General note: the following quotes are not necessarily accurate, so read
them at your own risk...
Romanization note: A ":" following a vowel denotes a vowel lengthening.
(quotes list last updated (majorly) 7/20/93)
(one (1) quote added, 4/19/95)
"Dorobo desu."
"Dorobo-san...?"
-- Lupin III
& Clarisse
(Le Chateau de Cagliostro)
"Yamano Miyu... ka."
"Watashi no namae ga do:ka shimashita?"
"Kono mae wa Tanaka Miyu. Soshite Sato: Miyu to mo kiita."
"Sore kara Hayashi to ka... Yamamoto, Shimada, Hirano..."
"Sate... dore ga honmono?"
"Wasurechatta."
-- excerpt from Shin Vampire Miyu
"[Concert] wa kyo, da!"
"Wasureta???"
(computer screen attracts their attention, interrupting the banter.
guess what?)
-- Nene Romanova
& Naoko
(Bubblegum Crisis 7)
"Jiji! Kutsuiteru?"
"Aa..."
-- Majo no Kiki
& Kuroneko no Jiji
(Majo no Takkyubin)
"Yada! Kono [container] mada aketenai, yo!"
-- June
(Sol Bianca)
"Oh, come on, David! Fourth floor isn't THAT bad..."
"Shut up, Richard."
-- Richard Uyeyama
& David Kammler
(Real Life, 12/10/91)
"Muri shinakutemo ii da ze, Yo:ta!"
-- Ai Amano, to Yo:ta Moteuchi
(Den'ei Sho:jo Ai)
"Ranma... Korosu!"
-- Shampoo, to Ranma Saotome
(Ranma Nibun no Ichi)
"Seisui, ka? Suteki..."
-- Miyu, to Himiko-san
(Kyu:ketsuhime Miyu)
"So what should I believe?"
"Never let anyone tell you what to believe, hyramis,
but the truth is always there for the taking."
-- Excerpt from "Against the Darkness"
"Itsudatte shinjitsu wa ningen no naka ni aru no ni..."
-- Miyu, to Himiko-san
(Kyuketsuhime Miyu)
"If I had the wings of an angel,
over these prison walls I would fly..."
-- Elizabeth Orme
(The Many-Colored Land)
"Hontoni... tenshi datta, no..."
-- Takako-san
(Earthian)
"Onna ni... natta..."
-- Kasumi Tendo:
(Ranma Nibun no Ichi)
"Hikaru-chan no tonari no kono ko... otoko janakte...
Ayukawa na no ka...?!?"
-- Kasuga-kun
(Ano Hi ni Kaeritai)
"When you look into a mirror,
tell me what you see...
Is the light that's always shining
shining in your heart...?"
-- "Follow Your Dream"
(Project A-ko)
"Anata no me no naka no...
watashi o miru..."
-- "[Platonic] Tsuranuite"
(Ranma Nibun no Ichi)
"Do:shita no?"
(heh, heh, heh)
"Kowarechatta."
-- Nadia
& Jean-Coq Raltigue
(Fushigi no Umi no Nadia, Episode 2)
"So, you recovered yet?"
"Uhh..."
-- Richard Uyeyama
& Albert Sze-Wei Wang
(Real Life, 10/15/90)
"Itsumo ko:, na no?"
"Aa..."
-- Jean-Coq Raltigue
& Grandis Granba
(in reference to Sanson)
(Fushigi no Umi no Nadia, Episode 8)
"Itsumo aa, na no?"
-- Raisa
(in reference to Kahm)
(Outlanders, vol. 2)
"Letting your emotions rule your actions can be dangerous."
-- Feb (translated into English)
(Sol Bianca)
"Baka na koto yuanaide!"
-- Deedlit, to Pern
(The Record of Lodoss War, Episode 1)
"Omae no ii toko... hitotsu mekke!"
-- Ai Amano, to Yo:ta Moteuchi
(Den'ei Sho:jo Ai)
"Why are you so far away?" she said,
"And won't you ever know
I'm in love with you...
