Quotes / With Catlike Tread

Zeno: There should be a way to get you underground. Hang on a sec... ...And presto!
[an explosion blows a hole in the floor]
Zeno: I maaay have planted a bomb when I was doing recon earlier, hehe. Here we go, GV! Hop down the rabbit hole and you're good. You may wanna head down before security shows up.
Gunvolt: ...There wasn't a more stealthy way to do this?
Zeno: S'all good man. It was quick and easy.

— Azure Striker Gunvolt

"Even spies have gotta go loud sometimes, right?"

— Sheldon, Splatoon 2

"Sokka, sneak attacks don't work if you yell them out loud."

— Aang, after one-shotting Sokka with an Offhand Backhand, Avatar: The Last Airbender

"FALCON SNEAK!! FALCON SNEAK!! FAL-"

— Captain Falcon, Brawl in the Family, "Captain Falcon Solid"

"Okay, gotta be sneaky... AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

— Dark Matt from "White Dark Life", in a mini arc based on Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

Mogi: MISA-MISA, THIS IS AN INFILTRATION MISSION, SO BE CAREFUL!
Ooi: What's he talking about?
Mogi: DON'T BLOW OUR COVER! (Am I forgetting anything?) OH YEAH, L WANTED ME TO TELL YOU THE BUG IS IN YOUR PURSE! BE SURE TO OPEN IT OR WE CAN'T HEAR YOU!

— Death Note Abridged (1 Kids Entertainment)

"A runabout! I'LL STEAL IT! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!"

— Dan Backslide, The Dover Boys

The Blind Dead is a movie about centuries-old corpses who rise from the dead and chase people around cemeteries and churches. They are blind. The way to escape from the blind dead is to keep real quiet. Then they don't know where you are, and the movie would be over. To avoid this, the people in the movie bang on doors, shout, breathe heavily, scream, gasp, cough, clear their throats, snap their fingers, tap their toes, step on twigs, grind their teeth, and ream out their ears.

— Roger Ebert (Note: being silent doesn't actually help because they can hear your heartbeat.)

"Why, Thor, the God of Thunder, is trying to enter my building!"

— Adam, MythBusters, "Crimes and Mythdemeanors"

"I've got three words for you: SNEAK ATTACK, BITCH!"

— Haley Starshine, The Order of the Stick.

"LAAAA, I'M BEING STEALTHY!!"

— Paw Dugan mocking this trope in King's Quest V

Pirates: WITH CATLIKE TREAD, [crash]
Upon our prey we steal! [crash]
In silence dread, [crash]
Our cautious way we feel! [crash]
General Stanley: Is someone there?

— The Pirates of Penzance

Lister: Someone get behind me.
Kryten: I'm going to come around behind you now, sir.
Lister: Okay, Kryten, take me by surprise.
Kryten: I'm coming around behind you to take you by surprise, sir.
Lister: Get on with it, surprise me.
Kryten: You may get an unpleasant sensation of chloroform. Don't be alarmed.
Lister: Surprise me now.
Kryten: Here comes my surprise, sir.

— Red Dwarf, "Demons and Angels"

"AH, I HAVE THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE!"

— RiffTrax, Highlander

"If we're goin' in there we'll require stealth and subtlety. Where's my chainsaw?"

— Myra, Skin Deep

"1584. Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to Sneak with a running chainsaw."

— Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do in an RPG

"Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot, not so much!"

— Gobber, How to Train Your Dragon

"...Try to maneuver around behind [the enemy scout], using cover as explained in Section 9. Recite the Litany of Stealth (refer to Emperor's Benedictions) to decrease your chances of being heard. Creep up behind him, pull his head up sharply to expose his neck then thrust your knife deeply into the side of his throat..."

— Excerpt from "Security of the Column, The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer, Chaper 3 Section 8", Warhammer 40,000 ^But... There is no Litany of Stealth in the benedictions — you're being told to be quiet.

I am the darkness that surrounds me,
I am the air that surrounds me,
I am the land that hides me,
I wait to strike,
From the Darkness,
I wait to kill,
From out of thin air,
I am invisible,
And I am silent death.

— Prayer of Invisibility (To be whispered when remaining hidden from the eyes of the enemy), The Benedictions of the Emperor, Inspiration Source and Uplifting Creeds for all Infantrymen, The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer, Warhammer 40,000

"Oh, right. Loud noises: the classic zombie apocalypse social faux pas."

— Yahtzee, still ironing out the kinks in DayZ.

