History Quotes / KlingonPromotion

-->-- "[[http://magiccards.info/10e/en/207.html Goblin King]]," ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->''"...To be the Man, you gotta beat the Man, and I'm sayin' -- [[VerbalTic WOOOOO!!]] -- right here, in Nashville Tennessee pal, I'm... the... Man."''

-->-- '''Tricky''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTardis}} "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS"]]

->"To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok..."

->'''Vintari''': As third from the throne, I am something of a target in a small, confined space.\\
'''Sheridan''': A target? For whom??\\
'''Vintari''': ''[shrugs]'' Numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7, I'd imagine.
-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'', [[Film/BabylonFiveTheLostTalesVoicesInTheDark "The Lost Tales"]]

->"Crime code 143: Killing a person outside of the Unseen University using magic. (Inside the UU, this is known as promotion.)"

->'''Fortack, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Lord High Researcher of Clan Urdnot]]''': My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth.\\
'''Commander Shepard''': [[DeadpanSnarker Not exactly what I would call effective academic peer review.]]

'''Jack:''' Of course. ''[{{beat}}]'' Yeah, well, where I come from, we do things … a little differently.
-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E18TheWarrior "The Warrior"]]

-->-- '''Pavel Chekov's MirrorUniverse counterpart''', ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'', "Mirror, Mirror"

-->-- '''General Martok''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Tacking Into The Wind", after Worf kills Chancellor Gowron

->"Take two possible methods of advancement: work long and hard for personal recognition and hope that it pays off in the form of an eventual promotion; or, [[DeadlyEuphemism create an opening and place yourself in it]]. Confronted with a pyramid stacked with monolithic elders who can never die naturally and never leave, many Tremere quickly come to the inevitable conclusion that loyalty alone won't be enough."
-->--''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Tremere (Revised)''

->Brainiac's metallic hand was already raised. "The decision for leader is mine," said the robotic being. "But you are correct. We do not need two—"\\

->''He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power -- which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. It's ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.''
-->--'''Palpatine''', ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''

->"I will bond you. [[EvilMentor I will bond you as my apprentice, and I will teach you everything I know]]. I will teach you every [[BloodMagic spell]] I have. You will become more powerful than any other person in the world, in history."
->[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon His beautiful face lit up, greedy and covetous]].
->But," I said, "I will not teach you this final spell. I will not teach you how to [[ImmortalitySeeker live forever]]. That spell you must take from me." I cocked my head and studied his face. "[[ArcWords You want? You bleed]]."
-> His tiny, beautiful face hardened, and I knew. I knew he would kill me someday, as any good urtuku - apprentice - would.
-->--''Literature/NigsuGaTesgu'', by Jeff Somers

-->--GodEmperor '''Solomon David''', ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''

->'''Servalan:''' Section Leader Grose, what happened to Colonel Astrid?
->'''Grose:''' Colonel Astrid -- uh, he met with an accident.
->'''Servalan:''' And his second in command?
->'''Grose:''' He met with an accident, too.
->'''Lector:''' Yeah, it was a [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident very bad time for accidents]].
->'''Servalan:''' I see. And [[YouAreInCommandNow you assumed full command.]]
->'''Grose:''' Of course -- the demands of duty. I was next in line.
->'''Servalan:''' You were just a section leader aboard a flagship, serving under two pilot captains and a brigade commander. Did they all meet with accidents too?
-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Moloch"

-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Haemonculus Covens''

->''One throne, nine sisters. Nine tragic accidents waiting to happen.''
-->--'''Qiyana''', ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''

->''"He killed the best chess player in Antarctica and became the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative best chess player in Antarctica]]"''
-->--[[https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/azq5mj/til_chess_is_banned_at_russian_research_stations/ei9nx7l/ Comment]] on a {{Website/Reddit}} post about a historical axe murder in {{UsefulNotes/Antarctica}}

-->-- ''Franchise/StarTrek: Debt of Honor''

->'''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Dru-Zod]]:''' "This council has been disbanded."\\
'''Ro-Zar:''' (outraged) "On whose authority?"\\
[Zod guns the Council leader down]\\
'''Dru-Zod:''' (seething) "My own."

