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"I was created for the sole purpose of killing you, Goku. Do not forget that."
— Android 16, Dragon Ball Z
Kaguya: [holding a drama knife] Ishigami-kun.
Ishigami: Y-Yeah?
Kaguya: I'm really glad that you haven't told anyone about that incident. It's great how you're able to keep secrets. But if you tell anyone... [points that knife into Ishigami] then this won't be a toy.
Ishigami: Y-Yeah?
Kaguya: I'm really glad that you haven't told anyone about that incident. It's great how you're able to keep secrets. But if you tell anyone... [points that knife into Ishigami] then this won't be a toy.
Kaguya: Good for you, Ishigami-kun. Fujiwara-san is kind, so she'll forgive you for it. Fujiwara-san is probably the only one who'll ever forgive you... that's for sure.
Ishigami: P-President, I'm going home to write my will...
Shirogane: O-okay... but don't die.
Ishigami: P-President, I'm going home to write my will...
Shirogane: O-okay... but don't die.
Crocus: You try [firing a cannon] and someone's going to die!
Nami & Usopp: EEEEEK!
Sanji: Yeah? And who's that?
Crocus: Me, of course.
Sanji: EXCUSE ME?!
Nami & Usopp: EEEEEK!
Sanji: Yeah? And who's that?
Crocus: Me, of course.
Sanji: EXCUSE ME?!
Comic Strips
"The body is the home of the spirit and if you're not in bed in two minutes, your spirit is going to be permanently nomadic."
— Calvin's Dad, Calvin and Hobbes
''"First call the police and report an infanticide."
— Calvin's Mother, Calvin and Hobbes
[Calvin is hiding with a water balloon]
Hobbes: Looking for someone?
Calvin: No! I mean, um, yes, but someone else. Not you.
Hobbes: Here's a hypothetical question you should ask yourself. If you knew today was your last day on Earth, what would you do differently? Especially if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on Earth.
Calvin: [walking off] I don't think that question was very hypothetical at all.
Hobbes: Looking for someone?
Calvin: No! I mean, um, yes, but someone else. Not you.
Hobbes: Here's a hypothetical question you should ask yourself. If you knew today was your last day on Earth, what would you do differently? Especially if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on Earth.
Calvin: [walking off] I don't think that question was very hypothetical at all.
Hobbes: [in bed] I'm hungry.
Calvin: Too bad. Breakfast isn't until tomorrow.
Hobbes: My tummy's growling.
Calvin: Hush.
Hobbes: Most people don't sleep well next to a hungry tiger.
Calvin: [in the kitchen making a sandwich] Sometimes I sure wish I had a dog.
Hobbes: More tuna and less mayonnaise.
Calvin: Too bad. Breakfast isn't until tomorrow.
Hobbes: My tummy's growling.
Calvin: Hush.
Hobbes: Most people don't sleep well next to a hungry tiger.
Calvin: [in the kitchen making a sandwich] Sometimes I sure wish I had a dog.
Hobbes: More tuna and less mayonnaise.
Calvin: Look, dad made me do my homework! He said, when I'm older, I'll discover that there are few pleasures greater than learning. So I said, fine, I'll learn when I'm older!
Hobbes: What did he say?
Calvin: He said, if I didn't start cracking books now, this would be as old as I'd get.
Hobbes: Sounds like you learned something already.
Hobbes: What did he say?
Calvin: He said, if I didn't start cracking books now, this would be as old as I'd get.
Hobbes: Sounds like you learned something already.
Fan Works
Yang: Buddy, you've got no clue what you're bringing down on your head. When we get our hands on you, you're geography.
Faba: Idiot child, can't even get a simple threat right. The saying is 'you're history,' you simpleton!
Yang: Nope. History gets remembered. You're just going to be part of the landscape.
Faba: Idiot child, can't even get a simple threat right. The saying is 'you're history,' you simpleton!
Yang: Nope. History gets remembered. You're just going to be part of the landscape.
"Oh yeah? I'll remember that the next time I need a guinea pig for one of my psychology experiments. A brainiac's heart."
