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I don't have a definitive Top 10, but these are just 10 quotes in no particular order that stick with me in regards to their pacing, punchline, and effectiveness:

Knight Man
"Alas... they have killed me, Doctor!"
This line plays off of a line by Macduff's son in the play "Macbeth", where upon being stabbed he cries out, "He has killed me, Mother!" I had to unfortunately change a bit of the line structure because not every robot who will beat Knight Man will always be male, but I think it reads humorously. Mentioning death in any quote is a little risque, but I try to excuse it as Knight Man being overdramatic.

Blade Man
"Ack! Foiled again!"
Simple and to the point, Blade Man speaking in the tone of a mustache-twirling villain of the week is just a fun characterization. 'Nuff said.

Blast Man
"My last blast.... THAT WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME!"
Quotes where a Robot Master don't express disappointment, and furthermore, happy by the opponent's performance is few and far between. It's charming that Blast Man, even in defeat, recognizes that the fight was still freaking cool!

Tundra Man
"Shattered are my dreams... but it made for a wondrous grand finale!"
The same idea as Blast Man. Even when losing, it's a little heart-warming to see Tundra Man recognize your victory as beautiful!

Frost Man
"DAT HURT! FROST MAN ONLY PAWN... IN GAME OF LIFE!"
It's a little long so the execution is rough, but it's a combination of Frost Man's actual lines in 8 and a line uttered by the dimwitted Mungo in the film, "Blazing Saddles".

Bubble Man
"Welp, I'm sure the bubbles will work next time, Bubble Man...."
It's a tad bit meta, but I can enjoy a Robot Master recognizing the absurdity of their attacks every once in a while!

Proto Man
"Breaking apart in this Prototype... I suppose it's only poetic..."
A little more multifaceted than most of the more one-dimensional writing of mine, it's a little weird no one's draw a connection to Proto Man and the Prototype a little earlier. This is the only line in the entire game that actually references the tenative fact the game takes place in a digital space, so I consider it a good reminder to the player every so often, especially with how often one would see Proto Man in this game.

Proto Man DS
"Copying a prototype model may have been a bad idea..."
In contrast to the more thoughtful Proto Man, this line is just illustrating this nefarious doppelganger's stupid oversight; it takes about more than 6 seconds of thought to realize copying a poorly-functioning robot is sort of an awful battle plan.

King
"Robot...Do you realize you're simply a pawn for the humans?"
It works for his revolutionist characterization, acknowledges the role between the player character and their robots, and most of all squeezes a stupid chess pun in there. It fills all my boxes!

Cut Man
"I guess I wasn't sharp enough! Haha! ....ow."
Cut Man's schtick is being annoyingly punful in literally each and every one of his lines, and even when he's in pain he's still spouting puns. I like how soft the ow should come out in reading, and it's fun doing your best to convey an universal emotional tone to everyone where every line is read, not heard.

Of course, all the above lines actually freaking suck in comparison to the all-time best defeat quote in this entire game; I often consider taking it out, because it's so leagues beyond any writing produced here, and in the entire English language, that I fear anyone who reads it will simply not be able to enjoy anything in their lives ever again. Truth be told, I often lay awake late in the night, considering and reconsidering the mind-altering philosophical implications that this line brings up. And that line is


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