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Takagi: I think we're even more disappointed here. To find out that our most loyal fan would waste his talent like this...
Mashiro: Yeah, if you want to become a pro, you can't keep this up. There's no pride in it.
(Beat Panel)
Nanamine: Pride, you say? If you're speaking of the pride that's expected of a professional, I believe you're badly mistaken. Isn't a pro someone who uses any means necessary to succeed? To gain a solid fan base? To make high sales? Anyone whose pride comes before all that has yet to learn what it means to be a professional.
Mashiro: Yeah, if you want to become a pro, you can't keep this up. There's no pride in it.
(Beat Panel)
Nanamine: Pride, you say? If you're speaking of the pride that's expected of a professional, I believe you're badly mistaken. Isn't a pro someone who uses any means necessary to succeed? To gain a solid fan base? To make high sales? Anyone whose pride comes before all that has yet to learn what it means to be a professional.
— Bakuman。
Your trivial words of sorrow, of love and guilt, mean nothing to me, young lady.
— Wrath, Fullmetal Alchemist
Edward Elric: Explain it to me..why are you so eager to be his willing lapdog? He's breaking you down, wearing you ragged...and he doesn't even care!
Pride: ...Why should I care if Father doesn't? I am not a sentimental weakling like you are! I am one of the Homunculi! WHAT DO YOU KNOW, HUMAN?
Pride: ...Why should I care if Father doesn't? I am not a sentimental weakling like you are! I am one of the Homunculi! WHAT DO YOU KNOW, HUMAN?
John: There's no way Reika will ever be with a pig like you!
Hougen: (with a Death Glare) Fuck you. You're gonna get beaten to death for that.
Hougen: (with a Death Glare) Fuck you. You're gonna get beaten to death for that.
You say I am wrong? That you are not this human's servant, you are his friend? You are as pathetic as the rest. Humans and Pokémon can never be friends.
— Mewtwo, Pokémon: The First Movie
Chris: Shadow, getting revenge won't bring Maria back!
Shadow: So what?
Chris: There's still time to stop this, Shadow. Please, you have to listen to me! How can you blame people alive today for things that happened fifty years ago? Can't you see it's not fair!?
Shadow: Don't talk to me about "fair"! Not after what happened here!
Shadow: So what?
Chris: There's still time to stop this, Shadow. Please, you have to listen to me! How can you blame people alive today for things that happened fifty years ago? Can't you see it's not fair!?
Shadow: Don't talk to me about "fair"! Not after what happened here!
Sugou: Right now, in this world, tens of thousands of players are enjoying this game. But none of them have a clue about the true potential of the Full Dive virtual reality system. Did you know that by expanding the brain's control regions, one could influence a person's thoughts, emotions, and memories?
Asuna: [gasps] You can't! Technology like that is illegal!
Sugou: Oh, but you're wrong. In fact, several countries are researching it as we speak. The only thing standing in the way is finding people to experiment on.
Asuna: [gasps] You can't! Technology like that is illegal!
Sugou: Oh, but you're wrong. In fact, several countries are researching it as we speak. The only thing standing in the way is finding people to experiment on.
Without even understanding that, you dive into things badly! Why don't you realize that instinct will lead to the destruction of the universe?! Do you fools possessed with Spiral Power have the determination we do when you hesitate to kill one irregular? Do you have the same determination as us to defeat our former comrade and seal our evolution to protect this universe!? No! You don't! You don't, you don't, you don't! Not one bit! You have no determination! No resolution! No reason! You use Spiral Power for selfish purposes and drown in it! That is the Spirals limit! And that is why you must be destroyed!
— Anti-Spiral to Team Dai Gurren, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Comic Books
"Do go on, Captain. You were saying something about fighting with every last breath in your body, I believe. First-class sentiments, Captain, and I'm sure that they were real... But nothing else is."
— Mad Jim Jaspers, Captain Britain, "Anarchy in the UK"
Champion Of The Universe: Once Champion sets his mind to something, HE IS UNSTOPPABLE! No force in the universe can curb my righteous anger! No enemy can stand against my might! No power is capable of withstanding a blow from my iron fists! I AM CHAMPION, AND I...
[Thanos stops blasting him for a moment; without the energy beam holding him back, Champion stumbles forward]
Thanos: ...talk too much!
[He sucker-punches Champion away]
Thanos: And think too little.
[Thanos stops blasting him for a moment; without the energy beam holding him back, Champion stumbles forward]
Thanos: ...talk too much!
[He sucker-punches Champion away]
Thanos: And think too little.
The Albino Spirit: I was born in hatred and I feed on fear and pain. It's my nature.
Leslie: Nature doesn't matter! You can be anything you want, I know you can! We're one now, I'm in your head and heart too... try to remember!
The Albino Spirit: I... don't think there's anything to be done, not now... it's far too late...
Leslie: It's not! You've still got time— we've got time!
The Albino Spirit: (incredulously) You… truly believe that?
Leslie: Yes! I do!
The Albino Spirit: Then there's… just one problem.
Leslie: What?
The Albino Spirit: I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE!
Leslie: Nature doesn't matter! You can be anything you want, I know you can! We're one now, I'm in your head and heart too... try to remember!
The Albino Spirit: I... don't think there's anything to be done, not now... it's far too late...
Leslie: It's not! You've still got time— we've got time!
The Albino Spirit: (incredulously) You… truly believe that?
Leslie: Yes! I do!
The Albino Spirit: Then there's… just one problem.
Leslie: What?
The Albino Spirit: I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE!
— Unnatural issue #9
Spider-Man: You can rewrite DNA on the fly, and you're using it to turn people into dinosaurs? But with tech like that, you could cure cancer!
Sauron: But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs.
Sauron: But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs.
Comic Strips
Violet: I'll get you, Charlie Brown! I'll get you! I'll knock your block off! I'll…
Charlie Brown: Wait a minute! Hold everything! We can't carry on like this! We have no right to act this way! The world is filled with problems… people hurting other people… people not understanding other people… Now, if we, as children, can't solve what are relatively minor problems, how can we ever expect to—
(Violet just slugs Charlie Brown, sending him backwards onto the ground)
Violet: I had to hit him quick… he was beginning to make sense!
Charlie Brown: Wait a minute! Hold everything! We can't carry on like this! We have no right to act this way! The world is filled with problems… people hurting other people… people not understanding other people… Now, if we, as children, can't solve what are relatively minor problems, how can we ever expect to—
(Violet just slugs Charlie Brown, sending him backwards onto the ground)
Violet: I had to hit him quick… he was beginning to make sense!
Fan Works
That was a reminder that you know nothing about the decisions I have to make! How dare you, what fucking gives you the right to question me you stupid dog? What gives you the fucking right to think that you know better? I have kept this Fleet safe for millennia, always trying to choose the best option when the choices are either blood or ash!
Hokuto: You see, I've seen some truly horrible things in life, Moka. You'd be surprised how similar humans and monsters really are. How they both claim they desire peace, yet both destroy everything around them. How they both claim they can love, yet they both hurt and attack everything different. You see, it doesn't matter if you are human or a monster, a life is a life. And all lives are trash. All lives are a waste. Everything that lives only wants to live for the sake of living, and will step on anything to get its wish. Monsters, humans, they all claw at any vain attempt to live on, both killing anything that seems different or strange in fear of its own existence. There is no difference, Moka. All life is evil.
Moka: Are you blind? Humans and monsters do have good in them! They can both be capable of love and compassion for life! Dammit, those at Yokai Academy are proof of that!
Hokuto: A school where a few kids are taught to hide amongst their enemies, taught to hide what they are so they can merely survive. That's not co-existence. It's eking out a meager life to cling to with hallowed dreams.
Moka: Are you blind? Humans and monsters do have good in them! They can both be capable of love and compassion for life! Dammit, those at Yokai Academy are proof of that!
Hokuto: A school where a few kids are taught to hide amongst their enemies, taught to hide what they are so they can merely survive. That's not co-existence. It's eking out a meager life to cling to with hallowed dreams.
Catwoman: "You wanted to kill me. After I fought beside you, trusted you, twice. With my life. Talia, Talia. You claim to love my man. But I can't believe you know what the hell love really is. Not a bit of it."
