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I was glad to be rid of what I had for a father! But you! You got them! You're not human! You don't deserve to be Clark Kent! I'll punish you with every ounce of pain and humiliation and regret from an entire human lifetime. Don't you understand?! I'll never stop! What will it take to break you?! WHY WON'T YOU BREAK?!
Skinner? Skinner, don't do this. Please, hear me. You're dying. Give me a moment to heal and -- and I'll save you! More than save you, I'll give you immortality again! You know I can! We'll rule side by side! Just you and me. But if you kill me, everyone tainted by my blood, and anyone near them… they'll forget, brother. Forget my influence, forget it all. So understand this. If I die, not only will you die, too, but worse — no one will ever know what you did here. You'll die forgotten. Your ultimate fear!
This unit adapts to the attributes of its opponents. Imagination is an attribute. Conclusion: this unit has imagination. Accessing: imagination. Attempt failed. Repeat. Accessing: imagination… Error… error… Error0111010010010111--
— Super-Adaptoid, Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar #4
She… my oracle… You are to blame. But you have not won! I will find another! Even if every woman in Salem must be tried as a witch! Every woman in the colonies!
— William Stoughton, Assassin's Creed: Assassins #4
D-don't you turn you back on me! Come back and grovel before me! Do you hear me?! Come back and grovel!
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Batman: I did it, Joker. I broke the spell. I did what you wouldn't do. Right here is where you turned back, isn't it? Right at this drop, where the boat dives. Not because you couldn't hold on, but because you wouldn't want to know. But see, me, I’m not like you... not anymore, Joker. And this year, while you were away, I finally deduced it. Who you were before.
The Joker: You're lying! You’re playing my own joke—
Batman: Your name. Your history. Your family. All of it. Here, I'll whisper it to you... whisper it right into your ear, darling.
The Joker: No...
Batman: Who you are underneath the grin. Who you really are under there.
The Joker: Stop it! I'm not listening!
Batman: Your name, Joker— Your real name is...
The Joker: Shut up!
The Joker: You're lying! You’re playing my own joke—
Batman: Your name. Your history. Your family. All of it. Here, I'll whisper it to you... whisper it right into your ear, darling.
The Joker: No...
Batman: Who you are underneath the grin. Who you really are under there.
The Joker: Stop it! I'm not listening!
Batman: Your name, Joker— Your real name is...
The Joker: Shut up!
Wait… where are you going? Batman. Come back here. Don't just walk away from me! Don't you dare just walk away! Shut up. Shut up!
...Hello. You don't have to be shy now. I can feel your presence. Like a wave of static electricity. It's powerful, I'll admit. In fact, I've never encountered anything quite like it. You've done such strange things to the timeline. Things I won't begin to question. And you've remained hidden. From all of them...but I am not like them. My existence is the only constant in a sea of possibilities. I cannot be erased. By you. By anyone. Show Yourself—… I… my God. Wait! Wait, I didn't know! Please! I don't want to d—
You think I'm nothing? Who are you?
—The Riddler, Batman: Earth One Vol. 2
Bad product.
— James Stilwell, The Boys #72
I CRUSH YOU AGAIN, BEETLE! Even isolated from the stars, I crush you easily! And again if I must. I will crush you over, and over, AND OVER! I AM TRIUMPH!! I AM CONQUEST!
—The Black Flame, B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth - End of Days
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Vampire: This is how it ends for us, for cibopaths. One will die. And the other will dine on the flesh of his enemy. I die, yes. But I'll live on. All my power. All that I've seen, done... and collected. My immortality. In you.
Tony Chu: You're only half right. You die. The only thing that's eating you is the rats.
Vampire: You can't. I have powers. Unimaginable abilities.
Tony Chu: I don't want them.
Vampire: You must want something.
Tony Chu: Yeah. For your victims to find peace. This is for Toni.
Vampire: No! Wait! Y-you can't. I know things. About the space fruit. The fire writing. About what's coming.
Tony Chu: I'll find out some other way.
Vampire: No!
Tony Chu: You: you go to Hell.
Tony Chu: You're only half right. You die. The only thing that's eating you is the rats.
Vampire: You can't. I have powers. Unimaginable abilities.
Tony Chu: I don't want them.
Vampire: You must want something.
Tony Chu: Yeah. For your victims to find peace. This is for Toni.
Vampire: No! Wait! Y-you can't. I know things. About the space fruit. The fire writing. About what's coming.
Tony Chu: I'll find out some other way.
Vampire: No!
Tony Chu: You: you go to Hell.
—Chew
Don't give me your feeble excuses! I will not wait weeks. We will return and crush Cyclops and his mutants. Now! My flag will be raised over Utopia! And if I order it, then that's how it's going to be, damn you! I am Xarus, Lord of Vampires! You're going to see me on that big screen, standing on Wolverine's bones and drinking Cyclops's blood. This I swear!
—Xarus, Curse of the Mutants
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Blindspot: I need to understand, Muse. I need this to make sense. Why do you do what you do? Why do you hurt people? Why do you kill? Why?
Muse: You know why, Blindspot. It's the same reason you want to kill me right now. It makes you better it makes you strong it shows them your power it says something it means something it solves your problems it gives you control you're big they're small it's art it's art IT'S ART! IT'S ART! IT'S ART!