That I'm in love with you..."
-- "Just Like Heaven," by The Cure
"Sempai... atashi no koto do: omotteru no ka na...?
Kitto... kitto nantomo omottenai yo ne.
Kodomo da mon, atashi nanka, sempai kara mireba...
'Atashi? Atashi wa ne...
Atashi wa ne... sempai no koto.....'"
-- Hiyama Izumi-chan
(Living Game, vol.3)
"Ai suru hito no namae o...
chiisaku yonde mita...
yasashiku, yasashiku..."
-- "Ureshi-namida"
(Den'ei Sho:jo Ai)
"I can't believe I'm a Simpson..."
-- Lisa Simpson
(The Simpsons)
"You... are SO infuriating...!"
-- Chris Noel, to Knox Overstreet
(Dead Poets Society)
"Nice job."
(nonchalantly)
"Any very talented person could've done it..."
-- Blake
& Vila
(Blake's 7)
"What's this 'Sailor Moon' thing?"
"I don't know. Play it and find out."
-- Richard Uyeyama
& Chris Swett
(Real Life, 7/92)
"June, back to the computer room, quickly...!"
We gotta pull that chip out!"
(eyes glinting)
"Aye... that we must."
-- April
& June
(Sol Bianca 4: "G-prime")
(shortly after RG answers the phone)
"I'm not sure... Guys? What's showing on Channel 13?"
"Channel 13...? Mainichi ga Nichiyo:bi."
(to phone)
"Uhhh... Maichigaichiyitchigotchi."
-- Robert Gutierrez
& the ROFLGFB people
(Real Life, 7/92)
"Ryo:ga, can I ask you something?"
"What?"
"How did you manage to get from Japan to China without getting wet?"
-- Ranma Saotome
& Ryo:ga Hibiki
(Ranma Kanketsuhen '93)
"Nami nande mizu ni hairanain da yo?"
"Eh... Watashi wa... chotto....."
(heh, heh)
"Oyogi ni kitan daro:!!"
(Kiddy yanks Nami into the pool by her foot)
(splash!)
(Yuki takes notice of these events)
"Ah! So: ieba, Nami-san, te..."
"Watashi... oyogenain desu!!!"
"Ta-tasukete!"
-- Kiddy Phenil
Nami Yamigumo
& Yuki Saiko
(Silent Mobius, Chapter 08: Lebia Maverick)
"She used to fall down a lot...
That girl was always falling again and again...
And I used to sometimes try to catch her...
but never even caught her name..."
-- "Catch"
(The Cure)
"Ne... Shiriai?"
-- Akane Tendo:, to Ranma Saotome
(in reference to Ryo:ga Hibiki)
(Ranma Nibun no Ichi, episode 7)
"Lady /who/?"
"Hallworth. You know, Lady /Hallworth/. She's married to Lord Hallworth,"
she added helpfully.
"Oh."
-- Bored guard
& Janith Tillman
(Against the Darkness)
"My lady Terisa, I am sorry that I did not persuade you to join me. I
believed you when you said you were alone. Clearly, you are a better
player of this game than I realized."
-- Lady Elega, to Terisa Morgan
(Mordant's Need, Volume I: The Mirror of Her Dreams)
Daymar looked up and said, "Oh, hello, Vlad."
"Good morning. What is that?"
"That," said Morrolan, "is black Phoenix stone."
"Never heard of it," I said.
"It is similar to gold Phoenix stone," said Daymar helpfully.
"Yes," I said. "Only black instead of gold."
"Right," said Daymar, not noticing my sarcasm.
-- excerpt from Phoenix, by Steven Brust
"Kazuya ni horetemo muda da yo."
"Do:shite desu ka?"
"Asakura Minami ga iru. Gakko: demo yu:mei daro:, sono futari."
"Eh?? Asakura-san wa Tatsuya-san o suki nan janain desu ka?!?"
