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{{quote|'''The Operative:''' I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin. |
{{quote|'''The Operative:''' I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin. |
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'''Capt. Malcolm Reynolds:''' [[Utopia Justifies the Means|So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?]]<br /> |
'''Capt. Malcolm Reynolds:''' [[Utopia Justifies the Means|So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?]]<br /> |
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'''The Operative:''' I'm not going to live there. There's [[Trope Namer|no place for me there]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[Necessarily Evil|What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done]].|''[[Serenity]]''}} |
'''The Operative:''' I'm not going to live there. There's [[Trope Namer|no place for me there]]... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. [[Necessarily Evil|What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done]].|''[[Serenity]]''}} |
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* [[Worthy Opponent|The Operative]] from ''[[Serenity]]'' was both the [[Trope Namer]] and the provider of the quote. |
* [[Worthy Opponent|The Operative]] from ''[[Serenity]]'' was both the [[Trope Namer]] and the provider of the quote. |
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* V in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' says as much to Evey at the film's climax: |
* V in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' says as much to Evey at the film's climax: |
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{{quote|"...the world that I'm a part of and that I helped shape will end tonight, and tomorrow a different world will begin that different people will shape, and this choice belongs to them."}} |
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* A common theme in Westerns, where the heroes are often strong, simple, violent men who are fighting in defense of a civilization which has no place for them. Among the more notable examples: |
* A common theme in Westerns, where the heroes are often strong, simple, violent men who are fighting in defense of a civilization which has no place for them. Among the more notable examples: |
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** [[John Wayne|Tom Doniphon]] in ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''. |
** [[John Wayne|Tom Doniphon]] in ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''. |