Overview
Quotes/Words makes these games more beautiful 🙂 Don’t forget to write your favorite hero and line as a comment!
Hero Room in Kingdom Rush
Gerald Lightseeker
- “Prepare for glory!”
ㅤㅤSpoken by King Leonidas in the graphic novel/film 300
- “Honor guide me!”
ㅤㅤThe first of several quotes taken from StarCraft, this is a confirmation quote for the Zealot unit.
- “Come on, you wanna live forever?”
ㅤㅤCensored version of the Daniel Daly’s (American sergeant, he was decorated twice with Medal of Honor) quote – “Come on you sons of b****es, do you want to live forever?”
- “I will cleanse this land!”
ㅤㅤThe Wiki started by the developers states this is a quote from Diablo II. It is also a line from a song called The Cleansing by Nothing More.
- (upon death) “Ahhhh!”
Alleria Swiftwind
- “Give me a target!”
ㅤㅤA quote of the character Varus in the multiplayer online game League of Legends.
- “If it bleeds, I can kill it!”
ㅤㅤA riff on a line spoken by the character Dutch in the film Predator.
- “Swift, like the wind!”
ㅤㅤAs swift as wind (Traditional Chinese: 故其疾如風) is a line from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, part of the verse “故其疾如風、其徐如林、侵掠如火、難知如陰、不動如山、動如雷霆” (Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest, in raiding and plundering be like fire, be as hard to know as the shadow, be immovable like a mountain, move as fast as lightning).
- “Calm and careful”
ㅤㅤA line spoken by Robin in the 2010 version of Robin Hood.
- (upon death) “Ahh!”
Malik Hammerfury
- “It’s hammer time!”
ㅤㅤA line taken from the song U Can’t Touch This! by rapper MC Hammer.
- “Can’t touch this!”
ㅤㅤAlso from the MC Hammer song (notably in the title), both this and Hammer Time have entered popular culture as catchphrases and are used in numerous sources.
- “I pity the fool!”
ㅤㅤOne of the catch-phrases of the character B.A.Barachus in the TV series The A-Team. B.A. is portrayed as a large bodied black man that nobody wants to mess with, much like Malik is portrayed.
- “Outta my way!”
- (upon death) “Ahhh!”
Bolin Farslayer
- “Weapons ready!”
- “I never miss!”
ㅤㅤA line spoken by El Wray in the Grindhouse film Planet Terror.
- “Hasta la vista baby!”
ㅤㅤThe catchphrase associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s titular character in Terminator II: Judgement Day. “Hasta la vista” is a Spanish phrase meaning “see you later”.
- “Oh-ho, do you feel lucky, punk?”
ㅤㅤA line spoken by Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry. The full line “I know what you’re thinking, punk. You’re thinking “did he fire six shots or only five?” Now to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow you head clean off, you’ve gotta ask yourself a question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?” is understandably very long and therefore very hard to remember, which is why only the last part has become the most memorable.
- (upon death) “Yarg!”
Magnus Spellbane
- “Hocus pocus”
ㅤㅤFamous ‘magic words’ that usually take second place behind Abra Cadabra.
- “Knowledge is power”
ㅤㅤTranslated from the Latin proverb ‘Scientia potentia est’, and commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, it implies that having knowledge and education will make one greater or give them better potential in life than those who have no knowledge.
- “Power, unlimited power!”
ㅤㅤWords spoken by the Dark Lord of the Sith in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith when he is revealed to be the Emperor and main antagonist of the trilogy.
- “It’s a kind of magic”
ㅤㅤA line spoken by Connor MacLeod in the film Highlander. It is more commonly known from the song A Kind of Magic by English rock band Queen. The song was made for the film, based on the spoken line.
- (upon death) “No!”
Ignus
- “Let’s burn!”
ㅤㅤ A quote from StarCraft, this is the confirmation phrase used by the Firebat.
- “Need a light?”
ㅤㅤ Another quote from the StarCraft Firebat.
- “Fire and Brimstone!”
ㅤㅤ A term used to describe the wrath of God in the Old Testament. Brimstone is an archaic name for Sulfur, an element often associated with the acrid odor found near volcanic activity (hydrogen sulfide has the distinct smell of rotten eggs).
- “By fire be purged!”
ㅤㅤ A quote from World of Warcraft made by the character Ragnaros, who is the master of all fire elementals.
- (upon death) “Ahhhg!”
King Denas
- “Go ahead, make my day!”
ㅤㅤ A line spoken by Harry Callahan in the film Sudden Impact. The film is part of the Dirty Harry series, making it the second quote from the series, the first made by Bolin.
