"He thought nothing of smashing a violin over the head of an incompetent player or kicking a pregnant soprano in the stomach if she sang out of tune. His sole ideal in art was perfection; human failings were not permitted to stand in the way."
— Denis Stevens on Jean-Baptiste Lully, The Story of Great Music: From the Renaissance
"Some people took her for cold, thought she was aloof. Not a bit of it. She just despised idiots, no time for fools. Shame really, otherwise we'd have gotten on famously."
—Rimmer, Red Dwarf
"Ed! [Tackles him] How are we supposed to get ahead in life if you keep WRECKING EVERYTHING?"
—Eddy to Ed after he sent the Eds flying out of his backyard pond by dumping his freezer experiment back in during "X Marks the Ed", Ed, Edd n Eddy
"Why do you always have to WRECK EVERYTHING??!!"
"MUST ROLF BEAT SOME SENSE INTO THAT OVERCOOKED NOODLE THAT YOU CALL A HEAD?!"
—Rolf to Ed, after the latter asks if a half-eaten pretzel-bagel can break a rock in "A Twist of Ed", Ed, Edd n Eddy
Freeza: That's stupid! You're stupid! STOP BEING STUPID!
Goku: Or...maybe I'm just being rhetorical.
Freeza: NO!!! NO YOU'RE NOT! God, it's like you just use words you hear randomly to try and sound smarter!
Goku: Heh, well now you're just acting transcendent!
Freeza: *growls and knees Goku in the face*
Goku: Or...maybe I'm just being rhetorical.
Freeza: NO!!! NO YOU'RE NOT! God, it's like you just use words you hear randomly to try and sound smarter!
Goku: Heh, well now you're just acting transcendent!
Freeza: *growls and knees Goku in the face*
"My skill is vasted on this team!"
—The Medic, Team Fortress 2
"Fool of a Took!"
—Gandalf, after Pippin Took tries to use the Palantir, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lisa: I didn't think you'd understand...
Lisa: (beat; stands up angrily) I'm glad I'm not crying, because I would hate for you to think what I'm about to say is based on emotion. But YOU, sir, are a BABOON!
Homer: (gasps) Me?!
Lisa: YES, YOU! BABOON, BABOON, BABOON!
Homer: (stricken) I don't think you realize what you're saying...
Lisa: BABOOOOON!!! (runs off crying)
Bart: Somebody was bound to say it someday. I just can't believe it was her.
—The Simpsons, "Lisa's Substitute"
"OF COURSE I KNOW THEY'RE LISTENING! I WANT THEM TO HEAR; I WANT THEM TO HEAR IT ALL! DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE?! TELL THOSE GENIUSES WHAT THEY HAVE DONE! I DON'T GIVE A FUCK! TELL THEM, GO TELL THEM! RYZHKOV - GO TELL THEM HE'S A JOKE! TELL FUCKING GORBACHEV! TELL THEM!"
—Boris Shcherbina, Chernobyl, "The Happiness of All Mankind"
"Okay, let's try this again. Okay, so... ZIM IS AN ALIEN!!! WHY DO I EVEN HAVE TO TRY TO PROVE IT THIS MUCH??!! C'MON, JUST LOOK AT HIM!"
—Dib, Invader Zim
Megatron: STARSCREAM! What in the universe are you doing?!
Starscream: Testing the Energon cubes! They work!
Megatron: Of course they work!
Starscream: You didn't know! You never tested them. I proved it!
Megatron: You only proved your defective mentality! Now we need two strikes before we'll have enough energy to return to Cybertron.
Starscream: What's the difference? There's plenty here for us.
Megatron: The difference is time, you fool! YOU SET US BACK!! [kicks the turret powered by the Energon Starscream wasted, breaking it in two]
—The Transformers, "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2"
"WHY, YOU BLITHERING BLOCKHEAD!"
—Captain Hook to Mr. Smee, Peter Pan
"FOOLS! IDIOTS! IMBECILES!"
—Maleficent to her Goons, Sleeping Beauty
"I just don't have the energy to put up with idiots. She makes me wanna punch kittens..."
—Gig, on Danette, Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
"When I talk to idiots, I get loud."
— Jon Taffer, Bar Rescue
"Are you potty!? You come here and tell Jarvis that you let that lovely, juicy specimen escape, and you think an apology's gonna cut it? Ooh, this jars! D'you crackpots think sorcerers like Veronica come along often? D'you have any idea what we'll have to do to nab a specimen like that again? You knew I wanted to drain all her magic so I could urn the Lord of Shadows' respect when he came back! All my plans, shattered!"
— Jarvis berating his Shadows, Dragon Quest XI
General Klump: How many times have we been over this? There is no Mr. Keith "Krudd" Rool residin' within these walls, soldier. I don't even know who that is! Or why we keep gettin' his junk mail—
(K. Rool, his expression unchanging, shoots his blunderbuss right at the ceiling)
King K. Rool: Klump. My dearly, dauntless Klump. Remind me, if I ever were to kill myself, I could scale to the heights of your blind devotion… AND LEAP DOWN TOWARDS YOUR IQ!
General Klump: You know, it's a very handsome name.
(K. Rool shoots his blunderbuss again, the shot ricocheting off Klump's helmet, as a message for Klump to shut up)
(K. Rool, his expression unchanging, shoots his blunderbuss right at the ceiling)
King K. Rool: Klump. My dearly, dauntless Klump. Remind me, if I ever were to kill myself, I could scale to the heights of your blind devotion… AND LEAP DOWN TOWARDS YOUR IQ!
General Klump: You know, it's a very handsome name.
(K. Rool shoots his blunderbuss again, the shot ricocheting off Klump's helmet, as a message for Klump to shut up)
Birdie: It's so dumb it's brilliant!
Blanc: NO! It's just dumb!
Blanc: NO! It's just dumb!
