"If you want out, you'll take this [red] pill. But if you are where you belong, you can go back to this [blue pill]. Every day. Over and over. Forever."
— Morpheus to Neo, The Matrix Resurrections
"Tsuruya-kun ... I don't want to make that decision * for you. I believe that you can handle the truth, now. But I don't know if you take this step ... if we explain everything to you ... that you'll ever be able to go back to being 'just a side character' again. I know you said you liked being on the sidelines and making other people laugh.
"In fact, knowing about your family, and what they do, I understand why you chose to make yourself a bit separate from the rest of Haruhi's friends. I can see why.... Well. I understand and respect your decision at that time. If you want to change things now, then I want to make sure you understand beforehand that it may be a one-way trip."
— Kyon, Kyon: Big Damn Hero
Agent K: 1500 years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow...
James Edwards: What's the catch?
K: The catch? The catch is you will sever every human contact. Nobody will ever know you exist anywhere. Ever. I'll give you to sunrise to think it over.
Elmer Fudd: How'd you do that?
Bugs Bunny: Nothing you see here is real, doc. It's all fake except for me and these donuts.
Elmer: I love donuts!
Bugs: Eat the red and you'll see the world the way it really is. Eat the blue and you'll see something else, maybe New Jersey.
Bugs Bunny: Nothing you see here is real, doc. It's all fake except for me and these donuts.
Elmer: I love donuts!
Bugs: Eat the red and you'll see the world the way it really is. Eat the blue and you'll see something else, maybe New Jersey.
Butcher: Hughie, calm down, all right? This is like that scene in The Matrix. Now, you could take the fucking red pill, right? Spend the rest of your life jacking off, crying into your chai tea green latte what the fuck. Or... you could take the blue pill. Or is it the red pill? Anyway, take the other pill, and quit being a cunt.
Hughie: (confused) Which pill do you want me to take?
Butcher: Just quit being a cunt, is what I'm saying.
Hughie: (confused) Which pill do you want me to take?
Butcher: Just quit being a cunt, is what I'm saying.
— The Boys (2019), "The Name of the Game"
Sanakan: We made that pledge in that chapel, this... this is something new isn't it? Like... the things you told us how you became a Hunter.
Kyril: Yes. Everything I told you about myself is true.
*Beat*
Kyril: It is a commitment many make, but few actually uphold. This is not a promotion, it is a burden that you and you alone will shoulder. You will fight, you will struggle, and you will fall. You will see the worst things a man can do to another living being. In this war, that is the truth you will know.
*Beat*
Kyril: If you do not wish to sign the contract then leave the Dream. I will not think any less of the both of you if you do not wish to walk this path.
Kyril: Yes. Everything I told you about myself is true.
*Beat*
Kyril: It is a commitment many make, but few actually uphold. This is not a promotion, it is a burden that you and you alone will shoulder. You will fight, you will struggle, and you will fall. You will see the worst things a man can do to another living being. In this war, that is the truth you will know.
*Beat*
Kyril: If you do not wish to sign the contract then leave the Dream. I will not think any less of the both of you if you do not wish to walk this path.
