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{{quote|'''Gordon:''' I don't understand! Why is everyone trying to kill me? I'm awesome! [[Completely Missing the Point|Are you all jealous!?]]|''[[Freeman's Mind]]'', when Gordon tries to figure out why [[Fiery Coverup|the army is trying to kill him.]]}}
{{quote|'''Gordon:''' I don't understand! Why is everyone trying to kill me? I'm awesome! [[Completely Missing the Point|Are you all jealous!?]]
| ''[[Freeman's Mind]]'', when Gordon tries to figure out why [[Fiery Coverup|the army is trying to kill him.]]}}


{{quote|'''Yugi:''' It's as though nature itself is just randomly trying to kill us!
{{quote|'''Yugi:''' It's as though nature itself is just randomly trying to kill us!
'''Tristan:''' [[M. Night Shyamalan]] was right!|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''}}
'''Tristan:''' [[M. Night Shyamalan]] was right!
|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''}}


{{quote|In Nintendo you control a little man who runs around the screen trying to stay alive while numerous powerful and inexplicably hostile forces try to kill him. It's a lot like New York.|'''Dave Barry'''}}
{{quote|In Nintendo you control a little man who runs around the screen trying to stay alive while numerous powerful and inexplicably hostile forces try to kill him. It's a lot like New York.
|'''Dave Barry'''}}


{{quote|The floor here will kill you. Try to avoid it.|'''GlaDOS,''' ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''}}
{{quote|The floor here will kill you. Try to avoid it.
|'''GlaDOS,''' ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''}}


{{quote|Let's worry about more important matters, like why does the fire department want you dead?|'''Mike Fireball''' in [http://progressiveboink.com/archive/simpsonsarcade.html his article] about ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' arcade game}}
{{quote|Let's worry about more important matters, like why does the fire department want you dead?
|'''Mike Fireball''' in [http://progressiveboink.com/archive/simpsonsarcade.html his article] about ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' arcade game}}


{{quote|"R.I.P Player, killed by elementary physics"|One of many ''[[Nethack]]'' death messages.}}
{{quote|"R.I.P Player, killed by elementary physics"
|One of many ''[[Nethack]]'' death messages.}}


{{quote|'''Abner:''' She used to be run by a dwarf named Kurtz, but he was killed by some bad clams.
{{quote|'''Abner:''' She used to be run by a dwarf named Kurtz, but he was killed by some bad clams.
'''Krosp:''' Clams?
'''Krosp:''' Clams?
'''Abner:''' Yes, they had axes.|''[[Girl Genius]]''}}
'''Abner:''' Yes, they had axes.
|''[[Girl Genius]]''}}

{{quote|'''Othar Tryggvassen:''' Ha! It'll take more than being tied to a lit keg of explosives and tossed into a pit of acid filled with mutant, acid-resistant flying piranhas equipped with flame throwers and battle-axes while mechanical, missile-launching morris dancers armed with liquid nitrogen harpoon guns are overhead, riding giant, rabid killer bees with side mounted death rays to kill '''Othar Tryggvassen'''!
{{quote|'''Othar Tryggvassen:''' Ha! It'll take more than being tied to a lit keg of explosives and tossed into a pit of acid filled with mutant, acid-resistant flying piranhas equipped with flame throwers and battle-axes while mechanical, missile-launching morris dancers armed with liquid nitrogen harpoon guns are overhead, riding giant, rabid killer bees with side mounted death rays to kill '''Othar Tryggvassen'''!
'''Ferretina:''' Whoops! Silly me, I forgot to turn the ''lightning generators'' on!
'''Ferretina:''' Whoops! Silly me, I forgot to turn the ''lightning generators'' on!
'''Othar:''' Er, not a ''whole lot'' more, I'll admit...|Turning the above [[Up to Eleven]], ''[[Girl Genius]]''}}
'''Othar:''' Er, not a ''whole lot'' more, I'll admit...
|Turning the above [[Up to Eleven]], ''[[Girl Genius]]''}}

