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"I hate lies and flattery. There's no point in wasting praise on the selfish."
— Emi Nakasuka, Girls und Panzer, "Little Army"
Kyouka: Are we supposed to beat [Hayari], too?
Kanna: Nah. You're just here to be my sparring partners.
Kyouka: Can't you at least try to show some tact?
Kanna: Nah. You're just here to be my sparring partners.
Kyouka: Can't you at least try to show some tact?
Ton: You know what accounting's all about? Calculating how much is coming in and how much is getting spent. Every last yen. People who half-ass their numbers never do it once. The mistakes pile up and it hurts the company. Hurts people too. How long are you going to keep half-assing your own numbers, huh? If you keep giving out more than you're getting back in return, eventually there ain't going to be anything left. You get what I'm sayin'?
Retsuko: ...I think I do. You know, you're really a good person.
Ton: Hmph. You tell yourself that. I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.
Retsuko: ...I think I do. You know, you're really a good person.
Ton: Hmph. You tell yourself that. I'm just a bastard who's willing to give it to ya straight.
Kirishima: Well, if any of our classmates have pro-Quirks, it's Todoroki and Bakugou.
Tsuyu: Sure, but Bakugou's always angry so he'll never be that popular.
Bakugou: WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!
Tsuyu: You see?
Tsuyu: Sure, but Bakugou's always angry so he'll never be that popular.
Bakugou: WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!
Tsuyu: You see?
"Those friends of yours like to sugarcoat things, but I'll tell it to you straight."
— Shota Aizawa, My Hero Academia
Misty: Brock, think about it. How many of the girls whom you've fallen madly in love with have ever fallen madly in love with you?
Brock: (dejectedly) Not one.
Misty: Take it from me; it's a lot easier to like someone who likes you than to like someone who doesn't!
Brock: (dejectedly) Not one.
Misty: Take it from me; it's a lot easier to like someone who likes you than to like someone who doesn't!
— Pokémon: The Series, "The Heartbreak of Brock"
Comic Books
Supergirl: You. Find someplace to hide.
Girl: But my mom —
Skallox: Your mother is dead! Now run for your life.
Supergirl: You couldn't put that more gently?
Skallox: Seriously, new girl? Gently?
Girl: But my mom —
Skallox: Your mother is dead! Now run for your life.
Supergirl: You couldn't put that more gently?
Skallox: Seriously, new girl? Gently?
Woman: Oh, Superman! What do you think of our little darlings? Aren't they cute in the super-costumes some of them have on?
Superman: Did you say darlings, madam? Frankly, this is the worst collection of misbehaved brats I've ever seen! And you tried to flatter me, dressing your babies like me, hoping I'd pick them as winners!
Woman: How dare you? I hever heard such rudeness!
Lois Lane: Superman! Did you have to be so blunt? Everyone's offended!
Superman: Did you expect me to be a hypocrite and praise those little demons? I just had to tell the truth as I saw it!
Superman: Did you say darlings, madam? Frankly, this is the worst collection of misbehaved brats I've ever seen! And you tried to flatter me, dressing your babies like me, hoping I'd pick them as winners!
Woman: How dare you? I hever heard such rudeness!
Lois Lane: Superman! Did you have to be so blunt? Everyone's offended!
Superman: Did you expect me to be a hypocrite and praise those little demons? I just had to tell the truth as I saw it!
— Superman (1939) #176
Girl 1: Supergirl! How'd you like the food? We cooked it all ourselves!
Supergirl: Er... You meant well, kids! But frankly, the salad tasted like moldy hay, and the chicken wasn't fried... It was burned!
Girl 2: [sobbing] How could you say such cruel things, Supergirl? We've never been so humiliated!
Girl 1: And we called her our heroine!
Supergirl: But, girls... You asked for the truth... and you got it!
Supergirl: Er... You meant well, kids! But frankly, the salad tasted like moldy hay, and the chicken wasn't fried... It was burned!
Girl 2: [sobbing] How could you say such cruel things, Supergirl? We've never been so humiliated!
