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Esdeath is certainly powerful... But she has a weakness. She's alive... She has a beating heart. If so... I will kill her. Even if she is the fabled strongest in the empire!
— Akame, Akame ga Kill!
My specialty involves flesh, and the lacerating thereof. You just draw close enough, and I'll be happy to demonstrate. Should anyone wish to experience my technique ... By all means, feel free to come this way.
— Mikasa Ackerman, Attack on Titan
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto: Did you really think I wouldn't post guards at such strategically important locations? The pillars are protected by some of our finest warriors.
Barragan Louisenbairn: (…) So what? The pillars are defended by four ants. Four warriors can easily crush them.
— Bleach
A Vandereich soldier: I must say it was quite the surprise to be able to gain access to what could be called the thirteen court guard companies captain general's private room, his office, that easily. Perhaps your attention to security is a bit low?
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto: I have nothing to fear. I am here. There is no greater security than that.
— Bleach
Memorize this! Memorize Jeremiah Gottwald! Commit it to memory, because that is the memorable name of the man who has defeated you!
— Jeremiah Gottwald to Anya Alstreim, Code Geass
Attention, entire world! Hear my proclamation! I am Lelouch vi Britannia, Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire and your only ruler! Schneizel has surrendered to me. As a result of this, I am in control of both the Damocles and the F.L.E.I.J.A. weapons, and not even the Black Knights have the strength to oppose me now. If anyone dares to resist my supreme authority, they shall know the devastating powers of the F.L.E.I.J.A.s! Those who could challenge my military rule no longer exist. Yes, from this day, from this moment forward, the world belongs to me! Lelouch vi Britannia commands you: Obey me, subjects! Obey me, world!
— Emperor Lelouch vi Britannia, Code Geass
I'm no ordinary candy! I'm a jawbreaker, the strongest piece of candy there is!
— Vegito (after being transformed into a piece of candy by Super Buu), Dragon Ball Z
Frieza: Why don't you just stand still... and perish?!
Goku: (smirks) Let me see what you've got.
Frieza: Why, you WORM! You dare to mock me?! (fires a Death Beam at Goku, who takes it on the chin without a scratch)
Goku: What's the matter, Frieza? I can't be harder to destroy than a planet, right?
Frieza: (absolutely terrified) You... you...! What ARE you?!?
Goku: You haven't figured it out yet? I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. That's what I am. (as a column of lava erupts behind him) I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN, SON GOKU!
Goku: (smirks) Let me see what you've got.
Frieza: Why, you WORM! You dare to mock me?! (fires a Death Beam at Goku, who takes it on the chin without a scratch)
Goku: What's the matter, Frieza? I can't be harder to destroy than a planet, right?
Frieza: (absolutely terrified) You... you...! What ARE you?!?
Goku: You haven't figured it out yet? I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by fury. That's what I am. (as a column of lava erupts behind him) I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN, SON GOKU!
Super Buu: Boy, come on! Are you really planning to fight me?
Gohan: Fight you? No, I'm planning to kill you.
Gohan: Fight you? No, I'm planning to kill you.
BEHOLD, MY PEERLESS ARMY! Their bodies may return to ash, but their spirits still hear my call! These men are my legendary heroes – my loyal followers! They’re my true friends - breaking the rules of space and time to fight once more at my side! They are my treasure within treasures; they’re my right to rule! They make up Alexander's mightiest Noble Phantasm – Ionian Hetairoi!!
— Iskandar, King of Conquerors, Fate/Zero
Uniting dreams beneath a banner of conquest. I praise your efforts at least. But foolish warriors, have you not learned? Dreams disappear when the dreamer wakes. Every last one of them with no exception. Therefore, it was inevitable that I would be the one to stand in your way. King of Conquerors, now know the end of your eternal dream. I shall show you the stark reality! NOW, AWAKEN EA. A STAGE WORTHY OF YOU HAS BEEN SET. LOOK UP AND BEHOLD! ENUMA ELISH!
— Gilgamesh, King of Heroes, Fate/Zero
Mustang: Looks like I can get you on your knees after all!
Lust: He's using a lighter for ignition... and he carved a transmutation circle into his hand! You should've bled to death by now!
Mustang: I seared the wound closed. Came close to passing out for a minute. (boom) You told me I couldn't kill you, but I'd like to try and prove you WRONG! (boom) So let's see, how many times is it gonna take?! (incinerates her four more times)
Lust: He's using a lighter for ignition... and he carved a transmutation circle into his hand! You should've bled to death by now!
Mustang: I seared the wound closed. Came close to passing out for a minute. (boom) You told me I couldn't kill you, but I'd like to try and prove you WRONG! (boom) So let's see, how many times is it gonna take?! (incinerates her four more times)
—Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
The mountainside will soon turn red from blood, but it's not our blood! It's Akakabuto's!
—Riki, Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
Anderson: Speak up, you men of God. Tell us all who you are.
Iscariot soldiers: We are the soldiers of Iscariot! We are Judas Iscariot!
Anderson: Well then, Iscariots, I ask you: What do you hold in your right hand?
Iscariot soldiers: Daggers and poison!
Anderson: Well then, my soldiers of Iscariot, I ask you: What do you hold in your left hand?
Iscariot soldiers: Thirty pieces of silver and a straw rope!
Anderson: Now, show them who your are, my soldiers of Iscariot! We're apostles, and yet not apostles! We are believers, yet not believers! We are disciples, yet not disciples! We are heretics, yet not heretics! We are soldiers in the service of death, who bow our heads in reverence to our Lord, and whose prayers are found in the withered bodies of our enemies! With poison served at every supper, and daggers flashing in the moonlight! We are the apostles of Judas Iscariot, we are his holy folk of assassins, and upon the hour at which we are called, we cast our thirty pieces of silver into the sight of the holy, and hang ourselves with a rope of straw!
Iscariot soldiers: Thus, do we move to meet Hell's legions as a mighty army, and form our squared ranks against Hell's gates, and prepare to meet the seven million, four hundred and five thousand, nine hundred and twenty-six demons of iniquity!
Iscariot soldiers: We are the soldiers of Iscariot! We are Judas Iscariot!
Anderson: Well then, Iscariots, I ask you: What do you hold in your right hand?
Iscariot soldiers: Daggers and poison!
Anderson: Well then, my soldiers of Iscariot, I ask you: What do you hold in your left hand?
Iscariot soldiers: Thirty pieces of silver and a straw rope!
Anderson: Now, show them who your are, my soldiers of Iscariot! We're apostles, and yet not apostles! We are believers, yet not believers! We are disciples, yet not disciples! We are heretics, yet not heretics! We are soldiers in the service of death, who bow our heads in reverence to our Lord, and whose prayers are found in the withered bodies of our enemies! With poison served at every supper, and daggers flashing in the moonlight! We are the apostles of Judas Iscariot, we are his holy folk of assassins, and upon the hour at which we are called, we cast our thirty pieces of silver into the sight of the holy, and hang ourselves with a rope of straw!
Iscariot soldiers: Thus, do we move to meet Hell's legions as a mighty army, and form our squared ranks against Hell's gates, and prepare to meet the seven million, four hundred and five thousand, nine hundred and twenty-six demons of iniquity!
— Vatican Section XIII (Iscariot), Hellsing
"Behold the fate of those who defy me - no, who defy the Life Fibers!"
— Ragyo Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
So, you were made to fight me, big guy?! If you can really withstand me firing at 100% of my power, then I'll have to go beyond that and FORCE YOU TO SURRENDER!
— All Might, My Hero Academia
Too bad [Hashirama's] not here. Though in a way, it's a good thing for all of you. If it's just me... they won't have to redraw the maps too much.
Captain Kidd: With the two of them standing side by side... it just looks... like we're in hell!
Luffy: That suits me fine. I've been to hell and back a few times already!!! It's home territory!!
Luffy: That suits me fine. I've been to hell and back a few times already!!! It's home territory!!
"I won't let impostors like you defile my sanctuary. Everything that is within the reach of my fists is my kingdom... and I am its only master."
— Bunen, Over Bleed
Spearows, do you know who I am?! I am Ash, from the town of Pallet! I'm destined to become the world's number-one Pokemon Master! I can't be defeated by the likes of you! [...] Come and get me!!
— Ash Ketchum, Pokémon: The Original Series
Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear him.
— Lady Eboshi, Princess Mononoke
Aoshi: Don't you think it's a little early to be gloating? It was only by the width of paper that I missed your carotid artery, then the tables would have been turned.
Kenshin: Yes, but the damage is done, and the width of that paper... measures the gulf in our abilities.
Hear me, privileged companions. Time is ours! Hououin Kyouma's mind recognises no limits! Neither does his reach! Heave anchor! This ship of fools is about to embark!
— Okabe Rintarou, AKA Hououin Kyouma, Steins;Gate
I'll do it. If that is the choice of Steins Gate. I am the mad scientist Hououin Kyoma. Deceiving the world is nothing to me. I'll say it once more, I am the mad scientist, Hououin Kyouma! And the world is in the palm of my hand!
— Okabe Rintarou, AKA Hououin Kyouma, Steins;Gate
As you can see, I'm tiny. Ever since I was born I've done nothing but fight guys that were way bigger than me. And you know what? Not once have I run from a fight. And I've never lost, either!! So sit tight and watch. I'll protect you for sure!!
— Makoto Tobita, as he is about to try and challenge a giant monster that is trying to kill his girlfriend, Super Dreadnought Girl 4946
This is true power! True strength! Fools...remember this name, and fear! The name this gun and I share! Death Gun!
— Death Gun, Sword Art Online II
I'm going to tell you something important now, so you better dig the wax out of those huge ears of yours, and listen! The reputation of Team Gurren echoes far and wide... When they talk about its bad ass leader, the man of indomitable spirit and masculinity, they're talking about me! The Mighty Kamina!
— Kamina, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Simon: Don't underestimate us! We don't care about time, or space, or multi-dimensional whatevers... We don't give a damn about that! Force your way down a path you choose to take and do it all yourself. That's the way Team Dai-Gurren Rolls!
Nia: Even when trapped by Karma's cycle...
Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door!
Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way!
Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be!
Simon: We'll break through time and space...
All: And defy all those who would stop us to grab hold of our path!
Simon: Tengen Toppa... Gurren Lagann!
All: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!?
Nia: Even when trapped by Karma's cycle...
Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door!
Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way!
Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be!
Simon: We'll break through time and space...
All: And defy all those who would stop us to grab hold of our path!
Simon: Tengen Toppa... Gurren Lagann!
All: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!?
— The Dai-Gurren Brigade, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
"Our friends' hopes and dreams are etched into its body, transforming the infinite darkness into light! Unmatched in Heaven, and Earth; one machine, equal to the gods! Super Galaxy GURREN LAGANN! ... We're gonna show you the power... of the human race."
— Simon, as Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann rises from the Spiral Abyss, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
UN Commander: Are you sure that you can beat [the Angels]?
Gendo Ikari: That is why NERV exists.
Gendo Ikari: That is why NERV exists.
"Even without my umbilical cable attached, I've still have 12,000 plates of fortified armor! And I've got my AT Field! There's no way I can lose! Eat this, arschloch!"
— Asuka Langley Soryu, End of Evangelion
There's no such thing as a perfect being, but if there was it would be me!
— Jack Atlas, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
"But I'm warning all of you now. As the most experienced Fighter around, I'll be waiting there for all of you. Waiting to crush you, I will finally be the ultimate champion! The Undefeated of the East, West, South, North and Center! I will become SUPER ASIA and be champion of all! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
— Master Asia, Mobile Fighter G Gundam
'"I'm the man who makes the impossible possible."
—Mu La Flaga, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Rosemary: Damn, these bastards at the organization. Why did they give you the number one over me?
Teresa: Why you ask? That's obvious. Because I'm that much stronger than you!
Teresa: Why you ask? That's obvious. Because I'm that much stronger than you!
— Claymore
I won't hand it over to anyone. I won't share it, either. This curse belongs to no one but me!...I don't care if I burn out. Before my body falls apart I'm...going to put an end...to this war!
— Haruto, Valvrave the Liberator
Kabuto: My jutsu has no weaknesses or risks.
Itachi: Every jutsu has some weakness or risk. And the weakness of your jutsu is my existence.
Itachi: Every jutsu has some weakness or risk. And the weakness of your jutsu is my existence.
— Naruto
"When I fight, I make sure to hold back. I never swing my sword with my full strength. Do you see why? If I didn't, my enemies are so weak, the battle wouldn't last long enough for me to enjoy it."
— Kenpachi, Bleach
"Even if there are two Precure, as long as the great Kumojaki is here, even a hundred Precure is nothing."
— Kumojaki, HeartCatch Pretty Cure!
Comic Books
"I know there are certain benighted souls who think I'm some kind of third rate hero, Scavenger, but I think you of all people would know better! But since you seem a bit confused, let me make this perfectly clear...I was in the world-saving game when people like Firestorm and Black Lightning were still in diapers...I've worked hard to earn the respect and trust of every living creature below the waves, and I take my job very seriously...so get this through your head, punk, I'm Aquaman, King of the Seven Seas...and I'm the BEST!"
Cough up that Bizarro Luthor right now, monster... or else I'll cut him out of you.
White supremacist: Tell me, you piece of trash: would you like us to skin you alive?
Blacksad: Well...you could always try. You know, yours wouldn't make a bad coat either...(stands up) though a bit small.
Blacksad: Well...you could always try. You know, yours wouldn't make a bad coat either...(stands up) though a bit small.
Nocturne: Not so tough without that stupid lance, are you?
Sunfire: Let's see how well you do without Galactus's toys!
Terrax: My master has equipped me with far more than just toys! I am fueled with the power of the cosmos! My thoughts collapse mountains! Reshape rock! I AM TERRAX THE TERRIBLE! I AM YOUR DEATH!
Sunfire: Let's see how well you do without Galactus's toys!
Terrax: My master has equipped me with far more than just toys! I am fueled with the power of the cosmos! My thoughts collapse mountains! Reshape rock! I AM TERRAX THE TERRIBLE! I AM YOUR DEATH!
— Exiles #9: A World Apart Part 2
"[sigh] Though your tale is more complex than some, you still exist in a simple world of revenge, titillation and death. Allow me to try again, in language more befitting your author. Hi, I'm Mary. I'm Frankenstein, Cthulhu and Godzilla all rolled into one. I'm going to fuck up your world, bitch, and then fictional characters are gonna hop out of books and take over."
—Mary Shelly Lovecraft, Hack/Slash
"Listen, nobody's dead round here until I say so. You hear me? NOBODY!"
— Hellboy
"You address omnipotence. Tread carefully."
Little. Human. Gods. You seek the All-Father. You have found him.
— Ultron, Ultron Forever
"Would you try to attack infinity? Attempt to bind summer, so that it will not become fall? That would be just as pointless as the actions you endeavor to take now."
"Do you realize yet what a mistake you've made in taking me on? I've faced death and a purgatory of my own making. I've come back from more damage to body and soul than you can ever dish out. You can hurt me - you might even be able to kill me - but you can NEVER own me!"
— Tony Stark fighting off the Controller, Iron Man #293
"I am Mars' sole survivor. There is a reason for that."
"We're the Justice League. We've beaten up real gods and made them cry. You are nothing to us."
—Martian Manhunter, JLA Classified: New Maps Of Hell
"Look — here's the problem. You've done some bad things, but I'm really, really upset right now. So much so that, honestly, I don't trust myself. And if you attack me or I attack you... I will hurt you. I will hurt you worse than you've ever been hurt in your whole life. I can carve you up by looking at you. I can break you, boil you, freeze you. I can do things you can't imagine. Things I can't imagine, until I have to, and then I'll improvise. Part of me is hoping that you will attack. And part of me is praying — for your sake and my own peace of mind — that you don't. It's up to you. Oh... And, Rebel... I have eyes that can see through solid matter. I have ears that can hear your slightest word, your heartbeat, your breathing. You do anything that hurts others... I will find you. And you won't like it. Do we have an understanding?"
''"I've never believed in the End Times. We are mankind. Our footprints are on the moon. When the last trumpet sounds and the Beast rises from the pit — we will kill it."
—Stacker Pentecost, Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero
Atrocitus: Oh, the things I have planned for you, Guy Gardner. You and anyone who stands with you.
Guy Gardner: Get in line, pal. You ain't the first, and I guarantee you won't be the last. Worse than you have tried to take Guy Gardner down! And you know what? You know what? I'm still here, you bastard! I'm still here!
Guy Gardner: Get in line, pal. You ain't the first, and I guarantee you won't be the last. Worse than you have tried to take Guy Gardner down! And you know what? You know what? I'm still here, you bastard! I'm still here!
"You see, it's like this. In the beginning, God created me... Then he made the universe, from what was left. You will never forget this next moment."
—Morningbright the Dragon, Smax
"Change reality any way you like, Robotnik. Whatever you do, I'll still fight you. And somehow, I'll win! Because no matter how ridiculous the situation, I'll never give up, Robotnik! I'll never give up!!"
—Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Comic, "Robotnik Reigns Supreme, Part 3"
"Heh. Yeah. Okay. I'm Surge the Tenrec. And your 'speed of sound' can't compete with my 'speed of light'!"
— Surge the Tenrec, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW), "Battle for the Empire"
Doctor Eggman: Who are you people?!
Lanolin the Sheep: I believe you met our namesake, the Diamond Cutters. We serve as a small, specialized strike team that assesses danger and offers aid in extreme conditions. [shoots a Death Glare] But mostly, we intend...
Whisper the Wolf: [ambushes Eggman] To be a problem.
Lanolin the Sheep: I believe you met our namesake, the Diamond Cutters. We serve as a small, specialized strike team that assesses danger and offers aid in extreme conditions. [shoots a Death Glare] But mostly, we intend...
Whisper the Wolf: [ambushes Eggman] To be a problem.
— Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW), "Urban Warfare, Part 5"
Rebel: Darth Vader! Lay down your weapons! You are surrounded!
Darth Vader: All I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men. [ignites lightsaber]
Darth Vader: All I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men. [ignites lightsaber]
—Star Wars: Vader Down, when Vader is outnumbered one-hundred to one
"I'm Mxyzptlk! Holder of the five keys that unlock the fifty-two layers of Hyper-reality! My mind has become one with all ten possible dimensions! Who are you to challenge me?!"
— Mr. Mxyzptlk, Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade
It's called heat-vision, troll-boy. Like it? Now back off, and stand down. Or be taken down.
"Hey, squid boyz! I'm placing an order for calamari. Bring it to Times Square. And in case this doesn't translate: I want you to come to Times Square so I can kill you all."
"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."
—Rorschach, Watchmen (provides the main trope page image)
"Tomorrow, the virgins of Or-Azur won't be anymore... And torrents of blood will flood the castle's moat."
— Thanos, Lanfeust
"The wise man does not boast so swiftly, child. For though I'm gone— you shall not forget me. I leave you my curse, Legionnaires... Doers of Izaya's work. The curse of darkness growing within you, destroying you from within... and that which is purest of you shall be the first to go!"
— Darkseid, Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga
"Look at my eyes, churl. No power... yours or anyone's... can stop me. My ancestors were wizards and kings... conquerors. You are a common killer — a mad dog accidentally born in human form. You took my world, made my people slaves, and slew the man I had given my heart to. I need no power to destroy you — save the strength born in my blood."
— Princess Projectra, Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3''
Lana Lang: Kara, take care of yourself over there. And don't let your mother push you around. Don't forget. You're Supergirl. Strongest girl on the planet.
Supergirl: Pfft. More like both planets.
Lana Lang: Ha. Don't push your luck, kiddo.