— Peter Venkman to an intellectual, The Brain of the Ghostbusters
Lincoln Loud: What are you doing?
Lucy Loud: Measuring your coffin size. I'm preparing for your funeral.
Lincoln: My funeral?
Lucy: The one we will be having if I don't get my money back soon.
Lucy Loud: Measuring your coffin size. I'm preparing for your funeral.
Lincoln: My funeral?
Lucy: The one we will be having if I don't get my money back soon.
"Indulge me, Ms. Brandenham, in a rather odd non sequitur. Upon your demise, would yours be an open or closed casket?"
— Wilson "The Kingpin" Fisk, Suicidal Overconfidence
Through hell or high water, I have had only one driving force in all my life, and I intend to see it through. No matter what I have to do, where I have to destroy, or who I have to kill. I am the man who will be King of the Pirates. And you're going to do everything you can to make that happen.
A deaf man could have heard the 'or else' that those words carried.
A deaf man could have heard the 'or else' that those words carried.
— Marshall D. "Blackbeard" Teach, This Bites!
Lincoln Loud: Sorry, Lisa; but I must go now!
Lisa Loud: Oh, yes; you must go. You will go FOREVER!
Lisa Loud: Oh, yes; you must go. You will go FOREVER!
Film — Animated
Kron: Let the weak set the pace? Now there's an idea. Better let me do the thinking from now on, Aladar.
Aladar: [as Kron walks off] Hey, they need help back there!
Kron: [chuckles, then growls angrily] Watch yourself, boy.
Aladar: [as Kron walks off] Hey, they need help back there!
Kron: [chuckles, then growls angrily] Watch yourself, boy.
— Dinosaur
Ted Wiggins: Excuse me? Is there a musical number where you tell me how to get a tree? Because I'd really love to hear that one.
Once-ler: Yes. Right after the musical number about the kid who kept interrupting the story, and was never heard from again.
Once-ler: Yes. Right after the musical number about the kid who kept interrupting the story, and was never heard from again.
"Remember, Tempest. Only I have the power to make you whole. Make this twig work, and you'll get your reward. Fail me, and your horn won't be the only thing that's broken."
— The Storm King, My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
Film — Live-Action
Light: I'm not gonna give the Note to you or anybody else, and if you FUCK WITH ME AGAIN, I'm gonna put your name in it!
Ryuk: [Bursts into laughter] You could try... but I warn you; there are four letters in my name. The most anyone's ever gotten were two.
Ryuk: [Bursts into laughter] You could try... but I warn you; there are four letters in my name. The most anyone's ever gotten were two.
Did you know I can create a force field inside someone's body and expand it until they explode?
— Susan Storm, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Harry "The Hatchet": You must be Eddie, JD's son.
Eddie: You must be Harry. Sorry, I don't know your father.
Harry "The Hatchet": Don't worry, son. You might meet him soon enough, if you carry on like that.
Eddie: You must be Harry. Sorry, I don't know your father.
Harry "The Hatchet": Don't worry, son. You might meet him soon enough, if you carry on like that.
Davy Jones: They're here. And I cannot step foot on land again for near of a decade.
Maccus: You trust us to act in your stead?
Davy Jones: I trust you to know what awaits you, should you fail!
Maccus: You trust us to act in your stead?
Davy Jones: I trust you to know what awaits you, should you fail!
"I don't want to hurt anyone. But unfortunately you happen to be standing right where my gun's about to go off."
— Zack Stone, Oblivion (1994)
"I'm not arresting you anymore."
— Murphy, RoboCop (1987)
"American don’t fly to the Promised Land, little buddy."
— Marv Merchants, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
"That man is a head taller than me. That may change."
— Don Lope de Aguirre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God
"I heard a very sad story about a girl who went to Bryn Mawr. She squealed on her roommate...and they found her strangled with her own brassiere."
— "Shell Oil Junior", Some Like It Hot
"You wanna know what happens to an eyeball when it gets punctured? Do you got any idea how much blood jets out of a guy's neck when his throat's been slit?"
— John Ryder, The Hitcher
"Next time, I'll aim a little lower!"
