Quotes / "Rashomon"-Style

"Oh no no, now we gotta hear another of the story from a unique point of view?!"

— Andre, Victorious, "Who Did It to Trina"

Riker: We can't both be telling the truth.
Troi: It is the truth... as you each remember it.
Riker: Yes, but her version puts a noose around my neck.

— Star Trek: The Next Generation, "A Matter of Perspective"

"Chief Inspector, we've watched the events replayed over and over again and I am impressed, and admittedly dismayed by the body of evidence against Commander Riker. But isn't it remarkable that with all the witnesses, all the different points of view of the events aboard the space station, we haven't seen what really happened?"

— Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "A Matter of Perspective"

Crichton: Look, you guys gotta understand something. Everybody's stories are going to be a little bit different. Nobody sees things the exact same way.
Plokavian 1: We do.
Crichton: What? Ten Plakavoids see a fender bender and you get ten identical reports?
Plokavian 2: Yes!
Crichton: Well the rest of the universe doesn't work that way. There's going to be some inconsistencies.

— Farscape, "The Ugly Truth"

"But we haven't time..."
I spoke gently to quieten him. "Just watch and listen." I didn't show it, but I was worried myself now.
[...]
"But we haven't time—" Nathaniel began.
"Just shut up and watch!" The fly was buzzing frantically around their prison. It sounded decidedly panicked.

— Bartimaeus and Nathaniel narrating the same event, The Amulet of Samarkand

Loki: A tale retold may not go as you remember.

Thor: Memory is always a trickster, Loki. One worth two of even you.

— The Immortal Thor

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