History Quotes / ShootingSuperman

->[[EvilLaugh Heh, heh!]] Your funny. [[DodgeTheBullet Your bullets will never hit me.]] You humans sure like to wast time on things that don't work.

-> Your funny. [[DodgeTheBullet Your bullets will never hit me.]] You humans sure like to wast time on things that don't work.

->'''[[HumanoidAbomination Aida]]''' (''after being shot by Jemma''): [[HealingFactor Your weapon can't stop me]].\\

->I should warn you, it's been done.
-->--'''Franchise/{{Superman}}''' to a mook about to shoot him, ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', "My Girl"

-->--'''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 1982}} The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl]]'', issue 12

->See, now, if the bullets don't work, right...why the punching? Never understood that.
-->--'''Superman''', ''Series/Supergirl2015'', ''[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E2TheLastChildrenOfKrypton The Last Children of Krypton]]''

->Bullets bounce off you. But where do they go next?
-->-- '''Director Chase''' to '''Supergirl''', ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth #1''

->'''Simeon:''' Move, you mugs! Shoot him!\\
'''Superman:''' You're simple, Simeon! If flames can't hurt me — What good are bullets going to do?\\
'''Crook 1:''' They guy ain't human!\\
'''Crook 2:''' The slugs bounce offa him like popcorn!
-->-- ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore''

->''"Y'know, I remember watching the old Superman TV series with George Reeves, and the bad guys would always shoot at Superman, when he showed up. I used to ask myself, why? They know it's not going to hurt him, at most, it'll piss him off, so why shoot at him? You know what it comes down to? The bad guys are always stupid. Dirt-stick-stone stupid."''
-->--'''Pyre''', ''ComicBook/RisingStars''

->(''bad guys fire at the scary metal colossus for about fifteen seconds'')
->(''{{beat}}'')
->'''Tony Stark''': "[[PreMortemOneLiner My turn.]]"
-->--''[[Film/IronMan Iron Man]]''

->''"Silly bitch, your weapons cannot harm me!"''
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/XMen The Juggernaut]]''', [[GagDub according to]] WebVideo/MyWayEntertainment

->''"Were they not briefed?"''
-->--'''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}''' on the poor, [[TooDumbToLive stupid]] [[{{Mooks}} saps]] who tried to attack {{Wolverine}} with guns.

->"...you don't die, do you?"
->"Nope!"
-->--'''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]''' and '''Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}''' coming to this realization after the former repeatedly shot the latter, WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC

->''"So Slater tries to shoot the guy but apparently bullets are just like Milk Duds being thrown at him."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony,]]''' WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's ''Film/AloneIntheDark2005'' review

->''Would lasers or tactical nuclear weapons have any effect? Cthulhu's so damn big he'd make a grizzly bear look like a kitten embryo.''
-->--'''Chris''' in ''Nightmare's Disciple'' by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.

->''"Superman!" the criminals would say. This was the signal for Superman to put his hands on his hips so the criminals could shoot their revolvers at his chest, an effort that always caused Superman to adopt a [[YouKeepUsingThatWord bemused]] expression because, as a native of Krypton with special powers, he knew that the criminals were shooting blanks.''
-->--'''Creator/DaveBarry'''

->'''Cop 1''': ''This is hopeless! We might as well be throwing candy corn at them!''
->'''Cop 2''': ''So what do you want to do? Give them the city?''
-->--''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''[[note]]Their target nearly squashes them with their own car.[[/note]]

->'''Downpour''': ''Nobody harms my sister. Nobody!''
-> (blasts Aquaman with a wave of water)
->'''Aquaman''': (completely unfazed) ''King of the seas, remember?''
-->--''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''

->''That's for wasting ammo!''
-->--[[ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}} Max Damage]], punching a guy who just tried to shoot him.

