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->'''Chaos:''' [[TheAntiChrist Your]] coming of age is the [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt death knell of man]].\\
'''Hellboy:''' [[BigNo NO]]!\\
'''Chaos:''' You know this is true. You have always known.\\
'''Hellboy:''' Ah, no...\\
'''Chaos:''' And knowing what you know, still you might deny this truth one last time, and that will be your instant death... Or become yourself, take that [[ArtifactOfDoom key you hold in your right hand]] and open the pit... [[YouCantFightFate You have only these two choices]].\\
'''Hellboy:''' Oh yeah? Screw You! I choose door number ''three''! It's ''my'' goddamn life, [[ScrewDestiny I'll do what I want with it]]! You don't like that, kill me if you can!
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''', ''Wake The Devil''
'''Hellboy:''' [[BigNo NO]]!\\
'''Chaos:''' You know this is true. You have always known.\\
'''Hellboy:''' Ah, no...\\
'''Chaos:''' And knowing what you know, still you might deny this truth one last time, and that will be your instant death... Or become yourself, take that [[ArtifactOfDoom key you hold in your right hand]] and open the pit... [[YouCantFightFate You have only these two choices]].\\
'''Hellboy:''' Oh yeah? Screw You! I choose door number ''three''! It's ''my'' goddamn life, [[ScrewDestiny I'll do what I want with it]]! You don't like that, kill me if you can!
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''', ''Wake The Devil''
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->The story is never as simple as one or the other. Never as simple as choosing an option and knowing that [[VideoGame/MassEffect it is good because the text is blue]]. Because while there are two dead mistresses, one White and one Scarlet, there is a third which still lives as the game goes on, unsure of what kind of mistress she is meant to be.\\
There are three healers. One represents one side and one represents another and one represents how we have run out of sides. Wait, that’s not right. Huh.
-->-- '''Reno Evangelista''', ''VideoGame/Pathologic2: [[https://medium.com/the-pile/pathologic-2-who-inherits-the-earth-92c42a5c5418 Who Inherits the Earth?]]''
There are three healers. One represents one side and one represents another and one represents how we have run out of sides. Wait, that’s not right. Huh.
-->-- '''Reno Evangelista''', ''VideoGame/Pathologic2: [[https://medium.com/the-pile/pathologic-2-who-inherits-the-earth-92c42a5c5418 Who Inherits the Earth?]]''
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'''[=DiZ=]:''' You mean the twilit road to nightfall?\\
'''Riku:''' No... The road to dawn.
'''Riku:''' No... The road to dawn.
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'''[=DiZ=]:''' You mean the [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil twilit road to nightfall?\\
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'''Riku:''' No... [[PragmaticHero The road todawn.dawn]].
'''Riku:''' No... [[PragmaticHero The road to
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->'''[[OppositeSexClone Brother]] One:''' Does that make us good or evil?\\
'''One:''' We don't get to answer that question.
-->''VideoGame/Drakengard3''
'''One:''' We don't get to answer that question.
-->''VideoGame/Drakengard3''
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->None of this works for me. Give me a third option.
-->-- '''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''', ''Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates''
-->-- '''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''', ''Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates''
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->'''Steve:''' You're not the guy to make a sacrifice play. To lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you.\\
'''Tony:''' I think I would just cut the wire.
-->-- ''Film/TheAvengers2012''
'''Tony:''' I think I would just cut the wire.
-->-- ''Film/TheAvengers2012''
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"No!" says [[ThePope the man in the Vatican]], "it belongs to God!"\\
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->With the invasion over, [[ThouShaltNotKill Bruce]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Superman]] started fighting again. I wasn't down with either of them. On the one hand, the Regime's right; [[TheEndJustifiesTheMeans scumbag murderers and rapists deserve to die]]. But on the other hand, I'm no fan of government authority, especially the [[KnightTemplar dictatorial variety]]. So while the World's Finest fight each other, I fight for the people. The weak, the innocent, anyone who can't protect themselves. When they cry out for a saviour, I'll answer. As for the criminals who threaten them? They need to know that their actions have consequences. That the Red Hood is coming for them.
-->-- '''Red Hood''' narrating his arcade ending in ''[[VideoGame/Injustice2 Injustice 2]]''
-->-- '''Red Hood''' narrating his arcade ending in ''[[VideoGame/Injustice2 Injustice 2]]''
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->If someone can't handle an unpleasant truth? '''Lie''' to them. If somone won't listen to reason? '''Make''' them. If people don't choose to live peaceably—don't give them a '''choice.''' If you don't like the rules—'''change the game.'''
-->-- '''Tarvek Sturmvoraus''', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
-->-- '''Tarvek Sturmvoraus''', ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
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"No!" says [[TheGovernment the man in Washington]], "it belongs to the poor."\\
"No!" says [[ThePope the man in the Vatican]], "it belongs to God."\\
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"No!" says [[TheGovernment the man in Washington]], "it belongs to the poor."\\
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I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... [[UnderwaterCity RAPTURE!]] A city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.
