History Quotes / BFS

->''You don't kill a man by mucking around with [[CoolGun rifles]], [[AnnoyingArrows arrows]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rocks]] or [[GunsAndGunplayTropes other long-distanced rubbish]]. You kill him by grabbing [[{{BFS}} the biggest bloody sword you can find]], running up nice and close to him, and [[OffWithHisHead chop the dumb bastard's head off]]!''

-->-- ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''

->"That thing was too big to be called a sword. Too big, too thick, too heavy and too rough. It was more like a large hunk of Iron."

->[[{{BFG}} Big guns]] were the old guy's thing... I always wanted a big @#$& sword!

->You don't kill a man by mucking around with [[CoolGun rifles]], [[AnnoyingArrows arrows]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rocks]] or [[GunsAndGunplayTropes other long-distanced rubbish]]. You kill him by grabbing [[{{BFS}} the biggest bloody sword you can find]], running up nice and close to him, and [[OffWithHisHead chop the dumb bastard's head off]]!
-->-- '''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''', on the [[ShoutOut Eye]][[Franchise/{{Highlander}} lander]]

->"[[AbsurdlySharpBlade There is nothing that my Colossal Blade cannot cut!]]"

-->--'''[[BoisterousBruiser M]][[ChaoticGood i]][[GentleGiant n]][[TheBigGuy s]][[CrazyIsCool c]]''', ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''

->'''Angeal:''' ''This sword... is heavy and unwieldy.''\\
'''Zack:''' ''Tch! Then why don't you get a lighter one?''

->"You see, 'cause, right now, [[LampshadeHanging this is the part in any RPG ever where you have to kill God.]] It's pretty rad. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday I love killing God; I do it every day.]] You know, some people have breakfast. [[BadassBoast I kill God, with my super giant... house-sized sword, you know.]] It's, uh... I have like three mortgages on it. Two families could live in it, but instead I use it as a weapon. It's pretty rad."

'''Erica''': Oh, that? The ''[[{{BFS}} Dragon Slayer]]''.\\

->''"Dragons are dragons because humans can't beat 'em." So what's a man...that beats dragons...?''
-->--'''Rickert''', after Guts uses the aforementioned sword to obliterate the Swine Apostle, ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', Volume 14, "He Who Hunts Dragons"

-->--'''[[BoisterousBruiser M]][[ChaoticGood i]][[GentleGiant n]][[TheBigGuy s]][[CrazyAwesome c]]''', ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII''

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-->-- '''Nathan Summers''', ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' Vol 4 #1 (2020)

->[[BFG Big guns]] were the old guy's thing... I always wanted a big @#$& sword!

->You don't kill a man by mucking around with [[CoolGun rifles]], [[AnnoyingArrows arrows]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking rocks]] or [[GunsAndGunplayTropes other long-distanced rubbish]]. You kill him by grabbing [[{{BFS}} the biggest bloody sword you can find]], running up nice and close to him, and [[OffWithHisHead chop the dumb bastard's head off]]!
-->--'''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''', on the [[ShoutOut Eye]][[Franchise/{{Highlander}} lander]]

-->--''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', narration describing Guts' Dragon Slayer.

-->--''VideoGame/CrisisCore: Final Fantasy VII'', on the Buster Sword

-->--''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyNT''[='=]s single-character selection screen, on Masamune

->'''Hippolyta:''' And you could not find a bigger sword, Artemis?\\
'''Artemis:''' Sword? This is but my dagger.
-->--''{{WesternAnimation/Wonder Woman|2009}}''

-->--'''LetsPlay/{{Raocow}}''', off on one of his [[CloudCuckoolander usual]] [[TalkativeLoon tangents]], ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKgWEtBrUdY&t=2m54s here]]''

-->--''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''

->''"...How the hell are those even wieldable?"''
-->--'''Ray''', upon seeing a BFS in the Monster Hunter World in ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''

->'''Wiz:''' For untold decades, scientists have searched for a legitimate method of measuring a person's level of badassness, completely missing the obvious answer.
->'''Boomstick:''' Just check out the size of his sword!
-->--''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''

->''That sword needs its own ZIP code!''
-->--'''Syrus''', ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''

->''The greatsword is an easily misunderstood weapon. A novice feels the heft and striking power of the weapon, and concludes that it rewards pure force. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is an indescribably complex tool, a lever and a thrusting wedge, and especially against a brute like Raximar, not a big metal club to be swung around as hard as you can.''
-->--'''Ob Nixilis''', ''[[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/ur/first-world-hardest-2014-11-05 The First World is the Hardest]], TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->''The barbed and jagged blade, at its widest, was nearly as broad as its wielder's chest, and had it stood point-down upon the earth, it would have proved taller than he, as well. It should have been utterly impossible to wield--but'' should ''and'' impossible ''were concepts for lesser beings than [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]].''\\
''And lesser weapons than [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Chaoseater]].''
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}: The Abomination Vault''

''And lesser weapons than [[EvilWeapon Chaoseater]].''

->''The barbed and , at its widest, was nearly as broad as its wielder's chest, and had it stood point-down upon the earth, it would have proved taller than he, as well. It should have been utterly impossible to wield--but'' should ''and'' impossible ''were concepts for lesser beings than [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War]].''\\

-->--''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman''

'''Godo''': If there ''were'' any dragons. But you know, this ain't even what you'd call a sword. It's a meaningless slab of iron you can't even lift, for killin' dragons and monsters that ain't even real. Your friend looks like he's about to fight a dragon, though. Seems to want to fight even after losing his hand and eye. He ain't up to the job, is he? Dragons are dragons because humans can't ''beat'' 'em."

-->--'''Manga/{{Berserk}}''', narration describing Guts' Dragon Slayer.

-->--'''Manga/{{Berserk}}'''

-> '''[[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]]:''' What's that butterknife you're trying to pass off as a sword? Let me show you what a REAL sword looks like.\\

->'''Wiz:''' "For untold decades, scientists have searched for a legitimate method of measuring a person's level of badassness, completely missing the obvious answer."
->'''Boomstick:''' "Just check out the size of his sword!"

->''Sephiroth's katana seems to extend for eternity, but that does not stop him from [[ImplausibleFencingSkills swinging it with superhuman celerity]].''

->''"For untold decades, scientists have searched for a legitimate method of measuring a person's level of badassness, completely missing the obvious answer."'' -Wiz
->''"Just check out the size of his sword!"'' -Boomstick

'''Rickert''': Can it...kill one? Could this really kill...a dragon?\\

-->--'''[[BoisterousBruiser M]][[ChaoticGood i]][[GentleGiant n]][[TheBigGuy s]][[CrazyAwesome c]]''', ''BaldursGate II''