Glad He's on Our Side

""I gotta tell you, I'm glad he's on our side, because can you imagine a criminal so neat that he never leaves behind any hair or fingerprints?""

- Detective Zach Nichols on Adrian Monk in a USA Network promo.

So that guy can lift heavy objects, fly, move at super speed, see through things, and shoot fire out of his eyes? Damn, it's a good thing that he's a Superhero because he would make one hell of a villain.

Basically, this trope is when a character expresses the sentiment that it's a good thing that so-and-so is on their side, because they would make a dangerously formidable enemy.

Sometimes this is followed up with the joke "at least I think s/he is" or a variant thereof. Or a less certain "...he is, right?"

This is also likely to be said by someone who works with a Heroic Sociopath.

Sometimes spoken directly to the person in the form of "I'm glad you're on our side".

Anime and Manga

 * In Soul Eater, Maka says this of . Maka even goes as far as to express surprise and Fridge Horror that.
 * In Fullmetal Alchemist, one of the Briggs soldiers says this about when he single-handedly drives off Bradley's reinforcements.

Comic Books

 * Inverted in Watchmen:
 * In the first issue of Superman, a group of politicians/law enforcement types say this of Superman at the end.

Film
"Giant Man: Who's the chick with the hammer? [referring to The Mighty Thor]
 * McCoy says this about Uhura in Star Trek III the Search For Spock.
 * Ultimate Avengers

Iron Man: Whoever she is, I'm glad she's on our side."


 * Disney's Pocahontas - "I'm glad you're on our side."
 * Bloodsport - "I'm glad you're on our side."
 * Three Men and a Baby - "Aren't you glad he's on our side?"
 * To Have and Have Not (1944) - "I'm glad you're on our side." (said twice)
 * Screamers - "I'm glad those things are on our side."
 * War Games: The Dead Code - "Glad she's on our side."
 * Back to Bataan (1945) - "I'm sure glad you guys are on our side."
 * Earth 2100 - "I'm glad you're on our side."
 * Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists - "I'm glad that you are on our side."

Television
"Frasier: You've lied, cheated and manipulated not only me, but the news media and the entire city of Seattle! What could you possibly have to say for yourself?
 * Inverted in one episode of Frasier with regards to his agent's skill/total lack of morals.

Bebe: Aren't you glad I'm on your side?"

Video Games

 * In the Vorkuta level of Black Ops, when you first meet Sergei, Mason says to him, "Glad you are a friend, Sergei," due to his brute strength.
 * In Mass Effect 1, Kaidan says this about Nihlus. He also says the same thing about the super-dreadnaught, Destiny Ascension.
 * Mass Effect 2 has a mega-Krogan heft a large piece of plate armour aside with next to no difficulty. While not exacly on Shepard's side, Garrus is "glad he's friendly".
 * Inverted in Left 4 Dead the Tank's not on your team, but Rochelle wishes he was.
 * Pretty much every Psychonaut. They can wreathe things in fire with ease, drop a giant rock on your head with telekinesis, psi-blast you in the face, and it's implied that they have the power to make your head explode with their minds.
 * In Star Wars Battlefront II, if you go on a killing streak your allies make comments. One of them is "I'm glad your on our side!" Another is, "Save some for the rest of us!"

Western Animation
"Toy Designer: I've just finished the new line of G.I. Jew toys. [pushes a button on the G.I. Jew action figure]
 * In G.I. Joe, after Storm Shadow left Cobra and joined the Joe team, his file card had a quote from General Hawk: "I'm glad he's on our side now." Understandable since Storm Shadow's skills are equal to, if not greater than, those of Snake Eyes.
 * Family Guy:

G.I. Jew: You call these bagels?

Toy Designer: Whoa, I'm glad he's on our side."


 * Jonny Quest
 * "The Mystery of the Lizard Men". Race Bannon says it after Dr. Quest uses the mirror to reflect the Big Bad's laser beam back and blow him up.
 * "Treasure of the Temple". Dr. Quest says "I'm glad you're on our team" to Race Bannon after he defeats a crocodile to save Jonny and dumps a canoeload of villains into the water.
 * Hanna Barbera's Moby Dick, episode "The Sinister Sea Saucer". Tug says this about Moby after Moby blows away a giant enemy manta ray.
 * The Herculoids episode "The Lost Dorgyte". Dorno says "I'm glad you're on our side" to Tundro.