History Quotes / DestructiveSaviour

-->-- Anonymous American G.I. during WorldWarTwo

-->-- ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''

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->My god, you're like a living wrecking ball!

->Having shattered the defence force, the White Panthers launched an all-out assault on the Governor's Palace. Surrounded, the Governor's men had little choice but to grimly fight to the death. A few managed to flee, but noone else survived. The Governor and his consulte were summarily executed as traitors, and demolition charges were used to destroy the planet's armoury. Having deemed their missions achieved, the White Panthers returned to their battle barge and left without further word.\\
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Whether Kethra will be sufficiently recovered to provide its tithe within the next year is a matter for [[TheGovernment the Administratum]]. The point I wish to raise is that the proper application of force could have resolved the entire affair without destroying the military strength of Kethra and leaving the world vulnerable to alien attack. I regret that the [[MurderInc Officio Assassinorum]] did not respond to my request earlier when their Adepts could have ended the whole affair quickly and quietly.\\
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-->-- '''[[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]''', ''Fanfic/GameTheory''

-->-- ''[[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Uncharted 3]]''

->''"Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time."''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''

->"''[[RunningGag The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.]]"''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''

->''"[[{{Understatement}} I have this]] ''[[{{Understatement}} problem]]'' [[{{Understatement}} with buildings...]]"''
-->-- '''[[RuleOfThree Harry Dresden]]''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''

->''"My god, you're like a living wrecking ball!"''
-->-- '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Waldo Butters]]''', on the above, when Harry is quite literally controlling a living wrecking ball

->'''Morgan:''' You never change. Always blowing things up.
->'''Harry:''' I am not "always blowing things up!"
->'''Morgan:''' Right. Sometimes you set them on fire.
-->-- ''Series/TheDresdenFiles''

->''"Well, I'll say this much, they don't call your friend 'Wreck-It' for nothing."''

->''"Nobody wrecks MY city! Uh... except me."''
-->-- '''Coop''', ''MegasXLR''

->'''Coop:''' That wasn't so tough.
->'''Jamie:''' Yeah, we usually destroy a whole city before the bad guy goes packin'.
-->-- ''MegasXLR''

->'''Reporter:''' How can you justify destroying a seven million dollar mini-mall to rescue a girl whose ransom was only twenty-five thousand dollars?
->'''Girl:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck]] ''you'', lady!
->'''Spartan:''' Good answer.

->'''Ray:''' [[LetsSplitUpGang I think we better split up.]]
->'''Egon:''' Good idea.
->'''Peter:''' Yeah, we can do more damage that way.

->''"Unfortunately, the city has been liberated in a manner [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness inconsistent with its continued structural integrity]]."''

->''"We sure liberated the hell out of this place."''
-->-- '''Anonymous American G.I.''' during WorldWarTwo

->''"The most important thing for a hero to do is protect the people! Destroy buildings if you have to!"''
-->-- '''Kotetsu T. Kaburagi''' aka Wild Tiger, ''TigerAndBunny''

->''"At that moment, Robin [[DynamicEntry comes crashing through the front door of the museum on his bike]]. You know, if this is the amount of property these two supposed '[[DesignatedHero heroes]]' have to destroy to save the diamond, then perhaps the museum would be better off just letting Freeze have it."''
-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''s [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Batman___Robin_1997.aspx recap]] of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''

->''"We might do a little bit of damage to the building, though we’ll try really hard not to. It... just sort of happens."''
-->-- '''[[LyricalNanoha Nanoha]]''', ''Fanfic/GameTheory''

->''"Goodbye, [[BadassFamily Tennysons]]. Thank you for not destroying ''everything''."''
-->-- '''Azmuth''', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''

->''"I protect people and property! ...okay, property, not so much."''
-->-- '''Rex Salazar''', ''GeneratorRex''

->''"[[DarkMessiah Our hero, our hero]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy claims a warrior's heart]]\\

[[TheDreaded Beware]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction beware]], [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the Dragonborn comes....]]"''

->'''Natalya Simonova:''' Do you destroy every vehicle you get into?
->'''Film/JamesBond:''' Standard operating procedure. [[IronicEcho Boys with toys]].
-->-- ''Film/GoldenEye''

->'''Luck:''' Miss Maria, your job is to guard the casino dancers. You ''do'' understand this, right?
->'''Maria:''' Of course I do, amigo! That's why I took out those rowdy guests! It was over in the blink of an eye, chop chop!
->'''Luck:''' And in the blink of ''my'' eye, I found myself looking at three completely totaled slot machines, an obliterated baccarat table, something that had once been the casino door, and a broken chandelier—all casualties of your blade along with the men you killed. Now, I would very much like to hear the reason why you found it necessary to destroy my property.
-->-- ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}! 1933 - The Slash: Cloudy to Rainy''

->''"Save Springfield. By Car. By Foot. By the seat of your pants."''