Talia Al Ghul: "I do know what love is, you witch! I know because you broke my heart. And so did he!"
Talia Al Ghul: "I do know what love is, you witch! I know because you broke my heart. And so did he!"
Firebrand: Oh, God, Iron Man, Iron Man. I thought you, of all people, would understand. You've been so close to the wheels of power in this country for so long, you can't be that ignorant.
Iron Man: Ignorant of what?
Firebrand: Ignorant of the price the world's paid to keep us on top. Do you know how much of the Earth's resources is used up by the United States, let alone the rest of the First World? Do you know how many people starve in India, go cold and hungry in Africa, just so about two hundred million people in America can go to bed under central heating and wake up to a nice bowl of Cheerios in the morning? Do you know how much we use up?
Iron Man: I know. I've been in a lot more of the world than you could imagine. You also ought to know, if you've been keeping up with us, that Stark was one of the first companies to take heed of the pollution problem and act on it. That we've been instrumental in seeking alternative power sources, building factories in underprivileged nations to help the local economy. That we've worked with the United Nations to try and improve methods of farming, of...
Firebrand: Oh, shut the hell up.
Iron Man: Ignorant of what?
Firebrand: Ignorant of the price the world's paid to keep us on top. Do you know how much of the Earth's resources is used up by the United States, let alone the rest of the First World? Do you know how many people starve in India, go cold and hungry in Africa, just so about two hundred million people in America can go to bed under central heating and wake up to a nice bowl of Cheerios in the morning? Do you know how much we use up?
Iron Man: I know. I've been in a lot more of the world than you could imagine. You also ought to know, if you've been keeping up with us, that Stark was one of the first companies to take heed of the pollution problem and act on it. That we've been instrumental in seeking alternative power sources, building factories in underprivileged nations to help the local economy. That we've worked with the United Nations to try and improve methods of farming, of...
Firebrand: Oh, shut the hell up.
Film — Animated
George: Listen, your problem isn't that people laugh at you! Your problem is that you can't laugh at yourself!
Professor Poopypants: Oh, really, Oprah? Is that my problem?
Professor Poopypants: Oh, really, Oprah? Is that my problem?
Archdeacon: Frollo, have you gone MAD?! I will not tolerate this assault on the house of God!
Frollo: Silence, you old fool! (tosses the Archdeacon down the stairs) The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to! And this time, you will not interfere.
Frollo: Silence, you old fool! (tosses the Archdeacon down the stairs) The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to! And this time, you will not interfere.
Batman: If we're really alike, you know this is wrong. You must have been a good man once.
Owlman: No. Not good. Never good. After all, I'm only human.
Owlman: No. Not good. Never good. After all, I'm only human.
The Flash: What did you do to the world?
Professor Zoom: Oh, Barry. That's the beauty of all this: I didn't do any of it. You did.
Professor Zoom: Oh, Barry. That's the beauty of all this: I didn't do any of it. You did.
Kludd: Your precious guardians are finished, Soren! The Pure Ones will triumph, and Tytos will take their rightful place as rulers of the owl kingdoms. Oh, it's gonna be glorious!
Soren: (dodges his attack) Glorious? No, the Pure Ones are monsters. You saw what they were doing. They were moon-blinking other owls and turning them into slaves.
Kludd: You're just weak, Soren. Still living in your dreams.
Soren: No, my dreams are what make me strong, Kludd. They led me to the Guardians.
Kludd: (Evil Laugh) A pity there won't be any Guardians left after today. (Attacks)
Soren: (dodges the attack) I don't understand. How could you join the Pure Ones after what they did to us?
Kludd: "What they did to us?" They believe in me like no one else ever has! Metal Beak says the strong will triumph, the broken are put out of their misery. And honor... honor is just another word for weakness!
Soren: No, Kludd! I know you don't really think that!
Kludd: Then you don't know me... at all.
Soren: (dodges his attack) Glorious? No, the Pure Ones are monsters. You saw what they were doing. They were moon-blinking other owls and turning them into slaves.
Kludd: You're just weak, Soren. Still living in your dreams.
Soren: No, my dreams are what make me strong, Kludd. They led me to the Guardians.
Kludd: (Evil Laugh) A pity there won't be any Guardians left after today. (Attacks)
Soren: (dodges the attack) I don't understand. How could you join the Pure Ones after what they did to us?
Kludd: "What they did to us?" They believe in me like no one else ever has! Metal Beak says the strong will triumph, the broken are put out of their misery. And honor... honor is just another word for weakness!
Soren: No, Kludd! I know you don't really think that!
Kludd: Then you don't know me... at all.
Roxanne: Please don't do this! I know there's still good in you, Hal!
Hal/Tighten: You're so naive, Roxy. You see the good in everybody even when it's not there. You're living a fantasy. There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy, and there is no Queen of England. This is the real world, and you need to wake up!
Hal/Tighten: You're so naive, Roxy. You see the good in everybody even when it's not there. You're living a fantasy. There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy, and there is no Queen of England. This is the real world, and you need to wake up!
— Megamind
Waternoose: This has gone far enough, James!
Sulley: She's home, now! Just leave her alone!
Waternoose: I can't do that! She's seen too much. You both have!
Sulley: It doesn't have to be this way!
Waternoose: I have no choice! Times have changed. Scaring isn't enough anymore!
Sulley: But kidnapping children?!
Waternoose: I'll kidnap A THOUSAND CHILDREN before I let this company die! And I'll silence anyone who gets in my way!
Sulley: She's home, now! Just leave her alone!
Waternoose: I can't do that! She's seen too much. You both have!
Sulley: It doesn't have to be this way!
Waternoose: I have no choice! Times have changed. Scaring isn't enough anymore!
Sulley: But kidnapping children?!
Waternoose: I'll kidnap A THOUSAND CHILDREN before I let this company die! And I'll silence anyone who gets in my way!
Ethical Bug: Th-that was horrible! Your wish is horrible! You're horrible! You're an irredeemable monster!
Jack Horner: (mocking sobs) Oh, wha-wha! What took you so long, idiot? (flicks the bug off his shoulder)
Jack Horner: (mocking sobs) Oh, wha-wha! What took you so long, idiot? (flicks the bug off his shoulder)
"Just can it, won't ya?! You can't just make everything better by singing some STUPID SONG!"
— Spinel, Steven Universe: The Movie
Film — Live-Action
Colossus: Everyone thinks it's a full-time job. Wake up a hero, brush your teeth a hero, go to work a hero. Not true. Over a lifetime, there are only four or five moments that really matter. Moments when you're offered a choice. To make a sacrifice, conquer a flaw, save a friend… spare an enemy. In these moments, everything else falls away. The way the world sees us. The way we—
(a bored Deadpool just shoots Francis in the head, killing him)
Colossus: (vomiting in shock and disgust) Why!?
Deadpool: You were droning on! Sure, I may be stuck looking like a pepperoni flatbread, but at least fuckface won't heal from that. If wearing superhero tights means sparing psychopaths, maybe I wasn't meant to wear 'em. Not everyone monitors a hall like you.
(a bored Deadpool just shoots Francis in the head, killing him)
Colossus: (vomiting in shock and disgust) Why!?
Deadpool: You were droning on! Sure, I may be stuck looking like a pepperoni flatbread, but at least fuckface won't heal from that. If wearing superhero tights means sparing psychopaths, maybe I wasn't meant to wear 'em. Not everyone monitors a hall like you.
Alan Jonah: Did you really think this was gonna be easy? Painless? Is that what you told her?
Dr. Emma Russell: Leave her out of this!
Alan Jonah: Why? You're the one who pulled her into it!
Dr. Emma Russell: Leave her out of this!
Alan Jonah: Why? You're the one who pulled her into it!
James Bond: A worldwide financial meltdown. And all so mad little Alec can settle a score with the world, 50 years on.
Alec Trevelyan: Oh, please James, spare me the Freud. I might as well ask you for the vodka martinis that have silenced the screams of all the men you've killed... or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women, for all the dead ones you failed to protect.
