History Quotes / ImNotAHeroIm

->"I've never really thought as myself as a savior, I just want to fight strong opponents. But I can't just stand by and watch innocent people and animals suffer. That's what my grandpa taught me."

->'''Meryl:''' Why were you even going to [[WizardingSchool magic school]] if you didn't want to be a hero?
->'''Jim:''' You want to know why I was studying magic?
->'''Meryl:''' To be a hero?
->'''Jim:''' [[HumbleGoal I was going to open a shop]]. My very own little magic shop in a nice gullible town somewhere. With velvet blue curtains on the ceiling and shelves covered in weird-shaped jars full of colored liquid and body parts. That's what kind of people we are, Meryl. We're shopkeepers. Passers-by. [[{{Mooks}} Undead minions numbers thirty-two and thirty-three]]. We're not the heroes.
->'''Meryl:''' But...
->'''Jim:''' Heroes are the kinds of people we used to torture. Those dicks who lit us on fire this afternoon, [[NominalHero they're heroes]]. They swagger into a village, [[HeroicFantasy sort out any problem that can be solved by whacking it a few times]], make out with the blacksmith's daughter, [[ButNowIMustGo then bugger off]] [[AllForNothing long enough for the problems to come back]]. They load themselves down with armor and weapons and treasure because inside [[StepfordSmiler they're very empty, sad little people]]. In the long run, [[FailureHero they've never achieved anything, ever]].
-->--''Literature/{{Mogworld}}''

-> "I am NOT a good man! And I'm not a bad man. I am not a hero. And I'm definitely not a president. And no, I'm not an officer. Do you know what I am? I am an idiot, with a box and a screwdriver. Just passing through, helping out, learning."
-->-- '''The Twelth Doctor''', Series/DoctorWho ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven Death in Heaven]]''

'''Mycroft:''' (''over intercom'') Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, stand away from that man. Do it now!\\
'''Sherlock:''' Oh, do your research! I'm not a hero! [[InsistentTerminology I'm a high-functioning sociopath!]] ''[[PreMortemOneLiner Merry Christmas!]]'' (''shoots Magnussen'')
-->-- ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', [[{{Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow}} His Last Vow]]

->'''Thomas''': In one sense, you are a true Norwegian hero.\\
'''Hans''': No, you're wrong about that. There's nothing heroic about what I do. It's dirty work.
-->--''Film/TheTrollHunter''

-->-- '''Mario''', ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'', "[[Recap/SMG4sMarioBloopersWarOfTheFatItalians2022 War of the Fat Italians 2022]]"

->'''Hoshi:''' [[Anime/ReCreators You and Rui]]... You two were ''made'' to be heroes. Your role is to save the world, right?
->'''Celesia:''' Yeah. So?
->'''Hoshi:''' I wasn’t given a role. My day-to-day life? ''That's'' my story. I can’t fight like you can or pilot a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] like Rui could... I only deliver food, write some sappy story about a fiery [[Franchise/KamenRider bugman]], and that’s it. In the end, I’m just some nobody. I’m not even supposed to be here...
->'''Celesia:''' It’s true, you’re not like us... But... Your Creation handed that belt to you. Your own ''son'' has faith in you. And you proved his faith with that fight. In a way, you ''are'' like us.
->'''Hoshi:''' In what sense?
->'''Celesia:''' You may be just a human, but you ''can'' be a hero.
-->--''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante''

->''I'm not your Hero. [[AdaptationalDumbass I'm just a Dumbass with an IQ of Zero!]]''
-->--'''Mario''', ''Recap/SMG4sMarioBloopersWarOfTheFatItalians2022''

->'''Hoshi:''' You and Rui... You two were ''made'' to be heroes. Your role is to save the world, right?

->'''Hoshi:''' I wasn’t given a role. My day-to-day life? ''That's'' my story. I can’t fight like you can or pilot a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] like Rui could... I only deliver food, write some sappy story about a fiery bugman, and that’s it. In the end, I’m just some nobody. I’m not even supposed to be here...

'''Celesia:''' Yeah. So?
'''Hoshi:''' I wasn’t given a role. My day-to-day life? ''That's'' my story. I can’t fight like you can or pilot a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] like Rui could... I only deliver food, write some sappy story about a fiery bugman, and that’s it. In the end, I’m just some nobody. I’m not even supposed to be here...
'''Celesia:''' It’s true, you’re not like us... But... Your Creation handed that belt to you. Your own ''son'' has faith in you. And you proved his faith with that fight. In a way, you ''are'' like us.
'''Hoshi:''' In what sense?
'''Celesia:''' You may be just a human, but you ''can'' be a hero.

-->--''Film/TheTrollHunter''

-> "I am not a good man! I am not a bad man. I am not a hero. And I'm definitely not a president. And no, I'm not an officer. Do you know what I am? I am an idiot, with a box and a screwdriver. Just passing through, helping out, learning."

-->-- ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', [[{{Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow}} His Last Vow]]

-->-- '''The Twelth Doctor''', Series/DoctorWho ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven Death in Heaven]]''

->'''Jim:''' Heroes are the kinds of people we used to torture. Those dicks who lit us on fire this afternoon, [[NominalHero they're heroes]]. They swagger into a village, [[ThudAndBlunder sort out any problem that can be solved by whacking it a few times]], make out with the blacksmith's daughter, [[ButNowIMustGo then bugger off]] [[AllForNothing long enough for the problems to come back]]. They load themselves down with armor and weapons and treasure because inside [[StepfordSmiler they're very empty, sad little people]]. In the long run, [[FailureHero they've never achieved anything, ever]].

->'''Jim:''' [[HumbleHero I was going to open a shop]]. My very own little magic shop in a nice gullible town somewhere. With velvet blue curtains on the ceiling and shelves covered in weird-shaped jars full of colored liquid and body parts. That's what kind of people we are, Meryl. We're shopkeepers. Passers-by. [[{{Mooks}} Undead minions numbers thirty-two and thirty-three]]. We're not the heroes.

-->--''Literature/{{Mogworld}}''

-->-- '''Goku''', ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

-->"I've never really thought as myself as a savior, I just want to fight strong opponents. But I can't just stand by and watch innocent people and animals suffer. That's what my grandpa taught me."