Girl 1: And we called her our heroine!
Supergirl: But, girls... You asked for the truth... and you got it!
— Superman (1939) #176
Mr Bravo: Sir William, tell me there is hope that I shall not die.
Sir William Gull: Hm. Looking at your condition, it wouldn't be right to give you hope - there's very little life left in you. In fact, you're heart-dead already.
Sir William Gull: Hm. Looking at your condition, it wouldn't be right to give you hope - there's very little life left in you. In fact, you're heart-dead already.
Comic Strips
"I have the results of the employee morale survey. The number one issue is 'not enough open and honest communication from management.' Well, okay, I'm willing to give that a try." [to Wally] "Management is looting the company while hiding the fact that we're in a death spiral." [to Alice] "Whenever you talk, I think about my fishing lures until the noise stops." [to all] "When I see an employee suffer, it excites me in ways I don't understand." [to Wally] "On nine separate occasions, I've fired bald guys because I thought they were you." [to all] "If this doesn't work for you, let me know on the next employee morale survey."
Fan Works
Nar: But Kal might exercise an option, Kara. He might cut you out of his life.
Kara: He won't do that.
Nar: You sure?
Kara: It's a gift, Nar. The best gift I think I can give to Kal.
Nar: You sure about that?
Kara: What do you mean?
Nar: What I mean is that it seems more like a gift to yourself. You show your acting chops, you put together a movie that's bound to break the barriers at the box office, you make a lot of money and you've got a triumph. All you have to do to get it is break Kal-El's heart.
Kara: I can always count on you for the truth, Nar. Or a truth I don’t want to face.
Kara: He won't do that.
Nar: You sure?
Kara: It's a gift, Nar. The best gift I think I can give to Kal.
Nar: You sure about that?
Kara: What do you mean?
Nar: What I mean is that it seems more like a gift to yourself. You show your acting chops, you put together a movie that's bound to break the barriers at the box office, you make a lot of money and you've got a triumph. All you have to do to get it is break Kal-El's heart.
Kara: I can always count on you for the truth, Nar. Or a truth I don’t want to face.
Billy: "I'll do everything I can to see if I can get him to let you stay with the Family. But ultimately, it's his decision, not mine. He's the one who doles out the powers. What about your mother, Mary?"
Mary: "She'll just have to accept it, Billy. She'll also have to find a place for Freddy in one of the companies she's got voting power in."
Freddy: (glumly) "I like running the newsstand. But Mary's, well, used to a certain way of life."
Billy: (looking at the two of them) "So you can do without powers, but not without money?"
Mary: "Billy, that was uncalled for!"
Freddy: "No, honey. He's got a point."
Mary: "She'll just have to accept it, Billy. She'll also have to find a place for Freddy in one of the companies she's got voting power in."
Freddy: (glumly) "I like running the newsstand. But Mary's, well, used to a certain way of life."
Billy: (looking at the two of them) "So you can do without powers, but not without money?"
Mary: "Billy, that was uncalled for!"
Freddy: "No, honey. He's got a point."
Film—Animation
Atta: Flik, what do you have to say for yourself?
Flik: Sorry. I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I especially didn't wanna make you look bad, Princess.
Atta: Well, Flik, ya did.
Flik: Sorry. I'm sorry for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong. I especially didn't wanna make you look bad, Princess.
Atta: Well, Flik, ya did.
"I cannot understand how being honest can be considered improper. Maybe this is why I don't have any friends."
— Max Jerry Horowitz, Mary and Max
Shrek: STOP SINGING! Well, it's no wonder you don't have any friends!
Donkey: Wow, only a true friend would be that cruelly honest!
Donkey: Wow, only a true friend would be that cruelly honest!
— Shrek
Film—Live-Action
Board Member: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated?
Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
Board Member: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society—
Red: I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?
Board Member: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means.
Board Member: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society—
Red: I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?
Board Member: Well, are you?
Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.
— The Shawshank Redemptionnote
Avery: What was our deal when we first got together? Brutal truth. Remember?
