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Kaguya: It's not like love is war and whoever gives their heart first is somehow conquered!
Narrator: Heh, get it, it's the title, and the point of the whole story!
Narrator: Heh, get it, it's the title, and the point of the whole story!
— Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (English dub)
"The one thing we can be certain about is the fact that the armed organization calling itself Celestial Being has possession of a mobile suit superior to our Enact: mobile suit Gundam."
Simon: Don't underestimate us! We don't care about time, or space, or multi-dimensional whatevers... We don't give a damn about that! Force your way down a path you choose to take and do it all yourself. That's the way Team Dai-Gurren Rolls!
Nia: Even when trapped by Karma's cycle...
Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door!
Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way!
Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be!
Simon: We'll break through time and space...
All: And defy all those who would stop us to grab hold of our path!
Simon: Tengen Toppa... Gurren Lagann!
All: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!?
Nia: Even when trapped by Karma's cycle...
Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door!
Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way!
Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be!
Simon: We'll break through time and space...
All: And defy all those who would stop us to grab hold of our path!
Simon: Tengen Toppa... Gurren Lagann!
All: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!?
Neiru: Our greatest objective is...
Rika: Wonder...
Momoe: Egg...
Ai: ...Priority.
Rika: Wonder...
Momoe: Egg...
Ai: ...Priority.
Asian Animation
"This wouldn't have been possible without Noonbory and the Super 7 team!"
— Farmerbory, Noonbory and the Super 7, "Problem Peach"
Comic Books
"Superman...Wherever you are! This is my sweetest possible revenge! You are now the Leper from Krypton!"
"It's obvious now that I'm the only sane one here! We already are savages, Tyreese. You especially! The second we put a bullet in the head of one of these undead monsters — the moment one of us drives a hammer into one of their faces — or cut a head off. We become what we are! And that's just it. That's what this comes down to. You people don't know what we are. We're surrounded by the dead. We're among them — and when we finally give up we become them! We're living on borrowed time here. Every minute of our life is minute we steal from them! You see them out there. You know that when we die — we become them. You think we hide behind walls to protect us from the walking dead! Don't you get it!?
We are the walking dead!
We are the walking dead."
We are the walking dead!
We are the walking dead."
— Rick, The Walking Dead
"I guess this case is full of revelations. Revelations as in Apocalypse. Revelations as in Judgment Day."
— Shaft, Youngblood: Judgment Day
Fan Works
"But on the advice and trust of my beloved baka, I'm willing to trust you not to take this to NERV."
"It's time for me to live up to my family name and face FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES!"
— John Freeman, Half-Life: Full Life Consequences
"Hellsister, go to Hell."
"No matter how different, strange or wild,
it takes a village to raise a child."
it takes a village to raise a child."
— Zecora, It Takes a Village
"I will not give up. I will not let this game beat me. I will not bow to this system called SAO."
— Ren, I Will Not Bow
"Lex and I, we've done a strange dance for thirty years or so. I'm not sure who was leading, most of the time. We always wondered how long the dance would last. Now, I know. Lex Luthor and I... we've just had our last waltz, Lois."
— Superman, Kara of Rokyn: Last Waltz with Luthor
Chest: That must mean you're the hero of legend!
Link: If you mean Legend of Zelda, then sure!
Link: If you mean Legend of Zelda, then sure!
— Paper Mario X 2, Chapter 3: The Adventures of Link
It is beautiful, in a horrible sort of way. The city has some real ruin value, don't you think?
— Celestia, Ruin Value
"It's official... this bites..."
— Cross, This Bites!
"I was just so caught up in my own love story that I ignored the suffering and misery of my own species… My father once told me something… evil is not the act, but those who stand by and watch. Shendu committed unspeakable horrors, but I did nothing. I committed the ultimate evil by simply allowing it to happen."
— Valerie Payne, The Ultimate Evil
Film — Live-Action
"Patrick, it's you!! You're the American Psycho?!!"
— Paul Allen, American Psycho note
James Gordon: Why is he running, Dad?
Commissioner Gordon: Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon: He didn't do anything wrong.
Commissioner Gordon: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero: He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector... a Dark Knight.
Commissioner Gordon: Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon: He didn't do anything wrong.
Commissioner Gordon: Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero: He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector... a Dark Knight.
"I'll have my revenge — and Deathstalker too!"
