Yes, I remember everything. So do Rei and Shinji, who's probably hiding because he blames himself for what happened to you; in fact, come to think of it he blames himself for pretty much all of it.
— Asuka, Doing It Right This Time
He still feels he's responsible for Third Impact, for the chaos the followed, and for the current state of world affairs. No matter what happens he feels it's all his fault, since he set it all in motion.
— Asuka, Ghosts of Evangelion
He pulled her into the arch of one of the low buildings that ringed the outskirts of the city, not far from the school, and cursed himself. This was his fault, it was all his fault.
— Touji, Last Child of Krypton
"It's my fault... I failed to take control of the EVA... Father... my hands... he used me to harm Touji. And now... you say he piloted because of his sister? It's... it's all my fault! If I hadn't hurt his sister in the first place, none of this would have happened! Touji wouldn't have piloted! IT'S ALL MY FAULT!"
— Shinji, The One I Love Is..., chapter 6
This was his fault: he should have helped her when the Fifteenth Angel broke into her mind; should have done something other than sit in his Eva, hearing her scream as her psyche was torn to pieces. And afterwards, he should have been there to comfort her, to let her know that she was not useless and need not be alone.
Because, despite everything, they had shared a close bond through their Evas. He was supposed to understand her just as he had here come hoping she would do the same for him.
This was his fault ... because he had done nothing.
Because, despite everything, they had shared a close bond through their Evas. He was supposed to understand her just as he had here come hoping she would do the same for him.
This was his fault ... because he had done nothing.
A woman collapsed while I was using my X-Ray Vision. I think it disrupted her pacemaker. She suffered and it's... It's my fault.
There! I can see Supergirl — and Krypto?! Great Scott, what's he doing there? Supergirl must have summoned him — and now they're fighting those warships against impossible odds! NO! There're hit! They're going down — And it's MY FAULT!
I should have stopped you somehow! I should have saved you! This is all my fault!
(Laura enters the house, sullen and hurt)
Carl: Laura, what's happened?
Laura: Daddy, everything's a mess!
Harriete: Laura, did somebody do something to you?!
Laura: No, it's the whole school! The black kids won't talk to the white kids, people are calling each other names, taking sides...! And it's all my fault.
Carl: Your fault?
Laura: If I hadn't started that petition, none of this would have happened! I just wanted to make things better, but ended up making 'em worse!
Harriette: Honey, that's not true. None of this is your fault.
Carl: That's right. That petition was a great idea.
Laura: No, it's wasn't. I wish I had never done it. (tears up) I just wish it would all go away, Daddy.
—Family Matters, "Fight the Good Fight"
Supergirl: "Gifts"? These "gifts" make a target, Lana. They make me dangerous to everyone around me. And as you'll recall, the last time I tried to help someone, I got a planet full of my people blown up —
Lana Lang: That wasn't your fault and you know it —
Supergirl: It doesn't matter whose fault you think it was, Lana! 80,000 people were put in danger because of something I did... and then Supergirl couldn't save any of them.
Lana Lang: That wasn't your fault and you know it —
Supergirl: It doesn't matter whose fault you think it was, Lana! 80,000 people were put in danger because of something I did... and then Supergirl couldn't save any of them.
Okay. I'm ready to intercept her. If she's killed 318 people already... that means I'm responsible for it, in a sense.
Wolverine: Don't tell me he's still blaming himself for all this?
Jean Grey: Are you kidding? Cyclops blames himself for the hole in the ozone layer, Wolverine.
The almanac. The son of a bitch stole my idea! He must have been listening when I- it's my fault. The whole thing is my fault. If I hadn't bought that damn book, none of this would've ever happened.
— Marty McFly, Back to the Future Part II
Betty Ross: You know, there's a little part of me feels a tad responsible for all this, General.
Nick Fury:: You weren't the one pushing down buildings, Betty
Betty Ross: No, but the way I've been treating Bruce... talking to him like dirt, flirting with Freddie Prinze. I really feel like I was the one who pushed him over the edge.
