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"I won't kill you because you're my precious specimen. The one I'll kill should be your girlfriend. There are many ways to kill her, but it would be boring if she died instantly. Let me see... Should I burn her to death? It seems interesting. I haven't witnessed something like the execution of the witches in a long time. The fire will also spread from the bottom, so you can see her desperation. Ah! There's also the scream!"
— Sara Warren taunting the hero, Rokumichi, about how she will torture his Love Interest in the final battle, Amalgam of Distortion
"You gentlemen have reaped the extraordinary financial and political benefits of developing weapons with the sole purpose of annihilating the Earth. Your fortunes depend on your ability to concoct new ways of exterminating mankind, and, luckily, the powers that be have been behind you so far. However, there are those out there more interested in developing stronger international bonds in the hopes that it will precipitate peace. These people are the aberrations in a culture of war we in this room wish to propagate. So we must fuel the fires of war now, gentlemen!"
— Skull, Cyborg 009
"Congratulations! Now, you'll all be like me! The despair of losing someone you love... You'll have despairful emotional systems that let you get drunk with ecstasy on that despair! You'll seek out despair without end, and become the ones who will stain this world, with despair, the Super High School-Level Despairs!"
— Junko Enoshima after brainwashing Class 77-B and executing Chiaki Nanami, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School
"[Susamaru] was fooled into believing she was one of the Twelve Kizuki and forced to fight... and then Kibutsuji's curse killed her. There was no hope for her. After dying, even her bones disappeared without a trace. Is that the price for taking human life? Kibutsuji... he mistreats even those who admire him. He is undeniably... a true demon."
— Tanjiro Kamado on Muzan Kibutsuji, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Chapter 19 "Together Forever"
"I am in a dream! Because... I will die by your own hand. I adored hearing the other demons' death cries. They thrilled me. I revel in the misery and suffering of others. I relive it in my dreams each night. Thank you for leaving me for last."
— Enmu to Muzan Kibutsuji shortly before the latter recruits him, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Chapter 52 "Cruel and Heartless"
"Humans are my nourishment. For a demon, it is not a crime to eat living beings....However...killing other living beings is a sin! Isn't it? That's why I ate them without killing them!...Kah Kah Kah Kah! Don't you think they're happy to have been eaten by me?!!!"
— Jinmen, Devilman
Piccolo: You've managed to power up even more than I'd imagined. How many thousands of innocent lives did you have to sacrifice, Cell?
Cell: Oh? Heh. A few. Though I'd say they should all feel honored. I've made them one with perfection.
Cell: Oh? Heh. A few. Though I'd say they should all feel honored. I've made them one with perfection.
— Dragon Ball Z, "Run, Android 17! Piccolo's All-Or-Nothing Struggle!"
"I thought Dr. Gero only meant for me to defeat the Earth, but I know now I was designed for much more. Once I'm finished tearing this world into pieces, I'll just use Goku's Instant Transmission technique to move onto other planets. That is my destiny. I am the universe's end!"
"I'm not interested in fairness. I'm interested in the extinction of every living creature on this planet!"
Cooler: I am the supreme master of this universe. I am the great destroyer, the taker of life! It is my will that this planet, and everyone on it, be annihilated! ...Saiyan insect, prepare to be squashed!
Goku: Why don't you wake up? You're hurting people. What have they done to you? I can't let you take your unhappiness out on other people anymore.
Cooler: What are you talking about? I kill when I want! The weak die and the strong survive! ...Now die with this planet! Struggle all you want, it's over! That's what you get for disgracing my family!
Goku: You've murdered millions of innocent people! I can't let it go on!
Cooler: Hahaha, yes! It is I who decides who lives and who dies! All living things are mere playthings to me!
Goku: Why don't you wake up? You're hurting people. What have they done to you? I can't let you take your unhappiness out on other people anymore.
Cooler: What are you talking about? I kill when I want! The weak die and the strong survive! ...Now die with this planet! Struggle all you want, it's over! That's what you get for disgracing my family!
Goku: You've murdered millions of innocent people! I can't let it go on!
Cooler: Hahaha, yes! It is I who decides who lives and who dies! All living things are mere playthings to me!
"The gods of millions of planets scattered across the universe, Lord of worlds in all four directions, Supreme Kais in all 12 universes, and the Gods of Destruction, they are all unnecessary! Every single intelligent life that isn't myself shall be terminated!"
— Fusion Zamasu, Dragon Ball Super
Sidra: Do you really wish to betray your own universe? Even if it means its obliteration?
Frieza: Yes, and what of it?
Ro: How could you? Even the most despicable of villains has something which they hold dear and wish to protect! A loved one? Cherished memories? A precious place from one's childhood, even?
Frieza: Excuse me, my good man: I simply do not understand what it is that you are prattling about.
Frieza: Yes, and what of it?
Ro: How could you? Even the most despicable of villains has something which they hold dear and wish to protect! A loved one? Cherished memories? A precious place from one's childhood, even?
Frieza: Excuse me, my good man: I simply do not understand what it is that you are prattling about.
"Civil wars, massacres, invasions...soon this world will be devoured by war. Humans are monsters alike killed and slaughtered each other, drenching the land with crimson blood. This world is being overrun by hatred and murderous intent. A shattered world falling to ruin and madness. It's so beautiful!"
— Nero's Sister, Drakengard: Fatal Crimson
"Mistleteinn is no ordinary Dream Demon. I was once a part of a group pursuing Mistleteinn. She was indiscriminately slaughtering Dream Demons in the Dream World. On that day, my allies and I caught up with her. We didn't stand a chance. I don't know why I was left alive. Was it just a chance? Was it on whim? Mistleteinn was spawned from the deepest pits of hell.....The pits of hell...Humans dispose of the negative emotions they accumulate during a day in their daydreams. They move on to happier days. The pits of hell are where all that supposedly dissipated spite accumulates."
— Lestion about his encounter with the vicious Dream Demon Mistleteinn Treesea, Dream Eater Merry
Barry the Chopper: She seems to like taking things apart so I thought I'd do the same to her! Watch closely and maybe you'll get to see what makes her tick!
Edward: You sick... why are you doing this?!
Barry: Why? Hmm... what a strange little question that is. I guess it's because I enjoy it. The first person I killed was my wife. She was nagging me about something and without meaning to, I chopped her to pieces. But when I saw how finely I could slice her, I wanted more. To reduce people to their most basic building blocks, and I wanted everyone to see...
Edward: That's stupid. Why would someone kill for such a ridiculous reason?
Barry: [looks at Edward insanely] Because they can! Given the slightest provocation, anyone can do it.
Edward: Stay back!
Barry the Chopper: Men have morals, but send them to war and they have no problem slaying each other in the most brutal fashions. Now why do you think that is?
Edward: I have no idea...
Barry the Chopper: [cuts Edward's shoulder slightly] 'Cause deep down inside we all want to kill, most just need the go-ahead from their society. Like the State Alchemists I saw in a village, slaughtering helpless people. Splat! Big fountains of blood!
Edward: You sick... why are you doing this?!
Barry: Why? Hmm... what a strange little question that is. I guess it's because I enjoy it. The first person I killed was my wife. She was nagging me about something and without meaning to, I chopped her to pieces. But when I saw how finely I could slice her, I wanted more. To reduce people to their most basic building blocks, and I wanted everyone to see...
Edward: That's stupid. Why would someone kill for such a ridiculous reason?
Barry: [looks at Edward insanely] Because they can! Given the slightest provocation, anyone can do it.
Edward: Stay back!
Barry the Chopper: Men have morals, but send them to war and they have no problem slaying each other in the most brutal fashions. Now why do you think that is?
Edward: I have no idea...
Barry the Chopper: [cuts Edward's shoulder slightly] 'Cause deep down inside we all want to kill, most just need the go-ahead from their society. Like the State Alchemists I saw in a village, slaughtering helpless people. Splat! Big fountains of blood!
"Gentlemen, all I ask for is war. War so grand as to make Hell itself tremble. Gentlemen, I ask you as fellow brothers in arms what is it that you really want? Do you wish for further war as I do? Do you wish for a merciless, bloody war? A war whose fury is built with iron and lightning and fire? Do you ask for war to sweep in like a tempest leaving not even ravens to scavenge from this Earth!?"
— The Major, Hellsing
"You can do better than that. Now SCREAM! Not so tough anymore. I love the way you squirm beneath my boot heel.[...]God, you're such a weakling. And I was so sure you'd be a challenge. You're trash, like all those men I killed. Now, how to end this? Maybe I should just cut your head off. I've seen what's in there; this is a kindness! Now... die!"
— Zorin Blitz as she mutilates Seras Victoria, Hellsing
"I will destroy everything. I was born to bring ruin to all that is."
— Incognito, Hellsing
"You sacrificed your entire youth just to hunt me down, and just when you're close, you're going to fail to avenge your sister? How pathetic and sad! Meanwhile, I, J. Geil, will continue a life surrounded by young beauties, like your sister! I can see it now! Oh, the pleasures! Heh heh! Come to think of it, that sweet sister of yours... was really good at sobbing!"
— J. Geil mocking Jean-Pierre Polnareff about the fact that he caused his sister's death and rape, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
"Anjuro Katagiri, A.K.A. Angelo. Known as the sickest, most heinous criminal in Japanese history. He continually murdered from the age of 12, with his final homicide being... fouler than dog shit. In March of 1994, he came across three unsuspecting 14-year old boys, two of which the monster proceeded to rape and murder. The third boy came from an extremely wealthy family, so Angelo demanded ransom. That's what led to his arrest. When the police finally raided Angelo's torture den, they found a horrific sight. The boy had already been murdered; his genitalia severed and nailed to a pillar that was standing nearby."
— Jotaro Kujo on Anjuro "Angelo" Katagiri, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
"A medical accident two years ago caused the death of a patient, and he joined the gang after being dismissed from the hospital. After becoming a stand user, he began to show his true personality. Actually, Cioccolata's patient didn't die from an accident. That was simply a story to cover up the truth. He diagnosed perfectly healthy patients as being sick, and freely operated on them. Sometimes he even gave them too little anesthetic, making them regain consciousness in the middle of the operation. What was his reason for doing that? It was actually why he became a doctor... he didn't intend on helping people at all, but instead, wanted to witness people as they suffer and die!"
— Diavolo on Cioccolata, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"I did it! Now, show me that expression! Show me despair! Show me, as clear as can be, the moment you lose all hope and die! Show me your despair as you fall to your death!"
— Cioccolata, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"Subconscious... In a way, Stand abilities are the users' subconscious abilities. If there's any guilt in their heart, they might subconsciously hit the brakes... But whoever this is enjoys cruelty. Actually, he lives for it. That's how his ability became this. This guy doesn't have any brakes at all! He has no limits on how evil he can be!"
— Giorno Giovanna on Cioccolata, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
"In the fall of 1969, he killed 34 young men and women. He was sentenced to 280 years in prison, the equivalent of several lifetimes. That grinning, grey carcass was only 37 back then. He claimed to be the guru of a secret cult, and he was so successful, that he even had Hollywood stars in his bizarre, little fringe group. But, their activities led to issues between his rabid followers and outside society, so the police and FBI started to get involved. He knew he was fully cornered, so he and 34 of his followers holed up in a Florida villa and planned out a mass suicide. But, it wasn't quite that simple. Kenzō drugged his followers so they would pass out, then he set the building on fire. You see, all the believers burnt to death, except for one sole survivor who just happened to be the cult leader."
— Narciso Anasui on Kenzō, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
"I offer humankind a new world! I will render their high-tech weapons useless, and at the same time destroy their power plants and communication channels. I will take their light and pull out their claws. And before they are able to react and restore their old ways, I will send them my children. To France, Japan, China, Russia, Australia, the USA. In my world, the people will live in agony and fear. A wonderful vision, isn't it?"
— Zeus, King of Thorn
"He has used up all his energy... Kirby is now completely helpless. I can crush him with little effort... But first, some fun! I shall enter his sleep and give him a nightmare, and you can join him. I think you'll find this dream a real scream!"
— Nightmare, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
He hungers for fresh blood! For corpses! For tears and screams! Even women! Even children! Even babies! He eats people! He eats rock and earth! He'll even eat stars! He'll go until he's eaten everything — and even then he still hungers for more!
— On Dodo, Mixim
"Little kids are always so quick to say it's someone else's fault. Don't get the wrong idea. It's not like I took them out because I was mad about the eye thing. I wanted to kill people, it's as simple as that and those two tried to stop me. What happened was the result of all of us doing our best. The real travesty is promising to do something you aren't able to do. THAT'S WHY YOUR DEAR OLD MOMMY AND DADDY DIED!"
— Muscular taunting Kota Izumi about killing his parents, My Hero Academia
"If you refuse I will kill all of your friends! I'll grind them up, squeeze out their blood and drown you in it!"
— King Hamdo, Now and Then, Here and There
"Who's going to be happy seeing you safe and sound after running around like a coward? If you can't cut down your foe, take a blow and bleed for yourself! Every human being... even the most pious saint, harbors a latent streak of barbarity that surfaces when he sees blood! Blood and death! This is entertainment!"
"The seasons are distorted! The crops will be plundered and all living things shall die! The Earth's peril! This is the land of darkness I have wished for!"
— Onox, Oracle of Seasons manga
"I decided not to give Yusaka a painful, sad past to explain his misdeeds. I hope readers will perceive him as just being a truly horrible person, a devil in human clothes."
— The creator of Psyren on creating Aoi Yusaka
"Kill the humans, slice their meat, cut their bones, and use their blood and guts to hold the most extravagant party. Come now! And we will engrave into their corpses, our everlasting fantasy world!"
— Gyokuro Shuzen, Rosario + Vampire
Yuzuki: Don't you dare hurt her!!!
Ulith: What, with brute force? As if I ever would do something so crude. And besides where is the fun in that, instead I just lead them to hate themselves with a passion that overwhelms them. So overwhelming as a matter of fact, those poor pathetic souls end their own lives.
Ulith: What, with brute force? As if I ever would do something so crude. And besides where is the fun in that, instead I just lead them to hate themselves with a passion that overwhelms them. So overwhelming as a matter of fact, those poor pathetic souls end their own lives.
— Ulith, selector infected WIXOSS
"To me being a Selector is purely transcendent! In the real world, I have to worry about harming people, but in battle there is no need! There I'm allowed to scar and injure as much as I please! There's no authority, no law to stop me! I've broken so many innocent girls I lost count!!! I stomp their fondest wishes away! Deny them all hope! I crushed their very hearts!!! Still to this day I can hear their cries and it's wonderful!!!"
— Ulith, selector infected WIXOSS
"All I wanted was to see the most fundamental characteristic of human existence. Savagery! Savagery in its purest, most unadulterated form! But that woman, blinded by love, ruined it. Unending, overwhelming despair... can the stubborn determination of mere humans cause a miracle like this? NO! I'll prove it! I'll prove there's no such thing as miracles! Those of you there with good hearts untainted by darkness! PERISH! Those of you unburdened by guilty consciences... DIE! Those of you who carry love for another in your hearts... PERISH! Tell me, what am I? Light or darkness? Your hope... or your despair?"
— Aji Tae, Shin Angyo Onshi
"Go on, murder one another!! Let the town be painted in your blood! Let order turn to madness!!"
— Shaula Gorgon, Soul Eater Not!
"Do you know how difficult it is keeping organs viable? And these aren't just any old organs. No, these possess the secret of unimaginable power. And why's that? Because they were all harvested from mutants just like you... Now then, it's harvest time, and I see we have a proper crop. I'll start with the girl's organs. After all, she was here first! But don't worry, I'll get to ALL of you."
— Kick to the X-Men, Marvel Anime
"Vicious is a reptile. A serpent of a person. He is simple in the way a poisonous snake is simple. He exists to kill and consume. There is absolutely nothing behind his eyes. He sells out comrades, murders his superiors, and uses his subordinates as canon fodder. All for the pursuit of power. No noble ideals, no just cause, nothing."
— The Mary Sue
on Vicious
on Vicious Comic Books
John Dusk: You killed everyone in the building?
Arthur "The Polymath" Blankenship: Oh yes. Men. Women. Children. Pets. The ones who fought and the ones who begged and the ones who tried to run or hide in their closets. I went door to door and slaughtered them all.
