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Anime and Manga
Sayaka: Kouji-Kun, make an escape!
Mucha: Over Here...
Nuke: Over here, here.
Boss: Kabuto, leave it to me...
Kouji: No way! You guys run away...
Baron Ashura: Huh, do not care about the small fries, cut off Kabuto Kouji's head...
Sayaka: Asshole, we are protecting you, our lives are one!
Mucha: Over Here...
Nuke: Over here, here.
Boss: Kabuto, leave it to me...
Kouji: No way! You guys run away...
Baron Ashura: Huh, do not care about the small fries, cut off Kabuto Kouji's head...
Sayaka: Asshole, we are protecting you, our lives are one!
— Mazinger Z, Shin Mazinger Zero, "#6"
Hold, Megatron! You shall go no further! CYBER KEY POWER!
— Vector Prime, Transformers: Cybertron
Listen up, you hag! I don't care if it kills me... you're not reaching that roof!!
— One Piece, Eustass Kidd and Trafalgar Law to Big Mom
Comic Books
They sing no songs in Hel, nor do they celebrate heroes, for silent and dismal is that realm and cheerless. But the story of the Gjallerbru and the god who defended it is whispered across the Nine Worlds... and when a new arrival asks about the one to whom even Hela bows her head... the answer is always the same: "He stood alone at Gjallerbru." And that answer is enough.
Come, you hound of the dark! Come to your deaths! Hurl your power at me! I deny you! I defy you! I am a Knight of the Empire, and I am your doom!
— Antares Draco, Star Wars: Legacy
Sheko: You... You can see me?
Alura: OF COURSE I can see you. Now GET OUT of our home!
Sheko: Who are you...?
Alura: Alura Zor-El! Praetor of Argo City! And you trespass at your peril!
Alura: OF COURSE I can see you. Now GET OUT of our home!
Sheko: Who are you...?
Alura: Alura Zor-El! Praetor of Argo City! And you trespass at your peril!
Haven't you figured it out yet?! You don't get past ME — You don't get to hurt my HOME — And you are going — DOWN!
I'm sorry, my friend — but I can permit you to go no further!
Brainiac: "My hyper-missiles will score on your tallest buildings!"
Supergirl: "Not while I'm guarding the goal!"
Supergirl: "Not while I'm guarding the goal!"
Fan Works
I am Rei Ayanami, First Child. I defend this city and my friends. You shall not pass.
Yes. This is the A.T. Field. The barrier of my soul. And you will not cross it. You will not hurt Ikari-kun's family.
— Rei, The Child of Love, chapter 9
"We... we've got... the city... covered," he panted, his face a mask of pain. "Lieutenant O'Brien... and I... will hold... the shield. I swear."
Film — Animated
Go, go! Your lady needs you! Go! [...] Today, I repay my debt. [...] Engarde!
— Puss in Boots, Shrek 2
General Woundwort: Thlayli, we've unblocked a run out here. I can bring in enough rabbits to pull down this wall in four places. Why don't you come out?
Bigwig: My Chief Rabbit has told me to defend this run, and until he says otherwise I will stay here.
Bigwig: My Chief Rabbit has told me to defend this run, and until he says otherwise I will stay here.
Film — Live-Action
All Nova pilots, interlock and form a blockade. The Dark Aster must not reach the ground.
— Nova Prime, Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!
— Gandalf the Grey, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Black Knight: None shall pass.
Arthur: What?
Black Knight: None shall pass.
Arthur: I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must cross this bridge.
Black Knight: Then you shall die.
Arthur: What?
Black Knight: None shall pass.
Arthur: I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must cross this bridge.
Black Knight: Then you shall die.
Literature
"You cannot pass," [Gandalf] said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass."
Nom Anor: There are thousands of warriors out here. You are only one man!
Ganner: I am only one Jedi.
Nom Anor: You're Insane!
Ganner: No, I am Ganner! This threshold... is MINE! I claim it for my own! Bring your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush! I don't give a damn! NONE SHALL PASS!
Ganner: I am only one Jedi.
Nom Anor: You're Insane!
