Comic Books
Seventeen years. Alone. Forgotten. And every night the tide came in. And every night, I pushed to the top, kicking, pushing. For hours. While the crabs, the leeches, clung to my body, cutting me. All I wanted was...to stop. Stop kicking, stop pushing. Stop. Please. Please. Let me stop.
They drowned me. Everyone drowns me. You drown me. And yet.
I'm still here.
But whatever can be said about my life, even my bitterest foes must grant me this: I've always conducted myself with style. With class. And with dignity. And so it shall remain. No matter what my situation is now.
—The Penguin, Gotham Underground
Films — Live-Action
Kevin McCallister: Hey. You guys give up? Have you had enough pain?
Marv: [plants fists on hips] NEVERRRR!!
Marv: [plants fists on hips] NEVERRRR!!
Here's the sitch! Uninhabited planet. No resources, no supplies, no apparent way home. A lesser man would die here. I'll be home by Christmas.
—Doctor Robotnik, Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Literature
It was horrible to see such courage and know the beings who possessed it were bent upon the murder of his entire race.
—Colin MacIntyre, The Armageddon Inheritance
Video Games
In the yakuza life, there are no KO’s. I’ll tell you what, Kiryu. To me, a finger or two don’t mean shit. Having Awano or Shibusawa beat me to the captain’s spot? Couldn’t give a fuck. As long as I’m alive, I’ll keep getting back up for more. Which is why you... A half-ass like you’s the one thing I can’t stand. Now DIE, you little shit!
— Daisaku Kuze, Yakuza 0
Web Animation
You want us to turn tail and run?! We may be dastardly, unsanitary, and lacking in any manner of decorum, but cowards we ain't. If we're going to the briny depths, we're takin' ye with us! Seascum pirates, to the last!
—Patchface the Pirate, Knights of All Realms
Webcomics
I will not die like this. I will not be squished, like a f***king bug, by a goddamn space rock! I... WILL NOT!
Western Animation
Alright, kids. Watch what a man who's got nothing to lose can do!
—Hawk Moth, Miraculous Ladybug
We fear no elli. I fear no dog. I, fear, nothing.
—General Woundwart, Watership Down (2018)
