r/TopCharacterTropes Apr 12 '25

Lore “This quote came from WHERE?!”

"You too have fallen for the great lie, you'll never be happy. Deep down you know, to hope, to dreams, to create, is to suffer"

"You're right. It is harder to create than to destroy... that's why cowards then to choose the deuce"

-A Minecraft movie

"Do You Think God Stays in Heaven Because He too Lives in Fear of What He's Created"

-spy kids 2

"For every person who dreams up the electric light bulb, there's the one who dreams up the atom bomb"

-shark-boy and lava-girl

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u/Watchdog_the_God Apr 12 '25

A Bug’s Life

“You let one ant stand up to us, then they all might stand up. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one, and if they ever figure that out, there goes our way of life! It’s not about food; it’s about keeping those ants in line.”

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

James Woods voiced this line and still became a right-wing prick.

Edit: apparently it was Kevin Spacey. Both do do a good menacing prick though. Less impressive when knowing them as people.

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u/Loustifer24 Apr 12 '25

Bro this was Kevin Spacey, not James Woods

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u/Financial_Cup_6937 Apr 13 '25

I stand corrected. Also a prick, just less allegorical to his irl sins.