Quotes

Simon
"Gurren Lagann, spin on! Who the hell do you think I am!?"

- Simon

"If there's a wall in our way then we smash it down! If there isn't a path, then we carve one ourselves!"

- Simon

"The magma of our soul burns with a mighty flame! Super Ultra Combining: Gurren Lagann!!"

- Simon and Kamina "Just who...!"

- Simon

"DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?"

- Simon and Kamina "My Bro is dead. He's gone. But he's right there on my back and here in my heart. He lives on as a part of me! If you're gonna dig, dig to the heavens. No matter what's in my way, I won't stop. Once I've dug through, it means that I've won! Just who the hell do you think I am? I'm Simon. I'm not my bro. I'm ME! Simon The Digger!!"

- Simon declaring that he is his own person, and that Kamina will always be with him

""My name is Simon. Leader of Team Dai-Gurren: Simon the Digger. If you decide that you're going to be a wall that's standing in my way, then I have something that will open a hole in you every time! And that something... is my drill!""

- Simon "We embark on the winding spiral path! The paths of man and beast intersect!"

- Simon "Destiny Combining: Gurren Lagann!! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"

- Simon and Viral "Smashing through both karma and fate!"

- Simon "Raging Wave Combining: Arc Gurren... Lagann!!"

- Simon and Viral "Rossiu! Let's see you grit those teeth!"

- Simon "Let's Go, This is the Final Battle"

- Simon ""Our friends' hopes and dreams are etched into its body, transforming the infinite darkness into light! Unmatched in Heaven and Earth, one machine equal to the gods!" "SUPER GALAXY GURREN LAGANN!" "We're gonna show you the power... of the human race.""

- Simon

"Don't underestimate us. We don't care about time, or space or... multi-dimensional whatevers! We don't give a damn about that. Force your way down a path you choose to take, and do it all yourself! That's the way Team Dai-Gurren rolls!"

- Simon "We'll break through time and space!"

- Simon "TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!"

- Simon

"EAT THIS!"

- Simon "We evolve beyond the person that we were a minute before. Little by little, we advance a bit further with each turn. That's how a drill works!"

- Simon

""Mark my words! This drill will open a hole in the universe! And that hole will be a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who've fallen! The hopes of those who'll follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix! Drilling a path towards tomorrow! And that's Tengen Toppa! That's Gurren Lagann!! My drill is the drill... that creates the heavens!!!""

- Simon

"Even so, I will...! I will believe! I will believe in the me that believes in us, humans and the future! This drill is... my SOUL!"

- Simon "Of course you can. The lights in the sky are stars. The stars where our Spiral cousins await us."

- Simon

Kamina
""Don't believe in yourself! Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!""

- Kamina

""How long are you going to keep running, Simon? Now is the time to cast off the boy you used to be.""

- Kamina

""Who the hell do you think I am?""

- Kamina

""Kick reason to the curb and surpass the impossible! Isn't that the way of our Gurren Brigade?!.""

- Kamina

""KICK LOGIC AND DO THE IMPOSSIBLE !! THAT'S HOW TEAM DAI GURREN ROLLS !!""

- Kamina

"Let's see you grit those teeth""

- Kamina

""We brawlers are sustained by willpower! Even when mocked as reckless and crazy!""

- Kamina

"The magma of our soul burns with a mighty flame! Super Ultra Combining: Gurren Lagann!!"

- Kamina and Simon "In the hell...!"

- Kamina "DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?"

- Kamina and Simon ""Listen, Simon. Never forget. Just believe in yourself. Not in the Simon that I believe in; not in the Kamina that you believe in. Have faith in the Simon who believes in you.""

- Kamina

Yoko Littner
""I keep telling you I'm a girl!""

- Yoko Littner

""Kamina told me before. "He's [Simon] the one that always saves me.", "He's the one that doesn't give up, even at the end."."

- Yoko Littner "So this is your politics, huh? What a stupid joke!"

- Yoko Littner "The dreams we left behind will open the door!"

- Yoko Littner "He's right! We humans used to have somebody much, much bigger than us! For his sake, we'll keep moving forward!"

- Yoko Littner

Kittan Bachika
"Simon's busting his butt out here! We can't sit around on our asses doing nothing!"

- Kittan Bachika "Rossiu! You bastard, what did you do to my sister?! That bomb you talked about, that was Kinon?! Is that how you do things? You’re gonna pay…You are really gonna pay!"

- Kittan Bachika "I got Spiral Shells, they outta be able to slow it down some! I'm not about to let my cute little niece die in some alleyway, go on without me Dayakka! Kiyoh, look out for Kinon for me."

