Eema Well, you just consider yourself lucky, that's all that's following us.
Played by Della Reese 
Dinosaur (2000) · 39 quotes
Dinosaur (2000) · 39 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Dinosaur (2000): in 14 of its 39 quotes
Most scenes with: Aladar (9), Yar (9), Plio (7)
Walkin' backward, huh? Well, let me know if that gets you there any faster! Keep those little legs moving, Url, or you'll get left behind!
More lines from Eema
3 quotes Eema Eema [about to cross the desert]
If you smell something sizzling, it could be me.
Eema Who booked this trip anyway?
Scenes with Eema
10 scenes
[Aladar and his closest family in the desert; suri stills cries on Aladar's back]
Now, now, Suri. There's nothing to be afraid of.
Ah!
Whoa! [velociraptor runs off] Do you see that?
What?
I did.
Me too!
Where did it go?
I don't know. Let's go see.
Leave it alone. Hey!
Shh, Dad!
It-It's 'scaring' Suri.
No, it's not.
Everyone just be quiet.
[as Aladar and the lemurs walk through the barren wasteland, they see a velociraptor, he looks curious on what it is and decide to check it out. When they find it, the raptor snarls at them. and soon seven others appear and start chasing them. The velociraptor jumps on Aladar and bites him on the side, and he roars of pain, the other Velociraptor jumps and snap it to Yar in the Aladar's back while he falls down]
Yar, grab on!
I can't reach!
[as Yar grab his Plio's hand to it, when velociraptor jumps and climbs and tries eats it snap to him it misses. until it jumps back the pack of velociraptors, and Aladar escapes from the raptors]
Aladar, they're stopping!
You heard Kron! MOVE IT!!
[Aladar sees a dinosaur herd walking past him, then sees baby iguanodons walking under him] [bumps into Aladar]
Watch it!
[As Aladar looks at Neera, he sees a Pachyrhinosaurus that walks into him with its nasal horn, knocking him to the ground, then a pack of Microceratops jump over him and the lemurs]
Zini, get your head down! [sees Baylene, a brachiosaur; she strides over him]
Eema [walking by]
Walkin' backward, huh? Well, let me know if that gets you there any faster! Keep those little legs moving, Url, or you'll get left behind!
Look at all the Aladars!
If you're even thinking of joining up...
[Soon after, they encounter of a herd of various dinosaurs (Iguanodons, Parasaurolophus, Styracosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Microceratus, Struthiominus, and Stygimoloch.) It led by Kron as each other]
Kron, There is a more protected spot further down the--
We'll rest here for the night. Go ahead, Bruton.
[Bruton shows a bellow roars at the herd, as Aladar walking towards the herd]
Oh, Eema! I wish we were at your nesting grounds now! All this pushing and shoving about, just for a place to sleep! I'm not used to this kind of behavior.
Eema Baylene, you've got big feet; just give 'em a kick! [shoves a stygimoloch] GET!
Oh, I couldn't possibly... eh, shoo! Shoo!
Eema Would you come on, Baylene? If you wanna get to the nesting grounds alive, show some backbone!
Hey there!
Eema Ahhh!
[after spooking Eema]
Oh... sorry about that. Uh, it's just that, we overhead you talking and, umm...
Eema [Url drops a rock enthusiastically at his feet just like a dog, Aladar looks confused]
Well, my word. Look at Url. He doesn't normally warm up to strangers so fast.
Eema Good mud bath would clear those right up.
Excuse me?
Or a couple of species removed.
My name's Aladar. This is my family. We're all that's left.
Oh, dear. I'm so sorry.
Eema Baylene's the last of her kind. Finding stragglers like her all along the way!
I heard you say something about "Nesting Grounds".
Eema It is the most beautiful place there is, child. It's where the herd goes to have their babies.
Will we find anybody that looks...like us there?
Eema Oh, the last few days, I've seen 'em all shapes and sizes. Who knows what we'll find? The hard job now is just getting there.
And we're being driven unmercifully.
By who?
Eema Kron, the herd's head honcho.
We can hardly keep up. An older woman like myself, it's...well, it's positively indecent.
