Surveillance as the Plot Demands/Quotes

Gandalf: The palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman.
Saruman: Why? Why should we fear to use it?

Gandalf: They are not all accounted for, the lost seeing-stones. We do not know who else may be watching.

—The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 film)

Seto Kaiba: I have installed security cameras all over Japan, because when you're rich you can never be too paranoid. Also, I like to spy on Yugi just to make sure I'm always one step ahead of him.
Henchman: Yes, Mister Kaiba, but do we really have to watch him taking a shower every day? It seems a little unnecessary.

Seto Kaiba: I-must-always-be-one-step-ahead!

—Yu-Gi-Oh: The Other Abridged Movie

It's charming until you realize how many hidden cameras this guy must have set up to get all this footage.

—Bill Corbett Riff Trax: Batman and Robin

I heard that, Curtis.

—Noah "The Spoony One" Antwiler imitating protagonist Curtis Craig's Obviously Evil boss, Let's Play Phantasmagoria 2

The Monarch: Yeah, yeah, roll the clip...
Councilman 1: Unfortunately, we have no visual records of your time in college.

The Monarch: ...Really? So we're not going to have to sit through hours of me abusing myself to Markie Post?

Councilman 2: Of course not! How could we have video of you from that long ago? That's crazy!

Councilman 3: We're the Council of Thirteen, not magic angel babies.

Councilman 2: We don't have like a... magic window into the past-

The Monarch: Okay, okay, I get it.

—The Venture Bros

Lex Luthor watches a surveillance close up of Batman*

Ironman: How many cameras do you have?!

Green Goblin: What, did you buy out Google Earth?

—Marvel/DC, Zero Hour