History Quotes / WorthyOpponent

->'''Goku:''' [[GracefulLoser Aw, darn it.]]\\
'''Superman:''' ''(chuckles)'' Almost had me there. That was actually pretty fun.\\

-->-- ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'', [[Recap/DeathBattleS10E15GokuVSSuperman "Goku vs. Superman (2023)"]]

->''"Can this be...? My heart's beating so fast. My muscles ache! I can feel them again! [...] I never thought it would happen...a serious fight! I FOUND IT! Thank you...weird spinach mascot."''
-->--'''[[Manga/OnePunchMan Saitama]]''' while fighting Franchise/{{Popeye}}, ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle''

'''Superman:''' ''(bumping his in turn)'' You're on.\\

-->-- '''General Charles Blackader, speaking of Patrick Pearse in the aftermath of [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRebellion the Easter Rising]].

->'''Dutch:''' WhatTheHellAreYou?\\

->'''Dutch:''' What the hell are you?\\

->''"You are indeed [[CainAndAbel family]]. No other could have lived to oppose me in person."''

-->-- '''Arnold Zeck''' to Literature/NeroWolfe, ''The Second Confession''

-->-- ''Literature/TheWayOfKings'' (first book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'')

-->-- '''Drakken''', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', "Graduation"

-->-- '''Raubahn Aldynn''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIVHeavensward''

->'''Jem'hader First [Captain] Ikat'ika:''' Prepare yourself. I've found you a worthy opponent.\\
'''Worf:''' Where is he?\\
'''Ikat'ika:''' Right in front of you.\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Ikat'ika:''' I can't defeat this Klingon. All I can do is kill him. And that no longer holds my interest.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E15ByInfernosLight By Inferno's Light]]"

->''I have defeated the [[BonusBoss Ebony Warrior]]. May he find rest in [[WarriorHeaven Sovngarde.]]''

->''"I guess [[LampshadeHanging I should salute you]] as a 'worthy adversary' and all that, but the truth is [[AvertedTrope I really did ''hate your guts!]]''"''

->''"I guess I should salute you as a 'worthy adversary' and all that, but the truth is I really did ''hate your guts!''"''

->'''Karna:''' Warrior who allows Saber of Black to possess his body, tell me your name.\\
'''Sieg:''' My name is Sieg!\\
'''Karna:''' A superb name! And now, with the utmost respect for the greatest rival I have come across in this second life, I shall hereby dedicate my most powerful attack to you!
-->-- ''Literature/FateApocrypha''

->''"I can no longer look at you as someone beneath me."''
-->-- '''Charlotte Katakuri''', ''Manga/OnePiece'', seeing Luffy as an equal during combat.

->''"No doubt about it. This — woman. These people — who else could be worthy to be our sworn enemies? Our archenemies... What was I supposed to do? Just sit back and watch? We will be the ones who will crush them! We are the only ones who deserve to crush them!"''
-->-- '''Anderson''', ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', regarding Integra in particular and Hellsing in general.

->''"So that is his name... Po. Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be LEGENDARY!"''

->''"So that is his name... Po. [[MemeticMutation Finally, a worthy opponent.]] Our battle will be [[EvilIsHammy LEGENDARY]]!"''
-->-- '''Tai Lung''', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''

->'''Helen''': So you're on [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs their]] side now?

-->--''LightNovel/FateApocrypha''

-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Loki}}''', ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: The Avengers''

-->-- '''ComicBook/LexLuthor''', ''ComicBook/TheSuperRevengeOfLexLuthor''

->''"I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend."''
-->-- '''Romulan Commander''', ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', [[Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror "Balance of Terror"]]

->''"I've never thought higher of her than I do at this moment. She lost, but she played to win."''
-->-- '''Frank Underwood''' following Linda's resignation, ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS''

-->-- '''Wilson Fisk''', ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''

-->-- '''The Master''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Mark of the Rani"

-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''

->''"Goodbye, Ace Rimmer! You were a most worthy adversary!"''
-->-- '''AlternateUniverse Nazi Captain''', ''Series/RedDwarf''

->You have heart. ''[[CreepySouvenir I'll take that, too!]]''
-->--'''[=SkekMal=] the Hunter,''' ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', "[[Recap/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistanceS1E4TheFirstThingIRememberIsFire The First Thing I Remember Is Fire]]"

->'''Paul Gerard''': You're a very able man, Lieutenant. I respect that. But I really don't care for you very much.\\
'''Columbo''': You know, sir, I was thinking the same thing about you. I respect your talent. But I don't like anything else about you.
-->--''Series/{{Columbo}}''

->''"And about my work being dark and frightening, I'll tell you the truth, I'm not sure about that, either. I like my job. Oh, I like it a lot. And I'm not depressed by it. And I don't think the world is full of criminals and full of murderers, because it isn't. It's full of nice people just like you. And if it wasn't for my job, I wouldn't be getting to meet you like this. And I'll tell you something else: even with some of the murderers that I meet, I even like them, too. Sometimes. Like them and even respect them. Not for what they did, certainly not for that. But for that part of them which is intelligent or funny or just nice."''
-->--'''Lieutenant Columbo''', ''Series/{{Columbo}}''

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