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I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... [[UnderwaterCity RAPTURE!]] A city where [[MadArtist the artist would not fear the censor, censor,]] where [[ForScience the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, morality,]] where [[TheSocialDarwinist the great would not be constrained by the small! small!]] And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.
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->'''???:''' Tought choice ahead of you, ''bratan''. The prisoners... or whistleblower. You can't save both.\\
'''Jenson:''' Wha- the hacker, from the ship. You've been listening this whole time?\\
'''Jenson:''' Wha- the hacker, from the ship. You've been listening this whole time?\\
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->'''???:''' Tought Tough choice ahead of you, ''bratan''. The prisoners... or whistleblower. You can't save both.\\
'''Jenson:''' '''Jensen:''' Wha- the hacker, from the ship. You've been listening this whole time?\\
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->'''Hunter Exam Proctee''': Your mom and your beloved are dying. You have time to save one. Who will you save?\\
'''Gon''': silent and watching furiously at the lady...\\
'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real life[[/note]].\\
-->--'''Manga/{{Hunter X Hunter}}'''
'''Gon''': silent and watching furiously at the lady...\\
'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real life[[/note]].\\
-->--'''Manga/{{Hunter X Hunter}}'''
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-->-- ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
->'''Hunter Exam Proctee''': Your mom and your beloved are dying. You have time to save one. Who will you save?\\
'''Gon''': (''silent and glaring furiously at the lady'')\\
'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real life[[/note]].
-->-- ''Manga/{{Hunter X Hunter}}''
->'''Hunter Exam Proctee''': Your mom and your beloved are dying. You have time to save one. Who will you save?\\
'''Gon''': (''silent and glaring furiously at the lady'')\\
'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real life[[/note]].
-->-- ''Manga/{{Hunter X Hunter}}''
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-->-- '''ComicBook/CaptainAtom''', ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon''
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->'''Buttercup:''' And to think... all this time [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo it was your cup that was poisoned]].\\
'''The Man in Black:''' [[TakeAThirdOption They were both poisoned.]] [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
'''The Man in Black:''' [[TakeAThirdOption They were both poisoned.]] [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
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'''The Man in Black:''' [[TakeAThirdOption They were both poisoned.]] [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
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->There is a third option. It involves… '''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder]]'''.
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->There is a third option. It involves… '''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder]]'''.involves... ''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder]]''.
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->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe… and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
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->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe… tribe... and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
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->'''Trinity:''' Neo… nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
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->'''Trinity:''' Neo… Neo... nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
->'''Buttercup:''' And to think... all this time [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo it was your cup that was poisoned]].\\
'''The Man in Black:''' They were both poisoned. [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
'''The Man in Black:''' They were both poisoned. [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
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"Um...cake, please."\\
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"Um... cake, please."\\
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->'''Bard''': All right… I've made my choice.\\
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->'''Bard''': All
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'''Bard''': A very logical choice… me.
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'''Bard''': A very logical choice… choice... me.
->'''???:''' Tought choice ahead of you, ''bratan''. The prisoners... or whistleblower. You can't save both.\\
'''Jenson:''' Wha- the hacker, from the ship. You've been listening this whole time?\\
'''???:''' Like ''detka'' said, "Everything's connected." Right now, [[DeadlyGas the gas]] is set to disperse evenly between the prison and the lab. All you can do in here is redirect flow out of one area, into the other. Do nothing, everybody dies. Do something...\\
'''Jenson:''' Someone dies faster.\\
'''???:''' Precisely. But if you want to bring down Belltower, the choice is clear.\\
(''instead, Jenson [[spoiler:crawls into the air ducts and destroys a hidden valve to shut off the gas entirely]]'')\\
'''???''': ''Obaldet!'' The toxicity level is dropping! You found a way to save everyone, ''bratan!''\\
''Achievement Unlocked: All of the Above''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
'''Jenson:''' Wha- the hacker, from the ship. You've been listening this whole time?\\
'''???:''' Like ''detka'' said, "Everything's connected." Right now, [[DeadlyGas the gas]] is set to disperse evenly between the prison and the lab. All you can do in here is redirect flow out of one area, into the other. Do nothing, everybody dies. Do something...\\
'''Jenson:''' Someone dies faster.\\
'''???:''' Precisely. But if you want to bring down Belltower, the choice is clear.\\
(''instead, Jenson [[spoiler:crawls into the air ducts and destroys a hidden valve to shut off the gas entirely]]'')\\
'''???''': ''Obaldet!'' The toxicity level is dropping! You found a way to save everyone, ''bratan!''\\
''Achievement Unlocked: All of the Above''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
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'''Kain:''' Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day… it lands on its ''[[HeadsTailsEdge edge.]]''
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'''Kain:''' Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day… day... it lands on its ''[[HeadsTailsEdge edge.]]''