Poor Launchpad — it's all my fault!
— Scrooge McDuck, DuckTales (1987)
Amethyst: I knew something was going on, I- Why didn't I DO SOMETHING?! (...) (to Greg) Dude, you should get outta here before you get hurt!
Greg: NO! Every time Gem-stuff happens, I run the other way! And he's RIGHT to be angry because... I didn't protect him!
Blue Diamond: (crying) You didn't protect him from us! He's like this because of us...
Yellow Diamond: (also crying) We're the source of Steven's suffering!
Spinel: (bursts into hysterical tears; blows her nose in her hair) THIS IS MY FAULT! (falls backwards while crying harder)
White Diamond: (crying) Spinel, don't be silly! Everyone knows that all of this is because of ME!
Spinel: (sits up) No, it's ME! I tried to wipe his friends' memories, so he'd die alone, on a barren world!
White Diamond: But that was because you were angry with Pink! And if Pink hurt you, it was because I hurt her! Like I hurt Yellow, and Blue, and Steven, and everyone in the entire universe! This is all my fault!
Connie: YES IT IS! (Beat as she rides Lion down onto the beach) YES, you hurt him, but this isn't the time to make this all about YOU! That is NOT helping! Maybe Steven would care how sad you are, because he ALWAYS puts everyone else's feelings first! But he can't do that for you right now, because he needs US this time!
Greg: NO! Every time Gem-stuff happens, I run the other way! And he's RIGHT to be angry because... I didn't protect him!
Blue Diamond: (crying) You didn't protect him from us! He's like this because of us...
Yellow Diamond: (also crying) We're the source of Steven's suffering!
Spinel: (bursts into hysterical tears; blows her nose in her hair) THIS IS MY FAULT! (falls backwards while crying harder)
White Diamond: (crying) Spinel, don't be silly! Everyone knows that all of this is because of ME!
Spinel: (sits up) No, it's ME! I tried to wipe his friends' memories, so he'd die alone, on a barren world!
White Diamond: But that was because you were angry with Pink! And if Pink hurt you, it was because I hurt her! Like I hurt Yellow, and Blue, and Steven, and everyone in the entire universe! This is all my fault!
Connie: YES IT IS! (Beat as she rides Lion down onto the beach) YES, you hurt him, but this isn't the time to make this all about YOU! That is NOT helping! Maybe Steven would care how sad you are, because he ALWAYS puts everyone else's feelings first! But he can't do that for you right now, because he needs US this time!
— Steven Universe: Future "I Am My Monster"
Hiccup: It's not a dream, it's not a way of life, it's reality. It normally happened— we trained the dragons, we left Berk, and now my father is on his deathbed because of it. Because of me. None of [the events of the series, especially Stoick's injury] would have happened, and I mean none of it, if I had never shot down Toothless in the first place! You know it. I know it. Berk knows it. Everyone knows it. Even [Toothless] knows it.
— Dragons: Race to the Edge episode "Darkest Night"
Homer: I don't know what went wrong, but I always know it's always my fault!
Lisa: Actually, Dad, this time, I was wrong.
Homer: (surprised noise)
Lisa: Too.
Homer: (sad noise)
Lisa: Actually, Dad, this time, I was wrong.
Homer: (surprised noise)
Lisa: Too.
Homer: (sad noise)
— The Simpsons, "Lisa the Vegetarian"
Chloe's gone because of me...Chloe's gone because of me...
—Goh, Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail, chapter 3
Poly: Oh, gosh...I helped get him here before they caved it in on top of him. Now I feel bad...
Tyler: Didn't I—uh, he—tell you to take him here?
Poly: (cheerfully) Hey, that's right. It's his fault he got squished!
Tyler: Didn't I—uh, he—tell you to take him here?
Poly: (cheerfully) Hey, that's right. It's his fault he got squished!
— PS238
Maxima: "This is all my fault, Kara. I led Kon right into a trap!"
