Quotes / The Mechanisms

Death To The Mechanisms

Killers and renegades, liars and thieves. Welcome! We are The Mechanisms, the crew of the starship Aurora. Roving through the galaxy, having fun! Violence! Adventure! Violence! ...Violence!

— Jonny D'Ville, Tales To Be Told (Live)

Ah, that Galahad though. Definitely top ten religious zealots.

— Jonny D'Ville, The Hanged Man Rusts (Live)

Anyway, speaking of motherfuckers. I mean, I'm not sure how much more introduction it needs.

— Jonny D'Ville about Oedipus, Riddle Of The Sphinx (Live)

Jonny: I mean. In Oedipus's defense, it's harder than it looks not to end up in an emotionally charged narrative climax where you murder your father.
Ashes: ...No it's not.
Jonny: Everyone thinks it's so easy. 'Oh I'd never kill my father!' But sometimes, life happens.
Ashes: Most people don't kill their fathers.
Tim: You're projecting.
Ivy: Again.

— Riddle Of The Sphinx (Live)

Once Upon A Time (In Space)

Jonny: Fuck the ship!
Nastya: I do.
Jonny: Ew!

— "The Aurora Strikes"

Jonny: Is this her? How do we wake her up?
Nastya: Well, you could try kissing her.
Jonny: I’m not going to kiss a sleeping stranger, Nastya, that’s really fucking creepy.
Nastya: Oh, well, try your normal plan then. Shoot the machines until they explode.
Jonny: I will! I will do that!
[Gunshots]
Jonny, smugly: What do you know – it worked.

— Sleeping Beauty

Tales To Be Told

Jonny: You know I must admit I'm impressed. I don't remember the last time anyone managed to incapacitate us all like this.
Marius: Wasn't it that aristocratic one with all the knives?
Jonny: Ah, the Marquis de All the Knives… Now there was a worthy foe.

— The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Pilchard

Jonny: Ugh. Why is it always immortality? Why does no one ever want anything more interesting?
Ashes: I know, right? What about, say, gold? I have all this gold lying around.
Jonny: Yeah… Why do you have all that gold?
Ashes: Oh, it’s uh. It’s for tax purposes.

— The Ignominious Demise of Dr. Pilchard

The war continued like this, for three or four years - grim and desperate tunnel warfare. Until Tim’s best friend Bertie did what young men at war are prone to do, and died. The details are muddy, pointless, and quite frankly hilarious.

— Jonny D'Ville, Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser

The Mechanisms at Gender Rebels

Tim: We killed our lead singer! Don’t worry, Jonny will eventually be back, we sent Brian to make sure no one steals the corpse while he regenerates. But, for now, while we’re not under his watchful eye, we can sing whatever we want! So tonight we’re going to sing our own songs.
Toy Solider: But we don’t have any of our own songs…
Tim: Oh um, well, we’re going to sing his songs but better!

— Gender Rebels (Note- Jonny D'Ville and Drumbot Brian were absent for this performance)

We have been the Mechanisms, and you have been our hostages! Goodnight!

— Gunpowder Tim, Gender Rebels

Revenge of Spaceport Mahon

Tim: Why are we taking orders from this mortal, Jonny?
Jonny: Do you know how to work the banjo?

— Revenge of Spaceport Mahon

Jonny: Can I introduce you to a concept, Tim, by the name of narrative flow?
Tim: (brightly) No!

— Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser (live)

Jonny: Do they really only go one way through time?
Tim: Pretty much.
Jonny: Poor fuckers.

— Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser (live)