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For the sake of the island, the Eldians... No, it wasn't just that... What was really beyond the walls... it was different from what I dreamed of... From what I saw in Armin's book... it was different... When I learned that humanity lived outside the walls... I was disappointed. I... I wished... for everything to somehow disappear. I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...
"ALLLLLL! Dammit, this can't be happening! Nooooooo! He's gone, what have I done?!"
— Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, "Fullmetal Alchemist"
"Wh... Why...? Why don't you guys stop me?! She's gonna die if I keep hitting her! My God, how can you just sit there and watch while I'm trying to kill her?! WHAT KIND OF PARENTS ARE YOU?!? [...] When I got to be president... I thought our lives were better because everyone looked so happy. It was like the whole family was glowing with happiness... but it was all a lie! None of it was real at all! We let ourselves be blinded by greed! That's what the glow was... it was plain old greed, burning inside us! We're evil! Mom, Dad, everyone... AND SO AM I!"
— Mako Mankanshoku calling out her family for not stopping her fight with her best friend Ryuko, Kill la Kill
"I didn't come to this country...to do something like this."
— Klaus, Maiden Rose (OVA)
"Oh no... Fulfilling my mother's dream... How could that be wrong?"
— Damon in Pokémon: The Movie Black/White when he realizes that his plan will destroy the world.
"I've done something... that I can never forgive myself for. I killed Lalah! Why?! Why did this have to happen?!"
— Amuro Ray, Mobile Suit Gundam
"I had no idea. What have I done? I thought my Dark Rings were a stroke of genius — I never realized I was causing pain. I forced them to work for me tirelessly without ever giving them a break, and I was cruel to them beyond imagination. AUGH, I'M A MONSTER, I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'VE DONE!"
— Ken Ichijouji, Digimon Adventure 02
Comic Books
"The anger...It was on me like lightning...Master Vodo...what have I done?"
— Exar Kun, Star Wars Tales of the Jedi
Wait! — Look! The flames... the cracks...! I can't see any sign of life — anywhere! Oh, dear Lord... What have we done? For our own selfish ends, we've destroyed — everything! Forgive me, forgive me...
Oh, what have I done? My meddling has destroyed Lena's whole life, and I called myself her best friend!
— Supergirl, Action Comics #317
I stood in that room and watched my mother torture that man for information. A man I'd taken back to New Krypton. A man I'd... I'd illegally extradited for his crimes. [...] I thought I was doing the right thing. I was "Supergirl", right? I always do the right thing. The man I took back, his name was Reactron. He was the end of my people. Because of me, they're gone.
I used to... before... I saved people, you know. I did... what's happened to me... what has become of my life? It wasn't supposed to happen like this. Why? Why did this happen... when all I ever wanted to do was help?
—Alternate Curt Connors, Exiles #17: Wildlife Reserve
"I...I was wrong about Nam-Ek! He's gone— But Lois still fell ill with the plague! Then...If...If Nam-El didn't cause the disease... He can cure it! My god! The woman I love is dying...and I've just killed the only one in the universe who can save her!!"
—Superman, The Plague of the Antibiotic Man
Before beginning this latest chapter, I reread my journals. The first entry I wrote after the war is in a childlike scrawl and reads simply "what have I done?" What have I done? That is the question I must answer. I have loosed the Tygers upon the world. I have swept away the old order. I have cast down the towers of the cities of men... and laid the foundation stones of the New Jerusalem.
—Extracts from "Seizing The Fire," by Dr. Michael Peyne, Zenith
"No. No, what have I done! I know that face. That voice. Zillo Valla?"
—Dax Novu after accidentally killing his ex-lover Zillo Valla, Final Crisis
"Oh, my God. Inside that car...They're just kids...I-it's my fault. I murdered them. And all because of a few drinks... I di-didn't mean to hurt them. I didn't even see them! I was just coming home from an office party..."
— Unnamed drunk driver, "American Honda Presents DC Comics Supergirl"
Fairy Tales
"What an old hag," said the soldier to himself. "It was time for her to die a many years ago."
"Yes," says the old crone, with her toothless gums numbling and grumbling over her words. "Long ago it was time for me to die. When you shut up Death in the sack I had only an hour left to live. I had done with the world, and the world had done with me, and I would have been glad to be at peace. Long ago my place in heaven was made ready, and it is empty to this day for I cannot die. You, soldier, have sinned before God and before man. You have sinned a sin that God will not forgive. I am not the only soul in the world who is tortured as I am. Mine is not the only place that is growing dusty in heaven. Hundreds and thousands of us who should have died drag on in misery about the world. And but for you we should now be resting in peace."
