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->Hey, hotshot! Hey, thanks for helping us out. We've been able to pick up every Blacklist racer, thanks to you. Now, I'd take that into consideration and you give yourself up. So what's it gonna be?
-->--'''[[CowboyCop Sergeant Cross]]''', ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted''

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->''"You are the victim of deception, sorcerer."''
-->--'''Liu Kang''' to Shang Tsung, ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''




->''"You are the victim of deception, sorcerer."''
-->--'''Liu Kang''' to Shang Tsung, ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''
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->''"You are the victim of deception, sorcerer."''
-->--'''Liu Kang''' to Shang Tsung, ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1''
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->'''Homer:''' I can't believe everyone was in on it.\\
'''Willie:''' WILLIE WASN'T!
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E7TheGreatMoneyCaper The Great Money Caper]]''



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-->--'''[[spoiler: The Lich disguised as a dead Billy]]''', WesternAnimation/AdventureTime

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-->--'''[[spoiler: The Lich disguised as a dead Billy]]''', WesternAnimation/AdventureTime
''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''
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I moved Fire to Fire Dark Mark for disambiguation purposes.


-->-- ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}''

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-->-- ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}''
''Fanfic/FireDarkMark''

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->''"Thanks, Finn. I couldn't have done it without you."''
-->--'''[[spoiler: The Lich disguised as a dead Billy]]''', WesternAnimation/AdventureTime

->'''Dr. Leo Quintum''': I'm sorry, Superman. If I hadn't tried to steal fire from the sun, none of this would have happened.\\
'''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''': Don't apologize. You couldn't have known.\\
'''Quintum''': But *he* knew. It was his plan all along. Luthor used me to kill you.
-->--''WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman''

->A basic rule of covert ops is let someone else do your dirty work. Let someone else find the guy you want to kill. It's a great technique, as long as ''you're'' not the "someone else".
-->--'''Michael Westen''', a master of turning others into pawns finding himself on the receiving end, ''Series/BurnNotice''

->You were nothing more than a pawn in a game played by a genuine master.
-->-- '''Darth Sidious''', ''Literature/DarthPlagueis''



->You were nothing more than a pawn in a game played by a genuine master.
-->-- '''Darth Sidious''', ''Literature/DarthPlagueis''

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->You were nothing more than a pawn -> The wolves of Fenric, descendants of the Viking who first buried the flask - all pawns in a game played by a genuine master.
my game. Dr Judson, Commander Millington, the Ancient One, Captain Soren - and now ''you''.
-->-- '''Darth Sidious''', ''Literature/DarthPlagueis''
'''Fenric''' to Ace, ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]''



->"The answer is no."\\
"But, your excellency—"\\
"NO. Doom does not conspire. Doom is not used. Doom uses! This conversation is ended." He stabbed a button on his console that would not only break the contact, but prevent further contact from being made.\\
The gall. The insufferable, common-man gall of the representative. To think that he himself, Doctor Doom, would possibly—could possibly—be induced to participatory activity with a too-large band of costumed inferiors in a disruptory mission of ill-defined intent.
-->-- ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}''



->''"Your son didn't kill those people. He's not a murderer. He was used."''
-->--'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]''', ''Film/IronMan3''



->I was using you guys as test players to collect data. It was all for creating the ultimate game!
-->--'''[[spoiler: Kuroto Dan]]''', ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''

->''"Somewhere in this [[MasterApprenticeChain cyclical history of bequeathings]], a chosen one will appear and reenact the Keyblade war. When [[Characters/KingdomHeartsXehanortsIncarnations this scapegoat]] arrives and takes my Keyblade in hand, [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan that will be the time to take the stage and finish my role.]]''
-->--'''Luxu/[[spoiler: Xigbar]]''', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''



->''"If the Evil Overlord offers you immortality, superpowers, or infinite wealth, and all you have to do is something that seems terribly trivial, don't. It's a trick. You will be used as a pawn in a larger game, and then crushed like a bug."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.oocities.org/evilsnack/innocent.htm The Normal Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide]]''



->''"You can see, of course, his ready fund of resentment, his sense of isolation. All these things make him vulnerable and malleable. He's the man we've been taught to hate. He's the solitary American gun nut."''
-->-- '''Dr. David Dobbler''', ''Literature/PointOfImpact''

->You're one microscopic cog\\
In his catastrophic plan\\
Designed and directed by\\
His red right hand
-->-- ''Red Right Hand'' by Music/NickCave and the Bad Seeds

->Oh Detective Mills, how you tease with [[HotBlooded testosteroned veins and adrenaline-flushed skin]]. How you [[IronicEcho feed off those emotions]]. You're going to be so good for me.
-->--'''John Doe,''' ''Film/{{Se7en}}: [[ComicBookAdaptation Wrath]]''



->Only by engaging in mortal combat could you regain your sanity... For you have been unwitting pawns in a vicious plan!
-->-- '''Wizard Shazam''', ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam''



-> The wolves of Fenric, descendants of the Viking who first buried the flask - all pawns in my game. Dr Judson, Commander Millington, the Ancient One, Captain Soren - and now ''you''.
-->-- '''Fenric''' to Ace, ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]''