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->''Adam Jensen, forced to choose between diverting some poison gas to kill hundreds of innocent civilians or a whistleblower who can stop the whole villainous operation, [[spoiler:finds and destroys a hidden valve to shut off the gas entirely]]''\\
'''???''': Obaldet! The toxicity level is dropping! You found a way to save everyone, bratan!\\
''Achievement Unlocked: All of the Above''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
'''???''': Obaldet! The toxicity level is dropping! You found a way to save everyone, bratan!\\
''Achievement Unlocked: All of the Above''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
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'''Aang''': So you're saying whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely…\\
'''Aang''': I… choose… you! (''points at the king'')\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm…]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] (''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air'')
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely…\\
'''Aang''': I… choose… you! (''points at the king'')\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm…]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] (''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air'')
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'''Aang''': So you're saying [[ExactWords whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
fight?]]\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choosewisely…\\
wisely...\\
'''Aang''':I… choose… I... choose... you! (''points at the king'')\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTropeHmhm…]] Hmhm...]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] (''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air'')
'''King of Omashu''': Choose
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->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest or the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo! Or… some third thing. Good day!
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-->-- '''David Carradine'''
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-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
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->'''Buttercup:''' And to think... all this time [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo it was your cup that was poisoned]].\\
'''The Man in Black:''' [[TakeAThirdOption They were both poisoned.]] [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
'''The Man in Black:''' [[TakeAThirdOption They were both poisoned.]] [[CrazyPrepared I spent the last few years]] building up an immunity to iocane powder.
-->-- ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
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'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real[[/note]].\\
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'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real[[/note]].real life[[/note]].\\
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'''Neo:''' [[CrazyEnoughToWork That's why it's going to work.work]].
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'''Judy''': …'''yes'''.
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'''Judy''': …'''yes'''.…'''[[MathematiciansAnswer yes]]'''.
[[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]]
->"Cake or death?"\\
"Um...cake, please."\\
"Well, we're ''out of cake!'' We only had three bits, and we didn't expect such a rush. So what do you want?"\\
"So my choice is 'or death?' Well, I'll have the chicken then, please."
-->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard'''
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->"Cake or death?"\\
"Um...cake, please."\\
"Well, we're ''out of cake!'' We only had three bits, and we didn't expect such a rush. So what do you want?"\\
"So my choice is 'or death?' Well, I'll have the chicken then, please."
-->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard'''
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'''???''': Obaldet! The toxicity level is dropping! You found a way to save everyone, bratan!\\
''Achievement Unlocked: All of the Above''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''
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'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real[[/note]], '''Manga/{{HunterXHunter}}'''
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'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real[[/note]], '''Manga/{{HunterXHunter}}'''
real[[/note]].\\
-->--'''Manga/{{HunterXHunter Hunter X Hunter}}'''
-->--'''Manga/{{HunterXHunter Hunter X Hunter}}'''
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'''Gon''': silent and watching furiously at the lady...\\
'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real[[/note]], '''Manga/{{HunterXHunter}}'''
'''Gon''': silent and watching furiously at the lady...\\
'''Proctee''': You pass. Go through the left door to the next stage.[[note]]This is notable for being a trick question. Any candidate who answers either mother or the beloved do go through, but they are immediately failed. As the real purpose of the question was to see what happens if such situation does happen in real[[/note]], '''Manga/{{HunterXHunter}}'''
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->'''[[ThePhilosopher Kimblee]]''': You would have no trouble escaping this situation with the stone at your beck and call. And once you were in a safe place, you could BOTH have your old bodies back. That's how your whole journey was supposed to end, wasn't it?\\
'''Alphonse''': ...But then we wouldn't save everyone else.\\
'''Kimblee''': "The greater good." [[EquivalentExchange You can't gain something without sacrificing something else.]]\\
'''Alphonse''': I wonder... Why are there only two choices? [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere "Save yourself and abandon everyone else."]] [[HeroicSacrifice "Give up on returning to normal and save the world."]] Why are those the only options? Why can't I choose "Save the world AND get our original bodies back?"\\
'''Kimblee''': I see. Experiment thoroughly enough, and you may discover NEW laws that the world must then abide by. [[DeconstructedTrope That would mean there is a FOURTH option...]] [[DownerEnding "You lose your chance to return to normal, AND you fail to save the world."]]
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->'''[[ThePhilosopher Kimblee]]''': You would have no trouble escaping this situation with the stone at your beck and call. And once you were in a safe place, you could BOTH have your old bodies back. That's how your whole journey was supposed to end, wasn't it?\\
'''Alphonse''': ...But then we wouldn't save everyone else.\\
'''Kimblee''': "The greater good." [[EquivalentExchange You can't gain something without sacrificing something else.]]\\
'''Alphonse''': I wonder... Why are there only two choices? [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere "Save yourself and abandon everyone else."]] [[HeroicSacrifice "Give up on returning to normal and save the world."]] Why are those the only options? Why can't I choose "Save the world AND get our original bodies back?"\\
'''Kimblee''': I see. Experiment thoroughly enough, and you may discover NEW laws that the world must then abide by. [[DeconstructedTrope That would mean there is a FOURTH option...]] [[DownerEnding "You lose your chance to return to normal, AND you fail to save the world."]]
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->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest, manifest or the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo, or… Leonardo! Or… some third thing. Good day!
