History Quotes / OutOfFocus

->''I want to applaud ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'' for taking the time to characterise a guest character and furnishing him with as much time as they do with Soong here but would that be the case if he wasn’t being played by Creator/BrentSpiner? Isn’t it true that Hoshi and Merriweather have vanished into the ether again for several weeks, and couldn’t they do with some of this screen time to remind us that they are still alive?''

-->--'''Patrick''' lampshading ''[=SpongeBob=] being DemotedToExtra, ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Shell Games"

->'''kyusiko''': i still relevant\\
'''coobie''': [[HaHaHaNo no]]

->'''Krillin:''' We're staying here. Gohan, look after Little Green. Bulma... Do not do ''anything''. [{{beat}}] For the entire trip.
-->--''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Dragonball Kai Abridged]]'', on the Namek Arc.

->'''Krillan:''' We're staying here. Gohan, look after Little Green. Bulma... Do not do ''anything''. [{{beat}}] For the entire trip.
-->--''[[WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged Dragonball Kai Abridged]]'', on the Namek Arc.

->Like you're reading a story, right? And you start out, and the first chapter or two you think 'oh, this story is all about THIS character! the peasant colt in the cottage!' and you go along and... then somewhere in the middle suddenly it's not anymore, it's all about the lonely princess in the tower or the wandering knight and the peasant colt is just a pony in the background for the rest of the story. I kinda feel like that.

->In-between these various abuses of the Penal Code are Ponch's own penal code violations--i.e.: his [[strike:constant sexual harassment of any good-looking female who walks by him]] frequent romantic dates--as well as Jon's [[TheGenericGuy mysteriously blank social life]] (Estrada favoritism on the part of ''Series/{{CHiPs}}''[='=]s producers? Naah).

->Poor Roxanne Dawson. When the show began, B’Elanna was one of the characters that the writing team were most invested in -- you could tell by the way it was her story that they focused on immediately after the pilot. There was a nice little [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] running through the first three seasons that saw the character go from an aggressive bully to a focused, professional Starfleet engineer... Season four was where it all started to go wrong (it seems that with the advent of Creator/JeriRyan’s Seven of Nine that Torres was neglected, almost as if the writers are commenting that you can’t have two such sophisticated characters on the show), and Torres underwent something of a character deterioration, and the few times they could be bothered to give her an episode, it seems that they felt the need to make an [[AesopAmnesia out-of-character regression]].
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/voyager-season-five.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Juggernaut"

->This is a Superman show where Green Arrow is more of a character, because Superman himself is forced to be static. And it’s obvious that everyone involved has realized this. That’s why they’ve introduced Green Arrow, and the JSA, and all those other guys, because the only alternative is a show about Clark Kent not being Superman, and [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs who in the hell wants to watch that?]]

->Keiki is the main character of this series (although that's debatable).

->Poor Roxanne Dawson. When the show began, B’Elanna was one of the characters that the writing team were most invested in -- you could tell by the way it was her story that they focused on immediately after the pilot. There was a nice little [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] running through the first three seasons that saw the character go from an aggressive bully to a focused, professional Starfleet engineer... Season four was where it all started to go wrong (it seems that with the advent of Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine that Torres was neglected, almost as if the writers are commenting that you can’t have two such sophisticated characters on the show), and Torres underwent something of a character deterioration, and the few times they could be bothered to give her an episode, it seems that they felt the need to make an [[AesopAmnesia out-of-character regression]].

-->-- [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Meduka meguca]] [[http://images.puella-magi.net.nyud.net/8/8a/Meduka_meguca_epiode3.png Episode 3]]

->Poor Roxanne Dawson. When the show began, B’Elanna was one of the characters that the writing team were most invested in -- you could tell by the way it was her story that they focused on immediately after the pilot. There was a nice little [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] running through the first three seasons that saw the character go from an aggressive bully to a focused, professional Starfleet engineer...Season four was where it all started to go wrong (it seems that with the advent of Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine that Torres was neglected almost as if the writers are commenting that you can’t have two such sophisticated characters on the show), and Torres underwent something of a character deterioration and the few times they could be bothered to give her an episode it seems that they felt the need to make an [[AesopAmnesia out-of-character regression]].

-->- '''Milerna''', ''WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged''

-->-''[[WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged Dragonball Kai Abridged]]'', on the Namek Arc.

