Harry: Leave my son out of this! Take me instead! Dad, please.
Norman: Sorry, Harry. You had your chance to join up with your old man. I think it's time to move on to the next generation.
Norman: Sorry, Harry. You had your chance to join up with your old man. I think it's time to move on to the next generation.
Film — Animated
"I came here hoping that Ree'yu and Rubyn were responsible for Jayd's atrocities, hoping that you were still the man that once tucked his daughter in at night, but you are no longer that man, and I am a Green Lantern."
— Laira to Kentor, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Film — Live-Action
Noah Cross: As you found out, Evelyn was lost to me a long time ago.
Jake Gittes: Who do you blame for that? Her?
Noah Cross: I don't blame myself.
Jake Gittes: Who do you blame for that? Her?
Noah Cross: I don't blame myself.
"I slowly learned that the thing that raped my mother and fathered me was no living, feeling man, but a malignant force of cancer that refused to be destroyed."
— James Eastman on Caleb Croft, Grave of the Vampire
Bruce Banner: Maybe once you were my father. But you're not now and you never will be.
David Banner: Is that so? Well, I got news for you. I didn't come here to see you. I came here to see my son. My real son. The one inside of you. You're nothing but a superficial shell; a husk of flimsy consciousness, ready to be torn off at a moment's notice.
David Banner: Is that so? Well, I got news for you. I didn't come here to see you. I came here to see my son. My real son. The one inside of you. You're nothing but a superficial shell; a husk of flimsy consciousness, ready to be torn off at a moment's notice.
— Hulk
My wings beat again, and I matched my diminishing strength against the will of my father.
My father, I thought bitterly. But not my papa...
My father, I thought bitterly. But not my papa...
— Sylvie, The Beginning After the End
I've met plenty of embarrassing parents, but Kronos, the evil titan lord who wanted to destroy Western Civilization? Not the kind of dad you invited to school for career day.
— Percy Jackson on Chiron's father, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
"Ah, my son, and so it is come to this. Sad, sad day for a fond father, who bestowed upon an ingrate son mighty powers to be wasted." ...His eyes opened a crack as my words sank in, then gaped wide in sudden understanding. I threw back my cowl so that he might see me, and smiled in a manner he must surely remember. He marked me and gave a great start. Then he marked his whereabouts - and screamed! How he screamed! I threw earth down upon him.
—Faethor Ferenczy, Necroscope II: Wamphyri
Tain: I should have strangled your mother before you were born. You've always been a weakness I can't afford.
Garak: So you've told me. Many times.
Garak: So you've told me. Many times.
Wesley Wyndam-Price: You never had any use for me as a child, and you can't bear the thought of me as an adult. Tell me, father, what is it that galls you so, that I was never as good at the job as you? Or that I just might be better?
Roger Wyndam-Price: Oh, yes, this is Los Angeles. We have to talk about our feelings. Then maybe we'll hug.
Wesley: It's doubtful.
Roger Wyndam-Price: Oh, yes, this is Los Angeles. We have to talk about our feelings. Then maybe we'll hug.
Wesley: It's doubtful.
"You are an ill-made, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning. Men's laws give you the right to bear my name and display my colors since I cannot prove that you are not mine. And to teach me humility, the gods have condemned me to watch you waddle about wearing that proud lion that was my father's sigil and his father's before him."
— Tywin Lannister to Tyrion, Game of Thrones, "Valar Dohaeris"
Bo Crowder: We was never as close as we should have been, but how did it ever come to this?
Boyd Crowder: I don't know, Daddy. I guess it's just one of those things.
Boyd Crowder: I don't know, Daddy. I guess it's just one of those things.
Auggie Smith/White Dragon: Forty years ago, God challenged me as he did Abraham. I was too weak to listen. But not! No! More! [stomps his foot on Chris's chest] I knew you was unclean when you were born! And even more so when you killed your brother!
Chris Smith/Peacemaker: That was you!
Auggie: I knew when you listened to that devil music! I knew when you shaved your body like a woman! I knew when you slept with the whores of polluted blood! And men! And even more so when you conspired with the forces of Baphomet against the United States of America! And now, boy, I give your life to God!
Chris Smith/Peacemaker: That was you!
Auggie: I knew when you listened to that devil music! I knew when you shaved your body like a woman! I knew when you slept with the whores of polluted blood! And men! And even more so when you conspired with the forces of Baphomet against the United States of America! And now, boy, I give your life to God!
Dracula: Still uttering the same nonsense. No matter. Now is the time to put aside your weak human side, and join me in remaking this world!
Alucard: Dracula, in the name of my mother, I will defeat you again!
Alucard: Dracula, in the name of my mother, I will defeat you again!
Naomi: So, is it true? Was Big Boss really your father?
Snake: That's what he said. That's all I know.
Naomi: And you were able to kill him, knowing that?
Snake: Yup.
Naomi: How?