Jerry: I think you added the "brutal."
Jerry: I think you added the "brutal."
"Your honesty is a gift... even if at times a painful one."
— Albus Dumbledore to Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Eminem: You know what? I think you fucked up.
George: How's that?
Eminem: I think you fucked up. I think... [sighs] I don't think you shoulda took that medicine.
George: Why not?
Eminem: I don't know, personally I think you shoulda just let yourself die. Honestly, man, what are you gonna do now? Make another bullshit movie? Fuck another chick who doesn't like you? Ya know, that was your way out, right there. Now you're fuckin' stuck.
[...]
Eminem: So now that you've got this, um, "second chance", man, like... What do you want?
George: I kinda don't want anything.
Eminem: So then what are we celebrating?
George: How's that?
Eminem: I think you fucked up. I think... [sighs] I don't think you shoulda took that medicine.
George: Why not?
Eminem: I don't know, personally I think you shoulda just let yourself die. Honestly, man, what are you gonna do now? Make another bullshit movie? Fuck another chick who doesn't like you? Ya know, that was your way out, right there. Now you're fuckin' stuck.
[...]
Eminem: So now that you've got this, um, "second chance", man, like... What do you want?
George: I kinda don't want anything.
Eminem: So then what are we celebrating?
Emily: You know Vince, Lana called us earlier. She sounded bad. Sounded like she wanted us to come get her like someone was being a creep.
Vince: I probably wasn't here for that. Must have been when I had to go make a business run.
Emily: And what business is that, Vince?
Vince: [Gets the giggles] I'm a fucking drug dealer.
Crystal: Well, he's honest, I'll give him that.
Vince: I probably wasn't here for that. Must have been when I had to go make a business run.
Emily: And what business is that, Vince?
Vince: [Gets the giggles] I'm a fucking drug dealer.
Crystal: Well, he's honest, I'll give him that.
"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'Good job.'"
— Fletcher, Whiplash
Prisoner: That is crazy! That is horse shit! They will not kill us!
Ripley: When they first heard about this thing, it was "crew expendable". The next time they sent in marines - they were expendable too. What makes you think they're gonna care about a bunch of lifers who found God at the ass-end of space? You really think they're gonna let you interfere with their plans for this thing? They think we're - we're crud. And they don't give a fuck about one friend of yours that's - that's died. Not one.
—Alien³, regarding the Weyland-Yutani Corporation bringing in ships to rescue everyone on the prison planet from the titular Alien.
White girl at college: Excuse me, Mr. X? Hi. I've read some of your speeches and I honestly believe that a lot of what you have to say is true, and...I'm a good person in spite of what my ancestors did. I wanted to ask you, what can a white person, who isn't prejudiced, what can I do to help you and further your cause?
Malcolm X: Nothing. (walks away)
Malcolm X: Nothing. (walks away)
—Malcolm X. Years later, Malcolm would regret how he treated her.
Literature
"A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent."
Beats all the lies you can invent."
— William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Marco: The Yeerks don't want people knowing what's happening, not yet. So [Visser Three]'s going to keep your mom and dad quiet. Plus, he's going to find out what they know about the box.
David: Are you saying he'll torture them or something?
Marco: Man... Listen to me. By now your parents have been taken to a secret, underground facility called a Yeerk pool. It's not a nice place. Picture a sludgy cesspool of a pond the color of molten lead. There are two steel piers leading out over the pond. Hork-Bajir warriors will drag your parents out to the end of one of those piers. They will-
Cassie: Marco!
Marco: They will drag them out to the end of that pier and they will kick their legs out from under them and force their heads down into the sludge. And while they are kicking and screaming and calling for help, a Yeerk slug will swim over and it will squeeze into one ear. And it will flatten itself out and squeeze and burrow and dig its way into their skulls, where it will spread around and into their brains. And the Hork-Bajir will yank them up out of the sludge, and they will start to feel that they cannot control their own arms or legs. Cannot open their own mouths or move their own eyes. The Yeerk will open their memories like a person opening a book. They will be slaves. The most total slaves in all of history because even their own minds won't be theirs anymore. Are you getting the picture?"
