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Fritz: Are you afraid?! There's no way you're not! Now, witness the awesome power of-
(Revy shoots Fritz once)
Revy: Shut the fuck up! Can you see I wasn't even listening?
(Revy shoots Fritz once)
Revy: Shut the fuck up! Can you see I wasn't even listening?
Mao: [to Suzaku] You're no hero! You're just trying to wash the blood off your hands, a little brat begging to be punished!
Lelouch: MAO! [activates Geass] NEVER SPEAK AGAIN!
Mao: NO! [is affected, now reduced to inane, muted blabbering]
Lelouch: MAO! [activates Geass] NEVER SPEAK AGAIN!
Mao: NO! [is affected, now reduced to inane, muted blabbering]
— Code Geass, "Nunnally Held Hostage"
Lelouch: Do you have any idea of the meaning behind Nunnally's beautiful smile?
Marianne: [confused] The meaning?
Lelouch: Why don't you understand? Nunnally was blinded! My own sister was crippled! She knew... She knew that there were things in this world that she would never be able to do by herself! So her smile... [visibly tearing up] Nunnally's smile... was her way of expressing gratitude!
Charles: You're laboring under a delusion—!
Lelouch: [lividly] I will not let you call that a lie! Over my dead body! Your refusal to face reality! Content to watch us from afar! Don't make me laugh! There's only one truth here: You, my own parents... YOU ABANDONED US!
Marianne: [confused] The meaning?
Lelouch: Why don't you understand? Nunnally was blinded! My own sister was crippled! She knew... She knew that there were things in this world that she would never be able to do by herself! So her smile... [visibly tearing up] Nunnally's smile... was her way of expressing gratitude!
Charles: You're laboring under a delusion—!
Lelouch: [lividly] I will not let you call that a lie! Over my dead body! Your refusal to face reality! Content to watch us from afar! Don't make me laugh! There's only one truth here: You, my own parents... YOU ABANDONED US!
— Code Geass, "The Ragnarok Connection"
"You're like a kid with a toy. You're the one that can't tell fantasy from reality. You're the one who lives in the little dots of light. If you want to dream, just do it by yourself!"
Embryo: I hand-selected you out of a millennium's worth of women. But if you're unable to comprehend the depth of my love... you're dead to me!
Ange: Oh, you call that love?! Trying to push yourself on me with that stupid haircut and that tacky suit?!? No, you're an asshole! Not to mention a creep! You don't know a damn thing on how to treat women! You're sub-human scum. BURN IN HELL!
Light Yagami: Since Kira has appeared six years ago, wars have stopped and global crime rates have been reduced by over 70%. But, it's not enough. This world is still rotten with too many rotten people! Somebody has to do this! When I first got that notebook all those years ago, I knew I had to do it. No, I was the only one who could. I understood that killing people was a crime. There was no other way! The world had to be fixed! A purpose given to me! Only I could do it... Who else could have done it and come this far?! Would they have kept going?! The only one, who can create a new world, is me.
Near: ...No. You're just a murderer, Light Yagami. And this notebook is the deadliest weapon in the history of mankind. If you had been a normal person and had used this notebook once out of curiosity, you would have been surprised and scared of what had happened, regretted what you had done, and never used this notebook again. To speak of extremes, I can actually understand those who would use this notebook for their personal interests and kill a couple of people, and even think that they're normal. But you yielded to the power of the notebook and the Shinigami and have confused yourself with a god. In the end, you're nothing more than a crazy Serial Killer. That's all you are. Nothing more... and nothing less.
Near: ...No. You're just a murderer, Light Yagami. And this notebook is the deadliest weapon in the history of mankind. If you had been a normal person and had used this notebook once out of curiosity, you would have been surprised and scared of what had happened, regretted what you had done, and never used this notebook again. To speak of extremes, I can actually understand those who would use this notebook for their personal interests and kill a couple of people, and even think that they're normal. But you yielded to the power of the notebook and the Shinigami and have confused yourself with a god. In the end, you're nothing more than a crazy Serial Killer. That's all you are. Nothing more... and nothing less.
Tanjiro: Tell me... What makes us awful villains, and not you!?
Zohakuten: Because you made the choice to torment the weak, right? Or did you not just try to decapitate a small, weak being who's only big enough to fit in the palm of your hand? Your actions are utterly atrocious. Only a pure fiend would do something like that.
Tanjiro: Did you just say... small and weak? Small... and weak? DON'T GIVE ME THAT! That scent you're giving off right now... the scent of blood. A scent like that means you devoured hundreds of humans! What did those people do to deserve that fate!? Tell me what they did! What could they have done to have cost them their lives!? Don't you dare play the victim card after devouring scores of innocent people! If there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that you're evil. You're the villain, and I'll be the one who decapitates you!
[...]
Zohakuten: Is that really all you have to say?
Tanjiro: I will behead you, no matter what!
Zohakuten: Did I kill a family member of yours? Is that why you're so set on beheading me?
Tanjiro: No, but...
Zohakuten: Alright, then this has nothing to do with you.
Tanjiro: You haven't killed anyone dear to me, but that doesn't matter! Because you slaughtered innocent people, who are dear to someone else!
Zohakuten: It sounds like you have nothing to do with those people either!
Tanjiro: Humans don't need a reason to help out one another, and if you can't wrap your head around something like that, then you're the fiend!
Zohakuten: Because you made the choice to torment the weak, right? Or did you not just try to decapitate a small, weak being who's only big enough to fit in the palm of your hand? Your actions are utterly atrocious. Only a pure fiend would do something like that.
Tanjiro: Did you just say... small and weak? Small... and weak? DON'T GIVE ME THAT! That scent you're giving off right now... the scent of blood. A scent like that means you devoured hundreds of humans! What did those people do to deserve that fate!? Tell me what they did! What could they have done to have cost them their lives!? Don't you dare play the victim card after devouring scores of innocent people! If there's one thing I'm certain of, it's that you're evil. You're the villain, and I'll be the one who decapitates you!
[...]
Zohakuten: Is that really all you have to say?
Tanjiro: I will behead you, no matter what!
Zohakuten: Did I kill a family member of yours? Is that why you're so set on beheading me?
Tanjiro: No, but...
Zohakuten: Alright, then this has nothing to do with you.
Tanjiro: You haven't killed anyone dear to me, but that doesn't matter! Because you slaughtered innocent people, who are dear to someone else!
Zohakuten: It sounds like you have nothing to do with those people either!
Tanjiro: Humans don't need a reason to help out one another, and if you can't wrap your head around something like that, then you're the fiend!
— Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, "Awful Villain"
"What I did...was beyond forgiveness. I don't need anyone to tell me that. No matter what I do, I can't change the past. But what I can do...is save Jeri! And let me tell you, no talking eyeball's gonna stop me! CORONA DESTROYER! How's it feel to be on the other end of the whupping stick?!"
— Beelzemon, Digimon Tamers
"We do deserve to exist! [slams his fist into the D-Reaper's chest] You don't!"
— Gallantmon, in response to the D-Reaper's Humans Are Bastards speech, Digimon Tamers
Vegeta: You should feel lucky. Not every low-class warrior gets a chance to spar with a super-elite like myself. Not long after Saiyans are born, their skills as a soldier are tested. The scum whose scores are ranked the lowest are sent to the outer worlds where the opponents are weak. Much like you were, Kakarot. In other words, you were cast out like a dog!
Goku: Yes, and as a result, I was lucky enough to come here to Earth! I'm grateful for it. Besides... maybe even a lower-class outcast can surpass an elite if he puts his mind to it!
Vegeta: [chuckles] That's a nice attempt at a joke. Now let me show you a wall you will never have the ability to scale through effort alone!
Goku: Yes, and as a result, I was lucky enough to come here to Earth! I'm grateful for it. Besides... maybe even a lower-class outcast can surpass an elite if he puts his mind to it!
Vegeta: [chuckles] That's a nice attempt at a joke. Now let me show you a wall you will never have the ability to scale through effort alone!
— Dragon Ball Z (Kai English dub)
Merged Zamasu: Potara earrings? Does the mimicry have no end? You pathetic mortals always try to emulate the divine. Now why is that? Is it because we gods are so wondrous? Are you coveting our undeniable beauty? I understand, yet it's so tragic. Your mimicry is doomed to fail! Acts of gods are beautiful because we are inherently pure, while mortal endeavors will inevitably become wicked — corrupted and marred by sin!
[Merged Zamasu is quickly punched in the face and kicked a good distance by Vegito]
Vegito: Sorry to be rude, but you left yourself completely open. Now come on and give me your best shot; I'm tired of listening to you preach. If you want me bowed at your feet, you'll have to do it by force.
[Merged Zamasu is quickly punched in the face and kicked a good distance by Vegito]
Vegito: Sorry to be rude, but you left yourself completely open. Now come on and give me your best shot; I'm tired of listening to you preach. If you want me bowed at your feet, you'll have to do it by force.
Merged Zamasu: How dare you strike a god?! And retaliate against justice?!
Future Trunks: I don't give a damn about you! OR YOUR SO-CALLED JUSTICE! [slices Merged Zamasu vertically in half from the crotch up]
Future Trunks: I don't give a damn about you! OR YOUR SO-CALLED JUSTICE! [slices Merged Zamasu vertically in half from the crotch up]
Black Shadow: I will not die! Nor will my dream!
Captain Falcon: Falcon PUNCH! [punches Black Shadow in the face, bringing both of them to the reactor explosion]
Captain Falcon: Falcon PUNCH! [punches Black Shadow in the face, bringing both of them to the reactor explosion]
— F-Zero: GP Legend, the famous Falcon Punch scene
Sephiroth: Tell me what you cherish most. Give me the pleasure of taking it away!
Cloud: I pity you. You just don't get it at all... There's not a thing I don't cherish!
Cloud: I pity you. You just don't get it at all... There's not a thing I don't cherish!
"You're not making a good case for burning people alive!!"
—Captain Obi to Giovanni, Fire Force
Izumi Curtis: Is that so? You sacrifice our country... just so you officials can gain immortality, and enslave the world as your own?
Major Alex Armstrong: And I take it that Führer Bradley is also aware of these plans?
Brigader General Edison: He was created to lead this country for that purpose.
[The Central Soldiers present in the room all mutter amongst themselves upon hearing this information]
Edison: Why shouldn't we do it? We're creating a world without war!
Izumi: And you just have to murder the world first?
Edison: What would die would be reborn, what you alchemists refer to as reconstruction. We wouldn't be murdering the population like you said, they would be given eternal life while dwelling inside us! Don't you see we would bring together the world as one? All is one, and one is all! As the few chosen ones of Amestris, we would bring unity to the entire country—
[A disgusted Izumi slaps Edison in the face with her sandal]
Izumi: [to the central soldiers] So there you have it. You still on their side? The only thing these guys care about is themselves. Will you help them?
Edison: Now wait, listen men. You need to follow orders... that's the only way I can put in a good word for you—
[Izumi slaps Edison with her sandal again]
Major Alex Armstrong: And I take it that Führer Bradley is also aware of these plans?
Brigader General Edison: He was created to lead this country for that purpose.
[The Central Soldiers present in the room all mutter amongst themselves upon hearing this information]
Edison: Why shouldn't we do it? We're creating a world without war!
Izumi: And you just have to murder the world first?
Edison: What would die would be reborn, what you alchemists refer to as reconstruction. We wouldn't be murdering the population like you said, they would be given eternal life while dwelling inside us! Don't you see we would bring together the world as one? All is one, and one is all! As the few chosen ones of Amestris, we would bring unity to the entire country—
[A disgusted Izumi slaps Edison in the face with her sandal]
Izumi: [to the central soldiers] So there you have it. You still on their side? The only thing these guys care about is themselves. Will you help them?
Edison: Now wait, listen men. You need to follow orders... that's the only way I can put in a good word for you—
[Izumi slaps Edison with her sandal again]
— Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Thinly-Veiled-Son-Goku: A soul should not be placed inside a doll!
Ryoma Nagare: Don't talk shit that I can't understand!
Ryoma Nagare: Don't talk shit that I can't understand!
— New Getter Robo
Bansai: Gintoki Sakata... you are a ghost. You once tried to protect this country along with Shinsuke and others. You are obsessed and unable to let go. You are a living ghost. There is no longer anything for you to protect! Ghosts should go back to where they belong! [slashes Gintoki into his shoulder... only for Gintoki to use Bansai's own strings to tie him to the helicopter with his sword]
Gintoki: Clean out your ears and listen up! I've never once fought for the sake of this cheap country. I couldn't care less if the country or the samurai fell. I have always... Then and now...! What I protect... has never changed! [sends Bansai crashing into the ground]
Gintoki: Clean out your ears and listen up! I've never once fought for the sake of this cheap country. I couldn't care less if the country or the samurai fell. I have always... Then and now...! What I protect... has never changed! [sends Bansai crashing into the ground]
— Gintama, Shinsengumi Rebellion Arc
The Major: Ahhh. Excellent. This was exactly what I hoped a war would be.
Integra Hellsing: You're wrong. No one will think of this as a war. This was... just an exchange of bullets. The death rattle of a sad lunatic half a century past his prime. I hardly think of you as a proper opponent. You needed to be put down, Major. Of that, there is no doubt. For all your talk of humanity, there wasn't a shred of it left of it found in you. Perhaps there never was. You died as you lived: a cowardly beast. A monster's reign of terror may be bloody and long, but it's only a matter of time before they fall. Foolish creature. Mankind is a slave to duty, and there is no greater duty than to purge one's enemy from the Earth. Your humanity was but a pale façade. Alucard can't be bested by such impostors.
Integra Hellsing: You're wrong. No one will think of this as a war. This was... just an exchange of bullets. The death rattle of a sad lunatic half a century past his prime. I hardly think of you as a proper opponent. You needed to be put down, Major. Of that, there is no doubt. For all your talk of humanity, there wasn't a shred of it left of it found in you. Perhaps there never was. You died as you lived: a cowardly beast. A monster's reign of terror may be bloody and long, but it's only a matter of time before they fall. Foolish creature. Mankind is a slave to duty, and there is no greater duty than to purge one's enemy from the Earth. Your humanity was but a pale façade. Alucard can't be bested by such impostors.
— Hellsing
Diodora: Asia is still a virgin, isn't she? I don't want the Red Dragon Emperor's sloppy seconds.
Issei: Shut your mouth...
Diodora: I do rather enjoy the idea of stealing her away from you. Our own custom version of prima nocta!
Issei: Shut up!
Diodora: The mere thought of taking Asia as she calls out your name is absolutely delicious!
Issei: I SAID SHUT UUUUUUUUUPPPPPP!!
Issei: Shut your mouth...
Diodora: I do rather enjoy the idea of stealing her away from you. Our own custom version of prima nocta!
Issei: Shut up!
Diodora: The mere thought of taking Asia as she calls out your name is absolutely delicious!
Issei: I SAID SHUT UUUUUUUUUPPPPPP!!
— High School Dx D, right before the former gets demolished
"You should know that one of Rohan Kishibe's favorite pastimes is saying 'NO!' to fools who think they're tough shit. So, I'm afraid your meal has been canceled."
Yukako: So its name is Reverb? ...Pathetic. I've figured out the secret behind your trick. All I have to do is avoid touching that writing. Now, I'll ask you this one more time...you love me...right, Koichi?
Koichi: [says nothing]
Yukako: I'd advise against saying no... if you wanna keep living. I'm completely prepared to tear down this house and bury you in the wreckage. And if you die, you'll be mine for all eternity. You'll remain in my heart as a personal memory of love everlasting!
Koichi: [still says nothing]
Yukako: DARN YOU, ANSWER THE QUESTION!!
Koichi: I have, but you refuse to listen...which is how I got wrapped up in this whole mess. So now, for the umpteenth time, I don't! Don't make me say it again!
Yukako: YOU'RE DEAD, KOICHI!!!
[Yukako grabs Koichi with her hair in a fit of rage, only to see Koichi booby-trapped his jacket with a KABOOM kanji]
Koichi: Weren't you listening to what I said? Now that I have this new power, you can't hold me hostage anymore! You're touching the writing that's gonna blow you away. Not bad for a pants-wetting little shrimp, huh?!
[Yukako gets blasted out the window]
Koichi: [says nothing]
Yukako: I'd advise against saying no... if you wanna keep living. I'm completely prepared to tear down this house and bury you in the wreckage. And if you die, you'll be mine for all eternity. You'll remain in my heart as a personal memory of love everlasting!
Koichi: [still says nothing]
Yukako: DARN YOU, ANSWER THE QUESTION!!
Koichi: I have, but you refuse to listen...which is how I got wrapped up in this whole mess. So now, for the umpteenth time, I don't! Don't make me say it again!
Yukako: YOU'RE DEAD, KOICHI!!!
[Yukako grabs Koichi with her hair in a fit of rage, only to see Koichi booby-trapped his jacket with a KABOOM kanji]
Koichi: Weren't you listening to what I said? Now that I have this new power, you can't hold me hostage anymore! You're touching the writing that's gonna blow you away. Not bad for a pants-wetting little shrimp, huh?!
[Yukako gets blasted out the window]
Emporio: I'm not the one in control here. This is Weather Report's hidden ability. You're the one who stole Weather's memory, and the one who awakened him again when you regained his power to project killer snails. Father Pucci, it was all because of you. Gravity still affects you too. You are unable to defeat your destiny!
Pucci: No, you have to end this, Emporio! You can still stop Weather! Do not let him do this... After I finally obtained the ability I worked so hard for, God wished it to be so! It was an ability that God chose for me to possess! A new history of humanity will be born, and the future of mankind will be saved! We haven't even reached the point in time yet, where time acceleration started in Cape Canaveral. Made in Heaven has yet to be completed. As long as it's after Cape Canaveral, I will gladly sacrifice my life. But if I die now, it will mean that everything I've done thus far would have been utterly meaningless! The fate of all of humanity will be changed forever! If I die, people won't be able to see their future as it happens before them, which means they won't be able to face their fate! Don't you remember?! Accepting their fate is how they'll be truly happy! It was my mission to bring about true happiness, I cannot die here!
Emporio: Don't you understand? Fate won, and you are the loser!
Pucci: You insignificant little—!
Emporio: I didn't do this alone. Jolyne knew I'd make it here, and this is what she would've wanted me to do. Weather, too. And F.F, Ermes, Anasui, and even Mr. Jotaro. We had no idea what the future held, but we all had resolutions. The one who couldn't accept their own fate was you, Pucci! Your fate is walking down the path of justice! You're done for!
Pucci: No, you have to end this, Emporio! You can still stop Weather! Do not let him do this... After I finally obtained the ability I worked so hard for, God wished it to be so! It was an ability that God chose for me to possess! A new history of humanity will be born, and the future of mankind will be saved! We haven't even reached the point in time yet, where time acceleration started in Cape Canaveral. Made in Heaven has yet to be completed. As long as it's after Cape Canaveral, I will gladly sacrifice my life. But if I die now, it will mean that everything I've done thus far would have been utterly meaningless! The fate of all of humanity will be changed forever! If I die, people won't be able to see their future as it happens before them, which means they won't be able to face their fate! Don't you remember?! Accepting their fate is how they'll be truly happy! It was my mission to bring about true happiness, I cannot die here!
Emporio: Don't you understand? Fate won, and you are the loser!
Pucci: You insignificant little—!
Emporio: I didn't do this alone. Jolyne knew I'd make it here, and this is what she would've wanted me to do. Weather, too. And F.F, Ermes, Anasui, and even Mr. Jotaro. We had no idea what the future held, but we all had resolutions. The one who couldn't accept their own fate was you, Pucci! Your fate is walking down the path of justice! You're done for!
Jaren: Don't be too arrogant...
Yoshimori: Shut up! We want to be arrogant, what about it!
Yoshimori: Shut up! We want to be arrogant, what about it!
Ragyo Kiryuin: Are you saying you don't mind stabbing your mother in the back to see it through?
Satsuki Kiryuin: If what I've done today makes me a villain, I'll embrace it gladly. I'll use any means necessary to bring down a monster like you!
Satsuki Kiryuin: If what I've done today makes me a villain, I'll embrace it gladly. I'll use any means necessary to bring down a monster like you!
Schmaucer: Enough already. What’s the point in fighting? Why not just flee and be lucky that we’re alive?
Flegel: SHUT UP! I have no love for life! I would rather die a magnificent end in mortal combat against an enemy of the Goldenbaum dynasty that is fitting for a high noble!
Schmaucer: Magnificent end!? Now, I see why we lost this war; because you feel entitled to delude yourself into a tragic sob story while refusing to admit your failures! That is enough! If you want to die a magnificent end, then do it yourself! No one needs to throw their lives away for your self-serving fantasies anymore!
— Legend of the Galactic Heroes, moments before Flegel is killed in a mutiny.
Trunicht: Democracy is never a good thing. Take a look at me who took power and let people live and die as he pleased. If that’s not a flaw in democracy, then what is? If autocracy is willing to give me power, then it shall be my new benefactor, and I’ll devote myself more to that than I did with democracy. I’m a man who takes advantage of anyone I wish. That’s why I despise such an imperfect man like Reinhard. I’m sure even you can agree on rebelling against such a lousy, good-for-nothing-(silenced by a gunshot)
Reuenthal: Trunicht, I don’t care if you belittle republican democracy, or deceive the people to gain power, or profit at the expense of a nation. However, I will not let you stain Reinhard’s name with your feces-filled tongue! I would never serve nor rebel against someone who could be so easily insulted by the likes of you!
— Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Job Trunicht meeting his rightful end
"If you want to stop the things that you don't like, all you need to do is close your eyes and plug up your ears."
Carta: I wanted to fight. [gets Graze Ritters' left arm clamped in Barbatos' Wrench Mace] I wanted to fight fair and square. [Wrench Mace' activates its chainsaw to slice through Mobile Suit's left arm, forcing Carta to briefly leap away a short distance] Otherwise it wouldn't suit me! I am Carta Issue.
Mikazuki: [Barbatos flies headlong towards Graze Ritter] I don't care who you are. [both Mobile Suits briefly clash weapons, only for Barbatos to press forwards, pushing Graze Ritter backwards slightly] It doesn't change the fact that you're my enemy. [Barbatos punches Graze Ritter in the face, knocking it away]
Mikazuki: [Barbatos flies headlong towards Graze Ritter] I don't care who you are. [both Mobile Suits briefly clash weapons, only for Barbatos to press forwards, pushing Graze Ritter backwards slightly] It doesn't change the fact that you're my enemy. [Barbatos punches Graze Ritter in the face, knocking it away]
Graze Ein: You monster! [gets his remaining arm sliced off by Mikazuki]
Mikazuki: Look who's talking!
Graze Ein: Lieutenant Crank. Specialist Major Bauduin...! My righteousness—! [is stabbed through the chest by Mikazuki]
Mikazuki: Shut up. I can't hear Orga's voice.
Mikazuki: Look who's talking!
Graze Ein: Lieutenant Crank. Specialist Major Bauduin...! My righteousness—! [is stabbed through the chest by Mikazuki]
Mikazuki: Shut up. I can't hear Orga's voice.
Rau Le Creuset: This will be a day of reckoning for everyone!
Kira Yamato: I won't allow it!
Rau: This is their destiny! They led us to the inevitable end! [...] You even helped bring this about, boy!
Kira: So what?! [...] This world is still worth protecting!
—Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Final Phase: "To An Endless Future"
Bring Stabity: You're destroying your own kind!
Tieria Erde: No! I am a human being!
Bright Noa: [on firing the Gryps II Colony Laser] Chairman Ronan. If you insist on carrying out this act, I will be an enemy of the Federation from this moment onwards.
Ronan Marcenas: Spare me your bluffs. You have a family, too. Are you sure you want to drag your children into this?
Bright Noa: I only want to be a father whose children aren't ashamed of him.
Ronan Marcenas: Spare me your bluffs. You have a family, too. Are you sure you want to drag your children into this?
Bright Noa: I only want to be a father whose children aren't ashamed of him.
Full Frontal: One shouldn't place unwarranted hope in life that merely exists and then fades away.
Banagher Links: Even so!
Banagher Links: Even so!
Teeki: Fate is cruel, yes. But consider! Most people are resigned to their fates. There are only a few exceptions. Only those who, by some miracle, are blessed with talent. They alone can change fate. The others merely shuffle along. Sped along by their upbringing, yanked by mortal ties... This is life, a horrible meaningless curse. Your friend learned that for himself. All of his effort? Meaningless!!!
Roji: That's a lie! It wasn't meaningless! I won't believe it! I won't! Enchu was hurt! He couldn't bear his grief! [dispels Julio's curse]
Roji: That's a lie! It wasn't meaningless! I won't believe it! I won't! Enchu was hurt! He couldn't bear his grief! [dispels Julio's curse]
Chisaki: Because people are endowed with these things called "Quirks," they can dream. Dream that maybe they can be someone that matters. They're all sick in the head! So wipe that smile off your face! Thanks to the power of that girl you were trying to save, everything you've worked so hard to cultivate...has been reduced to naught!
[Mirio attacks anyway]
Mirio: Focus on your opponent, and predict their next action...! Nothing...! Nothing I've done up to now will ever be useless! I will always be Lemillion!