— Clyde Barrow after blasting a guard's hat off his head, Bonnie and Clyde
"I killed those guys because they were awful [...] You're awful, Murray."
— Arthur Fleck, Joker (2019)
"So, shall I give you some time to rest? Like forever?"
— Crazy Yakuza, Versus
Confederate Soldier: How much you willing to pay?
Keoma Shannon: Four cents.
Soldier: Four cents? Four cents is mighty little.
Keoma: The price of four bullets.
Keoma Shannon: Four cents.
Soldier: Four cents? Four cents is mighty little.
Keoma: The price of four bullets.
— Keoma
"You have caused enough trouble. I think perhaps your service to us is at its end now!"
— The Master to one of his wives, Manos: The Hands of Fate
Cultist: We're gonna kill your friend and the baby. And we're gonna live forever.
The Accountant: Forever? If forever to you means the next five seconds, then you would be right.
The Accountant: Forever? If forever to you means the next five seconds, then you would be right.
"Easy. Wouldn't want our little friend here to wind up in the back of a milk carton now, would we?"
— Deacon Frost, Blade (1998)
"Actually, I'd like to report a double murder."
— Susan Heffley, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, "The Long Haul"
Haystack Club Doorman: Ooh, a doctor? Well, is somebody ill, sir?
Sir Lancelot: There'll be somebody at the gates of death hammering for admission if you don't let me in.
Sir Lancelot: There'll be somebody at the gates of death hammering for admission if you don't let me in.
Nurse Bancroft's Fiancé: I'll see you in Casualty tomorrow, Doctor.
Dr. Grimsdyke: I won't be in Casualty tomorrow.
Nurse Bancroft's Fiancé: You will be... if you ask her out again.
Dr. Grimsdyke: I won't be in Casualty tomorrow.
Nurse Bancroft's Fiancé: You will be... if you ask her out again.
Jill: You see, I'm horribly late. I-I was trying to get my harp out of the back of the car-
Cab Driver: Look, carry on drivin' like that, you'll need that instrument sooner than you think!
Cab Driver: Look, carry on drivin' like that, you'll need that instrument sooner than you think!
Literature
His full name was Guide, Grub of Skin-seller, brother of Memory Wholesaler. He was a young Iskoort. Which did not make him any less annoying. The first thing he did was try to improve the deal by getting Ax to let him have the last foot and a half of his tail.
Ax said no.
Marco said, "You know what? You jerk us around, Guide, and Ax will give you the last foot and a half of his tail."
Ax said no.
Marco said, "You know what? You jerk us around, Guide, and Ax will give you the last foot and a half of his tail."
— Animorphs #26: The Attack
"Now listen to me. I like you. The consequence is that it would annoy me for just about two and a half minutes if I heard that you had died in torments. Well, if you ever tell the police or any human soul about us, I shall have that two and a half minutes of discomfort. On your discomfort I will not dwell. Good-day. Mind the step."
— Sunday, The Man Who Was Thursday
"Onion sauce!"
— Mole to some rabbits, The Wind in the Willows
"Oh, yes, did I mention he brought back a really big souvenir with teeth?"
— Melanie, Chester
General: Good Lord! I'm sure it's not history!
Mr. Burns: No, but I know someone who'll be history when I get hold of him.
Mr. Burns: No, but I know someone who'll be history when I get hold of him.
— Dirty Bertie, "Snow"
Live-Action TV
"If that's true...if you really don't know who I am...then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly..."
— Walter White, Breaking Bad
Kuby: Huel, are you happy?
Huel: Reasonably.
Kuby: And what would make you unhappy?
Huel: This little mofo not doing what he's told.
Kuby: And if you became unhappy, Mr. Beneke wouldn't care for that?
Huel: I'm gonna say "no".
Huel: Reasonably.
Kuby: And what would make you unhappy?
Huel: This little mofo not doing what he's told.
Kuby: And if you became unhappy, Mr. Beneke wouldn't care for that?
Huel: I'm gonna say "no".
Tyrion: That girl is no longer yours to torment.
King Joffrey: Everyone is mine to torment! You'd do well to remember that, you little monster.
