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Because if someone gets angry all the time, it's really no big deal. But when someone usually doesn't get angry, it's scary.
Takashi Kamiyama, Cromartie High School

"The fact is, I don't see the point in fighting you any more. Your pride is already shot, and in the end I guess that's good enough for me. You were so sure of your own power that you never imagined anyone in the universe could bring you down...especially a Saiyan. Heh. Now you know what failure feels like. See, I don't need to keep fighting you because I've already won. So go crawl off someplace and hide; I don't really care."
Son Goku, Dragon Ball

"What are you so afraid of Cell? Isn't this what you wanted? I warned you! I told you what would happen if you pushed me too far! But you didn't listen! You forced me to awaken my hidden power! And now that you've seen it, you're afraid...because you know that I'm going to destroy you!"
Gohan, Dragon Ball

You seem more docile than I imagined. Or is that the kind of kid you have to look out for nowadays?
Namie Yagiri, Durarara!!

"Mr. Tucker. If you say one more word, this time I'll be the one to snap."
Alphonse Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist, "Chapter 5: The Alchemist's Suffering"

Now, let me just make something clear - I'm ordinarily a very kind-hearted person. For instance, on the occasion when my little sister took my favorite scarf and tried to wrap it around Shamisen as a joke, and Shamisen, entirely unimpressed by the whole affair, responded as any cat would by flailing tooth and claw in every direction until the scarf was reduced to an unidentifiable mess of wool and fibre, I was understanding enough to let the both of them off with no worse than a poke to the forehead. That's just the kind of guy I am.
When you've managed to drive a guy like that into a proper rage, you know things are getting serious.
Kyon, Haruhi Suzumiya

Watashi, kanninbukuro no o ga kiremashita!note 
Cure Blossom, HeartCatch Pretty Cure!

Seras Victoria: (to Zorin Blitz) You called [Pip Bernadotte] a gnat, didn't you? You called him a gnat. You'll pay for this. You will pay! You're going to pay! YOU'LL PAY! [...] Even if I were about to die, I wouldn't drink a single god-damned drop of your evil blood! I don't want you...inside of me! [...] How does it feel having someone fuck with your head!? HOW DOES IT FEEL, YOU BITCH!?
Hellsing Soldiers (watching in horror): Look at her... How can that be!? The same sweet girl we knew before.

"The malice of one evil person is like an epidemic; the spread of its influence could do far worse than just hurting and killing a lot of people. It could even give rise to another evil by destroying the innocence of another victim by hurting and tormenting them too far, driving them into madness. Sometimes, the victim can turn into a far more horrifying evil than the progenitor responsible for creating it."
Issei Hyoudou, High School D×D

"I consider myself a tolerant person. I can't even remember a single time I got angry in my past life. Fools used to buzz around me all the time back then too, but once they fixed their bad attitudes I forgave them all. So I honestly believed I wasn't narrow-minded enough to give in completely to my anger. My my though, who would've thought I was actually completely wrong. Emilia, I will never forgive you."

"I am the sailor suited Pretty Guardian who fights for love and for justice! I am Sailor Moon! In the Name of the Moon, I'll punish you!"
Usagi Tsukino, Sailor Moon

    Audio Plays 
Koloon: Doctor! Pity me!
The Doctor: Fear me.
Koloon: Wha... what?!
The Doctor: Tell this to your gods, when they punish you, when they stretch you on the neutron rack: I'm still here.
Koloon: But you...?! You're one... little... man!
The Doctor: No, not a man. Not a human being. I am a complex space-time event. I am Lord-President of Gallifrey. The Traveller from Beyond Time. I am the Sandman! The Oncoming Storm! I am the Ka Faraq Gatri; Destroyer of Worlds! And sometimes... only sometimes, I. Am. Your. Worst. Nightmare! ...I am the Doctor, and I take care of my friends.

    Comic Books 
WARNING: Though pacifistic by nature, the Surfer can be extremely violent when provoked.
— The Nova Corp record on the Silver Surfer, Annihilation: Nova Corps Files

His wrath is slow to waken, but terrible to behold.
The Magic Mirror on Buffkin, Fables

Mongul: Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I bring you oblivion.
Superman: (losing it) BURN. (blasts Mongul with his heat vision)

Inflicting pain on others doesn't seem to bother you. It bothers me. Usually.

Who could be a better hunter then one who had been prey? Someone who would be driven to fight back against the dark forces sent by the world, who would never stop, even though they were bigger and more and perhaps even stronger than he was. Because once having been prey, he would never allow himself to become such again. Would never surrender. Would take death before submission.
Spider Totem to Spider-Man, "The Book of Ezekiel"

Get out of my workshop. Get out of my country. Get out of my LIFE!

