Line #54 Quotes/HopeCrusher


1	->''"Hopes aren't worth '''DIRT!''' I'm going to destroy '''EVERYTHING!'''"''
2	-->-- '''[[Characters/FinalFantasyVIKefkaPalazzo Kefka Palazzo]]''', ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''
3
4	->''"I ''want'' the Slayer to be at her best. I want Angel at his peak, and I want Faith, Spike, and Willow to be all in on the game. Let them bring their best. Let the heroes make their stand in all their glory, guns blazing, swords shining, hearts full of hope and determination. I want them to stand a chance, I want then to fight, to believe, to hope... and then, ''I'll'' be there. And I'll look right into the Slayer's pretty green eyes and show her and that damned Angel what it feels like... '''when hope dies.'''"''
5	-->-- '''The First''', ''Fanfic/BringMeToLife''
6
7	->''"I do truly love the feeling you people get when [[HopeSpot hope is snatched away]]. It's like nothing else."''
8	-->-- '''Tiamat''', ''ComicBook/GhostbustersIDWComics''
9
10	->''"Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion. Simultaneously, the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness."''
11	-->-- '''The Architect''', ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''
12
13	->''"This world is nothing but lies, LIES, LIES, LIES!! Allow me to show you the one truth, the truth I'd like to call DESPAIR!!"''
14	-->-- '''Terumi Yuuki''', ''Franchise/BlazBlue''
15
16	->''"The number of ways you come up with to defeat me is proof of your desperation...and that is also the exact number of hopes you have left. It is my duty...to crush every single one of them."''
17	-->-- '''Sosuke Aizen''', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
18
19	->'''Dr. Cox:''' When I crush a person's spirit, I like to use a combination of intimidation and degradation.\
20	'''Dr. Kelso:''' I prefer to create an environment in which the subjects end up crushing themselves.
21	-->-- ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''
22
23	->''"I was designed to save the world. People would look to the sky and [[HopeBringer see hope]]. [[AIIsACrapshoot I'll take that from them first]]."''
24	-->-- '''Ultron''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''
25
26	->''"How many times in your life have you felt blessed to be [[CrapsackWorld here]]? When has life ever seemed a gift? This world is nothing but pain nigh beyond the point of bearing... Constant, inescapable darkness. I will tell you the only joy '''I''' have found in life... Watching the lives of others fall apart. The sweet fantasies that people imagine their existences to be inevitably crack, then shatter to pieces. And I savor the tragedy of each and every downfall, because, oh, it '''is''' delicious. That one moment—that glorious instant when I see a man, a woman lose all hope. That is the only time I truly feel alive."''
27	-->-- '''[[spoiler:Simeon]] the Puppetmaster''', ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler''
28
29	->''"There are times when you truly feel blessed, aren't there, Giorno Giovanna? I believe there are two situations in which you feel blessed. The first is when despair changes to hope, you feel blessed. When your plant grabbed on to this helicopter, I actually panicked because I thought I was in danger. I was in utter despair. But I got through it. I was able to turn that despair around with my experience and mental strength. And that makes me feel truly blessed right now ''[...]'' And the second situation that makes one feel blessed is when you look down upon someone who's in utter despair!"''
30	-->-- '''Cioccolata''', ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind''
31
32	->''"There's a reason why this prison is the worst hell on earth... Hope. Every man who has ventured here over the centuries has looked up to the light and imagined climbing to freedom. So easy... So simple... And like shipwrecked men turning to sea water from uncontrollable thirst, many have died trying. I learned here that there can be no true despair without hope. So, as I terrorize Gotham, I will feed its people hope to poison their souls. I will let them believe they can survive so that you can watch them clamoring over each other to 'stay in the sun'. You can watch me torture an entire city and when you have truly understood the depth of your failure, we will fulfill Ra's al Ghul's destiny... We will destroy Gotham. And then, when it is done and Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die."''
33	-->-- '''Bane''', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''
34
35	->''"Kill [Batman], and [[DontCreateAMartyr you martyr him]], you make him [[HopeBringer a legend]]. But [[BreakTheBadass break him, humiliate him, terrify him and hold him up for the world to see]]... then he's nothing but a man."''
36	-->-- '''The Scarecrow''', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''
37
38	->''"Come on! Now you'll face ME in battle! I can't wait to see the look on your face when you've lost all hope!"''
39	-->-- '''Ghetsis''', ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''
40
41	->''Would-be proselytizers with tendencies toward [[TheAlcoholic drinking problems]], [[CorruptChurch financial abuses]], or [[DirtyOldMonk sexual escapades that would shock the home parishioners]] -- these are the sorts the [[EvilSorcerer Nephandi]] help to ascend into the limelight. The idea, of course, is to attach the hopes, dreams, and faith of millions to these ultimately flawed figures, and then to let them fail on their own, betraying those who once believed in their messages. Every time this sordid story plays out, [[EvilStoleMyFaith more believers abandon their faith]].''