Tyrion: Oh, 'monster'. Perhaps you should speak to me more softly then. Monsters are dangerous and, just now, Kings are dying like flies.
King Joffrey: Everyone is mine to torment! You'd do well to remember that, you little monster.
Tyrion: Oh, 'monster'. Perhaps you should speak to me more softly then. Monsters are dangerous and, just now, Kings are dying like flies.
Joffrey: You can't talk to me like this. The king can do as he likes!
Tyrion: The Mad King did as he liked. Has your uncle Jaime ever told you what happened to him?
Ser Meryn: No one threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard!
Tyrion: I am not threatening the king, Ser, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, the next time Ser Meryn speaks, kill him. That was a threat. See the difference?
Tyrion: The Mad King did as he liked. Has your uncle Jaime ever told you what happened to him?
Ser Meryn: No one threatens His Grace in the presence of the Kingsguard!
Tyrion: I am not threatening the king, Ser, I am educating my nephew. Bronn, the next time Ser Meryn speaks, kill him. That was a threat. See the difference?
"We really need to kill— we really need to kill any SUSPICION that I want to murder Derek. Boom!"
— Michael, The Good Place, "Derek"
"Someone else tried to hurt Claire. We buried him over there."
— Hurley, Lost
Mr. 7: People often visit shrines to light candles in remembrance of those they lost, Who are yours for?
Zoro: This one is for a friend I knew long ago.
Mr. 7: And the other?
Zoro: You've been following me for 3 days...
Zoro: This one is for a friend I knew long ago.
Mr. 7: And the other?
Zoro: You've been following me for 3 days...
— One Piece (2023), "Romance Dawn"
Billy Turner: I want a lawyer.
Bodie: Why, you want to make a will?
Bodie: Why, you want to make a will?
— The Professionals, "Old Dog With New Tricks"
"Flesh is transitory, flesh is a prison, flesh is ... an instrument. Flesh can be replaced. And flesh does as it's told. Or they will become most annoyed."
— Morden, Babylon 5
"Listen, pally, this could either be a taxi or a hearse. You know what I mean?"
— Zabo, Star Trek: The Original Series, "A Piece of the Action"
Phil Leotardo: Benny, right?
Benny Fazio: H-how you doing, Mr. Leotardo?
Phil: I'm sitting, listening to WFAN, and I go, "isn't that the kid that used to drive for Tony-"
Benny: I'm on my way to the hospital...
Phil: Well, that's up to you.
Benny Fazio: H-how you doing, Mr. Leotardo?
Phil: I'm sitting, listening to WFAN, and I go, "isn't that the kid that used to drive for Tony-"
Benny: I'm on my way to the hospital...
Phil: Well, that's up to you.
Video Games
"This is the penal unit. I decide when you die."
— AWACS Bandog’s Establishing Character Moment in 444, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
"Full Band, that’s your second strike, there won’t be a third."
— AWACS Bandog warning Full Band in Faceless Soldier, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
"There will be no salvation for you and your kind."
— The Flame Emperor/Edelgard warning Thales about the limits of their "partnership", Fire Emblem: Three Houses
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your moment! Please, don't make me ruin all the great work your plastic surgeons have been doing. On the floor, now!"
— Michael De Santa, Grand Theft Auto V
"Did you know there are 397 ways to stab a person? Something to think about."
— Johnny Knives if you shake him in Sacred Lantern, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
Janitor: Don't mind the ole janitor here. Just sweeping up after you silly little cretins. Sweepy sweepy sweepy.
Protagonist: That's a mop.
Janitor: Ah...so it is.
Protagonist: You're also mopping the sidewalk.
Janitor: I'll be mopping your blood off it if you don't skedaddle.
Protagonist: That's a mop.
Janitor: Ah...so it is.
Protagonist: You're also mopping the sidewalk.
Janitor: I'll be mopping your blood off it if you don't skedaddle.
"Take what you want... within reason."
— Shang Tsung, Mortal Kombat 11
Geras: You remind me of someone.
Cassie Cage: Johnny Cage? Sonya Blade? Helen of Troy?
