stop Kemmler's disciples.
Shadow Harry: Take the high road if you want to. Choose to walk away from this strength in the name of principle. But after your noble death, everyone you no longer protect, everyone who might one day have come to you for help, everyone who is killed in the aftermath of the Darkhallow - every life you might have protected in the future will be on your head.
— Dead Beat, discussing a Deal with the Devil that will give Harry vital information.
Molly: How long? How long will they be gone?
Mab: Until they are no longer needed.
Molly Carpenter: Until they're killed, you mean. They're never going back home.
Mab: Your outrage is irrelevant. I have condemned millions of the children of Winter to a life of violence and death in battle, because it must be done. If we fail in our duty, there will be no home to which they can return. There will be no mortal world, safe and whole for your brothers and sisters.
Molly: But...
Mab: If you have an alternative, I would be more than willing to consider it.
Beat
Molly: I don't. Yet.
Mab: Until they are no longer needed.
Molly Carpenter: Until they're killed, you mean. They're never going back home.
Mab: Your outrage is irrelevant. I have condemned millions of the children of Winter to a life of violence and death in battle, because it must be done. If we fail in our duty, there will be no home to which they can return. There will be no mortal world, safe and whole for your brothers and sisters.
Molly: But...
Mab: If you have an alternative, I would be more than willing to consider it.
Beat
Molly: I don't. Yet.
— The Dresden Files, "Cold Case"
Live-Action TV
Employee: Why are reactors 1 and 2 still operating at all? My friend was a security guard that night, and, uh, she's now dying. And we've all heard about the firemen. And now you want us to swim underneath a burning reactor? Do you even know how contaminated it is? You don't need an exact number to know if it'll kill us. But you can't even tell us that. Why should we do this, for what, 400 rubles? (~$563 with inflation)
Scherbina: You'll do it because it must be done. You'll do it because nobody else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough, I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering. I spit on the people who did this, and I curse the price I have to pay. But I'm making my peace with it, now you make yours. And go into that water. Because it must be done.
Scherbina: You'll do it because it must be done. You'll do it because nobody else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough, I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering. I spit on the people who did this, and I curse the price I have to pay. But I'm making my peace with it, now you make yours. And go into that water. Because it must be done.
The Doctor: The Daleks have failed! Why don't you finish the job, and make the Daleks extinct? Rid the universe of your filth! WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE?!
(Beat)
The Last Dalek: YOU-WOULD-MAKE-A-GOOD-DAAALEK.
(Beat)
The Last Dalek: YOU-WOULD-MAKE-A-GOOD-DAAALEK.
— Doctor Who, "Dalek"
Peggy Blumquist: I never meant for any of this to happen. You know? Not to Ed. Not to anybody. I just wanted to be someone.
Lou Solverson: Well, you're somebody now.
Peggy: No, see, I wanted to choose. Be my own me. Not be defined by someone else's expec— ...And then that guy - that stupid guy! - walked out into the— ...Why'd he have to do that?
Lou: You mean the victim?
Peggy: No, that's not fair! 'Cause I'm a victim too! Was a victim first, before him.
Lou: Victim of what?
Peggy: You wouldn't understand. You're a man. It's a lie, okay? That you can do it all. Be a wife and a mother and this self-made career woman, like there's 37 hours in a day. And then, when you can't, they say it's you. "You're faulty," like— like— like you're inferior somehow. And... like— like, if you could just get your act together until you're half mad with—
Lou: People are dead, Peggy.
[Peggy falls silent]
Lou Solverson: Well, you're somebody now.
Peggy: No, see, I wanted to choose. Be my own me. Not be defined by someone else's expec— ...And then that guy - that stupid guy! - walked out into the— ...Why'd he have to do that?
Lou: You mean the victim?
Peggy: No, that's not fair! 'Cause I'm a victim too! Was a victim first, before him.
Lou: Victim of what?
