With Catlike Tread/Quotes

Pirates: WITH CATLIKE TREAD, [crash]
Upon our prey we steal! [crash]
In silence dread, [crash]
Our cautious way we feel! [crash]
General Stanley: Is someone there?

—The Pirates of Penzance

1584. Even if the rules allow it, I am not allowed to Sneak with a running chainsaw. (Cyberpunk 2020)
1624. It is bad form to sing along with the elevator music in a Black Ops. (Cyberpunk 2020)
2475. When told to distract the enemy, they didn't mean with a called shot to their flamethrower.

—Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG

I've got three words for you. SNEAK ATTACK, BITCH!

—Haley Starshine, The Order of the Stick.

"Sokka, sneak attacks don't work if you yell them out loud."

—Aang, after one-shotting Sokka with an Offhand Backhand, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

If we're goin' in there we'll require stealth and subtlety. Where's my chainsaw?

—Myra, Skin Deep

Lister: Someone get behind me.
Kryten: I'm going to come around behind you now, sir.
Lister: Okay, Kryten, take me by surprise.
Kryten: I'm coming around behind you to take you by surprise, sir.
Lister: Get on with it, surprise me.
Kryten: You may get an unpleasant sensation of chloroform. Don't be alarmed.
Lister: Surprise me now.
Kryten: Here comes my surprise, sir.

—Red Dwarf, "Demons and Angels"

...Try to manoeuvre around behind [the enemy scout], using cover as explained in Section 9. Recite the Litany of Stealth (refer to Emperor's Benedictions) to decrease your chances of being heard. Creep up behind him, pull his head up sharply to expose his neck then thrust your knife deeply into the side of his throat...

—Excerpt from "Security of the Column, The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer, Chaper 3 Section 8", Warhammer 40,000

I am the darkness that surrounds me,
I am the air that surrounds me,
I am the land that hides me,
I wait to strike,
From the Darkness,
I wait to kill,
From out of thin air,
I am invisible,
And I am silent death.

—Prayer of Invisibility (To be whispered when remaining hidden from the eyes of the enemy), The Benedictions of the Emperor, Inspiration Source and Uplifting Creeds for all Infantrymen, The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer, Warhammer 40,000

A runabout! I'LL STEAL IT! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!

—Dan Backslide, coward, bully, cad and thief, The Dover Boys

Okay, gotta be sneaky... AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

—A character from this webcomic, based on Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

"LAAAA, I'M BEING STEALTHY!!"

—Paw Dugan mocking this trope in King's Quest V

"AH, I HAVE THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE!"

—Riff Trax, Highlander

"FALCON SNEAK!! FALCON SNEAK!! FALC-"

—Captain Falcon, Brawl in the Family, "Captain Falcon Solid"