Arthur "The Polymath" Blankenship: Oh yes. Men. Women. Children. Pets. The ones who fought and the ones who begged and the ones who tried to run or hide in their closets. I went door to door and slaughtered them all.
— Absolution: Rubicon
"All prisoners will be culled. Let the weak perish and the strong survive. This has always been the way of Apocalypse."
— Apocalypse, Age of Apocalypse (Factor X v1 #3)
"I will curse you. I will plague your body and soul until you rot from within. I will consume you with anger, hatred and the urge to kill. Your will may be strong, kid, but not strong enough to withstand a Satanic serial killer's eternal lust for murder. From now on you will live with this constant urge to extinguish life. I will consume you and... you will murder again."
— Eli Morrow, All-New Ghost Rider
"I can see inside your head, white boy. Did you think your little fight enhancements would let you kill me? You've never fought anything like me, boy. I am Regis. I have been raping and killing better humans than you for half a millennium[...] Try to hurt me. I've lost count of how many men's fingers and women's nails have shattered on my skin. Your mothers and sisters will bear my children. You cannot stop me. Burn Albion, burn Europe — it won't matter. I am Regis, warrior king of this entire filthy planet — and I will wipe myself with your skin when I'm done violating yours."
— Regis Slzfi, The Authority
Look at the little ants scream. Screaming for their heroes to save them. They can scream all they want. There's no one left to save them. And the wretched few who remain can no more stand against the vengeful wraith of Gamorra than the bamboo can stand against a hurricane. See, my daughter, they are bent and broken! None shall shackle my anger. Gamorra has risen from the ashes of the wasted Earth. And we shall once again spread terror amongst the miserable insects that crawl on its carcass. And like divine retribution, we shall take what we want. The future belongs to Gamorra. Now go — strip the carcass clean and bring terror to the Earth. Make them scream my name!"
— Kaizen Gamorra as his Children raze UnLondon, The Authority
"It'll take hours for you to die, cousin—a day, more! And every instant that you scream—every time you curse me, I'll be absorbing just that little more of your spirit! As your life-force seeps away, so will it make my life-force stronger!. Now is that family bonding, or what?"
— Abattoir to his cousin Graham Etchison, Batman: Shadow of the Bat Vol. 1 issue #27
"Cletus Kasady is dead. Long live Cletus @#$%&@ Kasady. Piloting my new Carnage machine into every gaping hole in the mannequin-filled city. Kill enough and I awake my god. And then this world falls under a waterfall of blood and enters a new universe of dark. And hoo-boy, I will be there. Sucking the last sweet shivering breaths out of its rotting, maggot-filled, bloated corpse. Dancing all silly and spine-broken to the universe's death rattle. I am the gore emperor of a thousand dead stars. I am a new colossus of bleeding red megadeath. I am the red right hand of the King in Black. I am the end of the world as you @#$%&&# know it... and I feel like a drink."
— Cletus "Carnage" Kasady, Absolute Carnage #2
"My name is Cletus Kasady and I kill people and I love it. I know nine million ways to kill a body and I love every single one of them. All dull day every day right up until I hit the hay I think of bodies. Bodies burst. Bodies slit right up the middle and shared across a hundred nice little gardens. And when I sleep I dream of ways to kill a body that ain't nobody thought of yet."
"Close to three million inhabitants by my calculations. Stop me now and the casualties are certain. Or save these few and maybe I kill everyone in the meantime. What will it be? A word of advice: move fast. I certainly intend to."
— Wick, Clive Barker's Next Testament
"As always, he proves the incompetent fool for not accepting the inevitable! When I am done, all his universes shall be destroyed... while mine shall rule supreme! Universe after universe has fallen before my power. World after world is absorbed into one. How many worlds do I now control? How many lives are now mine?"
— The Anti-Monitor, Crisis on Infinite Earths
"I'll burn your world and take your race as chattel! I'll make a goblet from your skull! I'll fill it with your blood! And every day—every day—I'll drink a toast!"
—The Mekon, Dan Dare
"Remember how, when people cross me, I'd chopped their fingers with my cigar finger and keep them in a cigar box? Do you remember that Anthony? Well...I've rethought that collection. Fingers are not just the right thing a man of my newfound structure to collect—I'm collecting arms now."
— Robert G. Durant, Darkman 1993 comic, issue #5
"Now, understand this, I know that I am not a Batman of any kind. Not a Batman Who Laughs, not a Batmanhattan, not even a culmination of all dark Batmen. I am more. And to be more, I must not be a reaction. I must be the thing that creates the reaction. I will be the bullet. The multiverse will be the dark alley. And its worlds will fall like pearls before me."
— The Batman Who Laughs, Dark Nights: Death Metal: Legends of the Dark Knights
Qua: [Resa] was something... special. You're too late. She's already dead - just like all the others I've purchased over the years.
Dass Jennir: Why? Why buy a child just to kill her?
Qua: Because I could. And to eat her, of course. She was delicious.
Dass Jennir: Why? Why buy a child just to kill her?
Qua: Because I could. And to eat her, of course. She was delicious.
— Dezono Qua on eating child slaves, Dark Times
"I have returned, slave. Did you truly believe you could flee my influence? For such insolence, someone must be made to pay — even if it is the innocent denizens of this city![...] Think not to plead, Superman! I know nothing of mercy, I care for it less! If humans are to die by your hand, so be it! It is a sight I shall savor!"
— Maaldor, DC Comics Presents
"All too often have I been defeated by that super-powered cretin... And all too often have I refrained from striking back with all the awesome arsenal at my disposal. But no more, Superman! This time Alexei Luthor shall be the victor! You see, Superman, this time my plan excludes you, yet it will hit you where it hurts the most! All your stupid friends work at the Daily Star — but very soon, my super missiles will make them little more than mere memories — which shall torture your soul for as long as you live! You may not die, Superman — but the death of your friends will demoralize and ultimately destroy you!"
— Alexei Luthor, DC Comics Presents Annual ("Crisis on Three Earths!")
"The most powerful beings of this Earth... CRUSHED and HELPLESS at my feet. And once this planet is consumed... I'll send my forces out to slaughter any ragtag survivors who slipped through my grasp. Such is the annihilation that is Darkseid!"
"His is a hatred without emotion, a cold, utterly inhuman and destructive thing. Nothing is real in his world but Darkseid. He would feel perfect if it wasn't for the whole universe hating him, so he obviously has to bring the universe into line with his viewpoint or he'll never feel comfortable. Darkseid has no experience of love, tenderness, sorrow. He is monstrously, sociopathically at odds with all free, living things. Everything that is not Darkseid is a thorn in his side and must be converted. Only when the whole universe is an expression of Darkseid's will can it ever feel comfortable to him. He does terrible things because...he MUST."
"No hope. No mercy. The universe you knew is nothing but a memory and I have no intention of leaving anyone alive to honor it."
— The Anti-Monitor, The Flash Vol. 2 issue #150—"Finish Line"
"I know that the Big Tomato paid you a fortune to draft a treaty between our countries. I'll use his superstition and your greed to further my kingdom. Soooooon the smell of burning bug carcass will permeate the land in an olfactory concerto. This will be our paradise!"
— Emperor Pago to the President of Dogtown, Gear
"I want to hurt you. Because of you I will have to gather all my children back into their cages and break their spirits all over again."
— Johnston Coffin, Generation X
"And on that day, everything that dare call itself alive in all the cosmos will grovel before me and beg for my mercy. And I will simply laugh and watch them burn."
— Zadkiel, Ghost Rider: Heaven's on Fire
"Those two downstairs are a breed apart. They eat people like your father for breakfast. They THRIVE on death... especially the woman!"
— Erich on Bill and Mary, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel)
"The thing you don't seem to get is, the so-called disenfranchised are in the gutters and alleyways for a reason. There's no point spending time and energy trying to help people who don't want to be helped. Just eliminate them. If you see a toadstool growing in a pristine lawn, you don't wish it into the grass. You rip it out. How about let's put your crippled liberal ideology to the test, see if you're all talk. Is this little troll really worth risking your life for? Is he going to do anything to earn his oxygen? Contribute to society? Or will he just vulture our resources? I'm going to count down from ten and then I'm going to start shooting. Better get moving, old-timer."
— Sgt. Scott Notting, Green Arrow (Rebirth), issue #16 ("Emerald Outlaw, Part Five")
Hordak: Citizens of Eternia, hear the voice of Hordak!...Here me, you last free heroes of Eternia!...In my mercy, I give you one final day to live as free men...Tomorrow you will live on your knees...It is true that some of you will manage to flee this world...you will find a new uninhabited world to call home...Primus...
[Hordak destroys the planet Primus]
Hordak...There is no escape from Hordak...I can reach you anywhere...I am Master of the Universe!
Sorceress: Hordak's words have echoed across the cosmos...Far-flung planets...will find themselves gripped by his malevolence...Nowhere will be spared...Some species will be conquered and destroyed...Those with evil in their hearts will be spared. All others will sacrifice their bodies and souls to Hordak's new empire. There will be no escape. Any planet that resists will be obliterated...Hordak has secured the means to conquer the universe and remake all of creation in his image.
[Hordak destroys the planet Primus]
Hordak...There is no escape from Hordak...I can reach you anywhere...I am Master of the Universe!
Sorceress: Hordak's words have echoed across the cosmos...Far-flung planets...will find themselves gripped by his malevolence...Nowhere will be spared...Some species will be conquered and destroyed...Those with evil in their hearts will be spared. All others will sacrifice their bodies and souls to Hordak's new empire. There will be no escape. Any planet that resists will be obliterated...Hordak has secured the means to conquer the universe and remake all of creation in his image.
— He-Man: The Eternity War (2012 comic), Issues 8 and 9
"Life is so precious to these people. They cling so tenaciously to their ephemeral prize. Run while you can, girl. But in the end, death will find you... and everyone else on this planet."
— Oblivion, Icon
Raquel: I-I'm here, Oblivion. Listen to me. Stop what you're doing for a minute. Maybe we can talk over whatever's-
Oblivion: There's really nothing to discuss, child. You and your kind wish to live. I desire to see you all slaughtered. Let's agree to disagree.
— Icon
"Lei Hujun of Harbin, China wondered aloud last week how I "could possibly be the same Plutonian everyone once loved." Trick question, Lei. How could I really have been with you that eager to turn on me? Also, Lei, you shouldn't have called me a "monster." I've never done anything to you. Or to your children, Yan and Zhang. Ages five and... what, about eight? Eight...Ricky Mitchell of Tupelo, Mississippi asked the college girl he's been sleeping with if she knows how many bodies I've left in my wake. Well, let's see. Figure three and a half million in Sky City... four-point-six in Singapore... sporadic global damage elsewhere... wow, population is really down. On the upside, however, this is a boom time for mapmakers...And finally, Caleb Albright of Vancouver, BC — and, by the way Caleb, yes, it is cancer — wrote in his journal "who does he think he is?" Funny you should ask. You know what they used to say about the gods of myth. That they would disguise themselves and walk among you as ordinary men. I confess. I do that. It's enlightening. But... who am I? That guy down at the end of the bar? The new recruit? The foreigner who just moved in upstairs? I know what you're thinking. That at least in this moment, I can't be standing next to you. There is that. But I should add one thing. This has been a pre-recorded message. Sleep tight."
— The Plutonian, Irredeemable issue #5
"New Genesis is a stinking cosmic sewer! I have fouled Paradise beyond repair and broken in the mire the shining cities of the Gods! I have won! Is this vanity? Then I will remake the entire universe in the image of my soul, Desaad. And when at last I turn to look upon the eternal desolation I have wrought... I will see Darkseid, as in a mirror... and know what fear is."
— Darkseid, JLA (1997) issue #13
"What about this one? His name was Jason Huntington. He was your best friend in grade school. He was the only other boy you could relate to. He loved pulp magazines and the science fiction pictures. He kept you from feeling isolated. From being without friends. Think I'll take him too. Thanks to the Red Morgue, your friendship with Jason never existed. Jason died when he fell—I mean, when he was pushed—out of his crib. Your childhood is becoming quite bleak. Yes... I wonder if you even remember Jason anymore? Or do you just recall the loneliness? The empty void during your school years. Stretching out each day. Who else, Hourman? Perhaps the first girl you kissed? Shall I erase her from your timeline, too? Shall I erase Wendi Harris?"
— Per Degaton to Rex Tyler/Hourman, JSA Vol. 1 issue #71
"Brainiac hates all living things. Nuclear armageddon was always his plan for those who remained."
"You see, doctor... I don't feel guilt... or compassion. I have no pity. I was born without those things. I was born without love in my heart. Just as Job loved the lord no matter what suffering was inflicted upon him... I hate. I am filled with a hatred for all things... A desire to inflict pain. A desire to kill. How can God call Himself just... How can He call Himself merciful when he creates a man like me? A man beyond redemption. I did not sell my soul to the Devil. It belonged to him from the moment I began growing in my mother's womb."
— "Richard Pickman", Killing Pickman
"A pile a stones can't stop Baron Sixte Averroes. By nightfall, there won't be any virgins left in Gold-Azure... and a flood of blood will colour the loch red."
— Baron Sixte Averroes, Lanfeust of Troy: The Gold-Azure Castle
"My time has come, my little mockery... Do you not feel it? The destiny which has escaped me for so long is to be met! Darkness shall cover the universe and reduce all within to my slaves!"
"He-Man! Welcome foolish brute... welcome to the doom of Eternia and the universe in which it exists. I have traveled the lengths of the multiverse, wreaking havoc, bringing terror wherever the shadow of Skeletor's boot fell across the cowering populace. Billions of souls, countless worlds, universes beyond counting all fell to my might. Oh but never have I held such raw power in my fists. With this, I could cause the very cosmos itself to be gone, with a thought. So come He-Man and greet the death of everything! Ha, Ha, ha!"
— Skeletor, Masters of the Universe (1982 DC Comics miniseries)
Acroyear: Will you never relent, monster? Must world after world suffer your inhuman evil?
Baron Karza: Monster, Acroyear? Inhuman? I am neither, fool! The time travelers taught me my limitations! I am merely a man...so, in my own humble way, I have accepted only being able to inflict such small suffering as I can! Yes, sad isn't it?
Bug: Some conqueror you're gonna be! What're ya gonna rule over? Ashes??
Karza: If worlds won't serve me, yes!
Huntarr: But what of all the people inhabiting those worlds? What of the innocent millions?!
Karza: Mere fodder for my Body Banks, Huntarr! Raw materials on which to experiment to create FREAKS LIKE YOU!
Baron Karza: Monster, Acroyear? Inhuman? I am neither, fool! The time travelers taught me my limitations! I am merely a man...so, in my own humble way, I have accepted only being able to inflict such small suffering as I can! Yes, sad isn't it?
Bug: Some conqueror you're gonna be! What're ya gonna rule over? Ashes??
Karza: If worlds won't serve me, yes!
Huntarr: But what of all the people inhabiting those worlds? What of the innocent millions?!
Karza: Mere fodder for my Body Banks, Huntarr! Raw materials on which to experiment to create FREAKS LIKE YOU!
Little D: You're mad, Karza!
Elder: What can you hope to gain by destroying a planet?
Baron Karza: Your submission, Elder! The voluntary surrender of the worlds of the Microverse lest they be subjected to a similar fate!
Kalikak Queen: The Queen of Kalikak calls you a MONSTER, Karza!
Karza: Monster? No, I am not a monster. Not even a GOD, though I sought to be the ultimate overlord of evil! But...the enigmatic time travelers have taught me that I am just a man, who can only transcend his humanity by committing one unspeakably INHUMAN ACT after another!
Elder: What can you hope to gain by destroying a planet?
Baron Karza: Your submission, Elder! The voluntary surrender of the worlds of the Microverse lest they be subjected to a similar fate!
Kalikak Queen: The Queen of Kalikak calls you a MONSTER, Karza!
Karza: Monster? No, I am not a monster. Not even a GOD, though I sought to be the ultimate overlord of evil! But...the enigmatic time travelers have taught me that I am just a man, who can only transcend his humanity by committing one unspeakably INHUMAN ACT after another!
