"Rashid, please move forward and prevent it from disintegrating me, if you please."
— Arthur Langtry, Merlin of the White Council, Turn Coat
"So I was hoping after you punch me through a wall, you could—"
— Rocky Rickaby, Lackadaisy
"Houston, we have a problem."
— Jim Lovell, Apollo 13
[War has broken out, soldiers are dying left and right.]
Baba Voss: Tamacti Jun! [eliminates two soldiers with his blade]
Tamacti Jun: Baba Voss! [parries an enemy soldier's attack and kills him]
Baba Voss: Just checking to see if you're dead! [plunges his sword into a soldier's skull]
Tamacti Jun: Not yet!
— See, "Rock-a-Bye"
"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."
Emmett even shouted a remark about the superior flavor of ursine creatures in between being used to knock a tree over and successfully depriving Siobhan of one of her feet.
— Narration, Luminosity
Spooner: How long is that gonna take?
Calvin: About six minutes.
Spooner: What if we didn't have six minutes?
Calvin: Then we'd have a problem. Why?
Spooner: Because I seriously doubt we have six minutes.
(Camera pans out and shows an army of robots climbing up the side of the building)
Calvin: About six minutes.
Spooner: What if we didn't have six minutes?
Calvin: Then we'd have a problem. Why?
Spooner: Because I seriously doubt we have six minutes.
(Camera pans out and shows an army of robots climbing up the side of the building)
— I, Robot
"Something tells me this ain't the Pirates of the Caribbean ride."
— Omar, Richie Rich (they are in the intake hopper that feeds one of Keenbean's machines)
[Zombies are swarming. Harry takes out one that was about to attack Lara.]
Lara: [conversationally] Oh. That was gentlemanly of you, Dresden.
Harry: I've been known to pull out chairs and open doors, too.
Lara: How very unfashionable. And endearing.
Lara: [conversationally] Oh. That was gentlemanly of you, Dresden.
Harry: I've been known to pull out chairs and open doors, too.
Lara: How very unfashionable. And endearing.
"We're stuck here, about to be turned into wax statues, and the two of them are bickering! They really don't seem to understand the danger of the situation at all!"
— Princess Vivi of One Piece (noting Nami and Zoro's response to the current kidnapping)
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
— Martin Brody, upon sighting the shark about five metres from the stern of the Orca, Jaws
chained to a roller coaster and dodging things such as fire and giant hammers
Mr. Miracle: You have to admit, this is a pretty good death trap.
Batman: I've been in better, but the track is a nice touch.
Batman: I've been in better, but the track is a nice touch.
"Uh, hello, Cobra Bubbles? Aliens are attacking my house."
— Lilo (on the phone), Lilo & Stitch
Tek: It's time, Cale. It's time to stop running.
Korso: [spotting the Drej entering] Well, actually, I think it's time to start.
Korso: [spotting the Drej entering] Well, actually, I think it's time to start.
"... Excuse me a minute."
He was interrupted by a burst of incoherent screaming which sounded like the warcry of a Khornate fanatic and which terminated abruptly in a thud of a power maul on full charge and a gurgle that sounded distinctly unhealthy. "Well he's not getting mine* ... Sorry commissar, where were we?"
He was interrupted by a burst of incoherent screaming which sounded like the warcry of a Khornate fanatic and which terminated abruptly in a thud of a power maul on full charge and a gurgle that sounded distinctly unhealthy. "Well he's not getting mine* ... Sorry commissar, where were we?"
— Praetor Kolbe, Ciaphas Cain: The Traitor's Hand
Air Traffic Control: You are cleared to land on any runway.
Capt. Al Haynes: Roger. [chuckles] You want to be particular and make it a runway, huh?
Capt. Al Haynes: Roger. [chuckles] You want to be particular and make it a runway, huh?
— United Airlines Flight 232
, crash landing in Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989.
, crash landing in Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989."Eh... what's up, Doc?"
— Bugs Bunny, often while he has a gun pointed directly at his skull.
Pacha: ...Uh-oh.
Kuzco: (facing the other way) Don't tell me. We're about to go over a huge waterfall?
Pacha: Yep.
Kuzco: Sharp rocks at the bottom?
Pacha: Most likely.
