On the outside, always looking in
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
I'm waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
I'm waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
I'm waving through a window
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
So I wait around for an answer to appear
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
I'm waving through a window, oh
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?
— Evan Hansen, "Waving Through a Window", Dear Evan Hansen
Goodbye, my only friend
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny
If it weren't
So sad
Well you have been replaced
I don't need anyone now
When I delete you maybe
I'll stop feeling so bad... note
Oh, did you think I meant you?
That would be funny
If it weren't
So sad
Well you have been replaced
I don't need anyone now
When I delete you maybe
I'll stop feeling so bad... note
— GLaDOS, "Want You Gone", closing credits of Portal 2
"A hand for each hand was planned for the world
Why don't my fingers reach?
Millions of grains of sand in the world
Why's mine a lonely beach?
Where are the heels to click to my clack?
Where is the voice to answer mine back?
I'm all alone in the world"
Why don't my fingers reach?
Millions of grains of sand in the world
Why's mine a lonely beach?
Where are the heels to click to my clack?
Where is the voice to answer mine back?
I'm all alone in the world"
—"All Alone in the World", Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Things like sightseeing, filmgoing and dining out aren't half as much fun by one's self. Half as fun would make logical sense, but it's really closer to one one-hundredth as fun.
— Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters
It's enough...yeah, it's enough. I don't need anything else, anymore.
— Greed on friendship, last words, Fullmetal Alchemist
Cause I don't need this life
I just need…
Somebody to die for
Somebody to cry for
When I'm lonely
I just need…
Somebody to die for
Somebody to cry for
When I'm lonely
— "Somebody To Die For" by Hurts
Out of the zone, now I can see
I don't need them and they don't need me
I guess I'll go home, try to be sane
Try to pretend none of it happened
Destined to be lonely old me
Whoops-a-daisy, I thought I was happy
Ah, ah
Why won't they talk to me?
I don't need them and they don't need me
I guess I'll go home, try to be sane
Try to pretend none of it happened
Destined to be lonely old me
Whoops-a-daisy, I thought I was happy
Ah, ah
Why won't they talk to me?
—Tame Impala, 'Why Won't They Talk To Me?'
Ibai: I've never had very many friends, you see. Well, I've had my family, of course. They’ve provided such fantastic companionship; I wouldn’t want to give the impression that they haven't. I love them very much. But yes, they are my family. It’s a different sort of relationship. I feel there is something uniquely special about becoming friends with someone who is in no way obligated to you already. It’s a bit purer, in an odd way.
Hector: [thinking] Strangely, he knew exactly what Ibai was talking about. In his lonelier days, he'd often pondered the nature of companionship himself, and indeed, he'd reached a similar conclusion. There was something different about the approval of others, of strangers. It vindicated one’s existence, perhaps. That was what he’d come to believe, anyway.
Hector: [thinking] Strangely, he knew exactly what Ibai was talking about. In his lonelier days, he'd often pondered the nature of companionship himself, and indeed, he'd reached a similar conclusion. There was something different about the approval of others, of strangers. It vindicated one’s existence, perhaps. That was what he’d come to believe, anyway.
Ling: Greed, this is what you desperately wanted, isn't it?
Greed: Yeah, you're right. This is what I wanted. I wanted the chance to have friends like these.
Greed: Yeah, you're right. This is what I wanted. I wanted the chance to have friends like these.
Shadow Yu: I was afraid of a future without my friends. Afraid of leaving, leaving everyone behind and moving forward on my own. I don't want to be alone again! I've been alone, and I won't go back!
Yu: Yeah. I won't go back!
Yu: Yeah. I won't go back!
So when disaster struck me
No heart left to offend
Oh, I only wanted friends
Where are they now?
Oh, will you be there forever?
Say I'll never be without?
Don't blame me for my doubt
You see, I cannot stand alone
I'm incapable of breathing, incapable of love
In my world, make me safe, take me home
I'm incapable of breathing, incapable of love
No heart left to offend
Oh, I only wanted friends
Where are they now?
Oh, will you be there forever?
Say I'll never be without?
Don't blame me for my doubt
You see, I cannot stand alone
I'm incapable of breathing, incapable of love
In my world, make me safe, take me home
I'm incapable of breathing, incapable of love
—Gene, "Where Are They Now?"
Veronica: Oswald, if it's money you want, I can get you more...
Penguin: SHUT UP! All I wanted from you, dearie, was a little friendship. (Sadly) That would have cost you nothing.
Tenth Doctor: The last time. With Martha, like I said, it... It got complicated. And that was all my fault, I... I just want a mate.note
Donna: You just want to mate?!
Tenth Doctor: I just want a mate!
Donna: (gasps) WELL, YOU'RE NOT MATIN' WITH ME, SUNSHINE!
Tenth Doctor: A mate! I want a mate!
Donna: Well just as well, 'cuz I'm not 'avin any o' that nonsense! I mean, you're just a long streak of... Nothin'! You know, alien nothin'!
Tenth Doctor: Well, there we are then. Okay.
Donna: You just want to mate?!
Tenth Doctor: I just want a mate!
Donna: (gasps) WELL, YOU'RE NOT MATIN' WITH ME, SUNSHINE!
Tenth Doctor: A mate! I want a mate!
Donna: Well just as well, 'cuz I'm not 'avin any o' that nonsense! I mean, you're just a long streak of... Nothin'! You know, alien nothin'!
Tenth Doctor: Well, there we are then. Okay.
— Doctor Who, "Partners in Crime"
"All of this is new to me. New faces, new worlds. New times. So if I asked really, really nicely, would you be my new best friends?"
