Frankenweenie Quotes

Susan Frankenstein: Did you ever figure out what this thing is supposed to be?
Ben Frankenstein: I think it's either a piece of fine art or a paperweight.
Susan Frankenstein: I don't even remember who gave it to us.
Ben Frankenstein: My sister gave it to us.
Susan Frankenstein: Oh. Well, then it must be a paperweight.

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Mr. Rzykruski: Science is not good or bad, Victor. But it can be used both ways. That is why you must always be careful.

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Victor Frankenstien: Nobody likes scientists.
Mr. Rzykruski: They like what science gives them, but not the questions, no. Not the questions that science asks.
Victor Frankenstien: [pause]Actually, I have a question.
Mr. Rzykruski: [chuckles]That is why you are scientist.

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Mrs. Frankenstien: When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart. He'll always be there, Victor.
Victor Frankenstien: I don't want him in my heart. I want him here with me.

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Mr. Rzykruski: Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive,unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you have such small minds. I cannot make your heads bigger, but your children's heads, I can take them and crack them open. This is what I try to do, to get at their brains!

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Mr. Frankenstein: Victor, is there anything we can do for you?
Victor Frankenstien: [kneeling at Sparky's lifeless body]You said that I need to let him go.
Mr. Frankenstein: Sometimes, adults don't know what they're talking about.

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Mr. Frankenstein: Victor, what have you done?
Victor Frankenstien: You said yourself, if you could bring back Sparky, you would!
Mr. Frankenstein: Yes, but that was different because we couldn't! It's easy to promise the impossible.

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Mr. Rzykruski: Back home, everyone is scientist. Even my plumber wins Nobel Prize. Your country does not make enough scientist. Always needs more. You should be a scientist, Victor.

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Victor Frankenstien: I was doing my experiment, my project, and the first time it worked great. But the next time it didn't. I mean, it sort of worked, but then it didn't. And I don't know why.
Mr. Rzykruski: Then maybe you never really understood it the first time. People think science is here [pointing to head]
Mr. Rzykruski: but it is also here. [pointing to chest]
Mr. Rzykruski: The first time, did you love your experiment?
Victor Frankenstien: Yes.
Mr. Rzykruski: Ah. And the second time?
Victor Frankenstien: No. I just wanted it over.
Mr. Rzykruski: Then you changed the variables.

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Edgar 'E' Gore: [to Victor]Your dog is alive!

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Bob: [frantically]Victor! I... I need your help.
Victor Frankenstien: Did you see those things? They were like...
Bob: Sea Monkeys! You know how on the package, they're like, in a happy kingdom, and everyone's smiling?
Victor Frankenstien: Yeah?
Bob: They're not like that at all.
Toshiaki: [running up]Victor! I need your help.
Bob: I asked him first!
Toshiaki: My problem bigger! [pointing behind him]
Toshiaki: [Sounds of thundering footsteps and roaring. Camera pans to show a giant dinosaur-tortoise mutant stomping down the street]
Bob: Yeah, he's right.

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Victor Frankenstien: [to Sparky's lifeless body after resuscitation attempt]It's okay, boy. You don't have to come back. You'll always be in my heart.

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Victor Frankenstien: [giving an excuse about an upturned bucket moving across attic floor, as Sparky struggles to escape from it]It's a robot.
Mrs. Frankenstien: A robotic bucket?
Victor Frankenstien: Yes.
Mrs. Frankenstien: For mopping, I suppose?
Victor Frankenstien: Yes.
Mrs. Frankenstien: Maybe when you're finished, you'll let me use it.

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Edgar 'E' Gore: I know.
Victor Frankenstien: What?
Edgar 'E' Gore: [pointedly]I know.
Victor Frankenstien: Know what?
Edgar 'E' Gore: [pointedly]You know...
Victor Frankenstien: No.
Edgar 'E' Gore: I think I know what you know I know.
Victor Frankenstien: Look, I don't know what you think I know. But I don't know it.

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Toshiaki: How are we supposed to see an invisible goldfish?
Edgar 'E' Gore: Put your finger in. You can feel it.
Bob: [inserting hand into glass jar of plain water]Ah! It bit me!

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Mayor Burgemeister: As mayor of New Holland, you have entrusted me with your safety. So I can't sit idly, while a teacher *endangers* our children.
Bob's Mom: [referring to Mr. Rzykruski]The man is a menace!
New Holland Townsfolk: She's right. He's crazy!
New Holland Townsfolk II: Have you looked through this science book they're using? Apparently, Pluto isn't good enough to be a planet any more. When I was a kid, Pluto was a great planet. This guy comes along, and rewrites the rules!
Mrs. Frankenstien: In fairness, he didn't write the textbook.

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Victor Frankenstien: Where's Mr. Rzykruski?
Gym Teacher: All I know is I'll be teaching the class for the rest of the semester.
Elsa Van Helsing: Do you know anything about science?
Gym Teacher: I know more than you do.
Bob: Mr. Rzykruski knew a lot.
Gym Teacher: Well, sometimes knowing too much is the problem.
Victor Frankenstien: What about the science fair?
Gym Teacher: Oh, it's still on, but it will be judged by someone who's not insane: Me!

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