-->-'''Nyx''', ''Fanfic/RealityChecksNyxverse'', ''Nyx's family'', final chapter.

->'''Krillan:''' We're staying here. Gohan, look after Little Green. Bulma... Do not do ''anything''. ...For the entire trip.

-->--'''The Lady of the Lake''', ''{{Spamalot}}'', ''Whatever Happened To My Part?''

->''"Well, that's '''bullshit'''! First, Hitomi's Seeing, and now ''my'' Healing? What are you gonna steal next, Allen's Sex Appeal?"''

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->''"Whatever happened to my part?\\
It was exciting at the start\\
Now we're halfway through Act Two,\\
And I've had nothing yet to do!"''
-->--'''The Lady of the Lake''', ''{{Spamalot}}'', ''Whatever Happened To My Part?''

->Keiki is the main character of this series (although that's debatable).
-->--Official ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}'' character bios

->Did you ever feel like... like somepony made you a background pony in your own story? [...] Like... Like you're reading a story, right? And you start out, and the first chapter or two you think 'oh, this story is all about THIS character! the peasant colt in the cottage!' and you go along and... then somewhere in the middle suddenly it's not anymore, it's all about the lonely princess in the tower or the wandering knight and the peasant colt is just a pony in the background for the rest of the story. I kinda feel like that. Like I'm the peasant pony and the writer's just forgot all about me and gone off and did something with somepony else. [...] When we first got here, Mom and me, I mean, everything just kept happening. And stuff started building up, and building up, and it felt like, I dunno, like something ''big and important'' was going to happen to me-- but instead it all happened to [[spoiler: ''Spike'']]. [...] I feel like I came all this way and ''something'' was supposed to happen... I was supposed to ''make'' something happen... and I never did.

->I know I'm a Power Ranger, but c'mon. You guys are the ones that really... you know... lit it up. I don't feel like I did my share...Oh, actually yeah, I did do something special. I got turned into a stone statue, and everyone had to come and save me. [[DesignatedDamnsel Awesome]].
-->-- '''Madison''', ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' ("The Light")
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->In-between these various abuses of the Penal Code are Ponch's own penal code violations--i.e.: his [[strike:constant sexual harassment of any good-looking female who walks by him]] frequent romantic dates--as well as Jon's mysteriously blank social life (Estrada favoritism on the part of ''Series/{{CHiPs}}''[='=]s producers? Naah).

->Poor Roxanne Dawson. When the show began, B’Elanna was one of the characters that the writing team were most invested in -- you could tell by the way it was her story that they focused on immediately after the pilot. There was a nice little [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] running through the first three seasons that saw the character go from an aggressive bully to a focused, professional Starfleet engineer...Season four was where it all started to go wrong (it seems that with the advent of Jeri Ryan’s [[SpotlightStealingSquad Seven of Nine]] that Torres was neglected almost as if the writers are commenting that you can’t have two such sophisticated characters on the show) and Torres underwent something of a character deterioration and the few times they could be bothered to give her an episode it seems that they felt the need to make an [[AesopAmnesia out-of-character regression]].

->This is a Superman show where [[SpotlightStealingSquad Green Arrow is more of a character]], because Superman himself is [[StaticCharacter forced to be static]]. And it’s obvious that everyone involved has realized this. That’s why they’ve introduced Green Arrow, and the JSA, and all those other guys, because the only alternative is a show about Clark Kent not being Superman, and [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs who in the hell wants to watch that?]]

->And then there was the whole mess of Oliver and Chloe. [[HyperCompetentSidekick But mostly Oliver.]]\\\
As an aside, can I tell you how ridiculous I find it that, in the back half of the final season of ''Smallville'', which is ostensibly about Clark Kent before he becomes Superman, we just watched an episode where the A-Plot featured Green Arrow and Chloe rather than the main character?\\\
Anyway.
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep14 Julian Finn]]''' on ''Smallville'', "Masquerade"