Nicholas Angel: I may not be a man of God, Reverend, but I know right, and I know wrong, and I have the good grace to know which is which.
Reverend Shooter: ...Oh, fuck off, grasshopper! (shoots Angel with concealed twin pistols)
Reverend Shooter: ...Oh, fuck off, grasshopper! (shoots Angel with concealed twin pistols)
— Hot Fuzz
Masrani: You are to cease all activities here immediately.
Dr. Wu: You are acting like we are engaged in some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural. We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And, if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality. You asked for more teeth.
Masrani: I never asked for a monster!
Dr. Wu: Monster is a relative term. To the canary, a cat is a monster. We've just gotten used to being the cat.
Dr. Wu: You are acting like we are engaged in some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural. We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And, if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality. You asked for more teeth.
Masrani: I never asked for a monster!
Dr. Wu: Monster is a relative term. To the canary, a cat is a monster. We've just gotten used to being the cat.
Akela: You have no right to be here, Shere Khan.
Shere Khan: I think you'll find I stay where I please.
Akela: You kill man's cattle, you poison the jungle. You're the reason man is here!
Shere Khan: But you permitted man to live among you! You pretend he is a wolf. And you know that is the one thing he will never be. He will always be a man! YOU poisoned the jungle. But you are no longer leader now, are you? You missed your kill. And by your law, your pack must challenge you.
Shere Khan: I think you'll find I stay where I please.
Akela: You kill man's cattle, you poison the jungle. You're the reason man is here!
Shere Khan: But you permitted man to live among you! You pretend he is a wolf. And you know that is the one thing he will never be. He will always be a man! YOU poisoned the jungle. But you are no longer leader now, are you? You missed your kill. And by your law, your pack must challenge you.
— Mowgli
Will Turner: Barbossa, you lying bastard! You said she goes free!
Barbossa: Don't dare impugn me honor, boy! I agreed she'd go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where.
Barbossa: Don't dare impugn me honor, boy! I agreed she'd go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where.
Rohr: You cannot carry that much contempt without it becoming malignant, until you're gonna be all alone in a room full of shadows, and all you're gonna have is the memories of all those people's lives you have destroyed.
Fitch: Well, that's a good story, Wendall. But it's just further proof of why you can't beat me. Because, the thing is, you may be right...but I don't give a shit. What's more...I never have.
Fitch: Well, that's a good story, Wendall. But it's just further proof of why you can't beat me. Because, the thing is, you may be right...but I don't give a shit. What's more...I never have.
Chun-Li: My father saved his village at the cost of his own life. You had him shot as you ran away. A hero at a thousand paces.
M. Bison: I'm sorry. I don't remember any of it.
Chun-Li: You don't remember?!
Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for Me, It Was Tuesday.
M. Bison: I'm sorry. I don't remember any of it.
Chun-Li: You don't remember?!
Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for Me, It Was Tuesday.
Thor: [on the throne of Asgard] I would love for someone else to rule, but it can't be you. You're just... the worst.
Hela: OK, get up. You're in my seat.
Hela: OK, get up. You're in my seat.
The Bride: Gogo, I know you feel you must protect your mistress. But I beg you, walk away.
Gogo Yubari: You call that begging? You can beg better than that!
Gogo Yubari: You call that begging? You can beg better than that!
Literature
My dear boy, the game of Red Indians is over, quite over. You have stumbled by mischance into a game for grown-ups and you have already found it a painful experience. You are not equipped, my dear boy, to play games with adults and it was very foolish of your nanny in London to have sent you out here with your spade and bucket.
—Le Chiffre, Casino Royale
"I know philosophy, I know ethics, and I know logic — better than you do, I daresay. But let us move away from this sterile debate. Let us return to where I began, with my mania for power, or, if you wish it, for the illusion of power. And please, Mister Bond," again the extra crease in the fixed smile, "please do not imagine that half an hour's conversation with you will alter the pattern of my life."
— Dr. No
Stephen Norton: [Looking at his watch after being threatened with execution] Then do get on with it. I promised myself an early night.
Hercule Poirot: Justice is no joking matter, monsieur. I do what I can to serve it, but if I fail, there is a justice that is higher, believe me!
Norton: [Sneering] You pathetic, self-important... little man. Murder me? There's a mortal sin if there ever was. And Then What? Suicide to escape the ignominy of hanging? Ah... your God will give you A Hell of a Time. All those years of piety, up in smoke because of me!
Hercule Poirot: Justice is no joking matter, monsieur. I do what I can to serve it, but if I fail, there is a justice that is higher, believe me!
Norton: [Sneering] You pathetic, self-important... little man. Murder me? There's a mortal sin if there ever was. And Then What? Suicide to escape the ignominy of hanging? Ah... your God will give you A Hell of a Time. All those years of piety, up in smoke because of me!
Firestar: Has it been worth it, Tigerstar? All the hate? All the death?
Tigerstar: Every moment.
Tigerstar: Every moment.
Mockshow: Weaver?
Weaver: What?
Mockshow: Can I ask you something personal?
Weaver: Yes. Of course.
Mockshow: Would you please, please go fuck yourself? Upside-down and backwards?
Weaver: What?
Mockshow: Can I ask you something personal?
Weaver: Yes. Of course.
Mockshow: Would you please, please go fuck yourself? Upside-down and backwards?
— Worm
Contessa: Just about everyone comes to this crossroad. Some get seventy years, some only get fifteen. Enough time to grow, to take stock of who you are. Enough time to do things you'll regret when you run out of time.
Khepri: Don't- don't regret it.' Was- had to. Saved lives. But I would do different, given a chance.
Khepri: Don't- don't regret it.' Was- had to. Saved lives. But I would do different, given a chance.
— Worm
Live-Action TV
Angel: People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do.
Hamilton: Yeah, but we won't care.
Hamilton: Yeah, but we won't care.
— Angel
Buffy: Willow, I know what you want to do, but you have to listen to me. The forces inside you are incredibly powerful. They're strong ... but you're stronger. You have to remember you're still Willow.
Willow: Let me tell you something about Willow. She's a loser. And she always has been. People picked on Willow in junior high school, high school, up until college. With her stupid mousy ways. And now? Willow's a junkie.
Willow: Let me tell you something about Willow. She's a loser. And she always has been. People picked on Willow in junior high school, high school, up until college. With her stupid mousy ways. And now? Willow's a junkie.
The Punisher: I think there's no good in the filth that I put down, that's what I think. Look around, Red. This city, it stinks. It's a sewer. It stinks and it smells like shit and I can't get the stink out of my nose. I think that this world, it needs men that are willing to make the hard call. I think you and me are the same.
Daredevil: That's bullshit, Frank, and you know it!
Punisher: Only I do the one thing you can't. You hit 'em, and they get back up. I hit 'em, and they stay down! It's permanent. I make sure that they don't make it out on the street again. I take pride in that.
Daredevil: Let me ask you this.
Punisher: What's that?
Daredevil: What about hope?
Punisher: Oh, fuck. Like Santa Claus? You wanna talk about Santa Claus?!
Daredevil: That's bullshit, Frank, and you know it!
Punisher: Only I do the one thing you can't. You hit 'em, and they get back up. I hit 'em, and they stay down! It's permanent. I make sure that they don't make it out on the street again. I take pride in that.
Daredevil: Let me ask you this.
Punisher: What's that?
Daredevil: What about hope?
Punisher: Oh, fuck. Like Santa Claus? You wanna talk about Santa Claus?!
What a beautiful speech. The rhythm and, and vocabulary, quite outstanding. It's enough to move anyone with an ounce of compassion. So, it's really not your day, is it?
— Lord Sutcliffe, Doctor Who, "Thin Ice"
You see this face? Take a good, long look at it. This is the face that didn't listen to a word you just said.
— The Master, Doctor Who, "The Doctor Falls"
GRC Guard: Filthy Flag-Smashers!
Karli Morgenthau: You've had six months' worth of supplies just sat there in that building. Don't you understand? We're fighting for our lives!
Karli Morgenthau: You've had six months' worth of supplies just sat there in that building. Don't you understand? We're fighting for our lives!
Sylvie: You treated real people's lives like some kind of game.
