"It's weird... I almost got killed on tonight's mission. But when I went down...memories of this room flashed through my mind...and I heard your Anthem. It gave me the strength to keep fighting."
— Gunvolt to Joule, Azure Striker Gunvolt
Many fall in the face of chaos... but not this one! Not today!
—The Ancestor, Darkest Dungeon, on a hero becoming Stalwart
You would presume to break I who bested death?!
—The Plague Doctor upon becoming Resolute, Darkest Dungeon II
Bogey: Get up, Radd. You will win.
Radd: But...He's like a thousand times more powerful than me.
Bogey: Only temporarily. Quick, pick an epiphany.
Radd: Pick a what?
Bogey: Epiphany. After the hero gets his ass kicked, he or she has a defining moment, which somehow makes him a bajillion times stronger.
Radd: But...He's like a thousand times more powerful than me.
Bogey: Only temporarily. Quick, pick an epiphany.
Radd: Pick a what?
Bogey: Epiphany. After the hero gets his ass kicked, he or she has a defining moment, which somehow makes him a bajillion times stronger.
— Kid Radd
Scar: Here's my little secret: I killed Mufasa.
(Simba, flashing back to the day that his father was killed, immediately jumps on top of Scar, paws pressed to the older lion's throat.)
Simba: MURDERER!!!
Scar: No, Simba, please!
Simba: Tell them the truth.
Scar: Truth? But truth is in the eye of the behold—
(Simba presses his paws into Scar's neck, cutting off his air.)
Scar: (choking) All right... all right! (whispers) I did it.
Simba: So they can hear you...
Scar: (roaring) I KILLED MUFASA!!!!!!
(Simba, flashing back to the day that his father was killed, immediately jumps on top of Scar, paws pressed to the older lion's throat.)
Simba: MURDERER!!!
Scar: No, Simba, please!
Simba: Tell them the truth.
Scar: Truth? But truth is in the eye of the behold—
(Simba presses his paws into Scar's neck, cutting off his air.)
Scar: (choking) All right... all right! (whispers) I did it.
Simba: So they can hear you...
Scar: (roaring) I KILLED MUFASA!!!!!!
"But even as hope died in Sam, or seemed to die, it was turned to new strength. Sam's plain hobbit-face grew stern, almost grim, as the will hardened in him, and he felt though all his limbs a thrill, as if he was turning into some creature of stone and steel that neither despair nor weariness nor endless barren miles could subdue."
"Hello! My Name Is Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die."
— Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride, right after getting stabbed (three times), then standing back up.
"Is something wrong, Goshinki? I thought that you could read my mind."
"You didn't let me die, Ollie. You fought to save me. Because that's what you do, what you have always done: you fight to survive. I know I called you a murderer, but you are not. You are a hero. You beat the island, you beat my father. So fight, Oliver. Get up, and fight. Back."
— Arrow, right after Oliver gets tossed around by a enhanced soldier.
"It's one of those super hero tropes, right? The villain gets the better for a bit, knocks you around some because she's the one willing to break all the rules. But you stand your ground. Figure out a way to regroup and come away the winner. Though I'm beginning to think that tide-turning bit is a lot harder when working solo."
— Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman (2014) #8
I don't know. I can't say for sure. I was too near death myself. But... something was definitely there. Something, or someone, who gave me just what I needed when I needed it. I probably would have died if I hadn't gotten that bit of inspiration, just when I needed it.
Supergirl grabbed Satan Girl by the legs, added her own momentum to the force of Satan Girl's super-throw, whirled them around several times like two partners on a trapeze bar, and flung her enemy down towards the thrusting fingers of the solar prominence.
The worst part of it was seeing the grin of determination on Kara's bloodied face as she threw her.
The worst part of it was seeing the grin of determination on Kara's bloodied face as she threw her.
Spider-Man: Oh my God, it's over, it's all over!
Critic: Come on, it's not all over.
Spider-Man: Yes it is! Everything's gone to shit and I'm never gonna get things back to normal! Nothing will ever be the same.
Critic: Well...yeah. I mean, you're right, this will be a painful hit for you and it'll effect more than you're probably aware. In fact, chances are you won't come out of this the same as when you went in.
