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Movie/show where a mentor withholds a technique
The quote is something like: "I know X ways to kill a man, I shall teach you X-1 in case I need to use that one on you someday"
I cannot remember the exact numbers which I think is why it's proving Un-Googleable (I'm getting answers to math questions and Bible verses). I feel like I've seen it imitated/parodied as well, but I'd like to find the original source of the quote. (Though if you know one of those works, feel free to share it since we might be able to trace it back to the original.) TIA!
Edit - Some additional research turned up that the first part of the line originally came from The Forever War - "Tonight, we’re going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man." I'd really like to find the first source to use the latter "...I'll teach you X-1 in case I need to use it on you someday" part.
Edit 2 - Found one of the parodies here, a Robot Chicken sketch at 0:55. But what is that originally from? It's infuriating!
Edited by BeerBaron