David: Are you saying he'll torture them or something?
Marco: Man... Listen to me. By now your parents have been taken to a secret, underground facility called a Yeerk pool. It's not a nice place. Picture a sludgy cesspool of a pond the color of molten lead. There are two steel piers leading out over the pond. Hork-Bajir warriors will drag your parents out to the end of one of those piers. They will-
Cassie: Marco!
Marco: They will drag them out to the end of that pier and they will kick their legs out from under them and force their heads down into the sludge. And while they are kicking and screaming and calling for help, a Yeerk slug will swim over and it will squeeze into one ear. And it will flatten itself out and squeeze and burrow and dig its way into their skulls, where it will spread around and into their brains. And the Hork-Bajir will yank them up out of the sludge, and they will start to feel that they cannot control their own arms or legs. Cannot open their own mouths or move their own eyes. The Yeerk will open their memories like a person opening a book. They will be slaves. The most total slaves in all of history because even their own minds won't be theirs anymore. Are you getting the picture?"
— Animorphs #20: The Discovery
Opal: Haven't you ever heard of tact?
Yong: Tact is for enemies. Family deserves the truth.
Yong: Tact is for enemies. Family deserves the truth.
— DFZ
Shawn Snella: When I grow up, I wanna be a professional basketball player!
Greg Heffley: Think again, Shawn! Neither one of your parents is taller than five-foot-two, and you're the only 200-pound six-year-old I know!
Shawn: (bawling) WAAAH!
Greg: (smugly) I Cannot Tell a Lie.
Greg Heffley: Think again, Shawn! Neither one of your parents is taller than five-foot-two, and you're the only 200-pound six-year-old I know!
Shawn: (bawling) WAAAH!
Greg: (smugly) I Cannot Tell a Lie.
— Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
"When counseling her patients about the wisdom of truth-telling, my colleague Lisa Spiegel uses a simple and effective formula: Ask yourself, is it honest, is it helpful, and is it kind? Truth can also be irrevocably destructive and even aggressive, delivered with sadistic pleasure. On more than one occasion, I’ve seen honesty do more harm than good, leaving me to ask, Can lying sometimes be protective? […] Sometimes silence is caring. Before you unload your guilt onto an unsuspecting partner, consider, whose well-being are you really thinking of? Is your soul-cleansing as selfless as it appears? And what is your partner supposed to do with this information?"
— Esther Perel, The State of Affairs
Live-Action TV
"I just try to be really, really honest with people when I think... that they suck!"
— Santana Lopez, Glee
Giles: Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?
Cordelia: Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
Cordelia: Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
Anya: Everybody's so nice. Nobody says what's on their minds.
Spike: You do. That's why you're the only one of them I wouldn't bite if I had the chance.
Spike: You do. That's why you're the only one of them I wouldn't bite if I had the chance.
Niles: The minute you develop feelings for someone, you get scared and find a way to sabotage things.
Frasier: I'd like to strike you, of course, but you speak the truth.
Frasier: I'd like to strike you, of course, but you speak the truth.
— Frasier
"I tell the truth. It's what I do. It doesn't make me a bad doctor. Everyone walks around this place lying. We tell a patient who's dying that there's hope when there is no hope. Maybe I'm a pig. Maybe I'm an ass. Maybe I'm a vermin like everybody says. But I tell the truth. It's the only thing I got going for me, and you don't get to take that away and call it a lesson. Sir."
— Alex to Dr. Burke, Grey's Anatomy
Barney: What? It was terrible. Oh, come on, you guys agree, right? Hey, sorry, I'm just being honest, 'cause, you know, we're friends.
Lily: Friends make each other feel good, they build each other up and support them. That's what being a good friend is about.
Barney: Yeah, if you're a Smurf.
Lily: Friends make each other feel good, they build each other up and support them. That's what being a good friend is about.
Barney: Yeah, if you're a Smurf.