"Soon the fury of the beast shall be unleashed onto Earth. Running wild through the streets of cities and suburbia alike. Tainting others with his sharp kiss even as the master has so tainted him. Spreading disease with claw and fang, until Hell itself rises to consume Earth!"
— Schuyler Belial, Moon Knight
"If ever a man was aptly named, it was Tomas de Torquemada...called after the infamous Spanish inquisitor, his name was like some ghastly joke...It comes from 'Torque'—the Latin word for torture...and 'Quemada', which means 'the burning'."
— Nemesis the Warlock, 2000 AD prog 404
Tulip: Whyyy?
Simon "Si" Coltrane: Because it's fun. Two years back, I was driving home drunk when I ran a guy over. I got out to help, saw I'd killed him. It was four A.M.; no one around. I got back in the car and drove like Hell, and it was five minutes before I realized I was 'laughing fit to bust — 'cause I'd gotten clean away with it. So I began seeing what else I could get away with, and it just got funnier each time. Why? You were expecting some crap about getting raped by my dad? Or being a wolf that preys on humanity, blah-blah-blah? Anyway, don't scream, or the cops'll come and they'll get Jesse anyway. I'm gonna go tell Bridges about his lucky break. Then we'll head up to my folks' place, and I'll get them out of the freezer... and then I'll show you just how much fun serial killing can be.
Simon "Si" Coltrane: Because it's fun. Two years back, I was driving home drunk when I ran a guy over. I got out to help, saw I'd killed him. It was four A.M.; no one around. I got back in the car and drove like Hell, and it was five minutes before I realized I was 'laughing fit to bust — 'cause I'd gotten clean away with it. So I began seeing what else I could get away with, and it just got funnier each time. Why? You were expecting some crap about getting raped by my dad? Or being a wolf that preys on humanity, blah-blah-blah? Anyway, don't scream, or the cops'll come and they'll get Jesse anyway. I'm gonna go tell Bridges about his lucky break. Then we'll head up to my folks' place, and I'll get them out of the freezer... and then I'll show you just how much fun serial killing can be.
— Preacher #7
"I think I'll dismember the world and then I'll dance in the wreckage."
— Doctor Destiny/John Dee, The Sandman (1989)
"You say you came to us to learn. Very well. We'll teach you. Teach you that it isn't the sex, isn't the power, isn't the cruelty. We are soldiers of darkness, Phillip, gladiators, warriors and gods. And we'll teach you. The Good Doctor likes to skin people alive. Nimrod is a hunter; he can bone, gut and joint any animal in minutes. For myself, I have a penchant for eyes. And you know what we're going to do now, Phillip? We're going to take turns."
—The Corinthian, The Sandman (1989)
"Every day I hold this monster inside me at bay — Do you understand what he would do if I let him loose? He would incinerate the flesh of every man, woman and child on this Earth and laugh about it!"
"Most men would question the decency of a decision like [mass-murdering your own people]. Some would become paralyzed with despair and regret. Rest assured, I am not most men."
— Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker, Secret Warriors
"Yes, my children. Kill them. Rape their minds, their souls. The Hellspawn will not stop you. Bring on the sundown, my soulless minions. The mudlings will scream as they march in the maw of calamity, cursing the vile name of their worthless lord."
— Phlegethonyarre, Spawn: Blood and Salvation
"I believe most people are basically good. Sure, everyone falters from time to time, but we all try to balance the scales in the end. Other people, like Detective Hilt here, are beyond redemption. He put on a mask, called himself the Lawgiver, and then he killed cops. He killed civilians. He tried to kill the people I care about."
— Richard Wentworth on Joe Hilt, The Spider
"Such a clever little thing. Still, it will die just as quickly. All little things will die. So many little things have already died. By my hand. By their own."
— The Nerazim prisoner calling the humans "little things", StarCraft: Scavengers & Survivors
"But don't worry, I'm not going to kill you. At least not yet. After all, we have so much to learn from one another. Though I should warn you...this is probably going to hurt."
— Dr. Stanley Burgess prior to operating on Muadun, StarCraft: Frontline
Ten percent of the Mon Calamari population are to be executed. Effective immediately. We will start with the Mon Calamari at hand. All surviving Mon Calamari in the galaxy will be interred in work camps! Any who seek to evade us will be hunted down and killed! The Mon Calamari will have time to suffer and reflect on their crimes until all are extinct. I will purge the galaxy of their culture and history. Such will be the fate of all who defy the Sith!
— Darth Krayt, Star Wars: Legacy
"The Galaxy must experience the pain of death and rapture of rebirth as I have. I will bring chaos. It is time for war."
— Darth Krayt, Star Wars: Legacy
"I fashioned a prison that you could not leave without giving up your heart's desire. Escaping it must have been like tearing off your own arm... and now I'm going to kill you anyway. Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you oblivion."
"Good news? That he did this to keep himself 'occupied'? You can't tell me this! You can't tell me that you — you violated, tortured helpless human beings — just for FUN?!"
— Jolt to Arnim Zola, Thunderbolts
"Look at you. All brittle bones and ligaments and red, red ventricles, so sticky-soft and bendable... I wonder what noise you'll make when I pop your seams?"
— Overlord to the human Verity, The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers
"All those crimes you're investigating are about to get a whole lot worse, Sheriff Dribble! If Troy really has come back from the dead, you're gonna see a lotta little kids getting iced real soon! 'Cause that's what he's into, ya know? Troy told me there ain't nuthin' he likes better than offin' little kids!"
— Moe the Crow on Troy Hicks, The Unfunnies
"I am the lurking fear. I am the growing hate. I am the killer of men... The slayer of giants... The destroyer of hope. I am Rafferty. And I wait in the darkness of all men's souls."
— Rafferty, Warstrike
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Jaune "Magnis" Arc: Did you seriously torture your own ally? Didn't Jinn tell you of the war like she did me?
Adam Taurus: Hmph. The blue-skinned woman who spoke of gods and gifts? Yes, she spoke to me. Spoke of my cooperation with this human and my place in this war. What of it?
Yang Xiao Long: That doesn't look like cooperation. Looks like you're treating him no better than an animal.
Adam: Isn't that what he is? An attack dog summoned to fight alongside me. A weapon. Do you let your weapons run amok, human? No. You keep them sheathed until you need them. Contained.
Adam Taurus: Hmph. The blue-skinned woman who spoke of gods and gifts? Yes, she spoke to me. Spoke of my cooperation with this human and my place in this war. What of it?
Yang Xiao Long: That doesn't look like cooperation. Looks like you're treating him no better than an animal.
Adam: Isn't that what he is? An attack dog summoned to fight alongside me. A weapon. Do you let your weapons run amok, human? No. You keep them sheathed until you need them. Contained.
"Is this the part where I'm supposed repent in my last moments? Maybe have an epiphany that causes me to see the error of my ways? Let me tell you something, Twilight Sparkle. All the hate I have for every living being on this planet doesn't even amount to half of the hate I have for you this very moment. The only thing that would give me pleasure would be to see you writhing in pain and agony. If you spare me Twilight Sparkle, then I'll gather my strength, and then I'll return. When I do, I'll hunt you down, and slowly kill everyone that you love. Your friends, your family, everyone, and I'll force you to sit there and watch. So go ahead Twilight Sparkle, spare me. You want to be the bigger person, right? You want to prove that 'love' and 'compassion' will prevail in the end. That you're nothing like me. Let's see it."
— XANA to Twilight Sparkle, Code Lyoko: EG
"We will kill everyone at Beacon Academy. We will slaughter the students. We will butcher the staff. We will place Ozpin’s head on his own cane and mount it at the gates. There will be no mercy! Those who surrender will merely die cowards rather than heroes. We will tear Beacon apart from within. Two hundred operatives are already at the academy as we speak. We will destroy Beacon. Then, we will move on to Vale, and soon that shall be ours as well. This is not some small-time terrorist attack. This is not a criminal enterprise. This is the beginning of humanity’s end. This is a declaration, my declaration, of war against mankind itself!"
— Dr. Arthur Watts, Destinies of Remnant, "Be Glad You Existed"
Natalie: Scarlet... What the fuck do you want?
Scarlet: Oh not much... I just love seeing people suffer, especially octolings.
Natalie: Why! What have I ever done to you?
Scarlet: Nothing. Octolings? Hahaha. I'm surprised their allowed. Then again, inklings are easy bullies too... It's a fun sport.
Natalie: What the fuck? Hurting people is fun? You're twisted!
Scarlet: Aha... Thanks for that compliment. You see, the world can be a cruel place. Nobody ever has reasons, we just do it because we enjoy it. You're either an asshole or a weakling. That's life. I hate to break it to you [whispers] not really [stops whispering] but your free trial of being able to live is over. That's it, no more framing, no more useless gang. I'll kill you and your friends with my bare hands... But first, I'll have fun tormenting you.
Scarlet: Oh not much... I just love seeing people suffer, especially octolings.
Natalie: Why! What have I ever done to you?
Scarlet: Nothing. Octolings? Hahaha. I'm surprised their allowed. Then again, inklings are easy bullies too... It's a fun sport.
Natalie: What the fuck? Hurting people is fun? You're twisted!
Scarlet: Aha... Thanks for that compliment. You see, the world can be a cruel place. Nobody ever has reasons, we just do it because we enjoy it. You're either an asshole or a weakling. That's life. I hate to break it to you [whispers] not really [stops whispering] but your free trial of being able to live is over. That's it, no more framing, no more useless gang. I'll kill you and your friends with my bare hands... But first, I'll have fun tormenting you.
— Scarlet Spiker explaining her love for hurting others, before torturing Natalie, Inkopolis Chaos
"She's an utter monster. Beyond any form of reason. She became the unofficial leader of the octarians recently due to Octavios long absence. She was desperate for years... [looks at everyone] She wants all inklings dead. She wants all octolings that deserted dead. She has possibly killed dozens of octolings already. She wants nothing more then complete power. Look, she's dangerous. She has murdered hundreds, brainwashes even more then Octavio, tortures for the heck of it... She's INSANE."
— Ruby about Lieutenant Rebecca Obsidian, Inkopolis Chaos 3
"We all knew who was responsible. [He] poisoned his own sister to get to your father. And you and Kyrin had to watch your mother die."
— Village Elder on The Skull Kid, The Legend of Zelda: The Sage of Darkness
"If I could get rid of you three—the most complex characters in existence—then I can have this universe all to myself. You-Know-Who will never be able to find me. I will have created a whole new level of existence for me to reside in and rule over for all eternity. The chaos I shall cause is incalculable… I can create life and exact death over thousands of new characters. I will be the most powerful being in a whole new universe!"
— The Writer, The Lion King Adventures
"Death was present, death was many. The terror had been unleashed in a fire ball of fury. Nothing would escape its wrath. When smiles and tears are dust, all that will be left are the bones."
— Chovian Fields Fairy Statue on Morlach's actions, Lost Isle
The Barnslake Killer: I want to stop being bored, Sherlock Holmes. At first, it started off with just a few. Moderation. But then, I got carried away. I wanted more.
Sherlock Holmes: You tried to kill me.
The Barnslake Killer: Yes, I did. A pity it didn't come off. It would have been a marvellous feather in my cap. All the same, I might still get that feather.
Sherlock Holmes: You tried to kill me.
The Barnslake Killer: Yes, I did. A pity it didn't come off. It would have been a marvellous feather in my cap. All the same, I might still get that feather.
Mewtwo: Why'd I choose you? Because you're gullible. Stupid. A glorified cockfighter so willing to believe you were destined for greatness. And you missed your friend so badly, you'd do anything to make it up to him.
Ruby: So what? Now you're going to kill me?
Mewtwo: Oh no, I really am grateful for all you've done for me, Ruby. I just want to leave this cave and enjoy my freedom. And I guess I might as well kill all humans and conquer the world while I'm out there. But don't worry... I'll save you for last.
Ruby: So what? Now you're going to kill me?
Mewtwo: Oh no, I really am grateful for all you've done for me, Ruby. I just want to leave this cave and enjoy my freedom. And I guess I might as well kill all humans and conquer the world while I'm out there. But don't worry... I'll save you for last.
— Mewtwo revealing himself to Ruby, Nuzlocke Comics
"I was beginning to think there were no Noobs left and they were all in prison, until I finally found one still standing. I asked the Noob if there was any chance he had a ticket or even knew someone with a ticket so I could get into the temple, but he said that Pros don't come down here anymore and do ticket challenges. It's now impossible for Parkour Noobs to rank up at all. This has to be the Champion's doing. If Pros don't come down here at all, the Noobs have no way of getting food. That means if I don't get up in time and beat the Champion, everyone down here will die."
— Evbo on the Parkour Champion leaving the Noobs to perish, Parkour Civilization
"Then, by far the worst, the center of the lab. A tank of tainted green nutritive liquid containing the greatest abomination the Druchii had ever created. She had somehow fused and perverted several dozen soulstones. She had turned shelter from the Old Enemy into a prison of pain and absurdity. The psionic waves emitted by this abortion still caused him mental pain even in this distant memory. The souls of the Eldar within were twisted, mixed together, and in unspeakable torment. He touched the tank and heard the distorted voices begging him to stop it as they would rather face the Old Enemy than continue to exist in this state."
—Description of Yzihira's torture of Eldar souls, Per Aspera Ad Astra (link)
)"I will rip your horn from your head personally and convert you into a carthorse for the Stalker mines! A device will be inserted into the wound where your horn was, forever claiming control of your motor functions but not your consciousness. You will have your genitals removed. You will be fed the cheapest gruel and be left unable to control your bodily functions, dribbling your foul waste behind you for the many, many years I will see you live, converted to the disgusting creature you truly are! Yes, Sparkle, you will trapped in a body only controlled by the orders of others. Lumps of the meat of your body that are not needed will be sliced from you to feed the Diamond Dogs of the mines. You will be a foul thing leaking excrement and urine, a mute gelding, no longer a stallion and just a walking pile of filth in the shape of a pony! And now I demand that you exit the train and face your fate, or I will destroy it and you instantly!"
— General-Admiral Solomon Azure Raven Makarov, Pony POV Series
Jaune: Stop it, Watts! We're on the same side!
Dr. Watts: If so, this will be little more than a fun game between allies. If not, well, we shall have to see. I'll make the first rule, shall I? You are to keep your scroll on you at all times and not turn it off. If you do, I'll cut the power to Argus' hospital... It would be an interesting experiment, no? See how many die when the power is lost.
Dr. Watts: If so, this will be little more than a fun game between allies. If not, well, we shall have to see. I'll make the first rule, shall I? You are to keep your scroll on you at all times and not turn it off. If you do, I'll cut the power to Argus' hospital... It would be an interesting experiment, no? See how many die when the power is lost.
— Jaune Ashari and Dr. Arthur Watts, Relic Of The Future
"You and your precious cousin... I'll make sure to peel you apart slowly for all this trouble. I'm going to enjoy watching you scream in agony until your faces are frozen with true horror."
— Falla Cii, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness
"You kidnap and brainwash our friend, you set Kuyou down upon us, you used us like toys... all so you can destroy the world with Alucard? All I see before me is a misguided fool that is going to be cast down into Hell."
— Moka Akashiya to Hokuto Kaneshiro, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness
"People of Vale, I hate to barge in after the recent attack by Scorch, but I’m afraid money can’t buy me the empathy for your recent plights. Know that, these attacks will get worse, and though this attack only had one innocent causality, I can guarantee that many more will be dying next time. Oh, by the way, you may want to stay away from Vale’s hospital."
— Mercury "Skull" Black, Ruby and Nora
"As Taiyang stared, he could not even recognize his own daughter. She was different. The glimmer in her silver eyes was haunting and twisted. The look on her face was not one any human should ever have: one of pure, unrestrained... evil."
— A description of Ruby Rose, RWBY: Dark, Prequel 1 "Red Dawn"
Jaune Xiong: You kidnapped me.
Hannah Steele: And?
Jaune: You kidnapped me! And you kidnapped an innocent who has nothing to do with any of this. She doesn't know about the gangs, the war or anything. Tammy has no part in any of this!
Steele: Is that so? You should be more open with one you date. Lying is not healthy in a relationship.
