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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

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#12101: Feb 9th 2024 at 10:17:12 PM

The quote on Last of His Kind was changed back in August without discussion by ~Minister Of Sinister, and I couldn’t find any discussion of it in this thread since then. It was changed from this:

"You know the problem with being the last of anything; by and by there be none left at all."

To this:

"We were only an egg, hearing Mother cry in our dreams. A tone from space hushed one voice after another. It forced the singers to resonate with its own sour yellow note. Then we awoke in this place. The last echo of those who came out from the Singing Planet. The sky is silent."
Rachni Queen, Mass Effect 1

[down] I didn’t notice that. There might be something even better, but the Mass Effect quote isn’t too bad.

Edited by Lymantria on Feb 11th 2024 at 9:35:18 AM

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MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#12102: Feb 9th 2024 at 10:41:05 PM

[up] The Pirates quote is better. Though, as has been previously pointed out in this thread, the same quote is also on the movie's page.

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#12104: Feb 10th 2024 at 6:58:25 AM

I'd get rid of the second.

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#12105: Feb 10th 2024 at 5:09:10 PM

Another vote for getting rid of the second quote on Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd..


Chainsaw Man's quote is kind of hard to parse out of context. Even in the story, the metaphor had to be explained directly. I think there's a much better earlier quote that summarizes it:

"Know the kinda hunters a devil fears most? The ones with a few screws loose and no screwdriver."
Kishibe

The only problem is that it's currently the quote on Awesome.Chainsaw Man, but it's hardly the end of the world if it doesn't have a quote.

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Bullman Enid Sinclair Since: Jun, 2018 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#12106: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:38:19 PM

I am not really a fan of the current quote on Bruce Campbell. Not only is it not from the man himself, but it is awkwardly cut to the point that you wouldn't know that it is about him without knowing the context. I have a replacement suggestion from this interview:

"I prefer a much looser style. Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it’s a spontaneity-killer. Sam Raimi will write a script, and then during a take, he will shout out new lines that he wants you to say while the camera is rolling. He’s that spontaneous. I love that. That is the world I grew up in, and that I understand. I don’t get making sure you get every word right in some stupid speech just because a writer sat there and did it."

Edited by Bullman on Feb 12th 2024 at 5:55:30 AM

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MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#12107: Feb 11th 2024 at 3:08:51 PM

[up] That works better than the Nostalgia Critic quote.

Malady (X-Troper)
#12108: Feb 11th 2024 at 3:51:09 PM

Is the Isn't It Ironic? page quote also Lyrical Dissonance?

Liz: How are you not moved by this?!
Jack: Because I'm listening to the words.
30 Rock

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giuseppe0311 Since: Oct, 2020
#12109: Feb 12th 2024 at 1:40:36 AM

How is this for Actor-Shared Background:

"The main character is a guy just like me. I wouldn't even have to act, just be myself."

Johnny Fontaine, The Godfather

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StarSword Captain of USS Bajor from somewhere in deep space Since: Sep, 2011
Captain of USS Bajor
#12111: Feb 12th 2024 at 11:31:45 AM

This is currently on Restrained Revenge.

"Don't fail me again, Admiral."
Darth Vader (after the Millennium Falcon has escaped Admiral Piett's pursuit, and Captain Needa was force-choked to death for failure), The Empire Strikes Back

I'm not convinced that even qualifies as revenge: it's just a warning from a Bad Boss.

Suggesting this as a replacement.

"Don't worry, girl. I won't torture you. I would not employ such methods on a valiant warrior who fought till the very end of a losing battle, and especially not on a child. But I won't ask your name. You will die a nameless soldier, and no one will remember you. That is my revenge [for killing my son-in-law]."
General Souma Yoshihisa, Reign of the Seven Spellblades volume 1

Trust me, I'm an engineer!
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#12113: Feb 12th 2024 at 12:11:29 PM

The quote on Description in the Mirror is one of those snarky ones that clearly dislikes the trope. Does anyone have a better idea?

