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Never My Fault

Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#1: Apr 25th 2025 at 5:17:34 PM

For this game, Tropers must select their favorite quote in the above Quotes page (or at least the Quote they think best fits the trope) and rate it on a scale 1-10.

To start with:


Never My Fault

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#2: Apr 26th 2025 at 2:44:32 AM

Calvin: Dad, your polls took a big dive this week. Your "overall dad performance" rating was especially low. See? Right about yesterday your popularity went down the tubes.
Calvin's Dad: CALVIN, YOU DIDN'T GET DESSERT YESTERDAY BECAUSE YOU FLOODED THE HOUSE!!

9/10. A great case of call-and-response, with the response itself being exaggeratedly effective. (And considering how the comic strips section is filled with nothing but Calvin quotes, it's hard for me to see why he's considered Unintentionally Sympathetic by many)


Unintentionally Unsympathetic

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#3: May 1st 2025 at 1:29:40 AM

Bump.

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
Allora The One Behind The Screen from somewhere in the world (Private) Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
The One Behind The Screen
#4: May 1st 2025 at 7:14:26 AM

"Does he? Does he truly regret this turn of events? Well, tough shit, he's a murderer. I didn't see him regretting that turn of events."
Arist's Persona 5 playthrough, in response to the narration's insistence that Akechi is a Tragic Villain

9/10 and the reason why I don't understand why people love Akechi. Some people don't know a bad villain when they see one, and it kinda miffs me that he got brought back for Royal... but that's a rant for another day.


The Only One Allowed to Defeat You

Edited by Allora on May 1st 2025 at 9:15:10 AM

I dunno why, but I've got a bad feeling about things...
Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#5: May 1st 2025 at 6:50:09 PM

"Yugi. If you lose this duel, I'll never forgive you. I want the honor of being the one to beat you!"
Seto Kaiba to Yami Yugi, Yu-Gi-Oh! (Paraphrased)
9/10. Kaiba's rivalry with Yami Yugi has always been one of the most notable rivalries in anime.
Armor-Piercing Response

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#6: May 1st 2025 at 7:34:06 PM

Drake: Stop being mad at me.
Josh: I'm not mad at you. I'm done.
Drake: What is that supposed to mean?
Josh: I don't want anything to do with you anymore.
Drake: So what, are you gonna move out?
Josh: No. This is a house where I live and I guess we'll be roommates until the day I leave for college, but that's all we'll be is roommates. I'm done with you.

9.5/10. Holy hell, that's a devastating comeback. If anyone ever told me that, I feel like my heart would sink.


"The Reason You Suck" Speech — Western Animation

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#7: May 1st 2025 at 7:53:10 PM

Brian: I'm just trying to build a friendship with you. All I've done is try to be nice to you, and you still don't like me. How can you not like me?
Quagmire: Ok, I'll tell ya. You are the worst person I know. You constantly hit on your best friend's wife. The man pays for your food and rescued you from certain death, and this is how you repay him? And to add insult to injury, you defecate all over his yard. (getting angrier) And you're such a sponge. You pay for nothing. You always say, "Ooh, I'll get you later," but later never comes! And what really bothers me is you pretend that you're this deep guy that loves women for their souls, when all you do is date bimbos. Yeah, I date women for their bodies, but at least I'm honest about it! I don't buy them a copy of The Catcher in the Rye and then lecture them with some seventh-grade interpretation about how Holden Caulfield was some profound intellectual. He wasn't! He was a spoiled brat! And that's why you like him so much: he's you! God, you're pretentious! (brimming with indignation) And you delude yourself by thinking you're a great writer, even though you're terrible! You know, I shoulda known Cheryl Tiegs didn't write me that note. She woulda known there's no "A" in the word "definite"! And what I think I hate most about you is your textbook liberal agenda. How we should, (mockingly) "Legalize pot, man," how big business is crushing the underclass; how homelessness is the biggest tragedy in America! Well what have you done to help?! I work down at the soup kitchen, Brian! Never seen you down there! You wanna help? Grab a ladle! And by the way, driving a Prius doesn't make you Jesus Christ! Oh, wait! You don't believe in Jesus Christ, or any religion, for that matter, because (mockingly) "religion is for idiots"! Well, who the hell are you to talk down to anyone?! You failed college twice, which isn't nearly as bad as your failure as a father — how's that son of yours you never see? But you know what? I could forgive all of that... all of it... if you weren't such a bore! That's the worst of it, Brian. You're just a big, sad, alcoholic bore! (sighs) Well, see ya', Brian. Thanks for the fucking steak.

10/10, I'm so happy this entire speech has been immortalized on this page, complete with cited examples of all the shit he did within the series.

