Supergirl: Cough up that Bizarro Luthor right now, monster... or else I'll cut him out of you.
Bizarro: There am no need for surgery, Supergirl. We will just make another Lex like I made him the first time.
Bizarro: There am no need for surgery, Supergirl. We will just make another Lex like I made him the first time.
Dr. Orpheus: It's all too much, I... I've... what am I going to tell my daughter?
Dr. Venture: Tell her what I tell everybody when this crap happens: the Boys never died.
Dr. Orpheus: But they did! They shed their mortal coil as a snake sheds' his skin.
Dr. Venture: Stop it! They are Hank and Dean, they have all the same memories, same annoying tendencies, same everything. Look, if you have a clumsy child: you make him wear a helmet. If you have death-prone children: you keep a few clones of them in your lab.
Dr. Venture: Tell her what I tell everybody when this crap happens: the Boys never died.
Dr. Orpheus: But they did! They shed their mortal coil as a snake sheds' his skin.
Dr. Venture: Stop it! They are Hank and Dean, they have all the same memories, same annoying tendencies, same everything. Look, if you have a clumsy child: you make him wear a helmet. If you have death-prone children: you keep a few clones of them in your lab.
Ruby: Ugh, why'd you do that? I have to get you back up there!
Sapphire: They were gonna break you.
Ruby: Who cares? There's tons of me!
Sapphire: They were gonna break you.
Ruby: Who cares? There's tons of me!
This is what had been to be Rei Ayanami.
You were a clone, a disposable thing created to fulfill a single purpose by Commander Ikari.
There was no question about this. Despite his somewhat impulsive actions to save her from the disaster when Unit Zero had been activated for the first time, he had not hesitated in ordering her to 'do it again' while crippled and in great pain when the Third Angel had shown up. No matter what affection he may or may not have for her, it was clear that ultimately she was replaceable.
You were a clone, a disposable thing created to fulfill a single purpose by Commander Ikari.
There was no question about this. Despite his somewhat impulsive actions to save her from the disaster when Unit Zero had been activated for the first time, he had not hesitated in ordering her to 'do it again' while crippled and in great pain when the Third Angel had shown up. No matter what affection he may or may not have for her, it was clear that ultimately she was replaceable.
Servo: So what happens if your clone is a hard-drinking, hard-living clone?
Crow: Sorry, we need your liver to keep your clone alive!
Crow: Sorry, we need your liver to keep your clone alive!
"I am not human. This body and mind are constructs. Yes, as is this sorrow."
— Limstella upon dying, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
"That monster's eating our soldiers faster than we can clone them."
At the last instant, the Duncan had tried to throw the explosive to one side, but the material in it had been unstable and it had gone off too soon. The Duncan had died. Ahh, well — the Tleilaxu always had another in their axlotl tanks.
Eddie: Pardon me, but am I the only one who's slightly put out that a crewmate just got blasted to smithereens? All over us?
Father Lewis: Oh, come on, Doctor. Look on the bright side: at least he got the door open.
Eddie: He was a living person, Lewis. A human being.
Father Lewis: Oh, don't you think the sobriquet "human being" is overstating it just a little? He was just a drone. We'll grow another one. Isn't that right, Jebediah?
Jebediah Styx: Father, sir, we're already on it, Father, sir. He's in the tube as we speak.
Father Lewis: Oh, come on, Doctor. Look on the bright side: at least he got the door open.
Eddie: He was a living person, Lewis. A human being.
Father Lewis: Oh, don't you think the sobriquet "human being" is overstating it just a little? He was just a drone. We'll grow another one. Isn't that right, Jebediah?
Jebediah Styx: Father, sir, we're already on it, Father, sir. He's in the tube as we speak.
— Colony
"Another one... hmph, a minor setback, no matter. After all... it's not like we have a shortage."
Mauler Twin 1: Kill that one and move on! Your eye is as replaceable as you are.
Mauler Twin 2: I am the original!
Mauler Twin 2: I am the original!
"I'd say I'll miss you, brother. But I can always make another one."
— Mauler Twin 1 to Mauler Twin 2, Invincible (2021)
"Well, uh, Dr. Havoc, as you know, all the henchmen are clones! Given that we go through so many of them, we could never afford actual soldiers!"
— Professor Von Duct, Dr. Havoc's Diary ("The Henchman Handbook")
Emperor Belos: I say "the Titan has big plans for you," and he does what he's told, unlike the previous attempts.
The Collector: I'm starting to think you make those things just to destroy them. You have fun with it. Admit it! [chuckles]
Emperor Belos: Of course I don't, Collector. It hurts every time he chooses to betray me.
The Collector: I'm starting to think you make those things just to destroy them. You have fun with it. Admit it! [chuckles]
Emperor Belos: Of course I don't, Collector. It hurts every time he chooses to betray me.
— The Owl House, "Hollow Mind"
Sergeant Sinker: We're just clones, Sir. We're meant to be expendable.
Plo Koon: Not to me.
Plo Koon: Not to me.
Obi-Wan: Okay, when we get to Utapau, I'll go in to scout the situation.
Clone Trooper: Yes sir! Although, we could go in early and see if it's a trap.
Obi-Wan: That's...very nice of you. But don’t worry. I'm sure it's a trap.
Clone Trooper: We could go in first and trigger the trap.
Obi-Wan: You guys need a union.
Clone Trooper: Yes sir! Although, we could go in early and see if it's a trap.
Obi-Wan: That's...very nice of you. But don’t worry. I'm sure it's a trap.
Clone Trooper: We could go in first and trigger the trap.
Obi-Wan: You guys need a union.
Does your villain hate mistakes? Well gee, it sure would be terrible if the same mistake kept getting made over and over again because they replace their workforce on a near-weekly basis and no one actually remembers how they made that mistake so they know not to make it again because they kill whoever makes that mistake.
— ganymedesclock
lampshading the inherent problems with replaceable clones.
lampshading the inherent problems with replaceable clones.