->''Oh, you're kidding me. You '''do not''' open up your huge war machine to shoot at the bulletproof robot.''
-->--'''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''', ''Robo and Goliath''

->''In spite of the fact that tanks have repeatedly been shown to have no more effect on Godzilla than a shampoo and creme rinse, they still get trotted out with every new monster attack, rolling shakily over the canvas landscape and firing their little sparklers. The reason for this, I'm guessing, is political. If the prime minister fails to send the tanks, in the next election his opponent will run ads saying "In the last Godzilla attack, the incumbent failed to send out the fakey-looking plastic tanks to protect us. My opponent is obviously soft on giant monsters!"''
-->--'''Creator/LoreSjoberg''', ''[[http://brunching.com/godzillaenemies.html Godzilla Enemies]]''

->"Kind of hard to land a hit when you are [[IntangibleMan intangible]]!"
-->--'''Ben Tennyson''' to '''True Assassin''', ''Fanfic/FateStayNightUltimateMaster''

->"Look at this. The bad guys shoot Superman a dozen times, see the bullets bounce off, so they throw their guns at him. It's like they can't kill him so they think they'll give him a really bad bruise."
-->--'''Al Bundy''', ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' episode: Sleepless in Chicago

->''"Honestly, why do you people do that?" she demanded of the mugger, exasperation coloring her voice. "You must be the tenth loser to try that. Do you really think pistol whipping me is going to do anything when the bullets bounce off?"''
-->--'''Asuka Langley Sohryu''' (a. k. a. '''Supergirl'''), ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'', ''chapter 8''

The kid just turned and smirked at them as he failed to die. For a few seconds the firing continued until the soldiers noticed that there was a wall forming in front of him of… of…\\
Of bullets…
-->-- '''Shinji''', ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji''

->"It's called deductive reasoning. If a rocket launcher couldn't stop me... what's a little peashooter gonna do?"
-->--'''Series/LukeCage2016'''

->"I'm sick of having to buy new clothes."
-->--'''Series/LukeCage2016''', again

->"Listen friend, guns aren't gonna solve your problems."
-->--'''The Tick''', ''Series/TheTick2016''

->''"If you are a policeman, bank guard, or night watchman, and your first shot bounces off of the intruder's chest, try shooting other areas of the intruder's body, like their face, groin, etc. If this also fails, do not waste the rest of your ammo on him/her/it, or risk your neck in hand-to-hand combat; instead, fall back and observe."''
-->-- [[http://www.oocities.org/evilsnack/innocent.htm The Normal Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide]]

-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} The Juggernaut]]''', [[GagDub according to]] MyWayEntertainment

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[[caption-width-right:350:Comicbook/LexLuthor of all people forgets about the Kyrptonians are ImmuneToBullets thing]]

-->--'''{{Unskippable}}''' on the poor, [[TooDumbToLive stupid]] [[{{Mooks}} saps]] who tried to attack {{Wolverine}} with guns.

->''"I should warn you, it's been done."''

->'''Superman:''' Oh... You shouldn't have tried shooting, either! My name is Superman... and bullets don't bother me a whole lot! But you've noticed that, huh?

-->--'''Superman''', ''Series/Supergirl2015'', "The Last Children of Krypton"

->''"Honestly, why do you people do that?" she demanded of the mugger, exasperation coloring her voice. "You must be the tenth loser to try that. Do really think pistol whipping me is going to do anything when the bullets bounce off?"''

-->-- '''Director Chase''' to '''Supergirl''', ''Supergirl vol. 7 #1''

-->--'''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]''' and '''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''' coming to this realization after the former repeatedly shot the latter, WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC

-->--'''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl'', issue 12

-->--'''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]''' and '''{{Deadpool}}''' coming to this realization after the former repeatedly shot the latter, [[ImAMarvelAndImADc I'm A Marvel...And I'm A DC]]

->"See, now, if it's "the bullets don't work", why the punching? I never understood that."
-->--'''Superman''', ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}''

-->--'''Superman''', ''Series/{{Supergirl 2016}}''

-->--''Series/LukeCage2016'''

-->--'''Series/LukeCage'''

-->--'''DaveBarry'''

-->--'''Superman''' to a mook about to shoot him, ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', "My Girl"

-->--'''Al Bundy''', ''MarriedWithChildren'' episode: Sleepless in Chicago

-->--[[{{Irredeemable}} Max Damage]], punching a guy who just tried to shoot him.