Geras: Joan of Arc, the young martyr.
Cassie Cage: Johnny Cage? Sonya Blade? Helen of Troy?
Geras: Joan of Arc, the young martyr.
Eggman: You've got a lot of nerve for a pint-sized Sonic from another dimension. Still, this Egg Dragoon has only lost 10% of its combat strength!
Tails: You're lying!
Eggman: You won't have to wait long to find out.
Tails: You're lying!
Eggman: You won't have to wait long to find out.
"Fine. I will teach you fear, then pain, and then...well, at least the fear and pain will end."
"I'm sure you and May have nothing to worry about... as long as you stay away from places you're not supposed to be."
— Martin Li/Mr. Negative to Peter Parker, Spider-Man (PS4)
"Fair warning: The last person who betrayed me wound up dead."
— Nadine Ross to Chloe Frazer, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
"Well, maybe when your mother's finished mourning your father, I'll keep her in black, on your behalf. You think on that, boy."
— Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2
Peter Saar Gwynleve: But I am not yet fluent in the common tongue.
Geralt: Mhm. Probably mastered the basics, though, - "Hands up." "Kill them."
Gwynleve: No. First came idioms. "Don't play with fire," for example.
Geralt: Mhm. Probably mastered the basics, though, - "Hands up." "Kill them."
Gwynleve: No. First came idioms. "Don't play with fire," for example.
"Make the first shot count. You won't get a second."
— Joshua Graham, Fallout: New Vegas
Web Animation
Tyrian: I want to tell you both a little secret. Your question is all wrong.
Emerald: What?
Tyrian: 'What you want from this'? Children, please. If you're not loving what you're doing, then you're in the wrong field.
Emerald: So, what? Are you saying we should just leave?
Tyrian: [gasps] Oh no, no, no, no. [chuckles] You can't do that!
Mercury: Then what did you come here for?
[...]
Tyrian: Do what makes you happy, children. Please... I'm begging you.
Emerald: What?
Tyrian: 'What you want from this'? Children, please. If you're not loving what you're doing, then you're in the wrong field.
Emerald: So, what? Are you saying we should just leave?
Tyrian: [gasps] Oh no, no, no, no. [chuckles] You can't do that!
Mercury: Then what did you come here for?
[...]
Tyrian: Do what makes you happy, children. Please... I'm begging you.
—RWBY
"Want to play a game? By the count of three, you're going to tell Mario who you work for, or Mario's gonna do something very illegal."
— Mario, Super Mario Glitchy4s Super Mario 64 Bloopers, "The Mario Mafia"
Mrs. Potato Head: Calm down, Barbie.
Barbie: Lady, my beef isn't with you, it's with her [Bella], but if you want, I can have my beef with a side of mashed potato, whaddya think?!
Barbie: Lady, my beef isn't with you, it's with her [Bella], but if you want, I can have my beef with a side of mashed potato, whaddya think?!
— Sam & Mickey, "The Real Housewives of Toys 'R' Us"
Webcomics
Pixie: That's Randal the raccoon, he's a raccoon. He's also really grumpy. One time I asked him if he wanted to play, and he said to leave him alone or he'd bite me! So you should probably stay away from him...
Brutus: [with a massive Death Glare in Randal's direction] Good idea, Pixie, he'd probably rip my ugly striped tail off...
Pixie: Yeah... Wait, you don't have any stripes on your tail...
Randal: [Loud Gulp mixed with an Oh, Crap! expression]
Brutus: [with a massive Death Glare in Randal's direction] Good idea, Pixie, he'd probably rip my ugly striped tail off...
Pixie: Yeah... Wait, you don't have any stripes on your tail...
Randal: [Loud Gulp mixed with an Oh, Crap! expression]
"Ah, Sploorfix! I was hoping you could settle an argument for us. Minionbot thinks it is more painful to be boiled alive than to be flushed into open space..."
— Vexxarr, Vexxarr
Daysun-Tingo Robot: [Tagon's bill] must be adjusted back up to account for the two Daysun-Tingo Robots you've destroyed.
Tagon: You can take my terms as they are, or adjust the payment up to account for the destruction of three Daysun-Tingo robots.
