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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

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Lindo-Honorindo WOOOOOOW Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
WOOOOOOW
#12052: Jan 28th 2024 at 10:01:30 AM

Swapped both in

My favorite sci fi enemies are the giant sexy depressed women
Someone404 random from Ouji Ramen, Hikeda, Japan Since: Dec, 2019 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
random
#12053: Jan 28th 2024 at 10:12:39 AM

Think I have a better quote for Conlang

"The breakup pasta we're going to make today is called Aglio E Olio. It sounds like a made-up word, but it's actually a real word from a made-up language called Italian."
Break-up Pasta, You Suck at Cooking Episode 14

Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#12054: Jan 28th 2024 at 1:03:00 PM

[up] I think that's worse, because Italian is a real language and it only says otherwise as a joke.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
mariofan1000 Since: Dec, 2009
#12055: Jan 28th 2024 at 1:35:14 PM

Sidenote regarding #12043: Should Fully Ramblomatic quotes be included in the Quote Source page for Zero Punctuation, or should it be seperate? Should it just be converted into quotes from Yahtzee in general?

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#12056: Jan 28th 2024 at 2:08:04 PM

[up][up][up]I don't think the current Conlang quote is all that great, but a joke quote like that isn't really an improvement.

Riolugirl Just "Rio" is fine! from Planet Sparkles (spaaaarklleeees...) (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: It's a god-awful small affair
Just "Rio" is fine!
#12057: Jan 29th 2024 at 10:37:52 AM

Quotes.Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers has excessively long passages of dialogue in the Story Quotes folder. In fact, in one case, it quotes an entire scene. Surely that's unnecessary?

...I realise I might be in the wrong thread. Is there a space dedicated to cleaning up quote pages specifically?

Edited by Riolugirl on Jan 29th 2024 at 6:38:44 PM

"Hark! For your greatest fears manifest in yours truly!" (She/Her) (Current focus: Image Pickin')
Malady (X-Troper)
#12058: Jan 30th 2024 at 6:54:18 AM

Is It Always Like This?:

"We are a treacherous, inhuman terrorist organization. We are taking over this ship starting now!"
At the serious-faced masked man's words, the Jindai High School students yell out in a fed up voice,
"Again?"
— Typical high school field trip in the world of Full Metal Panic!

Google searches and the mention of the "page quote" on page imply that it came from a (fan translation?) of Full Metal Panic!: Dancing Very Merry Christmas, but since it's not easily confirmable, should it be replaced with something?

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
Lindo-Honorindo WOOOOOOW Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
WOOOOOOW
#12059: Jan 30th 2024 at 11:02:09 PM

[up] Probably best to change it for reliability reasons. I think the best replacement options are either the Narbonic quote from the Quotes page or the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade quote from the Films - Live Action folder.

Also, what do you think of this quote suggestion for Half-Witted Hillbilly (could also be shortened to only the last two lines):

Laura: What a stupid idiot.
Jed: Did you say something, ma'am?
Laura: What a stupendous intellect.
Jethro: That's 'cause I grad-gee-ated the sixth grade, ma'am. Only took three years!

My favorite sci fi enemies are the giant sexy depressed women
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
Lindo-Honorindo WOOOOOOW Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
WOOOOOOW
#12061: Jan 31st 2024 at 10:21:28 AM

Wait, I just found another quote, maybe this one's better than the Beverly Hillbillies one:

"Hayseed comes rumbling out of the hedges he’s been trimming. 'Dadgum it, Samuel Hayes-Rodriguez! What’s more important? Figuring out how that robo-creep short-circuited E, or your dadburn elementinerary-school edumacation?'
Well, when Hayseed says it like that, I’m half-tempted to go to school just so I don’t end up sounding like him."

My favorite sci fi enemies are the giant sexy depressed women
Stardust5099 Prince of puns from Florida Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Prince of puns
#12062: Jan 31st 2024 at 4:17:17 PM

I've been working on Peter And Company for some time, and just realized something; I see the page quote as following.

"What if to a child, what appeared to be an imaginary friend, was in fact his guardian angel?"

But whoever added it neglected to state where the quote came from; the story tab on the website

I happen to know where this particular quote came from and where to link it, but I'm not sure if I'm authorized to do that in particular. Is it ok if I put where this quote came from? I've done it before with NonPack, I'd be more than happy to do it for this one!

It's 5 o' clock somewhere!
jandn2014 SMILE! from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
SMILE!
#12063: Jan 31st 2024 at 4:27:08 PM

[up][up] I prefer your first suggestion; it's more concise.

