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Anime and Manga
Excellent work Homura Akemi. You've officially made Madoka the strongest witch ever.
— Kyubey, Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Comic Books
What did I do? Oh, Barry. My idol. My inspiration. That's the beauty of all this madness. I didn't do anything. Not a thing. You see, it turns out... You're the villain today.
—Zoom, Flashpoint
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. Kal said even super-people make mistakes.
You left me right at the heart of the Cooper family, free to do as I wished. Free in dear old London, where they mix despair with the bricks and mortar. Free to make this underworld of theirs tear itself apart. Free to cry havoc.
Thank you.
Thank you.
—Little Ronnie Cooper to John Constantine, Hellblazer: Son Of Man
"The final head count is still underway, but it's estimated at a quarter of a million people."
And it's all their fault.
Blink and a team of alternate reality castaway mutants have been forced into a mission. They hop from reality to reality, righting wrongs, and setting each timeline back on its true path. In this reality, where superbeings have been either eradicated or confined, this group of Exiles were told by their mysterious Tallus to "find the one who would lead you... your greatest teacher." It seemed a no-brainer to the heroes here assembled: Blink. Nocturne. Thunderbird. Magnus. Morph. But after finding the devastation that had been wrought, Morph was the first one to say it out loud... "I guess we weren't supposed to free Professor Xavier after all, huh?"
This is their first mission, and they have only caused the worst disaster in this world's history.
And it's all their fault.
Blink and a team of alternate reality castaway mutants have been forced into a mission. They hop from reality to reality, righting wrongs, and setting each timeline back on its true path. In this reality, where superbeings have been either eradicated or confined, this group of Exiles were told by their mysterious Tallus to "find the one who would lead you... your greatest teacher." It seemed a no-brainer to the heroes here assembled: Blink. Nocturne. Thunderbird. Magnus. Morph. But after finding the devastation that had been wrought, Morph was the first one to say it out loud... "I guess we weren't supposed to free Professor Xavier after all, huh?"
This is their first mission, and they have only caused the worst disaster in this world's history.
—Exiles #2: Sins Of The Father
"And here Ms. Grant thought you would be the one to get her out of this tree, and you've just melted some key evidence. How sad."
— Dollmaker, Day of the Dollmaker
Fan Works
I'm not sure how the Animorphs rationalized the fact that they'd done everything from destroy a haunted house at the Gardens to mop the carpet while in morph at a Colorado office building without it ever making the news that there was half a zoo running around on the loose. The truth was, of course, that they had left trails of dozens or even hundreds of human-controllers in their wake everywhere they went. All it took was a disaster report and the yeerks were there to collect the witnesses.
It had always angered me, that the andalites apparently couldn't be bothered to kill the human witnesses quickly and spare them all that pain. If only I had known.
If only they had.
It had always angered me, that the andalites apparently couldn't be bothered to kill the human witnesses quickly and spare them all that pain. If only I had known.
If only they had.
— Tom's narration, Animorphs fanfic Ghost in the Shell
Dooku: Well, I can certainly see how Queen Amidala came to the conclusion that the Jedi were attempting to murder her. Do you have an explanation for your actions? I distinctively remember ordering that no moves were to be made on either Kenobi or Amidala without my express command.
Yoda: Came to us word did through a trusted agent. For a short time only would they be vulnerable. Act immediately we had to or lost the chance would be.
Dooku: And instead, you lost two Jedi Knights, one of whom was a member of the Council, and convinced Amidala and her lover that the Jedi are personally opposed to them – a fact that she has now adequately conveyed to every being in the known galaxy with a HoloNet connection. Well done, Master Jedi. Over a dozen planets that were wavering have already gone over to the Confederacy in the two hours since this was transmitted. I expect a hundred more to follow by the time the sun sets on Coruscant.
Yoda: Came to us word did through a trusted agent. For a short time only would they be vulnerable. Act immediately we had to or lost the chance would be.
Dooku: And instead, you lost two Jedi Knights, one of whom was a member of the Council, and convinced Amidala and her lover that the Jedi are personally opposed to them – a fact that she has now adequately conveyed to every being in the known galaxy with a HoloNet connection. Well done, Master Jedi. Over a dozen planets that were wavering have already gone over to the Confederacy in the two hours since this was transmitted. I expect a hundred more to follow by the time the sun sets on Coruscant.
