Quotes / Informed Loner

"Let's get one thing straight, meatball... face... butt. I work alone! 'Cept when I work with Renaldo. Which is all the time."

— Dangeresque, DANGERESQUE I: Dangeresque too?

"I have to say, for a guy who's supposed to be such a loner, you sure know how to pick a partner."

— Superman, Superman: The Animated Series, "Knight Time"

Batman: I... I am not very good at this. Having friends. Partners. It all ends in betrayal and death. I think if I ever could do it, then I lost it the night my parents were murdered.

Catwoman: Tell that to Nightwing. Robin. Oracle. Do I need to go on?

— Batman: Hush

Of course, Granny Weatherwax made a great play of her independence and self-reliance. But the point about that kind of stuff was that you needed someone around to be proudly independent and self-reliant at. People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

— Maskerade

Guinan: Am I disturbing you?

Ro: Yes.

Guinan: Good. You look like someone who wants to be disturbed.

Ro: I'd rather be alone.

Guinan: Oh, no you wouldn't.

Ro: I beg your pardon?

Guinan: If you wanted to be alone, you would've stayed in your quarters. The only reason to come here [Ten Forward] is to be amongst people.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Ensign Ro"

"I've always been curious as to why Batman — who has such a reputation for being a lone wolf — would surround himself with children..."

— Lex Luthor, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

"I think what's weird about The Simpsons, and why I wanted to look into this, is that the actual status quo says something about Bart, and especially Lisa, that might not actually be true: That Bart's popularity and Lisa's unpopularity might be more of a status quo thing than a character thing. The Simpsons essentially took a snapshot of a specific point in their lives, and broadcasted it for thirty years, so the timing of that snapshot is extremely important. Sure, Lisa has supposedly made more cumulative friends over the years, but if we look at almost any random episode the odds are Bart has more friends than her: Lisa is unpopular, Lisa has no friends, none of the kids can relate to her. But over thirty-plus seasons, the show has demonstrated time after time after time that Lisa can make new connections, and that her social circle is surprisingly large. How can Lisa make so many friends and still be so lonely? Fundamentally, how should we define a character: By their status quo, or by their actions?"

— TheRealJims, Simpsons Mysteries - The Friend Count

Batman: Get out of Gotham. I work alone.
Wonder Woman: Then who are they?
(Beat Panel as Batman glances at the members of the Bat-family standing behind him)
Batman: (badly covering them with his cape) Pay no attention to the shades which haunt these streets.

—This fan comic

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