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I'm a bitch who doesn't give a fuck. You and your half-dead face can preach about hymens and demons and other weird words that supposedly mean shit, but that doesn't change the fact that if any of you fuckers get in my way, I'm gonna kick some twisted-ass ass. You hear me, dick? I'm a hot bitch angel named Panty. And no matter what anyone says, I DO WHAT I FUCKING WANT!
— Panty Anarchy, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
"I'll tell you one thing... I'm not a pawn of the Powers That Be. I'm neither an ally of the warlocks nor of the witches. I am who I am. I'm not a puppet of authority like you."
—Sigma, Tweeny Witches
Comic Books
Chaotic Neutral! My favorite! I get to do whatever I think is best.
— Deadpool, Spider-Man/Deadpool #1
"My world is all just shades of grey, Batman. That's why you'll never really understand me."
-—Catwoman, Catwoman Vol. 3 #1
Fan Fiction
Even Loki cannot fully predict Loki's plans, sister.
You know how I so revel in chaos.
Film — Live-Action
It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.
— Tyler Durden, Fight Club
Rocket: So we're saving the galaxy again?
Peter Quill: Yep.
Rocket: Awesome! We're really gonna be able to jack up our price if we're two-time galaxy savers!
Peter Quill: Yep.
Rocket: Awesome! We're really gonna be able to jack up our price if we're two-time galaxy savers!
There is no right or wrong. There is only fun and boring.
— The Plague, Hackers
Me, I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're gonna do something incredibly... stupid.
— Captain Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Elizabeth: Whose side is Jack on?
Will: At the moment?
Will: At the moment?
We are the best
So screw the rest
We do as we damn well please
Until the end
St. Trinians,
Defenders of anarchy
So screw the rest
We do as we damn well please
Until the end
St. Trinians,
Defenders of anarchy
— St Trinians (2007) theme song
Finn, let me learn you something big; It's all a machine, partner. Live free. Don't join.
— DJ, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
— Renton, Trainspotting
"Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me."
—Han Solo, A New Hope
Literature
I am not what you call a civilized man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating. I do not, therefore, obey its laws, and I desire you never to allude to them before me again!
— Captain Nemo, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Darlajane B. tells Alex that he is this figure, the wise Fool, the vagabond who lives on the edge of society, despised, believed mad yet the genius who carries the spark that will change that society. He is the pure impulse that is neither evil nor good, open to all the wonders of the world and heedless of its dangers; but he is also the Joker, who continually seeks extravagant amusements, heedless of the chaos his search causes because he is lost in the joy of the moment.
— Fairyland, by Paul J McAuley
Where's there's strife and where there's trouble, call on Peevsie, he'll make double!
— Peeves the Poltergeist, Harry Potter
Some people felt you were a bit of a jerk. It's because you took very seriously your dream that you shouldn't take anything seriously even though the contradiction implied a passion that was relentlessly opposed to frivolity.
— Glinda, describing the problem with spreading chaos, Chasing the Dragon
Music
Out for my own, out to be free
One with my mind, they just can't see
No need to hear things that they say
Life is for my own to live my own way
One with my mind, they just can't see
No need to hear things that they say
Life is for my own to live my own way
You take what you get, you get what you please, better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
— Midnight Oil, "The Power and the Passion"
Fuck 'em and their law!
— The Prodigy, "Their Law"
Word is born
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D the E the F the I the A the N the C the E
Mind of a revolutionary
So clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The land of the free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy!
Now something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun
Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system
I was born to rage against 'em
Now action must be taken
We don't need the key
We'll break in
Fight the war, fuck the norm
Now I got no patience
So sick of complacence
With the D the E the F the I the A the N the C the E
Mind of a revolutionary
So clear the lane
The finger to the land of the chains
What? The land of the free?
Whoever told you that is your enemy!
Now something must be done
About vengeance, a badge and a gun
Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system
I was born to rage against 'em
Now action must be taken
We don't need the key
We'll break in
— Rage Against the Machine, "Know Your Enemy"
Mama's torn, hands cover her sunken face. We're hungry but their belly's full. The structure is set you never change it with a ballot poll.
