Carnage: The man is a psychic magnet for tragedy!
Linkara: Well, the deranged, psychotic mass-murderer with an alien costume isn't wrong there... but then again, I suppose a broken clock is still right twice a day.
Linkara: Well, the deranged, psychotic mass-murderer with an alien costume isn't wrong there... but then again, I suppose a broken clock is still right twice a day.
— Atop the Fourth Wall, reviewing Spider-Man: The Trial of Peter Parker
"Lex just gives Clark a speech about how he really wishes he could have been Superman instead and that Clark is a total wuss, thus allowing us to see Lex Luthor be completely, utterly correct about Clark one final time."
—Chris Sims and David Uzumeri on
Smallville ("Finale")
Smallville ("Finale")Ganthet: I have watched many civilizations rise and fall. We guardians are gifted with enormous power. Sometimes, not using that power is the most difficult decision of all. The people of Earth must be allowed to follow their own path, without outside interference or control.
Regime Superman: You said you have watched civilizations rise and fall — were you watching Krypton in its final moments? Did you choose, in your infinite wisdom, to not use your power that day?
Regime Superman: You said you have watched civilizations rise and fall — were you watching Krypton in its final moments? Did you choose, in your infinite wisdom, to not use your power that day?
[Dracula and Alucard argue over his plan to Kill All Humans to avenge Lisa's death]
Dracula: That woman was the only reason on Earth for me to tolerate human life!
Alucard: Then find the one who did the deed. If you loose an army of the night on Wallachia, you cannot undo it, and many thousands of people just as innocent as her will suffer and die.
Dracula: There are no innocents! Not anymore! Any one of them could have stood up and said, "No, we won't behave like animals anymore".
Dracula: That woman was the only reason on Earth for me to tolerate human life!
Alucard: Then find the one who did the deed. If you loose an army of the night on Wallachia, you cannot undo it, and many thousands of people just as innocent as her will suffer and die.
Dracula: There are no innocents! Not anymore! Any one of them could have stood up and said, "No, we won't behave like animals anymore".
"The truly great villain is one who talks sense; Andrew Ryan had some weird ideas about sweat ownership, but he was articulate, dangerously intelligent, and wouldn't let someone like Comstock run the fucking hot tap."
"And then Skitter waltzes in and... it's like, she slithers right past your defenses. I can't even put it into words. You run into her, and you can't even look straight at her without feeling your skin crawl. Like when someone's got something wrong with their eye and your own eye starts watering... only with her it's because of the bugs. And then she talks, and she sounds so idealistic, and naíve. I don't know how you sound idealistic and naíve with a swarm of cockroaches and bees crawling over your face, but she does. And so you let your guard down. And then she starts making sense."
— Flechette, Worm
Pit: Stop eating things! It's bad enough that you eat souls!
Hades: But souls are delicious. They're like bacon — they taste good on everything.
Pit: But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated!
Hades: Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway?
Pit: You know, being reborn as someone or something else.
Hades: Which means a different body, different memories, and different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"?
Pit: I... I... Eating souls isn't right!
Hades: But souls are delicious. They're like bacon — they taste good on everything.
Pit: But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated!
Hades: Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway?
Pit: You know, being reborn as someone or something else.
Hades: Which means a different body, different memories, and different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"?
Pit: I... I... Eating souls isn't right!
"Ultron thinks we're monsters, that we're what's wrong with the world. This isn't just about beating him, it's about whether he's right."
"Even in a book of lies sometimes you find truth."
— Andrew Ryan, Bioshock
Zhao: If your father really wanted you home, he would have let you return by now, Avatar or no Avatar. But in his eyes you are a failure and a disgrace to the Fire Nation.
Zuko: That's not true.
Zhao: You have the scar to prove it.
Zuko: That's not true.
Zhao: You have the scar to prove it.
"What did Amon want? Equality for all. Unalaq? He brought back the spirits. And Zaheer believed in freedom... The problem was those guys were totally out of balance and they took their ideologies too far."
— Toph, The Legend of Korra
Lord Batman: The problem with democracy is it doesn't keep you very safe.
Batman: It has other virtues, but you seem to have forgotten them.
Lord Batman: I didn't forget, I just chose peace and security instead.
Batman: YOU GRABBED POWER!
Lord Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no 8 year old boy will ever lose his parents because of some punk with a gun!
Batman: ... [drops Batarang] ...You win.
Batman: It has other virtues, but you seem to have forgotten them.