Peggy: You wouldn't understand. You're a man. It's a lie, okay? That you can do it all. Be a wife and a mother and this self-made career woman, like there's 37 hours in a day. And then, when you can't, they say it's you. "You're faulty," like— like— like you're inferior somehow. And... like— like, if you could just get your act together until you're half mad with—
Lou: People are dead, Peggy.
[Peggy falls silent]
—Fargo, "Palindrome"
Grover: Listen, I'm trying to sell you a toothbrush, I'm doing the best I can, and I would appreciate it if you would not interrupt me. Now I have to start all over again.
Kermit:You have to what?
Grover: Hello, sir. Today is your lucky day. I-
Kermit: GROVER, I DON'T WANT TO BUY A TOOTHBRUSH!!!
Grover: WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO BUY A TOOTHBRUSH?!? WHY? WHY?
Kermit: I've told you! I've told you! I don't want to buy one!
Grover: I'm trying to help you! I'm just trying! I'm just trying to be a salesman.
Kermit: I've been trying to tell you all along that I don't want to buy a toothbrush!
Grover Offer you a product that is good for your teeth!
Kermit: I don't want a toothbrush!
Grover: WHY WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!
Kermit: ... because frogs don't have teeth! I don't have teeth and I don't need a toothbrush and I don't want a toothbrush! See? (opens mouth)
Grover: ........ you do not have any teeth.
Kermit: I told you that.
Kermit:You have to what?
Grover: Hello, sir. Today is your lucky day. I-
Kermit: GROVER, I DON'T WANT TO BUY A TOOTHBRUSH!!!
Grover: WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO BUY A TOOTHBRUSH?!? WHY? WHY?
Kermit: I've told you! I've told you! I don't want to buy one!
Grover: I'm trying to help you! I'm just trying! I'm just trying to be a salesman.
Kermit: I've been trying to tell you all along that I don't want to buy a toothbrush!
Grover Offer you a product that is good for your teeth!
Kermit: I don't want a toothbrush!
Grover: WHY WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!
Kermit: ... because frogs don't have teeth! I don't have teeth and I don't need a toothbrush and I don't want a toothbrush! See? (opens mouth)
Grover: ........ you do not have any teeth.
Kermit: I told you that.
— Sesame Street, Kermit the Frog and Grover arguing.
Cho Sang-woo: Come on! Gi-hun! Your life is so damn pathetic, and here’s why. It’s because you always gotta open your mouth and ask something idiotic. Because you’re a nosy-ass idiot who’s too slow to keep it shut. Someone who always has to get into trouble but somehow can’t tell he’s in it.
Seong Gi-hun: Okay. That’s right. That’s how I got caught in all this. Because I was slow, crazy incompetent. Just a dimwit who lives off his mother, but you’re with me in this place. Isn’t that interesting? Why is that? Ssangmun-dong’s golden child, the genius Cho Sang-woo, who went to SNU was here? Rolling around this shithole, slumming with us simpletons, huh? Is it my fault that you’re here?
Doug: Every time you told the public [MS] wasn't fatal, there was a story about MS! Just change the subject!
Toby: Yeah, why the hell didn't I think of that?!
Doug: I dunno, Toby — but if you had, I probably wouldn't be here.
[Toby has no reply]
Toby: Yeah, why the hell didn't I think of that?!
Doug: I dunno, Toby — but if you had, I probably wouldn't be here.
[Toby has no reply]
— The West Wing, "Manchester (Pt. 2)"
Nog: It's not just a whim. I'm serious about joining Starfleet.
Sisko: I don't have time for this, Nog. Whatever little scheme you had, you can forget it. You're not getting that letter.
Nog: It's not a joke or a scheme. I want to join Starfleet. I want it more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.
Sisko: You're a Ferengi. Why would you want to be in Starfleet? Where's the profit in it?
Nog: I don't care about profit!
Siskov Then what do you care about? Come on, Nog, tell me! Why is it so damned important for you to get into Starfleet? Why are you doing this?
Nog:' Because I don't want to end up like my father!''
Sisko: I don't have time for this, Nog. Whatever little scheme you had, you can forget it. You're not getting that letter.
