Trigun (1998)

Masaya Onosaka: Vash the Stampede

Quotes 

• Vash the Stampede : I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Dont hesitate to call.

  Milly Thompson : Hehehehe, What are you talking about Mr. Vash the Stampede?

  Vash the Stampede : Huh? I HATE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME BY MY FULL NAME!

• Vash the Stampede : I meditate diligently every morning. The subject is Life and Love. I quit after three seconds.

• Million Knives : The humans treat you well? Did you have fun, dear brother?

  Vash the Stampede : Yeah, I did! Best thing that ever happened to me.

  [pulls his gun and aims at Knives] 

• Vash the Stampede : Hey, "Thou Shalt Not Kill", remember? What kind of church man are you?

• [Vash's preview for "Peace Maker"] 

  Vash the Stampede : Those who make mistakes blame themselves and close their hearts. It's impossible to fix the mistake; men can't return to the past. That's why they drink. Lushes, drunks, sliding alcohol down their throats to try to dilute the memories that can't be forgotten. Frank Marlon, the gunsmith, does nothing but drink, and questions the glass after it's empty. "Am I wrong? Was I wrong?"

• Vash the Stampede : I'm like a hunter of peace. One who chases the elusive mayfly of love... or something like that.

• Vash the Stampede : I don't let anyone in my sight get away, and my bullets never miss their mark. Especially if it's the heart of a beautiful lady... BANG.

• Vash the Stampede : [singing]  Total slaughter, total slaughter. I won't leave a single man alive. La de da de die, genocide. La de da de dud, an ocean of blood. Let's begin the killing time.

• Vash the Stampede : Love and peace, love and peace, love and peeeeeeaaaaaace!

  Meryl Stryfe : How can that man be Vash the Stampede?

• Milly Thompson : [all three tied up as hostages]  Hello!

  Vash the Stampede : Hello! You know, I've gone through a lot of hell ever since I met the two of you.

  Meryl Stryfe : *We're* the one's going through hell!

• Vash the Stampede : Dangerous toys are fun but you could get hurt.

• Wolfwood : [about to face off with killer robots]  Oh yeah, I almost forgot. "Go with the grace and protection of the Lord." It's the usual mantra for the big hero.

  Vash the Stampede : Does it work?

  Wolfwood : That depends entirely on you.

  Vash the Stampede : Some mantra...

• Vash the Stampede : [after jumping off a cliff onto a flying machine]  No matter how many times I do that I still feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack! This thing's going ba-da-boom, BA-DA-BOOM!

  Wolfwood : I thought you were committing suicide!

  Vash the Stampede : Suicide? I strongly disapprove of...

  [looks around] 

  Vash the Stampede : Wolfwood! What are you doing here?

  Wolfwood : YOU MANIAC! I followed you! What do you think you're doing crying your eyes out like a baby and jumping off of cliffs!

  Vash the Stampede : I'm visiting the folks.

  Wolfwood : What do you mean 'visiting the folks'? Do they have some kind of floating house in the sky!

• Vash the Stampede : You've just given me the answer!

  [hugs her] 

  Meryl Stryfe : [pause]  Uh, how long are you going to keep hugging me like this?

• [Vash's preview for the next episode] 

  Vash the Stampede : The tragedy endlessly repeated in order to fulfill desires, the lust for conquest making people bend to your will, a thrill intense enough to make you shudder. There is a man who is a slave to that ecstasy, the leader of the Badlads. A man who shines: Brilliant Dynamites Neon. The sandsteamer will shake the moment each of the huge dynamos on each of his shoulders start to spark. In the pitch black darkness, the gruesome party begins.

• Vash the Stampede : [about the streamer he's on]  WHAT! THEY'RE GOING TO SMASH THE STEAMER INTO THE CANYON! Death and poverty like me so much, now they've brought friends! And then there's the insurance girls! Man, I never get a break!