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“I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am the clipper that trims your hedges...”
— Darkwing Duck (voice), Darkwing Duck, Season 1: Easy Come, Easy Grows
“I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am the repairman who tells you your warranty has run out...”
— Darkwing Duck (voice), Darkwing Duck, Season 1: A Revolution in Home Appliances
“Sugar Ray Lizard: [after Rat Capone captures Chip] Great apprehension, Boss.

Arnold Mouseneggar: Yeah, and you caught him good, too.”
— Sugar Ray Lizard (voice) / Arnold Mouseneggar (voice), Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Season 2: The SS Drainpipe
“Wait a minute. You expect us poor innocent children to climb up dangerous scaffolding and paint naked people all over a church? We'll do it! But we're not doing it for the sake of art and we're not doing it for the sake of money. No, we're doing it because... we like painting naked people.”
— Yakko Warner (voice), Animaniacs, Season 1: Hooked On A Ceiling / Goodfeathers
“Pinky: Oh, please, Brain! If we don't do something soon, I'll go out of my mind!

The Brain: That's a short trip.”
— Pinky (voice) / The Brain (voice), Pinky and the Brain, Season 1: Das Mouse
“[to his mother-in-law] Most people your age die. Why won't you?”
— Lord Bravery (voice), Freakazoid!, Season 1: Mo-Ron / The Sewer Rescue / The Big Question / The Legends Who Lunch
Tagged: Mother-In-Laws
“[after a long, passionate kiss]
That was shallow, cheap, and based solely on hormones. Works for me!”
— Freakazoid (voice), Freakazoid!, Season 1: Five Day Forecast / Dance of Doom / Hand Man
“Ours is a culture that loves to fit everyone and everything into neat, rigid little boxes. It helps us make sense of things. It makes us feel comfortable. But not everything can be so easily packed.”
— Bobby Box, Why I Cherish the Romantic Relationships I Had Prior to Coming Out
Tagged: LGBTQ, Relationships
“It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits; it is evidently equally foolish to accept probable reasoning from a mathematician and to demand from a rhetorician scientific proofs.”
— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Tagged: Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle, Approaches from Expectations, A Reasonable Approach, kindness
“Jude Ellis: You want to tell me why you're interested in those bodies? [Reece stays silent] Yeah, figured. [noticing her glance at his yoga mat] Yoga. Supposed to be therapeutic. You know, good for stress, but...

Nestor Rosario: [calling on the radio] Jude, you there? Got a call from Kurt Cooper down at the docks. Says he pulled a woman out of the water earlier. Alive. Jude, you out there?

Jude Ellis: You wouldn't happen to know anything about that.

Reece: [he pulls over] I didn't tell you to stop.

Jude Ellis: We're here.

Reece: How do we get in?

Jude Ellis: [handing her a pair of binoculars] As of seven hours ago, I lost my clearance, so you...kidnapped the wrong guy.

Reece: [studying the layout of the hangar for a moment] Keep driving.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Kidnapping, yoga, Stress
“Craig Lindauer: That did not look good.

Emma Ren: Local politics. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest.

Craig Lindauer: Glad to have the excuse. I've always wanted to see this part of the country.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Politics, local politics, Pacific Northwest
“Nestor Rosario: [finishing a child's juice box] Have any more grape?

Jude Ellis: That's your third one.

Nestor Rosario: They're tiny.

Jude Ellis: They're for Oliver.

Nestor Rosario: I'm sorry. I know. It's just that Jill doesn't want me drinking sugary drinks anymore. She says they make me ramble. You know it's harder to quit sugar than it is cocaine? [a doorbell rings]”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Sugar, Cocaine, Grape Juice
“Jude Ellis: This, uh, little game of keep away...this has something to do with what those people down there are telling you, isn't it?

Emma Ren: We're just trying to streamline this operation, limit exposure.

Jude Ellis: Almost convinced me. Now try it again without the eye twitch.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Game, keep away
“I think my mother was right. I should've gone into banking.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Banking, Regret
“Emma Ren: So, this genocide, the reason you say you fled, what were its origins? Was it state-sponsored? Was the government involved?

Caleb: They took over the government. They took over every government.

Emma Ren: Who?

Caleb: Apex. They said they were man's next evolution, our genetic destiny. Said they can do things we can't. They're different.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Government, Genocide, Democide, Evolution
“Caleb: People traveled from all over to get to the site; people with no other way out. We were the first group to attempt it. We knew there would be risks. But no one expected to arrive how we did; in the water, beneath the surface. Something went wrong.

Emma Ren: With the time machine.

Caleb: Look, I know how this must sound to you.

Emma Ren: I'm not here to doubt you, I'm here to help you, but the fact is you listed a date of birth almost 150 years from now. So please just help us understand how that's possible.

Caleb: You can't imagine what will become possible.”
— Emma Ren, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: travel, Risk, Possibility
“Nestor Rosario: I've been sneaking Dr. Peppers at work.