Daysun-Tingo Robot: But you've only... oh. Your terms are fine as-is.
Tagon: You can take my terms as they are, or adjust the payment up to account for the destruction of three Daysun-Tingo robots.
Daysun-Tingo Robot: But you've only... oh. Your terms are fine as-is.
Vaarsuvius: Do as you wish, though I find it odd that the one who just witnessed the haste with which I will remove that which distracts me from my crucial research— [crackling with power] —would risk becoming just such a distraction one's self.
[Beat Panel]
Vaarsuvius: Because then I might be forced to remove the distraction.
Elan: I don't get it.
[Beat Panel]
Vaarsuvius: Because then I might be forced to remove the distraction.
Elan: I don't get it.
Captain Bandana: As for you, now that we're out safely— that's Strike One.
Andi: ...What...what happens on Strike Three?
Bandana: Nuthin'. 'Cause you won't make it past Strike Two.
Andi: ...What...what happens on Strike Three?
Bandana: Nuthin'. 'Cause you won't make it past Strike Two.
Web Original
Eggman: mudkip_captain asks, "To Shadow, how's..." oh, hoho, no, I'm not asking this one.
Sonic: It can't be that bad, lemme see that — "To Shadow, how's Ma-ri...a..." oh... oh, yikes...
Shadow: mudkip_captain, was it? Now you've angered me. Welcome to the list — it's a very special list of very special people. I look forward to crossing your name off it someday.
Sonic: RUN WHILE YOU CAN!!!
Sonic: It can't be that bad, lemme see that — "To Shadow, how's Ma-ri...a..." oh... oh, yikes...
Shadow: mudkip_captain, was it? Now you've angered me. Welcome to the list — it's a very special list of very special people. I look forward to crossing your name off it someday.
Sonic: RUN WHILE YOU CAN!!!
Name: Assistant Researcher Erickson
Date: 09/05/2019
Total items: One photograph of SCP-882 suspended in fluid, one pencil, one paper.
Input: Aforementioned items.
Setting: 1:1
Output: One photo of O5-1, appears to have been taken through a firearm scope. One piece of paper, with the message "checkmate" written in bold lettering. One pencil. Site-1 has been put on lockdown until it is determined whether or not the photo is fabricated.
Note: Turns out, it is. Hackett tells me that O5-1 never visited Acapulco, like in the photo. Don't ask me how the geometry department figured that one out from one image, I don't know. - Veritas
Date: 09/05/2019
Total items: One photograph of SCP-882 suspended in fluid, one pencil, one paper.
Input: Aforementioned items.
Setting: 1:1
Output: One photo of O5-1, appears to have been taken through a firearm scope. One piece of paper, with the message "checkmate" written in bold lettering. One pencil. Site-1 has been put on lockdown until it is determined whether or not the photo is fabricated.
Note: Turns out, it is. Hackett tells me that O5-1 never visited Acapulco, like in the photo. Don't ask me how the geometry department figured that one out from one image, I don't know. - Veritas
Web Video
[Cell regenerates the top half of his body after taking a Kamehameha point-blank, courtesy of a teleporting Goku]
Cell: Alright, time! Time out, time right the hell out!
Goku: How did you-
Cell: You weren't here for this, but TL;DR: Piccolo's cells.
Piccolo: Okay, I am... ninety-percent sure I can't do that.
Cell: We'll figure that out later.
Cell: Alright, time! Time out, time right the hell out!
Goku: How did you-
Cell: You weren't here for this, but TL;DR: Piccolo's cells.
Piccolo: Okay, I am... ninety-percent sure I can't do that.
Cell: We'll figure that out later.
Tim Cook: Our design department used to have twelve people, now there's only eight. What happened to the other four?
Jony Ive: Careful, Tim.
Jony Ive: Careful, Tim.
"Why do you try to escape what you fear, Noah? You will be punished for resisting my message. You will bring another creature on the boat. You won't notice it at first, just wait Noah. Wait until you start to feel something. A change happening in your mind. You won't even realize that it had taken form until you see it. When you see it, there is no return. It will give you a message. It will be your last message."