[Mirio attacks anyway]
Mirio: Focus on your opponent, and predict their next action...! Nothing...! Nothing I've done up to now will ever be useless! I will always be Lemillion!
"I stayed quiet and listened to you blabbering on and on...! Idiots don't know how to summarize things, so they go on forever. Basically, 'we want to make people hate us, so join us, please!' Right?! It's pointless. See... I've been won over by the way All Might looks when he wins. You all can say what you want, but... Nothing will change my mind about that."
— Bakugou to Shigaraki, My Hero Academia
All For One: [...] I do despise you after all. You crushed all of my comrades with those fists, one by one, and the world sang your praises as the "symbol of peace". The vista you view standing atop the mound of our sacrificed must be nice, surely? [throws a punch at All Might, which he deflects] I won't let you fight as "freely" as you'd like. Heroes always have so many things that need protecting—
All Might: Shut up. That's how you always toy with others! You destroy them! You rob them! You use them and dominate them! All the while sneering down from your wanton perch at those who live their day to day lives! I WILL NEVER, EVER ALLOW SUCH EVIL! [PUNCH]
All Might: Shut up. That's how you always toy with others! You destroy them! You rob them! You use them and dominate them! All the while sneering down from your wanton perch at those who live their day to day lives! I WILL NEVER, EVER ALLOW SUCH EVIL! [PUNCH]
All you do is talk about who's weak, who's strong, who's special, and who can inspire fear in others. Well I don't give a damn about any of that nonsense! All I know is that YOU MADE MY FRIENDS CRY!!
Charlotte Linlin: Give it all you've got, then!!! You think you can beat me?!! I'm... BIG MOM!!!
Eustass Kidd: And that's why we're getting rid of you!!! [blasts her with a railgun]
Trafalgar Law: Your era... is over!!
Eustass Kidd: And that's why we're getting rid of you!!! [blasts her with a railgun]
Trafalgar Law: Your era... is over!!
Charlotte Linlin: Make your choice!! You can select the fate you'll suffer... the moment I deflect this thing back at you!! You can give me 50 years of your life span!!! Or you can keep it, and serve me!!! Life... Or... Slavery?!!
[Beat]
Eustass Kidd: Why should we be afraid of the weak words... of some old hag who's outlived her welcome?
Trafalgar Law: Re-Room! I can only imagine how hideous your death scream will be!!
[Beat]
Eustass Kidd: Why should we be afraid of the weak words... of some old hag who's outlived her welcome?
Trafalgar Law: Re-Room! I can only imagine how hideous your death scream will be!!
Vaccine Man: Who are you?
Saitama: Just a guy who's a hero for fun.
Vaccine Man: You're kidding. What kind of half-assed backstory is that!? Mine's far superior! I was formed from the pollution man wrought upon the Earth— I am VACCINE MAN! The Earth is a single living organism. You filthy humans are nothing but a disease-causing bacteria, eating away at her precious life force! In order to wipe out humanity and the evil civilization built on her surface, the Earth, in her infinite wisdom, has given birth... TO ME! You say you do this for fun!? FOR FUN!? How dare you confront Mother Earth's apostle for such a MINDLESS REASON! YET WHAT COULD BE EXPECTED FROM "A HERO—!?"
Saitama: [punches Vaccine Man into oblivion without so much as blinking]
Saitama: Just a guy who's a hero for fun.
Vaccine Man: You're kidding. What kind of half-assed backstory is that!? Mine's far superior! I was formed from the pollution man wrought upon the Earth— I am VACCINE MAN! The Earth is a single living organism. You filthy humans are nothing but a disease-causing bacteria, eating away at her precious life force! In order to wipe out humanity and the evil civilization built on her surface, the Earth, in her infinite wisdom, has given birth... TO ME! You say you do this for fun!? FOR FUN!? How dare you confront Mother Earth's apostle for such a MINDLESS REASON! YET WHAT COULD BE EXPECTED FROM "A HERO—!?"
Saitama: [punches Vaccine Man into oblivion without so much as blinking]
Naoto: What you're spouting isn't logic! It's just the egotistical ranting of a lunatic! Humans need each other to survive. If you sever all ties with society, of course life becomes difficult!
The Culprit: You're kids! What the hell do you know?!
Yukiko: No! You're the child! You hate your miserable life, but you don't want to die? You're not a grown man taking control of things, you're a child throwing a tantrum!
The Culprit: SHUT UP!
Yosuke: I'm gonna put this bluntly: there's nothing special about you at all. The only thing you are is a lame-ass thug.
The Culprit: Shut up. Shut the hell up! I'll kill you. I'll kill you! I'll kill you just like I did everyone else!
Yu: That's not the way it's gonna happen.
The Culprit: SHUT UP!
Yu: You will pay for your crimes.
The Culprit: You're a stain on the Earth, you little brat! Shut up and die already! You can't deny everything I've said! Stop denying the truth and JUST DIE!
Yu: We've accepted the truth. To get here, we've come face to face with things we never wanted to see.
The Culprit: C-C-Cut the tough guy act! You pampered high school brats don't know shit about suffering! You can't begin to know what I've been through!
Yu: You think you're the only one who's had it rough? That's naïve.
The Culprit: No more playing around. It's time to die... 'cause there's no way in hell I'm losing to you!
Yu: You need to face reality!
The Culprit: You're kids! What the hell do you know?!
Yukiko: No! You're the child! You hate your miserable life, but you don't want to die? You're not a grown man taking control of things, you're a child throwing a tantrum!
The Culprit: SHUT UP!
Yosuke: I'm gonna put this bluntly: there's nothing special about you at all. The only thing you are is a lame-ass thug.
The Culprit: Shut up. Shut the hell up! I'll kill you. I'll kill you! I'll kill you just like I did everyone else!
Yu: That's not the way it's gonna happen.
The Culprit: SHUT UP!
Yu: You will pay for your crimes.
The Culprit: You're a stain on the Earth, you little brat! Shut up and die already! You can't deny everything I've said! Stop denying the truth and JUST DIE!
Yu: We've accepted the truth. To get here, we've come face to face with things we never wanted to see.
The Culprit: C-C-Cut the tough guy act! You pampered high school brats don't know shit about suffering! You can't begin to know what I've been through!
Yu: You think you're the only one who's had it rough? That's naïve.
The Culprit: No more playing around. It's time to die... 'cause there's no way in hell I'm losing to you!
Yu: You need to face reality!
"Don't be tricked, you idiot! He's the bad guy!"
— Anita, R.O.D the TV
Asura: What's the point of destroying me? Madness won't disappear just because I'm gooone! Another one will take my place! There will be a new Kishin, an heir to my madness! He will rain insanity upon the world, just as I have done! That's the way this world will always be! Why can't you see your struggle is POINTLEEEEESS?
Maka: I DON'T CAAAAARE!
Asura: Waah! Stay away! [gets punched so hard that he disintegrates]
Maka: I DON'T CAAAAARE!
Asura: Waah! Stay away! [gets punched so hard that he disintegrates]
Sugou/Oberon: An ID that outranks mine?! That's impossible! This is my world! I'm the creator! I'm its ruler! Its king! Its god!
Kirito: No, I don't think so. You stole everything in this world. Everything! Including its people! You're nothing but a king of thieves, sitting alone on your stolen throne!
Kirito: No, I don't think so. You stole everything in this world. Everything! Including its people! You're nothing but a king of thieves, sitting alone on your stolen throne!
Vassago/PoH: ... Yeah... that's more like it. But... this isn't the end. I might log out of this world, but I'll always come back to threaten you, over and over again, until I've slit you and Flash's throats and carved out your hearts...
Kirito: No, this is the end. You won't be logging out of the Underworld. [PoH starts turning into a tree] This sword was originally a huge tree that the people of Rulid called the Gigas Cedar. For two hundred years, they chopped at it with their axes, to no avail. I sent the memory of this sword into your body. When they see the Chinese and Korean players are logging out, your friends will resume the time acceleration. I don't know if it'll be years or decades until you're left out of the STL, but you'd better pray it's on the shorter side. If some enterprising frontiersman starts a village here, you might have children coming to chop you down with an ax.
Kirito: No, this is the end. You won't be logging out of the Underworld. [PoH starts turning into a tree] This sword was originally a huge tree that the people of Rulid called the Gigas Cedar. For two hundred years, they chopped at it with their axes, to no avail. I sent the memory of this sword into your body. When they see the Chinese and Korean players are logging out, your friends will resume the time acceleration. I don't know if it'll be years or decades until you're left out of the STL, but you'd better pray it's on the shorter side. If some enterprising frontiersman starts a village here, you might have children coming to chop you down with an ax.
Niche's sister: A creature who can't discern right and wrong for herself, forgetting the heart of the Maka... forgetting the crimes committed against you... and you're aiding the foolish humans, you pitiful sister of mine! So, so wretched! Wretched beyond all imagination! Begone! Begone all of you! Begone! Begone!
Lag: Humans are foolish? Isn't someone who hurts their own sister foolish? Isn't the Maka foolish? Is there a living creature that isn't foolish? If you hurt Niche any more, even if you are her sister, I won't let you get away with it!
Lag: Humans are foolish? Isn't someone who hurts their own sister foolish? Isn't the Maka foolish? Is there a living creature that isn't foolish? If you hurt Niche any more, even if you are her sister, I won't let you get away with it!
Anti-Spiral: That is the path that leads to extinction! Why can't you see the pathetic limitation of the Spiral races?!
Simon: No, that's your limitation! You sit here, closed off, locking away other lifeforms like you're some kind of king?! That's nobody's limitation but your own!
Simon: No, that's your limitation! You sit here, closed off, locking away other lifeforms like you're some kind of king?! That's nobody's limitation but your own!
Galvatron: Listen and try to understand the simple concept that there can only be one ruler of the universe. And unfortunately fo you Optimus Prime, it's going to be me.
Optimus Prime: Are you saying that taking out Unicron was just a means to an end?
Galvatron: Yes, now you're starting to get it! I suppose I could say I used you in order to further my lofty career ambitions. But tell me, is it so wrong to set higher standards for oneself? Well, is it?
Optimus Prime: Yes!
Galvatron: What?!
Optimus Prime: Your mindless ambitions are fueled only by your greed. And you'll stop at nothing to get what you want. I should have let Unicron destroy you!
Optimus Prime: Are you saying that taking out Unicron was just a means to an end?
Galvatron: Yes, now you're starting to get it! I suppose I could say I used you in order to further my lofty career ambitions. But tell me, is it so wrong to set higher standards for oneself? Well, is it?
Optimus Prime: Yes!
Galvatron: What?!
Optimus Prime: Your mindless ambitions are fueled only by your greed. And you'll stop at nothing to get what you want. I should have let Unicron destroy you!
— Transformers: Armada, "Mortal Combat"
Knives: You're not a human being. You're a plant.
Vash: I know that.
Knives: You're a superior being!
Vash: I disagree.
Vash: I know that.
Knives: You're a superior being!
Vash: I disagree.
— Trigun
Alister: Soon everyone like you will be erased from this world.
Kaiba: But I thought you hated violence.
Alister: I do.
Kaiba: That's a lie! It seems to me that you and your army of rejects plan to destroy every person who doesn't share the same lame ideas you do.
Kaiba: But I thought you hated violence.
Alister: I do.
Kaiba: That's a lie! It seems to me that you and your army of rejects plan to destroy every person who doesn't share the same lame ideas you do.
— Yu-Gi-Oh!, Waking the Dragons arc
"You know something, teach? You really shouldn't go and make fun of us Slifers like that. I mean, I'm a Slifer, and I beat you, so when you make fun of us, you're really making fun of yourself."
— Jaden Yuki to Dr. Vellian Crowler, shortly after Crowler embarrasses Syrus Truesdale in class, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
"Maybe there've been times were I've been pissed and hated things, but it wasn't from this work. My dad's a no-show, my mom's a lush and school sucks, but this job is the one damn thing I'm good at. If all the crap in my life hasn't screwed me up yet, then neither will this and neither will you."
— Yusuke Urameshi to Sensui, YuYu Hakusho
"For me, fighting has been an end in and of itself. You over-complicate things, I don't!"
— Yusuke Urameshi, YuYu Hakusho (Viz manga translation)
Comic Books
The Joker: You know you're insane, don't you?
Batman: I'm insane?
The Joker: Oh, sure, I have one or two small delusions of my own, but you — you actually think you can stop crime.
[Beat Panel]
Batman: What do you mean? I stop it every night.
Batman: I'm insane?
The Joker: Oh, sure, I have one or two small delusions of my own, but you — you actually think you can stop crime.
[Beat Panel]
Batman: What do you mean? I stop it every night.
"My attempts to reason with you have always gone nowhere, Freeze, so forgive me if this time I don't even bother!"
— Batman, Batman: No Man's Land
Clayface: You think I've hurt innocent people, Batman, but spend one moment here and you'll- you'll see the truth! They only look innocent because they've taken classes on it! There are no friends here, Batman! No community! Just stepping stones! Little fish gobbling up everything smaller! This place deserves me, Batman! Don't you understand that yet?! It deserves me!
Batman: Nine people, Basil. …Nine people. In one day. Nothing else matters.
Batman: Nine people, Basil. …Nine people. In one day. Nothing else matters.
— Batman: One Bad Day - Clayface
Maxima: I remember you from before you got expelled. Rendll, isn't it? I will enjoy taking you down.
Rendll: Let's see what that pathetic excuse for a school taught y—
Maxima: [throwing a psychic dagger] Stop talking.
Rendll: Let's see what that pathetic excuse for a school taught y—
Maxima: [throwing a psychic dagger] Stop talking.
— Crucible
Supergirl: Remember, Queen, I gave you the option to leave peacefully.
Insect Queen: I'll make you and your family ssssuffer, Sssssupergirl! I'll make your life Hell—
Supergirl: No, thanks. My mother does that enough.
Insect Queen: I'll make you and your family ssssuffer, Sssssupergirl! I'll make your life Hell—
Supergirl: No, thanks. My mother does that enough.
Sorceress Supreme Callisto: It's no use! It's too late! The enchantment has begun! The world will kneel before me! All will serve Callisto, Mistress of Mysticism!
Morph: Oh shut up! Bad enough we have to put up with your leather-queen butt-aping Doc Strange — but all the self-important, "gonna rule the world, make the joint a living hell, close all the malls, send the planet to bed without supper" grandstanding is making me puke! Not to mention all these damned rabid horse-faced crackhead elf things you keep conjuring! What's the deal, lady? You got some Snow White fetish or what?
Morph: Oh shut up! Bad enough we have to put up with your leather-queen butt-aping Doc Strange — but all the self-important, "gonna rule the world, make the joint a living hell, close all the malls, send the planet to bed without supper" grandstanding is making me puke! Not to mention all these damned rabid horse-faced crackhead elf things you keep conjuring! What's the deal, lady? You got some Snow White fetish or what?
— Exiles #18, "So Lame, Part 1"
Vladimir Giurescu: Blessed moon... Mother goddess... See how Giurescu becomes himself again. Kill him, he does not die. Burn him, he will not be consumed by fire. Truly, he is much more than human, more like unto God—
Hellboy: Oh, shut up! When I do you, you'll be done!
Giurescu: Insolent beast! Troglodyte!
Hellboy: Big talk for a guy with no pants.
Hellboy: Oh, shut up! When I do you, you'll be done!
Giurescu: Insolent beast! Troglodyte!
Hellboy: Big talk for a guy with no pants.
— Hellboy: Wake The Devil
Hecate: Accept the truth of your existence or be destroyed! You cannot escape your destiny!
Hellboy: Gonna try.
Hecate: Time is coming to ring down the curtain on man. Already, the four horsemen are loose in the world. It is for us to darken the sun, turn the moon to blood, and put out the stars. Then you and I alone, forever in the dark—
Hellboy: Shut up! Not gonna happen... 'cause you're very, very ugly... and... you have a giant snake body!
[impale!]
Hellboy: Gonna try.
Hecate: Time is coming to ring down the curtain on man. Already, the four horsemen are loose in the world. It is for us to darken the sun, turn the moon to blood, and put out the stars. Then you and I alone, forever in the dark—
Hellboy: Shut up! Not gonna happen... 'cause you're very, very ugly... and... you have a giant snake body!
[impale!]
— Hellboy: Wake the Devil
Lois Lane: Monster!
Reactron: Monster? Your problem, lady, is that you don't know a real man when you meet one.
Lois: Sure I do— [karate chop to the neck]
Reactron: AAAHHH!
Lois: —You're just NOT him!
Reactron: Monster? Your problem, lady, is that you don't know a real man when you meet one.
Lois: Sure I do— [karate chop to the neck]
Reactron: AAAHHH!
Lois: —You're just NOT him!
Rygol: I can see it! The birth of a new age! My people, free to reach their true potential, finally in their rightful place, and me in mine — above them all! The rest will be free as well... free from their overreaching ambitions... free from the burden of choice. A new reality governed by the divinity of Elvish superiority! Everything and everyone in their proper place! HAHAHAHAHA—
Will: Inspirational stuff! [kicks him in the balls] Bye-bye nutsack, you Mein Kampf-ing alt-right prick!
Will: Inspirational stuff! [kicks him in the balls] Bye-bye nutsack, you Mein Kampf-ing alt-right prick!
— Image Comics Maestros
Robot: They can never know peace like this. You can't... no one can. Because it doesn't exist without emptiness. That's why I got us closer than we've ever gotten before... because I'm empty, Mark.
Invincible: You're not empty. You're evil. You want to control, you want to be in charge. That's what this is. Don't try to turn this into some sad story about how different you are and how that makes you special... how we "need" you. We don't. We need to be free... of you.
Invincible: You're not empty. You're evil. You want to control, you want to be in charge. That's what this is. Don't try to turn this into some sad story about how different you are and how that makes you special... how we "need" you. We don't. We need to be free... of you.
The Goddess: You have no belief in anything, then. You are a hollow, soulless being who can never achieve transcendence.
Iron Man: You're wrong. I believe force equals mass times acceleration, that energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared, and in Fermat's Last Theorem and Godel's proof
, to name a few. I believe that scientific method is humanity's most powerful tool, and that through the will to knowledge, man can achieve his own transcendence, without bowing to gods with the manners of spoiled children.
Iron Man: You're wrong. I believe force equals mass times acceleration, that energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared, and in Fermat's Last Theorem and Godel's proof
, to name a few. I believe that scientific method is humanity's most powerful tool, and that through the will to knowledge, man can achieve his own transcendence, without bowing to gods with the manners of spoiled children.— Iron Man #294
The Joker: You wear your shame like a badge, because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on. Yes. Just look at you. Desperate to be feared, you want to be perceived as a monster, draped in black. And yet... you leave that little window, a glimpse at the perfection underneath. Obvious — the chiseled good looks — not the jaw, the mouth of a monster. Why do you let it be seen? [presses a gun to his hostage] Tell me why.
Batman: [smirks] To mock you.
Batman: [smirks] To mock you.
— Joker
Monster Bird 1: Kal-El? It's not good running, Kal-El... You've been running for more than twenty years, Kal-El... Running from the death of your planet.
Monster Bird 2: You should have died on Krypton, Kal-El, as you were meant to. You know that, don't you?
Giant Worm: Now, after all these years of running, your destiny has finally caught up with you... Here, Kal-El... Here in the Scarlet Jungle!
Superman: Leave me alone! You're all dead!
Bone Beast 1: Extinct is the word, Kal-El.
Bone Beast 2: We're extinct, like all Kryptonians...
Bone Beast 3: Come and join us. Take your place in the shade of these broad crimson leaves... FOREVER!
Superman: Stay back! All of you! Stay back from me! I don't belong here! I'm not dead... I won't rot here with the rest of you! You can't keep me here! Don't you know who I am?
Monster Bird 2: You should have died on Krypton, Kal-El, as you were meant to. You know that, don't you?
Giant Worm: Now, after all these years of running, your destiny has finally caught up with you... Here, Kal-El... Here in the Scarlet Jungle!
Superman: Leave me alone! You're all dead!
Bone Beast 1: Extinct is the word, Kal-El.
Bone Beast 2: We're extinct, like all Kryptonians...
Bone Beast 3: Come and join us. Take your place in the shade of these broad crimson leaves... FOREVER!
Superman: Stay back! All of you! Stay back from me! I don't belong here! I'm not dead... I won't rot here with the rest of you! You can't keep me here! Don't you know who I am?
Empress Gandelo: Did he break your heart, girl? One more painful loss to add to your grief? Under all of your posturing, you are nothing but a mewling infant crying for love. So weak. So sad. And so utterly predictable.
Supergirl: In all your infinite wisdom, did you predict this?! [Supergirl punches her face]
Supergirl: In all your infinite wisdom, did you predict this?! [Supergirl punches her face]
The Joker: It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side? Why aren't you laughing?
Batman: Because I've heard it before... and it wasn't funny the first time.
Batman: Because I've heard it before... and it wasn't funny the first time.
Tro-El: I hope the next large wave sinks you, Val!
Val-El: And I hope you live— to understand your own folly!
Val-El: And I hope you live— to understand your own folly!
Lex Luthor: Even through the dust... I see your eyes. I know of all your remarkable "visions." But let me tell you what you can't see... my soul. And there's not a soul in Metropolis who watched Hope drop the monster, and given the same opportunity? Wouldn't have done it themselves. Not a soul. How does that make you feel... you arrogant alien bastard?
Superman: [silence]
Lex Luthor: Your silence speaks volumes. You understand my words but you refuse to believe what they mean. Is that because you see something in humanity that in truth isn't there, or that you're blind to what truly is?
Superman: [silence]
Lex Luthor: Say something, goddamnit!
Superman: You're wrong... I can see your soul.
Superman: [silence]
Lex Luthor: Your silence speaks volumes. You understand my words but you refuse to believe what they mean. Is that because you see something in humanity that in truth isn't there, or that you're blind to what truly is?
Superman: [silence]
Lex Luthor: Say something, goddamnit!
Superman: You're wrong... I can see your soul.
Gideon: Getting rid of me... won't save you. You're your own worst enemies! Both of you!
[Beat Panel]
Ramona: No, I'm pretty sure you're worse, dude.
Scott: You're definitely worse.
[Beat Panel]
Ramona: No, I'm pretty sure you're worse, dude.
Scott: You're definitely worse.
Norman Osborn: YOU THINK YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING HERE?! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!
Spider-Man: Oh, will you shut up! [punches him in the face]
Spider-Man: Oh, will you shut up! [punches him in the face]
— Siege
Scourge: As for you... I've got you figured out! I know why you hate me. I know... And it's just not the Fiona thing or that I'm better looking... It's all it takes is one bad day and you'd be just like me.
Sonic: No, that's not it Scourge. It's because all it'd take is a bit of selflessness... A little bit of decency... And you'd be just like me.
Scourge: [visibly shaken] I...
Sonic: No, that's not it Scourge. It's because all it'd take is a bit of selflessness... A little bit of decency... And you'd be just like me.
Scourge: [visibly shaken] I...
Scourge: Since you seem so hung up on the correlations, how do you like this one: Sonic's dad isn't a Mobian anymore. My dad simply isn't.
Jules: Are you trying to shock me? Intimidate? That falls short when the mighty world-conquering "king" has to sneak in during the middle of the night to get a leg up on my boy.
Scourge: Sonic's good at smashing 'bots. Want to see what I can do?
Jules: [stands up and begins walking towards Scourge] I am not your father. I was on the front lines of the Great War. I won't go quietly. And while you may not care about the loss of your Jules, I'm certain my son will be very upset. Do you want that on your head, too?
Scourge: [backed into a wall before leaving in tears] Just a bunch of empty words. You're no different from my old man after all.
Jules: Are you trying to shock me? Intimidate? That falls short when the mighty world-conquering "king" has to sneak in during the middle of the night to get a leg up on my boy.
Scourge: Sonic's good at smashing 'bots. Want to see what I can do?
Jules: [stands up and begins walking towards Scourge] I am not your father. I was on the front lines of the Great War. I won't go quietly. And while you may not care about the loss of your Jules, I'm certain my son will be very upset. Do you want that on your head, too?
Scourge: [backed into a wall before leaving in tears] Just a bunch of empty words. You're no different from my old man after all.
The Jackal: You can't possibly believe that tripe, can you? You're no noble savior — you're murdering scum! As vile, as worthless a wretch as ever lived!
Spider-Man: No more, Jackal! I won't let you! You can't confuse me with your lies! I'm not evil, I'm not worthless — and the truth of the matter is, I'm no perfect, rock-jawed hero, either! I'm just an imperfect man who tries his best, who does what he can, to make a difference in this world! I'm Peter Parker — and I have had enough of you!
Spider-Man: No more, Jackal! I won't let you! You can't confuse me with your lies! I'm not evil, I'm not worthless — and the truth of the matter is, I'm no perfect, rock-jawed hero, either! I'm just an imperfect man who tries his best, who does what he can, to make a difference in this world! I'm Peter Parker — and I have had enough of you!
— Spider-Man #51
Visitor: You'll do nothing, female! We—
Supergirl: [blasting their rayguns out of their hands] Shut up, you contemptible cowards— You think I can't dispose of garbage like you?
