"I'm a courier. Courier Six. Was Courier Six. Like you — and not like you, in all the ways that matter."
— Ulysses, Fallout: New Vegas
Eleanor: You know, when I first met you, I thought, "Well there's a chick I understand." Lone wolf, totally independent, knows what she wants...
Mindy: Cocaine and self-pleasure.
Eleanor: Right. But I actually think you're a version of me if I never met my friends. You're like the worst case scenario of what I could've become. No offense.
Mindy: None taken. Look, the thing is Eleanor, I am fine with where I am.
Eleanor: See, I don't think you are. Or at least, you could be better. If we're cut from the same cloth, then trust me, there's greater happiness waiting for you if you form bonds with other people, and I think you know that.
Mindy: Cocaine and self-pleasure.
Eleanor: Right. But I actually think you're a version of me if I never met my friends. You're like the worst case scenario of what I could've become. No offense.
Mindy: None taken. Look, the thing is Eleanor, I am fine with where I am.
Eleanor: See, I don't think you are. Or at least, you could be better. If we're cut from the same cloth, then trust me, there's greater happiness waiting for you if you form bonds with other people, and I think you know that.
— The Good Place, "Whenever You're Ready"
"You use a scalpel. I prefer a hammer."
— CIA Director Erica Sloane, comparing Ethan Hunt and her agent August Walker, Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Thog: thog excited to be part of ultimate fight between opposites!
Roy: [as they fight] I am so sick of hearing about "evil opposites" from you people! You're not my opposite, Thog! You're just different from me! Two things need to be almost the same except for one or two factors to be opposites! You might as well say that Nale and I are opposites: Good leader, bad leader! Or Sabine! She's an evil female, I'm a good male. Opposites!
Thog: good point, thog never thought of that.
Roy: NO! IT's not a good point! You're nothing special, Thog! You're not my equal and opposite. I've beaten plenty of cruel and stupid goons in my time, and I'll beat down many more when I'm done with you. We have nothing in common! NOTHING!
[his final blow triggers a Meaningful Echo from Thog of a much earlier line of Roy's]
Roy: [as they fight] I am so sick of hearing about "evil opposites" from you people! You're not my opposite, Thog! You're just different from me! Two things need to be almost the same except for one or two factors to be opposites! You might as well say that Nale and I are opposites: Good leader, bad leader! Or Sabine! She's an evil female, I'm a good male. Opposites!
Thog: good point, thog never thought of that.
Roy: NO! IT's not a good point! You're nothing special, Thog! You're not my equal and opposite. I've beaten plenty of cruel and stupid goons in my time, and I'll beat down many more when I'm done with you. We have nothing in common! NOTHING!
[his final blow triggers a Meaningful Echo from Thog of a much earlier line of Roy's]
Rev-9: You and I were built for the same purpose. Legion's the only future.
T-800 / "Carl": I came from a future like that. It failed.
T-800 / "Carl": I came from a future like that. It failed.
"Oh, Captain, you truly amuse me. Look at us. Thesis and antithesis. Each of us was no more than a symbol, Captain. A symbol our governments created to spur on the ones who fought for them. Did you know there were fiction magazines devoted to my exploits in the Fatherland, Captain? Not unlike your cheap pamphlets of colored paper over here, fictionalizing your battles. The Red Skull was their hero, Captain. He was the fearsome foe of the enemies of the Reich, the upholder of truth, justice, and the Aryan way, the only one strong enough to stand against the damnable traitor, Hauptmann Amerika, who slaughtered the flower of Deutschland's youth! That was what I was, Captain America. That is what I am. I am no less a hero than you."
— Red Skull, FIRE! (DarkMark)
Walhart: First I must know how you defeated me. I have never lacked for strength.
Chrom: No, you're far stronger than me. Even now I think that's true. ...But you stand alone. My own strength is but a fraction of the strength I wield. My allies hone and temper me. They boost my morale and guide my actions.
Walhart: You tread the path of kings.
Chrom: What?
Walhart: You rule by winning hearts. ...I rule by winning battles. We are opposites, you and I. I cannot change. I tread the path of the conqueror, and conquerors walk alone. However, I am curious to see just how far your kingly path can lead you...
[...]
Chrom: You know, honestly I'm a bit jealous of Walhart. He stands for strength above all things. He has no regrets, no doubts. He's a juggernaut that charges forward and mows down whatever gets in his way. I'm...not like that. My steps are often plagued with question and worry.
Frederick: Perhaps such emotions are part and parcel of your path, milord. Not obstacles to it.
Chrom: How do you mean?
Frederick: The doubtless man's path is straight, but not always true. A juggernaut does not pause to correct trajectory. It merely presses on. But by stopping, doubting, and occasionally doubling back, you keep a truer course. I could not serve a conqueror, milord. And I pray you not think prudence a flaw.
Chrom: No, you're far stronger than me. Even now I think that's true. ...But you stand alone. My own strength is but a fraction of the strength I wield. My allies hone and temper me. They boost my morale and guide my actions.
Walhart: You tread the path of kings.
Chrom: What?
Walhart: You rule by winning hearts. ...I rule by winning battles. We are opposites, you and I. I cannot change. I tread the path of the conqueror, and conquerors walk alone. However, I am curious to see just how far your kingly path can lead you...
[...]
Chrom: You know, honestly I'm a bit jealous of Walhart. He stands for strength above all things. He has no regrets, no doubts. He's a juggernaut that charges forward and mows down whatever gets in his way. I'm...not like that. My steps are often plagued with question and worry.
Frederick: Perhaps such emotions are part and parcel of your path, milord. Not obstacles to it.
Chrom: How do you mean?
Frederick: The doubtless man's path is straight, but not always true. A juggernaut does not pause to correct trajectory. It merely presses on. But by stopping, doubting, and occasionally doubling back, you keep a truer course. I could not serve a conqueror, milord. And I pray you not think prudence a flaw.
"ACE WAS NICE TO YOU. WHAT MADE YOU THINK I WOULD BE? HAHA."
— RetroSpecter, mocking your defeat, Friday Night Funkin' Vs. RetroSpecter
Zoey: From what I can see, Ash and Paul couldn't be more different if they tried.
Brock: Which is exactly why the two of them couldn't ignore each other if they tried.
Brock: Which is exactly why the two of them couldn't ignore each other if they tried.
— Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, "A Pyramiding Rage!"