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->Poor Roxanne Dawson. When the show began B’Elanna was one of the characters that the writing team were most invested in – you could tell by the way it was her story that they focused on immediately after the pilot. There was a nice little [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] running through the first three seasons that saw the character go from an aggressive bully to a focused, professional Starfleet engineer and installments such as Dreadnought, Remember and Blood Fever were some of the best of their years. Season four was where it all started to go wrong (it seems that with the advent of Jeri Ryan’s [[SpotlightStealingSquad Seven of Nine]] that Torres was neglected almost as if the writers are commenting that you can’t have two such sophisticated characters on the show) and Torres underwent something of a character deterioration and the few times they could be bothered to give her an episode it seems that they felt the need to make an [[AesopAmnesia out-of-character regression]]. Dawson’s pregnancy might have had something to do with Torres vanishing into the shadows, but episodes like Day of Honor, Extreme Risk (B’Elanna is [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat addicted to extreme sports]]) and now Juggernaut (B’Elanna cannot control her anger – this is direct throwback to season one’s Parallax which was the second episode so it feels like we are [[StaticCharacter back where we started with the character]]) do her no favours at all...When Torres blatantly insults the Captain (‘Diplomacy, Janeway’s answer to everything’) it feels shockingly out of character considering what the two of them went through together in the first couple of years. That relationship has been completely ignored in favour of the Janeway/Seven duo and its almost as if [[CreatorBacklash you can hear Dawson’s disdain]]. Isn’t it fortunate that in an episode that deals with Torres’ anger she has to solve the problem by [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer beating up the core labourer with a giant pipe]].
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/voyager-season-five.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Juggernaut"

->This is a Superman show where [[SpotlightStealingSquad Green Arrow is more of a character]], because Superman himself is [[StaticCharacter forced to be static]]. And it’s obvious that everyone involved has realized this. That’s why they’ve introduced Green Arrow, and the JSA, and all those other guys, because the only alternative is a show about Clark Kent not being Superman, and [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs who in the hell wants to watch that?]]
-->--'''''[=ComicsAlliance=]''''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-finale/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Finale")

->And then there was the whole mess of Oliver and Chloe. [[HyperCompetentSidekick But mostly Oliver.]]\\\
As an aside, can I tell you how ridiculous I find it that, in the back half of the final season of ''Smallville'', which is ostensibly about Clark Kent before he becomes Superman, we just watched an episode where the A-Plot featured Green Arrow and Chloe rather than the main character?\\\
Anyway.
-->--'''[[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville10-ep14 Julian Finn]]''' on ''Smallville'', "Masquerade"

->[[Wrestling/BretHart Bret]] versus [[Wrestling/RicFlair Flair]] took place at the first PPV of the year, ''Souled Out''. The event, largely considered a success, drew a sellout 5,087 fans to Dayton's Hara Arena...And how did WCW reward these two men for having such a great match, drawing such great ratings, and popping such a great buy rate? They ended the feud cold-turkey and [[TallPoppySyndrome took Flair off TV for several weeks.]] The reasoning was that too many people were cheering for Flair, and they wanted him to be a bad guy. If the people couldn't play along and boo him, [[TakeThatAudience then they would be punished with his absence.]] (Ironically, later in the year, when Bret was getting [[DracoInLeatherPants a strong babyface reaction]] despite being booked as a heel, he too was removed from television.)
-->--'''R. D. Reynolds''' and '''Bryan Alvarez''', ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''

->This is where it started to sink in. It just became more and more dire, as clown after clown... after joke... after dweeb...after loser paraded out, and it just got sadder, and sadder, and you just started sinking lower into your chair...The WWE roster, they're all losers.\\\
Whoever comes down that ramp, I'm saying, is a loser. In-character. Their ''[[GoldfishPoopGang character]]'' is a loser.\\\
So whenever their music hit you just didn't care. When Wrestling/TheMiz came out you were like 'sigh.' Then Wrestling/RTruth came out and you were like 'groan.' Adam Rose. 'hrmmm.' [[Wrestling/KofiKingston Kofi]]. 'meh.' [[Wrestling/AntonioCesaro Cesaro]]. I ''like'' Cesaro, but the thing is [[BadassDecay he's been killed so m]]-- [beat] ''whatever''. [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Titus' O'Neil]]. The rumor is that they were going to try to have him tie [[Wrestling/SantinoMarella Santino]]'s shortest-ever Rumble appearance record of [[SquashMatch 00:1.]] And he fucked it up...So the gimmick here is that Titus O'Neil sucks. Thanks. That's a great gimmick. That you suck. You suck so much [[EpicFail that you failed at sucking.]] So you blew your chance at sucking. That's great. Wow, Titus, I don't see much in your future.
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]]''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBITkwVl8n8#t=3420s on]] ''[[{{WWE}} Royal Rumble]] 2015