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StarSword Captain of USS Bajor from somewhere in deep space Since: Sep, 2011
Captain of USS Bajor
#12114: Feb 12th 2024 at 12:28:07 PM

[up]Use the first paragraph from the Forerunner Foray example on the page.

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#12115: Feb 12th 2024 at 4:16:05 PM

Yeah the replacement quote for Restrained Revenge works better.

fullmusicbard from Virgil, Texas Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Married to the music
#12116: Feb 12th 2024 at 6:30:44 PM

I feel like the current quote for Trapped in Another World is extremely generic, and neither the song itself nor Xanadu (1980) are examples of that plot. (this is it)

"Far away, far away." — "I'm Alive", Electric Light Orchestra, Xanadu (1980)
.

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#12117: Feb 12th 2024 at 7:06:31 PM

There's a far more fitting and recognisable one on the quotes page.

"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
Dorothy Gale, The Wizard of Oz

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fullmusicbard from Virgil, Texas Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Married to the music
#12118: Feb 12th 2024 at 9:01:25 PM

It's currently used in Scene of Wonder, unfortunately, but that's definitely a better option! should i swap it in?

Edited by fullmusicbard on Feb 12th 2024 at 9:02:05 AM

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#12119: Feb 13th 2024 at 12:39:02 PM

[up] I suggest replacing that page quote with the one in the Kill Six Billion Demons example, which also suggests that the character has never seen it before and does a better job of implying the visuals.

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#12120: Feb 13th 2024 at 2:07:04 PM

So there's currently a sandbox in progress for the Dragon Ball Fan Works Complete Monster characters, as seen here: Monster Dragon Ball Fan Works. We currently don't have a quote picked out for the page, and I would like to suggest this quote of mine:

Zamasu/Goku Black: Why yes Gohan. Can't you tell...? It's your beloved late Father- Goku. (Zamasu/Goku Black charges up an attack the destroys the surroundings.)
Future Gohan: ...You bastard! You've incinerated the entire continent!
Hyourinjutsu, [What-If 7] Goku Black vs Future Gohan

For reference, this quote has received three people who are in favor of it that I know of. Also, the reason there isn't as writeup for this version of Zamasu is because I only just effort posted him (with unanimous approval of course) and proposed the quote at the same time. See here for details.

"Us weirdos have to stick together!"
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#12121: Feb 13th 2024 at 8:53:16 PM

[up] I am fine with that quote as I said before, though I'll also post my own suggestion here as well:

"I shall grant you a warrior's death! You and this entire solar system will vanish... and I will live on as the mightiest in the universe!"
Cell to Goku, Dragon Ball Rise

Power, it isn't something that you put on or take off like a jacket. It's just something you are.
ACW from Arlington, VA (near Washington, D.C.) Since: Jul, 2009
#12122: Feb 14th 2024 at 10:29:18 AM

I prefer [up][up], though I'm not TERRIBLY fond of either.

jlvs200s from The Netherlands (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I miss my wife, Tails
#12123: Feb 14th 2024 at 10:33:11 AM

I give my vote to the Zamasu quote, unless somebody comes with a better suggestion.

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#12124: Feb 14th 2024 at 12:47:49 PM

The quote and image on Recoil Boost both come from the same source. Since the image was kept via thread, I think a new quote is in order. Any ideas?

rasterax Since: Sep, 2023
#12125: Feb 17th 2024 at 3:24:28 AM

The current quote on Mundane Object Amazement is:

"You do realize that if I wasn't six years old, this wouldn't interest me in the slightest?"

which a) makes no reference to what the object in question is, and b) doesn't sound very amazed either. However, in the example list there's a quote from Dexter's Laboratory which I think captures the concept very succinctly:

Dexter: Could this be the strange substance Mother calls "dust"?

Thoughts?

Edited by rasterax on Feb 17th 2024 at 1:45:51 PM


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