Supergirl: [blasting their rayguns out of their hands] Shut up, you contemptible cowards— You think I can't dispose of garbage like you?
Blackstarr: I may be undecided as to the old woman's fate, but yours is certain... death!
Supergirl: Listen — I've been romping through the cosmos since I was 15... and threats like that don't even make me work up a sweat!
Supergirl: Listen — I've been romping through the cosmos since I was 15... and threats like that don't even make me work up a sweat!
Mr. Mxyzptlk: I'm Mxyzptlk! Holder of the five keys that unlock the fifty-two layers of Hyper-reality! My mind has become one with all ten possible dimensions! Who are you to challenge me?!
Supergirl: I'm Supergirl! Defender of Earth! You humiliated me in school. You attacked my friends! You took me from my family! I have all the power you ever dreamed of! My Kryptonian cells are supercharged with the light of a million billion suns! And I'm not going to let you destroy the 3rd dimension!
Supergirl: I'm Supergirl! Defender of Earth! You humiliated me in school. You attacked my friends! You took me from my family! I have all the power you ever dreamed of! My Kryptonian cells are supercharged with the light of a million billion suns! And I'm not going to let you destroy the 3rd dimension!
Goblin King: Aaand here he is at last! The hero of our little drama. Just in time for the thrilling climax! But wait — a twist! The "hero" isn't one at all. In fact, he never was. Really, Otto, you're just embarrassing yourself with this charade. Granted, you were never on my level, but being a bad guy suited you. Saving that little lady is your last remaining achievement as Spider-Man. When it all goes boom, you'll have nothing left! HAHAHAHA!
Peter!Spider-Man: Except the dignity of knowing I never carried a man-purse.
[Beat]
Goblin King: ...It's you.
Peter!Spider-Man: The one and only.
Peter!Spider-Man: Except the dignity of knowing I never carried a man-purse.
[Beat]
Goblin King: ...It's you.
Peter!Spider-Man: The one and only.
Lobo: Gotta... hand it to ya... didn't see that... comin'... but... I've got some... bad news... idiot... I heal. Gimme... ten minutes... I'll be good as new... and you'll be dead. Just like the rest of the idiots from Krypton.
Superman: I'm not from Krypton. I'm from Kansas.
Superman: I'm not from Krypton. I'm from Kansas.
Hardhead: So what? They call me Hardhead. [headbutts Sixshot] And that's really all you need to know.
Optimus Prime: You've got a bad reputation, Sixshot. [punches Sixshot hard enough to leave cracks in his chestplate] Here's where we separate the truth from the hyperbole.
Optimus Prime: You've got a bad reputation, Sixshot. [punches Sixshot hard enough to leave cracks in his chestplate] Here's where we separate the truth from the hyperbole.
Herr Kleiser: All that time in the ice slow you down, Rogers? You used to be faster than this, you know. Maybe that Super-Soldier serum they pumped into your hearth's finally...
Captain America: WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP AND DIE?
Captain America: WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP AND DIE?
Thor: You waged a war, little bird. Now see how wars are won. Would-be kings burnt to ash!
Uriel: STOP! This was not foretold! I serve the will of the cosmos!
Thor: I. CARE. NOT.
Uriel: STOP! This was not foretold! I serve the will of the cosmos!
Thor: I. CARE. NOT.
Dolok: And as for you lot... Haven't I killed you all already? How many of you are there, anyway? Which brings me, once again, to the question— the eternal question. The one I continue to ask, waiting, waiting for a good answer. Why? Why do you try to stand against me? I've mastered time. I rewrite your fate with the touch of a button. How can you possibly hope—
Supergirl: Because you're stupid.
Dolok: What?
Supergirl: Where did you find it? How did an idiot like you find a device of such power?
Dolok: Your stupid cow! I'll eat you myself!
Supergirl: You'd better jump back real far this time, Dolok. Give yourself some time to contemplate your defeat.
Supergirl: Because you're stupid.
Dolok: What?
Supergirl: Where did you find it? How did an idiot like you find a device of such power?
Dolok: Your stupid cow! I'll eat you myself!
Supergirl: You'd better jump back real far this time, Dolok. Give yourself some time to contemplate your defeat.
Kaldur'ahm: Let us be clear with each other. Perdita Vladek is family. From this point forward, she is off-limits to the machinations of you and the Light.
Lex Luthor: Please. I've faced down Superman. Do you truly believe you children can intimidate—
Kaldur'ahm: Yes.
Lex Luthor: Please. I've faced down Superman. Do you truly believe you children can intimidate—
Kaldur'ahm: Yes.
Fan Works
Ichi: THIS IS BUT THE ADDITION OF TIME TO AN OLD SENTENCING. WE WILL BE BACK. WE WILL ALWAYS COME BACK, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
Monster X: Not if we find all the pieces first. But even if we don't, we'll still be there to kick your ass all over again. Oh, and before I forget, what was it you said to a Bone Singer so long ago? How it was impossible for a human to claim one of Ghidorah's heads? Well... I may not be human anymore, but look how well that turned out. Now open wide and say "ahhh."
Monster X: Not if we find all the pieces first. But even if we don't, we'll still be there to kick your ass all over again. Oh, and before I forget, what was it you said to a Bone Singer so long ago? How it was impossible for a human to claim one of Ghidorah's heads? Well... I may not be human anymore, but look how well that turned out. Now open wide and say "ahhh."
Sombra: You brute! Have you not evolved the ability to address your better?!
Xenilla: No words needed. I'd have a human gesture for you, but I don't have any fingers at the moment.
Xenilla: No words needed. I'd have a human gesture for you, but I don't have any fingers at the moment.
Doctor Essex/Sinister: [speaking to Maddie] So. Your programming has broken down again. There would appear to be some critical flaw in your make-up.
Harry Dresden: It's called free will, jackass.
Harry Dresden: It's called free will, jackass.
— Child of the Storm: Ghosts of the Past
Batman: We can do this easy, Kobra. Give me the antidote. If it works, you go free. You have the word of the Batman on that.
Kobra: You waste both of our times. Both of us know the wine of violence. Both of us know that this must end here, with a long and heady draft of it. I will toast your death with it.
Batman: You talk too much.
Kobra: You waste both of our times. Both of us know the wine of violence. Both of us know that this must end here, with a long and heady draft of it. I will toast your death with it.
Batman: You talk too much.
Tsukuyomi: So this is the fate that awaits those that deal with Mikaboshi. Slow destruction, as oblivion consumes us, flesh and soul. Fitting, in a way. Yet you refuse to vanish. Why?
Kazama: I will not give up.
Tsukuyomi: Yes. No matter how grim your situation, you always refused to back down. Even in the face of gods, you have hope. This is what made you great. Not your skills, not your blood, not even your destiny. Just sheer, mind-boggling stubbornness.
Mikaboshi: Stubbornness is nothing but lying to oneself. You two will be consumed—
Tsukuyomi: Shut up. I have realized your true nature, Mikaboshi. For all your power, you are static. Is it because you are unwilling, or unable to learn from your mistakes? You cannot ever fully understand the human spirit, because you can never change. So shut up.
Kazama: I will not give up.
Tsukuyomi: Yes. No matter how grim your situation, you always refused to back down. Even in the face of gods, you have hope. This is what made you great. Not your skills, not your blood, not even your destiny. Just sheer, mind-boggling stubbornness.
Mikaboshi: Stubbornness is nothing but lying to oneself. You two will be consumed—
Tsukuyomi: Shut up. I have realized your true nature, Mikaboshi. For all your power, you are static. Is it because you are unwilling, or unable to learn from your mistakes? You cannot ever fully understand the human spirit, because you can never change. So shut up.
The Warlord: And you, little girl? Nothing to add? As a copy, I guess you can begin to guess what I mean. Those disgusting, perverted feelings. Compassion. Love. Has anyone ever returned them? Has Konoha ever liked you?
Naruko: My friends did. Don't try to lecture me. You're just a deluded megalomaniac.
[...]
The Warlord: You don't deserve to live, you worthless piece of shit. What have you done? Who have you saved? Someone else always took the heat, a loved one always died. Nothing you ever do matters. Not because it's fate. Not because of some fluke. Because of you. Because you lived instead of others who deserved it more than you.
Naruko: ...Are you done? There is nothing you already told me I haven't told myself already. I have failed every single person who believed in me. People who deserved to live more than I did died for me. If I could have taken Kurama's place, or Kakashi-sensei's, I would in a heartbeat. But I am here. I... I can't disregard their sacrifice, no matter how I want to. This is why... I will fight you.
The Warlord: Even if it's useless? How courageous!
Naruko: I won't lie down on the ground and throw a tantrum, no matter how hopeless it seems. I guess that's why I didn't end up like you.
Naruko: My friends did. Don't try to lecture me. You're just a deluded megalomaniac.
[...]
The Warlord: You don't deserve to live, you worthless piece of shit. What have you done? Who have you saved? Someone else always took the heat, a loved one always died. Nothing you ever do matters. Not because it's fate. Not because of some fluke. Because of you. Because you lived instead of others who deserved it more than you.
Naruko: ...Are you done? There is nothing you already told me I haven't told myself already. I have failed every single person who believed in me. People who deserved to live more than I did died for me. If I could have taken Kurama's place, or Kakashi-sensei's, I would in a heartbeat. But I am here. I... I can't disregard their sacrifice, no matter how I want to. This is why... I will fight you.
The Warlord: Even if it's useless? How courageous!
Naruko: I won't lie down on the ground and throw a tantrum, no matter how hopeless it seems. I guess that's why I didn't end up like you.
Jazz: Oh here we go. Now we get to listen to how this is somehow supposed to be Dad's fault. Haven't we heard this whining before?
Vlad Plamius: Oh, and now we get to hear color commentary from young Jasmine, the smartest 16-year-old on the planet, if she does say so herself... as if that's actually an accomplishment. And just what exactly do you know about ANYTHING, little girl?
Jazz: I know I didn't end up turning myself into a global pariah and losing everything I had because I couldn't see past my own nose.
Jack: Ooooooo, good one, Princess! She got you there, VÂMan!
Vlad Plamius: Oh, and now we get to hear color commentary from young Jasmine, the smartest 16-year-old on the planet, if she does say so herself... as if that's actually an accomplishment. And just what exactly do you know about ANYTHING, little girl?
Jazz: I know I didn't end up turning myself into a global pariah and losing everything I had because I couldn't see past my own nose.
Jack: Ooooooo, good one, Princess! She got you there, VÂMan!
Red Skull: Because it is finally, finally, the end of our age. Is that impossible for you to see?
Captain America: I see nothing but a disease I'm sworn to eradicate. The disease of Nazism.
Red Skull: Ah. But do you not see, Captain? That is a disease you will never wipe out. Nazism is the Strength of Man. The will to be strong, to conquer, to dominate. The very will that led your pioneers to conquer this country, to subdue its inferior races—
Captain America: Shut your mouth, Skull! I'm warning you.
Red Skull: Warning me? Of what? How much of your history do you really know, Captain? If your Red Indians wrote your history books, or the Chinese immigrants, or the schwartzes whom you took as slaves, the ones who are now at your throats, or even the damnable Jews...do you think they would read in the same fashion? Those races are rising up against you now, Captain. And America is too weak to consider the final solution. That is because you have no strength.
[...]
Captain America: You've felt this strength before, Skull. You've felt it every time we've met, from the Forties till today. It's the strength of America, Skull. The strength of democracy, of compassion, of the ability to recognize our mistakes and strive to correct them. Our history's there, all right. We've made as many blunders as any other nation. But none of those minorities, those 'inferiors', as you call them, are trying to leave. Every one of them knows of the greatness of America, of its freedom and opportunity. Despite whatever disadvantages they may have here, they're staying, and fighting for their rights. And I stand with them. I've met the ones you spoke of...the Indians, the Asians, the blacks, and yes, the Jews. Every one of them has accepted me as a brother. None of them rejected me for being a white man, a Christian, or an American. All right, maybe it is because I'm called Captain America. But that name means a lot, Skull. It stands for a lot. And it'll always stand for something better than yours. No matter what happens today, it'll always stand.
Captain America: I see nothing but a disease I'm sworn to eradicate. The disease of Nazism.
Red Skull: Ah. But do you not see, Captain? That is a disease you will never wipe out. Nazism is the Strength of Man. The will to be strong, to conquer, to dominate. The very will that led your pioneers to conquer this country, to subdue its inferior races—
Captain America: Shut your mouth, Skull! I'm warning you.
Red Skull: Warning me? Of what? How much of your history do you really know, Captain? If your Red Indians wrote your history books, or the Chinese immigrants, or the schwartzes whom you took as slaves, the ones who are now at your throats, or even the damnable Jews...do you think they would read in the same fashion? Those races are rising up against you now, Captain. And America is too weak to consider the final solution. That is because you have no strength.
[...]
Captain America: You've felt this strength before, Skull. You've felt it every time we've met, from the Forties till today. It's the strength of America, Skull. The strength of democracy, of compassion, of the ability to recognize our mistakes and strive to correct them. Our history's there, all right. We've made as many blunders as any other nation. But none of those minorities, those 'inferiors', as you call them, are trying to leave. Every one of them knows of the greatness of America, of its freedom and opportunity. Despite whatever disadvantages they may have here, they're staying, and fighting for their rights. And I stand with them. I've met the ones you spoke of...the Indians, the Asians, the blacks, and yes, the Jews. Every one of them has accepted me as a brother. None of them rejected me for being a white man, a Christian, or an American. All right, maybe it is because I'm called Captain America. But that name means a lot, Skull. It stands for a lot. And it'll always stand for something better than yours. No matter what happens today, it'll always stand.
Shadow: You can try, but no matter what you do, you'll never be able to defeat me. I am-
Flash: The most powerful pony in the world. You're so great, strong and unbeatable...and full of horseapples! Yeah, like I haven't heard that a million times already. And not just from you. Everypony I've ever faced has spouted the same trash again and again, and yet you'll notice that I'm still here and they're all history. So forgive me if I hit the skip button on this little cutscene.
Shadow: I will admit, it's true that the record of good versus evil is a little one sided, yet you've failed to notice one thing. No matter how much evil you vanquish in this world, it comes back in some other shape or form. Even if you defeat me, I'll simply be replaced by another villain wanting the exact same thing as me. It'll never end. Like Faust said, there can be no good without evil. That means Equestria will always be under threat from something. Yet you chose to keep fighting, knowing you'll never truly win. Why? Why do something so pointless when you can end it with my rule?
Flash: Seriously? That's totally obvious. I fight so others don't have to.
Shadow: What?
Flash: You're right, I can't rid the world of evil, it's a part of the world. But even if I can't get rid of it, that doesn't mean I can't stop it from ruining the lives of those I care about. Yeah, the world's not perfect, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't stop trying to protect it. Even if the world is filled with darkness, it has just as much light in it. And that light is created by ponies doing what they love, what they believe in, and what makes those they care about happy. So you're right, I can't keep villains like you from attacking. But I can keep you from stopping everypony from doing what they love. And to me, that a pretty special thing to fight for.
Flash: The most powerful pony in the world. You're so great, strong and unbeatable...and full of horseapples! Yeah, like I haven't heard that a million times already. And not just from you. Everypony I've ever faced has spouted the same trash again and again, and yet you'll notice that I'm still here and they're all history. So forgive me if I hit the skip button on this little cutscene.
Shadow: I will admit, it's true that the record of good versus evil is a little one sided, yet you've failed to notice one thing. No matter how much evil you vanquish in this world, it comes back in some other shape or form. Even if you defeat me, I'll simply be replaced by another villain wanting the exact same thing as me. It'll never end. Like Faust said, there can be no good without evil. That means Equestria will always be under threat from something. Yet you chose to keep fighting, knowing you'll never truly win. Why? Why do something so pointless when you can end it with my rule?
Flash: Seriously? That's totally obvious. I fight so others don't have to.
Shadow: What?
Flash: You're right, I can't rid the world of evil, it's a part of the world. But even if I can't get rid of it, that doesn't mean I can't stop it from ruining the lives of those I care about. Yeah, the world's not perfect, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't stop trying to protect it. Even if the world is filled with darkness, it has just as much light in it. And that light is created by ponies doing what they love, what they believe in, and what makes those they care about happy. So you're right, I can't keep villains like you from attacking. But I can keep you from stopping everypony from doing what they love. And to me, that a pretty special thing to fight for.
Wonder Woman: Fury, Mother, get behind me.
Hippolyta: Never. I stand between Mars and all others, no matter what the cost. I stand in the name of Aphrodite.
Mars: She does not rule here. She has no influence here.
Hippolyta: She rules everywhere. Even in the depths of your alien world-dungeon.
Hippolyta: Never. I stand between Mars and all others, no matter what the cost. I stand in the name of Aphrodite.
Mars: She does not rule here. She has no influence here.
Hippolyta: She rules everywhere. Even in the depths of your alien world-dungeon.
Darkseid: Woman, I perceived what you did. You shielded D'reema from my power. You gave her time to speak the Life Equation. Because of you— because of you— the power of Anti-Life is lost to me forever. Perhaps. For that, there must be recompense. For that, there must be death.
Supergirl: I'll settle for yours.
Supergirl: I'll settle for yours.
Coil: I could always out-think you. I was plotting my way around people far smarter than you before you ever—
[Tattletale shoots him]
Tattletale: Plot your way around that.
[Tattletale shoots him]
Tattletale: Plot your way around that.
Darth Nihilus: JAUNE! What are you doing!?
Jaune: You... this is all your fault!
Darth Nihilus: I gave you what you wanted! Power! Without me, you are nothing! Just a weak boy dreaming of being a hero!
Jaune: [snorts incredulously] All you did was twist me into a fucking parody of who I was! You destroyed everything I worked for, killed and hurt those I loved! You took everything from me! And now, I'm going to take everything from you.
Jaune: You... this is all your fault!
Darth Nihilus: I gave you what you wanted! Power! Without me, you are nothing! Just a weak boy dreaming of being a hero!
Jaune: [snorts incredulously] All you did was twist me into a fucking parody of who I was! You destroyed everything I worked for, killed and hurt those I loved! You took everything from me! And now, I'm going to take everything from you.
Zod: You will kneel before me, daughter of Jor-El. Even if it takes my entire life and all my strength, you. Will. KNEEL!
Rainbow Dash: [blocks blow] I'll only kneel to two ponies. And you're not one of them! [throws Zod through a wall]
Rainbow Dash: [blocks blow] I'll only kneel to two ponies. And you're not one of them! [throws Zod through a wall]
Riku: Maleficent was right! You don't have what it takes to save Kairi!
Sora: MALEFICENT WAS THE ONE WHO DESTROYED OUR HOME, YOU FUCKING TOOL.
Riku: Only the true keyblade master can open the secret door and change the world.
Sora: WHAT WORLD? THE ONE THAT WAS CONSUMED BY DARKNESS? THE DARKNESS THAT YOU FUCKING SIDED WITH?
Sora: MALEFICENT WAS THE ONE WHO DESTROYED OUR HOME, YOU FUCKING TOOL.
Riku: Only the true keyblade master can open the secret door and change the world.
Sora: WHAT WORLD? THE ONE THAT WAS CONSUMED BY DARKNESS? THE DARKNESS THAT YOU FUCKING SIDED WITH?
Agony: I am Agony of the Body and Soul. I was killing, torturing, maiming, and destroying long before your goddess ever set sight upon this world. And I will still be killing, torturing, and maiming long after her line has been wiped from it.
Rhea: I have heard such boasts before. They grow less impressive each time.
Rhea: I have heard such boasts before. They grow less impressive each time.
Nicodemus: Now do you understand, Dresden? Against such forces, any measure is justified.
Harry Dresden: You've... I guess there is a kinda logic to it all. I mean - hell, I've gone up against plenty of nasty things in my time. There's been more than once that I've had to do some pretty questionable stuff for the Greater Good and all that.
[Harry starts laughing]
Harry: I don't know what's more pathetic. The possibility that you really think that you're some kinda hero and that everything you've done has all been for the Greater Good, or the possibility that you're lying off your ass and you actually think I'm dumb enough to fall for a line like that. You wanna know the simple truth, Nicky? If you were ever some kind of wanna-be hero, then you jumped off the slippery slope so long ago your feet don't even remember what it feels like to touch the ground. If you're a liar, you're a crappy one. Either way, I'm not buying the shit you're selling, because the simple truth is that you're an asshole.
Harry Dresden: You've... I guess there is a kinda logic to it all. I mean - hell, I've gone up against plenty of nasty things in my time. There's been more than once that I've had to do some pretty questionable stuff for the Greater Good and all that.
[Harry starts laughing]
Harry: I don't know what's more pathetic. The possibility that you really think that you're some kinda hero and that everything you've done has all been for the Greater Good, or the possibility that you're lying off your ass and you actually think I'm dumb enough to fall for a line like that. You wanna know the simple truth, Nicky? If you were ever some kind of wanna-be hero, then you jumped off the slippery slope so long ago your feet don't even remember what it feels like to touch the ground. If you're a liar, you're a crappy one. Either way, I'm not buying the shit you're selling, because the simple truth is that you're an asshole.
Omori: And how do you think the others will react to the truth? Do you really believe the others will forgive him so easily? Do you expect Kel to reach out to him again when Sunny could not all these years? Do you expect Aubrey to forgive him, like she still harbors some unfounded love for him? Do you expect Hero to be merciful to him, after he finds out that the cause of all his suffering stemmed from him? Do you think Basil will be forgiven, like he hasn't had a part in his sins? Because if you truly believe so...then you and him are setting yourselves up for failure. It's better to just die already.
Raz: That's not true! Everyone's got a secret that they can't help but hide, an inner demon, a fear they can't admit to! Just because you've been hiding it for so long, doesn't mean you can't start again, that you can't just tell it now that it's happened. You can always try and break free from your fears and burdens, and as long as he tries, his friends will believe in him and forgive him for sure!
Omori: Your words are doing nothing but merely whitewashing who he is. Your claim is absu—
Raz: So what if it's whitewashing!? At least it's better than your self-deprecation! You're doing nothing but dragging Sunny's efforts down, you're not helping him!
Omori: He doesn't need it. I'm the only help he needs.
Raz: That's not true! Everyone's got a secret that they can't help but hide, an inner demon, a fear they can't admit to! Just because you've been hiding it for so long, doesn't mean you can't start again, that you can't just tell it now that it's happened. You can always try and break free from your fears and burdens, and as long as he tries, his friends will believe in him and forgive him for sure!
Omori: Your words are doing nothing but merely whitewashing who he is. Your claim is absu—
Raz: So what if it's whitewashing!? At least it's better than your self-deprecation! You're doing nothing but dragging Sunny's efforts down, you're not helping him!
Omori: He doesn't need it. I'm the only help he needs.
Ikazuki: Humans with their senseless nobility. I could find it admirable if it weren't so pathetic.
Tohru: Yet humans defeated you once, and it's a human body you need now.
Tohru: Yet humans defeated you once, and it's a human body you need now.
Stanley: That film you made was a fake! I never did those things! I'm no needle-jabber! Rally, people! He's trying to kill the truth! I would never sell my little girl!
Atlas: Yeah, let 'the voice' tell you a little something about 'the people.' They ain't listening to your howlin'.
Atlas: Yeah, let 'the voice' tell you a little something about 'the people.' They ain't listening to your howlin'.
Snake of the Festival: You would give up a perfect world for two mere girls? They will be recreated anyway.
Yuji: Like they said, it won't be the same! They can never be replaced!
Snake of the Festival: You dare go up against me? Everything you have, your life, your power to protect, all of it, you owe to me.
Yuji: Ever since I've met you, I brought nothing but suffering. I lost sight of my true goal. You deceived me, and I would have lost everything that truly mattered. But now I remember what is most important to me, I found myself again, and I will fight for peace, but not with your way.
Yuji: Like they said, it won't be the same! They can never be replaced!
Snake of the Festival: You dare go up against me? Everything you have, your life, your power to protect, all of it, you owe to me.
Yuji: Ever since I've met you, I brought nothing but suffering. I lost sight of my true goal. You deceived me, and I would have lost everything that truly mattered. But now I remember what is most important to me, I found myself again, and I will fight for peace, but not with your way.
Suika: That wholehearted sentiment of yours will one day kill you!
Kasen: You! [powering up a Megaton Punch] SHOULD GIVE UP!
Kasen: You! [powering up a Megaton Punch] SHOULD GIVE UP!
Superman: Julius Morton. Industrialist. Double-plus seated, super-secure. One question: Why?
Morton: You would have to ask why. You worship Rao, not Christ.
Superman: I have a feeling both of Them would be as disgusted with you as I am. It's over.
Morton: You would have to ask why. You worship Rao, not Christ.
Superman: I have a feeling both of Them would be as disgusted with you as I am. It's over.
Spandam: BEHOLD, YOU SCUM OF THE SEAS! THAT FLAG BEARS THE EMBLEM OF THE WORLD GOVERNMENT! IT SIGNIFIES THE UNITED STRENGTH OF OVER 170 NATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD! ACROSS THE FOUR SEAS AND THE GRAND LINE, THAT SYMBOL REPRESENTS THE WORLD ITSELF! DO YOU REALIZE NOW THE SCALE YOU'RE FIGHTING ON! DO YOU REALIZE HOW PATHETIC YOUR EXISTENCE IS!? THE POWER OF THIS WOMAN'S ENEMY!?
