“Look, I'm not a slave. Rika happens to be my partner.”
Renamon Quotes
2 quotes from Digimon Tamers, each with commentary on what it means and why it stuck.
“Or what, you'll use that little flame of yours to boil water and make me some bad tea?”
Impmon has demanded that Renamon put him down. Her reply turns his means of fighting into a kitchen appliance, which is a sharp put-down and a poor answer to the demand. The gag asks the stronger participant to win twice: first by holding him, then by deciding his resistance is too ridiculous to count.
Impmon follows this defense with a boast about his own independence, then throws a fireball when Renamon leaves. His offer of freedom cannot survive someone refusing his company. That makes Renamon's chosen attachment look less restrictive than the supposedly liberated alternative, without proving Rika has earned the loyalty.