All Just a Dream/Quotes

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

—"A Dream Within a Dream," Edgar Allan Poe

Ha ha, it was all a dream, everybody! ... those who have been irritated by this plot have been rewarded with the most irritating sort of ending that narrative has to offer.

—The Comics Curmudgeon

Bender: But I destroyed the technology of the world! I ran on the beach and felt the sand between my foot-cups!
Technician: *shrugging* Everyone experiences the upgrade a little differently.
Bender: Oof. If that stuff wasn't real, how can I be sure anything is real? Is is not possible, nay, probable, that my entire life is just a figment of my or someone else's imagination?

Technician: No. Get out.

—Futurama, "Obsoletely Fabulous"

You beat the game, yeah, dude you were supreme
but I hate to inform you, it was all just a dream (yes, really)
you stayed up late, you played until your thumbs bled,
but it was all just made up in Homeboy's head.
Mario 2, you're enjoyable, yes,
you were both grueling and fun, you put us kids to the test, for sure
but the game ends on such a cop-out-ey note

whoever's idea that was can lick my scrote.

—BrentalFloss, on the ending of Super Mario Bros. 2

Michaelangelo: Bebop and Rocksteady, as good guys?!

Raphael: This is one of those stories where we wake up at the end, and it was all a dream, right?

—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, "Rhinoman" (which, contrary to Raph's thought, wasn't a dream)

Homestar Runner: And when your puppet show gets canceled after three seasons...

Marzipan: {angrily} You mean the whole last season was a dream?! Gimme a break! They shoulda just had babies, and then the babies shoulda gotten married.

—Homestar Runner, Hremail 2000.

Can this still be real or some crazy dream?

—Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast

Wait, you're telling me I went through all that mental anguish over a dream? What a cheat!

—Darkwing Duck, Darkwing Duck, "Dead Duck"

Peter: You've calmed down since this morning.
Jason: Well, it's dawned on me that this must be a dream. Think about it - if I'd really metamorphosized into a mini-Paige, The X-Files division at the FBI would've sent Mulder and Scully to investigate by now.
Peter: Keep in mind they only examine paranormal events suitable for a mainstream network television audience.
Jason: Curse the infallible logic of my subconscious!

Peter: I mean, there are mutants, and there there are mutants.

—FoxTrot (it turns out to really be a dream, though)

Yay it was all a dream everything is ok phew that was lucky.

—Pick Up the Phone Booth and Aisle

"What happened to the graphics? What the-? What?! WHAT?! IT WAS ALL A DREAM?! What the fuck! You LIED to me! TITTYCOCKS! Wake the fuck up, I'm gonna kick your fuckin' ass! Stop that snorin', I'm gonna slap the shit outta you! Fuckin'- yeah, yeah! Look at me when I'm talking to- no, don't close your eyes! *sob* Everything I know is a lie!"

—The Furious Famicom Faggot, reacting to the ending of Super Mario Bros. 2