Luffy: Yeah. I understand exactly who Robin's enemy is.
Beat
Luffy: Everyone. Shoot down that flag.
Luffy: Yeah. I understand exactly who Robin's enemy is.
Beat
Luffy: Everyone. Shoot down that flag.
Blackbeard: AAAAAAAAAAAAACE! ACE! ALL OF YOU! I SWEAR THAT YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! I'LL DESTROY EVERYTHING THE OLD MAN PROTECTED! HIS ISLANDS! HIS PEOPLE! HIS TREASURE!
Ace: Go ahead and try.
Ace: Go ahead and try.
Ashley: I was just thinking about earlier and how you said you thought I looked good without my glasses. When you mentioned it I just took it as a compliment and didn’t think much of it, but now…..Are you attracted to me McGee?
Molly: No Ashley, I am not, nor will I ever be, attracted to you.
Ashley: *sighs in relief* Good. Then maybe there’s hope for you yet.
Molly:Maybe, but I fear I don’t have much hope left for you. Goodbye Ashley.
Molly: No Ashley, I am not, nor will I ever be, attracted to you.
Ashley: *sighs in relief* Good. Then maybe there’s hope for you yet.
Molly:Maybe, but I fear I don’t have much hope left for you. Goodbye Ashley.
Hector Hammond: Now, Green Lantern, be sure to tell your fellow Corpsmen on the other side that the last foes you fought were known, collectively, as the Triumvirate of Terror.
Hal Jordan: Go to hell, Hammond.
Hal Jordan: Go to hell, Hammond.
Films — Animated
Lex Luthor: I saw how to save the world! I could have made everyone see. If it wasn't for you, I could have saved the world!
Superman: If it had mattered to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.
Lex Luthor: [quietly] ...You're right.
Superman: If it had mattered to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.
Lex Luthor: [quietly] ...You're right.
Riddler: I repeat: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME NOW?
Batman: That you're the same insecure C-lister that you were before you went into the Lazarus Pit.
Batman: That you're the same insecure C-lister that you were before you went into the Lazarus Pit.
"I spoke with Commissioner Gordon before I came in here. He told me he wanted this done by the book. You know what that means? That despite all your sick, cruel, vicious little games, he's as sane as he ever was. So ordinary people don't crack. Maybe it's just you."
— Batman to the Joker, Batman: The Killing Joke
"You're wrong, Hopper. Ants aren't meant to serve grasshoppers. I've seen these ants do great things, and year after year, they somehow manage to gather enough food for themselves and you! So who's the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers, it's you who need us! We're a lot stronger than you say we are...and you know it, don't you?"
— Flik, A Bug's Life
Claudandus: The world is Hell, Francis. And the crowning glory of hatefulness in this world is man. And the joke, my friend, is that we're no different than him.
Francis: You've become like him, Pascal! You think like man, you act like man, and so tell me, what's the fate of lesser animals in your little world?
Claudandus: None at all. They're stupid, they're victims to their fate.
Francis: And what about the good men? Pascal or Claudandus or Felidae or whatever you want to call yourself—
Claudandus: NO! NO! There aren't any good men! They're all bad! They're all the same! Animals are good creatures! But humans...are evil animals!
Francis: I'll fight you with all my might, all my strength! [starts typing on the computer] I'll start by erasing this unholy profile listing your murders! Oh, you've had it!
Claudandus: You can't begin to imagine how deeply I regret this, Francis.
Francis: You've become like him, Pascal! You think like man, you act like man, and so tell me, what's the fate of lesser animals in your little world?
Claudandus: None at all. They're stupid, they're victims to their fate.
Francis: And what about the good men? Pascal or Claudandus or Felidae or whatever you want to call yourself—
Claudandus: NO! NO! There aren't any good men! They're all bad! They're all the same! Animals are good creatures! But humans...are evil animals!
Francis: I'll fight you with all my might, all my strength! [starts typing on the computer] I'll start by erasing this unholy profile listing your murders! Oh, you've had it!
Claudandus: You can't begin to imagine how deeply I regret this, Francis.
— Felidae
Revolutionist: Me and you have been assigned to blow up the power plant. That's all I care about. The revolution. [turns the radio on]
Fritz: [turns the radio off] You're full of shit! All you care about is a reason to hurt, to destroy, to blow up! You don't know what a real revolution is! None of you sons of bitches do!
Fritz: [turns the radio off] You're full of shit! All you care about is a reason to hurt, to destroy, to blow up! You don't know what a real revolution is! None of you sons of bitches do!
Esmeralda: You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help!
Frollo: Silence!
Esmerelda: Justice!
Frollo: Such a pity. You threw away a promising career.
Phoebus: Consider it my highest honor, sir.
Phoebus: Consider it my highest honor, sir.
Frollo: [cowering at the enraged Quasimodo] Now, now, listen to me, Quasimodo—
Quasimodo: No, you listen! All my life, you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place... but now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!
Quasimodo: No, you listen! All my life, you have told me the world is a dark, cruel place... but now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!
"There is a difference between you and me. We both looked into the abyss. But when it looked back at us... you blinked."
— Batman to Owlman, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
"Your days of chasing animals are over, DuBois! Because this time, you messed with the king!... This is where animals like you belong! Sit, DuBois! Lie down. Roll over... Good, DuBois. Now, stay."
— Alex battling Captain DuBois, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Titan: This is the last time you make a fool out of me!
Megamind: I made you a hero. You did the fool thing all by yourself!
[Titan furiously punches Megamind to the wall]
Titan: You're so pathetic. No matter what side you're on, you're always the loser.
Megamind: There's a benefit to losing. You get to learn from your mistakes.
Megamind: I made you a hero. You did the fool thing all by yourself!
[Titan furiously punches Megamind to the wall]
Titan: You're so pathetic. No matter what side you're on, you're always the loser.
Megamind: There's a benefit to losing. You get to learn from your mistakes.
— Megamind
Norman: You're just like them, Agatha!
The Witch: No, I'm not!
Norman: You're a bully!
The Witch: No, I'm not!
The Witch: No, I'm not!
Norman: You're a bully!
The Witch: No, I'm not!
Ripslinger: Bolting on a few new parts doesn't change who you are. [sniffs] I can still smell the farm on you.
Dusty: [unfazed and laughs sarcastically] You know what? I finally get it — You're afraid. Of getting beat. By a crop duster! Well check 6, cause I'm coming.
Dusty: [unfazed and laughs sarcastically] You know what? I finally get it — You're afraid. Of getting beat. By a crop duster! Well check 6, cause I'm coming.
— Planes
"We'd never join you, and it's because we are stronger! Because we are invincible! Because — we have the power! We have to protect them from you! It's you who has to be feared! Because you are a monster! You are evil! And you... are... it!"
— The Powerpuff Girls to Mojo Jojo, The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Krang One: It's pointless to resist Krang! Give up! You will be consumed like everyone else on this pathetic planet!
Leo: Fat chance. We're not like everyone else on this planet!
Leo: Fat chance. We're not like everyone else on this planet!
Justin: It was you. You did it. You killed Nicodemus. It was no accident.
Jenner: Yes, I killed him. He wanted to destroy everything. I've learned this much: take what you can, when you can!
Justin: Then you've learned nothing!
Jenner: Yes, I killed him. He wanted to destroy everything. I've learned this much: take what you can, when you can!
Justin: Then you've learned nothing!
"Everyone keeps telling me how my story is supposed to go! Nah. I'mma do my own thing."
— Miles Morales to Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Brainiac: You will see nothing. You are nothing. A specimen to dissect. A genus to analyze...
Supergirl: Hey, plug-head! You talk too much!
Supergirl: Hey, plug-head! You talk too much!
Bowser: You just don't know when to quit!
Mario: Yeah, I've been told that before.
Mario: Yeah, I've been told that before.
Lotso: I didn't throw you away. Your kid did. Ain't one kid ever loved a toy, really. Chew on that when you're at the dump.
Woody: Wait. What about Daisy?
Lotso: ...I don't know what you're talking about.
Woody: Daisy? You used to do everything with her?
Lotso: Yeah, then she threw us out.
Woody: No, she lost you.
Lotso: She replaced us!
Woody: She replaced you. And if you couldn't have her, then no one could! You lied to Big Baby, and you've been lying ever since! [reveals Big Baby's locket]
Lotso: Where did you get that?!
Woody: She loved you, Lotso!
Lotso: SHE NEVER LOVED ME!
Woody: As much as any kid ever loved a toy. [tosses the locket to Big Baby]
Woody: Wait. What about Daisy?
Lotso: ...I don't know what you're talking about.
Woody: Daisy? You used to do everything with her?
Lotso: Yeah, then she threw us out.
Woody: No, she lost you.
Lotso: She replaced us!
Woody: She replaced you. And if you couldn't have her, then no one could! You lied to Big Baby, and you've been lying ever since! [reveals Big Baby's locket]
Lotso: Where did you get that?!
Woody: She loved you, Lotso!
Lotso: SHE NEVER LOVED ME!
Woody: As much as any kid ever loved a toy. [tosses the locket to Big Baby]
Agent Trout: No! Let me out! Let me out! Free me right now, you animals! Nature has an order!
Grizz: Nature adapts. Maybe you should, too.
Grizz: Nature adapts. Maybe you should, too.
Ra's al Ghul: Foolish child. I'm hundreds of years old, and have trained with the greatest teachers in history! How could you possibly— (cut off by Groin Attack)
Leonardo: Oh yeah? Well I'm sixteen... and I learned this from a rat! (takes Ra's down with Pressure Point attack)
Leonardo: Oh yeah? Well I'm sixteen... and I learned this from a rat! (takes Ra's down with Pressure Point attack)
Films — Live-Action
King Leonidas: You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city's steps! You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same!
Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
King Leonidas: [glances back at Gorgo, who nods once] ... Madness? This! Is! SPARTA! [kicks messenger down a well]
Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
King Leonidas: [glances back at Gorgo, who nods once] ... Madness? This! Is! SPARTA! [kicks messenger down a well]
— 300
David Kane: Wait, help him! He's trapped! You can't leave him like this! Please!
Aquaman: You killed innocent people! You ask the sea for mercy!
Aquaman: You killed innocent people! You ask the sea for mercy!
Loki: In the end, you will always kneel.
Old Man: [stands] Not to men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
Old Man: There are always men like you.
Old Man: [stands] Not to men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
Old Man: There are always men like you.
Loki: Enough! You are, all of you, beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature! And I will not be bullied by—
[The Hulk... interrupts, resulting in Loki ending up defeated and dumbfounded on ground in short order]
The Hulk: Puny god.
[The Hulk... interrupts, resulting in Loki ending up defeated and dumbfounded on ground in short order]
The Hulk: Puny god.
Thanos: I am... inevitable. [snaps the fingers of the Infinity Gauntlet]
[nothing happens]
Tony Stark: [forms his own gauntlet with the stolen Infinity Stones] And I... am... Iron Man. [snaps his fingers, destroying Thanos and his entire army in one fell swoop at the cost of his own life]
[nothing happens]
Tony Stark: [forms his own gauntlet with the stolen Infinity Stones] And I... am... Iron Man. [snaps his fingers, destroying Thanos and his entire army in one fell swoop at the cost of his own life]
Ebony Maw: Hear me, and rejoice! You are about to die at the hands of the Children of Thanos. Be thankful that your meaningless lives are now contributing to the—
Tony Stark: I'm sorry, Earth is closed today! You need to pack it up and get outta here.
Ebony Maw: Stonekeeper. Does this chattering animal speak for you?
Doctor Stephen Strange: Certainly not, I speak for myself. [pulls out magic shields] You're trespassing in this city and on this planet.
Tony Stark: [to Maw, nonchalantly] He means, "Get lost, Squidward!"
Tony Stark: I'm sorry, Earth is closed today! You need to pack it up and get outta here.
Ebony Maw: Stonekeeper. Does this chattering animal speak for you?
Doctor Stephen Strange: Certainly not, I speak for myself. [pulls out magic shields] You're trespassing in this city and on this planet.
Tony Stark: [to Maw, nonchalantly] He means, "Get lost, Squidward!"
"He's an asshole! I don't care what Tannen says! And I don't care what anybody else says, either!"
— Marty McFly, Back to the Future Part III
Mitch: I don't want to be with Kara. I want you. I love you, Beth.
[Beth decks Mitch to the ground]
Beth: I want a divorce.
[Beth decks Mitch to the ground]
Beth: I want a divorce.
Enormous Prisoner: You are in Hell, little man! And I am the devil!
Bruce Wayne: You're not the devil. You're practice.
Bruce Wayne: You're not the devil. You're practice.
Two Face: You're a man after my own heart, son! I'll See You in Hell!
[Robin considers this, before reaching his arm out to Two-Face]
Robin: I'd rather see you in jail.
[Robin considers this, before reaching his arm out to Two-Face]
Robin: I'd rather see you in jail.
Hydra Soldier: Cut off one head, two more shall—! [BLAM]
Colonel Philips: [cocks shotgun] Let's go find two more!
Colonel Philips: [cocks shotgun] Let's go find two more!
Red Skull: You could have the power of the gods! Yet you wear a flag on your chest and think you fight a battle of nations! I have seen the future, Captain! There are no flags!
Captain America: Not my future!
Captain America: Not my future!
Alexander Pierce: Let me ask you a question. What if Pakistan marched into Mumbai tomorrow, and you knew they were going to drag your daughter into a soccer stadium for execution, and you could stop it with a flick of a switch... wouldn't you?
Councilman Singh: Not if it's your switch.
Councilman Singh: Not if it's your switch.
Batman: What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you?! You're alone!
Joker: [sighs] Can't rely on anyone these days, you've gotta do everything yourself, DON'T WE? ...it's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, y'know how I got these scars?
Batman: No. But I know how you got these. [shoots the Joker in the face with his gauntlets, throws him off the building]
Joker: [sighs] Can't rely on anyone these days, you've gotta do everything yourself, DON'T WE? ...it's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, y'know how I got these scars?
Batman: No. But I know how you got these. [shoots the Joker in the face with his gauntlets, throws him off the building]
Caesar: Trusted Koba, like brother.
Koba: Caesar brother to humans! Koba fight for ape! Free ape!
Caesar: Kill ape. Koba fight for Koba. Koba belong in cage!
Koba: Caesar brother to humans! Koba fight for ape! Free ape!
Caesar: Kill ape. Koba fight for Koba. Koba belong in cage!
Richard Rampton: [reading from David Irving's diary] "Jessica is growing into a fine little lady. She sits very upright in an ordinary chair, a product of our walks to the bank, I am sure. On those walks, we sing the Binkety-Bankety-Bong Song. She stars in a poem when half-breed children wheel past." And then you go into italics. "I am a baby Aryan/Not Jewish or Sectarian/I have no plans to marry/An ape or Rastafarian." Racist, Mr. Irving? Anti-Semitic, Mr. Irving?
Davis Irving: I do not think so.
Rampton: Teaching your little child this kind of poison?
Irving: Do you think a nine-month old can understand words spoken in English, or any other sort of language?
Rampton: This poor little child has been taught a racist ditty by her racist and perverted father!
Irving: [smirks] Have you ever read Edward Lear? Hilaire Belloc?
Rampton: They haven't brought a libel action, Mr. Irving, you have! You sued because you said we had called you a racist and an extremist.
Irving: Yes. But I am not a racist.
Rampton: Mr. Irving, look at the words on the page.
Davis Irving: I do not think so.
Rampton: Teaching your little child this kind of poison?
Irving: Do you think a nine-month old can understand words spoken in English, or any other sort of language?
Rampton: This poor little child has been taught a racist ditty by her racist and perverted father!
Irving: [smirks] Have you ever read Edward Lear? Hilaire Belloc?
Rampton: They haven't brought a libel action, Mr. Irving, you have! You sued because you said we had called you a racist and an extremist.
Irving: Yes. But I am not a racist.
Rampton: Mr. Irving, look at the words on the page.
— Denial
Calvin Candy: Hm...Brooding about me getting the best of you, huh?
Doctor King Schulz: Actually, I was thinking of that poor devil you fed to the dogs today, D'Artangnan. And I was wondering what [pronouncing his name in perfect French] Dumas would make of all this.
Calvin: Come again?
Schulz: Alexandre Dumas - he wrote The Three Musketeers.
Calvin, [trying to pretend he understands]: Yes, of course, Doctor.
Schulz: I figured you must be an admirer; you named your slave after his novel's lead character. If Alexandre Dumas had been there today, I wonder what he would've made of it?
Calvin: You doubt he'd approve.
Schulz: Yes, his approval would be a dubious proposition at best.
Calvin: Soft hearted Frenchie.
Schulz: Alexandre Dumas is black.
[Calvin's smirk drops.]
Doctor King Schulz: Actually, I was thinking of that poor devil you fed to the dogs today, D'Artangnan. And I was wondering what [pronouncing his name in perfect French] Dumas would make of all this.
Calvin: Come again?
Schulz: Alexandre Dumas - he wrote The Three Musketeers.
Calvin, [trying to pretend he understands]: Yes, of course, Doctor.
Schulz: I figured you must be an admirer; you named your slave after his novel's lead character. If Alexandre Dumas had been there today, I wonder what he would've made of it?
Calvin: You doubt he'd approve.
Schulz: Yes, his approval would be a dubious proposition at best.
Calvin: Soft hearted Frenchie.
Schulz: Alexandre Dumas is black.
[Calvin's smirk drops.]
Sir Lancelot: I understand you're interested in surgery. What makes you think your gifts lie in that direction? Some people might consider that a nuts and bolts factory would be a more suitable habitat for you, than an operating theatre. Or have you what is called a "vocation"?
Dr. Sparrow: Yes, I have. I have a "vocation", if that's what you choose to call it, and one of these days, I'm going to prove it, though I shan't have a title, a ruddy great Rolls, and a conceit as big as me backside to advertise it!
Sir Lancelot: Young man, you're being remarkably insulting.
Dr. Sparrow: And I'm thoroughly enjoying it. And this time, I don't apologise. And if you don't mind me saying so, I should've thought it might have been rather an interesting clinical experience for you to be on the receiving end for once. Good morning.
Col. Jessup: [as he's being arrested] You fucking people. You have no idea how to defend a nation. All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That's all you did. You've put people's lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son.
Kaffee: Don't call me "son". I'm a lawyer and an officer in the United States Navy. And you're under arrest, you son of a bitch.
Kaffee: Don't call me "son". I'm a lawyer and an officer in the United States Navy. And you're under arrest, you son of a bitch.
Crawford Tillinghast: Let her go!
Dr. Pretorius: Oooh, I will, beyond her wildest dreams. She will go into my mind, and I will go into her's. It's the greatest sexual pleasure there is!
Crawford: You never knew pleasure, or gave it! Only pain!
Dr. Pretorius: Oooh, I will, beyond her wildest dreams. She will go into my mind, and I will go into her's. It's the greatest sexual pleasure there is!
Crawford: You never knew pleasure, or gave it! Only pain!
Emma: And what are you gambling with, Serizawa? Monarch is broken! It's on the verge of being shut down by a government whose only objective is to eradicate the creatures, and if that happens, what will our chances be?
Mark: You are OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND! First you put [your child's] life at stake, now you get to decide the fate of the world? That's rich!
Mark: You are OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND! First you put [your child's] life at stake, now you get to decide the fate of the world? That's rich!
Mrs. Robinson: Elaine, it's too late!
Elaine: Not for ME!
Elaine: Not for ME!
Ego: Listen to me! You are a god! If you kill me, you'll be just like everybody else!
Peter Quill: What's so wrong with that?
Peter Quill: What's so wrong with that?
The High Evolutionary: All I wanted to do was to make things perfect!
Rocket Raccoon: You didn't want to make things perfect. You just hated things the way they are.
Rocket Raccoon: You didn't want to make things perfect. You just hated things the way they are.
Professor Remus Lupin: You sold James and Lily to Voldemort, didn't you?
Peter Pettigrew: I didn't mean to! The Dark Lord — you have no idea the weapons he possesses! Ask yourself, Sirius! What would you have done? What would you have done?
Sirius Black: I would have died! [Pettigrew crawls under piano] I would have died rather than betray my friends!
Peter Pettigrew: I didn't mean to! The Dark Lord — you have no idea the weapons he possesses! Ask yourself, Sirius! What would you have done? What would you have done?
Sirius Black: I would have died! [Pettigrew crawls under piano] I would have died rather than betray my friends!
Uncle Frank: You'd better not wreck my trip, you little sourpuss. Your dad's paying good money for it.
Kevin: Oh, wouldn't want to spoil your fun, Mr. Cheapskate!
Kevin: Oh, wouldn't want to spoil your fun, Mr. Cheapskate!
Insp Frank Butterman: I'm disappointed you can't see the bigger picture.
Sgt Nicholas Angel: Well, I'm happy to disappoint you, sir.
Sgt Nicholas Angel: Well, I'm happy to disappoint you, sir.
— Hot Fuzz
Elsa: [coyly] Don't look at me like that. We both wanted the Grail. I would have done anything to get it. You would have done exactly the same.
Indiana Jones: [with quiet disgust] I'm sorry you think so.
Indiana Jones: [with quiet disgust] I'm sorry you think so.
Ivan Vanko: If you could make God bleed, people would cease to believe in Him. There will be blood in the water, the sharks will come. All I have to do is sit back and watch as the world consumes you.
Tony Stark: Where will you be watching the world consume me from? Oh, that's right, a prison cell. I'll send you a bar of soap.
Tony Stark: Where will you be watching the world consume me from? Oh, that's right, a prison cell. I'll send you a bar of soap.
Pennywise: I am the Eater of Worlds.
Mike Hanlon: Not to us, you're not.
[Beat]
Mike Hanlon: You're just a clown.
Mike Hanlon: Not to us, you're not.
[Beat]
Mike Hanlon: You're just a clown.
Dr. Campbell: I think that's all we'll need you for, George, I know you're anxious to make a train.
George Bailey: I have a taxi waiting downstairs.
Dr. Campbell: I want the Board to know that George gave up his trip to Europe to help straighten things out here these past few months. Good luck to you at school, George.
George: Thanks.
Board members: Good luck! So long!
Dr. Campbell: Now we come to the real purpose of this meeting — to appoint a successor to our dear friend, Peter Bailey.
Henry F. Potter: Mr. Chairman, I'd like to get to my real purpose.
Board member: Wait just a minute now.
Potter: Wait for what? I claim this institution is not necessary to this town. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to dissolve this institution and turn its assets and liabilities over to the receiver.
Uncle Billy: Potter, you dirty, contemptible... I'll wring his neck, so help me, George, you hear what that buzzard...
Attorney: Mr. Chairman, it's too soon after Peter Bailey's death to talk about chloroforming the Building and Loan.
Board member: Peter Bailey died three months ago. I second Mr. Potter's motion.
Dr. Campbell: Very well. In that case, I'll ask the two executive officers to withdraw. But before you go, I'm sure the whole Board wishes to express its deep sorrow at the passing of Peter Bailey.
George: Thank you very much.
Dr. Campbell: It was his faith and devotion that are responsible for this organization.
Potter: I'll go further than that. I'll say that to the public, Peter Bailey was the Building and Loan.
Uncle Billy: Oh, that's fine, Potter, coming from you, considering that you probably drove him to his grave.
Potter: Peter Bailey was not a business man. That's what killed him. Oh, I don't mean any disrespect to him, God rest his soul. He was a man of high ideals, so-called. But ideals without common sense can ruin this town. Now, you take this loan here to Ernie Bishop, you know, that fellow that sits around all day on his brains in his taxi, you know. I happen to know the bank turned down this loan, but he comes here and we're building him a house worth five thousand dollars. Why?
George: Well, I handled that, Mr. Potter. You have all the papers there. His salary, insurance. I can personally vouch for his character.
Potter: A friend of yours.
George: Yes, sir.
Potter: You see, if you shoot pool with some employee here, you can come and borrow money. What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class. And all because a few starry-eyed dreamers like Peter Bailey stir them up and fill their heads with a lot of impossible ideas. Now, I say—
George: Just a minute. Just a... Just a minute. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. You're right when you say my father was no business man. I know that. Why he ever started this cheap penny-ante Building and Loan, I'll never know. But neither you nor anybody else can say anything against his character, because his whole life was... Why, in the 25 years since he and Uncle Billy started this thing, he never once thought of himself. Isn't that right, Uncle Billy? He didn't save enough money to send Harry to school, let alone me. But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter. And what's wrong with that? Why here, you are all businessmen here. Doesn't it make them better citizens? Doesn't it make them better customers? Y-you said that uh... what'd you say just a minute ago? They, they had to wait and save their money before they even thought of a decent home. Wait? Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they're so old and broken-down that they... Do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, it is too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so. People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they're cattle. Well, in my book, he died a much richer man than you'll ever be.
Potter: I'm not interested in your book. I'm talking about the Building and Loan!
