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Lockon: Let me ask you one question. What do you want to achieve with Exia?
Setsuna: I'll eradicate war.
Lockon: You won't be able if I shoot you.
Setsuna: I don't mind. You could do instead of me. Change this twisted world in my place. But while I'm alive I'll keep fighting. Not as Soran Ibrahim... but as Celestial Being's Gundam Meister, Setsuna F. Seiei.
Lockon: Piloting a Gundam?
Setsuna: That's right. I am Gundam.
Lockon: (lowers gun) That's so crazy, I don't want to shoot you anymore! You really are an impossible Gundam nut!
Setsuna: (smiles) Thank you. That's a great compliment.
(Lockon cracks up)

Kyouko: (After learning the Awful Truth from an emotionless Homura) How can you even call yourself human?!
Homura: I don't, of course. (Beat) And neither should you.

Judge: Sanji is the failure of Germa! His skin has no armour! He busies himself with menial cooking! He doesn't have a shred of royal pride! He puts his life in danger to protect weaklings because of his useless emotions! His mentality is soft! He is unfit to be a soldier! He is a failure!
(Beat)
Luffy: So long! Thanks for the help!
Judge: Why don't you answer me, Straw Hat?!
Luffy: That was surprising. Why was he listing off all of your best qualities?
Sanji: That's not what he was doing!
Jimbei: Wahahaha! You guys are the best!

    Comic Books 
Batman: Filthy degenerate!
Joker: Flattery will get you nowhere.

Atlas: Pity. I would have—
Superman: You'd WHAT? Jackal!!
Atlas: If I knew what a jackal was I'd probably be more offended.

Ronnie Anne Santiago: "Sid, this may be the craziest thing you've ever done."
Sid Chang: "Thank you!"
The Loud House Winter Special, "Sleddin' the Gnar"

    Fan Works 
Sakura: Sensei, ... you do realize that you're not exactly... normal, right?
Recca: You know, the customary response to a complement where I come from is to thank the person giving it.
Sakura: What?
Recca: Thanks.
Sakura: That wasn't supposed to be a compliment.
Recca: And yet it was anyway. The term 'normal' simply means 'typical' - that is, like the majority of the population. In this case, it would mean 'like everyone else'. Since you've never been outside Konoha, you lack a frame of reference to compare me to people from other places, which makes it 'like everyone else in Konoha'... and, as you may have gathered, I don't exactly have a high opinion of the vast majority of the people here. Accordingly, the meaning of your statement was that I was not like a group of people who I despise. By most standards, that is a complement.

I'd sooner call Yuuka a pansy than allow that to happen to me, ze! And I have, too. Why she took that as a compliment, I'll never know!

Rip Van Winkle: I don't have to take zis from you! You racist, cisgendered, patriarch-propagating, misogynistic pig!
(Alucard catches the bullet with his teeth)
Alucard: The funny thing is, (bites down and destroys bullet) in any other circumstance, you might have had a point there. Except my boss is a woman, I was a chick in the '40s, I hate everyone equally, and there's NO ONE ALIVE who could comprehend my sexual preference. So in other words, Ms. Van Winkle, Chuh-chuh-chuh-CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE! (Clocks her across the jaw.)

Lana Loud: "Since when are you such a game snob?"
Lola Loud: "Lana, please. I'm an everything snob."

Chrysalis: "Some lesser princess will not deny me my power!"
Princess Luna: "How terrible for you. Despite all your power, you can't beat this lesser princess!"

    Film — Animated 
Vanessa: You're not normal, Dad.
Heinz: Oh, why thank you Vanessa, you're so sweet! See what I did there? Even though I knew you meant it as an insult, I took it as a compliment. Maddening, isn't it?

Peaches: There's nothing bad about being part of my family. I like hanging by my tail, and if you geniuses are normal, the species is going to end up extinct! (leaves)
Steffie: Ah, yeah? Well, your species is gonna be extinct first!
Dumb Mammoth: Haha, burn!
Ethan: (sighs) We're the same species, geniuses.
Dumb Mammoth: What...double burn!

Beans: Go to Hell!
Rattlesnake Jake: Where do you think I come from?
Rango

Miguel: You fight like my sister!
Tulio: I've fought your sister. That's a compliment.

    Film — Live-Action 
Hudson: Hey, Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Vasquez: No, have you?
Aliens

Lois Lane: You're psychotic!
Lex Luthor: That's a three-syllable word for any thought too big for little minds. [flicks Lois's forehead]

Lady Marian: Why, you speak treason!
Sir Robin: Fluently.