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->Since we can't do the one thing and we can't do the other thing, then all we have to do is think of a third thing that makes everyone happy.
-->-- '''Fozzie''', ''Series/TheMuppets''
-->-- '''Fozzie''', ''Series/TheMuppets''
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-->--'''Fozzie''', ''Series/TheMuppets''
->I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?\\
"No!" says [[TheGovernment the man in Washington]], "it belongs to the poor."\\
"No!" says [[ThePope the man in the Vatican]], "it belongs to God."\\
"No!" says [[DirtyCommies the man in Moscow]], "it belongs to everyone!"\\
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... [[UnderwaterCity RAPTURE!]] A city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.
-->-- ''{{Videogame/BioShock|1}}''
"No!" says [[TheGovernment the man in Washington]], "it belongs to the poor."\\
"No!" says [[ThePope the man in the Vatican]], "it belongs to God."\\
"No!" says [[DirtyCommies the man in Moscow]], "it belongs to everyone!"\\
I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... [[UnderwaterCity RAPTURE!]] A city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.
-->-- ''{{Videogame/BioShock|1}}''
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->''I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone!' I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... RAPTURE.''
-->-- ''Andrew Ryan'', {{Videogame/BioShock}}
->'''King of Omashu''': Your final test is a duel. And, as a special treat, you may choose your opponent. (''two muscular warriors enter'') Point and choose.\\
'''Aang''': So you're saying whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely…\\
'''Aang''': I… choose… you! (''points at the king'')\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm…]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] (''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air'')
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
'''Aang''': So you're saying whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely…\\
'''Aang''': I… choose… you! (''points at the king'')\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm…]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] (''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air'')
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'''Aang''': So you're saying whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely…\\
'''Aang''': I… choose… you! *''points at the king''*\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm…]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] *''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air''*
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->''I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone!' I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... RAPTURE.''
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->'''Varys:''' You have a choice, my friend. You can stay here at Illyrio's palace and [[DrowningMySorrows drink yourself to death,]] or you can ride with me to Meereen, meet Daenerys Targaryen, and [[KnightInSourArmor decide if the world is worth fighting for.]]\\
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can I drink myself to death on the road to Meereen?
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can I drink myself to death on the road to Meereen?
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->'''Varys:''' You have a choice, my friend. You can stay here at Illyrio's palace and [[DrowningMySorrows drink yourself to death,]] death]], or you can ride with me to Meereen, meet Daenerys Targaryen, and [[KnightInSourArmor decide if the world is worth fighting for.]]\\
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can '''Tyrion:''' …can I drink myself to death on the road to Meereen?
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->There's an old Talaxian expression. "When the road before you splits in two... two… take the ''third'' path."
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'''Bard''': A very logical choice... choice… me.
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'''[=DiZ=]:''' Will you take the road to light — or light--or the road to darkness?\\
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'''Kain:''' Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day... it lands on its ''[[HeadsTailsEdge edge.]]''
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'''Kain:''' Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day... day… it lands on its ''[[HeadsTailsEdge edge.]]''
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->'''Liu Kang:''' There is a third option: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Your demise]]!
->'''Ermac:''' Retreat, or be destroyed.
->'''Liu Kang:''' There is a third option: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Your demise]]!
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->'''Liu Kang:''' Ermac...
->'''Ermac:'''Ermac…\\
'''Ermac:''' Retreat, or bedestroyed.
->'''Liudestroyed.\\
'''Liu Kang:''' There is a third option: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Your demise]]!
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'''Ermac:''' Retreat, or be
->'''Liu
'''Liu Kang:''' There is a third option: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Your demise]]!
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'''Harley Quinn:''' [[{{Touche}} Heh-heh... good call.]] [[OhCrap Help!]]
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'''Harley Quinn:''' [[{{Touche}} Heh-heh... Heh-heh… good call.]] [[OhCrap Help!]]
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->'''Batman:''' I've made my choice... ''none of the above!''\\
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->'''Batman:''' I've made my choice... choice… ''none of the above!''\\
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->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest, the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo, or... some third thing. Good day!
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->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest, the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo, or... or… some third thing. Good day!
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'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely...\\
'''Aang''': I... choose... you! *''points at the king''*\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm...]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] *''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air''*
'''Aang''': I... choose... you! *''points at the king''*\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm...]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] *''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air''*
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'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely...\\
wisely…\\
'''Aang''':I... choose... I… choose… you! *''points at the king''*\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTropeHmhm...]] Hmhm…]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] *''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air''*
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->Since we can't do the one thing and we can't do the other thing, then all we have to do is think of a third thing that makes everyone happy.
-->--'''Fozzie''', ''Series/TheMuppets''
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->'''King of Omashu''': Your final test is a duel. And, as a special treat, you may choose your opponent. *''two muscular warriors enter''* Point and choose.\\
'''Aang''': So you're saying whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely...\\
'''Aang''': I... choose... you! *''points at the king''*\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm...]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] *''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air''*
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
'''Aang''': So you're saying whoever I point to... that's the person I get to fight?\\
'''King of Omashu''': Choose wisely...\\
'''Aang''': I... choose... you! *''points at the king''*\\
'''King of Omashu''': [[SubvertedTrope Hmhm...]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking WRONG CHOICE!!!]] *''removes his cloak to reveal a muscular body, then sends Aang flying 50 feet into the air''*
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->'''Liu Kang:''' Ermac...