Muse: You know why, Blindspot. It's the same reason you want to kill me right now. It makes you better it makes you strong it shows them your power it says something it means something it solves your problems it gives you control you're big they're small it's art it's art IT'S ART! IT'S ART! IT'S ART!
This is your last chance, Diana. We can still win. You can't create worlds from your energy but I can. I'll kill the hands and give everyone an Eden... It doesn't have to end this way!
Detective: Cell's not even locked. He could walk right out.
Carnage: Gonna sit right here… 'til I'm left alone… 'til I'm my own man again… and then… I'm gonna find Deadpool… and make him pay for trying to peel my eyes open!
Carnage: Gonna sit right here… 'til I'm left alone… 'til I'm my own man again… and then… I'm gonna find Deadpool… and make him pay for trying to peel my eyes open!
You couldn't have left us alone… You had to meddle, had to startle her… Look at her now… See what you made her do! Lashing out. A scared child… You just had to interfere… So be it... You brought this upon yourselves. As Alicia rips this world asunder I too shall do my part. I will drink deep of the darkness. I, Beowulf… destroyer of monsters… I will become one! You've hurt us! You have taken away my family! Now I will make you feel my pain.
—Wulf, Death Vigil
You… no… Why… won't.. you… die?! […] I was happy! I was content! And you had to ruin everything! Attacking my mind! My memories! I WAS HAPPY! They can put me in the electric chair for all I care! If it's for killing you, I'll smile all the way to hell!
Reed Richards: I just wanted to say good luck. Everything looks good here on our end.
Doctor Doom: I don't need your concern.
Reed Richards: I'm not concerned.
Doctor Doom: Then why are you even contacting me?
Reed Richards: I told you. To wish you luck.
Doctor Doom: Why do I need luck or childish wishes when nothing has been left to chance?
Reed Richards: All I meant is I think that this is going to be successful.
Doctor Doom: I am certain it will be.
Reed Richards: Good.
Doctor Doom: Aren't you certain?
Reed Richards: Why wouldn't I be? I know it's excellent work.
Doctor Doom: I know that it’s a perfect solution.
Reed Richards: Yes.
Doctor Doom: "Yes" what?
Reed Richards: Yes, I know you know that.
Doctor Doom: Tell me what I know, Reed.
Reed Richards: That you're certain your work is perfect.
Doctor Doom: But you don't think it's perfect.
Reed Richards: I told you I believe it is.
Doctor Doom: When did you say that? You said no such thing. And believing is different than knowing.
Reed Richards: Look, I'm not going to argue semantics with you over interspace communication when the fate of the world is at stake.
Doctor Doom: Of course, because it is an argument you would lose!
Reed Richards: This conversation is over now.
Doctor Doom: As if you get to decide!
Reed Richards: Good luck, Victor. (Shuts off the call)
Doctor Doom: Rrrrryyeaaaa!
Doctor Doom: I don't need your concern.
Reed Richards: I'm not concerned.
Doctor Doom: Then why are you even contacting me?
Reed Richards: I told you. To wish you luck.
Doctor Doom: Why do I need luck or childish wishes when nothing has been left to chance?
Reed Richards: All I meant is I think that this is going to be successful.
Doctor Doom: I am certain it will be.
Reed Richards: Good.
Doctor Doom: Aren't you certain?
Reed Richards: Why wouldn't I be? I know it's excellent work.
Doctor Doom: I know that it’s a perfect solution.
Reed Richards: Yes.
Doctor Doom: "Yes" what?
Reed Richards: Yes, I know you know that.
Doctor Doom: Tell me what I know, Reed.
Reed Richards: That you're certain your work is perfect.
Doctor Doom: But you don't think it's perfect.
Reed Richards: I told you I believe it is.
Doctor Doom: When did you say that? You said no such thing. And believing is different than knowing.
Reed Richards: Look, I'm not going to argue semantics with you over interspace communication when the fate of the world is at stake.
Doctor Doom: Of course, because it is an argument you would lose!
Reed Richards: This conversation is over now.
Doctor Doom: As if you get to decide!
Reed Richards: Good luck, Victor. (Shuts off the call)
Doctor Doom: Rrrrryyeaaaa!
— Doctor Doom #9
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Joker: Hey, Kano! Which part of "Batman no longer exists" don't you understand?! ¿Hablo "no Batman?"
Superman: Even with the universe at your whim, you can't do it. You can't get Batman out of your head, can't erase him — because he's just too big. Bigger than you'll ever be.
Joker: No no no! I'm a god, he's a Type-A in a fancy dress! Batman does not rank! [Joker tries to Ret-Gone the multitude of Batman copies around him] See? Gone! Sent to the cornfield! Off to the races! I still got it!
Superman: If you can't do something as simple as forget one man... how can you possibly maintain control of all that power? How can you smash planets? Unravel the sky?
Joker: Hey, wait — you — no...
Superman: Or tear out my heart? The answer... You can't do anything... because it's his world. You're just an annoyance in it.
Joker: But I'm Emperor. I'm the Emperor. See? I've got the new clothes to prove it. Seriously, stop. I don't want my medicine.
Superman: Even with the universe at your whim, you can't do it. You can't get Batman out of your head, can't erase him — because he's just too big. Bigger than you'll ever be.
