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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

MB74 Since: Feb, 2024 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#13926: May 29th 2025 at 12:13:03 PM

The current quote on Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You doesn’t seem to demonstrate too much (namely feeling a bit undercut by the last few words). Thoughts?

I’ll lift my face, and run to the sunlight.
daudiffa SOIYA! from My Room Since: Nov, 2013
SOIYA!
#13927: May 29th 2025 at 5:35:34 PM

Yeah, it doesn't.

I have this proposal but it cuts down one line in the middle for brevity.

Emma Swan: Here's the thing. No matter what the circumstances, for 28 years, I only knew one thing, that my parents sent me away.
Snow White: We did that to give you your best chance. [...] If we hadn't sent you away, you would've been cursed, too.
Once Upon a Time, "Broken"

"Your father was an average fighter, Kal-El, but he was a brilliant scientist!"
MB74 Since: Feb, 2024 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
Mariofan99 Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#13931: May 29th 2025 at 7:11:48 PM

Potential page quote There Is No Rule Six:

"Aha... here are the two rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate.
Rule Number One: "Karate for defense only."
Rule Number Two: "First learn Rule Number One.""
Mr. Miyagi, The Karate Kid Part II

Edited by Mariofan99 on Jun 4th 2025 at 9:23:47 AM

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!
#13932: May 30th 2025 at 4:37:58 AM

The page quote on Eye Recall is just complaining about the trope:


"By the way, what's with all the obsessive eye shots? Do we really need to see the movie told from everybody's cornea? [gets super-close to screen] WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE WHOLE ENTIRE MOVIE TOLD LIKE THIS? I DON'T THINK SO!"

"Hark! For your greatest fears manifest in yours truly!" (She/Her) (Current focus: Image Pickin')
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13933: May 30th 2025 at 7:49:57 AM

[up][up]: [tup]


[up]: Agree to cut. I don't mind complaining quotes if they provide some insight into the trope, but this quote doesn't say anything about recall.

ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13934: May 30th 2025 at 7:52:49 AM

The current quote for Dramatic Unmask is a character not being unmasked. How about this from the Quote page (though it may work better without the parentheses):

The time has come at last! (secret, secret, I've got a secret)
To throw away this mask! (secret, secret, I've got a secret)
Now everyone can see (secret, secret, I've got a secret)
My true identity!
I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy!

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#13935: Jun 4th 2025 at 1:19:12 AM

The quote on Canon Character All Along is kinda meaningless without context.

Princess Sarah: I... never asked your name.
Jack: Garland. My name's Jack Garland.

Not sure what would be a good replacement, since many quotes fall into the same pattern of Fan Myopia or are spoilers for a work.

FSharp Resisting a rest Since: Jan, 2019 Relationship Status: I wanna know what love is
#13936: Jun 4th 2025 at 1:28:34 AM

[up][up][tup] to replacing the quote

I don't just Wiki Talk the talk. I Wiki Walk the walk.
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#13937: Jun 4th 2025 at 9:26:47 AM

This is on Behavioral Conditioning (note the very hard-to-see asterisk labelnote)

"It was an almost Pavlovian response.*"

It's a joke about Orphaned Etymology, but it's not very descriptive for the actual trope and I doubt it makes any sense out of context. There's no quotes page and I don't have a replacement, so am I good to pull?

regulation pigeon
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13938: Jun 4th 2025 at 11:09:13 AM

[up]: Pull.


[up][up][up]: Here's one that may work Canon Character All Along. Even if you don't know the characters, it still might illustrate the trope:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Uh, is there anything for me? Check my legal name.
Secretary: Oh my god, big reveal time! What's your legal name? Jean-Paul Valley? Terry McGinnis? Dick Grayson? Jason Todd? Tim Drake?
Levitt: Robin.
Secretary: What? No.
The Editing Room's abridged script for The Dark Knight Rises

Edited by ShaiPa on Jun 5th 2025 at 11:09:23 AM

MisterApes-a-lot Since: Mar, 2018
#13939: Jun 4th 2025 at 11:24:37 AM

[up] That should be a better quote, yeah. Anyone else have thoughts on the page quote for Canon Character All Along before I swap it out?

ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13940: Jun 4th 2025 at 11:29:30 AM

[up][up][up]: For Behavioral Conditioning, how about this from The Shawshank Redemption:

"For forty years I've been asking permission to piss. I can't squeeze a drop without say so."

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
ozchess cat bastard (she/her) from quadling country Since: Jun, 2024
cat bastard (she/her)
#13942: Jun 4th 2025 at 2:50:41 PM

Pretentious Pronunciation took me a while to get. we can probably keep it, but maybe there's some other lines we could add to make it clearer?

november is tongue awareness month.
BlastVision Since: Feb, 2021
#13943: Jun 4th 2025 at 9:00:55 PM

The quote for Mirror Character was changed (seemingly without permission) with a rather lengthy replacement from Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2. We could either restore the original quote:

"It is funny how different mirrors reveal different aspects, it must be like people you meet, you get to prefer the ones who show an image of you that you like."
Alain Bremond-Torrent

But I'm also partial to the one I added to the Quotes page:

Reggie once called them two sides of the same coin; mirrors of each other. They may have the same goals, but they've always taken different paths to reach them. Now they're really battling face-to-face — head-on! And I think they both realize that.
Brock describing Ash and Paul, Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, "Battling a Thaw in Relations!"

FSharp Resisting a rest Since: Jan, 2019 Relationship Status: I wanna know what love is
#13944: Jun 5th 2025 at 12:23:22 AM

[up] I like the new quote, but yours is also fine.

I don't just Wiki Talk the talk. I Wiki Walk the walk.
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13945: Jun 5th 2025 at 5:06:25 AM

[up][up]: I like your new one. The one added is definitely too long.

MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#13946: Jun 5th 2025 at 7:11:24 AM

[up][up][up] Your replacement [tup] But cut the potholes to The Hero and The Rival. Quotes aren't supposed to have potholes.

[up][up][up][up] I agree, that's not clear enough. I'm not a fan of quotes that rely on the attribution line.

Edited by MurlocAggroB on Jun 5th 2025 at 8:12:41 AM

regulation pigeon
number9robotic (Experienced Trainee)
#13947: Jun 5th 2025 at 1:04:42 PM

The top of Music.Barry Manilow, for some reason is:

"My biggest fear is Barry Manilow. I think he's the Antichrist."

Honestly, I think it's funny (and I'm almost certain Ozzy meant it to be funny to begin with), but I also think it's kinda inappropriate and doesn't actually say anything about Barry Manilow? Should it be pulled for something better, or can it stay?

Thanks for playing King's Quest V!
Piwakawaka from the concurrent future (Apprentice) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#13948: Jun 5th 2025 at 1:23:05 PM

Would this be better for Pretentious Pronunciation?

Receptionist "What was the name again please?"
Hyancith Bucket: "Bouquet"
Richard Bucket: "That's spelled B-U-C-K-E-T"

Edited by Piwakawaka on Jun 5th 2025 at 8:23:25 PM

Embracing My Destiny
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
ShaiPa Since: Aug, 2013
#13950: Jun 5th 2025 at 1:57:17 PM

[up][up]: [tup] though you don't need the quotes, since it's in dialogue form.


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