History Quotes / TheWatson

-->-- '''Literature/SherlockHolmes''', ''A Study In Scarlet''

->'''Dirk''': ''I need you, MacDuff!''\\

->I remember only his incredulous wonder, his openmouthed appreciation of my talents - the ease with which I misled him without uttering an untrue word, his bafflement, his stupendous astonishment when he at last perceived the truth that had been clear to me all along. Ce cher cher ami! It is my weakness, it has always been my weakness, to desire to show off. That weakness, Hastings could never understand. But indeed it is very necessary for a man of my abilities to admire himself - and for that one needs stimulation from outside. I cannot, truly I cannot, sit in a chair all day reflecting how truly admirable I am. One needs the human touch. One needs - as they say nowadays - the stooge.

-->'''Literature/HerculePoirot''', [[AwesomeEgo modest as ever]], on Captain Hastings

->'''Dirk''': ''[[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove I need you, MacDuff!]]''\\

'''Dirk''': ''No... That is to say, [[LampshadeHanging you are the grit around which the pearl of truth often forms]]. Your [[UnfazedEveryman plain-speaking everyman]] perspective is useful counterpoint to... And you're a very good sounding board for my more outlandish theories...''\\

->''"''[P]''lot-wise, [[Series/DoctorWho the companion’s]] job is fairly straightforward. They’re supposed to act in a particular way within the narrative. In that regard they’re fairly interchangeable. Most basic plots would work with any companion. Nothing about what Jo Grant does is that noticeably different from what Mel or Rose or even Romana would do in a similar situation. Yes, the flavor of it would change - the dialogue changes, and some of the mechanisms by which characters accomplish things change, but the basic shape they fill in a plot is the same. Which leads to a sort of diminishing returns--- all you can do with them is switch the iconography around. A knife-wielding savage! A bossy Australian stewardess! [[StuntCasting Bonnie Langford!]]"''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/11/outside-government-reset.html El Sandifer]]'''

-->-- '''Sherlock Holmes''', ''A Study In Scarlet''

->''Speaking of my old friend and biographer, I would take this opportunity to remark that if I burden myself with a companion in my various little inquiries it is not done out of sentiment or caprice, but it is that Watson has some remarkable characteristics of his own, to which in his modesty he has given small attention amid his exagerrated estimates of my own performances. A confederate who foresees your conclusions and course of action is always dangerous but one to whom each development comes as a perpetual surprise, and to whom the future is always a closed book, is indeed an ideal helpmate.''

->''"Is there anything else that puzzles you?" ''

->"I’m happy to play the fool for you. I will run along behind you like some halfwit, making you look clever, if that’s what you need, but ''dear God above'' you will hold yourself to a higher standard!"

->'''Dirk''': [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove I need you, MacDuff!]]\\
'''Richard''': You need me?\\
'''Dirk''': No... That is to say, [[LampshadeHanging you are the grit around which the pearl of truth often forms]]. Your [[UnfazedEveryman plain-speaking everyman]] perspective is useful counterpoint to... And you're a very good sounding board for my more outlandish theories...\\
'''Richard''': You mean you think better when you're showing off?\\
'''Dirk''': See? There you go. Cutting straight to the heart of the matter.

->[[InvokedTrope And Twilight will be my lowly assistant who asks silly questions with obvious answers]].

-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/11/outside-government-reset.html Phil Sandifer]]'''

->''"''[P]''lot-wise, [[DoctorWho the companion’s]] job is fairly straightforward. They’re supposed to act in a particular way within the narrative. In that regard they’re fairly interchangeable. Most basic plots would work with any companion. Nothing about what Jo Grant does is that noticeably different from what Mel or Rose or even Romana would do in a similar situation. Yes, the flavor of it would change - the dialogue changes, and some of the mechanisms by which characters accomplish things change, but the basic shape they fill in a plot is the same. Which leads to a sort of diminishing returns--- all you can do with them is switch the iconography around. A knife-wielding savage! A bossy Australian stewardess! [[StuntCasting Bonnie Langford!]]"''

->"Is there anything else that puzzles you?"

->[P]''lot-wise, [[DoctorWho the companion’s]] job is fairly straightforward. They’re supposed to act in a particular way within the narrative. In that regard they’re fairly interchangeable. Most basic plots would work with any companion. Nothing about what Jo Grant does is that noticeably different from what Mel or Rose or even Romana would do in a similar situation. Yes, the flavor of it would change - the dialogue changes, and some of the mechanisms by which characters accomplish things change, but the basic shape they fill in a plot is the same. Which leads to a sort of diminishing returns - all you can do with them is switch the iconography around. A knife-wielding savage! A bossy Australian stewardess! Bonnie Langford!''

-->-- '''Pinkie Pie''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]

->And Twilight will be my lowly assistant who asks silly questions with obvious answers.

->'''Pinkie Pie''': And Twilight will be my lowly assistant who asks silly questions with obvious answers.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]

-->-- ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E24MysteryOnTheFriendshipExpress MMMystery on the Friendship Express]]

'''Pinkie Pie''': And Twilight will be my lowly assistant who asks silly questions with obvious answers.

-->--''Series/DirkGently''

'''Dirk''': No... That is to say, [[LampshadeHanging you are the grit around which the pearl of truth often forms]]. Your [[UnfazedEveryman plain-speaking everyman]] perspective is useful counterpoint to... And you're a very good sounding board for my more outlandish theories.\\