(fump)
-- Tatsuya Uesugi
& Kaori Shinozuka
(Touch, Chapter 9: "Dotchi mo dotchi")
"Seasons change, but there's scenery...
weaving time in a tapestry...
Won't you stop and remember me...?"
-- "A Hazy Shade of Winter"
(The Bangles)
"Chotto no aida dake... ii yume mita yo."
"..."
"Sono yume no naka ni, Rin wa ita...?"
"Aa. Ore no nyo:bo: ni natteta yo."
(Rin can no longer stop the tears from flowing)
"Atashi mo... onaji yume o mita yo..."
-- Yu:ta
& Rin
(Ningyo no Mori)
"I look up at the stars
and beg them to tell me...
They tell me you are here...
within the darkness of the night."
-- "Within the darkness of the night"
(Sol Bianca 4: "G-prime")
"Steeped in the vacuum of her dreams,
A mirror's empty till
A man rides through it."
-- John Myers Myers, Silverlock
"Godai-san...? Gambatte kudasai, ne!"
-- Kyo:ko Otonashi
(Maison Ikkoku)
"Kokoro o hirakeba,
Fantasia ga mieru.
Hitomi o tojireba,
Futari no yume ga kanau..."
-- "Kaze no Fantasia"
(Lodoss-tou Senki)
"'There's no fate but what we make for ourselves.'..."
-- John Connor, quoting his mother quoting his father quoting him
(Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
"'I have always believed that problems should be solved by those
who see them,'" Terisa said, quoting softly. Her eyes shone as if
she, too, were proud of Myste.
-- Excerpt from Mordant's Need, Volume II: A Man Rides Through
* Of what else
Are heroes made
* Than men and women
who, like us,
* Try-- *
-- Excerpt from Startide Rising, by David Brin
: And What Do You Plan To Do? :
Creideiki sensed that It already knew the answer.
: My Duty : he replied in Its own speech.
: What Else Can I Ever Do? :
-- Excerpt from Startide Rising, by David Brin
"I consider that people are as ordinary or as exceptional as they choose
to be..."
-- Lady Elega, to Terisa Morgan
(Mordant's Need, Volume I: The Mirror of Her Dreams)
"Argue your limitations and, sure enough, they are yours."
-- Richard Bach, Illusions
"Are you the Miracle Max who worked for the King all those years?"
"The King's stinking son fired me. And thank YOU for bringing up such a
painful subject. While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper
cut and pour lemon juice all over it? We're CLOSED!"
-- Inigo Montoya
& Miracle Max
(The Princess Bride)
"You are quoting Snoopy the Dog, I believe?"
"I'll quote the truth wherever I find it, thank you."
-- Richard [Bach]
& Donald Shimoda
(Illusions)
(to telephone)
"Yo, is Justin there?"
(slight pause)
"As a matter of fact, he is..."
-- David Kammler
& Gunnar Miller
(Real Life, 5/91)
"Today's fish is trout a la creme."
(whirr)
"Enjoy your meal."
-- Food Dispensor #2 (I think)
(Red Dwarf)
"One of the greatest benefits computers provide is that they relieve
people of performing repetitive tasks. They do not get bored, and they
rarely make mistakes. If they do make mistakes, [though,] they make
them faster and more consistently than a person ever could."
-- The QRR Computer Book, p.49
(1988, 1989 The President and Fellows of Harvard College)
"Never triple mass driver your own torpedo."
-- Green
(Wing Commander II: Revenge of the Kilrathi)
"Never afterburner into your own torpedo."
-- Tox
(Wing Commander II: Revenge of the Kilrathi)
"Nobody's THAT stupid..."
(slight pause)
"...right???"
-- Richard Uyeyama
(Real Life, 7/3/92)
"'To be killed'... what does that mean?"
"It means to die... with help."
-- excerpt from a German language class
(translated from German to English)
"Hisashiburi da na, Rally-ojo:chan."
"Pu... 'Ojo:chan' wa yamete kudasai."