Nog: It's not a joke or a scheme. I want to join Starfleet. I want it more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.
Sisko: You're a Ferengi. Why would you want to be in Starfleet? Where's the profit in it?
Nog: I don't care about profit!
Siskov Then what do you care about? Come on, Nog, tell me! Why is it so damned important for you to get into Starfleet? Why are you doing this?
Nog:' Because I don't want to end up like my father!''
— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Heart of Stone"
Odo: Well, I guess you're not as successful a businessman as you think you are.
Quark: Which means you spent the last ten years of your life trying to catch a nobody -– with little success, I might add. So you tell me, which one of us is the bigger failure?
Quark: Which means you spent the last ten years of your life trying to catch a nobody -– with little success, I might add. So you tell me, which one of us is the bigger failure?
— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "The Ascent"
Scherbina: Professor Ilyin, who's also on the commission, says the radiation isn't high enough to evacuate.
Legasov: Ilyin isn't a physicist.
Scherbina: Well, he's a medical doctor. If he says it's safe, it's safe.
Legasov: Not if they stay here!
Scherbina: We're staying here!
Legasov: Yes! And we'll be dead in five years!
*Scherbina goes silent, visibly pale*
Legasov: ...I'm sorry, I... I'm sorry.
Music
Yukari: I'll banish them to hell and make them repent 5 quadrillion times!! So, what do you think, Akane-chan!?
Akane: (long beat.) Sounds stupid.note
Yukari: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH????????
(cut to Akane smiling as usual)
Yukari: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH????????
(cut to Yukari crying, smiling momentarily, before collapsing to the ground)
Yukari: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............
Akane: Why don't you quit this game?
Akane: (long beat.) Sounds stupid.note
Yukari: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH????????
(cut to Akane smiling as usual)
Yukari: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH????????
(cut to Yukari crying, smiling momentarily, before collapsing to the ground)
Yukari: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............
Akane: Why don't you quit this game?
Theatre
Evan: I know. I'm such a burden. I'm the worst thing that ever happened to you. I ruined your life!
Heidi: You are the only... the one good thing that has ever happened to me, Evan! …I'm sorry I can't give you anything more than that. Shit.
Evan: Well it's not my fault that other people can.
Heidi: You are the only... the one good thing that has ever happened to me, Evan! …I'm sorry I can't give you anything more than that. Shit.
Evan: Well it's not my fault that other people can.
Video Games
Commander Shepard: If you need this much soul-searching to get over it, maybe the genophage was wrong.
Mordin Solus: Had to be done. Rachni Wars, Krogan Rebellions all pointed to Krogan aggression. So many simulations. Effects of Krogan population increase. All pointed to war, extinction. Genophage or genocide. Save galaxy from Krogan. Save Krogan from galaxy!
Commander Shepard: Look at the dead woman, Mordin. It doesn't look like you saved her.
Mordin Solus: Had to be done. Rachni Wars, Krogan Rebellions all pointed to Krogan aggression. So many simulations. Effects of Krogan population increase. All pointed to war, extinction. Genophage or genocide. Save galaxy from Krogan. Save Krogan from galaxy!
Commander Shepard: Look at the dead woman, Mordin. It doesn't look like you saved her.
Exile: Do you know you're just a vision?
Malak: But the war is real. The suffering is real. The death toll the Mandalorians inflict are all very real.
Malak: But the war is real. The suffering is real. The death toll the Mandalorians inflict are all very real.
Kratos: "...then Odin will succeed... and all realms save Asgard will fall."
[If Surtur doesn't fuse with his wife Sinmara to bring about Ragnarok and die destroying Asgard alongside her.]
Surtur: Yeah. He must die. It's true. But I won't sacrifice her any more than - you would him.
[Points to Atreus, Kratos's son]
Surtur: Sorry.
Kratos: ...come.
[Turns to leave].
[If Surtur doesn't fuse with his wife Sinmara to bring about Ragnarok and die destroying Asgard alongside her.]
Surtur: Yeah. He must die. It's true. But I won't sacrifice her any more than - you would him.
