History Quotes / GodzillaThreshold

-->-- '''King Magnifico''', ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'', "This Is The Thanks I Get?"

-->-- '''King Magnifico''', ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023''

->''A potion? A spell? A summon? A curse?\\
Anything to make that light reverse!\\
To this book I don't wanna be tethered, but\\
Desperate times call for desperate measures!''

-->-- '''King Magnifico''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish}}''

-->-- Alternate verse of "TheCatCameBack" from the Canadian animated short film, sung just as Mr. Johnson is about to blow up his house with piles upon piles of dynamite

->'''Stenz:''' This alpha predator of yours, doctor, do you really think he has a chance?\\
'''Serizawa:''' The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control... and not the other way around. [[BehemothBattle Let them fight]].
-->-- ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}''

-->--''The Unthinkable,'' Bruce Sterling

->'''Krandus:''' There is one... an activation key kept apart from the others. A... contingency. Is one monster not enough, Shadea?
->'''Shadea:''' Sometimes you need a monster to fight a monster.
-->--''The Traitor God,'' by Cameron Johnston

->'''Alexander:''' If something that can do this has moved into the Galway Woods and we don’t find it before it has a chance to become entrenched, or worse, to breed, we’re going to see a lot more deaths.
->'''Jonathan:''' If that happens...it’s entirely possible that we might reach the point where calling the [[HunterOfMonsters Covenant]] to come in and burn the area would be our only option.
-->--''Literature/InCryptid'', “Halfway Through the Wood”[[note]]Alexander defected from the Covenant, and raised his son Jonathan to hate them and what they stand for. So for Jonathan to say this, it's deadly serious.[[/note]]

->''"Nothing they've tried so far has worked — and when your back's to the wall, scorched earth is not exactly unprecedented military doctrine. A tactical airburst over Manhattan might be the only way to contain this thing. Probably won't be enough, granted, but if all else fails it's worth a shot."''
-->-- '''Alcatraz''', ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}: Legion''

->''"You wanna put out an [[InvadedStatesOfAmerica oil fire]], sir, you set off a [[NuclearOption bigger explosion]] right next to it. Sucks away the oxygen. Snuffs the flame. [...] We've got a pretty big fire. We're going to need a ''huge'' bang..."''
-->-- '''John Price''', ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Modern Warfare 2]]''

-->--''VideoGame/EverybodysGoneToTheRapture''

->'''Elizabet:''' This isn't a glitch. It's a catastrophe.
->'''Ted:''' Fully aware. It's bad.
->'''Elizabet:''' Bad? It's not 'bad', Ted, it's apocalyptic! You've built a line of killer robots--
->'''Ted:''' Peacekeepers!
->'''Elizabet:''' --that consume biomass as fuel--
->'''Ted:''' In emergencies--
->'''Elizabet:'''--and you made them capable of self-replication!
->'''Ted:''' Limited. Self-manufacture, controlled!
->'''Elizabet:''' Not anymore. The glitch severed chain of command. The only nation this swarm answers to now is itself. Everything else is just food! And at the rate it's replicating Ted, it will strip the Earth bare in fifteen months! We're not talking fall of civilization, we're talking ''extinction!!''
->'''Ted:''' I get it Lis! So, how do I stop it while it's contained?
->'''Elizabet:''' It's not contained! It can't be!
->'''Ted:''' You know what I mean!
->'''Elizabet:''' Right. Before the truth gets out, you mean.

-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

->'''Bruce Banner:''' the closest we have come to recreating that formula was the jolly green giant back there. Why would anyone in their right mind invest a nickel in the SSP after what I did to Chelsea Piers, general?
->'''Nick Fury:''' Because we're living in crazy times, doctor. Crime is becoming [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan super-crime]]. Terrorism is becoming [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen super-terrorism]]. Even the fattest, most stupid politician on Capitol Hill realizes that Son of Star War Wars is going to be useless against the kind of problems America's really facing out there.

->''"This was just the beginning. We needed a new weapon. The world came together, pooling it's resources and throwing aside old rivalries for the sake of the greater good. To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. The Jaeger program was born."''