He Who Remains: It's not personal. It's, it's practical —
Sylvie: It was personal to me.
He Who Remains: [Groan] Grow up! Grow up, Sylvie! Murderer! Hypocrite! We're all villains here.
He Who Remains: It's not personal. It's, it's practical —
Sylvie: It was personal to me.
He Who Remains: [Groan] Grow up! Grow up, Sylvie! Murderer! Hypocrite! We're all villains here.
Rick: Now you put down your weapons, walk through those gates... you're one of us. We let go of all of it, and nobody dies. Everyone who's alive right now. Everyone's who's made it this far. We've all done the worst kinds of things just to stay alive. But we can still come back. We're not too far gone. We get to come back. I know... we all can change.
The Governor: Liar. [Begins to decapitate Hershel]
The Governor: Liar. [Begins to decapitate Hershel]
The Doctor: The Daleks have failed! Why don't you finish the job, and make the Daleks extinct, rid the universe of your filth? Why don't you just DIE?
Metaltron: ....You would make a good Dalek.
[The Doctor looks horrified.]
Metaltron: ....You would make a good Dalek.
[The Doctor looks horrified.]
— Doctor Who, "Dalek"
Mythology and Religion
A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. "Give glory to God by telling the truth," they said. "We know this man is a sinner."
He replied, "Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!"
Then they asked him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
He answered, "I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?"
Then they hurled insults at him and said, "You are this fellow's disciple! We are disciples of Moses! We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don't even know where he comes from."
The man answered, "Now that is remarkable! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
To this they replied, "You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!" And they threw him out.
He replied, "Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!"
Then they asked him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
He answered, "I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?"
Then they hurled insults at him and said, "You are this fellow's disciple! We are disciples of Moses! We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don't even know where he comes from."
The man answered, "Now that is remarkable! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
To this they replied, "You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!" And they threw him out.
— The Bible, John 9:24-34
Theatre
Duke: How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?
Shylock: What judgment shall I dread, doing no wrong?
Shylock: What judgment shall I dread, doing no wrong?
— The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I
Video Games
Viper: The world is an awful place for punks like us, for Adepts. Sumeragi shielded Joule from all the dangers of the world. Let me tell ya, she may've not been stoked about all this... That's how things are for idols. It's just part of the job. Nobody gave you the right to decide what is best for her!!
Gunvolt: She wanted to be free! To sing her own songs! Are you saying you wanted her to be your canary in a cage?!
Viper: Sure, she may have wanted that... But that doesn't mean it would make her happy!!
Gunvolt: You don't care about her wishes, or her happiness!
Viper: Shut up! Just, shut up! She's so cute all hooked up to that machine! Feels good, man! But you stole my bae, and my personal utopia along with her! It's unforgivable! I'll bury your sorry hide!!
Gunvolt: She wanted to be free! To sing her own songs! Are you saying you wanted her to be your canary in a cage?!
Viper: Sure, she may have wanted that... But that doesn't mean it would make her happy!!
Gunvolt: You don't care about her wishes, or her happiness!
Viper: Shut up! Just, shut up! She's so cute all hooked up to that machine! Feels good, man! But you stole my bae, and my personal utopia along with her! It's unforgivable! I'll bury your sorry hide!!
David North: I’m David North. Of the Osean Intelligence Agency. Captain, we’ve already jammed your terminal guidance system over Oured. Your shot will miss.
Matais Torres: Let Me Tell You a Story. Back when I was a gunnery officer, I had to aim at an enemy ship 30 kilometers away in the middle of a storm. The seas were rough that day, and still, I landed one of the two shots.
David North: Here’s a question: Was your plan elegant? The answer is... yes. At least, until Three Strikes ruined it!
Matais Torres: What do you know of beauty?!
Matais Torres: Let Me Tell You a Story. Back when I was a gunnery officer, I had to aim at an enemy ship 30 kilometers away in the middle of a storm. The seas were rough that day, and still, I landed one of the two shots.
David North: Here’s a question: Was your plan elegant? The answer is... yes. At least, until Three Strikes ruined it!
Matais Torres: What do you know of beauty?!
—Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, SP Mission 3 Ten Million Relief Plan
Player Character: By all that is right and holy, you will not succeed!
Tracea Carol: By all that is loud and windy, will you please shut up?!
Tracea Carol: By all that is loud and windy, will you please shut up?!
Richter Belmont: Die, monster! You don't belong in this world!
Dracula: It was not by my hand that I am once again given flesh. I was called here by humans, who wished to pay me tribute!
Richter: Tribute?! You steal men's souls and make them your slaves!
Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions...
Richter: Your words are as empty as your soul! Mankind ill needs a savior such as you!
Dracula: What is a man?! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!
Dracula: It was not by my hand that I am once again given flesh. I was called here by humans, who wished to pay me tribute!
Richter: Tribute?! You steal men's souls and make them your slaves!
Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions...
Richter: Your words are as empty as your soul! Mankind ill needs a savior such as you!
Dracula: What is a man?! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!
Shas O'Kais: Surrender, human! If not for you, then for the Greater Good!
Captain Davian Thule: The Greater Good is coming to you from the end of my Bolter, alien!
Shas O'Kais: Do the deaths of your soldiers mean so little to you? Are you that mad?!
Captain Davian Thule: Do the deaths of yours mean so much to you, alien? Are you that weak?!
Captain Davian Thule: The Greater Good is coming to you from the end of my Bolter, alien!
Shas O'Kais: Do the deaths of your soldiers mean so little to you? Are you that mad?!
Captain Davian Thule: Do the deaths of yours mean so much to you, alien? Are you that weak?!
— Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
Shas O'Kais: Ork! You don't have a chance! Surrender, for the Greater Good!
Gorgutz Headhunter: You don't know much about Orks, do ya Greyskin?
Shas O'Kais: I have given you your chance. The time for talk is over.
Gorgutz Headhunter: Now you're seeing things my way, Greyskin! Shut yer yap and get to fightin'!
Gorgutz Headhunter: You don't know much about Orks, do ya Greyskin?
Shas O'Kais: I have given you your chance. The time for talk is over.
Gorgutz Headhunter: Now you're seeing things my way, Greyskin! Shut yer yap and get to fightin'!
— Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
Commander Tyrea: The Inquisition's ships come for all in this sector... it... matters not whether you die by our hand... or... theirs.
Kaptin Bluddflagg: Blah, Blah, Blah. 'urry up and die, twiggy. Miss'ta Nailbrain, 'ave yous ev'a noticed dat wheneva you kill one o' dese guys, dey say somefing like dat?
Kaptin Bluddflagg: Blah, Blah, Blah. 'urry up and die, twiggy. Miss'ta Nailbrain, 'ave yous ev'a noticed dat wheneva you kill one o' dese guys, dey say somefing like dat?
— Dawn of War II: Retribution
Connor: I used to be just like you. I thought nothing mattered except the mission... But then one day I understood.
New Connor: Very moving, Connor... But I'm not a deviant. I'm a machine designed to accomplish a task, and that's exactly what I am going to do!
New Connor: Very moving, Connor... But I'm not a deviant. I'm a machine designed to accomplish a task, and that's exactly what I am going to do!
A speech on willpower in this day and age? I did not know people still believed in such silly notions. Perhaps it was your thick skull that prevented my father's curse from affecting you.
— Rozalin, Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
"Oh my god, would you shut up?!"
— Android 18 to Trunks, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
This is sickening! You sound like chapters from a SELF-HELP BOOKLET!
— Kefka, Final Fantasy VI
Warrior of Light: This battle shall come to an end, and I shall save you too!
Garland: You? Save me? I've heard enough nonsense!
Garland: You? Save me? I've heard enough nonsense!
Lord Brevon: Don't bore me with your lectures. I've heard them a thousand times from a thousand self-righteous warriors. Unless you have something useful to say, the only thing that matters to me is how quickly I can cast you aside. I really have a lot of work to do.
Lone Rogue Warrior: (coughs) ...You'll fail. Men like you always fail.
(Brevon lands the killing blow on the warrior)
Lord Brevon: Interesting theory.
