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    Anime & Manga 
Jessie: What kind of trick are you pulling?
Misty: Don't give us attitude! We just saved your slimy lives!
Jessie: I don't remember asking you to save our lives!
James: Well, I'm grateful.
Jessie: (slaps James) They're our mortal enemies! How dare you be grateful they saved your life!
Ash: I kinda feel sorry for that guy.
Jessie: Who asked you!?

Kagome: If there's a person right there who I can save and I'm told she can only be saved by me, of course I'll choose to save her!
Kikyo: Then I won't thank you, since you made the choice.
Kagome: [thinking] Whaddaya mean you won't thank me?!
Inuyasha, episode 151

"You acted coldly to him again didn't you? And then Partner went away with a bitter face... He says he loves you. Partner gave up on going home and joined the war to follow you, though he doesn't want to get involved in it. Why do you think that is? Because he loves you. Have you ever responded to his feelings, even once? While he devotes himself to you, isn't whipping the only thing you do to him?"
Derflinger, The Familiar of Zero

    Comic Books 
"Let me tell you the kind of world I live in. It is a world of miserable, bitter, ungrateful paramecium who lash out at you in a state of perpetual rage for not solving their problems fast enough."
The Plutonian, Irredeemable

"Ridicule... Laughter! So soon, they've forgotten all I've done... My years of service... of sacrifice! I guess I'm being bitter — and I don't care! I've a right to bitterness... No man has a better right! I've denied myself the comforts of home... family... to continue helping these... ingrates! I thought they admired me... for myself! I've lived in a fool's paradise!"

Wolverine: Hurry up with that lock, tubby. I'm losing the scent of that cheap cologne Wraith's mistress buys him for Christmas.
Beast: You know, considering we are the ones breaking you out of this place, I really don't appreciate these comments about my weight, Wolverine.
Wolverine: [after being released] Well, don't eat so much, butterball. [runs away]

"What do you need?! The world to actually end? Are you so busy digging for garbage that you can't even admit to yourselves that you're grateful? Look up why don't you? Look up for once in your lives!"
Phil Sheldon, Marvels

Bystander: What did she say?
Gamma Rae: I said, "FUCK YOU", you ungrateful motherfuckers. I should have let Madmanimal rip all of you to shreds. Yeah...
Pretty Violent #1

Lex Luthor: Supergirl! Blast you! Why didn't you die?!
Guard: What a rotten way to talk, Luthor! She just brought back to life! Where's your gratitude?!
Lex Luthor: What? This miserable female brat saved my life? Give me that machine-gun!
Guard: Have you gone crazy? You actually hate her for bringing you back from the dead!

Superman: No sooner do I give them life when they're back to their old tricks!
Gangster: Shoot them down!

"How fickle the tide of popular opinion proves to be from planet to planet! It would seem my "loyal public" has seen fit to turn against me and take your side in our ongoing dispute!"
Lex Luthor, "Luthor Unleashed"

    Fairy Tales 
All these years I have served the Tzar and had good clothes to my back and my belly full of victuals. And now I am like to be both hungry and cold. Already I've nothing but three dry biscuits.

    Fan Works 
"Hey, kid. I know you're upset but I'm serious when I say you should be bloody grateful that you got off as lightly as you did. You could have killed that boy out there. And when someone gives you a drive, you say thank you."
A police officer, to Mitchell, Leaving Town

Nasthalthia: He met Supergirl for the first time when he got killed, believe it or not. Lex was being chased by her after a job, and tried to hit her with a death-ray that had Kryptonite in it. Only thing was, he was trying to drive at the same time, went off the road, and hit himself with his own ray. And he died.
Starfire: Died?
Nasthalthia: Clinically dead, yes. But Supergirl, out of the goodness of her widdle heart, went off and came back with some kind of radiation cocoon that brought Lex back to life. As soon as he woke up, he showed her his gratitude by grabbing a tommy gun from one of the cops and opening up on her. She shrugged off the bullets like they were jelly beans. I honestly think he hated her for bringing him back. When he was dead, he didn't have to worry about beating his head against a wall called Superman anymore. Now that he was alive again, he had to go ahead and try and kill Supes again and again, and he'd have to do something about Blondie, too. Plus the fact that it was Supes's cousin that'd brought him back to life. That really, really rankled him.
Dr. Cyber: Wonder Woman might do the same for me, if I died. But I hope she wouldn't count on my gratitude.