Supergirl: Pfft. More like both planets.
Lana Lang: Ha. Don't push your luck, kiddo.
"Do not torment yourself trying to understand me. Your mind is not ready to understand me. It may never be ready to understand me. Content yourself with this: I am outside."
"I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm pretty awesome. I'm Pony Newman's Hickory-Infused Awesomesauce[tm]."
— Rainbow Dash, My Little Pony Micro Series #2
I... am Brainiac... reducer of Kandor... and his greatest foe... My victory... is preordained. Do you think... that I would let... the death... of this body... stand in its way?
"Jack Hawksmoor... Leader of Stormwatch. Your team has secretly protected Earth from alien threats since the Dark Ages—But you always knew that was all just preparation for the true storm...The ultimate threat...I am the storm you were were created for. I am here.
— Brainiac, The New 52: Futures End
Roho: "It's a shame you're gonna die here, girl. You never belonged at Crucible in the first place. Just like my idiot brother Tsavo. Just like all of the poor saps Amata recruited."
Supergirl: (eyes flaring up) "You're talking about my friends. And if you're any indication of who really belongs at Crucible—" (unleashing eye beams) "I'LL BURN IT ALL DOWN!"
Supergirl: (eyes flaring up) "You're talking about my friends. And if you're any indication of who really belongs at Crucible—" (unleashing eye beams) "I'LL BURN IT ALL DOWN!"
— Crucible
Superman: "Get up, vermin! Do you understand what you did to me?"
Mongul: "Perfectly. I fashioned a prison that you could not leave without giving up your heart's desire. Escaping it must have been like tearing off your own arm... And now I'm going to kill you anyway."
Mongul: "Perfectly. I fashioned a prison that you could not leave without giving up your heart's desire. Escaping it must have been like tearing off your own arm... And now I'm going to kill you anyway."
Your sorcery is good, Satanis, but not good enough. As long as I have my super-powers, magic spells aren't enough to stop me!
— Superman, Two for the Death of One
"You dare attack one who can crush you with but a single thought?"
"How do I know so much about the Worldkillers? Because I am one. Born to fight. Born to slaughter. Born to conquer. The desire burns in me like a million suns."
— Reign, Last Daughter of Krypton
"You won't trick me that way. You want me to give up. Is that it? Well, it won't work... I'm Superman. I go down fighting!"
— Superman, The Jungle Line
Death: "Ah— Two more supposed "immortals" to feel Death's tender touch! I shall— Eh?"
(Starfire's starbolt deflects Death's scythe)
Starfire: If you can thrust, Rider, it's no faster than I can parry. And if somehow it is you who is responsible for the pain that Raven feels— the Doom that hangs even now over her head— You'll soon be sorry you ever set foot on any Earth.
(Starfire's starbolt deflects Death's scythe)
Starfire: If you can thrust, Rider, it's no faster than I can parry. And if somehow it is you who is responsible for the pain that Raven feels— the Doom that hangs even now over her head— You'll soon be sorry you ever set foot on any Earth.
"Shut up, you contemptible cowards — You think I can't dispose of garbage like you? If you've killed [my father] the best man on this planet, then there's no place in the universe you can hide from my wrath!"
— Supergirl, Strangers at the Heart's Core
"If anyone here knows Zaar, speak now or I'll make you myself. Your choice. Either works for me."
— Supergirl, The Killers of Krypton
Sad, deluded pup! It was I who returned your powers, for a purpose of my own, and should I so desire— I may also reverse the process— and reduce you to a helpless, quivering clown!
— Karmang, Superman vs. Shazam!
Doomslayer: The course of this station must not be altered. Earth must be destroyed. On this depends the future.
Superman: Who are you?
Doomslayer: I am the Death of Doomsdays. I am the Doomslayer.
Superman: Who are you?
Doomslayer: I am the Death of Doomsdays. I am the Doomslayer.
"I know your plans for conquering the Earth, but it's a stand-off! No matter what evil deeds you try with your super-powers, I'll use my super-powers to block you!"
— Supergirl to three Phantom Zoners, The Girl with the X-Ray Mind
You'd better jump back real far this time, Dolok. Give yourself some time to contemplate your defeat.
— Kara, Way of the World
"They cry for you. Your legend's already begun...and that's fine. I'll just have to kill it while it's young.
— Magog, Escape from the Phantom Zone
"Fin Fang Foom": I will tell you my name before I destroy you. My true home is in the deeps of time beyond the reach of clocks. I know much about illusions, little hero. Ever and anon, I wear them as I wander in the world. But now, I have brought us into my time and you are doomed! Never again shall you lift a limb nor draw a breath. No breeze shall caress thy cheek, no dawn anoint thy brow with light. The time of illusions has passed... [sheds illusory disguise] ...and the name of the illusion is JORMUNGAND! For I am truly THE WORLD SERPENT! And the truth shall be thy death knell. You are nothing, a simple-minded hero who spoke so well and knew so little! Till Heimdall's horn doth sound on that final day and Odin is swallowed by the wolf, the life of Jormungand is deathless! My wyrd lies in the hands of the thunder god of the Vikings and in his hands only... And none other does the Midgard Serpent fear! But Thor is already a mere shadow of his former glory. On the day I find him, I will break the ancient prophecies and slay him! Then will Jormungand tower above the fates themselves!
...
Thor: [donning distinctive helmet] But I have many names, serpent, even as you. Vingthor the Hurler, Longbeard's son, have I been called. Hrodr's Foeman, too. In Tyr's ancestral home, wisest Hymir knew my name as Veur; unhappy Hrungnir's Playmate some have called me. East of Elvigar in Gianthome they whisper Hloriddi's name. My father called me son. My mother called me darling. And beneath the vaults of Heaven, I am THOR ODINSON, the Thunderer, JORMUNGAND'S FEAR! For I am the wielder of Mjolnir, the Crusher, the enchanted mallet of thunder and lightning that your father hates! It, too, has another name. In the Fury of the storm, it howls its rage and shrieks its name aloud! Do you hear it, serpent? It is thy bane I wield, Loki's child! The end of all illusion! The hammer sings the death of Jormungand!
...
Thor: [donning distinctive helmet] But I have many names, serpent, even as you. Vingthor the Hurler, Longbeard's son, have I been called. Hrodr's Foeman, too. In Tyr's ancestral home, wisest Hymir knew my name as Veur; unhappy Hrungnir's Playmate some have called me. East of Elvigar in Gianthome they whisper Hloriddi's name. My father called me son. My mother called me darling. And beneath the vaults of Heaven, I am THOR ODINSON, the Thunderer, JORMUNGAND'S FEAR! For I am the wielder of Mjolnir, the Crusher, the enchanted mallet of thunder and lightning that your father hates! It, too, has another name. In the Fury of the storm, it howls its rage and shrieks its name aloud! Do you hear it, serpent? It is thy bane I wield, Loki's child! The end of all illusion! The hammer sings the death of Jormungand!
— The Mighty Thor #379
"I'm Kara Zor-El of Kandor, Queen. I'm a super-hero. I don't scare easily."
— Supergirl, Death & the Family
"It is hopeless, Superman. Neither your nor Flash can stop me! Not only do I have super-powers, but I am immortal! And if not even the explosion of Krypton could stop me... How can you?!"
— Nam-Ek, The Plague of the Antibiotic Man
Superman: "You know I'm going to have to stop you, Brainiac!"
Brainiac: I know you're more than welcome to try— But I don't give much for your chances of succeeding!"''
Brainiac: I know you're more than welcome to try— But I don't give much for your chances of succeeding!"''
"There may not be as many of us as there once were—- But one Legionnaire is still better than a shipload of slime like you!"
— Brainiac 5, The Earthwar Saga
"I did not bring ruin to an underground utopia pre-dating the dawn of agriculture solely for the purpose of not gaining ultimate power over the fabric of reality. Do not make me end you and implant the organ myself, Doctor. I no longer have the fine motor control for self-experimentation and time is of the essence."
— Helsingard, Atomic Robo
Fairy Tales
Koschei was out hunting; as he returned home late in the afternoon his good horse stumbled under him. "What is the matter with you, you old nag?" he demanded. "What made you stumble? Have you scented some misfortune?" The horse answered: "Prince Ivan has come and carried off Maria Morevna."
"But can we overtake them?" Koschei asked.
"You could sow your wheat, wait for it to grow, you could harvest it and thresh it, grind it into flour, bake bread from it in five ovens, and eat the bread, and only then set out in pursuit. And even so we would overtake them," said the horse.
"But can we overtake them?" Koschei asked.
"You could sow your wheat, wait for it to grow, you could harvest it and thresh it, grind it into flour, bake bread from it in five ovens, and eat the bread, and only then set out in pursuit. And even so we would overtake them," said the horse.
"Your Majesty," says he, "will you give me leave to spend one night in your empty palace?"
"God bless you," says the Tzar, "but you don't know what you are asking. Foolhardy folk enough have tried to spend a night in that palace. They went in merry and boasting, but not one of them came walking out alive in the morning."
"What of that?" says the soldier. "Water won't drown a Russian soldier, and fire won't burn him. I have served God and the Tzar for twenty-five years and am not dead. A single night in that palace won't be end of me."
"God bless you," says the Tzar, "but you don't know what you are asking. Foolhardy folk enough have tried to spend a night in that palace. They went in merry and boasting, but not one of them came walking out alive in the morning."
"What of that?" says the soldier. "Water won't drown a Russian soldier, and fire won't burn him. I have served God and the Tzar for twenty-five years and am not dead. A single night in that palace won't be end of me."
Fan Works
XANA and William Dunbar: You all (the Dark Lyoko-warriors) will die tonight.
Dark Aelita: How are you going to kill us?! No matter how many times you destroy us, we always come back…
XANA and William: Not after we tear your master into pieces.
William: Let me make one thing clear to you. I fought Moriarty to a standstill. We completely destroyed an entire island. I have a rogue artificial intelligence living inside my brain that nearly subdued this entire planet. And that's not even the worst part. I'm a Kadic student, a French citizen, a Lyoko Warrior whose world is about to be destroyed. My friends, family, and everyone else who wants to live in a free world are counting on me to stop you here and now. So make no mistake. You will die for the last time tonight.
Dark Aelita: How are you going to kill us?! No matter how many times you destroy us, we always come back…
XANA and William: Not after we tear your master into pieces.
William: Let me make one thing clear to you. I fought Moriarty to a standstill. We completely destroyed an entire island. I have a rogue artificial intelligence living inside my brain that nearly subdued this entire planet. And that's not even the worst part. I'm a Kadic student, a French citizen, a Lyoko Warrior whose world is about to be destroyed. My friends, family, and everyone else who wants to live in a free world are counting on me to stop you here and now. So make no mistake. You will die for the last time tonight.
— Code Lyoko fanfic The Games of Moriarty, Chapter 27
, Chapter 27 "Does (your name) start with O and end with your funeral?"
— Itachi Uchiha to Orochimaru, White Eyes
"What? I didn't really like it when you said I was nothing! After all, gravity is a true fundamental force, isn't it? And right now? I am it's master."
— Gravity Brawler, My Miraculous Academia
"On a scale of one to ten, I'd say you score one hundred! But! I'm the million point man, you cannot hope to defeat me!"
"I'll have to hand it to you, that was 'almost' as unpleasant as Oyecomova and his Stand Ability. Then again, I haven't exactly had to tank a lot of explosions in my time with Star Platinum's Aura. Still, this just goes to show Roman…(...)Why I'm going to tear that Paladin limb from limb, drag you out of its cockpit, and then beat you senseless with one hand, Torchwick. Because of one simple fact. That even sixty years after Stroheim bore witness, that Mantle's Technology still has nothing on Stand Power. If you're having a hard time wrapping your mind around that lesson… well, don't worry.(...)Because I'm a teacher by trade, so I'll be more than happy to school you."
— Jotaro Kujo to Roman Torchwick, Remnant's Bizarre Adventure
Lavaria: Even if I die here, my husband and my children will stop you.
Antonio: Stop me? When the earth shakes at their footsteps, when people faint and grow ill when they here they are near, when the mountains crumble from their blows and their flames stretch into the depths of space...that is when I will fear, Lavaria. Never before.
Antonio: Stop me? When the earth shakes at their footsteps, when people faint and grow ill when they here they are near, when the mountains crumble from their blows and their flames stretch into the depths of space...that is when I will fear, Lavaria. Never before.
Thalia: Fine, take him. Take him, and I will move heaven and hell to find him again. Take him, and I will find a god or goddess that I can beat that knows about both sides, and I will first ask them to tell me where the Roman camp is, and if that doesn't work, I will shock the information out of them. Take him, and I will tear Olympus down more thoroughly than any war. And when I do that, I will seek you out, and I will make your demise just as pain-filled as my life without my baby brother. And trust me, this is a promise. And I always follow through with my promises.
— Thalia Grace to Hera when she tries to take Jason, All Together, Cousins.
. Ulrich Stern: So how was your alone time Weiss?
Weiss Schnee: Quite enjoyable actually, i made a new friend and he's a decent Smash Bros. player.
Odd Della Robbia and Yang Xiao Long: Whoa Whoa, you play Smash Ice queen?
Ruby Rose: Why didn't you tell us, we could have played back at beacon!
Weiss: Sorry Ruby, but I didn't want to humiliate anyone.
479er: Just make sure to get the little squirt back! That kid really livens up the place! I'll stick to the outskirts of the city if you need me, but I only got enough fuel for two hours before I have to head back, after that you guys are on your own.
Celestia: These precious memories destroy the lies you have built to shield your conscience! This Is Unity! This Is Love! THIS IS HARMONY!
Celestia: There can be no peace, no compromise, no accord between Us and Them. You have seen his memories, how they poisoned their world, incited violence and murder, turned our own onies against us!
Celestia: And you have done just the same, or even worse! You have corrupted your Equestria, tainted the souls of precious ponies with cruelty and malice, and drawn two realities into a war of endless death and atrocity! Harmony, true harmony, transcends species and worlds – it is the finding of common ground despite differences, the nurturing of love between all! You would create a desolation and name it Peace!
I will not allow some Tyrant rule with an iron hoof. I will not allow an entire species to die quietly and fade into the darkness. I will not stand to see the rape of innocence and innocents alike, of the peaceful being forced to take up bloody arms, and the grotesque being violated in mind, body and soul! Equestria, all of Equus, will rise against you! We will fight. We will turn this darkness away, and come to the rescue of all you have subjugated, Pony and Human, Earthborn and Equestrian alike. We will cast you down, and cast you out!
In Harmony's name, I swear it.
— The Conversion Bureau: The Other Side of the Spectrum, in which Celestia's badassery recreates the Tunguska Event.
"You have made multiple assumptions, based on fallacious reasoning, which I find hilarious. First, you think I am still an emotional wreck. You believe that I am unstable, ineffective, defeated. That is a reasonable but terribly erroneous assumption. I am functional. (...) The second fact is that you assume physically restraining me will keep you safe. You should know better by now that restraints are irrelevant. Because I can kill you with my brain."
—River Tam, Forward
"If any Kirigaoka or Kihara gets within 5 kilometers of Saten Ruiko, then the Number One himself will flinch when he hears what I did to all of you!"
—Kakine Teitoku, A Certain Magical Index fic He Will Surely Save
Giorno Giovanna: Junior, you said that you haven't found out any information about my past. Care to know why?
Junior: Why?
Giorno: Because I don't make enemies, Junior. Only corpses.
Junior: Why?
Giorno: Because I don't make enemies, Junior. Only corpses.
Mordru: Show me what you can do.
Satan Girl: And if I do, what then?
Mordru: I could destroy you with greater ease than you could imagine. But you may be of use to me.
Satan Girl: And if I do, what then?
Mordru: I could destroy you with greater ease than you could imagine. But you may be of use to me.
I am the Morningstar. You are nothing. Fight me if you dare.
Beast Boy: You see, I'm a shapeshifter. I can transform into any animal, from both zoos and fairy tales, and from any planet. So, you're not just up against one enemy – you're up against BILLIONS!!! And you have no idea which one is gonna come next!
(later)
Raven: You call yourself a god? My father was a real god. Conquered his universe, then my mother's, and then tried this one. He could destroy an entire planet just by setting foot on it. But thanks to my friends, I got over my fear of him, and destroyed him. And that was BEFORE I became this! You want fear? You want power? I'll give you both.
(later)
Raven: You call yourself a god? My father was a real god. Conquered his universe, then my mother's, and then tried this one. He could destroy an entire planet just by setting foot on it. But thanks to my friends, I got over my fear of him, and destroyed him. And that was BEFORE I became this! You want fear? You want power? I'll give you both.
— New Tamaran sequel Justice Returns
We are. We owe our being to none who are called anything; from and in the Minds of Men, We are. You shall Serve Us, and We Shall serve you, and None Shall Know who is the Master, and who the Slave. Though We may not be written on the Base Earth, our Lines shall be brief and succinct. Through Interplay of Words shall Our Shape be Known. The Gaps Between our Lines of Text merely Amplify their Impact. Some Words shall be Punctuated, directly relevant to their Importance. Together, Our Importance shall exceed the Sum of our Components. And though We are merely a Memetic Construct, though our Influence, the Thoughts of Men are Twisted to ensure our Existence. Trope of Badass and Word Power. We are the Badass Boast. And now you are a Carrier.
"And if you're still not reassured, you can be sure of something. In reality, ponies do not fear the Sacred Law. I'm the one they fear."
— Rainbow Dash, Only One Speck of Dust
I am Hermione Jean Granger. Some of my dearest friends are a millennium-old Basilisk and the Vanquisher of Voldemort. I got O-s on every single exam I took last year. Trust me. I will find a way to destroy you, Professor Snape.
— Hermione Granger, The Parselmouth of Gryffindor
"Hokuto... I'm going to tear you apart for what you've done. I'll fucking send you to Hell for all the pain you've caused. You will never be forgiven for this. Now... KNOW YOUR PLACE!!"
—Tsukune Aono, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act IV
"Odin is your king, not mine. I had my magicks before Odin, and I'll have them still long after him."
"I'm not going to give an ultimatum. We are… Oh, we are so far past that. This is a statement of pure fact. An... An example, if you will. We're going to take a leaf out of the pages of the big black book of piracy! Only... It's not the edition you were hoping for. We're tearing this straight out of the Four Emperors' personal playbook: you touch one of ours? We fuck you up. This goes beyond a mere rescue mission, this... this is nothing short of a crusade. We are going to pummel the men stationed here. We are going to take back our archaeologist. And besides making the World Government look like the idiots they are in the process? We are going to burn this fucking island TO THE GODDAMN BEDROCK AND CAST IT INTO THE FUCKING ABYSS IT'S HANGING OVER, SENDING IT RIGHT BACK TO WHERE IT FUCKING BELONGS! WHO'S WITH ME!?"
"[N]o plan ever survives contact with the enemy, as the saying goes. Well, no enemy is going to survive contact with this plan."
—Harry Johnson, Top Dog
"I possess sufficient firepower in this platform to destroy an armored battalion, human. Along with clear lines of fire and zero legal or moral compunctions against using them. I am Saren Arterius, Citadel Special Tactics and Recon, and in this pipe, I am the reigning deity. Surrender."
— Saren Arterius, Vigil
"It is the sacred duty of every Muslim to destroy the reptilian invaders from hell."
— Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declares jihad on the alien invaders in Iran, Worldwar fanfic Worldwar: War of Equals.
"I am a DARKIN! I am AATROX! I AM THE WORLD-ENDER! EVERYTHING WILL DIE!"
— Aatrox, Remnant and Runeterra: A Tale of Two Worlds.