Lone Rogue Warrior: (coughs) ...You'll fail. Men like you always fail.
(Brevon lands the killing blow on the warrior)
Lord Brevon: Interesting theory.
Malt: Cayenne… I understand your grief over losing your family, and the frustration at not having anyone to punish for taking their lives… But that doesn't excuse any of what you've done! Your delusional revenge plot ends here— we'll make sure of it!
Cayenne: Delusional? How can what I'm doing be delusional? The world will never truly know peace unless my vengeance is sated!
Cayenne: Delusional? How can what I'm doing be delusional? The world will never truly know peace unless my vengeance is sated!
Regime Superman: You think you can fool me, Bruce? Like he did?
Insurgency Batman: This isn't about Joker. It's about you.
Regime Superman: I perfected this world! So many lives lost, because I held back, when I should've used all my power!
Insurgency Batman: For what? To control? To oppress?
Regime Superman: I could've prevented Metropolis! Saved my family!
Insurgency Batman: Crime took my family too, Clark.
Regime Superman: But you weren't the gun.
Insurgency Batman: This isn't about Joker. It's about you.
Regime Superman: I perfected this world! So many lives lost, because I held back, when I should've used all my power!
Insurgency Batman: For what? To control? To oppress?
Regime Superman: I could've prevented Metropolis! Saved my family!
Insurgency Batman: Crime took my family too, Clark.
Regime Superman: But you weren't the gun.
Ares: Foolish girl.
Wonder Woman: Guard your tongue!
Wonder Woman: Guard your tongue!
Darkseid: My Parademons arrive soon.
Batman: Think I haven't planned for this?
Darkseid: Plans are of no use to a dead man.
Batman: Think I haven't planned for this?
Darkseid: Plans are of no use to a dead man.
Grid: I know many ways to kill you, Batman.
Batman: Think I haven't planned for this?
Grid: Your plans will be useless.
Batman: Think I haven't planned for this?
Grid: Your plans will be useless.
Tarak: Get this freelancer out of here! I don't have time for this shit!
Shepard: What the hell's your problem?
Tarak: You.
Shepard: What the hell's your problem?
Tarak: You.
Before you start judging me you should look in a mirror.
— Tela Vasir, Mass Effect 2
Dr. Wily: Light! What are you doing here, you… you plagiarist!?
Dr. Light: Open your eyes, Wily. Look at Mega Man and tell me what you see.
Dr. Wily: Hmph! All I see is the instrument of my downfall!
Dr. Light: Mega Man wields tremendous power… but he has the intelligence to use it wisely. He's your vision and mine combined. If our ideas, our gears, could mesh together… Mega Man would be the result. We achieved this together. It's not too late, Albert. Atone for your crimes, and join me again…
Dr. Wily: Silence! My plans have only just begun, you fool! And I won't stop until I see both of you kneeling before me in utter defeat!
Dr. Light: Open your eyes, Wily. Look at Mega Man and tell me what you see.
Dr. Wily: Hmph! All I see is the instrument of my downfall!
Dr. Light: Mega Man wields tremendous power… but he has the intelligence to use it wisely. He's your vision and mine combined. If our ideas, our gears, could mesh together… Mega Man would be the result. We achieved this together. It's not too late, Albert. Atone for your crimes, and join me again…
Dr. Wily: Silence! My plans have only just begun, you fool! And I won't stop until I see both of you kneeling before me in utter defeat!
Vent: You're no Mega Man, and you're no ruler. You're just a tool. Model W manipulated you. You've played with lives and you're nothing more than a Maverick!
Serpent: A Maverick!? Me!? How dare you call me a Maverick! You're the one stopping progress. You're the one denying change. People and society are destined for change! They must shed their hate-filled hearts and suffering bodies. We must move forward! We must have change!
Vent: I will not let anyone get stepped on in your road to "progress!"
Serpent: On a planet... Life is born... Humans and machines... Waves of war and peace roll on. And in every age, a fool like you tries to fight it. You don't want to see anyone get hurt. You want to protect the ones you care about. You don't want to lose anything. By acting on that desire, you continue to make choices to avoid the pain. The Mega Man destined to save the world? Unchanging life... A world devoid of the light of hope. What's the point!?
Vent: But...!
Serpent: The destiny of destruction... still awaits... So long as you have hearts, hate will lurk in the shadows. You who possess the wellspring of emotion known as the "heart"... You are the true Mavericks...!
Serpent: A Maverick!? Me!? How dare you call me a Maverick! You're the one stopping progress. You're the one denying change. People and society are destined for change! They must shed their hate-filled hearts and suffering bodies. We must move forward! We must have change!
Vent: I will not let anyone get stepped on in your road to "progress!"
Serpent: On a planet... Life is born... Humans and machines... Waves of war and peace roll on. And in every age, a fool like you tries to fight it. You don't want to see anyone get hurt. You want to protect the ones you care about. You don't want to lose anything. By acting on that desire, you continue to make choices to avoid the pain. The Mega Man destined to save the world? Unchanging life... A world devoid of the light of hope. What's the point!?
Vent: But...!
Serpent: The destiny of destruction... still awaits... So long as you have hearts, hate will lurk in the shadows. You who possess the wellspring of emotion known as the "heart"... You are the true Mavericks...!
Monsoon: Feasting on the insides of your enemies? How easily you ignore the loss of life when it suits your convenience. So tell me: who saves the weak from the man who saves the weak?
Raiden: You're the ones exploiting them. You take advantage of their weakness… Of course they get hurt when you set them up as your human shield!
Monsoon: Kill or be killed, Jack. Phnom Penh taught me that.
Raiden: You're the ones exploiting them. You take advantage of their weakness… Of course they get hurt when you set them up as your human shield!
Monsoon: Kill or be killed, Jack. Phnom Penh taught me that.
Noob Saibot: I was killed unjustly.
Raiden: For that, Scorpion lost my trust.
Noob Saibot: That is not justice!
Raiden: For that, Scorpion lost my trust.
Noob Saibot: That is not justice!
Cate Archer: We've more in common than I'd like to admit. The difference is that I stopped taking my misfortunes personally. Everybody suffers, Baroness, but only cowards take it out on other people.
Baroness Dumas: Well, aren't you a righteous little bitch? Maybe it'll get you into heaven? I suppose you'll find out soon enough.
Baroness Dumas: Well, aren't you a righteous little bitch? Maybe it'll get you into heaven? I suppose you'll find out soon enough.
Don't make me laugh! Justice? Righteous!? Keep that shit to yourselves! You and your teammates piss me off!
— The Traitor, Persona 5
Venam: You're Insane!
Angie: Perhaps. However, this insanity is driven through sheer love of the almighty. And that love shall strike down any darkness that befalls my presence! Veronica! Melia! (Player Character)! Show me your darkness!
Angie: Perhaps. However, this insanity is driven through sheer love of the almighty. And that love shall strike down any darkness that befalls my presence! Veronica! Melia! (Player Character)! Show me your darkness!
Dragan: You're the thief, Liddy. You always were, even before selling out to the Phoenicians.
Lidiya: Like you have the moral high ground here? Did you even ask yourself what your people were up to out here? And the girl? Don't tell me there's any possible justification for that. Fuck you, though, because I don't have whatever it is you think I have. And if I did... I'd take the bullet before I gave you the satisfaction.
Lidiya: Like you have the moral high ground here? Did you even ask yourself what your people were up to out here? And the girl? Don't tell me there's any possible justification for that. Fuck you, though, because I don't have whatever it is you think I have. And if I did... I'd take the bullet before I gave you the satisfaction.
Shovel Knight: You are to lay claim to the sea itself? Your greed knows no bounds, Treasure Knight.
Treasure Knight: Your hands are no less dirty. Even now, others are paying for your avarice.
Treasure Knight: Your hands are no less dirty. Even now, others are paying for your avarice.
Cassandra: So you don't think that what you're doing is wrong?
Raphael: Stupid girl...have you anything else to say?!
Raphael: Stupid girl...have you anything else to say?!
In the twenty thousand years of our Mission, we have heard more pleas for mercy than you can possibly imagine. Civilizations which saw their doom before them called upon their geniuses to calm us... to no avail.
