Well, I guess this is good-bye.
Jake No, Reggie. Good-byes are just hello’s, carried across the wind until our paths... intersect once again.
That's beautiful… and confusing.
Played by Woody Harrelson 
Free Birds (2013) · 12 quotes
Free Birds (2013) · 12 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Free Birds (2013): in 6 of its 12 quotes
Most scenes with: Reggie (6), Jenny (2), STEVE (2)
Scenes with Jake
6 scenes Jake Jake [sternly]
Whatever you do, do not make a sound. [removes the bag from Reggie to see him]
[screams to see Jake as Jake shuts his beak]
Jake Shh... I'm Jake from the TFF. That's Turkey Freedom Front. You've just been recruited for a top-secret mission.
[Reggie gives Jake a confused stare for a second]
Ah! [runs off back to Camp David with Jake watching him] Help! I've been kidnapped by a wild turkey! Security, set tasers to kill! [Jake uses his own wing to stop Reggie, flinging him into the air] Ah! [Jake grabs the TV remote, as Reggie lands on his back] Oh. [2 security officers hears this from the distance]
Security Guard
What was that? [looks around at the woods with flashlight, as Jake is stealthily hides behind a tree, the security head back inside]
[groans in pain]
Jake Love your enthusiasm, comrade. [grabs Reggie and pins on a tree] But you're running in the wrong direction. Besides, we're already behind schedule.
Jake We are? Why didn't you say so? [grabs Reggie] Let's move!
Look, I think you have me confused with somebody else. I'm not part of any mission.
Jake Horizon seems clear. Hold on.
Hey, wait! That's me! This is the pardoned turkey. Help me!
Jake A strange rogue turkey. Stay back. I'll take him out. [ ]
Please don't hurt me.
Jake I don't know who you are but you're seriously jeopardizing this operation.
Are you insane? It's me. [brief moment of silence]
Jake Is it? Is it really?
Would you get off me?! [ ] You know what? I'm sick of you throwing me around. [draws a line in the dirt with his sharp toe nail & points at with his feathered finger] You see this line? Do not come into my personal- [Jake slaps him in the face] Did you not see the line? 'Cause I was pretty clear that it's right- [Jake slaps his face 3 more times]
Jake Snap out of it, Reggie.
Jake Because he told me everything about you.
He? Who is he?
Jake The Great Turkey. He appeared in the sky on a bright ball of light with a voice that came from everywhere. He gave me my mission, told me I needed to find you. And then, he gave me... this. [revealing a shiny golden doorknob in his wing to Reggie]
A doorknob?
Jake The Sacred Time Knob.
This guy is a lunatic.
Jake That secret military base should be right up ahead. [ ] The facility should be in here. Just need to figure out how to get past this impenetrable gate. [Reggie sarcastically unlocks the gate with his feathered finger as Jake kicks the gate open, shoves Reggie in] So, this is what it looks like on the inside.
Okay, what's inside this secret base, anyway? [bumps into Jake as he turns around to Reggie]
Jake A time machine. [thunder and lightning comes out]
A time machine?
Jake A time machine. [thunder and lightning comes out again]
A time machine.
Jake A time- [thunder and lightning comes out, but stops as Jake realizes] What? Who told you that?
You did, just now.
Jake Of course, I did. I was testing you.
Uhhh...
Jake That's our mission. Not even to safe ten turkeys or even a hundred, but all of them. We're going back in time to the First Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu. [turns to probably break the fourth wall] That's right, we're going back in time to the First Thanksgiving to get turkeys off the menu. [Reggie leans to Jake]
Who are you talking to?
Jake This guy right here. [points at his reflection on a hubcap tire of a military Jeep, Reggie frowns at him] He totally gets it. Look, look, see how he's nodding?
Ow! What are you doing?
Jake Tomorrow's Thanksgiving. We must attack the fort (and free those captured comrades) tonight.
Ah! Oh! Ah! Ow! We shouldn't attack anything. (Even the fort. It'll risk the safety of the flock.)
Jake He told me we must do it together.
Oh! Give me a break. He? The Great Turkey? [sarcastically] Ooh! He's a voice inside your head. [Jake turns around to him, feeling insulted]
Jake How dare you. There is nothing inside my head. The Great Turkey is real. [Reggie shakes his head in annoyance] I saw him with my own two eyes.
The more you say that name, the dumber it sounds. I mean-- [Jake angrily grabs him in the neck]
Jake The Great Turkey is the greatest turkey that I know and you will never be as great as The Great Turkey who is the greatest... turkey.
Jake I'm sorry, Reggie. I didn't grow up on a nice free-range farm. [flashback] I grew up in a cold, clinical factory. From the time we were born, we were fattened up on formula. Except for me. My mother kept me hidden from the humans.
Young Jake Is it time?
Jake's Mom: Yes, sweetie. Now, these eggs are our future, Jake. Take them and run and don't stop until you find a safe place to start a new flock.
Young Jake Mama, I'm scared.
Jake I failed. I let down my family, and my flock. I decided I was better off going it alone where I could never hurt anyone again. Then, he arrived. The Great Turkey.
My father loved this flock. And he will always be a part of it. He gave his life to give us ours. [Reggie starts to leave out of guilt] So, we will honor him. [Reggie sadly looks back at Jenny] But right now, we need to do what we must to survive.
They have taken our home. They've taken our family. [Jake realizes Reggie is gone] We have only one choice now. We will fight! We will stand and fight! This is our home! No more hiding! We will attack the fort, free our family and make our flock whole once again! Who's with me!?
Ranger
We fight!
Danny
We fight, brother! [the flock chants as Jake runs after Reggie, meanwhile Reggie sadly walks through the forest to get to STEVE]
Good morning, Reggie. Why the long face? That is a punch line from a joke.
Just take me home.
Jake Reggie, wait! The flock is in trouble!
[angrily]
Yup. (They are all in grave danger.) And you know why? Because of us! We didn't save anyone. We made everything worse.
Jake But, Reggie, the Great Turkey told me—
[angrily moves Jake's wings off of him]
There is no Great Turkey! There is no mission. You made it all up in your head. It's all a lie. [Jake slumps] Now, I'm leaving, alright? Before we mess things up even more! And if you're smart, you'll come with me.
Jake [close to tears]
I can't give up.
Yeah, if you're smart. [turns his back on Jake and enters STEVE sits on the seat] Look who I'm talking to.
[STEVE and Reggie disappears back into the present, leaving the disheartened Jake behind]
Are you sure you won't stay here with the flock?
Jake I'm a turkey of action, Reggie.
Well, I guess this is good-bye.
Jake No, Reggie. Good-byes are just hellos, carried across the wind until our paths... intersect once again.
That's beautiful… and confusing.
Jake, Reggie, and Jenny
[laugh as Jake hugs Reggie and pats him on the head when he starts to leave with STEVE]
Jake Wild, undomesticated turkeys of the past. I'll never forget you. [the flock, Reggie & Jenny wave good-bye to Jake & STEVE as Jake sits on the seat]
Where would you like to go, Jake?
Jake Wherever we are needed, STEVE. Wherever we are needed. [Jake and STEVE leave as Reggie and Jenny watch]
[to Jenny]
So, this is Turkey Paradise. [romantically kisses her, much to her amazement & her left eye drops]
Oh my. [zaps into black]
[STEVE returns as quickly as he left]
Jake, what happened? You were only were gone like a second.
Jake Actually, I've been gone for years. Have you heard about the turducken?
Chicken
[Reggie and Jenny share a look of shock]
BAWK!
Duck
QUACK!
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