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Anime and Manga
Do what thou wilt.
— The commandment of the Apostles, Berserk
Being alive is wonderful! And the most wonderful thing about life is taking it away from other people.
— Ladd Russo, Baccano!
"I understand love and I say to you... love is worthless. I've never needed anyone to satisfy me. I eat when I wanna eat, play with what amuses me, and kill whoever's in my way. I live as befits my nature. If no one can grasp that, then that's their problem."
Why not?
— Johan Liebert, on his reasons for, well, everything, Monster
I am Johan. I killed the hospital directors. I have killed several middle-aged couples across Germany, and now I have obtained this high-precision gun. Who will I kill next? I am chaos incarnate. I love chaos.
— Inspector Lunge describes Johan Liebert's mindset, Monster
I would fight only for myself and love only myself. If all other people exist out there to magnify that love, then there is no more splendid world than this one. They allow me to experience the joy of living... for as long as there are people out there to kill... then I will not cease to exist.
— Gaara, Naruto
Nemesis Prime will destroy!
— Nemesis Prime, Transformers: Armada
"My aim....hm.....Ah! Yes. That would actually be very simple. I want your powers as Spirit to turn the ways of the world upside down... In order to topple the restraints of this world and unleash total chaos."
—Sir Isaac Westcott, Date A Live
"One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic; 6 billion is funny!"
— Sir Isaac Westcott, Date A Live
Comic Books
Oh yes!
Fill the churches with dirty thoughts!
Introduce honesty to the White House!
Write letters in dead languages — to people you've never met!
Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children!
Burn your credit cards and wear high heels!
Asylum doors stand open!
Fill the suburbs with murder and rape!
Divine madness!
Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets!
Laugh and the world laughs with you!
Fill the churches with dirty thoughts!
Introduce honesty to the White House!
Write letters in dead languages — to people you've never met!
Paint filthy words on the foreheads of children!
Burn your credit cards and wear high heels!
Asylum doors stand open!
Fill the suburbs with murder and rape!
Divine madness!
Let there be ecstasy, ecstasy in the streets!
Laugh and the world laughs with you!
Kid. I'm the Joker. I don't just randomly kill people. I kill people when it's funny. What would conceivably be funny about killing you?
— The Joker, Whatever Happened to The Caped Crusader?
"Have not the laws of nature been violated! Is there not a great disorder in the making? Then it is to be expected that I— who thrive on chaos as mortals thrive on food and drink— would find my way here!"
—Tala, The Phantom Stranger
"Because when the Tactically Augmented Organism looked at life, he saw only chaos and order. And humanity's denial of chaos appalled him. So he would tear it all down and fill the whole world with chaos, if only to watch mankind cling to their illusions as they burned around them...would he destroy the world at the same time? It's certainly a possibility."
—TAO, Sleeper (WildStorm)
"I have a vision of a world where anarchy is a way of life. A world where we answer to no-one. A world where being a supervillain actually means something. Then I realized... we're already living in it. So what do you say, Clown? You ready to really run away and join the circus?"
—Zodiac, Dark Reign: Zodiac
"Because once I didn't care about the rules anymore, I had all the power. We all have it inside of us. We just got to let it out. And I can show you how..."
Fan Fiction
"Sometimes the only way to fix a system is to burn it down and start from scratch. But he's not interested in the 'fixing' bit."
—Mance Rayder on the Night King, Of Gold and Iron
I just want to have a little fun. Maybe jump to a village in world A, kill a few people, upset the order, move on to world B, start some fires and send everyone in a terror, then on to world C where I manipulate a dictator or a crime lord for a while... and repeat ad infinitum until I die. Really, why would I ever want to conquer or rule? Ruling is such a messy business. With this, I can have as much fun as I like, doing whatever I like, wherever I like, and the sky's the limit.
— Masque, Pokémon: Storm Clouds
Film — Live-Action
You see gentlemen, greed is for amateurs. Disorder, chaos, anarchy. Now that's fun!
You can't take away people's right to be assholes!
— Simon Phoenix, Demolition Man
The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules. And tonight, you're gonna break your one rule.
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just... do things. The mob has plans, the cops have plans, Gordon's got plans. You know, they're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. I'm not a schemer. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are.
Do you know what I noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan," even if the plan is horrifying. If tomorrow I tell the press that a gangbanger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan." But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds! ...Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes... chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know, the thing about chaos? It's fair.
—The Joker, The Dark Knight
"I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."
Alfred Pennyworth: A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne: Then why steal them?