Lord Batman: I didn't forget, I just chose peace and security instead.
Batman: YOU GRABBED POWER!
Lord Batman: And with that power, we've made a world where no 8 year old boy will ever lose his parents because of some punk with a gun!
Batman: ... [drops Batarang] ...You win.
Davy Jones: You have a debt to pay. You've been captain of the Black Pearl for thirteen years. That was our agreement.
Jack Sparrow: Technically, I was only captain for two years, then I was viciously mutinied upon.
Davy Jones: Then you were a poor captain, but a captain nonetheless! Have you not introduced yourself all these years as "Captain Jack Sparrow"?
Jack Sparrow: Technically, I was only captain for two years, then I was viciously mutinied upon.
Davy Jones: Then you were a poor captain, but a captain nonetheless! Have you not introduced yourself all these years as "Captain Jack Sparrow"?
Lillie: Children... Children are not just THINGS that belong to their parents! Pokémon are not just THINGS that a Trainer can do whatever they want to! I am alive! Cosmog is alive! We are not things for you to collect! We're not made for you to just discard when you get bored with us! That is terrible, Mother! You are terrible!
Lusamine: Terrible? Me? How am I different from any Pokémon Trainer, like your little "friend" there? What do you do with a Pokémon you can’t use? You remove it from your party, as you please.
Lusamine: Terrible? Me? How am I different from any Pokémon Trainer, like your little "friend" there? What do you do with a Pokémon you can’t use? You remove it from your party, as you please.
Altaïr: Why these dark deeds?
Abu'l Nuqoud: Is it so different from your own work? You take the lives of men and women, strong in the conviction that their deaths will improve the lots of those left behind. A minor evil, for a greater good? We are the same.
Altaïr: No, we are nothing alike.
Abu'l Nuqoud: Ah, but I see it in your eyes. You doubt.
Abu'l Nuqoud: Is it so different from your own work? You take the lives of men and women, strong in the conviction that their deaths will improve the lots of those left behind. A minor evil, for a greater good? We are the same.
Altaïr: No, we are nothing alike.
Abu'l Nuqoud: Ah, but I see it in your eyes. You doubt.
Goku: That's enough. You don't have to kill any more!
Frieza: Dying here by my hand, or having their entire universe erased by losing in the tournament is the same thing, no?
Frieza: Dying here by my hand, or having their entire universe erased by losing in the tournament is the same thing, no?
Narrator: [Killmonger]'s the buffest dude to ever graduate from MIT, who's ribbed for your pleasure, and who actually wins the moral argument and changes the hero's mind.
Killmonger: Where was Wakanda?
T'Challa: ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG! To turn you backs on the rest of world!
Narrator: So wait, Killmonger was right? I am not used to this much nuance in my Marvel villains. Quick, make him choke an old lady so I know who to root for!
(cut to Killmonger strangling the tribe elder)
Narrator: Whew! Oh, there he is.
Killmonger: Where was Wakanda?
T'Challa: ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG! To turn you backs on the rest of world!
Narrator: So wait, Killmonger was right? I am not used to this much nuance in my Marvel villains. Quick, make him choke an old lady so I know who to root for!
(cut to Killmonger strangling the tribe elder)
Narrator: Whew! Oh, there he is.
Batman: You slaughtered millions, created an illusion that paralyzed the planet. So you could swoop in and save the day. It's called "hero syndrome". But the panic you've made, the plan you've set into motion... it stops now.
Ozymandias: Oh. Oh I see. You think I'm responsible for the chaos on your world. In your city. You do realize the protests below are you. I've read and seen enough to know you're tripping over your own capes, playing a game of tag, while the world around you falls apart. You've put these people through hell. Your world is worse off than mine ever was. Look at the sheer number of people you lost in the narrative of good versus bad. Wandering aimlessly in a fog of self righteousness. You're so busy putting these "super villains" in prisons with revolving doors, you've ignored the world's real problems. And now you're all caught in a vicious cycle of entertaining yourselves.
(cut to owlship roasting policemen)
Batman: Stop it. They're police.
Ozymandias: You cling to a simplistic morality based on pulp heroes. I wonder. Is that why Jon came here. To observe the futility of your colorful lives? Or did he come here believing he could blend in? I weaned my world off gasoline and oil. I cured famine and disease. I negotiated Nuclear Disarmament. I turned the world upside down. I did whatever I had to, to try and save it. And yes, I failed. But what have YOU tried to do to make this world a better place?
