Storm: When we arrived, another spoke to me - an essence of evil the X-Men know well. A being who has possessed many poor souls to ruin many lives... who may wear your golden face now. We knew him as the Shadow King.
Shadow King: So Annihilation was truly a mask? Or the Shadow King is a facet of Annihilation? Perhaps you're thinking too small, Wind-Rider. ... perhaps we are legion. Each with our own name and role, yet each aligned. Perhaps you've battled us many times, in many borrowed guises. Perhaps you battle us every day of your life.
Shadow King: So Annihilation was truly a mask? Or the Shadow King is a facet of Annihilation? Perhaps you're thinking too small, Wind-Rider. ... perhaps we are legion. Each with our own name and role, yet each aligned. Perhaps you've battled us many times, in many borrowed guises. Perhaps you battle us every day of your life.
Storm: Enough of this mockery, Shadow King. Every shape you borrow is an insult — to me or to others. Take your own and be done. Or are you claiming to be every demon the X-Men ever fought...?
Shadow King: I can't claim that. We're all ourselves here, even if we're also... something else.
Shadow King: I can't claim that. We're all ourselves here, even if we're also... something else.
Lesla-Lar: But I did not die! Instead, I evolved into a new life-form — of pure energy! I still sought your destruction by mentally influencing others... until I became trapped in a Superboy Robot!
Supergirl: So it was you in all those battles... YOU!
Supergirl: So it was you in all those battles... YOU!
Film — Live-Action
"You came across me so many times and yet you never saw me. Le Chiffre, Greene, Silva... A nice pattern developed, you interfered in my world, I destroyed yours or did you think it was coincidence that all the women in your life ended up dead? Vesper Lynd for example, she was the big one, has he told you about her? And then of course, your beloved M, gone forever. Me! It was all me, James. It's always been me: the author of all your pain!"
— Franz Oberhauser (a.k.a. Ernst Stavro Blofeld), Spectre
"Somehow, Palpatine returned."
— Poe Dameron, The Rise of Skywalker
Emperor Palpatine: At last. Snoke trained you well.
Kylo Ren: I killed Snoke. I'll kill you.
Emperor Palpatine: My boy, I made Snoke. I have been every voice...
Snoke: ..you have ever heard..
Darth Vader: ...inside your head.
Kylo Ren: I killed Snoke. I'll kill you.
Emperor Palpatine: My boy, I made Snoke. I have been every voice...
Snoke: ..you have ever heard..
Darth Vader: ...inside your head.
Live-Action TV
Great Leader: Witness... The Great Leader of Delza Army has arisen! Do the seven of you recognize my voice?
Kamen Rider 1: Shocker's leader...!
Great Leader: As well as...
Kamen Rider 2: Gel-Shocker's leader!
Great Leader: You once knew me as...
V3: Destron!
Great Leader: And yet once again...
X-Rider: G.O.D.!
Amazon: Geddon...!
Stronger: And Black Satan's leader!
Great Leader: You are all correct! The mastermind pulling the strings against the Kamen Riders was me all along!
Kamen Rider 1: Shocker's leader...!
Great Leader: As well as...
Kamen Rider 2: Gel-Shocker's leader!
Great Leader: You once knew me as...
V3: Destron!
Great Leader: And yet once again...
X-Rider: G.O.D.!
Amazon: Geddon...!
Stronger: And Black Satan's leader!
Great Leader: You are all correct! The mastermind pulling the strings against the Kamen Riders was me all along!
Professional Wrestling
Video Games
Andross: I've been looking forward to this day... To see you again, Fox McCloud!
Fox: Andross!
Andross: And now, to destroy the Lylat System!
Fox: I've gotta stop him!
Fox: Andross!
Andross: And now, to destroy the Lylat System!
Fox: I've gotta stop him!
Split Mushroom: Are you X? I'm under orders to terminate you.
X: What?! Who's orders?
Split Mushroom: Take a wild guess.
(Battle begins with Split Mushroom's life gauge appearing with Sigma's logo)
[...]
X: What?! Who's orders?
Split Mushroom: Take a wild guess.
