History Quotes / SuperMode

-->-- Avatar Roku, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatarState The Avatar State]]"

->''The pan-forma merge completed itself. The normal enhancements paled in comparison to this feeling. This was beyond adrenaline. This was fire with all of the heat and none of the agony. Burning in glory, flirting with death, certain in the strength of their two minds.''

->[[ToonPhysics Oooh, I can do everything I wanted to do]]!! [[HeroicSecondWind I think I can fight a bit longer...]] [[HeartbeatSoundtrack My heartbeat sounds so funny]]! '''This is the pinnacle of what I can do!! This is... GEAR FIVE!!'''

->''The Avatar State is a defense mechanism, designed to empower you with the skills and knowledge of all the past Avatars. "[[GlowingEyes The Glow]]" is the combination of all your past lives, focusing their energy through your body. In the Avatar State, you are at your most powerful. But you are also at your most vulnerable.''

-> ''You made it out this time, but this isn't the end! IT'S FEVER TIME!!''

-> ''GET READY FOR THE SUPER FEVER!!!!''

-->-- Avatar Roku, ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender]]'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatarState]]"

-->-- ''Manga/OnePiece'', '''Monkey D. Luffy''', [[WhamEpisode Chapter 1044]]

-->-- '''[[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]]''', [[WhamEpisode Chapter 1044]]

-->-- '''Super Eyepatch Wolf''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuvSwb5KM6Q The Impact of Dragon Ball Z]]"

->''The [[FusionDance pan-forma merge]] completed itself. The [[SuperStrength normal]] [[HealingFactor enhancements]] paled in comparison to this feeling. This was beyond adrenaline. This was fire with all of the heat and none of the agony. Burning in glory, flirting with death, certain in the strength of their two minds.''

--> ''"The plot of ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' revolved around a shifting power balance between its heroes and villains, and so when a character did hit a new level of power, it was a major turning point in the story, and these moments were conveyed through ''Dragon Ball Z'''s now-iconic transformation scenes. Because of how the show framed its heroes and villains, the transformations of both archetypes were drastically different. When a villain transformed, it was a nightmare, the worst possible case scenario, as the gap in power now widened into an abyss. A villain's transformation was also either something they always had access to, or could only be achieved through external means, such as Cell consuming the androids or Buu absorbing other fighters, and this worked very differently to how the heroes transformed. Heroes' transformations, for the most part, were internal, something that could only be achieved through massive amounts of the aforementioned training, or having to push through some deep emotional barrier that would then allow them to unleash their true potential, and because of how these moments were framed, they felt monumental, both because the heroes finally had a ray of hope in the face of the villains, as well as being deeply significant to the personal narratives of these characters, and the reason for this is that these scenes represented major moments in our characters' lives, the culmination of months, years, or even lifetimes of training and struggle, instances where a character's entire existence is changed and they finally become what they were meant to be. And, as a teenager, where you were constantly unsure of every aspect of your physical and emotional identity, these transformations were a powerful fantasy to believe in. The idea that we all had a massive amount of latent potential inside us that could be unleashed in an instant and change everything.''

--> ''"The plot of ''DragonBallZ'' revolved around a shifting power balance between its heroes and villains, and so when a character did hit a new level of power, it was a major turning point in the story, and these moments were conveyed through ''Dragon Ball Z'''s now-iconic transformation scenes. Because of how the show framed its heroes and villains, the transformations of both archetypes were drastically different. When a villain transformed, it was a nightmare, the worst possible case scenario, as the gap in power now widened into an abyss. A villain's transformation was also either something they always had access to, or could only be achieved through external means, such as Cell consuming the androids or Buu absorbing other fighters, and this worked very differently to how the heroes transformed. Heroes' transformations, for the most part, were internal, something that could only be achieved through massive amounts of the aforementioned training, or having to push through some deep emotional barrier that would then allow them to unleash their true potential, and because of how these moments were framed, they felt monumental, both because the heroes finally had a ray of hope in the face of the villains, as well as being deeply significant to the personal narratives of these characters, and the reason for this is that these scenes represented major moments in our characters' lives, the culmination of months, years, or even lifetimes of training and struggle, instances where a character's entire existence is changed and they finally become what they were meant to be. And, as a teenager, where you were constantly unsure of every aspect of your physical and emotional identity, these transformations were a powerful fantasy to believe in. The idea that we all had a massive amount of latent potential inside us that could be unleashed in an instant and change everything.''

-->-- ''Literature/TheZombieKnight''