{{quote|'''Zola "Heterodyne":''' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070725 Avoid any floorstone] marked in ''white''. It is a trap that will kill you. Do not stand under any part of the ceiling marked in ''white''. It is a trap that will kill you. ''Duck'' under any opening taller than ''one meter''. It is a trap that will kill you. Do not touch ''any'' metal surface. It is a trap that will kill you.
{{quote|'''Zola "Heterodyne":''' Avoid any floorstone marked in ''white''. It is a trap that will kill you. Do not stand under any part of the ceiling marked in ''white''. It is a trap that will kill you. ''Duck'' under any opening taller than ''one meter''. It is a trap that will kill you. Do not touch ''any'' metal surface. It is a trap that will kill you.
'''Mook 1:''' Are you ''trying'' to frighten us?
'''Mook 1:''' Are you ''trying'' to frighten us?
'''Zola:''' ''[[Properly Paranoid|Yes!]]'' This place is dangerous, twisted, and worst of all--<br />
'''Zola:''' ''[[Properly Paranoid|Yes!]]'' This place is dangerous, twisted, and worst of all--
'''Mook 2:''' Hey, a gold piece! Aaaaaaaa.....<br />
'''Mook 2:''' Hey, a gold piece! Aaaaaaaa.....
'''Zola:''' It likes to think it has a ''sense of humor''.|''[[Girl Genius]]'' -- inside the [[Malevolent Architecture|Castle Heterodyne]]}}
'''Zola:''' It likes to think it has a ''sense of humor''.
|''[[Girl Genius]]'' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20070725 25 Jul 2007]-- inside the [[Malevolent Architecture|Castle Heterodyne]] }}


{{quote|''Oh my god, here comes a shark and it's gonna kill you''
{{quote|Oh my god, here comes a shark and it's gonna kill you
''Oh my god, look out for the jellyfish, they're gonna kill you''
Oh my god, look out for the jellyfish, they're gonna kill you
''Oh my god, the rocks a-falling, they're gonna kill you''
Oh my god, the rocks a-falling, they're gonna kill you
''Hey look out, you're almost out of oxygen, it's gonna kill you''
Hey look out, you're almost out of oxygen, it's gonna kill you
''Oh my god, I can't believe that '''that''' could kill you''
Oh my god, I can't believe that '''that''' could kill you
''Oh my god, I can't touch a bubble, that'll kill you''
Oh my god, I can't touch a bubble, that'll kill you
''Dear god, this game is frustrating! I guess I'm just angry''
Dear god, this game is frustrating! I guess I'm just angry
about the 40 hours I can't get back
''about the 40 hours I can't get back''|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|That Chick with the Goggles]]''', singing about ''[[Ecco the Dolphin (series)|Ecco]]: [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bt/goggles/giguo/7583-eccotides Tides of Time]''}}
|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|That Chick with the Goggles]]''', singing about ''[[Ecco the Dolphin (series)|Ecco]]: [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bt/goggles/giguo/7583-eccotides Tides of Time]''}}


{{quote|"Even when the battlefield gives us every advantage, it is still part of the universe. And this universe, never forget, despises us."|'''Daenyathos- "The Reliquerae Tactica"''', ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''}}
{{quote|Even when the battlefield gives us every advantage, it is still part of the universe. And this universe, never forget, despises us.
|'''Daenyathos- "The Reliquerae Tactica"''', ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''}}
{{quote|
Everything out there is trying to kill you, soldier. If you figure that out quickly enough, you might live long enough to pass it on to [[Red Shirt Army|the next batch of fresh casualities-to-be]].
|'''Private Mercio Grant''', ''[[Warhammer 40000|Only War]] - Enemies of the Imperium'' }}


{{quote|"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you."|'''[[Watership Down]]'''}}
{{quote|All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.
|'''[[Watership Down]]'''}}


{{quote|"Holy shit! What a dream I was having! Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!"|'''Mrs. Lift,''' ''[[Throw Momma from the Train]]''}}
{{quote|Holy shit! What a dream I was having! Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!
|'''Mrs. Lift,''' ''[[Throw Momma from the Train]]''}}


{{quote|''Because if [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]] has taught me anything, it has taught me that my laundry is just waiting to stab me in the face whenever I let my guard down.''|'''[http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article95.htm Celebrating 30+ Years of Stupid Monsters: Part Two]'''}}
{{quote|Because if [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]] has taught me anything, it has taught me that my laundry is just waiting to stab me in the face whenever I let my guard down.
|'''[http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article95.htm Celebrating 30+ Years of Stupid Monsters: Part Two]'''}}