— How I Met Your Mother, "Stuff"
"Sooner or later, both of us will probably wind up dead. Actually dead this time. I said I'd tell you the truth. Didn't say you'd like it."
— Finch, Person of Interest, "Pilot"
"Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic."
— Karen Walker, Will & Grace
"I'm not here to blow smoke up your ass."
Anansi: You want help? Fine. Let me tell you a story. "Once upon a time, a man got fucked." Now, how is that for a story? 'Cause that's the story of black people in America! [laughs] Shit, you all don't know you're black yet. You think you just people. Let me be the first to tell you that you are all black. The moment these Dutch motherfuckers set foot here and decided they white, and you get to be black, and that's the nice name they call you. Let me paint a picture of what's waiting for you on the shore. You arrive in America, land of opportunity, milk and honey and guess what? You all get to be slaves. Split up, sold off, and worked to death. The lucky ones get Sunday off to sleep and fuck and make more slaves and all for what? For cotton? Indigo? For a fuckin' purple shirt? The only good news is the tobacco your grandkids are gonna farm for free is gonna give a shitload of these white motherfuckers cancer. And I ain't even started yet. A hundred years later. You're fucked. A hundred years after that. Fucked. A hundred years after you get free, you're still getting fucked out a job and shot at by police. You see what I'm saying?
[a slave shakes in rage]
Anansi: This guy gets it. I like him. He's getting angry. Angry is good. Angry... gets... shit... done. You shed tears for Compé Anansi, and here he is telling you, you are staring down the barrel of three hundred years of subjugation, racist bullshit, and heart disease. He is telling you there isn't one goddamn reason you shouldn't go up there right now and slit the throats of every last one of these Dutch motherfuckers and set fire to this ship!
Slave: [in Ghanaian] But the ship will burn. All of us will die.
Anansi: [chuckles] You already dead, asshole. At least die a sacrifice for something worthwhile. Let the motherfucker burn! LET IT ALL BURN!
[a slave shakes in rage]
Anansi: This guy gets it. I like him. He's getting angry. Angry is good. Angry... gets... shit... done. You shed tears for Compé Anansi, and here he is telling you, you are staring down the barrel of three hundred years of subjugation, racist bullshit, and heart disease. He is telling you there isn't one goddamn reason you shouldn't go up there right now and slit the throats of every last one of these Dutch motherfuckers and set fire to this ship!
Slave: [in Ghanaian] But the ship will burn. All of us will die.
Anansi: [chuckles] You already dead, asshole. At least die a sacrifice for something worthwhile. Let the motherfucker burn! LET IT ALL BURN!
"Cynicism is just an unpleasant way of telling the truth."
— Lady Ev, Emerald City
"Oh, you've redecorated! I don't like it."
— The Tenth Doctor regarding the Eleventh's TARDIS, Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor"
Bill: What if you're wrong?!
The Twelfth Doctor: Well, we'll be horribly murdered.
The Twelfth Doctor: Well, we'll be horribly murdered.
— Doctor Who, "Oxygen"
"My thoughts connect instantaneously with my mouth. It's very efficient. Clinically, it's probably unique."
— Herman Judd, Avenue 5
"Can I be real, man? You're being a little bitch right now."
— Father Brah, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The Mandalorian: [to village] Bad news. You can't live here anymore.
Cara: Nice bedside manner.
The Mandalorian: You think you can do better?
Cara: Can't do much worse.
Cara: Nice bedside manner.
The Mandalorian: You think you can do better?
Cara: Can't do much worse.
"Let's start with some tough love, alright? Ready for this, here goes. You two suck at peddling meth, period. So, give up on trying to do it all yourselves. Hell, I'm amazed you got this far."
— Saul Goodman, Breaking Bad, "Mandala"
Video Games
"Wow! This tastes awful!"
— Teddie, upon eating Chie's awful omelette, Persona 4
You have told a truth that cuts deep
— Wounding Truth description, Sunless Sea
King Cailan: Do you come from the Alienage? Tell me, how is it there? My guards all but forbid me going there.
