No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
— Vlad Taltos, from the Dragaera series
Sarge: Now if only there was someway to tap into our inner rage. Like that Hulk fella. Dagnabit, there's never any gamma radiation around when you need it!
Simmons: Well, what if we tried getting into the ship and lowering the landing gear. That might raise the ship—
Sarge: —Or, we can build an army of clones that can lift the ship!—
Simmons: I think the jack in the Warthog might be able to lift it—
Sarge: —Could develop a machine that shrinks the ship. Or that makes Donut gigantic! Or both.
Simmons: Or we could try digging underneath the hull.
Sarge: I've got it! A levitation ray.
Simmons: Well, what if we tried getting into the ship and lowering the landing gear. That might raise the ship—
Sarge: —Or, we can build an army of clones that can lift the ship!—
Simmons: I think the jack in the Warthog might be able to lift it—
Sarge: —Could develop a machine that shrinks the ship. Or that makes Donut gigantic! Or both.
Simmons: Or we could try digging underneath the hull.
Sarge: I've got it! A levitation ray.
— Red vs. Blue, Sarge and Simmons discussing how to rescue Private Donut from underneath a ship.
There is no type resistance to 'baseball bat'.
I will consider actually leaving it to the professionals for a change.
Experience has proved that taking down a Pokextinction base is most effectively done by raid or infiltration, not by approaching the local planning council with a demolition notice.
We are not going to be able to simply buy Pokextinction out.
Encouraging the Extinctionist minions to form a union is charming but pointless.
Even if it’s actually a good idea, the human authorities will notice if we get the Water-types to re-direct a river through the Pokextinction base. Guess it’ll be the old-fashioned way, then.
I will consider actually leaving it to the professionals for a change.
Experience has proved that taking down a Pokextinction base is most effectively done by raid or infiltration, not by approaching the local planning council with a demolition notice.
We are not going to be able to simply buy Pokextinction out.
Encouraging the Extinctionist minions to form a union is charming but pointless.
Even if it’s actually a good idea, the human authorities will notice if we get the Water-types to re-direct a river through the Pokextinction base. Guess it’ll be the old-fashioned way, then.
— From the How to Survive a Pokeumans Story and Things Not to Do in a Pokeumans Base posts in the Pokéumans Fan Verse.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...
The warlock raised the inscribed knife.
"That won't work. No more magic." Hap slapped the Warlock's hand away and took the Warlock by his bony throat.
The Warlock's hand brushed easily aside, and came back, and up. Hap wrapped his arms around his belly and backed away with his eyes and mouth wide open. He sat down hard.
"A knife always works," said the Warlock.
"Oh," said Hap.
"I worked the metal myself, with ordinary blacksmith's tools, so the knife wouldn't crumble when the magic was gone. The runes aren't magic. They only say—"
"Oh," said Hap. "Oh." He toppled sideways.
"That won't work. No more magic." Hap slapped the Warlock's hand away and took the Warlock by his bony throat.
The Warlock's hand brushed easily aside, and came back, and up. Hap wrapped his arms around his belly and backed away with his eyes and mouth wide open. He sat down hard.
"A knife always works," said the Warlock.
"Oh," said Hap.
"I worked the metal myself, with ordinary blacksmith's tools, so the knife wouldn't crumble when the magic was gone. The runes aren't magic. They only say—"
"Oh," said Hap. "Oh." He toppled sideways.
"Taylor?" a feminine voice said with equal caution. "Taylor, it's Amy."
"How did you get my number?" I demanded, sitting up in my bed now.
"I checked the phone book," came Amy's swift reply. "Do you realize just how uncommon a name Hebert is around here?"
"How did you get my number?" I demanded, sitting up in my bed now.
"I checked the phone book," came Amy's swift reply. "Do you realize just how uncommon a name Hebert is around here?"
Sydney: ... this orb lets me see through any disguise!
Peggy: [makes a makeshift mask out of some newspaper] Can you see through this?
Sydney: Well I can't see through solid objects!
Peggy: So you couldn't see through a bank robber's mask?
Sydney: Uh, no...
Peggy: Or latex prosthetics?
Sydney: Well...
Peggy: Or a nylon pulled over someone's face?
Sydney: I... I guess not.
Peggy: Makeup?
Sydney: ... No.
Peggy: So, in fact, you can see through virtually no disguises.
Peggy: [makes a makeshift mask out of some newspaper] Can you see through this?
Sydney: Well I can't see through solid objects!
Peggy: So you couldn't see through a bank robber's mask?
Sydney: Uh, no...
Peggy: Or latex prosthetics?
Sydney: Well...
Peggy: Or a nylon pulled over someone's face?
Sydney: I... I guess not.
Peggy: Makeup?
Sydney: ... No.
Peggy: So, in fact, you can see through virtually no disguises.
—Grrl Power, "Truesight Shmuesight"
Frank: And what am I supposed to do when I get close [to Carlito]?!
Brad: Well the best solution would be to shoot the guy.
Brad: Well the best solution would be to shoot the guy.