"Teach me a lesson Yang? How can you teach me when we aren't even in the same class?"
— Adam "Belladona", Red Sun Over Beacon
Warbird: How many have you already destroyed, Iva?
Iva Kann: (shrugging) You can get the count from Ronan. I stopped worrying about such things after my 25th.
Iva Kann: (shrugging) You can get the count from Ronan. I stopped worrying about such things after my 25th.
Zeus: You go too far, mortal. Remember your place. Before I remind you of it.
Doctor Strange: I am the Sorcerer Supreme. I am the Evergreen Man, The Lord of Time, and I know my place perfectly well. I fight beings like you every single day. I have guarded reality against them for centuries, and for the most part, I have done it alone. For centuries I have stood, and I stand here still, now with an Infinity Stone in my hand. Do you really think that you, any of you, is a match for me? So how dare you? How dare any of you? How dare any of you raise your voices to me!
Doctor Strange: I am the Sorcerer Supreme. I am the Evergreen Man, The Lord of Time, and I know my place perfectly well. I fight beings like you every single day. I have guarded reality against them for centuries, and for the most part, I have done it alone. For centuries I have stood, and I stand here still, now with an Infinity Stone in my hand. Do you really think that you, any of you, is a match for me? So how dare you? How dare any of you? How dare any of you raise your voices to me!
"Strange, I don't remember seeing you here while I conquered this city. I'll keep this very simple. I conquered the city. I claimed it. It is mine. You don't get to steal my things; you don't get to destroy my things."
— Ami, Dungeon Keeper Ami
"Sure do. If someone's mad enough to want to take a swing at us, we make it easy. You'd be surprised how few are smart enough to question their 'good fortune' that some third party always pops up to give them the information. Then they spend incredible amounts of resources to get here, and never have much time to wonder why we give them coordinates that walk them right into our strongest defenses and a major fleet presence. It makes our enemies waste their energy, brings them within easy reach of tons of our weapons, and gives the Imperial Navy units stationed here some nice, reliably appearing live-fire exercises to play with. The mice never question why the cheese is sitting there, do they? Snap!"
— Ching, A Crown of Stars
Ra's Al Ghul: Be that as it may, if I wished to use her against you, why would I kill her?
Batman: To anger me. To make me reckless when I came against you.
Ra's Al Ghul: [sighing] Detective, Detective. Yours is one of the finest strategically analytical minds I have ever encountered, but you are not using it. Why would I want you to come after me? Were I to desire your life, I would simply activate a group of my men from anywhere in the globe, and send them against you. You might triumph over one or many, but eventually one would kill you. This is a certainty, Detective.
Batman: To anger me. To make me reckless when I came against you.
Ra's Al Ghul: [sighing] Detective, Detective. Yours is one of the finest strategically analytical minds I have ever encountered, but you are not using it. Why would I want you to come after me? Were I to desire your life, I would simply activate a group of my men from anywhere in the globe, and send them against you. You might triumph over one or many, but eventually one would kill you. This is a certainty, Detective.
"I had others I was protecting behind me. You would have had to grind me to dust before I gave way, and even then I'd have found some way to stop you for their sake."
— Naruto, A Drop of Poison
Trazyn the Infinite: Hear my words, Aeldari, Harlequins, Asuryani, Drukhari, I am Trazyn the Infinite Collector! I survived three hundred and forty thousand battles with your kind! I have betrayed the Deceiver and danced in the core of your stars. I was there before your empire was born. I am the Chief Archaeovist of Solemnace, Overlord... and first cousin to the Silent King. I am Triarch-Elect of the Necron Dynasties and I. DO. NOT. SLEEP!
Lelith Hesperax/ Aenaria Eldanesh: How nostalgic. In this Age and place, I am known as Lelith Hesperax. But forever and always, I am the Queen of Blades.
Lelith Hesperax/ Aenaria Eldanesh: How nostalgic. In this Age and place, I am known as Lelith Hesperax. But forever and always, I am the Queen of Blades.
"Tell the one who transgressed against me that I, Rei Ayanami, will not take this act of disrespect lying down. I will enact upon them a vengeance so grand, so sublime, that future generations of mankind will write epics about my victory. Plays will be written about my conquest over your compatriot, sonnets depicting my revenge will be distributed to schoolchildren to teach them of the folly of men perpetrated by the one who wronged me. And when my dread vengeance is brought to fruition, when this Prankster who had defaced me lies broken and defeated at my feet, I will say nothing. As nothing needs to be said to mere dust."
— Rei Ayanami, Rise of the Minisukas
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Trust me, I've defeated weapons like you before, and I'll do so again, as many times as I need to.
Saphran Indellous: You've defeated Space Marines in the past?
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Not as such, no. But I've defeated men made for war, men who were embraced by both foul sorcery and technology to become killers. Men made by dark masters to be insurmountable in the field of battle, and I've bested each one, and I best them every time.
Saphran Indellous: You've defeated Space Marines in the past?
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Not as such, no. But I've defeated men made for war, men who were embraced by both foul sorcery and technology to become killers. Men made by dark masters to be insurmountable in the field of battle, and I've bested each one, and I best them every time.
Jocasta Nu: [seeing Saphran get up] That is not possible! Your heart, your lungs! They are pierced, I know it!
Saphran Indellous: Cut my heart out? Pierced my lungs? Did you really think something like that would stop me? I am a Crimson Razor of the Emperor of Mankind. Pain cannot lay me low, for I am it's lord, and it is my strength. I can feel no fear, nor bend beneath it, for I am Fear Incarnate. What are you but a broken sword, and an old woman to stand behind it?
Saphran Indellous: Cut my heart out? Pierced my lungs? Did you really think something like that would stop me? I am a Crimson Razor of the Emperor of Mankind. Pain cannot lay me low, for I am it's lord, and it is my strength. I can feel no fear, nor bend beneath it, for I am Fear Incarnate. What are you but a broken sword, and an old woman to stand behind it?
"Marisa's spunk in stealing my attack is to be admired, but when you absolutely must reduce everything in your path to a mist of atoms, accept... no... SUBSTITUTES!"
— Yuuka Kazami, Fantasy of Utter Ridiculousness
Films — Animation
In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be
It scared me out of my wits
A corpse falling to bits!
Then I opened my eyes and the nightmare was ME!
—Rasputin during his Villain Song, Anastasia
Those are the heads of all your lieutenants. That took me two hours. You wanna see what I can get done in a whole evening? Make no mistake, I'm not asking you to kick in with me - I'm telling you.
— Red Hood, Batman: Under the Red Hood
I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I! AM! BEOWULF!
— Beowulf, Beowulf
Sister: I've crushed things that could fit this world on their fingernails. This victory brings me no honor.
Monkey: Then imagine how it'll feel when you lose!
Crime Boss: Look who thinks he's the Ebola virus! Huh?
(group laughing)
Thrax: ...Ebola...? Let me tell you something about Ebola, baby. Ebola is a case of dandruff compared to me!
Crime Boss: Alright, pal, you're out of here. Rosa, take this punk up to the face and bury him in a blackhead. When we're done with you, it'll take a Swedish facialist and six steaming washclothes to get you out!
Thrax: Sounds like a gas, baby. Bring it on.
I once was brave tiger...and if I go down in flames, so be it!
— Vitaly, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
"So then, Wolf, I am no longer a weakling sheep. Instead of fangs, I have horns which are just as sharp. My hooves are harder than the rock, and it's become my nature to fight without fear of death."
—Chirin, Ringing Bell
I do believe in you... I'm just not afraid of you!
— Jamie Bennett, Rise of the Guardians
"Now I am the ruler of all the ocean! The waves obey my every whim! The sea and all its spoils... bow to my power!!"
—Ursula after going One-Winged Angel, The Little Mermaid (1989)
Unicron: I have summoned you here for a purpose.
Megatron: Nobody summons Megatron!
Unicron: Then it pleases me to be the first....
"Matter cannot be created or destroyed, human. You have made a fatal error in judgement. Let me educate you."
—Gum, Sausage Party
"Don't you threaten me with a good time, honey! Mwah!"
—Furlecia, Arlo the Alligator Boy
"Ladies, gentlemen, you've eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. But your feast is nearly over. From this moment on, none of you are safe."
—Batman, Batman: Year One
"You can never escape me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it with someone like you."
—Batman, Batman: Year One
"You don't get it, son. This isn't a mud hole. It's an operating table. And I'm the surgeon."
—Batman to the Mutant Leader, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1
"The Mutants are dead. This is the new face of the law. We are the Sons of Batman. And Gotham's criminals are about to enter Hell."
—Son of Batman, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1
"The era of the land-dweller is at an end, hero. Your metal skull will decorate my great hall."
—Aquaman to Cyborg, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
"Everyone thinks that they'll be the one to defeat me, but no one's escaped me yet."
—The Wolf/Death, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Films — Live-Action
"I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN, and loved only one woman with a passion a FLEA like you could never BEGIN to understand! THAT's who I am! NOW, GO HOME, BOY!"
— Hub McCann, Secondhand Lions
I'm ready, man. Check it out! I am the ultimate bad-ass! State of the bad-ass art! You do not want to fuck with me. Check it out! Hey, Ripley, don't worry. Me and my squad of ultimate bad-asses will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. WHAP! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, we got sharp sticks.
— Private William Hudson, Aliens
Jake: Give it up, Quaritch! It's all over.
Col. Quaritch: Nothing's over while I'm breathin'!
Jake: I kinda hoped you'd say that.
Col. Quaritch: Nothing's over while I'm breathin'!
Jake: I kinda hoped you'd say that.
— Avatar
Loki: I have an army.
Tony Stark: We have a Hulk.
Loki: I thought the beast had wandered off...
Tony Stark: You're missing the point... There is no throne! There is no version of this where you come out on top. Now, maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it.
Tony Stark: We have a Hulk.
Loki: I thought the beast had wandered off...
Tony Stark: You're missing the point... There is no throne! There is no version of this where you come out on top. Now, maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it.
"Before we get started, does anyone want to get out?"
—Steve Rogers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
"Do you see the beauty of it? The inevitability? You rise, only to fall. You, Avengers, you are my meteor. My swift and terrible sword and the Earth will crack with the weight of your failure. Purge me from your computers; turn my own flesh against me. It means nothing! When the dust settles, the only thing living in this world, will be metal."
"I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless. It's frightening, turns the legs to jelly. I ask you, to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now it's here. Or should I say, I am."
— Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War
"You are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but dust and blood."
—T'Challa, Avengers: Infinity War
Wanda Maximoff: You. Took. EVERYTHING. From me.
Thanos: I don’t even know who you are.
Wanda: You will.
Thanos: I don’t even know who you are.
Wanda: You will.
Thanos: I am... inevitable.
Tony Stark: And I... am... Iron Man.
Wonder Woman: This thing, this creature... it seems to feed on energy.
Superman: This "thing" is from another world. My world.
Wonder Woman: I've killed things from other worlds before.
Superman: This "thing" is from another world. My world.
Wonder Woman: I've killed things from other worlds before.
"I have more soldiers than there are blades of grass in this land."
— Namor to Ramonda and Shuri, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
You obviously do not know who you are FUCKING WITH!
Cooke: You scared, motherfucker? Well, you should be, because this Green Beret's about to kick your ass!
John Matrix: I eat Green Berets for breakfast, and right now, I'm very hungry!
John Matrix: I eat Green Berets for breakfast, and right now, I'm very hungry!
Frank Hill: New York? How the Hell'd you get all the way down [to Dallas] then, huh?
Rourke: I drove.
Background survivor: All by yourself?
Harker: Wait a second, you've been on your own ever since the plague started?
Rourke: Yeah. Hunting.
Dugan: Fuck you! Hunting them? What are you gonna do, kill 'em all? There's millions of those goddamned things out there.
Rourke: Yeah, well there's a lot less of 'em from here to the Bronx, asshole.
Rourke: I drove.
Background survivor: All by yourself?
Harker: Wait a second, you've been on your own ever since the plague started?
Rourke: Yeah. Hunting.
Dugan: Fuck you! Hunting them? What are you gonna do, kill 'em all? There's millions of those goddamned things out there.
Rourke: Yeah, well there's a lot less of 'em from here to the Bronx, asshole.
"Seventy-six years, Stephen. How many niggers you think you seen come and go? Seven thousand? Eight thousand? Nine thousand? Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine? Every single word that came out of Calvin Candie's mouth was nothing but horseshit, but he was right about one thing: I am that one nigger in ten thousand."
—Django, Django Unchained
"Just remember that when we set sail, I needed an army. Now, I am one."
Inhabitants of Peach Trees, this is Judge Dredd. [...] In case you people have forgotten, this block operates under the same rules as the rest of the city. Ma-Ma is not the law... I am the law.
Ma-Ma is a common criminal; guilty of murder, guilty of the manufacture and distribution of the narcotic known as Slo-Mo, and as of now under sentence of death. Any who obstruct me in carrying out my duty will be treated as an accessory to her crimes. You have been warned.
And as for you, Ma-Ma... judgement time''.
Ma-Ma is a common criminal; guilty of murder, guilty of the manufacture and distribution of the narcotic known as Slo-Mo, and as of now under sentence of death. Any who obstruct me in carrying out my duty will be treated as an accessory to her crimes. You have been warned.
And as for you, Ma-Ma... judgement time''.
"Fuck you. That's my name. You know why, mister? You drove a Hyundai to get here. I drove an eighty-thousand dollar BMW. THAT'S my name. And your name is you're wanting. You can't play in the man's game, you can't close them - go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fucking faggots?... You see this watch? You see this watch? That watch costs more than your car. I made $970,000 last year. How much'd you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. I can go out there tonight with the materials you've got and make myself $15,000. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can YOU?... Get mad you son of a bitches, get mad! You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate. Go and do likewise gents. Money's out there. You pick it up, it's yours. You don't, I got no sympathy for you."
— Blake, Glengarry Glen Ross
There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. And we are the ones who bump back.
— Professor Broom, Hellboy (2004)
Rey: Is that even possible?
Han Solo: I never ask that question until after I've done it.
Han Solo: I never ask that question until after I've done it.
"You will take nothing from me, dwarf. I laid low your warriors of old. I instilled terror in the hearts of men. I am King Under The Mountain!"
— Smaug, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
"DON'T FUCK WITH THE CHUCK!"
— Chucky, Child's Play 3
Aldo Raine: We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty they will know who we are. And they will find the evidence of our cruelty in the disemboweled, dismembered, and disfigured bodies of their brothers we leave behind us. And the German won't not be able to help themselves but to imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands, and our boot heels, and the edge of our knives. And the German will be sickened by us, and the German will talk about us, and the German will fear us. And when the German closes their eyes at night and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with. Sound good?
The Basterds: YES, SIR!
The Basterds: YES, SIR!
"I've no time now, but believe me, as surely as the moon will set and the sun will rise, I shall kill you tomorrow night. I shall kill you even if you hide in the deepest cave of the earth. At ten o'clock tomorrow night, I shall kill you..."
— Jack Griffin, The Invisible Man (1933)
"I'll kill you all! I'll drive you crazy, and I'll KILL you all! I'm every nightmare you ever had! I am your WORST DREAM COME TRUE! I'm EVERYTHING you EVER were AFRAID of!"
— Pennywise, It (1990)
Santino: Then you know that I have the right to demand—
Winston: —Nothing. You demand nothing of me, Mr. D'Antonio; this kingdom is mine and mine alone.
Winston: —Nothing. You demand nothing of me, Mr. D'Antonio; this kingdom is mine and mine alone.
John: Winston, tell them... Tell them all. Whoever comes, whatever it is, I'll kill them. I'll kill them all.
Winston: (smiles) Of course you will.
"Tell me, do you know what the Bowery is, Adjudicator? Do you know what happens when I wave my hands? No, there will be no replacement for me on the throne because I am the throne, baby! I am the Bowery! I am all that you deign not to look at when you walk down the street at night. The Bowery is mine and mine alone."
—The Bowery King, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
"Break free, Great Aryan! There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a fat man with greasy hair and half a mustache."
— Elsa, Jojo Rabbit
Lando Calrissian: You might want to quit while you're ahead.
Han Solo: You might want to quit while you're behind.
— Solo
Scaramanga: My golden gun against your Walther PPK. Each of us, a 50-50 chance.
James Bond: Six bullets to your one?
Scaramanga: I only need one.
(Half a dozen bounty hunters appear in a circle around Finley)
Finley: Well if you know who I am, then you leave me no choice. But before I kill you...can I ask who sent you?
Bounty hunter: Before you kill all of us?
— The Master Gunfighter (1975)
"I am YuLaw! I am nobody's bitch! You are mine! I don't need to know you. You only need to know me. I will be The One!"
Maxx Orbison: I OWN THIS TOWN! I'm the mayor, I'm the governor, I'm the police AND the crime! And WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO CHANGE THAT?!
Joe: I'm Orgazmo.
— Orgazmo
"I will strike upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee!"
— Jules, Pulp Fiction
"That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten."
—Winston Wolf, Pulp Fiction
"You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize."
—Mr. White, Reservoir Dogs
RoboCop (Murphy): Drop it! Dead or alive, you are coming with me.
Emil Antonowsky: I know you. You're dead! We killed you! We killed you!
Emil Antonowsky: I know you. You're dead! We killed you! We killed you!
Come quietly or there will be...... trouble.
—Robocop (To a room full of armed thugs), RoboCop (1987)
Tristan: You have no fucking idea who you're dealing with.
Zoe: You know, you're right. You actually are starting to slip my mind. I mean, isn't it ironic that after all your goddamn hard work, people aren't gonna remember you?
Tristan: No?
Zoe: No. They're gonna remember me.
Zoe: You know, you're right. You actually are starting to slip my mind. I mean, isn't it ironic that after all your goddamn hard work, people aren't gonna remember you?
Tristan: No?
Zoe: No. They're gonna remember me.
"Who you think you fuckin' with? I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!"
— Tony Montana, Scarface (1983)
"I aim to misbehave."
—Mal Reynolds, captain of the Serenity
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."
— Bryan Mills, Taken
Jean-Claude Pitrel: You can't just go around tearing up Paris-
Bryan: I will tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to!
Bryan: I will tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to!
— Taken
Policeman: Get away from her! She's dangerous!
Thor: [warning glare] So am I.
Thor: [warning glare] So am I.
That's right. I've killed most everything that has walked or crawled on this earth, and I'm here to kill you, Little Bill.
All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down.
You better bury Ned right!... Better not cut up, nor otherwise harm no whores... or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches.
All right, I'm coming out. Any man I see out there, I'm gonna shoot him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only gonna kill him, but I'm gonna kill his wife, all his friends, and burn his damn house down.
You better bury Ned right!... Better not cut up, nor otherwise harm no whores... or I'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches.
— William Munny, Unforgiven
V: The only thing you and I have in common, Mr Creedy, is that we are both about to die.
Creedy: How do you imagine that's going to happen?
V: With my hands around your neck.
Creedy: Bollocks! What're you going to do? We've swept this place, you've got nothing. Nothing but your knives and your fancy karate gimmicks, we have guns!
V: No, what you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty I'm no longer standing, because if I am, you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.
Creedy: [repeatedly shooting V] Die! Die! WHY WON'T YOU DIE!? [gun clicking] Why won't you die!?
V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. [Takes Creedy in a Neck Lift and snaps his neck]
Optimus Prime: You have no soul!
Galvatron: That is why I have no fear!
Galvatron: That is why I have no fear!
"You should see the damage, bronze. Huh? metal damage, brain damage. Heheheh. Are you listening, bronze? I am the Nightrider. I'm a fuel injected suicide machine. I am a rocker, I am a roller, I am a out-of-controller! I'm the Nightrider, baby!"