Supergirl: "You can't blame yourself, Max. We all thought Korstus was on our side."
Supergirl: "You can't blame yourself, Max. We all thought Korstus was on our side."
— Crucible
Applejack: Sorry, Princess. We let ya' down again.
Shining Armor: No, I did this. I was supposed to make sure Canterlot was safe. But I let Chrysalis impersonate Cadance and trick me with her obvious lies. I even let her turn me against my own sister. Twilight was right.
Celestia: No, Captain. I'm supposed to be the wise high ruler of Equestria with thousands of years of experience. But I couldn't even tell the difference between my own niece and an obvious imposter. I failed as a ruler, I failed as an aunt, and I failed as a teacher. I'm an absolute failure.
Pinkie Pie: Hey, don't take all the credit. We helped too.
Fluttershy: We turned our backs on our best friend when she needed us the most.
Rarity: All for the chance to participate in a stupid wedding that was doomed to failure.
Rainbow Dash: Some friends we turned out to be.
Shining Armor: No, I did this. I was supposed to make sure Canterlot was safe. But I let Chrysalis impersonate Cadance and trick me with her obvious lies. I even let her turn me against my own sister. Twilight was right.
Celestia: No, Captain. I'm supposed to be the wise high ruler of Equestria with thousands of years of experience. But I couldn't even tell the difference between my own niece and an obvious imposter. I failed as a ruler, I failed as an aunt, and I failed as a teacher. I'm an absolute failure.
Pinkie Pie: Hey, don't take all the credit. We helped too.
Fluttershy: We turned our backs on our best friend when she needed us the most.
Rarity: All for the chance to participate in a stupid wedding that was doomed to failure.
Rainbow Dash: Some friends we turned out to be.
"I MADE A MISTAKE!...I made a mistake. Focused on big picture. Big picture made of little pictures. Too many variables! Can't hide behind statistics! Can't ignore new data! My responsibility!"
— Mordin Solus, Mass Effect 3
Beren: I knew I had to go because it was my fault.
Captain: I thought you said that it wasn't.
Beren: On the final count it was. He was.
Captain: Carcharoth was your fault? Since when were you involved in summoning demons to this Circle and giving them bodies?
Beren: [earnestly] Carcharoth was made to stop Huan. He wouldn't have been put there if Morgoth hadn't gotten scared hearing about how Huan destroyed Sauron's power. Huan wouldn't have tried to take on an entire fortress single-handedly —
Huan: [sharp bark]
Beren:— Yeah, yeah, whatever — by himself, if it wasn't for Tinuviel trying to save me. None of us would have been there if I hadn't been going for the Silmaril. Therefore it's ultimately and really my fault.
Captain: I thought you said that it wasn't.
Beren: On the final count it was. He was.
Captain: Carcharoth was your fault? Since when were you involved in summoning demons to this Circle and giving them bodies?
Beren: [earnestly] Carcharoth was made to stop Huan. He wouldn't have been put there if Morgoth hadn't gotten scared hearing about how Huan destroyed Sauron's power. Huan wouldn't have tried to take on an entire fortress single-handedly —
Huan: [sharp bark]
Beren:— Yeah, yeah, whatever — by himself, if it wasn't for Tinuviel trying to save me. None of us would have been there if I hadn't been going for the Silmaril. Therefore it's ultimately and really my fault.
"Oh, Phoenix... she's gone, and it's... it's my fault. And I shoulda... I shoulda brushed her like you said."
— Cricket Green, Big City Greens, "Phoenix Rises
"I broke the law, I stole from my own father, and committed treason! [sighs] And you know what the worst part is? I let the most powerful object in all of the land fall into the hands of... I don't even know what he is anymore! But I know we haven't seen the last of him..."
— Rapunzel, Tangled: The Series, "The Alchemist Returns"
"What the hell'd they infest you for?" I blurted.
Anne hunched forward further, pushing out her bottom lip. "I don't know!"
