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'''Joker:''' And here...we...go.|''[[The Dark Knight Saga|TheDarkKnight]]''}} |
'''Joker:''' And here...we...go.|''[[The Dark Knight Saga|TheDarkKnight]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"[[wikipedia:Trinitrotoluene|Ch3C6H2(NO2)3]] + [[wikipedia:Mercury fulminate|Hg(CNO)2]] = well, what? An enormous hole in the ground, a pile of masonry, some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air and landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums–the scarlet ones; such a splendid show that summer!"''|From ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]'', by Aldous Huxley}} |
{{quote|''"[[wikipedia:Trinitrotoluene|Ch3C6H2(NO2)3]] + [[wikipedia:Mercury fulminate|Hg(CNO)2]] {{=}} well, what? An enormous hole in the ground, a pile of masonry, some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air and landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums–the scarlet ones; such a splendid show that summer!"''|From ''[[Brave New World (novel)|Brave New World]]'', by Aldous Huxley}} |
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{{quote|''"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"''|From ''[[The Italian Job]]''}} |
{{quote|''"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"''|From ''[[The Italian Job]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"[[The Incredibles]] - no sequence unexploded."''|2='''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdqjkJ7ooo John Walker]'''}} |
{{quote|''"[[The Incredibles]] - no sequence unexploded."''|2='''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdqjkJ7ooo John Walker]'''}} |
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{{quote|''“I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably |
{{quote|''“I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode.”''|'''Teal'c''', ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'' }} |
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{{quote|"The all time classic, [[Super Mario 64]]! [[Up to Eleven|NOW WITH FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT MORE EXPLOSIONS]]!|2=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsXJBFYEt0 Super Explosive Mario 64]}} |
{{quote|"The all time classic, [[Super Mario 64]]! [[Up to Eleven|NOW WITH FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT MORE EXPLOSIONS]]!|2=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}DNsXJBFYEt0 Super Explosive Mario 64]}} |
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{{quote|''When a chemical plant goes sour, you get The Fireball: large pieces of white-hot metal go flying everywhere at high speeds, and you can lose a hundred-million-dollar investment in four seconds. That's if you're lucky. If you're unlucky, you get Bhopal. Chemical companies compensate ... by carefully watching the pot, using a technology that could be described as A Lot of Old People Who Know How to Make Teflon Without Wiping Out Wilmington. This is expensive, and wasteful, and often leaky.''|Michael Gruber, in ''Wired'' 2.10}} |
{{quote|''When a chemical plant goes sour, you get The Fireball: large pieces of white-hot metal go flying everywhere at high speeds, and you can lose a hundred-million-dollar investment in four seconds. That's if you're lucky. If you're unlucky, you get Bhopal. Chemical companies compensate ... by carefully watching the pot, using a technology that could be described as A Lot of Old People Who Know How to Make Teflon Without Wiping Out Wilmington. This is expensive, and wasteful, and often leaky.''|Michael Gruber, in ''Wired'' 2.10}} |
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{{quote|''There are no problems which cannot be solved by judicious use of high explosives.''|British Commando saying, World War 2}} |
{{quote|''There are no problems which cannot be solved by judicious use of high explosives.''|British Commando saying, World War 2}} |
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{{quote|''Explosions fix everything!''|[[Shinichi Watanabe|Nabeshin]], [[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]}} |
{{quote|''Explosions fix everything!''|[[Shinichi Watanabe|Nabeshin]], ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]''}} |
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{{quote|''I got to draw superfluous explosions, though! Those are my favorite kind!''|''[[Awkward Zombie]],'' from [[The Rant]]}} |
{{quote|''I got to draw superfluous explosions, though! Those are my favorite kind!''|''[[Awkward Zombie]],'' from [[The Rant]]}} |
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''Michael-bla-bla-sploom!!!'' |
''Michael-bla-bla-sploom!!!'' |
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''Ma-Ba-sploom!!!'' |
''Ma-Ba-sploom!!!'' |
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''Michal * boom* Baysplosions!!!''|2=''[[Robot Chicken]],'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ssUivM-eM this clip].}} |
''Michal * boom* Baysplosions!!!''|2=''[[Robot Chicken]],'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}v7ssUivM-eM this clip].}} |
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{{quote|'''TAG''': Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in- |
{{quote|'''TAG''': Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in- |
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{{quote|''"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."''|'''Vaarsuvius''', ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''}} |
{{quote|''"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."''|'''Vaarsuvius''', ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"Their songs followed the simple premise of boy being meets girl being under the silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason."''|''[[ |
