History Quotes / ShootTheShaggyDog

->''"The ending is, to put it simply, a complete and utter cop-out. Basically, everything you did—it never happened. That’s it, the characters undo everything you’ve ever done, all your progress was for nothing and you might as well not even bothered playing it at all. No payoff, no replay value, YOU GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY SIR!"''

!!RealLife
->"Kevin loved his wheel. But one day, it broke! Kevin grew bored...and died."
-->-- The infamous "Kevin The Hamster" ad for Levi's

->''Having Mulder sit in a motel room and declare that he has failed in pretty much every respect is a really downbeat way to end the series. Given his crusade has cost him so much it would have been nice to have seen him exit with something to show for all of his efforts. Instead he is [[TheMostWanted a wanted fugitive, a man with a suspended death sentence]] and he has lost everything ([[AdultFear including his son]]) because of his pursuit of the truth. The ultimate question is was it worth it? The definitive answer is no. God I'm depressed.''

->''SPOILER ALERT: In a surprise twist, [[spoiler:the mom turns out to be dead. Dead]]! You labored through all those years of Creator/NeilPatrickHarris screaming out [[CerebusSyndrome jokes about his dick,]] just to [[spoiler:meet a corpse]]. It’s a ''sitcom''. [[ShockingSwerve Why does it even NEED a twist?]] It’s not as if ''{{Series/Cheers}}'' ended with all the characters [[DeadAllAlong turning out to be ghosts.]]''

-->--'''[[https://www.gq.com/story/least-influential-people-2014 Drew Magary]]'''

-->-- '''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Terezi]]''', ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2345186?view_full_work=true Lost]]''

->'''Archer:''' Lana, that is the third saddest thing I've heard today. Pam told me about a little girl who drowned trying to save a puppy.\\
'''Lana:''' Jesus! What was the second saddest?\\
'''Archer:''' The puppy drowned, too.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''

->"I'm lucky that way. My path was already there. I had only to walk it. I often thought even if ''no one'' knew of the good I had done with my life, it didn't matter. That it was done is all that counts in the end. But then I died. And I hadn't gotten to do any of it yet."

->"Once, there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The end."
-->-- '''Patrick Star''' on ''JustForFun/TheUglyBarnacle'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants''

->"Kevin loved his wheel. But one day, it broke! Kevin grew bored...and died."
-->-- The infamous "Kevin The Hamster" ad for Levi's

->''Once you beat the big badasses and clear out the moon base, you're supposed to win, aren't you? Aren't you? Where's your fat reward and ticket home? What the hell is this? It's not supposed to end this way!''
-->-- The ending text for the first episode of ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}''

->"This doesn't change anything. It doesn't change anything at all."
-->-- '''Batman''', ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Under The Red Hood]]''

->''The makers of ''Series/{{ALF}}'s Special Christmas'' just decided to give people a sad and then leave for Denny's.''
-->--'''Blog/TheIslandOfMisfitChristmasSpecials''' on ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit62.html ALF's Special Christmas]]''

->''Having Mulder sit in a motel room and declare that he has failed in pretty much every respect is a really downbeat way to end the series. Given his crusade has cost him so much it would have been nice to have seen him exit with something to show for all of his efforts. Instead he is a wanted fugitive, a man with a suspended death sentence and he has lost everything (including his son) because of his pursuit of the truth. The ultimate question is was it worth it? The definitive answer is no. God I'm depressed.''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-x-files-season-nine.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "The Truth"

-> ...Here the Kid of the title (Abdul) becomes a monster and becomes the kind of man that, in another world, might have been one of the agressors that abused Precious. So, in essence, EVERYTHING Precious worked for in ''{{Literature/Push}}'' from her writings to her child, have been for naught. Here, that book's legacy has been stomped upon. Spit upon. Trounced. It's sickening, it really is.
-->-- An [[http://www.amazon.com/review/R36OFJTFYF1FE1/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1594203040&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag= Amazon.com review]] of ''Literature/TheKid'', sequel to ''{{Literature/Push}}''

->This is why I hate horror games, too. So many times they just kill your ass at the end. "Thanks for playing. You're dead." "Congratulations surviving all of the monsters; you're now fucking dead. Eat shit."

->"All that I did," he whispered. "It was for nothing. All my struggles. My fights. My pain. The people I killed. The people I betrayed. For nothing."\\
[[spoiler:Ellie]]'s eyes softened. She caressed him and kissed his lips.\\
"You did it for [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Isonomia]]," she said. "You are a martyr."
-->-- ''Literature/Utopia58''

->''Once you beat the big badasses and clear out the moon base, you're supposed to win, aren't you? Aren't you? Where's your fat reward and ticket home? What the hell is this? It's not supposed to end this way!'