"Shit, just, forget I ever said that, okay? I know that they just picked people randomly." I knew she hadn't done anything wrong, hadn't signed up for the Sharing, hadn't gone through any locked doors or wandered into any staff-only meetings clearly marked as such. She hadn't deserved to get grabbed off the street and had a yeerk stuck in her head. And god did I not need to put that line of thought in her head. Essa only knew the number of hours I’d spent wondering whether they would have left me alone if I’d been a little less physically fit at the time, if I’d played a little less basketball and eaten a few more hamburgers.
Anne hunched forward further, pushing out her bottom lip. "I don't know!"
"Shit, just, forget I ever said that, okay? I know that they just picked people randomly." I knew she hadn't done anything wrong, hadn't signed up for the Sharing, hadn't gone through any locked doors or wandered into any staff-only meetings clearly marked as such. She hadn't deserved to get grabbed off the street and had a yeerk stuck in her head. And god did I not need to put that line of thought in her head. Essa only knew the number of hours I’d spent wondering whether they would have left me alone if I’d been a little less physically fit at the time, if I’d played a little less basketball and eaten a few more hamburgers.
Cricket: My resolution this year is to help Gloria with her resolution! After all, I owe you one. Me causing you to lose your job, get evicted from your apartment, and turnin' your life into a BIG DUMPSTER FIRE THAT IS—!
Gloria: Yup! We get it.
Gloria: Yup! We get it.
— Big City Greens, "Big Resolution"
Commander Shepard: Don't blame yourself.
Thane Krios: If I don't, who will? We must carry the weight of our decisions, Shepard. You, of all people, know this.
Thane Krios: If I don't, who will? We must carry the weight of our decisions, Shepard. You, of all people, know this.
"The Flash is critically injured... Lois Lane is dying! Central City will die, too— and then the whole world! It's all my fault— because I've just killed the only being in the universe who can save it!"
— Superman, The Plague of the Antibiotic Man
"Obviously, what we both feared came true— not even a Superman could endure the fury of a supernova— This is all my fault— I knew it would be dangerous— I should have insisted on going with him— If he doesn't recover, I'll never forgive myself."
— Supergirl, Let My People Grow!
Batman: Don't you know, Spider-Man blames himself for Marvel losing the Transformers?
Hulk: But why?
Batman: I don't know, he blames himself for everything!
Hulk: But why?
Batman: I don't know, he blames himself for everything!
"They'll never understand! It's my fault the Omegahedron is gone...and it's up to me to get it back!"
— Kara, Supergirl (1984)
"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone."
— Dwight D. Eisenhower, from letter written in anticipation of possible failure of Normandy Landings, June 5, 1944
"Maria! Luis! Oh, listen! I'm so sorry! Y'know, I feel so bad I made your shade break... oh, I... if I hadn't called you to show you the moon, you wouldn't have pulled the shade up and down, and... it wouldn't have broken, and now you won't be able to get to sleep because the moon's gonna shine in your eyes!"
— Big Bird, Sesame Street
"They all died because of me! I started this, and now I need to finish it!"
— 9, 9
Young Ming: I-I'm sorry! It's...It's all my fault!
Mei: What happened?
Young Ming: I-I hurt her!
Mei: Who?
Young Ming: My mom! I-I got so angry, and I...and I lost control. I'm just so sick of being perfect! I'm never gonna be good enough for her. Or anyone.
"It's my fault! He was trying to save me! I might have killed my best friend!"
— Archie Andrews, Archie Comics (Jughead in "The Vigil")
Kenai: Koda... I did something very wrong.
Koda: What'd you do, Kenai?
Kenai: I... I killed a bear.
Koda: (gasps) I— (slowly backing away) I don't like this story.
Kenai: Koda, your mother's not coming.
Koda: (close to crying) No...
Kenai: I didn't know, Koda—
Koda: ...No!
Kenai: I swear I didn't know! (Koda runs away in tears)
Koda: What'd you do, Kenai?