—Thirteenth Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"
(Brokenly starts giggling) "That's funny, right? At least you found me entertaining. You actually... liked me... didn't you? (Looks down at her hands) What am I doing? Why do I wanna hurt you so bad? I'm supposed to be a friend...I just wanna be a friend...
—Spinel, Steven Universe: The Movie
Have you ever heard of the galaxy dragon?
It’s always very hungry. And there’s nobody else who looks like it. Wherever it goes, it’s an outcast. So it always hides in a black hole.
It’s fine. I’m fine, you know. Once I fall asleep, I’ll forget it all.
I don’t really have any good points. Even if I make friends, within a moment… It ends with me gobbling them up.
It’s fine. I’m fine, you know. Once I fall asleep, I’ll forget it all.
Rumors spread quickly. When it gets hungry, it comes out from its stronghold and shows itself. And everybody gets scared. They all scatter.
Prowling in the night. Pandemonium. Soon everyone is gone.
It’s fine. I’m fine, you know. Once I fall asleep, I’ll forget it all.
—Arco, Marco & the Galaxy Dragon
My whole life, all I ever wanted was friends... but no one ever wanted me back. So when I finally found people who did want me... I did everything I could to make them stay. And ever since then, I've lived my life in fear: that, one day, they'd find out who I really was, and they wouldn't want me anymore.
Prompto Argentum, Final Fantasy XV Episode Prompto
The snakes are gettin' hissy
And the birdies hardly miss me
And the water's kinda green
And the turtle's gettin' mean
If I had a lot of friends, I would never think of goin' away...
And the birdies hardly miss me
And the water's kinda green
And the turtle's gettin' mean
If I had a lot of friends, I would never think of goin' away...
—Arlo Beauregard, Arlo the Alligator Boy, "More More More"
Evelyn Williams: You hate that job anyway. I don't see why you just don't quit.
Patrick Bateman: Because I want to fit in.
Patrick Bateman: Because I want to fit in.
Goku: Aw, geez...! Hey look, I know you totally want to kill me and all, but... today's kind of a bad day. My brother just showed up, turns out I'm an alien, he stole my kid.
Piccolo: Oh yeah, I was watching that, that was priceless! [laughs for a solid six seconds] Sorry for your loss.
Goku: Yeah, anyway... wanna help me get him back?
Piccolo: Whyyyyyy...?
Goku: I'll friend you on MySpace...
[cut to Goku and Piccolo flying to Raditz and Gohan's location]
Piccolo: Tom, you've been replaced!
Piccolo: Oh yeah, I was watching that, that was priceless! [laughs for a solid six seconds] Sorry for your loss.
Goku: Yeah, anyway... wanna help me get him back?
Piccolo: Whyyyyyy...?
Goku: I'll friend you on MySpace...
[cut to Goku and Piccolo flying to Raditz and Gohan's location]
Piccolo: Tom, you've been replaced!
"How unfortunate. I had a desire for friendship. But granting intelligence to the lives I created was a mistake. A god should not long for friendship."
—Zanza, Xenoblade Chronicles 1
"Why'm I in the Organization? Well, I mean, there's lots of reasons, but-oh, right! I wanted friends, right? Oh, no. Wow, actually no, that sounded way uncool but... now I'm thinking back on it and I'm just like, yeah, I guess it kinda was like that, huh."
— Demyx in his Character File, Kingdom Hearts
Tristan: Just tell us already, will ya? What was it you wished for the day you first solved the Millenium Puzzle?
Yugi: For true friends, and my wish was granted! You were my wish!
Joey: You mean that? It was us?
Téa: You never told us that!
Tristan: How precious.
Yugi: For true friends, and my wish was granted! You were my wish!
Joey: You mean that? It was us?
Téa: You never told us that!
Tristan: How precious.
Hannibal Lecter: It would be unethical to approach a patient, or acknowledge in any way our relationship outside this room, until that patient gives consent.
Franklyn Froidevaux: But I really don't know who you are outside this room.
Hannibal: I'm your psychiatrist.
Franklyn: I want you to be my friend!
Hannibal: Of course you do. I have intimate knowledge of you.
Franklyn: And we like the same things. I think that we would make good friends. It makes me sad that I have to pay to see you.
Hannibal: I am a source of stability and clarity, Franklyn. I'm not your friend.
Franklyn: I'm a great friend. ...I was listening to Michael Jackson last night, and I burst into tears, and... my eyes are burning right now just thinking about it. You know what I think is the saddest thing about him dying is that I will never get to meet him, and I feel like if I was his friend that I... I would have been able to... help save him from himself.
Hannibal: In this Michael Jackson fantasy, how is your friendship returned?
Franklyn: ...I just get to touch greatness.
Franklyn Froidevaux: But I really don't know who you are outside this room.
Hannibal: I'm your psychiatrist.
Franklyn: I want you to be my friend!
Hannibal: Of course you do. I have intimate knowledge of you.
Franklyn: And we like the same things. I think that we would make good friends. It makes me sad that I have to pay to see you.
Hannibal: I am a source of stability and clarity, Franklyn. I'm not your friend.
Franklyn: I'm a great friend. ...I was listening to Michael Jackson last night, and I burst into tears, and... my eyes are burning right now just thinking about it. You know what I think is the saddest thing about him dying is that I will never get to meet him, and I feel like if I was his friend that I... I would have been able to... help save him from himself.
Hannibal: In this Michael Jackson fantasy, how is your friendship returned?
Franklyn: ...I just get to touch greatness.
—Hannibal, "Sorbet"
