Forum:Featured Quote

The stories on this wiki have tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of memorable moments, be they dialogue or narrative. But now we're about to find a favorite! Nominate a quote that meets the guidelines below, and see if it comes out on top! Vote either Support or Oppose.

Previous Winners
See: Forum:List of Featured Quotes

Rules
'''PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE RULES FOR OTHER FEATURES. RULES UNIQUE TO FEATURED QUOTE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED '''

Nominating Rules

 * 1) Don't take the word "Quote" literally. Narrative passages can be just as quoteworthy as dialogue.
 * 2) Please identify the story that the Quote comes from.
 * 3) If there is a stated Theme (see below), then nominees must fit that theme.
 * 4) You may nominate Quotes from other people's stories without permission, unless the Theme states otherwise. Of course, you can also nominate Quotes from your own stories unless the Theme states otherwise.
 * 5)  If you nominate a Quote from a story that you did not write or collaborate on, then you must identify yourself as the nominator. This is necessary because of Voting Rule #5.
 * 6) A story's author has veto power over Quotes from that story. If you object to a particular Quote that someone else has nominated from your story (e.g. because it gives away a spoiler), then you may delete that nominee for any reason or for none, with no questions asked.
 * 7) Only one Quote per story per nominator. In other words, two people could each nominate a Quote from Story X, but one person may not nominate two Quotes from it. One person could, however, nominate one Quote from Story X and one Quote from Story Y.
 * 8) Please limit nominations to 100 words or less. "Near-miss" Quotes that exceed this limit by only a few words may be allowed at the Ballot Administrator's discretion.
 * 9) Please be aware of spoiler potential when nominating a Quote from someone else's story.
 * 10) No in-jokes, please. Quotes must be understandable outside the context of the story, except as noted below.
 * 11) Quotes must appear on an actual story page. Ancillary materials from character pages, blog-based previews, etc. are ineligible.
 * 12) Quotes must be formatted exactly as they are in the story, except as noted below. The easiest way to comply with this rule is by copy-and-paste.
 * If you need to add tags to identify speakers or subjects, please italicize them.
 * If you need to add narrative text to make a line understandable out of context, enclose the added text in brackets [thusly]. This is standard journalistic practice for quoting things. Note that such added text should be only a few words, if that.
 * If a Quote is in past tense in the story, it must be in past tense on the ballot. Ditto for other tenses.
 * A Quote may be shortened to meet length limitations. If you do this, replace the removed portion with an ellipsis (...).

Voting Rules

 * 1) You must have an account and 100 total edits to vote. You must be logged in and your vote must be signed so the administrators can verify voter eligibility.
 * 2) Nominees receiving 5 or more Oppose votes may be removed from the ballot at the discretion of the administrators.
 * 3) Vote on as many Quotes as you wish, but only once on each. You may not vote for a Quote from your own story  except as noted below .
 * 4) If a Quote from your story was nominated by someone else who isn't a collaborating partner on the story, then you may vote for it.
 * 5) If you nominate a Quote from a story that you did not write or collaborate on, then you may also vote for it.
 * 6) The following rules must be followed when Opposing a quote:
 * You must provide a reason for your vote. "No" and "Sorry" are not reasons.
 * Oppose votes that appear to be needlessly harsh or that don't observe basic rules of civility will be deleted. If it's worth saying, it can be said politely.
 * Please try to provide constructive criticism. This is the whole point of the Oppose option, because Oppose votes aren't actually counted.
 * "I want another quote to win" votes will be deleted. If you want another Quote to win, then cast a Support vote for the other Quote and leave it at that.
 * "This isn't funny" is only a valid reason to Oppose if the Quote was meant to be funny. Votes opposing an obviously dramatic quote on the grounds that "it's not funny" will be deleted.
 * Your opinion of the character(s) associated with a quote is NOT relevant to the merits of the quote itself. Featured Character is a separate ballot, so don't shoot the message.
 * "There are better quotes from this story" votes will be deleted because that's irrelevant to the merits of the Quote that actually got nominated. Remember, you can nominate Quotes from other people's stories--so if you think there's a better Quote that's not on the ballot, then why not nominate it yourself?

In the event of a tie, the Ballot Administrator will break the tie if he hasn't already voted. Otherwise, the ballot will remain open until the tie is broken.

Theme
The theme for this month is Wild Kingdom, suggested by SpaceWeather. We're looking for quotes involving animals. Sasquatches are also fair game.

If you would like to suggest a theme for a future ballot, leave your suggestion on the ballot administrator's talk page. Themes that will definitely be used at some point, but who knows when, include:


 * Serious Business (no funny quotes)
 * Noncompetition Stories
 * Tearjerkers
 * Brush with death (suggested by JERealize)

Theme ideas that may or may not be used one of these days include:


 * Narrative (i.e. no dialogue, although first-person narration might be allowed)
 * Whistling Past the Graveyard (funny quotes in unfunny situations)
 * First Person narration (if not included in the Narrative theme)
 * Sacrifice
 * Bromance (suggested by TDIwriter)
 * Adopt a Quote (incorporating a famous quote into the story), suggested by JERealize
 * Epiphany (a character suddenly realizing something that they consider to be game-changingly or even life-changingly important), suggested by JERealize

Nominations
Enter nominations below.