—The Nightrider, Mad Max
"I am the Nightrider! I am the chosen one. The mighty hand of vengeance, sent down to strike the unroadworthy! I'm hotter than a rollin' dice. Step right up, chum, and watch the kid lay down a rubber road, right to FREEDOM!"
—The Nightrider, Mad Max
"I am the scales of justice! Con-DUCT-or of the choir of death!"
—The Bullet Farmer, Mad Max: Fury Road
"I am the man... who grabs the sun... RIDING TO VALHALLA! WITNESS ME, BLOOD BAG! WITNESS!"
—Nux, Mad Max: Fury Road
"I could have killed 'em all, I could've killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Don't push it! Don't push it or I'll give you a war you won't believe."
—John Rambo, First Blood
"The war is coming to the surface, and I'm bringing the wrath of the Seven Seas with me!"
—King Orm Marius, Aquaman (2018)
"We're the Lusthog Squad. We're lifetakers and heartbreakers. We shoot 'em full of holes and fill 'em full of lead."
—Private Cowboy, Full Metal Jacket
"I'll stare the bastard in the face as he screams to God, and I'll laugh harder when he whimpers like a baby. And when his eyes go dead, the hell I send him to will seem like heaven after what I've done to him."
—Marv, Sin City
Marv: I had to fight some cops.
Lucille: Oh, that's lovely. You didn't happen to kill any of them, did you?
Marv: Nah, I don't think so, but they know they've been in a fight, that's for damn sure.
Lucille: Oh, that's lovely. You didn't happen to kill any of them, did you?
Marv: Nah, I don't think so, but they know they've been in a fight, that's for damn sure.
"We'll fight the cops, the mob, and anybody else who tries to move in on us. We'll go to war."
—Gail, Sin City
"If it bleeds, we can kill it."
—Dutch, Predator
"This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter. Nothing can change that."
—Bob Rainsford, The Most Dangerous Game
Amos: What are you gonna do against a hostile spirit? You just gonna crack jokes?
Kylie Bucknell: No, I am going to smash it in the face.
Kylie Bucknell: No, I am going to smash it in the face.
"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
"Now Ms. Parker, don't you believe what you read in all them newspapers. That's the law talkin' there. They want us to look big so they gonna look big when they catch us. And they ain't gonna catch us. 'Cause I'm even better at runnin' than I am at robbin' banks!"
—Clyde Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde
"Not only will I bring back the head of this Hawk, but I'll have the gold as well. Then Voltan will see who is the lord of the dance."
—Drogo, Hawk the Slayer
"I am no messanger. But I will give you a message. The message of DEATH!"
—Drogo, Hawk the Slayer
"Kill? You are priceless, brat! I am eternal, child. I am the Eater of Worlds, and of children! And you...are...NEXT!"
—Pennywise, It (1990)
Sir Guy of Gisbourne: Do you know any prayers, my friend?
Robin Hood: I'll say one for you!
Robin Hood: I'll say one for you!
Sir Guy of Gisbourne: You've come to Nottingham once too often!
Robin Hood: When this is over, my friend, there'll be no need for me to come again.
Robin Hood: When this is over, my friend, there'll be no need for me to come again.
"French persons, today the blood of many a brave knight shall be avenged! In the name of God, we shall not stop our fight till every one of you lies dead, and the Holy Grail returns to those who God Himself has chosen! Charge!"
—King Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"You'll need an army to kill me. I'll give you untold power... in death!"
—The Man, Versus
Sho'nuff: Am I the meanest?
Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Am I the prettiest?
Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Am I the baddest mofo low down around this town?
Goons: Sho'nuff!
Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Am I the prettiest?
Goons: Sho'nuff!
Sho'nuff: Am I the baddest mofo low down around this town?
Goons: Sho'nuff!
"Don't worry about me, Gettys! Don't worry about me! I'm Charles Foster Kane! I'm no cheap, crooked politician, trying to save himself from the consequences of his crimes! Gettys! I'm going to send you to Sing Sing! Sing Sing, Gettys! Sing Sing!"
—Charles Foster Kane, Citizen Kane
"I'm not some old man! Or a wounded prisoner! Motherfucker... Don't you dare touch the girl. You won't be the first pig I've gutted!"
—Mercedes, Pan's Labyrinth
"I'm gonna go down there, I'm gonna find Phoenix, and I'm gonna put him in a hurt locker."
—John Spartan, Demolition Man
"You cannot stop me! I am supersonic!"
—Kronos, Supersonic Man
"We do not ask for your poor or your hungry. We do not want your tired and sick. It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath, we shall hunt them down. Each day, we will spill their blood till it rains down from the skies. Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. These are not polite suggestions. These are codes of behavior, and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost. There are varying degrees of evil. We urge you lesser forms of filth not to push the bounds and cross over into true corruption, into our domain. For if you do, one day you will look behind you and you will see we three. And on that day, you will reap it. And we will send you to whatever god you wish."
—The McManus Brothers, The Boondock Saints
"Death has come to your little fuckin' town, Melanie!"
—Nurse Jane Toppan, American Nightmare (2002)
"Even a big bitch cockroach like you should know... never, but never, fuck with the King!"
"Whenever there's injustice, wrongs to be righted, innocents to be defended, Black Dynamite will be there, delivering ass-whuppings. and I will not hesitate to lay the hammer down on any clown that comes around. Because if they wanna fight, they best come see me, because I'm Black Dynamite."
—Black Dynamite, Black Dynamite
Maj. Camus: We just stopped that thing, what was it called again, Lieutenant?
Lt. Ryker: Armageddon, sir!
Camus: That's the one. Lieutenant Ryker here killed Satan himself with a sharp stick. Good work soldier!
Lt. Ryker: Armageddon, sir!
Camus: That's the one. Lieutenant Ryker here killed Satan himself with a sharp stick. Good work soldier!
"There is evil out there, and I'm gonna kick its ass!"
—Debi, Idle Hands
Marybeth: Please. I just want to bury my family. And if I can take out that monster with me, then all the better.
Reverend Zombie: You can't kill him. He'll just be reborn. He's forced to return to the state he was when he was killed. You can't kill a ghost.
Marybeth: Maybe I can't or maybe I can. But I'm going to bury that hatchet into his fucking face!
Reverend Zombie: You can't kill him. He'll just be reborn. He's forced to return to the state he was when he was killed. You can't kill a ghost.
Marybeth: Maybe I can't or maybe I can. But I'm going to bury that hatchet into his fucking face!
—Hatchet II
"You know somethin'? The only trouble with kickin' the shit outta you is it would be too easy."
—Tom Cody, Streets of Fire
"I'm gonna sleep in your bloody carcasses tonight!"
-The Hobo, Hobo with a Shotgun
"Put the knife away, kid, or I'll use it to cut welfare checks from your rotten skin!"
—The Hobo, Hobo with a Shotgun
"My armor was never a distraction or a hobby, it was a cocoon, and now I'm a changed man. You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys, but one thing you can't take away - I am Iron Man."
—Tony Stark, Iron Man 3
"The Black Panther has been the protector of Wakanda for generations. A mantle passed from warrior to warrior. And now because your friend murdered my father, I also wear the mantle of king. So I ask you, as both warrior and king, how long do you think you can keep your friend safe from me?"
—T'Challa, Captain America: Civil War
Tony Stark: They're comin' for ya.
Natasha Romanoff: I'm not the one that needs to watch their back.
Natasha Romanoff: I'm not the one that needs to watch their back.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The shadows betray you, because they belong to me! I will show you where I have made my home while preparing to bring justice! Then I will break you!"
—Bane, The Dark Knight Rises
CIA Agent: If I pull that off, would you die?
Bane: It would be extremely painful.
Agent: You're a big guy!
Bane: For you.
Bane: It would be extremely painful.
Agent: You're a big guy!
Bane: For you.
"Now is the End of Days, and I am the Reaper!"
—Alessa Gillespie, Silent Hill
"You want to spit on me and make me crawl? I'm gonna piss on your grave tomorrow!"
—Coffy to Arturo Vitroni, Coffy
"The only thing separating me from her is the two minutes it's gonna take to kick your ass!"
—Lucas Lee, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
"I carry twenty three great wounds all got in battle. Seventy five men have I killed with my own hands in battle. I scatter, I burn my enemies' tents. I take away their flocks and herds. The Turks pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor! Because I am a river to my people!"
— Auda Abu Tayi, Lawrence of Arabia
"Your impotent men with their foolish shells cannot protect you from my power. I condemn you to living death. To eternal hunger for living blood."
—Dracula, Bram Stoker's Dracula
"We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!"
—Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters (1984)
Bounty Hunter: You're wanted, Wales.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
Josey Wales: Reckon I'm right popular. You a bounty hunter?
Hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days.
Josey: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
"I never try anything. I just do it. And I don't beat clocks, just people! Wanna try me?"
—Varla, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
"If you shoot me, there are seven men to take my place."
— Captain George Mainwaring, Dad's Army (1971)
King of the Dead: The dead do not suffer the living to pass.
Aragorn: You will suffer me.
Aragorn: You will suffer me.
"You scared, honey? Well don't you worry. If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it."
Literature
"You sent him to the sky to die, assassin, but the sky and the winds are mine. I claim them, as I now claim your life."
—Kaladin, Words of Radiance
"When an insane bitch armed with sixteen heavy guns is rapidly closing on one, Mister Coalson, it is, perhaps, best to do as she instructs. Heave-to, sir, that is my final instruction. Merlin out."
— Midshipman Alexis Carew, Into the Dark
I shatter Swords and splinter spears; None stands to Shieldbreaker. My point's the fount of orphans' tears, My edge the widowmaker.
— Shieldbreaker's song, Book of Swords
Beauchamp: So there is nothing left for me but to make arrangements for the duel.
The Count of Monte Cristo: All that is a matter of perfect indifference to me, Monsieur. There was no need to come and interrupt the performance for such a slight thing. In France, one fights with sword or pistol; in the colonies they take carbines; in Arabia, a dagger. Tell your client that, though I am the injured party, to keep my eccentricity to the very end I shall let him have the choice of weapons and will accept any, without discussion or argument. Any, do you understand? Even a duel by drawing lots, which is always stupid. But with me, it is a different matter: I am sure of winning.
The Count of Monte Cristo: All that is a matter of perfect indifference to me, Monsieur. There was no need to come and interrupt the performance for such a slight thing. In France, one fights with sword or pistol; in the colonies they take carbines; in Arabia, a dagger. Tell your client that, though I am the injured party, to keep my eccentricity to the very end I shall let him have the choice of weapons and will accept any, without discussion or argument. Any, do you understand? Even a duel by drawing lots, which is always stupid. But with me, it is a different matter: I am sure of winning.
"Any man here want tae fight? Then fight me! Aye, fight me! An' I swear by the harp o' bones I'll tak' him tae the deeps o' the sea an' then kick him tae the craters o' the moon an' see him ride tae the Pit o' Heel itself on a saddle made o' hedgehogs! I tell ye, my rage is the strength of the storm that tears mountains intae sand! Who among ye will stand agin me?"
— Awf'ly Wee Billy Bigchin, Discworld
"I will be the Winter Knight. I will be the most terrifying Knight the Sidhe Courts have ever known. I will send your enemies down in defeat and make your power grow. But I do it my way. On my terms. When you give me the task, I'll decide how it gets done... and you'll stay out of the way and let me work. And that's how it's going to be."
— Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
I do not dance to the Fallen's tune, Knight. We may move together, but I play the music. I set the beat. For nearly two thousand years I followed my path, through every treacherous bend and twist, through every temptation to turn aside, and after centuries of effort and study and planning and victory, they follow my leadership. Not the other way around. Turn aside from my path? I have ''blazed'' it through ages of humanity, through centuries of war and plague and madness and havoc and devotion. I am my path and it is me. There is no turning aside.
— Nicodemus, Skin Game
Shagnasty: Old spirit caller. The failed guardian of a dead people. I do not fear you. [...] You are not a holy man. You do not follow the Blessing Way. You have no power over me.
Listens-To-Wind: Don't plan to bind or banish you, old ghost. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears. Let's go.
Harry Dresden: I know the Sidhe are dangerous. But there's not enough of them. Not for what is coming at us.
Harry Dresden: I am Harry, son of Malcolm! I have battled dark sorcerers and black knights! I have fought men and beasts in numbers too great for counting, invaded the heart of Winter, confronted necromancers and the living dead, vampires and ghouls and demons in their hordes endless! I have matched wits with the six Queens of Faerie and prevailed, and thwarted the combined will of the White Council! When they came for my child, I smote the Red Court of Vampires, and laid them in ruin for all the world to see. I am Harry, son of Malcolm, and I have entered the vaults of Tartarus, and stolen its treasures beneath the gaze of Hades himself! And I'm about to add giant slaying to my resumé.
Giant: Impressive claims.
Harry Dresden: Damned right. Who are you and what have you got?
Giant: I am Svangar, son of Svangi. I have fought the Odinson and lived to tell the tale.
I am the doubt that wards away sleep. I am the flaw that corrupts, the infected wound, the false fork in the trail. I am the gnawer, the worm in the book, the maggot that burrows in the mind's eye. I am He Who Walks Beside.
"Where'd they go?"
Where they belong. Where they have always been. Back in the minds of Man. But I am not like them. I am Azrael, created to be creation's shadow. You cannot destroy me. That would destroy the world.
Where they belong. Where they have always been. Back in the minds of Man. But I am not like them. I am Azrael, created to be creation's shadow. You cannot destroy me. That would destroy the world.
— Death, Good Omens
"Revenge! Revenge! The King under the Mountain is dead and where are his kin that dare seek revenge? Girion Lord of Dale is dead, and I have eaten his people like a wolf among sheep, and where are his sons' sons that dare approach me? I kill where I wish and none dare resist. I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. Then I was but young and tender. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong, Thief in the Shadows! My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!"
—Smaug, The Hobbit
"Kill? Me? Oh, you are priceless, brat. I am eternal, child. I am the eater of worlds, and of children. And you...are...NEXT!"
"Even your Tathagata Buddha from the Thunder Monastery is afraid of me. Where do you think you two little wretches are going to get? Come here, all of you, and watch me beat every one of you."
—The Scorpion Lady, Journey to the West
"I can kill anything that exists, even if it's a god."
— Shiki Ryougi, The Garden of Sinners
"You will never get it back. In the last need, Sméagol, I should put on the Precious; and the Precious mastered you long ago. If I, wearing it, were to command you, you would obey — even if it were to leap from a precipice or to cast yourself into the fire. And such would be my command. So have a care, Sméagol!"
Gandalf the White: You cannot enter here. Go back to the Abyss prepared for you! Fall back into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master! Go back.
The Witch-King of Angmar: Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know death when you see him? Die now, and curse in vain!
The Witch-King of Angmar: Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know death when you see him? Die now, and curse in vain!
I walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I have spread the fire of my wrath across entire continents, and sat alone upon tall thrones. Do you grasp the meaning of this?
— Kallor the High-King, Malazan Book of the Fallen
I am Artagan Truax. I have killed men in eleven systems. I have fought well and withstood much and have not given quarter. I will not be broken by the likes of you today, nor will my son. And I will not beg for mercy.
— Artagan Traux, Maul: Lockdown
We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything: death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.
— Elie Wiesel, Night
"The dark is terrible, surrounds you, and is never empty as it seems. Though monsters lurk, know this: none is hungrier than me."
— Ryn, The One Who Eats Monsters
I'm the babe of a bloodripper
Born in the teeth of a gale
I'm the one who wields the sword
And makes the foebeast wail
Blood's me fav'rite colour
Swifter'n lightning aye
Stand out me way, stand out I say
Step aside now, or die!
'Cos I'm the spawn o' nightstorm
An' death sails in me wake
I sheath me blade in innards
An' what I want, I take!
Come one, come all, I'm waitin'
I'll flay yer carcass bare
So everyplace I go they'll say
Ahoy, you bold corsaaaaaaaaaaaiiir!
Born in the teeth of a gale
I'm the one who wields the sword
And makes the foebeast wail
Blood's me fav'rite colour
Swifter'n lightning aye
Stand out me way, stand out I say
Step aside now, or die!
'Cos I'm the spawn o' nightstorm
An' death sails in me wake
I sheath me blade in innards
An' what I want, I take!
Come one, come all, I'm waitin'
I'll flay yer carcass bare
So everyplace I go they'll say
Ahoy, you bold corsaaaaaaaaaaaiiir!
— Romsca, Pearls of Lutra
"I am hunger. I am thirst. Where I bite, I hold till I die, and even after death they must cut out my mouthful from my enemy's body and bury it with me. I can fast for a hundred years and not die. I can lie on the ice for a hundred nights and not freeze. I can drink a river of blood and not burst. Show me your enemies."
— A werewolf, Prince Caspian
"I am your end. Before your eyes I will put your seed to the knife. I will quarter your carcass and feed it to the dogs. Your bones I will grind to dust and cast to the winds. I will strike down those who speak your name or the name of your fathers, until 'Yursalka' becomes as meaningless as infant babble. I will blot you out, hunt down your every trace! The track of your life has come to me, and it goes no further. I am your end, your utter obliteration!"
— Cnaiur urs Skiötha, Second Apocalypse
Anor: "There are thousands of warriors out here. You are only one man!"
Rhysode: "I am only one Jedi."
Anor: "You're insane!"
Rhysode: "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass."
Rhysode: "I am only one Jedi."
Anor: "You're insane!"
Rhysode: "No. I am Ganner. This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don't give a damn. None shall pass."
— Ganner Rhysode of the Star Wars Legends
"WE ARE MACHINES! WE ARE GREATER THAN THE YUUZHAN VONG!"
— Yuuzhan Vong Hunter battle droids on Borleias, Star Wars: New Jedi Order — Rebel Dream
Dalinar: Have I ever lost a battle, Tanalan? You know my reputation. Do you think it exaggerated?
Tanalan: Better to die trying to bring you down than to surrender.
Dalinar: You'd better be sure of that. Because if I win here, I'm going to have to make an example. I'll break you, Tanalan. Your sorry, weeping city will be held up before all who would defy my brother. Be absolutely certain you want to fight me, because once this starts, I will be forced to leave only widows and corpses to populate the Rift.
Tanalan: Better to die trying to bring you down than to surrender.
Dalinar: You'd better be sure of that. Because if I win here, I'm going to have to make an example. I'll break you, Tanalan. Your sorry, weeping city will be held up before all who would defy my brother. Be absolutely certain you want to fight me, because once this starts, I will be forced to leave only widows and corpses to populate the Rift.
Do you believe that I could kill you? Right here, right now, without using a sword or the Power? Do you believe that if I simply willed it, the Pattern would bend around me and stop your heart? By...coincidence?
— Rand 'al Thor, The Dragon Reborn, The Wheel of Time
We might be facing 50 million monsters, but those monsters would be facing the gods!
—Tomonaja Ijiro, World War Z
Skitter: You're planning to make threats?
Alexandria: Threats is the wrong word... but English is a limited language in some ways. There's really no word to articulate what I mean. A threat with a measure of inevitability to it. A promise? Too feeble. People break promises too often. A curse? A malediction? Too... magical. An oath? The connotations are wrong. When I say I'll do something, I make it happen.
Alexandria: Threats is the wrong word... but English is a limited language in some ways. There's really no word to articulate what I mean. A threat with a measure of inevitability to it. A promise? Too feeble. People break promises too often. A curse? A malediction? Too... magical. An oath? The connotations are wrong. When I say I'll do something, I make it happen.