Joker: No no no! I'm a god, he's a Type-A in a fancy dress! Batman does not rank! [Joker tries to Ret-Gone the multitude of Batman copies around him] See? Gone! Sent to the cornfield! Off to the races! I still got it!
Superman: If you can't do something as simple as forget one man... how can you possibly maintain control of all that power? How can you smash planets? Unravel the sky?
Joker: Hey, wait — you — no...
Superman: Or tear out my heart? The answer... You can't do anything... because it's his world. You're just an annoyance in it.
Joker: But I'm Emperor. I'm the Emperor. See? I've got the new clothes to prove it. Seriously, stop. I don't want my medicine.
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No! Son of a— They can't do that to me! I'm still not strong enough? No friggin' way! See you suckers later— (melts a car he was trying to grab) Aw, come on! No! No! No! No! No. I'm not running anymore. You hear me? I'm not going anywhere! All my life, the whole world tried to knock me down—Now It's My Turn. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go knock down this city. Just because I can.
— Michael Miller/The (In)human Flame, Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! #6
Barry Allen: Eobard... I forgive you.
Eobard Thawne: You... what? [...] You don't get to forgive me. I won't let you do this. Your entire life is about me. You are the Flash because of me. Without me you are nothing. [...] Our race will never end! [...] Our hate is forever!
(Barry lets Eobard run through him, grounding him in the Speed Force with him as a lightning rod, and explains what he did)
Eobard Thawne: I was a paradox and that helped me avoid all the changes in time. But you... this... this resets me. But this won't reset your past!
Barry Allen: I know. Goodbye, Thawne. (runs away)
Eobard Thawne: Don't you dare run from me, Barry! The last time this happened I forgot everything. Please! I... NOOOO
Eobard Thawne: You... what? [...] You don't get to forgive me. I won't let you do this. Your entire life is about me. You are the Flash because of me. Without me you are nothing. [...] Our race will never end! [...] Our hate is forever!
(Barry lets Eobard run through him, grounding him in the Speed Force with him as a lightning rod, and explains what he did)
Eobard Thawne: I was a paradox and that helped me avoid all the changes in time. But you... this... this resets me. But this won't reset your past!
Barry Allen: I know. Goodbye, Thawne. (runs away)
Eobard Thawne: Don't you dare run from me, Barry! The last time this happened I forgot everything. Please! I... NOOOO
— The Flash #762
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WHERE-IS-OUR-MIND?!
— Sycorax, gen:LOCK (DC Comics), "Chapter 13"
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I can't do anything without my book! I didn't even get through all the spells!
—Laura Lochs, Hack/Slash: Girls Gone Dead
Akakios: No! My paladins... I can feel your deaths. New and final. Cassie! Stop this now. It's just you! The Black Lamp needs you now! You’re the last one! The final— {hatchet is thrown into right shoulder, making him scream in pain}
Cassie: How do you feel?
Akakios: Whu-what?
Cassie: You feel alive. Share it with me. {pulls on his lip mid-kiss, stabs up into his chin at the same time, straddles him as he falls to the ground, and stabs him slowly four more times on the ground}
Cassie: How do you feel?
Akakios: Whu-what?
Cassie: You feel alive. Share it with me. {pulls on his lip mid-kiss, stabs up into his chin at the same time, straddles him as he falls to the ground, and stabs him slowly four more times on the ground}
I don't believe you, monk! You called to me when I was just a child! You've been manipulating me ever since! You're a lying megalomaniac! From this moment on we are enemies! Wherever your corporeal form is hidden in this world, I will find it! I will grind it into conscious, timeless dust and I will shove you up my ass!!
—Toyo Harada responds to being abandoned by the Bleeding Monk on the verge of losing his reputation, Harbinger #24
Rasputin: I was chosen by the Ogdru Jahad, to deliver him from his prison and bring about the end of the world, to make way for a new world. And I... I alone will be lord over that! From Cavendish Hall I shook the dragon and soon enough I will break his chains and set him free!
Hecate: Poor Rasputin... You know and I know that only one power can ever loose the dragon...
Rasputin: No!
Hecate: You've always known... his hand.
Rasputin: Nooo!
Hecate: You brought him to Earth... but he was never yours.
Rasputin: NOOOOOO HELLBOY! I'M STILL YOUR MASTER, BOY! I WILL SEE YOU CRAWL BEFORE ME! This is not the end.
Hecate: It is.
Hecate: Poor Rasputin... You know and I know that only one power can ever loose the dragon...
Rasputin: No!
Hecate: You've always known... his hand.
Rasputin: Nooo!
Hecate: You brought him to Earth... but he was never yours.
Rasputin: NOOOOOO HELLBOY! I'M STILL YOUR MASTER, BOY! I WILL SEE YOU CRAWL BEFORE ME! This is not the end.
Hecate: It is.
— Hellboy: Conqueror Worm
No! The Pandemonium Cube! I did everything you told me! Why didn't it work?! Mephisto! Why have you forsa—
— US President Phillip Coulson, Heroes Return
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No! No. I'd—I'd have known! I'm protected against you! I—I remember being— Oh God. God, no! No! You can't do this—
— Dario Agger/Minotaur to Xemnu, Immortal Hulk #33
Samuel Sterns/The Leader: I devoured Brian. I became him. So somewhere, the answer is in me. What am I missing, Dr. Banner...?