Spider-Man: Are you trying to motivate me? Cause you suck balls at it.
Critic: Look, I'm trying to be realistic!
Spider-Man: Oh good, that's just what I need now.
Critic: You do! Because the truth is, you've been through worse. I mean, your history is filled with huge wins and great losses, and every time it looked like you weren't gonna make it you found another avenue to thrive in. Sometime you had to stay out of the public eye for a while, but like anything special, people never forgot you. And in time, you'll learn how to grow something special within your limitations. Occasionally, even more special. Whenever it looked like every pathway was closed off you found a way to slither through and become stronger on the other end. So yeah, you're gonna be out of commission. It's not fair and it's gonna suck, a lot! But you always find a way to get through it. You always find the will to be strong and inspire other people to be strong in the process no matter what avenue you need to take. You know why?
Spider-Man: Why?
Critic: Because you're fucking awesome.
Spider-Man: I'm fucking awesome?
Critic: And you remind people how fucking awesome they are, and fucking awesome feeds off of fucking awesome until there's so much fucking awesome in the world we don't know what to do with it! So are you gonna give up? Or are you gonna continue to inspire that awesome?
Spider-Man: I'm a perpetual awesome machine!
Critic: Damn right you are! You may be down and out for a bit, but nothing can take away your goddamn awesomeness!
Spider-Man: [...] We do know what we're talking about, right?
Critic: Of course. (looks into camera) We're talking about motherfucking Spider-Man.
Critic: Come on, it's not all over.
Spider-Man: Yes it is! Everything's gone to shit and I'm never gonna get things back to normal! Nothing will ever be the same.
Critic: Well...yeah. I mean, you're right, this will be a painful hit for you and it'll effect more than you're probably aware. In fact, chances are you won't come out of this the same as when you went in.
Spider-Man: Are you trying to motivate me? Cause you suck balls at it.
Critic: Look, I'm trying to be realistic!
Spider-Man: Oh good, that's just what I need now.
Critic: You do! Because the truth is, you've been through worse. I mean, your history is filled with huge wins and great losses, and every time it looked like you weren't gonna make it you found another avenue to thrive in. Sometime you had to stay out of the public eye for a while, but like anything special, people never forgot you. And in time, you'll learn how to grow something special within your limitations. Occasionally, even more special. Whenever it looked like every pathway was closed off you found a way to slither through and become stronger on the other end. So yeah, you're gonna be out of commission. It's not fair and it's gonna suck, a lot! But you always find a way to get through it. You always find the will to be strong and inspire other people to be strong in the process no matter what avenue you need to take. You know why?
Spider-Man: Why?
Critic: Because you're fucking awesome.
Spider-Man: I'm fucking awesome?
Critic: And you remind people how fucking awesome they are, and fucking awesome feeds off of fucking awesome until there's so much fucking awesome in the world we don't know what to do with it! So are you gonna give up? Or are you gonna continue to inspire that awesome?
Spider-Man: I'm a perpetual awesome machine!
Critic: Damn right you are! You may be down and out for a bit, but nothing can take away your goddamn awesomeness!
Spider-Man: [...] We do know what we're talking about, right?
Critic: Of course. (looks into camera) We're talking about motherfucking Spider-Man.
— The Nostalgia Critic, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 review
Herr Kleiser: Now let's get back to business, eh, Captain? The world was about to go up and you were about to surrender in these few brief moments we've got left. Let me hear you say it. "I surrender, Herr Kleiser. Make it quick".
Captain America: Surrender? SURRENDER??!! YOU THINK THIS LETTER ON MY HEAD STANDS FOR "FRANCE"?
No... My body... It feels like it's splitting apart. Like any instant... I'll scatter into a million pieces. But... Deep, deep in my soul. There's a burning feeling I can't describe. A burning feeling that WON'T let me die.
—Undyne prior to becoming the Undying, Undertale
It's bad... but it'll take a lot more then this to finish them!
— Rossiu, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
How can this be? Where are you drawing all of this power from?!
— Anti-Spiral, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