(Beat)
Kuzco: Bring it on.
Kuzco: (facing the other way) Don't tell me. We're about to go over a huge waterfall?
Pacha: Yep.
Kuzco: Sharp rocks at the bottom?
Pacha: Most likely.
(Beat)
Kuzco: Bring it on.
"Hi, guys. Listen, they're... they're telling me that the... the generators can't take it, and the ship is... flying apart and all that. Just FYI."
— Fred Kwan, Galaxy Quest
"Sorry, I'm busy making death threats to Samaritan operatives."
— John Reese, Person of Interest, "If-Then-Else"
"Can we talk about this after the whole lethal shootout thing?"
— Sameen Shaw, Person of Interest, "The Day The World Went Away"
"Folks, there is some sort of electrical disturbance in the stands. Metalbender cops are dropping like bumbleflies. There appear to be masked members of the audience wielding strange devices on their hands. One of them is in the booth with me right now, folks! He is leveling one of those glove devices at me now, and I believe he is about to electrocute me! I am currently wetting my pants!" *zap*
— Shiro Shinobi, The Legend of Korra
"You shut the goddamn hell up, super monsters."
— Black Mage, 8-Bit Theater
(Milo and Zack are running away from a concrete pipe trying to crush them)
Zack: Wait; why aren't you screaming!?!
Milo: I find it doesn't help. Just hurts the larynx.
Zack: Wait; why aren't you screaming!?!
Milo: I find it doesn't help. Just hurts the larynx.
Clara: That thing is after us, and you want a chat?
The Doctor: Well we can't chat after we've been horribly killed, can we?
The Doctor: Well we can't chat after we've been horribly killed, can we?
— Doctor Who, "The Snowmen"
SOCIAL INTERACTION WILL CEASE!
— a Dalek, to the Doctor, Rose and Mickey, Doctor Who, "Doomsday"
"You really think this is the time for a semantics debate?"
"I don't know if you've been in a fight before, but there's usually not this much talking."
— Falcon to Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War
Speed: Just so I know: are we going to stand here and bicker all day or are we going to go fight the bad guys?
Stature: Usually we manage to do both at the same time. We're good like that.
Stature: Usually we manage to do both at the same time. We're good like that.
"We're about to die, and this is what we're discussing?"
— Gamora, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Pumbaa: Shall we run for our lives?
Timon: Oh yes, let's.
Timon: Oh yes, let's.
— The Lion King 1 ½, during the wildebeest stampede
Col. Mustard: (examining the lounge) Just checking.
Mrs. Peacock: Is everything alright?
Col. Mustard: Yep. Two corpses, everything's fine.
Mrs. Peacock: Is everything alright?
Col. Mustard: Yep. Two corpses, everything's fine.
— Clue
Anakin: We lost something.
Obi-Wan: Not to worry. We are still flying half a ship.
Obi-Wan: Not to worry. We are still flying half a ship.
—Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, on preparing to crash-land what's left of Grievous' flagship Invisible Hand
Black Widow: I expected a little more resistance. I know SHIELD intel said these were just the worker bees, low-caste organizers with an aptitude for filling, but...
Hawkeye: Natasha! For God's sake!
Black Widow: What?
Hawkeye: It's okay for you and your million dollars enhancements, but I can't do this stuff and talk at the same time, honey!
Cornelius: What is with these people, colonel? It's life and death down there and they're all cracking jokes like they're characters in one of those stupid summer pop-corn flicks.
Reporter: Tom, the Disney Jonas Brothers 3D Television Special has failed, costing the Disney Company millions, and once again Mickey is pissed off and throwing a fit.
Mickey Mouse: (while giant and floating over the town, destroying everything in his wake) Vengeance is mine! You are all ants and I am your destroyer, haha!
Reporter: The Disney purity ring venture will most likely now prove a marketing bust, as Mickey returns to Valhalla to slumber and feed.
Mickey Mouse: (while giant and floating over the town, destroying everything in his wake) Vengeance is mine! You are all ants and I am your destroyer, haha!
Reporter: The Disney purity ring venture will most likely now prove a marketing bust, as Mickey returns to Valhalla to slumber and feed.
— South Park, "The Ring"
Lea: Not bad for an on-the-fly team, right?
