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|'''Alan Moore''', ''Tomorrow Stories''}} |
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{{quote|Tears... tears. Why am I crying? What... did this mean to me? |
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{{quote|If I die, I can be replaced. |
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⚫ | '''Carib:''' Excuse me, Solo, but you can't possibly imagine it. Every time one of us leaves this valley it's with the knowledge that every outside contact puts our lives and those of our families at risk. The knowledge that all it will take will be one person suddenly looking at us with new eyes, and the whole carefully created soap bubble of the ever-so-close Devist family will collapse into the fire of hatred and rage and murder. |
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|'''Spen Jankowski''', ''[[F.E.A.R.]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Han Solo:''' So what's it like being a clone? |
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⚫ | '''Carib:''' Excuse me, Solo, but you can't possibly imagine it. Every time one of us leaves this valley it's with the knowledge that every outside contact puts our lives and those of our families at risk. The knowledge that all it will take will be one person suddenly looking at us with new eyes, and the whole carefully created soap bubble of the ever-so-close Devist family will collapse into the fire of hatred and rage and murder. |
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|'''A clone of [[Ace Pilot|Baron]] [[Farm Boy|Fel]]''' in [[Timothy Zahn|Zahn]]'s ''[[Hand of Thrawn|Vision of the Future]]''}} |
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|'''Sifl''', ''[[The Sifl and Olly Show]]''}} |
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{{quote|As long as you're around, I'll be nothing more than a mere shadow! |
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|'''[[Aeon Flux]]''' and '''Trevor Goodchild'''.}} |
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|'''floating robot head thingy''', ''[[Dead Leaves]]''}} |
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Someone else has said. |
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{{quote|You look in the mirror, but someone else looks back. You remember a life you never had, one that cannot be yours. You are the piece that does not fit, you don't belong in this game. The board has been knocked over, you shall be swept away... |
{{quote|You look in the mirror, but someone else looks back. You remember a life you never had, one that cannot be yours. You are the piece that does not fit, you don't belong in this game. The board has been knocked over, you shall be swept away... |
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| ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''}} |
| ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''}} |
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'''[[The Captain|Tagon]]''': [[Mad Scientist|Kevyn]] and, um...Kevyn, do you have any suggestions for how I handle paying you? I mean, there are two of you now. |
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'''Timeclone!Kevyn''': No. There is one of me, and one of him. |
'''Timeclone!Kevyn''': No. There is one of me, and one of him. |
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| ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
| ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
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{{quote|There's lots of him. Who'd miss this one? |
{{quote|There's lots of him. Who'd miss this one? |
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| '''[[Action Girl|Elf]]''', on [[Me's a Crowd|the Gavs]], ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
| '''[[Action Girl|Elf]]''', on [[Me's a Crowd|the Gavs]], ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
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'''Kowalski''': How many [[Brain Uploading|brain-clones]] of mine died out there? |
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'''Admiral Emm''': Plenty. If souls exist, you launched your own, personal invasion of Hell. |
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'''Kowalski''': So the place will be secure when the three of us eventually arrive. |
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| ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', November 30, 2012}} |
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'''Kowalski''': Besides, you've sent me to my death ''thousands'' of times now. I'm only sending you there once. |
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| ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
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'''Kowalski''': I'm just [[Blood Knight|happy that I've killed more times than I've died]]. |
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| ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''}} |
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|'''Jennifer Lucas' Ganger''', ''[[Doctor Who]]''}} |
|'''Jennifer Lucas' Ganger''', ''[[Doctor Who]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Dani''': Stop fighting. I know you're too weak to beat me! |
{{quote|'''Dani''': Stop fighting. I know you're too weak to beat me! |
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'''Danny''': I'm not going to fight you! Every time I fight a clone they turn to goo! |
'''Danny''': I'm not going to fight you! Every time I fight a clone they turn to goo! |
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''(Dani looks down and sees she's starting to melt)'' |
''(Dani looks down and sees she's starting to melt)'' |
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'''Danny''': But you're not mindless, like the other clones. ''I don't want to fight you!'' |
'''Danny''': But you're not mindless, like the other clones. ''I don't want to fight you!'' |
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'''Dani''': Then let my father have your morph DNA! So he can save me! |
'''Dani''': Then let my father have your morph DNA! So he can save me! |
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'''Danny''': He's not going to save you! He's ''using'' you! You're nothing but a mess he's not gonna clean up! |
'''Danny''': He's not going to save you! He's ''using'' you! You're nothing but a mess he's not gonna clean up! |
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'''Dani''': You're LYING! ''(blasts him)'' |
'''Dani''': You're LYING! ''(blasts him)'' |
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|'''[[Danny Phantom]]''' being rather insensitive to his cousin/clone [[Opposite |