{{quote|''"Their songs followed the simple premise of boy being meets girl being under the silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason."''|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe]]''}} |
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{{quote|''"The goal is to create a piece of advertising that's original and exciting, if intelligent and provocative - in other words, lots of things blowing up!"''|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I Trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie] on movie trailers''}} |
{{quote|''"The goal is to create a piece of advertising that's original and exciting, if intelligent and provocative - in other words, lots of things blowing up!"''|''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}MbGNcoB2Y4I Trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie] on movie trailers''}} |
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{{quote|''"The first bomb is always the hardest."''|'''Parker''', ''[[Leverage]]''}} |
{{quote|''"The first bomb is always the hardest."''|'''Parker''', ''[[Leverage]]''}} |
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{{quote|''JOKER unleashes [[Macross Missile Massacre|an all-out barrage of missiles, like the biggest fucking missiles you will ever see]]. BATMAN shoots his own back, and they all collide together in the middle of a violent explosion, and then, an explosion within that explosion. Afterward: one last explosion, this time in slow motion, with [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] flying out of it.''|[[Michael Bay]]'s rejected [http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506 "The Dark Knight" Script.]}} |
{{quote|''JOKER unleashes [[Macross Missile Massacre|an all-out barrage of missiles, like the biggest fucking missiles you will ever see]]. BATMAN shoots his own back, and they all collide together in the middle of a violent explosion, and then, an explosion within that explosion. Afterward: one last explosion, this time in slow motion, with [[Tank Goodness|tanks]] flying out of it.''|[[Michael Bay]]'s rejected [http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id{{=}}947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506 "The Dark Knight" Script.]}} |
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{{quote|"If they don't blow up at least ten [[Monumental Damage|national monuments]], I'm leaving!"|''[[Chez Geek]]'' flavor text for the card "[[Summer Blockbuster]]"}} |
{{quote|"If they don't blow up at least ten [[Monumental Damage|national monuments]], I'm leaving!"|''[[Chez Geek]]'' flavor text for the card "[[Summer Blockbuster]]"}} |
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{{quote|''"If it's bombs they want... I'm happy to oblige."''|'''[[Gadgeteer Genius|Skuld's]]''' [[Badass Boast|response]] to being badly outnumbered by a brainwashed science class armed with grenades, ''[[Ah! My Goddess |
{{quote|''"If it's bombs they want... I'm happy to oblige."''|'''[[Gadgeteer Genius|Skuld's]]''' [[Badass Boast|response]] to being badly outnumbered by a brainwashed science class armed with grenades, ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', Ch. 82}} |
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{{quote|''"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"''|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Doug Walker]]'''}} |
{{quote|''"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"''|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Doug Walker]]'''}} |
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{{quote|''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|TTGL]] gattais with Great [[Zeorymer]] and [[Ideon]]. What happens?" |
{{quote|''"[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|TTGL]] gattais with Great [[Zeorymer]] and [[Ideon]]. What happens?" |
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''"Shit fucking blows up everywhere forever."|'''[[Image Boards|Anon and Might Gaine, /m/]]'''}} |
''"Shit fucking blows up everywhere forever."|'''[[Image Boards|Anon and Might Gaine, /m/]]'''}} |
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'''Rose Tyler''': Oh, I know. First day I met 'im, he blew my job up, it's practically how he communicates.|'''[[Doctor Who]]''', "The Doctor Dances"}} |
'''Rose Tyler''': Oh, I know. First day I met 'im, he blew my job up, it's practically how he communicates.|'''[[Doctor Who]]''', "The Doctor Dances"}} |
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{{quote|"Dynamite solves everything!"|'''Peri''', [[Spliced]]}} |
{{quote|"Dynamite solves everything!"|'''Peri''', ''[[Spliced]]''}} |
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{{quote|"My years with Mr. Tesla have taught me that there's one underlying scientific principle common to all existence. ''Everything'' explodes." |'''[[Atomic Robo]]'''}} |
{{quote|"My years with Mr. Tesla have taught me that there's one underlying scientific principle common to all existence. ''Everything'' explodes." |'''[[Atomic Robo]]'''}} |
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{{quote|"[[Heroes|Good guys]], [[Villains|bad guys]], and explosions; as far as the eye can see..."|''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]''}} |
{{quote|"[[Heroes|Good guys]], [[Villains|bad guys]], and explosions; as far as the eye can see..."|''[[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (song)|Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]''}} |
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{{quote|"''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome barbecue!]]''" [Boom!] "''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome pool!]]''" [Boom!]|'''[[Michael Bay]]''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRCf9LbLM0 TV commercial for Verizon Fios]}} |
{{quote|"''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome barbecue!]]''" [Boom!] "''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Awesome pool!]]''" [Boom!]|'''[[Michael Bay]]''', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}lXRCf9LbLM0 TV commercial for Verizon Fios]}} |