George: I know very well what you're talking about. You're talking about something you can't get your fingers on, and it's galling you. That's what you're talking about, I know. Well, I-I-I've said too much. I... You're, you're the Board here. You do what you want with this thing. There's j-just one thing more though. This town needs this measly one-horse institution if only to have some place where people can come without crawling to Potter. Come on, Uncle Billy.
George Bailey: I have a taxi waiting downstairs.
Dr. Campbell: I want the Board to know that George gave up his trip to Europe to help straighten things out here these past few months. Good luck to you at school, George.
George: Thanks.
Board members: Good luck! So long!
Dr. Campbell: Now we come to the real purpose of this meeting — to appoint a successor to our dear friend, Peter Bailey.
Henry F. Potter: Mr. Chairman, I'd like to get to my real purpose.
Board member: Wait just a minute now.
Potter: Wait for what? I claim this institution is not necessary to this town. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to dissolve this institution and turn its assets and liabilities over to the receiver.
Uncle Billy: Potter, you dirty, contemptible... I'll wring his neck, so help me, George, you hear what that buzzard...
Attorney: Mr. Chairman, it's too soon after Peter Bailey's death to talk about chloroforming the Building and Loan.
Board member: Peter Bailey died three months ago. I second Mr. Potter's motion.
Dr. Campbell: Very well. In that case, I'll ask the two executive officers to withdraw. But before you go, I'm sure the whole Board wishes to express its deep sorrow at the passing of Peter Bailey.
George: Thank you very much.
Dr. Campbell: It was his faith and devotion that are responsible for this organization.
Potter: I'll go further than that. I'll say that to the public, Peter Bailey was the Building and Loan.
Uncle Billy: Oh, that's fine, Potter, coming from you, considering that you probably drove him to his grave.
Potter: Peter Bailey was not a business man. That's what killed him. Oh, I don't mean any disrespect to him, God rest his soul. He was a man of high ideals, so-called. But ideals without common sense can ruin this town. Now, you take this loan here to Ernie Bishop, you know, that fellow that sits around all day on his brains in his taxi, you know. I happen to know the bank turned down this loan, but he comes here and we're building him a house worth five thousand dollars. Why?
George: Well, I handled that, Mr. Potter. You have all the papers there. His salary, insurance. I can personally vouch for his character.
Potter: A friend of yours.
George: Yes, sir.
Potter: You see, if you shoot pool with some employee here, you can come and borrow money. What does that get us? A discontented, lazy rabble instead of a thrifty working class. And all because a few starry-eyed dreamers like Peter Bailey stir them up and fill their heads with a lot of impossible ideas. Now, I say—
George: Just a minute. Just a... Just a minute. Now, hold on, Mr. Potter. You're right when you say my father was no business man. I know that. Why he ever started this cheap penny-ante Building and Loan, I'll never know. But neither you nor anybody else can say anything against his character, because his whole life was... Why, in the 25 years since he and Uncle Billy started this thing, he never once thought of himself. Isn't that right, Uncle Billy? He didn't save enough money to send Harry to school, let alone me. But he did help a few people get out of your slums, Mr. Potter. And what's wrong with that? Why here, you are all businessmen here. Doesn't it make them better citizens? Doesn't it make them better customers? Y-you said that uh... what'd you say just a minute ago? They, they had to wait and save their money before they even thought of a decent home. Wait? Wait for what? Until their children grow up and leave them? Until they're so old and broken-down that they... Do you know how long it takes a working man to save five thousand dollars? Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, it is too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn't think so. People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped, frustrated old man, they're cattle. Well, in my book, he died a much richer man than you'll ever be.
Potter: I'm not interested in your book. I'm talking about the Building and Loan!
George: I know very well what you're talking about. You're talking about something you can't get your fingers on, and it's galling you. That's what you're talking about, I know. Well, I-I-I've said too much. I... You're, you're the Board here. You do what you want with this thing. There's j-just one thing more though. This town needs this measly one-horse institution if only to have some place where people can come without crawling to Potter. Come on, Uncle Billy.
"Fuck off, Hitler!"
— Jojo, Jojo Rabbit
Joker: It's been a rough few weeks, Murray, ever since I... killed those three Wall Street guys.
[Beat]
Murray Franklin: Okay. I'm waiting for the punchline.
Joker: There is no punchline. It's not a joke.
[...]
Murray Franklin: Okay, I— I think I might understand it. You... did this to start a movement? To become a-a symbol?
Joker: Come on, Murray. Do I look like the kind of clown that could start a movement? I killed those guys because they were awful. Everybody is awful these days. It's enough to make anyone crazy.
Murray Franklin: Okay. So that's it, you're crazy. That's your defense for killing three young men?
Joker: No. They couldn't carry a tune to save their lives.
[The crowd boos and jeers]
Joker: Oh, why is everybody so upset about these guys?! If it was me dying on the sidewalk, you'd walk right over me! I pass you every day, and you don't notice me! But these guys — what, because Thomas Wayne went and cried about them on TV?!
Murray Franklin: You have a problem with Thomas Wayne, too?
Joker: Yes, I do. Have you seen what it's like out there, Mur-raaay? Do you ever actually leave the studio? Everybody just yells and screams at each other. Nobody's civil anymore! Nobody thinks what it's like to be the other guy. You think men like Thomas Wayne ever think what it's like to be someone like me? To be somebody but themselves? They don't. They think we'll all just sit there and take it like good little boys! That we won't werewolf and go wild!
Murray Franklin: You finished? I mean, there's so much self-pity, Arthur. You sound like you're making excuses for killing those three young men. Y'know, not everybody — and I'll tell you this, not everyone is awful.
Joker: ...You're awful, Murray.
Murray Franklin: Me? I'm awful? Oh, yeah, how am I awful?
Joker: Playing my video. Inviting me on the show. You just wanted to make fun of me. You're just like the rest of 'em!
Murray Franklin: You don't know the first thing about me, pal. Look what happened because of what you did. What it led to. There are riots out there. Two policemen are in critical condition— [Joker begins to laugh] —and you're laughing. You're laughing. Someone was killed today because of what you did.
[Beat]
Murray Franklin: Okay. I'm waiting for the punchline.
Joker: There is no punchline. It's not a joke.
[...]
Murray Franklin: Okay, I— I think I might understand it. You... did this to start a movement? To become a-a symbol?
Joker: Come on, Murray. Do I look like the kind of clown that could start a movement? I killed those guys because they were awful. Everybody is awful these days. It's enough to make anyone crazy.
Murray Franklin: Okay. So that's it, you're crazy. That's your defense for killing three young men?
Joker: No. They couldn't carry a tune to save their lives.
[The crowd boos and jeers]
Joker: Oh, why is everybody so upset about these guys?! If it was me dying on the sidewalk, you'd walk right over me! I pass you every day, and you don't notice me! But these guys — what, because Thomas Wayne went and cried about them on TV?!
Murray Franklin: You have a problem with Thomas Wayne, too?
Joker: Yes, I do. Have you seen what it's like out there, Mur-raaay? Do you ever actually leave the studio? Everybody just yells and screams at each other. Nobody's civil anymore! Nobody thinks what it's like to be the other guy. You think men like Thomas Wayne ever think what it's like to be someone like me? To be somebody but themselves? They don't. They think we'll all just sit there and take it like good little boys! That we won't werewolf and go wild!
Murray Franklin: You finished? I mean, there's so much self-pity, Arthur. You sound like you're making excuses for killing those three young men. Y'know, not everybody — and I'll tell you this, not everyone is awful.
Joker: ...You're awful, Murray.
Murray Franklin: Me? I'm awful? Oh, yeah, how am I awful?
Joker: Playing my video. Inviting me on the show. You just wanted to make fun of me. You're just like the rest of 'em!
Murray Franklin: You don't know the first thing about me, pal. Look what happened because of what you did. What it led to. There are riots out there. Two policemen are in critical condition— [Joker begins to laugh] —and you're laughing. You're laughing. Someone was killed today because of what you did.
— Joker
Vic Hoskins: The mother hen has finally arrived—
Owen Grady: [punches him] Get the hell out of here and stay away from my animals.
Owen Grady: [punches him] Get the hell out of here and stay away from my animals.
Eddie Arcadian: Where are you gonna go, Angie? Without me, you're nothing! Without that outfit, you're just another no-talent dental hygiene school drop-out from Kew Gardens getting by on her tits!
Angela Viracco: And in the end, Eddie, you know what? You're nothing but a misguided midget asshole with dreams of ruling the world. Yeah, also from Kew Gardens. And also getting by on my tits.
Angela Viracco: And in the end, Eddie, you know what? You're nothing but a misguided midget asshole with dreams of ruling the world. Yeah, also from Kew Gardens. And also getting by on my tits.
Sho'nuff: Alright, Leroy, who's the one and only master?
Leroy Green: I am.
Leroy Green: I am.
Kylo Ren: The Resistance is dead. The war is over. And when I kill you, I will have killed the last Jedi!
Luke Skywalker: Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong. The Rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning. And I will not be the last Jedi.
Kylo: I'll destroy her, and you, and all of it.
Luke: [de-activating his lightsaber] No. Strike me down in anger, and I'll always be with you. Just like your father.
Luke Skywalker: Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong. The Rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning. And I will not be the last Jedi.
Kylo: I'll destroy her, and you, and all of it.
Luke: [de-activating his lightsaber] No. Strike me down in anger, and I'll always be with you. Just like your father.
Nix the Puritan: I've got so much power to give you, Swann. All you have to do is beg.
Philip Swann: Fuck you!
Philip Swann: Fuck you!
Gollum: We wants it. We needs it. Must... have... the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses! Wicked, tricksy, false!
Sméagol: No. Not Master.
Gollum: Yes, precious. False! They will cheat you, hurt you, lie!
Sméagol: Master's my friend.
Gollum: You don't have any friends. Nobody likes you!
Sméagol: [covers his ears] Not listening. I'm not listening.
Gollum: You're a liar and a thief.
Sméagol: No.
Gollum: Murderer...!
Sméagol: [starts to weep and whimper] Go away.
Gollum: Go away?! [cackles]
Sméagol: I hate you. I hate you!
Gollum: Where would you be without me?! Gollum, Gollum! I saved us! It was me! We survived because of ME!
Sméagol: Not... anymore...
Gollum: ...What did you say?
Sméagol: Master looks after us now. We don't... need you.
Gollum: What?
Sméagol: Leave now and never come back.
Gollum: No!
Sméagol: Leave now and never come back!
Gollum: Arrrgh!
Sméagol: LEAVE! NOW! AND! NEVER! COME! BACK!
[Sméagol pants and then looks around]
Sméagol: We... we told him to go away! And away he goes, precious! Gone, gone, gone! Sméagol is free!
Sméagol: No. Not Master.
Gollum: Yes, precious. False! They will cheat you, hurt you, lie!
Sméagol: Master's my friend.
Gollum: You don't have any friends. Nobody likes you!
Sméagol: [covers his ears] Not listening. I'm not listening.
Gollum: You're a liar and a thief.
Sméagol: No.
Gollum: Murderer...!
Sméagol: [starts to weep and whimper] Go away.
Gollum: Go away?! [cackles]
Sméagol: I hate you. I hate you!
Gollum: Where would you be without me?! Gollum, Gollum! I saved us! It was me! We survived because of ME!
Sméagol: Not... anymore...
Gollum: ...What did you say?
Sméagol: Master looks after us now. We don't... need you.
Gollum: What?
Sméagol: Leave now and never come back.
Gollum: No!
Sméagol: Leave now and never come back!
Gollum: Arrrgh!
Sméagol: LEAVE! NOW! AND! NEVER! COME! BACK!
[Sméagol pants and then looks around]
Sméagol: We... we told him to go away! And away he goes, precious! Gone, gone, gone! Sméagol is free!
"There's a useful four-letter word, and you're full of it."
— James Bond to Francisco Scaramanga, The Man with the Golden Gun
Agent Smith: [holding Neo in a chokehold] You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That's the sound of inevitability... It's the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson.
Neo: My name... Is Neo! [breaks loose of Agent Smith's hold]
Neo: My name... Is Neo! [breaks loose of Agent Smith's hold]
Agent Smith: Why, Mr. Anderson? Why, why, why? Why do you do it? Why? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom or truth?! Perhaps peace?! Could it be for love?! Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception! Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose! And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love! You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson! You must know it by now! You can't win! It's pointless to keep fighting! Why, Mr. Anderson?! Why?! WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!
Neo: Because I choose to.
Neo: Because I choose to.
"Shut up, you miserable buzzard!"
— Irene to Mrs. Carmody, The Mist
Shere Khan: The man-cub is mine! I have already tasted its mother's blood! It is my right.
Nisha: Your right according to whose law?!
Akela: Best you leave now.
Shere Khan: Careful, Akela. You do not want to challenge me.
Akela: This cub is under the protection of the pack. Should you decide to take me, you take on the pack. All of us. As long as I am leader, this part of the jungle is closed to you.
Nisha: Your right according to whose law?!
Akela: Best you leave now.
Shere Khan: Careful, Akela. You do not want to challenge me.
Akela: This cub is under the protection of the pack. Should you decide to take me, you take on the pack. All of us. As long as I am leader, this part of the jungle is closed to you.
— Mowgli
Esther: [while holding a knife behind her back] Please... don't let me die, mommy.
Kate: I'm not your FUCKING MOMMY! [kicks Esther into the ice pond]
Kate: I'm not your FUCKING MOMMY! [kicks Esther into the ice pond]
— Orphan
Wafner: How does it feel… The blood of eternity flowing through your veins!
Ford: Not so fuckin' great! [punches Wafner in the face]
Ford: Not so fuckin' great! [punches Wafner in the face]
— Overlord
Captain Vidal: Tell my son the time his father died. Tell him.
Mercedes: No. He won't even know your name.
[Pedro shoots Vidal in the face]
Mercedes: No. He won't even know your name.
[Pedro shoots Vidal in the face]
"You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get."
Darth Vader: You cannot hide forever, Luke.
Luke Skywalker: I will not fight you.
Vader: Give yourself to The Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes... your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for... sister. So, you have a twin sister! Your feelings have now betrayed her too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete! If you will not turn to the Dark Side, then perhaps she will—
Luke: [ignites lightsaber and charges out of hiding] NEVER!
Luke Skywalker: I will not fight you.
Vader: Give yourself to The Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes... your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for... sister. So, you have a twin sister! Your feelings have now betrayed her too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete! If you will not turn to the Dark Side, then perhaps she will—
Luke: [ignites lightsaber and charges out of hiding] NEVER!
Ghostface: I'm an innocent victim.
Sydney: You're a psychotic.
Ghostface: Yeah, well. Shh... that'll be our little secret. Cause people love a good trial. It's like theater. They're dyin' for it. And I've worked hard to give the audience what they want. See, that's what [the last Scream Killer] was good at. He knew... It's all about... execution.
Sydney: Yeah? Well, you're forgetting one thing about [him].
Ghostface: What's that?
Sydney: I fucking killed him.
Sydney: You're a psychotic.
Ghostface: Yeah, well. Shh... that'll be our little secret. Cause people love a good trial. It's like theater. They're dyin' for it. And I've worked hard to give the audience what they want. See, that's what [the last Scream Killer] was good at. He knew... It's all about... execution.
Sydney: Yeah? Well, you're forgetting one thing about [him].
Ghostface: What's that?
Sydney: I fucking killed him.
— Scream 2
Sidney: You spineless bastard!
Ghostface: No, Sid, that would be you! You did it all. You did it! You call them all, even your closest... friends. Living in total isolation, the pressure of another movie about you, the discovery that Milton destroyed Mommy dearest, you finally just snapped! And who's our hero, huh? The sole survivor. Who's the one who bravely faced down the psychopath and killed her with her own knife?! You're gonna pay for the life you stole from me, Sid. For the mother, and for the family, and for the stardom, and... GODDAMN IT! EVERYTHING YOU HAVE THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN MINE!
Sidney: God, why don't you stop your whining and get on with it?! I've heard this shit before!
Ghostface: STOP!
Sidney: Do you know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
Ghostface: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!
Sidney: BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO! There is no one else to blame!
Ghostface: DAMMIT, FUCKING DAMMIT!
Sidney: Why don't you take some FUCKING responsibility?
Ghostface: FUCK YOU!
Sidney: FUCK YOU!
Ghostface: No, Sid, that would be you! You did it all. You did it! You call them all, even your closest... friends. Living in total isolation, the pressure of another movie about you, the discovery that Milton destroyed Mommy dearest, you finally just snapped! And who's our hero, huh? The sole survivor. Who's the one who bravely faced down the psychopath and killed her with her own knife?! You're gonna pay for the life you stole from me, Sid. For the mother, and for the family, and for the stardom, and... GODDAMN IT! EVERYTHING YOU HAVE THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN MINE!
Sidney: God, why don't you stop your whining and get on with it?! I've heard this shit before!
Ghostface: STOP!
Sidney: Do you know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
Ghostface: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!
Sidney: BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO! There is no one else to blame!
Ghostface: DAMMIT, FUCKING DAMMIT!
Sidney: Why don't you take some FUCKING responsibility?
Ghostface: FUCK YOU!
Sidney: FUCK YOU!
— Scream 3
"You see a lot, Doctor. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it, why don't you look at yourself and write down what you see? Maybe you're afraid to."
— Clarice Starling in response to the Trope Namer, The Silence of the Lambs
M: Mr. Silva, you're going to be transferred to Belmarsh Prison, where you will be remanded in custody, until the Crown Prosecution Service deem you fit to stand trial...
Raoul Silva: Say my name. Say it! My real name. I know you remember it.
M: Your name is on a memorial wall of the very building you attacked. I will have it struck off. Soon your past will be as nonexistent as your future. I'll never see you again.
Raoul Silva: Say my name. Say it! My real name. I know you remember it.
M: Your name is on a memorial wall of the very building you attacked. I will have it struck off. Soon your past will be as nonexistent as your future. I'll never see you again.
— Skyfall
Dr. Robotnik: He's just a silly little alien. He didn't belong here!
Tom Wachowski: That "little alien" knew more about being human than you ever will! His name was Sonic. This was his home... and he was my friend.
Tom Wachowski: That "little alien" knew more about being human than you ever will! His name was Sonic. This was his home... and he was my friend.
James Bond: Not much more than a voyeur, are you? Too scared to join in?
Franz Oberhauser/Ernst Stavro Blofeld: [chuckles] I don't think you quite understand.
Bond: Oh, I think I do. You set cities on fire and watch innocent people burn, so you can convince governments to join an intelligence network you've paid for. Not that complicated. I'm guessing our little friend C, he's one of your disciples?
Oberhauser/Blofeld: You could say that.
Bond: And what does he get out of it?
Oberhauser/Blofeld: Nothing. He's a visionary like me.
Bond: Visionaries? Psychiatric wards are full of them.
Franz Oberhauser/Ernst Stavro Blofeld: [chuckles] I don't think you quite understand.
Bond: Oh, I think I do. You set cities on fire and watch innocent people burn, so you can convince governments to join an intelligence network you've paid for. Not that complicated. I'm guessing our little friend C, he's one of your disciples?
Oberhauser/Blofeld: You could say that.
Bond: And what does he get out of it?
Oberhauser/Blofeld: Nothing. He's a visionary like me.
Bond: Visionaries? Psychiatric wards are full of them.
— Spectre
"And now we know what "C" stands for... [reveals that "C"'s magazine cartridge is empty] Careless."
— Gareth Mallory/"M" to Max Denbigh/"C" when the latter is exposed as a Spectre Mole, Spectre
"In the words of Uberst von Scherbach, "Now that the German victory is in sight, all American prisoners are to be indoctrinated with the teachings of the Führer," unquote. In my own words: [belch], unquote."
— Marco, Stalag 17
"Let me explain what's happening here. You are a criminal. I watched you murder innocent men and women; I was authorized to end you! And the only reason why you are still alive is because I am allowing it, so shut. Your. Mouth."
— James T. Kirk, to John Harrison/Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek Into Darkness
"You never had a camera in my head!"
Assistant Principal Hogarth: I've been an educator for 31.3 years, and in that time, I've seen a lot of bad eggs. I say "eggs" because at the elementary level, we are not dealing with fully-developed individuals. I see a bad egg when I look at your niece. She is a twiddler, a dreamer, a silly heart, and she is a jabberbox. And, frankly, I don't think she takes a thing in her life or her career as a student seriously.
Buck Russell: She's only six.
Hogarth: That is not a valid excuse! I hear that every day and I dismiss it.
Buck: I don't want to know a six-year-old who isn't a dreamer or a silly heart. I sure don't want to know one who takes their student career seriously. I don't have a college degree. I don't even have a job. I know a good kid when I see one. Because they're all good kids, until dried-out, brain-dead skags like you drag them down and convince them they're no good. You so much as scowl at my niece or any other kid in this school and I hear about it, I'm coming looking for you. Here. Take this quarter. Go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face. [Beat] Good day to you, madam.
Buck Russell: She's only six.
Hogarth: That is not a valid excuse! I hear that every day and I dismiss it.
Buck: I don't want to know a six-year-old who isn't a dreamer or a silly heart. I sure don't want to know one who takes their student career seriously. I don't have a college degree. I don't even have a job. I know a good kid when I see one. Because they're all good kids, until dried-out, brain-dead skags like you drag them down and convince them they're no good. You so much as scowl at my niece or any other kid in this school and I hear about it, I'm coming looking for you. Here. Take this quarter. Go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face. [Beat] Good day to you, madam.
Aleera: Don't play coy with me, Princess, you're just like all the other pretty little ancestors in your family. Saying you want to destroy my master, but I know what lurks in your lusting heart.
Anna Valerious: I hope you have a heart, Aleera, because someday I'm going to drive a stake through it!
Anna Valerious: I hope you have a heart, Aleera, because someday I'm going to drive a stake through it!
Shadow: Hey, Scorpion! You fight, you kill, you rob. How the hell are you any different from us?
Scorpion: One wants to exterminate all human beings so life will be erased from this planet, right? Well, now you know how I'm different. Me, I wanna live.
Scorpion: One wants to exterminate all human beings so life will be erased from this planet, right? Well, now you know how I'm different. Me, I wanna live.
Magneto: Why do none of you understand what I'm trying to do? Those people down there; they control our fate and the fate of every other mutant. Well, soon our fate will be theirs.
Wolverine: You're so full of shit! If you were really so righteous, it'd be you in that thing.
Wolverine: You're so full of shit! If you were really so righteous, it'd be you in that thing.
— X-Men
Literature
Big Bad: The greatest gift I give is this: that I buy your surrender. That I allow you to come to Me with your dignity as well as your life. This is less a surrender than it is a contract: value given for value received. Thus do I demonstrate to all history the love I bear you, Caine; thus shall it be written in every-
Caine: (stands up)
Big Bad: ...You've learned a new trick. Come, then: let us meet as men, standing face-to-face, for the surrender of the sword. I applaud your sense of ceremony: Grant and Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, rather than Brutus at the feet of Ant—
Caine: (points Kosall at him) You talk too fucking much. You and me, we both know what's going on here, and it has nothing to do with surrender.
Caine: (stands up)
Big Bad: ...You've learned a new trick. Come, then: let us meet as men, standing face-to-face, for the surrender of the sword. I applaud your sense of ceremony: Grant and Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, rather than Brutus at the feet of Ant—
Caine: (points Kosall at him) You talk too fucking much. You and me, we both know what's going on here, and it has nothing to do with surrender.
"Were you not alone, Geneviève Dieudonné? And are you not among friends now? Among equals?"
She had been un-dead a half-century longer than Vlad Tepes. When she turned, this prince was a babe in arms, shortly to be delivered into a life in captivity.
"Impaler," she declared, "I have no equal."
She had been un-dead a half-century longer than Vlad Tepes. When she turned, this prince was a babe in arms, shortly to be delivered into a life in captivity.
"Impaler," she declared, "I have no equal."
Angron: Listen to your blue-clad wretches yelling of courage and honour, courage and honour, courage and honour. Do you even know the meaning of those words? Courage is fighting the kingdom which enslaves you, no matter that their armies outnumber yours by ten-thousand to one. You know nothing of courage. Honour is resisting a tyrant when all others suckle and grow fat on the hypocrisy he feeds them. You know nothing of honor.
Guilliman: And you’re still a slave, Angron. Enslaved by your past, blind to the future. Too hateful to learn. Too spiteful to prosper.
Guilliman: And you’re still a slave, Angron. Enslaved by your past, blind to the future. Too hateful to learn. Too spiteful to prosper.
— Horus Heresy, Betrayer
Kyriss: You must love us! We give you blood and hate and you will love us for it!
Sanguinius: I will take your silence now.
Sanguinius: I will take your silence now.
— Horus Heresy, Fear to Tread
Then the prophet spake: saying "Frak this, for my faith is a shield proof against your blandishments."
— Alem Mahat, The Book of Cain Chapter IV, Verse XXI, The Traitor's Hand
Daemon Princess Emeli: You have no idea. The pleasures I can show you, the bliss we can share. I told you before, you can be one of us. Have powers no mortal can conceive, experience an eternity of rapture. All you have to do is take it. Take me...