Ozymandias: Oh. Oh I see. You think I'm responsible for the chaos on your world. In your city. You do realize the protests below are you. I've read and seen enough to know you're tripping over your own capes, playing a game of tag, while the world around you falls apart. You've put these people through hell. Your world is worse off than mine ever was. Look at the sheer number of people you lost in the narrative of good versus bad. Wandering aimlessly in a fog of self righteousness. You're so busy putting these "super villains" in prisons with revolving doors, you've ignored the world's real problems. And now you're all caught in a vicious cycle of entertaining yourselves.
(cut to owlship roasting policemen)
Batman: Stop it. They're police.
Ozymandias: You cling to a simplistic morality based on pulp heroes. I wonder. Is that why Jon came here. To observe the futility of your colorful lives? Or did he come here believing he could blend in? I weaned my world off gasoline and oil. I cured famine and disease. I negotiated Nuclear Disarmament. I turned the world upside down. I did whatever I had to, to try and save it. And yes, I failed. But what have YOU tried to do to make this world a better place?
Dumbledore: Tell me, Harry, why do Dark Wizards fear death so greatly?
Harry: Er, sorry, I've got to back the Dark Wizards on that one.
Mayor Richard Wilkins: Well, I wish you kids the best, I really do, but, uh, if you don't mind a bit of fatherly advice, I, uh, I just don't see much of a future for you two. I don't sense a lasting relationship. And not just because I plan to kill the both of you, but you got a bumpy road ahead.
Buffy: I don't think we need to talk about this.
Mayor Wilkins: [chuckles] God! You kids, you know... you don't like to think about the future, you don't like to make plans. But unless you want Faith over there to gut your friend like a sea bass, you will show a little respect for your elders.
Angel: You're not my elder. I got a lot of years over you.
Mayor Wilkins: Yeah, and that's just one of the things you're gonna have to deal with. You're immortal. She's not. It's not easy. I married my Edna Mae in aught three, and I was with her right until the end. Not a pretty picture... Wrinkled and senile and cursing me for my youth. Wasn't our happiest time... [Buffy and Angel both look increasingly uncomfortable] And let's forget the fact that any moment of true happiness will turn you evil. [Increasingly angry] I mean, come on, what kind of a life can you offer her? I don't see a lot of Sunday picnics in the offing. I see skulking in the shadows, hiding from the sun. She's a blossoming young girl and you wanna keep her from the life she should have till it's passed her by. And, by God, I think that's a little selfish... Is that what you came back from Hell for? Is that your greater purpose?
Buffy: I don't think we need to talk about this.
Mayor Wilkins: [chuckles] God! You kids, you know... you don't like to think about the future, you don't like to make plans. But unless you want Faith over there to gut your friend like a sea bass, you will show a little respect for your elders.
Angel: You're not my elder. I got a lot of years over you.
Mayor Wilkins: Yeah, and that's just one of the things you're gonna have to deal with. You're immortal. She's not. It's not easy. I married my Edna Mae in aught three, and I was with her right until the end. Not a pretty picture... Wrinkled and senile and cursing me for my youth. Wasn't our happiest time... [Buffy and Angel both look increasingly uncomfortable] And let's forget the fact that any moment of true happiness will turn you evil. [Increasingly angry] I mean, come on, what kind of a life can you offer her? I don't see a lot of Sunday picnics in the offing. I see skulking in the shadows, hiding from the sun. She's a blossoming young girl and you wanna keep her from the life she should have till it's passed her by. And, by God, I think that's a little selfish... Is that what you came back from Hell for? Is that your greater purpose?
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Choices"
Queen Chrysalis: It's funny really, Twilight here was suspicious of my behavior all along! Too bad the rest of you were too caught up in your wedding planning to realize the suspicions were correct!
Applejack: I'm sorry Twilight, we should've listened to you.
Twilight Sparkle: It's not your fault. She fooled everypony.
Queen Chrysalis: Hmm...I did didn't I?
Applejack: I'm sorry Twilight, we should've listened to you.
Twilight Sparkle: It's not your fault. She fooled everypony.
Queen Chrysalis: Hmm...I did didn't I?
Cozy Glow: I've put up with your "I'm smarter than you" attitude in Tartarus, but I'm over it!
Lord Tirek: I've had enough of you trying to manipulate me with that insincere, syrupy sweetness! At least now we can see the real you.