Jude Ellis: Pull yourself together, man.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Dr. Pepper, pull yourself together
“Jude Ellis: Look, I've been dealing with the feds my whole career. This is how it works. They want a case, they take it.

Nestor Rosario: Yeah, but it's like you said, they washed up on our beach, right?

Jude Ellis: It's their beach now.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Bodies, Feds, Law, Eminent Domain
“Jude Ellis: So, I sent my coroner to the hangar, and apparently, your men won't let him in to see the bodies. Then I come here, these guys won't let me down to the beach.

Emma Ren: I apologize. I should've given you the heads-up. I can no longer have you and your men on this site.

Jude Ellis: You can't have us? That's funny. I thought we were having you.

Emma Ren: And I need to ask you not to talk about this case with anyone.

Jude Ellis: I have a town full of people wondering what's going on down here. The press want a statement. I can't not talk to them.

Emma Ren: I understand. I will consult with my superiors and I will get you official talking points.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Bodies, Plane Hangar, Talking Points
“Nestor Rosario: Between us, those people...what are they saying?

Jude Ellis: Nothing that makes any sense. [heavy sigh] They're storing the bodies in that plane hangar off 81. Tell Ruben to get down there, log prints, record any identifying marks.

Nestor Rosario: Sure you don't want the feds handling that?

Jude Ellis: No. They washed up on our beach.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Bodies, Plane Hangar
“Jude Ellis: Leah, where are you from?

Leah: From here.

Jude Ellis: From here? America. [Leah nods] But there's no war here.

Leah: There will be.

Jude Ellis: I'm sorry. I don't understand.

Caleb: [overhearing nearby] There's a lot you won't understand.

Emma Ren: Why do you say that?

Caleb: Because what she's talking about, these things that we've experienced...they haven't happened yet.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: America, War, Foreshadowing
“Jude Ellis: Leah, how did you get in the water? [seeing she's scared] It's all right. You don't have to be afraid.

Leah: We were running away.

Jude Ellis: You were running away. From what?

Leah: The war.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Rescue, Drowning, Fear, War
“Jude Ellis: Do you know any of these people here?

Leah: My mom.

Jude Ellis: Your mom? Is your mom here?

Leah: [pointing towards the ocean] In the water.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Jude, Leah, Loss of Parent
“Jude Ellis: I'm Jude. What's your name?

Leah: Leah.

Jude Ellis: Leah? That's a pretty name. It's from the Bible, if I'm not mistaken.

Leah: From what?”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Jude, Leah, Bible, Huh?
“Emma Ren: We've got 47 survivors. I'm afraid that's all we're gonna find. Have any of them said anything to you? We're having trouble getting them to talk.

Jude Ellis: No. Most were in shock, hypothermic. So, do you know what kind of ship they were on?

Emma Ren: No. And so far, no vessels reported missing. No distress signals.

Jude Ellis: [realizing how bizarre it sounds] Wait. So, what then, a plane?

Emma Ren: Not according to FAA.

Jude Ellis: Well, they had to come from somewhere.

Emma Ren: I don't think from here. What little they've said suggests they're looking for asylum.

Jude Ellis: Asylum? You're telling me that these people are refugees?

Emma Ren: That's what we're trying to find out.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, Survivors, hypothermia
“Nestor Rosario: No life jackets.

Jude Ellis: Huh?

Nestor Rosario: None of them are wearing life jackets.

Jude Ellis: Go home. Feds have got this. You've been here all day.

Nestor Rosario: Where'd they come from, Jude?

Jude Ellis: I don't know.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, boat, Life Jackets, Feds
“Nestor Rosario: [finding a body on the beach] What are you thinking?

Jude Ellis: Well, he wasn't out for a swim.

Nestor Rosario: Fell off a boat, maybe?

Jude Ellis: Yeah, maybe. [seeing more bodies] Damn.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, boat
“Nestor Rosario: Haven't been out here in years. We used to go out on the rocks, try not to get knocked off by the waves, you know? Wasn't much else to do that didn't involve getting drunk. Used to do that, too. [soft snicker] A little bit, you know? Malt liquor mostly. Malt liquor gets a bad rap.

Jude Ellis: Hey, you know, you can stay in the car if you want.

Nestor Rosario: Shoot, no, man. I'm fine. Totally fine.

Jude Ellis: All right.

Nestor Rosario: You must've seen a lot in Oakland. Bodies.

Jude Ellis: Yeah. A few.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body, Oakland, Malt Liquor
“Nestor Rosario: An Army chopper spotted a body down at Thorn Beach.

Jude Ellis: I thought no one went to Thorn Beach.

Nestor Rosario: Not this time of year. Probably washed up?”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: dead body
“Nestor Rosario: [pulling Jude from his yoga class] I didn't mean to bo...interrupt you...your class.

Jude Ellis: Trust me, you saved me a groin pull.”
— Jude Ellis, The Crossing, Season 1: Pilot
Tagged: Rescue, Groin Pull

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