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David: So, this is Adam Smasher in the chrome, NC boogeyman of legend!
Smasher: You're packing some pretty heavy artillery for your size, boy. I'm surprised you could string two words together.
David: Likewise, choom. Heard you went no-ganic full-borg, so I gotta ask: any brain left in that chrome dome of yours?
Smasher: You could say I'm special.
David: Well, so the fuck am I!
Smasher: ...That a joke?
Smasher: You're packing some pretty heavy artillery for your size, boy. I'm surprised you could string two words together.
David: Likewise, choom. Heard you went no-ganic full-borg, so I gotta ask: any brain left in that chrome dome of yours?
Smasher: You could say I'm special.
David: Well, so the fuck am I!
Smasher: ...That a joke?
Spandam: Take a look at that symbol, pirates! [points to the World Government's flag] That design represents the unity of more than 170 participating nations located throughout the world's four oceans, as well as the Grand Line. That's the world! Do you realize how puny your defiant existence is in comparison? Can you guess how many powerful organizations are in pursuit of this woman?
Luffy: Yeah. I understand exactly who Robin's enemy is. Sogeking... shoot down that flag.
Luffy: Yeah. I understand exactly who Robin's enemy is. Sogeking... shoot down that flag.
Comic Books
"Your 'test' took one of my friends, you Irish demons. I'm not going to let you take another one. Go back to whatever Hell you crawled out of."
— Inspector Henderson, Death & the Family
John Constantine: [Inner Monologue] I beat the Devil. I beat all three of the bastards, and I got them to cure my sodding lung cancer while I was at it. You can feel the hatred hanging in the air. These bastards want my bollocks roasted on a stick with my scalp as a side salad. I'm the most hated man who ever lived. The thought comes out of nowhere, like a bullet carved from madness, and for just an instant I consider ignoring it and walking out of here.
But then I remember I've got a reputation to maintain.
John Constantine: Oh yeah...one other thing, fellas...
But then I remember I've got a reputation to maintain.
John Constantine: Oh yeah...one other thing, fellas...
Storm: Did you just humiliate a deity in front of three hundred million potential worshippers?
Captain America: Anyone falls if you know where to hit them.
Captain America: Anyone falls if you know where to hit them.
"See, I've read all about you, Zeus. The threats. Manipulations. Anger. Deceptions. They even say you once disguised yourself as a swan. Which I didn't buy, because to me, you're really just a big quack!"
— Eugene Choi just before using the Ibistick to turn Zeus into a duck, Shazam! (2023)
Films — Live Action
Loki: ENOUGH! You are, all of you, are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature! And I will not be bullied by—
Hulk: [grabs Loki mid-sentence on the legs and then gives him a Metronomic Man Mashing, five times to be exact] Puny god...
Hulk: [grabs Loki mid-sentence on the legs and then gives him a Metronomic Man Mashing, five times to be exact] Puny god...
"Valor pleases you Crom, so grant me this one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen... then to hell with you!"
— Conan, Conan the Barbarian (1982)
"Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown."
— Peter (regarding Gozer), Ghostbusters (1984) note
"Go to hell."
Faora: Should I tell the General you are unwilling to comply?
Hardy: I don't care what you tell him.
Hardy: I don't care what you tell him.
Literature
At the conclusion of his words, [Vanni Fucci di Pistoia]
Lifted his hands aloft with both the figs,
Crying: "Take that, God, for at thee I aim them."
Lifted his hands aloft with both the figs,
Crying: "Take that, God, for at thee I aim them."
— Canto XXV, Inferno, The Divine Comedy
"You defy beings that should cow you into silence. You resist forces that are inevitable for no more reason than that you believe they should be resisted. You bow your head to neither demons nor angels, and you put yourself in harm's way to defend those who cannot defend themselves. I think I like you."
— Donar Vadderungnote to Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
"You're... you're trying to bill the Lord God Almighty?"
— Archangel Uriel to Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files
"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
— Captain Ahab, Moby-Dick
It was a superb thing, the way the Black Queen could so address a Choir and expect to be obeyed.