Ganner: No, I am Ganner! This threshold... is MINE! I claim it for my own! Bring your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush! I don't give a damn! NONE SHALL PASS!
Live-Action TV
Only one human captain has ever survived battle with the Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.
— Delenn, Babylon 5, "Severed Dreams"
Cyber!Yvonne: YOU WILL NOT PASS.
Cybermen: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?
Cyber!Yvonne: YOU WILL NOT PASS.
(fires, screams of cybermen)
Yvonne: I DID MY DUTY FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, I DID MY DUTY FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY...
Cybermen: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?
Cyber!Yvonne: YOU WILL NOT PASS.
(fires, screams of cybermen)
Yvonne: I DID MY DUTY FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, I DID MY DUTY FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY...
The First Sword of Braavos does not run.
— Syrio Forel, Game of Thrones
"Attention all hands. As you know, we could outrun the Klingon vessels, but we must protect the Enterprise-C until she enters the temporal rift. And we must succeed. Let's make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise. Picard out."
— Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Yesterday's Enterprise"
Lt. Larkin: What are your orders, sir?
Cpt. Benjamin Sisko: There's only one order, Lieutenant: we hold.
Cpt. Benjamin Sisko: There's only one order, Lieutenant: we hold.
— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "The Siege of AR-558"
Music
Et Verdun, la victorieuse,
Pousse un cri que portent là-bas
Les échos des bords de la Meuse,
Halte là ! on ne passe pas...
Plus de morgue, plus d'arrogance,
Fuyez barbares et laquais,
C'est ici la porte de France,
Et vous ne passerez jamais.
And Verdun, the victorious,
Launches a scream that
the Meuse carries
Stop right there! None shall pass...
No more disdain, no more arrogance,
Flee, barbarians and lackeys,
These are the gates of France
And you shall never pass
Pousse un cri que portent là-bas
Les échos des bords de la Meuse,
Halte là ! on ne passe pas...
Plus de morgue, plus d'arrogance,
Fuyez barbares et laquais,
C'est ici la porte de France,
Et vous ne passerez jamais.
And Verdun, the victorious,
Launches a scream that
the Meuse carries
Stop right there! None shall pass...
No more disdain, no more arrogance,
Flee, barbarians and lackeys,
These are the gates of France
And you shall never pass
— "Verdun ! On ne passe pas," a French patriotic song from World War One
Bedroht der Feind auch noch so sehr,
Wir Deutsche fürchten ihn nicht mehr!
Ob er auch doch so stark mag sein,
In uns're Stellung kommt er doch nicht rein!
No matter how much the enemy threatens us
We Germans shall no longer fear him!
No matter how strong he may be
He will never take our position!
Wir Deutsche fürchten ihn nicht mehr!
Ob er auch doch so stark mag sein,
In uns're Stellung kommt er doch nicht rein!
No matter how much the enemy threatens us
We Germans shall no longer fear him!
No matter how strong he may be
He will never take our position!
— "Das Argonnerwaldlied," a German marching song from World War One
Fields of execution turned to wasteland from the grass
Thou shalt go no further, it was said "They shall not pass!"
The spirit of resistance and the madness of the war
So go ahead, face the lead, join the dead
Though you die where you lie, never asking why
Thou shalt go no further, it was said "They shall not pass!"
The spirit of resistance and the madness of the war
So go ahead, face the lead, join the dead
Though you die where you lie, never asking why
— Sabaton, "Fields of Verdun"
Poetry
Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul,
With all the speed ye may;
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?
With all the speed ye may;
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play.
In yon strait path a thousand
May well be stopped by three.
Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?
— The Lays Of Ancient Rome, "Horatius"
Still worse, the order to retreat got twisted in his head.
And, far from facing right about, down to the bridge he sped.
He stood there firm with shoulders squared, quite calm and easy still.
Ready to show to all that came how well he knew his drill.
They didn't give him long to wait, for ere he took his stand,
Behold! upon the little bridge there thronged a hostile band.
Man after man they rushed across, but each as he came on
Got face-to-right or face-to-left, fell over, and was gone.
