History Quotes / HopeCrusher

'''Dukat:''' You could be right...\\

->''Needles rain\\

On this world we feed.''

-->-- '''Aizen''', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

-->-- '''Terumi Yuuki''', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka Palazzo]]''', ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''

'''Hunter Zolomon''': Well, for one, I didn't want you to have all the fun. You and your Justice League gave so much hope to this world — I wasn't going to let you have the pleasure of crushing it before I could.
-->--''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse''

-> ''"A nice dream. But dreams are meant to be… '''broken.'''"''

->''"Ichigo. You have overcome despair... and changed the future countless times. Do you know why you were able to do that? It's because... I wasn't there. Ichigo. Try and change the future. No matter how magnificent that future may be... I will be watching it. And... I shall cut apart the future you've changed."''
-->-- '''Yhwach''', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''

-->-- '''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]''', ''FanFic/{{Revival}}''

->'''''Douse the Flame of Hope:''' It is not enough to merely defeat an enemy in battle. Your victory must be so overwhelming that your enemies' will to fight is shattered forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.''

-->—- '''Darkseid''', ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DCComics}}''

->''"Hopes aren't worth '''DIRT!''' I'm going to destroy '''EVERYTHING!'''''"

-->-- '''The First''', ''FanFic/BringMeToLife''

->''"Kill [[Franchise/{{Batman}} him]], and [[DontCreateAMartyr you martyr him]], [[HopeBringer you make him a legend]]. [[BreakTheBadass But break him, humiliate him, terrify him and hold him up for the world to see]]. Then he's nothing but a man."''
-->--'''Scarecrow''', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''

-->-- ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension -- The Book Of Madness''

->''"Tales of the Samurai's heroics has spread through the world like a virus. But I will cure the world of this plague of hope. I will unleash such evil, that even the most innocent souls will be consumed by '''terror'''."''

'''Weyoun:''' Then our first step is to [[KillEmAll eradicate its population]]. It's the only way.\\

-->-- '''Darkseid''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''

->''"Hope... It makes you '''weak'''. Humanity clings to the belief that a savior will come, that a hero will rise, shrouded in [[PowerArmor armor]], to save you... '''It won't'''. Armor can be broken, bodies shattered. When you look back on these last days you will realize that aaalll you've built... '''was a tomb'''. A place... where hope... '''[[red: dies]]'''."''

->'''James March:''' He is the one. All the others that [[EvilMentor I've tried to mentor]] [[PassingTheTorch to finish]] [[SerialKiller my work]] -- Gacy, Ramirez, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain that poof]] Dahmer -- all amateurs compared to this one.\\

'''Delaryn Summermoon:''' I grieve for you. You've made ''life'' your enemy. And that is a war you'll never win. You can kill us... but you cannot kill hope.\\

-->-- '''Monokuma[[spoiler:/Junko Enoshima AI]]''', ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''

->'''''Douse the Flame of Hope:''' It is not enough to merely defeat an enemy in battle. Your victory must be so overwhelming that your enemies’ will to fight is shattered forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.''

-->—- '''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]''', ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DCComics}}''

->'''Joe West:''' Why the charade? Running around dressed like The Flash?\\

-->--''Series/TheFlash2014'', "Versus Zoom"

->'''Desaad:''' ''"I apologize, master, but my curiosity is piqued, and I cannot fathom why you would entertain that woman's desires."''\\
'''Darkseid:''' ''"I wouldn't expect a lowly dog as yourself to comprehend my reasons for doing anything."''\\
'''Desaad:''' ''"I beg for enlightenment on this particular matter. To give her false hope..."''\\
'''Darkseid:''' ''"Only to see it crushed? Maelstrom will fail in her quest and that will cause her more pain and suffering than any torture device you could imagine."''

-->—- '''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]''', ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DC}}''

-->—- '''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]''', ''ComicBook/{{Legends}}''

->''"Hope... It makes you '''weak'''. Humanity clings to the belief that a savior will come, that a hero will rise, shrouded in [[PowerArmor armor]], to save you... '''It won't'''. Armor can be broken, bodies shattered. When you look back on these last days you will realize that aaalll you've built... '''was a tomb'''. A place... where hope... '''[[red: dies]]'''.