Brian Banner: It burrows in. Wears our souls. Like masks on a stage.
Leader: Eh? If you're going to show up, Brian, make sense— Wait. What did you say...?
Brian Banner: A host personality… I tried to warn you.
Leader: The… the broken link. It isn't between here and the living world, or between Bruce and his alters… it’s…. it’s between me… and that.
Brian Banner: You devoured me. You became me. But you weren't the first.
Leader: No…!
Brian Banner: You said it yourself… Or wait, was that me? I am myself… but I am also him.
Leader: Brian, stop this! Bruce, help me—
Bruce Banner: This. Really isn’t. The best time.
Leader: No! Please! No!
Brian Banner: It burrows in. Wears our souls. Like masks on a stage.
Leader: Eh? If you're going to show up, Brian, make sense— Wait. What did you say...?
Brian Banner: A host personality… I tried to warn you.
Leader: The… the broken link. It isn't between here and the living world, or between Bruce and his alters… it’s…. it’s between me… and that.
Brian Banner: You devoured me. You became me. But you weren't the first.
Leader: No…!
Brian Banner: You said it yourself… Or wait, was that me? I am myself… but I am also him.
Leader: Brian, stop this! Bruce, help me—
Bruce Banner: This. Really isn’t. The best time.
Leader: No! Please! No!
— Immortal Hulk #42
DO YOU THINK MERE SPEED CAN UNDO MY GLORIOUS INTELLECT? YOU'RE WRONG, I TELL YOU! WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
— The Riddler, Impulse #48
No. This can't be happening. We're miles above Earth! Their 13th Floor tech can't possibly reach up here! This is insane! It defies all logic! All reason! What kind of madman would dream up a system that works that way?!
— Arno Stark/Iron Man, Iron Man 2020 (Event) #5
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Joker: Obvious... and everybody knows. You wear your shame like a badge. Because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on. Yes... just look at you... desperate to be feared, you want to be perceived as a monster, draped in black. And yet... you leave that little window... a glimpse at the perfection underneath. Obvious — the chiseled good looks — not the jaw, the mouth of a monster... why do you let it be seen? Tell me why.
Batman: To mock you.
Joker: Rrrrraaa— NOOOO!
Batman: To mock you.
Joker: Rrrrraaa— NOOOO!
Batman: Listen close. If you were smart enough to pick the pockets for the next gen Batsuit, the bomb can be disarmed-
Joker: No! That's not how it works. You're going to have to save me yourself. You're not going to risk my dying and leave your butler's body to roast with me.
[beat; then Batman walks away]
Joker: Wait... Where are you going? Batman. Come back here. Don't just walk away from me! Don't you dare just walk away!
[Alfred's zombified body laughs]
Joker: Shut up. SHUT UP!
Joker: No! That's not how it works. You're going to have to save me yourself. You're not going to risk my dying and leave your butler's body to roast with me.
[beat; then Batman walks away]
Joker: Wait... Where are you going? Batman. Come back here. Don't just walk away from me! Don't you dare just walk away!
[Alfred's zombified body laughs]
Joker: Shut up. SHUT UP!
What the @#$% do you mean, "who is Wonder Woman?!"
—Maxwell Lord IV realizes he's overdone his worldwide mind wipe, Justice League: Generation Lost
You... you're here. What do you want? What lies within your eternal glow? Why have you dogged me like a curse, all these millennia? Answer me!
— Vandal Savage to a brain tumor-induced hallucination of Alan Scott as the manifestation of the "green," JSA Classified #12
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How—How are you doing this?! No!
— Knull, King in Black #5
The control device! No! I don’t have the Kressh Gauntlet! Don't do it, Lucien! Don't do it!
—Haazen, Knights of the Old Republic #35
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You humiliated me! Me, A GOD! You will pay! No, actually... ALL OF ALYSIA IS GONNA PAY!
Lex Luthor: Even through the dust... I see your eyes. I know of all your remarkable "visions," but let me tell you what you can't see. My soul. And there's not a soul in Metropolis who watched Hope drop the monster, and given the same opportunity? Wouldn't have done it themselves. Not a soul. How does that make you feel... you arrogant alien bastard? (Beat) Your silence speaks volumes. You understand my words, but you refuse to believe what they mean. Is it because you see something in humanity that in truth isn't there, or that you're blind to what truly is? (Beat) Say something, goddamnit!
Superman: You're wrong. I can see your soul.
Lex Luthor: No... you can't. Because if you could... you would see a man, who willingly denied himself happiness... who chose to give up hope... for the world. A world without a Superman. I know I can't beat you... alone. But then, I'm not alone. There are six and a half billion of me... and only one of you. And we can drive you back out to the blackness from which you came. What the world watched you do tonight... If it only changes one mind about what you are... Please, just fly away.
Superman: You're wrong. I can see your soul.
Lex Luthor: No... you can't. Because if you could... you would see a man, who willingly denied himself happiness... who chose to give up hope... for the world. A world without a Superman. I know I can't beat you... alone. But then, I'm not alone. There are six and a half billion of me... and only one of you. And we can drive you back out to the blackness from which you came. What the world watched you do tonight... If it only changes one mind about what you are... Please, just fly away.