Snake: He wanted it. Besides, some people just need killing.
Snake: That's what he said. That's all I know.
Naomi: And you were able to kill him, knowing that?
Snake: Yup.
Naomi: How?
Snake: He wanted it. Besides, some people just need killing.
"Even in the book of lies, sometimes you find truth. There is indeed a season for all things. And now that I see you flesh-to-flesh and blood-to-blood, I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this: you are my greatest disappointment."
— Andrew Ryan, BioShock
Rip: Well, I always saw you for what you are: ten pounds of shit in a five-pound bag. On your knees.
B.J.: Daddy, I'm your son.
Rip: Down on your fuckin' knees.
B.J.: Daddy, I'm your son.
Rip: Down on your fuckin' knees.
Lord Dramath: Your mother should have obeyed my orders and drowned you when she had the chance.
Valkorion: I ended mother's suffering long ago, but your torment is just beginning.
Valkorion: I ended mother's suffering long ago, but your torment is just beginning.
Lady: He was obsessed with becoming the Devil, so much he killed his own wife! For that he butchered innocent people, too! He's the most vile kind of creature! To top it off, that filthy scum... is my father.
Dante: Well, we have something in common! I have a dysfunctional family, too.
Lady: And what would you know about family?! You're a demon! This is my father, my family! This was all supposed to end by my hand!
Dante: Well, we have something in common! I have a dysfunctional family, too.
Lady: And what would you know about family?! You're a demon! This is my father, my family! This was all supposed to end by my hand!
Emperor Basho Saionji: Why do you stand in my way, you ungrateful children?
Kikyou Saionji: Look at you, old coot! You're nothing more than a savage brute now!
Botan Saionji: Father, please! Stop this!
Basho: We're no family anymore!
Kikyou Saionji: Look at you, old coot! You're nothing more than a savage brute now!
Botan Saionji: Father, please! Stop this!
Basho: We're no family anymore!
Tarquin: Besides, I'd think you would be happy about this.
Elan: Happy?? To find out my dad is a no-good bad guy?
Tarquin: Sure. It'll make a great story. Think about it. An epic for the ages! Father vs. son! Hero vs. villain! One rebel vs. the force of an empire! They'll tell stories about us until the end of history! My name will be immortalized forever.
Elan: As a villain!
Tarquin: So what? Audiences always think the villain is cooler than the hero is, anyway.
Elan: Happy?? To find out my dad is a no-good bad guy?
Tarquin: Sure. It'll make a great story. Think about it. An epic for the ages! Father vs. son! Hero vs. villain! One rebel vs. the force of an empire! They'll tell stories about us until the end of history! My name will be immortalized forever.
Elan: As a villain!
Tarquin: So what? Audiences always think the villain is cooler than the hero is, anyway.
Chris: As much as I’ve criticized Smallville for being a slight to the character of Superman — being that Smallville‘s Clark is wishy-washy and refuses to Superman up — this episode made me think it’s just as much a slight to Lex’s character. The real villain would seem to be Lionel.
David: I presume Lex was trying to not be a total douchebag and ended up becoming one anyway. But honestly, Lionel treats his family like Darkseid treats his minions.
David: I presume Lex was trying to not be a total douchebag and ended up becoming one anyway. But honestly, Lionel treats his family like Darkseid treats his minions.
—Chris Sims and David Uzumeri on Smallville ("Luthor")
Alucard: ...Father.
Dracula: ...Son.
Alucard: Your war is over.
Dracula: Because you say so?
Alucard: It ends...in the name of my mother.
Dracula: It endures in the name of your mother.
Alucard: I told you before, I won't let you do it. I grieve with you...but I won't let you commit genocide.
Dracula: ...Son.
Alucard: Your war is over.
Dracula: Because you say so?
Alucard: It ends...in the name of my mother.
Dracula: It endures in the name of your mother.
Alucard: I told you before, I won't let you do it. I grieve with you...but I won't let you commit genocide.
Mark: How could you do this?
Nolan: That was your fault. Your stubbornness against the inevitable killed those people. How many more need to die, Mark? It's up to you. And what were they doing with those fragile little lives anyway. Listen to what I'm saying, you know in your heart I'm right!
Mark: Right? About how pathetic and pointless humanity is? Is Mom's life worthless?
Nolan: In the grand scheme of things, yes.
Mark: How can you say those things? How could you say that about Mom? LIAR!
Nolan: That was your fault. Your stubbornness against the inevitable killed those people. How many more need to die, Mark? It's up to you. And what were they doing with those fragile little lives anyway. Listen to what I'm saying, you know in your heart I'm right!
Mark: Right? About how pathetic and pointless humanity is? Is Mom's life worthless?
Nolan: In the grand scheme of things, yes.
Mark: How can you say those things? How could you say that about Mom? LIAR!
" Now I realize that banishment is far too merciful a penalty for treason. Your penalty will be far steeper."