The soldier began to think. And he thought of all the other old men and women he had kept from the rest that God had made ready for them. "There is no doubt about it," thinks he; "I had better let Death loose again. No matter if I am the first of whom she makes an end. I have sinned many sins, not counting this one. Better go to the other world now and bear my punishment while I am strong, for when I am very old it will come worse to me to be tortured."
"Yes," says the old crone, with her toothless gums numbling and grumbling over her words. "Long ago it was time for me to die. When you shut up Death in the sack I had only an hour left to live. I had done with the world, and the world had done with me, and I would have been glad to be at peace. Long ago my place in heaven was made ready, and it is empty to this day for I cannot die. You, soldier, have sinned before God and before man. You have sinned a sin that God will not forgive. I am not the only soul in the world who is tortured as I am. Mine is not the only place that is growing dusty in heaven. Hundreds and thousands of us who should have died drag on in misery about the world. And but for you we should now be resting in peace."
The soldier began to think. And he thought of all the other old men and women he had kept from the rest that God had made ready for them. "There is no doubt about it," thinks he; "I had better let Death loose again. No matter if I am the first of whom she makes an end. I have sinned many sins, not counting this one. Better go to the other world now and bear my punishment while I am strong, for when I am very old it will come worse to me to be tortured."
Fan Works
"Please don't die, Watson, come back, you can't die! Oh God, no, this is all my fault... I'm sorry, Watson, I'm so sorry, please, Watson, come back! Come back..."
"It's all my fault those animals came in like that… I still can't believe I did that. I don't know why that happened, everyone, I just wanted to socialize with those animals and they ran away and I lost my temper! OH HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO CRUEL?!"
— Fluttershy, After The Gala
.
."You will never run away from your sin!"
Sir Stefan had told him all of three years ago. Even now his words rang true. That night he was with Isabella - whatever became of her, he wondered - he had opened himself up to another person in a way that he had never done in his entire life. In being so vulnerable, his memories came flooding back into his mind unbidden: all the evils he had committed in the name of vengeance, of resurrecting his father.
No one else's fault but his own.
Like a fool, he had blamed the whole world for his sin, for why he 'had' to do the things he had done. But in the end, it was his choice. He could have killed Thunder instead of Frederick, walked away when he had Sir Stefan in his sights, rode off when Herr Durer told him to stop. Every single one of those times he could have made the right choice...and he didn't. He cut off his father's head, ran the noble Sir Stefan through the back like a coward, and killed the sons of the man who had been, to him, like a second father...and killed all those people just to satisfy the endless lust of Soul Edge: no, of himself. The Inferno told him that he was the wickedness in every heart of man, and that wickedness he let go every time he killed.
Siegfried wept.
Sir Stefan had told him all of three years ago. Even now his words rang true. That night he was with Isabella - whatever became of her, he wondered - he had opened himself up to another person in a way that he had never done in his entire life. In being so vulnerable, his memories came flooding back into his mind unbidden: all the evils he had committed in the name of vengeance, of resurrecting his father.
No one else's fault but his own.
Like a fool, he had blamed the whole world for his sin, for why he 'had' to do the things he had done. But in the end, it was his choice. He could have killed Thunder instead of Frederick, walked away when he had Sir Stefan in his sights, rode off when Herr Durer told him to stop. Every single one of those times he could have made the right choice...and he didn't. He cut off his father's head, ran the noble Sir Stefan through the back like a coward, and killed the sons of the man who had been, to him, like a second father...and killed all those people just to satisfy the endless lust of Soul Edge: no, of himself. The Inferno told him that he was the wickedness in every heart of man, and that wickedness he let go every time he killed.
Siegfried wept.
—Siegfried: A Tale Of Redemption, a Soulcalibur Fanfic
, a Soulcalibur Fanfic Film — Animated
What have I done?
What have I done?
How could I...
...Be so blind?"
What have I done?
How could I...
...Be so blind?"
— Jack, The Nightmare Before Christmas
...Johnny. It's Johnny! That's my son! (suddenly remembers what happened earlier) ...My son.
— Marcus, Sing
"What've I done? This is a nightmare... and it's all my fault. Now because of me, we lost Alex."