Elven Grey Warden: I killed an arl's son for raping my friend.
King Cailan (utterly shocked): You...what?
Duncan: Your Majesty, I would not have put it so bluntly. There are events in Denerim you should be aware of.
Elven Grey Warden: I killed an arl's son for raping my friend.
King Cailan (utterly shocked): You...what?
Duncan: Your Majesty, I would not have put it so bluntly. There are events in Denerim you should be aware of.
"Harshly spoken, but difficult to deny."
— Mother Giselle, Dragon Age: Inquisition
Kratos: Why did you speak to the dwarf like that?
Atreus: Aren’t you sick of hearing about him and his brother?
Kratos: Of course. But it serves nothing to make an enemy of him.
Atreus: He should know the truth. Even if it hurts.
Kratos: It was needless and unkind.
Atreus: Truth is more important than kindness.
Kratos: Your mother would disagree.
Atreus: She wasn’t a god.
Atreus: Aren’t you sick of hearing about him and his brother?
Kratos: Of course. But it serves nothing to make an enemy of him.
Atreus: He should know the truth. Even if it hurts.
Kratos: It was needless and unkind.
Atreus: Truth is more important than kindness.
Kratos: Your mother would disagree.
Atreus: She wasn’t a god.
Princess of Cannock: "Oh, older brother! Please, take me with you!"
Prince of Cannock: "You're useless."
Princess of Cannock: "What?! Why do you have to be like that all the time!"
Prince of Cannock: "You're useless."
Princess of Cannock: "What?! Why do you have to be like that all the time!"
Lieutenant Hank Anderson: You look human, you sound human, but what are you really?
Connor: I'm a machine, designed to accomplish a task. I know why I exist, and who designed me. I have a reason to live. I guess that's the difference between us, Lieutenant.
Connor: I'm a machine, designed to accomplish a task. I know why I exist, and who designed me. I have a reason to live. I guess that's the difference between us, Lieutenant.
Unlike her best friend, Kamen was far less reserved and much more straightforward, with no qualms about speaking her mind, or any desire to mince her words. Rather than talk about you behind your back, she was the type to tell you straight to your face how she felt about you.
That's why I knew with absolute certainty that she couldn't stand me.
That's why I knew with absolute certainty that she couldn't stand me.
— Raiko's Internal Monologue about Kamen, Shinrai: Broken Beyond Despair
Aquaman: Princess of the Amazons.
Wonder Woman: We can drop the honorifics, Arthur.
Aquaman: That's right. You lost your crown.
Wonder Woman: We can drop the honorifics, Arthur.
Aquaman: That's right. You lost your crown.
Blue Beetle: Lady, I was a big fan.
Wonder Woman: Was a big fan?
Blue Beetle: Yeah... till you went all Regime and stuff.
Wonder Woman: Was a big fan?
Blue Beetle: Yeah... till you went all Regime and stuff.
Gracious, you do not even try to soften the truth. It is almost... admirable.
— Cyrus to Therion, Octopath Traveler
Webcomics
Look, I'm just being honest. That excuses me from empathy or tact, right?
Nerd: Wow, you really suck at [roller-skating].
Goth: Can you at least sugarcoat it a bit?
Goth: Can you at least sugarcoat it a bit?
Almond: I guess EVERYTHING is MY fault, huh?!
Cucumber: Yeah. I guess so. If you hadn't treated this like a game back when we had the change to prevent it, we wouldn't even be here at all, so, yeah. I guess it is your fault.
[later]
Cucumber: You don't have to cheer me up, Nautilus. I know I shouldn't have said that.
Nautilus: Everyone says things they don't mean sometimes.
Cucumber: I did mean it. I just don't think she needed to hear it.
Cucumber: Yeah. I guess so. If you hadn't treated this like a game back when we had the change to prevent it, we wouldn't even be here at all, so, yeah. I guess it is your fault.
[later]
Cucumber: You don't have to cheer me up, Nautilus. I know I shouldn't have said that.
Nautilus: Everyone says things they don't mean sometimes.