|'''[[Danny Phantom]]''' being rather insensitive to his cousin/clone [[Opposite Gender Clone|Danielle]], ''Kindred Spirits''}} |
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{{quote|'''Nasdra Magrody:''' "While the loss of material is extremely taxing, as well as the many navy crews who have lost their lives. |
{{quote|'''Nasdra Magrody:''' "While the loss of material is extremely taxing, as well as the many navy crews who have lost their lives. |
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'''Lyrax Pentigure:''' "Not to mention our clone troops." |
'''Lyrax Pentigure:''' "Not to mention our clone troops." |
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'''Nasdra Magrody:''' "As I said, material, yes." |
'''Nasdra Magrody:''' "As I said, material, yes." |
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|'''[[Star Wars]]''', ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/HoloNet_News_(podcast) Holonet News: A Galaxy Divided]''}} |
|'''[[Star Wars]]''', ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/HoloNet_News_(podcast) Holonet News: A Galaxy Divided]''}} |
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{{quote|Today I slew my twin brothers seven times and nearly died four times at the hands of my twins. [[War Is Hell|What kind of war is this]] |
{{quote|Today I slew my twin brothers seven times and nearly died four times at the hands of my twins. [[War Is Hell|What kind of war is this]] |
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that we replicate ourselves time and again, only to waste our own lives on axe blades dulled by endless internecine fighting? |
that we replicate ourselves time and again, only to waste our own lives on axe blades dulled by endless internecine fighting? |
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Which one of us represents the hopes and dreams of our shared parents? Is it truly death if I am reborn time and again? |
Which one of us represents the hopes and dreams of our shared parents? Is it truly death if I am reborn time and again? |
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Am I more worthy of living or is my twin? Might we not [[Turned Against Their Masters|ally ourselves - the Spawned - against the Firsts]] who recline on golden thrones, |
Am I more worthy of living or is my twin? Might we not [[Turned Against Their Masters|ally ourselves - the Spawned - against the Firsts]] who recline on golden thrones, |
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stirring themselves only to order us into fratricide? |
stirring themselves only to order us into fratricide? |
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Perhaps we are no longer even dwarves. When a work of art is copied, and that copy is copied again and again, the results become gross parodies of the original. |
Perhaps we are no longer even dwarves. When a work of art is copied, and that copy is copied again and again, the results become gross parodies of the original. |
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I fear that I am but a pale imitation of the First I once was, willingly killing myself in an absurd parody of narcissism. |
I fear that I am but a pale imitation of the First I once was, willingly killing myself in an absurd parody of narcissism. |
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| A record of the Spawn Wars, ''[[Forgotten Realms|Grand History of the Realms]]''}} |
| A record of the Spawn Wars, ''[[Forgotten Realms|Grand History of the Realms]]''}} |
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Isn't it strange —"Weird Al" Yankovic, I Think I'm a Clone Now
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Yeah, I resulted to be a clone of myself from an alternative-future-imaginary-world or something like that. Listen, is this going to affect my welfare check? —Alan Moore, Tomorrow Stories
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Tears... tears. Why am I crying? What... did this mean to me? —Rei Ayanami, Neon Genesis Evangelion
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If I die, I can be replaced. —Rei Ayanami, Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Are you kidding? Military clones? This is why nobody takes us seriously! —Spen Jankowski, F.E.A.R.
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Han Solo: So what's it like being a clone? |
If we outlaw cloning, then only outlaws will have clones. —Sifl, The Sifl and Olly Show
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As long as you're around, I'll be nothing more than a mere shadow! |
"These people you're copying are already superfluous. You're trafficking in excess." —Aeon Flux and Trevor Goodchild.
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Oh well, even if we all died tomorrow, there's still another batch of clones to take our place. C'est la vie... —floating robot head thingy, Dead Leaves
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Everything I know is what I need to know, —John Entwistle, "905"
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You look in the mirror, but someone else looks back. You remember a life you never had, one that cannot be yours. You are the piece that does not fit, you don't belong in this game. The board has been knocked over, you shall be swept away... |
There's lots of him. Who'd miss this one? |
Kowalski: How many brain-clones of mine died out there? — Schlock Mercenary, November 30, 2012
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Kowalski: Besides, you've sent me to my death thousands of times now. I'm only sending you there once. |
Kowalski: I hate this part. I've cloned my selfstream hundreds of times, and still I hate it. |
My name is Jennifer Lucas. I'm not a factory part. I had toast for my breakfast. I wrote a letter to my mum. [...] I am Jennifer Lucas! I remember everything that happened in her entire life! Every birthday, every childhood illness. I feel everything she has ever felt, and more! I'm not a monster. I am me! Me! Me! Me! ME! —Jennifer Lucas' Ganger, Doctor Who
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Dani: Stop fighting. I know you're too weak to beat me! —Danny Phantom being rather insensitive to his cousin/clone Danielle, Kindred Spirits
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Nasdra Magrody: "While the loss of material is extremely taxing, as well as the many navy crews who have lost their lives. |
Today I slew my twin brothers seven times and nearly died four times at the hands of my twins. What kind of war is this — A record of the Spawn Wars, Grand History of the Realms
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