Tripp
Shut up, dude! Don't help him!
A line from Tripp
And the thing is, Mom, Dad, I've lived upstairs since I was three, and it's been great.
More lines from Tripp
3 quotes Tripp
Tripp
'Cause it's going to take a stick of dynamite to get me out of my parents' house.
Tripp
You're all getting what you wanted. Paula, you don't have to pretend to like me any more. And, Mom, Dad, you wanted me out of the house. I'm out.
Scenes with Tripp
21 scenes
Paula
Come on, Tripp. Please, you don't understand.
Tripp
You're right. Now, hold on. I don't know what your daily rate is, [handing $300 to Paula] but that's everything I've got in my wallet. There's three hundred dollars.
Paula
Oh, come on, Tripp!
Tripp
It should be good for tonight, especially since we didn't have sex.
Paula
Please, Tripp, let me just explain to you.
Tripp
Get the hell outta my car.
Tripp
[has just agreed to go out to lunch with her the next day]
Hey, wait - tomorrow's Saturday.
Paula
[perplexed]
... Sometimes I eat on Saturday.
Tripp
[at the top of a mountain, when Ace appears]
Well, hey there, Ace. Glad you could make it, man. We thought you went home.
Ace
[dropping to the ground, exhausted]
I fell into a deep, dark crevasse. I was so scared.
Tripp
Do you have real feelings?
Paula
Of course I have real feelings!
Tripp
For what?
Paula
For you! And believe me I did not want that because I had a good life before you. Well, not good... but... it was okay. Well... it was empty actually, but at least I was blissfully unaware of how miserable I was. Where as now... because of you... I am acutely aware of how completely and totally unhappy I am. Thank you for that.
Tripp
I do sleep well at night.
Ace
On a twin bed, with Superman sheets that you've had since you were six.
Tripp
As opposed to you, who sleeps in a King-sized bed in your mother's basement.
Ace
It's orthopedic, and I need it.
Al
[walking in on Tripp and Melissa having sex]
Tripp, as long as you're up son... Oh...
Tripp
Oh, come on, Pop! Whoa, man. Don't you knock?
Al
What? Your momma's... Snoring like a rhino. And then this music got started... Hey, you must be Melody.
Melissa
Melissa.
Al
Oh! It's Melissa! It's Melissa. Okay. Alright. Y'all have a good time.
Tripp
Night, Pop.
Melissa
You live with your parents?
Tripp
Is that a problem?
Melissa
Are you kidding me?
Ace
The point is, my friend, you are afraid of love.
Tripp
Bullcrap. No, no, no, no, no, man. I'm not afraid of love. I love love. Look, I've had a lot of girlfriends, right? And sometimes I'm the rebound guy. Other times, when I get lucky, I'm the "explore new areas of your sexuality" guy. But every single time, we have fun. Thank you. I have fun, they have fun. It's good for me, it's good for them. And I would argue that it's so good for civilization as a whole.
Demo
And yet, in America, we're shunned for our lifestyle.
Tripp
When we should be celebrating our lifestyle. We are men who still live at home.
Demo
Yes.
Tripp
We're not here to apologize about who we are, and how we do it, and who we live with.
Demo
No!
Tripp
I'm looking around this table, hombres, and I see three winners. And to every one of those out there who sees something different, I say bring it on!
Paula
I'm Paula.
Tripp
I'm Tripp.
Paula
You know, usually I don't sleep with someone on the first date.
Tripp
I don't think this counts as a first date.
Paula
It would be a date if you asked me to have a drink tonight.
Tripp
You wanna have a drink tonight?
Paula
Can't. [pause] How about lunch tomorrow?
Mr. Axelrod
You're going to let her walk away?
Tripp
I'm giving her space, Mr. Axelrod. Now, I'm going after her.
Tripp
We've been out one time. She's a nice girl, I'm a nice guy, we had fun. And I must tell you, son, nothing is doomed.
Tripp
[trying to feed a chipmunk a chocolate bar]
You want a treat from the big city boy?