[Points to Atreus, Kratos's son]
Surtur: Sorry.
Kratos: ...come.
[Turns to leave].
Visual Novels
Tara: I'm so sick of all this bullshit. Maybe I'd just be better off without (Maddie)...
Morgan: TARA. Stop. Just stop. You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't want Maddie to leave the show, but you're refusing to listen to her when she talks about coming back. You don't want to lose your friendship, but you're freezing her out when she tries to make connections again. I love your show. You know I do. But there are more important things in your life than talking about Bigfoot in front of a camera.
Tara: [narrating] Holy shit. What the hell was that? She just shot through my bullshit like some kinda forest-dwelling therapist. How am I supposed to respond to that? All I can do is sit back down on the bed and let it wash over me.
Morgan: TARA. Stop. Just stop. You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't want Maddie to leave the show, but you're refusing to listen to her when she talks about coming back. You don't want to lose your friendship, but you're freezing her out when she tries to make connections again. I love your show. You know I do. But there are more important things in your life than talking about Bigfoot in front of a camera.
Tara: [narrating] Holy shit. What the hell was that? She just shot through my bullshit like some kinda forest-dwelling therapist. How am I supposed to respond to that? All I can do is sit back down on the bed and let it wash over me.
Hisao: Hey. Remember that sketch you made of me? How you said I looked grim and gloomy or something? I'd like to know what you meant by that.
She gives me a weird look and tilts her head a few degrees to the left, but doesn't say anything for a while.
Rin: Well, you see... We've known each other for two weeks and I haven't seen you smile even once.
Her striking observation gives me pause.
Have I stopped smiling?
I have to take what she says as truth. She has no reason to lie.
Something about the way she puts it annoys me. I frown at Rin, then try to correct my expression to look less depressed.
I haven't been in the cheeriest of moods during the past few months or so, this is true.
Does it show so much that someone like Rin can tell, after so little contact with me?
Should I try to smile more at Rin? Maybe she could appreciate it, having such a neutral face herself almost all the time.
Have I really stopped smiling?
She gives me a weird look and tilts her head a few degrees to the left, but doesn't say anything for a while.
Rin: Well, you see... We've known each other for two weeks and I haven't seen you smile even once.
Her striking observation gives me pause.
Have I stopped smiling?
I have to take what she says as truth. She has no reason to lie.
Something about the way she puts it annoys me. I frown at Rin, then try to correct my expression to look less depressed.
I haven't been in the cheeriest of moods during the past few months or so, this is true.
Does it show so much that someone like Rin can tell, after so little contact with me?
Should I try to smile more at Rin? Maybe she could appreciate it, having such a neutral face herself almost all the time.
Have I really stopped smiling?
Webcomics
King Glayder: My patience runs thin. I will ask you kindly one last time...will you give me your bond?
Arthur: Then, please allow me to ask your majesty a question as well. How much would you be willing to sell your children for?...You have asked me thrice and I've rejected all three times, yet it seems your pride won't allow you to accept my refusal. You don't seem to be aware of the gravity of what you are asking me, so I hope my question will make it clear. How much money would you require in exchange for your son or daughter, King Glayder?
Web Original
Wilbur: We're leaving it behind, Tommy, it's in the past, we're friends now, we're friends. We're friends, come out.
Tommy: (angry) I don't wanna be your friend, you're annoying, and I hate you, and you're ugly, and you have a grey hair, and I bet you twirl it round and you use the dog-filter. Wilbur, I–
Wilbur: You're following me for quite a while for someone who doesn't care.
Tommy: (angry) I don't wanna be your friend, you're annoying, and I hate you, and you're ugly, and you have a grey hair, and I bet you twirl it round and you use the dog-filter. Wilbur, I–
Wilbur: You're following me for quite a while for someone who doesn't care.
Chase: Even if you say something is vapid and, like, commercial, it doesn't change the fact that it is inherently based in culture, you know. Specifically American culture. And-
Robby, doing an announcer voice: Welcome to the Anthropologist hour with Chase Young!