->'''Ermac:''' Retreat, or be destroyed.
->'''Liu Kang:''' There is a third option: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Your demise]]!
-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''
->'''Ermac:''' Retreat, or be destroyed.
->'''Liu Kang:''' There is a third option: [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Your demise]]!
-->-- ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''
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->Well either one or the other is going to happen. There's no weird third thing.
-->-- '''Liz''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''
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->There's always another way.
-->--
[[/folder]]
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->'''Dr. Porkchop:''' You must choose, Sheriff Woody. How shall she die!? [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Shark!?]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Or death by monkeys!?]] [[SadisticChoice CHOOSE]].\\
'''Woody:''' I choose... [[TheCavalry BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!]]\\
'''Dr. Porkchop:''' [[BigWhat WHAT!?]] [[LampshadeHanging That's not a choice!]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''
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'''Dr. Rumack:''' Yes, yes, I remember, I had the lasagna.
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'''Dr. Rumack:''' Yes, yes, I remember, remember. I had the lasagna.
->There is a third option. It involves... '''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder.]]'''
-->-- '''Film/TheCatInTheHat'''
->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe... and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
-->-- '''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'''
->'''Trinity:''' Neo... nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
'''Neo:''' That's why it's going to work.
-->-- ''Film/TheMatrix''
->[[AC:[[WorldWarIII A strange game]]. The only winning move is not to play.]]
-->-- '''Joshua''', ''Film/WarGames''
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[[folder:Literature]]
-->-- '''Film/TheCatInTheHat'''
->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe... and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
-->-- '''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'''
->'''Trinity:''' Neo... nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
'''Neo:''' That's why it's going to work.
-->-- ''Film/TheMatrix''
->[[AC:[[WorldWarIII A strange game]]. The only winning move is not to play.]]
-->-- '''Joshua''', ''Film/WarGames''
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->'''Bard''': All right... I've made my choice.\\
'''Fionnaoch''': Well it's about bloody time.\\
'''Bard''': Don't get too excited. I didn't choose you.\\
'''Fionnaoch''': You choose Caleigh?\\
'''Bard''': I didn't say that either.\\
'''Caleigh''': Tell us my champion, whom do you choose?\\
'''Bard''': A very logical choice... me.
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale'', neutral ending
->'''Batman:''' I've made my choice... ''none of the above''!\\
'''D.A.V.E.:''' How very predictable. I anticipated you would try to create a third, more favourable option.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', "[[Recap/TheBatmanS3E13GothamsUltimateCriminalMastermind Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind]]"
->There's always another way.
-->--'''ComicBook/CaptainAtom''', ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon''
->There is a third option. It involves... '''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder.]]'''
-->-- '''Film/TheCatInTheHat''', in the LiveActionAdaptation
->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest, the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo, or... some third thing. Good day!
-->-- '''Leonardo Leonardo''', ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''
->Doakes said I had two choices - kill him or let him go. But he neglected to look behind door number three...
-->-- '''Series/{{Dexter}}'''
'''Fionnaoch''': Well it's about bloody time.\\
'''Bard''': Don't get too excited. I didn't choose you.\\
'''Fionnaoch''': You choose Caleigh?\\
'''Bard''': I didn't say that either.\\
'''Caleigh''': Tell us my champion, whom do you choose?\\
'''Bard''': A very logical choice... me.
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale'', neutral ending
->'''Batman:''' I've made my choice... ''none of the above''!\\
'''D.A.V.E.:''' How very predictable. I anticipated you would try to create a third, more favourable option.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', "[[Recap/TheBatmanS3E13GothamsUltimateCriminalMastermind Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind]]"
->There's always another way.
-->--'''ComicBook/CaptainAtom''', ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom: Armageddon''
->There is a third option. It involves... '''[[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder.]]'''
-->-- '''Film/TheCatInTheHat''', in the LiveActionAdaptation
->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest, the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo, or... some third thing. Good day!
-->-- '''Leonardo Leonardo''', ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''
->Doakes said I had two choices - kill him or let him go. But he neglected to look behind door number three...
-->-- '''Series/{{Dexter}}'''
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->I'm not going to deal with this now. It's like the classic debate of why measuring the position of an electron changes its momentum and vice-versa. The only correct answer is to [[TheAlcoholic get drunk]] and [[{{Pyromaniac}} set fire to things]].
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
->Hey, my bad, homie. [[IronicEcho I picked "C".]] Ain't that a bitch?
-->-- '''Franklin Clinton''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
->Choosing isn't always right! Sometimes, not choosing is the correct answer! It may be referred to as the [[MarryThemAll "harem" option!]]
