Plio It's okay. We'll teach him to hate meat.
Played by Alfre Woodard 
Dinosaur (2000) · 39 quotes
Dinosaur (2000) · 39 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Dinosaur (2000): in 18 of its 39 quotes
Most scenes with: Aladar (11), Yar (10), Zini (8)
Some things start out big, and some things start out small, very small. But sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest changes of all.
More lines from Plio
4 quotes Plio Plio You're never going to forget this day, so make it one to remember.
Plio Oh, Aladar, if only there was someone on the island for you. Well, you know, who looks like you, but prettier.
Plio [closing narration]
None of us really know what changes, big or 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.
Scenes with Plio
13 scenes Plio [First lines; A life in the egg of Iguanodon name Aladar] [narrating]
Some things start out big, and some things start out small, very small. But sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest changes of all.
[Aladar's mother taking care of her nest of eggs. A baby Parasaurolophus sniffs one of the eggs (presumably Aladar's egg), but Aladar's Mother scares it away. It then runs to the other nests, but gets frightened away by dinosaur mother guarding them. A herd of Brachiosaurus also called a Giraffatitian in the lakes. The Parasaurolophus runs through the river, and follows a Longisquama. The Longisquama catches a dragonfly and eats it. The young Parasaurolophus then chases the flying lizard and runs into the forest, where it lands on something half-hidden. The Parasaurolophus then sees drops of saliva landing on a tree branch and notices the Longisquama has landed on the nose of a Carnotaurus. The Parasaurolophus runs out of the forest and gets chased by the Carnotaurus, which panics all of the dinosaurs present in the Nesting Grounds. As Aladar's mother abandons her nest, the Carnotaurus smashes all but one of the eggs in the Iguanodon's nest in the process. Ultimately, the chase ends when the Carnotaurus runs down and kills a Pachyrhinosaurus,. An Oviraptor seizes Aladar's egg left unharmed and hurries off into the jungle. Another Oviraptor swipes it from its grasp. They fight, and it falls down into the river below. As it is swept away by the current, it was swallowed, then spat out, by a Koolasuchus;, floats between a pair of quarreling Talarurus; moved towards the river's center by a herd of drinking Pachyrhinosaurus; and finally picked up by a Pteranodon that carries it far away to Lemur island. Baby Pteranodons are watching; a two Ichtyornis pester the parent Pteranodon and it drops the egg on the island.]
[When a dinosaur egg falls on the island. A colony of lemurs scatter in a frenzy. 4 lemurs approach: Plio, Yar, Zini, and Suri.]
Yar, what is it?
I don't know. PLIO, GET BACK HERE! We don't know what it is!
Plio, be careful.
Plio [Plio sneak over sensing, she got present when the egg cracks, then opens the shell and is happy to see a baby iguanodon]
Dad, get over here.
Oh, I always have to go when stuff's happening.
Plio It was an egg. [to baby Aladar] Look. [Yar gasps in shock] What?
It's a cold-blooded monster from across the sea: vicious, flesh-eating! [Baby Aladar burps] Eurgh...
Plio Looks like a baby to me.
Babies grow up! You keep that thing, one day, we'll turn our backs, it'll be picking us out of it's teeth! [to the other lemurs] Things like THAT eat things lie US as snacks!
Plio [Some lemurs yelp in fear]
So, what do we do?
Get rid of it! [trying to dissuade Plio from raising the baby Aladar]
Plio [vexed]
What has gotten into you?
Plio [to baby Aladar; regretfully sighs]
I'm sorry, little one. [to Yar, handling baby Aladar over to him] Okay, get rid of it. [Yar gasps] Hmph. [sits on a patch of moss to watch]
All right, I will. [lifts baby Aladar over the edge of the branch, preparing to drop the dinosaur baby to his death. All the other lemurs are watching him. He hesitates]
Plio [sarcastically]
You'd better hurry up, Dad. It looks hungry.
Hmph! [looks at baby Aladar. Baby Aladar comes and looks at him with droopy eyelids. He closes his eyes and sighs, defeated. He hears a strange sound and opens his eyes to see that baby Aladar is peeing on him. Disgusted, defeated; handling Aladar back to Plio] Rmmm...Here.
Plio [smiling]
It's okay. We'll teach him to hate meat.
Hmph. Watch his head! [Plio looks up] I-I mean, watch it! he could bite. [walks away]
[Other lemurs, including Zini, leap up to Baby Aladar]
This "monster's" got no teeth! What's he gonna do? Gum us to death?
Plio Zini, come on: look at that sweet little face. Does that look like a monster to you?