Jaune: You—
Steele: Nor is raising your voice to me if I can be honest. Let me be frank. I can ask you politely to respect me as my position demands, or I can order my men to cut a finger from your lady and deliver it here still bleeding. Or I can patch a call through so that you can hear her screaming as it is cut off. Which would you prefer?
Hannah Steele: And?
Jaune: You kidnapped me! And you kidnapped an innocent who has nothing to do with any of this. She doesn't know about the gangs, the war or anything. Tammy has no part in any of this!
Steele: Is that so? You should be more open with one you date. Lying is not healthy in a relationship.
Jaune: You—
Steele: Nor is raising your voice to me if I can be honest. Let me be frank. I can ask you politely to respect me as my position demands, or I can order my men to cut a finger from your lady and deliver it here still bleeding. Or I can patch a call through so that you can hear her screaming as it is cut off. Which would you prefer?
Jaune Xiong: Aren't you afraid I'll betray you?
Hannah Steele: I'm aware of the possibility but I am not afraid, no. You will either collect people into your alliance and betray them to me, or you shall collect them and betray me. All that changes is whether are killing every gang in Vale at once, or every gang minus one. We're capable of both.
Jaune: And if I go and tell the Alliance about this?
Steele: Then what? They feel threatened and expand their alliance. It is the same result for us either way. Of course, it's not the same result for you. We torture and execute your girlfriend, cut her body to pieces and spread her outside your club for you to see.
Hannah Steele: I'm aware of the possibility but I am not afraid, no. You will either collect people into your alliance and betray them to me, or you shall collect them and betray me. All that changes is whether are killing every gang in Vale at once, or every gang minus one. We're capable of both.
Jaune: And if I go and tell the Alliance about this?
Steele: Then what? They feel threatened and expand their alliance. It is the same result for us either way. Of course, it's not the same result for you. We torture and execute your girlfriend, cut her body to pieces and spread her outside your club for you to see.
Jaune Xiong: You monsters.
Steele: That is exactly what we are. Then again, it's exactly what you are as well. Or did you think that those you killed didn't have people who loved them? So, from one monster to another, let me ask you - which will it be? With us? Or against us?
Jaune: I need time to think.
Steele: You need time to scheme and plot a way against us, you mean. Perhaps you'll think clearer without any troubling emotional attachments. Let me just have your girlfriend killed and then- Oh? Have you already decided?
Jaune: You can't possibly think I'll have any loyalty to you after you do this.
Steele: You can't possibly think we care. We don't. Loyal, fearful, love, hatred. It's all the same - nothing more than emotional attachments used to justify why you make one choice over the other. If the result is that you do as we say, that's all that matters. I believe you told Lieutenant Storm that we were afraid of you. If we were truly afraid, we'd just kill you. I am not Dominic. I am no Atlas Gentlewoman. I am a disgraced soldier, a war criminal, and I embrace it. You're good at talking, Arc. I'll give you that. I'm not, which is why I'm quick to turn to more physical methods to get what I want.
Steele: That is exactly what we are. Then again, it's exactly what you are as well. Or did you think that those you killed didn't have people who loved them? So, from one monster to another, let me ask you - which will it be? With us? Or against us?
Jaune: I need time to think.
Steele: You need time to scheme and plot a way against us, you mean. Perhaps you'll think clearer without any troubling emotional attachments. Let me just have your girlfriend killed and then- Oh? Have you already decided?
Jaune: You can't possibly think I'll have any loyalty to you after you do this.
Steele: You can't possibly think we care. We don't. Loyal, fearful, love, hatred. It's all the same - nothing more than emotional attachments used to justify why you make one choice over the other. If the result is that you do as we say, that's all that matters. I believe you told Lieutenant Storm that we were afraid of you. If we were truly afraid, we'd just kill you. I am not Dominic. I am no Atlas Gentlewoman. I am a disgraced soldier, a war criminal, and I embrace it. You're good at talking, Arc. I'll give you that. I'm not, which is why I'm quick to turn to more physical methods to get what I want.
"This Sonic was a monster, a pure evil, sadistic, all-powerful, nightmarish, demented monster... and all of his victims, including Tails, Knuckles, Robotnik and possibly Kyle, are just his little toys, and the game is the very gateway into his chaotic, nightmarish world and the very Hell his victims are trapped in."
— Tom talking about "X", Sonic.exe
Zero: You turned the entire world into a living nightmare, enslaved and killed so many innocent people, you even killed the henchmen who saved and took care of you for all those years. How? How can you commit so much atrocities and not feel any remorse? How does all of this not bother you?
Clyde the Jackal: How? Hmm…perhaps it's because I don't care. And why should I? Why should I feel for those who are weak? In this world, only the strong survives while the weak either gets dominated by the strong or serve them. Since I am now the strongest being in the world, everyone in this world belongs to me now. Those who dares to defy or try to oppose me, will be punished severely.
Clyde the Jackal: How? Hmm…perhaps it's because I don't care. And why should I? Why should I feel for those who are weak? In this world, only the strong survives while the weak either gets dominated by the strong or serve them. Since I am now the strongest being in the world, everyone in this world belongs to me now. Those who dares to defy or try to oppose me, will be punished severely.
"I am Vichama! God of Death, Lord of Hell! I strode between the stars before mortals had the wit to name them, and brought death to millions of- oh, gosh, I think we've had quite enough build-up. Let's get on with the killing, shall we?"
— Vichama, Sonic the Comic – Online!
"I have waited eight millennia for this moment. Souls of the lost, souls of the cursed, souls of the damned, flock to me! This planet will be my temple. From here, I shall stride forth across the universe and bring the gift of death!"
— Vichama, Sonic the Comic – Online!
"I stand corrected. It was the Chaos Emerald that made you stronger. I don't know how a lowly creature such as yourself managed to tap into that power, but it was ultimately a futile effort. Now if only you had cooperated earlier, I would have at least been gracious enough to grant you a quick and merciful death. However, after your foolish attempt to oppose me, it's only fitting that I make it as slow and agonizing as possible! I will relish as I watch the life fade from your eyes!"
— Turbo Mecha Sonic/Metallix to Yoshi while trying to give the latter a Cruel and Unusual Death by choking him, Super Mario Bros. Z
"The plan was simple - she would poison the piece given to her, feed it to him, and then take the antidote while no one was looking. A few hours later, he'd die of a painfully ruptured digestive tract, and she'd panic and scream with the rest of the girls, and in the midst of the chaos they'd leave. Not the most elegant or safe plan, but effective enough.
But on that fated day, one of the girls had insulted her. Something about her looks, no doubt driven by some form of misguided jealousy. An insignificant slight from an insignificant girl. Malcolm had no doubt Talia heard her, but she had hardly batted an eyelash at it. She carried on, the moment came, she did the deed, and a few hours later, the warlord was dead.
Along with his entire harem. Over fifty girls, all dead except for Talia.
And Malcolm knew.
Knew it was her, knew why she did it. Talia, of course, spun a tale for her father, one that he nodded along with, but inside he was sickened. There was being extreme, there was being petty, but this... this was neither of those things. This was just wrong."
But on that fated day, one of the girls had insulted her. Something about her looks, no doubt driven by some form of misguided jealousy. An insignificant slight from an insignificant girl. Malcolm had no doubt Talia heard her, but she had hardly batted an eyelash at it. She carried on, the moment came, she did the deed, and a few hours later, the warlord was dead.
Along with his entire harem. Over fifty girls, all dead except for Talia.
And Malcolm knew.
Knew it was her, knew why she did it. Talia, of course, spun a tale for her father, one that he nodded along with, but inside he was sickened. There was being extreme, there was being petty, but this... this was neither of those things. This was just wrong."
"Do you wanna know why I did what I did? Why I killed 'Jay Garrick'? Why I framed you? Because I felt like it. I gave the people of my earth hope so I could rip it away from them. I framed you for my murder for kicks. And now, I'm going to take over your earth because my own is getting a little boring for my tastes, and I figured 'Hey, why not take over this earth, too?'"
Hunter Zolomon/Zoom: It took me months to figure out your secret identity, and by that point, it was almost too late. I needed someone's speed to keep living, and you were never going to give it to me. So I used Jay's, and it worked, thankfully.
Barry Allen/The Flash: Yay, you got what you wanted. Why did you still come after me, then?
Hunter: Because I didn't put in all that work to figure it out just for it all to come to nothing! It couldn't be for nothing. I needed to make something of it, and, well, I was getting bored on Earth-2, like I told you. So I thought — why not terrorize this earth too? It would be the perfect revenge for all the trouble you caused me.
Barry: So you're telling me that you caused all this trouble — making clones of yourself to kill, murdering all those innocent people, kidnapping my friends and replacing them with your cronies, breaking my fucking back... because you were pissed that it wasn't my speed you used to cure yourself?
Hunter: Guilty as charged.
Barry Allen/The Flash: Yay, you got what you wanted. Why did you still come after me, then?
Hunter: Because I didn't put in all that work to figure it out just for it all to come to nothing! It couldn't be for nothing. I needed to make something of it, and, well, I was getting bored on Earth-2, like I told you. So I thought — why not terrorize this earth too? It would be the perfect revenge for all the trouble you caused me.
Barry: So you're telling me that you caused all this trouble — making clones of yourself to kill, murdering all those innocent people, kidnapping my friends and replacing them with your cronies, breaking my fucking back... because you were pissed that it wasn't my speed you used to cure yourself?
Hunter: Guilty as charged.
Most of them didn’t have an objective. Ramsay would cut skin just to see it bleed. Amputations were slow and gradual and sometimes a week-long occasion as he let rot set in and pain linger. He remembered trying to coach Jeyne through it as what was left of her middle toe changed colour, the way the supernova of pain between his legs transitioned from agonizing to simply frustrating. He remembered as it slowly broke him, the switch from anger and defiance to conscious subservience and finally dissolving into something else entirely. There was a weird irony to having a diagnosis of PTSD but remembering so little from that time. It felt like it had been something he observed. There were some scars he knew the precise cause of and some that seemed to have just shown up one day. There were some on Jeyne that he had been forced to make and her on him. He remembered the day she had pulled out his tooth with pliers as Ramsay trailed a hot curling iron along her inner thigh, the way she had sobbed her apology, the way she had been rewarded with the opportunity to wash her hands.
Adam Taurus: White Fang! [Hear] me! This Cinder person promised us protection from the Grimm! So we may cleanse the inferior without the worry of attack! So go now and slaughter the humans! Gun them down! Slit their throats! Strangle them with your bare hands if you must! I'm going to lead the attack on Beacon. You lead our forces, here.
Damian Void: Yes sir!
Adam: Come my brothers and sisters! Follow me as we lay waste to Beacon!
Damian: Fuck that pretentious language! Let's have some fun, boys and girls!
Damian Void: Yes sir!
Adam: Come my brothers and sisters! Follow me as we lay waste to Beacon!
Damian: Fuck that pretentious language! Let's have some fun, boys and girls!
Rowan: I know what you're doing to him, you freak! You…you're a monster! I...I'm going to tell everyone what you did to Sunny! Everyone! Hero, Kel, Aubrey, your parents! The entire town will know you're a fucking rapist piece of shit!
Mari: Oh? Is that so? [grinning] Well, if you do...I'll tell everyone your little secret. I'll tell everyone how you really feel about my brother.
Rowan: Y-you...you wouldn't...
Mari: It would be oh-so unfortunate, wouldn't it? The local fag outed to the super-religious town. Heh, not only that, but...they'll probably think YOU raped Sunny! After all, who will they believe more? Me? Or YOU?
Mari: Oh? Is that so? [grinning] Well, if you do...I'll tell everyone your little secret. I'll tell everyone how you really feel about my brother.
Rowan: Y-you...you wouldn't...
Mari: It would be oh-so unfortunate, wouldn't it? The local fag outed to the super-religious town. Heh, not only that, but...they'll probably think YOU raped Sunny! After all, who will they believe more? Me? Or YOU?
— Rowan confronting Mari in a flashback, What She Did (link)
)"...I just thought of something interesting. Go to that star and get rid of that thing. And while you're at it, hunt down every last living thing on that planet. There's nothing like watching a pack of fools flounder about in a state of crisis. It will be a perfect way to stave off my boredom. Using your abilities, it will be but a simple matter. And then that star will be mine. You can do it, yes?"
— Zero ordering Dark Matter to kill Gooey and hunt down all of Pop Star's population, unnamed Kirby comic
Film — Animated
Superman: Stop this. Whatever Luthor offered you, he'll betray you.
Solaris: I betray Luthor first. I will eat your sun, and replace it in the sky. Your people will pray to me, or die in the cold dark.
Solaris: I betray Luthor first. I will eat your sun, and replace it in the sky. Your people will pray to me, or die in the cold dark.
Rourke: Mercenary? I prefer the term "adventure capitalist". Besides, you're the one who got us here. You led us right to the treasure chest.
Milo: You don't know what you're tampering with, Rourke!
Rourke: What's to know? It's big, it's shiny, it's gonna make us all rich!
Milo: You think it's some kind of a diamond. I thought it was some kind of a battery. But we're both wrong! It's their life force. That crystal is the only thing keeping those people alive! You take that away, and they'll die!
Rourke: Well, that changes things. Helga, what do you think?
Helga: Knowing that, I'd double the price.
Rourke: I was thinking triple.
Milo: You don't know what you're tampering with, Rourke!
Rourke: What's to know? It's big, it's shiny, it's gonna make us all rich!
Milo: You think it's some kind of a diamond. I thought it was some kind of a battery. But we're both wrong! It's their life force. That crystal is the only thing keeping those people alive! You take that away, and they'll die!
Rourke: Well, that changes things. Helga, what do you think?
Helga: Knowing that, I'd double the price.
Rourke: I was thinking triple.
"What's the matter, Batman? No witty comeback? No threat? Then I'll provide the narration... I'll begin with how I peeled back the layers of the boy's mind. Oh, he bravely tried to fight it at first. You would've been proud to see him so strong. But all too soon, the serums and the shocks took their toll, and the dear lad began to share such secrets with me. Secrets that are mine alone to know...Bruce. It's true, Batsy! I know everything. And kinda like the kid who peeks at his Christmas presents, I must admit, it's sadly anti-climactic. Behind all the sturm and bat-o-rangs, you're just a little boy in a playsuit, crying for mommy and daddy! It'd be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Oh, what the heck, I'll laugh anyway. HA HA HA HA HA HAA!"
"They call us a gang. They think we just noisy kids. Only when they die by our hands will they know Gotham City belongs to the Mutants! Take the guns, take the bombs. Storm police headquarters, and kill... and kill! Bring me the head of the old man Gordon. I will carry it through the streets. And the Batman who thinks he can mess with us... I will tear him limb from limb!"
— The Mutant Leader, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1
I want people to get me. That's why I'm going to kill everyone in this room.
— The Joker, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 2
"... Ignoring what [the Joker has] done in the past. Blindly, stupidly disregarding the entire graveyards he's filled, the thousands who have suffered, the friends he's crippled. You know, I thought... I thought I'd be the last person you'd ever let him hurt. If it had been you that he beat to a bloody pulp, if he had taken you from this world, I would've done nothing but search the planet for this pathetic pile of evil, death-worshiping garbage and then send him off to hell!"
Owlman: After all, what good is a bomb if you don't detonate it?
Superwoman: You never had any intention of using the QED for blackmail. You're going to use it to kill everybody.
Owlman: What if I am?
Superwoman: Just tell me. Why?
Owlman: Why not?
Superwoman: You never had any intention of using the QED for blackmail. You're going to use it to kill everybody.
Owlman: What if I am?
Superwoman: Just tell me. Why?
Owlman: Why not?
"This is the lost age of China. A time of violence and evil. A dynasty predating all others and ruled by a dark emperor: The Mandarin. Fearing the end of his reign, the Mandarin sought to preserve his empire. As the afterlife grew near he completed his temple, carved an army from the Earth, and forged a covenant from the Deities of Death. But such a pact carries a high price, the sacrifice of every life within the Mandarin's mighty empire. To aid in collecting the deities endowed him with five Elementals, demons from the underworld. In one year's time the Mandarin and his dark forces stripped the land of all living things. And when the last drop of innocent blood was spilt the pact was sealed."