Alfred: Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Bruce Wayne: Then why steal them?
Alfred: Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Veronica Sawyer: You're a rebel? You think you're a rebel? You're not a rebel, you're fucking psychotic!
J.D.: You say "toh-may-toe", I say "toe-mah-toh."
J.D.: You say "toh-may-toe", I say "toe-mah-toh."
Howie: Why, Chad?
Chad: Because I could.
Howie: Oh, my God.
Chad: So how does it feel, Howie? How does it feel to really hurt someone?
Howie: Oh, my God.
Chad: See you Monday.
Chad: Because I could.
Howie: Oh, my God.
Chad: So how does it feel, Howie? How does it feel to really hurt someone?
Howie: Oh, my God.
Chad: See you Monday.
"You want fear? I'm the fear. You want chaos? I'm the chaos. You want a new beginning? Here... I am the new beginning!"
—Rico Dredd, Judge Dredd
Kill everyone now! Condone first degree murder! Advocate cannibalism! Eat shit! Filth are my politics! Filth is my life!
— Divine, Pink Flamingos
Listen kid, I'm not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don't give a good fuck what you know, or don't know, but I'm gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It's amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want cause I've heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain't gonna get.
You ever listen to K-Billy's "Super Sounds of the Seventies" weekend? It's my personal favorite.
You ever listen to K-Billy's "Super Sounds of the Seventies" weekend? It's my personal favorite.
— Mr Blond, Reservoir Dogs
Literature
My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. In fact, I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape.
— Patrick Bateman, American Psycho
The time would be easy to know, for then mankind would have become as the Great Old Ones; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling in joy. Then the liberated Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and enjoy themselves, and all the earth would flame with a holocaust of ecstasy and freedom.
— Old Castro, The Call of Cthulhu
Thick, fresh blood poured down Rawhead's throat; he gulped it greedily. The hot taste of the world. It made him feel strong and wise. The was only the first of many meals he would take; he'd gorge on anything that took his fancy and nobody would stop him, not this time. And when he was ready he'd throw those pretenders off his throne, he'd cremate them in their houses, he'd slaughter their children and wear their infants' bowels as necklaces. This place was his. Just because they'd tamed the wilderness for a while didn't mean they owned the earth. It was his, and nobody would take it from him, not even the holiness. He was wise to that too. They'd never subdue him again.
Live-Action TV
Angelus: Hi, Rupert. I wasn't sure you were gonna wake up. You had me worried.
Giles: What do you want?
Angelus: I wanna torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured somebody, they didn't even have chainsaws. Oh, yeah. Acathla. He's an even harder guy to wake up than you are. I mean, I performed the rituals, said all the right phrases... blood on my hand. Got nothing. Big doughnut hole for my troubles. I figure you know the ritual. You're pretty up on these things. You could probably... tell me what I'm doing wrong. But honestly, I sorta hope you don't... 'Cause I really wanna torture you.
Giles: What do you want?
Angelus: I wanna torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured somebody, they didn't even have chainsaws. Oh, yeah. Acathla. He's an even harder guy to wake up than you are. I mean, I performed the rituals, said all the right phrases... blood on my hand. Got nothing. Big doughnut hole for my troubles. I figure you know the ritual. You're pretty up on these things. You could probably... tell me what I'm doing wrong. But honestly, I sorta hope you don't... 'Cause I really wanna torture you.
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Becoming, Pt 2"
Minion: In mercy, does your power lie?
Glory: No, brainless, in torture, death and chaos does my power lie.
Glory: No, brainless, in torture, death and chaos does my power lie.
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "The Weight of the World"
To hold in my hand a capsule that contained such power. To know that life and death on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure of my thumb, enough to break the glass, would end... everything. Yes! I would do it! That power would set me up above the Gods! And through the Daleks, I! SHALL! HAVE! THAT! POWER!
— 'Davros tells the Doctor what he'd do if he had a sample of an incurable death plague', Doctor Who, "Genesis of the Daleks"
Robert Baratheon: What about Aerys Targaryen? What did the Mad King say when you stabbed him in the back? I never asked. Did he call you a traitor? Did he plead for a reprieve?
Jaime Lannister: He said the same thing he had been saying for hours... "Burn them all."
Food Mart Security Guard: Pretend like I ain't talking to you. Pretend like I ain't even on this Earth. I know what you are. Now, I ain't steppin' to, but I am a man — and you just clipped that shit and act like you don't even know I'm there!