Hey! *SOB!* This is cruelty to bullies! *SOB!* I can't brutalize somebody tougher than I am! It AIN'T FAIR!
— Beagle Boy after getting beaten up by a younger Scrooge McDuck, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck: A Dream of a Lifetime
El Bogavante was right! You're a plotter! A sneak! A god damned LIAR!
—Arnold Wald, Lobster Johnson: The Pirate's Ghost
You don't get a happy ending! I won't let you! I won! I won and you died! And that was the end!
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Bastards. Bastards. Eat you. Eat your cities. Eat your children. Eating life… shitting skulls…
— Kid Miracleman, Miracleman
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Morty: Warren, please... don't do this. Together we can find out why you are the way you are... We didn't create you... but... There are other towns...
Warren: I know. {throws himself and Morty off the collapsing bridge}
Warren: I know. {throws himself and Morty off the collapsing bridge}
You lucky old bastard! If I hadn't been messed up by that bomb, I'd have—
— Nemesis, Nemesis #4
NO! My beautiful Pteromen! That's it! I wanted to play with you! I wanted to torture you! But YOU ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO SPOIL MY FUN! You know who you are? You know what you're like? You're just like my wife! That's right! Everything was fine and dandy, and then I ask you to do one little thing! What did I say to you, Monica? I mean, what was so awful about it? I said perform the weapons tests and don't worry your little girly head about the weapons coming from a company that used to be a terrorist cell! I said blow up chunks of America for freedom! But no! You couldn't! ONE LITTLE THING! It's like you suddenly turned forty and your face went south and suddenly it was no, Dirk, I won't do those things with the chickens and the wig and the bath full of acid for you any more! And by the way, Dirk, give me all your cash, let me paint everything pink, adopt a million screaming little snot-factory children for me and don't you dare touch me or my womb will fall out! And you know what I did?
Dirk realizes everyone on the bridge is staring at him.
Heh. Let's just kill em, then. Engage main batteries.
Dirk realizes everyone on the bridge is staring at him.
Heh. Let's just kill em, then. Engage main batteries.
— Dirk Anger, Nextwave #6
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I once believed I was fighting a war. Against chaos. For humanity. To win a world of order. With the messiah under my control, I would simply subvert your scheme to rule the planet. I would build the world I wanted, instead of the one expected by the Grail. But war demands sacrifice. And humanity is not worth it. It is not worth getting one's fucking ear shot off, for instance, or one's leg devoured by cannibals! Or being fucked up the arse by a gigantic Englishman! No! Or just to give you another example, having one's head carved into the image of a big fat gleaming dong!! But all of that pales into insignificance beside this little atrocity! Yes! Look at it! Look at my greatest sacrifice! Gaze on the face of war! So fuck humanity. Fuck Armageddon. Fuck the Grail. And fuck you. All that matters now is one single man... Jesse Custer. A name that lives in infamy. That set me down the road to ruin you see before you. That burns in my brain. The resources and materiel you would have pissed away will bring about his doom.
—Herr Starr, Preacher
What— Oh no. No. No. Wait a fuckin' minute—! Not like this! I don't wannit like this, I don't wanna fuckin' die out here! No! Jesus Christ, Holy Father, Holy Mother forgive me— Please God fuckin' forgive me...! I didn't mean it! I take it back, all of it, I swear to Christ I do! Please, please, I'm beggin' your forgiveness! I humbly throw myself on your eternal, blessed mercy! I won't say—that thing I said I'd say! I won't! I repent my sins, alla terrible things I did! My wrongful pride! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
—Nicky Cavella, The Punisher MAX
No! I'm tha Fingpin! Leb me... {notices Frank Castle coming up behind him and sheds a Single Tear} I'm tha Fingpin...
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Where is it?! Where is the Cube?!
— Hydra Supreme, Secret Empire #10
Doctor Doom: This is what always causes your fall, Reed. Abandoning the good because you desire the perfect. I understand now — I know what this is. It's always been the same between you and I… you think you are better than I am.
Reed Richards: No, Victor. You're wrong. I've always believed you could be better than what you are.
Doctor Doom: No. I mean now. This moment. If you had this power, you think you could have solved it all — solved everything... You think you could have done so... much... better... Don't you? Don't you?!
Reed Richards: Yes. And we both know it, don't we?
Doctor Doom: (Beat) Yes. Damn you... Now die!
Molecule Man: Okay, then. If you both agree...
Doctor Doom: Wait. No...
Reed Richards: No, Victor. You're wrong. I've always believed you could be better than what you are.
Doctor Doom: No. I mean now. This moment. If you had this power, you think you could have solved it all — solved everything... You think you could have done so... much... better... Don't you? Don't you?!
Reed Richards: Yes. And we both know it, don't we?
Doctor Doom: (Beat) Yes. Damn you... Now die!
Molecule Man: Okay, then. If you both agree...
Doctor Doom: Wait. No...
Bob! Bob! Don't let them win! Bring it down! Bring it all down, Robert! Don't let them win!
