Sabine Baring-Gould
Sabine Baring-Gould

The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and places of their deaths and, generally, with the distinctive character of their sanctity and with an historic summary of their lives.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Balin: It's just the usual; summary of out-of-pocket expenses, time required, remuneration, funeral arrangements, so forth.
Bilbo Baggins: Funeral arrangements?
[reads contract]
Bilbo Baggins: Oh, up to but not exceeding one fourteenth total profit if any. Seems fair. Present company shall not be liable for injuries including

but not limited to laceration, evisceration... incineration?
Bofur: Oh, aye. He'll melt the flesh off your bones in the blink of an eye.
Balin: You all right, laddie?
Bilbo Baggins: Yeah, I'll be. Feel a bit faint
Bofur: Think furnace, with wings.
Bilbo Baggins: Yeah, I-I-I need

air
Bofur: Flash of light, searing pain, then poof, you're nothing more than a pile of ash.
Bilbo Baggins: [long pause] Nope.
[faints]
Gandalf: Very helpful, Bofur.

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes

[first lines]
Sherlock Holmes: [voice-over] Head cocked to the left, partial deafness in ear: first point of attack. Two: throat; paralyze vocal chords, stop scream. Three: got to be a heavy drinker, floating rib to the liver. Four: finally, drag in left leg, fist to patella. Summary prognosis: unconscious in ninety seconds, martial efficacy quarter of an hour at best. Full

faculty recovery: unlikely.

Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Extinction

Slater: [upon seeing 5 to 6 empty anti-virus vials that Isaacs had injected himself with] How much of this have you used?
Dr. Isaacs: [while injecting himself with the anti-virus] Her blood increased the creatures' power. It also increased the strength of the infection. I needed it.
Slater: You have no idea what this will do to you.


Dr. Isaacs: [sarcastically] Oh, I have an idea.
Slater: You're out of control. Well, this ends here. Under Executive Order 1345, issued by Chairman Wesker for insubordination and gross misconduct in the field, I sentence you to summary liquidation.
Dr. Isaacs: Liquidation?
Slater: [before shooting

Isaacs in the heart with his handgun] No, just die.

Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd

Chief Justice Fargo: So, tell me, seven summary executions. Were they necessary?
Judge Dredd: Unavoidable, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo: Unavoidable.
Judge Dredd: Life doesn't mean much to some people anymore. You'd see that if you weren't always...
Chief Justice Fargo: If I weren't what?


Judge Dredd: Always at the academy, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo: Oh, don't you mean, at the academy, wiping cadets' asses? That's what they say in the squad room, isn't it?