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{{quote|''"I'm proud that I wrote a comic where a Lovecraftian horror is stopped in its tendrilly tracks by a [[Exaggerated Trope|stuffed animal]]."''|[[Dominic Deegan|Michael "Mookie" Terracino]] (see [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2011-02-17 "News" comment])}}
{{quote|''"I'm proud that I wrote a comic where a Lovecraftian horror is stopped in its tendrilly tracks by a [[Exaggerated Trope|stuffed animal]]."''
|[[Dominic Deegan|Michael "Mookie" Terracino]] (see [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date{{=}}2011-02-17 "News" comment])}}


{{quote|'''Oderus:''' The root of all evil and hatred and shame.../ So many victims, so many names / But...they are all the same / Ereshkigal? Charun? Helel ben Shara? Lucifer? Satan? We would know who you are!<br />
{{quote|'''Oderus:''' The root of all evil and hatred and shame.../ So many victims, so many names / But...they are all the same / Ereshkigal? Charun? Helel ben Shara? Lucifer? Satan? We would know who you are!
'''[[The Devil]]:''' Welcome GWAR to my domain / It's nice to be called on by so many names / Now what's this I hear about you kicking '''my''' ass?|''[[GWAR]]'', ''The One Who Will Not Be Named''}}
'''[[The Devil]]:''' Welcome GWAR to my domain / It's nice to be called on by so many names / Now what's this I hear about you kicking '''my''' ass?
|''[[GWAR]]'', ''The One Who Will Not Be Named''}}


{{quote|'''Q''': You hit me! [[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Picard]] never hit me!<br />
{{quote|'''Q''': You hit me! [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Picard]] never hit me!
'''Sisko''': [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I'm not Picard]].|''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]''}}
'''Sisko''': [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I'm not Picard]].
|''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''}}


{{quote|'''Wonder Woman:''' There has to be another way...<br />
{{quote|'''Wonder Woman:''' There has to be another way...
'''Hawkgirl:''' There is. We go to Icthulthu's world and kick his slimy a-<br />
'''Hawkgirl:''' There is. We go to Icthulthu's world and kick his slimy a-
'''Grundy:''' Birdnose is right!|''[[Justice League]], "The Terror Beyond"''}}
'''Grundy:''' Birdnose is right!
|''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]], "The Terror Beyond"''}}


{{quote|''"Then we will fight... and we will save our people. Make peace with whatever it is you gods worship. Your end is near!"''|'''Ike''', ''[[Fire Emblem|Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn]]''}}
{{quote|''"Then we will fight... and we will save our people. Make peace with whatever it is you gods worship. Your end is near!"''
|'''Ike''', ''[[Fire Emblem|Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn]]''}}


{{quote|''"No matter how subtle the Jenoine, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp its style."''|'''Vladimir Taltos''', ''[[Dragaera|Issola]]''}}
{{quote|''"No matter how subtle the Jenoine, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp its style."''
|'''Vladimir Taltos''', ''[[Dragaera|Issola]]''}}


{{quote|''"I have already killed one god today. If I had known today was a day for killing gods, I would have paced myself"''|'''Iron Bars''', ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen|Midnight Tides]]''}}
{{quote|''"I have already killed one god today. If I had known today was a day for killing gods, I would have paced myself"''
|'''Iron Bars''', ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen|Midnight Tides]]''}}


{{quote|''"So I brought in Death, and Death went around killing things, and then I brought in [[God]], and Death killed God, and then'' I ''had to kill him...''"''|A [[YouTube]] video, discussing ''[[Scribblenauts (Video Game)|Scribblenauts]]''}}
{{quote|''"So I brought in Death, and Death went around killing things, and then I brought in [[God]], and Death killed God, and then'' I ''had to kill him...''"''
|A [[YouTube]] video, discussing ''[[Scribblenauts]]''}}


{{quote|'''Ivo Shandor''': ''[[A God Am I|I am a god!]]''<br />
{{quote|'''Ivo Shandor''': ''[[A God Am I|I am a god!]]''
'''Egon Spengler''': ''We eat gods for breakfast.''|''[[Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters The Video Game]]''}}
'''Egon Spengler''': ''We eat gods for breakfast.''
|''[[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]''}}