I hate fighting! I hate seeing my friends hurt and scared! And I hate how mean you are!
Cream the Rabbit to Zeena, Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW)

"Who hired you? Tell me now. Or I'll crush your head ... Then I'll walk downstairs to the holding cells and ask your partners ... I'll bring your dead, headless body with me ... and then they'll tell me. So ... for the last time ... who hired you?"
Shazam, Shazam!

"Congratulations, Czarnian! You caught me on the wrong freakin' day!"

"I never thought Glob would be the one we'd have to reel in. I like it."

Amalak: "What is this—? Two Kryptonians? Perfect! Today I am twice blessed!"
Superman: "Don't get me mad, Amalak— or the only blessings you'll be in for are last rites!"

Brainiac: "Your freedom changes nothing, Kal-El. You and the female are both too weakened to stop me."
Superman: (punching Brainiac) "What you don't understand, Brainiac— is that I'm too good and angry to let a little something like that prevent me from tearing you limb from miserable limb!"

    Fan Works 
Tejada: Four, and this is the most important thing - for god's sake, do not make her angry.
Coleman: Okay... I think we're done here. Thank you for your cooperation—
Tejada: Do not fucking piss her off. Understand?
Coleman: I-I understand.
Tejada: We made her a demon.
Tejada warning Sam Coleman what Monster X is capable of when pushed too far, Abraxas (Hrodvitnon)

"Mark swears he can hear the smile Vivienne would make on those rare occurrences she'd been goaded to genuine cold fury, a smile that shows a little too many teeth and belongs on someone who could scare a serial killer into rethinking their life choices. He recalls an old saying: 'When the good ones go angry, they're brutal.' On its own, Vivienne's anger was scary then. Only now that anger has been magnified to something that could pound a city into dust. If Monster X were to tell them 'don't be afraid,' it would be like asking fire to not burn."

The Hellish Handbook is a very short thing, as very few demons have the patience or the actual caring to write down rules for others to follow. As such, it has two orders, scrawled on a piece of paper that is tacked outside Lucifer's office:

1. Don't defy me. I'm not sure what punishment could be worse than what you're already going through Down Here, but I'm more than willing to find out.
And
2. LEAVE THE NICE ONES ALONE. Seriously. It's for your own good. (See? And you guys think I don't care. Okay, I don't, but I don't want you dying all over the place. It gets old.)

There are two very good reasons for the second rule. The first is that really nice people tend to have a "But I will destroy you should you push me too far" clause attached that makes messing with them a bad idea. Aziraphale is an example of this. However, Raphael is not — he has become such a really nice person that he has gone beyond the clause.
The second reason is that really nice people tend to have really good friends.

"Yes, I think war is a fool's game. Yes, I believe life — all life — is precious. But tell me something, Vharaj — did you ever listen to my enemies' tales of me? If you did, it's obvious you weren't paying attention. The Daleks do not have emotion, Vharaj. They don't know fear. But do you know what they called me? Ka Faraq Gatri. It means Destroyer of Worlds. I am the Bringer of Darkness, Vharaj. The Oncoming Storm. I've watched worlds and galaxies fall, and rise, and fall again. I fought the Vampires at the dawn of Creation, and I may yet witness the end of the Universe. I brought about the destruction of my own race, the deaths of my children, my grandchildren, my siblings, my friends, all in the name of peace, to save this Universe. So you tell me, Vharaj: What do you think I am capable of?"
The Doctor, The Man with No Name

Aria, too familiar with their old ways, just couldn’t bring herself to feel shocked or even disturbed. She had seen this side of Sonata reveal itself many times before. Every now and then, the girl, who Aria had to admit was very popular in her social circles, would be rejected by someone. More often than not, it was never anyone special, but Aria knew that for Sonata that didn’t matter. Inevitably, the younger girl’s attention would be drawn in a way that was frightening. An obsession would reveal itself in her, one that would not be satiated until the object of her desire was practically groveling at her feet. Usually, with their powers, getting to this result was rather simple and uncostly; however, considering their new circumstances, Aria knew for a fact that, now, the notion was foolhardy. All this seemed to be an ominous situation that could not only put the youngest girl in peril, but all of her sisters as well. Sonata was sweet and cheerful when she wanted to be, but one would be reckless to assume that this meant that she wasn’t as dangerous and chaotic an entity as her comrades, perhaps even more so. After all, the girl did have a propensity for getting lost in her own delusions without consideration for the world around her.

She grabbed the hoof on her shoulder and gave a firm twist, snapping the wrist cleanly. Russet tried to scream, but Fluttershy’s other hoof slammed into his throat, sending him into a choking fit. His arm still gripped tightly, she spun around and bucked him straight in the chest, dislocating his shoulder with a wet pop.

Fluttershy released the arm as she finished her spin. It flopped uselessly at Russet’s side. He stumbled past the stunned Iron Pick, screaming in fits and bursts as he tried to fill his lungs.