— Sultana, Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans
"Excuse me. You have not been good to her. You have all treated her like shit, to steal back a fortune you lost and she deserves! You're a pack of vultures at the feast, Knives Out and beaks bloody!"
— Benoit Blanc, Knives Out
I tried to hide from your love life...
But like heaven above me, The Spy Who Loved Me
But like heaven above me, The Spy Who Loved Me
— Carly Simon, "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me
"You people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of Star Trek?"
— Zefram Cochrane, Star Trek: First Contact
Auntie Cora/Troops: Up the front!
Lurk: Up the front!
Auntie Cora/Troops: Up the front!
Lurk: Up the front!
Auntie Cora/Troops: The boys are going, up the front!
Lurk: Up the front!
Auntie Cora/Troops: Up the front!
Lurk: Up the front!
Auntie Cora/Troops: The boys are going, up the front!
"Let there be carnage!"
— Carnage, Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Mayday: Wow, what a view!
Zorin: To a kill!
Zorin: To a kill!
John: What the 'ell is 'e up to?
Bob: Twice 'round the daffodils.
John: (Beat) What daffodils?
Literature
"He fell in October, 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still across the whole front, that the army report confined itself to a single sentence: All Quiet on the Western Front."
"With that, Sir Daniel, turning his back to Dick, and quite at the farther end of the long table, began to write his letter, with his mouth on one side, for this business of the Black Arrow stuck sorely in his throat."
"When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die."
— Cersei Lannister, A Game of Thrones
Basile: Normally yes, it would be impossible. But I have everything I need here.
Grisón: Are you going to make a hole in the fence?
Basile: There's already a hole in the fence. I am one of the few that know about it.
Grisón: (murmuring) A hole in the fence...
Grisón: Are you going to make a hole in the fence?
Basile: There's already a hole in the fence. I am one of the few that know about it.
Grisón: (murmuring) A hole in the fence...
"Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could have never have been known as human, a thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity seems all the more obscene for the vague resemblance. Inwardly: alone. Here. Living under the land, under the sea, in the belly of AM, whom we created because our time was badly spent and we must have known unconsciously that he could do it better. At least the four of them are safe at last. AM will be all the madder for that. And yet.. AM has won, simply... he has taken his revenge on me... I have no mouth. And I must scream."
"I'm going to give you a present of a very valuable and significant piece of information. I called to see my uncle yesterday morning. Why? To ask for money. Yes, lick your lips over that. To ASK FOR MONEY. And I went away without getting any. And that same evening— that very same evening— Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a bookstall."
— Ronald Marsh, Lord Edgware Dies
"It is a Dream For Spring, though."
— Eddard Stark to his brother Benjen, saying the title of the seventh book, A Song of Ice and Fire.
"He is the Prince That was Promised, and his is the Song of Ice and Fire."
— Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, A Song of Ice and Fire.
Live-Action TV
Kate: Sounds like you've had an epiphany.
Angel: I keep sayin' that, but nobody's listening!
Angel: I keep sayin' that, but nobody's listening!
Sharon: "Domestic Cleanin'"? Can't you think of a better name than that?
Tracey: Well... I was thinking about "Birds of a Feather".
Sharon: Tha's crap!
Tracey: Well... I was thinking about "Birds of a Feather".
Sharon: Tha's crap!
Jesse: Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass, all of a sudden, age — what, sixty? He's just gonna break bad?
Walt: I'm fifty.
Walt: I'm fifty.
—Breaking Bad, "Pilot"
Demon: Who are you?
Buffy: I'm Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, and you are?
Buffy: I'm Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, and you are?
"Doctor? Doctor Who?"
— Practically everyone who first meets the Doctor in Doctor Who
"Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun, when a good man goes to war'."
— River Song, Doctor Who, "A Good Man Goes to War"
James: Well, sir... I don't know if I should say this, but... I accuse my parents.
Crow: We have a title!
Crow: We have a title!
Music
"I'm Not Afraid..."
— First three lines of Eminem's "Not Afraid"
"We hope you all did come together."
— The MC5, "Come Together", from Kick Out the Jams.
Theatre
"A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck."
— Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof
Video Games
"This lightning... It's the Septimal power! Y-Y-You're an Adept? [...] Azure light... You're Gunvolt... the Azure Striker!"
— Romeo, Azure Striker Gunvolt
Elizabeth: Takes a cold son of a bitch to do that to a living person.
Booker: What's that?
Elizabeth: Burial at sea.
Booker: You read your residency contract with Ryan Industries? "In perpetuity". We're all buried at sea.