—Narration describing the Mandarin, The Invincible Iron Man
"My power is so great, my rule will spread beyond Mathura, and the whole world will become the kingdom of Kans! I shall shatter the peace of heavens, and unleash the furies of hell, and history will speak on how I thrust my sword into the heart of the Earth! This, the world's biggest stadium... will become a symbol of my greatness. If it is not finished by the time of my coronation, then you slaves will be buried alive under the sands of this arena, and your bones will be mixed with the concrete."
— King Kans, Krishna Aur Kans
"I'm disappointed. I brought you here for one purpose and you have failed me. You're as weak as your wife was. As your child. Yes, you fool. It wasn't Sub-Zero at all. I killed them. It was easy. I used sorcery to hide my identity. To make the Lin Kuei do as I wanted. You are strong, Scorpion...but not immortal. I think I'll leave you here, just like I left your son. To be eaten by the birds."
Shinnok: My soldiers will escort you to the temple of elements you will open the gates and bring me what's inside. Then my brothers and sister will see how mad I really am.
Scorpion: Or...
Shinnok: Or I will flay you alive until you perish. And then bring you back to do it again, you cannot escape me.
Scorpion: Or...
Shinnok: Or I will flay you alive until you perish. And then bring you back to do it again, you cannot escape me.
"You see this? This here little DNA bead comes from a little girl in Riverside, California... didn't like to wash her hands. Took me three whole weeks. And this one: nice lady in Detroit, Motown. Six days flat. Then there's this old guy in Philly. I killed him in 72 hours. Yeah, I'm getting better as I go along, baby, but the problem is I never set a record! Until my man, Frank, that is. I'm gonna take him down in 48 hours! Get my own chapter in the medical books!"
— Thrax, Osmosis Jones
"Now, what's in it for y'all? Well, as soon as I dispose of Big Daddy LaBouff, and I'm runnin' this town... (snickers evilly) I'll have the entire city of New Orleans in the palm of my hand. And you'll have all the wayward souls your dark little hearts desire."
— Dr. Facilier offering the souls of everyone in New Orleans as payment to his Friends on the Other Side, The Princess and the Frog
“Those of the White Moon Kingdom… You were all reborn into this planet. But it's too late. This town is ours now. You could say that this planet is in our hands. Such a weak planet. Taking in nightmares, unguarded. Taking over a planet protected by the weak was like twisting a newborn's neck!”
— Queen Nehellenia as Zirconia, Sailor Moon Eternal
Snow White: Please don't send me away. If you do, she'll kill me!
Dwarfs: Kill you? Who?
Snow White: My stepmother, the Queen!
Dwarfs: (shuddering in terror) The Queen?!
Bashful: She's wicked!
Happy: She's bad!
Sneezy: She's mighty mean!
Grumpy: She's an old witch! I'm warnin' ya. If that Queen finds her here, she'll swoop down and wreak her vengeance on us!
Dwarfs: Kill you? Who?
Snow White: My stepmother, the Queen!
Dwarfs: (shuddering in terror) The Queen?!
Bashful: She's wicked!
Happy: She's bad!
Sneezy: She's mighty mean!
Grumpy: She's an old witch! I'm warnin' ya. If that Queen finds her here, she'll swoop down and wreak her vengeance on us!
—Snow White and the Dwarfs on The Evil Queen, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Chuckles: Lotso wasn't my friend anymore. He wasn't anyone's friend. He took over Sunnyside and rigged the whole system.
Woody: So... how'd you get out?
Chuckles: I got broke. Bonnie found me, took me home. Other toys, they weren't so lucky. It ain't right what Lotso done. New toys... they don't stand a chance.
Woody: So... how'd you get out?
Chuckles: I got broke. Bonnie found me, took me home. Other toys, they weren't so lucky. It ain't right what Lotso done. New toys... they don't stand a chance.
—Chuckles telling Woody about Lotso in Toy Story 3
"For a time, I considered sparing your wretched little planet, Cybertron. But now, you shall witness... its DISMEMBERMENT!"
— Unicron deciding to destroy Cybertron after Galvatron tries to betray him, The Transformers: The Movie
"No! I am the Shredder, slayer of mutant turtles! If destroying them means the end of everything, THEN SO BE IT!"
"There will be no wishing on stars ever again! In fact, there will be no more hope, no more dreams, and no escape! No chance to rise up! No one to tell any tales! No one to challenge me ever again! You... are... NOTHING!"
— King Magnifico to all the citizens of Rosas in Wish (2023)
Live-Action TV
"I saw him once — Sheidheda. I was only a girl when he took Trikru. He went from village to village, butchering anyone who refused to kneel, their families, too. We cannot let this creature command Wonkru."
— Indra on Sheidheda, The 100, "The Blood of Sanctum"
Agent Sunny Estrada: You don't scare me.
Charles Edward Denton: That's what they all say... I grant that you might not be afraid of, say, physical pain. It's a pity, I enjoy administering physical pain. But I'm reminded of Melville's words himself: "ignorance is the parent of fear". And you derive your courage from knowledge and I'm about to take that away from you. I give you randomness. That is a random letter generator. It's gonna spit out letters every thirty seconds until such time as a certain combination occurs... When the combination BBB occurs, it will set off that timer and two minutes after that, boom! You may not be afraid of death, but not knowing when you might die will drive you out of your mind.
Charles Edward Denton: That's what they all say... I grant that you might not be afraid of, say, physical pain. It's a pity, I enjoy administering physical pain. But I'm reminded of Melville's words himself: "ignorance is the parent of fear". And you derive your courage from knowledge and I'm about to take that away from you. I give you randomness. That is a random letter generator. It's gonna spit out letters every thirty seconds until such time as a certain combination occurs... When the combination BBB occurs, it will set off that timer and two minutes after that, boom! You may not be afraid of death, but not knowing when you might die will drive you out of your mind.
— 1-800-Missing, "White Whale"
Assistant Director John Pollock: They found your DNA in Julie's body cavity. They also found the chip that she swallowed.
Randall Markham: I should have turned her inside out.
Pollock: You know what? Just so I can hear — you tell me how you did that to a woman who loved you.
Markham: You're the one who killed her. I just pulled the trigger.
Randall Markham: I should have turned her inside out.
Pollock: You know what? Just so I can hear — you tell me how you did that to a woman who loved you.
Markham: You're the one who killed her. I just pulled the trigger.
— 1-800-Missing, "In The Midnight Hour"
"<Listen everybody. I know there's a female news reporter among you who wants to write about me.> I will speak in English now, but most of you won't understand me — except the reporter. <She wants to hand me over to the local government, to get the dirt on me. Listen carefully. If I go to jail, you will suffer too.> Mai Ling, I want you to show yourself for the good of all. <I don't want to shoot you all. You're not coming out, right? If she does not come out, all the women are dead! Not a single life will be spared today!>"
— "Captain America", 1-800-Missing, "Puzzle Box"
"I was destined to be the greatest actor of all time. Monty Clift? If I had been in A Place in the Sun George Stevens would have had me do the walk to the electric chair shirtless. I mailed away for one of those Charles Atlas exercise routines that they advertised in the back of the Superman comics, and I’d practice acting faces in front of the mirror. Sad. Happy. Moody. But Mother wouldn’t let me. I HATE HER. She can’t keep my greatness in the slips. One door closes, another opens. And this body is America. Strong, violent, and full of limitless potential. My arms will hold them down when they struggle. My legs will run them down when they flee. I will be the US Steel of murder. My body holds a heart that cannot love. When Dora died she looked right into my eyes and I felt nothing. The clown was put on Earth to show me the way. To introduce me to the sweet language of murder. But I am no clown. I am perfection. I am greatness. I am the future, and the future starts tonight."
— Dandy Mott, American Horror Story: Freak Show, "Pink Cupcakes"
"I wish you could be inside my body for one minute to know what it feels like to be me. It’s like when I had tuberculosis and you took me out to the Utah desert, and there was nothing but dry, open space for hundreds of miles around us - that is what is inside of me. Those girls were a cool stream of glacier water; my heart bloomed as they nourished it. And now it’s all gone. There is nothing left but the dust and the scorpions inside of me. I was never destined to feel love. The desert knows no mercy. Anything you try to plant out there dies. I must accept this emptiness as a blessing, not a curse. I know why I was put here, Mother. My purpose is to bring death."
— Dandy Mott, American Horror Story: Freak Show, "Bullseye"
"Hey, I’m an open book. Anything you want to know. [pause] How sweet that virgin gypsy tasted? Special smell of a newborn’s neck? My first nun? No that’s a great story"
"Vertigo is measured in lives. Fifty-six people died to perfect this high. Believe me when I say that they did not die for nothing."
"President Clark has violated the Earth Alliance Constitution by dissolving the Senate, declaring martial law, and personally ordering the bombing of civilian targets on the Mars Colony! He is personally responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent people!"
— Captain John Sheridan, on President William Morgan Clark, Babylon 5, "Severed Dreams"
"We will turn Centauri Prime into an inauguration pyre to commemorate my ascension into godhood. When I become a god, how will our world survive without me? Best to put them all out of their misery. Let it burn. Let it all end in fire."
— Emperor Cartagia, Babylon 5, "Falling Toward Apotheosis"
Cole: Don’t you wanna fight back [against Daly]? Why won’t you fight back?
Walton: Tommy.
Cole: ...who is Tommy?
Walton: He’s my son. He’s six years old. At least he was when I woke up here [on the USS Callister]. See, in the early days of this ship, it was just me and Daly. I was his pet project. He tried everything to break me. And I withstood it all, cuz I just thought there was still a chance that I could get out and see my boy again. In a way, I was right; I did get to see him again. Just not the real him. Daly told me what happened. Back on the outside, the real me brought Tommy to work one day. Showed him around. He woulda loved seeing all those computers. He’s really into that stuff. Anyway, evidently, Tommy had a lollipop that day. That’s all [the DNA] Daly needed. He copied him. In here. It was Tommy, alright. He was alike in every way. You know what Daly did to him? He took Tommy and he threw him out of the airlock. Right out into space. And he made me watch. [tearing up] Have you ever seen an unsuited body compress in space? They freeze... and crack like a porcelain doll. I take my hat off to Daly; the detail in this place is exceptional.
Walton: Tommy.
Cole: ...who is Tommy?
Walton: He’s my son. He’s six years old. At least he was when I woke up here [on the USS Callister]. See, in the early days of this ship, it was just me and Daly. I was his pet project. He tried everything to break me. And I withstood it all, cuz I just thought there was still a chance that I could get out and see my boy again. In a way, I was right; I did get to see him again. Just not the real him. Daly told me what happened. Back on the outside, the real me brought Tommy to work one day. Showed him around. He woulda loved seeing all those computers. He’s really into that stuff. Anyway, evidently, Tommy had a lollipop that day. That’s all [the DNA] Daly needed. He copied him. In here. It was Tommy, alright. He was alike in every way. You know what Daly did to him? He took Tommy and he threw him out of the airlock. Right out into space. And he made me watch. [tearing up] Have you ever seen an unsuited body compress in space? They freeze... and crack like a porcelain doll. I take my hat off to Daly; the detail in this place is exceptional.
"Hello? Loyal trusty crew, come in! I know you can hear me. Whatever it is you’re thinking of doing isn’t going to work, but it is going to cost you! If you thought what happened to you in the past was bad, that was nothing! What I’m going to do to you is gonna be goddamn fucking BIBLICAL! I’m literally gonna turn your insides out! BUT... I’ll keep you alive! In tiny little jars! And there you’ll stay until I’M BORED OF YOU!"
— Robert Daly, Black Mirror, "USS Callister"
"The truth is, I'm not a particularly skilled captain. Navigation is foreign to me, I have no gift for politics. So what am I good at? This is going to sound absurd, but I make the men feel better about themselves. See, every man here has served under a captain who uses violence to achieve an end. To terrorize, to advertise. When the men see that, they can spot the lie. They know that their captain is, in some part of his soul, sickened by his own actions. And the lie infects everyone who sees it. But with me, when the men see me slaughter the crew of the Good Fortune, when they see me cut out a man's tongue from his mouth for lying, when they see me burn a boy alive in front of his father's eyes, they know, they can see it in my eyes...there's no lie there. There's no seed of remorse there. I simply don't have it in me."
— Edward "Ned" Low, to Eleanor Guthrie, Black Sails, "IX"
"I wanna torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured somebody, they didn't even have chainsaws."
Robert Cameron: I'm going to get rid of you.
Robert's double: Really? Look at you. Tied up in that cast. Weak. You'll be easier to handle than that Miss Gilden was.
Robert: "Was?" What do you mean "was?"
Double: She's dead. Fell on her rose shears, poor thing.
Robert: You killed her. You kill everything. You're killing me!
Double: It won't be much of a loss. No one will know. Not even your parents.
Robert: What do you mean?
Double: Pretty soon, there won't be anyone left here but me.
Robert's double: Really? Look at you. Tied up in that cast. Weak. You'll be easier to handle than that Miss Gilden was.
Robert: "Was?" What do you mean "was?"
Double: She's dead. Fell on her rose shears, poor thing.
Robert: You killed her. You kill everything. You're killing me!
Double: It won't be much of a loss. No one will know. Not even your parents.
Robert: What do you mean?
Double: Pretty soon, there won't be anyone left here but me.
— Circle Of Fear, "Alter-Ego"
Datak Tarr: General Tak, may I ask what business you have in Defiance?
Rahm Tak: You may, indeed. I'm going to kill all the humans and burn the disgusting place to the ground.
Rahm Tak: You may, indeed. I'm going to kill all the humans and burn the disgusting place to the ground.
— Defiance, "The World We Seize"
The Doctor: I still don't see why you want to help them. What can you possibly gain?
"UNIT Years" Master: The pleasure of seeing the human race exterminated, Doctor. The human race of which you are so fond. Believe me, that'll be a reward in itself.
"UNIT Years" Master: The pleasure of seeing the human race exterminated, Doctor. The human race of which you are so fond. Believe me, that'll be a reward in itself.
— Doctor Who, "The Sea Devils"
"The alien who dares to intrude, the humans, animals, birds, fish, reptiles: all life is my enemy! All life shall perish under the reign of Sutekh the Destroyer!"
— Sutekh, Doctor Who, "Pyramids of Mars"
"It is within my power to choose the manner of your death. I can, if I choose, keep you alive for centuries, wracked by the most excruciating pain. Since your interference has condemned me forever to remain a prisoner in the Eye of Horus, it would be a fitting end. You would make an amusing diversion."
Fourth Doctor: You use your powers for evil!
Sutekh the Destroyer: Evil? Your evil is my good. I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread, I leave nothing but dust and darkness. I find that good!
Sutekh the Destroyer: Evil? Your evil is my good. I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread, I leave nothing but dust and darkness. I find that good!
"You are one of the most evil and corrupt beings our Time Lord race has ever produced. Your crimes are without number and your villainy without end."
Rose Tyler: Doctor, what happened?
Davros: Electrical energy, Miss Tyler. Every atom in existence is bound by an electrical field. The reality bomb cancels it out, structure falls apart. That test was focused on the prisoners alone. Full transmission will dissolve every form of matter.
Rose Tyler: The stars are going out...
The Doctor: The 27 planets... they become one vast transmitter, blasting that wavelength...
Davros: Across the entire universe, never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dimension, every parallel, every single corner of creation. THIS is my ultimate victory, Doctor! The destruction of reality ITSELF!
Davros: Electrical energy, Miss Tyler. Every atom in existence is bound by an electrical field. The reality bomb cancels it out, structure falls apart. That test was focused on the prisoners alone. Full transmission will dissolve every form of matter.
Rose Tyler: The stars are going out...
The Doctor: The 27 planets... they become one vast transmitter, blasting that wavelength...
Davros: Across the entire universe, never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dimension, every parallel, every single corner of creation. THIS is my ultimate victory, Doctor! The destruction of reality ITSELF!
— Davros displaying his Omnicidal Maniac tendencies to the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, Doctor Who, "Journey’s End"
House: Tell me why I shouldn't just kill you both now.
Amy Pond: Well, because...Rory, why?
Rory Williams: Because... killing us quickly wouldn't be any fun. And you need fun, don't you? That's what Uncle and Auntie were for, wasn't it? Someone to make suffer. I had a PE teacher just like you. You need to be entertained, and killing us quickly... wouldn't be entertainment...