— A Practical Guide to Evil, Interlude: A Hundred Battles
"Fëanor looked upon Melkor with eyes that burned through his fair semblance and pierced the cloaks of his mind, perceiving his fierce lust for the Silmarils. Then hate overcame Fëanor's fear, and he cursed Melkor and bade him be gone, saying: 'Get thee gone from my gate, thou jail-crow of Mandos!' And he shut the doors of his house in the face of the mightiest of the dwellers of Eä."
Maeve: I did not give you leave to go, wizard.
Harry: I didn't ask.
Maeve: I won't forget this insolence.
Harry: I probably will. It's nothing special.
Harry: I didn't ask.
Maeve: I won't forget this insolence.
Harry: I probably will. It's nothing special.
Live-Action TV
Mr. Morden: What do you want?
Vir Cotto: What do I want? Hmmm... I want to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike, as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I want to look into your lifeless eyes, and wave... like this. [Vir dons a cheerfully sardonic smile and does a mocking little cutesy wave] Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?
Vir Cotto: What do I want? Hmmm... I want to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike, as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I want to look into your lifeless eyes, and wave... like this. [Vir dons a cheerfully sardonic smile and does a mocking little cutesy wave] Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?
"Oh, you may think you're a god. But you're not a god. You're just a parasite eaten up with jealousy and envy and longing for the lives of others!"
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Rings of Akhaten"
Ba'al: You dare mock me?
Gen. Jack O'Niell: Ba'al, come on! You should know. Of course I dare mock you.
Ba'al: You have one more day. [Ba'al's hologram disappears]
Gilmore: Is it really wise to provoke him?
Gen. Jack O'Neill: It's what I do.
Gen. Jack O'Niell: Ba'al, come on! You should know. Of course I dare mock you.
Ba'al: You have one more day. [Ba'al's hologram disappears]
Gilmore: Is it really wise to provoke him?
Gen. Jack O'Neill: It's what I do.
— Stargate SG-1, "Zero Hour"
Dean: [to a room full of Gods] All right you primitive screwheads, listen up.
Sam: Are you outta your mind?
Dean: I'm outta options. Now on any other given day, I'd be doing my damndest to, uh, kill you. You filthy murdering chimps. But, uh, hey, desperate times. So even though I'd love nothing better than to slit your throats, you dicks, I'm gonna help you. I'm going to help you ice the devil. And then we can all get back to ganking each other, like normal. You want Lucifer, well, dude's not in the Yellow Pages. But me and Sam, we can get him here.
Kali: How?
Dean: First you let those main courses go. Then we talk. We can either take on the devil together, or you lame-ass bitches can eat me.
Sam: [closes his eyes in horror]
Dean: [Beat, smirks] Literally.
Sam: Are you outta your mind?
Dean: I'm outta options. Now on any other given day, I'd be doing my damndest to, uh, kill you. You filthy murdering chimps. But, uh, hey, desperate times. So even though I'd love nothing better than to slit your throats, you dicks, I'm gonna help you. I'm going to help you ice the devil. And then we can all get back to ganking each other, like normal. You want Lucifer, well, dude's not in the Yellow Pages. But me and Sam, we can get him here.
Kali: How?
Dean: First you let those main courses go. Then we talk. We can either take on the devil together, or you lame-ass bitches can eat me.
Sam: [closes his eyes in horror]
Dean: [Beat, smirks] Literally.
Music
The devil bowed his head 'cause 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 want to try again
I 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 want to try again
I told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been!
— Charlie Daniels, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
Tabletop Games
Theatre
Video Games
"I refuse."
"Unholy foulness! I will take you with me!"
The Necron Pariah: Death has arrived. We come for you.
Gorgutz 'Ead Hunta: Deff? You look moar like a humie dat needz sum feedin', metal boy.
Gorgutz 'Ead Hunta: Deff? You look moar like a humie dat needz sum feedin', metal boy.
— Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
"You pissed off God!?"
— Raspberyl, Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Beerus: Listen up, all of you! I want you out of here!
Mira: Oh, be quiet! Just sit back and watch!
Beerus: What...?
Trunks: Huuuuh?!
Elder Kai: Th-that idiot! What is he doing?!
Beerus: You've got a pretty big mouth. Are you really picking a fight with a God of Destruction?
