"I took the easy route, once. It got me fame, fortune and glory. But it was all hollow. When I fell, I fell hard. I lost everything. But I'm back now, and this time, I'm doing it right. And don't think for a moment that I'll let anything get in my way. 'Cause if you give me that moment... I win!"
— T.J. Combo, Killer Instinct (2013)
Snake: Now you’re a mere mortal, just like us.
Vamp: But can you kill this mere mortal?
Vamp: But can you kill this mere mortal?
"I'm not the Hulk anymore. Just his dad."
Buffy: Okay, so we know where Glory's from. What do we know about her? You know, she's tough, yeah, but... but no bolts of lightning. No blasts of fire. Shouldn't a god be able to do that kind of stuff?
Giles: Uh, usually, yes, but, um, being in human form must be severely limiting her powers. All we have to worry about right now is she's immortal, invulnerable, and insane.
Xander: A crazy hell-god? And the fun just keeps on leaving.
Giles: Uh, usually, yes, but, um, being in human form must be severely limiting her powers. All we have to worry about right now is she's immortal, invulnerable, and insane.
Xander: A crazy hell-god? And the fun just keeps on leaving.
[A Brought Down to Normal Buffy comes across a thug harassing a girl in the park]
Buffy: Hey! Do we need to go over what "no" means? 'Cause I promise you won't like my lesson plan.
Thug: What are you gonna do about it, Ronda Rousey? I mean, now that you're just a girl. That's right. I'm local, I know who you are. And who you aren't anymore. I fight MMA. I'm more than twice your size. So maybe you apologize before this turned bad for you.
Buffy: If you think I'm some kind of fragile flower all of a sudden, you're the one who's in for a rough night. I trained for years. I've got actual combat experience, not crossfit and "the Octagon." That doesn't just go away.
Buffy: Hey! Do we need to go over what "no" means? 'Cause I promise you won't like my lesson plan.
Thug: What are you gonna do about it, Ronda Rousey? I mean, now that you're just a girl. That's right. I'm local, I know who you are. And who you aren't anymore. I fight MMA. I'm more than twice your size. So maybe you apologize before this turned bad for you.
Buffy: If you think I'm some kind of fragile flower all of a sudden, you're the one who's in for a rough night. I trained for years. I've got actual combat experience, not crossfit and "the Octagon." That doesn't just go away.
—Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eleven
"Puppet or not, I still got it!"
— AP (formerly Captain Atomic), Atomic Puppet
"What would happen when we turn the magic off? [casts Anti-magic Field] Fascinating. It appears that you cease to be a mighty wizard and become a fragile pointy-eared monkey. While I? I am still a dragon."
— Black Dragon, The Order of the Stick
Kai Chisaki: Because people are endowed with these things called "Quirks," they can dream. Dream that maybe they can be someone that matters. They're all sick in the head! So wipe that smile off your face! Thanks to the power of that girl you were trying to save, everything you've worked so hard to cultivate...has been reduced to naught!
Mirio Togata: [continuing to fight] Focus on your opponent, and predict their next action...! Nothing...! Nothing I've done up to now will ever be useless! I will always be Lemillion!
Mirio Togata: [continuing to fight] Focus on your opponent, and predict their next action...! Nothing...! Nothing I've done up to now will ever be useless! I will always be Lemillion!
Harry: These bands? They don't turn off my psychic powers. They just prevent me from using them beyond my own body. It's why I could only break the mental enchantment on you when I was touching you. I've still got all that power...it's just turned inwards. Which means I can use it to supercharge my body. Which means that while I'm not going to be winning any arm-wrestling contests with the Hulk, I'd still have my arm afterwards if I tried."
"Even without magic, I'm never powerless. Or any less dangerous."
— Richard, Looking for Group
"I trained with Batman. With the Amazons. I know first level Klurkor. Just because I can't use heat vision doesn't mean I'm helpless."
"I was kicking butt long before I got this ring!"
"Well played, but futile. You have reduced me from an immortal to a wizard of ultimate power over the ten levels of magic. Fools."
— Lich, 8-Bit Theatre
"The last vestiges of my title, shed with thy wings. Thou shall not find me the weaker for it."
— The Old Man of the Mountain, Fate/Grand Order
Matthew: We were the blue electric angels. We could be in a thousand places at once and still be whole, we could bounce off the moon for sport and skim the sum total of the world's knowledge in an instant, ride the signal from America to Zimbabwe without even travelling, the world moving around us, we flew on radio waves three times around the Earth and knew every inch of atmosphere we touched as we went by. We were gods. Now we are just... mortal.
Bakker: I see. You really are just a child in this place, aren't you? A child with a lot of power.
"I spent ages desperately trying to regain the powers I'd lost... nothing worked. And yet, through all my miserable failures, I'd made big developments in areas of great value to a market I hadn't considered: villains. It wasn't until I'd struck it rich selling my goods to all those crooks that I realized something very important... you don't need powers to have power!"
—Professor Venomous, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Ozriel stood next to him in black armor, white hair flowing behind him, a satisfied smile on his face. "So Daruman told you I was weak, did he?"
Gerravon closed his eyes and remembered his life.
"Weaker," the Reaper said. "He should have said weaker."
Gerravon closed his eyes and remembered his life.
"Weaker," the Reaper said. "He should have said weaker."
— Cradle Series book 11: Dreadgod
"Sure, none of us can can't use our ki, and you've got 8 years of interpreted dance. However I've got 150 years of accumulated experience from the greatest warriors in the galaxy! Also Vegeta."
— Cell, HFIL
"This is quite a surprise. Most Devil Fruit power-holders with one such as his would be ineffective as soon as their trump card is taken away from them. Not so with Ace. His powers are not a crutch, but an aid to his own talents. We should expect no less from one of Whitebeard's commanders."
— Van Auger on Portgas D. Ace, One Piece