Then tell him! What's the worst he can do? [Neera, Kron, and Bruton approach; Url nervously walks out of the way; Bruton growls; Kron rudely pushes past] Hey! What's his problem?
Eema That's him, honey, Kron.
Get lost kid!
Uh...Aladar.
Why aren't you up here with the— [notices the lemurs on Aladar's back] ...uh, young bloods? [snorts at them]
Well, I was back here talking to these guys. I guess they're having a hard time keeping up. So, you know, maybe you could slow down a bit?
[Neera chuckles and smiles]
Hmm! Let the weak set the pace. Now, there's an idea. Better let me do the thinking from now on, Aladar.
Hey! They need help back here!
Watch yourself, boy. [leaves with a dismissive snort]
Don't worry. That's how my brother treats newcomers… no matter how charming they are. [follows Kron away]
Eema I wouldn't be catching nobody's eye if I was you. Especially Neera's. You just keep your head down, and you mind what Kron tells you.
Since when do we take orders from the likes of him?!
Eema [chuckles]
Kron has swatted flies bigger than you, pops.
I could hold that monster's brain in the palm of my-!
No, Yar, she's right. Better to keep our heads down with this bunch than get 'em bitten off by those things.
Eema [The velociraptors hissing]
Well, you just consider yourself lucky that's all that's following us.
[When velociraptors playing fighting biting each other but the raptor stop fighting, and furious looking an scaring eye behind to it]
[Later, The herd of dinosaurs sleeping on at night, but after that, the sun will rises up in the desert, the herd waking up in the morning to time to moving on. Zini looks find Aladar and his friends are sleeping over in the desert.] [Aladar snoring]
Hey wake up, enough with the beauty sleep! You're ravishing already! [Aladar snoring again, he looks confused and checking open Aladar's eye, sarcastically] Hey! Hello! Anybody in there?
I believe you left a wake-up call for the dawn of time. COME ON! Move it!
What's the hurry?
Something's up. The herd's gathering without us. Let's check it out.
Rise and shine! Kron says everybody goes. [trying to Iguanodon's stomach, and up in the feet] Come on, get up! On your feet!
Uh, no, no, sir.
[Bruton walking towards to Aladar around, angoring sensing on each side around in the herd]
Unless you got a death wish, you and that little parasite better get MOVING!
[sarcastically; about Bruton]
Sheesh! Is that guy ugly or what? Hey, hey, hey, [to Neera] there's your girlfriend.
What are you takin' about?
You know what I'm takin' about: Neera. [about Neera] Scaly skin, Yellow eyes. Big ankles.
Yeah, I made a real I'm on her.
[whilst combing his head back with his head]
What you need is a little help from the 'love monkey.'
The 'love monkey?'
Ow! Baby! [calling howling out to Neera and the 2 iguandon children]
And with that, the ice is broken.
[When Aladar turning around the herd, Bruton makes the distinctive bellowing roar (the sound that no other dinosaur makes in the movie) with the herd, suddenly, Kron's make attention in the desert]
We've got a lot of first-timers here. Make sure they get it. We stop for nothing, and no one.
[Silence to the herd] [turns to herd]
If this is your first crossing, listen up. There is no water till we reach the other side. And you'd better keep up, 'cause if a predator catches you, you're on your own. Move out!
[Bruton head out the herd to start moving. Kron and the herd vision walking cross the desert]
Oh, my goodness. It looks like a very long walk.
Eema And hot. If you smell somethin' sizzlin', it could be me.
Hey, old girl, you're wandering off a bit.
Eema [panting]
That's all I need: a monkey on my back.
Eema [The next day as the herd is traveling to get to the lake, Kron tells his second-in-command, Bruton, to give orders that the herd must keep up because if a predator catches anyone, they're on their own.]
The lake!
We made it?
Eema It's just over that... that hill, baby.
Oh, thank goodness.
Come on, Eema. Water, remember water?
Eema Oh, it's time to refresh my memory. [Kron drives the herd unmercifully across the hot sunny desert, losing a couple of members in the process, until they finally reach the lake] I'm just gonna walk right into that lake until the water's up to my eyeballs and soak it all in. [sighs]
[a discover that lake a skeleton dinosaur is a dryed with no water]
Maybe the rains collected somewhere else. What do you want us to do?