Cozy Glow: THIS IS NOT THE REAL ME! I'M CUTE AND LOVABLE!
Lord Tirek: I've had enough of you trying to manipulate me with that insincere, syrupy sweetness! At least now we can see the real you.
Cozy Glow: THIS IS NOT THE REAL ME! I'M CUTE AND LOVABLE!
"Oh no, he has ACTUAL ARGUMENTS! Run for cover!"
— Custodisi on Uriah, If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device "If the Emperor Had a Podcast", while the latter starts rebuking the Emperor for his arrogance and hypocrisy
"I don't know if it has occurred to you that, even if you could steal the gold bit by bit — a matter of a hundred years or so — you could not get it very far? Not much use on the mountain-side? Not much use in the forest? Bless me! Had you never thought of the catch? A fourteenth share, I suppose, or something like it, those were the terms, eh? But what about delivery? What about cartage? What about armed guards and tolls?" And Smaug laughed aloud. He had a wicked and a wily heart, and he knew his guesses were not far out...
You will hardly believe it, but poor Bilbo was really very taken aback. So far all his thoughts and energies had been concentrated on getting to the Mountain and finding the entrance. He had never bothered to wonder how the treasure was to be removed, certainly never how any part of it that might fall to his share was to be brought back all the way to Bag-End Under-Hill.
Now a nasty suspicion began to grow in his mind — had the dwarves forgotten this important point too, or were they laughing in their sleeves at him all the time? That is the effect that dragon-talk has on the inexperienced. Bilbo of course ought to have been on his guard; but Smaug had rather an overwhelming personality.
— The Hobbit, Chapter XII
Spider-Man: What makes you think that I'm anything like you?
Carnage: You wanted to do what I did... end those criminals forever.
Spider-Man: ...That's true. I didn't want to admit it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel that way.
Carnage: I knew it.
Spider-Man: But that's human. Anger, wanting revenge... It's not wrong to feel emotions like that. It's wrong to act on them.
Carnage: You wanted to do what I did... end those criminals forever.
Spider-Man: ...That's true. I didn't want to admit it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel that way.
Carnage: I knew it.
Spider-Man: But that's human. Anger, wanting revenge... It's not wrong to feel emotions like that. It's wrong to act on them.
Marius: You broke your oath to Rome! You kill the innocent- women and children!
Boudica: And how do you think your empire was built? We didn't ask for you to come here! I will do anything to protect my people!
Boudica: And how do you think your empire was built? We didn't ask for you to come here! I will do anything to protect my people!
"The division I see is between the Ricks and Mortys that like the Citadel divided and the rest of us. I see it everywhere I go. I see it in our schools, where they teach Mortys that we're all the same because they're threatened by what makes us unique. I see it in our streets, where they give guns to Mortys, so we are too busy fighting each other to fight real injustice. I see it in our factories, where Ricks work for a fraction of their bosses salary even though they are identical and have the same IQ. The Citadel's problem isn't homeless Mortys or outraged Ricks. The Citadel's problem is the Ricks and Mortys feeding on the Citadel's death. But I've got a message for them from the Ricks and Mortys keeping it alive, a message from the Ricks and Mortys that believe in this Citadel and the Ricks and Mortys that don't: you're outnumbered!"
— Evil Morty, Rick and Morty
"Look, I'm not your enemy. I agree with your fight. I just can't get with the way you're fighting it."
— Sam Wilson, to Karli Morgenthau, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, "The Whole World Is Watching"
"You're right. You're a fucking, sexist shit-stain, but you're right."
—Bennett the Sage finds the heroines in his Sailor Victory review to be so annoying and obnoxious that he's willing to agree with the sexist bank robber, after he calls one of the girls a bimbo.
Klavier: You killed a man.
Daryan: Feh. I'm done with the system. Can't you see that? I'm tired of self-righteous people hurting people. So the government of Borginia doesn't want to ship out the cocoons. Can't they ship out the medicine?! People are dying because of a little money made on the black market. Congratulations, you can make poisons out of some stupid cocoon. You can make poisons outta bleach and vinegar! The law is broken, Klav. Living above it is the only way to be a good guy in this world.
Klavier: It doesn't change the fact that you killed a man, Daryan!
Daryan: He was a killer himself! Don't you see that he killed the Chief Justice's son?
Klavier: Daryan... he was the Chief Justice. I'm sure he could've flown into Borginia and helped his kid there.