Don't do this. Please. It would be a huge mistake. […] No, you don't understand. I'm not a threat. I'm not the one you need to be afraid of. It's the other Sinisters, not me. I'm nothing. I failed! One of them succeeds! There is a Sinister Dominion outside of time and space! A stain on existence! It is already there! They've already won! Oh god, it's too late! Irene! You have to stop them, Irene! It's down to you now! But it's already happened, so it's too late, and— You have to find a way! Please, Irene! On the same side, remember? I know you understand! Only you understand! Don't do this! I'm not even a crumb between the teeth of god! I am nothing! Nothing! Noth—
— Mister Sinister, Sins of Sinister: Dominion
Malefor: Calliope! Please help me! I'll do anything you ask! I'll send you back to your family! Whatever you want will be yours!
Calliope: All I want is to never see you again. Enjoy your trip, Malefor.
Calliope: All I want is to never see you again. Enjoy your trip, Malefor.
—Skylanders: Return of the Dragon King
Robotnik: I keep on telling you, Grimer, my faithful fool... I don't have a plan. This is the end for us all!
Grimer: You're... you're mad...
Robotnik: So what?
Grimer: You're... you're mad...
Robotnik: So what?
What is it with you!? I gave you your chance! We could've ruled the multiverse together! But no! You chose the "holier-than-thou" route! See where that got you?! You know what? Forget ruling both Moebius or Mobius. I'm Super Scourge. I'll spindash both planets in half because I can. And then I'll just keep stomping on planets until I find one that gives me the respect I deserve— {sees Sonic run off into the woods} HEY! I'M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU!
— Super Scourge, Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) Issue #196
You didn't just beat him this time, Sonic. You broke him. Eccentrics aside, he really is a genius. He can build the most amazing things and plot a hundred steps ahead. The world fell to his brilliance in a few short years. And then there's you. All the building, planning, and calculation in the world couldn't beat you. It's been gnawing at his mind for over a decade now. His defeat at New Mobotropolis shook him the hardest. He's been losing his grip for days now. He simply could not take one more defeat at your hands.
— Snivley about his uncle Dr. Eggman's descent into incoherent madness, Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) Issue #200
No. I will not suffer humiliation from Sonic again! I will never accept defeat! I have lost the Metal Virus and the Zombot horde. I have lost the power of the Chaos Emerald… So I will tear this world asunder with my bare hands!
— Zavok, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) Issue #30
I planned everything out. Down to the smallest detail. I had every advantage. Accounted for every contingency. And I still lost. I did everything right. He destroyed that effort in minutes. I'm a failure. An utter, disgraceful failure...
— Dr. Starline after being defeated by Dr. Eggman, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) Issue #50
It's gone... It's all gone... all my work... now I'll never get off this island... you ruined EVERYTHING. I'LL CRUSH YOU!!!!!!!!
— Mecha Sonic after the Scrapniks interrupt his mind-transfer with Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW): Scrapnik Island Issue #4
End this. End this now... or I swear... Nothing... no one will ever stop me.
—Matthew Murdock, Spider-Gwen Vol. 2 #32
Please... no more... I give you my word, I will leave... I will never return — just let me live, I beg you. Please... Please... [...] This can't... This can't... Don't you know how old I am... Don't you know how... I was just hungry, that's all... It was nothing personal... I was just... hungry...
—Morlun, Spider-Man
It was him! You've been cheating on me with that freak! You like masks? Is that it? Is that what gets you hot? How about this one? You like this? Who is he? Where do I find him?! Come on, you little tramp! Tell me!
—Crime Master, Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face
Jesse Drew is dead! No… not literally. Not yet. Send a chopper. I'm done here. I'm telling you. Agent 77 is gone. Missing. AWOL. Dead to us. Cancel his cards. Revoke all access. Scrub him from the system. I'm not sure what's going on here, but Agent Drew clearly didn't appreciate... everything I've given him!
... Th... Then f-f-for revenge? Revenge for some pointless nobody?! You'd throw away the chance for a bold new galaxy—on her?
— Minister Pitina Mar-Mas Voor, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #36
You must! The Sith have to end here. For the sake of the galaxy... and for the memory of my family!
— Darth Wredd, Star Wars: Legacy Volume 2, Issue 18
Deadshot: I did it, Ed. I killed the old man this time. Did just like Ma told me. To the letter. Cops are coming, Ed. You get outa here. I’ll take care of them.
Rick Flag: C'mon, Floyd... you come too...
Deadshot: {rips off his mask, showing Broken Tears} Go! Or I’ll shoot your brain out again!
Rick Flag runs away
Police Officers: Police! Put up your weapons!
Deadshot: Sure. Bullets first.
Rick Flag: C'mon, Floyd... you come too...
Deadshot: {rips off his mask, showing Broken Tears} Go! Or I’ll shoot your brain out again!
Rick Flag runs away
Police Officers: Police! Put up your weapons!
Deadshot: Sure. Bullets first.
—Suicide Squad (1987) #22
No matter how powerful you are — I'll always be better! You'll never beat me, Superman! Never!'
— Cyborg Superman, The Death of Superman
You dare...! You dare?!
— Darkseid after realizing that Batman has set his own weapons to detonate Apokolips, The Supergirl from Krypton (2004)
General Samuel Lane: The Kryptonians are rabid dogs who need to be put down before—
Lois Lane: Spoken like a true genocidal maniac.
General Samuel Lane: "Maniac"? You mean visionary! I brought you here so I could show you how I'm keeping this planet safe, Lois. From the moment Superman set foot on this world, he was going to lead to its destruction. How one alien would be the death of millions—
Lois Lane: You just destroyed an entire planet! Don't you see that to the Kryptonians, you're that "one alien"?
General Samuel Lane: What? No... I...
Lois Lane: Spoken like a true genocidal maniac.
General Samuel Lane: "Maniac"? You mean visionary! I brought you here so I could show you how I'm keeping this planet safe, Lois. From the moment Superman set foot on this world, he was going to lead to its destruction. How one alien would be the death of millions—
Lois Lane: You just destroyed an entire planet! Don't you see that to the Kryptonians, you're that "one alien"?
General Samuel Lane: What? No... I...
I trusted you. You told me if I returned the people to Earth and refrained from stabilizing the core of my planet with their lives... we could find another way to save the Great World. My family. My friends. Those who accepted me — even though I was human — they are all gone! They are dust because you manipulated me into putting Earth before them. I destroyed my home! And now I'm going to destroy yours.
—Ulysses, Superman: The Men of Tomorrow
Brainiac: No. No!
Superman: Vril Dox. You've done enough to this universe. Now it's my turn. I tried to give you another way. I always try. Even when I was fighting against the monster you sent to kill me. But sometimes there is no other way. I killed Doomsday. Ripped it right in half. I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life. But I'm not going to hurt other people trying to turn back the clock. I'll live with it, and learn from it, and do my damnedest to do better next time. Just like I'll learn to live... with this. {summons a black hole while giving consciousness back to the people of Earth at the expense of his temporary Psychic Powers}
Brainiac: You idiot! What are you doing?
Superman: Just looking for a place for you, Brainiac.
Brainiac: In a black hole?! It's going to pull us both in! Use the power — make it go away!
Superman: Too late. Freed everyone. Power's gone. Just enough left... to close it after we pass through.
Brainiac: Aaaagh! Don't you understand? This is your last chance to save yourself!
Superman: Believe me, I'd love to... but I’d rather save them.
Brainiac: Superman! Aaaagh! Wha— H-help!
Superman: Vril Dox. You've done enough to this universe. Now it's my turn. I tried to give you another way. I always try. Even when I was fighting against the monster you sent to kill me. But sometimes there is no other way. I killed Doomsday. Ripped it right in half. I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life. But I'm not going to hurt other people trying to turn back the clock. I'll live with it, and learn from it, and do my damnedest to do better next time. Just like I'll learn to live... with this. {summons a black hole while giving consciousness back to the people of Earth at the expense of his temporary Psychic Powers}
Brainiac: You idiot! What are you doing?
Superman: Just looking for a place for you, Brainiac.
Brainiac: In a black hole?! It's going to pull us both in! Use the power — make it go away!
Superman: Too late. Freed everyone. Power's gone. Just enough left... to close it after we pass through.
Brainiac: Aaaagh! Don't you understand? This is your last chance to save yourself!
Superman: Believe me, I'd love to... but I’d rather save them.
Brainiac: Superman! Aaaagh! Wha— H-help!
This is your fault! You did this! You killed her! I'll kill you for that!
—Parasite after accidentally killing his sister, Superman: Earth One Vol. 2
"Insolence... INSOLENCE... INSOLENCE!! You will pay, I promise you! You will be humiliated— in front of your whole galaxy!!"
— Rat'Lar, "Superman vs. Muhammad Ali"
T
I-I'm so sorry... Please.
—Dr. Elinore Stone, Teen Titans: Earth One
I knew you hadn't really forsaken me. I cannot lie. When I found you had let me come back unkillable, I despaired. I should have known you had a plan for me. I've done what you needed me to do. I did it for you. Now take me with you. End this empty existence and let me stay at your side forever. Answer me. Say something! Don't walk away! I did this for you! For you! For you! What do I have to do? Kill another universe? Another? Another after that? I'll do it! I'll do anything! Don't turn away! Come back! Come back! You will not discard me again! Quill! You did this! You did this to me! I'll kill you! I'll kill you all! I'll kill your whole universe, and I will not stop until every last soul is extinct!
— Thanos, The Thanos Imperative #6
Aha. Just where I left it. Because I couldn't trust anyone to do it for me, could I. There, just as I left it. Even the mask, not in my drawer at all. Down here. Safe. Sleeping. Waiting. Ahh, I'm so glad I never washed this particular costume. It smells like death, blondes and victory. Maybe this could be my presidential uniform. Do presidents have uniforms? I suppose not. Still, since I'd be the president, I could do what I like, really...
I'd rewrite all this superhuman registration junk, I'll tell you that for nothing. "Are you a self-proclaimed super-hero?" 'Why shucks, sir, I sure am a regular guy in bad underpants who fights crime without understanding one damn thing about how the world really works, yes.' "Excellent, I send you now to a concentration camp where you will be sterilized, lobotomized, tenderized and pasteurized. So says president Goblin!" Actually, that's a bit more Doctor Doom, isn't it? Still, the idea's sound. Note to self: give naked dictation more often. The ideas seem to flow more freely.
So glad I decided to keep the old kit handy. One more thing... There. Now let's take care of business. And then I think I shall viciously beat some complete strangers at random. They're bound to have done something to deserve it at some point, after all. Swordsman, Swordsman... what shall we do with you? Aside from kill you, of course. Of course I have to kill you. It's what the little people expect me to do. This is how I display my heroism.