Booker: What's that?
Elizabeth: Burial at sea.
Booker: You read your residency contract with Ryan Industries? "In perpetuity". We're all buried at sea.
"The entire world and all of its history is mine, to command and conquer."
"Kid, my game plays to win. And you can't keep straight cards in a loaded deck. Looks like you just drew the Dead Man's Hand."
— Tennessee Vic, Dead Man's Hand
"I remember telling my college professor I wanted to study xenoarcheology. He laughed right in my face. 'There's nothing to study,' he said. 'It's all Dead Space.'"
— Earl Serrano, Dead Space 3
"We're going to change the terms of engagement. It's our war, not theirs. We don't need cities or armies. We have the cells of human bodies. An invisible weapon, for an invisible war."
— Project Director, Deus Ex: Invisible War
"Maybe somewhere out there, even a devil may cry when he loses a loved one. Don't you think?"
Carla: Do you have any idea how difficult it is to escape from Monkey Island?
Guybrush: No, how difficult is it to [with overly dramatic emphasis] Escape from Monkey Island™?
Carla: ...Well, it's really difficult!
Guybrush: No, how difficult is it to [with overly dramatic emphasis] Escape from Monkey Island™?
Carla: ...Well, it's really difficult!
The Boogeyman is still waiting for you. Get out of the house. Now. Think fast.
Your flashlight is dying. Soon it will be dead. Just like you, if you stay in one place too long.
Can you... escape the Boogeyman?
Your flashlight is dying. Soon it will be dead. Just like you, if you stay in one place too long.
Can you... escape the Boogeyman?
— Escape the Boogeyman
Ultima: The world you seek is but a fantasy!
Clive: The only fantasy here is yours. And we shall be its final witness!
Clive: The only fantasy here is yours. And we shall be its final witness!
Charles: Now, we're gonna make a great squad! With the three of us, we'll have no problems... completing the mission.
Ellie: Why did you say it like that?
Ellie: Why did you say it like that?
— Henry Stickmin Series - Completing the Mission
"That ain't no fuckin' private eye! That's a fucking ghost, th-that's a myth, that — that's a fucking Hitman"!
"The Orbital Mechanized Temple
The Twin-tined Instrument of Mankind's Destruction, KAMUI"
The Twin-tined Instrument of Mankind's Destruction, KAMUI"
— Kamui
"When people encounter sorrow, they try to forget it and pretend it never existed at all. So I used the ark to lift Lunatea's Veil. All so that you could save the Kingdom of Sorrow. So that Lunatea can once again remember..."
— The King of Sorrow, Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
"Finally, I reached La-Mulana. The adventure starts here!"
— Lemeza Kosugi, La-Mulana
Link: Whoah, what are all those heads?
Gwonam: These are The Faces of Evil. You must conquer each.
Gwonam: These are The Faces of Evil. You must conquer each.
May the gods help us! The mummy returns!
— Ardeth Bay, The Mummy Returns
"They say that idle hands are the Devil's playthings, but there is something far, far worse. An idle mind is the Devil's Playhouse: a stage for the most vapid, horrible, and destructive stories to be made real. (to audience) Didn't think I'd be able to work the title in, did you?"
— The Narrator in the finale of Sam And Max: The Devil's Playhouse
"With the battle done, the Warden spied a vast field blooming with flowers of a foreign land. The beauty stole his heart, turning the strife of battle into a fading echo. But this man was a Warden. A proud and loyal knight who embodies the noblest of virtues. And so, he turned his back to the beauty, in pursuit of an elusive ideal. Several months have passed since the purification of Shizuka Gozen. The Warden's journey continues. Sword in hands, he pressed on to new lands. No land knows peace. Conflict rages on. The knight who wished for peace sought a place to wield his sword. His quest reaches its end in a land ruled by knights. He could not escape his fate as a warrior. Though his actions betrayed his beliefs, it was with great pain that he continued down his path. For he could not stop, not even for a moment, until his quest was over. For the weak. For his homeland. For justice. And For Honor."
— Warden's ending, Samurai Shodown (2019)
"Why do you fight? For your people? To test your strength? For honor? Draw your weapon, and show me your answer!"
— Warden's story mode intro, Samurai Shodown (2019)
Metal Sonic: It's no use... but why can't I defeat you?
Sonic the Hedgehog: Because... we're Sonic Heroes!
Sonic the Hedgehog: Because... we're Sonic Heroes!
