History Quotes / DisappointedByTheMotive

->''"You mean you killed off ''real'' heroes so that you could... [[SuddenlyShouting PRETEND TO BE ONE!?]]"''
-->-- '''Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible''', summarizing [[MonsterProtectionRacket Syndrome's plan]], ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''

->'''Commander Red''': ''[[[EvilLaughter laughing]]]'' I don't really see this as losing a foe, but gaining 4 Dragon Balls! Just one more ball... and at last my dream to be as tall as a mountain will come true. Soon, no one will ever be able to look down at Commander Red again! I will become ruler of all I can see and my eyes shall tower over the heavens.\\
'''Staff Officer Black''': Commander Red, what did you mean by that?\\
'''Red''': ''[turns around to see Black behind him]'' You! You're still...!\\
'''Black''': Alive? Yes commander, sorry to disappoint you, and I heard every word you said. Do you mean all of this was so you could gain a few inches?\\
'''Red''': You bet! And what's wrong with that?\\
'''Black''': It's a selfish goal that has nothing to do with the Red Ribbon Army!\\
'''Red''': It has everything to do with this army and my plans for the organization! These Dragon Balls are the tools I need to make this army and myself huge. It would be a grave mistake to underestimate my plan!\\
'''Black''': Your lame plan's going to get us all killed!\\
'''Red''': [[IAmTheNoun I am the Red Ribbon Army!]] What's good for me is good for everyone, and I want to be taller! All my life I've drawn the short straw. I've had to contend with being a mere pebble in a land of giants. It is the curse of my existence! You couldn't possibly understand what it's like -- The nightmare of being a genius, yet trapped inside this ugly little body!\\
'''Black''': I understand that loyalty means nothing to you. You sold me out for your vanity!\\
'''Red''': What's really eating you is there's no commander in front of your name and there never will be! Do you want to know why? Because you're small time, you're just a lackey, my errand boy! At your age it's pathetic! ''[cue [[BoomHeadshot Red getting shot in the head]]]''

->''"So that's the REAL reason you're after us: Because you're [[DrivenByEnvy jealous]]. For [[ComicBook/{{Loki}} someone who calls himself a "god"]], that's just PATHETIC!"''

->'''Kaga:''' ''"What were you expecting? A master plan? A scheme to turn off the sun? This is the real world. Hatred and disgust are good enough reasons to want to kill people."''\\
'''Cyclops:''' ''"Seriously? There are people who hate us because we're not outcast ''enough''?"''
-->-- ''Astonishing X-Men''

'''Canter''': You're my niece Juniper, so of course I can forgive you... But I'm sorry to say you're no longer welcome on this set [''Calls a security guard with a fingersnap''], and it'll be a long time before I consider allowing you back here! [''Holds out a hand''] Keys!\\

->'''Alisaie Leveillus:''' Oh, for the love of- [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You cannot still be on about a rematch!]]\\

'''Doofenshmirtz-2:''' [[ForWantOfANail Well, maybe if you had, you'd have gotten better.]]

-->--'''Sonic''' to '''The Exhiled''', ''VideoGame/SonicOmens''

'''Yami:''' ...Ah. (''clears throat'') What?\\

->[[spoiler:'''Mumkhar''']]: I wanted to get the Monado so ''I'' could be the new hero!\\

'''Cyclops:''' ''"Seriously]]? There are people who us because we're not outcast ''enough''?"''

->''"What were you expecting? A master plan? A scheme to turn off the sun? [[ThisIsReality This is the real world.]] Hatred and disgust are good enough reasons to want to kill people."''
-->-- '''Kaga''' on his vendetta with mutants, ''ComicBook/XMen''

->''"[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Seriously]]? There are people who [[FantasticRacism hate us]] because we're not outcast ''[[MortonsFork enough]]''?"''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}''', in response to the above villain's MotiveRant

->'''Dartz:''' [Atlantis] was the [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome gweatest]] civilization the world has avah known!\\

'''Dartz:''' Nah, man. Our civiwization was destroyed by people turning into [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]].\\
'''Yami:''' [[SarcasmFailure ...Ah.]] (''clears throat'') [[FlatWhat What?]]\\

'''Yami:''' [[SarcasmMode Well, that checks out.]]\\

'''Yami:''' So LetMeGetThisStraight you lived in a nice place, some rocks fell from the sky, the place wasn't so nice anymore, [[InsaneTrollLogic so now you're using these rocks]] to [[OmnicidalManiac kill everybody]]?\\

'''Yami:''' Remember in ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'', when you realize that [[OverpopulationCrisis maybe]] what ComicBook/{{Thanos}} was doing [[WellIntentionedExtremist kind of made sense]]? [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Yeah, this the]] ''[[WellThisIsNotThatTrope exact opposite]]'' [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope of that.]]

->''A misanthropic religious lunatic...oh, [[spoiler:Phillips]], that's almost'' '''''hilariously''''' ''cliched. So, the outbreak was meant to be the next legendary biblical plague, meant to reduce humanity to hand-wringing supplication...''''[[EpicFail well, I hope you kept the receipt.]]''
-->--'''Yuuna''' to '''[[spoiler:[[SinisterMinister Father Archibald Phillips]]]]''', ''Fanfic/MegamiNoHanabira''

-->--'''Kyril''' to '''Vault''', ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''

->''"Fool...You would risk an apocalypse out of [[ForScience sheer curiosity]]?"''

'''Paragus:''' --when they were but newborn babies. Their cribs in the maternity ward were right beside each other. And Kakarot cried, ''terrorizing'' my son.\\

[...]\\

'''Piccolo:''' Okay, Vegeta, while you're here having this "crisis," ''we're out there getting beaten to a bloody paste!''\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''

-->-- '''Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible''', summarizing Syndrome's plan, ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''

'''Doofenshmirtz-2:''' True evil is born through pain and loss. You see, when I was a small boy back in Gimmelshtump, [[SurprisnglyNormalBackstory I had a toy train... Then, one day, I lost it]]!\\

'''Doofenshmirtz-2:''' True evil is born through pain and loss. You see, when I was a small boy back in Gimmelshtump, I had a toy train... Then, one day, I lost it!\\

-->-- ''Anime/DragonBall'', "The End of Commander Red"

'''Doofenshmirtz:''' That's your emotionally scarring backstory? ''That's'' your great tragedy?! Dude, I wa-[[RaisedByWolves I was raised by ocelots]]! [[ContinuityNod I mean, literally!]] Disowned by my parents and raised by Central American wildcats. A-and you're telling me, you lost a toy train, that's all! That's all you got, really? [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood I had to work as a lawn gnome! I was forced to wear "hand-me-up" girl's clothing!]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Neither of my parents showed up for my birth!]]''\\

'''Doofenshmirtz:''' That's your emotionally scarring backstory? ''That's'' your great tragedy?! Dude, [[RaisedByWolves I was raised by ocelots]]! [[ContinuityNod I mean, literally!]] Disowned by my parents and raised by Central American wildcats. A-and you're telling me, you lost a toy train, that's all! That's all you got, really? [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood I had to work as a lawn gnome! I was forced to wear "hand-me-up" girl's clothing!]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Neither of my parents showed up for my birth!]]''\\

-->--''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV: Shadowbringers''

-->--'''Spitfire''' to '''Rainbow Dash''', ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/380942/solar-eclipse]] Solar Eclipse''

'''Spider-Man:''' No, no, no! I mean, like, did something happen to you ''personally'' that might've changed you in some way? I mean, not to get personal, but did you dad maybe... die... soon after that, or something?\\