{{quote|''"Survival rule 502: Every hunk of rock is trying to kill you."''|'''[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/69 Zurdi, goblin shortcutter]'''}}
{{quote|Survival rule 502: Every hunk of rock is trying to kill you.
|'''[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x{{=}}mtg/daily/stf/69 Zurdi, goblin shortcutter]'''}}


{{quote|"Out there beyond that fence, every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes."|'''Col. Miles Quaritch''', ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''}}
{{quote|Out there beyond that fence, every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes.
|'''Col. Miles Quaritch''', ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''}}


{{quote|"He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."|'''Angel of the LORD''' to '''Hagar''' about '''Ishmael''', ''[[The Bible]]'', Genesis 16:12 (New International Version)}}
{{quote|He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.
|'''Angel of the LORD''' to '''Hagar''' about '''Ishmael''', ''[[The Bible]]'', Genesis 16:12 (New International Version)}}


{{quote|"An animated globule of molten lava, OUT TO DESTROY YOU FOR SOME REASON. Truly, EVERYTHING is out to get you. That's what you get for being a protagonist!"|'''Lava Blob [[Monster Compendium|description]]''', ''[[MARDEK]] Chapter III''}}
{{quote|An animated globule of molten lava, OUT TO DESTROY YOU FOR SOME REASON. Truly, EVERYTHING is out to get you. That's what you get for being a protagonist!
|'''Lava Blob [[Monster Compendium|description]]''', ''[[MARDEK]] Chapter III''}}


{{quote|''This rock, this sock
{{quote|This rock, this sock
This clock, that tree
This clock, that tree
All have a great potential for harming me
All have a great potential for harming me
I bet that you think
I bet that you think
You could never get hurt
You could never get hurt
By a box of raisins or a flannel shirt!''|'''Wade Duck''', ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''}}
By a box of raisins or a flannel shirt!
|'''Wade Duck''', ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''}}


{{quote|'''Scott:''' Look out for that truck. It'll kill you.
{{quote|'''Scott:''' Look out for that truck. It'll kill you.
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'''Scott:''' Look out for that dog. It'll kill you.
'''Scott:''' Look out for that dog. It'll kill you.
'''Missy:''' Is there anything in this game that can't kill you?
'''Missy:''' Is there anything in this game that can't kill you?
'''Scott:''' Not that I've found. Look out for that shrub.|[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/11/15/how-to-play-video-games-together.html Scott and Missy playing a video game together,] ''[[Basic Instructions]]''.}}
'''Scott:''' Not that I've found. Look out for that shrub.
|[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2009/11/15/how-to-play-video-games-together.html Scott and Missy playing a video game together,] ''[[Basic Instructions]]''.}}

{{quote|''"[[My Little Pony|Dream Valley]] is constantly out to kill you. It's like [[Australian Wildlife|Australia]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sunnydale]] and [[Ravenloft]] met at an orgy, and spawned this abberation, then woke up in the morning and freaked out when they realized [[The Care Bears|Care-A-Lot]] and [[Princess Classic|Disneyland]] had also participated."''|'''[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p=11448858#post11448858 Where I Watch: My Little Pony]''', post #72}}


{{quote|[[My Little Pony|Dream Valley]] is constantly out to kill you. It's like [[Australian Wildlife|Australia]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sunnydale]] and [[Ravenloft]] met at an orgy, and spawned this abberation, then woke up in the morning and freaked out when they realized [[The Care Bears|Care-A-Lot]] and [[Princess Classic|Disneyland]] had also participated.
{{quote|"When I was a kid we played games where we had one life and every bird, insect and blade of grass was trying to murder you."|'''Yahtzee,''' [[Zero Punctuation]]}}
|'''[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?p{{=}}11448858#post11448858 Where I Watch: My Little Pony]''', post #72}}


{{quote|When I was a kid we played games where we had one life and every bird, insect and blade of grass was trying to murder you.
{{quote|''[[Through the Eyes of Madness|Deadly poison nerve gas smoke was sprayed at me from CIGARS, CIGARETTES and even from BALL-POINT PENS also from the WIG of a woman sitting next to me, even the Swiss cheese-type ice cubes were evaporating into poison nerve gas smoke in all of the "free" drinks!]]''|[[Francis E. Dec]], [http://www.bentoandstarchky.com/dec/toalljudges.htm "To all Judges!"]}}
|'''Yahtzee,''' [[Zero Punctuation]]}}