Mira: Oh, really? I couldn't care less who you are. I happen to be enjoying this fight, and I won't allow any distractions!
Mira: Oh, be quiet! Just sit back and watch!
Beerus: What...?
Trunks: Huuuuh?!
Elder Kai: Th-that idiot! What is he doing?!
Beerus: You've got a pretty big mouth. Are you really picking a fight with a God of Destruction?
Mira: Oh, really? I couldn't care less who you are. I happen to be enjoying this fight, and I won't allow any distractions!
"We eat gods for breakfast!"
— Egon, Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Drax: You grant nothing but lies and false promises!
Mantis: And you're the worst!
[The Guardians and Nikki start Sarcastic Clapping]
Magus: Then why are you clapping?
Peter: We're mocking you, idiot!
Magus: You're what?! [growls] I said— KNEEL!
Mantis: And you're the worst!
[The Guardians and Nikki start Sarcastic Clapping]
Magus: Then why are you clapping?
Peter: We're mocking you, idiot!
Magus: You're what?! [growls] I said— KNEEL!
Magus: Beleaguered brats, like little gnats!
Peter: Cat! Bat! Muskrat mat! You can rhyme, we get it! Seriously, how is it possible for you to have gotten even more obnoxious!?
Rocket: Hat! Vat! Splatty-splat-splat!
Peter: Cat! Bat! Muskrat mat! You can rhyme, we get it! Seriously, how is it possible for you to have gotten even more obnoxious!?
Rocket: Hat! Vat! Splatty-splat-splat!
Mantis: Laundromat!
Magus: You begin to annoy me!
Gamora: It's what we do!
Magus: You begin to annoy me!
Gamora: It's what we do!
Drax: Combat! Format! Diplomat! [laughs]
Magus: That doesn't even make sense! Gaah!
Peter: We don't make sense!? Ever since we met you, you've been nothing more than a giant pile of word vomit! And now you gotta rhyme everything too!?
Magus: That doesn't even make sense! Gaah!
Peter: We don't make sense!? Ever since we met you, you've been nothing more than a giant pile of word vomit! And now you gotta rhyme everything too!?
Magus: Submit to me! I... SAID... SUBMIT!
Peter: Time to get it through your oversized skull! We don't give in to ANYONE! I mean, seriously! Have you met us!
Rocket: That's right! We're the Guardians of the Galaxy!
Drax: We have business cards!
Gamora: And we'd rather die than submit to you!
Magus: You dare to defy a god! Have no notion of my—
Nikki: OH, SHUT UP!
Magus: ...What did you say?
Mantis: She said you're the worst!
Magus: MAAAAAH! Your mockery... mocks my very... [goes to attack them in a blind rage]
Peter: Time to get it through your oversized skull! We don't give in to ANYONE! I mean, seriously! Have you met us!
Rocket: That's right! We're the Guardians of the Galaxy!
Drax: We have business cards!
Gamora: And we'd rather die than submit to you!
Magus: You dare to defy a god! Have no notion of my—
Nikki: OH, SHUT UP!
Magus: ...What did you say?
Mantis: She said you're the worst!
Magus: MAAAAAH! Your mockery... mocks my very... [goes to attack them in a blind rage]
Ares: They do tend to fight first, don't they... Though I may have stoked the fires a bit...
Aquaman: Ares. Why are you here?
Ares: I feed on conflict. Until today I'd been starving. I sensed the return of aggression, and sought its cause.
Aquaman: You did more than that. You brought us here.
Ares: No. But I can guess who did.
Aquaman: My fires doesn't need stoking, Ares! Tell me who.
Ares: You presume to command me?
Aquaman: I do! And you will obey!
Aquaman: Ares. Why are you here?
Ares: I feed on conflict. Until today I'd been starving. I sensed the return of aggression, and sought its cause.
Aquaman: You did more than that. You brought us here.
Ares: No. But I can guess who did.
Aquaman: My fires doesn't need stoking, Ares! Tell me who.
Ares: You presume to command me?
Aquaman: I do! And you will obey!
Hades: Did you forget who you're talking to?! I am the Lord of the DEAD!