{{quote|''"You're not even really alive. You're just [[Deus Est Machina|a machine]]...and machines can be broken!"''|'''Commander Shepard''', ''[[Mass Effect (Video Game)|Mass Effect]]''}}
{{quote|''"You're not even really alive. You're just [[Deus Est Machina|a machine]]...and machines can be broken!"''
|'''Commander Shepard''', ''[[Mass Effect]]''}}


{{quote|''"Shepard, [[Understatement|you have become an annoyance.]]"''|'''{{spoiler|Harbinger}}''', ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]''}}
{{quote|''"Shepard, [[Understatement|you have become an annoyance.]]"''
|'''{{spoiler|Harbinger}}''', ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}


{{quote|''"Personally, I've always liked tackling legends. It's so much fun to let the air out of them."''|'''Watchman''', one of the very [[Badass]] stormtroopers of the [[Outbound Flight|Empire of the Hand.]]}}
{{quote|''"Personally, I've always liked tackling legends. It's so much fun to let the air out of them."''
|'''Watchman''', one of the very [[Badass]] stormtroopers of the [[Outbound Flight|Empire of the Hand.]]}}


{{quote|''"If they stat it, we can kill it."''|''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' [[Memetic Mutation|meme]]}}
{{quote|''"If they stat it, we can kill it."''
|''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' [[Memetic Mutation|meme]]}}


{{quote|''"Don't worry about the [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch horror]], we've got [[Crazy Prepared|a plan for this contingency]] -- as soon as we've evac'd we'll just pop [[Macross Missile Massacre|a brace of Storm Shadows]] on his ass and send him right back down where he came from."''|'''Captain Alan Barnes''', ''[[The Laundry Series|The Jennifer Morgue]]''}}
{{quote|''"Don't worry about the [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch horror]], we've got [[Crazy Prepared|a plan for this contingency]] -- as soon as we've evac'd we'll just pop [[Macross Missile Massacre|a brace of Storm Shadows]] on his ass and send him right back down where he came from."''
|'''Captain Alan Barnes''', ''[[The Laundry Series|The Jennifer Morgue]]''}}


{{quote|''"It's a funny thing about the old gods. You think that just because they're old, they must be difficult to kill. But when the fighting starts, they go down just like anybody else. They're not stronger, they're just older."''|'''The Beast/ {{spoiler|Martin Chatwin}}''', ''[[The Magicians]].''}}
{{quote|''"It's a funny thing about the old gods. You think that just because they're old, they must be difficult to kill. But when the fighting starts, they go down just like anybody else. They're not stronger, they're just older."''
|'''The Beast/{{spoiler|Martin Chatwin}}''', ''[[The Magicians]].''}}


{{quote|''"Oooooh! I just [[Groin Attack|kicked Q in the joy department]]! That can't be smart!...[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Let's do it again!]]"''|'''[[Video Game/The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony Experiment]]''''s [http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/02/12/695/ review] of ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]: Borg''}}
{{quote|''"Oooooh! I just [[Groin Attack|kicked Q in the joy department]]! That can't be smart!...[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Let's do it again!]]"''
|'''[[The Spoony Experiment]]''''s [http://spoonyexperiment.com/2009/02/12/695/ review] of ''[[Star Trek]]: Borg''}}


{{quote|'''Zeus:''' The Sisters [of Fate] have aided you?!<br />
{{quote|'''Zeus:''' The Sisters [of Fate] have aided you?!
'''Kratos:''' The Sisters are dead.|''God of War II''}}
'''Kratos:''' The Sisters are dead.
|''[[God of War (series)|God of War II]]''}}


{{quote|'''Steve:''' ''Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!''<br />
{{quote|'''Steve:''' ''Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!''
'''Terry:''' Steve! No!<br />
'''Terry:''' Steve! No!
'''Cthulhu:''' Who dares summon mighty Cthulhu?<br />
'''Cthulhu:''' Who dares summon mighty Cthulhu?
'''Steve:''' G'day Cthulhu. Up for a wrestle?<br />
'''Steve:''' G'day Cthulhu. Up for a wrestle?
'''Cthulhu:''' Oh Crikey. You again?|''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]!'' [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/635.html #635]}}
'''Cthulhu:''' Oh Crikey. You again?
|''[[Irregular Webcomic]]!'' [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/635.html #635]}}