The confidence drained out of the bigger stallion when she turned to face him. There were still tears on her cheeks, but her eyes were thin pinpricks of burning hate that rooted him in place. That furious stare dominated his field of vision, the shadows in the cave swallowing up everything else as those baleful eyes crushed him down into a tiny ball of nothingness. He tried to draw his club, but it slipped from his trembling hoof.

Baring her fangs, she lunged at the stallion.

"When one person who is hardly ever upset about something, suddenly raises their voice, the world turns upside down and seems to come to an end...it is often the quietest lamb that can have the roar of a lion."

“You’re not going to love her, are you, Cherry dear?” she whispered as the flames finally began to lick at the second floor windows. “You’re not going to love anypony else, are you, Cherry, my sweet…my sweet, wonderful, perfect Cherry Coke?”
With another breezy whoosh and the crackling sound of splintering wood, the fire reached the roof and ignited the straw covering the top floor. And Fluttershy smiled.
“No, you’re not,” she said, her smoldering grin infused with passionate rage. “You’re going to love me.”

“We see.” She said nothing else, but kept up the glare. “As soon as there is time you will be getting yourself clean. This is not up for debate, and if you resist we will be very displeased.”

See, I knew she would never hurt me, but just hearing the barely controlled anger in her voice was more terrifying than an entire legion of Steel Rangers. “Okay,” I said meekly, which is not something I do often. “Sorry.”

“If you do not do as we ask, we can assure you that you will be.”

Well, that was ominous.
Platinum Haze to Silver Storm/Hired Gun, Fallout: Equestria - Heroes

For a moment all the friendliness drained right out of Ditzy Doo’s face and became something fierce and cold, “And I’ll appreciate it if none of you breathe a word of this to Derpy. I don’t want my daughter to be a part of any of this. She was born a human and it's my wish that she live a normal life and die as a human, old and happy. Got it?”

She’s serious. She’s going to kill us.
Rarity, on Ditzy Doo, Equestria Girls: Friendship Souls

Seeing Pinkie's anger towards Fluttershy's rapist particularly chilled them; though Rainbow would have liked nothing more than to skin him, she wasn't entirely sure that Pinkie wouldn't, given the opportunity.

As soon as she heard Lincoln's yelp of pain, the smile on Leni's face melted away. "Hey, wait a second!" she cried, dropping her bags in shock. "You guys are... you're bullying him!"
The three jocks shared a loud, haughty cackle. "Careful, it's learning!" the tall one said with a sneer.
Leni's face tightened up into a stern glower. "You three better take your hands off him and leave him alone!" she demanded. The three jocks just laughed and continued to shove Lincoln around.
"I mean it!" she snapped. Her small, elegant hands balled themselves into fists­ a shape Lincoln had seldom seen them take. "You're really hurting him!"
Once again, the three of them paid her no heed, aside from the tall one, who flipped her off with one hand while he shoved Lincoln with the other.
"I said…", Leni gritted her teeth and drew her fist back,"…leave.Him.ALONE!"
She thrust her fist deep into the short one's belly. He immediately released Lincoln and collapsed onto the floor, clutching his stomach and making anguished choking noises.
An awkward silence had passed over the mall, as Leni's outburst got the attention of all the nearby shoppers. Lincoln backed away and rubbed his eyes, scarcely believing what he just saw

Tashigi was downright quaking in her boots by this point, the woman who had fearlessly cut down an assassin not an hour ago looking ripe to piss her pants. Smoker's external reaction was one of stoic calm, but I could see the sweat dripping from his temple, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the heat.

Many across Skylands have named Amigo Acid as the friendliest person they’ve ever met. Nevertheless, he is still a strong, formidable Skylander, and once you cross him, he just may melt you away.

"Sifo-Dyas can take a meditative retreat in the lowest Sith hell before I permit him to so much as touch my apprentice again."
Qui-Gon Jinn, Star Wars: Lineage

"So you feel like using super-strength on a normal woman and her child. I don't have the slightest regret about what I'm about to do."
Supergirl, Kara of Rokyn

"Now you listen to me, Uncle, and listen good./' If you hurt either one of those kids again, if you say anything to make them feel bad, if you so much as look at them wrong, I will face you in an Agni Kai and I will break and humiliate you in front of the whole court. I don't care who you are. I don't care if our family is watching. I'll hold nothing back, I will destroy you!"
Lu Ten, Field of Innocence

"I've been through hell and a half in this last week. I've fought Blackstarr, Eclipso, the Zoners, Kralik, the Golem, and I'm probably leaving some out. I almost got zombified because of you. Now you've hurt the man I love, and my cousin, and my friends. I didn't want to do this. I didn't want to do any of it. I hate fighting. But I promise you, Darkseid, if you don't restore them and surrender, you're never getting up from this floor in one piece. I swear it!"
Kara Zor-El, Hellsister Trilogy