Shark's Kin
Courtney took a deep breath, ran a few steps, and arced gracefully off the cliff. Her form proved to be better than her eye, though, and she missed the safe zone, splashing down to the right and a little short.

Strangely, the sharks seemed to take no notice, even though one happened to be fairly close. They continued to ignore Courtney as she swam placidly to the boat.

As Courtney’s teammates pulled her onto the boat, Bridgette asked, “Not that I’m complaining, but what’s with those sharks?”

“Professional courtesy,” Courtney explained smugly. “I’m going to be a lawyer someday.”


 * --from The Legend of Total Drama Island, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1)  But in that moment, I swear, we were infinite. 16:54, June 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) "Eat yo' rice!" "Don't tell me to do nothin'."  "Eat yo' rice!"  04:24, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) This joke really made me laugh when I first read it.  Best TD pairing? Heather x Staci. You know there were subtle hints in the canon!   05:00, June 24, 2013 (UTC)

Depression Fu
"Go ahead and eat me." Nellie says depressingly. "It is better than dealing with the harsh cruelty of the world… If you’re lucky, puma, a poacher will catch you and turn you into a fur carpet. Or maybe they'll sell you as a pet and you'll live caged and abused every day, alone, till you die. Maybe you'll even catch diseases that harm our pets today, like Feline AIDS. So eat me and look forward to your life. Who knows? Maybe I'll cause you indigestion."

The puma, creeped out, runs away. The Fun Bunch cheer while Nellie sighs. "Life sucks. A lot."


 * --from Total Drama What The Heck? by Rhonda, nominated by Gideon. Edited for length.

Support

 * 1)  But in that moment, I swear, we were infinite. 16:54, June 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2)  ★   Mikey    ★    Baby, I was Born This Way! 15:30, June 17, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) Gotta love Nellie. :p "Eat yo' rice!" "Don't tell me to do nothin'."  "Eat yo' rice!"  04:24, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4) Nellie <3 One of my favorite lines from her.  Best TD pairing? Heather x Staci. You know there were subtle hints in the canon!   05:00, June 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) This is also one of my favorite Nellie monologues. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  05:53, June 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 6) TheStalker (talk) 01:17, July 2, 2013 (UTC)

Dumbo Ain't Dumb
"That's right!" Chris continued. "These elephants will be squirting water at you trying to knock you off the balance beam! Would you like to demonstrate, Edna?"

Edna the elephant aimed its trunk at the 23 contestants. The contestants were scared that the water blast was going to soak them... but Edna turned towards Chris and splashed him instead!

"NOT... ON... ME!" Chris shouted at Edna. The elephant grinned sheepishly, and the contestants and Chef laughed.

- E -

CAMERA CONFESSIONAL

QUILLON: I guess the sayin' was true... elephants are among the smartest animals on the planet, ese!


 * --from Total Drama Alpharama, nominated by the author.

Support

 * 1)  But in that moment, I swear, we were infinite. 16:54, June 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) Edna the Elephant. <3 xD "Eat yo' rice!" "Don't tell me to do nothin'."  "Eat yo' rice!"  04:24, June 18, 2013 (UTC)

Flying High, then Landing?
“Watch this!” [the shark] called. He then raced along inside the hump of the wave he’d chosen. The height of the wave and his speed were going to make it look like he was jumping extra high over the trough of the waves, he hoped.

While he was in the air, though, he suddenly realized just how high he was, and how quickly he was traveling! “Aaaaiiiiiieeeee!!!!” he squealed. He faced the wave he wanted, hit the top of the wave and surfed down the far side, then ‘splooped’ into the base of the trough.


 * --from The Beasts of Wawanakwa, "The Sharks' Tale", submitted by the author. Edited for length.

Support

 * 1)  But in that moment, I swear, we were infinite. 16:54, June 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) "Eat yo' rice!" "Don't tell me to do nothin'."  "Eat yo' rice!"  04:24, June 18, 2013 (UTC)
 * 3) I love how cute you make sharks sound Jay, and how you capture a fun feeling of swimming.  Best TD pairing? Heather x Staci. You know there were subtle hints in the canon!   05:00, June 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * 4)  ★   Mikey    ★    Baby, I was Born This Way! 17:24, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * 5) In the words of the great Alan Rickman, "I have never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision." 23:47, June 30, 2013 (UTC)

A Little Help From a Special Guest
Benny reads the clue, “‘The first key is hanging on’. What does this means?” He confusedly asks.

“The clue is hanging out with its friends. So sweet,” Mindy says, giggling. Everybody glares at her. “Okay, I’ll shut up,” she annoyedly says.

“So, hanging on?” Lorelai asks.

“Think. The key isn’t falling from the sky, or anything,” Alice says. A seagull with a key in its beak lands on her shoulder.

“A GULL! AND IT’S SO FLUFFY!” Mindy shouts.

“Well, thank you, Mr. Gull,” Zachariah says. The seagull flies away.

Support

 * 1) XD At what Mindy says.  Best TD pairing? Heather x Staci. You know there were subtle hints in the canon!   05:00, June 24, 2013 (UTC)