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{{quote|"Why isn't everything exploding?!"|'''[[Michael Bay|Japanese Michael Bay]]''', ''[[Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]]''}} |
{{quote|"Why isn't everything exploding?!"|'''[[Michael Bay|Japanese Michael Bay]]''', ''[[Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show]]''}} |
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{{quote|It blowed up ''real'' good!|''[[SCTV]]'', "Farm Film Report"}} |
{{quote|It blowed up ''real'' good!|''[[SCTV]]'', "Farm Film Report"}} |
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{{quote|And now the penguin on top of your computer will explode...|''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''}} |
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{{quote|"Sometimes, people just explode."|''[[Repo Man]]''}} |
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{{quote|It is true that even a few nuclear or hydrogen explosions can do terrible damage.|[[w:Edward Teller|Dr. Edward Teller]]}} |
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{{quote|Nuclear explosions under the Nevada desert? What the fuck are we testing for? We already know the shit blows up.|[[Frank Zappa]]}} |
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{{quote|There's a recent report of a method to make a more stable form of it [CL-20], by mixing it with TNT. Yes, this is an example of something that becomes ''less explosive'' as a one-to-one cocrystal with TNT. Although, as the authors point out, if you heat those crystals up the two components separate out, and you're left with crystals of pure CL-20 soaking in liquid TNT, a situation that will heighten your awareness of the fleeting nature of life.|Derek Lowe, Blogger and Chemist, ''[http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/things_i_wont_work_with/ Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane]''}} |
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{{quote|No boom ''today''. Boom tomorrow. There is always a boom tomorrow. (as others leave) What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Sooner or later, ''boom!''|Ivanova, ''[[Babylon 5]]''}} |
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{{quote|One day, baby, milkshake! Boom!|[[The Tick (animation)|The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight]]}} |
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"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
—Sundance, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Explosions! MORE explosions! I got to have more explosions!
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"Shit be blowin' up!"
—Lita, Sailor Moon Abridged
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John: I guess when they say you can't fight City Hall, they really mean it. |
"Yar. Must be Exploding Tuesday."
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"A nice explosion now and then keeps the mind sharp."
—Urdnot Wrex, Mass Effect
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"Let's see: sixty seconds on the clock plus one 300kg bomb equals lots of little pieces of submarine. So now... the question is, what will you do, Kashim?"
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Stephen Colbert: Jon, um...Did you set fire to Dick Gephardt? —The Daily Show, Indecision 08: America's Choice
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"Jamie want big boom."
—Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters
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"When in doubt... C4."
—Jamie Hyneman, MythBusters
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"They explode! My life has taken on new meaning!"
—Elsa Bloodstone, Nextwave
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"Dude, you have a bazooka. Stop thinking Prague Police and start thinking Playstation. Blow shit up!"
—Xander, XXX
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"See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite... and gunpowder... and gasoline!"
—The Joker, The Dark Knight
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Joker: If we don't stop fighting, you're going to miss the fireworks. |
"Ch3C6H2(NO2)3 + Hg(CNO)2 = well, what? An enormous hole in the ground, a pile of masonry, some bits of flesh and mucus, a foot, with the boot still on it, flying through the air and landing, flop, in the middle of the geraniums–the scarlet ones; such a splendid show that summer!"
—From Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
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"You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"
—From The Italian Job
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"BLOW THINGS UP! BLOW THINGS UP!"
—cry of the Jammers from Feng Shui
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"The Incredibles - no sequence unexploded."
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“I do not understand why everything in this script must inevitably explode.”
—Teal'c, Stargate SG 1
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"The all time classic, Super Mario 64! NOW WITH FIVE THOUSAND PERCENT MORE EXPLOSIONS!
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There are no problems which cannot be solved by judicious use of high explosives.
—British Commando saying, World War 2
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Explosions fix everything!
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I got to draw superfluous explosions, though! Those are my favorite kind!
—Awkward Zombie, from The Rant
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Michael Bay presents: Explosions! |
TAG: Except for the stern. That chunk is still mostly in- |
"I don't have to blow up everything I see. I just like to."