-- Grosporina
& Rally-chan
(Silent Mobius, Chapter 05: Katsumi Liqueur)
"What I liked best about her was that she spoke to me always
as if I were a woman of her own age, not with the cooing
falsity with which most grown-up people spoke to a child."
-- Morgaine
(The Mists of Avalon)
"Did he ever explain why he helped you?"
"No," said Vlad slowly, as if the though had never occurred to him.
"No, she never did..."
-- excerpt from Athyra, by Steven Brust
* Ah, the gentle rains--
Dear lady, for you to come here
And rescue me.... *
-- Keepiru, to Hikahi
(Startide Rising)
"Takako-san...!!!"
"Tome! Chihaya!!"
-- Chihaya
& Kagetsuya
(Earthian)
"Akane love you, Ranma! This I know. This you should know too.
Akane truly love you. That you truly love her, you must tell her!"
"But... I... How?"
(half-smile)
"Speak. Cannot tell by not speaking."
-- Shampoo
& Ranma
(Ranma Kanketsuhen '93)
"Ai ga umaku shaberenakute,
Piano o hiita, no sa..."
-- "Fantasy"
(Maison Ikkoku)
Saundra raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "So is that it? That's the
entire reason you stayed up all this time waiting? Just to tell me
about the horses and to ask me a few questions?"
Tabitha shook her head. She suddenly looked very tired. "No. I've
also been doing a lot of thinking tonight..."
-- Tabitha Holland
& Saundra Allewite
(Against the Darkness)
"[She] couldn't understand
why the only man
she had ever loved had been taken...
leaving her to starve,
with a heart so badly broken..."
-- "Alone Again, Naturally"
(Gilbert O'Sullivan)
"Kono yo no mono wa eien janai kara sono toki ga utsukushii..."
-- Larva
(Shin Vampire Miyu)
"Waratte kudasai, Katsumi-san...
Atashi no yume ni detekita Katsumi-san mo...
...warattemashita."
-- Yuki Saiko, to Katsumi Liqueur
(Silent Mobius 2 soundtrack CD, track 8)
"Itsuka wa mizu ni...
tokete mienakunaru no..."
-- "Toki no Hyo:haku"
(Ningyo no Mori image song)
"And the tears I cry might turn into the rain...
that gently falls upon your window...
You never know..."
-- "Ticket to the Moon"
(ELO)
"Futatsu no tsuki ga
Tenmado ni ukabiagaru..."
-- "Kaze no Fantasia"
(Lodoss-tou Senki)
"Eiga mo mirarenai no ka..."
"Heh heh! Kawari ni Ai-chan ga iru, jan!"
-- Yo:ta Moteuchi
& Ai Amano
(Den'ei Sho:jo Ai)
"How simple do you want this?"
"Uh... so Lister can understand it."
(slight pause)
"Oh dear..."
-- Holly
& Rimmer
(Red Dwarf)
"Oh, Lucy! You're so dizzy, don't you have a clue?"
-- "Ricky"
("Weird Al" Yankovic)
"Holly... you look confused."
"What?"
-- Richard Uyeyama
& Holly Blumenthal
(Real Life, 1991)
"I can't say it like that again because I ate the peanuts!"
-- Ben Cash, to Richard Uyeyama
(Real Life, 4/13/93)
"Dinosaurs are grazing in suburbia...
They're glowing in the dark.
Electrified, they fight and fuss about...
They're eating up the park."
-- "Watching"
(Thompson Twins)
"...for at that time the gates between the worlds drifted within
the mists, and were open, one to another, as the traveller thought
and willed. For this is the great secret, which was known to all
educated men in our day: that by what men think, we create the world
around us, daily new."
-- Morgaine speaks...
(Prologue, The Mists of Avalon)
"In ages past men said, 'The world is not real; I am dreaming,'
and believed it. We now know the way to journey round a circle
is to close your eyes and take a single step."
-- CCC
(Silver Circles Round and Round)
"ochiteiku
ochiteiku
yume no naka e...
yoru no naka e...
kurai naka ni
watashi no yume ga...
yami no naka ni
watashi no ima ga
ochiteiku
ochiteiku..."
