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Helga: Someone needs to talk to that girl.
Mole: I will go!
Vinny: Someone with good people skills.
Mole: I will do it!
Dr. Sweet: Someone who won't scare her away.
Mole: I volunteer!
Mrs. Packard: Someone who can speak the language.
Mole: For the good of the mission, I will go!
Rourke: (to Milo, who hasn't been paying attention) Good man, Thatch. Thanks for volunteering.
Mole: [breaks down sobbing]
Audrey: (nudges Milo) Go get 'em, tiger.

Scientist 1: Why don't you sit down, Mr Cole?
Jones: We appreciate your volunteering. You're a very good observer, Cole.
Cole: Thank you.
Scientist 2: We have a very advanced program. Something very different.
Scientist 3: An opportunity to reduce your sentence considerably.
Scientist 4: And possibly play an important role in returning the human race to the surface of the Earth.
Jones: We want tough-minded people. Strong, mentally. We've had some misfortunes with... unstable types.
Scientist 1: For a man in your position, an opportunity not to volunteer could be a real mistake.
Scientist 2: Definitely a mistake.

Pvt. Elder: Oh hey, great. Good move! Remind me to thank the captain.
Sgt. Moody: Shut up Elder, and get your ass out! Let's go Martin, move it, move!
Pvt. Elder: I can't believe I agreed to do this.
Sgt. Moody: You didn't, remember? You were volunteered.
— After crashing the car during a high-speed car chase. Call of Duty

Doctor: [to Bill] Nardole agreed!
Nardole: No, I didn't!
Doctor: You did in my head, which is good enough for me.

Gordon: I propose that Percy be our...disputation.
Percy: Me?! I can't!
Henry: Rubbish, Percy! It's easy!

Picard: You had no right to involve me without my permission.
K'mpec: If I'd asked, you would have said no.

Ezri: You know, none of this was my idea. I never wanted to be joined.
Jake: Then how did you get the symbiont?
Ezri: It was an accident.
Joseph: Some accident!
Ezri: I was on the Destiny when they brought the Dax symbiont aboard to be taken back to Trill. Halfway through the trip, the symbiont took a turn for the worse, and it needed to be placed in a host immediately...
Captain Sisko: ...and you were the only Trill on board.

A.R.G.U.S. agent: Director Waller has asked me to thank you for agreeing to take on this mission.
Oliver Queen: I didn't agree to take on any—
A.R.G.U.S. agent: (drawing a pistol) Sorry. We're on a bit of a clock here. Now, you're getting off this plane. You can do that with a chute on your back or a bullet in your head. Your call.

Sergeant: I need a volunteer... (points at soldier) You.
Australian Army joke

Sergeant: I need four volunteers.
Private: For what?
Sergeant: I need three volunteers.
Marine Corps joke

Husk: What the hell do you want with me this time?
Alastor: My friend, I am doing some charity work, so I took it upon myself to volunteer your services. I hope that's okay?
Husk: Are you shitting me?!
Alastor: Hmm... no, I don't think so.

"I order you to volunteer."

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