Quotes / Organ Theft

"Aww, they took my freakin' kidney!"

— Charlie the Unicorn

"I need replacement parts."

— Alpha, Men in Black: The Series

Count Olaf: ...When I awoke, I discovered they had stolen my kidneys!
Sycophants: NO!

— A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Guy 1: Hey, it says "gullible" on the ceiling.
Guy 2: [looks up, notices it] Oh, so it doe— [looks down, Guy 1 has his lungs] Oh, you stole my lungs.

— asdfmovie

If a man only needs one kidney to survive, why does this story terrify us so? We are always taught to live with what we have and be content with what we own. The body is a remarkably resilient thing, your body even more so.
Don't let yourself get caught by organ smugglers. They might be able to harvest you daily for the rest of their lives. It would not be a pleasant experience.

— The Dragon in the aftermath of "The Organ Smugglers", The Secret World

IRIS: To finish analyzing your personal history, please authorize me to read your social media feeds and personal information metadata.
Player: Ah-ha! I knew it. This is some kinda scam. I'm going to wake up in a bathtub of ice, missing a kidney!

— Arcade Spirits

"What have you done with Spock's brain?!"

— Captain Kirk, Star Trek: The Original Series, "Spock's Brain"

"You've, uh, you've really stolen my heart... but I've got your kidney!"

— Ryan Stiles, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, "Scenes From a Hat" prompt "Pick-up lines in a hospital"

"Better out than in doesn't apply to organs!"

— Egbert the Careless, Oxventure

"Congratulations. You're now the new proud of owner of 7 hearts, 14 kidneys, 7 livers, 14 lungs, and 14 corneas. Some disassembly required."

— Human trafficker, Batwoman (2019), "If You Believe In Me, I'll Believe in You"

" I'm the monster, I'm the villain
What perfection, what precision!
Keen incisions, I deliver
Unscathed organs, I deliver
Repossession, I deliver
I'm the Repo! Legal assassin!"

— Nathan Wallace, Repo! The Genetic Opera

"I remember, I dismember
'Cause the claims medic gives no anesthetic
90 days delinquent gets ya' repo treatment
I'm the masked horror on your street corner
Make your mama mourn ya
I'm the Night Surgeon!"

— Nathan Wallace, Repo! The Genetic Opera

I practice what some would call "an organ harvesting operation"— which, personally, I find to be a very offensive and bigoted term to describe non-consensual organ arbitrage.

— SsethTzeentach, RimWorld review | Deep Space Organ Harvesting™"

"You took my kidney!"

— A sheep to Duke Weaselton who scammed him in his imaginary musical number, Zootopia+, "Duke: The Musical"

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