"The Ghosts, as the name might imply, are ostensibly a legendary stealth unit that specializes in taking down larger forces through sneaky guerrilla tactics. So obviously, one of the first things you do in the game is ram-raid an enemy base in a burning truck and start gunning down every living thing from the dandelions on upwards. Yeah, that's some good ghostin' there, lads! Truly, thou art akin to the flicker of a candlelight shadow as you waddle around an open field being shot at from nineteen different directions."

— Yahtzee again, Call of Duty: Ghosts

"If you ask me to walk across a room I can usually do it without incident, but if you ask me to do so quietly I'll probably knock over an entire set of cymbals."

— Bug Martini

Nathan Drake: (while sneaking) Hey. Hey, Sev!
Sev: (trying to keep quiet) Shut up you moron!
Nathan: (stands) Okay... I will shut my mouth! Because I know... What we need right now. Is complete and utter silence! And so I will provide such things... By making no noise... Whatsoever!
Sev: I am going to strangle you!
Nathan: Say not another thing my companion, for I know... That this has always been my destiny!
Guard: What the fuck?
Sev: Shit!
Nathan: I was born to be the quietest individual who has ever lived! And thus! I WILL silence myself! I will QUELL MY WORDS! And you will not hear a thing from- HUBURURURURURU!"

— Sanity Not Included

Elan: Move, move, move, move silently across the battlefield...
Haley: Geez, Elan, that one is the specific example given of a bard song that DOESN'T work.

— The Order of the Stick

Pip Bin: The weather seems clement today.
Man in street: Yes, the clement-est day for a while.
Cockney thief boys: NICK IT! NICK IT! NICK IT! (the thieves steal the man's wallet and watch, and run off)''
Man: I say, you don't think someone subtly absconded with my wallet and watch, do you?
Pip Bin: Not that I noticed.

— Bleak Expectations

Gal: We're off on a secret mission!
Richard: A totally secret scheme!
Gal: We'll slay and do in your next of kin—
Richard: And quietly make him scream!
Gal: We've gotta be swift and stealthy!
Richard: So no one will raise a stink!
Both: We're off and away— but first, another drink! DA-DAH, DA-DAH, DA-DAH-DAH SECRET! SECRET! HUSH, HUSH, HUSH! SECRET, SECRET, OOOOOOOOOHHHHH...

— Galavant, "Secret Mission"

"Quiet! I'm trying to SNEAK UP ON THEM!"

— Thor, StarCraft II

"Stalking Dad! Quietly! Stalking Dad! Quietly!"

— Tina, Gene and Louise, Bob's Burgers

Hector: Shh!
Wordsworth: LIKE WHAT!?
Mungo: HE SAID—
Hector: Shh! Shut up and hand me the tools! No, wait! [CRASH]

— Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats

DON'T WORRY, DEARIE! GRANDMA KNOWS HOW TO STAY QUIET!

— Lillian Marie "Lily" Bowen, when told to sneak, Fallout: New Vegas

Gordon: Waitwaitwait, hold back, hold back, hold back. Shh! There's like, four guys out there. That's outside, we made it back out, but there's a fucking platoon-

Dr. Coomer: LOOK, GORDON! WE MADE IT TO THE SURFACE!!

— Half-Life but the AI is Self-Aware

Klump: Alright, alright, I have a plan. These big round noisy barrels are the perfect disguise! They'll never see or hear us coming! Now sit still and be quiet! YOU'LL GIVE AWAY OUR POSITION! Now to hit them with the element of surprise. HEY! DON'T LOOK DOWN HERE! That oughta do it. Now to sneak up there and-

Diddy: Oh hey, Klump! Excellent disguises!

— Uncle Al's Donkey Kong Country Abridged: Episode 2 - Ape Fool Young

"Snake, do you know how loud a car engine is!? You're not being sneaky."

— Metal Gear Sahelanthropus, An Incorrect Summary of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

"Nobody will notice if there's nobody to notice."

— Hitman meme◊

Of course, this new plan to awaken Malcharion had to be put down with tact.

With nuance.

With subtlety.

Vraal's claws slid from the sheaths on his gauntlets. They sparked and crackled, wreathed in killing lightning.

"Brothers!" he called joyously into the vox. "Everyone in this room is going to die!"

— NightLords

Tentomon: He (Keramon) doesn't know we're here yet.
Agumon: Let's sneak up on him quietly.
Tentomon: SUPER SHOCKER! (electrocutes Keramon)
Agumon: That's quietly?!

— Digimon: The Movie

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