— Kohr-Ah Captain, Star Control 2
Lassara: Kill thousands to save yourself? Is that how you justify this?
Kerrigan: I justify nothing. There is no moral high ground here. Your people have killed billions of zerg. We are all covered in blood. There may be more on my hands than yours, but in the end we're both killers.
Kerrigan: I justify nothing. There is no moral high ground here. Your people have killed billions of zerg. We are all covered in blood. There may be more on my hands than yours, but in the end we're both killers.
Count Bleck: BLEH HEH HEH HEH! BLECK! The prophecy unfolds smoothly, thanks to the Chaos Heart. The light of each world will be snuffed out one by one...
Tippi: Why would you want to do something so...unspeakable?
Count Bleck: You QUESTION Count Bleck?! This worthless world's destruction matters not! Far better for Count Bleck to wipe it out of existence than let it remain!
Tippi: How can you say that? That's...horrible!
Count Bleck: Count Bleck scoffs at you! An insignificant Pixl lectures Count Bleck on what is right and wrong?
Tippi: This is not up for discussion! You're wrong...and sick! All living things have a heart. They're all priceless. You can't just...erase them!
Count Bleck: Of all things, you defend the heart? Nothing could be more worthless... [Holds his hat over his face] All things...are meaningless. Aside from Timpani, no treasure mattered in the least to me...
Tippi: Why would you want to do something so...unspeakable?
Count Bleck: You QUESTION Count Bleck?! This worthless world's destruction matters not! Far better for Count Bleck to wipe it out of existence than let it remain!
Tippi: How can you say that? That's...horrible!
Count Bleck: Count Bleck scoffs at you! An insignificant Pixl lectures Count Bleck on what is right and wrong?
Tippi: This is not up for discussion! You're wrong...and sick! All living things have a heart. They're all priceless. You can't just...erase them!
Count Bleck: Of all things, you defend the heart? Nothing could be more worthless... [Holds his hat over his face] All things...are meaningless. Aside from Timpani, no treasure mattered in the least to me...
Yazan Gable: This mech's the Freedom, yeah? The best part of this world is getting to tangle with Aces from other parts!
Kira Yamato: This man enjoys fighting?! Is it because of people like him that the war's spreading…?!
Yazan: Drop the analysis, kid! You better show me some killer instinct ‘cuz I don't know how to play around!
Kira Yamato: This man enjoys fighting?! Is it because of people like him that the war's spreading…?!
Yazan: Drop the analysis, kid! You better show me some killer instinct ‘cuz I don't know how to play around!
Jetfire: My name is Jetfire. I'm not here to fight.
Megatron: That makes one of us. Speak your piece — quickly.
Jetfire: I've seen the horrors of what Dark Energon can do, Megatron - it is not to be trifled with! Its power is too unstable... to use it would mean disaster!
Megatron: You cannot frighten me, Jetfire. I will use Dark Energon as I please.
Jetfire: Then you are a shortsighted fool. You'll kill us all!
Megatron: You say that as if it were a bad thing.
Megatron: That makes one of us. Speak your piece — quickly.
Jetfire: I've seen the horrors of what Dark Energon can do, Megatron - it is not to be trifled with! Its power is too unstable... to use it would mean disaster!
Megatron: You cannot frighten me, Jetfire. I will use Dark Energon as I please.
Jetfire: Then you are a shortsighted fool. You'll kill us all!
Megatron: You say that as if it were a bad thing.
Optimus Prime: It didn't have to come to this.
Megatron: This is what you chose, "Prime", when you defied ME! All of this is YOUR doing!
Megatron: This is what you chose, "Prime", when you defied ME! All of this is YOUR doing!
Optimus Prime: If you're here for Trypticon's power core, then your cause is as desperate as ours. End your aggression, we can work together.
Megatron: Your pathetic ideals have turned Cybertron into the barren wasteland it has become. You are the cause. I am the solution. You deserve no less than the oblivion I will bring to you! Goodbye, Prime.
Optimus Prime: Megatron, Wai-
[Megatron blasts the communications device.]
Megatron: Your pathetic ideals have turned Cybertron into the barren wasteland it has become. You are the cause. I am the solution. You deserve no less than the oblivion I will bring to you! Goodbye, Prime.
Optimus Prime: Megatron, Wai-
[Megatron blasts the communications device.]
Megatron: Cybertron is the center of my universe. How is it not the heart of yours!?
Optimus Prime: Cybertron is about all life! Destruction to keep Cybertron on life support— there must be another way!
Megatron: Flesh isn't life! Servos, gyros and fuel… this is where life comes from! You're defending by-product at best!
Optimus Prime: Cybertron is about all life! Destruction to keep Cybertron on life support— there must be another way!
Megatron: Flesh isn't life! Servos, gyros and fuel… this is where life comes from! You're defending by-product at best!
Muradin: You lied to your men and betrayed the mercenaries who fought for you! What's happening to you, Arthas? Is vengeance all that's important to you?!
Arthas: Spare me, Muradin! You weren't there to see what Mal'Ganis did to my homeland!
Arthas: Spare me, Muradin! You weren't there to see what Mal'Ganis did to my homeland!
— Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Raziel: Shall I show you the same mercy you showed the rest of the Circle, then? You blithely murdered them to restore their Pillars, yet your hand faltered when it came to the final sacrifice. What makes you exempt, Kain? You're merely the last man standing. Why condemn me for simply carrying out what you hadn't the courage to do yourself?
Kain: Let's drop the moral posturing, shall we? We both know there's no altruism in this pursuit. Your reckless indignation led you here — I counted on it! There's no shame in it, Raziel. Revenge is motivation enough; at least it's honest. Hate me, but do it honestly.
Kain: Let's drop the moral posturing, shall we? We both know there's no altruism in this pursuit. Your reckless indignation led you here — I counted on it! There's no shame in it, Raziel. Revenge is motivation enough; at least it's honest. Hate me, but do it honestly.
This "Hope" of yours... How can there be anything like it?! In this world, there is nothing but the void! Peer now into it, and watch your precious hope crumble to nothing!
Visual Novels
Kaito Momota: I don't want to survive if it means I have to stoop to your level!
Kokichi Oma: Ooh, that's a low blow...Then just go die in a hole for all I care! We want to live, so stop getting in our way!
Kokichi Oma: Ooh, that's a low blow...Then just go die in a hole for all I care! We want to live, so stop getting in our way!
Pearl Fey: Why would you do something so wrong...?
Matt Engarde: Because I'm a grown-up, and I can. Good enough of an answer for you, little girl?
Matt Engarde: Because I'm a grown-up, and I can. Good enough of an answer for you, little girl?
— Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All, "Farewell, My Turnabout"
"Repeating rumors heard around the Yard.. Reading entries from a notebook of unconfirmed origin.. That's not testimony. That's practically a script. Your hatred of me is understandable. In your mind, I'm sure I'm the Reaper who sent your father to the gallows all those years ago — but you're in danger of becoming a far more sinister Reaper yourself by attempting to have me condemned with this feeble excuse for testimony."
— Barok Van Zieks, The Great Ace Attorney
Web Animation
Ilia: Cowards! After everything the humans have done to us, everything they've put us through, you're asking us to help them?!
Ghira: I know we haven't been treated fairly-
Ilia: Where was their help when the Dust companies treated our people like slaves?! Where was their help when Kingdoms hunted Faunus just for being who they are?! Where was my help when my parents were killed in a Dust mine?! WHERE?!
Ghira: Young lady, progress takes patience and cooperation!
Ilia: The Belladonnas are the worst kind of Faunus! They want us to work with the same people who are trying to hold us down! If you truly, truly want to help your people, now is the time to support Adam, not the Belladonnas! He will bring about the future that you deserve! And know that if you are unwilling to fight, know that the White Fang are willing to do it for you!
Ghira: I know we haven't been treated fairly-
Ilia: Where was their help when the Dust companies treated our people like slaves?! Where was their help when Kingdoms hunted Faunus just for being who they are?! Where was my help when my parents were killed in a Dust mine?! WHERE?!
Ghira: Young lady, progress takes patience and cooperation!