Marlo: I don't.
Marlo: I don't.
— The Wire
[Marlo] be killing niggers just to do it. See? Nigger kill motherfuckers just 'cause he can. Not 'cause they snitchin', not 'cause it's business... but 'cause this shit just come natural to him.
— Bodie, The Wire
Same old Hector. Just wants to kill everybody.
—Lalo Salamanca, Better Call Saul
''I don't usually speak in public, but the opportunity to talk to so many people who share the same passion, the same dream, well, it was just too good to pass up. Because you are special people. Very special people. We are the American dreamers driving down the holy road of true knowledge that's paved with blood and gold. And across the length and breadth of this fair country, we are killing people. We don't do it to make a living, we don't do it for revenge. We do not murder for profit. We kill to kill. We are entrepreneurs in an expanding field. But no one sees us except for one weekend a year. Well, I see you. I see you for who you truly are. And I want you to see it, too. So just do me a favor. Close your eyes. And see yourselves as I do. We are gladiators. Conquerors. We are explorers… truth seekers. We are swashbucklers. We are hunters. Soldiers of fortune. And kings of the night."
The Cornithian, The Sandman (2022)
Music
Oh, I could throw you in the lake
Or feed you poisoned birthday cake
I won't deny I'm gonna miss you when you're gone
Oh, I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife
And kill me when I'm sleeping
That's why
I can't decide
Whether you should live or die
Oh, you'll probably go to heaven
Please don't hang your head and cry
No wonder why
My heart feels dead inside
It's cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors and close the blinds
We're going for a ride
Or feed you poisoned birthday cake
I won't deny I'm gonna miss you when you're gone
Oh, I could bury you alive
But you might crawl out with a knife
And kill me when I'm sleeping
That's why
I can't decide
Whether you should live or die
Oh, you'll probably go to heaven
Please don't hang your head and cry
No wonder why
My heart feels dead inside
It's cold and hard and petrified
Lock the doors and close the blinds
We're going for a ride
— Scissor Sisters, "I Can't Decide"
I am the Black Blade
Forged a million billion years ago
My cosmic soul it goes on for eternity
Carving out destiny
Bringing in the Lords of Chaos
Bringing up the Beasts of Hades
Sucking out the souls of heroes
Laying waste to knights and ladies
My master is my slave
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
You poor fucking humans
Forged a million billion years ago
My cosmic soul it goes on for eternity
Carving out destiny
Bringing in the Lords of Chaos
Bringing up the Beasts of Hades
Sucking out the souls of heroes
Laying waste to knights and ladies
My master is my slave
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
You poor fucking humans
— Blue Öyster Cult, "Black Blade"
So can you tell me
What exactly does "freedom" mean
If I'm not free to be as twisted as I want to be?
What exactly does "freedom" mean
If I'm not free to be as twisted as I want to be?
— Disturbed, "Divide"
What you touch, you don't feel
Do not know, what you steal
Destroy everything you touch, today
Please destroy me, this way.
Do not know, what you steal
Destroy everything you touch, today
Please destroy me, this way.
— Ladytron, "Destroy Everything You Touch"
All have said their prayers
Invade their nightmares
To see into my eyes
You'll find where murder lies
Invade their nightmares
To see into my eyes
You'll find where murder lies
So they say you're troubled, boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?
—Franz Ferdinand, "The Fallen"
"I ride the edge
My speed goes in the red
Hot blood, these veins
My pleasure is their pain
I love to watch the castles burn
These golden ashes torn to dirt
I've always liked to play with fire"
My speed goes in the red
Hot blood, these veins
My pleasure is their pain
I love to watch the castles burn
These golden ashes torn to dirt
I've always liked to play with fire"
—Sam Tinnesz, "Play with Fire"
Mythology and Religion
Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
Radio
"Peggy": The moment of death!
"Albert": The raging fires of a nuclear holocaust, frozen in time! The trees twisting in the unmoving wind, the shattered glass from the windows hanging in mid-air!
"Peggy": It is beautiful! A vision to be savored!
"Albert": A vision of the future destruction of this world!
"Albert": The raging fires of a nuclear holocaust, frozen in time! The trees twisting in the unmoving wind, the shattered glass from the windows hanging in mid-air!
"Peggy": It is beautiful! A vision to be savored!
"Albert": A vision of the future destruction of this world!