"Everybody is ending tomorrow."
— Princess Anna, Twisted Translations, "For the First Time in Forever"
Western Animation
Noah: Hey, can I run up to my hovel and grab the only extant copy of my dissertation?
Archer: Noah? Still got four bullets.
Noah: Ugh, do you know what "extant" means?
Archer: Do you know what "license to kill" means?
Archer: Noah? Still got four bullets.
Noah: Ugh, do you know what "extant" means?
Archer: Do you know what "license to kill" means?
— Archer
"Listen, pops! We can do this the easy way, or we can earn our Taekwondo badges at the same time!"
— Cindy Vortex to an elderly Jimmmy, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius ("Grumpy Young Men")
"Let me tell you something right now. You take one step backwards...one slip up...give me one reason to think you might hurt Aang—and you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore. Because I'll make sure your destiny ends right then and there. Permanently."
— Katara to Zuko after his Heel–Face Turn, Avatar: The Last Airbender
"There is nothing wrong with that tunnel! You stuck in it because you tried to rock and roll! Tunnels are not dance floors, and you are not a pop-star! If it happens again, I shall find ways to cut you down to size. In other words, your career is...on the line. Need I say more?"
—Sir Topham Hatt to Duncan, Thomas & Friends
"I'm getting bored of your excuses, Lilith. Don't worry, I'll give you the time you need. Bring the Owl Lady to me by twilight. She'll join the Emperor's Coven and in return, I'll heal her little curse. But, if you fail... you will be stripped of your rank and banished from my coven. You do know what happens to covenless witches, don't you?"
— Emperor Belos, The Owl House
Barber Rick: Is that enough off the top?
Evil Morty: I don't know, is it?
[The surviving council of Rick members hastily nod]
Evil Morty: I don't know, is it?
[The surviving council of Rick members hastily nod]
Squidward: If you don't get Mr. Krabs' mattress back from the dump, I am going to mur —
Officer: Ahem?
Squidward: ...Help you do it myself.
Officer: Ahem?
Squidward: ...Help you do it myself.
"You don't want to end up mutton, do you?"
— Stitch to a sheep, Horrible Histories
"Hey, Topaz, can you remind me? I mean, my memory is perfect, but our orders were to bring back these six humans. I'm just not sure. Did they specify...alive? You know, I don't think they did!"
— Aquamarine, Steven Universe
Rack: Um, what would happen, say, if someone didn't quite agree with everything in that song, so they didn't, um... didn't sing it? What would happen?
[Mr. Nezzer directs the trio's attention to something big]
Mr. Nezzer: What's that over there?
Shack: That's a furnace.
Mr. Nezzer: What's it for?
Benny: Well, that's where the bad bunnies go. Context
Mr. Nezzer: Let's just say in my mind, if you don't bow down and sing the song, you're a bad bunny.
Rack: You don't mean—?
[Mr. Nezzer directs the trio's attention to something big]
Mr. Nezzer: What's that over there?
Shack: That's a furnace.
Mr. Nezzer: What's it for?
Benny: Well, that's where the bad bunnies go. Context
Mr. Nezzer: Let's just say in my mind, if you don't bow down and sing the song, you're a bad bunny.
Rack: You don't mean—?
Dr. Girlfriend: At ease. We're just here for the body. Your handiwork, I take it?
Brock: Huh? No. I, uh, smacked him up a bit, sure, but his head was still screwed on straight when I left him.
Dr. Girlfriend: Well, then you won't mind if I take a look at your surveillance tapes to confirm that?
Brock: You touch our tapes and they'll be pulling you out of that hole next.
Nick: [sing-song voice] Ooooh, Leah likes Daniel!
Leah: Leah will slit your throat.
Judd: Nice. Third-person threat.
Leah: Leah will slit your throat.
Judd: Nice. Third-person threat.
Real Life
”If you don’t like the Religious Right, wait till you meet the post-religious Right.”
— Ross Douthat, conservative pundit.
"Stop sending people to kill me. We've already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle. [...] If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second."
— Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, to Joseph Stalin
