3rd most-quoted character in The Tale of Despereaux (2008): in 5 of its 27 quotes
Most scenes with: Roscuro (3)
Scenes with Narrator
5 scenes
N Narrator
[first lines]
Once upon a time, there was a brave, little mouse who loved honor and justice and always told the truth.
N Narrator
[Camera zooms in and we see a rat named Roscuro]
No, that's not him. [Roscuro yawns] That's a rat. And anyone who knows anything, knows there is a big difference between a mouse and a rat. [Roscuro climbs on a barrel and looks at the sun] First of all, rats hate the light. They spend their lives in the darkness. They're also terrified of people, which is why they slink and cower all the time. [Roscuro goes near of a sailor named Pietro] And as far as telling the truth as concerned, well, that is impossible, because as everyone knows...
N Narrator
...a rat can't talk.
[begins to talk]
Tell me that thing again, please.
Just once, I promise. Tell me one more time and I won't ask you ever again, I swear.
P Pietro
Fine. We are headed to Dor, one of the most magical places in the whole world.
No, that's not what you said before. You know, every place has something special, and in Dor, it's the soup!
[turns to Despereaux]
Tell me that story... about the princess. Tell me what she looked like.
No. No, not at all. Her heart was full of... longing.
N Narrator
And that's how a friendship is born. Over the next few weeks, he told Roscuro everything he knew about loyalty and honor and chivalry and courage. He told him about the princess, and where her longing came from. That she missed the rain, and the soup, and even the rats.
N Narrator
He told him about their code of honor, about his noble quest, about duty and loyalty. And there, in the darkness of the cellar, two knights pledged devotion to a princess who was trapped inside a castle. Trapped in a life full of pain and longing. Even if no one could tell.
N Narrator
[last lines]
So, you could call all of this a big misunderstanding if you wanted to. A king was hurt, so he hurt a rat. And a rat was hurt, so he hurt a princess. And a princess was hurt, so she hurt a servant girl without even meaning to do it. And that servant had been hurting for so long, that almost nothing could make her feel better. But was it a mistake, or was it just good luck? Because the servant girl went back to her farm. And the jailer finally found his princess. And the king found something stronger than grief. And the mice finally got rid of their fear. And the people of Dor lived side-by-side with their rats...all except one, who went back to sea and felt a cool breeze each morning, and the sun on his face every afternoon. And we'd tell you that they all lived happily ever after, but...what fun is that?
N Narrator
Now, it's hard to be a genius all by yourself. In fact, sometimes it takes a little help.
[smoke emerges from the pot of soup, an empty pot falls on the table, the smoke carries to the empty pot, and from the pot emerges Baldo, a soup genie made of vegetables]
You changed something.
You're crazy. I did not touch it.
I can smell it. What's this?
This! [picks off a garlic]
Yeah, a little garlic. It was already there.
NOT THIS MUCH! [grabs the garlic vine]
[as he rips the garlic vine from Baldo]
You ruined my soup!
I saved your soup! Those people wait all year, and you want to give them this...dishwater.
OW! Cut it out!
[the scene cuts to outside the kitchen with windows showing Andre and Baldo still fighting]
N Narrator
[Roscuro looks at the gong bone, then looks at Princess Pea]
Okay. Remember when we said that grief was the strongest thing a person could feel? Well, it isn't. It's forgiveness. Because a single act of forgiveness can change everything.
[drops the gong bone]
No.
You worthless little...! [turns away when he heard the other rats chanting with hunger. Roscuro runs away, unnoticed. Frustrated, Botticelli grabs the bone and bangs the gong. The rats promptly begin charging.]
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