NALL
No. I'm dead. Child of the Corn over here killed me.

--G.
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YAMATO
I just don't think it's right, sinking an innocent girl.

LITTORIO
Am I going MAD, or did the word "think" escape your lips? You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic land mass.

JUNYOU
I agree with Yamato

LITTORIO
Oh, the sot has spoken. What happens to her is not truly your concern. I will sink her. And remember this, never forget this: when I found you, you were so slobbering drunk, you couldn't buy brandy!

(turning to Yamato)

And YOU: friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless! Do you want me to send you back to where you were? At a HOTEL IN TRUK?

YAMATO
(quietly) Not a hotel...

I just re-read this, and in my mind the aftermath of this scene is drawn from the scene in The Mask which shows the auto shop guys being taken to the hospital, except somehow Inazuma has used a torpedo instead.

Peter Eng
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"I want a proctologist standing by. You heard me. Best one you can find."

INAZUMA
(Bemused)
Just you and me?

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SHIGURE
(unimpressed)
At least we have remodeled rigging, sucker. You're still wearing the same shit you had on six years ago.

--G.
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The complete chateau fight scene from The Matrix Reloaded, except Neo is Yūdachi.

"Go. I'll handle them, poi."

--G.
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FUBUKI/WINTER SOLDIER
(confused)
Who the hell is "Bukki"?

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"What?" Jigen replied curtly.

"This car. This stupid car. Where's the Fiat?"

Jigen failed to respond.

"The Fiat? Where's the Fiat?"

"The what?"

"The Fiat we used to have."

"I traded it."

"You traded the Fiat for this?"

"No, for a sniper rifle."

"A sniper rifle?" Lupin considered that for a moment. "Okay, I can see that. What the hell is this?"

"This was a bargain. I picked it up at the Avalon County police auction last spring. It's an old Avalon County police car. They were practically givin' 'em away."

"Well, thank you, pal. The day I get out of prison, my best friend picks me up in a police car."

Peter Eng
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Yes, this is hypothetically possible. But that doesn't make it a good idea.

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

DINOBOT
(furious)
Do not speak that name in my presence, rodent! Curly Joe was an abomination!

--G.
For double fun, this actually IS a studio quote, but it's an old running gag from like 20 years ago.
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"Dormammu, I've come to bargain nanodesu."

ZUKO gives him a dubious look, but says nothing.

--G.
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CAPTAIN AMERICA
I warn you, I am a lethal killing machine. It was a secret government experiment. They did stuff to me. Spooky stuff... anal stuff. As the ancient Tibetan philosophy states, "Don't start none, won't be none."

--G.
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Kongō as Tony Stark/Iron Man - So yeah, in the original list this was Yūbari, but I've decided to recast for two reasons:

1) "Kongō" roughly translates as "adamantine" or "indestructible"

2) Next to Shimakaze (aka "Zekamashi"), Kongō has been one the longest enduring mascots of the franchise.

An unofficial third reason could be that Kongō also has a substance abuse problem, namely a crippling addiction to black tea.

"The truth is...I am Iron Man."

Iowa as Steven Rogers/Captain America - A kid from Brooklyn, Kancolle's first American shipgirl, and her in-game outfit couldn't be more American unless you gave her a bucket of KFC and a bottle of Coca-Cola.

"I can do this all day."

Bismarck as Thor Odinsson - So, big Teutonic blonde who's also a kid at heart? Yeah, I honestly didn't know how prophetic Gryphon reminding me of her fan reputation as "Big Akatsuki" would prove to be as the MCU went on. Just a warning to anybody who's not made it to Endgame yet, Thor's gonna go through some things...

“Your ancestors called it magic, and you call it science. Well, I come from a place where they’re one and the same thing.”

Ark Royal as Clint Barton/Hawkeye - Of all the carriers introduced in Kancolle since the beginning, the two British carriers are the only one that carry compound bows (Japanese carry yumi bows, Graf Zeppelin carries her AA guns like an SMG, Aquila has a Roman composite bow, and the Americans all have guns or turret SMGs). Ark also has a bit of a loner personality, with the only possible exception being her infatuation with Bismarck.