{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Iris'''}}: [[This Cannot Be!|To think I'd lose to a single mage fighting by herself]]...<br />
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Iris'''}}: [[This Cannot Be!|To think I'd lose to a single mage fighting by herself]]...
'''Spiritia''': {{spoiler|Iris}}, you're wrong. [[The Power of Friendship|I won because everyone was cheering me on]]. No one is ever truly alone. It's because you couldn't believe in others... because you [[Complete Monster|couldn't love your fellow man]]... That's why you lost.|''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''}}
'''Spiritia''': {{spoiler|Iris}}, you're wrong. [[The Power of Friendship|I won because everyone was cheering me on]]. No one is ever truly alone. It's because you couldn't believe in others... because you [[Complete Monster|couldn't love your fellow man]]... That's why you lost.
|''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''}}


{{quote|''"...Is that all? My blade is telling me to spill your blood, and I am inclined to obey. I don't care if you're a God, a human, or even an insect; I will rip you apart just the same."''|'''Grolla''', ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''}}
{{quote|''"...Is that all? My blade is telling me to spill your blood, and I am inclined to obey. I don't care if you're a God, a human, or even an insect; I will rip you apart just the same."''
|'''Grolla''', ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]''}}


{{quote|''"Call me... the Guarding Dark. Imagine how powerful I must be. And now, get out of town."''|'''The Guarding Dark''', ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thud|Thud]]''}}
{{quote|''"Call me... the Guarding Dark. Imagine how powerful I must be. And now, get out of town."''
|'''The Guarding Dark''', ''[[Thud!]]''}}


{{quote|[[Phantasy Star IV|The Profound Darkness]]: "Hello, my name is the Profound Darkness, and I got beaten to death by a [[Just a Kid|teenage kid]] [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|and his motley crew of heroes and misfits]]."<br />
{{quote|[[Phantasy Star IV|The Profound Darkness]]: "Hello, my name is the Profound Darkness, and I got beaten to death by a [[Just a Kid|teenage kid]] [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|and his motley crew of heroes and misfits]]."
[[Shining in The Darkness|Darksol]], Iom, [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Ganondorf]], [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Lavos]] and Valmar: "Hello, Profound Darkness..."<br />
[[Shining in the Darkness|Darksol]], Iom, [[The Legend of Zelda|Ganondorf]], [[Chrono Trigger|Lavos]] and Valmar: "Hello, Profound Darkness..."
-- Conversations within a support group.|[http://www.phantasy-star.net/cwe/conversations7.html Conversations within Elsydeon.]}}
|Conversations within a support group.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20120524043554/http://www.phantasy-star.net/cwe/conversations7.html Conversations within Elsydeon.]}}


{{quote|''Tycho:'' Let me put it this way: how would you like to punch a God?<br />
{{quote|''Tycho:'' Let me put it this way: how would you like to punch a God?
''Gabe:''...<br />
''Gabe:''...
''Tycho:''...<br />
''Tycho:''...
''Gabe:'' ...yes.<br />
''Gabe:'' ...yes.
''Tycho:'' Good man.|''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]''}}
''Tycho:'' Good man.
|''[[Penny Arcade Adventures]]''}}


{{quote|How can this be? After I've absorbed God? How can this mere human, this ''alchemist,'' manage to... ''(Gets punched out by Ed)''|Father: [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]}}
{{quote|How can this be? After I've absorbed God? How can this mere human, this ''alchemist,'' manage to... ''(Gets punched out by Ed)''
|Father: [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]}}


{{quote|See, cuz right now this is the part in any RPG ever where you have to kill God. It's pretty rad. I love killing God, I do it every day. You know, some people have breakfast, I kill God, with my super-giant house-sized sword, you know, [[Breathless Non-Sequitur|it has 3 mortages in it, 2 families can live in it, but instead I use it as a weapon]]; it's pretty rad.|[[Raocow]]}}
{{quote|See, cuz right now this is the part in any RPG ever where you have to kill God. It's pretty rad. I love killing God, I do it every day. You know, some people have breakfast, I kill God, with my super-giant house-sized sword, you know, [[Breathless Non-Sequitur|it has 3 mortages in it, 2 families can live in it, but instead I use it as a weapon]]; it's pretty rad.
|[[Raocow]]}}


{{quote|Puny god.
{{quote|Puny god.|{{spoiler|[[The Incredible Hulk]]}}, right after [[Metronomic Man-Mashing|putting the hurt on]] Loki, '''[[The Avengers (Film)|The Avengers]]'''}}
|{{spoiler|[[The Incredible Hulk]]}}, right after [[Metronomic Man-Mashing|putting the hurt on]] Loki, '''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'''}}


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Latest revision as of 15:30, 6 November 2023


"I'm proud that I wrote a comic where a Lovecraftian horror is stopped in its tendrilly tracks by a stuffed animal."