Human Aliens

The legend has returned.
Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#8: May 2nd 2025 at 9:15:42 AM

Ashley: You're human?
Andros: What did you expect?
Ashley: I dunno. I mean... you're not from Earth, are you?
Andros: Earth isn't the only place where humans live.
7/10. The Lampshade Hanging works well here.
Just Following Orders

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Allora The One Behind The Screen from somewhere in the world (Private) Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
The One Behind The Screen
#10: May 2nd 2025 at 12:03:26 PM

Stanley Pines: I got a job for you two. I printed up a bunch of fake safety inspection certificates. Go slap one on anything that looks like a lawsuit.
Mabel Pines: Grunkle Stan, is that legal?
Stan: When there's no cops around, anything's legal!

7/10; not many choices to choose from but this was my favorite among them


Bears Are Bad News

I dunno why, but I've got a bad feeling about things...
Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#11: May 2nd 2025 at 7:57:39 PM

"This king among animals is dangerous game for even the most seasoned hunters. They'll attack anyone who wanders into their territory regardless of the wanderer's weaponry. As their name implies, they have a natural love of honey. Extreme caution is advised when you spot one, but if you're sneaky enough and maybe just a little bit crazy... you just may be able to ride one."
8/10. This description for bears fits well and it also hints that they can used as ride animals, something I consider Crazy Enough to Work, if still dangerous.
Honor Before Reason

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#12: May 4th 2025 at 6:43:19 PM

Timmy: Okay... I guess it's my turn.
Zach: Timmy, you don't have to do this!
Timmy: No, no! No! It wouldn't be right to back out now. The other guys took their turn in good faith that we would take ours! I'm not gonna dishonor their memory, or the game, by not following through. (Timmy shoots himself)

9/10. You have to be a real idiot to place honor before your life in a Deadly Game.


Emasculated Cuckold

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
MurlocAggroB from the second-most ridiculous province of Canada Since: May, 2015
#13: May 4th 2025 at 7:12:02 PM

Eggman: Martha, what have you been tweeting about... ... ...WHAT THE FUCK?! IS THAT SHADOW'S DICK?! WH-
Shadow: I fucked your wife~!

7/10. I wasn't impressed by a lot of the page TBH, but Real Time Fan Dub is goated.


Leave No Survivors

regulation pigeon
Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#14: May 6th 2025 at 4:05:09 PM

Dimitri: I promise, I'll kill them!
Guts: All of them!
Both: (at the same time) DOWN TO THE LAST ONE!
7/10. The way both characters say it makes it intense.
Knight Templar

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#15: May 6th 2025 at 5:42:40 PM

"We are not concerned with motives, with the higher ethics. We are concerned only with cutting down crime, and with relieving the ghastly congestion in our prisons. He will be your true Christian, ready to turn the other cheek, ready to be crucified rather than crucify. Sick to the very heart at the thought even of killing a fly. Reclamation, joy before the angels of God! The point is that it works!"
Frederick, Minister of the Interior, justifying the use of the Ludovico Treatment, A Clockwork Orange

9.5/10. Great at showing how stuck within his own principles he is.


Here There Were Dragons

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
DecafGrub47393 Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is an open door
#16: May 8th 2025 at 2:51:19 PM

Sheila: I reckon you be one of them dragons, then!
Spyro: Yeah! Name's Spyro.
Sheila: Never thought I'd see one! You dragons used to rule this entire world, y'know. Then all of a sudden, you left... poof!
Spyro: Dragons used to live here?
Sheila: Didn't you know? They say it was over a thousand years ago, I think.
Spyro: And they just left?
Sheila: Yeah! And the weird thing is, after they left, all the magic in the world just sort of went with 'em. I mean, they say this world use to have magic coming out the wazoo! Flying ships, singing forests, wishing stones... you name it! But when the dragons left, it all just dried up.
Spyro: Is that why some of the portals don't work...
Sheila: Yeah, they're starting to fade out too, one by one.

9/10 Helps establish the Sorceress as the ultimate Evil that Spyro Faces

Live A Live

Here's looking at you, kid.
Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#17: May 8th 2025 at 6:08:54 PM

I certainly wasn't expecting a works Quote page, but I can accept it.

9/10. This is a chilling moment for the story as a whole as it completes the Protagonist Journey to Villain.


Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse

Edited by Mattman_the_Storyteller on May 8th 2025 at 6:09:13 AM

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#18: May 10th 2025 at 7:45:36 PM

Doofenshmirtz-1: If we're the same person, how come you're so much better at being evil than me?
Doofenshmirtz-2: True evil is born though pain and loss. You see, when I was a small boy back in Gimmelshtump, I had a toy train...and one day I lost it.
[long beat]
Doof-1: That...that's it?
Doof-2: What do you mean?
Doof-1: That's your emotionally scarring backstory? That's your great tragedy?! Dude, I was raised by ocelots, I mean literally! Disowned by my parents and raised by Central American wildcats, and you're telling me you lost a toy train? That's all? That's all you got, really?! I had to work as a lawn gnome, I was forced to wear hand-me-up girl's clothing, neither of my parents showed up for my birth!

9.25/10. Less bloated than most examples, but also a funny way to get the point across.