Daryan: Don't you remember how long it takes to get a passport to Borginia?
Klavier: He's the Chief Justice! He easily could've pulled some strings.
Daryan: Oh, really? Then tell me. Why is his son dead right now? Did he forget to pull the strings that were right in front of him?
Klavier: Argh... Ja, I'll give you that.
Daryan: Feh. I'm done with the system. Can't you see that? I'm tired of self-righteous people hurting people. So the government of Borginia doesn't want to ship out the cocoons. Can't they ship out the medicine?! People are dying because of a little money made on the black market. Congratulations, you can make poisons out of some stupid cocoon. You can make poisons outta bleach and vinegar! The law is broken, Klav. Living above it is the only way to be a good guy in this world.
Klavier: It doesn't change the fact that you killed a man, Daryan!
Daryan: He was a killer himself! Don't you see that he killed the Chief Justice's son?
Klavier: Daryan... he was the Chief Justice. I'm sure he could've flown into Borginia and helped his kid there.
Daryan: Don't you remember how long it takes to get a passport to Borginia?
Klavier: He's the Chief Justice! He easily could've pulled some strings.
Daryan: Oh, really? Then tell me. Why is his son dead right now? Did he forget to pull the strings that were right in front of him?
Klavier: Argh... Ja, I'll give you that.
Esteban: You tried to steal the crown jewels!
Victor: That is nothing compared to what you did to me. Forty-one years ago, you and I made a deal with Shuriki. We were going to help her invade Avalor, and rule the kingdom with her. We were partners. But when Shuriki kicked me and my family out of Avalor, you did nothing to stop her.
Esteban: What could I do? You saw what she did to Elena's parents. I had no choice!
Victor: You always have a choice.
Victor: That is nothing compared to what you did to me. Forty-one years ago, you and I made a deal with Shuriki. We were going to help her invade Avalor, and rule the kingdom with her. We were partners. But when Shuriki kicked me and my family out of Avalor, you did nothing to stop her.
Esteban: What could I do? You saw what she did to Elena's parents. I had no choice!
Victor: You always have a choice.
Rick: Morty, I am not responsible for every fucked-up Rick out there.
Evil Morty: They literally all say that. They all have that excuse. It's all part of their system: None of them have to be responsible, they're all victims of themselves. "Oh, it's so hard to be a genius!" (sighs) Couldn't you just die?
Evil Morty: They literally all say that. They all have that excuse. It's all part of their system: None of them have to be responsible, they're all victims of themselves. "Oh, it's so hard to be a genius!" (sighs) Couldn't you just die?
"He's insane... and yet, much of what he's saying is true - there are so many people on this planet... in this country... who've been forgotten... who suffer in silence. But this... this lunacy... isn't the answer. I don't know what is... but it can't be this!"
— Doctor Light III (Kimiyo Hoshi) on a terrorist leader, Justice League International
Jack Fenton: Where is he? Where's our son!?
Maddie Fenton: What have you done to our boy!?
Dark Danny: Ha ha ha ha... I am your "boy"!
Maddie: What!?
Dark Danny: What kind of parents are you anyway? The world's leading ghost experts and you can't figure out that your own son was half ghost!
Jack: [To Maddie] For the record, I blame you.
Dark Danny: Hello? Danny Fenton. Danny Phantom. Ever notice the similarity? Jazz did.
Maddie Fenton: What have you done to our boy!?
Dark Danny: Ha ha ha ha... I am your "boy"!
Maddie: What!?
Dark Danny: What kind of parents are you anyway? The world's leading ghost experts and you can't figure out that your own son was half ghost!
Jack: [To Maddie] For the record, I blame you.
Dark Danny: Hello? Danny Fenton. Danny Phantom. Ever notice the similarity? Jazz did.
"To be honest, I can't completely deny what he said...But that doesn't justify what he did...Right, Senpai?"
— Rise Kujikawa, after the killer the party is hunting asks whether they're pursuing him for fun, Persona 4
Agatha: [Othar is] convinced that all the problems of the world stem from people with the spark- so he's decided the best solution is to kill us all.
Squibbs: Let me see if I understand this. He thinks all the problems in Europa- are caused by the Mad Scientists who build all the monsters.
Agatha: That's right.
Squibbs: The mad scientists who vie with each other to see who can be the first to turn the population into wombat bats or clam people or stylish furniture.
Agatha: Yes.