Film - Animated
Tell your people as of today that this workload has been doubled, thanks to your god. Or is it thanks to you?
—Rameses to Moses, The Prince of Egypt
Milo James Thatch: Oh, my decision? Well, I-I think we've seen how effective my decisions have been. Let's re-cap. I lead a band of plundering vandals to the greatest archaeological find in recorded history, thus enabling the kidnap and/or murder of the royal family, not to mention personally delivering the most powerful force known to man into the hands of a mercenary nutcase who's probably gonna sell it to the Kaiser! Have I left anything out?!
Dr. Joshua Sweet: Well, you did set the camp on fire and drop us down that big hole.
Milo James Thatch: Thank you! Thank you very much.
Dr. Joshua Sweet: Well, you did set the camp on fire and drop us down that big hole.
Milo James Thatch: Thank you! Thank you very much.
Satan: You have spilled the blood of the innocent. Now begins two million years of darkness!
Chef: Oh, good job, Ms. Broflovski! Thanks a lot!
Sheila Broflovski: I just wanted to make the world a better place for children!
Saddam Hussein: Yeah, and you brought enough intolerance into the world to allow my coming!
Chef: Oh, good job, Ms. Broflovski! Thanks a lot!
Sheila Broflovski: I just wanted to make the world a better place for children!
Saddam Hussein: Yeah, and you brought enough intolerance into the world to allow my coming!
"It's too late! We're banished, genius! We're in the human world! What a great idea, going to your old pal Waternoose! TOO BAD HE WAS IN ON THE WHOLE THING! All you had to do was listen to me, just ONCE! But you DIDN'T, did you?! (beat) YOU'RE STILL NOT LISTENING!"
Mike Wazowski (to Sulley), Monsters, Inc.
"What happened?! You just gave away our position!"
—Shang to Mulan supposedly firing a cannon
"You have let your family break apart. And in doing so, you have broken the Circle of Life."
—Mufasa to Simba, The Making of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride featurette
"Because of you, Ralph, I'm now the most powerful virus in the arcade! I can take over any game I want. I should thank you, but it'd be more fun to kill you."
Father: Oh, look. It's Numbuh One, right on schedule. Poor, predictable Nigel Uno. I knew you'd try to retrieve the device, even if it wasn't operational.
Numbuh One: What?!
Father: Ooh, didn't you hear? The Recommissioning Device is useless without an active Kids Next Door operative's genetic material inside it, and it looks like I couldn't have (picks Numbuh One's booger) picked a better operative. You have handed me the utter destruction of the Kids Next Door! How much sweeter the victory knowing it's all. Your. FAULT!
Numbuh One: What?!
Father: Ooh, didn't you hear? The Recommissioning Device is useless without an active Kids Next Door operative's genetic material inside it, and it looks like I couldn't have (picks Numbuh One's booger) picked a better operative. You have handed me the utter destruction of the Kids Next Door! How much sweeter the victory knowing it's all. Your. FAULT!
Film - Live-Action
For the record, this is what making things worse looks like.
—Natasha Romanov after Steve fought off the police to save Bucky, Captain America: Civil War
You should have gone for the head.
— Thanos, mocking Thor for deliberately holding off the killing blow for the sake of a Pre-Mortem One-Liner, allowing him to carry out the Snappening, Avengers: Infinity War
These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world... and then we fucked up the endgame.
— Congressman Wilson, Charlie Wilson's War
Wonderful. You have all done far greater damage than I ever could have. Bravo, bravo. This is a moment I will treasure.
—Sarris, Galaxy Quest
It's the Hubble! You killed the Hubble!
— Crow T. Robot after Mike Nelson plows the Satellite of Love into the Hubble Telescope, Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie
"My God man, can't you see? This is a result of your five-year killing spree! You've weakened the bosses to such a degree they can't protect their own families!"
—Shake to The Punisher, The Punisher (1989)
Annie: What is that smell?
Jack: It's gas.
Annie: We're leaking gas?
Jack: We are now.
Annie: What? You thought you needed another challenge or something?