Taco Bell patron: What would you say if I called you a brutish fossil, symbolic of a decayed era gratefully forgotten?
John Spartan: I don't know... thanks?

Billy Clanton: The drunk piano player? You're so drunk you can't hit nothin'. In fact, (pulls out a knife) you're probably seein' double.
Billy: Go to Hell!
Winifred: Oh, I've been there, thank you. I found it quite lovely.

Sonic: Ho-ho! Is that all you got?!
Robotnik: No, but thanks for asking...

Master Control Program: You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic.
Sark: Thank you, Master Control.
TRON

"I'm on their blacklist - their roll of honor!"
Rick Blaine, Casablanca

Reggie Hammond: Fuckin' bastard.
Jack Cates: That I am.

Gertie Michaels: Last summer I'm the one who spread the rumor that said you had a weird disease where you were always on your period.
Vicki Summers: Wow, that's evil!
Gertie: Thank you.

President Clark: You're worse than they are, Mr. Wengler.
Floyd Wengler: Allow me to correct you, Mr. Clark - I'm worse than anyone.

Mitch Brenner: I just thought you might like to know what it's like to be on the other end of a gag. What do you think of that?
Melanie Daniels: I think you're a louse.
Mitch: I am.

James Norrington: You are, without a doubt, the worst pirate I've ever heard of.
Jack Sparrow: But you have heard of me.

Englehorn: That's the thing about cockroaches. No matter how many times you flush them down the toilet, they always crawl back up the bowl.
Carl: Hey buddy, I'm out of the bowl! I'm drying my wings and trekking across the lid.

    Literature 
Jen: Are you going to be silly all your life?
Andy: Probably.
Andy Griffiths' Just Series, "Brussels Sprouts"

    Live-Action TV 
Michael: I know a ton of 14-year-old girls who could kick his ass.
Jim: You know a ton of 14-year-old girls?
The Office (US), "The Fight"

Regina: Take my advice, Ms. Swan, only one of us knows what's best for Henry.
Emma: Yeah, I'm starting to think you're right about that.

Ambassador Ken Cochran: I think it would be appropriate at this time, Mr. President, to make a confession.
President Josiah Bartlet: What's that?
Ambassador Ken Cochran: I never voted for you.
President Josiah Bartlet: [genially] Well, thanks for trying, but here I am anyway. Gotta go.

"Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you."
Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

Alternate Cindy: You can't do that! It's... it's...
Hippolyte: It's Evil. Congratulations, little girl: you've just met your first supervillain.
Alternate George: Oh, coming from such a specialist as yourself, I'll take this as a compliment, thanks.

Sorenson: Really, Kate? We're going to waste time on the insights of Nancy Drew here?
Castle: Is that supposed to be an insult? Because Nancy Drew solved every case...
Castle

The Doctor: "Science geek"? What's that mean?
Martha: It means you're obsessively enthusiastic about it.
The Doctor: [happily] Oh, okay!

Alfred Bester: If I had my talent working, I could've warned you when he was coming.
Michael Garibaldi: And if I had a baseball bat, we could hang you from the ceiling and play piñata. I still think I should've gone right to G'Kar.
Bester: We have no evidence that he made the sale yet. Why annoy the Narn without cause or if we're wrong? Shut off the problem at the source, and the rest attends to itself. A piñata, huh? So you think of me as something bright and cheerful full of toys and candy for young children? Thank you. That makes me feel much better about our relationship.
[Garibaldi visibly struggles to keep a straight face in spite of himself]

"New Rule: And this is for Scott Brown, repeated referring to your debate opponent as "Professor" is not a devastating zinger when she actually is a professor. It's like if Elizabeth Warren called you "a failed male model" because there's a picture of you hiding your entire penis behind your wrist."

Mr. Smear: [scornfully] Call yourself a school?
Headmaster: I don't actually call myself a school, no.

Dr. Leonard McCoy: I can't imagine a mirage ever disturbing those mathematically perfect brain waves of yours.
Spock: Thank you, Doctor.

Odo: You're still disgusting.
Quark: 'Til the day I die.

Adrian Monk: Go to Hell.
Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck: No doubt I will. I just hope it's handicap-accessible!

    Newspaper Comics 
Jon: You have many flaws, Garfield.
Garfield: Thank you!
Jon: One of them is thinking insults are compliments.
Garfield: You're too kind!

    Stand-Up Comedy 
"My mother never saw the irony in calling a 'son-of-a-bitch'."

    Theatre 
Kurt: Hey Ram, doesn't the cafeteria have a no-fags-allowed rule?
JD: Seem to have an open-door policy for assholes, though.

