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) Featured Quote has TWO voting cycles per month, instead of one.
 * 2) Don't take the word "Quote" literally. Narrative passages can be just as quoteworthy as dialogue.
 * 3) Please identify the story that the Quote comes from.
 * 4) If there is a stated Theme (see below), then nominees must fit that theme.
 * 5) 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.
 * 6)  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.
 * 7) 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.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9) Please limit nominations to 75 words or less. "Near-miss" Quotes that exceed this limit by only a few words may be allowed at the Ballot Administrator's discretion.
 * 10) Please be aware of spoiler potential when nominating a Quote from someone else's story.
 * 11) No in-jokes, please. Quotes must be understandable outside the context of the story, except as noted below.
 * 12) Quotes must appear on an actual story page. Ancillary materials from character pages, blog-based previews, etc. are ineligible.
 * 13) 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?

Theme
For January 1-15, the theme is Unfinished Business, in keeping with the concept of "New Year's resolutions". You may nominate passages from any in-progress story. Note that competition stories must have some actual competition remaining, not just a reunion chapter.

If you would like to suggest a theme for a future ballot, leave your suggestion on the ballot administrator's talk page. Coming themes include:


 * February 1-14: Love and Romance (for Valentine's Day)
 * April 1-15: "I'm baaaack!" (for Easter)

Themes that will definitely be used at some point, but who knows when, include:


 * Hall of Fame (Featured Stories only)
 * Serious Business (no funny quotes)
 * Done Deals (finished stories only)
 * Noncompetition Stories
 * Tearjerkers
 * Other people's stories (third-party nominations only)
 * Fighting words (e.g. people insulting/dissing each other)
 * Gross-out (suggested by Toad)
 * Snappy answers to stupid questions (aka "Snarker's Special")
 * Confessionals (suggested by Webly)

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


 * Heirs To the Throne (passages from stories on the current month's Featured Story ballot)
 * Fourth Wall Breakers
 * 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

Nominations
Enter nominations below.

Puck's introduction
"Hey, guys. What's chillin'?" He chuckles. "I'm Puck. Just an average guy, tryin' to make my way in the world." He approaches Yuri, Isabel, and Layla. "'Water' you guys' names? Bwa-ha-ha-ha!"

"You know, that's not funny at all." says Isabel. "And I think a lot of things are funny! Teehee!"

--from Total Drama Tokyo, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) I'm rooting for Puck to win Total drama tokyo. This quote seems funny. I'll support. Funny HaHa Good Times Michael is out of Signatures 15:13, January 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I'd prefer a Layla or Estrella line It's a pretty funny quote. Both Puck and Isabel are hilarious. xD  My name   is   Bruno!  01:14, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Per above. Mrdaimion:   like you,   only better.  21:35, January 4, 2012 (UTC)

Jessica's Discovery
Meanwhile, Chris and Chef are in the girls' cabin.

Chef tries on Andrea's bra, and Chris is putting on Tatiana's make up.

"Oh, Chef darling, you look just fantastique!" Chris says in a girlish voice.

"Ohahahaha, why thank you, lovely!" Chef responds, in an even girlier voice.

Jessica burts into the room, and the three look at each other, in complete shock.

"Uh..." Chris says.

"Uh..." Chef says.

"OH MY GOD!" Jessica screams.

--from Total Drama Campsite, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) XD It's creepy but funny Now you’ve got one hand. Look around, floating town. Tell a baby to talk to the hand!  19:58, January 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Per above XDD--Radical M "Everybody best be lookin' at me, cuz I've got Christmas swag!" 15:11, January 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) lmfao, funny as crap! Flame..... is...... on..... FIRE! 15:51, January 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) This is hilarious. I'm a banana!  22:26, January 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) I can already picture this in my head. And it's HILARIOUS. --Cameron: "I want my bubble!" "I WANT MY BUBBLE!" [[Image:Camerontrailer-1.png|100px]] 01:04, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) O_o and xDDD. My name   is   Bruno!  01:31, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) Oh wow xD It's Nicozilla!   Run for your bunny lives! - 01:59, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) "..." Zoey the Lonely! Team B.   Only as a child! Seriously!  02:42, January 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * 9) This was hilarious! JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Mrs. Gideon  19:08, January 13, 2012 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) I don't get it. Sorry. I&#39;m the other side of a pillow cool! 01:35, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Judy's a Criminal
"Everyone, this is Judy." Chris said.

"This girl's too soft to get sent to juvie." Kenzie said.

"I know, right?" Judy asked. "I don't even know what I did wrong. My grandma sent me a check for Christmas, but forgot to fill it out, so I signed her name for her."

Kenzie's eyes widened. "That's forgery."

"I'm not a blacksmith." Judy said, offended.

-from Total Drama Crime, nominated by the author

Support

 * 1) XD It's super funny! Now you’ve got one hand. Look around, floating town. Tell a baby to talk to the hand!  19:58, January 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Stupid characters FTW!! I'm a banana!  22:26, January 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) What Rhonda said. Mrdaimion:   like you,   only better.  01:38, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Hilarious, as every dumb character. xDD My name   is   Bruno!  01:42, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup, it's very funny. I&#39;m Manatee, and for some reason I like the number twelve. 01:46, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

It's not what's on the outside, it what's...well, actually, it is what's on the outside
As the Eagles turned their attention back to the task at hand, Heather said to Lindsay, “We’ll have to keep an eye on her. Ugly clothes and ugly hair mean an ugly mind.”

“I know, right?” Lindsay replied. Being a gentle and goodhearted person, Lindsay didn’t actually dislike Gwen, but was in full agreement with Heather on the value of fashion sense as a predictor of character.


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

Support

 * 1) Haha! :D -- I wanted to change my signature.  Okay?!  01:33, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Lindsay in a nutshell--Radical M "Everybody best be lookin' at me, cuz I've got Christmas swag!" 01:37, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Lindsay is pure epic! :DD My name    is    Bruno!  01:55, January 3, 2012 (UTC)

Noah's Allergy
[Duncan] held out a pack of cigarette, and handed the pack out in front of me.

“ Want one?” He asked.

“ No thanks, I'm allergic to tobacco.” I rolled my eyes. “It gives me lung cancer.”

From A Cynic's View of Playa de Losers, nominated by the author.

Support

 * 1) Classic Noah--Radical M "Everybody best be lookin' at me, cuz I've got Christmas swag!" 01:41, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Noah is epic!!! My name   is   Bruno!  02:17, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) This one is too good to pass up. I find it very difficult to resist Noah snark.- The Anonymous User 03:06, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) The narrative phrasing is a bit clumsy, but this certainly sounds like something Noah would say. Gideoncrawle  I have a song to sing, O!  Sing me your song, O!  A wandering minstrel, I--  04:10, January 3, 2012 (UTC)