A character in Cats Don't Dance (1997)

Flanigan quotes from Cats Don't Dance (1997)

René Auberjonois

Scenes with Flanigan

4 scenes
Darla
[in rage after Danny upstages her]

CUT! Cut, cut, cut!

Flanigan

Cut? Oh, yes. Cut. cut.

Darla
[shouting into the microphone]

LET ME DOWN THIS INSTANT!

Flanigan

Lower Miss Dimple! Lower her! Hurry hurry! Lower Miss Dimple!

Flanigan
[The crew drop Darla, send her crashing to the ground]

Darla, darling. Honey...

Cranston
[chuckles]
Darla
[groan]

Flanigan, the title of this movie is Little Ark Angel... [grabs Flanagan] Isn't it?!

Flanigan

Yes; oh yes!

Darla

And who here's an angel? [breaks Flanigan's glasses, then shakes him as she screams] CAN YOU TELL ME WHO HERE IS AN ANGEL?!

Flanigan

Why you are Darla. Sweetheart, celebrity, darling [Darla rolls her eyes and chokes Flanigan] ACK! Angel.

Darla

That's right! I AM an angel! I... am... an adorable... little... ANGEL!!!

Sawyer

Let's see. [She takes Danny's list] Go to Premiere. Check. Land a big part, check. Get the girl? Check.

Flanigan
[the two hold hands and attempt to kiss, but Flanigan arrives, and gets in between them; both grimace]

Sweethearts! Celebrities! Darlings!

L.B.
[L.B. pushes Flanigan aside]

Get a picture, boys! These kids will be making history!

Flanigan

Ladies and gentlemen of the press, I bring you the founder of Mammoth Pictures, Mr. L.B. Mammoth! Boom chachalaca boom chachalaca boom!

Reporter

Gee whiz, Mr. Mammoth, what's the secret of your success?

L.B. Mammoth

Simple! It's Dimple!

Flanigan

Dainty Delightful Darla Dimple!

L.B. Mammoth

Ah, the recipe for a Darla Dimple movie. Begin with one part adorable character in jeopardy.

Darla Dimple
[Inside the sound-stage, Darla has tied up Pudge]

Sorry, penguin, but in everyone's life, a little rain must fall. Max, man the valves!

Max

Yes, Miss Dimple.

L.B. Mammoth
[Max opens the water valve]

Add two parts perky determination...

Darla Dimple

More water, Max. More water!

L.B. Mammoth
[Max opens the water valve even more, causing the shower heads to burst open]

Sprinkle in an air of innocence...

Darla Dimple

Wind, Max! We must have WIND!

L.B. Mammoth
[Max rips off the fan guard, grips one of the blades, and pushes it down, creating wind]

Stir in...

Darla Dimple

More water!

L.B. Mammoth
[Max rips off the water valve, sending gallons of water gushing out into the flood]

Add a pinch of...

Darla Dimple

Thunder!

L.B. Mammoth
[Max grips a steam pipe, which starts bulging at the bottom. Two gauges and a bulb burn out, harming Pudge. The steam pipe eventually bursts, letting off steam]

And an itsy-bitsy dash of...

Darla Dimple

LIGHTNING!!!

L.B. Mammoth
[Darla cackling evilly, Max slams the two lightning generators to create lightning]

Mix them all together, and what do you get?

Flanigan
[He presses the open door button and the stage doors open, revealing a flooded stage which then spills out into the lot with they screaming in terror. Flanigan leaps into his boss' arms] [panicking]

Mommy!

Danny Cat
[The two friends scream their heads off, followed by the reporters, who scream and run for their lives. Then, the massive flood spills into the open lot, engulfing L.B. Mammoth and Flanigan. Back on the ark, Danny is at the steering wheel as he tries to steer the ark, while Woolie clings onto the crow's nest for dear life. The animal actors scream in terror as the ark does a corkscrew] [panicking]

Throw the anchor! Somebody, throw the anchor!

Tillie Hippo
[Tillie tosses the anchor that catches Flanigan and L.B. Mammoth]

It's L.B.! [singing] We're on! Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag / And smile, smile, smile [bashing T.W. and Frances together]

Sawyer Cat
[imitating Danny]

"Your life isn't back there at the office". He says! "Dance with me". He says. [nags at him] You know what your problem is?! You're pushy, self centered, pig-headed... No offense, Herb.

Herb Pig

None taken.

Crewman
[The flood approaches a Samson and Delilah movie set]

Action. We're pushing, we're pushing... We're running, we're running!

Sawyer Cat
[Danny and Sawyer are covered in their Egyptian garb]

And, your driving stinks!

Danny Cat

Well, maybe you could do better. Go ahead, you take it.

Sawyer Cat

You take it.

Danny Cat

You take it.

Sawyer Cat

No, no, no.

Danny Cat

If you think you know so much... Sawyer!

Sawyer Cat

I don't want it.

Cranston Goat

Well it doesn't get any worse than this. I was wrong. It's worse.

Tillie Hippo
[gasps]

Oh my. This is an awkward moment. I don't think we met. I'm Tillie. Mr. Mammoth, Cranston, Cranston, Mr. Mammoth, Flanigan, Cranston... AAAAAAH!!!

Announcer

What appears to be a tidal wave, folks, is actually just a special effect.

Sawyer Cat

This has gone far enough! Give me that!

Danny Cat

You didn't want it before! Give it!

Woolie Mammoth

Excuse me I don't mean to interrupt or anything, but we're about to...

Danny Cat and Sawyer Cat
[in unison]

Will you just stay out of this?!

Woolie Mammoth

Ooh, sorry.

Danny Cat

Let go. Let go.

Sawyer Cat

I'm telling you...

Receptionists

Good day, Mr. Mammoth.

L.B. Mammoth

You animals will never...

Flanigan

nibble kibble in this town again!

Tillie Hippo

I think they liked it.

Peabo Pudgemeyer
[Last lines]

Put her there! [electrocutes T.W.]

Sawyer Cat

Well, now, let's see. [She takes Danny's list] Go to Premiere. Check. Land a big part, check. Get the girl? Check.

Danny Cat

I love you, Sawyer.

Sawyer Cat

I love you, Danny.

Flanigan
[The two hold hands and were about to kiss, as a delighted Flanigan cuts in between them, kissing his cheeks instead]

Sweethearts! Celebrities! Darlings!

L.B. Mammoth
[L.B. pushes Flanigan aside]

Get a picture, boys! These kids will be making history!

Chorus
[the movie posters are shown]

Can you feel the power now? / The day is ours / For you and I, there comes a time / To hold our heads high / We make a little history / Each time we dare to dream / Tell everyone, turn the spotlight on / Now our time has come...| Our time has come, we're gonna / Walk in the sun, oh / I packed my hopes, we're ready to roll / We're on our way / We make a little history / Each time we dare to dream / Tell everyone, turn the spotlight on / Now our time has come...| Our time has come / Our time...| [song fades]
[Darla is seen working as a janitor putting up a "The End" poster on a wall. The poster falls down and wraps around her, and the end credits roll]

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