Quotes / Humans Are Insects

Anime and Manga

"When you see an insect lying on the ground, do you stop to consider it a fool? The life of an insect is so beneath you that it would be a waste of your time to even consider judging it. That would be an accurate summation of my feelings towards you humans."

— Father, Fullmetal Alchemist

Fan Works

"You are a slave. A pathetic, mewling microorganism that is part of a species so idiotic, so subject to its dumb animal impulses, that it was always meant to be subjugated. It doesn't matter that in this moment you have the tiny illusion of freedom. You are no more free than the whimpering animals locked in their cages around the yeerk pool, gasping at their tiny token moments of illusory control as they sprint in endless circles within their chains, believing that they are progressing when in fact they are only wearing themselves out sooner, bringing their weak meat-sack bodies closer to the moment when they will rot in the ground.

"You and every one of your species are only good to be used and wrung out until there is nothing left of you, so that the strong hands and keen eyes evolution has wasted on such small-minded beasts can be used to advance our glorious cause. You were born to be a slave, and you should fall down in thanks to worship the gods you invented that your slave body will be used to its last drop of energy by a species so much infinitely greater than your own that you cannot begin to comprehend our intelligence and willpower."

— Nistril 861, The Day the Earth Stood Still

Films-Live Action

And crawling on the planet's face
Some insects called the human race
Lost in time, and lost in space
And meaning...

— The Criminologist, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, "Super Heroes"

Literature

Arianna: You... are... cattle.
Harry: Moo. [Incinerates her]

— Changes

"You are bugs!"

— Trisolarian broadcast, The Three-Body Problem

Video Games

Idaho: Will you save us? Will you save our dying race?
The OMNIs: WHY, ADMIRAL, WHY SHOULD WE SAVE YOUR KIND?
Idaho: Because we’ve learned from our errant ways.
The OMNIs: YOUR KIND HAS REACHED AN EVOLUTIONARY DEAD END. YOU NO LONGER EVEN CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU HAVEN’T FOR CENTURIES.
Idaho: That was Oberon’s making!
The OMNIs: YOU’RE ALL RESPONSIBLE.
Idaho: …
The OMNIs: AS MUCH AS YOU WANT US TO, NEED US TO, NO, ADMIRAL, WE WILL NOT SAVE YOUR KIND. NOT BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT TO, BUT BECAUSE WE CAN’T… YOUR KIND IS ON ITS OWN NOW. YOU ALONE CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS BECAUSE YOU ALONE HAVE CREATED THEM.
Idaho: Is this our punishment? Have we not suffered enough in your absence?
The OMNIs: YOU STILL OVERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR KIND. YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT HUMANITY HOLDS SOME SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF TIME AND CREATION… IT DOES NOT. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU SURVIVE OR PERISH. YOU ARE AS INSIGNIFICANT AS A SINGLE GRAIN OF SAND IN A BILLION BEACHES.
Idaho: You are cold gods!
The OMNIs: TO THE FATE OF MAN AND WOMAN, YES, WE ARE.

— Crying Suns

"It seems to be a simple form, at its core: a Source vat. A walking, unfortunately talking, Source vat [...] you were designed to be defective; you were built to die. And I rather think it is time you fulfilled your function. But do not fear, I shall put your Source to good use."

— The Eternal Aetera on mortals, Divinity: Original Sin II

"'Vermin.' That is the humanoid word for the Kytinn and our fellow insectoids. But with the Hourglass, This One can review history and give lie to that myth. Humanoids live to kill. Without a common enemy to fight, they divide. Destroy each other. Insectoids live to survive. No conflicts divide us. We build upon each other. Kin does not kill kin. So, tell This One... Who are the vermin? Time for This One to write a more just history. One in which humanoids finally take the places they deserve... scrambling beneath our feet!"

— D'Vorah's Tower Ending, Mortal Kombat 11

"The players are always selected at random, although they always think there's a reason why they were chosen. They think they're special..."

— The Host in one of their notes, The Sakabashira Game

Unseen Elder: Humans, elves, dwarves die each day. By the hundreds. As do cattle. Swine. Rats. [appears behind Geralt and smells him]
Geralt: You see no difference? Refuse to believe it.
Unseen Elder: Swine do not disturb me.

— The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Western Animation

Blue Diamond: You can bring your Pearl, of course, and your...pet.
Steven: Pet?
Connie: I think she means me.

— Steven Universe, "Together Alone"

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