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Polnareff: And now... This will decide the battle! Last Shooting!
(Silver Chariot shoots its rapier blade at Anubis!Khan, but he just casually swats it out of the air with the Anubis sword.)
Polnareff: Uoaahh!
Anubis!Khan: I've memorized all of your attacks! I am Anubis! If I fought an enemy once, I ne...
(pause)
Anubis!Khan: ver lose again!

[Eis Shenron has frozen Goku with his attacks, only for Goku to easily break free]
Eis: No! How did that happen? But my Ice Ray...it's supposed to be an impenetrable beam!
Goku: You can't use the same move on me twice. My body remembers and compensates the next round.

Jasmine: What were they after, the gifts?
Aladdin: Not all the gifts. This is what the King of Thieves wanted. (Holds up the mysterious scepter he wrestled from the King of Thieves during the chaos)
Iago: With all the other great stuff in here, why go for this thing?
(Suddenly, a blinding light emerges from the staff and it floats out of Al's hand. A voice rings out as a visage of a woman appears in the air)
Oracle: Your question is mine to answer! The King of Thieves sought my sight to find the ultimate treasure.
Iago: Did someone say "treasure?"
Aladdin: Genie?
Genie: Hmm...Looks like an Oracle.
Oracle: I see all that has been, and all that will be.
Genie: Uh oh, uh oh, definitely an Oracle, tells the future, uh oh. (back to normal) Girlfriend, where were you registered?
Iago: Okay, you know all, so tell all. Where is the treasure? You know, the ultimate one?
Oracle: I am bound by the rule of one. One question, one answer.
Iago: I only want one answer! WHERE IS THE ULTIMATE TREASURE?!
Oracle: You have already asked your question.
Iago: You mean before? Oh, uh, that wasn't a question! That was uh...thinking out loud!
Genie: (grabs Iago) VERY loud!

Morgana: Judging from Kamoshida's response... I'm sure we had an effect on his Palace!
Ann: Does that mean the Treasure's appeared!? We'll be able to get it today, right?
Morgana: It's not just "today." It's ONLY today. The impact of seeing a calling card doesn't last long, and it cannot be repeated. This will be our one chance to steal the Treasure.
Ryuji: One day's more than enough for us!

“There is no need for us to quarrel, monsieur. There is no need for us to fight. After all, you must remember that you can protect yourself only once with this ring of hair. For each protection thereafter you will need to sacrifice some other firstborn to Moloch. It will take only the rising of tomorrow’s sun and its setting at evening, and then all the power you have in that ring will have died with the day.”
Elmek, The Devils Of D-Day by Graham Masterton

"The 'I' of now absorbed your power through your shadow in the past. What may have worked 10 years ago, no longer does!"
Mephiles the Dark, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

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