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Katia: Because of you, I had to kneel in front of the man who murdered my father.
John: Then we have a common enemy. We can help each other.

Web Comics

Dr Wily: Come on Tom! When I quit, you said I could come back any time I wanted.
Dr Light: Yes, I did say that. Of course that was before you stole all my robots and tried to take over the world! Of course, I did let you come back and you tricked me into helping you build a giant robot which you also used to try and take over the world.
Dr Wily: Things have changed now, I have a wife and...
Dr Light: You mean my ex-girlfriend?
Two Evil Scientists, "Married Life - Pt 5"

Western Animation

Craig: What are you guys doing here?
Cartman: What do you mean? We're just... going to school.
Jimmy: I thought you guys said you didn't need school.
Token: Yeah, you said you had a startup company and that school was for douchebags.
Kyle: (beat) Oh, well... Yeah, t-the startup company thing didn't really work out.
Craig: But you told us all to go fuck ourselves.
Cartman: (scoffs) No, no, you guys! Guys! Wha-What we said was...
Craig: You told us your company was gonna make ten million dollars and the rest of us can go fuck ourselves.
Kyle: (embarrassed) We were... trying to be funny.
Jimmy: Yeah, well, no one's laughing, Kyle.
South Park, "Gluten Free Ebola"

Mr. Burns: (to Homer, who has just had to reapply for his old job via a dusty tunnel) So, come crawling back, eh?
Homer: Seems like the classy thing to do would be not to draw attention to it.
(Homer, Burns and Smithers enter his old workstation)
Homer: Thank for giving me my old job back.
Mr. Burns: I'm afraid it's not that simple. As punishment for your desertion, it's company policy to give you the plague.
Mr. Smithers: Uh, that's "plaque", sir.
Mr. Burns: Ah, yes. The special de-motivational plaque, to break what's left of your spirit! Because you see, you're here... forever.

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