-->-- '''Red''', ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' (optional skit)
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
->Hey, my bad, homie. [[IronicEcho I picked "C".]] Ain't that a bitch?
-->-- '''Franklin Clinton''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
->Choosing isn't always right! Sometimes, not choosing is the correct answer! It may be referred to as the [[MarryThemAll "harem" option!]]
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-->-- ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''
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->Well either one or the other is going to
-->--
->Hey, my bad, homie. [[IronicEcho
->Doakes said I
-->--
->Choosing isn't always right! Sometimes, not choosing is
->'''Varys:''' You have a choice, my friend. You can stay here at Illyrio's palace and [[DrowningMySorrows drink yourself to death,]] or you can ride with me to Meereen, meet Daenerys Targaryen, and [[KnightInSourArmor decide if the
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can I drink myself to
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-->--''Series/TheITCrowd''
->One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
-->-- '''Alexander Jodorowsky'''
-> '''Riku:''' What are you making me choose now?\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' Will you take the road to light — or the road to darkness?\\
'''Riku:''' Neither. I'm taking the middle road.\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' You mean the twilit road to nightfall?\\
'''Riku:''' No... The road to dawn.
-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' (technically taking the fourth option)
->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe... and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
-->-- '''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'''
->When forced to choose between the universe and the woman you love, choose both and have the courage to back it up.
-->-- ''The Laws of [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot Anime]]''
->'''Trinity:''' Neo... nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
'''Neo:''' That's why it's going to work.
-->--''Film/TheMatrix''
->One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
-->-- '''Alexander Jodorowsky'''
-> '''Riku:''' What are you making me choose now?\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' Will you take the road to light — or the road to darkness?\\
'''Riku:''' Neither. I'm taking the middle road.\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' You mean the twilit road to nightfall?\\
'''Riku:''' No... The road to dawn.
-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' (technically taking the fourth option)
->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe... and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
-->-- '''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'''
->When forced to choose between the universe and the woman you love, choose both and have the courage to back it up.
-->-- ''The Laws of [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot Anime]]''
->'''Trinity:''' Neo... nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
'''Neo:''' That's why it's going to work.
-->--''Film/TheMatrix''
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->One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
-> '''Riku:''' What are you making me choose now?\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' Will you take the road to light — or the road to darkness?\\
'''Riku:''' Neither. I'm taking the middle road.\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' You mean the twilit road to nightfall?\\
'''Riku:''' No... The road to dawn.
-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' (technically taking the fourth option)
->Then I will execute the [[CoupDeGrace Law]]. I have no tribe... and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis no one is]] [[CycleOfRevenge offended.]]
-->-- '''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'''
->When forced to choose between the universe and the woman you love, choose both and have the courage to back it up.
-->-- ''The Laws of [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot Anime]]''
->'''Trinity:''' Neo... nobody has ever done anything like this before.\\
'''Neo:''' That's why it's going to work.
-->--''Film/TheMatrix''
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->It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it's better still to be a live lion. And often easier.
-->-- ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''
->'''Dr. Porkchop:''' You must choose, Sheriff Woody. How shall she die!? [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Shark!?]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Or death by monkeys!?]] [[SadisticChoice CHOOSE]].\\
'''Woody:''' I choose... [[TheCavalry BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!]]\\
'''Dr. Porkchop:''' [[BigWhat WHAT!?]] [[LampshadeHanging That's not a choice!]]
-->--''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''
->[[AC:[[WorldWarIII A strange game]]. The only winning move is not to play.]]
-->-- '''Joshua''', ''Film/WarGames''
->'''Serenity:''' Okay, Nesbitt! [[LogicBomb Which came first: the chicken or the egg?]]\\
'''Nesbitt:''' The [[RocketPunch rocket-powered fist!]]\\
'''Serenity:''' But, that wasn't one of the- (''WHAM'')
-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
->'''Kain:''' Thirty years hence, I am presented with a dilemma. Let's call it a two-sided coin. If the coin falls one way, [[HeroicSacrifice I sacrifice myself]], and thus restore the Pillars. But as [[LastOfHisKind the last surviving Vampire in Nosgoth]], this would be the annihilation of our species. Moebius made sure of that. If the coin lands on the reverse, I refuse the sacrifice, and thus doom the Pillars to an eternity of collapse. Either way, the game is rigged.\\
-->-- ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''
->'''Dr. Porkchop:''' You must choose, Sheriff Woody. How shall she die!? [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Shark!?]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Or death by monkeys!?]] [[SadisticChoice CHOOSE]].\\
'''Woody:''' I choose... [[TheCavalry BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!]]\\
'''Dr. Porkchop:''' [[BigWhat WHAT!?]] [[LampshadeHanging That's not a choice!]]
-->--''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''
->[[AC:[[WorldWarIII A strange game]]. The only winning move is not to play.]]