Tabletop Games
A chaotic evil character does whatever his greed, hatred and lust for destruction drive him to do. He is hot-tempered, vicious, arbitrarily violent, and unpredictable. If he is simply out for whatever he can get, he is ruthless and brutal. If he is committed to the spread of evil and chaos, he is even worse. Thankfully, his plans are haphazard, and any groups he joins or forms are poorly organized. Typically, chaotic evil people can be made to work together only by force, and their leader lasts only as long as he can thwart attempts to topple or assassinate him. [...] Chaotic evil is the most dangerous alignment because it represents the destruction of not only beauty and life but also of the order on which beauty and life depend.
— Dungeons & Dragons: Player's Handbook (3.5th Edition)
Aameul: So much talk of good and evil bores me!
Hethradiah: To understand evil is to understand true power.
Aameul: Don't you lecture me!
Hethradiah: Maybe we should focus on killing Asmodeus.
Aameul: That spineless thief? I will spill his brains with that scepter of his and take back what he stole from us!
Hethradiah: What a splendid idea!
Aameul: Platitudes! From you? Ha! You are trying to deceive me!
Hethradiah: Really, Aameul, your paranoia will be our undoing.
Aameul: My paranoia will be your undoing! I know your game!
Hethradiah: Can we at least agree that evil, in its purest form, is complete annihilation?
Aameul: Never!
Hethradiah: To understand evil is to understand true power.
Aameul: Don't you lecture me!
Hethradiah: Maybe we should focus on killing Asmodeus.
Aameul: That spineless thief? I will spill his brains with that scepter of his and take back what he stole from us!
Hethradiah: What a splendid idea!
Aameul: Platitudes! From you? Ha! You are trying to deceive me!
Hethradiah: Really, Aameul, your paranoia will be our undoing.
Aameul: My paranoia will be your undoing! I know your game!
Hethradiah: Can we at least agree that evil, in its purest form, is complete annihilation?
Aameul: Never!
I like destroying pretty things.
If I want something, I take it. Might is right. The strong rule the weak. Respect me or suffer. Fear me. There is only today, and today I take what I need. Anger brings out the best in me. I am the stronger one.
— Introduction to Chaotic Evil, Ultimate Campaign
Your laws, like your bones, were made to be broken.
Above all, though, it is the trappings of progress and civilization that fan the embers of hatred burning within each Beastman's breast. A mere glimpse of bright colours, especially red, will often be enough to get a Beastman's pulse racing with bloodlust. The sight of a proud flag or coat of arms, a pristine uniform or a magnificent statue elicits a powerful reaction in the Beastmen, for the things of order are anathema to the Children of Chaos. All caution is put aside in a desperate attempt to tear down and befoul the offending article, to stomp it into the mud, smear it with dug or rip it to pieces and chew on the remains. Woe betide those who take pride in such symbols of authority and order, for their end will invariably be messy, painful and humiliating.
— Warhammer: Beastmen Army Book (8th edition)
''That which we cannot destroy, we will defile! Those we cannot defeat will know only despair!
— Chaos Space Marine, Warhammer 40,000
MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL!! BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN!
— Kharn the Betrayer, Warhammer 40,000
A Chaotic Essence has no interest in anything remaining the way it is. If it's broken, the mission is to repair it — just in time to smash it to flinders. All systems are bad and need to be destroyed, all order must be subverted, and wherever there are two bricks on top of one another, they need to be knocked down. Chaotic essences generally produce mercurial personalities, childlike one moment and monstrous the next. There is a higher percentage of mental disorder among widderslainte with this sort of avatar than any other, and such Nephandi are generally poor at planning, long-term action or anything other than spur-of-the-moment action.
— Mage: The Ascension — The Book of Madness
Theatre
You can't control me
I live deep inside you!
Each day, you'll feel me devour your soul!
I live deep inside you!
Each day, you'll feel me devour your soul!
— Edward Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde
Video Games
"Oh, the feeling that everyone around you is an enemy. Heh heh. I know it all too well. The tiniest spark can set off an explosion of fear, resulting in... horrific mutual destruction. All I did was watch the comedy of errors unfold from the audience."
