Line #125 Quotes/CerebusSyndrome


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3	[[folder:Anime]]
4	->''"Wow, this got serious all of a sudden."''
5	-->-- '''Chiru''', ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}''
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8	[[folder:Audio Plays]]
9	->''[[AC:Except you don't do that anymore, do you, Doctor? You don't play your spoons, don't [[MixedMetaphor mix your metaphors]], don't have fun. Too busy destroying planets, tidying up your previous mistakes, [[ContemplateOurNavels dreary navel-gazing]]...]]''
10	-->--'''Death''', ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'', ([[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho049Master Master]]'')
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12
13	[[folder:Comic Books]]
14	->''"You've changed, Parker. You used to have a sense of humor. What happened? Why are you so angry?"''
15	-->-- '''Ben Reilly''' [[ArmedWithCanon echoing the sentiments]] of Spidey fans in general, during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''
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17	->''"Villains would [[EvilGloating talk a lot]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks back then]]. They didn't leave innocent women in a pool of blood... I guess... I haven't really thought about it... [[{{Supervillain}} but the ones in costume]] never used to kill anybody..."''
18	-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}''', ''ComicBook/DaredevilYellow''
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20	->''"You look around these days...[[DarkerAndEdgier it's all different]]. It's all changed. ComicBook/TheJoker's ''killing'' people, for God's sake! Did I miss something? Was I away when they changed the rules?"''
21	-->-- '''ComicBook/TheRiddler''', "[[Creator/NeilGaiman When Is a Door]]"
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23
24	[[folder:Film]]
25	->''"It's always lightest before the dark."''
26	-->-- ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe''
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29	[[folder:Literature]]
30	->''"If our life was a series, you'd say it was getting'' weird ''and'' dark. ''Like, a lot weirder and darker than those highly accessible early books..."''
31	-->--'''Mr. Wolf''', ''Literature/TheBadGuys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh!''
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34	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
35	->''"I was always [[PluckyGirl brave]]\
36	And [[ForGreatJustice kind of righteous]]\
37	Now I find I’m wavering\
38	Crawl out of your grave,\
39	You find this fight just\
40	[[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier Doesn’t mean a thing]]"''
41	-->--'''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]''' [[MusicalEpisode sings]] "Going Through the Motions" ("Once More With Feeling")
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43	->''"It's stopped being fun, Doctor."''
44	-->-- '''Tegan''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]]
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46
47	[[folder:Music]]
48	->''"And then people started dying\
49	I thought this comic was fun\
50	Oh god, my heart\
51	Look at what you've done\
52	[...]\
53	I still don't know, still don't know what WebComic/{{Homestuck}} is\
54	I still don't know, still don't know what Homestuck is\
55	I'm not sure when things changed, but I'm near broken-hearted"''
56	-->-- '''Music/{{totalspiffage}}''', ''[[http://tindeck.com/listen/heiy I Don't Know What Homestuck Is]]''
57	[[/folder]]
58
59	[[folder:Podcasts]]
60	->''"How do you even begin to separate the horrible from the fanciful in this place anymore?"''
61	-->-- '''Kevin Murphy''', Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} commentary of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''
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63
64	[[folder:Webcomics]]
65	->'''Haley:''' We were a lot safer when we just made fairly obvious jokes about the rules!\
66	'''Vaarsuvius:''' [[LampshadeHanging I blame]] [[ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark Cerebus]].
67	-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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69	->''"Seriously, I'd make an effort to get out. The drama tag was pulled, so we're looking at a limited lifespan here. Sure, it's manageable now, but soon you'll have ''[[{{backstory}} backstories]]'' and {{love triangle}}s and then love ''[[LoveDodecahedron pentagons]]'' and then super-horrible secrets are revealed that change things forever... this store will end up so miserably ''{{emo}}'' that [[TooBleakStoppedCaring no sane being will be able to stand it]]. Everyone will just ''leave''."''
70	-->-- '''[[spoiler:Head Alien]]''', ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''
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72	->'''Helen:''' Okay, the truth. I can't date because [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent when I was a girl I saw my father commit suicide]].\
73	'''Dave:''' That makes no sense. And you don't have a father.\
74	'''Helen:''' Okay ... [[Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault I was sexually assaulted by my college fiance]].\
75	'''Dave:''' Wouldn't you have told me this before...\
76	'''Helen:''' '''[[Webcomic/SomethingPositive ALZHEIMER'S! I HAVE ALZHEIMER'S!]]'''\
77	'''Dave:''' It's just not that kind of strip, Helen.