42	-->-- ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension -- The Book of Madness''
43
44	->''"This wasn't part of my agenda, but I'm always happy to crush a hero. It keeps the rabble in line. Shows them that there is no hope."''
45	-->-- '''Infinite''', ''VideoGame/SonicForces''
46
47	->''"Tales of the Samurai's heroics has spread through the world like a virus. But I will cure the world of this plague of hope. I will unleash such evil, that even the most innocent souls will be consumed by '''terror.'''"''
48	-->-- '''Aku''', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''
49
50	->'''Weyoun:''' If you ask me, the key to holding the Federation is Earth. If there's going to be an organized resistance against us, its birthplace will be there.\
51	'''[[Characters/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineGulDukat Dukat]]:''' You could be right...\
52	'''Weyoun:''' Then our first step is to eradicate its population. It's the only way.\
53	'''Dukat:''' You can't do that!\
54	'''Weyoun:''' Why not?\
55	'''Dukat:''' Because... a ''true'' victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness.\
56	'''Weyoun:''' ...Then you kill them?\
57	'''Dukat:''' Only if necessary.
58	-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''
59
60	->''"Let the universe howl in despair, for I have returned."''
61	-->-- '''Darkseid''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''
62
63	->''"Hope... It makes you ''weak.'' Humanity clings to the belief that a savior will come, that a hero will rise, shrouded in [[PoweredArmor armor]], to save you... ''It won't.'' Armor can be broken, bodies shattered. When you look back on these last days, you will realize that all you've built... ''was a tomb.'' A place... where hope... ''dies.''"''
64	-->-- '''Escharum''', ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite''
65
66	->''We are the agents of despair. [[StrawNihilist Hope is a lie. Salvation is a fool's dream. In the end, there is naught but darkness and nightmare]]. By submitting to the darkness, we increase its power, ensuring that all the sooner the world will be swallowed by shadow. Entropy is inescapable, claiming all from the proudest [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Kindred]] to the lowliest [[{{Muggles}} kine]]. By our deeds, we remind all of entropy.''
67	-->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade -- Clanbook: Followers Of Set''
68
69	->'''James March:''' He is the one. All the others that [[EvilMentor I've tried to mentor]] to [[PassingTheTorch finish my work]] -- Gacy, Ramirez, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain that poof]] Dahmer -- all amateurs compared to this one.\
70	'''The Countess:''' He won't do it.\
71	'''James March:''' Why? This man has greatness in him! Once-in-a-generation rage! A man only has [[ControlFreak a grip as tight as he does]] because he knows that if he lets go, even slightly, [[FaceHeelTurn he will hurl himself into the abyss]].\
72	'''The Countess:''' He won't let go. He still has hope.\
73	'''James March:''' Easily remedied. He just needs a [[CynicismCatalyst little shove]]...
74	-->-- ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel''
75
76	->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Do you think there's hope for me, doctor?\
77	'''Plankton:''' Hope? Hope?! When I get my hands on that formula, there won't be any hope for any of you!
78	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E1FearofaKrabbyPattyShellofaMan Fear of a Krabby Patty]]"
79
80	->''"It's true that a simple spark can ignite hope, breathe fire into the hearts of the weary. The ability to derive strength from hope is undoubtedly mankind's greatest attribute. Which is why I will focus all of my power... '''to snuff it out.''' How does it feel? Knowing that all of your time and effort has been for nothing? That your Guardians have failed you? That everything you've built will be torn down before your very eyes?\
81	Your faith in mankind was not misplaced. When banded together, unified by a common enemy, they are a noticeable threat. But [[DivideAndConquer divide them]], place doubt into their minds, and any semblance of power they once had will wash away. Of course, they won't realize it at first. Like you, they will cling to their fleeting hope, their aspirations, but this is merely the first move. So you send your Guardians, your Huntsmen and Huntresses, and when they fail and you turn to your 'smaller soul', know that you send her to the same pitiful demise.\
82	This is the beginning of the end, Ozpin. And I can't wait to watch you burn."''
83	-->-- '''Salem''', ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
84
85	->''"On the side of the light, just our little band, plus the people fighting inside City Hall -- Blindspot and the police and whatever other defenders they could muster. Against the darkness -- the Beast and its legions. The Hand. We are doomed. The Beast knows it. It whispers to me, telling me that this was its plan from the start. To bring all of us together, to fight for a city it had brought low with constant attacks and pain and strangeness. All of us -- the heroes of New York -- not the gods, not the monsters, but those closest to the people. It wanted us all here, on this last night, with the city watching. I can sense them, all around us, watching, daring to hope for the first time since the Hand came to New York. This is what the Beast wants. It wants the city to hope. And then it wants to take that hope away. It will crush us, kill us, teach these people that the light cannot win, because the night always comes, and that is its place. And once we are dead... the night will never end, and it will feed, and grow... forever."''
