Quotes / Something Only They Would Say

Anime & Manga

Edward: How do I know you're not Envy in disguise?
Ling: Oh, come on! Do you want me to recite the hotel room service menu from top to bottom?!
Edward: ...alright, you're Ling.
Ling: And what about you? How do I know you're not Envy, you little runt?
Edward: WHO'RE YOU CALLING A LITTLE RUNT, YOU JEEEERK?!
Ling: Okay, it's really you.

— Fullmetal Alchemist

Bido: You... how dare you imitate Mr. Greed!
Greed: Excuse me? I'm no imitation. My name is Greed.
Bido: The Avaricious?
Greed: You got it. I want everything you could possibly think of. I want money and power and women. Sex, status, glory-
Bido: You "demand the finer things in life!"... You can't... how could you be... it has to be. You are Mr. Greed!

— Fullmetal Alchemist

Comic Books

Peter Parker: WAIT! I was brain-swapped with Doc Ock, so I don't know what's been happening, but I'm off to fight the Green Goblin and I could use some help...old buddy, old pal...?
Miguel O'Hara: ...Yeah, that sounds just stupid enough to be right. Let's go.

— Superior Spider-Man (2013)

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.
Goblin King: ...It's you.
Peter!Spider-Man: The one and only.

— Superior Spider-Man (2013)

Fan Works

For some reason or other, he seemed to recognize my voice, but like me, couldn't necessarily place it.

"Huh," he said.

Then he turned to HP and smiled.

"Pride yourself," he said.

And all at once the identity of the person clicked with those two words.

My eyes widened in recognition.

There was only one person I knew who said "pride yourself" in that way. Which is odd, considering that the phrase itself is pretty common, but here's the rub: no one else I knew who had said that phrase said just that phrase.

No one else except...

"Absent?" I gasped.

The Oshawott turned to me- and all of a sudden his eyes widened in recognition, too.

oghond...?!"

— oghond recognizes the Absent Coder, who has just been turned into an Oshawott, due to his Catchphrase; SOSchip, Chapter 3, "A Coder on Board"

Film — Animation

Jasmine: It's all so magical.

Aladdin/Prince Ali: Yeah.

Jasmine: ...It's a shame Abu had to miss this.

Aladdin/Prince Ali: Nah, he hates fireworks. He doesn't really like flying either. (realizes what he just said) Uh... that is... um... Oh no.

Jasmie: You are the boy from the market! I knew it!

—Aladdin

Film — Live-Action

The Man In Black/Dread Pirate Roberts/Westley: (whilst rolling down hill) Assss yoooouuuuu wiiissshhhhh....
Buttercup: (having pushed him) Oh, my sweet Westley! (rolls down after him)

—The Princess Bride

Josh: (after Millie does her school mascot dance while in the Blissfield Butcher's body) What's your favorite movie?

Millie: I tell people it's Eternal Sunshine, but it's Pitch Perfect 2.

Nyla: TV show?

Millie: Sabrina.

Josh: Favorite snack?

Millie: Tripleberry Gushers.

Nyla: ...Who's your biggest crush?

Millie: ...Booker-hooker. Shake, bitches! (The three do their Secret Handshake) ...Right?

—Freaky

George: (seeing his friend, supposedly dead, has turned into a fish) No. No, no, no. Oh, it's... i-it's impossible. Oh...

Henry: You remember how you used to come over to our apartment on Friday nights? You and Bessie would sit up 'til all hours playing poker while I read myself to sleep?

George: (nervous) That's right. Regular as clockwork, every Friday night.

Henry: And how about the time the three of us went to the Bronx Zoo? Remember? I got separated from you and Bessie, and I had to walk home. Bessie had my cash.

George: (laughs) Yes! Oh, yes. I'll never forget that. (freezes) Hey, wait a minute! Only Henry Limpet would know all that... HENRY! Y-You are Henry!

—The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Music

Tell her she can kiss my
Ass, then laugh and say that you were
Only kidding; that way she'll know that
It's really, really, really, really me, me.

— R.E.M., The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

Web Original

Grog: Wait! ...Prove that you're you.
(Beat)
Percy: No.
Grog: It's you.

— Critical Role

Western Animation

Princess Cadance: No! Wait! Ugh! Please! Don't hurt me! Twilight, it's me! Please, you have to believe me. I've been imprisoned like you. The Cadance who brought you down here was an imposter.
Twilight Sparkle: Likely story!
Princess Cadance: Sunshine, sunshine/Ladybugs awake/Clap your hooves...
Both: ...and do a little shake.
Twilight Sparkle: You remember me!
Princess Cadance: Of course I do. How could I forget the filly I love to sit for the most?

— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2

Chameleon!Spidey: And who are you supposed to be?
Spider-Man: Spider-Man. The real one.
Chameleon!Spidey: The real one? You don't even have the costume right!
Spider-Man: I'm in mourning for my buried rep. Just like Picklepuss will be when he's forced to print a retraction!
J. Jonah Jameson: RETRACTION?! Listen, web-head! Nobody tells J. Jonah-
Spider-Man: See? Even the jolly one himself knows I'm the genuine article!
(Jameson cringes and goes completely silent)

— The Spectacular Spider-Man, "Persona"

Bart: (watching Ned Flanders apparently burying a corpse in his backyard) This can't be what it looks like. There's gotta be some other explanation.
Flanders: Oh, I wish there was some other explanation for this, but there's not. I'm a murderer. I'm a murderer!
Bart: That's not Flanders.
Flanders: I'm a mur-diddly-urderer!
Bart: If that's not Flanders, he's done his homework.

— The Simpsons, "Bart of Darkness"

Jim: Did Strickler put you up to this? You're working for him, aren't you? How did you get in here? I won't ask again.
Blinky: I do not appreciate your tone of voice, Master Jim. Is this the way you address an errant stranger in need? I expect more from you.
Jim: Blinky? You look terrible.

— Trollhunters, "Blinky's Day Out"

Dennis: [After Coop wows the crowd with his skateboarding trick in Kat's body] That was the Coop-inator-Half-Sushi-Poppin'-Nose-Grab! There's no way Kat knows Coop's top-secret move!
Fiona: Meaning?
Dennis: Meaning Kat really is Coop!

—Kid vs. Kat, "Board Kat"

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