"Good evening. My name is Magneto. You kidnapped my daughter. You kidnapped my daughter's godson. You tortured them both. You have twisted the latter into your weapon. I would like to discuss this. And once we are done, if you are very lucky... I might actually allow some of you to live."
Magneto, Child of the Storm

Batman Final Contingency file: Fluttershy. Of all the Equestrian Loopers, few have more variants to their baseline personality than Fluttershy. Fortunately most of these variants are either harmless or much less powerful than the original, and may be disregarded. If a hostile Fluttershy is encountered, most likely it will be a pegasus pony with the ability to imbue crippling guilt on any being capable of that emotion through eye-to-eye contact. Though a potent weapon, this is not true telepathy and can be avoided by simply avoiding eye contact. Of greater concern is her ability to communicate with animals; therefore it is vital to separate her from any animals and keep her separated until she is secured.
In addition the Looping Fluttershy is a talented shapeshifter and druid, and unlike her non-Looping self she is not prone to self-doubt or fear. Ironically, though she is the gentlest of their group, she is also the most experienced with lethal combat, except possibly Twilight Sparkle, due to her close ties with the Warhammer 40K universe. No Justice League member should ever attempt to take on a hostile Fluttershy alone, under any circumstances. That said, unless the Fluttershy in question is an evil variant, she is also the most amenable of the group to negotiation, and can be used as the key to ending hostilities. For this reason the first line of attack with Fluttershy should always be persuasion.

"I'm sorry, grandpa, I don't want to be a villain anymore."
Mr. Compress (Atsuhiro Sako) after coming face-to-face with a severely pissed off Fuyumi Todoroki and Izuku Midoriya, The Lebowski Gambit

Many across Skylands have named Amigo Acid as the friendliest person they’ve ever met. Nevertheless, he is still a strong, formidable Skylander, and once you cross him, he just may melt you away.

Because like... one thing to keep in mind with the prince is... sure, most of the time he's a good-hearted (albeit kind of antisocial) dweeb: He likes his books, he likes his horses, and he sees his hobbies of fencing and wrestling as more exercises in athletic ability and camaraderie than really anything martial. However, he is also his mother's son.
And the queen will not hesitate to absolutely destroy a motherfucker.
Cindy

Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang were at the forefront again, and were taking out any Grimm they found so quickly that the rest of the group barely managed to see the monsters before they were reduced to smoke. But Casey saw enough to realize the truth: the Huntresses had been more affected by the body they'd found, and the others they'd stumbled across since then, much more than they were letting on.
It was clear in the way they were fighting. They were moving more precisely, more efficiently, more brutally. It was disconcerting to see.
Casey remembered going on nature walks with Ruby. Taste-testing her first attempts at making malasadas. Listening as she told crazy stories about her father and uncle and their weird little dog.
She watched as Ruby, in one smooth motion, swiveled her blade into a spear, rammed it into a Boarbatusk's mouth until the barrel was pressed up against the pig's nose, and pulled the trigger.
Casey remembered taking Dust lessons from Weiss, and the heiress' firm but gentle methods. The way she rolled her eyes but hid a smile whenever Ruby did something silly. The way she doted on Whisper, reveling in taking on the role of a big sister.
She watched as Weiss generated a pair of glyphs with her Semblance, one on either side of an Ursa, and turned the symbols black with Gravity Dust… and strode away without a backwards glance as the Grimm was slowly crushed flat by opposing forces.
Casey remembered seeing Blake return home from the library, a stack of books piled in her arms and an eager smile on her face. The way her eyes lit up whenever seafood was on offer. Gently teasing her teammates in her own quiet way.
She watched as Blake stomped the back of a Beringel's knee, sending it crashing to the floor, with Gambol Shroud's ribbon wrapped securely around its neck, and with one sharp jerk the monstrous ape's neck snapped.
Casey remembered groaning at Yang's puns. Her excitement when she came back to the house and told everyone about Mantine Surfing. Her eagerness to teach her new students everything she could.
She watched as Yang casually shattered a Beowolf's arm, then seized the broken limb and drove the spikes on the elbow into the monster's own throat.
Casey's friends made it so very easy to forget that they were the deadliest people on the planet.

    Film 

Wanda Maximoff: I know you're angry.
Bruce Banner: [smiling] Oh, we're way past that. I could choke the life out of you and never change a shade.

Mr. Incredible: Release me... NOW!
Syndrome: Or what?
Mr. Incredible: I'll crush her.
Syndrome: Oh, that sounds a little dark for you. Bah, go ahead.
Mr. Incredible: It'll be easy, like breaking a toothpick.