— Simon Keyes, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2: Prosecutor's Path
"You boys think you're crazy, huh? Jumping out of airplanes... flying like birds? (chuckles) That is crazy! I like this phone. This is a nice fucking phone. So, what do we have here? Grant... and Jason... from California, huh? Well, I hope your mama and papa really, really love you, cause you two white boys look expensive! And that's good because I like expensive things... (Grant mumbles) I'm sorry, what did you say? What did you say?! Do you want me to slice you open like I did your friend?! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! Okay? I'm the one with the fucking dick! Look at me, look me in the fucking eye. HEY! YOU FUCK!!! Look me in the eye. You're my bitch. I rule this fucking kingdom. Shut the fuck up... or you die. (Jason mumbles too) What is it, Jason?! Jason, what is it?! Why aren't you laughing now like you did back there?! What, is this not fun anymore? Have I failed to entertain you? You see, thing is, up there, you thought you had a chance. Waaaay, up in the fucking skies you thought you had your finger on the pussy trigger. But hermano, down here... down here? ...You hit the ground."''
— Vaas, Far Cry 3
"Life... dreams... hope. Where do they come from, and where do they go? Such meaningless things... I'll destroy them all!"
— Kefka, Final Fantasy VI
"Destruction isn't supposed to make sense! It's only fun when it's senseless!"
— Kefka, Dissidia Final Fantasy
"You're looking at it rationally — there are people who are useful to you, and people who ain't, and the people who ain't got to go. Me, I'm not rational. I don't care if you're useful or not. I feel like taking you out, Devo, so that's what I'm doing."
— Trevor Phillips, Grand Theft Auto V
"Because of me, Empire City is a wasteland. I've taken this place down notch by notch, and it's never getting up again. Kessler thought he was preparing me to face some beast, that I'd be using my powers for the greater good. What an idiot. These powers are only good for one thing, letting me take what I want, when I want. In a place with no law, the strong take what they want, and the weak are their slaves, their playthings. And no one is stronger than me..."
— Evil Cole, inFAMOUS
"Allow me to confirm the crimes you've committed thus far. You had suspicions that this world was dangerous, yet you threw Mayumi Yamano into the TV. Knowing full well that Ms. Yamano died here, you did the same to Saki Konishi. Not only that, but you duped Namatame into taking over your murder attempts, while you watched like a spectator at a game. When the disappeared stopped dying, you sent a warning letter to ensure more victims. Even when a copycat killer arose, you had the gall as a detective to eliminate a suspect under investigation. Two people died in the last six months, and a young girl is now in critical condition... But that's not all. If at any turn something had gone wrong, many more would have succumbed... ...All for some foolish 'excitement,' like a criminal reveling in the chaos he creates!"
— Naoto Shirogane to the Killer, Persona 4
"Have you ever heard a fire alarm in the middle of the day and felt relief? Not fear for your safety, just a sigh of relief that the daily routine is broken — the pre-programmed tedium that makes wind-up anatomy toys think they're real. None of the living want to admit a tiny pang of relief in the wake of the Bomb. Don't have to go to that job you hate, today. Don't have to watch that game show that bores you, tonight. Whose fingers haven't itched once or twice while passing a fire alarm? I'm certainly guilty, Chuck."
— The Black Signal, The Secret World
"Their single-minded drive to get back to their spawning grounds COULD be seen as orderly...if you squint. But who are we kidding? The frenzied, indiscriminate way they stampede over everyone and everything in the way of that goal is chaos to a T."
Axem Red: We fight for evil!
Axem Black: We live for disorder!
Axem Green: We like what we do!
Axem Pink: We struggle for chaos!
Axem Yellow: We are...
All: ... THE AXEM RANGERS!
Axem Black: We live for disorder!
Axem Green: We like what we do!
Axem Pink: We struggle for chaos!
Axem Yellow: We are...
All: ... THE AXEM RANGERS!
"I'm not responsible for what I say or do!"
— Storm, Chippy
"Burn the Erdtree to the ground and incinerate all that divides and distinguishes. Ahhh, may chaos take the world! May CHAOS take the world!"
— Shabriri, Elden Ring
Webcomics
Liquid Snake: What the fuck are you doing?
Psycho Mantis: What does it look like, ass? I'm torching everything that moves and almost everything that doesn't.
Liquid Snake: Why?
Psycho Mantis: Why not?
Psycho Mantis: What does it look like, ass? I'm torching everything that moves and almost everything that doesn't.
Liquid Snake: Why?
Psycho Mantis: Why not?
I do what I do, when I choose, why I wish. I answer to no one.
— Richard, Looking for Group
Tear down creation, just to see if you can.
— Jephton the Unholy, The Order of the Stick
The only reason I put up with all your boring garbage is so that I can finally kill anyone I want, even gods. That way, there's no one in existence that can ever tell me what to do, ever again.
