Treasure Island Quotes

[Trelawney tosses brandy out the window; screams; two annoyed rats appear at the window]

Rat with Pipe: You wanna knock it off with the booze? It's peeling the paint off of the shuffleboard court.

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[Billy Bones has apparently died]

Rizzo: He died? And this is supposed to be a kids' movie!

Billy Bones: [Billy Bones suddenly wakes up and, without opening his eyes, grabs Gonzo's nose to pull him closer] Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim! You've always been a decent sort to old Billy Bones.

Gonzo: Buy I'm not Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim.
[Nods at Jim]

Gonzo: *He's* Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim.

Billy Bones: [Billy Bones grabs Jim's shirt and pulls him closer] Jim?

Jim Hawkins: Yes, Captain?

Billy Bones: Jimmy-Jim-Jimmy-Jim-Jim-Jim-Jim!

Jim Hawkins: Yes, Captain, what is it?

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1st Pirate: [stroking skeleton] Dead Tom's dead, Dead Tom's dead, Dead Tom's dead...

2nd Pirate: But, Dead Tom's - ALWAYS - been dead. That's why he's called, Dead Tom.

1st Pirate: Oh. Right
[tosses skeleton off screen]

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Benjamina Gunn: You left me standing at the altar.

Captain Abraham Smollett: I was on a ship headed for Zanzibar. I got cold feet.

Benjamina Gunn: You're a frog. You're supposed to have cold feet.

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Billy Bones: [in response to Gonzo's smart remark] It ain't no jokin' matter, hose nose!

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Billy Bones: How does she bloody do that?

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Billy Bones: I was Flint's first mate that voyage, that's where we buried the treasure, gold and blood, they were Flint's trademarks, he'd leave both behind him that day.

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Billy Bones: Oh, aye, and then old Flinty up and died before they could get back to that cursed island and dig up the treasure.

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Capt. Alexander Smollett: Lower the flag? Strike my colors? Not I, sir! We're without without provisions but we've plenty of powder and ball and, by heaven, sir, this spot is England!
[Salutes the Union Jack]

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Captain Abraham Smollett: Bejamina, I just want you to know that I'm sorry.

Benjamina Gunn: Sorry? No, no, sorry doesn't cut it. You left me standing at the ALTAR!

Captain Abraham Smollett: I was on a ship headed for Zanzibar. I got cold feet.

Benjamina Gunn: You're a frog. You're supposed to have cold feet. My mother came all the way from France! I was wearing her white lace dress! The cake was filled with lemon CUSTARD!

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Captain Abraham Smollett: Where to, Captain Hawkins?

Jim Hawkins: To wherever the wind may take us!

Gonzo: Off to Zanzibar to meet the Zanzibarbarians!

Rizzo: Oh, brother! Here they go again!

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Dr. Livesay: [looking at the treasure map] Say, I know what's happening here. You chaps are planning to sail to this island, aren't you? To dig up this treasure.

Jim Hawkins: Yes, but we must be quiet about it.
[whisper]

Jim Hawkins: There are pirates looking for this map.

Gonzo: [normal voice] Yeah, and they want to KILL us for it! Isn't that exciting?

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Gonzo: Look at this! I'm taller. This is so cool; I may even have a future with the NBA!
[laughs]

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Gonzo: We'd be out searching for that treasure. Sailing the seven seas on a five-year mission. Boldly going where no man has gone before! Say, that's catchy.

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Jim Hawkins: I'm sorry your present didn't work out.

Long John Silver: Aww, Jim. Smollet sails by rules and laws. That's what being a captain is all about. Me, I sails by the stars.

Jim Hawkins: Stars?

Long John Silver: North, Jim. Find me north out there among them stars.

Jim Hawkins: [pulls out compass] Well, that's easy...

Long John Silver: [takes compass from Jim and holds it overboard] Ah yeah, but what if you don't have a compass?