Demo
He's not a child, Tripp. Look how peaceful he is.
Tripp
Come here, little boy. You want a little bit of chocolate, baby-boo-boo?
Demo
You're giving him a Power Bar?
Tripp
Everybody loves chocolate. Baby-boo-boo?
Demo
Tripp, he's saying no.
Tripp
Look into my eyes.
Demo
He's saying no, Tripp.
Tripp
Baby-boo-boo? [chipmunk bites Tripp's hand] Aaow!
Tripp
I take it, you like Japanese food?
Paula
Oh, I love it. I'm also gonna order a huge desert, drink too much, and maybe talk about my old boyfriends.
Tripp
Yeah?
Paula
Does that intimidate you?
Tripp
Not at all.
Paula
I had a nice time.
Tripp
I did, too.
Paula
Good.
Tripp
I had fun.
Paula
Good.
Kit
[screaming at the bird outside]
Shut up! Shut up you crazy bird!"[walking out of her room naked]"
Paula
Hey, Kit.
Kit
What? Hi. Can you guys see me?
Paula
Yeah.
Tripp
Yeah.
Kit
Oh, great.
Tripp
What?
Paula
Dinner and a show. [kisses him] Goodnight.
Tripp
Goodnight.
Tripp
It's over. She's gotta go.
Ace
You're dumping Paula?
Demo
What happened?
Tripp
Same thing that always happens. Everything is going along nice and smooth, we're having a good time, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, she gets serious. I hate to say it, boys, but it is time to take the girl home.
Paula
So, you live with your parents?
Tripp
Is that a problem?
Paula
No. Not for me.
Demo
What are you gonna do now?
Tripp
I don't know. I'm in uncharted waters here, boys.
Demo
[to Tripp]
You were bitten by a chuckwalla. That shouldn't have happened. It's a reptile of peace. I have a theory. This isn't the first time that nature's lashed out at you like this. I believe it's because your life is fundamentally at odds with the natural world.
Tripp
Huh?
Demo
Therefore, nature rejects you.
Tripp
Dude, did you just drop me from a forty foot cliff? I mean, you want to talk about a friend, man. You went behind my back, and blackmailed your way into getting your girlfriend.
Demo
He's right.
Ace
I'm sorry I dropped you from a cliff.
Tripp
It's okay.
Demo
Granted, he used you, but not out of malice. Look at him. How many chances is he gonna get? He saw a chance for love, Tripp, and he took it. Which is exactly what we wanted for you.
Tripp
Am I getting advice from my two loser buddies who still live at home?
Ace
Actually, I own my home.
Demo
What?
Tripp
No, you don't.
Ace
I bought it a couple of years ago from my Mom. That way, she has a place to live and I don't get nailed on the inheritance tax.
Demo
Smart.
Tripp
Wow.
Ace
And Demo, here, has chosen the life of a wanderer. I mean, sure, he technically still lives at home.
Demo
Yeah.
Ace
But his permanent address is in his heart. He's a bum.
Demo
I think what we're trying to say is that the two of us are happy, and we're perfectly functional.
Ace
And you, Tripp, are not.
Tripp
Hey, Pop?
Al
Hey! Tripp. What are you doing here?
Tripp
Just came by to get some stuff. What are you doing?
Al
Feeding my fish.
Tripp
Yeah. I see that. You're naked. In my room.
Al
Well, this is my Room. I mean, it's my house. A man ought to be able to do whatever he wants to do in his own house. Wore a suit for forty years.
Tripp
So now we got forty years of...
Al
No suit.
Tripp
No suit. Alright. I'm gonna let you get back to feeding your fish.
Tripp
So what do we do now?
Paula
Actually, it's... it's quite simple. You just have to decide. Do you want to spend the rest of your life having fun? Or do you want to spend it with me?
Tripp
Hmm...
Paula
Shut up! Not everything you say is perfect.
Tripp
We can have a little bit of fun, can't we? Huh?
