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{{quote|''"[Burns] became consumed by greed, he'd steal from anyone . . .
''and when he tried to steal our sunlight, he crossed the line from everyday villainy into [[Cartoonish Supervillainy]]!"'' |'''Smithers'''<ref>after mistakenly believing himself to be the one who shot Burns</ref>, ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part 2"}}
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* Perhaps most famously (if lamely) in the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film, ''[[Psycho]]''.
* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2nKWHh9P_w&#t=7m48s this scene] from ''[[The Lion King]] 2''.
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'''Kovu''': ... I've never heard the story of Scar that way. He truly was a killer.
'''Simba''' (while brushing the remains of burned plants): Fire is a killer. Sometimes what's left behind can grow better than the generation before, if given the chance. }}
* ''[[Troy]]'': The Trojan priest says this when they find the beach abandoned. ([[Trojan Horse|It's a Trap]].)
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'''King Priam:''' What happened here?
They desecrated the temple of the gods, and Apollo desecrated their flesh.
They thought they could sack this city in a day. Now look at them... fleeing across the Aegean. }}
* Chuckles the Clown does this in ''[[Toy Story]]'' 3 to explain Lotso's turn to evil.
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