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Spoken by Éowyn during the Battle of Pelennor Fields in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), the line comes at a tense confrontation with the Witch-king. In a single short sentence the character reveals her identity at a crucial instant and upends the apparent meaning of an ominous prophecy. The line is memorable for its suddenness and for how neatly it changes the stakes in the middle of a cinematic showdown.