Auron: Hmph. No wonder no one wants to die.
Auron: Hmph. No wonder no one wants to die.
"I didn't think tricking you guys would be so easy. Are all of you this gullible?"
— The Player, Kingdom Hearts Union χ [cross]
"Shepard, you have become an annoyance."
Tanya: Doddering old fool.
Shinnok: I... will kill you!
Tanya: Try not to speak.
Shinnok: I... will kill you!
Tanya: Try not to speak.
— Mortal Kombat X Match Intro dialogue
Sindel: You may have the privilege of serving me.
Joker: Hahaha HAHAHAHA!
Sindel: [her smirk drops] Did I say something funny!?
Joker: Hahaha HAHAHAHA!
Sindel: [her smirk drops] Did I say something funny!?
"Oh shut up already. I know this won't save me in the end. But I don't need it to save me forever. I just need it to save me now. So if you're gonna kill me right here, then do it. If not—"
— Mae to the Black Goat, Night in the Woods
"I know the dangers of men convinced they're gods. If I'm what stands between you and the rest of civilization, I'll put an end to this... now!"
Qian Ya: ...And what of our court? The slave-things that have already been taken into our service? We must be allowed to keep them. If we are to retreat into the tunnel, they must come as well.
Player Character: You are entitled to nothing. By asking, you've already conceded defeat. I know your laws, Queen, and I will hold you to them.
Qian Ya: How...do you know...
Player Character: You'll spend the rest of eternity wondering.
Player Character: You are entitled to nothing. By asking, you've already conceded defeat. I know your laws, Queen, and I will hold you to them.
Qian Ya: How...do you know...
Player Character: You'll spend the rest of eternity wondering.
— Shadowrun Returns: Hong Kong, Good Fortune Ending
"Now see here's my thing. You go around acting all big and scary, but look at what you're scaring! Slim pickings, you ask me! Even I'm not scared of you. How pathetic is that? I dunno... maybe you're overcompensating for something?"
Lady Debonair: Wonderful! The anger, the loathing, the grief within you will empower me greatly!
Van: You stay the hell out of my revenge. And don't you DARE talk about my love for my Elena, you wrinkled old hag in an ugly dress!
Van: You stay the hell out of my revenge. And don't you DARE talk about my love for my Elena, you wrinkled old hag in an ugly dress!
You're tired of ghouls and very near done with psychopomps.
— Narrator, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Web Original
"We had dinosaurs bigger than you! Or at least taller! And Earth gravity's way higher, so what's your excuse?! [...] Fuck you, and your big head, and your stupid crystals!"
— Gordon Freeman vs. The Nihilanath, Freeman's Mind
Fuck you! (Woah-oh-oh!)
Here's my two minutes notice, fuck you (Suck it, greedy bastard)
(You're a fucking, ass clown) Time to quit and smell the roses
Say goodbye, too late to apologize!
So, this is it
Mammon, you sad sack of shit, fuck yooou!
(Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you)
You bitch! Yeah!
Here's my two minutes notice, fuck you (Suck it, greedy bastard)
(You're a fucking, ass clown) Time to quit and smell the roses
Say goodbye, too late to apologize!
So, this is it
Mammon, you sad sack of shit, fuck yooou!
(Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you)
You bitch! Yeah!
— Fizzarolli singing "2 Minutes Notice" to Mammon the Sin of Greed, Helluva Boss, "Mammon's Magnificent Musical"
" to Mammon the Sin of Greed, Helluva Boss, "Mammon's Magnificent Musical""Ahahaaaa! Fuck you, Tzeentch! You're a neeeeeeerd~!"
— Kitten, If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device, Fourth Special
Custodisi: All right. Time for the 'real talk'. Sir, while I adore you like no other, while I would give my life to save yours in but an instant, while I would serve you for an eternity and more, while I am thankful for your graceful masterdom of our undeserving species... I have to admit that you are kind of an asshole.
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Oh.... Are you, some speck of a middle-man, of all creatures in existence, really criticizing me right now?
Rogal: I have to agree that your actions were redundant, father. All in all, what you did is you entered a church to have a heated argument with a harmless old mortal.
Custodisi: Exactly my point! He was harmless!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Quiet.
