Resistance Is Futile: Difference between revisions

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

'''The Borg:''' {{smallcaps| Freedom is irrelevant. Self-Determination is irrelevant. You must comply.}} }}

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* This exact phrase was used in a ''[[One Piece]]'' [[Fan Sub]], but it's unclear whether it was intentional or the real translation.

* During the Retribution Arc in ''[[Berserk]]'', one of the pagans who was trying to rape Casca said something akin to this. [[Tempting Fate|Boy was]] [[Parents in Distress|he in]] [[Berserk Button|for it.]]

 

== Film ==

{{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.

 

== Literature ==

* In the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' 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)

* In the British ''Star Wars'' parody "Star Bores", the [[Big Bad]] is a Dark Lord of the Hith, a group of evil beings with a distinctive lisp. At some point, said [[Big Bad]] delivers this gem: "Rethithtanth ith uthelethth!"

 

== Live-Action TV ==

{{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.]]"

 

== Music ==

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

 

* The Aparoids in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX Assault]]'', apparently inspired by the Borg, spout lines like that. Well, the Queen and Pigma do, the rest isn't much for talking.

* Actually accurate in the ''[[Ashbringer]]'' tie-in comic for ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.

** This is one of the messages from the Antarans, in the second game, when they're specifically attacking one of your colonies.

 

* In a ''[[Star Trek]]'' reference on ''[[Bob and George]]'', [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050617 George asks Present!X if he wants to be like the Borg Queen, all nasty, and slimy, and...]

{{quote|'''X:''' ''Resistance Is Futile, George.''

'''George:''' ''Damnit, I knew he was gonna say that.'' }}

* In ''[[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.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Was a title for a ''[[KaBlam!]]!'' episode.

* ''[[Regular Show]]'': "Prepare to be assimilated. Resistance is DUMB!"

 

== Real Life ==

 

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