Quotes / Rescued from the Scrappy Heap

"Jar-Jar, you're a genius!"

— Qui-Gon Jinn, Darths & Droids

"So many people have such a low regard for Jar Jar as a character that we really wanted to turn that on its head and make him an entertaining and fun character in the comic. It was an enormous challenge, and we feared it might be too much of a mountain to climb... It's interesting that one way to achieve that is to have him annoy the other characters."

— David Morgan-Mar, Darths & Droids #34 commentary

"When you have the choice between keeping a shitty character shitty or redeeming them into something unshitty, always choose unshitty."

— Peptuck talking about Kai Leng for No Gods, Only Guns

"We weren't that impressed with his first movie; he wasn't your favourite Avenger; now, get ready for the sequel that made everyone say: 'HOLY S**T! Who knew Captain America kicked so much ass!'"

— Honest Trailers

"If you told me five years ago that Raiden was going to be cooler than Dante, I'd have told you to just shut up and let me punch you."

— Matt, Two Best Friends Play

"You appreciate [Ahsoka's] arc and where she's come from, and that was the biggest thing I asked for in the beginning from the fans, because we were always, in [the production of] Clone Wars, a season ahead from what the fans saw. We were always pretty much an entire year, an entire season ahead. So I knew how far she had come by the time Clone Wars launched and I just begged fans. I said, 'Look, I hear your concerns. I hear your frustrations with her snippiness, but just trust me, she comes so far.'"

— Ashley Eckstein on Star Wars: The Clone Wars

"Comic Sans wasn't designed to be the world's most ubiquitous casual typeface. Comic Neue aspires to be the casual script choice for everyone including the typographically savvy. The squashed, wonky, and weird glyphs of Comic Sans have been beaten into shape while maintaining the honesty that made Comic Sans so popular. It's perfect as a display face, for marking up comments, and writing passive aggressive office memos."

— Official description for the font Comic Neue

Benji-kun: I dunno about this, guys, I'm scared, I don't wanna do it, I'm too scared!
Viewer 1: This guy fucking sucks.
Viewer 2: No, h-he gets better.
Benji: I'm scared, I'm gonna run away!
Tomoko: Don't run away Benji-kun, we need you!
Viewer 1: Are you kidding? Fuck this guy!
Viewer 2: Okay, he's pretty bad right now, but he gets way better.
Future Benji: The Benji you knew is long gone, Tomoko. You can count on me. I won't abandon my friends ever again.
Viewer 2: You gotta trust me on this.
Benji: I'm gonna pee my pants, I'm so scared!
Viewer 1: Okay well, right now, this guy fucking sucks.
Benji: Now I'm peeing and pooping my pants 'cause I'm so scared!
Viewer 2: Just...just wait 'til episode 50.
Benji: Now there's pee and poop everywhere!
Viewer 2: Oh my god.

— ProZD, trying to convince your friend a character gets better later

"History will vindicate me!"

— Dead Eye Plankton, SpongeBob SquarePants, "Pest of the West"

Rainbow Rocks had a lot to do to get folks cheering for Sunset. After all, the first movie had given her no redeeming characteristics. Yet people respond to the underdog scenario: that seemingly hopeless situation that challenges a protagonist, regardless of history, to rise above. Sunset faced more challenges than any other, including Twilight. (...) Even without the Sirens' influence, Sunset faced hostility on all sides, even unintentionally from her friends. This steady conflict and tension did a lot to impact the audience. People invested in [her] struggle.

— Silver Quill, After The Fact: Sublime Sunset

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