— Marty, Madagascar
Bo Peep: It is Buzz! Woody was telling the truth!
Slinky: What have we done!?
Rex: Great! Now I have guilt.
Slinky: What have we done!?
Rex: Great! Now I have guilt.
"What...have I done?"
— Wolf W. Wolf, Hoodwinked!
Steffie: [to Peaches] Too bad your molehog friend [Louis] isn't here.
Ethan: You're not really friends with him are you?
(...)
Peaches: Well, Louis and I, we hang out or whatever. But no, we're not really "friends" friends.
Louis: [who has just arrived] We're not friends?
Peaches: [sees him and realizes] Louis! (...) I mean...
Louis: Good to know. [leaves]
Peaches: [regretting her actions] Louis, wait!
Ethan: You're not really friends with him are you?
(...)
Peaches: Well, Louis and I, we hang out or whatever. But no, we're not really "friends" friends.
Louis: [who has just arrived] We're not friends?
Peaches: [sees him and realizes] Louis! (...) I mean...
Louis: Good to know. [leaves]
Peaches: [regretting her actions] Louis, wait!
Trusty: A rat? We should've known.
Jock: I misjudged him... badly.
Jock: I misjudged him... badly.
Film — Live-Action
"What have I done?"
— Anakin Skywalker, Revenge of the Sith
"And King Balor's heart grew heavy with regret."
"I've created a monster!"
— Dr. Frankenstein, Frankenstein
"I see your mind. You will take the Ring to Sauron! You will betray us! You go to your death and the death of us all! Curse you! Curse you, and all the Halflings!"
(trips suddenly and slams his head against the ground)
"...Frodo ...Frodo ...What have I done ...(murmurs) Please... (shouts) Frodo, I'm sorry!"
(trips suddenly and slams his head against the ground)
"...Frodo ...Frodo ...What have I done ...(murmurs) Please... (shouts) Frodo, I'm sorry!"
"There's blood on my hands, and mud on my name
My id threw a party and everyone came
My innocence ravaged, my virtue devoured
I can't count the strangers with whom I have showered!"
My id threw a party and everyone came
My innocence ravaged, my virtue devoured
I can't count the strangers with whom I have showered!"
— Jimmy Harper, Reefer Madness: The Musical
Politician: Oh my God...what have I done?
Sir Nigel: You've betrayed your country. You've passed untold numbers of secrets to Moscow, and endangered the lives of British men and women. And I'd say you've weakened NATO, perhaps irretrievably. Just you, and your schoolboy politics, and your idiotically conceited faith in your own importance.
Kirk: My god, Bones. What have I done?
Bones: What you had to do. What you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.
Bones: What you had to do. What you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.
"God damn me to Hell, I slept with my brother's wife! And not just once, but time and time again!"
—Frank Aldin, Children of the Night
"The General Hua you see before you is actually terrified of battle. I had been afraid and hiding all along. But I never thought my fear and hiding would cause the loss of the most important friend in my life. His departure lets me understand fleeing from the endless battles only makes us lose even more!"
—Hua Mulan, Mulan: Rise of a Warrior
"My pride broke it. My rage broke it! This excellent knight, who fought with fairness and grace, was meant to win. I used Excalibur to change that verdict. I've lost, for all time, the ancient sword of my fathers, whose power was meant to unite all men... not to serve the vanity of a single man. I am... nothing."
—King Arthur Pendragon, Excalibur
"What... have... I... done? I've turned that bloody maniac loose upon Utopia!"
"When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that might destroy the entire world."
"I remember it well. What of it?"
"...I believe we did."
"I remember it well. What of it?"
"...I believe we did."
— J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein, Oppenheimer
Literature
"Then Joseph took Mary
All on his right knee:
"Oh, what have I done, Lord?
Have mercy on me."
All on his right knee:
"Oh, what have I done, Lord?
Have mercy on me."
— The Cherry Tree Carol, Child Ballad 54
"The awful daring of a moment's surrender
which an age of prudence can never retract."
which an age of prudence can never retract."
"Oh sister, what hae I done to thee?
Hae I done this dreadful thing to thee?
Hae I done this dreadful thing to thee?
All doon by the bonnie banks o'Fordie, oh"
Hae I done this dreadful thing to thee?
Hae I done this dreadful thing to thee?