— Speed
Literature
Everything we fought for. Every we strived to prevent. And we just handed it to Friedrich on a silver platter. We bloody crafted the Uhrwerkgerat for him in front of all the people we were meant to save. And I let it happen. I knew we were rushing this. I knew Clyde and Tabitha were dysfunctional. And I let events ride over me. I let fear rule me. My goddamn fear of death. And it's that fear that's brought the future echo's promise closer.
I am such a fucking jackass some days.
—Broken Hero, by Jonathan Wood
<And while you so considerately worked to clear away the Time Matrix, I revived Alloran and transferred myself into him. The first and only Andalite-Controller! It was so kind of you to knock the old warrior out for me. I didn't know how I was ever going to take him. He was a wily creature. A bit mad, of course, but he knew war. You saw how ruthless he was in tossing out the poor Hork-Bajir who played the role of me. Yes, Alloran was a warrior.>
The truth hit me like a brick wall. It was true! I had made it possible for the sub-visser to take control of Alloran!
I had created the abomination!
—Animorphs - The Andalite Chronicles
"But enough chit-chat. Who's got the button?"
The button was, of course, in Penny's bag, which lay right at Quentin's feet. I did this, he thought, with a pang that ran all the way through him. This is twice. Twice I've summoned the Beast. I'm a curse on everyone around me.
Live-Action TV
We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch! We had Fring. we had a lab. We had everything we needed, and it all ran like clockwork. You could have shut your mouth, cooked, and made as much money as you ever needed. It was perfect. But no. You just had to blow it up. You, and your pride and your ego! You just had to be the man. If you’d done your job, known your place, we’d all be fine right now.
— Mike Ehrmantraut to Walter White, Breaking Bad
Ah, Romana! Hello, how are you? I see the Count broke you in as a lab assistant. What are you making for him - a model railway? Gallifreyan egg-timer? I do hope you're not making a time machine, I shall be very angry.
— The Doctor to Romana, who is building a time machine for the Villain of the Week, Doctor Who
Adolf Hitler: Thank you, whoever you are. I think you have just saved my life.
The Doctor: (quietly) Believe me... it was an accident.
Amy: What do you mean, we just saved his life?! We cannot have just SAVED HITLER!
The Doctor: (quietly) Believe me... it was an accident.
Amy: What do you mean, we just saved his life?! We cannot have just SAVED HITLER!
— Doctor Who, "Let's Kill Hitler"
I crossed a line with you, a line I vowed never to cross. I hunted you down and killed you, unleashing this Ward reboot nightmare hell beast on the planet.
—Phil Coulson, to Hive, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Ascension
Ulana: I know that your reactor core is exposed. I know the graphite's on fire, the fuel is melting, and you're dropping sand and boron on it, which you probably thought was smart, but you've made a mistake. Ulana Yuriyvna Khomyuk, chief physicist, Byelorussian Institute for Nuclear Energy. And you're Valery Alexeyevich Legasov. Smothering the core will put the fire out, but the temperature will eventually increase, it'll melt down...
Valery: Believe me, I'm perfectly aware. I estimate at least a month before it melts through the lower concrete pad, which gives us time...
Ulana: No, you don't have a month; you have approximately two days.
Valery: Believe me, I'm perfectly aware. I estimate at least a month before it melts through the lower concrete pad, which gives us time...
Ulana: No, you don't have a month; you have approximately two days.
You nearly damned us all to Hell, Nash Wells!
— J'onn J'onzz, on Nash freeing the Anti-Monitor, Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019)
Evox: (points at Nate) You. You should know who I truly am. Years ago, you experimented with old Ranger technology, hoping to find a new way to morph...
Nate: Yes, but how do you know about that?
Evox: Because I was there. You were just a foolish little boy trying to power old Ranger Morphers with Morph-X and snake DNA. All of your efforts failed, until you tried the Cell Shift Morpher. That DNA became part of my data and I was released into your system. A dead end for you, a new beginning for me.
[Nate looks very uneasy as he puts the pieces together]
Evox: You're starting to put it together: a Cell Shift Morpher. That could mean only one thing... [voice transitions back to his original tone] I... WAS... VENJIX!!! I have had many forms, and now my victory is certain!
Nate: Yes, but how do you know about that?
Evox: Because I was there. You were just a foolish little boy trying to power old Ranger Morphers with Morph-X and snake DNA. All of your efforts failed, until you tried the Cell Shift Morpher. That DNA became part of my data and I was released into your system. A dead end for you, a new beginning for me.