Aqua: Don't talk! Fight!
Lea: Hmph... You don't have to say it like that...
Aqua: Don't talk! Fight!
Lea: Hmph... You don't have to say it like that...
Billy: The hell's goin' on up there...?
Billy: Hey, Ron.
Ron: Hey, Billy. That hurt.
—This video of a man casually falling out of a convenience store wall
of a man casually falling out of a convenience store wallI see you're out of the wall.
—Nahiri to Sorin Markov as Sorin is magically draining the blood from her body against a backdrop of a battle for the future of the Multiverse, Magic: The Gathering.
against a backdrop of a battle for the future of the Multiverse, Magic: The Gathering.[Istas and Verity are currently strapped to tables by a snake cult preparing to sacrifice them to a dragon.]
Istas: I will enjoy removing his insides and displaying them to him as a part of his outsides. [Beat] I believe I will wear his liver as a hat.
Verity: Okay, well, good, that’s a goal. First we need to get loose. Then we can think about internal organ haberdashery.
Istas: I will enjoy removing his insides and displaying them to him as a part of his outsides. [Beat] I believe I will wear his liver as a hat.
Verity: Okay, well, good, that’s a goal. First we need to get loose. Then we can think about internal organ haberdashery.
— InCryptid: Discount Armageddon
"I would greatly prefer if you didn't put a bullet into my brain; it would complicate my plans for life, most of which involve not being dead."
— Alex Price, InCryptid: Pocket Apocalypse
Willingham: No offense sir, but you're being awfully casual about this. I mean, as casual as usual. But aren't we dealing with "Bram Stoker Meets Castle Wolfenstein" shit here?
Pip: Honestly Willingham, we were prepared for a full-on tactical assault. Instead we got a volley of Swastika-covered dipshits running dick-first into enemy territory.
Willingham: Still kinda crazy though isn't it?
Pip: No way! If you told me two years ago when we were either starting or ending a war in The Middle East that we'd end up fighting Nazi Vampires, I'd have kissed you full on the mouth. But now? All I feel is robbed.
Pip: Honestly Willingham, we were prepared for a full-on tactical assault. Instead we got a volley of Swastika-covered dipshits running dick-first into enemy territory.
Willingham: Still kinda crazy though isn't it?
Pip: No way! If you told me two years ago when we were either starting or ending a war in The Middle East that we'd end up fighting Nazi Vampires, I'd have kissed you full on the mouth. But now? All I feel is robbed.
"Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back."
—Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters (1984)
Insert joke here about how I leave you alone for five minutes and all of Fillory goes to shit.
—Julia, The Magician's Land
Bob: Yeah, so I got it from Rocko. I hope you don't mind too much. But um... happy engagement!
Jean: Get out of the monster's mouth!
Our skipper is canny, a droll kind of soul,
He's never sulked and he's still cracking jokes
"Ah, Mr. Starbuck, your aim is quite rare!"
"Well I aims to sink her beyond disrepair!"
He's never sulked and he's still cracking jokes
"Ah, Mr. Starbuck, your aim is quite rare!"
"Well I aims to sink her beyond disrepair!"
— The Longest Johns, "Nantucket"
[Giant vortex appears above him] "Here's something that doesn't happen everydaaaaaaaayyyyyy...!" [Gets sucked into the vortex]
— Smoke Scream, Skylanders: Trap Team
"I am Rei Ayanami, yes. Why are you trying to kill me? And if it would not be too much trouble, could we perhaps reschedule this assassination? I have much work to do in regards to cleaning my now dirty clothes."
— Rei Ayanami, Rise of the Minisukas
Claude: Well, you can definitely handle yourself in a fight, mister warrior king.
Dimitri: Good to see your humor is intact, never mind the gravity of the moment.
Dimitri: Good to see your humor is intact, never mind the gravity of the moment.
Rick: I will say, we are gettin' some good licks in while choking to death.
Morty: Right?
Morty: Right?
— Vindicators 3, Rick and Morty
Baby Bear: Oi, I'm gonna bust you up, plum-thumb! And then I'm gonna wear your clothes!
Jack Horner: [confused] That was weird. [blasts Baby away]
Jack Horner: [confused] That was weird. [blasts Baby away]