All doon by the bonnie banks o'Fordie, oh"
— The Bandit, "Bonnie Banks o'Fordie", Child Ballad #14
The pain of the Hunger is nothing compared to the Horror. The howling, shrieking agony that comes from knowing you are not just dead, but truly in Hell. I try to scream, but all that comes out is a low, wheezing moan, like wind rushing down the pipe organ I play at our church.
Oh God! Monica! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, what have I done? Holy God, somebody help me! Help meee!
"And there is one blazing moment in which you finally understand that there was no dragon. That there was no Vader. That there was only you. Only Anakin Skywalker."
— Revenge of the Sith (novelization)
He seemed to pass through lifetimes in his dreams. Through the Giant's Drink again, past the wolf-children, reliving the terrible deaths, the constant murders; he heard a voice whispering in the forest, You had to kill the children to get to the End of the World. And he tried to answer, I never wanted to kill anybody. Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to kill anybody. But the forest laughed at him.
Teela was beyond shaken. She was appalled. Horrified. She could have been on that world-she had been on that world, and if not for an ability the Empire had decided it needed, she would have still been down there when Despayre was shattered.
She'd had nothing to do with the weapons aspect of building the station. She designed and built housing and recreation and living space. And she'd had no real choice, had she? After all, she was still a prisoner.
Right?
Her inner self could have a fine old time saying I told you so along about now, she knew. Instead, it was uncharacteristically silent.
She'd had nothing to do with the weapons aspect of building the station. She designed and built housing and recreation and living space. And she'd had no real choice, had she? After all, she was still a prisoner.
Right?
Her inner self could have a fine old time saying I told you so along about now, she knew. Instead, it was uncharacteristically silent.
— Teela Kaarz, architect and former political prisoner on the Death Star
"It had been Tenn who'd pulled the trigger. He had sent the beam that killed at least a billion people, maybe more [...] How could a man live knowing that he, personally, had dropped the curtain on more people at once than anybody had ever done before? How could he live with all those ghosts?"
— Tenn Graneet, Head Gunner on the Death Star
Something is not right. I am used to hearing the Muse's voice in my head on occasion But now suddenly I hear whispers. The murmuring voices of beasts. The echoing howls of lost souls. This is not right at all. It is almost as though my Muse is contacting others. Ghouls from another world. The more I listen, the more I am convinced it is NOT my imagination. My head throbs. My right eye burns. I heard my Muse say something...
"The door is open..."
What have I done?
"The door is open..."
What have I done?
—The Author, Gravity Falls: Journal 3
"I told him not to go to that chat room again. I told him..." Her lip quivered suddenly. "I told him not to talk to his father about Yeerks. Told him not to..." Her voice was strangled. She gritted her teeth and squeezed out the last few words. "I told that little boy not to trust his father."
There were tears running down her face. I guess they were running down my face, too. One of the things Cassie and I share is that we trust our parents, unlike some people, I guess.
"What a terrible thing for me to do," Cassie said. "What a filthy, disgusting thing for me to do..."
—Animorphs #16: The Warning
Boxer: He is dead. I had no intention of doing that. I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. who will believe that I did not do this on purpose?
Snowball: No sentimentality, comrade! War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
Boxer: (holding back Tears of Remorse) I have no wish to take life, not even human life.
Snowball: No sentimentality, comrade! War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
Boxer: (holding back Tears of Remorse) I have no wish to take life, not even human life.
Live-Action TV
Fitz: What have I done?
Coulson: Don't blame yourself. The Framework messes with everybody's head.
Fitz: N-no, but I-but I killed people.
Coulson: No. They weren't real.
Fitz: Agnes was real. And M-Mace... I ordered the airstrike that killed Director Mace.
...
Coulson: Listen to me, Fitz. None of that is your fault.
Fitz: I wanted to do those things; it felt natural. I think that I'm a bad person.
Coulson: Don't blame yourself. The Framework messes with everybody's head.
Fitz: N-no, but I-but I killed people.
Coulson: No. They weren't real.
Fitz: Agnes was real. And M-Mace... I ordered the airstrike that killed Director Mace.
...
Coulson: Listen to me, Fitz. None of that is your fault.
Fitz: I wanted to do those things; it felt natural. I think that I'm a bad person.
— Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "Farewell, Cruel World!"