[Years later, Suri and other lemur children are chased by the grown-up Aladar for fun]
Let me out! Let me out! [inside Aladar's mouth; he spits her into the thicket]
That was great! Get him!
[lemur children start tickling him]
Oh, no! Attacking lemurs! Suri, please! I can't take it! There are too many of you! Come on! Pick on someone your own size! Help! [Plio looks on, laughing] Augh! Augh! Augh! Ahhhh. [playing dead]
Aladar? you're not dead.
Plio [Suri and company laugh]
All right, guys, break it up. Remember the courtship? You gonna miss seeing all that smooching.
Aw, Mom.
That's okay, Plio. We can smooch right here. [blows kisses; Suri and her friends leap away]
Plio [sarcastically]
Heh. It's a shame you don't like kids.
Plio [sarcastically]
Ha-ha. Go find Zini. He's rehearing pickup lines. Let's hope he's find found some new material.
[both are giving mating advice, Yar to the males, Plio to the females]
Okay, boys, gather around: listen and learn from the Master.
Plio Now girls, don't jump into the trees after the first boy with a cute back-flip: it's more fun if you keep them guessing.
And if a cute back-flip doesn't work, guess.
Plio You're never going to forget this day, so make it one to remember.
But if you mess up, don't worry: they'll never remember.
Come on, guys! We don't wanna let 'em down!
Go on, now. Chest up! Chin up!
Male Lemur
Whoo!
Come on, Yar. My charm, and your brains? No problem. [Yar laughs. Aladar has male courting lemurs on his back and escorts them to the tree] Hey girls, look what just pulled into town.
Male Lemur
Hey, ladies!
Your buffet table of love!
Male Lemurs
[The female lemurs laugh]
Right here! Right here! Hey, beautiful!
Hey, free samples! Get me while I'm hot! Whoa! [grabs Aladar's tail and chuckles]
Zini. [laughs]
[Plio, Yar, Zini, Suri trill, and Aladar bellows. Zini falls on the bush. Suri laughing at him. The male Lemurs jump out of the tree, in the vines swinging around, Zini trying sticks the branches, Aladar take a little branch to help Zini and throws him over the vine]
You're missin' all the action, pal. Come on!
Hey, haven't you heard? I am the action! WHOO! Whoo-ah!
[The female lemurs climb the vines. Every lemur ends up finding a mate except Zini, who snags his feet on a vine before he could even swing forward.]
[By the time he unsticks himself, all the female lemurs have left, much to his disappointment. Aladar tries to comfort Zini, who seems to take it okay and believes he will get another chance at finding girls]
Ah, don't worry, Zini. You'll always have next year.
Hey, I'm lucky to be rid of them. With the ladies, before you know it, they all wanna move to a bigger tree.
Plio No. We have two. [to Aladar] Well, it's never been his best event.
He's got a tougher hide than mine.
Plio Oh, Aladar. If only there were someone on the island for you. You know; who looks like you, but prettier.
Come on, Plio. What more could I want? [There seen a fireballs in the sky] Whoa!
[Aladar look at the fireballs in the sky, as Pilo, Yar and Suri watching in the sky. as Aladar look up the sky, Suri come and look at Aladar, but it know are coming]
What are they?
I don't know.
Plio [Suri up in the tree to take a look, a fireballs falls out in the skies there minions tons of them. Zini watching over us, Plio and Yar hearing these fireballs past to it. Plio look for a flock of Ichthyornis in the skies; Yar sniffing]
Dad?
Plio [to Aladar]
Aladar, where's Suri?
Plio [Plio is present when an asteroid falls from the sky and then strikes to it, causing violent tremors. But still it hard blow the lemur's island]
COME ON! Go, go! COME ON!
Plio Suri!
Suri!
Suri, where are you?!
Plio [Plio want to find and save Suri in the tree, and she back down to Aladar] [Frantically after asteriod strikes]
Run, Aladar! Run! Run!
Plio Zini!
ZINI!
Plio Jump!
JUMP!
Plio JUMP! [Zini getting chased by Asteriod in the island and jump, but Plio grabs a hand to him] Hold on!
[as the fireballs, we're getting by destroyed by the lemur island. Aladar, Plio, Yar, Zini and Suri chased by asteroid; but then look down the cliff. He turns around to see the massive cloud of fire barreling towards him. He quickly jumps into the sea as the cloud passes over. Aladar and his lemur family swim to the mainland, only to find out that it was also devastated by the asteroid] [coughs]
Plio! Yar! Where are you?! [coughs]
Plio Aladar, over here!