No human arm was strong enough to make that giant yield,
And when the rear ranks tried to shoot, the front ranks were his shield.
The fiercer was the foe, the more his hope would come to naught.
When up came Sandels with his men and saw how Dufva fought.
"Bravo!" he shouted, "fine; keep on, you splendid fellow, you!
Throw every devil off the bridge, hold on, for God's sake, do!
That's how a Finn should fight, ay, that's a soldier you may say.
Come on, boys, hurry to his help! for he has saved the day!"
And, far from facing right about, down to the bridge he sped.
He stood there firm with shoulders squared, quite calm and easy still.
Ready to show to all that came how well he knew his drill.
They didn't give him long to wait, for ere he took his stand,
Behold! upon the little bridge there thronged a hostile band.
Man after man they rushed across, but each as he came on
Got face-to-right or face-to-left, fell over, and was gone.
No human arm was strong enough to make that giant yield,
And when the rear ranks tried to shoot, the front ranks were his shield.
The fiercer was the foe, the more his hope would come to naught.
When up came Sandels with his men and saw how Dufva fought.
"Bravo!" he shouted, "fine; keep on, you splendid fellow, you!
Throw every devil off the bridge, hold on, for God's sake, do!
That's how a Finn should fight, ay, that's a soldier you may say.
Come on, boys, hurry to his help! for he has saved the day!"
— Sven Dufva, The Tales Of Ensign Stål
Video Games
Son, you must lead our people through the south pass. I will remain behind to hold off these vile monsters for as long as I can.
— King Eldaric IV, Battle for Wesnoth, The Rise of Wesnoth, "The Fall"
I will not stand by and watch as you ruin all I've made. You and your band shall not pass.
— Braev Lee, Bravely Default
Frank Horrigan: You've gotten a lot farther than you should have, but then you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over, mutie. Time to die.
The Chosen One: Huh? Frank who?
Frank Horrigan: Me, Frank Horrigan, that's who. United States Secret Service. You aren't going anywhere from here.
The Chosen One: Huh? Frank who?
Frank Horrigan: Me, Frank Horrigan, that's who. United States Secret Service. You aren't going anywhere from here.
MY NAAAAAME! IS GYOUBU MASATAKA ONIWAAAAA! AS I BREATHE, YOU WILL NOT PASS THE CASTLE GATE!
Richard Baxton piloted his Recon Rover into a fungal vortex and held off four waves of mind worms, saving an entire colony. We immediately purchased his identity manifests and repackaged him into the Recon Rover Rick character with a multi-tiered media campaign: televids, touchbooks, holos, psi-tours - the works. People need heroes. They don't need to know how he died clawing his eyes out, screaming for mercy. The real story would just hurt sales, and dampen the spirits of our customers.
— CEO Nwabudike Morgan, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Webcomics
Fighter: Stay away from her.
Black Mage: ...Fighter.
Fighter: Stay back.
Black Mage: Get out of the way, Fighter.
Fighter: No.
Black Mage: Okay, you can't actually stop me, you know?
Fighter: I'll try.
Black Mage: ...Fighter.
Fighter: Stay back.
Black Mage: Get out of the way, Fighter.
Fighter: No.
Black Mage: Okay, you can't actually stop me, you know?
Fighter: I'll try.
Web Original
Champ: EXFIL IS HERE, GO GO GO!!
(Vicodxn continues shooting instead of getting in the Drop Pod)
Zanny: Vic is like, "Go on without me!" But you're right here by the door. "Leave me behind!"
Vicodxn: You don't understand, man, something about holding that huge minigun just makes you need to sacrifice yourself.
(Vicodxn continues shooting instead of getting in the Drop Pod)
Zanny: Vic is like, "Go on without me!" But you're right here by the door. "Leave me behind!"
Vicodxn: You don't understand, man, something about holding that huge minigun just makes you need to sacrifice yourself.
Real Life
I have only two out of my company and twenty out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.
— First Lieutenant Clifton B. Cates, USMC, 96th Co., Soissons, 19 July 1918. He held.
