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 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.
 * 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 March 1-15, the theme is Confessions, suggested by Webly. Two types of passages are eligible:
 * 1) Confessional spots from competition stories
 * 2) Any situation where someone is coming clean about something.

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:


 * 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
 * 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
 * Bromance (suggested by TDIwriter)

Nominations
Enter nominations below.

Not According to Plan
There was a delay of a few minutes whilst Chris regained his composure after the attack of the clones and a valet team restyled his hair. The finished episode spliced in a confessional spot at this point.

“Okay, the profilers were seriously asleep at the switch,” Chris pouted in the confessional. “First Ezekiel, now Katie and Sadie, all the early-out cannon fodder is turning out way different from what I expected. What’s next? Gwen masterminding a grand alliance? Lindsay unleashing a third brain cell? Oh, well, all the more drama!”


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

Support

 * 1) Hooray! Drama! :) And Chris being Chris. xDD JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Lady Gideon  16:28, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Epic confessional. Epic Chris moment (and very in-character). xD Even though Lindsay unleashing a third brain cell is impossible, even in a reimagining. Anne Maria:  "Brick may not be attractive in any way, but he is still a person." 19:35, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Agreee with per above. Who am I? What is this? Wait, forget that crap, I just found out who I am  20:25, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) XD I l really like this confessional, as it sums up what I was thinking, and was very in character. Rhonda is the meanest, vilest, ugliest, stankiest, crankiest, won’t even say high to your momma, cheapest, creepiest, arrogant sea witch in all the seas! And I’m not very fond of her either.  20:36, March 3, 2012 (UTC)

A Conflict of Interest
"Palkia": I can't win immunity. Because if I do, then the alliance will only vote off Drew, and then I'm a goner next time. If Drew wins, I go home. If one of the alliance wins, Drew and I can target one of them, and one of us will win the tiebreaker.

Drew: I gotta get immunity, yo. Or else either "Palkia" and I is leavin'.

-from Total Drama Guam, submitted by the author

A TV/Movie Addict Confessional
Ferguson: A few weeks ago, my family was killed in an elephant stampede. Well, actually, it wasn’t my family. And they weren’t actually killed. I was watching Jumanji on TV, but that proves just how useful an elephant repellent could be!

-from Total Drama Idiots, chapter by Frank, submitted by Webly

Support

 * 1) Why I haven't read TDIdiots yet? >:( Anne Maria:  "Brick may not be attractive in any way, but he is still a person." 00:03, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I second what Bruno said. I&#39;m Manatee, and for some reason I like the number twelve. 01:07, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) XDDD-- Radical M I don't need a girl for Valentine's  I have this chocolate  [[File:heart.png]] 01:09, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) XDDD JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Lady Gideon  01:12, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) XDDD No one can resist   my charms  05:19, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) I'll take care of you...   I've loved and I've lost.  11:20, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) XD Definitely going to support. Rhonda is the meanest, vilest, ugliest, stankiest, crankiest, won’t even say high to your momma, cheapest, creepiest, arrogant sea witch in all the seas! And I’m not very fond of her either.  20:36, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD From the desk of Fannete Ofasia Stuffen  00:50, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Nic and Abby
Nic says in the confessional, "I've been formulating some evil plans tonight. Me and Art vote out Chrissy, then I get a kiss from her right as she is about to leave. This is all because of Abby. I love you so, Abby. Oh yeah, time to work on my Alejandro impression." He changes his voice. "Mi amor..."

-- from Total Drama: Tiki Jungle, nominated by the author.

Support

 * 1) Me gusta this quote. xD My Alejandro's impression is better than Nic's. :P Anne Maria:  "Brick may not be attractive in any way, but he is still a person." 00:04, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) LOL now THAT is one epic Alejandro impression! No one can resist   my charms  05:20, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I'll take care of you...   I've loved and I've lost.  11:22, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) This quote is a great Nic moment and it kinda pokes fun of who people always kiss and hook up after someone's eliminated. Rhonda is the meanest, vilest, ugliest, stankiest, crankiest, won’t even say high to your momma, cheapest, creepiest, arrogant sea witch in all the seas! And I’m not very fond of her either.  20:36, March 3, 2012 (UTC)

Camera, Camera, On the Wall
[Reddy and Rhonda] watched a loon climb up onto the shelf where the camera in the confession booth was located.

That was startling in itself, since loons enjoy the wide open areas of lakes. Why did it come inside the small booth? As soon as Reddy thought that, his question was answered…

The loon looked around and listened, then picked up something off camera. It came back into the picture holding a small lipstick! In its wing! Then it began putting that lipstick onto the tip of its beak! It was actually quite adept considering that it didn’t have hands…


 * --from "The Beasts of Wawanakwa" (The Loon's Tale), nominated by the author

(Not really a confession, but an awesome confession cam discovery all the same. x) Edited for length by the author.)

Support

 * 1) I just love how you write, Jay! <3 No one can resist   my charms  05:21, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I completely agree with Nico! And I love the ending line. Rhonda is the meanest, vilest, ugliest, stankiest, crankiest, won’t even say high to your momma, cheapest, creepiest, arrogant sea witch in all the seas! And I’m not very fond of her either.  20:36, March 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I love this! xDDD -TanookiEditor Ⓐ▼▲ Ⓐ▼▲  Make It Rain  04:28, March 4, 2012 (UTC)

Savannah's Master Plan
Savannah – /She laughs/ Derek? Cute, cute, though I'll be the one winning. While he will be manipulating his little butt-buddies, I'll be soaring ahead. Though I shouldn't count my eggs before they hatch, I need to see who is on my team first…

--from "Total Drama: Return To Wawanakwa", nominated by the author.

Oh Penelope
Victor: Oh, what a jolly good show we put on. It was incredible, the way CJ was able to use her--

Penelope: I wasn’t finished!

Victor: What… where did you come from?

Penelope: I was ranting, and the stupid author added a space, then you started talking! You can’t get rid of me that easily! I demand a proper acknowledgement!

Frank: Penelope, shut up.

Penelope: (sighs) I suppose that is acknowledgement. But next time, put more effort into your work, OK? Thanks. (Penelope walks out of the confessional.)

Victor: (staring blankly into the camera) What was that?


 * --from Total Drama Shopping Centre nominated by Rhonda


 * (Note, it's in script format because the confessional is done in script) 

Support

 * 1) Anything that breaks the fourth wall demands support-- Radical M I don't need a girl for Valentine's  I have this chocolate  [[File:heart.png]] 04:27, March 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I nominated it, which means I can support it :P Rhonda is the meanest, vilest, ugliest, stankiest, crankiest, won’t even say high to your momma, cheapest, creepiest, arrogant sea witch in all the seas! And I’m not very fond of her either.  04:53, March 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hey, it's my cameo! Hi me! Frank15 05:11, March 4, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) Epic 4th wall break! xDD JustLittleOlMe Lil   Jay JLOM   Lady Gideon  07:14, March 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I don't like the fourth wall unless it's BROKEN!!!! jk From the desk of Fannete Ofasia Stuffen  00:51, March 7, 2012 (UTC)