''THE PROBLEM IS REVERSED!''"''

'''Decker:''': He then pointed out the window and said "''giant [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] monster destroying the country!''"

->"So... just how desperate are we?"
-->-- '''Zatara''' and '''Kid Flash''', respectively, looking at the helmet of Dr. Fate from a world where every child has disappeared and one where every adult has disappeared, "Misplaced", ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''

->'''Prowl:''' You're not suggesting that we unleash an uncontrollable Sari on [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Omega Supreme]], are you? (''For context, Omega Supreme is under [[BigBad Megatron]]'s control at this point.'')\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' I'm hoping we won't have to!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', "[[Recap/TransformersAnimatedS3E01TransWarped Transwarped]]"

->''"I'm thinking I shouldn't use those powers if I can help it. I don't know how else to describe it, but using them feels... bad."''
-->-- '''Anne Boonchuy''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', "The New Normal"

->'''Scrooge''': Unleash...''the Unstoppa-Bomb''.\\
'''Gyro''': [[SubvertedTrope The Moonlanders, um, already found that. And stopped it]].\\
'''Scrooge''': What? Er, all right then! Activate...''the Doomsday Ray''.\\
'''Gyro''': That was, like, the first thing they took out.\\
'''Scrooge''': ...Okay... I swore I'd never have to initiate our ''worst weapon''...\\
'''Gyro:''' And you never will, because they destroyed that too. This was a ''very'' well-planned invasion.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'', "Moonvasion!"

->'''Omni-Man''': You must be desperate. I beat this thing already.
->''(Hail Mary roars)''
->'''Cecil''': Sure, but we removed its pain center and juiced it up with every drug, enhancement, and upgrade we had. Plus all that really pissed it off, and it blames ''you''. Good luck.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021''

-->-- '''Director Goldin''', ''Literature/DirtyPair: Biohazard''

-->-- '''Director Goldin''', ''LightNovel/DirtyPair: Biohazard''

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'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]:''' We have a ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction Hulk]]''.
-->-- ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''

->'''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner:]]''' So, [[AlienInvasion this all seems... horrible.]]\\
'''[[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanov]]:''' I've seen [[HulkingOut worse]].\\

-->-- ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''

-->-- '''Carol Danvers''', to Nick Fury, about when to use the upgraded pager she's just given him, ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}''

->'''Sisko''': We're going to mine the entrance to the wormhole. Prevent the Dominion from bringing any more reinforcements to Cardassia.\\
'''Odo''': If we try to stop those convoys, it may very well start a war.\\
'''Sisko''': Maybe so. But one thing's for certain: we're losing the peace. Which means a war could be our only hope.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ("Call to Arms")

-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Gehenna''

->'''Capt. James Kirk''': "When you jettisoned the fuel and ignited you, you knew there was virtually no chance of it being seen, yet you did it anyhow. That would seem to me to be an act of desperation."
->'''Spock''': "Quite correct, captain."
->'''Kirk''': "Now we all know, and I'm sure the doctor would agree with me, that desperation is a highly emotional state of mind. How does your well-known logic explain that?"
->'''Spock''': "Quite simply, Captain. I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only possible action would have to be one of desperation."
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "The Galileo Seven"

-->--'''Corrax Entry 7:17''', ''VideoGame/Doom2016''

-->--''VideoGame/Doom2016''

'''Ratna:''' ...Bomb. Start bombing. Bomb this city and everyone in it. [[FaceDeathWithDignity Excuse me, if someone could please drive me home? I would like to be with my family.]]

'''Claire:''' I need [[MissionControl you]] to open [[KingOfTheDinosaurs paddock nine.]]

'''Hidayat:''' So what do we do?

-->--[[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-100000-j SCP-100000-J]], ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''

->''"[[TheLegionsOfHell They]] are rage, brutal and without mercy. But you... You will be worse. Rip and tear, until it is done."''

-->-- '''The Director of Project Freelancer''', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Reconstruction''