"He put me up on a pedestal, and I had to show him that I was down in the gutter with the rest of 'em. Broke my boy. I broke my boy. He went to Hoffman, he took the money, but he hesitated. Even looking like you're doing the right thing to those two meant that he wasn't solid, that he couldn't be trusted. I got Matty to take the money and they killed him two days later. He was the strongest person that I ever knew. He'd have never done it, not even to save himself. I was the only one... I was the only one who could get him to debase himself like that, and it was for nothing. I made him lesser. I made him like me, and the bastards killed him anyway."
- Mike Ehrmantraut recalling how he made his son take bribes from Dirty Cops, Better Call Saul
Sharon: I could've killed ya.
Tracey: You didn't. It was an accident.
Sharon: How could I 'ave been so stupid?
Dorien: Like Tracey said, it was an accident. Any idiot could've done it.
— Birds of a Feather, "Bang"
(Chloe wakes up naked in Lucifer's penthouse after a night drinking and draws the wrong conclusion)
Chloe: On no...no...no...oh god, what have I done?
Lucifer: Don't worry, my father's the forgiving sort. Well, except when it comes to me.
Mucus: Look on the bright side! You're a good guy again!
Ollie: Yeah, a good guy who helped Lord Zedd with his evil plans and nearly took out his Ranger teammates in the process.
Slyther: (Beat) Maybe there's an even brighter side to look at it?
Jarod: I found out the real application of my simulations, Sydney. South Pacific Fleet Simulation 118? You took my results and blew a ship out of the water. 133 people were onboard. My outbreak simulation? You used it in the field. 46 people died of the Ebola Virus, Sydney! Simulation 27! Simulation 16! Simulation 42!
Sydney: Jarod, these were military contracts. I had no way of finding out about their ultimate application.
Jarod: How many people died because of what I thought up?
Sydney: Jarod, these were military contracts. I had no way of finding out about their ultimate application.
Jarod: How many people died because of what I thought up?
— The Pretender, "Pilot"
"Drat! Drat! Now why did I do that?! And why did I feel overcome and act so dumb? Drat!"
— Luis after offending Big Bird, Sesame Street
"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry...No, please stay. Please....stay! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
— Joe Goldberg hallucinating Beck's ghost, You (2018)
Music
"And you may ask yourself
Am I right? Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself
My God, what have I done?"
Am I right? Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself
My God, what have I done?"
"Oh my god, what have I done?
Do it again.
All I wanted was a little fun.
Do it again."
Do it again.
All I wanted was a little fun.
Do it again."
"She could have been a doctor, nigga, I'm sorry
Could have been a actor and won that Oscar, said, I'm sorry
I sold that soap
and I killed black folk, I'm sorry
But I got a nice car, put my sister through school
While my momma all cool, I'm sorry
I'm in too deep
and I can't see the shore
I'm sorry"
Could have been a actor and won that Oscar, said, I'm sorry
I sold that soap
and I killed black folk, I'm sorry
But I got a nice car, put my sister through school
While my momma all cool, I'm sorry
I'm in too deep
and I can't see the shore
I'm sorry"
I know I'd better stop trying
You know that there's no denying
I won't show mercy on you now
I know I should stop believing
I know that there's no retrieving
It's over now
What have you done?'
You know that there's no denying
I won't show mercy on you now
I know I should stop believing
I know that there's no retrieving
It's over now
What have you done?'
— Within Temptation, "What Have You Done?"
Oh, if he could see me now
He'd be ashamed of what I wrought
I've been a terrible king
To make his wish for naught...
He'd be ashamed of what I wrought
I've been a terrible king
To make his wish for naught...
— King Olly, Juno Songs, "The Final Fold (King Olly Suite) WITH LYRICS", after finding out the writing on his body is the Origami Craftsman wishing for him to be a good king
Oh my God, what have I done?
Who's this person I've become
And it's all the same and it makes no sense
And I walk this line and I'm on the fence
Between right and wrong, it's the same old thing
Round and around I go
Somebody set me free
Who's this person I've become
And it's all the same and it makes no sense
And I walk this line and I'm on the fence
Between right and wrong, it's the same old thing
Round and around I go
Somebody set me free
I'm so sorry, darling
Did I do the wrong thing?
Oh, what was I thinking?
Is his heart still beating?
Did I do the wrong thing?
Oh, what was I thinking?
Is his heart still beating?
— Maroon Five, "Wake-Up Call"
Mythology and Religion
Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
—The Bible, Matthew 26:74-75 (English Standard Version)
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
— David in Psalm 51:1-4 (The Bible, ESV)
Theatre
"What have I done?
Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
Become a thief in the night, become a dog on the run?"
Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
Become a thief in the night, become a dog on the run?"
— Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
"What have I done?
Though I did not pull the trigger, I built the gun
That he holds in his hand..."
Though I did not pull the trigger, I built the gun
That he holds in his hand..."
Video Games
"No! I DIDN'T KILL HER! T'WAS AN ACCIDENT!"
—The Highwayman, Darkest Dungeon
"I...I think I'm gonna die soon...the regret...I wasn't honest with you...I'm sorry..."
— Songbird, Cyberpunk 2077
Arrested by the ghoulish sight, he felt the cold chains of remorse tighten around his heart. Guilt was a pursuer he could never outrun, a prison he would never escape.
Everything that we've done, the lives we've taken...if there is a god, may he have mercy on us all.
— Brian Virgil, Fallout 4
"Such devastation... This was not my intention..."
—Gaius van Baelsar, Final Fantasy XIV
"No, wait! Emperor Rudolf! Were you truly my father? Then I've just... Oh, gods... What have I done? Aah... AAAAAAAUGH!"
"Guys… we just… killed someone…"
— Malt, Fuga: Melodies of Steel
"By the gods, what have I become?"
— Kratos having a rare moment of clarity, God of War
Shepard: Every time we talked about this before, you defended the genophage. Hell, I had to talk you into saving Maelon's data! How could you change your mind now?
Mordin: I MADE A MISTAKE!... I made a mistake. Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables! Can't hide behind statistics, can't ignore new data. My responsibility!
Mordin: I MADE A MISTAKE!... I made a mistake. Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables! Can't hide behind statistics, can't ignore new data. My responsibility!
"I tried, Shepard."
— The Illusive Man before killing himself, Mass Effect 3
"NOOOOOOOOO! This isn't happening! There's no reason for me to go on! What... WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOR?!"
— Zero, after killing his girlfriend, Mega Man X4
"By the gods, no! ...No. This was not meant to happen. Liu Kang, forgive me..."
— Raiden after accidentally killing Liu Kang, Mortal Kombat 9
"Erasing a Palace essentially means forcing the owner to have a change of heart. However, even though their warped wants disappear, the crimes they committed remain... Kamoshida will be unable to bear the weight of those crimes, and he'll confess them himself!"
— Morgana, Persona 5
"N-no! What have I... what have I done?!"
— Yun-seong after apparently killing Seong Mi-na while under the influence of Soul Edge, Soulcalibur IV
What's that?
Can you hear something... whispering? You try to close your ears as you stumble back to your ship. You shiver, and it feels like a thousand snakes wriggling their mirror-bodies just under your skin. What have the Neathers done? What have you done?
Can you hear something... whispering? You try to close your ears as you stumble back to your ship. You shiver, and it feels like a thousand snakes wriggling their mirror-bodies just under your skin. What have the Neathers done? What have you done?
"I've seen worlds bathed in The Makers' flames. Their denizens fading without so much as a whimper. Entire planetary systems born and raised in the time that it takes your mortal hearts to beat once. Yet all throughout, my own heart, devoid of emotion, of empathy. I have felt.... NOTHING. A million, million lives wasted. Had they all held within them your tenacity, had they all loved life as you do?"
— Algalon the Observer, World of Warcraft
Create-A-Bot: Awesome, we did it! You missed a few, but don't worry, I took care of them.
(suddenly, the Sector 7 SUV's continue their pursuit of Bumblebee in larger numbers)
Create-A-Bot: OH NO! They must have followed me here! I'm sorry, I just wanted to help.
Bumblebee (radio broadcast): In the current conflict, sacrifices must be made. We must protect our children and ensure their freedom.
Create-A-Bot: What are you talking about?!
(Sector 7 vehicles shoot Bumblebee, who tries to fend them off to no avail as he gets surrounded)
Sector 7 officer 1: Control, we've located the subject!
Sector 7 officer 2: Maintain distance.
(Bumblebee gestures Create-A-Bot to leave)
Sector 7 officer 2: Open fire as soon as you have target in position.
Bumblebee: GO NOW!
Sector 7 officer 1: Let's try to take him alive!
(the Sector 7 militants successfully shoot down Bumblebee)
Sector 7 officer 2: Let's bring it back to base for study.
(Sector 7 captures Bumblebee)
Create-A-Bot: What have I done?