->''"Thanks, Finn. I couldn't have done it without you."''
-->--'''[[spoiler: The Lich disguised as a dead Billy]]''', WesternAnimation/AdventureTime

->I was using you guys as test players to collect data. It was all for creating the ultimate game!
-->--'''[[spoiler: Kuroto Dan]]''', ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''

->''"If the Evil Overlord offers you immortality, superpowers, or infinite wealth, and all you have to do is something that seems terribly trivial, don't. It's a trick. You will be used as a pawn in a larger game, and then crushed like a bug."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.oocities.org/evilsnack/innocent.htm The Normal Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide]]''

->''"You can see, of course, his ready fund of resentment, his sense of isolation. All these things make him vulnerable and malleable. He's the man we've been taught to hate. He's the solitary American gun nut."''
-->-- '''Dr. David Dobbler''', ''Literature/PointOfImpact''

->A basic rule of covert ops is let someone else do your dirty work. Let someone else find the guy you want to kill. It's a great technique, as long as ''you're'' not the "someone else".
-->--'''Michael Westen''', a master of turning others into pawns finding himself on the receiving end, ''Series/BurnNotice''

->You're one microscopic cog\\
In his catastrophic plan\\
Designed and directed by\\
His red right hand
-->-- ''Red Right Hand'' by Music/NickCave and the Bad Seeds

->Oh Detective Mills, how you tease with [[HotBlooded testosteroned veins and adrenaline-flushed skin]]. How you [[IronicEcho feed off those emotions]]. You're going to be so good for me.
-->--'''John Doe,''' ''Film/{{Se7en}}: [[ComicBookAdaptation Wrath]]''

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->''"Thanks, Finn. ->'''Dracula:''' WHY DO YOU THINK I couldn't have done it without you."''
-->--'''[[spoiler: The Lich disguised as a dead Billy]]''', WesternAnimation/AdventureTime

->I was using you guys as test players to collect data. It was all for creating the ultimate game!
-->--'''[[spoiler: Kuroto Dan]]''', ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''

->''"If the Evil Overlord offers you immortality, superpowers, or infinite wealth, and all you have to do is something that seems terribly trivial, don't. It's a trick. You will be used as a pawn in a larger game, and then crushed like a bug."''
-->-- ''[[http://www.oocities.org/evilsnack/innocent.htm The Normal Innocent Bystander's Survival Guide]]''

->''"You can see, of course, his ready fund of resentment, his sense of isolation. All these things make him vulnerable and malleable. He's the man we've been taught to hate. He's the solitary American gun nut."''
-->--
BROUGHT YOU HERE, GAVE YOU THIS CASTLE, EQUIPPED YOUR LABORATORY?!\\
'''Dr. David Dobbler''', ''Literature/PointOfImpact''

->A basic rule of covert ops is let someone else do your dirty work. Let someone else find the guy
Frankenstein:''' You said- You said you want to kill. It's a great technique, believed in my work.\\
'''Dracula:''' And I ''do''. But now that it is,
as long as ''you're'' not the "someone else".
-->--'''Michael Westen''',
you yourself have said, a master triumph of turning others into pawns finding himself on the receiving end, ''Series/BurnNotice''

->You're one microscopic cog\\
In his catastrophic plan\\
Designed and directed by\\
His red right hand
science over GOD! It must now serve ''my'' purpose.\\
'''Dr. Frankenstein:''' What purpose?
-->-- ''Red Right Hand'' by Music/NickCave and the Bad Seeds

->Oh Detective Mills, how you tease with [[HotBlooded testosteroned veins and adrenaline-flushed skin]]. How you [[IronicEcho feed off those emotions]]. You're going to be so good for me.
-->--'''John Doe,''' ''Film/{{Se7en}}: [[ComicBookAdaptation Wrath]]''
''Film/VanHelsing''



->''"Somewhere in this [[MasterApprenticeChain cyclical history of bequeathings]], a chosen one will appear and reenact the Keyblade war. When [[Characters/KingdomHeartsXehanortsIncarnations this scapegoat]] arrives and takes my Keyblade in hand, [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan that will be the time to take the stage and finish my role.]]''
-->--'''Luxu/[[spoiler: Xigbar]]''', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''

->"The answer is no."\\
"But, your excellency—"\\
"NO. Doom does not conspire. Doom is not used. Doom uses! This conversation is ended." He stabbed a button on his console that would not only break the contact, but prevent further contact from being made.\\
The gall. The insufferable, common-man gall of the representative. To think that he himself, Doctor Doom, would possibly—could possibly—be induced to participatory activity with a too-large band of costumed inferiors in a disruptory mission of ill-defined intent.
-->-- ''Fanfic/{{FIRE}}''



->'''Dr. Leo Quintum''': I'm sorry, Superman. If I hadn't tried to steal fire from the sun, none of this would have happened.\\
'''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''': Don't apologize. You couldn't have known.\\
'''Quintum''': But *he* knew. It was his plan all along. Luthor used me to kill you.
-->--''WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman''

->''"Your son didn't kill those people. He's not a murderer. He was used."''
-->--'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]]''', ''Film/IronMan3''

->Only by engaging in mortal combat could you regain your sanity... For you have been unwitting pawns in a vicious plan!
-->-- '''Wizard Shazam''', ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam''

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