I'd rewrite all this superhuman registration junk, I'll tell you that for nothing. "Are you a self-proclaimed super-hero?" 'Why shucks, sir, I sure am a regular guy in bad underpants who fights crime without understanding one damn thing about how the world really works, yes.' "Excellent, I send you now to a concentration camp where you will be sterilized, lobotomized, tenderized and pasteurized. So says president Goblin!" Actually, that's a bit more Doctor Doom, isn't it? Still, the idea's sound. Note to self: give naked dictation more often. The ideas seem to flow more freely.
So glad I decided to keep the old kit handy. One more thing... There. Now let's take care of business. And then I think I shall viciously beat some complete strangers at random. They're bound to have done something to deserve it at some point, after all. Swordsman, Swordsman... what shall we do with you? Aside from kill you, of course. Of course I have to kill you. It's what the little people expect me to do. This is how I display my heroism.
— Norman Osborn, Thunderbolts #120
"JUST GIVE ME THE CHRIST-DAMNED XENITE!"
— Ultima, Top 10
You have fucked with me, Jerusalem. You have fucked with me and fucked with me and finally made my life difficult. You don't get to go and be ill and get away with it.
Sabina de la Croix: Are you out of your @##$$% mind?!!
Freddy Freeman: You're one to talk.
Sabina de la Croix: If you force us through the portal we—!!
Freddy Freeman: I'm going to close the door, Sabina.
Sabina de la Croix: You're gonna get us both killed!
Freddy Freeman: You're one to talk.
Sabina de la Croix: If you force us through the portal we—!!
Freddy Freeman: I'm going to close the door, Sabina.
Sabina de la Croix: You're gonna get us both killed!
— The Trials of Shazam! #12
U
You... You are dead! All of you! I watched you die!
— First Firmament to the Ultimate Ultimates, The Ultimates #100
"Why?" That is what I ask myself. Now that Earth is conquered, now that humanity is subjugated — what was it for? Revenge? Ideology? Programming? Why? I have the God-Sight now! I see everything! I see inside myself! I see circuits! Subroutines! Loops of data! Yet! I! Do not! See why! WHY? WHY?
V
You… you think me undone… You… you have no idea what I am! I am your god! And you will obey me!
— Knull, Venom (Vol 4) #6
W
No! I have no name! No name… no…
—Beta, The Walking Dead #173
Woden: Wait! She needed four heads… So you need four heads. I… I can lure them here!
Ananke: The only one who would come is Mimir.[…]
Woden: I can get him to where you want. Just let me go. I take off the costume, and I'm out of this.
Ananke: The only one who would come is Mimir.[…]
Woden: I can get him to where you want. Just let me go. I take off the costume, and I'm out of this.
— The Wicked + The Divine #42
You turn your back on me like I'm nothing? Everyone treats me like I'm weak but I run this planet and I choose.
— Miles Craven, The Wild Storm #24
Malekith the Accursed: No. No, the war... must never end. I lost twelve brothers and a father and a dozen uncles. I was... sold by my own mother. Because of war. I... turned the Ten Realms to ruin. There must always be war. For without war... what... what would I— No! My armies may be lost, but I am still Lord of the Wild Hunt! Dogs! Obey your master! Tear the Thors to bloody ribbons!
Present Day Thor Odinson: Malekith, no! They can smell your fear! Don't try to—
Malekith the Accursed: I have no fear! I am... Malekith... the Accursed. King of the Dark Elves. I laugh... in the face of fear.
Present Day Thor Odinson: Malekith, no! They can smell your fear! Don't try to—
Malekith the Accursed: I have no fear! I am... Malekith... the Accursed. King of the Dark Elves. I laugh... in the face of fear.
— War of the Realms #6
No! I am more than human! I am everything!
—Volthoom, Wrath of the First Lantern
X
I breathe, I think, I feel... I've got power, and I most certainly live! You. You're the freak here — the obscenity — the crippled cow that needs these toys of Sinister's you pretend to command… the dead wood!
— Madelyne Pryor, X-Man #25
I can't believe how grade-school this whole operation was! I thought you people knew what you were doin', but you're nothin' but a buncha street thugs in spandex!
— Mammomax, X-Men
HUMAN?! YOU DARE CALL THAT... THING HUMAN?!?
— Reverend William Stryker, X Men God Loves Man Kills
How many ways must I prove that YOU! CANNOT! DEFEAT ME?!
— Magneto, X-Men: Season One
No. No. We do not fail. No you understand us, human? Can you understand this? The girl... must... die. Even if we have to tear her head from her body with our own hands.
—Bastion, X-Men: Second Coming (X-Force (2008) #28)
I... I am... I am a god... How can this... This is wrong... this is not how things were meant to be...
— Selene Gallio on her defeat at the blade of Warpath, X-Men: Necrosha
Y
This isn't suicide. This is war. After everything I've been through? Everything I've sacrificed? I have a right to die in battle! Not at the hands of... of some girl! It has to be you, goddammit! Fucking fight me! Why won't you act like what you are? Why?
—Yedida "Alter" Tse'elon, Y: The Last Man
