Malcolm in the Middle Quotes

Reese: Hey, what am I thinking right now?
Malcolm: I'm smart, I'm not a psychic.
Dewey: Can you understand what dogs are saying?
Malcolm: No.
Dewey: I can.

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Lois: (sits with Malcolm on the dinner table while she hands him a can) Go ahead. It's a name brand. (opens the can, then Malcolm drinks it) I know you didn't do this. You're a good boy. But I want you to help me with this.(the background music changes) This is serious. One of your brothers could've burned the house down. (shows Reese, but at a different time) And for that he will be severely punished. But the one who helps me will be a happy, little boy. (shows Dewey, also at a different time) And I want that to be you. (back to Malcolm) Because you always been the best one. (back to Reese) You always been the best one. (back to Dewey) You have always been the best one.
Malcolm: Mom, honestly, I don't know.
Reese: (different time) I don't know.
Dewey: (different time) Don't know.

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Stanley [to Francis]: Did they crack?
Francis: No, Dewey faked a stomach cramp. Bought them some time.
Stanley: Good man.
Cadet 1: Man, if we had your Mom in 'Nam, there would be a McDonald's at Hanoi Square right now.
Cadet 2: Dude, there is a McDonald's at Hanoi Square.
Cadet 1: (pause) All right. (the cadets bump fists)

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Francis (on the phone with Malcolm): You have to stay together. You have to stay united.
Stanley: United against who?
Francis: (to Stanley) My mom.
Stanley: Nice.

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(Lois has the boys pressed against a corner)
Malcolm: You tell her!
Reese: You tell her!
Lois: Who? (Malcolm and Reese start arguing) Okay, okay. Closer to the wall. (pushes them closer)
Malcolm: Wait. Mom. Seriously, it reeks over here.
Dewey: I can't help it.

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Francis: Wait, a minute. Did you hear breathing?
Malcolm: What?
Francis (pauses): Mom? (both Malcolm and Francis realize that Lois is on the other line; all the cadets break out)
Lois: Malcolm, would you hang up the phone, please?
Francis: Hi, Mom. Happy Anniversary!

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Reese (to Malcolm): Come on, we could get out of this. You have to use that brain of yours, think. Think! (grabs Malcolm's shirt)
Malcolm (to the camera): All I could think about is how hard he's twisting my nipples. (to Reese) OW!

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Lois [to Francis on the phone): I didn't send you up there so you could undermine my authority!
Francis: Why did you send me up here?
Lois: Well, it wasn't so you could undermine my authority!

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Lois: (angrily; on the phone with Francis) I cannot talk to you right now. You make me so mad, sometimes I just wanna break your neck! (pause) Did you get the cookies I sent you.
Francis: (smiling) Yeah, they were great.

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Malcolm: (to the camera) The good thing about being smart is I never have to look up any phone numbers. The bad thing is, no one else in the family ever bothers to remember anything. [

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Malcolm: (about Lois) Either she screwed up or we're getting better.

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Lois: Hi! We're just calling to check in. Let me speak with Francis.
Dewey: He's...in the bathroom.
Lois: Oh. Well, let me talk to Malcolm.
Dewey: He's...in the bathroom.
Lois: They're both in the bathroom? What are they doing in there?
Dewey: I have to go to the bathroom. [hangs up]

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[After cleaning up the house]
Reese: It's never been this clean before.
Malcolm: Uh-oh. It's too clean.
Francis: You're right. She'll never buy it.
[The boys start messing up the house]

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Hal: Quick, we better hit the road.
Lois: Fine. I'll shave my legs in the car.

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Nurse (to the Wilkerson kids): Oh, for God's sake. You kids again? And a head injury? You boys like to keep it interesting, do you?
Malcolm (to the camera): We kinda have history here.
(scene cuts to Reese about to hammer a nail to an aerosol can, then Francis balancing a knife on his finger and throwing it into the air, Malcolm nodding off while holding a pair of scissors with the sharp points to his head while Reese approaches behind him about to pop a balloon, then we see Malcolm rotating tires from a bike when Dewey opens his mouth and tries to bite the rotating tire)

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Lois: It'll be nice I can go a whole weekend without yelling at someone every 20 seconds.
[Sees a car tailing them from the rear view mirror]'
Lois: Either speed up or get off the road, jackass!

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Francis: Look, guys, I appreciate your sentiment. But they're not going to decide my whole future based on how I behave over one weekend without even telling me about it. It's too arbitrary. It's unreasonable.
Malcolm: It's Mom.
Francis: Okay, let's clean up.

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Lois: Did you know that your family has given me a nickname?
Hal: That's nice. What is it?
Lois: Lois... Common... Denominator.

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Francis: Did you guys see Circus break that cinder block with his head? That's a good lesson for you guys. It didn't break the first six times, but did he quit trying? No, sir.

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Malcolm: You know how Francis gets when people tell him what to do.
[A flashback occurs with Lois and Francis]
Lois: I am warning you. If you get your nose pierced, you are going to military school and I mean it. Really. Do you hear me?
[Francis smiles and comes home hours later with his nose pierced. Lois is making dinner.]
Francis: Hey mom. What's for dinner?

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Malcolm: I can't stop thinking about what I did to Kevin. I feel like crap, and no one understands. Even you--you're supposed to be my friend and you don't even care.
Stevie: And yet...you keep...talking.

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Dewey: I hate my brothers. I only like me!

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Ed: Now we can see your house!
Lois: Well, let me tell you something, Ed. As far as I'm concerned, you and the neighbors should all just... (starts acting like a monkey)
Hal: That goes double for me. I want you all off our property, or I'll... (acts like a monkey, too, as well as Dewey and Reese)
Malcolm: How could they act like this? (scratches his armpit, then quits and realized what he just did)

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Malcolm: It's weird — I think I'm having a spasm. The muscles in my face keep pulling at my mouth. Oh! I think I'm happy!

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Lois: [Entering the trailer] Ohh, this is cozy!
Malcolm: It's like a hundred and fifty degrees in here!
Reese: My butt is sweating...
Lois: It just needs to air out a little. [Reese begins to take off his pants.] The trailer!

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Francis: What did my Mom send me? (opens a box) Bug-infested cookies. As usual, a mixed message.

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Hal: Look at that sky, Malcolm. Just think. Somewhere out there, all those stars and planets, there might be at this very moment a space dad who just got kicked out of his space trailer, who's looking down on us. Or would it be up at us? Or maybe sideways?
Malcolm: Trust me, Dad, they're all looking down on us.

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(Hal and Lois are arguing when a car pulls up; Hal is in his underwear)
Hal: (yelling) What are you looking at?! Hey, this is a private conversation buddy. Huh!! (the driver stares while Malcolm tries to hide himself) Oh, yeah, like you've never seen this before!!
Malcolm: My mistake. I'm on the next street over. (Hal and Lois continue fighting)

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Dewey: Mom, can I have a story?
Lois: Once upon a time, there was a little boy that made his mom so crazy she decided to sell him to a circus.
Dewey: An evil circus?
Lois: No, a nice one with monkeys.
Dewey: Thank you.

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Lois: Keep it down!
Reese: Huh?
Hal: Don't talk to your mother like that!
Lois: Go sit in the corner!
Reese: There are no corners!

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