Anger Born of Worry

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#19: May 10th 2025 at 8:25:17 PM

Aunt Cass: [rushes up to them] Oh my God, are you two okay?! [they nod and she hugs them tenderly] Oh, good. [Suddenly furious] THEN WHAT WERE YOU TWO KNUCKLEHEADS THINKING?! For ten years, I have done the best I could to raise you. Have I been perfect? No! Do I know anything about children? NO! Should I have picked up a book on parenting?! PROBABLY!! Where was I going with this? I had a point...
Tadashi: We're sorry...
Hiro: We love you Aunt Cass...
Aunt Cass: [still furious] I LOVE YOU TOO!!

10/10, really excellent first quote for the page, and it does the best job at balancing the anger and the worry.

Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook

The legend has returned.
KyrieUmineko Huey Emmerich from Somewhere in Bendigo Since: Nov, 2024 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Huey Emmerich
#20: May 13th 2025 at 7:51:49 PM

Listen, honorable judges! a man who has been so greatly humbled as I have has neither any remonstrances to make to Providence, nor any advice to give to society; but, you see, the infamy from which I have tried to escape is an injurious thing; the galleys make the convict what he is; reflect upon that, if you please. Before going to the galleys, I was a poor peasant, with very little intelligence, a sort of idiot; the galleys wrought a change in me. I was stupid; I became vicious: I was a block of wood; I became a firebrand.
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables

8/10. Demonstrates the trope very well and is a good quote in general.


Villainous Breakdown

Edited by KyrieUmineko on May 14th 2025 at 12:53:17 AM

RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The Undercover Troper
#21: May 17th 2025 at 6:46:09 PM

"Well, I have to hand it to you, you're a bigger pain in the neck than I ever would have thought possible! I consider myself an even-tempered man; it takes a lot to get under my skin. But congratulations — you just won the solid gold kewpie doll!"
Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke as he fights Milo James Thatch, Atlantis: The Lost Empire

9.5/10. I love how it shows that Rourke has been pushed past his limit instead of just being the breakdown itself.


"The Reason You Suck" Speech — Web Animation

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
Fritz1991 (Pentatroper) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#22: May 17th 2025 at 9:58:30 PM

"Feel free to follow along with my simple step-by-step instructions. I make drawing... (mumbles) Okay, (he quickly draws a proper sketch of a star) first, draw a star... for a star. Then DRAW A FREAKIN' STAR!! JUST DRAW A STAR! IT'S LIKE THE EASIEST SHAPE TO DRAW, MAN! EVERYBODY LEARNS HOW TO DRAW STARS WHEN THEY'RE LIKE THREE YEARS OLD! BABY TOYS ARE COVERED IN STARS, BECAUSE IT'S A SHAPE THAT BABIES CAN UNDERSTAND! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!? NEXT TIME, SHAVE YOUR LEGS BEFORE YOU PAINT THEM WHITE!" — Strong Bad after seeing one too many poorly made Homestar Runner fan costumes, Homestar Runner Fan Costumes 2016

9/10

Five Nights at Freddy's

if you don’t choose connection terminated I will hit you/j

KyrieUmineko Huey Emmerich from Somewhere in Bendigo Since: Nov, 2024 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Huey Emmerich
#23: May 24th 2025 at 2:02:46 AM

"Congratulations. By some miracle, you completed a full week on the job. Here at Fazbear Entertainment, we encourage a healthy spirit of entrepreneurship, which sometimes means taking risks. But you took it a step further. You were reckless and borderline criminally negligent in almost every decision that you made. So much so, that you've been deemed a liability hazard even for us. We'll mail you your final paycheck, minus the costs of wiping the security footage clean and erasing all trace of your employment from our files. But don't feel like you're leaving empty-handed. Take this Blacklist Certificate. You'll be lucky to ever find employment in this town again. Now take care."
Tutorial Unit, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, Blacklist Ending

8/10. It's just a really funny ending.


Playing the Victim Card

LibbyClements That one neurodivergent girl from Mount Washington, Kentucky Since: Jun, 2023 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
That one neurodivergent girl
#24: May 24th 2025 at 7:06:53 AM

Welfare Agent: You......you call yourself a mother after doing something like that?!! You think you can do something like that without hurting your daughter?!
Rosa Ushiromiya: Hurt Maria?! I'm hurting too, you know?! Who's gonna take responsibility for my wounds?! Weeell?! WHOOOOOO!!!

9/10, This is unfortunately how a lot of not just abusive moms but Abusive Parents act in general and I'm grateful that I have a mother who loves me unconditionally.


Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying, and dying to me don't sound like all that much fun!
Mattman_the_Storyteller Since: Aug, 2018
#25: May 24th 2025 at 11:25:41 AM

Corrections Officer: Disturbing the peace, fleeing an officer, falsifying a unibrow...
Héctor: That's illegal?
Corrections Officer: VERY illegal.
Coco

7/10. The Lampshade Hanging actually makes it funny.


I Never Said It Was Poison

Edited by Mattman_the_Storyteller on May 24th 2025 at 11:26:15 AM


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