Tress MacNeille movie quotes

View Quote Babs: In the summer, I will get a golden tan.
Buster: I will goof off, Ev'ry second that I can.

View Quote (Babs is overboard while Buster is on a boat)
Buster: "Babs, grab your lifesaver!"
Babs: "Who could think of candy at a time like this?"

View Quote Babs (as Boris Karloff): "Nice place to live, if you got a bolt through your neck."
Buster: "Rub it in, Boris!" (southern accent) "It's a romantic tradition of the see-outh. Beautiful homes, refined gentlemen, and delicate ladies."
Alligator girls: "Yes?"
Buster (to the camera): "Strike my last stereotype."

View Quote Honey, someone's doing a cool pose in the driveway.

View Quote Chip: No way. Is that...?
Gadget: Wow, those ears are huge.
Monty: Gadget, Zipper! I must be dreaming.
Dale: Can you believe it? All the Rescue Rangers together.
Chip: It has been a long time. It's really good to see you guys.
Zipper: It is wonderful to see you all.

View Quote Zipper: Ah, there it is. The foreboding fortress on the horizon.
Gadget: Oh, I love it when you talk fancy, honey.
Zipper: Thank you, my love.
Dale: Aw.
Gadget: Looks like the only way in is through that exhaust pipe.
Dale: [using a firework] Okay, good. Try to line me up with it.
Zipper: Are you sure you wanna do this, Dale?
Dale: As sure as I've ever been.
Gadget: But you're, like, known for constantly making terrible decisions.
Dale: I know, right?
Zipper: [lights a match] Rescue Rangers, away.

View Quote Well, it must be destiny. Good thing destiny does not control my love life.

View Quote Your Majesty, it’s time to cut the cheese.

View Quote If I never see that skinny little shrimp again, it will be too soon.

View Quote Stop being so selfish!

View Quote Merry Christmas, you big old grump.

View Quote [First lines]
Narrator: 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house... oh, wait, Different story, but we'll still see a mouse. [The movie's title appears] Put those old Christmas classics back up on the shelves; we've got new tales of giving, and loving, and elves.
Narrator: [Introducing "Belles on Ice"] In our first yuletide story, two stars are on ice. They've been best friends forever, so cordial and nice...but can both share the stage with the lights shining bright? Or will egos get bruised in a double-lutz fight?
[Minnie cries, tear sheds out]
Daisy Duck: Are you okay?
Minnie Mouse: I think so.
Daisy Duck: What was I thinking?
Minnie Mouse: What were we thinking?
Daisy Duck: I'm sorry.
Narrator: [Ending "Belles on Ice"] When these best friends were fighting, the show was a flop...but when they danced together, they came out on top.
Narrator: [Introducing "Christmas: Impossible"] At this grand, stately mansion, three kids decked the halls, sliding down banisters, climbing the walls. But soon they may wish they'd shown more self-control...or they'll wake up on Christmas to find lumps of coal.
Scrooge McDuck: My cookies! What happened to my scrumptious silver dollar chocolate chip cookies?!
(Huey, Dewey, and Louie smile cheekily)
Donald Duck: Boys, how could you?!
Huey: Hey, aren't we innocent until proven guilty?
Donald Duck: (slams the lid) No! (Huey, Dewey, and Louie gasp) You three march right upstairs, now!
(Huey, Dewey, and Louie leave the table and walk to the stairs up to their room)
Daisy Duck: I'm sure the cookies were delicious, Uncle Scrooge.
Huey: They were.
Narrator: [Ending "Christmas: Impossible"] They started out selfish, those rascally brothers, but made Christmas magic by thinking of others.
Narrator: [Introducing "Christmas Maximus"] Goofy always means well spreading holiday cheer, but embarrasses Max with his pratfalls each year. Oh, he tries to step up to the plate and be cool...but now Max has grown up. Will Dad still play the fool?
Narrator: [Ending "Christmas Maximus"] When a father and son end up miles apart, they can see eye-to-eye...when they act heart-to-heart.
Narrator: [Introducing "Donald's Gift"] Sometimes Christmas gets lost in the holiday crush. It's "buy this, get that, remember to rush". But Donald just wants peace and quiet this yule. Can he enjoy Christmas, and not lose his cool?
Daisy Duck: Ready to go, Donald?
Donald Duck: Where?
Daisy Duck: To the mall.
Huey, Dewey, Louie: Duh!
Dewey: Don't you want to see the Christmas window at Mousey's?
Huey: And smell all that greasy food at the food court?
Louie: And wander around aimlessly looking for the perfect gift?
Donald Duck: All I want, is peace and quiet. And my hot chocolate.
Daisy Duck: Don't be such a big old grump. [slashes him with a chair]
Donald Duck: Whoa!
Narrator: [Ending "Donald's Gift"] Our duck faced the music and found his own beat. He sang from his heart, making Christmas complete.
Narrator: [Introducing "Mickey's Dog-Gone Christmas"] In our last Christmas story, let's turn now to Mickey. His friendship with Pluto has never been sticky. But when decking the halls, if your master says, "Sit"... you'd better obey, or disaster may hit.
Donner: Brace yourselves for genius. There can only be one name for this dog. Wanna hear it?
Blitzen: No.
Donner: Murray.
Reindeer: Murray?
Donner: You know, as in "Murray Christmas"?
Blitzen: Oh, my head.
Mickey Mouse: What are you guys doing here?
Daisy Duck: We're here to help you to find Pluto.
[Pluto pops out of the snow]
Huey, Louie and Dewey: We found him! Yay!
[Last lines]
Narrator: So, at last, Mickey learned what he'd missed from the start. Bells and holly mean little without friends in your heart. The magic of Christmas has its rhyme and its reason. We hope you and yours have a most joyous season.

