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Adult Jean: How do you think I got ready?! How do you think I became me?!
Teen Jean: I don't want to be you! Why would anybody ever want to be you?!
Teen Jean: I don't want to be you! Why would anybody ever want to be you?!
— Jean Grey #8
Comic Strips
6-year-old Miles: Don't you have any dignity? You can't even go trick-or-treating without losing all our candy. I can't believe I grew up to be such a baby.
Present Miles: I can't believe I'm being bullied by myself.
6-year-old Miles: And stand up straight, for gosh sake!
Present Miles: I can't believe I'm being bullied by myself.
6-year-old Miles: And stand up straight, for gosh sake!
Film — Animated
Just out of curiosity, did you become a wimp overnight, or was it a gradual process?
— Present Dexter to Young Adult Dexter, Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip
Live-Action TV
War Doctor: Really?
Eleventh Doctor: Yeah.
Tenth Doctor: Really.
War Doctor: You're me? Both of you?
Tenth Doctor: Yep.
War Doctor: (indicating Eleven) Even that one?
Eleventh Doctor: (offended) Yes!
War Doctor: You're my future selves?
Ten and Eleven: (annoyed) YES!
War Doctor: Am I having a mid-life crisis?
Eleventh Doctor: Yeah.
Tenth Doctor: Really.
War Doctor: You're me? Both of you?
Tenth Doctor: Yep.
War Doctor: (indicating Eleven) Even that one?
Eleventh Doctor: (offended) Yes!
War Doctor: You're my future selves?
Ten and Eleven: (annoyed) YES!
War Doctor: Am I having a mid-life crisis?
— Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor"
Tenth Doctor: For once, I would like to know where I'm going.
Eleventh Doctor: No, you really wouldn't!
Eleventh Doctor: No, you really wouldn't!
— Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor"
First Doctor: Who the hell do you think you are?
Twelfth Doctor: (strikes a pose) The Doctor!
First Doctor: I am the Doctor. Who you are, I cannot begin to imagine...
Testimony: Then let us show you, Doctor. See who you will become.
Twelfth Doctor: No - n-n-no, that's - that's not a good idea...
Testimony: (sounds and images of the Doctor’s adventures swirl through the room) The Doctor has walked in blood through all of time and space. The Doctor has many names: the Imp of the Pandorica, the Shadow of the Valeyard, the Beast of Trenzalore, the Butcher of Skull Moon, the Last Tree of Garsennon, the Destroyer of Skaro. He is the Doctor... of War! (images disappear in a thunderclap)
First Doctor: (horrified silence) Wh... what was that?
Twelfth Doctor: To be fair, they cut out all the jokes!
Twelfth Doctor: (strikes a pose) The Doctor!
First Doctor: I am the Doctor. Who you are, I cannot begin to imagine...
Testimony: Then let us show you, Doctor. See who you will become.
Twelfth Doctor: No - n-n-no, that's - that's not a good idea...
Testimony: (sounds and images of the Doctor’s adventures swirl through the room) The Doctor has walked in blood through all of time and space. The Doctor has many names: the Imp of the Pandorica, the Shadow of the Valeyard, the Beast of Trenzalore, the Butcher of Skull Moon, the Last Tree of Garsennon, the Destroyer of Skaro. He is the Doctor... of War! (images disappear in a thunderclap)
First Doctor: (horrified silence) Wh... what was that?
Twelfth Doctor: To be fair, they cut out all the jokes!
— Doctor Who, "Twice Upon a Time"
Hiro: I look upset.
Ando: Go talk to yourself.
Hiro: No way! I scare me; you do it.
Ando: Go talk to yourself.
Hiro: No way! I scare me; you do it.
— Heroes, "Five Years Gone"
Captain Picard: You still convinced he's me?
Counselor Troi: Yes, but you're not convinced.
Captain Picard: Not in the slightest. Except for his features, there is nothing about him that I find familiar!
Counselor Troi: Yes, but you're not convinced.
Captain Picard: Not in the slightest. Except for his features, there is nothing about him that I find familiar!
— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Time Squared"
Admiral Janeway: I didn't spend the last ten years looking for a way to get this crew home earlier so you could throw it all away on some intergalactic goodwill mission.
