Quotes / The Dulcinea Effect

But I had to do it. If I hadn't pulled the trigger, I couldn't have saved that girl.

— Claude, Star Ocean: The Second Story

Will: She's... She's being chased!
Abbey: No shit, Will. People don't run through dark woods for the fun of it.
Will: We have to help her!
Abbey: NO, we DON'T. Never confuse obligation with desire! We... Yes, Scut, I noticed that he's already left. Keck.

— Gnoph

"Of course, they'd only just met, but Galahunk wanted commitment. Galahunk wanted monogamy. And Galahunk knew he'd never find a better catch."

— Narrator, on Galahunk marrying the princess in Paige's story, FoxTrot.

Bun-Bun: Remind me what we're freezing our butts out here for again, nerd-boy?
Torg: Because she might need our help and it's the right thing to do.
Bun-Bun: And because you saw her naked.
Torg: Always a plus.

— Sluggy Freelance

"Yanno when yer watchin' some action movie an' th' guy meets th' love interest character for th' first time? An' he's immediately like, 'Oh, babe, I love you, we're gonna be together forever, I'm gonna fight all these ninjas for you!' An' yer like, 'What the hell! Who even is this guy?' I'M that guy, Jones."

— Commander Badass, Manly Guys Doing Manly Things

"She's important to you? Ten seconds ago you didn't even know her name!"

— Larxene, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

Nanoha's seen what's important to her. It's not what these interdimensional bureaucrats tell her is important, and it's not even what her ferret friend tells her is important. It's that she's seen a sad girl, and she wants to make her happy. Even if to do so, she's got to beat the snot out of her first.

— [Where I Watch] Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha

"Why concern yourself for this isolated female? You have spared not a glance for the three slave troupes forward. Everywhere people live and die: you are oblivious. What of the victims of the Old Chasch and their games? What of the cannibal nomads who herd men and women through the Kisolvan mid-region as other tribes herd fat-humps? What of the Dirdir and Dirdirmen in the Blue Chasch dungeons? All these you ignore; you are bemused by moth-dust: a fascination with this one female and her grotesque tribulations!"
Reith managed a grin. "One man can't do everything. I'll make a start, saving the girl from the Rite...if I can."

— The City of the Chasch by Jack Vance

Michael Knight: KITT, go to Manual; we're stopping.
KITT: Why? Is there a young lady in the vicinity?
Michael Knight: How did you know that?
KITT: Really Michael, you're so predictable.

— Knight Rider, "Deadly Maneuvers"

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