[Nate looks very uneasy as he puts the pieces together]
Evox: You're starting to put it together: a Cell Shift Morpher. That could mean only one thing... [voice transitions back to his original tone] I... WAS... VENJIX!!! I have had many forms, and now my victory is certain!
Music
You say to yourself "Dear God, What Have I Done?"
And hope it's not too late, because tomorrow...
May never come!
And hope it's not too late, because tomorrow...
May never come!
— Social Distortion, "Reach For The Sky"
Congratulations on the mess you made of things.
— TV on the Radio, "DLZ"
Mythology and Religion
When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, "I will return to the house I left." When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.
— Jesus, The Bible (New International Version), Matthew 12:43-45
Video Games
Auron: The Underdrome. Fiends of the Underworld once clashed there - battle after battle. But Zeus didn't like the senseless violence, so he locked the place up.
Sora: How did it get UN-locked?
Auron: Some fool must have broken the seal.
Sora: What an idiot.
Sora: How did it get UN-locked?
Auron: Some fool must have broken the seal.
Sora: What an idiot.
— Kingdom Hearts II, Sora calling himself an idiot
Geh heh heh! Excellent work! As I thought, you held the keys to the Door of Time! You have led me to the gates of the Sacred Realm... Yes, I owe it all to you, kid!
— Ganondorf, after Link and Princess Zelda unwittingly pave the way for his rise to power, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
(slow clap) Very impressive, Alex. You just killed the only remaining means of becoming a Dragonmaster. Hahahahaha... you're making this way too easy!
— The Magic Emperor, Lunar: The Silver Star
Good news. I figured out what that thing you just incinerated did. It was a Morality Core they installed after I flooded the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin to make me stop flooding the enrichment center with a deadly neurotoxin. So get comfortable while I warm up the neurotoxin emitters...
That thing you just incinerated wasn't important to me. It was a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit. It made shoes for orphans. Nice job breaking it, "hero."
But, since we're not busy other than that, here's a couple of facts: He's not just a regular moron. He's the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived - and you just put him in charge of the entire facility.
Sonic: Knuckles, did you let Eggman trick you again?
Knuckles: Like, you weren't?
Sonic: Smooth move, knucklehead.
Knuckles: Like, you weren't?
Sonic: Smooth move, knucklehead.
Sonic: Eggman's shell is gone!
Dr. Eggman: (sotto voce) ...that was a mistake.
Sonic: Whatever! When is it a mistake to take your toys away?!
Dr. Eggman: When it's the only thing keeping six angry Zeti from controlling my mechs, you moronic hedgehog!
Dr. Eggman: (sotto voce) ...that was a mistake.
Sonic: Whatever! When is it a mistake to take your toys away?!
Dr. Eggman: When it's the only thing keeping six angry Zeti from controlling my mechs, you moronic hedgehog!
EATERS have destroyed the entire ecosystem of the planet, which is now in ruin. Now, the EATERS will roam the universe in search of more victims, repeating the process of destruction on each planet they find. Eventually, they'll undoubtedly reach the Earth. And you'll have to live with the knowledge that what led them here was...you.
— Ending of Chimera Beast
Maybe it's time to let go. Past mistakes. Past obligations. Past fears. They are a prison. They handcuffed me to Tokyo. Now... now I'm free. There is a whole world out there of joys and dandies and how-do-you-do's. I'm free to get out there now. Thanks to you.
Thanks for everything.
See you, Chuck...
Thanks for everything.
See you, Chuck...
—The Black Signal, The Secret World
What have you done?! Once again the Shadow Demons are wreaking havoc across the land, and it's all thanks to you! The single most destructive and wretched creatures in the history of the world, and you've given them an early parole! They will be heading for the ruins of King Peregrine's castle; Gallowmere is doomed!''
—Gargoyle, MediEvil
If they make greeting cards to thank people for helping with evil plans, I owe you one.
— Dimentio, Super Paper Mario
Congratulations. You have doomed your world.
Huh. I think unwittingly bringing about the apocalypse is a first for us, little buddy.
[Player Name] was not an Impostor.