[as Aladar trying to save the lemurs by the asteriod, the waves gathering. Yar coughing, Aladar sighing, are the fires diaster. They all turn back to the island to see that it completely destroyed, the flames from the island illuminating it in an orange glow. Suri goes up to the edge of the mainland and calls out to the island, trying to hear if anyone on the island survived, but she gets no response. Suri weeps, as she realizes that everyone on the island is gone, and Aladar bellows a similar mournful roar. Plio comforts her daughter]
Plio Oh, Suri. Easy, easy. [give it hug to Suri]
Plio Shh, shh. I'm right here.
[Suri crying]
Come on. We can't stay here.
[With that, they climb onto Aladar, who looks one last time at the island, the birds are flying in the skies, that was once his and his family's home before turning around and walking off.]
[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!
Plio Where did it go?
I don't know. Let's go see.
Leave it alone. Hey!
Plio 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]
Plio Yar, grab on!
I can't reach!
Plio [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]
[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.
Baylene, you've got big feet; just give 'em a kick! [shoves a stygimoloch] GET!
Oh, I couldn't possibly... eh, shoo! Shoo!
Would you come on, Baylene? If you wanna get to the nesting grounds alive, show some backbone!
Hey there!
Ahhh!
[after spooking Eema]
Oh... sorry about that. Uh, it's just that, we overhead you talking and, umm...
[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.
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.
Baylene's the last of her kind. Finding stragglers like her all along the way!
Plio I heard you say something about "Nesting Grounds".
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?
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?
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?
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]
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?!
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.
[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]
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?
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!
Plio 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!
I got blisters ON my blisters.
You don't wanna know where I got blisters... [hears a bellow]
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!
That's it! I'm gone!
Everybody! We don't know for sure! It could be the herd. Let's check it out.
It appears we weren't the only ones left behind.
What happened?
Carnotaurs. We should keep moving.
Plio We can't just leave him here!
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.
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]
Who booked this trip anyway?
Ah, you'll be at the Nesting Grounds soon enough.
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.
If you could sleep that deep, honey, you'd be dead.
Plio [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]
Plio It's hope that's gotten us this far.
But why doesn't he let them accept their fate? I've accepted mine.
Plio And what is your fate?
To die here. It's the way things are.
Plio Only if you give up, Bruton. It's your choice, not your fate. Well, the plant will help. [leaps away; Bruton takes the plant]
[The footsteps of the Carnotaurs awaken Aladar; he looks out and gazes in surprise at them; Bruton quietly comes up to him] [whispering]
Shh. Carnotaurs.
Wake the others.
[The Carnotaurs move closer to the cave. Bruton, Eema, Baylene, and the lemurs proceed deeper into the cave. Aladar nudges Url to wake him up; he bellows in fright, and Aladar immediately silences him; the Carnotaurs look up briefly and then continue looking around]
Oh! [her neck touches the ceiling, causing a rock to fall and hit Eema]
[Aladar attempts to catch it, without success; one of the Carnotaurs examines the rock and sticks its snout through the water and sniffs Aladar before a thunderclap illuminates him; the Carnotaur charges at him]
Go! Go! Hurry! Move it, Eema! [the Carnotaur grabs him by the tail and drags him back]
Plio Aladar! Aladar!
[The Carnotaurs fight over Aladar] [leaps into the fray; last words]
I'll hold them off! You help the others! [crashes purposely into the stone columns supporting the roof; he and one of the Carnotaurs are buried]
Bruton! [He comes back and tries to help Bruton, but the rocks fall on Bruton before he can] Bruton! NoooooOOOO!!!! [Coughs] Bruton!
Plio [to Aladar]
You did what you could.
[A Carnotaurus distance roars on the rocks; Aladar look at the rocks, who's trying to push a rocks trying to get anger and he's very ugly snarling, is the one Carnotaurus left push out of the rocks; A dead second Carnotaurus, Aladar mouns to death Bruton's sacrifice was not completely in vain, as the other Carnotaurus died with him, the large Carnotaurus survives, however, leaving and roaring in vengeance, before continuing his search for the herd.]
[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.
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?
Nice show.
Everybody, stand back. We're outta here! [tries to break the rocks, the cave collapses]
RUN!!
Unh!
ALADAR, LOOK OUT!!
[The falling boulders block the daylight] [echoing]
Noooooo! [tries to break the rocks, but fails]
Plio 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.
The Nesting Grounds...It's untouched.
Plio 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.
Plio [sotto voice]
Not to mention Neera!
Oh, they'll get here...soon enough. Oh, no!
Eema?
I spoke too soon.
What is it?
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!
Aladar, wait! Wait! Kron'll eat you alive!
Let him try. [runs off]
[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!
Plio 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!
Plio [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.