Chase: Fucki- Look, kid. I spent three years studying this shit, what do you want from me?
Jackson: A degree.
Chase, dejected: ... We're ending the episode, fuck you.
Random Player: So, you want us to beat an MMO.
Kayaba: Essentially.
Random Player: F*ck you!
Kayaba: Whoa! Sensing a lot of hostility there.
Random Player: Well, when was the last time you've heard of someone beating EverQuest?
Kayaba: When was the last time you've heard of someone playing EverQuest?
Random Player: ...That's fair.
Kayaba: Essentially.
Random Player: F*ck you!
Kayaba: Whoa! Sensing a lot of hostility there.
Random Player: Well, when was the last time you've heard of someone beating EverQuest?
Kayaba: When was the last time you've heard of someone playing EverQuest?
Random Player: ...That's fair.
Superintendent Chalmers: "Seymour? I said these are obviously grilled, Seymour. I know you heard me Seymour."
Principal Skinner: "Do you know why I care so much about my burgers superintendent? Why I take such care preparing each and every one? It's an interesting story really. You know I fought in Vietnam; bled for this God forsaken country. There were days when I couldn't tell my nightmares From reality. The smell of burning flesh and the sight of my best friends getting blown up by landmines. You can't imagine what that kind of trauma does to a person. But maybe that's why I take such pride in my food superintendent. It's one thing in this crazy world that I can control. So if I want to call these hamburgers "steamed hams" then that's what I'll fucking do."
Principal Skinner: "Do you know why I care so much about my burgers superintendent? Why I take such care preparing each and every one? It's an interesting story really. You know I fought in Vietnam; bled for this God forsaken country. There were days when I couldn't tell my nightmares From reality. The smell of burning flesh and the sight of my best friends getting blown up by landmines. You can't imagine what that kind of trauma does to a person. But maybe that's why I take such pride in my food superintendent. It's one thing in this crazy world that I can control. So if I want to call these hamburgers "steamed hams" then that's what I'll fucking do."
Western Animation
Bill: Ready to give up yet?
Cricket: FINE! You got me this time, but you're not always gonna be around to police me! And the second you're not, I'M GONNA SAY WHATEVER I WANT!!!
Bill: ...You're right, Cricket.
Cricket: I am?
Bill: Yup. I can't control what comes out of your mouth any more than I can control the wind.
Cricket: I can control the wind! Watch! (blows)
Bill: What I'm tryin' to say is that, well... you're your own person, and it's time you made your own decisions. So, from now on, you can say whatever you want. I won't stop ya.
Cricket: Wow, really?
Bill: I hereby give you full permission to cuss; you've just gotta decide if that's the kind of person you want to be.
Cricket: FINE! You got me this time, but you're not always gonna be around to police me! And the second you're not, I'M GONNA SAY WHATEVER I WANT!!!
Bill: ...You're right, Cricket.
Cricket: I am?
Bill: Yup. I can't control what comes out of your mouth any more than I can control the wind.
Cricket: I can control the wind! Watch! (blows)
Bill: What I'm tryin' to say is that, well... you're your own person, and it's time you made your own decisions. So, from now on, you can say whatever you want. I won't stop ya.
Cricket: Wow, really?
Bill: I hereby give you full permission to cuss; you've just gotta decide if that's the kind of person you want to be.
— Big City Greens, "Bleeped"
Della: You took off in that contraption without thinking about the consequences or the people you would hurt!
Louie: [sarcastically] I wonder who I got THAT from.
—DuckTales (2017), "Timephoon!"
Gargoyle: Must you humans name everything? Nothing's real to you 'til you've named it, given it limits.
Elisa Maza: It's not like that. It's just that, well... uh... things need names.
Gargoyle: Does the sky need a name? Does the river?
Elisa Maza: ...The river's called the Hudson.
Gargoyle: (sigh) Fine, lass. Then I will be "the Hudson" as well.
Elisa Maza: It's not like that. It's just that, well... uh... things need names.
Gargoyle: Does the sky need a name? Does the river?
Elisa Maza: ...The river's called the Hudson.