House: So entertain me. Run.
Amy Pond: Well, because...Rory, why?
Rory Williams: Because... killing us quickly wouldn't be any fun. And you need fun, don't you? That's what Uncle and Auntie were for, wasn't it? Someone to make suffer. I had a PE teacher just like you. You need to be entertained, and killing us quickly... wouldn't be entertainment...
House: So entertain me. Run.
The Doctor: Mrs. Gillyflower, you have no idea what you are dealing with. In the wrong hands, that venom could wipe out all life on this planet.
Mrs. Gillyflower: [holds out her hands] Do you know what these are? [laughs] The wrong hands!
Mrs. Gillyflower: [holds out her hands] Do you know what these are? [laughs] The wrong hands!
"My name was Ashad. I did spare your son... because he's a useless runt, sickly and weak. And I did have children. I slit their throats when they joined the resistance. In death we are transformed, improved, updated, as you will learn."
"Has anyone ever told you the story of the Mountain and the Hound? Lovely little tale of brotherly love. The Hound was just a pup, six years old maybe. Gregor a few years older, already a big lad, already getting a bit of a reputation. Some lucky boys just born with a talent for violence. One evening, Gregor found his little brother playing with a toy by the fire - Gregor's toy, a wooden knight. Gregor never said a word, he just grabbed his brother by the scruff of his neck and shoved his face into the burning coals. Held him there while the boy screamed, while his face melted. There aren't very many people who know that story."
— Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish explaining how Sandor Clegane got his scars from Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane, Game of Thrones, "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
"He would see this country burn if he could be king of the ashes."
King Joffrey Baratheon: Robb Stark is dead. [chuckles] And his bitch mother! Write back to Lord Frey. Thank him for his service and command him to send Robb Stark's head. I'm going to serve it to Sansa at my wedding feast.
Lord Varys: Your Grace, Lady Sansa is your aunt, by marriage.
Queen Cersei Lannister: A joke! Joffrey did not mean it.
Joffrey: Yes, I did. I'm going to have it served to Sansa at my wedding feast.
Lord Tyrion Lannister: No. She is no longer yours to torment.
Joffrey: Everyone is mine to torment. You'd do well to remember that, you little monster.
Lord Varys: Your Grace, Lady Sansa is your aunt, by marriage.
Queen Cersei Lannister: A joke! Joffrey did not mean it.
Joffrey: Yes, I did. I'm going to have it served to Sansa at my wedding feast.
Lord Tyrion Lannister: No. She is no longer yours to torment.
Joffrey: Everyone is mine to torment. You'd do well to remember that, you little monster.
— Game of Thrones, "Mhysa"
"Elia Martell. I killed her children. Then I raped her. Then I smashed her head, IN LIKE THIS!"
— Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane while crushing Oberyn Martell's head, Game of Thrones, "The Mountain and the Viper"
"She's a fine woman, your sister. I look forward to having her back in my bed. And you're all fine-looking men. My dogs are desperate to meet you. I haven't fed them for seven days, they're ravenous. I wonder which parts they'll try first. Your eyes? Your balls? We'll find out soon enough. In the morning then, bastard."
"You will be a curse upon Gotham. Children will wake from sleep screaming at the thought of you. Your legacy will be death and madness."
"Our invasion is all that is left...There will be no resistance! Attack, kill, plunder! Our motto is destroy and slaughter. After we completely destroy the nations's society... we can begin the world of our Black Cross Army."
— Black Cross Fuhrer, Anthem of the Black Cross Army, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, "The Crimson Sun! The Invincible Gorengers"
"Dear God, I would do anything to see the look on her face when she realizes she's helpless. I'd make her want me. Then reject her. Devastate her over and over and over until she wants to die. No, I won't give her that, either. She'd wither away like someone dying of thirst or starvation. Be a certain ring of hell, designed specially for her. Or maybe I'll just kill her."
"Come here, (Trish). You'd do anything to protect her, wouldn't you? Yeah, perhaps I chose the wrong sister. Hmm? From your perspective, I'll be raping her every day. My skin will be touching hers. She'll be my plaything. She'll be my slave. And in her mind, she'll be dying, isn't that right? We're leaving. If (Trish) or I ever hear from you, or see you, see anyone who looks like you, she will slit her own throat. It's the ultimate contingency."
King Herod: Kill every male child up to one year old...eh, two years old. Better the innocents should die, than for the guilty to escape.
Herod's Soothsayer: The guilty? Your majesty? A child?
Herod: Guilty in the womb! Guilty in the stars! I’ll bring down their stars! I'll snuff them out in blood! This is MY WORLD! I will not share it with an infant! There's no room for two kings here! Like a newborn scorpion, UNDER FOOT! You know the knack of a real king: Courage! Even in the face of Jewish prophecy! Bits of old parchment! Old blind MEN! HAH! Now go to Bethlehem, and make history! Kill!
Soldier: But your majesty-
Herod: Kill! Kill! KILL THEM ALL! KILL! KILL THEM ALL!!!
—>— Jesus of Nazareth
Herod's Soothsayer: The guilty? Your majesty? A child?
Herod: Guilty in the womb! Guilty in the stars! I’ll bring down their stars! I'll snuff them out in blood! This is MY WORLD! I will not share it with an infant! There's no room for two kings here! Like a newborn scorpion, UNDER FOOT! You know the knack of a real king: Courage! Even in the face of Jewish prophecy! Bits of old parchment! Old blind MEN! HAH! Now go to Bethlehem, and make history! Kill!
Soldier: But your majesty-
Herod: Kill! Kill! KILL THEM ALL! KILL! KILL THEM ALL!!!
—>— Jesus of Nazareth
"Let's see what little gifts we have for our guest. A traitor...dead. Two sorcerers ...dead. A queen...dead. A daughter...dead. A bodyguard...dead. A thief...dead. A champion...dead. You...will...bow...to...me."
Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman: Michael Denby...by all accounts a thoroughly nasty piece of work.
Ray Patterson: He was one of those people even proper villains steer clear of. Denby was a psycho. He actively enjoyed inflicting pain.
—New Tricks, "The Fourth Man"
"It is busy, isn't it? It may be small but it is my room and also the universe. Space is cramped. No-one can even imagine what it is like out there. It is something that even a small brain like you, leaving on that measly Earth in an even smaller galaxy, should understand. How about this? How careless of me. I was about to crush Earth. There are too many lives and planets in this room. I need to organise but tidying up is boring. So, I made it fun. I made a game where I make people fight and destroy their planet. It entertains me! You rouse some people every now and again and then, you just watch. Now, the universe has tidied up!"
— Dagded Dujardin to Gira Husty, Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger, "The Galactinsect King Cometh"
"So you won't use your wishes to help yourself, Alice? Then I will keep destroying all the things you care about, hurting all the people you love, until you have no other choice."
— Jafar to Alice, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Harold Finch: You could never be me, because I save lives. You take them.
Alex Declan: No, I live those lives better than the real people ever could. I follow them, and watch them waste what they have. I do those identities justice. The things I've seen, the lives I've lived... One day, I'll stop, when I find the person I'm meant to be.
Finch: What? People like you don't stop. You can rationalize it however you like, but you hurt people because you like it. Because you're sick, you're maladjusted and you need help.
Alex Declan: No, I live those lives better than the real people ever could. I follow them, and watch them waste what they have. I do those identities justice. The things I've seen, the lives I've lived... One day, I'll stop, when I find the person I'm meant to be.
Finch: What? People like you don't stop. You can rationalize it however you like, but you hurt people because you like it. Because you're sick, you're maladjusted and you need help.
Master Org: They will be destroyed soon, just like your parents!
Cole: What?
Master Org: That's right. I finished off your parents, and I enjoyed every single minute of it. They begged me for mercy, so I gave it to them. I ended their worthless existence quickly.
Cole: No. How? How could you do something like that?
Master Org: [laughs] It was easy.
— Master Org/Dr Viktor Adler mocking Cole as he tries to slowly torture his friends to death, Power Rangers Wild Force, "The Master’s Last Stand, Part 2"
"This is the future of your world. There is no purpose for your species. Once I eat your magic, you will become a part of the dust that I will walk upon. That will be your one and only purpose!"
— The Master, Power Rangers Mystic Force
"You are nothing but a grunt! You do not get to take me down. You are gonna beg to me. Blood loss is gonna make you weak. You are gonna slip in and out of shock. You will know pain and fear. Fear, Frank. Your ribs must be cracked. I'm gonna take all the breath out of your lungs, until you can barely whisper and the last word out of your mouth is gonna be, Please... Please... Please..."
Marcus Lindsey: I feel no shame for what I do. The needs I feel. No, if I could murder someone every day, I would be the happiest man on the planet. Oh, I don't know — maybe I'd lose my taste for it. You know, like when you eat too many chips.
John Nolan: Anybody ever tell you you're crazy?
Marcus Lindsey: Sure. But then I burn them to ash.
John Nolan: Anybody ever tell you you're crazy?
Marcus Lindsey: Sure. But then I burn them to ash.
"Piper taught me that killing people is way more fun than therapy! So, we made the sheriff and the medical examiner look like idiots, we tortured them with a killing spree they could not stop!"
— Kieran Wilcox, Scream: The TV Series, "When a Stranger Calls"
"I am struck by the sheer inhumanity of what one human being is capable of inflicting upon not just one, but over a dozen other human beings."'.
— The Judge at the trial of Kieran Wilcox, Scream: The TV Series, "Halloween"
"Obadiah, and a blackguardly officer called Morris, once beat a native Indian half to death, until I stopped them. They blamed me for it, and I was flogged. Watch him, Pat. He preys on the men. He'll snaffle kit, belts, frogs, haversacks, all entered or found lost by Obadiah, which leads to floggings unless he gets paid. Then wives. He beats men till their wives come to him, which I call rape. I've seen his like before. An evil man marching in a cloud of pipely. And because he kicks up salutes, obeys every officer, he's bombproof to all but us. We who come up from the ranks, we're smart to him."
— Richard Sharpe describing Obadiah Hakeswill, Sharpe, Sharpe's Company
"When I tell you that this is the most dangerous, the most despicable human being that I have ever encountered, when I tell you that this...this monster must be ended...That creature, that rotting thing, is a living, breathing coagulation of human evil."
"Why do I kill? It's not about hatred or revenge, I'm not a dark person. Killing human beings, it just makes me...ahhhh, incredibly happy. You know, in films, when you see dead people, pretending to be dead, and it's just living people lying down? Well, that's not what dead people look like. Dead people...look like things. I like to make people into things. Then you can own them."
— Culverton Smith, Sherlock, "The Lying Detective"
"By sundown tomorrow, I will be the one true God, and I will wipe away this world, you included! Then you will see just how far my reach extends. You love these humans so much...You wear their clothes...You feel their petty, worthless emotions...If you want to live among them... then you shall die among them!"
— The Hidden One to Pandora, Sleepy Hollow, "Delaware"
Roy Richardson: "I couldn't chance you crawling out of your bottle someday to claim what I've earned."
Paul Thomas: "Earned? For killing defenseless old men in an alley?! Men that never hurt anyone?! That just wanted to be alone?!"
Richardson: "Some people might say I did the city a favor!"
Paul Thomas: "Earned? For killing defenseless old men in an alley?! Men that never hurt anyone?! That just wanted to be alone?!"
Richardson: "Some people might say I did the city a favor!"
—The Streets of San Francisco, "Legion of the Lost"
"It can get worse. Trust me. 'Cause once I'm on top, I'll make you watch. And I'll use your body. Have you ever felt an infant's blood drip down your chin? Or listened to a girl scream as you rip her guts out? Because you will. It's you and me, lover. We'll have a grand old time."
— Abaddon, Supernatural, "Devil May Care"
"I crushed her skull with my bare hands, and it was warm and wet, [smirking] and I liked it."
— Lucifer, Supernatural, Let The Good Times Roll
"Scott, can you hear me? Ah, you can. Good. Then listen closely because the game is about to get interesting. Let's put a real clock on this game, Scott. I'll give you until the last 30 seconds. When that scoreboard clock begins counting down from 30, if you haven't given me Derek, then Jackson is gonna kill someone. So tell me, Scott, who's gonna die tonight? Should it be your mother, who so bravely came out to support you? Or the sheriff, your best friend's father? Or how about the pretty little redhead who managed to survive the bite of an Alpha? Or maybe one of these innocent teenagers with their whole life ahead of them? Or should I do everyone a favor and kill that ridiculous coach? It's up to you, Scott. But you are going to help me take Derek down. Because if you don't - I'll have Jackson rip someone's head off right in the middle of the field and drench everyone you love and care about in blood."
— Gerard Argent to Scott McCall, Teen Wolf, "Battlefield"
"You aren't doing this for your people. You don't care about our mothers. You just want to kill men. Not one or two, but all of them. Yeah, you want to burn down the whole damn house."
—Calliope McTeer to Adrielle Cuthbert, Tidelands (Netflix)
"Through the dark of futures past, the magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me! I'll catch you with my death bag. You may think I've gone insane, but I promise, I will kill again!"
— Killer BOB, Twin Peaks, Episode 2.9
""Humans of Earth. Surrender immediately, and hand over the prince of Planet Gold. You have 44 minutes in Earth time to comply. Failure to do so will result in the petrification of all life on Earth's surface."
— Gargorgon, Ultraman X, "Oath That Surpassed the Stars"
"This motherfucker just be killing niggers just to do it. See? Nigger killing motherfuckers just 'cause he can. Not 'cause they snitching, not 'cause it's business, but 'cause this shit just comes natural to him."
Magazines
"There is nothing unique about the wanton violence of the Destroyer. All demons hunger for slaughter, and they all seek the end of all things. They all want to tear down the works of the gods and reduce all things to ruin. Where Yeenoghu differs, however, is in his ability to turn the business of killing into a breathtaking spectacle. With him, it is a form of art—if you can stomach the screams and noxious odors issuing from the dead. Yeenoghu is special because he embodies killing. He has few ambitions beyond the visceral thrill of rending the soft flesh of his enemies and drinking deep the hot blood from their bodies. He craves nothing more than the utter defeat of all those who stand against him and is relentless in his pursuit of feeding the emptiness of his existence with the frantic screams of those he slays. Butchery is the provender of Yeenoghu, and his single-minded pursuit of annihilation makes him a dangerous force in the infinite layers of the Abyss."
"To this end, he goads his mortal servants into performing appalling acts of evil in his name throughout the lands. He admonishes his servants to show no mercy in their perpetual war—they must kill all creatures they encounter and take prisoners when the beings can serve as useful thralls. In the centuries after the war with the gods, the Ruler of Ruin has amassed his armies. His people in the natural world feed his layer with a steady supply of slaves and victims, and his altars run red with the blood of fresh sacrifices."
Mythology and Religion
"There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them. If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued for their destruction, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, so that they may put it into the king's treasuries."
— Haman, Book of Esther
Music
"The last head falls to the ground
No one is left alive
They thought that they could take me down
But it's not my time to die
I wipe the blood from my sword
And slide it in my belt
This is the sweetest of rewards
The best rush I have felt!"
No one is left alive
They thought that they could take me down
But it's not my time to die
I wipe the blood from my sword
And slide it in my belt
This is the sweetest of rewards
The best rush I have felt!"
Even now the burning sky above is falling
All your lives will now be forfeit to the culling
We will drain this world and watch as everything withers and dies!
All your lives will now be forfeit to the culling
We will drain this world and watch as everything withers and dies!
— Lavos, Chrono Trigger: The Musical
"Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Alright, alright, alright."
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Alright, alright, alright."
— The Rake describing how he murdered his own children, The Decemberists, "The Rake's Song"
I condemn you
And your land of dreams to Hell!
And your land of dreams to Hell!
I'll burn the sky in fire
Salt the earth, retire
Your resistance cost you
The world you hold dear
See what now comes
From defying my spear!
Salt the earth, retire
Your resistance cost you
The world you hold dear
See what now comes
From defying my spear!
— Fecto Elfilis to Kirby, Juno Songs, "Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit"
""Foolish man! You built your cities atop your graves!
By my hand, I usher in the end of an age!
