History Quotes / TheChessmaster

--> --'''Daddyphatsnaps''' as '''[[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaTomuraShigaraki Tomura Shigaraki]]''', "[[https://youtu.be/vvz4LgcOrCA Villain Arc]]"

-->-- '''Dirk Strider (TT) and Jane Crocker (GG)''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

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->'''Magneto''': (''stops the Juggernaut'') In chess, the ''pawns'' go first.\\
'''Mike''': Whereas in Hungry Hungry Hippos you all go at once.\\
[...]\\
'''Kevin''': Where are we now with Magneto's chess metaphor?\\
'''Bill''': I think these guys are mostly Backgammon pieces and pegs from Battleship.\\
[...]\\
'''Magneto''': Not yet!\\
'''Mike''': So, are these still pawns, or are we up to bishops now?\\
'''Kevin''': I think he's trying to castle, a move I never fully understood.\\
[...]\\
'''Mike''': And now the queen comes into play!\\
'''Bill''': Enough, Magneto!\\
'''Mike''': Chess!
-->-- ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' on ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''

->''"She works from the shadows, using others for her dirty work. That way, when it comes time to place the blame, we can only point at each other."''
-->--'''Qrow Branwen''' describing [[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]], ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
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->'''[[BigBadWannabe Long Feng]]''': [[OutGambitted You've beaten me at my own game]].\\
'''[[TheDragon Princess Azula]]''': Don't flatter yourself. [[PretenderDiss You were never even a player]].
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' ("The Crossroads of Destiny")

'''[[BigBad Amon]]:''' Perfect. Everything is going according to plan.

->''"Ah, my ridiculously circuitous plan is one-quarter complete!"''
-->-- '''The Robot Devil''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

->''"If [[Franchise/{{Superman}} you]] won't be my [[TheDragon knight]], you will be my [[UnwittingPawn pawn]]."''
-->-- '''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]''', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''

->'''[[BewareTheNiceOnes Jim]][[SmarterThanYouLook my]]:''' It was all I could do to contain the excitement in the air. Vengeance would be mine. So I pulled myself together for my final performance, and nailed your butts.\\
'''Edd:''' Ingenious...\\
'''Eddy:''' What?\\
'''Edd:''' A little long-winded, mind you, but absolutely cunning.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', "[[Recap/EdEddNEddyS3E23IfItSmellsLikeAnEd If It Smells Like an Ed]]"

-->--'''Qrow Branwen''' describing [[BigBad Salem]], ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''

->TT: If it puts your mind at ease, I'll be the one pulling the strings here.\\
GG: Oh yes?\\
GG: Then this whole affair will be one of D. Strider's grand productions in puppetry?
-->-- '''Dirk Strider (TT) and Jane Crocker (GG)''', ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

->'''Technician:''' One of our biggest fears was the robots' loyalty might shift when they found out [[spoiler:Doctor Bowman]] wasn't human. He was two steps ahead of us the whole time.\\
'''Henri Mer:''' I hope you're right, because he might be four steps ahead of us and we're just not seeing it yet.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}''

-->-- '''Assane Diop''', ''Series/Lupin2021''

->''"Whether on the main stage or [[TheManBehindTheMan behind the scenes]], his influence on all events is unmistakable."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheMercenaries3D'' on [[BigBad Albert Wesker]]

->''"I may not have liked that ''other'' you very much, but he was one smart basher -- the smartest basher I've ever known; he always had every angle covered."''
-->-- '''Morte''' on the Practical Incarnation, ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''

->''"No game of [[VariantChess dejarik]] can be won without pawns... and this may prove to be a very long game."''
-->-- '''Kreia''' [[spoiler:(AKA '''[[TheManBehindTheMan Darth Traya]]''')]], ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''

->''"You forget I plan for every eventuality."''
-->-- '''Master Xehanort''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''

->'''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]]''': I'm beginning to suspect that the foes we've met thus far have been mere pawns.\\
'''[[BigBad Lord Vortech]]''': You said it, old man! Because I'm not even on the chessboard. I'm the hand controlling every single piece.
-->-- ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions''