Squibbs: The raving lunatics who set off life-sized chocolate volcanoes and unleash flash floods of porridge upon innocent villages.
Agatha: Are you going somewhere with this?
Squibbs: Othar wants to destroy these people, and you think he's insane?!
Agatha: Yes... and he wants me to be his sidekick! Can you believe it?
Squibbs: Let me see if I understand this. He thinks all the problems in Europa- are caused by the Mad Scientists who build all the monsters.
Agatha: That's right.
Squibbs: The mad scientists who vie with each other to see who can be the first to turn the population into wombat bats or clam people or stylish furniture.
Agatha: Yes.
Squibbs: The raving lunatics who set off life-sized chocolate volcanoes and unleash flash floods of porridge upon innocent villages.
Agatha: Are you going somewhere with this?
Squibbs: Othar wants to destroy these people, and you think he's insane?!
Agatha: Yes... and he wants me to be his sidekick! Can you believe it?
—Girl Genius, "Small Problems", p10. (Agatha is one of these "sparks", mind you).
. (Agatha is one of these "sparks", mind you).Vangus: First military jets, now alien allies?! Destroying MIB did not deliver my instant victory as you promised.
Alpha: Patience, Vangus. When one slips it slowly, the nectar of victory is that much sweeter.
Vangus: These airstrikes are wasteful! It is time for a new strategy: destroy the planet, then let its oil reserves ooze out.
Agent K: Kinda puts a crimp in your plans, doesn't it, Alpha?
Vangus: Quiet!
Alpha: Agent K makes a cogent point. An annihilated Earth would leave no populace, no one for me to rule.
Vangus: Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
Alpha: Patience, Vangus. When one slips it slowly, the nectar of victory is that much sweeter.
Vangus: These airstrikes are wasteful! It is time for a new strategy: destroy the planet, then let its oil reserves ooze out.
Agent K: Kinda puts a crimp in your plans, doesn't it, Alpha?
Vangus: Quiet!
Alpha: Agent K makes a cogent point. An annihilated Earth would leave no populace, no one for me to rule.
Vangus: Can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.
—Men in Black: The Series, "The Endgame Syndrome Part 2"
Darkseid: You collect when you should vanquish.
Brainiac: I collect knowledge, not power.
Darkseid: Without power, knowledge is useless.
Brainiac: I collect knowledge, not power.
Darkseid: Without power, knowledge is useless.
Scarecrow: You reject your people?
Poison Ivy: For being botanophobes.
Scarecrow: Said the anthropophobe.
Poison Ivy: For being botanophobes.
Scarecrow: Said the anthropophobe.
Gorilla Grodd: Humans must disgust you.
Superman: Those who harm them do.
Gorilla Grodd: How do you not see the irony?
Superman: Those who harm them do.
Gorilla Grodd: How do you not see the irony?
Gorilla Grodd: Don't need a lasso to see your true nature.
Wonder Woman: My mind has nothing to hide, Grodd...
Gorilla Grodd: ...except the lies you tell Supergirl.
Wonder Woman: My mind has nothing to hide, Grodd...
Gorilla Grodd: ...except the lies you tell Supergirl.
Superman: I was right to lock you up!
Gorilla Grodd: And how did you enjoy captivity?
Gorilla Grodd: And how did you enjoy captivity?
Barret: You're gonna get on TV and tell 'em. Tell 'em what you did to Sector 7— That it was you who killed all those people! Then, you're gonna tell them the truth about Avalanche. That Avalanche ain't Wutai or anybody's puppet! That Avalanche fights for the people— the planet! That we fight to hold Shinra to account for its crimes! That is Avalanche! The filthy sewer rats... who brought down a goliath! You tell 'em that.
President Shinra: Is that really all you want? For your names to be cleared? Hmph. That is what matters most to you? More than shutting down the reactors? Than the future of the planet itself?
Barret: (angrily advances, only for Shinra to pull a gun on him) Damn.
President Shinra: You're lying to yourself, even now. Truth... Justice, honor, freedom! Vain indulgences, every one. Picture it! Picture a world without Shinra. Without mako energy. A stagnant, impotent world. Now picture a natural disaster. Who would help the people? Help them recover and rebuild? You? With their old world ruined, will they thank you for the new?
President Shinra: Is that really all you want? For your names to be cleared? Hmph. That is what matters most to you? More than shutting down the reactors? Than the future of the planet itself?
Barret: (angrily advances, only for Shinra to pull a gun on him) Damn.