Ciaphas Cain: Frak this! My soul's my own, and I'm keeping it! (shoots Emeli)
Ciaphas Cain: Frak this! My soul's my own, and I'm keeping it! (shoots Emeli)
— The Traitor's Hand, the actual version of the above quote.
Nero: Oh shut up, you... you maddened misanthrope!
Simon Peter: A misanthrope hates mankind, Caesar. We Christians love humanity. Even you.
Simon Peter: A misanthrope hates mankind, Caesar. We Christians love humanity. Even you.
Peter McAlphine: You see? You've all done questionable things in your quest to stop us. You've used torture and intimidation; you've killed people to make yourselves feel better. You've demeaned yourselves, Drood. Oh, we went to a lot of trouble to work out schemes best suited to bring out your dark side... And do you know why, Eddie? Because only those who stand in Heaven's gaze have Heaven's strength, and can hope to stand against the forces of Darkness. And you and your family aren't qualified anymore.
Edmund Drood: You came close. But not close enough. We didn't come here to fight evil men; we came here to rescue your prisoners. We didn't come here to punish you for what you've done, but to prevent the Great Sacrifice and save a generation of children. It isn't what you do, Phil; it's why you do it.
Edmund Drood: You came close. But not close enough. We didn't come here to fight evil men; we came here to rescue your prisoners. We didn't come here to punish you for what you've done, but to prevent the Great Sacrifice and save a generation of children. It isn't what you do, Phil; it's why you do it.
— Secret Histories: For Heaven's Eyes Only
Redwillow: I'm loyal to my new Clan! Your time is over, you're nothing but an elder growing old over and over. Why don't you just give up and die?
Blackstar: I am still leader of this Clan. And you have betrayed us all.
Blackstar: I am still leader of this Clan. And you have betrayed us all.
— Warrior Cats: The Last Hope
You're the one who's really a human being! You think just like they do! You act just like they do! You only want to repeat all the misery they have brought to the world. You're dreaming not of real change but of establishing a new dictatorship paid for with hundreds and thousands of dead from your own ranks. And tell me what kind of a role you've thought up for the other animals species in your oh-so-very-wonderful never-never land? Come on, answer me!
— Francis during Pascal's Motive Rant, Felidae
Mab: I have his oath, ancient one. What he has given is mine by right, and you may not gainsay it. He is mine to shape as I please.
Archangel Uriel: [to Harry Dresden ] Lies. Mab cannot change who you are.
Archangel Uriel: [to Harry Dresden ] Lies. Mab cannot change who you are.
"Marco, your mother loves you," I said.
But if I'd been expecting him to soften, I got the opposite result.
"I know my mother loves me, Visser," he said. "And let me make one thing clear: There's no deal between us, you and me, Yeerk. I'll kill you for what you've done to her and to my dad. Count on that."
He hung up.
The door burst in as I slammed the cell phone into the toilet bowl and flushed. Preposterous! A scrawny teenager threatening me. I was a prisoner of Visser Three, already all but condemned to a death by torture and starvation. Did the child think he could frighten me? It was laughable.
<And yet you're not laughing, are you, Yeerk?>
But if I'd been expecting him to soften, I got the opposite result.
"I know my mother loves me, Visser," he said. "And let me make one thing clear: There's no deal between us, you and me, Yeerk. I'll kill you for what you've done to her and to my dad. Count on that."
He hung up.
The door burst in as I slammed the cell phone into the toilet bowl and flushed. Preposterous! A scrawny teenager threatening me. I was a prisoner of Visser Three, already all but condemned to a death by torture and starvation. Did the child think he could frighten me? It was laughable.
<And yet you're not laughing, are you, Yeerk?>
—Visser One being hit with a double whammy, Animorphs: Visser
Anton Chaigneau: We are the Order! We watch you people all the time, We Are Everywhere! Can you begin to imagine our power?
Matthew Swift: So powerful you can't even kill Bakker by yourself. You need us to do your work for you. We know you. We heard your voice inside our mind, when you whispered into the phone. You are an infestation in our skin, a worm in our flesh. You're part of us. Think about that next time you shoot us!
Death leaned forward. The candlelight raised new shadows on his skull. "COURAGE IS EASY BY CANDLELIGHT. YOUR FAITH, I SUSPECT, IS IN THE FLAME." Death grinned. Granny leaned forward, and blew out the candle.
"How many of us have you killed, Chief Stockton?"
The question was a surprise, a slap.
"Come on, don't be modest. I'll admit to all my murders. Little men and big, women and children. Dogs. I've happily killed dogs. It used to be not a day went past that I didn't murder something. [...] It's a good thing you can't see my face, because I know it's arranged into an expression that you would find even more horrifying than my words. And you know why my words horrify you? Because you understand."
Stockton remembered a scatter of dust on a red-lined cloak, a spike stuck into its folds; the pie-sized scarlet holes in hairy black hide packed with shot mixed in with ground-up sterling silver dollars; various steaming piles of loathsome putrescence. Monsters dying. That he had seen a lot of.
"For you, this isn't a graveyard. It's Death Row. And you pull the switch."
"You're all monsters."
"And monsters can't live? We kill people. No argument here, old thing. It's just that... well, Chief, how can I put this without seeming ungracious about your hospitality, but perhaps you shouldn't enjoy destroying us quite so much. Your kind always hates and fears the extraordinary."
"Uh-uh," Stockton said, bristling, "you don't get me like that, Mr. Clever Man. I didn't start this. We — regular folks — we didn't set out to hunt you all down and see you dead just because you were different. Nothing wrong with being different. We took objection to the murders. And the other things, the worse crimes."
The question was a surprise, a slap.
"Come on, don't be modest. I'll admit to all my murders. Little men and big, women and children. Dogs. I've happily killed dogs. It used to be not a day went past that I didn't murder something. [...] It's a good thing you can't see my face, because I know it's arranged into an expression that you would find even more horrifying than my words. And you know why my words horrify you? Because you understand."
Stockton remembered a scatter of dust on a red-lined cloak, a spike stuck into its folds; the pie-sized scarlet holes in hairy black hide packed with shot mixed in with ground-up sterling silver dollars; various steaming piles of loathsome putrescence. Monsters dying. That he had seen a lot of.
"For you, this isn't a graveyard. It's Death Row. And you pull the switch."
"You're all monsters."
"And monsters can't live? We kill people. No argument here, old thing. It's just that... well, Chief, how can I put this without seeming ungracious about your hospitality, but perhaps you shouldn't enjoy destroying us quite so much. Your kind always hates and fears the extraordinary."
"Uh-uh," Stockton said, bristling, "you don't get me like that, Mr. Clever Man. I didn't start this. We — regular folks — we didn't set out to hunt you all down and see you dead just because you were different. Nothing wrong with being different. We took objection to the murders. And the other things, the worse crimes."
Live-Action TV
"All of these things you've done, all the energy spent, the hatred, and you know what the funny thing about it is? I have no idea who the hell you are. I've been on hundreds of missions in my time; this one you're so upset about, I was sent to retrieve an object. If I'm being honest, I don't even remember what it was. As far as I'm concerned, you're just another redshirt like so many others, who tried unsuccessfully to stop me from saving the world, cos that's what I do. So, cool origin story, bro, but this means nothing to me."
— Phil Coulson, to Anton Ivanov, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "The Man Behind the Shield"
Kassius: Stand down, or experience death like your friends many, many times.
Mack: You're a real piece of work, you know that?
Kassius: I am a God, to be feared! Humans beg to be ruled; without me, they would have perished long ago!
Mack: I guess you're not the New Testament guy. Vengeance and tortures are tools of the Devil.
Yo-yo: And of the weak.
Kassius: You want a devil? I'll show you a Hell you cannot imagine-
Yo-yo: You're no God. Nor Devil. You're just a cruel, sad little blue man. So why don't we skip to the part where I end this?
Mack: You're a real piece of work, you know that?
Kassius: I am a God, to be feared! Humans beg to be ruled; without me, they would have perished long ago!
Mack: I guess you're not the New Testament guy. Vengeance and tortures are tools of the Devil.
Yo-yo: And of the weak.
Kassius: You want a devil? I'll show you a Hell you cannot imagine-
Yo-yo: You're no God. Nor Devil. You're just a cruel, sad little blue man. So why don't we skip to the part where I end this?
— Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., "Best Laid Plan"
Harkness: You think you accomplished something here? You think you not killing me makes you strong? It just means... you're weak.
Arrow: It means I have some humanity left.
Arrow: It means I have some humanity left.
Jack: How 'bout it, Hank? Should I let you go?
Hank: My name is ASAC Schrader — and you can go fuck yourself.
Hank: My name is ASAC Schrader — and you can go fuck yourself.
— Breaking Bad, "Ozymandias"
Kreese: You're a feisty one. But I like that... I like it
Slaps him in the face.
Amanda: I give a shit what you like! You're a sociopath, and I'm shutting you down if it's the last thing I do.
Slaps him in the face.
Amanda: I give a shit what you like! You're a sociopath, and I'm shutting you down if it's the last thing I do.
Anti-Monitor: I am destiny incarnate. Inexorable and inescapable. You are nothing; insects fated to be crushed beneath my heel without a moment's thought. Fighting is useless. Surrender.
Sara: Not today; not ever. Oliver died so that we could continue to fight. He sacrificed everything for this new world, and we will not fail him. We will not fail this world. For Oliver!
Kara: For Oliver.
Barry: For Oliver.
Dig: For Oliver!
J'onn and Alex: For Oliver!
Sara: Not today; not ever. Oliver died so that we could continue to fight. He sacrificed everything for this new world, and we will not fail him. We will not fail this world. For Oliver!
Kara: For Oliver.
Barry: For Oliver.
Dig: For Oliver!
J'onn and Alex: For Oliver!
Dalek: AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Have pity!
The Doctor: Why should I? You never did!
The Doctor: Why should I? You never did!
"You think you've broken me? You'll have to try harder than that. You've given me a gift of myself. You think that could destroy me? You think that makes me lesser? It makes me more. I contain multitudes, more than I ever thought or knew. You want me to be scared of it because you’re scared of everything, but I am so much more than you."
— The Doctor shooting down the Master's attempt to break her, Doctor Who, "The Timeless Children"
"Just in case you're wondering; all this I'm-messing-with-your-mind chat, I've heard worse on a Friday night in Sheffield."
— Yasmin Khan to the Master, Doctor Who, "The Power of the Doctor"
Moriarty: You'd be surprised at what I'd do for love.
Watson: Nothing crazy people do surprises me.
Watson: Nothing crazy people do surprises me.
— Elementary, "The Diabolical Kind"
Jeremiah: Yes... You feel it? The connection between us? You do, don't you? Bruce, do you feel it? Tell me you feel it.
Bruce: You mean nothing to me.
Bruce: You mean nothing to me.
Dawn: You've got me in a cage, wrapped up neatly in a bow. Do you think we're the only ones? We're not. There are many more like me. We're your neighbors. We serve your coffee, wash your cars... and we will never stop fighting until every single person who walks this earth accepts Islam and all the wonders of God.
Steve: That's never gonna happen. Not in this country, anyway, because for every one of you, there's a thousand of me. And just like you, we're willing to die for the cause, too. And no matter what you do, no matter how hard you come at us, you will never change the way we think and you will never, ever change the way we live. You wanted to sacrifice your life for the cause, right? Congratulations. You just did.
Steve: That's never gonna happen. Not in this country, anyway, because for every one of you, there's a thousand of me. And just like you, we're willing to die for the cause, too. And no matter what you do, no matter how hard you come at us, you will never change the way we think and you will never, ever change the way we live. You wanted to sacrifice your life for the cause, right? Congratulations. You just did.
Helen Cutter: I offer you the key to time. The key to time, Nick! And you turn your back on it. Call yourself a scientist?
Nick Cutter: I call myself a human being.
Nick Cutter: I call myself a human being.
— Primeval, Series 1, Episode 3
Shawn: You're just delaying the inevitable, Michael. The Bad Place is going to get all of them eventually. These four humans, their loved ones...and do you wanna know what else I have a hunch about?
Michael: No.
[Janet and Michael kick Shawn into a portal to the afterlife]
Michael: Why let the guy keep saying mean stuff, right?
Michael: No.
[Janet and Michael kick Shawn into a portal to the afterlife]
Michael: Why let the guy keep saying mean stuff, right?
Stephen Norton: [on hearing that Hercule Poirot will execute him; pretends to look at his watch] Then do get on with it. I promised myself an early night.
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: [sneers] 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! [Poirot suddenly suffers an angina attack and begins gasping] Ah-ah-ah, monsieur, you can't go yet! [Poirot starts wheeling himself to the table for the amyl nitrite inhalants] You don't think I'd let you die on me, [beats Poirot to the table] deprive me of my ultimate triumph? [takes the box of amyl nitrite from the table]
Poirot: [gasping for breath, trying to take the box back] Please... please...
Norton: [gloats evilly] You see, if you don't succeed, I'm a free man. [takes out the inhalant and sets the box down; Poirot reaches for the inhalant, but Norton pulls it further up and away from him] And even if you do, it will still be a victory of sorts, because in the eyes of the law, I would be innocent, whereas you and your reputation, your precious reputation... blown to bits!
Poirot: [gasping in anger] Je vous en prie!note
Norton: [mimicking and mocking Poirot's voice and accent] "Je vous en prie!" ...you can see them now. "Went off his rocker. In the end, you can never trust a foreigner." [pops open the inhalant capsule and, in a Pet the Dog moment, hands it back to Poirot, who quickly inhales it] You see how good I am to you... old man? There we go. Take your time, and see how it all pans out, shall we? [in a Mocking Sing-Song voice] ♪♫Who will be there at the final curtain?♪♫
Poirot: I pity you, Norton... how very sad to find that this beautiful world is so foul and disappointing. And your mother, I pity even more.
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: [sneers] 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! [Poirot suddenly suffers an angina attack and begins gasping] Ah-ah-ah, monsieur, you can't go yet! [Poirot starts wheeling himself to the table for the amyl nitrite inhalants] You don't think I'd let you die on me, [beats Poirot to the table] deprive me of my ultimate triumph? [takes the box of amyl nitrite from the table]
Poirot: [gasping for breath, trying to take the box back] Please... please...
Norton: [gloats evilly] You see, if you don't succeed, I'm a free man. [takes out the inhalant and sets the box down; Poirot reaches for the inhalant, but Norton pulls it further up and away from him] And even if you do, it will still be a victory of sorts, because in the eyes of the law, I would be innocent, whereas you and your reputation, your precious reputation... blown to bits!
Poirot: [gasping in anger] Je vous en prie!note
Norton: [mimicking and mocking Poirot's voice and accent] "Je vous en prie!" ...you can see them now. "Went off his rocker. In the end, you can never trust a foreigner." [pops open the inhalant capsule and, in a Pet the Dog moment, hands it back to Poirot, who quickly inhales it] You see how good I am to you... old man? There we go. Take your time, and see how it all pans out, shall we? [in a Mocking Sing-Song voice] ♪♫Who will be there at the final curtain?♪♫
Poirot: I pity you, Norton... how very sad to find that this beautiful world is so foul and disappointing. And your mother, I pity even more.
"Lucifer, you're my brother and I love you. But you are a great big bag of dicks."
Daenerys: You freed your brother. You committed treason.
Tyrion: I freed my brother. And you slaughtered a city.
Tyrion: I freed my brother. And you slaughtered a city.
— Game of Thrones, "The Iron Throne"
Livewire: Your 15 minutes are up, you boring, weak...
Supergirl: Oh, shut up, you mean girl.
Catherine: I just have one question: Why me?
Laura: You really have to ask? Why do you think I chose you? I know you...When we were kids, you always went for the boy who needed you; I always went for the boy who would give me something...I take what I want. You put everyone else first, because that's the easier way. You'd rather accept the life you have rather than risk having the life you want.
Catherine: You're never going to see the outside world again, Laura. Tell me whose life you'd rather have now. Oh, and you do know me. But not as well as you think. Because when you chose me, you should've known it was gonna end like this.
Laura: You really have to ask? Why do you think I chose you? I know you...When we were kids, you always went for the boy who needed you; I always went for the boy who would give me something...I take what I want. You put everyone else first, because that's the easier way. You'd rather accept the life you have rather than risk having the life you want.
Catherine: You're never going to see the outside world again, Laura. Tell me whose life you'd rather have now. Oh, and you do know me. But not as well as you think. Because when you chose me, you should've known it was gonna end like this.
— CSI, "Willows in the Wind."
Peggy: I wanted to choose. Be my own me. Not be defined by someone else's expect— and then that guy, that stupid guy... walked out into the... why'd he have to do that?
Lou: You mean the victim?
Peggy: No, that's not fair! 'Cause I'm a victim too! Was a victim first! Before him!
Lou: Victim of what?
Peggy: That's... you wouldn't understand, you're a man... it's a lie, okay? That you can do it all. Be a wife, and a mother, and a self-made career woman, like there's thirty-seven hours in a day! And then when you can't, they say it's you! You're faulty! Like... like... like you're inferior somehow! And-and if if you could just get your act together, until you're half mad—
Lou: [He's had enough] People are dead, Peggy.
[Peggy falls silent]
Lou: You mean the victim?
Peggy: No, that's not fair! 'Cause I'm a victim too! Was a victim first! Before him!
Lou: Victim of what?
Peggy: That's... you wouldn't understand, you're a man... it's a lie, okay? That you can do it all. Be a wife, and a mother, and a self-made career woman, like there's thirty-seven hours in a day! And then when you can't, they say it's you! You're faulty! Like... like... like you're inferior somehow! And-and if if you could just get your act together, until you're half mad—
Lou: [He's had enough] People are dead, Peggy.
[Peggy falls silent]
— Fargo, "Palindrome"
Picard: You say you are true evil? Shall I tell you what true evil is? It is to submit to you. It is when we surrender our freedom, our dignity, instead of defying you.
Armus: I will kill you, and those in there.
Picard: But you will still be here. In this place. Forever. Alone. Immortal. That's your real fear. Never to die. Never again to be united with those who left you here. I'm not taking you anywhere.
(Armus screams in agony as Picard is beamed out)
— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Skin Of Evil"
The Chancellor: You are obsolete, Mr. Wordsworth. You have no function, Mr. Wordsworth! You're an anachronism, like a ghost from another time!
Romney Wordsworth: I am nothing more than a reminder to you that you cannot destroy truth!
Chancellor: You're a bug, Mr. Wordsworth! A crawling insect, an ugly, misformed little creature who has no purpose here! No meaning!
Wordsworth: I am a human being! I exist! And if I speak one thought aloud, that thought lives, even after I'm shoveled into my grave.
Romney Wordsworth: I am nothing more than a reminder to you that you cannot destroy truth!
Chancellor: You're a bug, Mr. Wordsworth! A crawling insect, an ugly, misformed little creature who has no purpose here! No meaning!
Wordsworth: I am a human being! I exist! And if I speak one thought aloud, that thought lives, even after I'm shoveled into my grave.
Music
Hey Antichrist-er, Beelzeboss,
We know your weakness our rocket-sauce!
We rock the Casbah, and blow your mind,
We will defeat you, for all mankind!
You hold the scepter,
We hold the key,
You are The Devil,
We are the D!
We know your weakness our rocket-sauce!
We rock the Casbah, and blow your mind,
We will defeat you, for all mankind!
You hold the scepter,
We hold the key,
You are The Devil,
We are the D!
— Tenacious D, "Beelzeboss"
Maybe one day you'll find humanity
Until then, don't you dare say that we are the same
Until then, don't you dare say that we are the same
— NateWantsToBattle, "No More"
There You Go!
You're always so right!
It's all a big show!
It's all about you!
You think you know -
What everyone needs -
You always take time -
To criticize me.
It seems like every day,
I make mistakes,
I just can't get it right.
It's like I'm the one,
You love to hate!
But not today.
So shut up, shut up, shut up,
Don't want to hear it!
Get out, get out, get out,
Get out of my way!
Step up, step up, step up,
You'll never stop me!
Nothing, you say, today,
Is gonna bring me down!
You're always so right!
It's all a big show!
It's all about you!
You think you know -
What everyone needs -
You always take time -
To criticize me.
It seems like every day,
I make mistakes,
I just can't get it right.
It's like I'm the one,
You love to hate!
But not today.
So shut up, shut up, shut up,
Don't want to hear it!
Get out, get out, get out,
Get out of my way!
Step up, step up, step up,
You'll never stop me!
Nothing, you say, today,
Is gonna bring me down!
— Simple Plan, "Shut Up!"
Colgera: The world will never change
The demon king decrees
Your deaths will be in vain
The kingdom's hope will freeze
Tulin: Not while I'm flying free!
The demon king decrees
Your deaths will be in vain
The kingdom's hope will freeze
Tulin: Not while I'm flying free!
Newspaper Comics
Calvin: Being young and impressionable, I'm the helpless victim of countless bad influences! An unwholesome culture panders to my undeveloped values and pushes me to maleficence. I take no responsibility for my behavior! I'm an innocent pawn! It's society's fault!
Calvin's Dad: Then you need to build more character. Go shovel the walk.
Calvin's Dad: Then you need to build more character. Go shovel the walk.
The Mekon: Hmh. Englishman. What did you think you were doing...? Have your prior victories blinded you? Have you mistaken them for something beyond what they truly were? The most obvious and ludicrous good fortune? You have seen my fleet. You know the odds. And you still—
Dan Dare: We always fight squalid little men like you.
The Mekon: What?
Dan Dare: There's really nothing more to be said.
Dan Dare: We always fight squalid little men like you.
The Mekon: What?
Dan Dare: There's really nothing more to be said.
— Dan Dare
Podcasts
Kepler: Well, that's a very nice speech, Captain. You know what I see when I look at you? I s-
(Lovelace spits at him)
Lovelace: Frankly, Colonel? I don't give a damn.
(Lovelace spits at him)
Lovelace: Frankly, Colonel? I don't give a damn.
— Wolf 359
Sheriff Connors: Well, as I see it, we got two options. Option One: Dylan goes free. Of course. We pin this on Liam. We both step forward, you present your evidence, I present the gloves, and everything moves forward as planned. The town survives. Option Two: Dylan goes free. You take me into custody. And this town falls into the hands of corruption and bureaucracy, and they don't trust law anymore. They don't know right from wrong anymore. And there's no one left to guide them.
Gandy Dancer: You have to understand something, Sheriff. Our primary goal is to accomplish our mission. We were hired to prove Dylan Mathers' innocence, and to free him from this prison. I can't speak for you other two, but I personally don't care about the rest. And if Dylan is not out of that cell, then we haven't accomplished our mission.
Sheriff Connors: Either way, the boy goes free, okay? You don't have to worry about Dylan-
Errol Ryehouse: Sheriff, you may find this hard to believe, but we're speaking the same language. The last thing I want is for outside interests to come in, and force themselves on Carrion Street, and change our way of life. We like the way we live on Carrion Street. But if that means living with your justice? If that means locking up innocent folks? If that means killing boys in the street...why are we having this fucking conversation? You killed a boy in the street! (draws weapons)
Gandy Dancer: You have to understand something, Sheriff. Our primary goal is to accomplish our mission. We were hired to prove Dylan Mathers' innocence, and to free him from this prison. I can't speak for you other two, but I personally don't care about the rest. And if Dylan is not out of that cell, then we haven't accomplished our mission.
Sheriff Connors: Either way, the boy goes free, okay? You don't have to worry about Dylan-
Errol Ryehouse: Sheriff, you may find this hard to believe, but we're speaking the same language. The last thing I want is for outside interests to come in, and force themselves on Carrion Street, and change our way of life. We like the way we live on Carrion Street. But if that means living with your justice? If that means locking up innocent folks? If that means killing boys in the street...why are we having this fucking conversation? You killed a boy in the street! (draws weapons)
Professional Wrestling
"Who's The Rock? Who's is The Rock? Oh, you should know who The Rock is, you interrupt The Rock, The Rock will be the guy to get in that ring, tighten his shoes and whup your ass! Or maybe you don't remember, you and The Rock, Triple H and The Rock, well The Rock, let The Rock break it down for you: The Rock, the most electrifying man in sports and entertainment; The Rock. The Rock, Brahma Bull, Great One, People's Champ, and oh—to say the least, The Rock is something you're not: Undisputed Champion. So shut up, bitch!"
Familiar-looking lion head: You remember us, don't you…? We're still inseparable after all this time, aren't we…? CLEANER. Remember your friends? Remember your BEST friend? He was never on your side. And now it's only a matter of time until everyone else… goes away too. Doesn't it hurt being alone? Don't worry. We can help you. Join us… and your pain will end FOREVER!!!
(some flying bones break through the lion-head's illusions)
Lion head: What? My illusions…!
(a sock is thrown at the lion-head's face)
Sans: yeah… stick a sock in it, pal. mind if i tag in this time, kenny?
(some flying bones break through the lion-head's illusions)
Lion head: What? My illusions…!
(a sock is thrown at the lion-head's face)
Sans: yeah… stick a sock in it, pal. mind if i tag in this time, kenny?