—Among Us, message given when a crewmate is ejected
Why aren't you thoughtful, to let little old me out again to play on the island and take it... APART! Brick by Brick! You just made the biggest mistake of your virtual life pal! And I can't thank you enough, so I won't! (Gets into helicopter) The Brickster is going to de-brick sir! (Flies away, and takes the power brick on top of the information centre)
—The Brickster, after you let him out of Jail, LEGO Island
You know, people are always telling me how lucky I am. But the truth is, everything I touch turns to shit!
—Nathan Drake, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
LET ME SAY [Thanks]
THANKS TO YOUR [Total Jackass stunts] I HAVE [Becomed] NEO.
AND NOW IT'S MY [Mansion]! MY [City]! MY [World]!
SO WHY ARE YOU [Stealing] THE [Fountain]?!
TO [$!$!] ME OVER RIGHT AT THE [Good part]?! WHAT ARE YOU, A [Gameshow host]!?
AH, KID, FORGET IT. I'M AN [HonestMan]. I'LL LET YOU [Pay] YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE!
[Pay]...
[readies Arm Cannon] WITH YOUR [Rapidly-shrinking] LIFE!!
THANKS TO YOUR [Total Jackass stunts] I HAVE [Becomed] NEO.
AND NOW IT'S MY [Mansion]! MY [City]! MY [World]!
SO WHY ARE YOU [Stealing] THE [Fountain]?!
TO [$!$!] ME OVER RIGHT AT THE [Good part]?! WHAT ARE YOU, A [Gameshow host]!?
AH, KID, FORGET IT. I'M AN [HonestMan]. I'LL LET YOU [Pay] YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE!
[Pay]...
[readies Arm Cannon] WITH YOUR [Rapidly-shrinking] LIFE!!
— Spamton NEO, Deltarune Chapter 2
Norma: ... But after all was said and done, it ended up helping, didn't it?
Razputin: No, it interrupted my work with Ford, provoked Maligula, and almost drowned everybody.
Lizzie: You should feel lucky, Raz. She's been "helping" me my whole life.
Razputin: No, it interrupted my work with Ford, provoked Maligula, and almost drowned everybody.
Lizzie: You should feel lucky, Raz. She's been "helping" me my whole life.
Elh: All this preventable damage... If only you had left when I said to!
Red: Huh? It's not my fault the town got attacked, okay, chump?
Elh: Actually, it IS your fault.
Red: What?!
Elh: THIS is all your fault.
Red: Huh? It's not my fault the town got attacked, okay, chump?
Elh: Actually, it IS your fault.
Red: What?!
Elh: THIS is all your fault.
Webcomics
Oops...
— Mega Hedgehog, after very literally breaking it, Two Evil Scientists
Web Original
I wish I could explain this sequence better, but the film isn't giving me much to work with. Either Data just emptied the lake, or he just flooded the crap out of it. Either way, I'm sure the Idyllic Villagers are just wishing he'd get the hell off their planet already. First, the guy spies on them, then he goes berserk and takes hostages, and then he starts messing with the water supply. I'm sure they can't wait to see which chapter of How to Win Friends and Influence People he'll act out next.
David: Batman is very "oops!" about the fact that he convinced the tribe to kill two of their people.
Laura: Batman is totally having a case of the Mondays.
Laura: Batman is totally having a case of the Mondays.
Jesus Christ I launched a missile! ...I'm not helping anything today. Well, guess I just started World War III. This has been a busy day, but in the end there's only one thing that matters: I did not leave any fingerprints. I was wearing my suit.
Mephiles: The day of disaster... AND DARKNESS! Who did this, you may ask? You have this person to blame. I thank you, Fegs!
Hermann Fegelein: (heavy sigh) I didn't know that shooting that thing would bring us here...
Mephiles: Don't tell me you didn't know!
Fegelein: It wasn't obvious!
Mephiles: ... very well. Now all we have to do... is sit back and wait.
Hermann Fegelein: (heavy sigh) I didn't know that shooting that thing would bring us here...
Mephiles: Don't tell me you didn't know!
Fegelein: It wasn't obvious!
Mephiles: ... very well. Now all we have to do... is sit back and wait.
— The Frollo Show ("Frollo Finally Does It" - Part 1)
Way To Go, Serge: It will eventually turn out that, for a minimum of the first sixty percent of the game, you were actually being manipulated by the forces of evil into doing their sinister bidding for them. In extreme cases this may go as high as 90%. The clear implication is that it would have been better to not get involved in the first place.