— Rage Against the Machine, "Down Rodeo"
Tabletop Games
A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is an individualist first and last. He values his own liberty but doesn't strive to protect others' freedom. He avoids authority, resents restrictions, and challenges traditions. A chaotic neutral character does not intentionally disrupt organizations as part of a campaign of anarchy; to do so, he would have to be motivated either by good (and a desire to liberate others) or evil (and a desire to make those different from him suffer). A chaotic neutral may be unpredictable, but his behavior is not totally random. [...] Chaotic neutral is the best alignment you can be because it represents true freedom from both society's restrictions and a do-gooder's zeal.
— Dungeons & Dragons: Player's Handbook, 3.5th Edition
A rolling stone gathers no moss. There is only today. Be like the wind and be taken wherever fate sees fit. He who fights fate courts folly. You only live once. Power to those who do not wish for power. Avoid anything in a uniform. Challenge the old orders.
— Introduction to Chaotic Neutral, Ultimate Campaign
Trust not in their appearance, for the Eldar are as utterly alien to good, honest men as the vile Tyranids and savage Orks. They are capricious and fickle, attacking without cause or warning. There is no understanding them for there is nothing to understand — they are a random force in the universe.
— Commander Abriel Hume, Warhammer 40,000
Video Games
I don't fight for good, and I don't fight for evil. I JUST FIGHT!
— Augus, Asura's Wrath
I can do anything!
— Jevil, Deltarune
I do what I want! You have problem?
— Quina Quen, Final Fantasy IX
Pulse and Cocoon can rot for all I care. [...] I'll tear down the sky, if it'll save her.
— Fang, Final Fantasy XIII
What is chaos in theory? It's a thousand coins flung into the air. Each one wavering in the course of it's rise and fall between justice and greed, tenderness and blood, calamity and boredom.
Who are the Dragon? We are not the face of a coin, praying for fate to favor our side. We are the hand that makes the toss. We are the trajectory. We are the violence in the wind. Countless conditions determine every outcome, and we strive to know and manipulate them all. A thousand coins tumble down and we formulate the equations and models to predict where each and every one will fall. And when they fall? We will adjust accordingly, and fling them back into the air.
For we are the Dragon, and we take chaos far beyond theory.
Who are the Dragon? We are not the face of a coin, praying for fate to favor our side. We are the hand that makes the toss. We are the trajectory. We are the violence in the wind. Countless conditions determine every outcome, and we strive to know and manipulate them all. A thousand coins tumble down and we formulate the equations and models to predict where each and every one will fall. And when they fall? We will adjust accordingly, and fling them back into the air.
For we are the Dragon, and we take chaos far beyond theory.
—Faction trailer for The Dragon, The Secret World
I am Shadow the Hedgehog! I and only I know what is best! No one can tell me what to do! This is who I am!
— Shadow the Hedgehog, the Semi-Dark: Hero path
With chaos, you never know what'll happen next, which is AWESOME!
— Pearl, Splatoon 2
The passage of time rids humans of attachment, but is that aging or growth? There is an answer, but what is right and wrong depends on who's talking when and where. I'm an ally and an enemy to everything all at once. I simply go with the flow. You can destroy anything, you can save anything, so long as the flow continues. So yes, there is an answer. But I have no need for conclusions. And right now, neither do you.
— Happy Chaos, Guilty Gear Strive
Mrs. Applegate: NUGGET!!
Nugget: What is it large teacher lady?
Mrs. Applegate: Did you kill Cindy's dog?!
Nugget: What?! No! Nugget would never— well not NEVER, but Nugget is relatively harmless!
Nugget: What is it large teacher lady?
Mrs. Applegate: Did you kill Cindy's dog?!
Nugget: What?! No! Nugget would never— well not NEVER, but Nugget is relatively harmless!
Webcomics
There shall be no Law on New Hong Kong.
— Hacked insert in the Law Machines' programming, Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire
Classify it as "I don't give a rat's ass" AKA Chaotic Neutral.