—Kell Tainer, Wraith Squadron
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Donos: Pretty. What do we blow up first? —Solo Command
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Mega Man: Let me guess. You're going to flood the cave with water. |
"In the Game Boy game where Mega Man uses it, I think Mirror Buster is just a shield that can bounce shots, but instead I made it this thing that absorbs attacks and fires them back as some kind of converted blast. Why? Because explosions."
—Disgruntled Ferret, regarding this comic.
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Caboose: Andy, calm down. Think of a happy place. Now, what makes you happy? |
Ben Vereen: I get a big charge out of being here. |
"And then... EVERYTHING EXPLODES"!
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Oh, go on, Archchancellor. What's the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and —The Dean, Reaper Man
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<Insert Zeeky Boogy Doog here>
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"Art is a bang, un!"
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"He did 'Boom!'. No matter how many times you hear, it's always a good sound."
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Darklight: And most importantly... we must BLOW STUFF UP! |
"If in doubt, just start blowing shit up."
—James Grayson in Resistance Retribution, after blowing up a Chimera power core in the Construction Zone.
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"What's cooler than saying 'fuck'? Blowing something up!"
—Claire Hooper, The Sideshow With Paul McDermott
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Riff: Wood, mortar, plaster... various materials mundane materials that share one important quality. They all can be blown up. |
Torg: Don't you have more gadgets than just the bazooka? |
"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."
—Vaarsuvius, The Order of the Stick
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"Their songs followed the simple premise of boy being meets girl being under the silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason."
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"The goal is to create a piece of advertising that's original and exciting, if intelligent and provocative - in other words, lots of things blowing up!"
—Trailer for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie on movie trailers
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"The first bomb is always the hardest."
—Parker, Leverage
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JOKER unleashes an all-out barrage of missiles, like the biggest fucking missiles you will ever see. BATMAN shoots his own back, and they all collide together in the middle of a violent explosion, and then, an explosion within that explosion. Afterward: one last explosion, this time in slow motion, with tanks flying out of it.
—Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" Script.
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"If they don't blow up at least ten national monuments, I'm leaving!"
—Chez Geek flavor text for the card "Summer Blockbuster"
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"If it's bombs they want... I'm happy to oblige."
—Skuld's response to being badly outnumbered by a brainwashed science class armed with grenades, Ah! My Goddess, Ch. 82
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"Explosions, people! In case you missed it!"
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"Shit fucking blows up everywhere forever."
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And the army is like: BLOW STUFF UP! BLOW STUFF UP!!!
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"*sniffs* Michael Bay would be proud."
—The Nostalgia Chick, on the train explosion scene in Anastasia
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Captain Jack: I was gonna send for another [sonic blaster] but somebody blew up the factory! —Doctor Who, "The Doctor Dances"
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"Dynamite solves everything!"
—Peri, Spliced
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"My years with Mr. Tesla have taught me that there's one underlying scientific principle common to all existence. Everything explodes."
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"It's gonna go boom, it's Atari! It's gonna go boom! *Death Star in the video game he was playing explodes* BOOM!!!!"
—The Angry Video Game Nerd in the "Star Wars Games" episode.
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"Eenie, meenie, minie, moe ... oh, why not all of them?"
—Jaya Ballard about the Meteor Shower spell, Magic: The Gathering
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"Why does everything explode so easily?
—Dr. Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb, "Ask a Foolish Question"
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"Why isn't everything exploding?!"
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"Nothing gets a party goin' like a few pounds of chemical charges... hey, they've got mines too! Verry nice, we'll take 'em along as well."
—Michael Falkner, Earth 2160
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At last, all my powers restored! Speed! Invisibility! Astral projection! And my personal favorite...COMBUSTION!
—Shendu, Jackie Chan Adventures
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It blowed up real good!
—SCTV, "Farm Film Report"
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And now the penguin on top of your computer will explode...
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"Sometimes, people just explode."
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It is true that even a few nuclear or hydrogen explosions can do terrible damage.
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Nuclear explosions under the Nevada desert? What the fuck are we testing for? We already know the shit blows up.
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There's a recent report of a method to make a more stable form of it [CL-20], by mixing it with TNT. Yes, this is an example of something that becomes less explosive as a one-to-one cocrystal with TNT. Although, as the authors point out, if you heat those crystals up the two components separate out, and you're left with crystals of pure CL-20 soaking in liquid TNT, a situation that will heighten your awareness of the fleeting nature of life.
—Derek Lowe, Blogger and Chemist, Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane
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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There is always a boom tomorrow. (as others leave) What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here. Sooner or later, boom!
—Ivanova, Babylon 5
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One day, baby, milkshake! Boom!
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