Gargoyle: (sigh) Fine, lass. Then I will be "the Hudson" as well.
Omni-Man: Why did you make me do this?! You're fighting so you can watch everything around you die!! Think, Mark! You'll outlast every fragile, insignificant being on this planet. You'll live to see this world crumble to dust and blow away! Everything and everyone you know will be gone! What will you have after five hundred years?!
Invincible: ...You, Dad. I'd still have you.
Invincible: ...You, Dad. I'd still have you.
Justice Lord!Batman: The problem with democracy is, it doesn't keep you very safe.
Batman: It has other virtues, but you seem to have forgotten them.
Justice Lord!Batman: I didn't forget; I just chose peace and security instead.
Batman: You grabbed power!
Justice Lord!Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no 8-year-old boy will ever lose his parents because of some punk with a gun!
[Batman drops his Batarang and steps out from the shadows]
Batman: ...You win.
Batman: It has other virtues, but you seem to have forgotten them.
Justice Lord!Batman: I didn't forget; I just chose peace and security instead.
Batman: You grabbed power!
Justice Lord!Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no 8-year-old boy will ever lose his parents because of some punk with a gun!
[Batman drops his Batarang and steps out from the shadows]
Batman: ...You win.
Batman: They'd love it here, don't you think?
Justice Lord!Batman: Who?
Batman: Mom and dad. They'd be so proud of you.
Justice Lord!Batman: ...Just drive.
Justice Lord!Batman: Who?
Batman: Mom and dad. They'd be so proud of you.
Justice Lord!Batman: ...Just drive.
Splinter: This is all your fault!
Draxum: All my fault?! If it wasn't for you, my day wouldn't have involved being tortured by a demon child!
Splinter: Maybe I ruined your day, but you ruined my life!
Draxum: [laughs] What life? When I found you, you were a husk of a man. You had lost your taste for fighting. You had no purpose!
Splinter: I'm not lost anymore! I have my sons and you ruined our special day!
Draxum: Without me, you wouldn't even have a son whose day I could ruin!
Splinter: ...You know what? You're right. I wouldn't change my life and what I have with my boys for anything. I never thought I would say this, but thank you. For turning me into...me.
Catra: You broke the recordings.
Scorpia: I didn't mean to.
Catra: I asked you to do one thing! One simple thing! And you completely ruined it! But of course you ruined it. You're Scorpia. That's just what you do. You couldn't handle Emily. You never know when to shut up. The only thing you've ever done is get in my way! What did I expect? I mean, how can you possibly be this useless? (Scorpia is silent for a moment) What?
Scorpia: You're a bad friend. (turns and leaves)
—She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "Princess Scorpia"
Catra: I told you not to come back! But you just love feeling like a hero, don't you?
Adora: You'd rather I left you there to die?!
Catra: WHAT DO YOU CARE?! I know you all hate me!
Adora: I never hated you!
Catra: ...Then you're even dumber than I thought. Just... leave me alone.
Adora: You'd rather I left you there to die?!
Catra: WHAT DO YOU CARE?! I know you all hate me!
Adora: I never hated you!
Catra: ...Then you're even dumber than I thought. Just... leave me alone.
—She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "Taking Control"
Superintendent Chalmers: You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger.
Principal Skinner: Doh-hohoho, no! Patented Skinner burgers; old family recipe!
Chalmers: ...For steamed hams.
Skinner: Yes.
Chalmers: Yes, and you call them steamed hams despite the fact they are obviously grilled.
— The Simpsons, "22 Short Films About Springfield"
Wonder Woman: I shouldn't be surprised (on Batman allowing Shazam to crime-fight), considering you indoctrinated Robin into crimefighting at the ripe old age of nine.
Batman: Robin needed to bring the man who murdered his parents to justice.
Wonder Woman: So he could turn out like you?
Batman: (somberly) ...So that he wouldn't.
Batman: Robin needed to bring the man who murdered his parents to justice.
Wonder Woman: So he could turn out like you?
Batman: (somberly) ...So that he wouldn't.