-->-- '''Joshua''', ''Film/WarGames''
->'''Serenity:''' Okay, Nesbitt! [[LogicBomb Which came first: the chicken or the egg?]]\\
'''Nesbitt:''' The [[RocketPunch rocket-powered fist!]]\\
'''Serenity:''' But, that wasn't one of the- (''WHAM'')
-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
->'''Kain:''' Thirty years hence, I am presented with a dilemma. Let's call it a two-sided coin. If the coin falls one way, [[HeroicSacrifice I sacrifice myself]], and thus restore the Pillars. But as [[LastOfHisKind the last surviving Vampire in Nosgoth]], this would be the annihilation of our species. Moebius made sure of that. If the coin lands on the reverse, I refuse the sacrifice, and thus doom the Pillars to an eternity of collapse. Either way, the game is rigged.\\
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-->-- ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''
->'''Dr. Porkchop:''' You must choose, Sheriff Woody. How shall she die!? [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks Shark!?]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Or death by monkeys!?]] [[SadisticChoice CHOOSE]].
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->'''Bard''': All right... I've made my choice.\\
'''Bard''': Don't get too excited. I
'''Dr. Porkchop:''' [[BigWhat WHAT!?]] [[LampshadeHanging That's not a choice!]]
-->--''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''
->[[AC:[[WorldWarIII
'''Fionnaoch''': You choose Caleigh?\\
'''Bard''': I didn't say that either.\\
'''Caleigh''': Tell us my champion, whom do you choose?\\
'''Bard''': A
-->--
->'''Serenity:''' Okay, Nesbitt! [[LogicBomb Which came first: the chicken or the egg?]]\\
'''Nesbitt:''' The [[RocketPunch rocket-powered fist!]]\\
'''Serenity:''' But,
->Hey, my bad, homie. [[IronicEcho I picked "C".]] Ain't that
-->--
->Choosing isn't always right! Sometimes, not choosing is the correct answer! It may be referred to as the [[MarryThemAll "harem" option!]]
-->-- '''Red''', ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' (optional skit)
-> '''Riku:''' What are you making me choose now?\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' Will you take the road to light — or the road to darkness?\\
'''Riku:''' Neither. I'm taking the middle road.\\
'''[=DiZ=]:''' You mean the twilit road to nightfall?\\
'''Riku:''' No... The road to dawn.
-->-- ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' (technically taking the fourth option)
->'''Kain:''' Thirty years hence, I am presented with a dilemma. Let's call it a two-sided coin. If the coin falls one way, [[HeroicSacrifice I sacrifice myself]], and thus restore the Pillars. But as [[LastOfHisKind the last surviving Vampire in Nosgoth]], this would be the annihilation of our species. Moebius made sure of that. If the coin lands on the reverse, I refuse the sacrifice, and thus doom the Pillars to an eternity of collapse. [[XanatosGambit Either way, the game is rigged.
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'''Raziel:''' ::sighs:: Your arrogance is boundless, Kain.\\
'''Kain:''' ::chuckles:: There's a ''third'' option. A monumental secret, hidden in your very presence here. But it's a secret you have to discover for yourself. Unearth your destiny, Raziel. It's all laid out for you here.\\
'''Kain:''' ::chuckles:: There's a ''third'' option. A monumental secret, hidden in your very presence here. But it's a secret you have to discover for yourself. Unearth your destiny, Raziel. It's all laid out for you here.\\
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'''Raziel:''' ::sighs:: (''sighs'') Your arrogance is boundless, Kain.\\
'''Kain:'''::chuckles:: (''chuckles'') There's a ''third'' option. A monumental secret, hidden in your very presence here. But it's a secret you have to discover for yourself. Unearth your destiny, Raziel. It's all laid out for you here.\\
'''Kain:'''
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'''Kain:''' Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day...it lands on its ''edge.''
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'''Kain:''' Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose one day... it lands on its ''edge.''''[[HeadsTailsEdge edge.]]''
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-> "Russia, Japan, must you kill each other so? We can negotiate! Or, if you want to, we can safari. FUCK IT LET'S DO BOTH."
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt''', ''WebComic/HarkAVagrant''
->'''Varys:''' You have a choice, my friend. You can stay here at Illyrio's palace and [[DrowningMySorrows drink yourself to death,]] or you can ride with me to Meereen, meet Daenerys Targaryen and [[KnightInSourArmor decide if the world is worth fighting for.]]\\
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can I drink myself to death on the road to Meereen?
-->-- '''[[Series/GameOfThrones Games Of Thrones]] Season 5, Episode 1: ''[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome "The Wars To Come"]]'''''
-> "There's a funny thing that happens when you know the correct answer. It throws you when you get a ''different'' answer that's ''not wrong''."
-->-- '''[[spoiler: Doctor Bowman]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
->'''[[NonPlayerCharacter Manikin]] kid:''' What Reason are you here to cheer on?\\
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt''', ''WebComic/HarkAVagrant''
->'''Varys:''' You have a choice, my friend. You can stay here at Illyrio's palace and [[DrowningMySorrows drink yourself to death,]] or you can ride with me to Meereen, meet Daenerys Targaryen and [[KnightInSourArmor decide if the world is worth fighting for.]]\\
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can I drink myself to death on the road to Meereen?