-->-- '''Creator/MichaelJones''', ''[[LetsPlay Let's Watch]] ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' [[https://youtu.be/CtqXoOB7ZtU?t=1121 (Part 3)]]''

->''"There is no introspection. No philosophical meanderings. His characters simply aren't capable and until recently, most of them don't progress. There is no transformation into a better person or just punishment for the wicked. Everyone is wicked and the majority of them either get away with it or get gobbled up by those who are even more malicious."''
-->--'''[[http://www.acidlogic.com/im_bret_easton_ellis.htm Tom Waters]]''' on Creator/BretEastonEllis, ''Interesting Motherfuckers''

->''"Having Mulder sit in a motel room and declare that he has failed in pretty much every respect is a really downbeat way to end the series. Given his crusade has cost him so much it would have been nice to have seen him exit with something to show for all of his efforts. Instead he is a wanted fugitive, a man with a suspended death sentence and he has lost everything (including his son) because of his pursuit of the truth. The ultimate question is was it worth it? The definitive answer is no. God I'm depressed."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/the-x-files-season-nine.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "The Truth"

-> Life is funny. You start out with limitless potential, but time is always shaving away the possibilities. Every choice you make is the choice not to do a thousand other things. What's important, when all is said and done, is that you made a difference. Your choices, and everything undone, have to '''mean''' something. Otherwise, what was the point? I'm lucky that way. My path was already there. I had only to walk it. I often thought even if '''no one''' knew of the good I had done with my life, it didn't matter. That it was done is all that counts in the end. [[spoiler:But then I died. And I hadn't gotten to do any of it yet.]]

-> But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. [[{{Brainwashed}} He had won the victory over himself]]. He loved [[GloriousLeader Big Brother]].
-->-- ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', final lines

-> Five years ago, I lost 30,000 men died in the blink of an eye. And the world just [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] watched.
-->-- '''General Shepherd''', ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''

-> Once, there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The end.

-> Kevin loved his wheel. But one day, it broke! Kevin grew bored...and died.

-> Once you beat the big badasses and clear out the moon base, you're supposed to win, aren't you? Aren't you? Where's your fat reward and ticket home? What the hell is this? It's not supposed to end this way!

-> This doesn't change anything. It doesn't change anything at all.

-> Earth and Secilia have vanished. Likewise, those that developed the "RAY" technology and all evidence of its existence have been wiped away. No record of R-GRAY craft was found, and no R-GRAY craft has ever returned.
-->-- '''VideoGame/{{Ray|Series}}Storm'''[='=]s 13-Ship mode ending

->"OF COURSE THIS IS WHAT WE GET! No justice, no revenge, no fucking CLOSURE! Just THIS!"
-->-- '''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Terezi]]''', ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2345186?view_full_work=true Lost]]''

->''"These brave youths fought to change the world for the better, yet now their unfulfilled dreams lie dead with them on the battlefield... Was their sacrifice in vain? What were they fighting for all along? And what of the light...?"''
-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''

->''"Everything I've done up until now... It was all for nothing..."''
-->-- '''Zelda''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''

->'''Archer:''' Lana, that is the third saddest thing I've heard today.\\
[{{Beat}}]\\
'''Archer:''' Pam... told me about a little girl who drowned trying to save a puppy.\\
'''Lana:''' Jesus! What was the second saddest?\\
'''Archer:''' [[CrossesTheLineTwice The puppy drowned too.]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''

-> But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

-->-- The ending text for the first episode of '''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'''.

-->-- '''Patrick Star''' on ''Literature/TheUglyBarnacle'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants''

-->-- An [[http://www.amazon.com/review/R36OFJTFYF1FE1/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1594203040&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag= Amazon.com review]] of ''The Kid,'' sequel to ''{{Literature/Push}}''

->"These brave youths fought to change the world for the better, yet now their unfulfilled dreams lie dead with them on the battlefield... Was their sacrifice in vain? What were they fighting for all along?"

->"Everything I've done up until now... It was all for nothing..."

->"These brave youths fought to change the world for the better, yet now their unfulfilled dreams lie dead with them on the battlefield... Was their sacrifice in vain?"

--> -- George Orwell, '''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''', final lines

-->-- '''Black Belt''', Webcomic/EightBitTheater

-->-- '''General Shepherd''', ''VideoGame/{{Modern Warfare 2}}''

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants Patrick Star]]''', ''Literature/TheUglyBarnacle''

--> -- The infamous "Kevin The Hamster" ad for Levi's

--> -- The ending text for the first episode of '''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'''.

->"These youths fought valiantly for their ideals, yet their unfulfilled dreams now lie scattered on the battlefield... Was there any meaning in their efforts?"

->'''Archer:''' Lana, that is the third saddest thing I've heard today.
->[{{Beat}}]
->'''Archer:''' Pam... told me about a little girl who drowned trying to save a puppy.
->'''Lana:''' Jesus! What was the second saddest?
->'''Archer:''' [[CrossesTheLineTwice The puppy drowned too.]]

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War]]'''

-> 30,000 of my men died in the blink of an eye, and the world just fuckin' watched.

-->-- '''General Shepherd''', ''VideoGame/{{Modern Warfare 2}}

-->-- '''GeneralShepherd''', ''VideoGame/{{Modern Warfare 2}}