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->And then there was the whole mess of Oliver and Chloe. [[HypercompetantSidekick But mostly Oliver.]]\\\

->Sorry, [[Creator/FamkeJanssen Famke]], you had your three scenes! [[StayInTheKitchen Now grown-ups are talking]].
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-x-men-3-the-last-stand-2006-part-two/ on]] ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-Men 3: The Last Stand]]''

->Playing into the “[[Creator/WilliamShatner Bill Shatner]] power fantasy reading”, we also get a sense that ''The Final Frontier'' is “James Kirk vs. the Universe.” A key plot point of the film has most of the cast turning against Shatner Kirk. Given how Shatner has dismissed criticisms from his fellow stars, deriding them as petty jealousies (“[[SpearCarrier there was nothing to nick]]”), it’s not too difficult to buy into this. Indeed, one section of the commentary has Shatner passive-aggressively blame his co-stars for the movie’s dodgy appearance (''"A disproportionate amount of money is spent on talent as against production..."'') Not only are the characters inside the film betraying Kirk, the actors appearing in the film are actively sabotaging Shatner. It’s worth noting that his original outline for the film had both Spock and [=McCoy=] turning against Kirk – which would have left Kirk the ''only'' hero of the film...Scotty – the trustworthy engineer who just busted the gang out of jail – walks around a corner [[TookALevelInDumbass and bangs his head on a pipe]]. This is the one crew member who has spent the most time on the new ''Enterprise''. Uhura gets a “[[MsFanservice fan dance]]”, which is a really weird way to treat the one female member of the ensemble.
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2013/08/15/non-review-review-star-trek-v-the-final-frontier/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''

->Poor Roxanne Dawson. When the show began B’Elanna was one of the characters that the writing team were most invested in – you could tell by the way it was her story that they focused on immediately after the pilot. There was a nice little [[CharacterDevelopment character arc]] running through the first three seasons that saw the character go from an aggressive bully to a focused, professional Starfleet engineer and installments such as Dreadnought, Remember and Blood Fever were some of the best of their years. Season four was where it all started to go wrong (it seems that with the advent of Jeri Ryan’s [[SpotlightStealingSquad Seven of Nine]] that Torres was neglected almost as if the writers are commenting that you can’t have two such sophisticated characters on the show) and Torres underwent something of a character deterioration and the few times they could be bothered to give her an episode it seems that they felt the need to make an [[AesopAmnesia out-of-character regression]]. Dawson’s pregnancy might have had something to do with Torres vanishing into the shadows but episodes like Day of Honor, Extreme Risk (B’Elanna is [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat addicted to extreme sports]]) and now Juggernaut (B’Elanna cannot control her anger – this is direct throwback to season one’s Parallax which was the second episode so it feels like we are [[StaticCharacter back where we started with the character]]) do her no favours at all...When Torres blatantly insults the Captain (‘Diplomacy, Janeway’s answer to everything’) it feels shockingly out of character considering what the two of them went through together in the first couple of years. That relationship has been completely ignored in favour of the Janeway/Seven duo and its almost as if [[CreatorBacklash you can hear Dawson’s disdain]]. Isn’t it fortunate that in an episode that deals with Torres’ anger she has to solve the problem by [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer beating up the core labourer with a giant pipe]].

So whenever their music hit you just didn't care. When Wrestling/TheMiz came out you were like 'sigh.' Then Wrestling/RTruth came out and you were like 'groan.' Adam Rose. 'hrmmm.' [[Wrestling/KofiKingston Kofi]]. 'meh.' [[Wrestling/AntonioCesaro Cesaro]]. I ''like'' Cesaro, but the thing is [[BadassDecay he's been killed so]]--''whatever''. [[Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers Titus' O'Neil]]. The rumor is that they were going to try to have him tie [[Wrestling/SantinoMarella Santino]]'s shortest-ever Rumble appearance record of [[SquashMatch 00:1.]] And he fucked it up...So the gimmick here is that Titus O'Neil sucks. Thanks. That's a great gimmick. That you suck. You suck so much [[EpicFail that you failed at sucking.]] So you blew your chance at sucking. That's great. Wow, Titus, I don't see much in your future.

Whoever comes down that ramp, I'm saying, is a loser. In-character. Their ''[[TheChewToy character]]'' is a loser.\\\

-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/voyager-season-five.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Juggernaut"