->''"It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... [[SubvertedCatchphrase coming right for us, everybody run]]!"''
-->-- ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' on ''Film/ManOfSteel''

->''"...Whether Kethra will be sufficiently recovered to provide its tithe within the next year is a matter for [[TheGovernment the Administratum]]. The point I wish to raise is that the proper application of force could have resolved the entire affair without destroying the military strength of Kethra and leaving the world vulnerable to alien attack. I regret that the [[MurderInc Officio Assassinorum]] did not respond to my request earlier when their Adepts could have ended the whole affair quickly and quietly.''
->''While the warriors of the [[SuperSoldier Adeptus Astartes]], as ever, showed incredible determination and unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, unleashing them against any Imperial world is to use an ultimate force exceeded only by [[EarthShatteringKaboom Exterminatus]]."''
-->-- '''Inquisitor Bastalek Grim''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->''"I see from the television coverage that you've got your taste for wanton destruction back."''
-->-- '''Alfred''', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Uncharted 3]]'''

->''Amidst a totally leveled city, we see Superman with several badly injured civilians''
->'''Rachel:''' Thanks for saving us, Superman.
->'''Guy:''' Yeah, imagine the real damage that could have been done if you hadn't come to our planet.
->''Distant explosion''
->'''Malcolm:''' Oh look, it's Zod.
->''Superman flies off, towards the action''
->'''Guy:''' Oh Jesus, he's going to save us again!
->''Destruction and debris rains down on everyone''
->'''Malcolm:''' Way to go, Superman, putting us above all else again!
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic,''' ''Film/ManOfSteel''

->'''Ray:''' Let's split up.
->'''Peter:''' Good idea, we can do more damage that way.

->Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

->[[RunningGag The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.]]

->[[{{Understatement}} I have this]] ''[[{{Understatement}} problem]]'' [[{{Understatement}} with buildings...]]

->My god, you're like a living wrecking ball!

->Well, I'll say this much, they don't call your friend "Wreck-It" for nothing.

->Nobody wrecks MY city! Uh... except me.

->'''Ray''': Let's split up.
->'''Venkman''': Good idea, we can do more damage that way.

->Unfortunately, the city has been liberated in a manner [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness inconsistent with its continued structural integrity]].

->We sure liberated the hell out of this place.

->The most important thing for a hero to do is protect the people! Destroy buildings if you have to!

->At that moment, Robin [[DynamicEntry comes crashing through the front door of the museum on his bike]]. You know, if this is the amount of property these two supposed "[[DesignatedHero heroes]]" have to destroy to save the diamond, then perhaps the museum would be better off just letting Freeze have it.

->We might do a little bit of damage to the building, though we’ll try really hard not to. It... just sort of happens.

->Goodbye, [[BadassFamily Tennysons]]. Thank you for not destroying ''everything''.

-> I protect people and property! ...okay, property, not so much.

->[[DarkMessiah Our hero, our hero]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy claims a warrior's heart]]\\

[[TheDreaded Beware]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction beware]], [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the Dragonborn comes....]]

->Save Springfield. By Car. By Foot. By the seat of your pants.

->It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... [[SubvertedCatchphrase coming right for us, everybody run]]!

->...Whether Kethra will be sufficiently recovered to provide its tithe within the next year is a matter for [[TheGovernment the Administratum]]. The point I wish to raise is that the proper application of force could have resolved the entire affair without destroying the military strength of Kethra and leaving the world vulnerable to alien attack. I regret that the [[MurderInc Officio Assassinorum]] did not respond to my request earlier when their Adepts could have ended the whole affair quickly and quietly.
->While the warriors of the [[SuperSoldier Adeptus Astartes]], as ever, showed incredible determination and unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, unleashing them against any Imperial world is to use an ultimate force exceeded only by [[EarthShatteringKaboom Exterminatus]].

-> I see from the television coverage that you've got your taste for wanton destruction back.

-->--'''Sergeant Calhoun''', ''{{Disney/Wreck It Ralph}}''

-->--'''Azmuth''', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse''

-->--'''Rex Salazar''', ''GeneratorRex''

->While the warriors of the [[SuperSoldier Adeptus Astartes]], as ever, showed credible, determination, and unwavering loyalty to the Emperor, unleashing them against any Imperial world is to use an ultimate force exceeded only by [[EarthShatteringKaboom Exterminatus]].

->'''Harry:''' I am not 'always blowing things up!'

-->--'''Sergeant Calhoun''', ''{{Disney/WreckItRalph}}''

->'''Ray''': Let's split up. \\
'''Venkman''': Good idea, we can do more damage that way.

->''"We sure liberated the hell out of this place."''

->''[[DarkMessiah Our hero, our hero]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy claims a warrior's heart]]\\

[[TheDreaded Beware]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction beware]], [[HarbingerOfImpendingDoom the Dragonborn comes....]]''
-->--'''The Dragonborn Comes''', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

-> ''Save Springfield. By Car. By Foot. By the seat of your pants.''

-> "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... [[SubvertedCatchphrase coming right for us, everybody run]]!"

-->--'''Azmuth''', ''Ben10Omniverse''

-->-- '''[[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Waldo Butters]]''', on the above

-->-- ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' on ''Film/ManofSteel''

->''[[TheMessiah Our hero]], [[DarkMessiah our hero]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy claims a warrior's heart]]\\

->''Beware, beware, [[TheChosenOne the Dragonborn]] comes....''

->'''Girl:''' Fuck ''you'', lady!

-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''TheDresdenFiles''

-->-- '''Harry Dresden''', ''TheDresdenFiles''

-->-- '''[[RuleOfThree Harry Dresden]]''', ''TheDresdenFiles''

-->-- '''[[TheDresdenFiles Waldo Butters]]''', on the above