(suddenly, the Sector 7 SUV's continue their pursuit of Bumblebee in larger numbers)
Create-A-Bot: OH NO! They must have followed me here! I'm sorry, I just wanted to help.
Bumblebee (radio broadcast): In the current conflict, sacrifices must be made. We must protect our children and ensure their freedom.
Create-A-Bot: What are you talking about?!
(Sector 7 vehicles shoot Bumblebee, who tries to fend them off to no avail as he gets surrounded)
Sector 7 officer 1: Control, we've located the subject!
Sector 7 officer 2: Maintain distance.
(Bumblebee gestures Create-A-Bot to leave)
Sector 7 officer 2: Open fire as soon as you have target in position.
Bumblebee: GO NOW!
Sector 7 officer 1: Let's try to take him alive!
(the Sector 7 militants successfully shoot down Bumblebee)
Sector 7 officer 2: Let's bring it back to base for study.
(Sector 7 captures Bumblebee)
Create-A-Bot: What have I done?
—Transformers Autobots, "Driven to Distraction"
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Musashi, I've finally given you the beautiful death I always promised! (Beat) Musashi? Musashi...? Musashi, you're not really...gone? (sighs) What have I...?"
—Kojiro Sasaki after killing Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends
Are these my hands, stained black with blood and sin? What wickedness I've wrought. And all for what?"
—Oersted, Live A Live
Doctor Octopus: Spider...Man...
Spider-Man: Doctor Octavius, your experiments failed. Many lives will be lost unless we stop it. Tell me how, please!
Doctor Octopus: Good heavens, my boy...what have I done?
Spider-Man: Doctor?
Doctor Octopus: I can still stop this. GO! NOW!
Spider-Man: Doctor Octavius, your experiments failed. Many lives will be lost unless we stop it. Tell me how, please!
Doctor Octopus: Good heavens, my boy...what have I done?
Spider-Man: Doctor?
Doctor Octopus: I can still stop this. GO! NOW!
—Spider-Man 2 (PC version), "The Final Battle"
'FATHER, WHY ETERNAL TORMENT? IS IT NOT CRUEL?
IS TORTURE UNENDING TRULY A FATE FIT FOR A FOOL?'
AN ANGEL SO BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL ASKED ME THIS...
AND I COULD FIND NO ANSWER
FOR I COULD NEVER FACE THE GUILT OF WHAT I'D DONE...
MY REGRET, A GNAWING CANCER
IN MY HOUR OF WEAKNESS, TERROR POSSESSED ME THEN
AND I CAST LUCIFER, TOO, INTO THE INFERNAL DEN
ONCE I REALIZED WHAT I HAD JUST DONE...
I COULD ONLY WEEP
AS I SANK SLOWLY INTO THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR...
DEEP, OH SO DEEP
IS TORTURE UNENDING TRULY A FATE FIT FOR A FOOL?'
AN ANGEL SO BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL ASKED ME THIS...
AND I COULD FIND NO ANSWER
FOR I COULD NEVER FACE THE GUILT OF WHAT I'D DONE...
MY REGRET, A GNAWING CANCER
IN MY HOUR OF WEAKNESS, TERROR POSSESSED ME THEN
AND I CAST LUCIFER, TOO, INTO THE INFERNAL DEN
ONCE I REALIZED WHAT I HAD JUST DONE...
I COULD ONLY WEEP
AS I SANK SLOWLY INTO THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR...
DEEP, OH SO DEEP
— TESTAMENT IV, ULTRAKILL
"To elude capture by Empress Mileena, I joined Havik's crusade in Seido. There I summoned more magic than I thought possible and drowned out the old regime. Havik's longed-for anarchy had been achieved. He was more than satisfied. But I was left empty and broken. Had I been satisfied as Outworld's High Mage, not let myself be tempted by Shang Tsung, a great city would now not lay in ruins. I've caused devastation, ended thousands of lives. All because of my blind ambition. I've betrayed my oath, my sovereign, and my realm. These high crimes merit punishment, and I'll accept whatever the Empress gives me. My only ambition now is to one day be forgiven."
— Rain's arcade ending, Mortal Kombat 1
Web Animation
"Oh, my god. I'm the team-killing fucktard!"
— Church, Red vs. Blue
"Does anyone else feel really, really dirty about this? And not the good kind of 'really, really dirty'?"