86	-->-- '''Daredevil''', ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' Vol. 1, #605
87
88	->'''Sylvanas Windrunner:''' [[FauxAffablyEvil Aw, don't grieve... You'll soon join your loved ones]].\
89	'''Delaryn Summermoon:''' I grieve for you. You've made ''life'' your enemy. And that is a war you'll never win. [[YouCannotKillAnIdea You can kill us... but you cannot kill hope]].\
90	'''Sylvanas Windrunner:''' ...Can't I?
91	-->-- ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', before Sylvanas [[spoiler:orders Teldrassil to be burned down]]
92
93	->''"You disappoint me, Bonner. Didn't you even suspect we would monitor your cell? Now you see why I sent those two in first. It's always more gratifying to raise hopes before you... snatch them away."''
94	-->-- '''Commander Da'kyll''', ''WesternAnimation/StargateInfinity''
95
96	->''"For me, despair is not a goal, or a set of principles, or a lifestyle, or even an instinct... It's what defines me as [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]]! It's just my characterization! That's why I'm able to pursue despair with such purity!"''
97	-->-- '''Monokuma[[spoiler:/Junko Enoshima A.I.]]''', ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''
98
99	->''"Hope is harmony. A just heart, moving toward the light. That is all. Despair is hope's polar opposite. It is messy and confusing. It swallows up love, hatred, and everything else. Because not knowing where you will end up is despair. Despair is even what you cannot predict. Only despair's unpredictability can save you from a boring future."''
100	-->-- '''[[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]]''', ''Anime/Danganronpa3 Side: Despair''
101
102	->''"Why do you never learn? Love, hope, dreams... Worthless. Mere words. And yet your faith in them refuses to die. But no longer. I shall carve a despair into the human soul that will last until your kind finally dwindles and dies!"''
103	-->-- '''Mordegon''', ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''
104
105	->''"Oh, there is that feeling again. Hope, I say? Hope is a very odd concept, even in my standards. Hope is nothing more than a false sense of desires against a meaningless world and a pitiless universe. All that exists is despair; that feeling of being completely naked and exposed to the universe. Those that fall into despair are at a loss for what to do. Despair is the most enigmatic of feelings. I have devoted all my years -- from serving that Blind Idiot -- to spread the joy of despair to all sapient life."''
106	-->-- '''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]''', ''Fanfic/{{Revival}}''
107
108	->'''Douse the Flame of Hope:''' ''It is not enough to merely defeat an enemy in battle. Your victory must be so overwhelming that your enemies' will to fight is shattered forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire.''
109	-->-- '''Oath of Conquest tenets''', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons: 5th Edition''
110
111	->''"To some these puny creatures are legends, the stories of their greatness inspiring others to greatness as well! Perhaps the time has come to strike at the core of the problem -- to destroy the very concept of such legends! Then, perhaps, humanity will become more... compliant."''
112	-->—- '''Darkseid''', ''ComicBook/LegendsDCComics''
113
114	->''"I've got a little challenge for you, Sark -- a new recruit. He's a tough case, but I want him treated in the usual manner. Train him for the games... let him hope for a while... and blow him away."''
115	-->-- '''The MCP''', ''Film/{{TRON}}''
116
117	->''"You must be that little Spanish brat I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You've been chasing me your whole life only to fail now? I think that's about the worst thing I've ever heard. How marvelous."''
118	-->-- '''Count Tyrone Rugen''', ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
119
120	->''"I have been waiting for this moment. Now, I shall give Smash despair."''
121	-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]''', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''
122
123	->''"Have you figured out why I left Makarov alive? Despair!! It is to instill despair in him!! When he finally awakens, he'll find his beloved guild and all his friends annihilated!! Heh heh heh... Oh, he'll be so sad!! Only after I have treated him to heartrending despair will I kill him!! I refuse to give him a quick death!!!! I will make him suffer anguish and misery!!! When he has felt agony, only then will I kill him!!!"''
