Rodney Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight!
Voiced by Chris Rock 
Doctor Dolittle (1998) · 66 quotes
Doctor Dolittle (1998) · 66 quotes
4th most-quoted character in Doctor Dolittle (1998): in 14 of its 66 quotes
Most scenes with: John (10), Lucky (4), Lisa (4)
Hey Doc, why'd ya go and do that? Now, if he tries to eat me again, I'm gonna smack that mustache off ya face!
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12 scenesWho's this?
Rodney I'll give you a hint. I'm cute, I'm furry, and I make five hundred babies a year!
Baby Alligator
Mama?
Rodney Mama? I'm not your mama.
Baby Alligator
Mama?
This is ridiculous.
Rodney [sniffing]
Ahh. Boy, we got some fresh air here.
Yeah. You know, that's the thing about the city. You don't realize--
Rodney Whoa!
Whoa!
Rodney Whoa! Whoa! I should've put on my seat belt! Easy now. Easy now. Slow your butt down! Whoa. Jeez, Louise! That didn't seem too safe. Ooh! My back hurt.
This is a dream. I'm dreaming right now.
Rodney Whoa! Hold it! Stop! You're talking and I understand you.
Now, see, those guys in my dorm told me that stuff wouldn't affect safe. Now 15 years later, this starts happening to me.
Rodney Okay. Let's chill. Let's just chill.
I'm not gonna chill. You gonna chill.
Rodney Uh, what are you doing, switching sides?
All right, you. Come on.
Rodney Hey, I can't drive!
Out. Let's go.
Need some help?
Oh, no, I'm-- We're fine. I'm just stretching my legs a little here.
Rodney Ask her if she's got any lettuce.
Shut your mouth. Shut your little furry mouth right now!
Are you sure you're okay?
Oh, yeah. I'm fine.
That's good.
Thank you. Thank you so much. Good-bye.
Rodney Now what? Hey, hey! Hey!
You're a monster!
Rodney Hey, what are you doing?
Leave me alone!
Rodney Hey! What are you, nuts? Hey, hey! I'll roast.
You stay away or I'll kill you!
Rodney No, no! Don't leave me out here. It's hot! Hey, what kind of doctor are you? Hey, Doc, this is cruel to animals! Come on. I'm your friend. I'm your buddy. Reverse. That's it. Back up. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Don't run over the cage, now. Ooh, man, you scared the crap out of me. See? There it is.
Shut up! Shut up right now! You say one more word, one more, and I'm gonna leave you here in the middle of the road. Understand?
Rodney Okay, okay, okay.
Let's go. See what you almost made happen? Let's go.
Goat
What I almost made happen? What did I do?
Sheep
Beep, beep! We're the sheep.
Goat
Oh, no, not sheep. Not these clones.
What are you doing? Where you going?
Sheep Dog
Top dog. Coming though.
Bird
Sorry. Am I late? Am I late?
Pig
Good evening, Doctor.
Oh, no, no. You gonna have to take your fat back out. I don't...
Penguin Oh, my God. What a zoo.
Pig
Obviously not a kosher establishment.
Everybody, just come in.
Rooster
All right, where are the chicks? Ohh! I'm cool.
Penguin Waiting list for patients?
Bird
Let's go, landing. Make way!
Pig
[belches]
Very well-appointed sty.
What's going on? What is all this?
Looks like they need to talk to a doctor, Doc.
Sheep
Our butts hurt.
Okay, let's do this. And watch your droppings.
Rodney Tonight, this is the house of love! East coast! West coast! Let's unite! Is Brooklyn in the house?
This should take care of the inflammation. The only problem is, who are you gonna get to wipe it on for you?
Goat
Does Brad Pitt need a goat?
You're suffering from what's called obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Obsessive Dog
Throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball!
Whenever you want the ball, I want you to think about something else.
Obsessive Dog
Don't say anything more, just throw the ball!
Can you relax your mind?
Obsessive Dog
[bounces up and down]
This is the way it works: you're the person, you throw the ball, I'm the dog, I get it! Simple as that!
Okay, all right, listen. Ooh! Look at you going. All right...
Obsessive Dog
I swear, I swear, I'll pee on your carpet. Please!
It's very irritating, this ball thing...
Obsessive Dog
Please throw the ball! Shut up and throw the ball. Am I alone here?! Am I all by myself?! Am I in another universe?!
Lucky and Rodney
THROW THE DAMN BALL!!