View Quote [first words] What are you diaper-bags screaming about?

View Quote Spike: "Woof! That's right, I said woof!"
Tommy: It's Nigel Strawberry!
Spike: I ate one of Chuckie's diapers once and, let me tell you, that is spicy.
Chaz: [as a 40-foot wave approaches the ship] We're going to need a bigger boat.
Spike: Could you give a dog a little warning? I'm trying to do my business here.
Eliza: Oh, I'm so sorry.
Spike: You know, it's funny. For a minute there, I thought I actually heard you talking to me. You talking to me? Are you talking to me?
Eliza: Yeah, I can talk to animals. It's a long story.
Spike: Hey, chimp boy. Will you stop worrying? I know all about cats with a capital "K". Sit on a window sill, hack up a fur ball... Oh! That is very ferocious!
Eliza: Spike, this isn't your regular housecat.
Spike: They all twich their whiskers. One whisker at a time, just like you and me.
Spike: I am Spike. Full name: Down, Spike. Down! Get off that couch!
Spike: Well, Eliza. As dog as my witness, I will never lose my babies again!
[The Rugrats meet Donnie for the first time. They assume that he's Chucky since he's wearing his clothes.]
Phil: [Confused] Since when did Chucky started talking backwards?
Nigel: Heavens, what a fall. I must get to those babies. [A coconut falls and hits Nigel's head and Nigel falls]
Susie: [echoing] Are you okay, Mr. Strawberry?
Nigel: She called me "mister". Silly Billy. I'm only this... [makes a three] ...many years old.
Eliza: What happened?
Debbie: I was taking care of this island princess and...
Eliza: What's she doing in the bathysphere?
Debbie: [scoffs] I didn't say I was taking care of her *well*.
Howard: You mean we're marooned? With no food? How soon before we all turn cannibal? I have to get out of here!
Betty: Sooo... Swiss Family DeVille, he's not.
Didi: We have to find something to eat. All I saved are a couple of jars of baby food.
Howard: [cheerfully] I never knew strained peas and apricots went so well together...
[after dropping her cell phone into the ocean] Charlotte: [screeches] Phone overboard! Phone overboard!
Drew: [after Charlotte pushes past him] CHARLOTTE, FORGET THE PHONE!!
Charlotte: JOHNATHAN!!!!!! [Charlotte begins to dive in but Betty stops her just in time]
Eliza: Debbie, you are so self-centered.
Debbie: [shrieks] I AM NOT!
Debbie: [suspiciously] You sure know an awful lot for an "island girl".
Angelica: Well, see. A TV washed up on the beach one time, and the island king made the whole tribe watch it.
Debbie: [after a long pause] Cool!
Stu: It's obvious... the first thing to do is build a signal fire.
Drew: You know what else is obvious? You're an idiot.
Howard: Well, I'm going to use the 7 kid-free days to re-shape my physique!
Betty: It could happen. The earth was created in 6.
Howard: Captain Stu, I can't hold the wheel!
Drew: Will you stop calling him Captain?! He has no idea what he's doing!
Stu: I do so!
[pause] Stu: Does anybody know where the brakes are on this thing?
[Marianne Thornberry films oysters spewing water]
Marianne: Well, it's not a clouded leopard, but at least I'll have a film of something.
[Donnie runs past with Howard chasing him.] Marianne: Donnie!
[The grownups stop and see her filming] Marianne: What? This is supposed to be a deserted island.
Charlotte: Oh, thank heavens! We're part of an elaborate television stunt designed to humiliate us.
Marianne: Who are you?
[They all begin talking at once] Marianne: Hold it! My name is Marianne Thornberry. From the nature show?
Didi: We're shipwrecked.
Betty: Can you help us, Marianne?
Marianne: Of course. Our camp is nearby.
Stu: Behold, fellow islanders! I, Stu Pickles, I have built us a radio!
Didi: Stu, who's watching the kids?
Stu: Oh, Angelica said she'd take care of them.
[The grownups gasp in terror and begin scrambling around, looking for their children] Kira: Chuckie?!
Didi: Oh, this is very strange. I feel like this has happened before.
[Eliza and Spike watch them run around in circles] Spike: (sighs) Look at them...chasing their own tails. If only I could tell them that it doesn't work. I know, I've done it. I've chased my tail a million times. It does not work.
[Stu's coconut radio begins to pick up static] Stu: It's getting a signal!
Marianne: I'm very impressed.
Didi: Oh, Stu's an inventor. Runs an ad in the shop-and-buy.
Marianne: (to Debbie and Eliza) Girls, have you seen some children?
Debbie: Just a bossy three-year-old who has delusionals of being a princess.
Charlotte: Angelica!
Angelica: (on radio) I'm the boss of this bathy thing!
Debbie: That's her!
Susie: (on radio): We haven't moved a bit, Angelica.
Didi: That's Suzy!
Debbie: She must've turned on the radio in the bathysphere.
Marianne: A three-year-old's driving the bathysphere?!