    Film – Animated 
Hiro: Tadashi... you let him die...
Yokai: Give me the mask, Hiro!
Hiro: He went in there to save you!
Yokai: That was his mistake!

Chi Fu: Stand aside! That creature's not worth protecting!
Shang: She's a hero.
Chi Fu: 'Tis a woman! She'll never be worth anything!
Shang: (grabs his collar) Listen, you pompous—!
The Emperor: That...is enough.

Sansweet's Lawyer: Mr. Sansweet didn't ask to be saved, Mr. Sansweet didn't WANT to be saved. And the injury received from Mr. Incredible's "actions", so-called, causes him daily pain!
Mr. Incredible: HEY! I saved your life!
Oliver Sansweet: You didn't save my life, you ruined my death!
Mr. Incredible: Listen, you little piece of—
Incredible's Lawyer: My client has no further comment at this time.

Evelyn Deavor: The fact that you saved me doesn't make you right.
You know, I never had much as a kid. Just loving parents, and stability, and a mansion, and a thriving baked goods enterprise for me to inherit. Useless crap like that.

    Film – Live-Action 
"They need you right now. But when they don't? They'll cast you out. Like a leper!"
The Joker, The Dark Knight

"My father was slaughtered by a six-fingered man. He was a great swordmaker, my father. When the six-fingered man appeared and requested a special sword, my father took the job. He slaved a year before it was done. The six-fingered man returned and demanded it, but at one tenth his promised price. My father refused. Without a word, the six-fingered man slashed him through the heart."
Inigo Montoya on Count Tyrone Rugen, The Princess Bride

"[T]hey found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more then a hero... is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually, they will hate you."
The Green Goblin, Spider-Man

    Literature 
"And that's the second time we've saved your life tonight, you two-faced bastard!"
Ron Weasley (to Draco Malfoy), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"So this is how you repay our kindness? You are far worse than your wicked mother!"
Methuselah, Redwall

"People avenge themselves for the favors done them."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night

Don Alvaro: "I confess that in seeing the storm which seems to be forming against your Order, I have sometimes come to doubt the Templar Knights' future glories and even your continued existence."
Commander Saldaña: (bitterly) "Yes, that is the reward given by King Philip in France to those who saved him from the clutches of a mutinous mob."

    Live-Action TV 
Boomer: Thank you, sir. I owe you one.
Adama: You and a lot of other people owe me one, but you know what? Very few of 'em ever pay it back. Especially the ones that owe you their lives.

Tywin Lannister: What do you want, Tyrion?
Tyrion Lannister: I organized the defense of this city while you held court at Harrenhal. I led the foray when the enemies were at the gate while your grandson, the king, quivered in fear behind the walls. I bled in the mud for our family, and as my reward, I was trundled off to some dark little cell. What do I want? A little bloody gratitude would be a start.

Jade: I didn't need your help.
Tori: She would've EATEN you!
Jade: ... She wouldn't have liked it.
Victorious, "Locked Up!"

Spock: At any rate, you must be aware of the fact that you are attempting to re-create the disaster which resulted in your becoming an inmate in this place.
Garth: I was betrayed and treated barbarically.
Spock: On the contrary, you were treated with justice and with compassion, which you failed to show towards any of your intended victims. Logically, therefore, one must assume—
Herbert: Continue the meeting, it's important for the cause.
Dwayne: Dad, the paramedics say if Mr. Jefferson hadn't given you CPR, you wouldn't have made it.
Herbert: (looks at George) That man saved my life?
Dwayne: Yeah.
Herbert: You should've let me die.
George: You see that? They don't change, you save their life they still don't change.
The Jeffersons, Sorry Wrong Meeting

    Video Games 
"I can't believe the City hates us! We saved those lowlives!"
Daxter, Jak 3: Wastelander

"The crowd rolled up to see the 'terrorist' arrive and free their loved ones. But that wasn't good enough for them. I risked my life to save their families, and they want to stone me in return!? Ungrateful bastards!"
Cole McGrath, inFAMOUS (when you complete the train mission on the evil path; on the good path, the citizens are grateful)

"Gee, I've been saved by Fox. How swell."
Falco Lombardi, Star Fox 64

"Grrrrrrrr... Ungrateful... grrrrrr..."
Guybrush Threepwood, Escape from Monkey Island

Rouge: Keep your hands to yourself! Don't touch me!
Knuckles: Is that how you say "thanks" to someone who just saved your life?!

