Anime & Manga
Rose: "What were you doing down there?"
Hohenheim: "Sending a declaration of war."
Hohenheim: "Sending a declaration of war."
"I hereby declare war on you all! The Fourth Great Ninja War begins now!"
— Tobi, Naruto
Big Mom: Straw Hat! Why are you here? Don't tell me you came to take down Kaido, that's too funny.
Luffy: You're right, that's not what I'm here for!
Big Mom: What?
Luffy: You, Kaido, the officers, Orochi, and all your subordinates...! I'm here to kick all your asses! IT'S GONNA BE AN ALL-OUT WAR!!!
Luffy: You're right, that's not what I'm here for!
Big Mom: What?
Luffy: You, Kaido, the officers, Orochi, and all your subordinates...! I'm here to kick all your asses! IT'S GONNA BE AN ALL-OUT WAR!!!
— Luffy officially starts the Onigashima War, One Piece
Comic Strips
"That's all I can stands and I can't stands no more!"
— Popeye the Sailor
Films — Live-Action
ABC Warrior: STATUS?
Rico: Bodyguard.
ABC Warrior: COMMANDER?
Rico: Rico.
ABC Warrior: MISSION?
Rico: Mission? (Evil Laugh) We're going to war.
ABC Warrior: (rising to its feet) WAR!
"It's war. Open, outright, declared war. I'll make those stiff-necked unicorns wish they'd never heard the name of Kelly!"
"All right, Clanton, you called down the thunder, well now you've got it! You see that? It says United States Marshal. Take a good look at him, Ike, 'cause that's how you're gonna end up. The Cowboys are finished, you understand? I see a red sash, I kill the man wearin' it. So run, you cur. Run! Tell all the other curs the law's comin'. You tell 'em I'm coming, and Hell's coming with me, you hear? Hell's coming with me!"
— Wyatt Earp, Tombstone
Live-Action TV
"You wanted a war, Glad-of-War? You have one. Be glad. It will be the war you die in."
— Mr. World, American Gods (2017)
Kate: I'm glad we're not playing friends anymore, 'cause I am real sick and tired of your attitude. There's a little thing called the law—
Angel: This isn't about the law, this is about a little thing called life. Now I'm sorry about your father, but I didn't kill your father, and I'm sick and tired of you blaming me for everything you can't handle! You wanna be enemies? Try me.
Angel: This isn't about the law, this is about a little thing called life. Now I'm sorry about your father, but I didn't kill your father, and I'm sick and tired of you blaming me for everything you can't handle! You wanna be enemies? Try me.
"I promised you war. This is what it looks like."
— Cmdr. Jacob Kane, Batwoman (2019), "O'Mouse!"
The Doctor: They did what?
Bishop: I'm sorry?
The Doctor: They left [Rose] where?
Bishop: Just... in the street.
The Doctor: The street. They left her in the street. They took her face, and just chucked her out and left her in the street. And as a result, that makes things... simple. Very, very simple. Do you know why?
Bishop: No.
The Doctor: Because now, Detective Inspector Bishop, there is no power on this Earth that can STOP ME!
Bishop: I'm sorry?
The Doctor: They left [Rose] where?
Bishop: Just... in the street.
The Doctor: The street. They left her in the street. They took her face, and just chucked her out and left her in the street. And as a result, that makes things... simple. Very, very simple. Do you know why?
Bishop: No.
The Doctor: Because now, Detective Inspector Bishop, there is no power on this Earth that can STOP ME!
— Doctor Who, "The Idiot's Lantern"
Alicia: I am taking that tower.
Strand: I'll protect it if I must.
Alicia: Then we're going to war!
Strand: I'll protect it if I must.
Alicia: Then we're going to war!
— Fear the Walking Dead, "PADRE"
"Oh, silent treatment is it?! Well, you know what this means: WAR!!!!!!!!!!!"
— Bob Hale, Horrible Histories
Music
I can't believe you made a Control song in the same week I made a Control song. This means war (again)
— Dan Bull (jokingly) to The Stupendium
You've gone too far!
Who do you think you are?!
Is this what you came for?!
Well, THIS MEANS WAR!
Who do you think you are?!
Is this what you came for?!
Well, THIS MEANS WAR!
— Nickelback, "This Means War"
Puppet Shows
"Earthmen, we are peaceful beings, and you have tried to destroy us. But you cannot succeed. You and your people will pay for this act of aggression. This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know that you can hear us, Earthmen. Our retaliation will be slow, but nonetheless effective. It will mean the ultimate destruction of life on Earth. It will be useless for you to resist, for we have discovered the secret of reversing matter, as you have just witnessed. One of you will be under our control. You will be instrumental in avenging the Mysterons. Our first act of retaliation will be to assassinate your World President."
— The Mysterons, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Tabletop Games
This means war.
War on the Antediluvians. War against Gehenna. War against the Camarilla, the Iconnu and the cagey independents. War against the witch-hunters, the werewolves, the cowardly anarchs and the herds of humanity. For some vampires, this means war on the very sect to which they belong.
Welcome to the Sabbat: please keep your arms inside the vehicle, otherwise someone might rip them off and hand them back to you.
—Vampire: The Masquerade - Guide to the Sabbat
Video Games
"So it is a war that Dage wants? Fine! I will bring it to him! Fiends of the Nation! Void Knights! Hexes! Rise! We shall rain death and destruction upon the Traitor! We shall pluck his soul from his husk and then... YOU! SHALL! FEAST!"
— Nulgath, AdventureQuest Worlds
"Draw the Warlock's blade. The time for mercy is long past."
—Eldar Announcer, Dawn of War II
"Life for death. I will have Zephirin's heart for what he did to Haurchefant."
— The Warrior of Light, Final Fantasy XIV
"This isn't a battle, anymore! It's a motherfucking war!"
—Travis Touchdown, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Web Animation
"Whichever one of you did this... you won't see the morning."
— Occam o'Connell, Hunter: The Parenting
Western Animation
"ALL RIGHT! This is war!"
"Of course you realize, this means... a skirmish."
— Fenton Crackshell, DuckTales (1987)
"They want to start a war with Cobra? Then Cobra... Will finish it."
—Cobra Commander, G.I. Joe: Renegades, in The Stinger
Real Life
"It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war."
— Charles Francis Adams, US Minister to the UK, to British Foreign Secretary Earl Russell.note
Premier Khrushchev: Force will be met by force. If the U.S. wants war, that's its problem.
President Kennedy: Then, Mr. Chairman, there will be a war. It will be a cold, long winter.
President Kennedy: Then, Mr. Chairman, there will be a war. It will be a cold, long winter.
—1961 Vienna Summit
Other
"Rick Ross
(not to be confused with the rapper of the same name, or with the drug dealer after whom the rapper was named) is an anti-cult activist. He got into the cult thing when he discovered a Pentecostal cult infiltrating the Jewish nursing home his grandmother was in, and got just a bit pissed off at that sort of thing."
(not to be confused with the rapper of the same name, or with the drug dealer after whom the rapper was named) is an anti-cult activist. He got into the cult thing when he discovered a Pentecostal cult infiltrating the Jewish nursing home his grandmother was in, and got just a bit pissed off at that sort of thing."—Rational Wiki
