Oliver: You know, Libby, you missed a lot — not knowing Norman Maine.
Libby: Not knowing him? I spent my life knowing him! I knew what he was going to do before he did it! I knew him backwards!
Oliver: You didn't know him at all. He was quite a guy.
Libby: Not knowing him? I spent my life knowing him! I knew what he was going to do before he did it! I knew him backwards!
Oliver: You didn't know him at all. He was quite a guy.
No one here is entirely what he appears. If I surprised you, so much the better.
— G'Kar, Babylon 5 ("Mind War")
So, Richard Belding, a man so fated to become a highschool principal that his very name is a gag about the onomatopoeic sound of a bell, reveals that he served in Vietnam. And quite probably killed people. Mr. Belding joins the ranks of other fictional characters who served in wars prior to the adventures we knew them for, such as Herman Munster, a WWII vet, and Home and Away's Alf Stewart, who was also in Nam, possibly mowing down innocent villagers alongside Belding, in fan fiction that I'm going to write the second I've finished this chapter.
— Stuart Millard, So Excited, So Scared: The Saved by the Bell Retrospective
It was a battle to get an interview with him in the first place, but once we began talking he was so responsive. Most people who interview him ask him questions about the latest action movie, which he couldn't give a damn about, or about his girl trouble, or make fun of him. But he's a much more complicated character, and he had a lot to say.
— Feminist writer Katherine Viner on Sylvester Stallone
Matt was beginning to suspect that Silva was the sort of person who rose to meet expectations. All his life he'd been expected to be a screwup—so he was. Now everyone, himself included, expected more, and so far he'd delivered.
Riff-raff, street rat. I don't buy that.
If only they'd look closer.
Would they see a poor boy?
No, siree.
They'd find out
there's so much more to me.
If only they'd look closer.
Would they see a poor boy?
No, siree.
They'd find out
there's so much more to me.
— Aladdin, Aladdin, "One Jump Ahead (Reprise)"
"What? Was that Merlyn, who five seconds ago was screaming about all the hoes he gets, talking about materialistic culture, socioeconomic warfare, and the downfalls of being a kid who has to experience these things?"
— Alfo Media on Brockhampton's Merlyn Wood
We're all scared, it's the human condition! Why do ya thinks I put on this tough-guy facade? Now beat it!
—Sal, Futurama, "The Honking"
You can't open up the story of my life and just fucking go to page 738 and think you know me.
—Arin, Game Grumps
He had surprised her. She didn't know he played the violoncello. About his hidden talents.
— Asuka on Shinji, HERZ, chapter 7
You don't know the things I dream. No one does, no one ever cared enough to find out.
— Perturabo, Horus Heresy
You know, consciously, you may control it, but subconsciously, I bet that's another story.
— Major Glenn Talbot, Hulk
(reading from a card) "Hi, I'm Andre. I hope I don't roll up this eulogy and smoke it." Is this really what you think of me? I'm not just a drug guy, you know? I speak Latin!
— Andre Lee, Inside Job (2021), "Ghost Protocol"
Urk: Urk speak six languages.
Donovan: And none of them have use personal pronouns?
Urk: None!
Donovan: And none of them have use personal pronouns?
Urk: None!
— Donovan and Urk, MSF High
Watching him look around for clothes... it really humanized the Good Hunter in comparison to the pitiless killing machine that he was usually known as.
— Maia on Kyril, The Night Unfurls, chapter 23
"Trunks often made the rash assumption (as everyone else did) that all his father knew how to do was purge planets and kill. It was during rare moments like these he realized there had probably been other diversions to occupy his father's time while in Frieza's intergalactic army. Vegeta appeared to be well-schooled in diplomacy and mediation, and he looked extremely comfortable in the role."
Trunks: I guess a guy can't train and battle all the time. Not even him. I wonder if mom knows about this side of him?
Trunks: I guess a guy can't train and battle all the time. Not even him. I wonder if mom knows about this side of him?
Emily: People tell me I'm weird, or spacy, or "random," whatever that means. At first it hurt my feelings. People were saying I'm not like them, and it was a bad thing. But then I realized people use those words because they're lazy. They call me weird so they can dismiss me. "Don't mind Emily, she's just weird." "Oh Emily, you're so random." It's like, screw you for thinking I'm "random." As if being myself is a calculated act. A defense mechanism. I'm happy with who I am, and with how my brain works, and if that makes you uncomfortable it's your problem, not mine.
Clinton: Wow.