Captain Janeway: Maybe we should go back to sickbay.
Admiral Janeway: Why, so you can have me sedated?
Captain Janeway: So I can have the Doctor reconfirm your identity. I refuse to believe I'll ever become as cynical as you.
Captain Janeway: Maybe we should go back to sickbay.
Admiral Janeway: Why, so you can have me sedated?
Captain Janeway: So I can have the Doctor reconfirm your identity. I refuse to believe I'll ever become as cynical as you.
— Star Trek: Voyager, "Endgame"
Radio
From what I've heard he was always blowing up planets. And they call me the aggressive one!
— The Sixth Doctor on The Seventh Doctor, Big Finish Doctor Who, "100 Days of the Doctor"
Video Games
Wow, will I really get that crazy?
Past Jax: Hang back, kid. I know I wouldn’t want to fight my Dad. How ‘bout we keep this between me, myself, and I? Never thought I'd stoop so low.
Present Jax: You don't know how bad it gets! Losing your arms was just the beginning.
Past Jax: I know you suffered. You still do. But you don't betray your unit, and you sure as hell don't betray your family!
Present Jax: You don't know how bad it gets! Losing your arms was just the beginning.
Past Jax: I know you suffered. You still do. But you don't betray your unit, and you sure as hell don't betray your family!
Anakin Skywalker: There's something... wrong about you...
Darth Vader: How unfortunate.
Anakin Skywalker: This is some Sith trick! It has to be!
Darth Vader: Your destiny is here.
Anakin Skywalker: I will not give in to you! Ever!
Darth Vader: There is no escape.
Anakin Skywalker: No... No, no, NO, NO!!!
Darth Vader: Only one fate awaits you. You cannot stop me.
Darth Vader: How unfortunate.
Anakin Skywalker: This is some Sith trick! It has to be!
Darth Vader: Your destiny is here.
Anakin Skywalker: I will not give in to you! Ever!
Darth Vader: There is no escape.
Anakin Skywalker: No... No, no, NO, NO!!!
Darth Vader: Only one fate awaits you. You cannot stop me.
— Cross-era versus banter in Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)
Web Animation
[Mega Man] also defeated his alternate future self twice! How does that even make any sense? "Screw you future! You can't make me wait for me to get there!"
— Boomstick analyzing Mega Man, DEATH BATTLE!
Webcomics
Web Original
The original idea for the book, which gets lost a bit, is that there's a planet at war, the Doctor and his companions land, decide who the good guys are and helps them overthrow the evil monsters. Then, on the other side of the planet, another Doctor lands and decides that the other faction are the good guys. So the Doctor ends up fighting a war with himself. The seventh Doctor was the one who’d see the bigger picture, the fifth Doctor was the most empathic, so they were natural opponents, I think.
— Lance Parkin
on his Doctor Who Missing Adventures novel Cold Fusion
on his Doctor Who Missing Adventures novel Cold FusionThere was a point in Looper where I thought I was going to love it, rather than merely just like a lot. When JGL sits down with his older self, he reacts like we all would; with horror and contempt. It's human nature to fear what you'll become; the first wrinkle, the retreat of the hairline, the droop of the breast; few of us could meet that face to face across a table without turning away. Likewise, Bruce Willis, when confronted by his younger self, sees a dumb prick too stupid to appreciate his youth, with nothing in his immediate future but a bunch of mistakes. Put in the same position with the me from my teenage years, I'm sure I'd find myself reaching across, grabbing a handful of purple hair, and slapping myself right out of my Korn t-shirt.
Oh man! I'm going to look like CRAP!
— Mario, Glove and Boots
I gotta remind myself not to turn into that guy when i grow up
— Past Godzilla about his present self, Monster Island Buddies
Western Animation
He may know how all your aliens fight, but does he know what Ben Tennyson can do? I just hope after all this time, YOU haven't forgotten, too!
— Ben to his future self, Ben 10
You just don't get it. I'm still here! I still exist! That means you still turn into me.
— Dark Danny, Danny Phantom, "The Ultimate Enemy"
Demona: I do not wish to hurt you.
Past! Demona: And I do not wish to be you!
Past! Demona: And I do not wish to be you!
— Gargoyles, "Vows"
