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Frank Niagara: Pleased to meet you. I'm Frankie "The Bat" Niagara.
Max Payne: Niagara, as in you cry a lot?
Max (narrating): He had a baseball bat, and I was tied to a chair. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do.

Asuna: What the hell are you doing?!
Kirito: Well, clearly I'm stabbing myself with this sword to see if it kills me- oh God, what am I doing?

So, yeah, recruiting Shinon, huh? Stefan was pretty obscure to find, but Shinon takes the cake for dumb recruitments. Why? Because he violates the most deeply held principle Fire Emblem has to offer re: recruiting enemies: don't kill them.

"I do think it's very amusing, and also a little bit sad, that this game rewards you so handsomely for making your units suck on purpose."

"Nano-Tech Meds in the world heal you, but who the hell picks up and uses strange syringes that they find lying around in real life?"
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon loading screen hint text.

Arin: (after being stuck for the better part of an episode and consulting a walkthrough) You're supposed to drop down here. (jumps off the edge of the broken floor into the blackness below and lands safely on the next story down)
Danny: Oh! Geez, that's not very clear, though. They don't really, like...it looks like something you're not supposed to do.

If you're mad enough to try and make friends with the spider...
GrailQuest #1: The Castle of Darknessnote 

"We appear to have entered a realm in which the Laws of Common Sense do not apply," said Proton.
Captain Proton and the Planet of Lesbians

"The Conservatives actually campaigned on a manifesto pledge to get rid of human rights and people voted for it. As electoral choices go, it’s not far off choosing to be ruled by a dry, whispering voice taunting you from an antique mirror."

"Why would you put BEES in a pizza?"
TomSka, STABBED

"So you're not supposed to attack the unstoppable killing machine of death? How counterintuitive."
Jason Fox, FoxTrot

"What? Annnnnnd the game just froze. Fuck… You wanna know why it froze? It’s because this guy - who, by the way, looks exactly like all the other bandits in this game - is programmed so that you have to approach him and talk to him before proceeding. So if you shoot him [with arrows], the game crashes. Well, pardon me for being fucking intelligent!"

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