- Kittan Bachika ""I borrowed one of Gurren Lagann's drills as a good luck charm! And believe me, I'm gonna put it to good use...!""

- Kittan Bachika ""This is Simon's soul! Team Dai-Gurren's soul! Humanity's soul... and actually, it's MY SOUL! Do you seriously think it's gonna be wiped out by the likes of you?! King... Kittan... GIGA... DRILL... BREAK!!!""

- Kittan Bachika

""So this is the power of the spiral... Not bad, not bad at all...""

- Kittan Bachika

Kiyal Bachika
"Son of a... Rossiu, you jerk!"

- Kiyal Bachika

Rossiu Adai
"Sins must be judged. I will atone for my own sin at my own hand."

- Rossiu Adai

Nia Teppelin
"I will face tomorrow."

- Nia Teppelin

"The human spirit is limitless! I've staked everything on its greatness, too!"

- Nia Teppelin

Team Dai-Gurren
""Whether it be time, space or alternate realities, they mean nothing to us. We will pierce the paths and methods you've chosen. That is who we are, The Dai-Gurren Brigade!!.""

- Team Dai-Gurren

"Nia: Even when trapped by karma's cycle...

Yoko: The dreams we left behind will open the door!

Leeron: Even if the universe stands in our way!

Viral: Our seething blood will determine what will be!

Simon: We'll break through time and space!

All: And defy all who would stop us, to grab hold of our path!

Simon: TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!

All: JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!?!?!"

- Team Dai-Gurren

Lordgenome
"In his hand was hope. The hope of evolution. With enormous strength, the man fought..."

- Lordgenome

"There was a man who fought as you do. He also was unaware that his actions would doom humanity to extinction."

- Lordgenome

"I see. Your power has grown sufficient to outstrip my own. Hear this now, you will soon come to regret it. I will leave you with this warning: When the land overflows with a million apes, the moon will become Hell's messenger, and completely destroy the world of the Spiral."

- Lordgenome's last words following his defeat.

"My soul once drowned in a sea of despair and weariness, but has reawakened! If this body can create a tomorrow for all spiral life, I will gladly give it."

- Lordgenome's parting words to Nia during his sacrifice against the Anti-Spiral

"Just what I was... WAITING FOR!"

- Lordgenome

"Simon! Take it!"

- Lordgenome

Viral
"I'm with the Human Eradication Forces Far East Theater Commander, Viral!"

- Viral. "I'll tell you two things: First, any human on the surface will be completely annihilated by our Human Eradication Army. Second, that is my dinner - give it back!"

- Viral to Kamina and Simon.

"Impossible!"

- Viral "“Now then… I’ve come to reclaim my helm! That’s what I wanted to say, but before that… put on some damn clothes!”"

- Viral to Kamina and Simon

"Are the humans truly creatures that are inferior to Beastmen? These humans... what the hell are they?!"

- Viral to Lordgenome

"Welcome to prison life, supreme commander."

- Viral to Simon

"It's BECAUSE I'm a Beastman that the sight of pathetic Beastmen makes me sick!"

- Viral

"Join with yesterday's foe to smash fate, and grab tomorrow's path with our own hands!"

- Viral

"Destiny Combining: Gurren Lagann!! JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"

- Viral and Simon

"The screams of life echo across the galaxy!"

- Viral

"Raging Wave Combining: Arc Gurren... Lagann!!"

- Viral and Simon

"You spout a bunch of crap, but this is crap I can really get behind!"

- Viral

"Our seething blood will determine what will be!"

- Viral

"Getting the chance to protect a princess of the Spiral here in this remote dimension... I'm grateful to this twist of fate!"

- Viral

Adiane
"What's the big idea, leaving without a victory!? I can't return to the Capital without my revenge!"

- Adiane

Antispiral
"People ask, "Why do you fight? Why do you kill? Why do you destroy?" They will die with these questions unanswered. That is humanity's bliss."

- Antispiral

"We Anti-Spirals were once a Spiral race like yourselves. But when we learned that the evolution of Spiral Power would lead to the destruction of the universe, we annihilated all those who possessed the power of the Spiral and drove the few surviving life forms to the far corners of the universe. We halted our own evolution and locked ourselves away into this pocket universe! On our homeworld, we sealed away our bodies and any hope of evolution! This form is the symbol of our determination! Foolish creatures, drunk on Spiral Power! We defended the universe by killing our fellow spirals and halting our own evolution! Do you possess the sheer fortitude that is on par with that?! DO YOU?! WE SAY, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOT! AT! ALL!"

- Antispiral

"NNNEEEEEVEEEEEEERR!!!"

- Antispiral