Cucumber: I did mean it. I just don't think she needed to hear it.
Elan: Geez, Belkar, I can't believe you said all that to Roy. Don't you think it was a little harsh?
Belkar: Isn't that why you losers keep me around? Hurting people is the only thing I'm good at.
Belkar: Isn't that why you losers keep me around? Hurting people is the only thing I'm good at.
Larisa: I'm together with Landon now.
Sandra: O--kaaay.
Larisa: He's kinda cute and really nice. And since I'm totally out of his league, I'll be able to twist him around my little finger.
[Scene pulls back to reveal that Landon has been sitting next to Larisa the entire time with a love struck expression]
Sandra: You usually don't say stuff like that when the person in question is sitting right next to you.
Larisa: Honesty is the most important thing in a relationship.
Sandra: O--kaaay.
Larisa: He's kinda cute and really nice. And since I'm totally out of his league, I'll be able to twist him around my little finger.
[Scene pulls back to reveal that Landon has been sitting next to Larisa the entire time with a love struck expression]
Sandra: You usually don't say stuff like that when the person in question is sitting right next to you.
Larisa: Honesty is the most important thing in a relationship.
Chad: Hey. Sorry we lost the match. It's my fault — I wasn't strong enough...
Mere: It's okay. We both need to get stronger.
Chad: Well I'm glad you said it, because we staaaank out there.
Mere: It's okay. We both need to get stronger.
Chad: Well I'm glad you said it, because we staaaank out there.
— Swords
Web Original
"Grumpy glum cunt Morrissey is back for another episode of “Yes, Morrissey Hates Life More Than You Do.” Morrissey is flipping off the clouds and slapping the wind while touring the US and to promote his show in Colorado, the British ball of vegan bitterness decided to give his thoughts on the current state of music... Of course, his thoughts on the current state of music are certified bitchy and I love it. Morrissey believes that the mainstream music industry is just a backed-up toilet that keeps spewing out more and more shit. Tell it, Morrissey!"
— Michael K., Dlisted, "Who's Morrissey Hating On Now?"
Western Animation
Alberto: Look, just because you two are being honest now, doesn't mean you have to say everything that pops into your heads.
Timmy and Tommy: We don't?
Alberto: Of course not. Why don't you try telling the truth and being nice at the same time?
— Arthur, "To Tibble the Truth"
"The truth is a lot like sunlight. People used to think it was good for you."
— Nancy Gribble, King of the Hill
Bullock: Let's get something straight form the git-go, I think you're a freak and a menace, and those are your good points. But the Commish says you serve a purpose, so I go along.
Batman: I appreciate your honesty.
Batman: I appreciate your honesty.
— Batman: The Animated Series, "A Bullet For Bullock"
Gwen: We can’t let Ben destroy Kevin! We’ve gotta find a way to cure him!
Max: Ben is right.
Gwen: I know, he— Wait, what!?
Max: You are a Plumber, Gwen. A lot of people are depending on you. You gotta put your feelings aside and do what’s right.
Gwen: This is Kevin we’re talking about!
Max: If you can’t be a professional, then just stay out of the way, and let Ben do what needs to be done.
Gwen: But, Grandpa…
Max: I can’t help you, Gwen.
Max: Ben is right.
Gwen: I know, he— Wait, what!?
Max: You are a Plumber, Gwen. A lot of people are depending on you. You gotta put your feelings aside and do what’s right.
Gwen: This is Kevin we’re talking about!
Max: If you can’t be a professional, then just stay out of the way, and let Ben do what needs to be done.
Gwen: But, Grandpa…
Max: I can’t help you, Gwen.
Johnny's Mouth: Why'd you say that to her?
Johnny's Honest Mouth: Because it's the truth. That's why.
Johnny's Mouth: Yeah, but it hurt her feelings!
Johnny's Honest Mouth: So what should I do, lie like you always do?
Johnny's Mouth: No, but if you don't have anything nice to say, maybe you shouldn't say anything at all even if it's the truth! How about that?!