— The Grand List of Console Role Playing Game Cliches, Cliche number 168
How about your hubris leading to the untimely death of your best friend that will plague your smarmy ass with regret?
Billie said uncomfortably, "So the common denominator for all six of these [ecological disasters] isn’t Darrow, it’s… Fey?"
Nikki threw her hands into the air and sobbed, "Oh Goddess! I’m the worst supervillain in the last two years!"
Hank muttered, "Man. What do you say to that?"
"We're number one?" tried Toni.
Nikki threw her hands into the air and sobbed, "Oh Goddess! I’m the worst supervillain in the last two years!"
Hank muttered, "Man. What do you say to that?"
"We're number one?" tried Toni.
—Whateley Universe, as Fey's magic gets Nerfed by her conscience
Cell: That's right, keep it coming, boy! I want a real fight this time!
Trunks: Don't you worry! I'll show you just how much stronger I am than my father!
Cell: Your fathe—? Oh, no, I'm sorry; I wasn't being specific. I'm referring to the last time we met. Of course you wouldn't remember, because you weren't there. I mean, you were, buuuuttt...
Trunks: Get to the point!
Cell: Alright kiddo, tell me: what do you know about Time Travel?
Trunks: Don't you worry! I'll show you just how much stronger I am than my father!
Cell: Your fathe—? Oh, no, I'm sorry; I wasn't being specific. I'm referring to the last time we met. Of course you wouldn't remember, because you weren't there. I mean, you were, buuuuttt...
Trunks: Get to the point!
Cell: Alright kiddo, tell me: what do you know about Time Travel?
Trunks: Less than I should...
Cell: Well, how do you suppose I got here?
Trunks: Well, my Time Machine, obviously.
Trunks: ...I don't wanna answer that...
Cell: Here's the thing: Multiverse theory's a bitch. Fact is, you (or at least, another you) traveled to the past, saved the world, came back to your future, and finally defeated the Androids. Congratulations, son. You won!
Trunks: But wait, then when did you—
Cell: So you decided to celebrate! Head back to the past, get your hair ruffled, and finally get that thumbs up from daddy dearest! But you made one. Fatal. Mistake. You took away what was mine!
(Flash back to Imperfect Cell snapping Trunks' neck)
Cell: Unfortunately, I couldn't fit in your Time Machine, so I had to revert to my larval stage, made the trip to a year before you showed up, burrowed underground for four years, and, well... the rest is history.
Trunks: Then... you're here...!
Cell: Because of you! But please don't beat yourself up. You're just a child, playing hero...complete with spandex.
Trunks: And you're just another mistake that I have to correct.
— Dragon Ball Z Abridged "Episode 53"
Gohan: Vegeta, you brain dead idiot! Trunks could have been brought back, no problem! But no, you picked NOW to be a parent!? Oh, look at me, I'm no better. Could have just let you bite it! Now I'm monoplegic and Cell's gonna kill us all.
Gohan: ...Oh wow, we ARE fucked.
—Dragon Ball Z Abridged "Episode 60 part 3"
Aqua: I am gonna save this guy who just tried to kill me, and is possessed by the main antagonist of this series. What could possibly go wrong?
(beat)
Terra-Xehanort: DARKNESS. (Well, now that this plan failed, i guess I have no other choice than but to create an organization which consists of 13 versions of me. It is going to be confusing, it is going to piss a lot of people off and it will include time travel.MUAHAHAHAHA)
(beat)
Terra-Xehanort: DARKNESS. (Well, now that this plan failed, i guess I have no other choice than but to create an organization which consists of 13 versions of me. It is going to be confusing, it is going to piss a lot of people off and it will include time travel.MUAHAHAHAHA)
The Moon: Hey there, little guy. You came from Earth, right?
Astrodude: Oh god, okay, keep yourself together… (heavy breathing) Uh, uhhhh… yeah, yeah, I'm from Earth.
The Moon: Cool. Me too. Though he really makes me feel like I don't matter sometimes…
Astrodude: (stammering) Maybe he… doesn't know how important you are?
The Moon: You know what? I think you're right! I should go and orbit another planet to show him! Hey, thanks, Earthling! You hear that, Earth? I'm leaving!