(Battle begins with Split Mushroom's life gauge appearing with Sigma's logo)
[...]
Sigma: This is amusing... It really is X...
X: You're... Sigma!
Sigma: Hee hee hee. My plan to keep Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters at each other's throats worked perfectly! ... Double did a good job as a spy!
X: Why you...!
Sigma: Hee hee hee. Repliforce are the fools this time! Now all that's left is to destroy Earth with the very weapon they made!
X: No! I'll never let you do that!
Sigma: Try hard, X. Your life depends on it!
X: You're... Sigma!
Sigma: Hee hee hee. My plan to keep Repliforce and the Maverick Hunters at each other's throats worked perfectly! ... Double did a good job as a spy!
X: Why you...!
Sigma: Hee hee hee. Repliforce are the fools this time! Now all that's left is to destroy Earth with the very weapon they made!
X: No! I'll never let you do that!
Sigma: Try hard, X. Your life depends on it!
"Cia, you have been my favourite puppet yet."
"Everything's going swell lately! And we have Ganon, King of Darkness, to thank! Huh? Vaati? What's that? No, Vaati's old news. Ganon's the King of Darkness! Forget Vaati!"
Deku Scrub, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Sage #1: You seek it...but the Mirror of Twilight has been fragmented by mighty magic.
Sage #2: That magic is a dark power that only he possesses...
Sage #3: His name is...Ganondorf.
Sage #2: That magic is a dark power that only he possesses...
Sage #3: His name is...Ganondorf.
Bowser: I don't work well with others!
Antasma: SCREEK! Vut do you mean by this?!
Bowser: I mean you're an idiot! You thought you were using me? ME?! Buddy, I was playing you like a bat fiddle!
Antasma: Vut in the... No! How could you?!
Bowser: I'll tell you how. This castle? Peach? The Dream Stone? ALL MINE. You hear me? They belong to Bowser!
Antasma: SCREEK! Vut do you mean by this?!
Bowser: I mean you're an idiot! You thought you were using me? ME?! Buddy, I was playing you like a bat fiddle!
Antasma: Vut in the... No! How could you?!
Bowser: I'll tell you how. This castle? Peach? The Dream Stone? ALL MINE. You hear me? They belong to Bowser!
Batman: It's been you this whole time - you hired the assassins. You've been running Sionis' operation.
Joker: Well... technically it's my operation now. Isn't that right, boys?
[Henchmen put on clown masks]
Joker: Well... technically it's my operation now. Isn't that right, boys?
[Henchmen put on clown masks]
Buzz: As head of security and secret ninja commando operations, I gotta say, that was fantastic!
Cali: Yeah! Thanks to the Portal Master and the Skylanders, the Doom Raiders have all been rounded up. It's finally over!
Flynn: I don't know. Something doesn't seem right.
Buzz: But my super ninja skills tell me we're all done here. And trust me, they're never wrong.
Cali: I think you may be on to something, Flynn. Anybody see Kaos?
Flynn: Yeah, where is that little twerp?
(cut to Kaos at the Ultimate Weapon with Glumshanks)
Kaos: HA-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! YES! Here it is, Glumshanks! And it's mine, all mine!
Cali: Yeah! Thanks to the Portal Master and the Skylanders, the Doom Raiders have all been rounded up. It's finally over!
Flynn: I don't know. Something doesn't seem right.
Buzz: But my super ninja skills tell me we're all done here. And trust me, they're never wrong.
Cali: I think you may be on to something, Flynn. Anybody see Kaos?
Flynn: Yeah, where is that little twerp?
(cut to Kaos at the Ultimate Weapon with Glumshanks)
Kaos: HA-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! YES! Here it is, Glumshanks! And it's mine, all mine!
ALLMIND: Look. The Coral siphoned by the corporations is beginning to resonate. Augmented human C4-621—Raven. Your role has come to an end.
Iguazu: Well, well... I've been waiting for this, freelancer. I became part of this monster... so I could crush you. This time... You will die.
Iguazu: Well, well... I've been waiting for this, freelancer. I became part of this monster... so I could crush you. This time... You will die.