Grind you down beneath the progress of the wheel!
Cut you down! That's how blood will stain the steel!"
By my hand, I usher in the end of an age!
Grind you down beneath the progress of the wheel!
Cut you down! That's how blood will stain the steel!"
— Omega, Man on the Internet, "Cannonball"
""Old King Cole was not missold, of years he had a hundred score
The dark appliance of infernal science would give him millennia more
And he would watch as the suns burned out, collapsing from their core
Oh, never to forgive he would eternal live, his hands dyed red by gore."
The dark appliance of infernal science would give him millennia more
And he would watch as the suns burned out, collapsing from their core
Oh, never to forgive he would eternal live, his hands dyed red by gore."
— "Old King Cole", The Mechanisms, Once Upon A Time (In Space)
"I take what you love, and leave you in tears
Imprison your soul, your hopes are my games
I strip you of pride, my promise is in vain
While you burn at the stake I dance with the flames
My kingdom corrupt with dissent
Your sins erupt by my intent
I loathe your prayer, I wallow in sin
Let the nightmare begin
Prince of darkness, your satanic highness
Prince of darkness, the devilish serpent, the dreaded Lucifer
Prince of darkness!"
Imprison your soul, your hopes are my games
I strip you of pride, my promise is in vain
While you burn at the stake I dance with the flames
My kingdom corrupt with dissent
Your sins erupt by my intent
I loathe your prayer, I wallow in sin
Let the nightmare begin
Prince of darkness, your satanic highness
Prince of darkness, the devilish serpent, the dreaded Lucifer
Prince of darkness!"
— Megadeth, "Prince of Darkness"
"I burn down your cities — how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say "How blessed are we"
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me!
That's why I love mankind."
I take from you your children and you say "How blessed are we"
You all must be crazy to put your faith in me!
That's why I love mankind."
— Randy Newman, "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"
Tabletop Games
"Do you think I care that the soulstuff I consume creates a void of life in the multiverse? Nay, for I have become the ultimate predator! The lives I consume are pure and untainted by incarnation, and my meals are all the sweeter for it!"
— Ashardalon, Dungeons & Dragons, The Bastion Of Broken Souls
Born of tainted womb and dragon lust, the Beast did crawl forth, shrieking and spitting lightning and eating of its week-dead parent's flesh. Blood-born and twisted, terrible and enraged, even the promised centuries of cruelties and slaughter would never quell the shattered paragon's bloodlust. And the Lord of Agonies smiled. Here was his will made flesh. And so he gifted the Beast with two natures, to spread terror and pain, shadow and suffering in mortal guise, mortal cunning in dragon form, this despoiler, this abomination, this Beast called Kazavon.
—"Seventh Chronicle of Saint Ferais, Dragon Slayer", on Kazavon, Pathfinder
"I am the harbinger of your demise. I am the nightmare in all mortals. I am the thing you fear the most. I am death."
— Valkia the Bloody, Warhammer
"Few names in the history of Kislev still evoke as much dread as that of Engra Deathsword. So complete was his destruction of Praag that the ruins of the city were infused with the stuff of Chaos. Old texts tell of the walls, once made of stone, transformed into a grotesque, fleshy substance said to be remains of those warriors who fought against the dark Champion's horde. These walls grew faces, and their mouths screamed blasphemous curses, driving those who heard them mad. He was merciless, relentless and nigh invulnerable, clad from head to toe in armour of midnight black. His weapons were imbued with the unholy power of the Dark Gods. It took no less a man than Magnus the Pious to put an end to his bloody campaign. Had it not been for noble Magnus, the greatest cities of the Empire would have suffered the same terrible fate as Praag."
— Tzarina Katarin on Engra Deathsword, Warhammer
"Konrad von Carstein was completely mad. Even when he had walked among the living, he had the reputation of being a blood-mad butcher, cruel, merciless and insanely ruthless. For his pleasure, he once had ordered every cat in his domain to be used as spot for his crossbowman. On at least two occasions he had peasant villages put to the torch because he didn't like the smell. He tried his mother for the crime of having given birth to him without his consent and then had her bricked up in her own tower. Acquiring the power and longevity of one of the Undead did nothing to strengthen his already shaky gasp on reality."
— Warhammer Armies: Undead (4th edition)
"There will be no escape, no blessed oblivion. I can end your life as easily as I can extinguish a candle, and before your corpse is cold, I can reach out and grasp your soul. You will be my slave for all eternity, and I shall laugh at the depths of your pain. Such is the power of Nagash."
— Nagash the Usurper, Warhammer: Time of Legend: Nagash the Sorcerer novel
"If a man dedicates his life to good deeds and the welfare of others, he will die unthanked and unremembered. If he exercises his genius bringing misery and death to billions, his name will echo down through the millennia for a hundred lifetimes. Infamy is always more preferable to ignominy."
— Fabius Bile at the Desecration of Kanzuz IX
"To Bile himself, there is only one title that does his magnificence justice — the Primogenitor.
He believes that in him is the Emperor’s boundless artistry reborn. He claims to understand the secrets of creating Space Marines and even Primarchs, and though his creations are extremely strong of body, they are rarely of sound mind. To witness one of Bile’s genetic byblows is to lose a shred of sanity, for they are disturbing indeed. Bile has left a trail of foul deviants and twisted abominations wherever his ships have landed. His name has become a curse to the High Lords of Terra and those of the Apothecarion who have learned of his legend. Many believe that he has irrevocably tainted mankind’s gene pool, polluting it with hidden growth strains and lurking corruptions. Some scattered cults even worship him as Pater Mutatis, father of all the mutants that skulk in the underbelly of the Imperium. It is a belief that Bile does nothing to dissuade."
He believes that in him is the Emperor’s boundless artistry reborn. He claims to understand the secrets of creating Space Marines and even Primarchs, and though his creations are extremely strong of body, they are rarely of sound mind. To witness one of Bile’s genetic byblows is to lose a shred of sanity, for they are disturbing indeed. Bile has left a trail of foul deviants and twisted abominations wherever his ships have landed. His name has become a curse to the High Lords of Terra and those of the Apothecarion who have learned of his legend. Many believe that he has irrevocably tainted mankind’s gene pool, polluting it with hidden growth strains and lurking corruptions. Some scattered cults even worship him as Pater Mutatis, father of all the mutants that skulk in the underbelly of the Imperium. It is a belief that Bile does nothing to dissuade."
— On Fabius Bile, Warhammer 40,000: Champions of Chaos
"From his bleak throne, the Tenth Seat, as he still affectionately calls it, the Unnamed rules Creation - or what remains of it, at least. Physically, the center of his power is located in Mesopotamia, where once was found the cradle of civilization. In terror and pain, millions of slaves labor to heap glory on his name, living and dying at his command. He is the face of the Void, incarnate upon the Earth, architect of the Universe's despair."
— The World of Darkness, Mage: The Ascension - Ascension, "Hell on Earth"
"It is done. Hear me, Children of Adam. I command-"
The Arch-Usurper's voice chokes off in a gurgle. His body twitches, swells and churns as eyes, mouths, tentacles and other organs erupt from his flesh and sink back in again. Amid all the changes, he laughs a deep, ugly laugh. The characters cannot move; they cannot sense their own bodies in their millionfold view of the world. "Be of me," the Tremere-Thing says, and the characters see the flesh of millions of people ripple and flow in response. Kindred, kine and other, their skin splits apart to release a large, slimy, chitinous creature - part insect, part reptile and all nightmare; characters may recognize it as the Horrid Form of Vicissitude. Some mortals and supernatural part-humans resist the worldwide contagion, but they are a small minority. [...]
The Tzimisce Antediluvian has made its masterstroke. All is Tzimisce.
The Arch-Usurper's voice chokes off in a gurgle. His body twitches, swells and churns as eyes, mouths, tentacles and other organs erupt from his flesh and sink back in again. Amid all the changes, he laughs a deep, ugly laugh. The characters cannot move; they cannot sense their own bodies in their millionfold view of the world. "Be of me," the Tremere-Thing says, and the characters see the flesh of millions of people ripple and flow in response. Kindred, kine and other, their skin splits apart to release a large, slimy, chitinous creature - part insect, part reptile and all nightmare; characters may recognize it as the Horrid Form of Vicissitude. Some mortals and supernatural part-humans resist the worldwide contagion, but they are a small minority. [...]
The Tzimisce Antediluvian has made its masterstroke. All is Tzimisce.
— The World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade—Gehenna
Visual Novels
"Picture thousands of fools who are madly in love with me dying one by one like insects doused with bug spray...and the best part is, they did it to themselves, you know?! Thousands of humans falling like dominos...Ahh...that memory is so beautiful..."
"To show the world the murders taking placing at this school, which was meant to be a symbol of hope... That was the whole point of the Ultimate Despair! When I said "climax," THAT was what I was talking about! The world watched as you fell into despair, and began to kill each other one after another... Despair is as contagious as any disease; any hope left turns to despair. Puhuhu. Isn't the power of television just amazing!?"
"This takes me back, y'know. All those defendants who came to me, asking for a plea bargain. They trusted me, y'know. Told me every one of their dirty little secrets, y'see. And when it came time for the trial, I'd get them sentenced to life in prison... Th-They... were all completely dumbstruck, y'know. Each and everyone one of them... Ha ha ha...! Oh, how I wish you all could have seen it, y'know... th-the stupid looks on their faces!"
— Blaise Debeste, remembering all the lives he ruined, Gyakuten Kenji 2
Three years prior, when I met Morgana, she had been the victim of unspeakable abuse at the hands of the lord. I didn't know why he had done those things to her, and I didn't ask either—because I knew doing so would only open old wounds. All I knew was that the lord was so far gone as a human being as to brutally torture a nine-year-old girl.
— Jacopo, about Lord Jean-François Barnier, The House in Fata Morgana
"I would have rather she died with less suffering... A bullet in her brain, perhaps, would have been ideal. Unfortunately, that would have made quite a bit of noise. Circumstances being what they were, I was forced to settle for the knife. The one the 9th Man had, you remember? I believe I caught her just below the shoulder blade. I was rather lucky, in fact. My first thrust went right between her ribs. Her flesh was so soft. My knife slid in so easily... There was no resistance. That feeling was... I confess, I feel rather excited. It is a... powerful memory. Someday, perhaps, I hope I can feel it again."
— Gentarou Hongou recalling his murder of Clover, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Webcomics
"He is somehow also imbued with a limitless supply of power. Enough to destroy anything he wanted, for as long as he wanted. And knowing the villain of our story, anything he wanted would be everything. And as long as he wanted would be forever."
— Aranea on Lord English, Homestuck
"Here's the problem: Before letting the humans know I rule them, I want to have a body in their world. It's a difficult task, but I'm working on it and will eventually succeed. I so greatly desire to walk among the humans, to personally enjoy the fear I've struck in all six billion of them. In that last beautiful moment before I kill them all."
— The Seer, Kid Radd
Radd: "You're going to destroy your own empire???"
The Seer: "Of course. I am, after all, a virus. Destruction is my nature - it brings me pleasure. I could have downed millions of computers on the day I was originally set to go off. That would have been delicious and caused global chaos, but ultimately humanity would survive. But no. I wanted more. I wanted the ultimate delicacy: true destruction of everything that lives - both in the cyberworld and human world. To do that, I needed total control of both worlds. And then, I would experience ultimate joy at the destruction of it all. Mmm, I can hardly wait for that day!"
The Seer: "Of course. I am, after all, a virus. Destruction is my nature - it brings me pleasure. I could have downed millions of computers on the day I was originally set to go off. That would have been delicious and caused global chaos, but ultimately humanity would survive. But no. I wanted more. I wanted the ultimate delicacy: true destruction of everything that lives - both in the cyberworld and human world. To do that, I needed total control of both worlds. And then, I would experience ultimate joy at the destruction of it all. Mmm, I can hardly wait for that day!"
— Kid Radd
The Seer: "You want to know the best thing? I no longer have to die to fulfill my mission - And I don't have to stop with just Earth. The humans' universe is incomprehensibly huge. 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars exist according to NASA. And planets, well, countless more. So the odds are pretty good that there are other lifeforms out there for me to kill. I'll keep multiplying and parasitically spreading from world to world, killing civilizations for countless eons. Beautiful, endless pleasure"
Radd: "Dude, you are definitely the sickest thing on the Internet. And that's saying a lot."
The Seer: "Blame it on my programmer. I think I'll thank him personally before killing him"
Radd: "Dude, you are definitely the sickest thing on the Internet. And that's saying a lot."
The Seer: "Blame it on my programmer. I think I'll thank him personally before killing him"
— Kid Radd
Web Original
Alessa Hopper: Why?! Why is it so important to you that we suffer?! You've done nothing but bring misery to us! Because of you... because of you, my sister, my brother, and my father are dead! Why are you doing this?!
Lucia: Because I can. Because I will it. Because I hate. What sin is it to destroy those beneath me? What mistake is it to torture those who deserve what comes to them?
Lucia: Because I can. Because I will it. Because I hate. What sin is it to destroy those beneath me? What mistake is it to torture those who deserve what comes to them?
"Your sister held a great power within her, something I had never seen prior. It required the prolonged presence of agony within her to properly awaken it...and I can tell you that her screams were lovely sounds to my ears. I drew out her suffering. It was fun causing you and your family misery."
— Lucia, to Alessa Hopper, The City of Never
The stories went, that there was a demon that lived in these woods. A thing who saw nothing in love or family. It would watch us, from the dark, with hateful eyes for all that was beautiful. The people who lived near the forest had to be careful. The Nightmaker had a black soul and he would drive all to despair if you let him near. He had so many tricks, so many ways to torture the people of the village, no trick was played twice. Even survival was not enough. Meeting him even once would scar you forever and you will end up taking your own life. The one thing that always struck me about the Nightmaker, was how purposeless he seemed. He had no reason to do what he did. All he wanted to do was show the townspeople how horrible the world really was.
— Jack, describing the stories he'd heard about The Nightmaker, My Father Stood Outside My Bedroom Window. He's Been Dead For 5 Years
"Nyarlathotep. My name shall be on all lips in the world. It will be the final, manic thought all that lives shall ever know. The cry of my name shall harken the end of sanity, the advent of madness. It will be a new age, Daemon, as everything you know shall end... And I will hear you scream my name into an uncaring void as all you love is taken from you, your mind flayed bare offered before my master's court. When the only ears that can hear to care about your pain are mine."
— Nyarlathotep, Nights In Lonesome Arkham
"I'm going to walk past you now. I'm going to go into that house. I'm going to complete the Necronomicon, and than I'm going to rip that human's mind apart and take back what's mine now. When you see what happens next? Oh, I'm going to tear it all apart, upend this world, reap the souls of everyone you ever loved, everyone you ever helped, every single mortal who's ever met your eyes and smiled. Everyone who ever knew you will be my plaything for all time. I'm going to call Azathoth down on your reality and do a repeat performance of what I just showed you. Now, if you'll excuse me, there's an apocalypse I need to kick start. But don't worry. You're going to get an amazing front row seat to the festivities."
— Nyarlathotep to Hardestadt Delac, Nights In Lonesome Arkham
"I'll hurt them, Erin. I'll grab ten at random and tear their skin off. This is paradise compared to what I've done in other worlds...Ten, then a hundred, then a thousand. The children alone are in very, very high numbers. I'll peel them like fresh little grapes and make you hear every scream."
— Nyarlathotep, to Erin Hasegawa, Nights In Lonesome Arkham
"Give us Vera Blevins and the stolen goods she has brought to your hearth, or by night shall we visit upon ye such a reckoning that all that you've built will be burned to ash and blackened bones. All that you fear will become truth. And those that you cherish will be butchered and devoured before you. Twice have I asked and twice have you answered. A third time I will ask at sundown—should we find the girl outside your wards with her ill-gotten gains in hand, I will accept her life as weregild, and we shall pass into the night and be gone. If she is not, then I will instead accept that as insult, and all that you love will be carried away."
—The Man from the Railroad, Old Gods of Appalachia
"And so Triumphant laughed, saying: 'You spellsingers, wisdom of stars and weavers of fate, know now despair. I will break you so utterly even the remembrance of your wholeness will suffocate, and where rose your tall spires there be only the barren sea I made of your defiance.'"