Ilia: The Belladonnas are the worst kind of Faunus! They want us to work with the same people who are trying to hold us down! If you truly, truly want to help your people, now is the time to support Adam, not the Belladonnas! He will bring about the future that you deserve! And know that if you are unwilling to fight, know that the White Fang are willing to do it for you!
Raven: You turned yourself into a monster just for power.
Cinder: Look who's talking!
Cinder: Look who's talking!
Ruby: We've seen what you're capable of. The lamp showed us. It showed us everything. We've seen that you can't be killed. But we've also seen you fail. We don't have to kill you to stop you. And we will stop you.
Salem: Your mother said those words to me. [Beat]. She was wrong, too. [Salem leaves Ruby crying]
Salem: Your mother said those words to me. [Beat]. She was wrong, too. [Salem leaves Ruby crying]
Ironwood: You still think I'm afraid.
Oscar: We all are! It's what we do in our fear that defines-
Ironwood: THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY! You can label me whatever you want, but the fact of the matter is that I. Was. RIGHT! The minute I softened, let my guard down, that's when Salem had her opening.
Oscar: If you abandon Mantle, you're abandoning our best chance at reuniting the world, you're abandoning Remnant, leaving millions to fend for themselves so a few can survive! What kind of-
Ironwood: All excellent philosophical points, that won't matter if Salem wins!
Oscar: Listen to me!
Ironwood: No, YOU LISTEN! I am DONE letting others' inability to see the big picture get in the way of doing what's right! Robyn! The council! This Kingdom! EVEN. YOU.
Oscar: Then you're just as dangerous as she is, James.
Ironwood: James is what my friends call me. To you? It's General. [Shoots Oscar in the chest, blasting him off the ledge]
Oscar: We all are! It's what we do in our fear that defines-
Ironwood: THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY! You can label me whatever you want, but the fact of the matter is that I. Was. RIGHT! The minute I softened, let my guard down, that's when Salem had her opening.
Oscar: If you abandon Mantle, you're abandoning our best chance at reuniting the world, you're abandoning Remnant, leaving millions to fend for themselves so a few can survive! What kind of-
Ironwood: All excellent philosophical points, that won't matter if Salem wins!
Oscar: Listen to me!
Ironwood: No, YOU LISTEN! I am DONE letting others' inability to see the big picture get in the way of doing what's right! Robyn! The council! This Kingdom! EVEN. YOU.
Oscar: Then you're just as dangerous as she is, James.
Ironwood: James is what my friends call me. To you? It's General. [Shoots Oscar in the chest, blasting him off the ledge]
— RWBY, "The Enemy of Trust"
"If that's what you truly believe, then let that be your… final fantasy."
— Sephiroth's response to the party's "humans are capable of good" speech, Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged
Asriel: Stop doing this, Chara. I don't want to fight-(blocks blade beam)
Chara: Who are you again? Asking me not to fight? [Flash steps right in front of him] Like you didn't kill them all too.note I barely recognize you.
Chara: Who are you again? Asking me not to fight? [Flash steps right in front of him] Like you didn't kill them all too.note I barely recognize you.
— Glitchtale, "Continue"
Kitten: You... are truly as pathetic as they come.
Pyotr: Thanks, luv. I try.
Kitten: NO! You're truly pathetic! You talk a big game, but you're nothing and you know it! Back in the tunnels, your first target was a child. And while you were getting your shit pushed in, your friends did all the hard work. How did you repay them?
Pyotr: MORALISING OVER THAT DEATH GAUNTLET!?
Kitten: YOU WERE THEIR LEADER! IF YOU GAVE A SHIT, YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED IT! You didn't even TRY! Instead, you hid! You had something to gain, so you ran away while your friends tore each other apart!
Pyotr: It was survival of the fittest!
Kitten: BULLSHIT! They were your comrades! And you smiled, you bastard! You smiled while you murdered people dumb enough to accept you!
Beat
Pyotr: I bet you think that really pissed me off.
Pyotr: Thanks, luv. I try.
Kitten: NO! You're truly pathetic! You talk a big game, but you're nothing and you know it! Back in the tunnels, your first target was a child. And while you were getting your shit pushed in, your friends did all the hard work. How did you repay them?
Pyotr: MORALISING OVER THAT DEATH GAUNTLET!?
Kitten: YOU WERE THEIR LEADER! IF YOU GAVE A SHIT, YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED IT! You didn't even TRY! Instead, you hid! You had something to gain, so you ran away while your friends tore each other apart!
Pyotr: It was survival of the fittest!
Kitten: BULLSHIT! They were your comrades! And you smiled, you bastard! You smiled while you murdered people dumb enough to accept you!
Beat
Pyotr: I bet you think that really pissed me off.
— Hunter: The Parenting, "Chapter 3: Hunter's Hunters Hunted"
Web Comics
Hinjo: HEY! Goblin! Don't turn your back on me! I am the commander of the Sapphire Guard and I am here to make you pay for your crimes against my city! Prepare to—
Redcloak: Disintegrate.
[Hinjo flops back onto the deck, unconscious.]
Redcloak: Your city? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought somebody would have told you by now. See, this is MY city now, paladin! I figure you owe me one village plus 35 years of interest, so this is a good start!
Redcloak: Disintegrate.
[Hinjo flops back onto the deck, unconscious.]
Redcloak: Your city? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought somebody would have told you by now. See, this is MY city now, paladin! I figure you owe me one village plus 35 years of interest, so this is a good start!
Elf Leader: You will be repaid for each elf slain with the bite of my steel, goblin!
Redcloak: If it's all the same to you, I'm not going to waste my breath trading threats with a dead man. Damn it, I just did it right there, didn't I? Screw it. Implosion.
Redcloak: If it's all the same to you, I'm not going to waste my breath trading threats with a dead man. Damn it, I just did it right there, didn't I? Screw it. Implosion.
Juggernaut Star: do you understand... how futile this all is?
White Chain: Is this... how you are? Or how you were? [Beat] I understand. But... sister. It's not too late for you.
Juggernaut Star: late... an irrelevant word. past and future are one. it matters not. this will happen again. it will all happen again, forever, until the conquering king is satisfied. [regaining its Nightmare Face and igniting] UNTIL THEN- WE ARE MERE VERMIN TO BE CRUSHED ON THE WHEEL OF FATE ITSELF, OVER AND OVER, AS HE SPINS THE WHEEL AND LAUGHS AT GOD!
White Chain: Is this... how you are? Or how you were? [Beat] I understand. But... sister. It's not too late for you.
Juggernaut Star: late... an irrelevant word. past and future are one. it matters not. this will happen again. it will all happen again, forever, until the conquering king is satisfied. [regaining its Nightmare Face and igniting] UNTIL THEN- WE ARE MERE VERMIN TO BE CRUSHED ON THE WHEEL OF FATE ITSELF, OVER AND OVER, AS HE SPINS THE WHEEL AND LAUGHS AT GOD!
— Kill Six Billion Demons, King of Swords, 9-126
Web Original
Bardock: We've had enough of this! We're done workin' for you, Freeza! We're here to kill you, and take our planet for our own! For years, you've kept us under your foot…
Freeza: (thinking, mentally draining out the rest of Bardock's speech) "Oh, lord, these heroic types with their speeches. 'Blah, blah, blah, injustices. Blah, blah, blah, tyranny. Blah, blah, blah, Freeza, stop killing me!' God, does he have any idea how hard it is to run an empire? I've got other things to do today, you know." (after briefly going off on a tangent about dinner wine) "Wait a second, where was I? Oh, right, mass genocide." (prepares a planet-destroying Death Ball)
Freeza: (thinking, mentally draining out the rest of Bardock's speech) "Oh, lord, these heroic types with their speeches. 'Blah, blah, blah, injustices. Blah, blah, blah, tyranny. Blah, blah, blah, Freeza, stop killing me!' God, does he have any idea how hard it is to run an empire? I've got other things to do today, you know." (after briefly going off on a tangent about dinner wine) "Wait a second, where was I? Oh, right, mass genocide." (prepares a planet-destroying Death Ball)
— Dragon Ball Z Abridged, "Bardock: Father of Goku"
Namekian warrior: We’re here to stop this senseless slaughter of our people!