"You better call it Coulson, 'cause I'm starting to root for this guy."

Tashkent as Natasha Romanova/Black Widow - So I originally cast Graf as Natasha because Comrade Medium One had not yet been added to the game and while Comrade Big One (aka Gangut) had been her turrets were part of her rigging and I wanted a character that used turrets as "pistols." But now Tashkent exists, so she works perfectly for the role, especially if you go with the fan version of her as the diehard Soviet boat.

"I'm sorry, did I step on your moment?"

Inazuma as Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk - For those who aren't familiar with Kancolle fandom, cute little sis Inazuma has a fan alter-ego named "Plasma-chan" who's basically that little inner demon we all have made manifest and allowed to rampage with monster strength and a scary smile.

"Puny god."

Shimakaze as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver - The speedster of Kancolle even after all these years.

"You didn't see that coming?"

Hibiki/Verniy as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch - Comrade Tiny One is still just creepy enough to play Wanda even after all the business post-Endgame.

"You break the rules and you become a hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn’t seem fair."

Hoppo-chan as Vision - This one was suggested for the original thread by drakensis and I still love it.

"Well...I was born yesterday."

Hiyō as Sam Wilson/Falcon - This is another name thing, in this case translating as "Flying Hawk."

"Look, whoever he used to be and the guy he is now, I don't think he's the kind you save. He's the kind you stop."

Musashi as T'Challa/Black Panther - I blame the folks over at Danbooru for this casting, though it makes sense for...obvious reasons.

"WAKANDA FOREVER!"

Fubuki as James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes/Winter Soldier - Again a name thing though this time a two-fer: She got the nickname "Bukki" from Kongō in the Kancolle anime and her name translates as "snowstorm."

"Who the hell is 'Bucky'?"

Akashi as Dr. Steven Strange - Originally the resident wrench wench of the Kancolle universe was cast Howard Stark to go with Yūbari being cast as Tony Stark, but since that role's been recast it seems sort of right to put the girl who's otherwise the "doctor" of the franchise as the Sorcerer Supreme.

"Dormammu, I've come to bargain."

Sendai as Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Gryphon suggested the quarkiest of the Sendai Sisters for this role in the original thread and it's grown on me over the years. Though it should be noted that this would be her "Kai Ni" refit self who's stylized as a stereotypical ninja, which goes well with Peter as doing more jumping and bouncing than most of the other cast.

(To Bucky) "You have a metal arm? That is AWESOME, dude!"

Ryūhō as Scott Lang/Ant-Man - Yes, I went with the short joke...and the boobs joke...and let's just move on.

"Pick on someone your own size!"

Tenryū - Nick Fury - Another Gryphon choice, the original Kancolle "big sis" got her own Kai Ni makeover about a year after the original list came out which changed her cardigan out for a badass jacket that goes well with the eyepatch that led to her being cast in this role.

"I recognise the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it."

Ōyodo as Agent Philip "Phil" Coulson - I still like this casting choice even after all this time.

"If you try to escape, or play any sort of games with me, I will taze you and watch 'Supernanny' while you drool into the carpet."

Takao as Maria Hill - One of the more common choices in the early days of the game for a secretary.

"The news is loving you guys. Nobody else is."

Warspite as Agent Margaret "Peggy" Carter - Since Kongō was recast, it only seemed fitting to hand this role off to the most British of the Kancolle cast.

"You still don't know a bloody thing about women!"

And one last one for now...

Wo-chan as Loki Laufeyson - When I cast this role, it was because I needed a villain, Abyssals are the villains of Kancolle, and Wo-chan has a scepter that fit Loki's character in the original Avengers film. I honestly didn't know that the-powers-that-be would decide to make Loki the franchise's loveable anti-hero. Plus, admit it, "Woki" is worth at least a giggle.

"I have been FALLING for 30 MINUTES!"

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--G.
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