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"I just got this game for my 8th birthday! Thanks, Uncle Mark!"
Lucas, Mario '85

Cozy Glow: Friendship is power! You might be the Princess of Friendship, but as Headmare of this school, I can collect even more friends than you!
Twilight Sparkle: You're the one who doesn't get it, Cozy: Friendship is powerful, but power isn't why you make friends. I'm sorry I couldn't teach you that.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "School Raze - Part 2"

Being a hero is for losers. It's work, work, work, 24/7, and for what? I only took the gig to get the girl and it turns out Roxanne doesn't want anything to do with me.
Hal Stewart/Tighten, Megamind

(After Izumi has expelled Ed and Al from her tutelage)
Sig: Feel free to drop by if you're ever in town.
Al: I'm not so sure about that...
Sig: You idiots! (Ed and Al gasp) You're so busy pouting that you can't see what your expulsion means. You aren't her students anymore, so now you're finally free to speak to Izumi as equals. (Ed and Al look at each other as they finally get the point) Unless, of course, you're too chicken to try it.

Supergirl: I promised a kid that I'd cure his cancer, and I'd like your help.
Wonder Woman: Why?
Supergirl: "Why?" Well, you've got a lot more experience than me, and I haven't really tried anything like this before...
Wonder Woman: No. I mean why would you make that promise? To a child.

Chi-Chi: Oh my brave little Warrior. He's too young to be fighting! He should be at home, studying! But no! He had to listen to his father instead of me!
Ox-King: Hey! Your son Gohan is no longer a baby! Why, he's transcended Goku and now he's become an honorable Saiyan warrior. If you haven't figured it out by now, both your husband and your son are battling to save an entire planet, and without them, we have nothing! Oh sure, I wish it was me instead of him, but Gohan is the only hope we have left! Come on, Chi-Chi, everything will be okay.
Chi-Chi: Is there more... or are you done preaching to me?
Ox-King: But Chi-Chi!
Chi-Chi: Get out of here! (throws a TV at Ox-King) You're saying I don't know my own son?! You think just by saving the Earth he'll be able to get into a good school?! And then what? You think he'll be able to get a decent job?! You're the one who doesn't have a clue!
Ox-King: Alright Chi-Chi, just calm down!
Chi-Chi: You want me to calm DOWN?!! Someone else can fight those stupid battles, I just don't want him to be a hooligan! Goku, you bring me back my baby RIGHT NOW!!
Dragon Ball Z, "Awakening"

"You Have Failed Me. Completely, and utterly. I have taught you to feel the Force again, shown you the contrast, and yet still you do not understand. This is what you have wrought. Countless murderers, slayers, assassins, born of war that has as always, taught the wrong lesson. You showed them life without the Force - and instead of showing them truth, power, all you showed them was how the galaxy may die. You are responsible for all of this. Even now, events spiral towards destruction, and there is nothing that can be done because you refuse to listen, to understand. You have seen the effects you have on those close to you, heard the echoes scream across dead planets, and watched as your strength has grown. Yet it is for nothing. To have the Jedi Council brought low by such a failure, there is no victory in that. You have not heard a thing I have taught, and for all I have said, you have never learned to listen."

Shane Detori: (When Frank, her father, is about to eat an egg that was in a chimpanzee's mouth, and picked up from its straw-filled cage) Dad, that's filthy!
Frank Detori: Honey, 10-second rule. Once you pick it up within 10 seconds, you can eat it. (And then starts eating the contaminated egg, much to Shane's disgust.)And also....

Kaos: Robot! Turn around! Why aren't you listening to me?!
Glumshanks: Uh, sir? I think his power is starting to shut down like the other robots.
Kaos: Don't be ridiculous, Glumshanks. Robot, do as I command!
Arkeyan Conuertron: Three.
Kaos: That's right! The three of us will turn around right now to go back to get my iron fist.
Arkeyan Conuertron: Two.
Kaos: Yes, to the island. I just said that! What is wrong with you, robot?
Arkeyan Conuertron: One.
Kaos: But I haven't won yet. That's why we need to go back.
Arkeyan Conuertron: It has been a pleasure serving you, Emperor Kaos. All systems deactivating now.

Harleen Quinzel: Oh, Jimmy Herbert, network bigwig. What brings you to the set today? Let me guess, in search of fashion advice?
Jimmy Herbert: Speaking of advice, what kind are you giving these people?
Harleen: [faux surprise] Are you questioning me? Everyone who has an online degree in psychology, please raise your hand. [raises hand] Oh, okay. Then how about we let the professionals do their job, alright, hon?
Jimmy: This show is supposed to help people. You've turned it into a circus!
Harleen: [cheerfully] I know! And you wanna talk circus, wait til you see my Valentine's Day Special.
Jimmy: Look, there won't be a Valentine's Day Special if you keep this—
Harleen: Oopsies, gotta get back! Latersville.

Mr. Whistler: What happened to you? What happened to... my boy?
Chip Whistler: Uh... he got way hotter.

Ashley: I was just thinking about earlier and how you said you thought I looked good without my glasses. When you mentioned it I just took it as a compliment and didn’t think much of it, but now…..Are you attracted to me McGee?
Molly: No Ashley, I am not, nor will I ever be, attracted to you.
Ashley: *sighs in relief* Good. Then maybe there’s hope for you yet.
Molly: Maybe, but I fear I don’t have much hope left for you. Goodbye Ashley.

The Chancellor: It's not unusual that we televise executions, Mr. Wordsworth. Last year in the mass executions, we televised around the clock. 1300 people were put to death in less than six hours!
Romney Wordsworth: You never learn, do you? History teaches you nothing.
Chancellor: On the contrary, history teaches us a great deal! We had predecessors, Mr. Wordsworth, who had the beginnings of the right idea.
Wordsworth: Yes, like Hitler.
Chancellor: Hitler, of course.
Wordsworth: Also Stalin.
Chancellor: Stalin, too — but their error was not one of excess. It was simply not going far enough.

Phil: You know, Will was doing just fine till you showed up. But now that you're back, you have responsibilities to him.
Lou: Look, we're still gonna take the trip.
Phil: Oh, bull! Bull. Will is not a coat that you hang in the closet then pick it up when you're ready to wear it. His life goes on. He's not supposed to be here for you. You're supposed to be here for him.
Lou: You get off my back! You think I want this? It just happened. Now, when Will was a baby, I was scared—
Phil: Cut the crap, alright? Cut it. Because I've been there. But I didn't run out on my family. I was there every day for them. Because that's what a man does.
Lou: Fine, Philip. You win. You the man. You a better man than me. You happy?

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