Jim Hawkins: Long John, please don't drop it! It was my father's. It's all I have of his. Please... please...

Long John Silver: [hands it back] I'm sorry, lad. I were only fooling. How old were you when he died, then?

Jim Hawkins: Seven.

Long John Silver: I were eight when my father died at sea. First mate, he was.

Jim Hawkins: My father was a first mate, too!

Long John Silver: Was he now? By the powers, what a coincidence!
[points to the night sky]

Long John Silver: Now, Jim, that be Polaris, the North Star. Even in the China Sea, that's north.

Jim Hawkins: [points to the star] North. Polaris. So, we must be heading southwest.

Long John Silver: Smart as paint you are, lad! Smart as paint! Now, that gets ol' Long John to wondering: why would we be sailing southwest? The scuttlebutt among the crew is that, um, we're sailing for buried treasure... and, uh, someone on board has a map. 'Course, none of my concern, Jim. I'm just a ship's cook. Such matters are best suited to Captain

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Jim Hawkins: Kill Captain Smollett, and you'll have to kill me.

Gonzo: Kill Jim, and you'll have to kill me.

Squire Trelawney: Kill Gonzo, and you'll have to kill me.

Rizzo: Kill Squire Trelawney and Mr. Bimbo, and you'll have to... negotiate strenuously.

Benjamina Gunn: [Silver turns to try to escape only to run into Benjamina and a gang of pigs] Going somewhere, John-John?

Long John Silver: Well, Master Hawkins, it seems your little family has come together against me.

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Jim, Rizzo the Rat: We're standing... in a room... with a dead guy... AAAAHHHHHHH!

Rizzo the Rat: Sheesh! And this is supposed to be a kid's movie.

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Long John Silver: And this'll be young Master Hawkins, I'll be bound. Hawkins - 'tis a proper seafaring name, too.

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Long John Silver: Aw, hell, Jim. I could never harm you. You're honest and brave and true. You didn't learn that from me.

Jim Hawkins: I learned it from my friends, Mr. Silver. Now, take your oars and row away. I never want to see you again. Ever.

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Long John Silver: Flint hung 'em up there after he'd gullied them to mark the trail to the treasure.

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Long John Silver: Oh, for ten toes!

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Long John Silver: Touching reunion, Benjamina. This seems to be your day for renewing old... acquaintances.

Benjamina Gunn: Oh! Well... hello, Looooong John.

Captain Abraham Smollett: Oh, no! Him too?

Benjamina Gunn: Well, if you'd married me...!

Captain Abraham Smollett: Well, what does that have to do with it?

Benjamina Gunn: I'm a pig! I need commitment!

Captain Abraham Smollett: Commitment?
[They begin to bicker madly]

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Long John Silver: You ain't gonna let honesty stand in the way o' bein' smart?

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Mr. Samuel Erroll: Big Fat Ugly Bug-Faced Baby-Eating O'Brian.

Woman: [deep voice] Aye.
[officers stand aghast for a moment]

Mr. Samuel Erroll: Angel Marie.

Angel Marie: [an ugly creature] Aye.

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Mr. Samuel Erroll: That will be 40 lashes and then you walk the plank.

Captain Abraham Smollett: I didn't say that, Mr. Erroll.

Mr. Samuel Erroll: I was anticipating your whim, sir.

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Mrs. Bluberidge: [to the cow] Oh, drunk again, are ya?

Cow: [drunkenly] Moo.

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Polly Lobster: I could have been a lawyer, but I just had too much heart.

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Rizzo: If you're going to be the cook on this ship, Mr. Silver, I am definitely going to need bigger pants.

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Rizzo: We are in a room with a dead man! Aaaaaah!

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Rizzo: What's wrong?

Gonzo: It just feels so weird.

Rizzo: You mean that Mr. Arrow's dead?

Gonzo: Yeah, that... and my pants are filled with starfish.

Rizzo: You and your hobbies.

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