Emily: And when I explain this to people they're like "ooh, she has hidden depths." No I don't! My depths aren't hidden! I'm weird all the way down! You just can't handle it!
Clinton: Wow.
Emily: And when I explain this to people they're like "ooh, she has hidden depths." No I don't! My depths aren't hidden! I'm weird all the way down! You just can't handle it!
Maki: I never would have thought our cranky boss was the type to try and leave home when he was young.
Shiori (to Ririko) I'm more surprised by your granny!
Ririko: Hidden depths... of coolness.
Shiori (to Ririko) I'm more surprised by your granny!
Ririko: Hidden depths... of coolness.
Sam: Look, Max, in the White House Garden Pond. It's Jimmy Two-Teeth!
Max: We often allow Lobbyists to use the pool, Sam.
Sam: Jimmy's a lobbyist now? What's he lobbying for? Cheese interests?
Max: Affordable heath care for the aged and underprivileged, Sam. He's a lot more multi-faceted than you give him credit for.
Max: We often allow Lobbyists to use the pool, Sam.
Sam: Jimmy's a lobbyist now? What's he lobbying for? Cheese interests?
Max: Affordable heath care for the aged and underprivileged, Sam. He's a lot more multi-faceted than you give him credit for.
— Sam & Max, Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sullivan: I never pegged you for, for an artist, Shuck. I must say I'm...confused.
Shuck: When your life predates the existence of the fuckin' universe, you tend to pick up a few things.
Shuck: When your life predates the existence of the fuckin' universe, you tend to pick up a few things.
"Onions have layers."
— Shrek
What? Just because I'm a meathead doesn't mean I'm not a feminist.
— Knuckles the Echidna
, Sonic Boom, "Eggman's Anti-Gravity Ray"
, Sonic Boom, "Eggman's Anti-Gravity Ray""Wow. You're not the complete idiot I and everyone I know takes you for, are you?"
— Sgt. Agony to Courtney, SuperMansion
I'm malicious, mean, and scary,
My sneer could curdle dairy,
And violence-wise, my hands are not the cleanest,
But despite my evil look,
And my temper, and my hook,
I've always yearned to be a concert pianist.
My sneer could curdle dairy,
And violence-wise, my hands are not the cleanest,
But despite my evil look,
And my temper, and my hook,
I've always yearned to be a concert pianist.
— Hook-Hand, Tangled, "I've Got a Dream"
"My wisdom comes from experience. My passion comes from pain. My confidence hides my insecurities. My weakness makes me stronger. My past does not define me. My strength is an illusion. My calm masks a storm. My innocence is not ignorance."
—- Unknown
Who knew the ramen guy had so much Backstory?
— Neku, The World Ends with You
Imp screamed again as he directed another wave of flame her way. It was a scream of pain this time.
Foil shot him, but he didn’t turn away from Imp and the Yàngban member. Instead, one hand stretched out, casting flame towards her. The cloth goats blocked it, and were promptly set aflame. He maintained two columns of flame from his hands, one directed at Imp, one at Foil and Parian.
"Fuck it," Regent said, his voice almost inaudible. He was looking at Imp.
"Regent," I said. When he rose to his feet, I raised my voice, “Regent!”
“Hey Shitcrumb!” Regent hollered, backing away from cover. “Easy-”
Behemoth dropped the flame attack. I could see Yàngban members raising forcefields as he reached out, casting a bolt of lightning in Regent’s direction. The forcefields did nothing, not even softening the blow in any measurable way.
Regent was snuffed out, dead.
— Worm
"I'd love to think I was a puzzle. A woman of mystery. Smiling and enigmatic on the surface—but underneath, a tigress. I hate to admit it, but what you see is all there is. Underneath this plain girlish exterior, there's a very plain girl."
— Mary, Mary Mary
"Bitch, what you don't know about me I could just about squeeze into the Grand Fucking Canyon."
Dr. Hartman: (holding a book) This should explain everything.
Peter: A Farewell to Arms? (gasp) I fell in love with a nurse during World War I?!
Dr. Hartman: No, no, just the title. It's a- there's no way you've read that.
Peter: A Farewell to Arms? (gasp) I fell in love with a nurse during World War I?!
Dr. Hartman: No, no, just the title. It's a- there's no way you've read that.
John: What's a "Stakhanovite"?
George: It's a name they give a bloke in Russia who digs a lotta coal.
Henry: How do you know?
George: I'm not daft, Henry.
"You are arrogant, and cruel, and selfish. But... you are more than that. You have always been more than what others saw. You are more than that."'
— Kratos to his younger self, God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
