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This thread is for general discussion of page quotes, whether to change, move or remove them.

Unused quotes should be put on a Quotes Wiki page (just replace the namespace in the URL of the wiki page you are making a quotes page for with Quotes/).

Image captions are discussed elsewhere and have their own thread in the Image Pickin' forum.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Jun 10th 2024 at 5:50:24 AM

Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#7252: Jan 30th 2021 at 6:51:32 PM

It's gone!

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PlasmaPower Piece of Cake. Since: Jan, 2015
Piece of Cake.
#7253: Feb 1st 2021 at 3:03:05 AM

This quote is on United Passions.

"Blatter is apparently good at finding money."
—The film's most accurate statement.

"The slightest breach of ethics will be severely punished [by FIFA]."
—The film's least accurate statement.

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LaundryPizza03 Maintenance? from Texas Since: Aug, 2020
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#7254: Feb 4th 2021 at 9:04:39 PM

The quote on Aliens Made Them Do It looks like a better fit for Genius Breeding Act:

"Last time aliens invaded all they did was force the most intelligent of us to pair off and mate continuously... Oh, yes..."
Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Futurama, applying an Anticipatory Breath Spray

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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#7255: Feb 4th 2021 at 9:06:10 PM

[up] Move it.

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#7256: Feb 4th 2021 at 10:24:36 PM

[up] Page quote has been added to Genius Breeding Act, but Aliens Made Them Do It is locked, so I have filed a request for that.

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#7257: Feb 4th 2021 at 11:20:40 PM

The quote of Unsatisfiable Customer seems to be about something entirely different (a service industry that's deliberately making customers unhappy, rather than a customer that's going to be unhappy no matter how well they're served).

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#7258: Feb 5th 2021 at 11:31:25 AM

What's the source for the quote on Mirror-Cracking Ugly?

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jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#7259: Feb 5th 2021 at 11:58:59 AM

[up] Thinking it was made up for the page, since when I googled the quote, this wiki and All The Tropes were the only places I could find it.

Edited by jandn2014 on Feb 5th 2021 at 2:59:30 PM

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mys. minty from the silly dimension
#7260: Feb 6th 2021 at 11:23:53 AM

Crack Defeat and Inanimate Competitor have the same quote.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#7261: Feb 6th 2021 at 12:33:19 PM

What's happening in the quote on Nemean Skinning?


Hellboy: So you're telling me that kid was the ghost of his pants?
Professor Bruttenholm: Cloak, Hellboy. He wore its skin as a cloak.
Hellboy, "The Hydra and The Lion"

It really doesn't make sense to me out of context, and I don't see what it has to do with skinning an animal and wearing it.

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MinisterOfSinister From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye! from In the Hall of the Mountain King Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye!
#7262: Feb 7th 2021 at 6:17:20 AM

[up]Well we just need to add a paragraph from the story explaining the backstory that Hercules slew the Nemean lion and wore its pelt.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#7263: Feb 7th 2021 at 8:53:45 AM

The quote for Sound Stone fits the trope, as learning the parts of the song is the main progression of EarthBound Beginnings. However, the lyrics do not make that relation apparent and so the quote is ultimately non-illustrative.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Feb 7th 2021 at 11:53:59 AM

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MinisterOfSinister From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye! from In the Hall of the Mountain King Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
From 'Ell's 'eart Oi stab at ye!
#7264: Feb 7th 2021 at 10:13:47 AM

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Here's the other part of the quote. I can't tell who the person who says it is meant to be though.

Professor: According to legend, Hercules, at eighteen, went alone into the woods and killed the Thespian Lion... and for the rest of his life, he wore its skin.

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#7265: Feb 7th 2021 at 10:14:40 AM

So Post-Rape Taunt is in a weird place where it has a quote page but no main quote. Which should we use ?

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Now a lurker. See you at the forums.
#7266: Feb 7th 2021 at 1:41:27 PM

Let me check.

Zenovia quote is the one I like the most. The rest don't convince me.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#7267: Feb 7th 2021 at 3:46:18 PM

The quote for Sound Stone fits the trope, as learning the parts of the song is the main progression of EarthBound Beginnings. However, the lyrics do not make that relation apparent and so the quote is ultimately non-illustrative.

Hm. It's also the page quote for EarthBound Beginnings, so it would need changing anyway.

The trope is a bit ambiguous on where the boundaries are for what counts. What about this?

Irina Derevko: Every musical note has a corresponding frequency. Middle C, for example, vibrates at two hundred and sixty-one hertz. Which means any piece of music can be expressed as a series of numbers. Sark is looking for a music box designed by Rambaldi. The box plays a unique tune. Encoded within the tune there's an equation.
Sydney Bristow: For what?
Irina Derevko: Zero-point energy; a fuel source. The military applications alone would be unlimited.
Alias, "Cipher"

Edited by Wyldchyld on Feb 7th 2021 at 11:55:46 AM

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#7268: Feb 7th 2021 at 7:24:37 PM

I want to put this on the quotes page for Sophisticated as Hell, but I'm wondering if it's a bit too crass:

Senpai: Goodness! Your eyes sparkle like the trillions of stars in the night sky, and your face - glistening and radiant as the sun above us.
Girlfriend: Thanks!
(Beat)
Senpai: Can you crush my balls?
Cute and Funny 2 (a Friday Night Funkin' fan animation)

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SomeLibre WELCOME BACK MOTHERFUCKER from [SERVICE UNAVAILABLE] Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
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#7269: Feb 8th 2021 at 7:33:27 AM

Re: As the Good Book Says.... I'm on it. Anyone else agree with me?

EDIT: gosh I thought it said "As Good as the Book Says..."

Edited by SomeLibre on Feb 8th 2021 at 10:34:19 PM

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#7271: Feb 8th 2021 at 11:06:29 AM

[up]I like the second one more. Not sure why, just a little more punchy and laconic.

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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#7272: Feb 8th 2021 at 12:12:17 PM

Yeah, second one.

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Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#7273: Feb 10th 2021 at 3:19:20 AM

Creator.Amanda Mc Kittrick Ros has two page quotes:

Have you ever visited that portion of Erin's plot that offers its sympathetic soil for the minute survey and scrutinous examination of those in political power, whose decision has wisely been the means before now of converting the stern and prejudiced, and reaching the hand of slight aid to share its strength in augmenting its agricultural richness?
—Opening lines of Delina Delaney

I first read this sentence nearly three years ago. Since then, I have read it once a week in an increasingly desperate search for meaning. But I still don't understand it.
Nick Page, In Search of the World's Worst Writers, on the above sentence.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#7274: Feb 10th 2021 at 5:03:53 AM

[up]Since the second one is in direct response to the first, that indicates that only the first could stand alone.

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Rytex Your Friend on the Other Side from Here, There, Everywhere (Ancient one) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Your Friend on the Other Side
#7275: Feb 10th 2021 at 11:54:05 AM

Was Nice to the Waiter's quote slated for removal a while back? We had a troper remove it with no explanation. I have yet to receive a response from them when I asked why, so I restored it.

The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

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