Quotes / Create Your Own Villain

I...? I... am a monument... to all your sins.

—The Gravemind, Halo

"How dare you criticize your own creation? We're here because of you. All of the Shadow Dragons were born because you misused the Dragon Balls, remember? It all started with you. Your world is crumbling because of your actions. You were warned about the overuse, but you didn't listen. This is all your fault."

—Syn Shenron, Dragon Ball GT

Batman: You made your choice a long time ago, Joker.
Joker: NO! You did this to me! And you condemned me to that asylum, like some bastard child that you refused to take responsibility for! That's why you'll never kill me, Bats. You made me... Daddy!

—Batman: Dead End

"I cannot rest while he sits on the throne. He is a monster of our own making."

—T'Challa on Killmonger, Black Panther (2018)

Why, I esteem the injury far less,
To take the lives of miserable men
Than be the causers of their misery.

— Barabas, The Jew of Malta

"We create our own demons."

—Tony Stark, Iron Man 3

When he took his seat, Catiline, prepared as he was to deny everything, with downcast eyes and pleading accents began to beg the Fathers of the Senate not to believe any unfounded charge against him; he was sprung from such a family, he said, and had so ordered his life from youth up, that he had none save the best of prospects. They must not suppose that he, a patrician, who like his forefathers had rendered great service to the Roman people, would be benefited by the overthrow of the government, while its saviour was Marcus Tullius, a resident alien in the city of Rome. When he would have added other insults, he was shouted down by the whole body, who called him traitor and assassin. Then in a transport of fury he cried: "Since I am brought to bay by my enemies and driven desperate, I will put out my fire by general devastation."

— The War With Catiline

"It was the stupidest thing this country ever did. He was no more a Communist than I was, and we forced him to go."

— Under Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball on Qian Xuesen, the "Father of Chinese Rocketry"

Thomas Calvert: You're not a killer.
Skitter: No... But I suppose, in a roundabout way, you made me into one.

—Worm

"You're supposed to lock up the criminals, not create them."

— Peter Collier to a government agent shortly before joining Vigilance, Person of Interest, "A House Divided"

You did this to me! All of my life! YOU! MADE! ME! ONE! TWO!! THREE!!! FOUR!!!!

— The Master to Rassilon, Doctor Who, "The End of Time"

You cleaved me in two. Any other orc would have died, but I survived. More than that, I thrived. My brothers put me back together, stronger than ever, but they didn't make me into what I am. You did. You created The Machine.

— Any Uruk captain with the Machine title, Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Gumball: Darn it! Sorry man, all of the personalities are taken.
Darwin: *Gasp!* What about a bad one?
Gumball: Yeah, there's no bad guy here! You could be our mortal enemy!
Darwin: You could be like the worst guy the world has ever made!

— The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Nobody"

"This "Joker". From the start, John has hung on your every word. Bent over backwards to please you. Your influence is everywhere in him. Even the part of you that is darkest. And now he is that."

— Alfred Pennyworth, Batman: The Telltale Series

Tsukauchi: I can’t believe that Mastermind is a kid. Seriously, what drives a teenager to kill hundreds of people?
Nedzu: I’m sure it wasn’t just one thing. It was most likely a variety of little failings that all added up until he just couldn’t take it anymore. But it does raise a very uncomfortable question.
Tsukauchi: Oh? And what’s that?
Nedzu: Are we responsible for creating the very villain that will destroy us?

—- Mastermind: Strategist for Hire

Terry: You think [Derek Powers] was born this way?
Bruce: You remember when Powers was exposed to nerve gas?
Terry: Of course I remember. I threw it.
Bruce: Powers would've been treated with radiation. That, combined with the gas, may have mutated him into this.
Terry: You mean... I made him that?
Bruce: You may have, in part.
Terry: Good. (Bruce glares at him) Hey, this guy had my father murdered and all he's done since is hide from the law! No more hiding for Mr. Derek Powers, now everyone can see what he is. Even in the dark.

— Batman Beyond, "Ascension"

"If I hadn't made him into Robin, he would have grown to do wrong. Then I got him killed. My partner. My soldier. My fault. I own that. I'll carry that like everything else. But now there's this. He's taken everything I've ever taught him and turned it on me. It's a hell of my own making, Alfred."

—Batman on Jason Todd, Batman: Under the Red Hood

I am the monster you created
You ripped out all my parts
And worst of all, for me to live, I gotta kill the part of me that saw
That I needed you more.

— Lyrics from "What Could Have Been", Arcane, "The Monster You Created"

Syndrome: It tore me apart. But I learned a valuable lesson that day. Never trust anyone, especially your heroes!
Mr. Incredible: I was wrong to treat you that way! I-I'm sorry!
Syndrome: See? Now you respect me. Because I'm a threat.

—The Incredibles

"You make a lot of sworn enemies, but when you rack up enough of them, you have to wonder if you might be part of the problem."

— Scrooge McDuck, DuckTales (2017), The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!

Obi-Wan Kenobi: What have you become?
Darth Vader: I am what you made me.

— Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Obi-Wan Kenobi — Part III"

"My Lord of Risingham, hear me, in justice. I am here in this man's custody by mere force, reft from mine own people. Since that day I had never pity, countenance, nor comfort from the face of man—but from him only—Richard Shelton—whom they now accuse and labour to undo. My lord, if he was yesternight in Sir Daniel's mansion, it was I that brought him there; he came but at my prayer, and thought to do no hurt. While yet Sir Daniel was a good lord to him, he fought with them of the Black Arrow loyally; but when his foul guardian sought his life by practices, and he fled by night, for his soul's sake, out of that bloody house, whither was he to turn—he, helpless and penniless? Or if he be fallen among ill company, whom should ye blame—the lad that was unjustly handled, or the guardian that did abuse his trust?"

— Joanna Sedley, The Black Arrow

The Spot: I worked at Alchemax. I ran a test on this collider that brought a spider here from another dimension. It escaped and it bit you. My spider made you Spider-Man!
Miles: What...?
The Spot: You ran through the cafeteria. YOU HIT ME WITH A BAGEL!
Miles: I hit a lot of different villains with a lot of different food.
The Spot: You make your flippy, little sassy jokes, and everyone loves them… but no one knows what it feels like... to be on the other side of 'em.
Miles: I'm just trying to lighten the mood.
The Spot: I created you, you created me.
Jefferson: Spider-Man, why'd you create that guy?
Miles: I didn't! He's talking crazy!
The Spot: I was in this collider room when you BLEW IT UP! 'Cause of you... I lost my job, my life, MY FACE! My family won't even look at me! I made you into a hero. You made me into this! LOOK AT ME! YOU DID THIS TO ME! LOOK AT ME! I'LL MAKE YOU RESPECT ME!

— Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

"I gotta admit something to you right now: The man Roman Reigns is is partially my fault. Nearly 12 years ago we came down those stairs in tactical vests. We were brothers forged from the same fire. I taught him everything I know, I'm partially responsible for the man that he is, but I could never imagine the monster he has become."

— Seth Rollins, to Cody Rhodes, WWE Raw

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