— The Scroll of Dominion recounting the slaughter of a fifth of the Gigantes at the hands of Dread Empress Triumphantnote , A Practical Guide to Evil
"What say you, Empress of Praes?
Here you lie upon the blood-soaked ruins of your dominion, surrounded by the corpses of the legions that once swarmed over the world. Hundreds of thousands dead for the sake of your wretched ambition, your mad design to bring to heel the kingdoms of man. In all the history of Creation no one woman has been so wicked as you, and I will have my answer.
Why, o Empress of Ruins?"
She shrugged.
"Why not?"
Here you lie upon the blood-soaked ruins of your dominion, surrounded by the corpses of the legions that once swarmed over the world. Hundreds of thousands dead for the sake of your wretched ambition, your mad design to bring to heel the kingdoms of man. In all the history of Creation no one woman has been so wicked as you, and I will have my answer.
Why, o Empress of Ruins?"
She shrugged.
"Why not?"
—Last lines of "The Fall of Empress Triumphant, First and Only of Her Name", A Practical Guide to Evil
Adam Taurus: You and I were going to change the world, remember? We were destined to light the fires of revolution!
Blake Belladonna: I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!
Adam Taurus: What you want is impossible! But I understand because all I want is you, Blake. And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love.
Blake Belladonna: I never wanted this! I wanted equality! I wanted peace!
Adam Taurus: What you want is impossible! But I understand because all I want is you, Blake. And as I set out upon this world and deliver the justice mankind so greatly deserves, I will make it my mission to destroy everything you love.
— RWBY, Volume 3, Chapter 11, "Heroes and Monsters"
Bobble the Clown: [Emerson] wanted boxes full of ideas. Ideas like pain, horror, death. He worked very hard to stack those boxes on his string and broke the whole thing, and we all came tumbling down with him.
AP-3 Ross: How many other entities are in here? What else do you know?
Bobble the Clown: How many, hee hee hee, how many entities were swallowed by Site-13? (...) Everything made its way into Site-13. If the Foundation could find it and the Coalition could catch it, it was fed into the meat grinder down here. Everything. They mulched us all, if there was nothing to gain. Some got lucky. Bobble got lucky. Stuffed in a funny box and played with. Toyed with. Experimented with. To see what sounds we made when we wanted to die. Others were not so lucky. They burned the Library, you know. Held it upside down like a can of soup and let the contents run out into the furnace, and burned the whole place up. They did other things, too. Worse things. Daddy Emerson liked it. He watched it all, everytime. Got his jollies off watching it.
AP-3 Ross: What worse things?
Bobble the Clown: Every worse thing.
— Bobble the Clown and AP-3 Ross on Elliott Emerson, SCP Foundation, SCP-1730
"Killing me won't stop my legacy, you swine! A thousand more at my hand! A thousand more thrown in that river! The water shall turn red by my hand!"
— The Toadman, The Toadman Saga
"Today we face the greatest threat our country has ever faced: the threat of Communism. In his quest to dominate the world Joseph Stalin has taken measures that were too evil for even the Nazis. He has unleashed poison gas and hydrogen bombs, which make the bomb we dropped on Hiroshima seem like a child’s toy. He holds the people of Eastern Europe, China, and Southeast Asia in his iron fist. And he has launched another Final Solution against the Jews. To those who say we can peacefully coexist with such a monster I say: never forget! Never forget that the minute we let our guard down the Soviets will pounce, destroying everything we hold dear."
"If you lie to me, I will ruin you... I will place you back on that bed and I will inflict pain upon you such as you have never imagined. I will violate and mar your flesh in ways you cannot even fathom."
— Siegfried Gunmarsohn to Erin Hasegawa, Under The Cold Moon
"These hillbilly Cokies think I'm meaner than Lucifer. Let's not disappoint them. Burn Myrtle Beach to the ground. Kill everyone you find."
— Charles Oswald, What Madness is This?
Western Animation
"Everywhere, you will die. You, your family, everyone will die, over and over. Mountains of broken bodies, beneath the wheel."
— The Lich to Ice Finn, Adventure Time, "Crossover"
"With the Core by your side, you will need no friends. Now about your mission, we will be invading a medieval world called Earth. You must exterminate the savages so that we can mine their planet for its resources."
— King Aldrich to his son Andrias, Amphibia, "The Core & The King"
"I have no more time for this. Soon, the Blood Moon will rise, and it will be time. Beneath the moon of Walpurgisnacht, I will taste the screams of the dying, as I end your world. And now, let this battle end! You see? You have no chance, little cat. You are not the One."
— The Bloodwolf, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, "The Bloodwolf"
"Now I will have my revenge. I'm going to drain your energy slowly, so that you feel every amp as it leaves your body. Then, as you're nearly offline, I will recharge you, and do it all over again!"
— NOS-4-A2 to XR, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, "The Slayer"
Zarm: Baz, outsiders are subverting the city of Pacifica. See that they surrender their leader to me in two hours. Or I'll reduce that region to a wasteland.
Baz: But, Commander Morgar, we don't have the weapons.
Zarm: General, even the smallest country can wage a war on the environment.
Baz: But, Commander Morgar, we don't have the weapons.
Zarm: General, even the smallest country can wage a war on the environment.
— Zarmnote , Captain Planet and the Planeteers, "Scorched Earth"
"It's so beautiful. Let go, Dracula. Go insane. Bring me everything I need to thrive. Murder the world, just so I don't have to be hungry anymore."
— Death, Castlevania (2017), "The Endings"
Superman: You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!
Brainiac: Only their knowledge was important. It is what I was programmed to collect and protect.
Superman: But why kill?
Brainiac: The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.
Brainiac: Only their knowledge was important. It is what I was programmed to collect and protect.
Superman: But why kill?
Brainiac: The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.
"People of Earth, I am Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips! Here is your savior, cowed and broken. I have crushed him as easily as I have crushed all who have dared to oppose me throughout the cosmos. I am power unlike any you have ever known: absolute, infinite, and unrelenting. You have no choice but to prepare for a long dark future as my subjects and my slaves."
"Had I known one human's death would pain you so, I would have killed more. And kill more I shall. Carry that agony with you to oblivion, Superman."
"I hope you appreciate, Kal-El, that everything that happens from this point is on your head. The skies will rain fire, the oceans will boil, the streets will run red with the blood of billions. Only then, after your last pitiful hope is extinguished, will I end your life."
"If the Earthers won't live in fear of the Moon, then they'll DIE in fear of it! After I blow up the Earth, then YOU won't be a planet!"
— General Lunaris, DuckTales (2017), "Moonvasion!"
"One day, he ordered all of his generals to prove their allegiance to him by killing their firstborn."
— Avocato talking about the Lord Commander, Final Space
"You know, I think I'll keep you alive to watch as all life on this planet withers and dies. Once I bring the gift of death to this world, maybe I'll reunite you with your son!"
"It's been fun turning Gravity Falls inside out, rounding up all its terrified citizens and then stacking them into this massive throne of frozen human agony. Don't worry, they're not conscious anymore. Probably... But Gravity Falls is just the beginning. It's time to take our chaos worldwide! Alright boys, to the corners of the Earth. Set the world aflame with your weirdness. This dimension is ours!"
"I've got some children I need to make into corpses!"
"When I get my hands on you kids, I'm gonna DISASSEMBLE YOUR MOLECULES!"
"Alone, I've conquered an entire universe and reduced trillions of planets to antimatter, feasting on each, one by one. But still, I hunger. These factories are scattered to the far reaches of your space. Once activated, an army of Manhunter slaves will aid me in my mission of destruction. You will merely be the first I consume."
— Anti-Monitor, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, "Reboot"
Vangus: First military jets, now alien allies?! Destroying MIB did not deliver my instant victory as you promised.
Alpha: Patience, Vangus. When one slips it slowly, the nectar of victory is that much sweeter.
Vangus: These airstrikes are wasteful! It is time for a new strategy: destroy the planet, then let its oil reserves ooze out.
Agent K: Kinda puts a crimp in your plans, doesn't it, Alpha?
Vangus: Quiet!
Alpha: Agent K makes a cogent point. An annihilated Earth would leave no populace, no one for me to rule.
Vangus: Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Alpha: Patience, Vangus. When one slips it slowly, the nectar of victory is that much sweeter.
Vangus: These airstrikes are wasteful! It is time for a new strategy: destroy the planet, then let its oil reserves ooze out.
Agent K: Kinda puts a crimp in your plans, doesn't it, Alpha?
Vangus: Quiet!
Alpha: Agent K makes a cogent point. An annihilated Earth would leave no populace, no one for me to rule.
Vangus: Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Wraith: [after showing a simulation of the Shaoden fleet destroying the moon — and the ensuing catastrophe] Of course, you understand, these are only modest projections, but since a prolonged conflict with Earth would needlessly diminish our resources, this tactic will nicely thin out humanity's ranks to ensure absolute compliance with our colonization.
Logan: Rinaker, you coward!
Chauf: Do not give that Shadoen scum the satisfation, Logan.
Wraith: Ah, yes... satisfaction. And what, indeed, would be more gratifying than seeing the ever-insubordinate Nick Logan for once pay the consequences of his rash actions? Your destruction of my EMP trump card now forces me to turn over some real estate in a more flamboyant fashion. I do, however... regret the severe loss of human breeding stock that will incur. Ah, well. Such is war.
Logan: Rinaker, you coward!
Chauf: Do not give that Shadoen scum the satisfation, Logan.
Wraith: Ah, yes... satisfaction. And what, indeed, would be more gratifying than seeing the ever-insubordinate Nick Logan for once pay the consequences of his rash actions? Your destruction of my EMP trump card now forces me to turn over some real estate in a more flamboyant fashion. I do, however... regret the severe loss of human breeding stock that will incur. Ah, well. Such is war.
— Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends, "Numbered Days (Part Two)"
"Would you look at that. Righteous fool, after everything he still can't hurt an innocent. Turning those little brats into weapons, pretty ingenious, right? Heh heh. Children are foolish little things. Easily manipulated. Surgically implant a chip in their neck and the right audio frequency does the rest. Well, back to the fun."
"Cry Etheria! Cry for Prime's mercy! There will be no comfort for you! All the universe will be consumed in undying flame!"
"Listen to me, Jedi. I do not care about your politics. I do not care about your Republic. I only live to see you die! But death will not come so easily for Master Koth. I will make him suffer endlessly, because I know that is more painful for you all!"
Captain Rex: Why, General? Why kill your own men?
Pong Krell: Because I can. Because you fell for it. Because you're inferior.
Pong Krell: Because I can. Because you fell for it. Because you're inferior.
"Fire all the missiles! Destination: Washington! Moscow! Tokyo! Let's get this little cataclysmic global annihilation show on the road!"
— Bad Rap, Street Sharks, "Sharkotic Reaction"
"For those of you who are still living under the illusion that you will have freedom, know this: My armies have exterminated the last pockets of resistance and I now control the entire planet. The traitorous Utrom scientists I have captured are completing a colossal transmat device. With it, I will send forth my armies and enslave the stars, one world after another. There is no hope. There is only the Shredder."
Arcee: Help them, please! They're human like you. You can't let Airachnid-
Silas: A few human lives are a small price to pay for a miracle of science such as yourself.
Silas: A few human lives are a small price to pay for a miracle of science such as yourself.
"I fully intend to snuff out your spark. And believe me, I will make it hurt. But that won't compare to the pain you'll feel knowing I'm adding your human to my collection."
— Airachnid, to Arcee, Transformers: Prime, "Survival of the Fittest"
"In every universe, Peter Parker stands for heroism and responsibility... except for one. In my world, the name Peter Parker puts fear in the hearts of everyone who hears it. Heroism and responsibility... I destroyed every fool who held such pathetic ideals. Until this shard come to my world, I thought I was the only Peter Parker. But now, with the power of the complete Siege Perilous, I will be."
— Wolf Spider, Ultimate Spider-Man, "Return to the Spider-Verse - Part 4"
"[to his Horsemen] The old world passes away. Together, we shall forge a new one in fire and blood. The future is transformed. I am the instrument to purify the world! The evil human and mutant must be cut away. You shall help me tear down the old order. Those who oppose me shall perish through my agents of destruction: Famine, Pestilence, War, and my greatest creation, Death: the winged avenger. From the ashes of this world, I will build a better one! Go forth, my horsemen, and let chaos cleanse the world!"
"Each generation has cried out for a new world, but has built the same old one, corrupt and weak! But the new world shall come to pass! I will purge the Earth of these benighted humans! Take the food from their mouths. Turn their weapons against them. Exterminate them!"
Other Media
"I'm ready to restart
To excavate some bleeding heart
I'm ready for release
A little violence to bring me peace
I'll take a strong position
I don't have any inhibitions
If you want to watch, let me know
I've got it caught on video!
The look of fear in your eyes when I attack
I... am... back!
And you will know when you are stretched upon the rack
I... am... back!"
To excavate some bleeding heart
I'm ready for release
A little violence to bring me peace
I'll take a strong position
I don't have any inhibitions
If you want to watch, let me know
I've got it caught on video!
The look of fear in your eyes when I attack
I... am... back!
And you will know when you are stretched upon the rack
I... am... back!"
— Patrick Bateman, American Psycho
Peter Parker: Two of his guys were in there though.
Steve Rogers: Rumlow won't care about that, son.
Vision: Some men have no sense of morality or purpose, Mr. Parker. Some men just want to watch the world burn. Brock Rumlow is one such man.
Steve Rogers: Rumlow won't care about that, son.
Vision: Some men have no sense of morality or purpose, Mr. Parker. Some men just want to watch the world burn. Brock Rumlow is one such man.
Mel Johnson: This whole thing. The kidnapping of Isaac. The murder of Double M. Your attempt to kill the kids. Was it all just a way to make me suffer? Because of a bad first date?
The Fantom Killer: It's more than just that, Mel. It's all about the power.
The Fantom Killer: It's more than just that, Mel. It's all about the power.
"Human beings are inherently worthless. The only value a human being can have is measured in how much pointless suffering he inflicts on others with what he has. The more human suffering a human being inflicts, the more powerful they are. Altruistic qualities, such as affection, compassion, conscience, and empathy, are the most egregious forms of impotence. Anyone who values altruism is a weakling, and as such, is worthy of being terminated with extreme prejudice. For far too long, I have been powerless and insecure. For far too long, I have suffered indignity at the hands of others. No more. I am frustrated with my position in the world. I vow to transcend this position and wield the power of life and death over others."
— Fraser Barton Colborne, Extreme Prejudice (2019)
Dr. Otto Octavius: Thorkel, if I told you that for one moment in time I broke all the laws! For one brief glorious moment, I broke through to the other side. I saw... I felt... I became creation.
Alexander Thorkel: What on Earth are you rambling about?
Doc Ock: Destiny!!! My destiny! I see it all so clearly now. Universal destruction, yes. All I need is the power... then I can destroy this illusion you call life. It is my destiny to lead us to the light!
Thorkel: You're a madman.
Doc Ock: And you are a fool. I will end the universe as you know it. And in that final moment... I'll laugh my ass off while you're kissing yours goodbye.
Alexander Thorkel: What on Earth are you rambling about?
Doc Ock: Destiny!!! My destiny! I see it all so clearly now. Universal destruction, yes. All I need is the power... then I can destroy this illusion you call life. It is my destiny to lead us to the light!
Thorkel: You're a madman.
Doc Ock: And you are a fool. I will end the universe as you know it. And in that final moment... I'll laugh my ass off while you're kissing yours goodbye.
— Spider-Man (James Cameron's script)
"People of Metropolis. You need no longer fear takeover by hostile aliens. The hostile alien is here. I claim your planet as my own. Gone is the charade of the benevolent Brainiac. I have come to enslave your race! Your world has no champion to save you now! And to mark this historic night, I offer you a display of the price to be paid for rebellion. Tonight, Lois Lane — the instigator of the anti-Brainiac call-to-arms — will taste the might of my fury, as she is executed, for all to witness!"
— Brainiac, Superman Lives (Kevin Smith's script)
"Tarkin, if ever there was a shred of humanity in you or these twisted creatures of yours, it's dead now. You're at war with life itself."