"Well, look who's back. Show him why we call it 'Splatterhouse'."
— The Terror Mask, Splatterhouse
"You've outlasted the best. You are now the strongest street fighter in the world!"
— Sagat, Street Fighter
Strong Bad: Onward to Strong Badia! Strong Badia the Free!
Homestar Runner: Hey, that's the name of this—
Strong Bad: Shut up.
Homestar Runner: Hey, that's the name of this—
Strong Bad: Shut up.
— Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Episode 2: "Strong Badia the Free"
Green Lantern (John Stewart): Things have changed, Arthur.
Aquaman: And just where do you stand?
Green Lantern (John Stewart): Where I always have: Against injustice.
Aquaman: And just where do you stand?
Green Lantern (John Stewart): Where I always have: Against injustice.
Visual Novels
Omega: Long have we waited for this day... The Captain's Return!
Prototypes: The Captain's Return!
Prototypes: The Captain's Return!
— Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return
"He has done it. Kayto Shields has rode the sun to victory. He is... The sunrider."
— Veniczar Fontana, Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return
Webcomics
"Sometimes you feel like you are trapped in this room. Stuck, if you will, in a sense which possibly borders on the titular."
That period of time... Just before the end...
It is always violent.
It is the curse of thinking beings to struggle against the current.
Faced with such a finality, we kick and thrash and scream.
And eventually take up arms.
Yet when one views the world with blade in hand, all one sees are enemies to use it on.
And so there is a name for that small sliver of time.
The last violent gasp before one world ends and another begins.
The Sword Interval.
It is always violent.
It is the curse of thinking beings to struggle against the current.
Faced with such a finality, we kick and thrash and scream.
And eventually take up arms.
Yet when one views the world with blade in hand, all one sees are enemies to use it on.
And so there is a name for that small sliver of time.
The last violent gasp before one world ends and another begins.
The Sword Interval.
— Hierophant, The Sword Interval
Web Original
"Bastian flips through the book and says, "It keeps going!" Koreander is a little too polite to reply, Of course it keeps going, it's the NeverEnding Story, ya dipshit!"
"The war of who's cooler… the Cool War...that's stupid, forget I said that."
— Joey Tamlin, The Cool War, SCP Foundation
"First, Punky says, they want all the Black Creek patient files so they can round up everyone who suffered from Tess's "Injustice." Had to shoehorn the episode title in, didn't you?"
Web Video
"Roll credits."
— CinemaSins after every title drop
Link: Who are you?
The Skull Kid: You may call me...the Sage of Darkness.
The Skull Kid: You may call me...the Sage of Darkness.
"And so folks, we have title!"
Greunbaum: Why do I feel so... trapped?
Proteus: Oh, I see what you did there.
Slowbeef: I can't believe that they actually did that.
...
Dialla: Why do I feel so... trapped?
slowbeef: W-why do I feel so trapped?!
Proteus: I feel trapped! Trapped in this pursuit—
slowbeef: —and I have to escape...
Proteus: —and I have to escape!
Proteus: Oh, I see what you did there.
Slowbeef: I can't believe that they actually did that.
...
Dialla: Why do I feel so... trapped?
slowbeef: W-why do I feel so trapped?!
Proteus: I feel trapped! Trapped in this pursuit—
slowbeef: —and I have to escape...
Proteus: —and I have to escape!
— Retsupurae, The Trapped Trilogy Retsuflash
"That's the name of the movie!"
— Producer every time this happens, Screen Rant Pitch Meetings
Producer: (on why Salazar spared Henry to send a message to Jack) And he can't tell him that himself?
Screenwriter: No, 'cause the curse is keeping him in the general area, and also, he's like, "Dead men tell no tales."
Producer: Oh.
Screenwriter: Which is gonna be the name of the movie.
Producer: He said the name of the movie!
Screenwriter: No, 'cause the curse is keeping him in the general area, and also, he's like, "Dead men tell no tales."
Producer: Oh.
Screenwriter: Which is gonna be the name of the movie.
Producer: He said the name of the movie!
"Explicitly stating the moral of the story and awkwardly working in... the movie title."
— Wealthy, Successful Protagonist, Cracked, "A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever"
Passerby #1: Oh my god! Dude, look, it's Spider-Man!
Passerby #2: I-I think he's hurt.
Passerby #1: Yeah, I think he broke just about every bone in his body. Y'know, like in the title? Where it says that in the title. The title of the video.