- “For me!!!”
ㅤㅤ A twist on the phrase shouted by Barracks soldiers, “For the King!”
- “Bow… to the KING!”
- “Get off my land.”
- When triggering Royal Edict: *garbled babbling*
- Also when triggering Royal Edict: “You slacker!” (This is what it sounds like, though it’s probably just prattle that sounds that way.)
- When triggering Catapult Barrage: “Attack!!”
- (upon death) “Ahhhg!”
Elora Wintersong
- “Winter is coming”
ㅤㅤMotto of the House of Stark in A Song of Ice and Fire.
- “Ice, ice, baby”
ㅤㅤThe name and lyric of a song by Rapper Vanilla Ice. The song is well known for sharing the baseline of the song Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie.
- “Cool!”
ㅤㅤMeaning both cold and awesome.
- “It’s chilling time!”
ㅤㅤA sleight on the phrase “It’s clobberin’ time!”, the catch phrase of choice for The Thing from Marvel series The Fantastic Four. This phrase would later be used in it’s original format for Frontiers hero Grawl. The line could also be based on “Killing time!”, a quote from the Barbarian Mead Hall.
- (upon death) “Nooo!”
Ingvar Bearclaw
- “Bear with me”
ㅤㅤA clever play on the phrase “bear with me,” which means to hear someone out or have patience. In this case, the quote references how he turns into a bear.
- “Valhalla awaits!”
ㅤㅤA reference to Valhalla (the Norse afterlife for fallen warriors) but also a line from the song Valhalla Awaits Me by Amon Amarth.
- “You won’t like me when I’m angry.”
ㅤㅤSaid by Bruce Banner before he turns into the Hulk.
- “Until Ragnarok!”
ㅤㅤAnother song line, this time from In Chains Until Ragnarok by Enslaved. Ragnarok, or Ragnarök, in Norse Mythology, is the end of the worlds.
- (upon death) “Yahhh!”
Hacksaw
- “Timber! Hoo hoo haa haa!”
ㅤㅤThe laughing bit is a little odd, but Timber! is what lumberjacks and others in similar professions shout when a tree is being cut down, as a warning to those around to get the merry hell out of its way and avoid getting crushed. Sound advice. Timber is also the word used to describe wood intended to be used for construction.
- “Cowabunga!”
ㅤㅤPopularized by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character Michelangelo. It’s surfer slang for “Whoo hoo!”.
- “Bazinga!”
ㅤㅤAnother phrase popularised by a TV character, this time Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. Again, it’s a phrase meaning “That went well.”
- “Ridiculous!”
ㅤㅤFrom the way it’s spoken, it sounds like a take on the Riddikulus spell from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a spell used to turn a boggart’s illusions back against it.
- (upon death) “I am not finished!”
Oni
- “Off with their heads”
ㅤㅤSaid in several different forms, but popularly linked to the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland.
- “Banzai!”
ㅤㅤThe Banzai charge is the term used by the Allied forces to refer to Japanese human wave attacks mounted by infantry units. This term came from the Japanese cry “Tenno Heika Banzai” (天皇陛下萬歲, “Long live the Emperor”), shortened to banzai, and it specifically refers to a tactic used by Japanese soldiers during the Pacific War.
- “My blades are thirsty”
ㅤㅤThe a line of a song called ‘Swordmaster’ by Battlelore.
- “A good death”
ㅤㅤA line spoken by Kasumoto in the film The Last Samurai.
- (upon death) “Death brings me honor”
ㅤㅤWhen killed, Oni draws his wakizashi (which is not used in combat) and performs seppuku, the ritual suicide that samurai perform so they can die with honor.
Thor
- “For Midgard!”
ㅤㅤMidgard is the name used in Norse mythology to describe the realm of Earth, as oppose to Asgard, the realm of the gods. This phrase is commonly used by Marvel’s Thor as a battle cry.
- “I say thee nay, vile one!”
ㅤㅤAnother battle cry from Marvel’s Thor, often when countering the attacks of a villain.
- “Heavy Metal Thunder!!”
ㅤㅤA line from the song Born to be Wild by rock band Steppenwolf. It is one of many instances of the song being used to provide spoken quotes, the others being the Rangers Hideout and the Wild Magus.
- “Wrath of the Heavens!”
ㅤㅤBased on the title of the Playstation 2 action-stealth game Tenchu: Wrath of the Heaven.
- (When killed) “Mjolnir!!!”
ㅤㅤMjolnir is the name of the enchanted hammer that Thor carries.
Source, Other Guides and Ending
Kingdom Rush Wiki Fandom [kingdomrushtd.fandom.com]
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