Quotes / Reset Button

Fiction

"In any story worth the tellin', that knows about the way of the world, the third wish is the one that undoes the harm the first two wishes caused."

— Granny Weatherwax, A Hat Full of Sky

"Return to the past... now!"

—Jeremy, Code Lyoko

"There's an infinite number of realities, Morty! And in a few dozen of those, I got lucky and turned everything back to normal. We just had to find one of those realities in which we also happen to both die around this time. Now we can just slip into the place of our dead selves in this reality and everything will be fine. We're not skipping a beat, Morty. Now help me with these bodies."

— Rick, Rick and Morty ("Rick Pution #9")

And the University had been rebuilt, or had rebuilt itself, or in some strange way had never been unbuilt; every strand of ivy, every rotting casement, was back in place. The sourcerer had offered to replace everything as good as new, all wood sparkling, all stone unstained, but the Librarian had been very firm on the subject. He wanted everything replaced as good as old.

— Sourcery

"Voyager Reset button," announced the voice of Majel Barrett. "When the ship is severely damaged in an alien attack or a crewmember undergoes a life-changing experience, it resets everything to its normal parameters."
"So that's how she does it," muttered Harry. He'd always wondered why he was stuck at the rank of ensign, not to mention where all those shuttles came from.

— It Was Your Blood (Part Spoof)

"Ah, dammit, I want a fajita plate now. Whis, rewind!"

—Beerus, after blowing up Earth, Dragonball Z Abridged Super Shorts

"If only the world had a reset button."

"I've looked into the reset button. The science is impossible."

— Roxanne Ritch and Megamind as "Bernard," Megamind

If I could turn the page
The time that I'd rearrange, just a day or two
(Close my, close my, close my eyes)
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for just one day to believe in you
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)

— Fleetwood Mac, "Little Lies"

On works

"If you think about it, Spider-Man not only made a deal with the devil, he came out of it pretty damn good! He gets his aunt saved, his buddy comes back to life, his identity is secure, he still gets to have had a long-term relationship with a damn supermodel back then, and fool around with kinky sex-addicted catgirls now."

— Moviebob on One More Day, "The Devil and Mr. Parker"

It feels like with Mulder and Scully back at the reins, their substitutes are no longer necessary. It's symptomatic of why the show was never going to succeed with Doggett and Reyes at the helm when the creator is still obsessing over his tired and departed former lead. As characters they worked a charm, and Patrick and Gish make a winning pair, but the series needed to get over Mulder and Scully in order to forge a new path and that was never going to happen with Carter in charge. He's too obsessed with maintaining the status quo, hoping to re-capture glories past rather than forging new glories ahead.

—Joe Ford on The X-Files, "The Truth"

So every piece of character development they ever did with Lex on this show? Gone. Worthless. No sir, officer. Never seen it before in my life.

—Chris Sims and David Uzumeri on Smallville ("Finale")

A Federation ship, lost in hostile, unknown territory without supplies or the ability to go to drydock for repairs. [Voyager] should be increasingly damaged and the people under constant stress. It makes for compelling drama. Tough choices and interesting character development. (Linkara holds up a Sega Genesis, hitting the reset button) WHOOPS! I seemed to have hit the reset button! (Does it again) And again! (repeatedly) And again! And again! And again! The ship is attacked by an aggressive species and is heavily damaged! (pushes reset again) Reset! We have supply problems that aren't resolved by the end of the episode! (pushes reset again) Reset! It's infuriating!

—Linkara on Star Trek: Voyager, "Star Trek: Voyager #1"

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