"I will not sacrifice the Enterprise. We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no farther! And I will make them pay for what they've done!"
Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: First Contact

You fuck off! Fuck fucking off! I've spent an entire life— Look at me! I've spent my entire life sticking my neck out for you, and all you ever do is fuck things up! Fuck things up and make me look stupid! Well, I'm not going to let you do it any more! Not today!

YOU ALL NEED TO BE MORE FRIENDLY!!!
Princess Unikitty, The LEGO Movie

    Literature 
Brother Paul [...] fled the argument for fear of his own temper. Jerome had a way of presenting his pious face as a target, and Paul, who like most big, powerful men could be astonishingly gentle and tender with the helpless, like his youngest pupils, was only too well aware of what his fists could do to an opponent of his own size, let alone a puny creature like Jerome.
Brother Cadfael, The Raven In The Foregate

You might call them soft, because they're very reluctant to kill, and they might agree with you, but they're soft the way the ocean is soft, and, well; ask any sea captain how harmless and puny the ocean can be.
Zakalwe, The Culture

When kind men grow angry, things are about to change.
Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files: Blood Rites

"Square-jawed Martinez seemed affable enough, but Mark sensed toughness below the surface."
Godzilla: King of the Monsters — The Official Movie Novelization

At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye Moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined. There was no benign smile upon Dumbledore's face, no twinkle in the eyes behind the spectacles. There was cold fury in every line of the ancient face; a sense of power radiated from Dumbledore as though he were giving off burning heat.

I'm sure you're not threatening the younglings. Because you really don't want to see me angry. And I think you're smart enough to know that. But if you want to try me, go ahead and make that threat.
Luke Skywalker, Legacy of the Force: Inferno

"It is true that our master has not committed his word or made a pledge, as I understand the matter. But in that case, he should not have welcomed Don Álvaro as if he were to be his son-in-law and allow his daughter to associate with a person who has captivated the whole world by his behaviour and gallantry, and that a maiden of such discretion and beauty as Doña Beatriz was bound to fall in love with."
"Well, if she fell in love, let her fall out of love again," replied the stubborn groom Mendo. "And besides, she will cease to love him as soon as her father raises his voice, because she is as humble as the earth, and as affectionate as an angel, the poor girl."
"You are very misguided in your judgments," answered Nuño the huntsman, "I know her better than you do because I have known her from birth. And although Doña Beatriz will give her life for a good cause, if they force her will and treat her badly, only God will be able to cope with her."

Magrat was always the nice soft one...who'd just fired a crossbow through a keyhole.
Lords and Ladies, also on Magrat Garlick

I had thought you peculiarly free from willfulness of temper, self-conceit, and every tendency to that independence of spirit which prevails so much in modern days, even in young women, and which in young women is offensive and disgusting beyond all common offense. But you have now shown me that you can be willful and perverse; that you can and will decide for yourself, without any consideration or deference for those who have surely some right to guide you, without even asking their advice. You have shewn yourself very, very different from anything that I had imagined.
Sir Thomas, Mansfield Park

If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die. So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word.
Samuel Vimes, Men at Arms

Miss Marple is a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner — Miss Wetherby is a mixture of vinegar and gush. Of the two Miss Marple is much the more dangerous.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

I have a long series of insults to avenge and my indignation is aggravated by the dastardly cruelties practiced on helpless infancy in this foul den. Have a care, for if you do raise the devil within me, the consequences shall fall heavily upon your own head!
Nicholas Nickleby confronting Wackford Squeers.

The trouble with small furry animals in a corner is that, just occasionally, one of them's a mongoose.
Witches Abroad on Magrat Garlick

    Live-Action TV 
In five years, we'll either be working for [Kenneth] or dead by his hand.
Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock

Mr. Morden: What do you want?
Vir Cotto: I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I want to look up into your lifeless eyes and wave... like this. (waggles fingers, smiling) Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?
Babylon 5 note 

Bored now.
Willow Rosenberg just before flaying Warren alive, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Villains"

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?

He never raised his voice, that was the worst thing. The fury of the Time Lord. And then we discovered why, why this Doctor, who had fought with gods and demons, why he'd run away from us and hidden. He was being kind. He wrapped my father in unbreakable chains forged in the heart of a dwarf star. He tricked my mother into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy, to be imprisoned there forever. He still visits my sister, once a year, every year. I wonder if one day he might forgive her, but there she is, can you see? He trapped her inside a mirror. Every mirror. If ever you look at your reflection and see something move behind you, just for a second, that's her. That's always her. As for me, I was suspended in time, and the Doctor put me to work standing over the fields of England as their protector. We wanted to live forever. So the Doctor made sure that we did.