[up] That's fine.

Edited by jandn2014 on Jan 31st 2024 at 7:27:44 AM

LaundryPizza03 Maintenance? from Texas Since: Aug, 2020
Maintenance?
#12064: Jan 31st 2024 at 6:16:32 PM

We recently cut the lead quote from Disney Death due to complaining, and are debating which of the following quotes at Quotes.Disney Death to use as a replacement:

"You'd be surprised what you can live through."
Genie and later Iago, Aladdin: The Return of Jafar

Bartman: We've defeated the aliens — but at such a terrible cost! Radioactive Man is —
Radioactive Man: Ooooh!
Bartman: — He's alive! I should have known! He always comes back in the comics!
Bartman issue #3, "The Final Collision!"

I'm back!
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#12065: Jan 31st 2024 at 6:25:45 PM

The second is more indicative, IMO.

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LaundryPizza03 Maintenance? from Texas Since: Aug, 2020
Maintenance?
#12066: Jan 31st 2024 at 7:54:59 PM

[up] Okay, the Radioactive Man quote it is.

I'm back!
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#12067: Jan 31st 2024 at 9:17:13 PM

Carrying on from the CM cleanup thread, some potential for Sandbox.Monster Marvel Fan Works:

Carnage: I've been thinking, with you superhero types always up in my business, I don't really have the time to savor each and every death the way I'd like. I was a little miffed at first, but then I realized... go big or go home! So instead of picking people off one by one until someone stops me, I'm just gonna harvest as many as I can and then squeeze the life outta 'em all at once! It's like an arcade game. Sure, you're gonna game over eventually, but you gotta aim for the high score, y'know? (...) Aww, what's wrong, spider? Aren't you gonna crack some jokes? Fine I guess I'll tell the jokes. [Grabs a baby] Why'd the baby cross the road?
Spider-Man: You touch a single hair on that kid's hair and I swear to God I'll-!
Carnage: What? [Turns hand into axe] Don't you wanna hear the punchline? (...) To prove it had guts!

"They come to village with guns and bombs. Take what they want. Kill many. Not girls. They take us in truck. Lock us in cage, and put us out to sea. We come to America, but not free. We must work. The men do what they want to us, and we give money to owners. If we disobey, we beaten. Too many times, we are killed"
Viorica explaining Tiberiu Balut's operation, Punihser War Journal

Personally, I prefer the Carnage one.

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TurlesTheVegan Xykon from The Darkest Pit of the Underworld Since: Dec, 2023 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Xykon
#12068: Jan 31st 2024 at 10:06:32 PM

I'd be good with either though I do lean more towards the Carnage one as well.

Power, it isn't something that you put on or take off like a jacket. It's just something you are.
jlvs200s from The Netherlands (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I miss my wife, Tails
#12069: Feb 1st 2024 at 12:54:06 AM

I prefer the Carnage quote.

"The time has come for every last Shoppe... No! The time has come for the DREAM KINGDOM to bow down to me! Gotcha ! Hee-hee!" | He/Him
ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#12071: Feb 1st 2024 at 8:23:33 AM

The page quote on Transplanted Character Fic is rather complainy. A replacement doesn't immediately spring to mind, though.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
MyFinalEdits Delete message from Parts Unknown (Spin-off Series) Relationship Status: Cast away
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#12072: Feb 1st 2024 at 10:45:01 AM

I have no familiarity with the trope, sadly, so I can't think of a replacement suggestion either. But the current quote has to go regardless.

135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311
MemeMaster245 The Metal Reaper from Cornfield Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
The Metal Reaper
#12073: Feb 1st 2024 at 3:15:01 PM

For the Carnage quote, I do have to mention I forgot to add a comma after 'Fine'. Also, Spider-Man's line is in italics. Sorry if being pendantic.

Edited by MemeMaster245 on Feb 1st 2024 at 11:15:14 AM

Prepare for a bitter harvest...
Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Enid Sinclair
#12074: Feb 1st 2024 at 5:14:42 PM

Swapped the Carnage quote in and fixed [up].

Fan-Preferred Couple cleanup thread
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#12075: Feb 1st 2024 at 9:57:13 PM

[up]x4: this one from the quotes page?

don’t you think it’s kind of funny that we have these characters with magical powers that go on incredible adventures and do amazing things and that’s really impressive but after a while we’re like “okay so what if they just owned a coffee shop. imagine them filing their taxes”
— Tumblr user killuangel


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