-->--'''The First''', ''FanFic/BringMeToLife''

->''Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion. Simultaneously, the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.''
-->--'''The Architect''', ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''

-->--'''Terumi Yuuki''', ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''

->'''Dr Cox:''' When I crush a person's spirit, I like to use a combination of intimidation and degradation.
->'''Dr Kelso:''' I prefer to create an environment in which the subjects end up crushing themselves.
-->--''Series/{{Scrubs}}''

->''I was designed to save the world. People would look to the sky and [[HopeBringer see hope]]. [[AIIsACrapshoot I'll take that from them first]].''
-->--'''Ultron''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->'''The Grandmaster''': Carlo, I pardon you.\\
'''Cousin Carlo''': Oh, thank you!\\
'''Grandmaster''': You're officially pardoned... from life!
-->--''Film/ThorRagnarok''

->''There are times when you truly feel blessed, aren't there, Giorno Giovanna? I believe there are two situations in which you feel blessed. The first is when despair changes to hope, you feel blessed. When your plant grabbed on to this helicopter, I actually panicked because I thought I was in danger. I was in utter despair. But I got through it. I was able to turn that despair around with my experience and mental strength. And that makes me feel truly blessed right now […] And the second situation that makes one feel blessed is when you look down upon someone who's in utter despair!''

->''There's a reason why this prison is the worst hell on earth... Hope. Every man who has ventured here over the centuries has looked up to the light and imagined climbing to freedom. So easy... So simple... And like shipwrecked men turning to sea water from uncontrollable thirst, many have died trying. I learned here that there can be no true despair without hope. So, as I terrorize Gotham, I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch them clamoring over each other to "stay in the sun." You can watch me torture an entire city and when you have truly understood the depth of your failure, we will fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny... We will destroy Gotham. And then, when it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die.''
-->--'''Bane''', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''

->''Kill [[Franchise/{{Batman}} him]], and you martyr him, [[HopeBringer you make him a legend]]. [[BreakTheBadass But break him, humiliate him, terrify him and hold him up for the world to see]]. Then he's nothing but a man.''

-> ''Come on! Now you'll face ME in battle! I can't wait to see the look on your face when you've lost all hope!''

->''Would-be proselytizers with tendencies toward [[TheAlcoholic drinking problems]], [[CorruptChurch financial abuses]], or [[DirtyOldMonk sexual escapades that would shock the home parishioners]] - these are the sorts the [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]] help to ascend into the limelight. The idea, of course, is to attach the hopes, dreams, and faith of millions to these ultimately flawed figures, and then to let them fail on their own, betraying those who once believed in their messages. Every time this sordid story plays out, [[EvilStoleMyFaith more believers abandon their faith]].''
-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - The Book Of Madness''

->''This wasn't part of my agenda, but I'm always happy to crush a hero. It keeps the rabble in line. Shows them that there is no hope.''
-->--'''Infinite''', ''VideoGame/SonicForces''

->''Tales of the Samurai's heroics has spread through the world like a virus. But I will cure the world of this plague of hope. I will unleash such evil, that even the most innocent souls will be consumed by '''terror.'''''
-->--'''Aku''', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''

->'''Weyoun''': If you ask me, the key to holding the Federation is Earth. If there's going to be an organized resistance against us, its birthplace will be there.\\
'''Dukat''': You could be right...\\
'''Weyoun''': Then our first step is to [[KillEmAll eradicate its population]]. It's the only way.\\
'''Dukat''': You can't do that!\\
'''Weyoun''': Why not?\\
'''Dukat''': Because...a ''true'' victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness.\\
'''Weyoun''': ...then you kill them?\\
'''Dukat''': Only if necessary.

->''Let the universe howl in despair, for I have returned.''
-->--'''Darkseid''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''

->We are the agents of despair. Hope is a lie. Salvation is a fool's dream. In the end, there is naught but darkness and nightmare. By submitting to the darkness, we increase its power, ensuring that all the sooner the world will be swallowed by shadow. Entropy is inescapable, claiming all from the proudest [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Kindred]] to the lowliest [[{{Muggles}} kine]]. By our deeds, we remind all of entropy.
-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Followers Of Set''

->'''James March:''' He is the one. All the others that [[EvilMentor I've tried to mentor]] [[PassingTheTorch to finish]] [[SerialKiller my work]] - Gacy, Ramirez, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain that poof]] Dahmer - all amateurs compared to this one.
->'''The Countess:''' He won't do it.
->'''James March:''' Why? This man has greatness in him! Once-in-a-generation rage! A man only has [[ControlFreak a grip as tight as he does]] because he knows that if he lets go, even slightly, [[FaceHeelTurn he will hurl himself into the abyss]].
->'''The Countess:''' He won't let go. He still has hope.
->'''James March:''' Easily remedied. He just needs a [[CynicismCatalyst little shove]]...
-->--''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel''


->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Do you think there's hope for me, doctor?
->'''Plankton''': Hope? Hope?! When I get my hands on that formula, there won't be any hope for any of you!
-->--'''Plankton''', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E1FearofaKrabbyPattyShellofaMan Fear of a Krabby Patty]]


->''"It's true that a simple spark can ignite hope, breathe fire into the hearts of the weary. The ability to derive strength from hope is undoubtedly mankind's greatest attribute. Which is why I will focus all of my power... '''to snuff it out.''' How does it feel? Knowing that all of your time and effort has been for nothing? That your Guardians have failed you? That everything you've built will be torn down before your very eyes?''