    Video Games 
Cassie Cage: Sorry, Skarlet, but you're creepy.
Skarlet: "Creepy" doesn't offend me.
Cassie: Oh, it should, honey!

Johnny Cage: Hey there, tall, dark and gruesome!
Noob Saibot: An apt description.
Johnny: Do you not get I'm mocking you?

Scorpion: You are nothing like Kuai Liang.
Noob Saibot: You flatter, Scorpion.
Scorpion: Only a fool would think so!

Nightwolf: Your grin is unnerving.
Joker: That's the nicest thing I've ever been told!
Nightwolf: It's the last thing you'll ever hear.

Shepard: You said they covered all this up. How did you hear about it?
Harkin: I've spent twenty years working cases here on the Citadel; people on this station love to talk. Secrets are like herpes: if you've got 'em, you might as well spread 'em around.
Shepard: You're a pig.
Harkin: Just noticed that now, did you?

Sera: Dwarves are weird.
Varric: No argument here.
Sera: Argh, you're doing this wrong!

"THERE'S NO NEED TO LIE TO YOURSELF!!! YOUR BARBS HIDE A HIDDEN AFFECTION! YOU EMOTIONAL CACTUS!"
Papyrus if the player chooses the "Insult" option in mid-fight, Undertale

Marina: Guac is more expensive because it's good. It's the Gold Dynamo Roller of dips.
Pearl: Your face is the Gold Dynamo Roller of dips.
Marina: [facepalms] OK.

Donald: Pete, you big thug!
Pete: "Thug" works for me! We've all got a role to play, right?

"You think me rigid. Single-minded. Predictable. I am rigid, for nothing can sway me. I am single-minded, for I believe in Demacia. And I am predictable, for I will surely defeat you."

Jynx: You think to find me through these relays? A mouse has a better chance of finding cheese in a maze than you do of finding me!
Player: Are you comparing yourself to cheese?
Jynx: Why you little... You'll pay for that impudence!

"It's Sonic who named me 'Eggman!' Except the joke's on him! I embraced the name! I made it my own! His mockery is now a name feared across the ages! I'm not going to adopt 'Baldy Nosehair' though. My dignity has limits."
Dr. Eggman, Sonic Frontiers

Sora: Lowlife!
Hades: Heh! You're too kind, kid.

Cheetah: Heretic!
Joker: Thank you.

Cheetah: You fight like a human.
Power Girl: And what's wrong with that?

Firestorm: You're as bad as Superman.
Black Adam: A compliment indeed.

Blue Beetle: You're as bad as Batman said.
Bane: Of that, there is no question.

Deadshot: You're a real downer, man.
Captain Cold: Feeling's mutual.

    Web Animation 
"I like the idea of a 'professional troll' though, it gives the impression of a hideous creature living under a bridge and handing out business cards."
Yahtzee answering letters, "Mailbag Showdown"

Angel Dust: Heeeey~
Husk: Go fuck yourself.
Angel Dust: Only if you watch me~!
Hazbin Hotel, pilot

Tall frog: I feel like your continued existence is a women's rights violation.
Short frog: I'm genuinely touched!

    Webcomics 
Zexion: [following up a "The Reason You Suck" Speech] Everything you love will have my dick in it!
Namine: I love myself.
[cue awkward silence]

Ichabod: Hello there!
Roy: Hehe... hey, shorty! Who cut off your legs?
Ichabod: Hahahaha! They are pretty short, aren't they? [starts dancing]
Roy: Wha-? [walks away]
Ichabod: Nubbly nubbles nub dance!

Pix: I love Carnation. But's she's an evil monster, bordering on sociopathy.
Carnation: Thank you.
Pix: That wasn't a complement.

Apple: Yo, Gossip Girl!
Bud: Please, call me Doctor Gossip.

Shawn: Ugh, you're such a cow!
Mike: Really? I'm gentle and beautiful? Thanks!
Shawn: You're such a pig!
Mike: Really? I'm intelligent, sweet, and playful? Thanks!
Shawn: You're such a worm!
Mike: "Really? I'm harmless, I don't cause any problems, and I benefit the ecosystem? Thanks!"

    Web Original 
Troll: He looks like a fat Chris Pratt.
Brian Hull: I know the 'fat' part was supposed to be an insult, but I kinda like the 'Chris Pratt' part.

User: Many reviews are giving W101 a low score because its "too hard". How does this make you feel?
Hideki Kamiya: Honor.
Twitter conversation on "Great but not Fantastic" reviews of The Wonderful 101

I want this on my tomb stone
Edmund McMillen responding to a hate tweet, which has since then become a running inside joke in the The Binding of Isaac community

Henya: Yo, Souchou. Have you been to the Sawcon?
Kson: Uh...what is that?
Henya: SAWCON DEEZ NUTS, DAYO!
[...]
Kson: If you're gonna do a "Deez Nuts" joke to me, I'M GONNA REALLY SUCK ON YOUR NUTS!
VShojo

"There was a comment on Reddit once that said, "Jim Sterling is not pro-consumer, he's anti-AAA," and I'll take that; that sounds fine by me. I do hate what the mainstream industry has done to the medium. How the unchecked, unimpeded greed that fuels corporate decision-making has turned games into grindy, unsatisfying money vacuums, all in the name of psychological ambush. I say this not with affected Internet outrage, but with a genuine, understated, ice cold fury: I genuinely hate most video game publishers, their executives, and every seedy, slimy, corrupt thing they've done to both the industry at large and, more importantly, their many victims. You damn right I'm anti-AAA."

    Web Videos 
Sonic: Shadow, you're an asshole, man.
Shadow: You are what you eat, Sonic.
Sonic: WHA-HA-WHAT THE...?! What the HELL, man?! Oh my God! That was kinda sick!
Shadow: (corpses clearly) Thanks! I worked hard on it!

    Western Animation 
Toph: It's obvious that the playwright did his research. I know it must hurt, but what you're seeing up there on that stage is the truth.
[later]
Toph: [hearing her actor's voice] Wait a minute, I sound like... a guy. A really buff guy.
Katara: [teasing] Well, Toph, what you hear up there is the truth. It hurts, doesn't it?
Toph: [grins] Are you kidding me? I wouldn't have cast it any other way!

Bataar Jr.: You're insane!
Varrick: You knew that when you hired me!

Mabel: I'm Mabel!
Pacifica: That sounds like a fat old lady's name.
Mabel: I'll take that as a compliment!

Ashi: You look hideous.
Jack: From you, "hideous" is quite acceptable. Thank you.
Samurai Jack, season 5

Squidward: I knew you two reprobates were behind this.
SpongeBob: Yeah! We're reprobates!
Squidward: That was an insult.
Patrick: And we're insulted!

Amethyst: You think you can just keep showing up and picking fights with us? Why don't you get a life?
Jasper: Fighting IS my life! It's what I was made for. It's what you were made for too, runt!

Figgis: Move, dick!
Archer: Slang for detective, so not an insult!

BoJack: Maybe because you're skinny, and maybe 'cause you're pretty, you're used to getting away with things, but I want you to know that your actions have an effect on others, and I hate you! And you are a horrible person! And you not understanding that you're a horrible person doesn't make you less of a horrible person.
Pam: You think I'm pretty?

Plagg: Hey, Sugarcube!
Tikki: Ugh. I've already told not to call me that. Do you ever hear me calling you "Stinky Sock"?
Plagg: No, but you should! That would be delightful, Sugarcube!

Orc: Look at your scrawny ass! Too weak to tickle your own pickle!
Vax: You offering to help~?
Orc: Yeah... uh, no! I... FUCK YOU!

Stitch: Hey, Darren, thanks for the compliment.
Darren: What?
Mo: On calling us Neanderthals.
Horrible Histories, "The Savage Stone Age"

Dark Spyro: Why won't you just lose like you're supposed to?!
Spyro: Because I'm Spyro! And not doing what I'm supposed to do is totally my thing!
Skylanders Academy, "Split"

Greg: Wirt, I think I thought of a new name for our frog. I'm gonna call him Wirt.
Wirt: That's gonna be really confusing.
Greg: No, I'm gonna call you Kitty.
Wirt: What? Maybe I'll start calling you Candy Pants.
Greg: Whoa, yeah!

Jimbo: [mockingly] Nice PJs, Simpson. Did your mommy buy them for ya?
Bart: Of course she did. Who else would have?
[Beat]
Jimbo: Alright, Simpson. You win this round.

Stacy: Candace, there you are!
Candace: Stacy?
Stacy: You left your cell phone and your clothes in there...
Candace: (gasp) Stacy! You, too?! You look just like FERB!
Stacy: Wow, thanks, Candace! Most of this is a genuine label, but the shoes are total knock-offs. I heard there's a riot uptown at this one store that got a fresh shipment. I gotta run before they sell out. Bye!

Jack Spicer: [Doing a crossword] What's a four letter word for idiot?
Wuya: Jack.
Jack: Perfect!

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