— Worm
You have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm NOT just some house pet who got lost. I have summoned blazing fires to destroy my enemies. I have made giant mountains come alive to trample those who'd dare to attack my friends. A cloud of bats came at my friend's call, swarming Dolph's pack and tossing them into a chasm. Dolph knows what I can do. When he asked for my help when he was starving, I gave it. But every time he attacks, I strike back even harder. You came after me...and now I make the noise to drive you crazy! ... You have underestimated me. Now you will find out what I'm truly capable of!
— Max to the wolves and coyotes, The Last Dogs: Journey's End
What do you want to call that, Daine? A draw? Too easy. This is Susan Bishopric here. I've won one Rodney and I'll have a shitload more this autumn. I can Dream rings around you, and you ain't seen nothin' yet!
— Susan Bishopric, The Night Mayor
I shall tear these stars from out the heavens and hurl them in the faces of the gods, if this be necessary. I shall blaspheme in every Temple throughout the land. I shall take lives as a fisherman takes fish, by the net, if this be necessary. I shall mount me again up to the Celestial City, though every step be a flame or a naked sword and the way be guarded by tigers. One day will the gods look down from Heaven and see me upon the stair, bringing them the gift they fear most. That day will the new Yuga begin.
— Sam, Lord of Light
"There are only demigods and men upon the field," said Death. "They are still testing our strength. There are very few who remember the full power of Kalkin."
"The full power of Kalkin?" asked Sam. "That has never been released, oh Death. Not in all the ages of the world."
"The full power of Kalkin?" asked Sam. "That has never been released, oh Death. Not in all the ages of the world."
You're in the presence of royalty, mate. I go where my subjects go, and my subjects are everywhere. And here in the cities there're a million crevices for my kingdom. I fill all the spaces in-between. Let me tell you about me. I can hear the things left unsaid. I know the secret life of houses and the social life of things. I can read the writing on the wall. I live in old London town. Let me tell you who I am. I'm the big-time crime boss. I'm the one that stinks. I'm the scavenger chief, I live where you don't want me. I'm the intruder. I killed the usurper, I take you to safekeeping. I killed half your continent one time. I know when your ships are sinking. I can break your traps across my knee and eat the cheese in your face and make you blind with my piss. I'm the one with the hardest teeth in the world, I'm the whiskered boy. I'm the Duce of the sewers, I run the underground. I'm the king. I'm King Rat.
— King Rat
"I'm the son of Jupiter! I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the Twelfth Legion. I slew the Trojan Sea Monster, I toppled the black throne of Kronos and destroyed the Titan Krios with my own hands. And now I'm going to destroy you, Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves."
— Jason Grace to the giant Porphyrion, The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero
I am Harry August, born New Year's Day 1919. I am sixty-eight years old. I am eight hundred and ninety-nine. I have directly killed seventy-nine men, of whom fifty-three died in war of one kind or another, and indirectly murdered through my actions at least four hundred and seventy-one people who I know of. I have witnessed four suicides, one hundred and twelve arrests, three executions, one Forgetting. I have seen the Berlin Wall rise and fall, rise and fall, seen the twin towers collapse in flames and dust, talked with men who scrambled in the mud of the Somme, listened to tales of the Crimean War, heard whispers of the future, seen the tanks roll into Tiananmen Square, walked the course of the Long March, tasted madness in Nuremburg, watched Kennedy die, and seen the flash of nuclear fire burning apart across the ocean.
"RRRAAAAAAAAHHHH!! I've fought Chaos dragons and lich kings! I've fought Greater Daemons, and the Gods themselves! I bled Bel'akor, the Prince Who Would Be King! I've crossed axes with Grimnir and walked away! I swore to die in battle, but outlived a world! Come! Try me, beast! Maybe you'll have better luck than any other beast I've ever slain 'til now! Haha, maybe we both will!"
— Gotrek Gurnisson, Realmslayer
Live-Action TV
"And to my son, the stallion who will mount the world, I will also pledge a gift. I will give him the iron chair that his mother's father sat upon. I will give him seven kingdoms. I, Drogo, will do this. I will take my Khalasar west to where the world ends and ride wooden horses across the black salt water as no Khal has done before. I will kill the men in iron suits, and tear down their stone houses! I will rape their women, take their children as slaves, and bring their broken gods back to Vaes Dothrak! This, I vow, I, Drogo, son of Bharbo. I swear before the Mother of Mountains as stars look down in witness! AS THE STARS LOOK DOWN IN WITNESS!"
Baba Voss: Very well. You must obey the vote. But it will be very difficult for anyone to take a woman and two newborns down a mountain without his arms or his legs.
The Dreamer: Now, Baba Voss, you're a big man, but we are many. You can't kill us all.
Baba Voss: No, but I can kill the first six or seven. So those of you who wish to be among that number, step forward. I have my blade ready to count you to heaven.
The Dreamer: Now, Baba Voss, you're a big man, but we are many. You can't kill us all.
Baba Voss: No, but I can kill the first six or seven. So those of you who wish to be among that number, step forward. I have my blade ready to count you to heaven.
— See
"All those tattoos, all those tricks you've learned just don't matter. Doesn't matter what you try. Doesn't matter where I am or how badass you think you've become. 'Cause you know what? I'm Angel. I beat the bad guys."
— Angel, Angel
"Who am I? I am Susan Ivanova. Commander. Daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanov. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth, sweetheart! I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me."
— Commander Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5
"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
— Delenn, "Severed Dreams," Babylon 5
"No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own eye teeth to end you! I swear it! I'm coming for all of you!"
— Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica
Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. You know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going in to work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly-up. Disappears. It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don't know who you are talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!
— Walter White, Breaking Bad
Don Eladio is dead! His capos are dead! You have no one left to fight for! Fill your pockets and leave in peace...or face me, and die!
— Gustavo Fring, Breaking Bad
Buffy: It claimed to be the Original Evil, the one that came before anything else.
Anya: Please, how many times have I heard that line in my demon days? 'I'm so rotten, they don't even have a word for it. I'm bad. Baddy bad bad bad. Does it make you horny?' ...Or terrified. Whatever.
Anya: Please, how many times have I heard that line in my demon days? 'I'm so rotten, they don't even have a word for it. I'm bad. Baddy bad bad bad. Does it make you horny?' ...Or terrified. Whatever.
"If you think that's enough to kill me, you really don't know what a Slayer is. Trust me when I say you're gonna find out."
— Buffy Summers, "The I in Team"
Villain: "What if I had my man Hector here take your head off, right now?"
Robert McCall: "Then I'll grow another head, right now."
Robert McCall: "Then I'll grow another head, right now."
Crichton: Now, before anybody decides to get clever, you should know I have multiple deadman sensors from every culture on my ship and a few cultures I haven't heard of: my heart stops, we all go boom. My heart speeds up, it's boom again. Too hot, too cold, too happy, too sad, thirsty, hungry, bored, it's John Lee Hooker time. Boom, boom, boom. And you try your little psychic trick... kaboom. And we're all pushin' up day-glo daisies.
War Minister Ahkna: Why do I doubt that?
Crichton: Because you lack imagination?
Emperor Staleek: What do you want?
Crichton: What do I want? What do I want? I have not been chasing my ass all over the galaxy, trying to pull out chunks of my brain. I have not been sneaking fembots and skreeths into the places where I live. YOU want something! You. You want what's inside my head. You want what I know about wormholes. Because I can leap tall galaxies in a single bound! I can scorch planets with a wave of my hand, and you - and you - and you... you can't do jack.
Commandant Grayza: That's not true.
Crichton: Oh really? You command the stars to do your bidding? I know you can't. (to the other delegates) And you can't. And you can't. (to Grayza) And you won't. But I have.
War Minister Ahkna: Why do I doubt that?
Crichton: Because you lack imagination?
Emperor Staleek: What do you want?
Crichton: What do I want? What do I want? I have not been chasing my ass all over the galaxy, trying to pull out chunks of my brain. I have not been sneaking fembots and skreeths into the places where I live. YOU want something! You. You want what's inside my head. You want what I know about wormholes. Because I can leap tall galaxies in a single bound! I can scorch planets with a wave of my hand, and you - and you - and you... you can't do jack.
Commandant Grayza: That's not true.
Crichton: Oh really? You command the stars to do your bidding? I know you can't. (to the other delegates) And you can't. And you can't. (to Grayza) And you won't. But I have.
— Farscape
(levels pistol) "Now think real hard. You been bird-doggin' this township a while now, and they wouldn't mind a corpse of you. Now, you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you."
— Captain Malcolm Reynolds, "Our Mrs. Reynolds", Firefly
"No power in the 'Verse can stop me."
— River Tam, Firefly
Flash: I don't care how fast you are...you can't fight all three of us at the same time!
Reverse-Flash: (amused) Oh, I can't? Trust me...this? This is gonna be fun.
Reverse-Flash: (amused) Oh, I can't? Trust me...this? This is gonna be fun.
— The Flash (2014), "Rogue Air"
I would rather feed my sons to the dragons than have them carry shields and cups for your drunken, usurper cunt of a king!
— Daemon Targaryen, House of the Dragon
Grandmother said this: My evolution is faster than the speed of the light. There is nothing in the whole universe that can keep up with my evolution.
There is a tempest in me, one that has swept me to this island, and it will not be quelled by the likes of you, Regent!
— Galadriel to Queen Miriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
I am Lord Zedd, emperor of all I see.
— Lord Zedd, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
I'm not just any Ranger! Not by a long shoot!
— Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, Power Rangers Time Force
Hah! That was nothing! I won't let it happen again! I'm the strongest fighter there will ever be!
— Grizzaka before growing to giant size in Power Rangers Jungle Fury
You may look like me, but unless you got a Master Morpher...you ain't nothing but a cheap copy.
No.2: "Do you still think you can escape, Number Six?"
The Prisoner/No.6: "I'm going to do better than that."
No.2: "Oh?"
The Prisoner/No.6: "I'm going to escape and come back."
No.2: "Come back?"
The Prisoner/No.6: "Escape, come back, wipe this place off the face of the Earth - obliterate it - and you with it."
The Prisoner/No.6: "I'm going to do better than that."
No.2: "Oh?"
The Prisoner/No.6: "I'm going to escape and come back."
No.2: "Come back?"
The Prisoner/No.6: "Escape, come back, wipe this place off the face of the Earth - obliterate it - and you with it."
Odo: How did you get in here?!
Koloth: I am Koloth.
Odo: That doesn't answer my question.
Koloth: Yes, it does.
Koloth: I am Koloth.
Odo: That doesn't answer my question.
Koloth: Yes, it does.
I am First Omet'iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go to battle into reclaim our lives. This, we do gladly, for we are Jem'hadar. Remember, victory is life.
I am Chief Miles Edward O'Brien, I am very much alive and I intend to stay that way.
Bashir: I'm sure there's more than one Klingon who thinks that slaying a changeling would be worthy of a song or two.
Odo: Doctor, if a Klingon were to kill me, I'd expect nothing less than an entire opera on the subject.
Odo: Doctor, if a Klingon were to kill me, I'd expect nothing less than an entire opera on the subject.
Jem'Hadar Captain : Prepare yourself. I have found you a worthy opponent.
Worf: Where is he?
Jem'Hadar Captain: Right in front of you.
Worf: Where is he?
Jem'Hadar Captain: Right in front of you.
Resistance is futile.
— The Borg, Star Trek: The Next Generation
You are no God, and I am no Devil. I am truth, and judgment, and death, and I will Reign!
— Reign, Supergirl (2015)
Queen Mab: He will destroy the Old Ways! You will be forgotten, just like the rest of us.
The Rock Of Ages: That is your fear, not mine, Mab. I cannot die. I AM THE ROCK OF AGES. I will live forever... on the edge of dreams.
The Rock Of Ages: That is your fear, not mine, Mab. I cannot die. I AM THE ROCK OF AGES. I will live forever... on the edge of dreams.
"Don't try to threaten me, Mulder. I've watched Presidents die."
— The Cigarette Smoking Man, The X-Files, "One Breath"
"I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold."
—Din Djarin, The Mandalorian
Stormtrooper: We have you four to one.
Din Djarin: I like those odds.
"I am War. You were made to serve me - to live in me and die in me."
— War, Good Omens (2019)
"I'm Nick Fury. Even when I'm out, I'm in."
Doctor Who
That's right, Doctor Who gets its own folder.
"When we are both in the Great Hereafter, I will hunt you down, Bent-Face! And put you through my agonies a thousand times!"
— Leela, "The Talons of Weng Chiang"
"Before I die I'll see this rathole ankle deep in blood. That is a promised thing."
— Leela, "The Sun Makers"
Dalek: I demand orders!
The Doctor: They're never going to come! Your race is dead! You all burnt, all of you! Ten million ships on fire, the entire Dalek race WIPED OUT IN SECONDS!
Dalek: You lie!
The Doctor: I watched it happen! I MADE IT HAPPEN!
— "Dalek"
Dalek: I will talk to the Doctor.
The Doctor: Oh, will you? That's nice. Hello!
Dalek: The Dalek Stratagem nears completion. The Fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene.
Dalek: The Dalek Stratagem nears completion. The Fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene.
The Doctor: Oh, really? Why's that then?
Dalek: We have your associate. You will obey or she will be exterminated.
Dalek: We have your associate. You will obey or she will be exterminated.
The Doctor: No.
Dalek: Explain yourself.
Dalek: Explain yourself.
The Doctor: I said 'no'.
Dalek: What is the meaning of this negative?
Dalek: What is the meaning of this negative?
The Doctor: It means 'no'.
Dalek: But she will be destroyed!
Dalek: But she will be destroyed!
The Doctor: No! 'Cos this is what I'm gonna do — I'm gonna rescue her. I'm gonna save Rose Tyler from the middle of the Dalek Fleet, and then I'm gonna save the Earth, and then just to finish off, I'm gonna wipe every last stinking Dalek outta the sky!
Dalek: But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!
Dalek: But you have no weapons! No defenses! No plan!
The Doctor: Yeah. And doesn't that scare you to death? Rose?
Rose: Yes, Doctor?
The Doctor: I'm coming to get you.
Rose: Yes, Doctor?
The Doctor: I'm coming to get you.
— "Bad Wolf"
Dalek Emperor: You cannot hurt me. I am immortal.
Rose Tyler/Bad Wolf: You are tiny. I can see the whole of time and space. Every single atom of your existance, and I divide them.
Cybermen: Daleks be warned, you have declared war upon the Cybermen.
Daleks: This is not war, this is pest control!
Cybermen: We have five million cybermen. How many are you?
Daleks: Four.
Cybermen: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
Daleks: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek! You are superior in only one respect!
Cybermen: What is that?
Daleks: You are better at dying! RAISE COMMUNICATION BARRIER!!!
Daleks: This is not war, this is pest control!
Cybermen: We have five million cybermen. How many are you?
Daleks: Four.
Cybermen: You would destroy the Cybermen with four Daleks?
Daleks: We would destroy the Cybermen with one Dalek! You are superior in only one respect!
Cybermen: What is that?
Daleks: You are better at dying! RAISE COMMUNICATION BARRIER!!!
— The day the Cybermen and Daleks finally meet one another, "Doomsday"
"Don't play games with me! You just killed someone I like, that is not a safe place to stand. I'm the Doctor and you're in the biggest library in the Universe. Look me up."
— The Doctor, "Forest of the Dead"
"You're not the first lot to have come here. Oh, there have been so many."
[Hologram slideshow of various monsters]
"And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?"
[Hologram of all the previous Doctors while music swells. It gets to the Tenth, and the Eleventh walks through]
"Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... Run."
[Hologram slideshow of various monsters]
"And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?"
[Hologram of all the previous Doctors while music swells. It gets to the Tenth, and the Eleventh walks through]
"Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically... Run."
— The Doctor, "The Eleventh Hour"'''
"HELLLOOO STONEHENGE! Who takes the Pandorica... takes the universe! But bad news everyone... 'cause guess who! Listen, you lot, you're all whizzing about, it's really very distracting, could you all stay still for a minute because I AM TALKING!
(Every ship in the sky stops.)
Now the question for the hour is: "Who's got the Pandorica?" Answer: I do. Next question: "Who's coming to take it from me?"
(Beat) Come oooooon! Look at me! No plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn! Oh, and something else I don't have: ANYTHING! TO! LOSE! So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you and then... AAAAAND THEEEN! Do the smart thing... Let somebody else try first."
(The spaceships fall back. Beat.)
That'll keep 'em squabbling for half an hour."
(Every ship in the sky stops.)
Now the question for the hour is: "Who's got the Pandorica?" Answer: I do. Next question: "Who's coming to take it from me?"
(Beat) Come oooooon! Look at me! No plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn! Oh, and something else I don't have: ANYTHING! TO! LOSE! So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship with all your silly little guns and you've got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember who's standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you and then... AAAAAND THEEEN! Do the smart thing... Let somebody else try first."
(The spaceships fall back. Beat.)
That'll keep 'em squabbling for half an hour."
— The Doctor addresses an army of spaceships filled with his entire Rogues Gallery, "The Pandorica Opens"
filled with his entire Rogues Gallery, "The Pandorica Opens"House: I can kill you just as easily here as anywhere. Fear me. I've killed hundreds of Time Lords.
The Doctor: Fear me. I've killed all of them.
The Doctor: Fear me. I've killed all of them.
"Okay then; that's what I'll do, I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgement, all these people whose ancestors devoted themselves, sacrificed themselves, to you; can you hear them singing? Oh you like to think you're a god? Oh but you're not a god, you're just a parasite, eaten out with the jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others. You feed on them. On the memory of love and loss and birth and death and joy and sorrow SO - so, come on then. Take mine. Take. My. Memories. But I hope you've got a big appetite, because I have lived a long life, and I have seen a few things."
"I walked away from the Last Great Time War, I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe, and I watched as time ran out, moment-by-moment until nothing remained, no time, no space, just me. I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a MAD MAN!. I have watched universes freeze and creations burn! I have seen things you wouldn't believe, I have lost things you will NEVER UNDERSTAND; and I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken, knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze. SO COME OOOON THEN! TAKE IT! TAKE IT ALL, BABY! HAVE IT! YOU HAVE IT ALL!"
"I walked away from the Last Great Time War, I marked the passing of the Time Lords. I saw the birth of the universe, and I watched as time ran out, moment-by-moment until nothing remained, no time, no space, just me. I walked in universes where the laws of physics were devised by the mind of a MAD MAN!. I have watched universes freeze and creations burn! I have seen things you wouldn't believe, I have lost things you will NEVER UNDERSTAND; and I know things, secrets that must never be told, knowledge that must never be spoken, knowledge that will make parasite gods blaze. SO COME OOOON THEN! TAKE IT! TAKE IT ALL, BABY! HAVE IT! YOU HAVE IT ALL!"
— The Doctor to Akhaten, "The Rings of Akhaten"
"I tried to talk, I want you to remember that. I tried to reach out, I tried to understand you, but I think that you understand us perfectly. And I think that you just don't care! And I don't know whether you are here to invade, infiltrate or just replace us. I don't suppose it really matters now, you are monsters! That is the role you seem determined to play, so it seems that I must play mine! The man that stops the monsters! I'm sending you back to your own dimension. Who knows? Some of you may even survive the trip. And if you do, remember this: You are not welcome here! This plane is protected! I am the Doctor! And I name you the Boneless!" note
— The Doctor, "Flatline"
The Doctor: What Clara said, about not taking revenge. You know why she said that?
Ashildr: She was saving you.
The Doctor: I was lost a long time ago. She was saving you. I'll do my best. But I strongly advise you to keep out of my way. You'll find that it's a very small universe when I'm angry with you.
