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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

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#10401: Jan 30th 2023 at 9:59:20 PM

Yeah but if it is the main plot it doesnt really work for the trope, someone pointed this out alreaady.

But I still love that quote.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
Vilui Since: May, 2009
WinningPony Since: Aug, 2022
#10404: Jan 31st 2023 at 12:23:56 PM

Proposal for Popular with Furries.

"The furries loved us 'cause of the werewolves, which was great and all 'cause who doesn't love a furry, deep down?"

ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#10405: Jan 31st 2023 at 3:16:03 PM

[up] Love this!


[up][up] I'm on the fence on this one. The current quote does give away a key plot moment, but not everything. (Trying not to be too spoiler-y in this comment.) I do think the Parks and Recreation quote on the Quotes page would avoid this issue altogether.

Andy: But tonight, me and April are getting married. To each other...
Leslie: Are you sick? Are you terminal? Is it like that movie A Walk to Remember?

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#10406: Jan 31st 2023 at 6:27:02 PM

The quote on Disgusting Public Toilet is from the same source as the image. I feel it doesn’t represent the trope well, so here’s one from the quotes page:

"There's no toilet paper, no toilet seat
In the next cubicle there's two pairs of feet
And I hope this is water covering the floor
And I'm whistling cause there's no lock on the door!"
The Lancashire Hotpots, "No Lock on the Door"

punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#10407: Jan 31st 2023 at 11:09:54 PM

A possible suggestion for Perverted Pig, based on an example I recently added to that page:

Piggy met Baby in a disco bar
Baby said, "What a cute little piggy you are"
When he took one look at her rocket tits
He smiled real wide and said, "Baby, you're it"
—"Piggies", Oingo Boingo

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#10410: Feb 1st 2023 at 5:38:43 AM

[up]x4[tup]


[up]x3[tup]

Edited by ShaiPa on Feb 1st 2023 at 7:39:42 AM

NonexistentYeets The Enforcer from Nightcored Realm (Five Year Plan) Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
The Enforcer
#10411: Feb 1st 2023 at 9:41:11 AM

Suggestion for Ouija Board, since I immediately thought of this song upon seeing the page and it's a short, pithy summary of how they're usually framed in the trope i.e. as a Bad Idea to interfere with.

Don't mess with Ouija boards
'Cause now my spirit's torn
Falling in Reverse, "Don't Mess With Ouija Boards"

they/them pronouns. Look at my Neocities.
ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#10412: Feb 1st 2023 at 10:27:29 AM

On January 19th, 2023, Ordovice changed to page quote of For the Evulz from this:

"Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Alfred, The Dark Knight

To this:

" There was this boy I sent to the electric chair at Huntsville here awhile back, my arrest and my testimony. He killed a 14 year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been plannin' to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out, he'd do it again. Said he knew he was going to hell, be there in about fifteen minutes. I don't know what to make of that."
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, No Country for Old Men

There was no edit reason. Should I edit QuoteSource.Live Action Films to reflect the change, or should the edit be reverted?

Trope Editor (he/him)
Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#10413: Feb 1st 2023 at 10:28:45 AM

[up] I think I prefer the original. Shorter, and makes the point at least as well.

I'd vote to revert.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#10414: Feb 1st 2023 at 10:39:13 AM

So once again, everyone cool with this quote for Romantic Plot Tumor:

"This is another peculiarly American habit that seems to always go unchallenged: why does a love interest subplot have to be shoehorned into everything? Imagine if there was some kind of parallel universe where every game and movie, regardless of genre, was required to incorporate at least one line dancing competition. We'd think they were all raving lunatics! And yet here's us forcing in an out-of-place, cheesy romance scene that's more agonizingly painful to watch than any of the actual horror the game is supposed to be about."

Also how is this one for Friendship on the Set:

"We get along so well, I love Jenna. She's one of my closest friends. I think we have a different dynamic off-screen, but I still don't think its any less important or deep or beautiful than Enid and Wednesday's."

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
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
#10415: Feb 1st 2023 at 10:43:16 AM

[up]Romantic Plot Tumor has a "No Quotes Allowed" note commented on the editor. As for Friendship on the Set, you don't need approval for a page that never had a quote.

My musician page
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#10416: Feb 1st 2023 at 10:46:24 AM

[up] I didn't see that. My bad. If I had I wouldn't have wasted your guys time for multiple pages. Sorry about that.

Edited by Bullman on Feb 1st 2023 at 12:49:55 PM

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#10418: Feb 2nd 2023 at 7:38:38 PM

How’s this quote for New Year's Resolution?

"In 2006, I want to do my best to be a force for positive change in the U.S. and on the Earth. If that proves to be too difficult, I want to rearrange my sock drawer. But I think New Year's resolutions are private. They're promises you break to yourself."
Tom Kenny, Nickelodeon Magazine December 2005 issue

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#10419: Feb 2nd 2023 at 8:58:42 PM

[up][up] You have my vote.

[up] That sounds good.

Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Mariofan99 Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#10421: Feb 3rd 2023 at 5:57:09 AM

How's this for Spoiler Cover?

Pheonix: [Edgeworth] is not around anymore. He clutched onto his foolish pride too fierce... and died for it.
Lucahjin: He's not dead is he? He's on the damn cover!
— Lucahjin regarding Edgeworth's "death" in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice For All

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#10422: Feb 3rd 2023 at 7:44:14 AM

That's fine but link the source in the —> rather than the quote itself.


The Paragon's image is now from the same franchise (though not work) as its source. How about this, my favorite from Quotes.The Paragon?

"Any warrior may perform a mighty deed.
A true hero inspires them everywhere they go."
Flavour Text of the Inspire magic, Dawn of the Dragons

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#10424: Feb 3rd 2023 at 12:01:34 PM

Bas Rutten has two quotes. Which one's staying?

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#10425: Feb 3rd 2023 at 12:05:58 PM

I’d say the one from Bas himself.


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