Custodisi: He was eighty years old!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Shut up.
Custodisi: He was tired and lonesome!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Shut your stupid mouth.
Custodisi: His only company was a rock and a doomsday clock!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: I will sew your titplates to your skull.
Custodisi: I am surprised he did not die of liver failure in the midst of the argument!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: CEASE THE VIBRATIONS OF YOUR VOCAL CHORDS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I EXPAND THEIR MASS AND MAKE YOU CHOKE ON THEM!
[Beat, as the Golden Throne's alarms die down]
Custodisi: Choking is a function I have long since transcended.
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Oh.... Are you, some speck of a middle-man, of all creatures in existence, really criticizing me right now?
Rogal: I have to agree that your actions were redundant, father. All in all, what you did is you entered a church to have a heated argument with a harmless old mortal.
Custodisi: Exactly my point! He was harmless!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Quiet.
Custodisi: He was eighty years old!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Shut up.
Custodisi: He was tired and lonesome!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: Shut your stupid mouth.
Custodisi: His only company was a rock and a doomsday clock!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: I will sew your titplates to your skull.
Custodisi: I am surprised he did not die of liver failure in the midst of the argument!
The God-Emperor of Mankind: CEASE THE VIBRATIONS OF YOUR VOCAL CHORDS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I EXPAND THEIR MASS AND MAKE YOU CHOKE ON THEM!
[Beat, as the Golden Throne's alarms die down]
Custodisi: Choking is a function I have long since transcended.
"Apparently Slender Man is an immature, obnoxious little brat. Stupid little... I remember when people barely knew who you were twerp!"
— Laura-Beth, Old is Good
Western Animation
Satan: He was the baddest motherfucker that Hell had ever seen.
Stinkmeaner: Colonel motherfuckin' Stinkmeaner! Holla at ya boy! I gets money!
Satan: He trained like a beast.
Stinkmeaner: Y'all gonna have to kick me outta this bitch! I'm havin' the time of my life!
Satan: He was so bad, he even called ME, the Devil himself, a...
Stinkmeaner: BITCH-ASS NIGGA!
Stinkmeaner: Colonel motherfuckin' Stinkmeaner! Holla at ya boy! I gets money!
Satan: He trained like a beast.
Stinkmeaner: Y'all gonna have to kick me outta this bitch! I'm havin' the time of my life!
Satan: He was so bad, he even called ME, the Devil himself, a...
Stinkmeaner: BITCH-ASS NIGGA!
Dracula: I am Vlad Dracula Tepes, and I do not get many visitors. What have you to trade for my knowledge, Lisa from Lupu?
Lisa: Perhaps I could help you relearn some manners! I've crossed the threshold of your home, and you haven't offered me a drink or even to take my coat!
Lisa: Perhaps I could help you relearn some manners! I've crossed the threshold of your home, and you haven't offered me a drink or even to take my coat!
Trevor: Oi, Death. I want a word with you.
Death: You know me?
Trevor: I'm Trevor Belmont of House Belmont. Of course I know you. Finding things and recognizing things is what we do, and you are absolutely a thing...!
Death: I was put here at the dawn of life on Earth, to feed on the last breath of every one of you fuckers. I'm a little more than a... "thing".
Trevor: No, you're only a thing. You're only an old killer. You don't make anything, you don't live. You just eat and hide.
Death: ...Is there a point to this? Are you dictating your fucking obituary to me, Belmont?
Trevor: It's time to give this place back to people who know how to build things. You and me, we're just killers of history. It's time for us to go.
Death: And who's going to make me go? You? With your bit of string in your hand?
Trevor: Probably not... but let's just give this one last go. Shall we?
Death: You know me?
Trevor: I'm Trevor Belmont of House Belmont. Of course I know you. Finding things and recognizing things is what we do, and you are absolutely a thing...!
Death: I was put here at the dawn of life on Earth, to feed on the last breath of every one of you fuckers. I'm a little more than a... "thing".
Trevor: No, you're only a thing. You're only an old killer. You don't make anything, you don't live. You just eat and hide.
Death: ...Is there a point to this? Are you dictating your fucking obituary to me, Belmont?