124	-->-- '''Phantom Lord Guild Master Jose Porla''', ''Manga/FairyTail''
125
126	->''"Just so you know; I didn't have to fight any of you. I could've wiped every single one of you out without even lifting a finger and stolen your dragon balls without expending any energy whatsoever. I merely wished to alleviate the unpleasantness within my chest that was my boredom by humoring you with a little bit of drama, at the same time giving you a small glimmer of hope that maybe -- ''just maybe'' -- you had a chance of beating me, before having that light snatched away from you... [[FreudianExcuse just like how it was torn away from me]]."''
127	-->-- '''Orthros''', ''Fanfic/DragonballZLegacies''
128
129	->'''Joe West:''' Why the charade? Running around [[CostumeCopycat dressed like the Flash]]?\
130	'''Zoom:''' To give people hope, Detective.\
131	'''Joe West:''' Hope?\
132	'''Zoom:''' So I could rip it away from them!
133	-->--''Series/TheFlash2014'', "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E18VersusZoom Versus Zoom]]"
134
135	->'''Desaad:''' I apologize, master, but my curiosity is piqued, and I cannot fathom why you would entertain that woman's desires.\
136	'''Darkseid:''' I wouldn't expect a lowly dog as yourself to comprehend my reasons for doing anything.\
137	'''Desaad:''' I beg for enlightenment on this particular matter. To give her false hope...\
138	'''Darkseid:''' Only to see it crushed? Maelstrom will fail in her quest and that will cause her more pain and suffering than any [[TortureTechnician torture device]] you could imagine.
139	-->-- ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom''
140
141	->''"Any happiness or normality you experience from now on? I'll be the one to create it all and destroy it all. If you get over your grief and make friends? I'll kill them immediately. If you get married and start a family? I won't allow your wife and kids to live long."''
142	-->-- [[spoiler:'''Makima''']], ''Manga/ChainsawMan''
143
144	->'''Barry Allen:''' Why this earth? Why come after us? Come after me?\
145	'''Hunter Zolomon:''' Well, for one, I didn't want you to have all the fun. You and your Justice League gave so much hope to this world -- I wasn't going to let you have the pleasure of crushing it before I could.
146	-->-- ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse''
147
148	->''"A nice dream. But dreams are meant to be... '''broken.'''"''
149	-->-- '''Dr. Julian Robotnik''', ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''
150
151	->''[[AC:Needles rain\
152	Your life be drained\
153	Devour 'til\
154	No hope remains\
155	On this world we feed...]]''
156	-->-- '''Lavos''', ''WebVideo/ChronoTriggerTheMusical''
157
158	->'''Taion:''' What?\
159	'''Sena:''' Your Majesty!\
160	'''Eunie:''' She's been killed!\
161	'''Moebius D:''' Hehehehe... How delicious...! I can taste your despair already!
162	-->-- ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3''
163
164	->''"There will be no wishing on stars ever again! In fact, there will be no more hope, no more dreams, and no escape. No chance to rise up! No one to tell any tales! No one to challenge me ever again! You... are... '''NOTHING!'''"''
165	-->-- '''King Magnifico''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Wish\|2023}}''
166
167	->'''Gmork:''' Foolish boy. Don't you know anything about Fantasia? It's the world of human fantasy. Every part, every creature of it, is a piece of the dreams and hopes of mankind. Therefore, it has no boundaries.\
168	'''Atreyu:''' But why is Fantasia dying, then?\
169	'''Gmork:''' Because people have begun to lose their hopes and forget their dreams. So the [[EldritchAbomination Nothing]] grows stronger.\
170	'''Atreyu:''' What is the Nothing?\
171	'''Gmork:''' It's the emptiness that's left. It's like a despair, destroying this world. And I have been trying to help it.\
172	'''Atreyu:''' But why?\
173	'''Gmork:''' Because people who have no hopes are easy to control; and whoever has the control... has the power!
174	-->--''Film/TheNeverendingStory''
175
176	->''"And now, after giving you hope, I'll snatch it all away again!''"''
177	-->-- '''Garie Tuman''', ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear GX''
178
179	->''"Welcome to my glorious stage! I've been waiting for you, Peach. Your brilliant luster has built up everyone's hopes and expectations. And the bigger their dreams... the bigger their despair when I shatter them all, creating the finest, most decadent tragedy! Ah ha ha... How I have waited for this. In order to complete my ultimate stage... I need someone like you to play my foil! Come now! Let the tragedy begin! It's showtime!"''
180	-->--'''Madame Grape''' pre-fight BossBanter, ''VideoGame/PrincessPeachShowtime''
181
182	->''"You thought I'd be your savior\
183	Catch you when you fall\
184	You'd better learn to fly\
185	I've got my own agenda\
186	I've got much better things to do\
187	I just don't care at all about you"''
188	-->--'''Music/LesbianBedDeath''', "I Use My Powers for Evil"

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