-- Yuki Saiko
(Silent Mobius, Chapter 06: Yuki Saiko)
"To light a candle is to cast a shadow."
-- Ursula K. LeGuin
(A Wizard of Earthsea (1968))
"Deep into that darkness peering
long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal
ever dared to dream before."
-- "The Raven"
(Edgar Allan Poe)
"I don't see where it matters," a third voice said softly.
"The people believe, and that's what counts...."
-- Excerpt from The Postman, by David Brin
"Watashi... mada hitori janakatta yo..... watashi..."
-- Yuki Saiko
(Silent Mobius, Chapter 06: Yuki Saiko)
"You are never given a wish without also being given the power
to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however."
-- Excerpt from Illusions, by Richard Bach
"O-ore no shiawase...?"
(looks at Akane)
"Ore, te, shiawase datta no ka..."
-- Ranma Saotome
(Ranma Nibun no Ichi)
"Issho:... iya, eien ni sagasu!"
-- Mana, to Yu:ta
(Ningyo no Mori)
"Until it ends, there is no end..."
-- "All Through the Night"
(Cyndi Lauper)
"As I was leaving Gombe, Dr. Jane brought a chimp that
was learning sign language to see me off...
'Farewell, my little friend.'
'Come on, Ellen! You can do it!'
Ellen signed 'TENDER. GREEN. WHEELBARROW." Which made
absolutely no sense, but nevertheless, I felt moved."
-- Robotman
(Jim Meddick, 8/10/91)
(Kiddy notices the effects of her having just slapped Lebia)
"Ara."
"'Ara' janai wa yo!! Watashi o korosuki?!?"
"Onozomi nara ne..."
(they lock gazes)
-- Kiddy Phenil
& Lebia Maverick
(Silent Mobius, Chapter 05: Katsumi Liqueur)
"June, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, Feb. Just a little tired, I think."
"Do you feel up to tackling a super-intelligent computer
in its home territory?"
(wide grin)
"Do I ever!"
-- Feb
& June
(Sol Bianca 4: "G-prime")
"Surrender now or I will snap my fingers."
-- Gargoyle of NeoAtlantis
(Courtesy of Walter Amos)
"I think you're bluffing."
"It's possible, pig. I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable
vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to
stand."
"But then again... Perhaps I have the strength after all..."
(begin dramatic, uplifting music)
(Westley slowly, deliberately gets to his feet, then, again slowly and very
deliberately, raises his sword to point directly at Prince Humperdinck)
(the music reaches its triumphant climax)
"Drop... your... sword...!"
-- Prince Humperdinck
& Westley
(The Princess Bride)
"I got killed by Green the Wanderer!"
"What a humiliating death..."
-- One of the Hunt People
& Green the Wanderer
(Real Life, 1991)
"I know now why you cry...
But it is something I can never do."
-- Cyberdyne Model T-101, to John Connor
(Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
"Gaman shiteru to dondon mune ga itaku
natchau kara... Naita ho: ga ii yo..."
-- Yo:ta Moteuchi, to Moemi Hayakawa
(Den'ei Sho:jo, vol.8, p.42)
"Waaan...! Mo: yada yoo..."
-- Yuki Saiko
(Silent Mobius, Chapter 05: Katsumi Liqueur)
"There are three things I've learned never to discuss with people:
religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin."
-- Linus Van Pelt
(Peanuts)
"If only they'd mentioned it in basic training! Instead of climbing up
ropes and crawling through tunnels on your elbows, if just *once* they'd
said 'Gazpacho soup is served cold,' I could've been an admiral by now!"
-- Second Technician Arnold J. Rimmer
(Red Dwarf)
"Matte! Ore, Chihaya!"
(the girl stops in her tracks; she lifts her head slightly, listening)
"Namae gurai oshiete kuretatte ii, da yo..."
(the faintest hint of a smile appears on her lips)
"Takako..."
-- Chihaya
& Takako-san
(Earthian)
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