{{quote|[[Through the Eyes of Madness|Deadly poison nerve gas smoke was sprayed at me from CIGARS, CIGARETTES and even from BALL-POINT PENS also from the WIG of a woman sitting next to me, even the Swiss cheese-type ice cubes were evaporating into poison nerve gas smoke in all of the "free" drinks!]]
{{quote|"''You better pay attention or this world you love so much''
|[[Francis E. Dec]], [http://www.bentoandstarchky.com/dec/toalljudges.htm "To all Judges!"]}}
''Might just kill you."''|''[[Monk]]'' theme song}}


{{quote|You better pay attention or this world you love so much
{{quote|''"So you're walking through Hill Valley and every single thing you can imagine is out to kill you. Bullies, hoola-hoop girl, killer bees, and guys [[Sheet of Glass|holding glass windows?]]...I never knew a hoola-hoop girl could be so deadly! Why does she want to kill Marty, anyway?...What are those guys doing with that window, anyway? And why are all these giant bees coming out! Give me a break! And what the fuck is Marty doing when he gets killed? It looks like he's having some kind of a seizure! I mean, I guess I'd have a seizure too if there were bees and hoola-hoop girls coming at me! I mean, just leave me alone! I'm trying to collect '''[[It Makes Sense in Context|clocks!"]]'''''|'''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]''', in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y306cWw98a4 his review] of the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' game.}}
Might just kill you.
|''[[Monk]]'' theme song}}


{{quote|"So you're walking through Hill Valley and every single thing you can imagine is out to kill you. Bullies, hoola-hoop girl, killer bees, and guys [[Sheet of Glass|holding glass windows?]]...I never knew a hoola-hoop girl could be so deadly! Why does she want to kill Marty, anyway?...What are those guys doing with that window, anyway? And why are all these giant bees coming out! Give me a break! And what the fuck is Marty doing when he gets killed? It looks like he's having some kind of a seizure! I mean, I guess I'd have a seizure too if there were bees and hoola-hoop girls coming at me! I mean, just leave me alone! I'm trying to collect '''[[It Makes Sense in Context|clocks!"]]'''
{{quote|"''Everything imaginable wants you dead. Even water faucets coming out of trees. Even the hands of a clock can kill you.''"|'''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]''' on ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' for the [[SNES]]}}
|'''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]''', in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}y306cWw98a4 his review] of the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' game.}}
{{quote|Everything imaginable wants you dead. Even water faucets coming out of trees. Even the hands of a clock can kill you.
|'''[[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]''' on ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' for the [[SNES]]}}


{{quote|This brings up the first issue I have with D&D: There is no hope for you if you exist in this world. Nothing can be trusted. If [[Killer Game Master|the game master wants to kill you]], you're dead.|Head Injury Theater, [http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article73.htm CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF VERY STUPID MONSTERS.]}}
{{quote|This brings up the first issue I have with D&D: There is no hope for you if you exist in this world. Nothing can be trusted. If [[Killer Game Master|the game master wants to kill you]], you're dead.
|Head Injury Theater, [http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article73.htm CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF VERY STUPID MONSTERS.]}}


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Revision as of 17:49, 24 October 2015


Gordon: I don't understand! Why is everyone trying to kill me? I'm awesome! Are you all jealous!?

Freeman's Mind, when Gordon tries to figure out why the army is trying to kill him.

Yugi: It's as though nature itself is just randomly trying to kill us!
Tristan: M. Night Shyamalan was right!

In Nintendo you control a little man who runs around the screen trying to stay alive while numerous powerful and inexplicably hostile forces try to kill him. It's a lot like New York.

Dave Barry

The floor here will kill you. Try to avoid it.

GlaDOS, Portal

Let's worry about more important matters, like why does the fire department want you dead?

Mike Fireball in his article about The Simpsons arcade game

"R.I.P Player, killed by elementary physics"

—One of many Nethack death messages.

Abner: She used to be run by a dwarf named Kurtz, but he was killed by some bad clams.
Krosp: Clams?
Abner: Yes, they had axes.