President Shinra: You're lying to yourself, even now. Truth... Justice, honor, freedom! Vain indulgences, every one. Picture it! Picture a world without Shinra. Without mako energy. A stagnant, impotent world. Now picture a natural disaster. Who would help the people? Help them recover and rebuild? You? With their old world ruined, will they thank you for the new?
Alphinaud: Why have you come?
Zenos: A heretofore unseen beast. 'Twas ripe for the slaying. Poor sport, alas. Unfit to temper my blade.
Alisaie: Oh, for the love of— You cannot still be on about a rematch!
Zenos: That is and has ever been my sole concern. You, on the other hand, are fixated on a different quarry. Your passion pales before mine, yet neither hate nor despair seem sufficient to recapture your misdirected bloodlust. So I hone my blade, and I wait.
Jullus: That's it? That's all you care about? Garlemald is in ruins. Our homeland— the nation you rule! — is as good as gone. Along with so many of its people. Not just soldiers like us! Not only those who fought and killed for power and duty! Innocent civilians... Murdered by their own flesh and blood. Lost and confused as they breathed their last. While we who survived with our lives and minds intact were left to freeze to death! The Eorzeans tell me all this was your doing. You slaughtered your countrymen. You did. For what?
Zenos: For nothing, in the end. So much wasted effort.
Jullus: You... You bastard!
Alphinaud: For your own sake, Jullus, you must control your anger! It will serve no one should it consume you and see you transformed.
Zenos: Would you be "happier" had I a "good reason"?
Jullus: What?
Zenos: If my motives met with your approval, would you no longer resent the outcome? If so, then perhaps a beast's skin would suit you better. Duty... honor... morality... all constructs of convenience, when put to proof. Surely the war taught you how easily power becomes the tool of the self-righteous? How the people's "justice" was merely a means to their ends? Yet you would ask me why. Ask any creature of this star and those above for answers, and they will tell you what suits their fancy. And they would be right to do so. What meaning there is to be found in the petty vicissitudes of your existence must be gleaned by you and you alone.
Zenos: A heretofore unseen beast. 'Twas ripe for the slaying. Poor sport, alas. Unfit to temper my blade.
Alisaie: Oh, for the love of— You cannot still be on about a rematch!
Zenos: That is and has ever been my sole concern. You, on the other hand, are fixated on a different quarry. Your passion pales before mine, yet neither hate nor despair seem sufficient to recapture your misdirected bloodlust. So I hone my blade, and I wait.
Jullus: That's it? That's all you care about? Garlemald is in ruins. Our homeland— the nation you rule! — is as good as gone. Along with so many of its people. Not just soldiers like us! Not only those who fought and killed for power and duty! Innocent civilians... Murdered by their own flesh and blood. Lost and confused as they breathed their last. While we who survived with our lives and minds intact were left to freeze to death! The Eorzeans tell me all this was your doing. You slaughtered your countrymen. You did. For what?
Zenos: For nothing, in the end. So much wasted effort.
Jullus: You... You bastard!
Alphinaud: For your own sake, Jullus, you must control your anger! It will serve no one should it consume you and see you transformed.
Zenos: Would you be "happier" had I a "good reason"?
Jullus: What?
Zenos: If my motives met with your approval, would you no longer resent the outcome? If so, then perhaps a beast's skin would suit you better. Duty... honor... morality... all constructs of convenience, when put to proof. Surely the war taught you how easily power becomes the tool of the self-righteous? How the people's "justice" was merely a means to their ends? Yet you would ask me why. Ask any creature of this star and those above for answers, and they will tell you what suits their fancy. And they would be right to do so. What meaning there is to be found in the petty vicissitudes of your existence must be gleaned by you and you alone.
A clever argument is not what makes a good or bad person. Anyone can make a clever argument, whether they believe it or not. You see someone being a cruel piece of shit? That's a bad person no matter what they fucking believe, and I've seen some cruel pieces of shit around this thing.
— Ashton Greymoore, Critical Role "Campaign 3, Episode 46: Night at the Ligament Manor"
Beast Boy: How could she have forgotten everything? There must be something I can say to help her remember.
Slade: Maybe she doesn't want to remember.
Beast Boy: Slade! I should've realized you were behind this! Why did you bring Terra back?
Slade: I had nothing to do with her return.
Beast Boy: You did something to take away her memory, and you took away her powers!
Slade: I did nothing, dear boy. If the girl does not remember or does not use her powers, it is because she chooses so.
