Quotes / The Usual Adversaries

Video Games

"Oh shit, not the Tal'darim again! Seriously, they should learn when to quit!"

—Raynor, Starcraft II Wings Of Liberty

"Why are there Fatui on this island?! Isn't there a single place in this world without Mint, Sweet Flowers, and Fatui?"

—Paimon, Genshin Impact

Web Animation

Mega Man: Hey, is it noon, yet?
Dr. Light: Just about.
Mega Man: (groans, turns on TV set)
Dr. Wily: WAH HA HA HA!! I have created—!
Mega Man: Eight Master Robots and you plan to take over the world. Sigh. Can we just get this over with? My balls hurt.

—Egoraptor, Awesome Man

Web Original

Throughout The Tenth Planet the basic horror of the Cybermen is "what the HELL is that thing" — a threat that is lost in every subsequent appearance of them when they simply become "Oh cool, Cybermen."

—Dr. El Sandifer on Doctor Who

Klingons have been around from the first season of Star Trek, and they are a nice way to spice up just about any script...This explains why Voyager would find a Klingon ship wandering the Delta Quadrant in Prophecy and why Enterprise has returned quite frequently to the Klingons for generic roles in generic scripts.

—Darren Mooney

Is it my imagination or does Krychek seem to have his hand in every single dodgy operation going these days? If he’s not an undercover operative for the Syndicate, then he’s their pet assassin, and now his hand in domestic terrorism is exposed. We'll find out he’s responsible for every terrorist act known to mankind throughout the course of the series, I’m sure.

—Joe Ford on The X-Files, "Tunguska"

Specifically, we’re watching what basically amounts to an animated version of the opening to You Only Live Twice, except that instead of a giant bullet that lives in a volcano, the astronauts are kidnapped by this strange force we know as… magnetism.

No prizes for guessing who’s responsible.

—Chris Sims on ''X-Men: The Animated Series, "Sanctuary, Part 1"

Web Video

"...as a longtime fan, it's easy enough to read between the lines here without needing actually good writing. The typical character roles are there, and they have been immortalized. Why else would Solid and Liquid be in the middle east together if not to try and kill each other, right?"

—Super Bunnyhop on Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

"This is the third time, no kidding, the third time they've promised the capstone to their epic, over-a-decade-long feud that stretched down through the centuries, probably; might as well've been. This is the third time they've promised the 'final' end to it (the Final Fantasy End')."

—Noah Antwiler on Cena & Orton, Hell in the Cell 2014

The Doctor Will Return
in
"The Crushing Inevitability of the Daleks"
Dalek: IT'S US A-GAIN! IT'S US A-GAIN!

—Every Episode of Popular Time Travel Show

Western Animation

Sulu: Captain, Klingons off the starboard bow.
Kirk: Again with the Klingons!

—Star Trek: The Original Series parody, The Simpsons ("Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie")

Real Life

I think what dismays me most about the story is the dredging up of the Romulans – a race already unexciting in TNG – as the bad guys. It is revisionist and backward looking in a most disappointing way. After the Borg – the Romulans? Oh, my.

—Patrick Stewart, upon reading the initial draft of Star Trek: Insurrection

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