Web Animation
They should have revealed Emperor Palpatine lived at the end of The Last Jedi instead of Broom Boy. Then we could have sat on it for two years and it wouldn't feel like they just dropped him in out of nowhere.
Sonic: Ah, the machine!
Eggman: Never mind the machine, I'm the new evil plot now!
Eggman: Never mind the machine, I'm the new evil plot now!
Sora: Ansem! Xemnas! Aren't you dead?
Xemnas: We're always the final bosses in Kingdom Hearts.
Ansem: Just like Bowser in Mario games...only, we're sexy.
Xemnas: We're always the final bosses in Kingdom Hearts.
Ansem: Just like Bowser in Mario games...only, we're sexy.
— Kingdom Hearts 3D
(in a nutshell)
(in a nutshell)Web Original
As to the unveiling of Oberhauser as Blofeld...well, meh. Did naming [the villian] Blofeld do anything to make the movie better? It's a bland and consequence-less reveal, feeling more like a "we have the rights to Blofeld and we damn well are using them right now!" than any kind move that actually improved the film. Honestly, if you're not going to commit 100% to "Here's Blofeld", well, you might as well have not even used him. The film would have been stronger, and you could have taken the wasted time and spent it developing the Bond/Oberhauser relationship.
— Expect You To Die on Spectre (spoilers)
on Spectre (spoilers)" B-Movie Message Board regular Paul “Supersonic Man” Kienitz posited not long ago that the mere fact of a Holmes movie featuring Moriarty as the villain is a strong suggestion that the filmmakers have missed the point of Doyle’s stories about the detective, and have failed to understand what it is about them that their fans like. I think he’s right, too. After all, it rather removes the mystery from the mystery to know that whatever the crime may be, there’s that same proto-supervillain behind it. In Murder at the Baskervilles specifically, the problem is compounded by the obvious mismatch between an evildoer of Moriarty’s supposed standing and the triviality of the scheme in which he is engaged. Horse-napping hardly seems a worthy occupation for somebody whose nickname is the Napoleon of Crime! And indeed, Moriarty does not figure in Doyle’s version of “Silver Blaze” at all; he appears here solely in order to beef up the running time and to add a bit of action, both functions which Miles Stanford could easily have been made to perform himself. Furthermore, layering the villains this way has the unfortunate effect of sidelining the mystery plotline, which is what we’re really here to see, and which is handled with considerable finesse and effectiveness in and of itself. It’s just that it must end well before the movie does, in order to set up a predictable and mostly uninteresting confrontation between the two arch-nemeses."
— Scott "El Santo" Ashlin on Murder at the Baskervilles
Murder at the BaskervillesWestern Animation
Ben/XLR8: I don’t know what your plan is, but it’s over, Franken-Freak!
Dr. Viktor: Oh, it’s not my plan. It’s the Master’s. It always was!
(Purple lightning arches through the room, lighting up the device)
Ben/XLR8: "The Master’s"? Who’s the— (glances around the room) wait a minute… I know this place!
Dr. Viktor: Yes. It is where you believed you destroyed my Master. You were wrong.
(Dark, shadowy blobs start emerging from the cracks in the wall of the clock tower. They reconfigure in a burst of purple lightning to reveal…)
Ghostfreak: I LIVE!!
Dr. Viktor: Oh, it’s not my plan. It’s the Master’s. It always was!
(Purple lightning arches through the room, lighting up the device)
Ben/XLR8: "The Master’s"? Who’s the— (glances around the room) wait a minute… I know this place!
Dr. Viktor: Yes. It is where you believed you destroyed my Master. You were wrong.
(Dark, shadowy blobs start emerging from the cracks in the wall of the clock tower. They reconfigure in a burst of purple lightning to reveal…)
Ghostfreak: I LIVE!!
— Ben 10, The Return
Jake: You've been puppeting [sic] New Death this whole time!
The Lich: The spawn of Life and Death is a creature without purpose, fit only to be a pawn in my eternal quest to end all life.
The Lich: The spawn of Life and Death is a creature without purpose, fit only to be a pawn in my eternal quest to end all life.
— Adventure Time: Distant Lands, "Together Again"