(This fucking thing!) "Shit! Damn it! We save Ferelden, and they're angry. We save Orlais, and they're angry! We close the Breach twice, and my own hand wants to kill me! Could one thing in this FUCKING world just stay fixed?!"

"J.J., you are out of the will."
Spider-Man, After saving Jameson from Scorpion, but orders the police to kill him, under the assumtion that it's a trick, Spider-Man (2000)

"You ungrateful little pest. Have you forgotten that it was my grandfather that created you?"
Doctor Eggman, after Shadow takes over The ARK in the dark ending to the hero path, Shadow the Hedgehog

Vergil: Humans are frail. They are like children. They need protection. Not just from others, but from themselves! We - you and I - have saved them.
Dante: You and I saved them?
Vergil: ... Who else?
Dante: [gestures to Kat] A human.
Vergil: Kat was useful, but -
Kat: Useful?
Dante: Kat saved my life! Kat held out under torture to keep your existence a secret! Kat led us through the tower to Mundus' lair! We would have failed twenty times over if it weren't for her!

Alph: Big drop hurt lots. Where am I?
Mumbo: You dead. Mumbo use powerful shaman magic. You alive.
Alph: Didn't need puny Earthling magic—could have used special powers instead!
Mumbo: Spaceman ungrateful, waste Mumbo's time. Me should teach lesson!

    Web Comics 
Kim: I got you a gift.
Kim's Mother: Why you waste money!!!
Angry Little Girls

    Web Original 
Mom: ...is Anora betraying me?
Reg: Yep. Blew that one.
Mom: Wha— I saved her ass.
Reg: Yep.

"Hey, muties! Not that this is going to stop us fearing or despising you, and it won't teach us any important moral lesson, but we could really use your help saving some trapped kids over here!"

"In 2008, after nearly 40 years in the band, Jon Anderson, lead singer of Yes, suffered an asthma attack requiring hospitalization. Doctors diagnosed Anderson with severe respiratory failure and recommended that he rest for at least six months. Faced with the serious illness of their collaborator and friend of four decades, the other members of the band were left with no choice but to tell Anderson to fuck off while they hit the road with some putz they picked up from a Yes tribute band."

    Web Videos 
Komali: What? What is it, huh? Listen, you can stare all you want, but I'm not giving this to you. This is MY treasure. You understand? I'm not going to just hand it over to some do-nothing guy, am I?
Arin: I have done many things. I have watched my sister get kidnapped.
Danny: Yeah, remember that time I gave you that letter?
Arin: I have been shot out of a barrel.
Danny: And also, the letter. That I gave you. Do you remember that?
Arin: Do you remember when I ran in circles around your place, even though I was told what to do?
Danny: And don't even get me started on that letter.
Arin: I have done so many things!
Danny: Practically everything that you can do for a person, involving that exact letter, that one time.
Arin: And honestly, how could you forget about the letter?
Danny: Yeah, you sonuvabitch.
Arin: Deliver a letter to a guy, and what, this is the thanks I get?
Danny: Yeah, unbelievable, unbelievable, un-FUCKING-believable! I am disgusted.
Game Grumps, "Wind Waker HD: Special Delivery - PART 10"

Sarge: What... What happened here?
Simmons: Sir, you got shot in the head, so we gave you CPR and saved you, sir.
Sarge: I always believed in you, Simmons.
Simmons: Uh, actually, it's Grif you should thank, sir. He did all the work.
Sarge: Grif?
Simmons: Yes, sir.
Sarge: Grif, why in Hell would you give somebody CPR for a bullet wound in the head!? That doesn't make a lick of sense.
Grif: (sighs) You're welcome, sir.
Sarge: I mean it's all so damn inconsistent! What would you do if they stabbed me in the toe? Rub my neck with aloe vera?