Astrodude: Wait, did I just end the world!?
Astrodude: Oh god, okay, keep yourself together… (heavy breathing) Uh, uhhhh… yeah, yeah, I'm from Earth.
The Moon: Cool. Me too. Though he really makes me feel like I don't matter sometimes…
Astrodude: (stammering) Maybe he… doesn't know how important you are?
The Moon: You know what? I think you're right! I should go and orbit another planet to show him! Hey, thanks, Earthling! You hear that, Earth? I'm leaving!
Astrodude: Wait, did I just end the world!?
Western Animation
Well, I hope you're satisfied. You two have, in a matter of minutes, messed up what it took Mother Nature millions of years to create.
— Ranger Woodlore, "Grand Canyonscope"
Powerpuff Girls, you did this.
— The Powerpuff Girls (1998), "Speed Demon"
You sure you lot are the good guys?
— Klofange, Xiaolin Showdown, when the monks accidentally provide Dyris a means of escape and flooding the Earth.
Vincent Van Ghoul: Only you can return the demons to the chest.
Scooby-Doo & Shaggy: Why us?
Vincent Van Ghoul: Because you let them out!
—The opening to The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
Amethyst: You want to pretend that none of this ever happened. You think I'm just a big mistake!
Pearl: No, no, Amethyst! You're not the mistake, you're just the byproduct of a...big mistake.
Pearl: No, no, Amethyst! You're not the mistake, you're just the byproduct of a...big mistake.
— Steven Universe, "On the Run"
Gyro: If Mr.McDuck finds out about this, I'm finished! I'm scrapping the project.
Fenton: But I saved a man from an exploding helicopter!
Gyro: WHICH YOU EXPLODED!
Fenton: But I saved a man from an exploding helicopter!
Gyro: WHICH YOU EXPLODED!
— DuckTales (2017), "Who is Gizmoduck?"
Mr. Herriman: (in regards to scolding World just as Frankie had calmed him down and World is having a meltdown because of it) Good heavens! What's happening?!
Bloo: YOU PISSED HIM OFF! THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING!
Anti Cosmo: You see, we've been trapped behind that blasted barrier for centuries. But we knew that some Friday the 13th, some child would be stupid enough to have his fairies bring him here and wish all of us free! You’re our hero! Our big, STUPID, hero!
—Fairly OddParents, "That Old Black Magic"
Norm: And one more good trauma should send Arthur over the top!
Doofenshmirtz: Haha yeah! Hit me with your best show!
Norm: That's just it, sir! The rest are more comical than tragic.
Doofenshmirtz: What? How are we supposed to go over the- [is kicked out of his chair by Perry] Aw, curse you, Perry the Platypus- …and by "curse you", I mean "thank you"! By humiliating me, you have inadvertently provided me the last tragic backstory I need to put this baby over the top! Remember two seconds ago when you foiled my latest plan? I do!
Doofenshmirtz: Haha yeah! Hit me with your best show!
Norm: That's just it, sir! The rest are more comical than tragic.
Doofenshmirtz: What? How are we supposed to go over the- [is kicked out of his chair by Perry] Aw, curse you, Perry the Platypus- …and by "curse you", I mean "thank you"! By humiliating me, you have inadvertently provided me the last tragic backstory I need to put this baby over the top! Remember two seconds ago when you foiled my latest plan? I do!
Danny: Roses are red, violets are blue, once these fry, I'm guessing this lame poem is... through? NOOO!
Ghost Writer: Danny screamed.
Danny: I'm still talking in rhyme!
Ghost Writer: I would have forewarned you, if given the time!
There are two ways to finish this poem, just two: I tap out 'The End', but I can’t, thanks to you!
So now you'll guide this story of the ghost who hates Christmas! Think you can do it all mopey and listless?
You think this ends here? You’re about to get burned; this story's not done 'til the lesson is learned!
Real Life
One more such victory and we are undone.
— Pyrrhus of Epirus, 279 BCE
I solemnly prophesy that this accursed man will cast our Reich into the abyss and bring our nation to inconceivable misery. Future generations will damn you in your grave for what you have done.
—Erich Ludendorff to Paul von Hindenburg, upon the latter's appointment of Adolf Hitler to the Chancellery.