->'''Hoederer''': What about the one they just call "[[TheStrategist The Doctor]]?"\\
'''Ines''': ...Let's put it like this: the soldiers are the pawns in the game. The commander is the player. When I saw the Doctor, I was struck with the feeling that I'm always gonna be a pawn.\\
'''Hoederer''': That one's not a battlefield commander. The Doctor runs the whole war.\\
'''Ines''': That's not why. Do you know what the biggest difference is between the piece and the player? [...] A chess player’s main focus is never on the pieces, or even the game. It’s always on the other player. You always want to beat an even match. After a win, the player goes home to a nice, hot meal. The pieces get popped back into the box and stashed away. The player gets to sleep, wake up, walk, and talk. The pieces just sit there in the cupboard. We’re all objects. Inanimate objects. There was only one person, one thing really alive on that battlefield. And it was that one. If we’re still gonna call ourselves people, then, well... the Doctor’s something else.
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}''

->''"Several ages of plans, intrigue and deal-making have honed this man to a plotter extraordinaire. The trivial concerns of the day-to-day world are far below casual notice; the important events all happen in the unfolding tapestry of history. Now, Control is [[HumanoidAbomination beyond anything comprehensible to humans]]. Intruding where necessary, arriving and leaving at whim under a cloak of secrecy, Control decides the fate of the world itself."''
-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension -- Guide To The Technocracy''

->The mind of a Maniac is alien. It functions on a different level than the mind of a normal person, even that of a supernatural being. The Maniac’s mind is predictive, functioning with both induction and deduction at frightening speeds. Guessing a Maniac’s next move is almost impossible. Outsmarting one is unthinkable. Trying to understand one is dangerous, because [[InfectiousInsanity a Maniac’s mind is infectious]].
-->--''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil: Slasher''

->''"Anyone who looks on the world as a game of chess deserves to lose."''
-->-- '''Harold Finch''', ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' ("[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS04E11 If-Then-Else]]")

->''"You know what I love about people? They stack so neatly."''
-->-- '''Frank Underwood''', ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS''

->''"I'm ten steps ahead of you and you haven't even figured out what game we're playing yet!"''
-->-- '''Simon Morrison/Adrian Chase/Prometheus''', ''Series/{{Arrow}}''

->''"The trouble, coz, with your playing the spider in the center of this web, pulling all the strings, is that sooner or later all the interested parties are going to converge back along those strings to you. You do realize that, don't you? And what are you going to do then, O Mastermind?"''
-->-- '''Ivan Vorpatril''', ''Literature/{{Cetaganda}}''

->"[[spoiler:The Censor]] came here incognito, to check the rumors about unrest among the Arabs. He did not dare to inform the authorities of his visit, because it had been suggested to him that a person at court was involved in the scheme, and he wanted to discover who that was, of course. However, he came also for another reason, then unknown to you. On his first visit to Canton [[spoiler:the Censor]] had met Zumurrud, and they had fallen in love with each other."\\
"How could I have foreseen that she would meet him in that confounded temple?" [[spoiler:Liang]] muttered. "She..."\\
"That is where life differs from chess, [[spoiler:Mr Liang]]," Judge Dee cut him short. "In real life you have to reckon with unknown factors."
-->-- ''[[Literature/JudgeDee Murder In Canton]]''

'''[[TheDragon Princess Azula]]''': [[KickTheSonOfABitch Don't flatter yourself]]. [[PretenderDiss You were never even a player]].

->''"Siamese fighting fish -- fascinating creatures. [[FearlessFool Brave, but on the whole, stupid]]. Yes, they're stupid. Except for the occasional one, such as we have here, who lets the other two fight. While he waits. [[VictoryByEndurance Waits, until the survivor is so exhausted that he cannot defend himself, and then like SPECTRE... he strikes]]!"''
-->-- '''Ernst Stavro Blofeld''', ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''

-->-- '''Simon Morrison/Adrian Chase/Prometheus''', ''Series/Arrow''

->'''[[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]]''': I'm beginning to suspect that the foes we've met thus far have been mere pawns.\\