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Enemy: Hey, Frederick! Axes beat lances!! [smashes him over the head with his axe, to no effect]
Frederick: Allow me to educate you on the weapon triangle.
[Axe loses to sword, sword loses to lance, lance loses to axe, and everything loses to Frederick]

You did it, man! First paper to ever defeat scissors. They're gonna write a book about it, and then probably a movie that everyone will hate.
A Hammer Bro after Mario defeats Scissors, Paper Mario: The Origami King

"Rogues are scissors."
"Warriors are rock."
"Hunters, paladins, priests, druids, mages, and shamans are paper."
"Warlocks are mushrooms."

"Paper beats rock."
"Scissors beat paper."
"Scissors also happen to beat rock..."

"Until rock hits sixty at which point rock becomes an unstoppable killing machine that also beats paper, and would beat scissors, but it can't find scissors, because scissors are invisible. So scissors beat paper and avoid rock, and that is called balance."

He said your Quirk was Shock Absorption, not Nullification. That means there's a limit to what you can take, right!? So, you were made to fight me, big guy? If you can really withstand me firing at 100% of my power... then I'll have to go beyond that and FORCE YOU TO SURRENDER!
All Might, My Hero Academia

Even though my paper loses to Bern's scissors, if I was a sheet of super-paper, which is way more awesome than normal paper, I could beat even scissors, right?! Basically, I, Lady Lambdadelta, am super-paper!
Lambdadelta, Umineko: When They Cry

Noir/Diablo: Yes, I see what you're doing. Indeed, demons are strong against angels, angels are strong against spirits, and spirits are strong against demons. If one had to make a choice in such a three-way standoff, summoning a Superior Spirit would be the correct choice. However...
Razen: What now?
Noir/Diablo: It is too young. *proceeds to destroy the Earth Knight in one blow and holds its core in his hand* Do you see? Not enough experience. It is nothing more than a brainless brute. It will take more than that to beat me. *casually bites through the core*

What's the point of the Armorslayer if it cannot slay armors?
A Boy, after the Armorslayer is projected to do 0 damage to an armored unit in Fire Emblem Engage, "Fire Emblem Engage is Maddeningly Unmaddening"

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