Obsessive Dog
[John throws it] [runs after it]
HE THREW THE BALL! OH, HE THREW THE BALL! I'll get it! I'll get it! [grabs the ball and brings it back] Oh! I love you! I love you! You threw the ball!
Rodney [to John]
You can't save 'em all, Hasselhoff.
Hi, we're not here. Leave a message.
[beeping]
Hey. Hi, it's me. I'm really starting to miss you guys. I'm starting to wonder what I'm doing in here, too. Maybe you were right. Maybe it was whole thing all my imagination.
Rodney Hey, honey! Feeling better?
Who's this?
Rodney I'll give you a hint. I'm cute, I'm furry and I make 500 babies a year.
Rodney! Get back in your cage!
Rodney Hey, Doc, what's up with that trap behind the fridge? You trying to kill me?
Never mind that! Get your little furry back in your cage, Rodney! Right now! I don't want your droppings on... Bye-bye. My son Rodney. Little hairy boy, sleeps in the cage. I have to keep him in the cage cause he has hygiene problems.
Daddy's home!
Daddy? Hey, Daddy!
Hey, beautiful, how are you?
Oh, I'm fine.
John.
Hey, baby. Mmm.
Wh...? Why didn't you call me?
I wanted to surprise you. Hey, why aren't you in camp, young lady?
Mom brought her home.
I didn't fit in.
You're just gonna have to try a little harder next year. Come here. Give me a hug. I missed you. Still Daddy's baby, huh?
Honey?
Hmm?
Do they know that you left?
No, I escaped. Of course they know I left. They released me. They told me I was better. Time to come home spend some time with my family.
Ahem. Are you not talking to me?
You're sure you're okay?
Oh, yeah. I'm fine.
Cause I got scared, wondering when you were coming home.
Well, I am back and I'm fine, and everything's gonna be just like it was in the old days.
[Lisa laughs]
Okay, I know what you're doing. Well, two can play at that game. I don't have to listen to you, either.
You know, uh, honey, I was thinking maybe we should get rid of that dog.
Rodney I ain't listening to him! Coming home empty-handed! Don't tell me there wasn't a gift shop at the loony bin!
Hey. How you doing?
Rodney Where's the kitchen at? I got to get in here. Where's the food?
Rodney.
Rodney Uh-oh. She's coming to get me.
Rodney.
Who's Rodney?
Sorry. Rodney? Rodney?
Rodney This ain't no kitchen. Smell bad. Must be cooking chitlins. And what's this for? Hey! Hey! [muffled yelling] Somebody help me. Hey! What the-- [glubbing and splashing] I can't swim.
AAH!
Rodney AAAGGGHHH YOURSELF!! [toilet flushes] Where you going? Get me outta here. Hey! Somebody get the license plate number. I have just been violated. Whoa!
This is where you work?
Come on.
Oh!
Don't throw that away. That's the marrow. It's the best part of the bone.
Look who's here.
Well, if it isn't Siegfried and Roy.
Keep it quiet. Lucky, keep an eye out. You rats help him.
Hey, we don't work for you.
Give me a break. I saved your life.
That's yesterday's news. Take a hike.
"Get a hamster." You kill me! Get a hamster!
I gotta get help.
Policeman
Yeah, I got a plate I.D. on the catnapper.
Do something!
The heart of a hawk. The heart of a hawk. The heart of a hawk.
A chicken hawk!
The heart of a hawk! Aah!
Oh.
Rodney [sings]
I Feel good! Na, na, na, na. Like I knew that I would! That feels good. Ohh!
I enjoy my personal relationships with my patients.
You'll get over that.
Jeremy I just might not.
I'm joking.
He's got to get Gerry with the program.
Gene. He's the kind of guy who'd rather be trudging through the snow with his little black bag...
Jeremy and Mark
making house calls.
Exactly. It's kind of adorable really--Ow!
Jeremy That hurt me.
Oh, my gosh. I'm sorry.
I may have broken my nose.
I think I broke his nose.
Is it broken?
Let me check. Oh, my God! I broke his nose. Let me take him to X-ray.
I'm blacking out. I'm blacking out.
Rodney THAAAAT FEEEEELS GOOOOOD!
Ow. Geno, this really hurts. I really think...
Yeah, it's hurts. Of course it hurts. You walked right into a door. Your septum is completely crushed.
Oh, God, I'm bleeding. I'm bleeding. Do we have any morphine in the vault?
Hey, guys.
John.
What happened to you?