Take a scout and check the entire perimeter. [Bruton to take scout and check the entire perimeter to see if there's any water. a two iguanodon children turns face to Kron] ENOUGH! You have to be strong now! The nesting grounds are only a few days away! KEEP MOVING!
Kron, we've never gone this far without water: if we keep going like this, we'll lose half the herd.
Then we save the half that deserves to live. [distinctive Iguanodon bellowing roars at herd]
What? They're moving already? Oh-ho, we'll never keep up.
Eema There was water here, always water here before. We always had water, always, and... plenty of mud. [coughs]
Oh, Eema, please. The herd won't wait, we must carry on.
You gotta get up!
Eema [Baylene walks rumble]
There was water everywhere.
There is no water, dear.
[as Baylene walks comfort her, Aladar hears something rumble under her feet]
Baylene, don't move.
Oh, what is it? What's wrong?
I sure do. Lift your foot, Baylene.
[Baylene press down, and her titanic size has unearthed the water]
I always did like big girls!
Water!
Oh, my goodness!
[makes the distinctive Iguanodon roar to get the herd's attention and calling out the Neera and Kron]
Water! Come on!
He found water.
[The others help Eema to drinking a water in the hole, soon, the friends drink, until Kron charges off in the desert]
Kron, look, all we had to do is dig, and--
Good. Now, get out of the way.
[Kron pushes his way into it while roaring and drinks the water for himself, showing no mercy for the herd charges it]
Wait! Wait! There's enough for everyone! Ah!
Eema Ooh!
Eema! [as he is pushed by the thristy herd trying to make their way to the water; sarcastically] That's it! Keep pushing and... [he gets shoved to Parasaurolophus] Shoving! That's very helpful.
The fireball must have driven them out.
[overhears the Carnotaurs roaring]
You've led them right to us! MAYBE YOU CAN FEED THEM WITH YOUR HIDE! Move the herd out, double time!
My brother's moving the herd. Kron! What's going on?
Carnotaurs. If we don't keep moving, they'll catch up to us.
But the others in the back, they'll never make it.
They'll slow down the predators.
You can't sacrifice them like this! [calls out to the herd] HOLD IT! THAT COULD BE YOU BACK THERE, OR YOU!
[smacks Aladar down to the ground]
If you ever interfere again, I'll kill you. [begins to walk away, but notices Neera approaching Aladar] STAY AWAY FROM HIM! [pushes Neera away from Aladar, who growls in anger]
Aladar, no! You just - Just go. I'll be okay.
Carno-what?
Eema Carnotaur! A mouth full of teeth with a bad attitude! Let's go!
Come on, you guys, get on, get on! We're gonna get left behind! [starts running for the herd] Let's go! Hurry up! We're losing them!
Aladar, slow down!
[Aladar stops and looks behind to see Baylene and Eema struggling to follow. Then he turns to see Neera, Kron, and the rest of the herd leaving without them. Aladar chooses to stay with Baylene and Eema to ensure their survival]
Oh, joy. Blisters!
Eema I got blisters ON my blisters.
You don't wanna know where I got blisters... [hears a bellow]
Eema What was that?
It came from up ahead.
Okay, what's the worst thing it could be?
TWO Carnotaurs! [shudders] Oh my goodness! O my goodness!
Eema That's it! I'm gone!
Everybody! We don't know for sure! It could be the herd. Let's check it out.
Eema [They turn the corner to find Bruton, exhausted]
Oh, it's Bruton!
It appears we weren't the only ones left behind.
What happened?
Eema Carnotaurs. We should keep moving.
We can't just leave him here!
Eema We can if we move fast enough!
Save your pity. I just need some rest. Now, get away from me!
Suit yourself. [hears thunder and sees Url with a stalactite in his mouth, moving towards a cave] If you change your mind, we'll be in those caves.
Eema I like dry. It's the dark part I'm having trouble with. [accidentally steps on Url's spikes] OWW! Sorry, Url. Sturdy li'l thing, ain't he?
[They see Bruton limping outside the cave in the rain. He falls; Aladar approaches him]
You coming in or what?
What is it with you?