Johnny's Honest Mouth: Blah, Blah, Blah, not my fault if people can't handle the truth. They'll just have to get over it.
— Johnny Test, "Johnny Two Face"
"Listen, I'm not the nicest guy in the universe, because I'm the smartest, and being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets."
— Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty, "The Wedding Squanchers"
Truth enlightens the mind, but won't always bring happiness to your heart.
— Star Wars: The Clone Wars, opening quote for "The Hidden Enemy"
Jazmine: Every time I lose a tooth, the Tooth Fairy takes it away and leaves a dollar under my pillow.
Huey: There ain't no such thing as the Tooth Fairy.
Jazmine: Then who's leaving the money?
Huey: Probably your parents. They have both the cash and the access to your room.
Jazmine: Why did they lie to me?
Huey: Because the truth hurts, Jazmine. The world is a hard and lonely place, and nobody gets anything for free. And you wanna know what else? One day, you and everyone you know is gonna die.
Huey: There ain't no such thing as the Tooth Fairy.
Jazmine: Then who's leaving the money?
Huey: Probably your parents. They have both the cash and the access to your room.
Jazmine: Why did they lie to me?
Huey: Because the truth hurts, Jazmine. The world is a hard and lonely place, and nobody gets anything for free. And you wanna know what else? One day, you and everyone you know is gonna die.
Principal Willoughby: Oh, dear. Let me explain. Sheen. Amigo. I'm afraid you won't be joining the chorus.
Sheen: WHAT?! You're rejecting me?!
Principal Willoughby: Don't take it personally. We needed an alto and, well...you're a...you're a—
Ms. Fowl: YOU'RE A TERRIBLE SINGER!
Principal Willoughby: Ms. Fowl!
Ms. Fowl: (mouths "What?")
Principal Willoughby: You see, Sheen, your voice. Um, how shall I put this?
Ms. Fowl: YOUR VOICE SCARES SMALL CHILDREN!
Principal Willoughby: Ms. Fowl, please! Look, Sheen, as chorus master, I know talent—
Ms. Fowl: And that's what you have: NO TALENT! (Principal Willoughby gives her a Death Glare and raises his fist) I'm done.
Sheen: WHAT?! You're rejecting me?!
Principal Willoughby: Don't take it personally. We needed an alto and, well...you're a...you're a—
Ms. Fowl: YOU'RE A TERRIBLE SINGER!
Principal Willoughby: Ms. Fowl!
Ms. Fowl: (mouths "What?")
Principal Willoughby: You see, Sheen, your voice. Um, how shall I put this?
Ms. Fowl: YOUR VOICE SCARES SMALL CHILDREN!
Principal Willoughby: Ms. Fowl, please! Look, Sheen, as chorus master, I know talent—
Ms. Fowl: And that's what you have: NO TALENT! (Principal Willoughby gives her a Death Glare and raises his fist) I'm done.
—The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, "Attack of the Twonkies"
Masami's popular and funny, but your friends just like you for your money.
Jamie's rude and impolite because she's half-cow, half-troglodyte.
Carrie thinks her style's unique, but she's just one more emo freak.
Joe, your jokes are lame and lazy, and you sing just like a dog with rabies~!
Jamie's rude and impolite because she's half-cow, half-troglodyte.
Carrie thinks her style's unique, but she's just one more emo freak.
Joe, your jokes are lame and lazy, and you sing just like a dog with rabies~!
— Darwin Watterson, The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Words"
Real Life
"Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit."
— Edward R. Murrow
"All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness."
"The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more."
— Richard Needham
"I never gave anybody hell. I just told the truth and they think it's hell."
"Over on our wall, a look at the storm track, the forecasters today have expanded the area where the storm may hit. See this? Melbourne, Daytona Beach, all the way up to Jacksonville? This moves 20 miles to the west, and you and everyone you know are dead. All of you. Because you can't survive it. It's not possible, unless you're very very lucky. And your kids die too."
— Shep Smith, on Floridans choosing not to evacuate in the wake of Hurricane Matthew
