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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

Electrite Damnably Inscrutable from Solla Sollew (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Damnably Inscrutable
#10676: Mar 20th 2023 at 5:47:59 AM

I agree on a cut. It doesn't show the morally ambiguous part at all.

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Necrowonomicon Since: Mar, 2023
#10677: Mar 20th 2023 at 8:26:29 AM

Any thoughts on this quote proposal? [1]

Like, I understand you guys want to keep the Kodai quote. I get it. It's just that I think a little variety would be better.

ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#10678: Mar 20th 2023 at 1:24:23 PM

[up] The suggestion would work fine, but the current quote seems more "evil" to me.

I have a suggestion for a page quote for Unnecessarily Creepy Robot:

Playing against type, Lugosi is a mad scientist who has created a very homely robot. Would it have cost that much more to make a smiling robot? No.
Mary Jo Phel, The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, on The Phantom Creeps

Also, can I get some thoughts about my post from a while back?

Edited by ClancyGardener on Mar 20th 2023 at 1:24:48 AM

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Necrowonomicon Since: Mar, 2023
#10679: Mar 20th 2023 at 1:57:09 PM

[up] You don't think blowing up an island with a child on it, killing them, the Cipher members, and Pokemon is more evil than causing foliage to wilt? In fact, even the evil team leader Greevil thinks Ardos went a little too far there.

Also, I don't think the quote really works either.

Edited by Necrowonomicon on Mar 20th 2023 at 2:02:19 AM

ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#10680: Mar 20th 2023 at 3:49:22 PM

[up] Well, when you put it like that, the replacement does look better.

Excuse me for not knowing enough about Pokémon.

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Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
Just stoic wisdom.
#10681: Mar 20th 2023 at 4:02:56 PM

If something needs additional framing context, is it fully illustrative as a quote?

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#10682: Mar 20th 2023 at 4:34:04 PM

Yeah, the fact that the only thing that convinces people that another quote is more evil is context is, if anything, proof to keep the current. Also, the quote and the image being the same person has never been an issue. Since this is a Monster page, I do feel the need to point out that the threads have faced this issue for years, and trying to deliberately make the quote and image two different characters when it doesn't work causes more problems than it solves. Just keep the current quote and leave it at that, IMO.

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#10683: Mar 20th 2023 at 7:11:23 PM

Any more thoughts on this query on Stupid Sexy Flanders? Even if we have no hard and fast rule that disallows using the Trope Namer for page quotes/images, I still think the other suggestions are still a lot clearer and more concise.

ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#10684: Mar 20th 2023 at 7:48:51 PM

[up] I like the Generation Kill quote the best. It makes a mention of the 'same-sex attraction' part of the trope (which the SpongeBob quote doesn't) and is in my opinion the funniest.

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#10686: Mar 21st 2023 at 3:29:14 AM

TBH, I didn't think that quote idea was that great despite bringing it up myself. The current works fine as it is

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Necrowonomicon Since: Mar, 2023
#10687: Mar 21st 2023 at 4:40:35 AM

You're right. Though it is a pet peeve of mine, if it works, it works. And if you guys don't think it's a problem, then I'll take your word for it.

ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#10688: Mar 21st 2023 at 8:11:59 AM

I think I'm gonna move the Sonic and Zelda Complete Monster Fan Works writeups to their own pages (since Monster.Fan Works is getting too big); possible quotes:

Sonic

"Now here's what I'm gonna do. I won't kill you now. I'm going to make you suffer unimaginable pain until I get bored and decide to finish you off. You can cry and beg all you want, it won't convince me to stop. I'm going to make you wish you don't exist in this world. Oh, and don't worry about your family. I'll make sure they'll get the chance to see you again... in the afterlife."

"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.

"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?"

"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!"

Zelda

"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

"All you seek is power, Veran. You steal raw power to use as your own and then reap the harvest of the destruction you sow with it. You say that you sought to avenge your fallen people, but in reality all you want is to satisfy your own bloodlust!"
Zelda to Veran, Wisdom and Courage

I like either of the first 2 Sonic quotes, and the second Zelda quote.

Necrowonomicon Since: Mar, 2023
#10689: Mar 21st 2023 at 8:28:30 AM

I like the second for both Sonic and Zelda!

ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#10690: Mar 21st 2023 at 8:44:11 AM

Crap...the second Sonic quote is actually the page quote for Sonic.exe.

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#10691: Mar 21st 2023 at 11:48:49 AM

I like the 2nd Vichama quote personally and the 2nd Zelda quote.

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Necrowonomicon Since: Mar, 2023
#10692: Mar 21st 2023 at 1:24:05 PM

[up][up] in that case...I think the third Sonic quote is good.

ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#10693: Mar 21st 2023 at 7:12:45 PM

I like the first Sonic quote and the second Zelda quote best.

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Electrite Damnably Inscrutable from Solla Sollew (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Damnably Inscrutable
#10696: Mar 22nd 2023 at 7:37:18 AM

But, still, should we cut the quote for Jumping Off the Slippery Slope? I don't think it shows the "morally ambiguous" part at all.

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#10697: Mar 22nd 2023 at 2:21:07 PM

Just wondering - does the scope of this thread cover discussion of end-of-page stinger quotes as well? Or is there another thread for that?

(Or, possibly, is it worth starting a new thread for them?)

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#10698: Mar 24th 2023 at 1:08:47 PM

The quote on Kleptomaniac Hero doesn't seem to have anything to do with the trope.

We do remember Shrek 2, so we know there's an example in the context around that line, but the line itself seems completely irrelevant.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
LordGro (Old as dirt)
#10699: Mar 24th 2023 at 2:47:01 PM

I just deleted the page quote from Ethnic God for misinterpreting the trope (it's "patron god a specific tribe", not "god with a specific ethnicity"). Good replacement suggestions are welcome.

ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#10700: Mar 24th 2023 at 6:26:24 PM

[up][up] Definitely agree about the Kleptomaniac Hero page quote.

How about this one from the Quote page:

Dr. Karen Jenson: Oh, great. Now you're robbing him. You gonna rob me, too?
Blade: How do you think that we fund this organization, huh? We're not exactly the March of Dimes.


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