Ashildr: She was saving you.
The Doctor: I was lost a long time ago. She was saving you. I'll do my best. But I strongly advise you to keep out of my way. You'll find that it's a very small universe when I'm angry with you.
— "Face the Raven"
Bill, I've got no TARDIS, no sonic, about ten minutes of oxygen left, and now I'm blind. Can you imagine how unbearable I'm going to be when I pull this off?
— The Doctor, "Oxygen"
"I came to this universe with such delight, and I played them all, Doctor. I toyed with supernovas, turned galaxies into spinning tops. I gambled with God and made him a jack in the box. I made a jigsaw out of your history - did you like it? The Master was dying and begged for his life with one final game. And when he lost, I sealed him for all eternity inside my gold tooth."
Big Finish Doctor Who has got a few, too.
The Doctor: You said you read many texts concerning me, that the central feature of them was my desire for freedom. Surely you noticed something else?
The Scourge Leader: What?
The Doctor: That I always beat the monsters.
Ace: He does, too.
Bernice Summerfield: Even when they're inside his head.
The Doctor: And now... here I am, just when you've got victory in your grasp, wandering in front of you without a care in the universe. Obviously, I have something up my sleeve. Obviously, you're unaware of the trap I've lured you into. I'm what monsters like you are afraid of. So tell me... are you getting scared yet?
The Scourge Leader: What?
The Doctor: That I always beat the monsters.
Ace: He does, too.
Bernice Summerfield: Even when they're inside his head.
The Doctor: And now... here I am, just when you've got victory in your grasp, wandering in front of you without a care in the universe. Obviously, I have something up my sleeve. Obviously, you're unaware of the trap I've lured you into. I'm what monsters like you are afraid of. So tell me... are you getting scared yet?
"Was that supposed to frighten me, Farl? I've seen entire species destroyed; civilisations left in ruins. I've witnessed solar systems vanish in the twinkling of an eye. I've seen things that would freeze your blood... So don't threaten me. Don't ever threaten me."
— The Doctor, Big Finish Doctor Who, "Phobos"
Koloon: Doctor! Pity me!
The Doctor: Fear me.
Koloon: Wha... what?
The Doctor: Tell this to your gods, when they punish you, when they stretch you on the neutron rack: I'm still here.
Koloon: But you...?! You're one... little... man!
Seventh Doctor: No, not a man. Not a human being. I am a complex space-time event. I am Lord President of Gallifrey. The Traveller from Beyond Time. I am the Sandman! The Oncoming Storm! I am the Ka Faraq Gatri; Destroyer of Worlds! And sometimes... only sometimes, I. Am. Your. Worst. Nightmare! ...I am the Doctor, and I take care of my friends.
The Doctor: Fear me.
Koloon: Wha... what?
The Doctor: Tell this to your gods, when they punish you, when they stretch you on the neutron rack: I'm still here.
Koloon: But you...?! You're one... little... man!
Seventh Doctor: No, not a man. Not a human being. I am a complex space-time event. I am Lord President of Gallifrey. The Traveller from Beyond Time. I am the Sandman! The Oncoming Storm! I am the Ka Faraq Gatri; Destroyer of Worlds! And sometimes... only sometimes, I. Am. Your. Worst. Nightmare! ...I am the Doctor, and I take care of my friends.
Bring them. Daleks, Cybermen, mad gods, whatever you can arrange. I'll beat them all and you'll still be dead. I've fought every abomination in the universe and the only thing that ever stopped me is my conscience.
— The Eleventh Doctor, The Inheritance
And there's more where that came from, too.
Music
Some nigga named Dex was laying threats.
I jumped out the Lincoln, left him stinkin'.
Now you can see what he was just thinkin'.
— Big L, "Danger Zone", Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
I'm Evil Eddie with a rock-steady microphone mastery
(FIGJAM!)
Fuck I'm good, just ask me
As a concept, the intellect can't grasp me
(FIGJAM!)
Fuck I'm good, just ask me
...
I got the strong profile, without the help of rhinoplasty
(FIGJAM!)
Fuck I'm good, just ask me
Kicking arse in the cha, but you can't class me
(FIGJAM!)
Fuck I'm good, just ask me
I just had a threesome with your mama and your aunty
(FIGJAM!)
Fuck I'm good, just ask me
—Butterfingers, "FIGJAM"
I'll have you know..
That I've become...
Indestructable
Determination that is incorruptable
From the other side a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around
while you're alive
I'm an indestructable
Master of War!
That I've become...
Indestructable
Determination that is incorruptable
From the other side a terror to behold
Annihilation will be unavoidable
Every broken enemy will know
That their opponent had to be invincible
Take a last look around
while you're alive
I'm an indestructable
Master of War!
— Disturbed, Indestructable
I am the fire
I am burning brighter
Roaring like a storm...
I am burning brighter
Roaring like a storm...
— Halestorm, "I Am The Fire"
Wake up, I'm a bullet loosed
Into the heart of a wretched age
I breathe just to beat and bruise
An evolution of the burnin' rage
Gonna get mine
Get outta my way
There's gonna be (GONNA BE)
Gonna be HELL TO PAY!!!
Into the heart of a wretched age
I breathe just to beat and bruise
An evolution of the burnin' rage
Gonna get mine
Get outta my way
There's gonna be (GONNA BE)
Gonna be HELL TO PAY!!!
Now that the gates of Hell are unlocked
Magazines are fully loaded, guns cocked
They told me I'd be king when Hell froze over
So did anybody notice that the temp just dropped?
I am your nightmare, I am infernal
I'll strike fear in you cause fear is universal
I'm an amalgamation of Hell's nine circles
I am your Doom, I AM ETERNAL!
Magazines are fully loaded, guns cocked
They told me I'd be king when Hell froze over
So did anybody notice that the temp just dropped?
I am your nightmare, I am infernal
I'll strike fear in you cause fear is universal
I'm an amalgamation of Hell's nine circles
I am your Doom, I AM ETERNAL!
— JT Music, "Home to Hell"
I'm like a colossus with no possible obstacle on earth to stop it
Have you heard how my grandpa turned Xerxes' armies into Persian carpets?
This is his weapon that I wield - earned it, then learned to flaunt it
I hope you all brought a shield - so I can return you on it!
Have you heard how my grandpa turned Xerxes' armies into Persian carpets?
This is his weapon that I wield - earned it, then learned to flaunt it
I hope you all brought a shield - so I can return you on it!
I'm Big Dangerous, you're just a Lil Vicious
As I leave my competition, respirator style
Climb the ladder to success escalator style
— The Notorious B.I.G., "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)", Life After Death
I'm a human nightmare, an arsenal of doom
I kill conversation when I walk into a room
I'm a three line whip, I'm the sort of thing they ban
I'm a walking disaster, I'm the Demolition Man.
I kill conversation when I walk into a room
I'm a three line whip, I'm the sort of thing they ban
I'm a walking disaster, I'm the Demolition Man.
— The Police, "Demolition Man"
I'm known to write about the shit most people won't discuss
Some find my music too intrusive with their words, and such
You see a mousetrap, I see free cheese and a fucking challenge
But you stay quiet, for fear of tipping the balance
Some find my music too intrusive with their words, and such
You see a mousetrap, I see free cheese and a fucking challenge
But you stay quiet, for fear of tipping the balance
— Scroobius Pip, "Introdiction"
A tattooed madman, I'm hell on wheels!
Born a wicked child, left alone in the fields!
My father was the wind, my mother was fire,
Raised by the wolves and I grew up wild!
Born a wicked child, left alone in the fields!
My father was the wind, my mother was fire,
Raised by the wolves and I grew up wild!
— WASP, "Mean Man"
I’m a thousand tornados
Screamin' 'cross the plains
I’m Gabriel’s Horn
On Judgment Day
I’m months of darkness
I’m years of rain
God’s branding iron
Bears my name...
Screamin' 'cross the plains
I’m Gabriel’s Horn
On Judgment Day
I’m months of darkness
I’m years of rain
God’s branding iron
Bears my name...
— "Branding Iron", by Tom Morello
", by Tom MorelloWhen you look into my eyes
You know you're gonna see that fire
If you're standing in my way
It ain't gonna be your day
Bleed until I own this dream
Build it like you've never seen
Even at the mountain top
I'm never gonna ever stop
You know you're gonna see that fire
If you're standing in my way
It ain't gonna be your day
Bleed until I own this dream
Build it like you've never seen
Even at the mountain top
I'm never gonna ever stop
— Oh The Larceny, "Man on a Mission"
I have conquered galaxies,
Now I've stepped down to see
If a shadow can bleed!
Koopa King will strike you down!
I'll put you back in the ground,
Learn why I wear the crown!
Now I've stepped down to see
If a shadow can bleed!
Koopa King will strike you down!
I'll put you back in the ground,
Learn why I wear the crown!
— Bowser, "In The Final WITH LYRICS"
And when the hills are blackened bare
And blood and ashes fill the air
Then, shall reborn forces
Feast upon your corpses
We shall rise again, by my fungal hand!
Decompose your armies!
Rot and roil your bodies!
Thus the age of mushroom
Ends the age of man!
And blood and ashes fill the air
Then, shall reborn forces
Feast upon your corpses
We shall rise again, by my fungal hand!
Decompose your armies!
Rot and roil your bodies!
Thus the age of mushroom
Ends the age of man!
— Elder Princess Shroob, "The Final Battle (Elder Princess Shroob) WITH LYRICS"
""Oh, come out ye' black and tans
Come out and fight me like a man
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra"
Come out and fight me like a man
Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders
Tell her how the IRA made you run like hell away
From the green and lovely lanes of Killashandra"
—Dominic Behan, "Come Out, Ye Black and Tans"
When I don’t like a nigga, I don’t pretend to
I’ll have the paramedics wrap your fucking head like a Hindunote
— 50 Cent, "Life’s on the Line", Power of the Dollar
Why you dissing Eazy? 'Cause the boy ain't shit
Chew him with tobacco, and spit him in shit
I'll crush Ice Cube, I'm cool with Ice-T
But N.W.A ain't shit to me
Dre, beatin' on Dee from "Pump it Up!"?
Step to the Dog and get fucked up
I'm simplistic, imperialistic, idealistic
And I'm kicking the ballistics
Having that gang war
We want to know what you're fighting for
Fighting over colors?
All that gang shit's for dumb motherfuckers
But you go on thinking you're hard
Come to New York and we'll see who gets robbed
Take your jheri curl, take your black hats
Take your wack lyrics and your bullshit tracks
Now you're mad and you're thinking about stomping
Well, I'm from the South Bronx, fuck Compton
Chew him with tobacco, and spit him in shit
I'll crush Ice Cube, I'm cool with Ice-T
But N.W.A ain't shit to me
Dre, beatin' on Dee from "Pump it Up!"?
Step to the Dog and get fucked up
I'm simplistic, imperialistic, idealistic
And I'm kicking the ballistics
Having that gang war
We want to know what you're fighting for
Fighting over colors?
All that gang shit's for dumb motherfuckers
But you go on thinking you're hard
Come to New York and we'll see who gets robbed
Take your jheri curl, take your black hats
Take your wack lyrics and your bullshit tracks
Now you're mad and you're thinking about stomping
Well, I'm from the South Bronx, fuck Compton
— Tim Dog, "Fuck Compton"
You draw out the lambs, and I vanish a limb, call me demon, devil, heathen, heretic, believer, anything you need to
Brandish a sin, but forgive me when I chop your band to pieces, let you see the demon in me
Brandish a grin, had to be the demon, I was never met with reason, even my own people
Brandished the whip, and they whipped me and whipped me until I had nothing but granite for skin
Marked for death, that's why I laid my heart to rest
I've watched so many fall, that rage inside's my only armor left
Been swinging for so long, I'm sure I stained my metacarpals red
But you'll get no respect from me, know why? 'Cause I don't honor dead.
Brandish a sin, but forgive me when I chop your band to pieces, let you see the demon in me
Brandish a grin, had to be the demon, I was never met with reason, even my own people
Brandished the whip, and they whipped me and whipped me until I had nothing but granite for skin
Marked for death, that's why I laid my heart to rest
I've watched so many fall, that rage inside's my only armor left
Been swinging for so long, I'm sure I stained my metacarpals red
But you'll get no respect from me, know why? 'Cause I don't honor dead.
The devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been"
And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been"
— The Charlie Daniels Band, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
I see you standing tall with your armor and your blade!
You think you're unstoppable, you think you've got it made!
I am not afraid, no, I won't back down!
I'll face you head on, and take you
To the ground!
You underestimate me!
You think I'm weak and small!
But I've got something you don't have—
A FIRE IN MY SOUL!
You think you're unstoppable, you think you've got it made!
I am not afraid, no, I won't back down!
I'll face you head on, and take you
To the ground!
You underestimate me!
You think I'm weak and small!
But I've got something you don't have—
A FIRE IN MY SOUL!
"I fight where God tells me, I never ask why
I've bloodied the Devil with steel from on high
I kill without consequence, heed no man's law
I sift out the righteous like grain from the straw
I am judgment and heaven is nigh"
I've bloodied the Devil with steel from on high
I kill without consequence, heed no man's law
I sift out the righteous like grain from the straw
I am judgment and heaven is nigh"
—Heather Dale, "Joan"
Myths & Religion
"This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the Earth may know that there is a God in Israel."
— David, "1 Samuel 17:46", The Bible
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die."
— Jesus Christ, "John 11:17", The Bible
"Now I am become death, Destroyer of Worlds."
— Vishnu, Bhagavad Gita
"Hear my word, both gods of Heaven, and goddesses:
I shall relate to you what my heart tells me within my breast;
Let none of the goddesses, and none of the gods think
to defy my word; let all together hasten
to submit to me, so that I may without hindrance carry out my work!
If any among the immortals rebelliously desires, and I shall know,
to descend from Heaven, and aid the Trojans or the Achaeans,
they shall be struck and return to Olympus to suffer in shame.
Or I shall cast them into dark Tartarus,
to the furthest pit, where under the Earth is the deepest abyss.
Where there is a threshold of bronze, and gates of iron. Tartarus:
as far from Hades as the bright sky is from the Earth!
There they shall feel how much mightier am I than all immortals.
Or dare to try it and learn, you gods, that you may be convinced.
Let down now a golden chain from high heaven.
All gods to the last, and all goddesses to the last
take hold of it; but you will not be able to draw from heaven to the earth
Zeus, the Most High Counselor, no matter how much you labored!
However should I, having a will to do so, wish to pull -
with the very earth and the very sea shall I draw it up
And with my right hand, around a peak of Olympus
wind the chain, and the universe shall hang from on high.
By that much greater than gods and greater than mortals am I."
Thus he spoke, and the gods kept a deep silence.
All were struck by the speech, for with terrible menace he spoke.
I shall relate to you what my heart tells me within my breast;
Let none of the goddesses, and none of the gods think
to defy my word; let all together hasten
to submit to me, so that I may without hindrance carry out my work!
If any among the immortals rebelliously desires, and I shall know,
to descend from Heaven, and aid the Trojans or the Achaeans,
they shall be struck and return to Olympus to suffer in shame.
Or I shall cast them into dark Tartarus,
to the furthest pit, where under the Earth is the deepest abyss.
Where there is a threshold of bronze, and gates of iron. Tartarus:
as far from Hades as the bright sky is from the Earth!
There they shall feel how much mightier am I than all immortals.
Or dare to try it and learn, you gods, that you may be convinced.
Let down now a golden chain from high heaven.
All gods to the last, and all goddesses to the last
take hold of it; but you will not be able to draw from heaven to the earth
Zeus, the Most High Counselor, no matter how much you labored!
However should I, having a will to do so, wish to pull -
with the very earth and the very sea shall I draw it up
And with my right hand, around a peak of Olympus
wind the chain, and the universe shall hang from on high.
By that much greater than gods and greater than mortals am I."
Thus he spoke, and the gods kept a deep silence.
All were struck by the speech, for with terrible menace he spoke.
— Zeus, The Iliad, Book VIII
I am myself the Image of God; I have not yet been cast down from the heavenly Glory, as you were through your pride; I have put on Christ; I have been transformed into Christ by Baptism; worship thou me.
— St. Gregory Nazianzus (to Satan), Oration 40 on Holy Baptism, x.
You can kill us, but you can't hurt us.
— St. Justin Martyr, First Apology Ch. 2.
Tabletop Games
"Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you."
"I've survived more apocalypses than you've had chest colds."
— Nicol Bolas, Magic: the Gathering
"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines such that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my Space Marines and they shall know no fear."
"No world shall be beyond my rule, no enemy shall be beyond my wrath"
"We are the Ultramarines, the Sons of Guilliman. Whilst we draw breath, we stand. Whilst we stand, we fight. Whilst we fight, we prevail. Nothing shall stay our wrath."
"You accuse me of being a madman. What right have you to judge what is sane and what is not?
I have fought with the shadows on the edge of your vision.
I have seen the faces that laugh at you in your nightmares.
I have smelt the foetid breath that issues from the mouth of hell itself.
I have heard the silent voices that make your spine tingle with dread.
I have entered the realms between worlds where there is no time or place.
I have clashed with creatures the sight of which would sear your soul to the core.
I have bested horrors that chill with a gaze and tempt unreasoning terror.
I have faced death eye to eye and blade to blade.
I have stared into the eyes of insanity and met their all-consuming stare.
I have done all of this for you, for your protection, and the guarantee of a future for mankind.
And yet you accuse me of being a madman, you who have never had your sanity tested so sorely.
What right have you to call me a heretic and a blasphemer, who have not heard the whisper of dark gods in your ear?
You are weak. Vulnerable. Human in your frailty. I am strong and yet still you judge me.
And yet you still judge me for my sins, you who art most sinful to the heart?
Only the insane have strength enough to prosper; only those that prosper truly judge what is sane."
I have fought with the shadows on the edge of your vision.
I have seen the faces that laugh at you in your nightmares.
I have smelt the foetid breath that issues from the mouth of hell itself.
I have heard the silent voices that make your spine tingle with dread.
I have entered the realms between worlds where there is no time or place.
I have clashed with creatures the sight of which would sear your soul to the core.
I have bested horrors that chill with a gaze and tempt unreasoning terror.
I have faced death eye to eye and blade to blade.
I have stared into the eyes of insanity and met their all-consuming stare.
I have done all of this for you, for your protection, and the guarantee of a future for mankind.
And yet you accuse me of being a madman, you who have never had your sanity tested so sorely.
What right have you to call me a heretic and a blasphemer, who have not heard the whisper of dark gods in your ear?
You are weak. Vulnerable. Human in your frailty. I am strong and yet still you judge me.
And yet you still judge me for my sins, you who art most sinful to the heart?
Only the insane have strength enough to prosper; only those that prosper truly judge what is sane."
— Inquisitor Lichenstein, Warhammer 40,000
"His word was the roar of thunder. His glance was the look of the eagle. His might was the strength of the kraken. His guile was the cunning of the wulfen. His temper was the death of men."
— From the saga of Voltar, Warhammer 40,000
Everything that happens, happens for a reason, little one. And that reason is me.
— The "Voice of Tzeentch", Warhammer 40,000
"SETTRA DOES NOT SERVE! SETTRA RULES!"
— Settra the Imperishable, Warhammer: The End Times
I myself was an upstart once, but it was a waste of my time. Now I find myself surrounded by idiots. The one thing I have left to achieve is to beat some sense into your thick skull!
— The Master, Broken Worlds
They say men can’t be trusted out here, that even angels have gone crooked. That the corruption of Throne has twisted everything up, made people into animals.