78	-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}''
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80	->'''Reginald:''' Beartato, you haven't updated your comic in days! What's up?\
81	'''Beartato:''' I can't think of any funny jokes!\
82	'''Reginald:''' So why do you need to tell jokes all the time? Turn your comic into a serious drama!\
83	'''Beartato:''' (Pulls out a gun) That's not what the ''original'' Reginald would have said.\
84	'''Reginald:''' The ''what??''\
85	'''[To Be Continued!!]'''
86	-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}''
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88
89	[[folder:Web Original]]
90	->''"SHIT JUST GOT LOVECRAFTIAN"''
91	-->-- '''Anonymous fa/tg/uy''', ''Roleplay/RubyQuest''
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93	->''Creator/PaulCornell once observed that the reason Creator/SylvesterMcCoy was his favorite Doctor was that [=McCoy=] was the first Doctor Cornell could imagine encountering a concentration camp and still having the story work, whereas earlier Doctors would just not work, morally, in that setting. And it's a fair point — imagining Creator/WilliamHartnell 'hmmming' his way through systematic extermination while [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct insisting on upholding history]] would be sickening... But sometimes seeing the shocking extremes of what a ''Doctor Who'' story can be is necessary. You don't really know the shape of something until you probe its edges.''
94	-->-- '''Dr. El Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/04/time-can-be-rewritten-4-man-in-velvet.html on]] the ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' novel ''The Man in the Velvet Mask''
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96	->''I certainly didn't tune into ''Series/HappyDays'' to see a visibly pissed-off Richie screaming and yelling at the blind, petulant, self-pitying Fonzie to quit being a coward (when Fonzie, in all seriousness, [[SmiteMeOMightySmiter castigates God]] with, "I thought I was your favorite person!?" as he claws at his own eyes...So why did the producers and writers attempt it? Was it requested by star Winkler, to give him something '[[TomHanksSyndrome real]]' to act, as opposed to all the "Whoas!" and "Aaaaays!"?''
97	-->-- '''[[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/66103/happy-days-season-6/ Paul Mavis]]''' on the infamous "Fonzie's Blindness"
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99	->''Perhaps the most controversial part of the series was the introduction of Section 31, a Federation secret police (so secret that [[HandWave nobody ever heard of them before]]) that carries out assassinations and genocide. Gene certainly wouldn't want that.''
100	-->-- '''[[http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A6671531 h2g2]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
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102	->''The Crossing seems to confirm that ''Enterprise'' is no longer a show about exploration and new worlds. Perhaps it never was; perhaps that show was dead before ''Broken Bow'' was even broadcast in [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror late September 2011]].''
103	-->-- '''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/04/24/star-trek-enterprise-the-crossing-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''
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105	->''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': A couple of toys get lost and then found. The only folks who cry are the animators who make 2D films as they watch their future crumble.\
106	''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': We watch as a toy is abandoned by her beloved owner and we get to see her heart shattered during a Music/SarahMcLachlan ballad. Tears flow like rain.\
107	''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': All our heroes learn that everything they love will eventually leave them behind. The demand for antidepressants for preschoolers skyrockets.\
108	''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'': Woody is [[DarkerAndEdgier stabbed by a gang of rogue toys]] only to discover that [[ShootTheShaggyDog his voice box has cancer]]. His death is very painful, [[DeathIsDramatic it lasts 90 minutes]], and Pixar '''shows the whole thing'''. No one ever smiles again.
109	-->-- ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18621_the-sadness-toy-story-measured-in-tears-5Bchart5D.html chart]]: The Sadness of ''Franchise/ToyStory'' Measured in [[TearJerker Tears]]
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111	->''"[[RunningGag SHIT JUST GOT DOUBLE LOVECRAFTIAN]]"''
112	-->-- '''Anonymous fa/tg/uy''', ''Roleplay/RubyQuest''
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114	->''While they’re often overlooked by super-hero fans, newspaper comic strips are a vital part of the world of SequentialArt that reaches millions of readers and is no less worthy of examination or criticism than their long-form counterparts. Unless, of course, we’re talking about Tom Batiuk’s ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'', which started out 30 years ago as a high school comedy and evolved into a form that delivers three panels of pure, crushing despair directly at its readers on a daily basis.''
115	-->-- '''[[http://comicsalliance.com/funkywatch-decembers-11-most-depressing-funky-winkerbean-an/ Chris Sims]]'''
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117	->''Maybe ''[Masao]'' Kato reckoned that the fans who enjoyed ''Trigger'' when they were ten to fifteen years old deserved a sequel whose maturation was commensurate with their own experiences during the years since Trigger's release. ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is a fairy tale; a boyhood dream. ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' is a bittersweet dose of reality.''
