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Harry: Wait. You work for me?
Cat Sith: I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

Martin: It's a surgery, not a sewing circle!
Pauline: Where's your desk?
Martin: In the removal van.
Pauline: And where's mine?
Martin: It's here.
Pauline: Exactly. So, ssh.
Doc Martin, "The Wrong Goodbye"

Alfred: You know, there are easier ways to earn frequent flyer points, sir.
Tagon: Is that how your job goes? I've never been clear on what "adjut" means, so "adjutant" is a complete mystery.
Ennesby: It's from ancient Earth languages. "Ad" means "towards" and "jut" means "stick out." Idiomatically, it means that your adjutant is the person who sticks it to you.

Damian: Watch yourself, Pennyworth. I'm not too young to understand sarcasm.
Alfred: While I am much too old to care.

Patron: Yoo-hoo, waiter? If I don't get something to drink soon I'm gonna die.
Geoffrey: You promise?
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, "Winner Takes Off"

Yang: Are you mocking me now?
The Accessory: Revival successful. Please minimize wasteful expenditure of life.

C.C. Babcock: Dear Niles, always so witty. Especially for a servant.
Niles: At least when I offer something, people take it.
The Nanny, "Deep Throat"

Brody: How did you ever get to be a butler?
Bertram: Well, I wanted to be an obnoxious rich guy, but the job was filled.

Kagura: I'm gonna need your help on this one, Hibiki.
Hibiki, smiling: You need my help on every one, sir.

Vincent: [after pictures exposing his affair with Olivia come out] Daniel, you're my lawyer. I need you to fix this.
Daniel: Well, we could create a time machine and have you make better choices.

Zero: How many times do we need to have this conversation?
Phase: Two, three, sometimes four times a day, apparently.
Zero: I want answers, Phase.
Phase: You want a lot of things.
Zero: Don't talk to me like I'm other people.
Phase: How do you want me to talk to you?
Zero: Like I'm your boss, not one of your Shatter stans.

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