Beast Boy: Why wouldn't Terra want to remember? She was a hero! She had friends! She saved all of us!
Slade: Don't you see? She no longer wants to remember you.
Beast Boy: I won't let you hurt her again!
Slade: You're the one who is hurting her. Let her go. [...] Face it. She doesn't want to see you anymore.
Slade: Maybe she doesn't want to remember.
Beast Boy: Slade! I should've realized you were behind this! Why did you bring Terra back?
Slade: I had nothing to do with her return.
Beast Boy: You did something to take away her memory, and you took away her powers!
Slade: I did nothing, dear boy. If the girl does not remember or does not use her powers, it is because she chooses so.
Beast Boy: Why wouldn't Terra want to remember? She was a hero! She had friends! She saved all of us!
Slade: Don't you see? She no longer wants to remember you.
Beast Boy: I won't let you hurt her again!
Slade: You're the one who is hurting her. Let her go. [...] Face it. She doesn't want to see you anymore.
— Teen Titans, "Things Change"
"Better heroes, huh? Listen, girls. My name is Steve. I'm a monster. I've been coming here for three days, causing all sorts of damage to your town. And what do I get? Two days of no-shows, and now this. A flag girl who does rope tricks, some rabbit, and Little Miss Darkness who's afraid of a little sun. [...] Now this new bit is just not gonna cut it. Sure, you didn't have a thirst for vengeance, stickers with your face on them, or souped-up vehicles, because you didn't need them! See, even if you take away the costumes, props, and angst, you still have all the bravery and courage it takes to save the day. So what do you say? Powerpuff Girls?"
— Steve, The Powerpuff Girls (1998), "Super Zeroes"
Captain Amazing: You’re going to prison for life this time, Casanova. You see, here in Champion City, we still do a fairly brisk trade… in justice.
Casanova Frankenstein: I thought it was all about the publicity and keeping your sponsors happy.
Captain Amazing: See, it’s that kind of cynicism that I truly feel is starting to poison our society.
Casanova Frankenstein: I thought it was all about the publicity and keeping your sponsors happy.
Captain Amazing: See, it’s that kind of cynicism that I truly feel is starting to poison our society.
He was right. Of course, he was. At this point, [Luz] had all but accepted that Shigaraki was right more often than he was wrong.
Tai Lung: I rotted in jail for twenty years because of your weakness!
Shifu: Obeying your master is not weakness!
Tai Lung: You knew I was the Dragon Warrior! You always knew. But when Oogway said otherwise, what did you do? What did you do!? NOTHING.
Shifu: You were not meant to be the Dragon Warrior! That was not my fault!
Tai Lung: Not. Your. Fault? Who filled my head with dreams? Who drove to me to train until my bones cracked!? WHO DENIED ME MY DESTINY!?
Shifu: Obeying your master is not weakness!
Tai Lung: You knew I was the Dragon Warrior! You always knew. But when Oogway said otherwise, what did you do? What did you do!? NOTHING.
Shifu: You were not meant to be the Dragon Warrior! That was not my fault!
Tai Lung: Not. Your. Fault? Who filled my head with dreams? Who drove to me to train until my bones cracked!? WHO DENIED ME MY DESTINY!?
Cat Noir: We'd have come to your movie premiere if we'd known how upset you were gonna get.
(...)
Ladybug: What's with that trailer, too? I am not scared of cats, at all!
Animaestro: You haven't even seen the movie and you're already slamming it!
Cat Noir: He does have a point, you know.
(...)
Ladybug: What's with that trailer, too? I am not scared of cats, at all!
Animaestro: You haven't even seen the movie and you're already slamming it!
Cat Noir: He does have a point, you know.
"You know what happens in Roman's matches? No one wants to fight for it anymore because we know the finish. His family are gonna interfere, every single time", McIntyre said, the most valid, least petty point he has made since turning heel.
—Bleacher Report, recapping the February 5, 2024 episode of WWE Raw
"You know what I think? You're jealous. You wish everyone liked you the way they like me."
— Turbo Jet calls out Spider-Man on his HeroWithBadPublicity on episode 1 "Heroes and Villains", Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Once-ler: Well, what do you want? I should shut down my factory? Fire a hundred-thousand workers? Is that good economics? Is that sound for the country?
Lorax: I see your point, but I wouldn't know the answer.
Lorax: I see your point, but I wouldn't know the answer.