Othar Tryggvassen: Ha! It'll take more than being tied to a lit keg of explosives and tossed into a pit of acid filled with mutant, acid-resistant flying piranhas equipped with flame throwers and battle-axes while mechanical, missile-launching morris dancers armed with liquid nitrogen harpoon guns are overhead, riding giant, rabid killer bees with side mounted death rays to kill Othar Tryggvassen!
Ferretina: Whoops! Silly me, I forgot to turn the lightning generators on!
Othar: Er, not a whole lot more, I'll admit...

—Turning the above Up to Eleven, Girl Genius

Zola "Heterodyne": Avoid any floorstone marked in white. It is a trap that will kill you. Do not stand under any part of the ceiling marked in white. It is a trap that will kill you. Duck under any opening taller than one meter. It is a trap that will kill you. Do not touch any metal surface. It is a trap that will kill you.
Mook 1: Are you trying to frighten us?
Zola: Yes! This place is dangerous, twisted, and worst of all--
Mook 2: Hey, a gold piece! Aaaaaaaa.....
Zola: It likes to think it has a sense of humor.

Oh my god, here comes a shark and it's gonna kill you
Oh my god, look out for the jellyfish, they're gonna kill you
Oh my god, the rocks a-falling, they're gonna kill you
Hey look out, you're almost out of oxygen, it's gonna kill you
Oh my god, I can't believe that that could kill you
Oh my god, I can't touch a bubble, that'll kill you
Dear god, this game is frustrating! I guess I'm just angry
about the 40 hours I can't get back

Even when the battlefield gives us every advantage, it is still part of the universe. And this universe, never forget, despises us.

Daenyathos- "The Reliquerae Tactica", Warhammer 40000

Everything out there is trying to kill you, soldier. If you figure that out quickly enough, you might live long enough to pass it on to the next batch of fresh casualities-to-be.

Private Mercio Grant, Only War - Enemies of the Imperium

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and when they catch you, they will kill you... but first they must catch you.

Holy shit! What a dream I was having! Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!

Because if D&D has taught me anything, it has taught me that my laundry is just waiting to stab me in the face whenever I let my guard down.

Survival rule 502: Every hunk of rock is trying to kill you.

Out there beyond that fence, every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes.

Col. Miles Quaritch, Avatar

He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.

Angel of the LORD to Hagar about Ishmael, The Bible, Genesis 16:12 (New International Version)

An animated globule of molten lava, OUT TO DESTROY YOU FOR SOME REASON. Truly, EVERYTHING is out to get you. That's what you get for being a protagonist!

Lava Blob description, MARDEK Chapter III

This rock, this sock
This clock, that tree
All have a great potential for harming me
I bet that you think
You could never get hurt
By a box of raisins or a flannel shirt!

Wade Duck, Garfield and Friends

Scott: Look out for that truck. It'll kill you.
Missy: Okay.
Scott: Look out for that dog. It'll kill you.
Missy: Is there anything in this game that can't kill you?
Scott: Not that I've found. Look out for that shrub.

Dream Valley is constantly out to kill you. It's like Australia, Sunnydale and Ravenloft met at an orgy, and spawned this abberation, then woke up in the morning and freaked out when they realized Care-A-Lot and Disneyland had also participated.

When I was a kid we played games where we had one life and every bird, insect and blade of grass was trying to murder you.

Yahtzee, Zero Punctuation

You better pay attention or this world you love so much
Might just kill you.

Monk theme song

"So you're walking through Hill Valley and every single thing you can imagine is out to kill you. Bullies, hoola-hoop girl, killer bees, and guys holding glass windows?...I never knew a hoola-hoop girl could be so deadly! Why does she want to kill Marty, anyway?...What are those guys doing with that window, anyway? And why are all these giant bees coming out! Give me a break! And what the fuck is Marty doing when he gets killed? It looks like he's having some kind of a seizure! I mean, I guess I'd have a seizure too if there were bees and hoola-hoop girls coming at me! I mean, just leave me alone! I'm trying to collect clocks!"

Everything imaginable wants you dead. Even water faucets coming out of trees. Even the hands of a clock can kill you.

This brings up the first issue I have with D&D: There is no hope for you if you exist in this world. Nothing can be trusted. If the game master wants to kill you, you're dead.