If you believe in anything, believe in this: no animal in all the kingdom shall ever strike me down.
— The Law, Broken Worlds
Truly, anyone can kill. I prefer not to dirty myself with such droll work. But if you really must insist, I will show you the ways in which killing can be fantastically beautiful. If, by some chance, you do manage to crawl your way to kiss my heels, your reward will be my short sword.
— The Refined, Broken Worlds
Theatre
Young man, you can strum your lyre
I have strung the world in wire
Young man you can sing your ditty
I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY!
I have strung the world in wire
Young man you can sing your ditty
I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY!
— Hades, Hadestown
I’ll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;
I’ll slay more gazers than the basilisk;
I’ll play the orator as well as Nestor,
Deceive more slily than Ulysses could,
And, like a Sinon, take another Troy.
I can add colours to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?
Tut, were it farther off, I’ll pluck it down.
I’ll slay more gazers than the basilisk;
I’ll play the orator as well as Nestor,
Deceive more slily than Ulysses could,
And, like a Sinon, take another Troy.
I can add colours to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages,
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?
Tut, were it farther off, I’ll pluck it down.
Toys
Horror is looking into the eyes of the Shadowed One, knowing you are about to die...and then being forced to live. Horror is waking each day to see every part of your body moving on its own, a shifting mass of Protodites where once was solid metal and living tissue. Horror is what is in the eyes of your partners when they look at you...and in the cries of your enemies when your swarm engulfs them. Don't talk to me about fear, creature—I AM FEAR!
— Zaktan standing up to Irnakk, BIONICLE Legends 5: Inferno
Turaga Nuju always said the universe was a riddle. Today, I am the answer.
— Toa Matoro, BIONICLE
Visual Novels
Mia Fey: But I think you finally understand, Dahlia Hawthorne. ...You will never defeat me.
Dahlia: Wh-What...!? What did you say!?
Mia: Whether you're alive, dead, or somewhere in between, you will never defeat me. As long as I'm around, you're destined to lose for all of eternity!
Dahlia: Wh-What...!? What did you say!?
Mia: Whether you're alive, dead, or somewhere in between, you will never defeat me. As long as I'm around, you're destined to lose for all of eternity!
Do not take me so lowly. How can I be a hero if I cannot swallow a curse such as this?
All evils of the world? Heh, bring at least three times as much as that if you want to stain me.
See, Saber. A hero is someone who carries with them everything they see.
I am already carrying everything in this world.
All evils of the world? Heh, bring at least three times as much as that if you want to stain me.
See, Saber. A hero is someone who carries with them everything they see.
I am already carrying everything in this world.
— Gilgamesh, Fate/stay night
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm good as new. Thank you for killing the wrong man, but I can't say I like knowing that you wanted me dead. Although to be honest, even if you hadn't tried to kill me... I would still hate you very much."
— Snake, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Web Animation
Winter Schnee: If you won't hold your tongue, I will gladly remove it for you!
Qrow Branwen: Alright then. Come take it.
Qrow Branwen: Alright then. Come take it.
—RWBY
Harriet: You think you're going to stop us? We're the best Huntsmen in Atlas!
Ruby: You were. Then you trained us.
—RWBY
Vaggie: I know your game, and I'm not going to let you hurt anyone here, you pompous, cheesy, talk-show shitlord!
"I'm the motherfucking Emperor."
Asdrubael Vect: Life has no MEANING! Not really. Regardless of how long we extend our lifespans, regardless of our emotions, thoughts, and memories, regardless of everything that defines life to us - amalgams of matter who can reflect upon it - the universe itself shall dissipate, and as it does, so shall WE. In a million cycles, in a billion cycles, in a doudecillion cycles, in the dying throes of the galaxy, what will you find?!
There is nothing you can do to me! Do. Your worst.
[proceeds to No-Sell Tapu Lele's Moonblast]
Revolting.
— Registeel, Legendary & Mythical Pokémon Battle Royale
Joe Burrow: Do you know why I'm so confident?
Davante Adams: The cigar?
Josh Allen: 'Cause you're really good at football?
Aaron Rodgers: 'Cause you're super hot?
Joe Burrow: Because when the abyss stares at me, I stare it the f**k back.
I'm weak and slender
But I won't just surrender
To a mistrustful pretender
With an overbite!
Bite or stab or pull the trigger
Can't stop Boyfriend, I deliver
Spittin' out venom more than you've spat your entire life!
Even with just a single try
This rappin' legend never dies!
Hit me with all you got, I'll be just fine!
Sticks and stones break my bones, but nothin' can defeat my spirit!
Voice so strong, monsters and demons fear its highs!
But I won't just surrender
To a mistrustful pretender
With an overbite!
Bite or stab or pull the trigger
Can't stop Boyfriend, I deliver
Spittin' out venom more than you've spat your entire life!
Even with just a single try
This rappin' legend never dies!
Hit me with all you got, I'll be just fine!
Sticks and stones break my bones, but nothin' can defeat my spirit!
Voice so strong, monsters and demons fear its highs!
— The Boyfriend, Friday Night Funkin' WITH LYRICS, "Finale"
Your struggle is pointless... we have already won. The vulnerable state your kingdom is in now only invites attack! While your focus has been on saving your brother, our army has already attacked and acquired every Power Star in the Mushroom Kingdom! They are near... and once they arrive, the combined force, of all Power Stars will be unleashed, and our final purpose will be fulfilled... The destruction, of all creation!
— Devil Mario, Power Star
Webcomics
I just surfed a robo Dracula from the moon, so all yalls can just take it!
— Dr. McNinja, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
There, sequestered from the stars I consumed, they hoped I would simply whither away. But I do not wither. I am the withering.
— The Void Dragon, Aurora (2019)
Honestly, I'm almost disappointed. The last storm I destroyed was much more interesting.
— Erin Ruunaser to Tynan, Shadow of Thunder, Aurora (2019)
Black Mage: Can we have a minute?
Chaos: I am the yawning chasm from before the before; the darkness after the end of all things. I am nothing and no thing is eternal.
Black Mage: ...is that a yes?
Chaos: I am the yawning chasm from before the before; the darkness after the end of all things. I am nothing and no thing is eternal.
Black Mage: ...is that a yes?
Vanamonde: You're the last Heterodyne. You have to be kept safe until the town is secure. You've done your part! You've fixed the castle! The Doom Bell rang! At this point, what else can you do?
Agatha: Wrong question. I am the Heterodyne. My town is under attack. The question is: what can't I do?
Agatha: Wrong question. I am the Heterodyne. My town is under attack. The question is: what can't I do?
—Girl Genius, Vol. XII p. 20 ("Agatha Meets Some Friends")
)See the mighty trees, the strong bones of my body!
The rustling of the leaves is my laughter!
The swaying grass is the hair on my back!
The rocks and stones, powerful teeth of mine!
My blood, the water coursing through the land!
My ever watching eyes, the sun...
And the moon!
The rustling of the leaves is my laughter!
The swaying grass is the hair on my back!
The rocks and stones, powerful teeth of mine!
My blood, the water coursing through the land!
My ever watching eyes, the sun...
And the moon!
A stone is a part of the earth. It may be shaped into human form, but, like me, it is not alive. A stone does not desire anything. It has no dreams or feelings of any kind. Along with myself, rocks and stones have been the only constants on this planet. Of course, it is not a perfect definition. For example.
* pop*
A stone can be broken. I cannot be marked or damaged in any way. It is impossible to cut or remove even a single hair from my head. The pressures exerted with my fingers alone can break any available measuring equipment. Except for my own body, there is no material in existence I cannot bend, or break, or manipulate like wet clay.
* pop*
A stone can be broken. I cannot be marked or damaged in any way. It is impossible to cut or remove even a single hair from my head. The pressures exerted with my fingers alone can break any available measuring equipment. Except for my own body, there is no material in existence I cannot bend, or break, or manipulate like wet clay.
—Jones, Gunnerkrigg Court
You know I can take her if I wish.
—Jones, Gunnerkrigg Court
I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!
— Belkar Bitterleaf, The Order of the Stick
We are all in the Monster Manual somewhere, are we not? My entry lies between Elemental and Ethereal Filcher.
— Vaarsuvius, The Order of the Stick
Shodan: They're an entire world away, 'Chelle. We can't get there in time.
'Chelle: It's a world with direct sight lines. Light can get there in time.
Shodan: Through 10 million meters of atmosphere? That would have to be a pretty bright light.
Pibald: ...Say my name.
'Chelle: It's a world with direct sight lines. Light can get there in time.
Shodan: Through 10 million meters of atmosphere? That would have to be a pretty bright light.
Pibald: ...Say my name.
Pa'anuri: It is not a monster. "Monster" is not enough of a word.
Schlock: The word you want is "mundivore." It means world-eater. Or maybe universe-eater. I won't know which until I'm done eating.
Schlock: The word you want is "mundivore." It means world-eater. Or maybe universe-eater. I won't know which until I'm done eating.
You want to know who I am? I'll tell you who I am—I'm Quentyn son of Quinn, the Questor of Freeman Downs. The gnomes call me "Hunter of Shadows." The Gragum call me "Little God-Slayer." The gangs of the Tumbledowns call me Sir, if they know what's good for them. I am one of Oberon's Untouched—kissed by the White Stag and blessed by two ladies of the seleighe court. I have slain a gragum priest-king and three of his followers singlehanded. I have waded through an army of shadow-wights to lay low a rat-king. I have pulled a house down around the ears of not one, but two gangs of thieves. I have slain a swamp kraken and run before the Wild Hunt—and won. And before I leave this duchy I will add a dead dragon to that list. I am a Rac Cona Daimh, and I am nothing to be trifled with. Do you have any other questions, your grace?
—Quentyn Quinn, Tales of the Questor
"The heroes of my field have slain one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. While the heroes of your field gathered in the desert to create a new one."
— The Biology Representative, xkcd, Degree-Off
"I speak four languages. I am an alpha female. I scare dogs . I HAVE CAUGHT THE RED DOT."
—Tabitha, Breaking Cat News
"Your struggle is futile. Your foundations are uncertain. I am soverign from the laws of God and man. A constant. I know, with absolute certainty, that I have fought this battle more times than there are drops in the ocean... and I have never lost."
—Jagganoth, Kill Six Billion Demons
Web Original
"Zorin, was it? L-listen Zorin: this whole fuckin' place is my house. You ain't the queen vampire bitch here, I am! And you know what we Brits always say: God. Save. The Queen."
—Seras, Hellsing Ultimate Abridged
Walter: I gave up everything to kill you! So just lie back, and think of Hell! (slices Alucard in half)
Alucard: (female voice) Oh, yamero, Walter! You're splitting me in two!
Alucard: (male and female voice) Now do it another three million times, why don'tcha!?
Alucard: (female voice) Oh, yamero, Walter! You're splitting me in two!
Alucard: (male and female voice) Now do it another three million times, why don'tcha!?
All that I see, I conquer!
— Lord Vyce, Atop the Fourth Wall
"Silly Old Bear... If the harbinger of spring is the sound of a bat on a ball, then I have become the harbinger of winter; a barren and desolate spot your bat will never hit. As my ball strikes the padded glove with the disgruntled furl of thirty thousand fans trudging out of the arena, watching as you throw down your bat in disgust and mourn what you'll never be, know this: you will never defeat me, Pooh Bear. Not as long as you or I will live. They will never tell stories of your greatness, or herald you as the second coming of pitch hitters. There are a hundred and eight stitches in every ball, Pooh Bear. How many do you think I can get in your face?"
Vegeta: It says here in the Saiyan Guidebook that when a saiyan is beaten to near-death, their power level increases immensely.
Cui: What?
Vegeta: And when I went to Earth... oh man... I got destroyed!
Cui: You would! Hahaha- what.
Vegeta: Yep. By a low-level warrior, his half-breed son, a midget, and an obese man wielding a sword. I lost outright.
Cui: Why are you telling me this? You never tell anyone this!
Vegeta: Easy... because I know you'll never tell anyone, Cui.
Cui: B-but I hate you! Why would I- (blown up)
Vegeta: ... God, I love therapy.
Cui: What?
Vegeta: And when I went to Earth... oh man... I got destroyed!
Cui: You would! Hahaha- what.
Vegeta: Yep. By a low-level warrior, his half-breed son, a midget, and an obese man wielding a sword. I lost outright.
Cui: Why are you telling me this? You never tell anyone this!
Vegeta: Easy... because I know you'll never tell anyone, Cui.
Cui: B-but I hate you! Why would I- (blown up)
Vegeta: ... God, I love therapy.
Freeza: Tell me, have you ever heard of Planet Vegeta?
Nail: N-No? note
Freeza: Funny, because I expect to hear the same from the next person when I ask them about Namek.
"You see, Vegeta? You sit there and brag about how the Saiyans are the mightiest warriors in all the universe, how they're the most ruthless... Well, look at where they all are now...DEAD! You talk about your legends and your warrior race and your pride, but that doesn't mean a DAMN THING to this man! Because the name's Recoome, and it rhymes with doom, and you're gonna be hurtin'...ALL! TOO! SOON!"
—Recoome, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
"You know what? All of you better duck, because I'm about to turn left and I don't wanna smack you with my dick."
—Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Freeza: You, you're different, what happened? What the Hell Are You??
Goku: Can't you tell, Freezer? It's just like Vegeta said.
Freeza: No, you f**king don't!
Goku: I am the hope of the omniverse! I am the light bulb in the darkness! I am the bacon in the fridge for all living things that cry out in hunger! I am the alpha and the Amiga! I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am Son Goku, and I am a Super-
[Freeza laser blasts his face]
Goku: (leans forward unharmed and smiles) Saiyan.
Goku: Can't you tell, Freezer? It's just like Vegeta said.
Freeza: No, you f**king don't!
Goku: I am the hope of the omniverse! I am the light bulb in the darkness! I am the bacon in the fridge for all living things that cry out in hunger! I am the alpha and the Amiga! I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am Son Goku, and I am a Super-
[Freeza laser blasts his face]
Goku: (leans forward unharmed and smiles) Saiyan.
Goku: I'm going to break you.
Freeza: What?
Goku: Like a Kit Kat bar.
Freeza: What?
Android 16: He has fused with Kami.
Android 17: Kami? Wha- (gets kicked in the face) Seriously, what the hell's a Kami?!
Perfect Cell: Oh-ho-ho! That's much better! I can feel that!
Vegeta: In mere moments... all you'll be feeling... IS OBLIVION!
Perfect Cell: That, or disappointment. Go ahead, flip that coin.
Like a soon-to-be-broken man once said, either you're perfect... or you're not me.
—Perfect Cell, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Perfect Cell: I'm impressed! Behind all that angst and ridiculous hair, there's a real fighter!
Trunks: And behind all that insufferable smarm is a dead man!
Perfect Cell: Trunks... You couldn't fathom the amount of dead men behind me.
Trunks: And behind all that insufferable smarm is a dead man!
Perfect Cell: Trunks... You couldn't fathom the amount of dead men behind me.
Feel free to pray to your god. But, spoilers: I won't be listening.
—Perfect Cell, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Perfect Cell: How did you know I was deathly allergic to tickling?! (starts laughing)
Kenshiro: You're already dead.
Perfect Cell: (explodes), regenerates) ARGH! CHRIST! DID ANYONE EVER TELL YOU THAT'RE ALREADY AN ASSHOLE?!
Kenshiro: Are you going to eat that? (points to one of Cell's severed hands)
Perfect Cell: No. I am not.
Kenshiro: May I?
Perfect Cell: Sure. Make it your last meal. Because after that, you're dead.
Kenshiro: No, you are. Already. Again.
Perfect Cell: (explodes again)
Kenshiro: You're already dead.
Perfect Cell: (explodes), regenerates) ARGH! CHRIST! DID ANYONE EVER TELL YOU THAT'RE ALREADY AN ASSHOLE?!
Kenshiro: Are you going to eat that? (points to one of Cell's severed hands)
Perfect Cell: No. I am not.
Kenshiro: May I?
Perfect Cell: Sure. Make it your last meal. Because after that, you're dead.
Kenshiro: No, you are. Already. Again.
Perfect Cell: (explodes again)
Gohan: Cell... you don't get it. I hate this. The vibrations through my fists on contact... the taste of blood in my mouth... the sound of my heart in my ears... I hate it. I always have. But right now... in this moment... the only thing I hate more than it... is you.
Cell: Ugh. Put that on a Valentine.
Gohan: Because you were right about me. I was a coward... Scared of what would happen if I snap... Afraid that... if I lost it this time... I'd... never come back. That I'd finally... kill someone. But I'm not scared anymore, Cell.
Cell: Well, g-glad I could— (Gohan kicks him in the face) GAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Gohan: Because there's no point in being afraid of the inevitable.
Cell: Ugh. Put that on a Valentine.
Gohan: Because you were right about me. I was a coward... Scared of what would happen if I snap... Afraid that... if I lost it this time... I'd... never come back. That I'd finally... kill someone. But I'm not scared anymore, Cell.
Cell: Well, g-glad I could— (Gohan kicks him in the face) GAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Gohan: Because there's no point in being afraid of the inevitable.
"One time I fell through the ground and went all the way to Hell, gentlemen. And you know what I did? I just came back."
— Jack Manifold, Dream SMP
I am Chuck Fucking Norris! I've spread more blood and gore than forty score of your puny Civil Wars, bitch! I split the Union with a roundhouse kick! I wear a black belt on the beard that I grow on my dick! I attack sharks when I smell them bleed. I don't go swimming, water just wants to be around me. My fists make the speed of light wish that it was faster. You may have freed the slaves, but Chuck is everyone's master!
—Chuck Norris, Epic Rap Battles of History
I'm bad, I'm the baddest motherfucker on the world.
— The Juggernaut, bitch!
"I AIN'T GONNA DIE, 'CAUSE IT'S A WASTE OF MY TIME! LUIGI, YO!"
— slowbeef pretending to be Cornshaq, Retsupurae
A gang? Or, sorry, mafia? That's what you threaten me with? Motherfucker, my father keeps an entire private army on speed-dial, and he is not shy about using that button. You think I don't know what I'm messing with? I could make three calls and have you bankrupt by morning. But I won't do any of that, because I don't need someone else to fight my battles. See, Nathaniel, you seem to think that this is a fluke, that you lost this one out of sheer bad luck. [shows him her manicure] Not even a chip. That's how little effort you are to me, Nathaniel Evers of the mafia; you didn't even require me to chip a nail.
Do you know why I had a strategy prepared specifically to incapacitate someone who induced hallucinations? Do you know why your shitty illusion couldn’t keep me fooled for more than a few seconds? Do you know why you have been so amazingly, miserably, ineffective? Because while I'm sure you're hot shit in Vegas, this town is out of your league. While you steal, and plot, and do whatever it is criminals do, I’m training. While you sleep, I’m training. While you obsess unhealthily over Nicholas Campbell, I’m already miles ahead of him, because I was training. You think your power makes you unstoppable, but that’s because you’ve only used it around humans or unskilled Supers. You’re like an idiot with a knife, one who kills unarmed people and thinks himself unstoppable. But you left your little town where you were so scary, and in this place, you won’t find such easy prey.
Welcome to Lander. Here, there be monsters. [drops Nathaniel in a dumpster]
Do you know why I had a strategy prepared specifically to incapacitate someone who induced hallucinations? Do you know why your shitty illusion couldn’t keep me fooled for more than a few seconds? Do you know why you have been so amazingly, miserably, ineffective? Because while I'm sure you're hot shit in Vegas, this town is out of your league. While you steal, and plot, and do whatever it is criminals do, I’m training. While you sleep, I’m training. While you obsess unhealthily over Nicholas Campbell, I’m already miles ahead of him, because I was training. You think your power makes you unstoppable, but that’s because you’ve only used it around humans or unskilled Supers. You’re like an idiot with a knife, one who kills unarmed people and thinks himself unstoppable. But you left your little town where you were so scary, and in this place, you won’t find such easy prey.