— Xykon, The Order of the Stick
I WILL DUEL AND CRUSH MY SLITHERING SEXUAL SNAKE BOSS, TO FINISH WHAT I STARTED WHEN I STEPPED MY METAL FOOT INTO THIS CHILDREN'S FARCE. I WILL DO THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO, AND WHEN THAT IS SAID AND DONE, AND YOU SEE ME AT THE PEAK OF A MOUNTAIN OF TROPHIES, RESTING ON MY THRONE OF PRIZES, I WANT TO GET TO TELL YOU THAT I DID WHAT I WANTED TO DO. SO IF YOU REMEMBER JUST ONE THING I SAY, OF SO MANY GREAT THINGS SAID BY ME, THEN PLEASE REMEMBER THIS. I WANTED TO PLAY A GAME.
— Caliborn, Homestuck
Web Original
Well don't go round killing people you've always hated. Do something much more random, like... killing people that you've never met.
It's not about greed, or lust, or any other simple sin. It's about doing what you want, when you want, how you want to whoever you want and making no excuses to anyone for anything. If somebody want to stop you, they better be ready to kill you.
SATAN OFFERS TO GRANT ANY DESIRE. FREE SATEN FROM HELL.
The Joker: Y'know, there are three kinds of people in this world — the optimistic who find the glass half full, and the pessimistic that see it as half-empty. Then there's the paranoid, they just think someone's drinking out of their glass.
Corrigan: Which one are you?
The Joker: I'm the one that knocks the glass over.
Corrigan: Which one are you?
The Joker: I'm the one that knocks the glass over.
Sauron: Master, why are you crushing dat mountain?
Morgoth: Just because I can!
Sauron: Where is logic in that?
Morgoth: In case you didn't notice it for last 60,000 years — I like to break stuff!
Morgoth: Just because I can!
Sauron: Where is logic in that?
Morgoth: In case you didn't notice it for last 60,000 years — I like to break stuff!
I'll be the first to admit: Humans are the worst. (points to self) Case in point. So I understand why you would like to see us all locked away, or better, killed! [...] But I would like to mention the fact that you and I have a common enemy: the ones in control, the people who pull the strings, the dirty, rotten humans who run our Kingdoms. Government, military, even the schools: they're all to blame for your lot in life! They're all pests that need to be dealt with! Fortunately, I'm the best exterminator around — no offense to any rodents in the room.
— Roman Torchwick, RWBY
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. I want to tell you both a little secret. Your question is all wrong! (laughs) What you 'want' from this? Children, please! If you're not loving what you're doing, then you're in the wrong field!
— Tyrian Callows to Emerald Sustrai and Mercury Black, RWBY
"I say life is like a biiiiig playground with no rules! You want something you don't have? Take it! You wanna wish yourself older to increase your chances of getting a date? Do it! You need someone to pay for crushing your heart into a million pieces!? CRUSH 'EM BACK HARDER! HARDER! The world is your humanoid oyster! Grab it by the neck and STRANGLE YOUR OWN LEASH ON LIFE!"
Western Animation
You can be a goody-two-shoes 'til the end of your days!
You can listen to them say crime never pays!
You can follow every law and be the big, bad bat!
But why would you want to? Ha! Where's the fun in that?
You can listen to them say crime never pays!
You can follow every law and be the big, bad bat!
But why would you want to? Ha! Where's the fun in that?
— The Joker, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Emperor Joker!"
Raven: You don't have to follow the same path as your mom! I mean, if you're a rebel-
Kitty: Ugh! Why does anyone have to be a rebel or a royal? I do what I want — and I want to be like my mom.
Kitty: Ugh! Why does anyone have to be a rebel or a royal? I do what I want — and I want to be like my mom.
— Ever After High: Spring Unsprung
Oh, it's the Apocalypse alright. I always knew I'd have my hand in it.
— Hubert J. Farnsworth, Futurama, "The Farnsworth Parabox"
Pain is hilarious!
— Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls
Alright, Ford! Time's up! I got the kids! I THINK I'M GONNA KILL ONE OF THEM NOW JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT!
— Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls
Listen, Ford, if you just tell me that equation, finally your dimension will be free. Anything will be possible. I'll remake a fun world — a better world! A party that never ends, with a host that never dies! No more restrictions! No more laws!
— Bill Cipher, Gravity Falls
"Ah, there it is. The thrill of seeding destruction and chaos!"
—Double Trouble, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Real Life
If I did not now and then kill one of them, they would forget who I am.
— attributed to Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard, after shooting his first mate under the table for no reason
It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, then it's hilarious!
— T-shirt saying.