Trevor: It's time to give this place back to people who know how to build things. You and me, we're just killers of history. It's time for us to go.
Death: And who's going to make me go? You? With your bit of string in your hand?
Trevor: Probably not... but let's just give this one last go. Shall we?
Ichthultu: Speak to me, child of Thanagar.
Hawkgirl: Nothing to say. I've got a gesture for you, but my hands are tied.
Hawkgirl: Nothing to say. I've got a gesture for you, but my hands are tied.
The Scotsman: [as Aku destroys his Redshirt Army] Ya know what, this was a bad idea! [turns to his daughters] Time ta go, girls!
Flora: But Dad—
The Scotsman: NO ARGUIN'! [his daughters hesitate, but begin to retreat] I'll stall 'im while ye escape.
Aku: [reforms to his normal self] Ehhh... Oh! [watches the last of the Scotsman's Daughters escaping] Eh, better to make it a complete annihilation!
The Scotsman: HOLD IT! [Aku looks down at him] Yer not goin' anywhere, ya big buffoon!
Aku: [leans in for a closer look] I am sorry, old man. I think you are lost.
The Scotsman: I ain't lost, ya tree-ogre! I might be old, but I've lived long enough ta see tha world rise against yer tyranny! Admit it, ya big oaf, yer scared! Tha Samurai's still out there inspirin' people by tha thousands! After all these years yer powerless against 'im! Ye've been shiverin' like a wee baby hiding in yer crib, afraid ta show yerself, 'cuz ya know 'e's out there, and YA CAN'T DO ANYTHIN' ABOUT IT! [cackles] YER JUST A BIG BABY! WHY DON'T YA GO AND CRY TA YER MOMMA?! [Aku vaporizes him]
Flora: But Dad—
The Scotsman: NO ARGUIN'! [his daughters hesitate, but begin to retreat] I'll stall 'im while ye escape.
Aku: [reforms to his normal self] Ehhh... Oh! [watches the last of the Scotsman's Daughters escaping] Eh, better to make it a complete annihilation!
The Scotsman: HOLD IT! [Aku looks down at him] Yer not goin' anywhere, ya big buffoon!
Aku: [leans in for a closer look] I am sorry, old man. I think you are lost.
The Scotsman: I ain't lost, ya tree-ogre! I might be old, but I've lived long enough ta see tha world rise against yer tyranny! Admit it, ya big oaf, yer scared! Tha Samurai's still out there inspirin' people by tha thousands! After all these years yer powerless against 'im! Ye've been shiverin' like a wee baby hiding in yer crib, afraid ta show yerself, 'cuz ya know 'e's out there, and YA CAN'T DO ANYTHIN' ABOUT IT! [cackles] YER JUST A BIG BABY! WHY DON'T YA GO AND CRY TA YER MOMMA?! [Aku vaporizes him]
— Samurai Jack, "XCVI"
Ezra Bridger: I don't fear you!
Darth Vader: Then you will die braver than most.
Darth Vader: Then you will die braver than most.
Peridot: Then I won't do it! I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
Peridot: Apparently more than you, you... CLOD!
Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
Peridot: Apparently more than you, you... CLOD!
"No. Whoever did this was already close to Pink Diamond. Someone her guards would allow to get past her, someone she would listen to when asked to stop her palanquin and step outside, and someone with the authority to cover it up afterwards! Someone with surpreme authority. Someone... Like ONE OF YOU!" [points at Yellow and Blue Diamond]
— Blue Zircon, Steven Universe, "The Trial"
Real Life
Russian warship (Moskva): Snake Island, I, Russian warship, repeat the offer: put down your arms and surrender, or you will be bombed. Have you understood me? Do you copy?
Ukrainian 1: That's it, then. Or, do we need to fuck them back off?
Ukrainian 2: Might as well.
Ukrainian 1: Russian warship, go fuck yourself.
Ukrainian 1: That's it, then. Or, do we need to fuck them back off?
Ukrainian 2: Might as well.
Ukrainian 1: Russian warship, go fuck yourself.
— The Ukrainian border garrison on Snake Island responds to the Russian warship Moskva's demand for surrender on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022