AJ Styles: You see, Dominik. There's gonna come a time when you can't hide behind Judgment Day, because the OC's gonna pick them off, one by one by one.
Finn Bálor: AJ, you're the one to talk about hiding, you're the one that's hiding in The Club right now. Yeah. That's right, The Club that I started. And while I'm being honest, ever since I left The Club and moved on, everyone that came after me is living off my legacy. Today, The Judgment Day are in town, step up and get pulled down.
Karl Anderson: Finn Bálor, it's time for you to stop talking. And it's time to remind Charlotte, North Carolina why Karl Anderson is the toughest man in the building! Let's clear this ring and do this match, you and I, right now!
Finn Bálor: AJ, you're the one to talk about hiding, you're the one that's hiding in The Club right now. Yeah. That's right, The Club that I started. And while I'm being honest, ever since I left The Club and moved on, everyone that came after me is living off my legacy. Today, The Judgment Day are in town, step up and get pulled down.
Karl Anderson: Finn Bálor, it's time for you to stop talking. And it's time to remind Charlotte, North Carolina why Karl Anderson is the toughest man in the building! Let's clear this ring and do this match, you and I, right now!
WWE Raw, October 24, 2022
Theatre
"Lady Tremaine, when I'll want your advice, I'll ask for it!"
—The Prince, Twice Charmed
Visual Novels
Lana: Mr. Wright, let me offer you a word of advice.
Phoenix: Yes?
Lana: A defense attorney should never "believe" their client. [...] The defendant is called to trial because they are suspected of wrongdoing! Never forget that.
Phoenix: Ms. Skye, you... You remind me a lot of Mia. But there is one decisive difference between you and her.
Lana: And that is?
Phoenix: You're not a defense attorney.
Phoenix: Yes?
Lana: A defense attorney should never "believe" their client. [...] The defendant is called to trial because they are suspected of wrongdoing! Never forget that.
Phoenix: Ms. Skye, you... You remind me a lot of Mia. But there is one decisive difference between you and her.
Lana: And that is?
Phoenix: You're not a defense attorney.
—Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, "Rise From The Ashes"
The Big Bad: Your role really wasn't that of some embodiment of Death. No, you were London's guardian angel.
Barok Van Zieks: An angel with bloody hands? I think not.
Barok Van Zieks: An angel with bloody hands? I think not.
Web Animation
Lex Luthor: Fool. You're just like all the rest -- building a suit to save the world, trying to play God. Let me tell you something, Stark! There's only man in the world meant to play such a role: me.
Iron Man: I don't know, Lex. Being a God can't be too hard. I mean...I'm the most intelligent, capable person on the planet. I'm not playing God. All this time, I've been playing human.
Iron Man: I don't know, Lex. Being a God can't be too hard. I mean...I'm the most intelligent, capable person on the planet. I'm not playing God. All this time, I've been playing human.
Homelander: Howdy, neighbor! Cocoa? It's waaaaarm~! You know, Nolan, Homelander is more than just a superhero. It might be cynical to say this, but he's a… a brand. And it's very important to me that that brand mean something. And if I'm playing second fiddle to some goddamn alien… (scoffs) What's really the point, right? What do you think, Debbie?
(The camera moves to reveal Debbie's freshly-charred corpse)
Homelander: Aw, she's shy. So do we have an understanding? Get the fuck out of my country.
Omni-Man: (takes a deep breath) I'm going to feed you your own heart.
Homelander: (stunned silent for a moment, then chuckles) Shit! That was a great line!
(The camera moves to reveal Debbie's freshly-charred corpse)
Homelander: Aw, she's shy. So do we have an understanding? Get the fuck out of my country.
Omni-Man: (takes a deep breath) I'm going to feed you your own heart.
Homelander: (stunned silent for a moment, then chuckles) Shit! That was a great line!
Alex Mercer: So much power, and yet you waste it on these vermin...you and I could change this world for the better!
Cole MacGrath: The only vermin I see here...is you!
Cole MacGrath: The only vermin I see here...is you!
Robo-Fizz: (Evil Laugh) Is that Blitz-o my sensors spot up the-e-ere? I guess the kiddies are still running away from you, huh? (continues laughing)
Blitzo: The "o" is silent now.
Robo-Fizz: A-Aww... just like your audience always was when you to-told your lazy jokes here! (more laughter)
Blitzo: Bitch, I make more money killing people than you do being a cheap-ass robo-ripoff of an overrated sellout JESTER!
Robo-Fizz: Oo-o-oh! Someone's salty! Real or not, though, people lo-ove me! Does anybody love yo-o-ou, Blitz-o?
Blitzo: No. (lifts his rifle) But I'm really good with guns now! (loads a full clip) Dance, bitch! (opens fire)
Blitzo: The "o" is silent now.
Robo-Fizz: A-Aww... just like your audience always was when you to-told your lazy jokes here! (more laughter)
Blitzo: Bitch, I make more money killing people than you do being a cheap-ass robo-ripoff of an overrated sellout JESTER!
Robo-Fizz: Oo-o-oh! Someone's salty! Real or not, though, people lo-ove me! Does anybody love yo-o-ou, Blitz-o?
Blitzo: No. (lifts his rifle) But I'm really good with guns now! (loads a full clip) Dance, bitch! (opens fire)
Blueblood: Why are we continuing with this charade?! Is this your handiwork, dirty human? Did you set this up just to rub my defeat in my face?!
Phoenix: Of course not. It's our duty as keepers of the law to find the truth — the whole truth. If all you care about are your own personal victories, then I suggest you find another occupation!
Blueblood: Grr! You! You little blue cretin! You dare disrespect me?! ME?! PRINCE BLUEBLOOD?! Nephew to Princess Celestia her—
Phoenix: I don't care WHO you are! I'm here to find the truth! And if you aren't here to do the same, then the only "experience" you're going to get with these trials... is how to severely damage your own judicial system!
Phoenix: Of course not. It's our duty as keepers of the law to find the truth — the whole truth. If all you care about are your own personal victories, then I suggest you find another occupation!
Blueblood: Grr! You! You little blue cretin! You dare disrespect me?! ME?! PRINCE BLUEBLOOD?! Nephew to Princess Celestia her—
Phoenix: I don't care WHO you are! I'm here to find the truth! And if you aren't here to do the same, then the only "experience" you're going to get with these trials... is how to severely damage your own judicial system!
El Hermano: You're indeed strong, Absalon. Normally, I would spare someone like you, but you're a threat to my plan. This energy ball will erase this planet. No… this universe! No… three universes from existence! I'll let you get your final words in. Come on, say it in front of the class! Don't be shy.
Absalon Gohan: I… I… have been waiting for you to stand still, idiot!
(Absalon throws a capsule that sucks El Hermano into the Dead Zone)
Absalon Gohan: I… I… have been waiting for you to stand still, idiot!
(Absalon throws a capsule that sucks El Hermano into the Dead Zone)
Miles Edgeworth: All of the sudden... there shines the shiny demon. In the middle of the road. AND HE SAID!
Manfred von Karma: Plaaaay the best soooong in the world... Or I'll eat your souls!
Miles Edgeworth: Well, me and Kyle (Phoenix Wright). We looked at each other. AND WE EACH SAID...
Both Edgeworth and Wright: OBJECTION!!!
Manfred von Karma: Plaaaay the best soooong in the world... Or I'll eat your souls!
Miles Edgeworth: Well, me and Kyle (Phoenix Wright). We looked at each other. AND WE EACH SAID...
Both Edgeworth and Wright: OBJECTION!!!
Roman: Little Red, little Red, you are just determined to be the hero of Vale, aren'tcha?
Ruby: What are you doing!? Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!
Roman: That's the plan!
Ruby: But why!? What do you get out of it!?
Roman: You're asking the wrong questions, Red! It's not what I have to gain, it's that I can't afford to lose! I may be a gambling man, but even I know that there are some bets you just don't take. Like it or not, the people that hired me are going to change the world! You can't stop 'em, I can't stop 'em! You know the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em-"
[Ruby activates Neo's Parasol of Pain, sending her flying away into the sky]
Roman: NEO!
Ruby: I don't care what you say! We will stop them and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!!
Ruby: What are you doing!? Without these ships, the Grimm will destroy everything!
Roman: That's the plan!
Ruby: But why!? What do you get out of it!?
Roman: You're asking the wrong questions, Red! It's not what I have to gain, it's that I can't afford to lose! I may be a gambling man, but even I know that there are some bets you just don't take. Like it or not, the people that hired me are going to change the world! You can't stop 'em, I can't stop 'em! You know the old saying, "If you can't beat 'em-"
[Ruby activates Neo's Parasol of Pain, sending her flying away into the sky]
Roman: NEO!
Ruby: I don't care what you say! We will stop them and I will stop you! BET ON THAT!!
— RWBY
Mother Brain: Samus Aran, I will not allow you to foil my plans again! I am going to bring order into the universe, through whatever means necessary-
Samus: CHICKEN STRIIIPS!!
Mother Brain: What?! [gets blasted with missiles and Wave Beams]
— Something About, Something About Super Metroid
Lucks: Isn't it ironic, Masa? You fought me for so long, yet I was the one trying to SAVE Lucinia. If you had just been loyal, then-
Belle: SHUT UP! You really are a special kind of messed up, aren't you, Lucks?! You lie so much, you've even managed to convince yourself you're not a monster! What happened to Lucinia happened under YOUR watch. You knew what Sheridan was doing was dangerous, but you allowed it anyway! Then, instead of taking responsibility for what happened, you lied, manipulated, and threatened us to cover it up! All you ever do is look out for yourself! Well, where did that get you, Lucks?! Right here! Alone!
Niles: PERFECT?! You call this floating rock in the middle of cosmic nothing PERFECT?! No...we need to become one again! We need to get our universe back!
Mario kicks Niles across the room
Mario: Mario's not the smartest guy in the room...but Mario knows enough to say that you need to shut up and let Melony go!
Bob: Bro, your vids aren't even funny. I bet you're doing this all for the money!
SMG3: Shut up! No one asked for your opinion! L + ratio + you look like a minion!
SMG3: Shut up! No one asked for your opinion! L + ratio + you look like a minion!
Arbiter: Why can't you leave me alone?
Eugene: Why can't you stop killing people?
Arbiter: I didn't kill you, asshole. You did. That's on you. You pulled the trigger.
Eugene: Why?
Arbiter: Because you were fucking weak. Life wasn't fair to you. Boo-fucking-hoo. Hasn't been fair to me either. To the vast majority of people. I wasn't the only factor in you killing yourself. If you can consider me a factor.
Eugene: If not, why am I here?
Arbiter: Your response to your pain was to bring more into the world. I'm getting rid of some.
Eugene: One dead kid at-a-time.
Arbiter: What about all the fucking kids he's killed? Huh?
Eugene: So killing kids is fine as long as enough kids have been killed?
Arbiter: I never said I was doing the right thing.
Eugene: What the hell are you doing?
Arbiter: What's necessary.
Eugene: Classic. A lot of lunatics throughout history said the same. Maybe you just secretly enjoy making people suffer. Payback, for being brought here with no purpose. You punish the innocent: Existence itself. Your girlfriend's no exception, or whatever she is to you. I know you're in love with her. But she'll never love you back, not really, for obvious reasons. (scoffs) You know. Let's be real. That you hate her for it. So you gotta make her life miserable. Keep walking in-and-out of it. You're gone, you're back, you're dead, you're back again. Interfering where you've got no business. You've ruined her wedding day. But you're "The Arbiter", right? The decider of what should or shouldn't be. Right and wrong. And right now, the right thing is killing this kid. You're that desperate to leave a mark on the world. To matter, at any cost. And you think it makes you a hero. You're no better than him.
(Eugene turns to leave, but is stopped by Arbiter talking to him)
Arbiter: You don't believe that. Who the fuck are you, the Pope? The shit you did? Spare me the fucking lecture.
Eugene: People change. We're not photographs of ourselves. Not until the end. We all exist across time. It's part of being. You now isn't you five seconds ago. Five seconds from now, at the same time, they're all instances of you, simulatenously. We're the sum of what we bring to existence. What you bring... That's up to you.
Eugene: Why can't you stop killing people?
Arbiter: I didn't kill you, asshole. You did. That's on you. You pulled the trigger.
Eugene: Why?
Arbiter: Because you were fucking weak. Life wasn't fair to you. Boo-fucking-hoo. Hasn't been fair to me either. To the vast majority of people. I wasn't the only factor in you killing yourself. If you can consider me a factor.
Eugene: If not, why am I here?
Arbiter: Your response to your pain was to bring more into the world. I'm getting rid of some.
Eugene: One dead kid at-a-time.
Arbiter: What about all the fucking kids he's killed? Huh?
Eugene: So killing kids is fine as long as enough kids have been killed?
Arbiter: I never said I was doing the right thing.
Eugene: What the hell are you doing?
Arbiter: What's necessary.
Eugene: Classic. A lot of lunatics throughout history said the same. Maybe you just secretly enjoy making people suffer. Payback, for being brought here with no purpose. You punish the innocent: Existence itself. Your girlfriend's no exception, or whatever she is to you. I know you're in love with her. But she'll never love you back, not really, for obvious reasons. (scoffs) You know. Let's be real. That you hate her for it. So you gotta make her life miserable. Keep walking in-and-out of it. You're gone, you're back, you're dead, you're back again. Interfering where you've got no business. You've ruined her wedding day. But you're "The Arbiter", right? The decider of what should or shouldn't be. Right and wrong. And right now, the right thing is killing this kid. You're that desperate to leave a mark on the world. To matter, at any cost. And you think it makes you a hero. You're no better than him.
(Eugene turns to leave, but is stopped by Arbiter talking to him)
Arbiter: You don't believe that. Who the fuck are you, the Pope? The shit you did? Spare me the fucking lecture.
Eugene: People change. We're not photographs of ourselves. Not until the end. We all exist across time. It's part of being. You now isn't you five seconds ago. Five seconds from now, at the same time, they're all instances of you, simulatenously. We're the sum of what we bring to existence. What you bring... That's up to you.
— Arby 'n' the Chief, "Zero Hour"
Webcomics
Ross: Sometimes, Joyce...God chooses to enact his perfect will through an imperfect agent.
Joyce: I'll keep that in mind when I put my goddamned foot through your face.
Female prisoner: The TV reporters are seeing through you, hypocrite. They see you twist Christ's forgiveness into an excuse for licentiousness! For a pretense, you make long prayers—
Rikk: I... hate... The Silence of the Lambs. Every time I try to treat prisoners as people, I have to sit through another variation of... "HELLOOOO… CLARICE! AM I TRAPPED IN HERE WITH YOU, OR ARE YOU TRAPPED IN HERE WITH MEEE? Woo! I'm so scaaary in this completely stationary position!" I know you've had a rotten childhood, but one of my closest friends had one about as bad as yours, and he never went on a murder spree. So let's not insult each other by pretending we have anything in common, and just cut to the plea bargain, mmmmkay?
Rikk: I... hate... The Silence of the Lambs. Every time I try to treat prisoners as people, I have to sit through another variation of... "HELLOOOO… CLARICE! AM I TRAPPED IN HERE WITH YOU, OR ARE YOU TRAPPED IN HERE WITH MEEE? Woo! I'm so scaaary in this completely stationary position!" I know you've had a rotten childhood, but one of my closest friends had one about as bad as yours, and he never went on a murder spree. So let's not insult each other by pretending we have anything in common, and just cut to the plea bargain, mmmmkay?
— Fans!, page #1839
Head Alien: Look at their faces, Sal. They're afraid of you. I thought you wanted to put all this anger behind you. I-if you kill me in rage, you'll be right back where you started. Don't let the hate consume you. Think of you, Sal. Think of you.
Sal: Sometimes...[runs Head Alien through with a spear]...you gotta take one for the team.
Crystal: NOT PALS. ALWAYS CALL ME STUPID. ALWAYS TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
Bozzok: Well someone has to! What, were you suddenly going to start thinking for yourself, you lazy little brat? Don't make me laugh. You've never been anything but a rabid dog who needs someone else to hold her leash. I don't know what lies Starshine told to get you all twisted around, but stop being such a gullible moron and get back out there and-
Crystal: [punches through his chest] I HATE YOU.
Bozzok: Well someone has to! What, were you suddenly going to start thinking for yourself, you lazy little brat? Don't make me laugh. You've never been anything but a rabid dog who needs someone else to hold her leash. I don't know what lies Starshine told to get you all twisted around, but stop being such a gullible moron and get back out there and-
Crystal: [punches through his chest] I HATE YOU.
Redcloak: I am curious about one thing before you implode into oblivion, dwarf. How many goblin lives have you snuffed out? Personally?
Sovieshu Vict: [To Navier] Fine, I’m your ex-husband. That I am. But… I’m still the emperor of the empire you belong to. And I… have no intention of granting my ex-wife the right to remarry.
High Priest Vimirey: That is up to me, Emperor Sovieshu.
High Priest Vimirey: That is up to me, Emperor Sovieshu.
Tessa: ...Heh. You think you're above everyone else because you know things they can't. But even you have no idea what's going on behind the curtain. [...] It's not fair, is it?
[Anemone interrupts her with a blast of energy]
Anemone: FAIR!? ...Fine, I don't need to know what exactly you are. If you're working to destroy what she gave up everything to protect... then I won't tolerate your presence in her city.
[Anemone interrupts her with a blast of energy]
Anemone: FAIR!? ...Fine, I don't need to know what exactly you are. If you're working to destroy what she gave up everything to protect... then I won't tolerate your presence in her city.
Starfish: You never had any business sense. Our client's paying us per body. We use smaller bodies that hold less product. And we win by delivering less for more. It's brilliant. Now you're askin' us to take a pass on profitability so you can sleep at night?
Quigley: No, Starfish. I'm asking you to piss off.
Quigley: No, Starfish. I'm asking you to piss off.
Web Original
"I will ignore the Evil Overlord's arguments revolving around honor and/or morality. If he were really all that worked up about either, he would never have become an Evil Overlord in the first place."
— Things I Will Do If I Am Ever the Hero, Rule #2
Freeza: Well well well, I'm legitimately surprised I missed one of you! But that's just fine, because I've been working on some jokes. Now, tell me if you heard this one: how many Namekians does it take to—
Piccolo: [punches him] Just one.
Piccolo: [punches him] Just one.
Freeza: I see. Sending all your friends off to fight me all of your own. How gutless.
Goku: What? How was that gutless?
Freeza: Because... suicide is the coward's way out.
Goku: [bored] Can we fight, now?
Freeza: Son of a— Yes!
Goku: What? How was that gutless?
Freeza: Because... suicide is the coward's way out.
Goku: [bored] Can we fight, now?
Freeza: Son of a— Yes!
Goku: I have to stop you! You're a heartless monster who slaughters everyone in his way… even children!
Freeza: Oh, please. Everyone's always on about the children. I already tried leaving them alive, but all they ever do is grow up under my rule or dedicate their pathetic lives to revenge. Usually both. Really, killing them is a kindness. I can retract that kindness if you wish… but then who's the villain?
Goku: Y-you.
Freeza: No, that was a rhetorical question.
Goku: And I gave you a rhetorical answer!
Freeza: Oh, please. Everyone's always on about the children. I already tried leaving them alive, but all they ever do is grow up under my rule or dedicate their pathetic lives to revenge. Usually both. Really, killing them is a kindness. I can retract that kindness if you wish… but then who's the villain?
Goku: Y-you.
Freeza: No, that was a rhetorical question.
Goku: And I gave you a rhetorical answer!
Cell: Oh-ho-ho-ho my god, it's Tien! What, was Krillin busy?
Tien: [glares]
Cell: Come on, buddy, you can't be serious! With your power level?! You're no android. You're no Namekian. And you're certainly no Super Saiyan! You're just human.
Tien: Yeah, well, you know what?! Fuck power levels! Fuck Super Saiyans! AND FUCK! YOU! SHIN! KIKOHO!!
Cell: Oh, that's adorab- SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
Tien: [glares]
Cell: Come on, buddy, you can't be serious! With your power level?! You're no android. You're no Namekian. And you're certainly no Super Saiyan! You're just human.
Tien: Yeah, well, you know what?! Fuck power levels! Fuck Super Saiyans! AND FUCK! YOU! SHIN! KIKOHO!!
Cell: Oh, that's adorab- SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
Cell: You know, if you want my personal opinion, "Kikoho" is a pretty sad choice of last words. But to be fair, it's far from the worst decision you've made today!
Tien: Kiko fuck yourself...!
Cell: Aw, see? That's the spirit!
Tien: Kiko fuck yourself...!
Cell: Aw, see? That's the spirit!
Cell: Look at you! I'm gonna call you "Whoppin Cough", because you just devastated my children! And for a second there, I thought that yarn you were spinning was going to turn up short. But here you are! My final challen— [Gohan punches him in the guts] WOAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Gohan: Careful, Cell. Your Vegeta's showing.
Gohan: Careful, Cell. Your Vegeta's showing.
Cell: No! Enough of that! Now listen up! Y'all been skipping my best shit since I got here! Ranked me as fourth-best villain under King Piccolo! I'm Perfect Cell, motherf*ckers! So Dende on f*cking Earth! You better recognize the crackle of my RAW, SSSSEXUAL ENERGY, AND LINE YOUR 1990S ASSES UP SO I CAN—
[Gohan blasts a massive Kamehameha, killing Cell]
[Gohan blasts a massive Kamehameha, killing Cell]
There, that's for trying to guilt trip me! Yeah, the Big Bad Freeman. Of course! You guys didn't start shit!
— Gordon Freeman, ambushing a pair of soldiers blaming him for killing their fellows (who were trying to kill him first), Freeman's Mind
The Joker: You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Green Goblin: Yeah. He told me you're gay.
Green Goblin: Yeah. He told me you're gay.
Lex Luthor: Say goodbye to the world you know, for from this moment on, you are all at the mercy of Lex Luthor, the greatest criminal mind the world has ever-
Green Goblin: Aaaaah, shut up! (throws a pumpkin bomb)
Green Goblin: Aaaaah, shut up! (throws a pumpkin bomb)
Godzilla: Earth 1215-84/Massacre: DESTROY ALL GODZILLAS
Manila:I got a better idea. How about we only destroy one of them?
Manila:I got a better idea. How about we only destroy one of them?
Thulsa Doom: My child, you have come to me, my son. Who gave you the will to live? What would your world be, without me? My son.
The Nostalgia Critic: (imitating Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan) Well, gee, when you put it like that, FUCK YOU!!!
Conan: (beheads Thulsa Doom)
The Nostalgia Critic: (imitating Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan) Well, gee, when you put it like that, FUCK YOU!!!
Conan: (beheads Thulsa Doom)
Ultra Dripstinct: I MUST PROTECT MY DRIP, BY ANY MEANS NESSACARY!
Goku: YOUR JORDANS ARE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!
Goku: YOUR JORDANS ARE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!
— Lythero, "A Totally Normal Universe 7 Raid"
"You want to compare us, freak? Maybe we both had bad days. Days where nothing went right, days where we were too slow, too stupid, too weak, unprepared or tired. Days we'll look back on for the rest of our fucking miserable lives, wondering what we would have done different, what we could have done better, how things could have played out. The difference between us is that I actually did something with my life, and I'm still trying to do more while I serve my sentence!" He stopped and took a breath. "You started your big projects, got every fucking person in the world to get their hopes up, and then you failed to finish anything because you couldn't hack it when your fucking family got killed! You insult their fucking memories every motherfucking second you exist like this!"
— Armsmaster to Mannequin, Worm
Jack Slash: So tough! So brave! All of this from the-
Golem: Stop talking, Jack. You're not that clever, not as sharp as you like to think. You talked to me about keystones? Bullshit. You're a sad, pathetic killer with delusions of grandeur.
Golem: Stop talking, Jack. You're not that clever, not as sharp as you like to think. You talked to me about keystones? Bullshit. You're a sad, pathetic killer with delusions of grandeur.
— Worm
Lecter: You turned your back on your own brother, became a corporate scumbag...
Kaiba: Yeah, okay, I'm an asshole; what's your point?
Kaiba: Yeah, okay, I'm an asshole; what's your point?
Banjo: Hey-ho, it's been a while, nearly twenty years...
Grunty: Fly, my mighty broom!
Kazooie: And Grunty still hasn't shut up. Oh, God I'm bored to tears.
Grunty: Now you meet your doom!
Grunty: Fly, my mighty broom!
Kazooie: And Grunty still hasn't shut up. Oh, God I'm bored to tears.
Grunty: Now you meet your doom!
Chef Saltbaker: Rest in pieces, Mugman/You fell to my plan
Mugman: (gets back on his feet) Oh, put a sock in it, ya pipe-organ palooka.
Chef Saltbaker: WHAT!?
(KNOCKOUT!)
Chef Saltbaker: NOOOOOOO!
Mugman: (gets back on his feet) Oh, put a sock in it, ya pipe-organ palooka.
Chef Saltbaker: WHAT!?
(KNOCKOUT!)
Chef Saltbaker: NOOOOOOO!
Pizza Face: PEPPINO, YOU'RE MINE!
YOU'VE TAKEN FAR TOO MUCH TIME
FOR A SIMPLE JOG TO THE EXIT DOOR
HEY, HANG ON, WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING FOR?
