Resistance Is Futile: Difference between revisions

** Subverted in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Scorpion" which begins with two Borg cubes giving their spiel as they approach an unseen target. Right in the middle of [[Killed Mid-Sentence|"Resistance is__"]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|a beam of energy lances out and destroys both cubes]]. Enter [[Always a Bigger Fish|Species 8472]].

** Also, the Borg are quick to point out that anything else you may have to say is "irrelevant".

'''The Borg:''' {{smallcaps| Freedom is irrelevant. Self-Determination is irrelevant. You must comply.}} }}

 

== Film ==

* Darth Vader, while fighting Luke in ''[[Star Wars]]: Episode V - [[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.

* Long before the Borg, the 'Captain' in [[Cool Hand Luke]] was giving this exact warning to his inmates.

 

* In [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]] (which predates Star Trek's ''Borg'' by about 10 years) the Vogons used a variation on this: "Resistance is Useless!"

* In ''[[Animorphs]]'' #6, a Yeerk taunts Jake:

* In the Warhammer 40K novel "Fall of Damnos" we get this nice message from your usual friendly neighborhood apocalyptic robots next door, "We are the Necrontyr. We are Legion. We Claim Dominion of this World... Surrender and Die. (Note this message was translated by the local Tech Priests, and they insist the last three words were properly translated)

* In the British ''Star Wars'' parody "Star Bores", the [[Big Bad]] is a Dark Lord of the Hith, a group of evil beings with a distinctive lisp. At some point, said [[Big Bad]] delivers this gem: "Rethithtanth ith uthelethth!"

* In the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', this is the [[Catch Phrase]] of the young Vogon guard. He really loves to shout it and considers it [[Signed Up for the Dental|a major job perk]].

* The ''[[Space: 1999]]'' finale "The Dorcons":

'''Maya:''' ''"Resistance... (sigh) ...is futile."'' }}

* From ''Dad's Army'':

* [[The Dragon|Zeltrax]] in [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]], to an actress Mesogog was planning to experiment on. Her response: "[[Lampshade Hanging|Hey, I was up for that part.]]"

 

== Music ==

* From ''Scars of Yesterday'' by [[Dragon Force]]:

Resistance is futile }}

* ''Comfort Eagle'' by Cake:

[[Department of Redundancy Department|it is useless to resist it]]." }}

* ''Protect The Law'' by ''[[Iron Savior]]'':

Your resistance is futile if you fight me you'll fall }}

 

* The Aparoids in [[Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]] Assault, apparently inspired by the Borg, spout lines like that. Well, the Queen and Pigma do, the rest isn't much for talking.

* Actually accurate in the ''[[Ashbringer]]'' tie-in comic for ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.

* Kunzite says the exact line in ''[[Tales of Hearts]]'' (orig. ''teikou wa muimi da'').

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' [[Big Bad]] Harbinger tends to s-- [[Memetic Mutation|ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL.]] [[Resistance Is Futile|YOU CANNOT RESIST.]]

== Webcomics ==

* In a ''[[Star Trek]]'' reference on ''[[Bob and George]]'', [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050617 George asks Present!X if he wants to be like the Borg Queen, all nasty, and slimy, and...]

'''George:''' ''Damnit, I knew he was gonna say that.'' }}

* In ''[[Sabrina Online]]'', where Amy, in the advanced stages of her pregnancy with Thomas' son Timmy, is commanded to get pickles and Chex mix by the unborn wolf/squirrel child.