->''"Your faith in mankind was not misplaced. When banded together, unified by a common enemy, they are a noticeable threat. But [[DivideAndConquer divide them]], place doubt into their minds, and any semblance of power they once had will wash away. Of course, they won't realize it at first. Like you, they will cling to their fleeting hope, their aspirations, but this is merely the first move. So you send your Guardians, your Huntsmen and Huntresses, and when they fail and you turn to your 'smaller soul', know that you send her to the same pitiful demise.''

->''"This is the beginning of the end, Ozpin. And I can't wait to watch you burn."''

->''"On the side of the light, just our little band, plus the people fighting inside City Hall--Blindspot and the police and whatever other defenders they could muster. Against the darkness--the Beast and its legions. The Hand. We are doomed. The Beast knows it. It whispers to me, telling me that this was its plan from the start. To bring all of us together, to fight for a city it had brought low with constant attacks and pain and strangeness. All of us--the heroes of New York--not the gods, not the monsters, but those closest to the people. It wanted us all here, on this last night, with the city watching. I can sense them, all around us, watching, daring to hope for the first time since the Hand came to New York. This is what the Beast wants. It wants the city to hope. And then it wants to take that hope away. It will crush us, kill us, teach these people that the light cannot win, because the night always comes, and that is its place. And once we are dead... the night will never end, and it will feed, and grow... forever."''

->'''Sylvanas Windrunner:''' [[FauxAffablyEvil Aw, don't grieve... You'll soon join your loved ones.]]\\

-->-- ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', before Sylvanas [[spoiler:orders Teldrassil to be burned down]].

-> ''"You disappoint me, Bonner. Didn't you even suspect we would monitor your cell? Now you see why I sent those two in first. It's always more gratifying to raise hopes before you... snatch them away."''

-> ''"For me, despair is not a goal, or a set of principles, or a lifestyle, or even an instinct... It's what defines me as [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]]! It's just my characterization! That's why I'm able to pursue despair with such purity!"''

-> ''"Hope is harmony. A just heart, moving toward the light. That is all. Despair is hope's polar opposite. It is messy and confusing. It swallows up love, hatred, and everything else. Because not knowing where you will end up is despair. Despair is even what you cannot predict. Only despair's unpredictability can save you from a boring future."''

-> ''"Why do you never learn? Love, hope, dreams... Worthless. Mere words. And yet your faith in them refuses to die. But no longer. I shall carve a despair into the human soul that will last until your kind finally dwindles and dies!"''

-> ''“Oh, there is that feeling again. Hope, I say? Hope is a very odd concept, even in my standards. Hope is nothing more than a false sense of desires against a meaningless world and a pitiless universe. All that exists is despair; that feeling of being completely naked and exposed to the universe. Those that fall into despair are at a loss for what to do. Despair is the most enigmatic of feelings. I have devoted all my years – from serving that Blind Idiot – to spread the joy of despair to all sapient life.”''
-->--'''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]''', ''FanFic/{{Revival}}''

-->--'''Oath of Conquest tenets''', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons: 5th Edition''

-->—-'''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}''', ''ComicBook/{{Legends}}''

->''"I've got a little challenge for you, Sark - a new recruit. He's a tough case, but I want him treated in the usual manner. Train him for the games... let him hope for a while... and blow him away."''
-->--'''The MCP''', ''Film/{{TRON}}''

-->--'''Count Tyrone Rugen''', ''Film/ThePrincessBride''

->''"Have you figured out why I left Makarov alive? Despair!! It is to instill despair in him!! When he finally awakens, he'll find his beloved guild and all his friends annihilated!! Heh heh heh...Oh, he'll be so sad!! Only after I have treated him to heartrending despair will I kill him!! I refuse to give him a quick death!!!! I will make him suffer anguish and misery!!! When he has felt agony, only then will I kill him!!!"''
-->--'''Phantom Lord Guild Master Jose Porla''', ''Manga/FairyTail''

->''"Just so you know; I didn't have to fight any of you. I could've wiped every single one of you out without even lifting a finger and stolen your dragon balls without expending any energy whatsoever. I merely wished to alleviate the unpleasantness within my chest that was my boredom by humoring you with a little bit of drama, at the same time giving you a small glimmer of hope that maybe -- ''just maybe'' -- you had a chance of beating me, before having that light snatched away from you… [[FreudianExcuse just like how it was torn away from me]]."''

-->-- '''Cioccolata''', ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo''