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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/).

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

GoSweetToday The Contract Freeloader from New York Since: Aug, 2024 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#13026: Oct 2nd 2024 at 4:45:27 PM

I've got a quote for “The Reason You Suck” Speech. Is this acceptable?

"You watch TV. You smoke dope. You party with your clueless friends… …every day is Spring Break. You work at a strip club but blueball your fella, spouting some postmodern Faustian B.S. philosophy you make up as you go. Like every other empty-headed nitwit teenager, you're too immature to know how stupid you are. Honestly, Rose, I'd take you more seriously if I thought you actually believed in something."
Deathstroke to his daughter Rose Wilson, Deathstroke (2016)

Edit: [down] Thanks.

Edited by GoSweetToday on Oct 2nd 2024 at 11:39:35 AM

Sometimes the risk is worth taking before the fall.
CanuckMcDuck1 PEPSIMAN from Japan Since: Sep, 2023 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
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#13027: Oct 2nd 2024 at 7:13:53 PM

[up]I think it’s fine. You can add it to the quotes page if it doesn’t get enough consensus though.

Edited by CanuckMcDuck1 on Oct 2nd 2024 at 8:14:01 AM

Do not mess with creatures which you do not understand.
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#13028: Oct 2nd 2024 at 8:19:36 PM

OK, so this for The Dragon:

"When I was young, every great king had an Executioner. Not just to execute people, but also to execute their vision... but mainly to execute people."

and this for The Executioner, right?

"When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life."
Inscription on a German executioner's sword, circa 1600s


I'm not sure about the quote on Wicked Witch. Sure, Elphie talks about being "wicked" (and is indeed the Wicked Witch of the West) but the quote has more to do with Then Let Me Be Evil than "I'm an evil witch", especially since her magic isn't even mentioned.

How about this?

It's been three hundred years right down to the day
Now the witch is back, and there's Hell to pay!
Winnie Sanderson, "I Put a Spell On You," Hocus Pocus

Edited by TheWhistleTropes on Oct 2nd 2024 at 11:23:45 AM

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MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#13029: Oct 2nd 2024 at 8:28:44 PM

[up][up][up] There's nothing wrong with the existing quote. It's fine to just put it in the Quotes page.

[up] That doesn't sound at all wicked out of context.

EDIT: You changed it since I was writing this. That one's fine.


Can I make a small adjustment to Defiant Stone Throw? I dislike stage directions in quotes, and I don't think that first one is particularly needed.

Loki: Is this not simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. In the end, you will always kneel.
Old German Man: [slowly stands up] Not to men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
Old German Man: There are always men like you.

Edited by MurlocAggroB on Oct 2nd 2024 at 9:29:46 AM

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#13030: Oct 2nd 2024 at 9:06:26 PM

[up] I'm for it.

[up]x4 A bit long-winded for a page quote like that, especially with such a short text to it anyway.

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#13031: Oct 2nd 2024 at 10:43:31 PM

[up]For “The Reason You Suck” Speech, maybe cut it down to the last two sentences?

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#13032: Oct 2nd 2024 at 10:45:03 PM

There's no reason to replace the current quote. Just put it on the quotes page.

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#13033: Oct 2nd 2024 at 11:15:23 PM

For Spaceship Slingshot Stunt:

We race around the melted char
Of what was once a neutron star
And use her gravity to whip us
Into dark galactic rifts
Unleash the Archers, "Soulbound"

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Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#13034: Oct 2nd 2024 at 11:16:14 PM

Regarding Wicked Witch, this one from the Quotes tab might work:

Suzy Bannion: What do witches do?
Dr. Frank Mandel: They are malefic, negative and destructive. Their knowledge of the art of the occult gives them tremendous powers. They can change the course of events and people's lives, through harm. You don't believe me? Their goal is to accumulate great personal wealth. It can only be achieved by injury to others. They can cause suffering, sickness, and even the death of those who for whatever reason offended them.

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from a place where folks put cream cheese on hot dogs (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#13035: Oct 3rd 2024 at 12:10:43 AM

[up][up]I like that one.

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#13038: Oct 3rd 2024 at 11:23:09 AM

[up]x4 [tup] Unsure if the first line is totally necessary but it's helpful to establish the context.

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#13039: Oct 4th 2024 at 12:53:47 PM

@ 13033 and 13034: I like both quotes [tup]

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Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#13040: Oct 4th 2024 at 8:59:11 PM

If length is an issue, it could be shortened a little like so-

[Witches] are malefic, negative and destructive. Their knowledge of the art of the occult gives them tremendous powers. They can change the course of events and people's lives, through harm. You don't believe me? Their goal is to accumulate great personal wealth. It can only be achieved by injury to others. They can cause suffering, sickness, and even the death of those who for whatever reason offended them.
Dr. Frank Mandel, Suspiria (1977)

ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13041: Oct 5th 2024 at 5:41:07 AM

Either works but this is probably better. Best to keep it to one speaker if you can.

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Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Amateur Veteran
#13043: Oct 5th 2024 at 7:41:53 PM

Alright, changed.

Next order of business: I think that while the quote on Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous does a perfectly adequate job of communicating the "Sexually Ambiguous" part, it does not communicate the "Otherworldly" part. The character being discusses is, I guess, some sort of ghost or demon, but the quote does nothing to indicate that.

I think that this quote from the example sections does a better job of getting both parts across:

The sex of a newborn angel is entirely up to that angel. An angel's sex is a reflection of outlook and personality, with no biological importance. Many angels don't bother to have one at all.

Edited by Theriocephalus on Oct 5th 2024 at 9:43:04 AM

ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13044: Oct 5th 2024 at 8:01:30 PM

Decoy Getaway, Stunt Double, and Trapped the Wrong Target all have the same quote from Spaceballs:

"You idiots! These are not them! You've captured their stunt doubles!"
Captain of the Guard, Spaceballs

For Stunt Double, I recommend this quote from The Fall Guy (2024):

"They're in almost every movie. You just don't know that they're there. 'Cuz that's the job. They're the unknown stunt performers. And they get paid to do the cool stuff. They also get paid to take it on the chin. And everywhere else, if you know what I mean."
Colt Seavers, The Fall Guy (2024)

Not sure which trope should keep the Spaceballs quote. I lean towards Decoy Getaway, since that trope is about a look-alike, which ideally is what a stunt double is.

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#13047: Oct 5th 2024 at 8:32:33 PM

[up] OK honestly a great one.

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ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13048: Oct 6th 2024 at 5:55:41 AM

Done! For Decoy Getaway, would this work:

Count DeMonet: Your Majesty, just in case of the remote opportunity of a temporary revolution, don't you think it would be wise to have you safely spirited out of Paris?
Louis XVI: Perhaps you're right. But who would sit on my throne in my absence?
Count DeMonet: We'll find a double and put him on the throne.
Louis XVI: Ah, a double in case of trouble! I like it!

Edited by ShaiPa on Oct 6th 2024 at 10:14:27 AM

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#13049: Oct 6th 2024 at 3:31:17 PM

@ Theriocephalus: I think the current is fine. The fact that they're talking about Gozer choosing to be whatever it wants adds a degree of mysticism. Plus, I find it snappier and simpler than the suggestion.

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Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Amateur Veteran
#13050: Oct 6th 2024 at 6:54:02 PM

Respectfully, I... don't really agree? By itself that just implies that the character is... well, choosing how to view or present itself, which can mean any number of things. It doesn't say that this is a supernatural, otherwordly being, which is what it needs to do.


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