Oderus: The root of all evil and hatred and shame.../ So many victims, so many names / But...they are all the same / Ereshkigal? Charun? Helel ben Shara? Lucifer? Satan? We would know who you are!
The Devil: Welcome GWAR to my domain / It's nice to be called on by so many names / Now what's this I hear about you kicking my ass?

GWAR, The One Who Will Not Be Named

Q: You hit me! Picard never hit me!
Sisko: I'm not Picard.

Wonder Woman: There has to be another way...
Hawkgirl: There is. We go to Icthulthu's world and kick his slimy a-
Grundy: Birdnose is right!

Justice League, "The Terror Beyond"

"Then we will fight... and we will save our people. Make peace with whatever it is you gods worship. Your end is near!"

"No matter how subtle the Jenoine, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp its style."

Vladimir Taltos, Issola

"I have already killed one god today. If I had known today was a day for killing gods, I would have paced myself"

Iron Bars, Midnight Tides

"So I brought in Death, and Death went around killing things, and then I brought in God, and Death killed God, and then I had to kill him..."

—A YouTube video, discussing Scribblenauts

Ivo Shandor: I am a god!
Egon Spengler: We eat gods for breakfast.

"You're not even really alive. You're just a machine...and machines can be broken!"

Commander Shepard, Mass Effect

"Shepard, you have become an annoyance."

Harbinger, Mass Effect 2

"Personally, I've always liked tackling legends. It's so much fun to let the air out of them."

Watchman, one of the very Badass stormtroopers of the Empire of the Hand.

"If they stat it, we can kill it."

"Don't worry about the eldritch horror, we've got a plan for this contingency -- as soon as we've evac'd we'll just pop a brace of Storm Shadows on his ass and send him right back down where he came from."

Captain Alan Barnes, The Jennifer Morgue

"It's a funny thing about the old gods. You think that just because they're old, they must be difficult to kill. But when the fighting starts, they go down just like anybody else. They're not stronger, they're just older."

The Beast/Martin Chatwin, The Magicians.

"Oooooh! I just kicked Q in the joy department! That can't be smart!...Let's do it again!"

Zeus: The Sisters [of Fate] have aided you?!
Kratos: The Sisters are dead.

Steve: Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Terry: Steve! No!
Cthulhu: Who dares summon mighty Cthulhu?
Steve: G'day Cthulhu. Up for a wrestle?
Cthulhu: Oh Crikey. You again?

Iris: To think I'd lose to a single mage fighting by herself...
Spiritia: Iris, you're wrong. I won because everyone was cheering me on. No one is ever truly alone. It's because you couldn't believe in others... because you couldn't love your fellow man... That's why you lost.

"...Is that all? My blade is telling me to spill your blood, and I am inclined to obey. I don't care if you're a God, a human, or even an insect; I will rip you apart just the same."

"Call me... the Guarding Dark. Imagine how powerful I must be. And now, get out of town."

The Guarding Dark, Thud!

The Profound Darkness: "Hello, my name is the Profound Darkness, and I got beaten to death by a teenage kid and his motley crew of heroes and misfits."
Darksol, Iom, Ganondorf, Lavos and Valmar: "Hello, Profound Darkness..."

—Conversations within a support group., Conversations within Elsydeon.

Tycho: Let me put it this way: how would you like to punch a God?
Gabe:...
Tycho:...
Gabe: ...yes.
Tycho: Good man.

How can this be? After I've absorbed God? How can this mere human, this alchemist, manage to... (Gets punched out by Ed)

See, cuz right now this is the part in any RPG ever where you have to kill God. It's pretty rad. I love killing God, I do it every day. You know, some people have breakfast, I kill God, with my super-giant house-sized sword, you know, it has 3 mortages in it, 2 families can live in it, but instead I use it as a weapon; it's pretty rad.

Puny god.