Kenai: I... I killed a bear.
Koda: (gasps) I— (slowly backing away) I don't like this story.
Kenai: Koda, your mother's not coming.
Koda: (close to crying) No...
Kenai: I didn't know, Koda—
Koda: ...No!
Kenai: I swear I didn't know! (Koda runs away in tears)
— Brother Bear (original draft)
King: Davis, they got a bead on you!
Davis: (gets hit by an enemy grenade) GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Shin: Davis has been hit! Someone cover him! It's all my fault!
King: We're not going down that easily, come on!
(later...)
Taylor: (gets hit by an enemy grenade) GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Shin: Taylor!
King: Hurry! We don't want any more casualties!
Shin: It's all my fault! If I hadn't ran on ahead like that...
King: That's enough! Their death wasn't your fault!
Davis: (gets hit by an enemy grenade) GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Shin: Davis has been hit! Someone cover him! It's all my fault!
King: We're not going down that easily, come on!
(later...)
Taylor: (gets hit by an enemy grenade) GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Shin: Taylor!
King: Hurry! We don't want any more casualties!
Shin: It's all my fault! If I hadn't ran on ahead like that...
King: That's enough! Their death wasn't your fault!
Willow: I wanna help any way I can with that. I feel really responsible.
Anya: You feel really responsible? You ARE really responsible!
Anya: You feel really responsible? You ARE really responsible!
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Same Time, Same Place"
"Oh, my God. Inside that car...They're just kids...I-it's my fault. I murdered them. And all because of a few drinks... I di-didn't mean to hurt them. I didn't even see them! I was just coming home from an office party..."
— Unnamed drunk driver, "American Honda Presents DC Comics Supergirl"
Noel: Polka, would you like some meat?
Polka: No, thanks... Not after all the trouble I caused you.
Suisei: Nothing to worry about. You were barely gone.
Miko: We're just relieved you were okay when we found you.
Noel: See? We're not blaming you.
Polka: Now I feel a lot worse...
Noel: (thoughts) Polka's in such a bad mood...
Polka: No, thanks... Not after all the trouble I caused you.
Suisei: Nothing to worry about. You were barely gone.
Miko: We're just relieved you were okay when we found you.
Noel: See? We're not blaming you.
Polka: Now I feel a lot worse...
Noel: (thoughts) Polka's in such a bad mood...
—hololive - Shiraken Scholar Society, Ch. 8: "Search!"
"Todo... I can't fight anymore! It's not just Kugisaki. Nanami is also dead. Sukuna... killed so many people. So, I tried to... help more people. But I couldn't do anything! I'm nothing but a murderer! What I thought was my convictions was just an excuse! I can't... forgive myself."
— Yuji Itadori, Jujutsu Kaisen
Trucy Wright: I still can't believe Apollo really left us...
Phoenix Wright: It was so sudden.
Trucy: Maybe he got tired of being my assistant for my magic tricks?
Phoenix: I don't think it's your fault, Trucy.
Trucy: B-But I made him clean the toilet a lot! And I made him go bring in the newspaper! It WAS my fault! I just know it! Oh, Apollo! (sniffle)
Phoenix Wright: It was so sudden.
Trucy: Maybe he got tired of being my assistant for my magic tricks?
Phoenix: I don't think it's your fault, Trucy.
Trucy: B-But I made him clean the toilet a lot! And I made him go bring in the newspaper! It WAS my fault! I just know it! Oh, Apollo! (sniffle)
— Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, Case 5-5: "Turnabout for Tomorrow"
The amount of guilt that racked the Noceda Matriarch was unlike any she had felt before. What happened at that camp was something that Camila could have never seen coming, Luz and Dr. Rodriquez said so. She knew that, and yet she blamed herself for sending Luz there. Luz should have never gone to that camp. If she hadn’t sent Luz to that camp, then Luz would have been happier. She wouldn’t have to deal with all this.
— All For Luz, Chapter 19.
