Resistance Is Futile: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Star Trek]]'' uses "resistance is futile", as the [[Catch Phrase]] of the Borg. This phrase is subject to a great deal of [[Memetic Mutation]], such as [[Microsoft|"Billgatus of Borg."]]

** Subverted in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Scorpion" which begins with two Borg cubes giving their spiel as they approach an unseen target. Right in the middle of [[Killed Mid -Sentence|"Resistance is__"]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|a beam of energy lances out and destroys both cubes]]. Enter [[Always a Bigger Fish|Species 8472]].

{{quote| '''Picard:''' Our culture is built on freedom and self-determination!<br />

* A [[Fan Translation|fansub]] of ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'' has Desler say this exactly. It's probably a [[Shout -Out]] by the translators.

* A variation of this was used in ''[[Words Worth (Anime)|Words Worth]]'': "Your resistance only makes my penis harder!"

* This exact phrase was used in ana ''[[One Piece]]'' fansub[[Fan Sub]], but I donit'ts knowunclear whether it was intentional or the real translation.

{{quote| '''Vader''': You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did.}}

* Long before the Borg, the '"Captain'" in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' was giving this exact warning to his inmates.

* In ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'' (which predates Star Trek's ''Borg'' by about 10 years) the Vogons used a variation on this: "Resistance is Useless!"

* In ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' #6, a Yeerk taunts Jake:

{{quote| "Forget resistance. It is futile. No host has ever overpowered a Yeerk. It is impossible."}}

* In the ''[[Warhammer 40K40,000]]'' novel "''Fall of Damnos"'' we get this nice message from your usual friendly neighborhood apocalyptic robots next door, "We are the Necrontyr. We are Legion. We Claim Dominion of this World... Surrender and Die. (Note this message was translated by the local Tech Priests, and they insist the last three words were properly translated)

* As noted in the page quote and the Trope Namer section above, this is a favourite [[Catch Phrase]] of the Borg from ''[[Star Trek]]''.

* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':

* In the ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'', this is the [[Catch Phrase]] of the young Vogon guard. He really loves to shout it and considers it [[Signed Up for Thethe Dental|a major job perk]].

* The ''[[Space: 1999]]'' finale "The Dorcons":

{{quote| '''Varda:''' ''Commander, the Psychon will tell you how futile it is to resist us."''<br />

* From ''[[Dad's Army]]'':

{{quote| '''Mainwaring''': "Further resistance is useless. In the name of the King I demand that you surrender."}}

* [[The Dragon|Zeltrax]] in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'', to an actress Mesogog was planning to experiment on. Her response: "[[Lampshade Hanging|Hey, I was up for that part.]]"

* From ''Scars of Yesterday'' by [[Dragon Force (video game)]]:

{{quote| ''Trapped within my fierce desire<br />

''Resistance is futile }}

{{quote| "''To resist it is useless<br />

''[[Department of Redundancy Department|it is useless to resist it]]." }}

* ''Protect The Law'' by ''[[Iron Savior (Music)|Iron Savior]]'':

{{quote| ''My directives are simple peace and justice for all<br />

''Your resistance is futile if you fight me you'll fall }}

{{quote| '''Kel'Thuzad''': Further '''resistance''' is pointless. Your '''will''' is [[Brainwashed and Crazy|no longer]] your '''own'''.}}

* Kunzite says the exact line in ''[[Tales of Hearts (Video Game)|Tales of Hearts]]'' (orig. ''teikou wa muimi da'').

* ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'' [[Big Bad]] Harbinger tends to s-- [[Memetic Mutation|ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.]] [[Resistance Is Futile|YOU CANNOT RESIST.]]

* The far too numerous doppelgangers in ''[[Baldurs Gate|Baldur's Gate]]'' shout this incessantly as you hack them to bits "It is useless to resist!" Since they only have some two battle lines and the latter 3rd of the game consists almost entirely of fighting great wads of them at once you'll be hearing it. A lot.

* If you meet a particularly hostile alien race in the original ''[[Master of Orion (Video Game)|Master of Orion]]'' game, they will say "[[Shout -Out|Resistance is futile.]] The fate of the <your race> is inevitable. Prepare to submit to the <our race> Empire."

* In ''[[Sabrina Online (Webcomic)|Sabrina Online]]'', where Amy, in the advanced stages of her pregnancy with Thomas' son Timmy, is commanded to get pickles and Chex mix by the unborn wolf/squirrel child.

* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Animation)|The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'', the three eat a pizza gone bad; Billy and Grim have bad dreams, and Grim's consist of replicating Mandies that go "Resistance is useless. Obey...".

* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|Brainiac]] in [[The DCAU]] was fond of "You are only delaying the inevitable." It was practically his catchphrase.

* In the ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'' episode 'Between A Raccoon and a Hard Place', Megabyte says "Resistance is futile" - the intention of the writers was to reference the Borg from ''[[Star Trek]]''.

** That episode even included a binome in a Starfleet uniform quoting part of Picard's speech from ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. [[Red Shirt|Right before getting deleted.]] ''Then'' Megabyte says "Resistance is futile."

* Of course, ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' has parodied this at least once. In "Lisa The Vegetarian", Lisa's class is forced to watch a film called ''Meat and You: Partners in Freedom (number 3F03 in the Resistance is Useless Series)''.

* The Phalanx in the ''[[X-Men (Animationanimation)|X-Men]]'' cartoon even used ''both'' parts of the Borg catchphrase ("Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." Though [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|contrary to popular belief]], the Borg say "resistance is futile" ''last.'')

* Was a title for a ''[[Ka BlamKaBlam!]]!'' episode.

* According to [[The Other Wiki]], this was part of a telegram that [[Nazi Germany]] sent to the Netherlands at the start of [[World War Two]]. [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declaration_of_war_against_the_Netherlands:German declaration of war against the Netherlands|Source]]

* When the United States was preparing to invade Afghanistan in 2001, they broadcast warning messages to the Taliban including [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-to-taliban-you-are-condemned-did-you-know-that-632036.html You will be attacked by land, sea and air. Resistance is futile.] Despite the fact that Afghanistan is landlocked, this was ''technically'' [[Not Hyperbole]] if you count carrier-based aircraft and the participation of the Navy SEALs and US Marines.