Demons run when a good man goes to war.
Night will fall and drown the sun, when a good man goes to war.
Friendship dies and true love lies,
Night will fall and the dark will rise
When a good man goes to war.
River Song quotes a proverb, Doctor Who, "A Good Man Goes to War"

Madame Kovarian: The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules.
The Doctor: Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many.

Josh: (points at Drake) You!
Drake: What?
Josh: Raaaaaaaaaaah! Come here! Come here, you wanna tussle!

I will admit that you surprised me. Who would have imagined that such fierce determination existed within that deceptively frail body?
Tiernan to Kes, Star Trek: Voyager, "Warlord"

"Poor Hugh. It must have taken appalling brutality to turn such a gentle soul to violence."
Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: Picard

President Bartlet: I'm not comfortable with violence... I know this country has enemies, but I don't feel violent towards any of them.
[...]
President Bartlet: I am not frightened. I am going to blow them off the face of the Earth with the fury of God's own thunder.
The West Wing, before and after the Syrians decide it would be a good idea to shoot down a military plane carrying the President's personal physician.

Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
David Banner, The Incredible Hulk (1977)

Never trust people on their looks, Gabriel. You can see scary people a mile away. It's the good people you have to worry about.
Villanelle about Eve Polastri, Killing Eve

Kelly: Did you see how mad grandma was? I've never seen her like that.
Darbie: I didn't even know your grandma could get mad. I don't ever want to be on the receiving end of that.
—- Just Add Magic, after witnessing Kelly grandmother's Becky Quinn unleash her rage on Chuck, "Just Add Chuck"

Parker: They are fast, they are ruthless. They will put you down politely, and they will put you down forever.
—- "Leverage: Redemption", talking about the Canadian Mounties, the only law enforcement group the team is scared of.

    Music 

I use hands to hold my fellow man
I use hands to help with what I can
But when I face an unjust injury
Then I'll change my hands into fists of fury

I use hands to show my friendliness
I use hands to give a kind caress
But when a man slaughters his fellow man
Then I'll change my hands into fists of fury
— Theme from Fist of Fury

    Video Games 
As quick as lightning, she could turn from smiling angel to angry ogre. Yeah, no doubt about it, they're sisters all right.

Jacob is way too nice a guy for the number of ways he knows how to kill people.
Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Mass Effect 2

I appreciate that you're my employer and an old man besides... but if you don't take your goddamn hands off me, I will break you in HALF.

"You spit on mercy? Then you will have NONE. You want carnage?! Garrosh will get more blood than EVER he bargained for!"
Jaina Proudmoore, World of Warcraft

"It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming... On days like these, kids like you... Should be burning in hell."
Sans, Undertale

"You even THINK of coming after your brother, and THIS BULLET will be waiting for you! Then we'll see who's valuable!"
Paragon!Shepard, Mass Effect 2

"Don't get all cocky just because I normally behave myself! I am DONE playing nice!"
Makoto Niijima, Persona 5

"Incur the wrath of this normally calm Pokémon at your peril, because it will smash everything to smithereens before it's satisfied."
—The Pokédex on Dragonite, Pokémon Sun and Moon

Claris: I had a wonderful day today! I woke up earlier than usual, I'm sure it was the anticipation, you see. Indeed, I hurried to the bookstore looking forward to the date I had planned and waited there. And I continued to wait.
Kamiyama: Oh... Did you?...
Claris: Tell me, Kamiyama...
Kamiyama: Wh-what?
Claris: Why aren't you writhing in agony down in Hell where you belong? [storms off]

Kabbu: This is ridiculous! You realize you could be dooming us all!? What if the Termite King loses trust in the Queen!? What if you lose to the Wasp King without our help!? Have you gone completely, utterly insane!? Have you lost all intelligence!
Mothiva: Yikes. You're overthinking this WAY too much. The Ant Kingdom's way better in our hands than with you LOSERS.
Kabbu: We have SAVED YOUR LIFE BEFORE, you WITCH!

"You've never seen me get mad? Hehe... Even the most docile of creatures know when to bare their fangs. You would do well not to judge one by their appearance. Having that said, it does take some extraordinary skill to make me angry."
Musashi, Azur Lane

When Valaya goes to war, it's as a protector. A defender. A champion of hearth and home, and everything that's truly valuable in life. It's not a big or showy vocation, but it's one to be admired nonetheless. If you ever find yourself on the receiving end of Valaya's axe, you'll only ever have yourself to blame, because you crossed a line no one ever should.

    Visual Novels 
...At the end, the bear had his guts eaten out by the hound dogs of this smart mouse. This movie has to be rated mature.
I couldn't move out of fear even after the credits.
I thought Kouri might have fainted, but she actually looked like she had just finished watching an epic movie.
That was the first time I feared this girl.

