Comic Books
Look at you...the three of you...together...a family...my family. I'm from the future, don't you see? And in that future you marry and have a baby. A girl...me. In my world, Christopher doesn't exist and yet, he's here, and you love him more than me...!
Fan Works
"She's the Commander's pet, his favorite, [...] Not you, his own son. Not me, the top scorer. Her. She's the one he likes. And they've got her taking so many tranquilizers and dissociatives I'm amazed she was even able to get angry enough to slap you. That amount of drugs has to be making her nearly a robot. That 's the kind of cocktail you give to someone you want to keep totally pliable, unargumentative, too doped up to care about anything... someone you want to make into a doll. [...] If they can do that to the Pilot they like, what do they think of us?"
— Asuka, Advice and Trust
She told Shinji these things and he was always listening. He was always there. And at some point, he stopped finding horrible things to tell her back. So he listened carefully and never interrupted. And whenever she looked at him he watched in amazement as her face transformed into something like love. The more terrible things she said the more he could see that she loved him. And the more she seemed to drink, the more things she was willing to freely share.
That's what ended it really. She was just drunk enough for the alcohol to be an excuse, but not quite enough for either of them to dismiss it as nonsense.
"I feel so alone," she said and she held onto him tight. "I'm so glad you're here. I don't think I could have taken it if it were Asuka and not you."
He broke away from her then and they both looked each other square in the eyes. Both their faces showed shock, but only Misato's showed fear.
"I'm sorry," she said and Shinji just stared at her and stared at her and stared.
"That came out all wrong," she said and it hurt how much he wanted to believe her.
That's what ended it really. She was just drunk enough for the alcohol to be an excuse, but not quite enough for either of them to dismiss it as nonsense.
"I feel so alone," she said and she held onto him tight. "I'm so glad you're here. I don't think I could have taken it if it were Asuka and not you."
He broke away from her then and they both looked each other square in the eyes. Both their faces showed shock, but only Misato's showed fear.
"I'm sorry," she said and Shinji just stared at her and stared at her and stared.
"That came out all wrong," she said and it hurt how much he wanted to believe her.
Films — Animated
"STOP CRITICIZING ME! That's all my mother ever did was criticize me! It was always "Ursula" this or "Ursula" that! Or "Morgana, why can't you be more like your sister, URSULA?!"
— Morgana, The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Films — Live-Action
"The one you really have to look out for is the cuckoo bird. Do you know how the cuckoo bird survives? By preying on a mother's weakness. The cuckoo bird is much too clever to raise its own young. Instead, it lays its eggs in another bird's nest. The mother bird is fooled, and it cares for the new chick. But do you know what happens to her own chicks? They starve and die from neglect. All because a mother loved a chick... that wasn't even her own."
— Shere Khan, The Jungle Book (2016)
Live-Action TV
"He'll never change! He'll NEVER change! Ever since he was nine, couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! "But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be PRECIOUS JIMMY!" STEALING THEM BLIND! And HE gets to be a lawyer?! WHAT A SICK JOKE!"
— Chuck McGill during his mid-disbarment hearing breakdown about his brother Jimmy.
Princess Margaret: Pride and joy. Remember? What Papa called us.
Elizabeth II: Yes. "Elizabeth is my pride and Margaret is my joy."
Margaret: But Margaret is my joy.
Elizabeth II: Yes. "Elizabeth is my pride and Margaret is my joy."
Margaret: But Margaret is my joy.
— The Crown (2016), "Pride and Joy"
"You're the golden son. You could kill a king, lose your hand, fuck your own sister, you'll always be the golden son."
— Tyrion Lannister to Jaime Lannister, Game of Thrones
"You know, you mustn't mind if you dislike me. A mother can't love all her children."
— Drusus, I, Claudius
"We all know that Vrak was my father's favorite. My brother always hogged all the glory!"
— Prince Vekar (about his father and younger brother's relationship) Power Rangers Megaforce
"Play the victim all you want, but you and me? We know the truth. Dad loved you best. More than Michael...more than me. Then he brought the new baby home, and you couldn't handle it."
— Gabriel to Lucifer, Supernatural
Webcomics
Well, if it ain't the favoured child.
— Sal to Walky, Dumbing of Age
Web Original
"I love my son Thor and not my son Loki! My parenting is most inequitable!"
The Emperor of Mankind: Magnus, Fulgrim, Perturabo, Mortarion, Lorgar, Konrad, Angron, Alpharius Omegon, and Fucking Horus... My sons, created in the laboratories of Luna made out of my very own genes. To think that they would ever fucking betray me.
"Kitten": Well, My Lord, at least Leman Russ, Ferrus Manus, Vulkan, Rogal Dorn, Roboute Guilliman, Sanguinius, Lion El'Johnson, Jaghatai Khan, and Corvus Corax remained loyal to you!