Passerby #2: I-I think he's hurt.
Passerby #1: Yeah, I think he broke just about every bone in his body. Y'know, like in the title? Where it says that in the title. The title of the video.
Western Animation
"And introducing all my other friends in....The Amazing World of— Ugh. Forget it, who's gonna watch that?"
— Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Tape"
"Truly... they were... an Aqua Teen Hunger Force."
Hiro: We didn't set out to be heroes, but sometimes, life doesn't go the way you planned. The good thing is, my brother wanted to help a lot of people, and that's what we're gonna do. Who are we?
(Cut to Obake viewing their heroics on a monitor)
Obake: Big Hero 6.
(Cut to Obake viewing their heroics on a monitor)
Obake: Big Hero 6.
Superman: The only way for me to solve this crisis is to be Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
Peter: Oh, that's why they called it that.
...
Police Officer: I don't appreciate drug addicts in my town. I'm a Family Guy.
Peter: Ah! Ah! Ah! He said it!
Peter: Oh, that's why they called it that.
...
Police Officer: I don't appreciate drug addicts in my town. I'm a Family Guy.
Peter: Ah! Ah! Ah! He said it!
— Family Guy, "Episode 420"
Peter Griffin: I'm sorry we fought. I just wanted to make you laugh and cry. I'm a Family Guy.
Homer Simpson: I understand. I'm a The Simpsons.
Homer Simpson: I understand. I'm a The Simpsons.
Alex: I have a fatal attraction to your husband.
Beth: Ah! She said it! That'll be in the trailer.
Beth: Ah! She said it! That'll be in the trailer.
"I'm afraid I've brought about... the Wrath of the Spider Queen! Like how I worked the title in like that? Haha!"
A room... with a MOOSE!
— Zim, Invader Zim, "A Room With A Moose"
Superman: If we stay together, as a team, we could be a force that could truly work for the ideals of Peace, and Justice.
The Flash: What, like a bunch of "Super Friends"?
Superman: More like a ... Justice League.
The Flash: Do you have any idea how corny that sounds?
The Flash: What, like a bunch of "Super Friends"?
Superman: More like a ... Justice League.
The Flash: Do you have any idea how corny that sounds?
Fluttershy: Go on... say it...
Discord: All right... Friendship is Magic!
Discord: All right... Friendship is Magic!
"...The world is full of idiots who don't understand what's important. And they'll tear us apart, Morty. But if you stick with me, I'm going to accomplish great things, Morty. And you're going to be part of them. And together we're going to run around, Morty, we're going to do all kinds of wonderful things, Morty. Just you and me, Morty! The outside world is our enemy, Morty! We're the only friends we've got, Morty! It's just Rick and Morty! Rick and Morty and their adventures! Rick and Morty forever and forever- a hundred years Rick and Morty! Me and Rick and Morty running around, and Rick and Morty time! All day long, forever! A hundred days, Rick and Morty! Rick and Morty forever, a hundred times! Over and over, Rick and Morty! Adventures.com! www.RickAndMorty.com! www.RickAndMortyAdventures all a hundred years! Every minute RickAndMorty.com! www a hundred times! RickAndMorty.com!
— Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty
Sofia: I've been wondering, why do they call you "Roland the Second"?
King Roland II: Because my father, the former king, was also named Roland.
Sofia: Hmm. So I guess that makes me: "Sofia the First".
King Roland II: [chuckles] I guess it does.
King Roland II: Because my father, the former king, was also named Roland.
Sofia: Hmm. So I guess that makes me: "Sofia the First".
King Roland II: [chuckles] I guess it does.
— Sofia the First, Once Upon a Princess
Miscellaneous
"Once more... I'm arising to kill whoever did this to me."
— Narration, Arise 2
"We need that stuff cleaned, not mooned-over. Carry on, Nurse." (Beat) "Do I have to say 'Carry on' again, Nurse?"
— Sister H. Chesterton, Carry On Again Nurse
Title of the Song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
To rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the Title of the Song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
To rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the Title of the Song
— Da Vinci's Notebook, "Title of the Song" (a parody of Boy Band songs)
"I think the reason they gave us that clip is because it has 'pain and gain' in it, which is the moment at which certain film-watching societies would applaud and leave."
— Mark Kermode reviewing Pain & Gain
Okay, sir. What was that? Sex or weight lifting?
— Barry Lincoln, Adam Sandler