Freeza: Ninety-two...
Warrior: This has gone on for too long! And now, you’re going to pay!
Freeza: Three hundred and fifty-five...
Warrior: We are... we... what are you—?
Freeza: No, go on, continue, don’t mind me.
Warrior: And... we are the ones who will stop you!
Freeza: Ooh, wow, four hundred and nineteen!
Warrior: That’s it, what the hell are you doing!?
Freeza: Oh, sorry, it’s a little hobby of mine. I hear these heroic speeches so wearily often, so I started making a mental list of how many times I’ve heard certain lines.
Warrior: You… you insane bastard!
Freeza: One hundred and ninety.
Warrior: Yeah!? Well, uh, we’re going to... FUCK YOUR FACE!
Freeza: Oh-ho-ho, my! ...Twelve.
Freeza: Ninety-two...
Warrior: This has gone on for too long! And now, you’re going to pay!
Freeza: Three hundred and fifty-five...
Warrior: We are... we... what are you—?
Freeza: No, go on, continue, don’t mind me.
Warrior: And... we are the ones who will stop you!
Freeza: Ooh, wow, four hundred and nineteen!
Warrior: That’s it, what the hell are you doing!?
Freeza: Oh, sorry, it’s a little hobby of mine. I hear these heroic speeches so wearily often, so I started making a mental list of how many times I’ve heard certain lines.
Warrior: You… you insane bastard!
Freeza: One hundred and ninety.
Warrior: Yeah!? Well, uh, we’re going to... FUCK YOUR FACE!
Freeza: Oh-ho-ho, my! ...Twelve.
Future Android 17: Yep, looks like we're out of people to kill here.
Future Trunks: Why don't you try me?
17: Wait, did you just ask us to kill you?
Trunks: N-no, as in "fight me"!
18: I'm sorry, do we know you?
Trunks: YES! You killed my maste—
18: Oh wait, hold on. I don't care. (attacks Trunks)
Future Trunks: Why don't you try me?
17: Wait, did you just ask us to kill you?
Trunks: N-no, as in "fight me"!
18: I'm sorry, do we know you?
Trunks: YES! You killed my maste—
18: Oh wait, hold on. I don't care. (attacks Trunks)
— Dragon Ball Z Abridged, "The History of Trunks"
You think that you are a man of true belief, and that it is all these wizards around you that are humble. Who is the most proud man here? These ones who thought they would fly a city, or the man who thought he would teach ME a lesson? The only difference between you and the Dawnfather is that the Dawnfather is a little more humble. Now I'll tell you why I spit on your forgiveness. I'll tell you why I loathe your redemption. To reach a hand down to somebody, they need to be BENEATH YOU! And I'm beneath nobody. You wanted to understand me. Then you should have accepted that I was RIGHT! [...] You know what your fault is, Zerxus? Other than just being very trusting, you truly believe that you are above this all: this city that you will not call home, me, the gods. But I'm not the one who left my little son down in that city for all of my devils to find.
N00b Boyfriend: Mr. L33T, I may run around in circles when I play Halo, I might never get a Monster Kill, well... I can't find the space bar I have to type, but I know when I felt true love. That is worth more than all of the uber gear in the world.
(short silence and touching music)
Mr. L33T: [cuts music] Too long, did not listen!
(short silence and touching music)
Mr. L33T: [cuts music] Too long, did not listen!
Knight: You've had your say, Potion Seller, but I'll have mine: You're a rascal. You're a rascal with no respect for knights. [starts crying] No respect for anything! Except your potions!
Potion Seller: Why respect knights... when my potions can do anything that you can?
Potion Seller: Why respect knights... when my potions can do anything that you can?
Western Animation
Finn: You're so evil it's boring! You're basic, man!
The Lich: Yes. While the mortal world doubts, and questions, I know exactly what I am. I am the ceaseless wheel. The last scholar of GOLB. I am your doom.
The Lich: Yes. While the mortal world doubts, and questions, I know exactly what I am. I am the ceaseless wheel. The last scholar of GOLB. I am your doom.
— Adventure Time, "Whispers"
Trevor Belmont: No, you're only a thing. You're only an old killer. You don't make anything, you don't live. You just eat and hide!
Death: ...Is there a point to this? Are you dictating your fucking obituary to me, Belmont?
Death: ...Is there a point to this? Are you dictating your fucking obituary to me, Belmont?
Lord Batman: What are you hiding for?
Batman: I do my best work in the dark.
Lord Batman: I used to think that, too. But what have you ever accomplished from there, aside from scaring a few punks half to death and putting a few more in jail?
Batman: It all adds up.
Lord Batman: Not fast enough. If you really want to make a difference, want to change the system instead of just patching it, you can't be subtle. You've got to step into the sunlight. Take over, like we did. [...] Think about it - a world where there's no crimes. No victims. No pain.
Batman: And no choice! Who elected you, anyway?
Lord Batman: Who elected you? The problem with democracy is, it doesn't keep you very safe.
Batman: It has other virtues. But you seem to have forgotten that.
Lord Batman: I didn't forget! I just chose peace and security instead.
Batman: You grabbed power!
Lord Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no eight-year-old boy will ever lose his parents... because of some punk with a gun!
Batman: [pauses, then drops his Batarang] You win.
Batman: I do my best work in the dark.
Lord Batman: I used to think that, too. But what have you ever accomplished from there, aside from scaring a few punks half to death and putting a few more in jail?
Batman: It all adds up.
Lord Batman: Not fast enough. If you really want to make a difference, want to change the system instead of just patching it, you can't be subtle. You've got to step into the sunlight. Take over, like we did. [...] Think about it - a world where there's no crimes. No victims. No pain.
Batman: And no choice! Who elected you, anyway?
Lord Batman: Who elected you? The problem with democracy is, it doesn't keep you very safe.
Batman: It has other virtues. But you seem to have forgotten that.
Lord Batman: I didn't forget! I just chose peace and security instead.
Batman: You grabbed power!
Lord Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no eight-year-old boy will ever lose his parents... because of some punk with a gun!
Batman: [pauses, then drops his Batarang] You win.
Vangus: Destroying MIB did not deliver instant victory as you promised.
Alpha: Patience, Vangus. When one slips it slowly, the nectar of victory is that much sweeter.
Vangus: These air strikes are wasteful! It is time for a new strategy: destroy the planet, then its oil reserves ooze out.
K: Kind of puts a crimp in your plans, doesn't it, Alpha?
Vangus: Quiet!
Alpha: Agent K makes a cogent point. An annihilated Earth would leave no populace, no one for me to rule.
Vangus: Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
Alpha: Patience, Vangus. When one slips it slowly, the nectar of victory is that much sweeter.
Vangus: These air strikes are wasteful! It is time for a new strategy: destroy the planet, then its oil reserves ooze out.
K: Kind of puts a crimp in your plans, doesn't it, Alpha?
Vangus: Quiet!
Alpha: Agent K makes a cogent point. An annihilated Earth would leave no populace, no one for me to rule.
Vangus: Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
Twilight Sparkle: Everypony has unique talents and gifts, and when we share them with each other, that's how rea—
Starlight Glimmer: [Vein-poppingly furious] QUIET!
[Twilight stares in flabbergasted silence]
Starlight Glimmer: [Vein-poppingly furious] QUIET!
[Twilight stares in flabbergasted silence]
Twilight Sparkle: I promise you, Chancellor. My school will help protect Equestria.
Chancellor Neighsay: Or destroy it!
Chancellor Neighsay: Or destroy it!
The Coon: I'm making the world a better place!
Mysterion: For you! You're making it a better place for you!
The Coon: [beat] Right, that's what superheroes do.
Mysterion: For you! You're making it a better place for you!
The Coon: [beat] Right, that's what superheroes do.
Splinter: You never had anything but your hatred. And if you defeat me, you will have nothing!
Shredder: [laughs] That is where you are wrong. You took something from me, so I took something from you. Your daughter!
Shredder: [laughs] That is where you are wrong. You took something from me, so I took something from you. Your daughter!
