Commander Gonad: We've got to stop him! By nonviolent means if at all possible! Listen, Anthrax! Be reasonable!
Anthrax: No!
Commander Gonad: Okay, then! (He beats the shit out of Anthrax.)
Sergeant Steroid: Whew! That was a close one!
Anthrax: No!
Commander Gonad: Okay, then! (He beats the shit out of Anthrax.)
Sergeant Steroid: Whew! That was a close one!
— Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys, "Commander Brock Gonad and His Hard Punchers of Justice"
Buffy: I wasn't gonna use violence. I don't always use violence. Do I?
Xander: The important thing is you believe that.
Xander: The important thing is you believe that.
Queen Moon: I don't want to hurt you.
Meteora: That's too bad, because that's all I want to do to you! (fires lasers from eyes)
Meteora: That's too bad, because that's all I want to do to you! (fires lasers from eyes)
— Star vs. the Forces of Evil, "Tough Love"
Seems talking won't do any more good.
Seems talking won't do any more good.
Seems talking won't do any more good.
All you can do is FIGHT.
Seems talking won't do any more good.
Seems talking won't do any more good.
Seems talking won't do any more good.
All you can do is FIGHT.
Seems talking won't do any more good.
— Undertale, if you talk to Asgore repeatedly during his battle, instead of fighting him like you're supposed to
Steve Vizard: Master, I am sad. The other students do tease me, and I know not what to do about it.
Peter Moon: Well, has not all your training been in vain, budgie tits?
Steve Vizard: I do not understand, Master.
Peter Moon: Can you not beat the shit out of them?
Steve Vizard: But surely there are other ways, Master?
Peter Moon: Yes, but they are not as fun to watch!
Peter Moon: Well, has not all your training been in vain, budgie tits?
Steve Vizard: I do not understand, Master.
Peter Moon: Can you not beat the shit out of them?
Steve Vizard: But surely there are other ways, Master?
Peter Moon: Yes, but they are not as fun to watch!
— Fast Forward skit of Kung Fu (1972)
"Must violence always be the solution?"
— Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Overwatch
"Violence is usually the answer."
— Mako "Roadhog" Rutledge, Overwatch
"A man who kills without reason cannot be reasoned with."
— Stoick, How to Train Your Dragon 2
"Let your warriors fight. Let them prove their courage and their loyalty to you by defending your borders. Peace is not the way of the Clans. We prove ourselves in battle."
— Songbird, Warrior Cats
"I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea — a practice I shall always follow. Anyone who clings to the historically untrue and thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never settles anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms."
—Lt. Col. Jean V. Dubois, Starship Troopers
Gareth: There are eight guardians on this island. Retire all of them, and then I will battle you.
X: These silly games are pointless.
Zero: It seems that retiring eight might be easier than persuading one.
X: These silly games are pointless.
Zero: It seems that retiring eight might be easier than persuading one.
Violence Required
Violence ACQUIRED
— Madness Combat, Expurgation
"Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force."
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Ace: So it's fine for me to blow stuff up when you decide? Nothing's changed.
The Doctor: It's never fine to blow stuff up. Sometimes, sadly, it's the only solution. But only after fair warning.
— Doctor Who, "The Power of the Doctor"