Welcome to Lander. Here, there be monsters. [drops Nathaniel in a dumpster]
— Alice, Super Powereds
My power surges through the air and all around.
My soul's the engine that will burn this world down to the ground!
And one move sparks ignition of my vengeful wrath!
I'm never going back, the future's all I have!
My soul's the engine that will burn this world down to the ground!
And one move sparks ignition of my vengeful wrath!
I'm never going back, the future's all I have!
— "Let Them Burn", a filk by Tuitey Fruity
", a filk by Tuitey Fruity"Fucking hell! Did anyone see that? I am squirtin' machismo out of my nipples over 'ere! I am a monster truck that walks like a man."
Randall: You don't want to do this. We know who you are, Mr. Elroy. You’ve only been a servant for two years. I've been one for four. My friends here, three and five. Do the smart thing and surrender.
Cisco: You know who I am, do you? If that were true, then you would be running away like the cowards you are. I am Francisco Elroy, fools. I am a Rainlord of Sair. The blood of the Armans runs through my veins.
Cisco: You know who I am, do you? If that were true, then you would be running away like the cowards you are. I am Francisco Elroy, fools. I am a Rainlord of Sair. The blood of the Armans runs through my veins.
Time out! Let's talk about athletic achievements
You and I have so many world records between us
184! That's plenty of 'em
And I set 183 of 'em!
You and I have so many world records between us
184! That's plenty of 'em
And I set 183 of 'em!
— Wayne Gretzky in his third verse against Tony Hawk, Epic Rap Battles of History
In a perfect world, men like me would not exist. But this is not a perfect world.
— Justin Kurtzikes, In A Perfect World
I'm a kingpin, cooking Crystal in the middle of the day
Having dinner by the pool with the DEA
Run you over with my Aztek, GTA
If you ever try to stop Heisenberg gettin' paid
Having dinner by the pool with the DEA
Run you over with my Aztek, GTA
If you ever try to stop Heisenberg gettin' paid
—Walter White, Epic Rap Battles of History: Rick Grimes vs. Walter White
I accelerated the mind of mankind to a higher plane of understanding and I can calculate the weight and the size and the shape of the shadow of the mind you're standing in!
Western Animation
I am the greatest earthbender in the world! Don't you two dunderheads ever forget it!
"Welcome to my world, Klaw. Ready to talk, now?"
I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!
— Batman, Batman: The Animated Series
Ben/Ultimate Spider-Monkey: Stop it! Stop it! Or I swear...
Driscoll: If you and your friends do not leave this planet now and forever, my knights will kill the prisoners where they stand!
Ben/Ultimate Spider-Monkey: (grabs Driscoll by the chest, sticks him against the wall and growls) No.
(stabs just near Driscoll's head with his spider leg, leaving a deep hole in the wall, then turns back to human form. Driscoll collapses in shock.)
Ben: Maybe you have forgotten something: I'm Ben Tennyson, wielder of the most powerful weapon in the universe. I stopped the Highbreed invasion, I defeated Vilgax in hand-to-hand combat, and I've beaten the Forever Knights more times than I can count. Here's what's going to happen: you're going to release these prisoners, you're going to crawl back to wherever you came from, and you're going to stop hunting down aliens because if you don't, I promise, you'll regret it for the rest of your Very. Short. Lives.
Driscoll: If you and your friends do not leave this planet now and forever, my knights will kill the prisoners where they stand!
Ben/Ultimate Spider-Monkey: (grabs Driscoll by the chest, sticks him against the wall and growls) No.
(stabs just near Driscoll's head with his spider leg, leaving a deep hole in the wall, then turns back to human form. Driscoll collapses in shock.)
Ben: Maybe you have forgotten something: I'm Ben Tennyson, wielder of the most powerful weapon in the universe. I stopped the Highbreed invasion, I defeated Vilgax in hand-to-hand combat, and I've beaten the Forever Knights more times than I can count. Here's what's going to happen: you're going to release these prisoners, you're going to crawl back to wherever you came from, and you're going to stop hunting down aliens because if you don't, I promise, you'll regret it for the rest of your Very. Short. Lives.
—Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, The Purge
"I'm Trevor fuckin' Belmont, and I never lost a fight to man, nor fuckin' beast!"
—Trevor Belmont, Castlevania (2017), Necropolis
"I don't know any of you...but that doesn't matter, does it? My family, the family you demonized and excommunicated has fought and died through generations for this country. We do this thing for Wallachia and her people. We don't have to know you all - we do it anyway. And it's not the dying that frightens us...it's never having stood up and fought for you. I'm Trevor Belmont, of the House of Belmont. And dying has never frightened me."
—Trevor Belmont, Castlevania (2017), Labyrinth
"The Morningstar Whip... Well played, Belmont. But I am no ordinary vampire to be killed by your human magics. I am Vlad Dracula Tepes... AND I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!"
—Dracula, Castlevania (2017), For Love
"I am Richter Belmont! Last descendant of the Belmont Clan! And I! Kill! VAMPIRES! Who's fucking next?!"
—Richter Belmont, Castlevania: Nocturne
"I am Alucard, son of Dracula, and if you fight me, you will die, like thousands of vampires before you."
"Now that I am the one you seek, I am the one born to rule! Destined to conquer! Let those who fear me, follow me! Let those who oppose me DIE! FOR I AM SERPENTOR, AND THIS I COMMAND!"
—Serpentor, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
"I am the keeper of the talismans. I am the apocalypse of which legend speaks. And I am, for once and for all, your executioner."
—Shendu, Jackie Chan Adventures
"Do you know how much power I'd have to give up to be President?"
—Lex Luthor, Justice League Unlimited, "Question Authority"
"I lived ten thousand lifetimes before the first of your kind crawled out of the mud! It was I who broke through the divide separating the plane of Spirits from the material world! To hate me is to give me breath. To fight me is to give me strength! Now prepare to face oblivion!"
"You're probably wondering who I am. So let me introduce myself. I have waged a war on the Butterfly Family for years. I burned the Magic Book of Spells to ashes. I fused with the most powerful relic in existence. I amassed an army large enough to conquer this wretched land. I'M LUDO AVARIUS!"
—Ludo, Star vs. the Forces of Evil
"I am many things, Kal-El. But here, I am God."
—Darkseid, Superman: The Animated Series
"Megatron is commanded by no one!"
— Megatron, Transformers: Prime
"I am the thing that keeps you up at night, the evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind. I will never rest...and neither will you."
—Slade, Teen Titans (2003)
Ahhh...the power. I had almost forgotten. The Sword of Tengu! The sword with which I laid villages to waste. Brought castles to ground. Vanquished armies! The sword that I used to conquer Japan, and give power to the Tokugawa Clan! It is mine ONCE MORE!
—Shredder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
"You speak my name, but you do not know me. I am Ch'rell, Oroku Saki, Duke Acureds, the one true Shredder! I am a destroyer of worlds, and I fear no one!!"
—2003 Shredder, Turtles Forever
Secret Service General: Jesus! He's not a fucking god!
Rick: You don't know what I am! You don't know what I can do! I'm Doctor Who in this motherfucker! I could be a clone! I could be a hologram! We could be clones controlled by robots controlled by special headsets that the real Rick and Morty are wearing while we're fucking your mother!
Rick: You don't know what I am! You don't know what I can do! I'm Doctor Who in this motherfucker! I could be a clone! I could be a hologram! We could be clones controlled by robots controlled by special headsets that the real Rick and Morty are wearing while we're fucking your mother!
"I made your atomic matrix slightly lighter than air, and now your shoes are heavier than air, which makes you neutrally buoyant, which I find conceptually more impressive than walking on water, but what do I know? I wasn't born into the god business. I fucking earned it."
—Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for accepting this suicide mission. Your target, a one Brock Samson, has been really bored lately and will enjoy the shit out of this. Each one of you fine soldiers will be sacrificed for his amusement. Your unavoidable deaths will become the stuff of legends. Every new recruit will hear the story of the time a Guild Black-Out team got locked in the VenTech Tower, behind 7 inch bomb-proof steel doors and were killed one by one in glorious service to this dumbass guild you joined. Good luck out there, and thank you for your service.
—Brock Samson, The Venture Brothers
This is Garnet, back together,
And I'm never going down at the hands of the likes of you
Because I'm so much better,
And every part of me is saying "Go get her!"
The two of us ain't gonna follow your rules.
Come at me without any of your fancy tools.
Let's go, just me and you,
Let's go, just one on two!
And I'm never going down at the hands of the likes of you
Because I'm so much better,
And every part of me is saying "Go get her!"
The two of us ain't gonna follow your rules.
Come at me without any of your fancy tools.
Let's go, just me and you,
Let's go, just one on two!
—Garnet singing "Stronger Than You", Steven Universe
"I am the rocks of the eternal shore. Crash against me and be broken!"
Lilith: It's sad to see you slowing down, sister! Tell me, is it the curse?
Eda: Maybe it is the curse. But then how pathetic are you, that you can't best me AT MY WORST?!
Eda: Maybe it is the curse. But then how pathetic are you, that you can't best me AT MY WORST?!
— The Owl House, "Agony of a Witch"
Wrestling
I can break a door down with one hand behind my back
I can crush a Grizzly til his bones begin to crack
I eat a dozen t-bones for my early morning snack
So imagine what I could do to you...
I can tear a telephone directory in two
Bending iron bars is something else that I can do
I always pick my teeth with the nearest billiard cue
So imagine what I could do to you...
I can knock a hole right through a solid concrete wall
I can pull a tree out by its roots, and that's not all
Now you know about me, you don't need a crystal ball
To tell you what I could do to you
I can crush a house brick with one movement of my hand
And laugh while I reduce it to a dusty heap of sand
I cut a splendid figure when I make my chest expand
So imagine what I could do to you!
I can crush a Grizzly til his bones begin to crack
I eat a dozen t-bones for my early morning snack
So imagine what I could do to you...
I can tear a telephone directory in two
Bending iron bars is something else that I can do
I always pick my teeth with the nearest billiard cue
So imagine what I could do to you...
I can knock a hole right through a solid concrete wall
I can pull a tree out by its roots, and that's not all
Now you know about me, you don't need a crystal ball
To tell you what I could do to you
I can crush a house brick with one movement of my hand
And laugh while I reduce it to a dusty heap of sand
I cut a splendid figure when I make my chest expand
So imagine what I could do to you!
— The verses to "Exotic" Adrian Street's theme music
You need to understand that your little jabs and your insults, it's all kiddie games. You can't leave a mark on the champ's face. Come Royal Rumble, understand, when you step in the ring, your arms are just too short to box with God.
— CM Punk
Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16—Austin 3:16 says: 'I've just whipped your ass!
Real Life
Palace of Ashurnasirpal, priest of Ashur, favorite of Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of Anu and Dagan, the weapon of the great gods, the mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Tukulti-Ninurta, the great king, the mighty king, king of Assyria, the son of Adad-nirari, the great king, the mighty king of Assyria; the valiant man, who acts with the support of Ashur, his lord, and has no equal among the princes of the four quarters of the world; the wonderful shepherd who is not afraid of battle; the great flood which none can oppose; the king who makes those who are not subject to him submissive; who has subjugated all mankind; the mighty warrior who treads on the neck of his enemies, tramples down all foes, and shatters the forces of the proud; the king who acts with the support of the great gods, and whose hand has conquered all lands, who has subjugated all the mountains and received their tribute, taking hostages and establishing his power over all countries.
When Ashur, the lord who called me by my name and has made my kingdom great, entrusted his merciless weapon to my lordly arms, I overthrew the widespread troops of the land of Lullume in battle. With the assistance of Shamash and Adad, the gods who help me, I thundered like Adad the destroyer over the troops of the Nairi lands, Habhi, Shubaru, and Nirib. I am the king who had brought into submission at his feet the lands from beyond the Tigris to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea [the Mediterranean], the whole of the land of Laqe, the land of Suhi as far as Rapiqu, and whose hand has conquered from the source of the river Subnat to the land of Urartu.
The area from the mountain passes of Kirruri to the land of Gilzanu, from beyond the Lower Zab to the city of Til-Bari which is north of the land of Zaban, from the city of Til-sha-abtani to Til-sha-Zabdani, Hirimu and Harutu, fortresses of the land of Karduniash [Babylonia], I have restored to the borders of my land. From the mountain passes of Babite to the land of Hashmar I have counted the inhabitants as peoples of my land. Over the lands which I have subjugated I have appointed my governors, and they do obeisance.
I am Ashurnasirpal, the celebrated prince, who reveres the great gods, the fierce dragon, conqueror of the cities and mountains to their furthest extent, king of rulers who has tamed the stiff-necked peoples, who is crowned with splendor, who is not afraid of battle, the merciless champion who shakes resistance, the glorious king, the shepherd, the protection of the whole world, the king, the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced fierce and merciless kings from the rising to the setting sun to acknowledge one rule.
The former city of Kalhu [Nimrud], which Shalmaneser king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had built, that city had fallen into ruins and lay deserted. That city I built anew, I took the peoples whom my hand had conquered from the lands which I subjugated, from the land of Suhi, from the land of Laqe, from the city of Sirqu on the other side of the Euphrates, from the furthest extent of the land of Zamua, from Bit-Adini and the land of Hatte, and from Lubarna, king of the land of Patina, and made them settle there.
I removed the ancient mound and dug down to the water level. I sank the foundations 120 brick courses deep. A palace with halls of cedar, cypress, juniper, box-wood, meskannu-wood, terebinth and tamarisk, I founded as my royal residence for my lordly pleasure for ever.
Creatures of the mountains and seas I fashioned in white limestone and alabaster, and set them up at its gates. I adorned it, and made it glorious, and set ornamental knobs of bronze all around it. I fixed doors of cedar, cypress, juniper and meskannu-wood in its gates. I took in great quantities, and placed there, silver, gold, tin, bronze and iron, booty taken by my hands from the lands which I had conquered.
When Ashur, the lord who called me by my name and has made my kingdom great, entrusted his merciless weapon to my lordly arms, I overthrew the widespread troops of the land of Lullume in battle. With the assistance of Shamash and Adad, the gods who help me, I thundered like Adad the destroyer over the troops of the Nairi lands, Habhi, Shubaru, and Nirib. I am the king who had brought into submission at his feet the lands from beyond the Tigris to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea [the Mediterranean], the whole of the land of Laqe, the land of Suhi as far as Rapiqu, and whose hand has conquered from the source of the river Subnat to the land of Urartu.
The area from the mountain passes of Kirruri to the land of Gilzanu, from beyond the Lower Zab to the city of Til-Bari which is north of the land of Zaban, from the city of Til-sha-abtani to Til-sha-Zabdani, Hirimu and Harutu, fortresses of the land of Karduniash [Babylonia], I have restored to the borders of my land. From the mountain passes of Babite to the land of Hashmar I have counted the inhabitants as peoples of my land. Over the lands which I have subjugated I have appointed my governors, and they do obeisance.
I am Ashurnasirpal, the celebrated prince, who reveres the great gods, the fierce dragon, conqueror of the cities and mountains to their furthest extent, king of rulers who has tamed the stiff-necked peoples, who is crowned with splendor, who is not afraid of battle, the merciless champion who shakes resistance, the glorious king, the shepherd, the protection of the whole world, the king, the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced fierce and merciless kings from the rising to the setting sun to acknowledge one rule.
The former city of Kalhu [Nimrud], which Shalmaneser king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had built, that city had fallen into ruins and lay deserted. That city I built anew, I took the peoples whom my hand had conquered from the lands which I subjugated, from the land of Suhi, from the land of Laqe, from the city of Sirqu on the other side of the Euphrates, from the furthest extent of the land of Zamua, from Bit-Adini and the land of Hatte, and from Lubarna, king of the land of Patina, and made them settle there.
I removed the ancient mound and dug down to the water level. I sank the foundations 120 brick courses deep. A palace with halls of cedar, cypress, juniper, box-wood, meskannu-wood, terebinth and tamarisk, I founded as my royal residence for my lordly pleasure for ever.
Creatures of the mountains and seas I fashioned in white limestone and alabaster, and set them up at its gates. I adorned it, and made it glorious, and set ornamental knobs of bronze all around it. I fixed doors of cedar, cypress, juniper and meskannu-wood in its gates. I took in great quantities, and placed there, silver, gold, tin, bronze and iron, booty taken by my hands from the lands which I had conquered.
— Standard Inscription of Ashurbanipal II
Six feet of English soil, or as much more as he might need, since he is taller than most men.
—Harold Godwinson, king of the Anglo-Saxons, said shortly before the Battle of Stamford Bridge to the invading Norwegian king Harald Hardrada, when Hardrada ask Harold what he was prepared to give him in exchange for peace.
We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
For Lincoln and Johnson, hurrah boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitors, and on with the war!
For we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally in our might,
Shouting the holy cause of freemen!
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
For Lincoln and Johnson, hurrah boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitors, and on with the war!
For we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally in our might,
Shouting the holy cause of freemen!
—"The Battle-Cry of Freedom", a patriotic song of the Union during The American Civil War
"One Riot, One Ranger."
— Captain Bill MacDonald, Texas Ranger
Fan: Where did you learn to be so sexy?
Hideki Kamiya: Lions don't learn how to hunt.
Hideki Kamiya: Lions don't learn how to hunt.
—Fan question (and answer) on Hideki Kamiya's twitter
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
—Julius Caesar (supposedly). The Latin translates to "I came. I saw. I conquered."
I am the great lion himself
And my name is Mark the Evangelist
Whoever should attempt to defy me
Shall be banished from my sight
And my name is Mark the Evangelist
Whoever should attempt to defy me
Shall be banished from my sight
— Heraldric emblem of Venice
Two Romes there were, a third there is. A fourth there shall not be.
— A Russian monk's expression of Patriotic Fervor
If they can prevent me from going as an Emperor, they cannot prevent me from abdicating and going as a Fatherland Volunteer.
—Pedro II responding to the War Cabinet during the Uruguayan War when the General Assembly refused to let him go to the front in person
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour".
I'm gay. Also the best DBFZ player on this planet, don't forget it.
—Sonicfox5000, after winning the first-ever Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament at EVO 2018
By God, I'll fight until Hell freezes over and then I'll cut the ice and fight on.
—American Civil War soldier from Iowa, after learning of a slave being sold by her own father.
"There was a senator - I think it was after my pancreatic cancer - who announced with great glee that I was going to be dead within six months. That senator, whose name I have forgotten, is now dead himself, and I am very much alive."
—Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
“God forbid that I retreat one step. I will either win the battle as a king, or die as one.”
—Richard III, shortly before his death at The Battle of Bosworth Field.
"The thicker the hay, the easier mowed!"
—Alaric I, when threatened during his first successful siege of Rome.
"Death had to take him in his sleep, for if he was awake, there'd have been a fight."
—Thomas R. Marshall on Theodore Roosevelt
"We can do it again."
—Russian graffiti on the wall of Reichstag, Berlin, May 1945.
We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things.
—US Marine Corps General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, December 1950.
"I'm him! I'M HIM!"
—Stefon Diggs, Buffalo Bills wide receiver, during a blowout win in their 2022 home opener against the Tennessee Titans
, Buffalo Bills wide receiver, during a blowout win in their 2022 home opener against the Tennessee Titans