-->-- '''[[Series/GameOfThrones Games Of Thrones]] Season 5, Episode 1: ''[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome "The Wars To Come"]]'''''
-> "There's a funny thing that happens when you know the correct answer. It throws you when you get a ''different'' answer that's ''not wrong''."
-->-- '''[[spoiler: Doctor Bowman]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
->'''[[NonPlayerCharacter Manikin]] kid:''' What Reason are you here to cheer on?\\
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-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt''', ''WebComic/HarkAVagrant''
->'''Varys:''' You have a choice, my friend. You can stay here at Illyrio's palace and [[DrowningMySorrows drink yourself to death,]] or you can ride with me to Meereen, meet Daenerys Targaryen and [[KnightInSourArmor decide if the world is worth fighting for.]]\\
'''Tyrion:''' ...Can I drink myself to death on the road to Meereen?
-->-- '''[[Series/GameOfThrones Games Of Thrones]] Season 5, Episode 1: ''[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E1TheWarsToCome "The Wars To Come"]]'''''
-> "There's a funny thing that happens when you know the correct answer. It throws you when you get a ''different'' answer that's ''not wrong''."
-->-- '''[[spoiler: Doctor Bowman]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
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'''Manikin kid:''' Kid:''' That's an option too.
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->'''Harley Quinn:''' ''[Smugly]'' Gee, Batman, what are you gonna do? Kick me around or save your kitty? You've only got time for one.\\
''[Without letting go of Harley Quinn, Batman silently opens a nearby electrical panel and turns off the master switch, shutting down the machine Catwoman is strapped to.]''\\
'''Harley Quinn:''' ''[Weakly]'' Heh-heh... good call. [[OhCrap Help!]]
''[Without letting go of Harley Quinn, Batman silently opens a nearby electrical panel and turns off the master switch, shutting down the machine Catwoman is strapped to.]''\\
'''Harley Quinn:''' ''[Weakly]'' Heh-heh... good call. [[OhCrap Help!]]
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->There's a funny thing that happens when you know the correct answer. It throws you when you get a ''different'' answer that's ''not wrong''.
-->-- '''[[spoiler: Doctor Bowman]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''
->Russia, Japan, must you kill each other so? We can negotiate! Or, if you want to, we can safari. FUCK IT LET'S DO BOTH.
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt''', ''WebComic/HarkAVagrant''
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->I'm not going to deal with this now. It's like [[GeniusBruiser the classic debate of why measuring the position of an electron changes its momentum and vice-versa.]] The only correct answer is to [[TheAlcoholic get drunk]] and [[{{Pyromaniac}} set fire to things]].
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
->'''Serenity:''' Okay, Nesbitt! [[LogicBomb Which came first: the chicken or the egg?]]\\
'''Nesbitt:''' The [[RocketPunch rocket-powered fist!]]\\
'''Serenity:''' But, that wasn't one of the- (''WHAM'')
-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
->When forced to choose between the universe and the woman you love, choose both and have the courage to back it up.
-->-- The Laws of [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot Anime]]
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->'''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn:''' [[EvilGloating Gee, Batman, what are you gonna
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->'''Batman:''' I've made my choice... ''none of the above!''\\
'''D.A.V.E.:''' How very predictable. I anticipated you would try to create a third, more favourable option.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', "[[Recap/TheBatmanS3E13GothamsUltimateCriminalMastermind Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind]]"
->My vengeance will be neither swift nor entertaining! I will mete it out over decades, so that you will wonder if the misery in your life is manifest, the machinations of Leonardo Leonardo, or... some third thing. Good day!
-->-- '''Leonardo Leonardo''', ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''
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[[folder:Real Life]]
->One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
-->-- '''Alexander Jodorowsky'''
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->'''Kain:''' Thirty years hence, I am presented with a dilemma. Let's call it a two-sided coin. If the coin falls one way, [[HeroicSacrifice I sacrifice myself]], and thus restore the Pillars. But as [[LastOfHisKind the last surviving Vampire in Nosgoth]], this would be the annihilation of our species. Moebius made sure of that. If the coin lands on the reverse, I refuse the sacrifice, and thus doom the Pillars to an eternity of collapse.\\
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->'''Kain:''' Thirty years hence, I am presented with a dilemma. Let's call it a two-sided coin. If the coin falls one way, [[HeroicSacrifice I sacrifice myself]], and thus restore the Pillars. But as [[LastOfHisKind the last surviving Vampire in Nosgoth]], this would be the annihilation of our species. Moebius made sure of that. If the coin lands on the reverse, I refuse the sacrifice, and thus doom the Pillars to an eternity of collapse. Either way, the game is rigged.\\
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->'''Harley Quinn:''' ''[Smugly]'' Gee, Batman, what are you gonna do? Kick me around or save your kitty? You've only got time for one.\\
''[Without letting go of Harley Quinn, Batman silently opens a nearby electrical panel and turns off the master switch, shutting down the machine Catwoman is strapped to.]]''\\
'''Harley Quinn:''' ''[Weakly]'' Heh-heh... good call. [[OhCrap Help!]]
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': "Almost Got 'im"