DON'T TELL ME THIS IS YOUR SECOND LAP…
YOU'RE STILL OBSESSED WITH THAT P-RANK CRAP?
YOU KNOW I'M GONNA BLOW YOUR SITE TO SMITHEREENS TOMORROW, RIGHT?
THERE'S SO MANY WORLDS THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN!
LIKE A FOREST FULL OF GNOMES WHERE YOUR CLOTHES ARE GREEN!
A DESERT SALOON, A PLANET FULL OF CHEESE!
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S, IS THIS WHERE YOU WANNA BE?
BUT YOU'RE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, LETTING ALL THAT DISAPPEAR
JUST FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS TO BRAGGING SLIGHTLY FLAWLESS CLEARS!
IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT, GO AHEAD AND HAVE A BALL!
BUT YOU'LL SOON FIND WHAT YOU WANTED YOU DON'T WANT AT ALL…
Peppino: Yet here you are, chasing after me!
Just complaining I'm remaining, should I stay for Lap 3?
I could know the level off the top of my head
And it's just as-a barren, all the enemies are dead!
The door is in sight, I'll win-a the race!
I don't care-a what it takes, I'm never pumpin' on the brakes!
I'm a master of this level on a level that you'll never know
So revel in my taunts and throws
Now eat my crust 'cause you're too slow!
YOU'VE TAKEN FAR TOO MUCH TIME
FOR A SIMPLE JOG TO THE EXIT DOOR
HEY, HANG ON, WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING FOR?
DON'T TELL ME THIS IS YOUR SECOND LAP…
YOU'RE STILL OBSESSED WITH THAT P-RANK CRAP?
YOU KNOW I'M GONNA BLOW YOUR SITE TO SMITHEREENS TOMORROW, RIGHT?
THERE'S SO MANY WORLDS THAT YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN!
LIKE A FOREST FULL OF GNOMES WHERE YOUR CLOTHES ARE GREEN!
A DESERT SALOON, A PLANET FULL OF CHEESE!
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S, IS THIS WHERE YOU WANNA BE?
BUT YOU'RE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, LETTING ALL THAT DISAPPEAR
JUST FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS TO BRAGGING SLIGHTLY FLAWLESS CLEARS!
IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT, GO AHEAD AND HAVE A BALL!
BUT YOU'LL SOON FIND WHAT YOU WANTED YOU DON'T WANT AT ALL…
Peppino: Yet here you are, chasing after me!
Just complaining I'm remaining, should I stay for Lap 3?
I could know the level off the top of my head
And it's just as-a barren, all the enemies are dead!
The door is in sight, I'll win-a the race!
I don't care-a what it takes, I'm never pumpin' on the brakes!
I'm a master of this level on a level that you'll never know
So revel in my taunts and throws
Now eat my crust 'cause you're too slow!
Rosalia: Well, way to prove my point, kid! Lording your stats over them like some kind of god! Your strength is nothing but an illusion to cover-
(Kirito slits Rosalia's throat)
Kirito: I'm gettin' REAL tired of your first-year-psych-student bullshit.
(Kirito slits Rosalia's throat)
Kirito: I'm gettin' REAL tired of your first-year-psych-student bullshit.
Western Animation
The Leader: I knew you would come eventually, my old enemy. But you of all people must realize this is for the best! In Gamma World, no one will hunt you. No one will try and cure you! You'll be a king! Everyone who hated you, who attacked you, they will BE you! Are you REALLY going to try and stop me?
The Hulk: No... Not stop you - SMASH you!
The Hulk: No... Not stop you - SMASH you!
Abomination: You're useless, bug! You know that, right? Even the guys with no powers, with the shield and the bow, even they put out more of a fight! You? You're NOTHING!
Wasp: Maybe so, but I'm still gonna kick your sorry hide!
Wasp: Maybe so, but I'm still gonna kick your sorry hide!
Megatron: Aaaaah, Dinobot! Yeeees... (Dinobot transforms and prepares to fight) Oh, no no no, calmness, calmness, please! I came only to talk, yes! After all, you are alone in command of the Maximal Base! An excellent opportunity, is it not? You were a Predacon, once; become one again! Turn the base over to me, and the Beast Wars will be over! We Predacons will rule the Galaxy, and you shall be my second-in-command! What do you say?
Dinobot: (Evil Laugh) EAT SLAG! (Shoots Megatron)
Dinobot: (Evil Laugh) EAT SLAG! (Shoots Megatron)
— Beast Wars, "Fallen Comrades"
Megatron: Face it, Dinobot, you're old technology, obsolete! What can you possibly do?
Dinobot: ...Improvise.
(Dinobot smacks Megatron with a stone hammer)
Dinobot: ...Improvise.
(Dinobot smacks Megatron with a stone hammer)
— Beast Wars, "Code of Hero"
Megatron: Oh well, come on, let's have it. The usual "destiny and honor" speech.
Optimus Primal: Speech this. [POW]
Optimus Primal: Speech this. [POW]
— Beast Wars, "Nemesis, Part 2"
Huey: Damn you, Riley! You've ruined our family, you drove granddad away, now he's never coming back!
Riley: Granddad left 'cause of you. Nobody likes you Huey, 'cause you a gay-ass, hater, faggy boy!
Riley: Granddad left 'cause of you. Nobody likes you Huey, 'cause you a gay-ass, hater, faggy boy!
Spectra: (to Danny Phantom) You're a freak! Not a ghost, not a boy! Who cares for a thing like you?
Jazz: Excuse me. I don't know this kid, but I hope it's okay if he gets a second opinion.
Jazz: Excuse me. I don't know this kid, but I hope it's okay if he gets a second opinion.
— Danny Phantom, "My Brother's Keeper"
Sarah: Ed! You listen to me, mister! You can't kick me out! I LIVE HERE TOO!!
Ed: SO MOVE!!
Ed: SO MOVE!!
Adam: Risking your immortal life for sinners? That's some crazy shit, even for Lucifer's little brat.
Charlie: These sinners...are my family!
Adam: "These sinners are my family! Do you even hear yourself?! You shoulda stayed in your place, girlie!
(Charlie impales Adam's shoulder with a war cry and slams him into a window)
Charlie: That's Princess of Hell to you, PIG.
Charlie: These sinners...are my family!
Adam: "These sinners are my family! Do you even hear yourself?! You shoulda stayed in your place, girlie!
(Charlie impales Adam's shoulder with a war cry and slams him into a window)
Charlie: That's Princess of Hell to you, PIG.
Tulip: You can't just make whatever car you want.
The Conductor/Amelia: Why not? I'm just trying to create a car with Alrick in it. What if you could create a car, Tulip? One where your parents are still together.
Tulip: But... then they wouldn't be my real parents. It wouldn't be my real life. They weren't... happy together.
The Conductor: I could make you a car where they are. I can make a car that's exactly how you want it to be. Just one big, happy family.
Tulip: You can't even make a car without any turtles in it! [hits the Conductor with a pipe]
The Conductor/Amelia: Why not? I'm just trying to create a car with Alrick in it. What if you could create a car, Tulip? One where your parents are still together.
Tulip: But... then they wouldn't be my real parents. It wouldn't be my real life. They weren't... happy together.
The Conductor: I could make you a car where they are. I can make a car that's exactly how you want it to be. Just one big, happy family.
Tulip: You can't even make a car without any turtles in it! [hits the Conductor with a pipe]
— Infinity Train, "The Engine"
Omni-Man: Why did you make me do this?! You're fighting so you can watch everyone around you die! Think, Mark! You'll outlive every fragile, insignificant being on this planet! You'll live to see this world crumble to dust and blow away! Everything and everyone you know will be gone! What will you have after five hundred years?!
Mark: (A single tear runs down his cheek) ...You, dad... I'd still have you...
Mark: (A single tear runs down his cheek) ...You, dad... I'd still have you...
Beautiful Gorgeous: Can you get me out of this Jet, for old times' sake?
Jet Fusion: Sure I can, if we'd had some old times.
Jet Fusion: Sure I can, if we'd had some old times.
— The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Operation: Jet Fusion
Hunduun: Your real weakness, Po, is not the kick; it's your heart. It's as big and sappy as an old sappy plum tree filled with plum sap.
Po: At least I have a heart! But all I've done is been kind! And all you've done is blame me for your rotten life! And guess what?! I love plum sap! How 'bout that?!
Po: At least I have a heart! But all I've done is been kind! And all you've done is blame me for your rotten life! And guess what?! I love plum sap! How 'bout that?!
— Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, "Rhino's Revenge"
Bataar Jr: And you of all people should realize that once a discovery is made, it is our responsibility as scientists to pursue it as far as we can, wherever it leads.
Varrick: How would you know? You couldn't discover a wolf-bat if it was building a nest in your butt.
Varrick: How would you know? You couldn't discover a wolf-bat if it was building a nest in your butt.
— The Legend of Korra, "Battle of Zaofu"
Unalaq: I can't believe Tenzin sent his daughter [to the spirit world] instead of coming himself. What kind of father is he?
Jinora: Better than you.
Jinora: Better than you.
— The Legend of Korra, "A New Spiritual Age"
Exo-Skin: You're just a girl! It's not normal for girls to save boys!
Jenny: Well, it's normal for this girl... to SAVE EVERYBODY!!!
Jenny: Well, it's normal for this girl... to SAVE EVERYBODY!!!
— My Life as a Teenage Robot, "The Return of Raggedy Android"
Discord: Will you ever learn?
Twilight Sparkle: I'll tell you what we've learned, Discord! We've learned that friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt it's worth fighting for!
Twilight Sparkle: I'll tell you what we've learned, Discord! We've learned that friendship isn't always easy, but there's no doubt it's worth fighting for!
Daybreaker: You can't destroy me! I'm everything you want to be!
Princess Celestia: NO, YOU'RE NOT! You're not real. And you will never exist again!
Princess Celestia: NO, YOU'RE NOT! You're not real. And you will never exist again!
Wile E. Coyote: I am not selling anything, nor am I working my way through college, so let's get down to cases. You are a rabbit, and I am going to eat you for supper. Now don't try to get away! I am more muscular, more cunning, faster and larger than you are, and I'm a genius, while you could hardly pass the entrance examinations to kindergarten. So I'm going to give you the customary two minutes to say your prayers.
Bugs Bunny: I'm sorry, mac, the lady of the house ain't home, and besides, we mailed you people a check last week. (closes door)
Bugs Bunny: I'm sorry, mac, the lady of the house ain't home, and besides, we mailed you people a check last week. (closes door)
Yosemite Sam: Any one o' you lily-livered, bowlegged varmints care to slap leather with me? In case any o' you get any idears, ya better know who you're dealin' with. Ah'm the rootinest, tootinest, shootinist bobtailed wildcat in the West!
(He fires his guns into the ground which lift him into the air briefl)
Sam: Ah swings the fastest guns north, south, east AAAAAAAAAAAND west of the Pecos! Ah'm the—
Bugs Bunny: EH, SHADDUP!
Sam: Did I hear someone say, "Shaddup"?!
Bugs: (revealing himself) Eeyup.
(He fires his guns into the ground which lift him into the air briefl)
Sam: Ah swings the fastest guns north, south, east AAAAAAAAAAAND west of the Pecos! Ah'm the—
Bugs Bunny: EH, SHADDUP!
Sam: Did I hear someone say, "Shaddup"?!
Bugs: (revealing himself) Eeyup.
Belos: Despite our differences, I want to help you, Luz. I can send you home. I have just enough Titan blood for one more trip. Please, I don't want to see another human life destroyed by this place.
Luz: You're such a hypocrite. You talk big about protecting humanity, but after everything you've done, you're barely human yourself!
Luz: You're such a hypocrite. You talk big about protecting humanity, but after everything you've done, you're barely human yourself!
— The Owl House, "King's Tide"
Belos (slowly melting away) Don't just stand there! You'll be just as bad, just as conniving, just as evil, and just as unforgivable as those witches! (grabs Luz's leg) We’re human! We’re better than this!
Eda: Well, we ain’t! (starts stomping on his remains)
Eda: Well, we ain’t! (starts stomping on his remains)
—The Owl House, "Watching and Dreaming"
Benson: Well, I hope you've learned something from this.
Mordecai: What?
Benson: Maybe if you were working like you were supposed to, none of this would have happened.
(Mordecai punches Benson in the face and his co-workers try to restrain Mordecai)
Benson: Mordecai, what are you doing?
Mordecai: What's your problem?! This has nothing to do with work! He just wanted the hat!
Benson: And look where it got you! That friend over there is only gonna get you in trouble!
Mordecai: Sure, take advice from Benson about friends since he's got so many of them.
Benson: I have friends.
Mordecai: No, you don't! Everyone only hangs out with you because you're our boss! Rigby may have tried to win the hat, but he doesn't deserve to be put in a coma because of it.
Benson: What are you doing?
Mordecai: Back to the restaurant.
Benson: Why?
Mordecai: Because I made a promise to Rigby and I'm gonna keep it. That's what friends do for each other.
Mordecai: What?
Benson: Maybe if you were working like you were supposed to, none of this would have happened.
(Mordecai punches Benson in the face and his co-workers try to restrain Mordecai)
Benson: Mordecai, what are you doing?
Mordecai: What's your problem?! This has nothing to do with work! He just wanted the hat!
Benson: And look where it got you! That friend over there is only gonna get you in trouble!
Mordecai: Sure, take advice from Benson about friends since he's got so many of them.
Benson: I have friends.
Mordecai: No, you don't! Everyone only hangs out with you because you're our boss! Rigby may have tried to win the hat, but he doesn't deserve to be put in a coma because of it.
Benson: What are you doing?
Mordecai: Back to the restaurant.
Benson: Why?
Mordecai: Because I made a promise to Rigby and I'm gonna keep it. That's what friends do for each other.
— Regular Show, "Eggscellent"
Aku: A giant stone samurai... really?
Robo-Samurai: (Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs to the face)
Robo-Samurai: (Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs to the face)
— Samurai Jack, "CI"
Adora: Catra, stop. You have to—
Catra: It's always the same with you, Adora. "I have to do this. Oh, we have to do that." Let's be honest, all of this is your fault. If you hadn't gotten captured, your sword wouldn't have opened the portal. If you hadn't gotten the sword and been the world's worst She-Ra, none of this would've happened. Admit it, Adora, the world would still be standing if you had never come through that portal in the first place. You made me this. You took everything from me. You broke the world, and it is all your fault.
(pause)
Adora: ...No. It's not. I didn't make you pull the switch. I didn't make you do anything! I didn't break the world, but I am gonna fix it. And you? You made your choice. Now live with it!
(Adora punches Catra in the face, knocking her out)
Catra: It's always the same with you, Adora. "I have to do this. Oh, we have to do that." Let's be honest, all of this is your fault. If you hadn't gotten captured, your sword wouldn't have opened the portal. If you hadn't gotten the sword and been the world's worst She-Ra, none of this would've happened. Admit it, Adora, the world would still be standing if you had never come through that portal in the first place. You made me this. You took everything from me. You broke the world, and it is all your fault.
(pause)
Adora: ...No. It's not. I didn't make you pull the switch. I didn't make you do anything! I didn't break the world, but I am gonna fix it. And you? You made your choice. Now live with it!
(Adora punches Catra in the face, knocking her out)
—She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "The Portal"
Homer: [rushing into the delivery room] Marge! Where's the baby?!
Patty: Right where you left it!
Homer: Shut up!
Patty: Hey listen, fat boy-!
Homer: NO, YOU LISTEN! This is my wife, this is my kid, and I'm paying for this delivery, so if you wanna stay, you'd better show me some respect!
Patty: Right where you left it!
Homer: Shut up!
Patty: Hey listen, fat boy-!
Homer: NO, YOU LISTEN! This is my wife, this is my kid, and I'm paying for this delivery, so if you wanna stay, you'd better show me some respect!
Bart: [smugly] Hey, Lise. I guess my little yearbook stunt was pretty rough, but it did teach you a lesson: it's important to be yourself.
[The second Marge is out of the room, Lisa angrily grabs Bart by the shirt.]
Lisa: [in a quiet but furiously harsh whisper] I know exactly who I am. I am the sister of a rotten, jealous, MEAN little sneak. [picks up a bottle of syrup, intending to squirt the syrup into his eyes] You cost me my only friends. YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE.
[The second Marge is out of the room, Lisa angrily grabs Bart by the shirt.]
Lisa: [in a quiet but furiously harsh whisper] I know exactly who I am. I am the sister of a rotten, jealous, MEAN little sneak. [picks up a bottle of syrup, intending to squirt the syrup into his eyes] You cost me my only friends. YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE.
NAMBLA Leader: We are human. Most of us didn't even choose to be attracted to young boys. We were born that way. We can't help the way we are, and if you all can't understand that, well, then, I guess you'll just have to put us away.
(Beat)
Kyle: Dude! You have sex... with CHILDREN!
Stan: Yeah. You know, we believe in equality for everybody and tolerance and all that gay stuff, but dude, fuck you!
Kyle: Seriously.
(Beat)
Kyle: Dude! You have sex... with CHILDREN!
Stan: Yeah. You know, we believe in equality for everybody and tolerance and all that gay stuff, but dude, fuck you!
Kyle: Seriously.
Kyle: Do you realize how retarded that sounds?
William P. Connolly: Is it anymore retarded than the idea of God sending his only son to die for our sins? Is it anymore retarded than buddha sitting beneath a tree for 20 years?!
Stan: Yeah. It's way, way more retarded.
William P. Connolly: Is it anymore retarded than the idea of God sending his only son to die for our sins? Is it anymore retarded than buddha sitting beneath a tree for 20 years?!
Stan: Yeah. It's way, way more retarded.
Obnoxious Customer Fish: Another one!? Look, I told your little friend I ain't paying for [that pizza]!
Squidward: Well, this one's on the HOUSE! (slams the pizza right into his face)
Squidward: Well, this one's on the HOUSE! (slams the pizza right into his face)
Yellow Diamond: You have failed at every stage of this mission. Your only chance to redeem yourself is to obey this simple order: you are to leave the Cluster to grow. It will tear apart the Earth and I will take immense satisfaction in erasing that hideous rock off our starmaps! Is. That. CLEAR?!
Peridot: Then I won't do it! I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
Peridot: Apparently more than you, you CLOD!
Peridot: Then I won't do it! I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
Peridot: Apparently more than you, you CLOD!
— Steven Universe, "Message Received"
Lex Luthor: (spots Superman hovering outside) I am afraid we already have a window washer.
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: Oh, the silent treatment, hey? ...Well, I don't know what you thought you heard out there, but I know what you can prove, and it's nothing.
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: You see, ah, "Superman"... I own Metropolis. My technology built it, my will keeps it going, and nearly two-thirds of its people work for me whether they know it or not. Even you have to admit it's a marvel of efficiency.
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: And yet, I have often thought... why limit myself to just one city? A... being with your abilities could be very useful to me on a, shall we say... global scale? Why don't you float on in, and we shall discuss it?
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: ...SAY SOMETHING! (throws an exo-armor model at him)
Superman: (casually catches and crushes the model with his bare hands) I'll be watching you, Luthor. (flies away)
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: Oh, the silent treatment, hey? ...Well, I don't know what you thought you heard out there, but I know what you can prove, and it's nothing.
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: You see, ah, "Superman"... I own Metropolis. My technology built it, my will keeps it going, and nearly two-thirds of its people work for me whether they know it or not. Even you have to admit it's a marvel of efficiency.
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: And yet, I have often thought... why limit myself to just one city? A... being with your abilities could be very useful to me on a, shall we say... global scale? Why don't you float on in, and we shall discuss it?
Superman: (silence)
Lex Luthor: ...SAY SOMETHING! (throws an exo-armor model at him)
Superman: (casually catches and crushes the model with his bare hands) I'll be watching you, Luthor. (flies away)
— Superman: The Animated Series, "The Last Son of Krypton"
Lex Luthor: I think he is gone; and not coming back. Admit it, child; you can keep up this charade only so long.
Supergirl: You'd be surprised what I can do. (blasts Luthor's remote off his hand)
Supergirl: You'd be surprised what I can do. (blasts Luthor's remote off his hand)
—Superman: The Animated Series, "Legacy"
Lord Flash: Slacker! Child! Clown! We have no place here among the world's greatest heroes!
The Flash: Says you! I've got a seat at the big conference table. I'm gonna paint my logo on it! (punches through Evil Flash's chest)
The Flash: Says you! I've got a seat at the big conference table. I'm gonna paint my logo on it! (punches through Evil Flash's chest)
Ivo: You made me into a monster!
Superman: You chose to become a monster, Ivo.
Ivo: THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE AN ALIEN FREAK LIKE YOU?!
Superman: Don't you read the paper? [locates Ivo with his x-ray vision and then rams into him, removing Ivo from Parasite and depowering it] I'm Superman.
Superman: You chose to become a monster, Ivo.
Ivo: THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE AN ALIEN FREAK LIKE YOU?!
Superman: Don't you read the paper? [locates Ivo with his x-ray vision and then rams into him, removing Ivo from Parasite and depowering it] I'm Superman.
— My Adventures with Superman, "Zero Day, Part 2"
Toffee: You think you've won? HA! You don't make the plans! I DO! ME! Only I know how this all turns out!
Ludo: (Drops a pillar on Toffee) It turns out you're dead.
— Star vs. the Forces of Evil "Battle For Mewni"
Shredder: Your hairy little friend knows me as Oroku Saki. But you may call me... the Shredder.
Raphael: A kitchen utensil?
Shredder: You would be wise to lose your flippant ways if you wish to join the honorable Foot Clan!
Leonardo: Why should we wanna do that?
Shredder: Because it was I who made you what you are today. If not for me, Hamato Yoshi would never have left Japan. I followed him to this country, where I gained my advanced technology, including my rare experimental mutagen. It was I who caused you to mutate into your humanoid form! You owe everything to me! Don't deny your destiny. Join me.
Raphael: Does the phrase "go suck a lemon" hold any meaning for ya?
Raphael: A kitchen utensil?
Shredder: You would be wise to lose your flippant ways if you wish to join the honorable Foot Clan!
Leonardo: Why should we wanna do that?
Shredder: Because it was I who made you what you are today. If not for me, Hamato Yoshi would never have left Japan. I followed him to this country, where I gained my advanced technology, including my rare experimental mutagen. It was I who caused you to mutate into your humanoid form! You owe everything to me! Don't deny your destiny. Join me.
Raphael: Does the phrase "go suck a lemon" hold any meaning for ya?
—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), "Enter the Shredder"
(Nightmare has forced Spider-Man to face an illusion of his Uncle Ben)
Nightmare: Your greatest fear, your greatest failure, back to haunt you... FOREVER! (Evil Laugh)
Spider-Man: ...Uncle Ben?
Uncle Ben: (smiles) How's it goin', Pete? (they embrace) Still daydreaming, aren't ya?
Spider-Man: You got half that right, Uncle Ben. (Ben unmasks him and ruffles his hair) Man, it's great to see you!
Nightmare: "Great to see you"?! This is your ultimate failure! Your greatest fear!
Uncle Ben: Yeah, you said that. Who's the Gloomy Gus?
Spider-Man: Mr. Pasty? He's just pathetic. (to Nightmare) Nightmare, you don't know my Uncle Ben, and you sure as heck don't know me. You think this is some buried secret? Even though I couldn't save him, I live with what happened to Uncle Ben every day, but not in the way you think.
Nightmare: Huh?
Spider-Man: I took responsibility for this tragedy, and turned it into something special: helping people every day as Spider-Man. Guess who taught me that magic trick?
Nightmare: Your greatest fear, your greatest failure, back to haunt you... FOREVER! (Evil Laugh)
Spider-Man: ...Uncle Ben?
Uncle Ben: (smiles) How's it goin', Pete? (they embrace) Still daydreaming, aren't ya?
Spider-Man: You got half that right, Uncle Ben. (Ben unmasks him and ruffles his hair) Man, it's great to see you!
Nightmare: "Great to see you"?! This is your ultimate failure! Your greatest fear!
Uncle Ben: Yeah, you said that. Who's the Gloomy Gus?
Spider-Man: Mr. Pasty? He's just pathetic. (to Nightmare) Nightmare, you don't know my Uncle Ben, and you sure as heck don't know me. You think this is some buried secret? Even though I couldn't save him, I live with what happened to Uncle Ben every day, but not in the way you think.
Nightmare: Huh?
Spider-Man: I took responsibility for this tragedy, and turned it into something special: helping people every day as Spider-Man. Guess who taught me that magic trick?
—Ultimate Spider-Man, "Strange"
Ambassador: Enjoy your advantage while you can. The Reach tracked my every move. And when we're through with you, there won't be enough left for a DNA identification!
Blue Beetle: Nice death threat. Could it get any more technical and dull?
Blue Beetle: Nice death threat. Could it get any more technical and dull?
Rick Prime: You're welcome, by the way! I made you! I showed you infinity! And what did you do with it?! Hang out with my grandson?! Raise echoes of my daughter?! (Laughs) What's your LIFE without me!?!
Rick: Let's find out.
Rick: Let's find out.