    Webcomics 
Your kind always underestimates ours. You mistake good manners for timidity. You mistake self-control for passivity. So self controlled are we that we that sometimes we won't retaliate if you harm us. But if you - any of you - harm our loved ones, we will come at you like fanged, slavering beasts from the darkest of LSD nightmares. Believe it.
Rik Oberf to Keith Feddyg, Fans!

Always, I try to be reasonable. To be fair. I try to talk to people. And no one ever takes it as anything other than weakness. You listen to me try to be civilized and you think, "Oh, he's nothing. Him, we can ignore. Him, we can push around. We can do whatever we want — he won't stop us!" Because nobody ever takes me seriously- unless I shout and threaten like a cut-rate stage villain. Well, you know what? I can do crazy. I really can. And it looks like I'm going to have to. Agatha is in danger. This whole town is in danger. If I'm going to be able to help her at all, it looks like I'm going to have to give up all this "being reasonable" garbage — and show you idiots what kind of a madboy you're really dealing with!''
Gilgamesh Wulfenbach while beating up a Super-Soldier despite serious injuries, Girl Genius

Gil: You knew me at school and perhaps don't take me very seriously. That would be a mistake. You must understand this. When I come to her, she will be safe, unharmed, and free. Because I will come to her, and if she is not... I will destroy "Her Undying Majesty", I will melt what is left of your miserable island to slag and boil the seas around you for the next thousand years!
Wooster: You... you couldn't!
Gil: Couldn't? Couldn't?! I am Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, little man! And there is nothing I couldn't do, had I cause. And now... now I have one.

Black: What the hell, man! I thought you were supposed to be the nice one!
Sam: What can I say? Every single person I know is a bad influence.

Something so innocent can not be good.
Tate, Weesh

Omar: Maybe it can steal powers.
Clara: We don't know about that.
Omar: But we should be careful anyway!
Clara: Until we know for sure, it'd be unwise to put ourself at such a disadvantage.
Omar: Well, I'm not attacking it first.
Clara: So it's just me and Leo then?
Omar: Um, well-
Clara: And I don't exactly have a useful power against something which probably doesn't breathe?
Omar: Er-
Clara: And you've got the most immediately dangerous power of all of us! You should be helping!
Omar: Alright, alright! Just stop yelling at me!

Zeus: Haha! Why would I be afraid of you, Aphrodite?
[Aphrodite smiles, then grabs him by the collar]
Aphrodite: Because you are no fool. You know that I am more than just a pretty face and a beautiful body. And you of all the immortals should know how terribly sweet and destructive my powers can be...

    Web Original 
(Dio Brando arrives at the Joestar mansion.)
Jonathan: Hi! You must be... (briefly glares) Krghfg... Dio, who's going to live with us!
Danny: (shows up) Wan wan wo!
Jonathan: Let me introduce you! This is Danny! He's a very smart d-
Dio: (kicks Danny)
Jonathan: Danny! What are you doing?!
Dio: Sorry, but I can't stand filthy mutts-
Jonathan: Unforgivable! (uppercut) I won't... (body blow) stop hitting you... (clenches fist) until... (another body blow) you cry!!
Dio: (crying) I'M SORRY!

"You know, I really will break his legs."

Digby: Listen, okay, here's the thing, you always gotta be kind, you always gotta try your best, and there is no sense in being a fuckin' pushover. [cocks gun] You understand? We might be small, and we're real nice, we try to be kind to everybody, but if you come to the tree, you better be ready to never fuckin' leave, you understand me?

Sir Peter: I don't want to hurt you, I just need to know the locations of your brethren, then this can be all over for you, I will make sure you are safe and cared for.
Cultist: Ha! I know who you are, Sir Peter Fairgrave; kingdom breaker, runaway child, father slayer. You can't threaten me: I know what you are. Your order, your God won't allow you to lay your hands on me, otherwise you'll fall, and you won't be able to help a soul.
Sir Peter: *sighs* You seem to be under the misconception about what I am, what I do. I am a paladin, that is true; but as a paladin I don't fear falling... I look forward to it.

-The cultist shot a nervous look at the rest of the party, we were all looking at each other, not sure what was about to happen. The cultist opened his mouth to speak, but Sir Peter cut him off.-

Sir Peter: As a paladin, I walk on a razor's edge. Not between good and evil, I could never be something like you, but between "law" and "justice". The "law" I follow doesn't permit me to harm you, but I could be "justified" in anything I did to you in order to save innocent lives. ANYTHING!
Sir Peter: You don't know what it is like to be me. You don't know the pain of having to store all your anger, all your fury, all your sense of justice, and hold it inside you, all day every day for the rest of your life. Doing the right thing doesn't mean I get to stop all evil, I just get to trim it when it becomes overgrown. The path I walk is not about vengeance, or what's right; it's about moderation in the face of power, restraint and compassion for scum like you.
Sir Peter: This is why paladins don't fear falling. We don't spend all day looking for ways to prevent ourselves from doing evil and giving in to the darkness — we actively seek it out. Every time we face evil, we ask ourselves, 'Is this the threat that I'm going to give it all up for? Is this what I am going to give up my ability to help others in the future, in order to bring it down now. Is this the evil that I am willing to forsake my God and my power to stop?!'.