I walked into a door.
I crushed his septum.
Oh, Really? Look, guys, this is not really a good time. I'm kind of here with somebody.
Oh, my God, John.
What?
I-I-I do not approve. Lisa is a wonderful woman.
It's okay, guys.
It's a frigging tiger, man.
Its all right. He going to hurt you. I know him.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Oh, my goodness. I have to sit.
Here's what we're going to do. We going to go tell Johnny that we're gonna fix his little tiger up after he signs. Okay? Then we have him committed. We have him committed. He's going to happy acres. It's perfect. That way, we'll get our money.
It's look likes it's shifted to the left. That's means there's something applying pressure to it, Gene.
But, John, you can't operate on a tiger. Especially when you don't know his symptoms are.
Double vision and chronic headaches. He told me so.
John, you're going to wind up back at Hammersmith's. I think I've seen very supportive of you, but if you expect me to believe that a tiger told you his symptoms are, I just think I might have to draw the line.
We got to get him into O.R. fast. It's the only chance he's got, Gene.
What about the press conference?
Cameraman
20 bucks says this guy never shows.
Watch your back, everybody. Trying to get to the operating room. Clear the way, please.
Outta the way, please. Outta the way.
Clear a spot. We have an emergency here. Ladies and gentlemen, please. Clear the way, please. Coming through. Coming through.
There you are. Let's do this.
Uh, Mr. Calloway, Mark broke his nose.
The nose can wait. The press is waiting.
I-I-I-I...
Come on, partners. We're announcing.
I really don't know if we should leave Mark with his nose...
Come on.
Where were you? I'll explain.
Thank you all for coming, and thank you all for being so patient. As you all know, the practice of medicine and the business of medicine have been undergoing very big changes in this country. We at Calnet strive to be at the forefront of these changes. That is why I'm proud to announce the acquisition of one of San Francisco's...
Rodney This is the life! Hot wings, nuts. I love nuts.
Oh, my. Live prey.
Rodney Uh-oh.
Rodney [Jacob growling, crowd screaming]
That's a big cat.
It's all right. It's okay. It's all right. It's okay. He's not gonna hurt anybody. He's just a very, very sick tiger.
You'd better have a rational explanation for all this.
You know, Mr. Calloway, I don't have a rational explanation for this. I wish I did, but I don't. Right now, I got a really sick tiger on my hands. I'm going to go back and try to save it. That's the only all that matters.
Dolittle, you go through with this...
Rodney Stupid cat. Ruined the party.
Shut up.
Rodney What do you mean, shut up? I was gonna do karaoke.
Okay, we're open. Gene, irrigate, please. All right, Jake, I need you to be alert. Tell me if you feel anything at all. Can you feel anything now?
No. Just the same old pain.
How about now? You feeling any numbness at all?
I... I can't. I don't know.
Just relax and listen to the sound of my voice, okay?
I'm scared.
Don't be scared. I'm not gonna let you go.
John? What did he say?
He said he's a little scared.
His dura is bulging. There's too much pressure.
Uh-oh. My left side went numb.
Pulse still dropping.
Okay, all right. Hey, you just hang in there, okay, Jacob? Hang in there for me.
Okay, Doc.
It's a blood clot. It has to be. All I gotta do is find it. We're too close to his motor strip. A little more suction, Gene. I got to be able to see.
We're losing him. We got to relieve pressure.
Come on, Jake.
Don't let go yet. We're almost there, all right? We're almost there.
I can feel it. There. That's it.
There? Okay. Okay, here we go.
Blood pressure stabilising.
He's okay.
You are very welcome. You just lay back and relax. We're gonna have you back in the center ring in no time.
Rodney Hey, Doc! Why'd you go and do that? If he tries to eat me again, I'm going to smack that mustache off your face.
Other characters in Doctor Dolittle
John
Eddie Murphy
Lucky
Norm Macdonald
Lisa
Kristen Wilson
Mark
Oliver Platt
Maya
Kyla Pratt
Jacob
Archer
Ossie Davis
Gene
Richard Schiff
Male Pigeon
Garry Shandling
Rat #1
Reni Santoni
Rat #2
John Leguizamo
Drunk Monkey
Phil Proctor
Female Pigeon
Julie Kavner
Calloway
Peter Boyle
Charisse
Raven-Symoné
Woman
Beth Grant
Blaine
Paul Giamatti
Man
Mrs. Parkus
Cherie Franklin
Owl
Jenna Elfman
