"With [Grunt], I shall inflict upon the genophage the worst insult an enemy can receive: to be ignored."
—Warlord Okeer, Mass Effect 2
"As much as I always got a big laugh watching Buffy kick your shiny white bum, and as much as I know that I could give you a little bum-kicking myself right now, I'm here to tell you something... you're not even worth it."
—Xander Harris to Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"The fact is, I don't see the point in fighting you any more. Your pride is already shot, and in the end I guess that's good enough for me. You were so sure of your own power that you never imagined anyone in the universe could bring you down...especially a Saiyan. Heh. Now you know what failure feels like. See, I don't need to keep fighting you because I've already won. So go crawl off someplace and hide; I don't really care."
— Goku to Frieza, Dragon Ball Z Kai
"Huh. You're not worthy prey."
—Maya, Killer Instinct
Trunks: I...I'm sorry. I did my best, but...[Cell] just toyed with me! I couldn't do anything. And in the end...I wasn't even important enough to kill.
Vegeta: Sucks, doesn't i — I mean, sucks to be you!
Vegeta: Sucks, doesn't i — I mean, sucks to be you!
"Look, he survived. I guess Cell didn’t want to waste any energy on that weakling."
—Piccolo on why Cell knocked Mr. Satan out of the ring instead of killing him, Dragon Ball Z
Kevin: Get back here and fight, Tennyson! I'm not through with you yet!
Ben/Fourarms: But I'm through with you. You're not worth it. You never were.
Ben/Fourarms: But I'm through with you. You're not worth it. You never were.
Hamm: Hey, where’s that furball Lotso?
Slinky Dog: Yeah, I’d like to loosen his stitching.
Woody: Forget it, guys. He’s not worth it.
Slinky Dog: Yeah, I’d like to loosen his stitching.
Woody: Forget it, guys. He’s not worth it.
"My foolish little brother, you know the sole reason why I killed everyone else, and spared you? Because you are not worth killing."
—Itachi Uchiha, Narutonote
"To catch a fly from the ass of Zeus is not worth my time, Hermes."
—Kratos, right before Hermes goads him into coming after him anyway, God of War III
"Surprised? Don't be. You're not worth it. Mainframe will always endure. Remember this defeat, this humiliation. Remember you can never win."
"My friends are not worth the powder and shot it would take to kill them!"
—Henry Clay, complaining about the fractiousness of the Whig Party
"Any other man and I would have you executed, but you... I do not want you in my city, dead or alive."
— Queen Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones
Sarkhan was eager to take vengeance on Zurgo until he saw how lowly his old foe had become.
"Are you aware that this entire palace is held up by my force of will? Killing you would be like trimming a fingernail. Satisfying and extraordinarily mundane."
Thanos: [after Nebula crash-lands on Titan] Well, well...
Nebula: You should've killed me.
Thanos: Would've been a waste of parts!
Nebula: You should've killed me.
Thanos: Would've been a waste of parts!
"We just made your bail. Now if I wanted to kill you, I would have left you in jail where we have friends, and in some way that I would describe as deeply pornographic, you would have been killed. But you're a small piece of shit... and I don't want the karma of your death on my soul.'
—Quentin Glass, The Punisher (2004)
"Duels between knights are always to the death, [drives his sword into the ground] but you do not deserve to be treated as a knight."
—Alonso de Entrerríos, The Ministry of Time
"It is not required that you end his life."
—The Father, Doom Eternal
"Pathetic! This battle is beneath me. There is no honor in killing insects."
—Battle Beast, Invincible (2021)
Queen: Could That Be A Statement Of Animous Dissension?
Susie: ...huh?
Queen: You Wanna Fight, Loser
Susie: YES!!! YES ALREADY, YES!!!
Queen: Oh Then Bye
Susie: WAIT! A GODDAMN! SECOND!
Queen: I Have No Time For Such Frivolities (And Would Kick Your Ass)
— Deltarune Chapter 2
Miroku: You could have finished him off earlier if you wanted to. Instead, you merely held him off with your sword. Why did you stop at that? We all know you despise Inuyasha! I can't believe you've developed feelings for your brother!
Sesshomaru: I will slay him... eventually. Why kill him now, when he doesn't know himself? There would be no point.
Sesshomaru: I will slay him... eventually. Why kill him now, when he doesn't know himself? There would be no point.
—'InuYasha
"To me, your significance is even less than that of Sun Wukong, as he danced around in the Buddha's hand."
—Enrico Pucci to Narciso Anasui, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
"I kill anyone who threatens me."
—Black Manta, Injustice 2, averting the trope.
"I’ve been a fighter my whole life,” Javaan began. “When I was five years old, a couple of worthless trolls attacked my mother. Killed and ate her right in front of me, and you know what they said?” He dropped his voice, low and gruff. “You’re not even worth the energy, kid. We’ll come back for you when you’re as fat as your mother.”
—Looming Gaia, "Steel Knuckle Squad"
What Goemon says upon cutting "unworthy objects"
Goemon Ishikawa XIII from Lupin III provides one of the most famous invocations of this trope, in many different languages.- "またつまらぬ物を切ってしまった!"The original Japanese
Subtitled versions
- "Once again, I slashed an unworthy object…"Geneon subtitled version of The Mystery of Mamo
Dubbed versions
- "Once again, I've cut a worthless object."Toho/Frontier Enterprises dub of The Mystery of Mamo"Once again, I defile my blade on an unworthy object."Streamline dub of The Mystery of Mamo"I demean myself with my attention to this worthless object."Manga UK dub of The Mystery of Mamo"This is unworthy of my blade."Manga dub of The Castle of Cagliostro"An unworthy target defiles the weapon."Geneon dub of The Mystery of Mamo"Once again, I slashed something meaningless."English dub of Lupin III: Goodbye Partner
