Quotes / Out-of-Character Moment

"Ugh, this speech is completely out of character for Stan. The network insisted that Stan 'learn a lesson' so we had to add this sappy ending. It's... It's very disappointing."

— Klaus, American Dad!, "Bullocks to Stan"

Clark Kent: It's been going on all week. Impossible things keep happening and I'm the only one who sees them. Am I going crazy?
Jonathan Kent: Now, Clark, I'm sure it's not that bad.
Clark Kent: I can't keep being Superman if I keep wigging out like this.
Jonathan Kent: Now, son, I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this.
Martha Kent: Yes, it's obvious that a brilliant, god-like lifeform from a dimension twice removed for ours is testing your powers.
Clark Kent: And what makes you say that?
Jonathan Kent: (chuckles) Oh, that's not important, son. What is important is following through with a nice, firm peck when scratching up corn.

— Superman: The Animated Series, "Mxyzpixilated

"Wait, why am I laughing? I'm supposed to be depressed!"

—Apocalymon, Digimon Adventure

Dewey: Guys, this could be dangerous. Or boring. You should totally go back, it's really not worth the risk.
Louie: That is the least "Dewey" thing you've ever said.

—DuckTales (2017), "The Secret(s) of Castle McDuck!"

"And [Captain Janeway is] also a scientist, someone who gains immense pleasure and satisfaction from learning how things work and how to fix problems and all that. So to have her throw that all away because three cranky old farts told her to makes no sense. What makes even less sense is that in the end, the EMH provides an actual scientific explanation for how Kes was cured — and *Janeway dismisses it* as if it's unimportant and not sufficiently poetic, and I'm sorry, but no. For Janeway, *that's* the cool part!"

— Keith R.A. DeCandido on Star Trek: Voyager, "Leap of Faith"

"Janine was a little out of character, she should have been more worried about Egon."

— Jeremy Perron on The Real Ghostbusters, "Egon on the Rampage"