— Tucker, after the Blues snipe Lopez, Red vs. Blue
Web Video
Goku: ...I've made a terrible mistake.
Piccolo: (sarcastically) "OH, I'VE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE!!" That's you.
Piccolo: (sarcastically) "OH, I'VE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE!!" That's you.
— Dragon Ball Z Abridged after Piccolo calls out on Goku's Batman Gambit regarding Gohan
"Stupid, selfish, impulsive HYPOCRITE! (punches the ground) You had one job: get angry and KILL CELL! But no, you didn't just take a page from Vegeta! You wrote a sequel to his fricking book! Chapter 1: Kill Your Own Goddamn Dad!"
— Gohan after Goku's Heroic Sacrifice, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Western Animation
That face... I remember that face! (flashback to letting the crook get away and his nonchalant "Eh, whatever" to it.) ...what have I done? (drops to his knees and smashes at ground) WHAT HAVE I DONE?!
— Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, "Origin 6", after finding out that his selfishness in letting the crook get away cost him the life of Uncle Ben.
"What have I done... I've killed da wabbit..."
— Elmer Fudd, Looney Tunes, What's Opera, Doc?
NOOOOO! I've taken a life. I've killed a man. My people. My city. What have I done?! AAAAAAAARGH!
— HARDAC-Batman, Batman: The Animated Series
Farnsworth: Ohhh, you've killed me! You've killed me!
Leela: Oh God, what have I done!?
Farnsworth: I just told you. You've killed me.
— Futurama, "Anthology of Interest"
Pearl: Is everything alright, my Diamond? You seem troubled.
Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond: All this life that's been growing wild here on Earth...none of it will survive [the] invasion. We're not creating life from nothing. We're taking life, and leaving nothing behind.
Pearl: Forgive me, my Diamond, I shouldn't have brought you to such a place!
Rose: No. I needed to see this.
Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond: All this life that's been growing wild here on Earth...none of it will survive [the] invasion. We're not creating life from nothing. We're taking life, and leaving nothing behind.
Pearl: Forgive me, my Diamond, I shouldn't have brought you to such a place!
Rose: No. I needed to see this.
Fergy: Franklin, I eh… with the gems smelled so… gemolicious! I-I couldn’t resist! I AM SHAMED! I am a shamed Fudgehog! I am a Fudgehog of SHAME!
Franklin: So it was you last night too??
Fergy: Oh, you can’t spell “shame” without M-E!
— Viva Piñata, "Chewnicorn in the Garden"
"Your greatest gift to me... and I'm killing him. I must already be dead."
— Dracula, Castlevania (2017)
Sure, feelings got hurt, and the tree took a dunk,
But it's all Santa's fault, him and his holiday bunk!
If he'd just given me the presents I craved,
I never would have acted the way I behaved...!
(Beat)
No... that's wrong, isn't it?
Can I really blame someone else for me being bad?
I caused property damage and I made my sister sad.
I drove her away, I was self-centered and mean.
Another dark tally for your list, Cricket Green.
But it's all Santa's fault, him and his holiday bunk!
If he'd just given me the presents I craved,
I never would have acted the way I behaved...!
(Beat)
No... that's wrong, isn't it?
Can I really blame someone else for me being bad?
I caused property damage and I made my sister sad.
I drove her away, I was self-centered and mean.
Another dark tally for your list, Cricket Green.
— Cricket Green singing "No Christmas At All", Big City Greens, "Green Christmas"
Owen: You mean that creature is still out there, it has the money, it's as powerful as Goliath... and it's smarter than you?
Xanatos: Owen... I think I've created a monster.
Xanatos: Owen... I think I've created a monster.
— Gargoyles, "Double Jeopardy"
"Rainbow's not having the best party ever! I... I broke the Pinkie Party Promise!"
Pinkie Pie, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Pinkie Pride"
Real Life
Here lies George Johnson, hanged by mistake 1882. He was right, we was wrong, but we strung him up and now he's gone.
— Epitaph on the headstone of George Johnson, who was hanged after being falsely accused of stealing a horse
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
— Robert Oppenheimer, reminiscing about the first atomic bomb test
Now we are all sons of bitches.
— Kenneth Bainbridge to Robert J. Oppenheimer, after witnessing the first atomic bomb test at Trinity
My God, what have we done?
— Captain Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay (the plane which dropped the first atomic bomb), when he saw the mushroom cloud after detonation
May I be damned! I've killed my son! I've killed my son!
