Quotes / Why Did You Make Me Hit You?

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"Now look what you made me do."

— King Andrias, after literally stabbing Marcy Wu in the back, Amphibia, True Colors

Powerboy: Look, I'm just going to lay it all out because honesty is important in a strong relationship... I was born on Apokolips. Taken from the Armagetto Slums to serve You-Know-Who... He made me strong, trained me in the ways of the Earth so I could come here as a "hero" and... Well, it doesn't really matter anymore, because it changed the the day you came to Apokolips. The most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Ever felt. From that moment, I knew I had found my "Missing Half". I knew we would be together. And then you left... I couldn't eat. Sleep. Think. I knew that my true destiny wasn't with Darkseid and his stupid plans... So I followed you across the universe. I watched you try so hard to fit in, to find your way. All I wanted to do was hold you. Tell you how beautiful you were. But I knew you weren't ready to hear it... Sometimes we have to fall all the way down before someone can lift us up. You could be something so special, Kara... But you're lost. You're lost and you're too weak to find your way alone. Whenever you try... the monster in you comes out. Is this what you what to be?" (cups her face) "You need someone to take care of you, Kara. Someone who loves you to build to up... To make you into something you can be proud of. I love you, Kara. We can be perfect together, if you'll just let me fix you.
Supergirl: (destroys her restraints and burns his hand with heat vision]) We need to break up.
Powerboy: Aaaaaigh! What did you do?!
Supergirl: You hit me. You said you loved me... And you hit me. (punches him through a wall to the outside)
Powerboy: Y-You made me hit you! Because you don't listen, like now! Kara! I'm warning you! Stop it or I'll do it again! I'll hurt you again!

— Supergirl: Identity

Adam: Why did you have to come into my life and ruin everything?!
Blake: You stalked me across Anima! I don't want anything to do with your life!

— RWBY, Stealing From The Elderly

"Just a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it? That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!"

—Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

"But, before I go, my kids will know about the man they have crossed
As Marni did, the day she fled and became Nathan's wife
She forced my hand! He dug her grave! I will not be betrayed!"

—Rotti Largo, Repo! The Genetic Opera

"It seems to me that the only one, between you and me, who's making an effort to not beat you is always me. The same person who, sooner or later, will beat you up!"

—Mariano Giusti, Boris

"That's right. Because you know, deep down, that you deserve to be punished. Don't you, Mr. Potter?"

—Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Tell your people as of today, their workload has been doubled, thanks to your God. Or is it thanks... to you?"

—Ramses II to Moses, The Prince of Egypt

Derek Cowley: You sadistically hunted those kids down one by one and butchered them!
Mitch Toblat: You're right, kid. I did. But that was your fault. I have a cabin so I can go isolate myself so I can't hurt anyone, that's why no one is allowed up there. But you brought them right to me. You brought them right to them, kid.
Derek: What about my father? And uncle Charlie, huh? What's your excuse for that?

—Big Bad Wolf

Dream: Y'know, I exiled you for a reason. And... Tubbo exiled you for a reason. And you didn't listen. You didn't listen to the rules, the rules were simple! I just wanted your armour and your weapons every day, that's was it. And I didn't even take it one or two days, and I even gave you armour once. But, you have to somehow wiggle your way out and try and defy me for some reason, and keep a secret stash... [...] Tommy, you have to realize, you– you hid chests from me, full of stuff to... I don't even know, what?! What were you planning to do with that stuff, attack me?! Try and kill me or something?
Tommy: I don't know... (stammering) I just, y'know, I just wanted a place where I could go, "These are mine. These are my things..." (Beat) I'm really sorry. [...] Can we... Why don't we just pretend this never... Yeah, let's– Yeah! Can we just pretend this...
Dream: Sorry doesn't cut it, Tommy.

— Dream SMP ^note For context: Dream found Tommy's secret chest room where he kept some loose diamonds, ender pearls and pictures of his home, and retaliated by blowing up his entire campsite, killing his only food source, banning him from the Nether and barring him from having any visitors.

The Collector: I'm starting to think you make these things just to destroy them! You have fun with it! ADMIT it! (giggles)
Emperor Belos: Of course I don't, Collector. It hurts every time he chooses to betray me.

— The Owl House, "Hollow Mind"

"Damn Uther for forcing me to do this!"

—Arthas Menethil on destroying his ships so his men can't go home (and later blaming the mercenaries he hired to burn them), Warcraft III

"I tried reasoning with you, Woody. But you keep forcing me to take extreme measures."

—Stinky Pete, Toy Story 2

Harry: Have you considered the point of no return? That moment when the damage you've done to my body is so great that I no longer care, nor consider it worth my while to say anything at all? You must be hoping that you won't reach that moment before you break my mind.

Vincent: This is your doing, Harry. This is something you're doing to yourself.

—The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"I'm sorry I hit you, but you shouldn't have made me done it. I love you, you know."

—Mari to Sunny, Hands (OMORI)

Ed: Well I'm here now aren't I? I'm doing the best I can.
Laura: Well it's not GOOD ENOUGH! [sweeps stuff off the kitchen countertop in a fit of rage]
Ed: THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?
Laura: [in an accusatory tone] Look what you made me do...

—Men Don't Tell

"You pushed me! You pushed me to do this! I didn't want to hit you! You made me hit you! You don't disrespect your mother like that! THAT'S MY WIFE!"

—Rey Mysterio Jr. to his son Dominik Mysterio

Marcy: You You think I wanted any of this, Anne? You think I want to do this to you?! You think I want to see you in so much pain?!

— Marcy to Anne, as she holds Sprig out of the castle window, A Moth to a Flame

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