At least I know enough to get in out of the rain. Now, come on. On your feet. [helps Bruton up and guides him into the cave] Uh, you can lie down with us. It's warmer.
[Bruton lies down in a corner of the cave by himself]
May I remind you that he's one of them?
Well, looks like he's one of us now. [goes to lie down with the others]
Eema Who booked this trip anyway?
Ah, you'll be at the Nesting Grounds soon enough.
Eema Well, when I get there, I'm gonna give Kron a piece of my mind.
You tell him, Eema.
[Url lies on his back and falls asleep] .
If I could sleep that deep, I'd be in paradise.
Eema If you could sleep that deep, honey, you'd be dead.
[leaps towards Bruton with a special plant in her hands]
This plant grew on our island. It will make you feel better. [takes some of the plant's juice and sprinkles it on Bruton's wounds]
It's hope that's gotten us this far.
But why doesn't he let them accept their fate? I've accepted mine.
And what is your fate?
To die here. It's the way things are.
Only if you give up, Bruton. It's your choice, not your fate. Well, the plant will help. [leaps away; Bruton takes the plant]
[Aladar, Eema, Url, Baylene and the Lemurs are wandering through the cave. Zini is trying to pass the time by playing "I Spy"]
Okay, okay, let's do it again, let's do it again. Uh... I spy, with my little eye...
A rock.
You got it again! O, you are good.
Eema Well, I'll tell you what I spy: a dead end.
What have we done now?
I guess we just go back.
Zini, what is this?
You smell that?
Eema [Aladar sniffs. Then as Zini pulls out the rocks, we see daylight] [gasps]
Get a load of that.
Nice show.
Everybody, stand back. We're outta here! [tries to break the rocks, the cave collapses]
RUN!!
Unh!
Eema ALADAR, LOOK OUT!!
[The falling boulders block the daylight] [echoing]
Noooooo! [tries to break the rocks, but fails]
Aladar, we'll go back.
Back to what? It's gone. We're not meant to survive.
Oh yes we were! We're here, aren't we? And how dare you waste that good fortune, by simply giving up? Hah, shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you! The worst of it is, you allowed an old fool like me to believe I was needed, that I still had a purpose. And you know what? You were right. And I'm going to keep on believing it. I for one am not willing to die here! [rears up and strikes the cave-in again and again]
[The others join in; at length, the wall falls, to reveal a pristine valley beyond]
Oh my goodness.
Eema The Nesting Grounds...It's untouched.
Our new home...
AND IT COMES WITH A POOL! [suri laughing] You're lady, you're lady and whooo!
Whoo, whoo, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Ha. Amateur.
Eema Oh, they'll get here...soon enough. Oh, no!
Eema?
Eema I spoke too soon.
What is it?
Eema That, is the way we used to get in here. [indicates a towering pile of stones, blocking an entrance to the valley]
They'll never make it over that!
Eema Aladar, wait! Wait! Kron'll eat you alive!
Let him try. [runs off]
Eema [sighing]
I just hope Kron's in a listening mood...
Eema [Last lines: Sometime later, the eggs on the nesting grounds, Aladar and Neera become mates and have a nest in the valley]
Move over, everybody! Bringin' in babies is what I do best!
I'd say it's been a few years since you hatched anything!
Eema [Both laugh]
You're right. So, let me practice on your head!
Look! Somebody wants to meet you! [to the newborn iguanodon] Oh, aren't you the cutest little small-fry I ever did see!
Hey, little guy! He looks just like me!.
Meet your dad. He's not as crazy as he looks.
Well done, little one!
Come 'ere, you little rascal; lemme take a good look at you... [the baby pees on him] yep. You're your father's son all right. [hands the baby over to Plio]
[arrives]
Hey, look what I found! New neighbors! [indicates five female lemurs]. Any of you ladies up for a game of "Monkey in the Middle"? [female lemurs playing on him] Easy, now! Easy! Hey!
[The lemurs laughing, Aladar bellows in joy, followed by Neera, Eema, Baylene, and finally the whole herd of surviving dinosaurs.] [closing narration]
And so, None of us we know what changes, big and small, lie ahead. One thing is certain; our journey's not over. We can only hope that, in some small way, our time here will be remembered.