Quotes / Protectorate

The Doctor: Colonel Manton, I want you to tell your men to "run away".
Colonel Manton: You what?
The Doctor: Those words. "Run away". I want you to be famous for those exact words. I want people to call you Colonel Run-Away. I want children laughing outside your door, 'cos they've found the house of Colonel Run-Away. And when people come to you and ask you if trying to get to me through the people I love is in any way a good idea... I want you to tell them your name.

— "A Good Man Goes to War", Doctor Who

The Doctor: Is this world protected? You're not the first to have come here. Oh, there have been so many. And what you've got to ask is, what happened to them?
Hello. I'm the Doctor. Basically...run.

— "The Eleventh Hour", Doctor Who

"This man is my friend. Nobody touches him!"

— Harry Kim, "The Chute", Star Trek: Voyager

Terrorist: Lois Lane? The Lois Lane? The one Superman always saves?

Lois: Afraid so.

— Superman: The Animated Series

"Now you listen to me, and you listen good and proper. If anything happens to him, you've got me to answer to."

— Sam to Gollum, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

"It will try to guard its trusted Trainer with its life. It has the ability to see the future."

— Gardevoir's Pokédex entry, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

"To protect its Trainer, it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole."

— Gardevoir's Pokédex entry, Pokemon Platinum

Gaz: What are they to you? Why do you even care?
Kaladin: They're my men.

— The Way of Kings (2010) (first book of The Stormlight Archive)

"Things did not turn out well for the last monster who raised his hand against your child. Or any of his friends. Or associates. Or anyone who worked for him. Or for most of the people he knew."

— Michael (regarding Harry), The Dresden Files

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