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1->"''I’m sorry if this offends you, but you fellows really need us. Oh, yes. We’re the only ones who know how to make things work. You see, the only thing the good people are good at is overthrowing the bad people. And you’re good at that, I’ll grant you. But the trouble is that it’s the only thing you’re good at. One day it’s the ringing of bells and the casting down of the evil tyrant, and the next it’s everyone sitting around complaining that ever since the tyrant was overthrown no one’s been taking out the trash. Because the bad people know how to plan. It’s part of the specification, you might say. Every evil tyrant has a plan to rule the world. The good people don’t seem to have the knack.''"
2-->-- '''The Patrician''', ''Literature/GuardsGuards''
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4-> ''59. It is always better to interrupt a plan than carry one out. Your finest successes will always be the failures of your enemy.''
5-->-- '''The Two Hundred Heroic Axioms''', ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
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7-> ''"Gee, it sure is boring around here. I just wonder what Ganon's up to."''
8-->-- '''Link''', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda CD-I: The Faces of Evil]]''
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10->''"Damn it! If they would just do something, we could fight back!"''
11-->-- '''Raimei''', ''Manga/NabariNoOu''
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13->"''If the man wishes to become the hero, the serpent must first become the dragon. Lest he lack the proper enemy.''"
14-->-- '''UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche'''
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16-> "The hero strikes the first blow. But evil returns with a backhand!"
17-->-- '''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''', fighting against Titan [[spoiler: though the trope is both deconstructed and reconstructed as Megamind is the hero while Titan becomes the villain.]]
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20->''"Villains are much more pro-active than heroes. Heroes, by their nature, are purely reactionary forces. The villain is, in all ways, an agent of change. A catalyst."''
21-->-- '''[[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/10/18/episode-343-check-mate/ Black Mage]]''', ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''
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23->''"[Spider-Man] emulates the creatures he names himself after in some respects: he is purely reactive. A spider will often not bother to seek prey, preferring to weave a web and wait for the prey to come to it; then it acts. Spider-Man is the same. He cannot anticipate my actions -- he cannot ever hope to. He can but react when I make my move."''
24-->-- '''Doctor Otto Octavius''', ''ComicBook/UntoldTalesOfSpiderMan'', "Arms and the Man"
25
26->'''Chief Aramaki:''' I'm not like you scum.\
27'''Director Nakamura:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark No, Aramaki, you are]]. We've been fighting the dark forces of this world with the Puppet Master and with finance. You've been fighting with tanks and guns. That's the only difference between you and me. What make you think you're any better?\
28'''Chief Aramaki:''' Because I've been fighting ''against'' criminals while you've only been fighting ''for'' power. Take him away, boys.
29-->-- ''Anime/GhostInTheShell''
30
31->''"Good things come to an end, bad things have to be stopped."''
32-->-- '''Charles Beauregard''', ''Literature/AnnoDracula''
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34->"''The police? You're putting your faith in the police!? You guys, seriously... Do you understand what role the police exist to fill? [[PoliceAreUseless All they're good for]] is being a {{foil}}, playing against a villain or [[AntiHero anti-hero]] or evil organization. The bad guys come along and destroy them, and that shows just how badass they really are. Are you sure you wanna rely on such an unreliable group of losers?''"
35-->-- '''Monokuma''', ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''
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37-> ''"Heroes wouldn't even exist if there were no villains to shake things up!"''
38-->-- '''Marina''', ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
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40->''"Darkness rises — and light to meet it. I warned my young apprentice that as he grew stronger, his [[GoodCounterpart equal in the light]] would rise."''
41-->--'''Supreme Leader Snoke''', ''Film/TheLastJedi''
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43->Being behind the ball is something one expects of [[ALighterShadeOfBlack the Templars]], but not [[TheIlluminati us]]. Our business model is built on anticipating and profiting from coming events.
44-->--'''Kirsten Geary,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
45
46->''"It's better to act than it is to react. Acting gets you into trouble. Reacting all too frequently gets you dead."''
47-->--'''Alice Price-Healy''', ''Literature/InCryptid''
48
49->'''Blitzy''': Ninj! Training is the order of the day. Drill them in martial arts and combat maneuvers. I want our crack Sportzz BOYZZ for our mission!\
50'''Ninjzz''': But there is no mission.\
51'''Blitzy''': Don't worry, we'll have one. The Corp always makes a move and when they do, we'll strike!
52-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'', "General Blitzy"
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54->''"Batman has always been a reactionary idea. He was born in response to those gunshots in the alley. And just as he is a reaction, so too are the twisted Batmen of the dark. Even the most dominant is still a reaction to some fear that has shaped him, built him into a newer, crueler incarnation, perfectly designed to overcome it. Now, understand this, I know that I am not a Batman of any kind. Not a Batman Who Laughs, not a Batmanhattan, not even a culmination of all dark Batmen. I am more. And to be more, I must not be a reaction. I must be the thing that creates the reaction. I will be the bullet. The multiverse will be the dark alley. And its worlds will fall like pearls before me."''
55-->--'''[[Characters/DarkNightsMetalTheBatmanWhoLaughs The Batman Who Laughs]]''', ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal''

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