The Emperor of Mankind: That's still not fucking good enough. I mean, I was a great fucking father to all of them even if they all had their obvious flaws. Magnus being a nerdy fucking bookworm and a Psyker not ever being able to stand up to the brothers who bullied him over it. Fulgrim being a sissy fucking brown noser who would rather indulge himself in his secret quest to attain more fabulous hair than me. To this day, he has not succeeded. Perturabo was always so volatile and childish, constantly bitching and moaning when he didn't get as he wanted. Mortarion constantly smelt like shit from day one. Lorgar was a brainwashed choir boy with a massive victim complex. Konrad couldn't stand a little fucking sunlight, and kept feeling persecuted by his fantasies about a dark and depressing future. Angron was constantly mad. Like, extremely earth-shatteringly unreasonably fuck-ass mad. Probably because he had those fucking nails in his brain. Alpharius Omegon had huge anonymity issues. And Fucking Horus started off nice and friendly, but then he decided to stop trusting me when I left for Terra and became an edgy rebel instead, leading all traitor legions to Terra. And then put me on this fucking throne.
"Kitten": Right right, my Lord! It is no wonder the most flawed sons of yours betrayed you. The pure, noble and flawless ones were to remain naturally!
The Emperor of Mankind: I'd agree with you but nope. Even the loyal ones were flawed as fuck. Leman Russ was bigoted, self-righteous, unnecessarily rash, and had a fetish for wolves. Ferrus Manus was a brutish asscrack with a Survival-of-the-Fittest mindset, thinking all quote-unquote "weakness" within the human species needed to be destroyed. Vulkan died all the fucking time and was always too damn nice. Rogal Dorn was just way too uptight and brutally honest, never being capable of even telling a white lie to make someone feel better about themselves. Roboute Guilliman always acted infallible in his steadfast clinging to everything being held traditional, plain, and uncon-fucking-ventional. Yet wasn't as infallible as he wanted to believe. Lion El'Johnson was just a mess: being both a self-absorbed, spiteful and envious prick and an honourable, courageous and dutiful warrior at the same time. Fucking confusing. Jaghatai Khan was always so fucking reckless and constantly hyped on speed. And lastly Corvus Corax was always so infernally fucking angsty.
"Kitten": Oh, I see, my Lord... Wait, what about Sanguinius?
The Emperor of Mankind: Don't you talk shit about my fabulous fucking Hawk-Boy. He died for me, so be grateful.
"Kitten": Well, My Lord, at least Leman Russ, Ferrus Manus, Vulkan, Rogal Dorn, Roboute Guilliman, Sanguinius, Lion El'Johnson, Jaghatai Khan, and Corvus Corax remained loyal to you!
The Emperor of Mankind: That's still not fucking good enough. I mean, I was a great fucking father to all of them even if they all had their obvious flaws. Magnus being a nerdy fucking bookworm and a Psyker not ever being able to stand up to the brothers who bullied him over it. Fulgrim being a sissy fucking brown noser who would rather indulge himself in his secret quest to attain more fabulous hair than me. To this day, he has not succeeded. Perturabo was always so volatile and childish, constantly bitching and moaning when he didn't get as he wanted. Mortarion constantly smelt like shit from day one. Lorgar was a brainwashed choir boy with a massive victim complex. Konrad couldn't stand a little fucking sunlight, and kept feeling persecuted by his fantasies about a dark and depressing future. Angron was constantly mad. Like, extremely earth-shatteringly unreasonably fuck-ass mad. Probably because he had those fucking nails in his brain. Alpharius Omegon had huge anonymity issues. And Fucking Horus started off nice and friendly, but then he decided to stop trusting me when I left for Terra and became an edgy rebel instead, leading all traitor legions to Terra. And then put me on this fucking throne.
"Kitten": Right right, my Lord! It is no wonder the most flawed sons of yours betrayed you. The pure, noble and flawless ones were to remain naturally!
The Emperor of Mankind: I'd agree with you but nope. Even the loyal ones were flawed as fuck. Leman Russ was bigoted, self-righteous, unnecessarily rash, and had a fetish for wolves. Ferrus Manus was a brutish asscrack with a Survival-of-the-Fittest mindset, thinking all quote-unquote "weakness" within the human species needed to be destroyed. Vulkan died all the fucking time and was always too damn nice. Rogal Dorn was just way too uptight and brutally honest, never being capable of even telling a white lie to make someone feel better about themselves. Roboute Guilliman always acted infallible in his steadfast clinging to everything being held traditional, plain, and uncon-fucking-ventional. Yet wasn't as infallible as he wanted to believe. Lion El'Johnson was just a mess: being both a self-absorbed, spiteful and envious prick and an honourable, courageous and dutiful warrior at the same time. Fucking confusing. Jaghatai Khan was always so fucking reckless and constantly hyped on speed. And lastly Corvus Corax was always so infernally fucking angsty.
"Kitten": Oh, I see, my Lord... Wait, what about Sanguinius?
The Emperor of Mankind: Don't you talk shit about my fabulous fucking Hawk-Boy. He died for me, so be grateful.
Western Animation
"You're like my sister. Everything always came easy to her. She's a firebending prodigy, and everyone adores her. My father says she was born lucky. He says I was lucky to be born."
— Prince Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender
"I could sit here and complain about how Mom liked Zuko more than me. My own mother thought I was a monster. She was right, of course, but it still hurt."
— Princess Azula, Avatar: The Last Airbender
"I am gonna lose my mind — my parents just brag and brag about my brother! 'Oh, he's in a room above the garage!' BIG DEAL! He's an ex-con!"
— Pickles the Drummer, Metalocalypse
"I just love [Carl] a little less than Herman, and by a little, I mean a lot."
— Edna, Yin Yang Yo!