— Roronoa Zoro as played by Cory
, One Piece Grand Line3point 5
, One Piece Grand Line3point 5[Computer], you're not looking at the big picture here. The biggest threat to an advanced species is complacency. They become so comfortable that they lose their ability to adapt. A big change comes along and they go extinct. By selflessly providing a constant source of chaos, I keep that from happening. True, it's bad in the short run. But in the long run, people like me are vital to the survival of the human race.
(scene cut)
Great news! The computer doesn't want to kill me anymore. Now it just wants a big bottle of aspirin!
(scene cut)
Great news! The computer doesn't want to kill me anymore. Now it just wants a big bottle of aspirin!
Glon: Oh, I'm just going to put into motion a chain of events that will rock the very foundations of the seats of power from here to the outer edges of the North Realm.
Mrs. Bloodhand: Is this fueled by any aspirations for your own advancement or are you doing it for the good of the many?
Glon: Oh neither. I'm enjoying the sheer beauty of chaos. But if any doors happen to open my way...
Mrs. Bloodhand: Is this fueled by any aspirations for your own advancement or are you doing it for the good of the many?
Glon: Oh neither. I'm enjoying the sheer beauty of chaos. But if any doors happen to open my way...
Web Animation
Springtrap: Have at thee-!
[The Night Guard hits Springtrap in the knees with a crowbar]
Springtrap: Ahh! My fucking knees!
Night Guard: Get crowbarred, bitch! Thanks for the crowbar, Foxy.
Springtrap: Foxy! What the fuck?!
Phantom Foxy: I don't know, I'm bored!
[The Night Guard hits Springtrap in the knees with a crowbar]
Springtrap: Ahh! My fucking knees!
Night Guard: Get crowbarred, bitch! Thanks for the crowbar, Foxy.
Springtrap: Foxy! What the fuck?!
Phantom Foxy: I don't know, I'm bored!
Why does anyone do anything? Sheer, absolute boredom!
—Alastor, Hazbin Hotel
"Okay, sometimes we break the law,
But that’s an insignificant little flaw!
Our mission is to laugh, enjoy, and inspire,
Just ignore the things that we set on fire!"
But that’s an insignificant little flaw!
Our mission is to laugh, enjoy, and inspire,
Just ignore the things that we set on fire!"
— Mario, SMG4, "War of the Fat Italians 2022"
Web Original
A Chaotic Neutral character could very well burn down the orphanage, I would be like "Why did you do that?!" and they would be like "Eh." (shrugs) I can't argue with that!
Gigachad: "I've burned down a target, a US bank, and a dollar tree."
Phone: "We're upset about the death of George Floyd too, but rioting isn't the answer."
Gigachad: "George who?"
Phone: "We're upset about the death of George Floyd too, but rioting isn't the answer."
Gigachad: "George who?"
— @HitorMissDSA◊ on Twitter
◊ on Twitter Western Animation
I'm not mean, I'm a thousand years old and I just lost track of my moral code.
— Marceline, Adventure Time
Yeah, let's break some rules!
— Toph, shortly before blowing out the side of a building for no reason, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?
— Discord, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
[Rick]'s not a villain, Summer, but he shouldn't be your hero. He's more like a demon or a super fucked-up God.
— Morty, Rick and Morty
Life is short. If you don't stop and look around... and do whatever you want all the time... then you could miss it.
— Cartman, South Park
"Sometimes I'm bad for money. Sometimes I'm good for money. As long as I'm having fun with said money, I make my own rules!"
Real Life
"Do what thou wilt" shall be the whole of the law.
I have a secret love of chaos. There should be more of it. Do not believe — and I am dead serious when I say this — do not assume that order and stability are always good, in a society or in a universe. The old, the ossified, must always give way to new life and the birth of new things. Before the new things can be born the old must perish.
Reason is the enemy of all greatness.
— Giacomo Leopardi
I probably took more than anybody could survive... I was bangin' seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that's how I roll... I'm different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man... Dying's for fools, dying's for amateurs.
I don't suffer from insanity, I love every minute of it
— Unknown, but possibly the comedian Edward Hastings Ford