->"Krell is head of the science division. He is good at killing people. This is Vorek, head of urban planning. He is also good at killing people. He is Urik, chief florist. He is also good at killing people."
-->--''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'', "Worldbuilding cultures", deconstructing this trope.

->'''Fortack, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Krogan Researcher]]''': My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth.\\

-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'', [[{{Film/BabylonFiveTheLostTalesVoicesInTheDark "The Lost Tales"]]

-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'', [[{{Recap/BabylonFiveTheLostTales01}} "The Lost Tales"]]

-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''', reviewing ''VideoGame/SplinterCell: Conviction''

-->--[[https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/azq5mj/til_chess_is_banned_at_russian_research_stations/ei9nx7l/ Comment]] on a {{Website/Reddit}} post about a historical [[AnAxeToGrind axe murder]] in {{UsefulNotes/Antarctica}}

->''"If you kill him, you might ''become'' him. And that's a very clear path to promotion. It's not a ''great'' path to promotion, but it's a clear one."''

->"Assassination in Antiva is a tradition. It is more efficient than an election; as we say, 'Politics and death go together like kisses and love-making.'"

-->-- '''''Series/BurnNotice''''', "Broken Rules"

->''"To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok..."''

->''"Crime code 143: Killing a person outside of the Unseen University using magic. (Inside the UU, this is known as promotion.)"''

->''"[[PassingTheTorch By the hand of]] [[TheChosenOne the Prince]], [[MentorArchetype the Prophet]] dies."''

->''"Take two possible methods of advancement: work long and hard for personal recognition and hope that it pays off in the form of an eventual promotion; or, [[DeadlyEuphemism create an opening and place yourself in it]]. Confronted with a pyramid stacked with monolithic elders who can never die naturally and never leave, many Tremere quickly come to the inevitable conclusion that loyalty alone won't be enough."''

-->--''Nigsu Ga Tesgu'', by Jeff Somers

->''I wanna be Santa Claus''\\
''So I'm gonna kill Santa Claus''\\
''When I hear those reindeer paws''\\
''I'm gonna break the law''
-->-- WebVideo/DannyGonzalez's "I'm Gonna Kill Santa Claus"

->"The Boss was the boss 'till he weren't. Cause I killed him. Now I'm the boss.'"

->"Being a king is something like giving birth: you've got to know when to '''[[DeadlyEuphemism push]]'''."

->"If you kill him, you might ''become'' him. And that's a very clear path to promotion. It's not a ''great'' path to promotion, but it's a clear one."

-->-- '''Brian David Gilbert''', on the [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Soul of Cinder]], ''WebVideo/Unraveled''

->"Being a king is something like giving birth: you've got to know when to '''[[DeadlyEuphemism push]]'''.'"

->''"He killed the best chess player in Antarctica and became the best chess player in Antarctica"''

->Since Haemonculi have a habit of [[BackFromTheDead overcoming death]], the only way that a new aspirant can ascend to join the Twelve is to dispose of a current incumbent [[DeaderThanDead in a manner so thorough that even a master Haemonculus cannot undo it]]. Shegmeth Kro was pushed into a mirror dimension the size of a coffin [[FoldSpindleMutilation too small for his frame]]. Khaebrys Xulfur was posed an impossible riddle that, with each wrong answer, turned more of his body into bone until finally he was nothing more than an [[TakenForGranite osseous statue]]. Zakrodevia was rendered into [[AndIMustScream a sentient soup]] using acids from captured Tyranids and then [[MonstrousCannibalism imbibed by his peers at a banquet]].

->'''[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Krogan researcher]]''': My predecessor said no one would understand the true worth of my work. As I pulled my blade from his chest, I knew he was telling the truth.\\

->''He killed the best chess player in Antarctica and became the best chess player in Antarctica''
-->--[[https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/azq5mj/til_chess_is_banned_at_russian_research_stations/ei9nx7l/ Comment]] on a {{Website/Reddit}} post about a historical [[AnAxeToGrind axe murder]] in Antarctica

-->-- '''[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''', reviewing ''VideoGame/SplinterCellConviction''

->''He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power -- which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.''