Film - Animation
Live-Action TV
"I've gotta learn to just do the damage and leave town. It's the 'stay-and-gloat' that gets me every time."
—Ethan Rayne, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Chief Constable Giles Why are these men in here [in prison], Crabtree? What common trait do they hold?
George Crabtree: Poor judgment.
Giles: And what constitutes poor judgment?
Crabtree: Rashness, I suppose. A tendency to act without regarding consequence.
Giles: Or is it the inability to imagine the series of events that led them to their present circumstance and correctly assess its probability? Stupidity, Crabtree. Thought-stunting, bat-blind stupidity is the sine qua nonnote of incarceration.
George Crabtree: Poor judgment.
Giles: And what constitutes poor judgment?
Crabtree: Rashness, I suppose. A tendency to act without regarding consequence.
Giles: Or is it the inability to imagine the series of events that led them to their present circumstance and correctly assess its probability? Stupidity, Crabtree. Thought-stunting, bat-blind stupidity is the sine qua nonnote of incarceration.
— Murdoch Mysteries, "Nolo Contendre"
Video Game
"You had it made! You could have been the biggest thief of all time, but you had to target my ancestors and blow your own cover. You exposed your operation because of your ego!"
Hau: So, uh, Mr. Faba, do you have the key to the president's rooms?
Faba: Indeed! I have it right here.
Hau: So... if you'd just stayed hidden, we would've been stuck here anyway, right?
Faba: What?!
Faba: Indeed! I have it right here.
Hau: So... if you'd just stayed hidden, we would've been stuck here anyway, right?
Faba: What?!
Webcomics
"And so apparently the world was once again saved due to the villains being totally incompetent. Now onto weather..."
— Television set, being watched by Dan's Author Avatar in the El Goonish Shive strip Too Tired to Care
Web Video
"Ritter goes off to start a fire and smoke out Chris, and it's a good plan; I'm sure it'll fuck up somehow."
— Diamanda Hagan reviewing Turkey Shoot
"I don't mean to be mean (except I actually do), but if you have the ability to shoot lightning and manipulate technology whenever you want to, why isn't he doing it all the time?!"
Slimecicle: WE JUST DID A FUCKING BOSS FIGHT WITH YOU, AND YOU HAD A GLOCK THE ENTIRE TIME AND DIDN'T THINK TO USE IT?!
Condification: YOU COULD HAVE JUST SHOT US!
Condification: YOU COULD HAVE JUST SHOT US!
—Slimecicle, to Fallen Grizzly during the climax of The HARDEST Minecraft Difficulty
Marcus: The Decepticons are so fucking stupid. (laughs with Dan) Like-
Dan: If they just let [the Autobots] go…
Marcus: They would’ve left!
Dan: They would’ve won!
Marcus: They agreed to leave!
Dan: "Destroy what’s left of them!"
Marcus: It’s literally it! They got what they wanted! Now everybody knows they’re evil again!
Dan: If they just let [the Autobots] go…
Marcus: They would’ve left!
Dan: They would’ve won!
Marcus: They agreed to leave!
Dan: "Destroy what’s left of them!"
Marcus: It’s literally it! They got what they wanted! Now everybody knows they’re evil again!