"This was not done by blaculas, but I'm not willing to rule out Caucasian vampires."
— Jefferson Twilight, Blacula Hunter, The Venture Brothers
The Spy: Haw Haw! What are you going to do, run five miles away and shoot me?
The Sniper: Ye- No... (How did he know?)
"An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less."
— Nicholas Murray Butler
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
"Let no way be my way."
"I built a comp-sci major and the game locked me in a room with a robo-bully and his fully automatic arm cannon."
— Penny Arcade, on the boss battles in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
"He who is skilled with a hammer thinks everything is a nail."
— Abraham Maslow
Jeremy Clarkson: Unlike James', mine is white. It's also absolutely excellent. The tiller on the front is used for mine-clearance, but it can also be used for pulling down houses... in my mind. [looks away] What?
[...]
Richard Hammond: It's a bit focused on one thing, isn't it? Mine clearance. That's what it is: a mine clearing machine.
Jeremy: Yes.
Richard: But we're not clearing mines, we're knocking a house down. You've focused on one thing, and we're not doing that thing.
James May: It's a very specialized piece of equipment, this.
Jeremy: Incredibly specialized. The cab is on hydraulic rams. It senses your weight and raises it to the correct height so if there is a blast underneath, you're cushioned from that blast.
Richard: Again. Amazing, but it won't be. Because we're not clearing a minefield, we're knocking houses down.
Jeremy: You wait.
— Top Gear note
"You should not have a favorite weapon. To become over−familiar with one weapon is as much a fault as not knowing it sufficiently well."
— Miyamoto Musashi, The Book Of Five Rings
Disgust: Riley is acting so weird. Why is she acting so weird?
Anger: What do you expect? All the islands are down!
Disgust: Joy would know what to do.
Fear: That's it! Until she gets back, we just do what Joy would do!
Disgust: Great idea! Anger, Fear, Disgust... how are we supposed to be happy!? Hmm?
Jill: Hey, Riley, I've got good news! I found a junior hockey league right here in San Francisco, and get this: tryouts are tomorrow after school. What luck, right?
Anger: Hockey?
Disgust: Uh-oh, what do we do?
Fear: Guys... uh... [stammers incoherently] Here! [shoves Disgust to the controls] You-you pretend to be Joy!
Jill: Won't it be great to be back out on the ice?
Riley: [Disgust presses a button, resulting in a sarcastic response] Oh, yeah. That sounds fantastic.
Fear: What was THAT!? That wasn't anything like Joy!
Disgust: Uh, because I'm not Joy?
Fear: Yeah! No kidding!
Anger: What do you expect? All the islands are down!
Disgust: Joy would know what to do.
Fear: That's it! Until she gets back, we just do what Joy would do!
Disgust: Great idea! Anger, Fear, Disgust... how are we supposed to be happy!? Hmm?
Jill: Hey, Riley, I've got good news! I found a junior hockey league right here in San Francisco, and get this: tryouts are tomorrow after school. What luck, right?
Anger: Hockey?
Disgust: Uh-oh, what do we do?
Fear: Guys... uh... [stammers incoherently] Here! [shoves Disgust to the controls] You-you pretend to be Joy!
Jill: Won't it be great to be back out on the ice?
Riley: [Disgust presses a button, resulting in a sarcastic response] Oh, yeah. That sounds fantastic.
Fear: What was THAT!? That wasn't anything like Joy!
Disgust: Uh, because I'm not Joy?
Fear: Yeah! No kidding!
Shaolin Abbot: What is the highest technique you hope to achieve?
Lee: To have no technique.
"Why the fuck would anyone specialize in shotguns when a shotgun is a situational weapon? What are you gonna do if there's an enemy more than ten feet away, throw your shoes at him?"
"For years I have railed against the use and manufacture of what I call "unitaskers" in the kitchen — that is, devices that are basically created for one job and one job only. You buy these items, you use them, and then they simply pile up until you have to tear down your house and build another one."
—Alton Brown reviews Amazon's dumbest kitchen gadgets
"I wouldn't last five minutes out of the library ecosystem. It would be like one of those deep-sea fish that explode when you bring them to the surface."
—Claire on her academic interests, Questionable Content
, Questionable Content"This is absurd! I am making the best use of my spell resources as I am able, but how in the infinite planes of existence am I supposed to be capable of defeating a wizard who has tailored not just his daily spells but his very build specifically to defeat... me."
—Vaarsuvius, on hir opponent Zz'dtri, The Order of the Stick
, The Order of the StickEggman: Did I beat you too sufficiently before and knock the memory of your defeat out of your head? This battle armor was specifically designed to out-perform you at every level! It is impossible for you to overcome me!
Sonic: [smirks] Yeah, I figured as such. Which means you've got nothing against these guys!
Sally: Freedom Fighters! Chaotix! Attack!
[the combined forces of the Freedom Fighters and Team Chaotix easily and utterly dismantle the Egg Beater, sending Eggman packing]
Sonic: [smirks] Yeah, I figured as such. Which means you've got nothing against these guys!
Sally: Freedom Fighters! Chaotix! Attack!
[the combined forces of the Freedom Fighters and Team Chaotix easily and utterly dismantle the Egg Beater, sending Eggman packing]
This is Agent Mother. She's strong, but bad at everything else.
—Anya, on her adopted mother, Yor, SPY×FAMILY
One day you find out there is a rat man inside the basement and you call the cops,
But the cops don't take it seriously, so you call the Ghostbusters instead!
The Ghostbusters are ill-equipped
They only have ghost-busting weapons
But they should have brought... a shotgun!
But I have a gun, so I kill them instead!
Oh no! It's murder!
But the cops don't take it seriously, so you call the Ghostbusters instead!
The Ghostbusters are ill-equipped
They only have ghost-busting weapons
But they should have brought... a shotgun!
But I have a gun, so I kill them instead!
Oh no! It's murder!
—Ghost Buster.mp3, Super Ghostbusters
When the 2018 season rolled around, so did a brand new Bombshell. The robot had undergone a significant redesign, removing its modularity in favor of an enormous chunk of sloping armor on its front meant to do one thing and one thing only: finally beat Tombstone.
Unfortunately, it turns out that a robot designed to beat one specific robot and only that robot is laughably ineffective against any other robot. [...] [Bombshell] ended its guaranteed four fights with zero wins and four losses, almost all of them achieved in under two minutes, and many involving quite a bit of smoke or outright fire erupting from Bombshell for seemingly no reason.
Unfortunately, it turns out that a robot designed to beat one specific robot and only that robot is laughably ineffective against any other robot. [...] [Bombshell] ended its guaranteed four fights with zero wins and four losses, almost all of them achieved in under two minutes, and many involving quite a bit of smoke or outright fire erupting from Bombshell for seemingly no reason.
— BananaVenom recounts Bombshell's 2018 appearance on BattleBots
Bombshell's 2018 appearance on BattleBotsKenshi: Look at me, Cage. I'm useless.
Dunkey: Hey, you're not useless, okay? You're just extremely situational.
Dunkey: Hey, you're not useless, okay? You're just extremely situational.
Dr. Gordon is a specialist. You know, he's making money on his specialty. He's not a thinker. I mean, the man has his hand on the doorknob half the time that I'm there.
—John Kramer, Saw VI