    Western Animation 
Rattles: No! I am not glad deep down! Thanks to you, we got detention for a month! Why couldn't you just keep your mouth shut? Lousy squealer! (he and Slink walk off)
Binky: (anguished) But I saved your life!!!
Arthur, "Thanks a Lot, Binky"

Woody: Malloy, I found those chocolate bars you like little buddy. [places many chocolates on his desk where Malloy is sitting] They don't sell 'em around here so you know I had to drive all the way t—...
Malloy: [glances at one of the bars] 70% cacao? That's weird, because I'm pretty sure I said a minimum of 85% cacao.
Woody: Well, it probably tastes the same, right? I mean...
Malloy: [shoots a Death Glare and pushes the chocolate off the desk with his foot]

Numbuh 83: Numbuh 363, are you all right?
Numbuh 363: I won! I got the pipe!
Numbuh 83: [angry] IS THAT ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT?! Sector V just saved your life, and all you say is "I WON"?! Gimme that! [takes Father's pipe from Numbuh 363's hand] Here Numbuh 1, you deserve this more than us.
Numbuh 363: NOOO...!
Numbuh 84: [shoves his yo-yo into Numbuh 363's mouth] Cork it, Harvey!

"Gratitude is a luxury of the weak, my friend."
Eva Medal, The Prince of Atlantis

Tony Stark: Thank you, Maria. Thank you for staying with me. You saved my life.
Maria Hill: This doesn't change anything. Registration is going to happen.
Tony Stark: [sighs] This was the part where you were supposed to thank me for saving your life.

Meg: (after bringing Peter back to health from being mauled by a puma) Isn't anybody gonna thank me?
Peter: Yeah, I'll have a water if you're getting one.

Edward: Gordon claims to be fast and reliable, but he still needed my help to get over the hill.
Gordon: I didn't really need your help, Edward. You just happened to be there, that's all. I'm very reliable, and exceedingly fast.
Thomas & Friends, "Old Reliable Edward"

Jack: (after saving Ashi) You're welcome.
Ashi: I'd be happier as that creature's excrement than be grateful to you!
Puffball: What did you expect, a hug and a kiss?

Tarkin: It's when things do not go as planned that concerns me. What then?
Anakin: It's when things don't go as planned that we Jedi are at our best. Trust me.
Tarkin: I reserve my trust for those who take action, General Skywalker.
Anakin: Then let me remind you, we rescued back there. And I reserve my trust for those who understand gratitude, Captain Tarkin.
—- Star Wars: The Clone Wars, "The Citadel"

[SpongeBob saves Kevin C. Cucumber and the Jellyspotters from the King Jellyfish]
Kevin: I can't believe it! How did you know?
SpongeBob: [laughs] Everybody loves pie.
[The Jellyspotters are briefly stunned, with one vocalizing "Wamp wamp waaah!"]
Kevin: Well, SquarePants, that was impressive. But you're still not in the club because you didn't catch a Queen Jellyfish.
[The Jellyspotters look at Kevin in disgust before they run over to him]
Kevin: Wait, what are you doing!? OW!!!
[The Jellyspotters tear off Kevin's crown and put it on SpongeBob's head]
SpongeBob: Wow, I didn't know this was a hat!
Kevin: [scalped and shedding tears of pain] It wasn't.

SpongeBob: Hey Flats, you feeling better?
Flats: What? Where am I?
Purple Doctorfish: (walks in) Why, you're in the hospital. This young boy saved your life. He performed CPR for five hours straight.
SpongeBob: Yeah. They said you'd be okay after the first few minutes, but I just wanted to be sure.
Flats: Wow, I'm touched. I'll have to remember that when I'm kicking your butt. (SpongeBob is thunderstruck, accompanied with glass shattering) Those flowers for me?

Krusty: Good job, kid. What's your name?
Bart: I'm Bart Simpson. I saved you from jail. (Krusty mutters non-recognition.) I reunited you with your estranged father. (Continued non-recognition.) I saved your career, man! Remember your comeback special?
Krusty: Yeah, well, What Have You Done for Me Lately?
Bart: I got you that danish!
Krusty: And I'll never forget it

(Speedy Gonzales and his mouse amigos are drinking some water from a well, when Daffy Duck and his camel approaches)
Daffy: Water, water! We're dying of thirst! We've just got to have a drink of water!
Speedy: (holding up a hose attached to the well) But of course, Senor Duck. Here's plenty of water!
(He turns on the hose, which sprays Daffy in the face, much to the amusement of Speedy and his friends)
Daffy: (glowering at the camera) There's only one thing worse than a smart mouse, and that's three smart mice!


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