-At this point, he stands up suddenly and swings his arm against the chair he was sitting on. Sending it flying and shattered against a wall, he then kicks over the chair the cultist was sitting on, he leaps and straddles his chest, flinging him about for a few seconds in pure rage, before calming once more.-

-He looks the cultist straight in the face, both their noses just inches from each other.-

Sir Peter: What you should be asking yourself now, what you really need to be thinking about, is: 'Is what I'm doing something that will make this guy want to fall?' Because you should know that once I fall, all those rules which protect you from me are gone. No longer will I be able to be stopped by you, or by my order, or by my God. If I give everything, and I mean give everything, I will never stop. If you escape me today, I will hunt you down and grab you into the pits of hell myself. Even if that means that I have to invoke the wrath of every demon in creation, just so they throw open a pit and drag me down where I stand, because when they do drag me down, I will make sure that my fists are wrapped firmly around your ankles and you go down with me. I want you to listen to me now, and I mean really listen, because Hell truly hath no fury like a paladin scorned.
Sir Peter: So I ask you, one last time: tell me where the other rituals are being held, or I swear to all on high that I will fall, and fall hard, just so I can show you what it is that paladin truly keeps his code in order to hold back...

At this point the player, Chris, just stops talking and looks at us. We are all kind of stunned by his speech, naturally.

He just picks up a D20, looks at the DM and says "I wish to roll intimidate."

Oh golly! I don't know who you are or what you want, but I'm Andrew- Hello! I have a very particular set of skills, skills I've required over almost half a career. Skills like accuracy, good decision making, and recommending the perfect book. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you, and I'm sorry about that. If you let the AFC South go now, that will be the end of it. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you- you silly goose- and I will absolutely destroy you.
Andrew Luck, Gridiron Heights

Jimmy Olson [sic]: *Overall Nice Guy, friendly, charming, innocent dude who likes taking pictures, wouldn't hurt a fly*
Darkseid: *hurts Superman*

    Western Animation 
OK, how in the hell was I supposed to know that the nicest, friendliest, soft-spokennest motherfucker in the world would turn out to be a CRAZY MANIAC PSYCHO-HONKY?!

I'm in a bad mood, understand?
Rhinox when Dinobot picks a very bad time to argue about the chain of command, Beast Wars

It looks like Gandhi has renounced his philosophy of nonviolence in favor of a philosophy of whoop-ass.

Pimp: My back's all froze up! I can't feel nothin'! Aaaa Argh..! ... would you please help me, bitch?
Posey: ...ok, where does it hurt?
Andy: Posey, no! What are you doing!?
Pimp: Lower... oh yes! Oooh, much better! So that's legitimate massage, huh? Who knew!
Posey: (kicks him off the roof's edge)
Pimp: Aaaaah! (crash) Ow...
Andy: What the hell was that about?
Posey: I didn't want him to fall off the roof and not feel it.

You're going to LOVE ME!!!!

Fighting is not really my thing, I'm more into fashion... BUT I WILL RIP YOU TO PIECES IF YOU TOUCH ONE SCALE ON HIS CUTE LITTLE HEAD!

Now calm down, Ned-dily-diddly-diddly-diddly... they did their best, shoddily-iddly-iddly-diddly... gotta be nice, hostily-iddly-biddly-diddly... AH HELL diddly-ding-dong-CRAP! Can't you morons do anything right?!
Ned Flanders, The Simpsons

When the nice ones snap, it's always a good show.

WHO ELSE WANTS SOME?!

Ed: AWAY WITH YOU, UNWANTED PESTERERS!
Sarah: Ed! You listen to me, mister! You can't kick me out! I LIVE HERE TOO!
''Toys? I don't want toys...I WANT REVENGE!!!!!

"I am a pacifist, but even pacifists have to stand their ground once in a while!"
Professor Honeycutt, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)

Listen, you crustaceous cheapskate! Squidward's been living at MY house, driving me crazy! AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA HIRE HIM BACK ALL BECAUSE OF A STUPID DIME?!''
SpongeBob SquarePantsnote 

I consider myself a reasonable man. Quick with a joke, slow to anger. But Bender can't go on long car trips anymore and I say Zoidberg must die!
Philip J. Fry after Zoidberg accidentally mutilates the entire Planet Express crew, Futurama, "The Tip of the Zoidberg"

A, B, C, D, E, F, G...
Someone shoulda told ya not to fuck with me
!
Cleveland Brown, Jr., The Cleveland Show


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