118	-->-- '''Pat R.''', [[http://www.socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=cross "Triggers and Crosses"]]
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120	->''"[[RuleOfThree SHIT JUST GOT TRIPLE LOVECRAFTIAN]]"''
121	-->-- '''Anonymous fa/tg/uy''', ''Roleplay/RubyQuest''
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123	->''"Of course, the first Mother game's slogan was 'No crying until the ending', but this time, it really is what the game bases itself on... It's the only episode in which there are genuinely moving sequences and real character developments, which focus on the protagonists' fears and uncertainties that arise in the midst of Tazmily's mutating world. Of course, that Mother 3 is more "serious" doesn't mean it takes itself too seriously or tries too hard to be dark - it's very natural, with its own bizarre quirks."''
124	-->-- ''Website/HardcoreGaming101'' [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/mother/mother3.htm review]] of ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''
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126	->''Does anyone remember the days in ''Mystreet'' when the biggest conflicts were about [[LoveTriangle who got to be the Romeo to Aphmau's Juliet]] [[SliceOfLife in the community play]], and nobody got seriously hurt?''
127	-->--'''[[https://storygirl000.tumblr.com/post/178615245046/i-dont-watch-the-series-much-anymore-most-of A Tumblr user]]''' discussing ''WebVideo/MyStreet''
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129	->''to think this started as a weekly gag show with exploding dummies''
130	-->-- '''[=ENDgie=]''' on "[[Recap/MinilifeTVSeason5Episode9 The Lost Undead]]", ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV Season 5 Watch Party''
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133	[[folder:Web Video]]
134	->''"Rob? H-having some trouble here! ''[nervous laughter]'' D-Dan's no longer cheesy! He's turned into a ''[[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique much darker]]'' 80's character!"''
135	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob 80's Dan]]''', "The [=McDLT=]"
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137	->''"I was just picturing Creator/JudyGarland getting strapped down to a table and being brought into a room where they're about to shock her brain, but giving [[ThePollyanna the same type of performance]] she gave in the original movie. That would've been ''wonderful''."''
138	-->-- ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' on ''Film/ReturnToOz''
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140	->''"Boy, ''Toy Story'' got really dark, didn't it? I mean it's like 'You've got a friend in m--[[KillItWithFire BURN ALIVE! BURN UNTIL YOU ROT IN HELL!]]'"''
141	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A Bum]]''' reviewing ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''
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143	-> ''"This moment in the show… you can hear the audience be like 'He he... huh...' When they reach their moment of like, 'Should we be laughing at this anymore? Where did the comedy go? Why did this get so serious all of a sudden?'"''
144	-->-- '''Musical Theater Mash''' on ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''
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146	[[/folder]]
147	[[folder:Western Animation]]
148	->''"See, this is how it starts. First with the jokes, then comes the heavy stuff."''
149	-->-- '''Zoidberg''', ''Westernanimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[Recap/FuturamaS2E17WarIsTheHWord "War Is the H-Word"]]
150	[[/folder]]
151	[[folder:Real Life]]
152	->''"[[HearingVoices Quit whispering in my ear, Cerberus!]]"''
153	-->-- [[WordOfGod The author]] [[https://twitter.com/dantheshive/status/60474458619658240 of]] ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''
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155	->'''Virus:''' Never turn a funny comic into a serious epic drama. We have a [[SuicidePact murder-suicide pact]] that says if we ever turn into a drama, we're going to end it all rather than inflict that on the world.\
156	'''Eastwood:''' No, I said I was going to murder the rest of you, change my name and spend the rest of my days as a painter in Brazil.
157	-->-- [[WordOfGod The authors of]] ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow''
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159	->''"These writers and the producer, who's very creative, were writing more and more about how painful it is to be immortal. And there was a little bit of existential crisis linked to, also, an [[SeasonalRot inspirational crisis]], and it became a little less '[[RuleOfFun MTV Rock n' Roll.]]' By the time they went into ''Raven'', in my opinion, we were full-aheaded into a middle-aged crisis show... It was like a death wish. Nobody wanted to go on living forever. Everyone's saying, 'Aaaahh, it's so hard living forever! I can't take it! [[CursedWithAwesome Everybody dies but me!]]' It started already on ''Highlander'', a little bit; and it always cracked me up because, basically, you'd think it'd be a great, blissful gift to be alive forever. Well, it became darker and darker and more painful."''
160	-->-- '''Dennis Berry''' on the aborted ''{{Series/Highlander}}: The Raven''
161	[[/folder]]

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