I'm a vegetarian.
Earthworm I eat dirt.
No one will be eating you, James.
Naw, she'll just puncture your head and suck out the brains!
That I am saving for you.
Whoa! Pretty fast, long legs. Oh-oo-oo!
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in James and the Giant Peach (1996): in 9 of its 57 quotes
Most scenes with: Centipede (7), Grasshopper (7), James Henry Trotter (5)
Scenes with Earthworm
9 scenes Earthworm 
The old man, the one who gave me the green things - he said marvelous things will happen.
Did he say, "Marvelous pigs in satin"?
No, dear lady. [through a megaphone] "Marvelous things will happen!" [to James] Poor Glowworm. She's a little deaf.
Earthworm I, however, have exquisite hearing.
Yeah? Well listen to this: [does a fanfare with his armpits, then shouts through the megaphone] LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!
You mean leave the hill? I can't. The rhino will get me.
Earthworm Rhino? [hides in a glove]
Earthworm Spray us? They'll see the Yank [the Centipede] up there and come after us with a shovel! It happened to my brother.
How awful.
Earthworm Split him right down the middle. Now I have two half-brothers.
Shh. They'll hear us!
Earthworm [In the darkness] [Centipede pinches him]
Ow! Somebody pinched me!
Sorry. Thought you were the Spider.
Excuse, I thought you were the Centipede.
We're going to New York City!
New York? They love me there!
Wonderful! They've got a whole park full of leaves for you, Mrs. Ladybug.
Central Park!
Nightclubs!
Not to mention Yankee Stadium!
Earthworm What about me?
Why, they've got miles and miles of underground tunnels!
The subway!
My father said it's the place where dreams come true!
I've sailed all the five seas! From the sun-drenched reefs of Bora Bora to the icy shores of Tripoli! Commodore Centipede, they used to call me!
Seven.
Huh?
There are seven seas. And Tripoli is in the subtropics, "Commodore".
Trim the sails!
There are no sails.
Stoke the engines!
Earthworm There are no engines.
I can't work with this miserable crew!
Earthworm [James bumps into Earthworm]
Whoever you are, keep away from me! KEEP AWAY!
Earthworm, it's me!
Earthworm Oh, James. Oh, thank goodness.
You mustn't frighten yourself like this all the time.
Earthworm Why not?
You'll make yourself sick. When I had a problem, my mom and dad would tell me to look at it another way.
Earthworm How? First I was bird-bait, then I was shark-bait!
I suppose. Or you could say you gave us wings to fly, and defeated a giant shark single-handedly!
Earthworm No-handedly!
Exactly! You're a hero!
Earthworm I am! I'm... Wonder-Worm!
You are!
Want food... food...
[He eats his cigar like a sausage.]
You sure you know where we're going? I don't see how you can navigate without a compass.
Earthworm [As Grasshopper speaks, Centipede imagines him as a bottle of wine with cheese]
It's very hot up here. I'm roasted.
[Centipede imagines Earthworm as a hot dog. He looks at one of the seagulls, and imagines it as a roast chicken. He pulls it down, and prepares to take a bite] [hitting Centipede with her purse]
Unhand that bird!
[The seagull bites Centipede in the nose and flies off] [screams in pain]
But I'm dying of hunger!
Oh, perhaps I have a bit of soda bread in here somewhere... [rummages in her bag and takes out some bread]
Food?
It's not much, but it's--
Not so fast! [grabs the bread and starts eating] I need this food! I have a much higher metabolism!
BITE ME! [starts fighting him]
Hello... little... angel!
So kind of you to look after our little lost lamb.
Who are you?
We are the boy's legal guardians.
We've missed him so much.
So we'll be taking him home now.
And the peach, of course. We're taking that as well.
Well, wait a minute. Back up. You mean to tell me that this thing is a peach?
It's not a peach. It's our peach.
Our peach.
Show him, Spongy.
Yes. [shows the cop a picture of her and Spiker with the giant peach]
Looks like it's their peach all right.
Yes! Yes. And we're very proud of it.
We're going to be in the record book.
It's not their peach. The old man gave the green things to me. That's what made it grow.
[Places her hand on Sponge's shoulder, holding Sponge back]
Patience, sister. Remember his... condition.
His condition?
He's a chronic liar.
Sad, really. He needs his treatment.
Well, that's why we're here; to bring him home. So, you come here with us. Hey, Lovey!
[Sponge and Spiker maliciously try to get to James but he climbs up to the truck to get away.]
I'm not the one who's lying. They are!
As you can see, Officer, it is urgent that you release him to us immediately.
Old Man
LET THE BOY SPEAK!
[The crowd utters in agreement.]
Alright, alright, alright! Let's get to the bottom of this! This thing is a peach. Now, all right. I'll buy that. Now, does someone wanna tell me how it got here?
We attached it to a hundred seagulls.
Seagulls? [laughs with the crowd]
That's what happened! Me and Miss Spider and the Centipede and the Old Green Grasshopper.
This is all something he dreamed up.
Well, maybe it started that way, as a dream, but didn't everything? Those buildings, these lights, this whole city! Somebody had to dream about it first, and maybe that's what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it!
The poor boy needs his medicine. Yes. So, we'll just take him...
And the peach.
Back to our cozy little house on the hill. Come along. You're going home with us.
[Aunt Spiker tilts her head back in a disturbing way and her smile melts into a scowl] [through clenched teeth]
What did you say?
I said: [enunciating] NO... I'M... NOT!! I hate that house, and that cold room, and how I was always hungry.
All right! That's enough!
And how you beat me!
Woman
They beat him up?!
Boy
They beat him?!
And told me I was nothing!
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up!
NO! Not this time! I flew the peach across the ocean. I landed on top of the tallest building in the world. [turns to Spiker and Sponge] I MADE IT! I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S NOTHING, YOU ARE! AND I'M NEVER GOING BACK WITH YOU! NOT ME AND NOT THE PEACH!!!!
[Sponge and Spiker grab fire axes and take swings at James. The officer repeatedly blows his whistle to keep the crowd under control]
James, up here!
Hello, we are here! [A green light shines down from above.]
Hey, buddy!
What are they?
Young James!
Hey, Jimmy!
Bugs!
Need a little help down there?
Giant bugs! [she and Spiker scream]
Hey, you old biddies! [blows raspberry]
Help! Help us! [but the crowd ignores them as they are too busy watching the sudden appearance of James' bug friends]
Whoo-ee! Here we are, dear!
Earthworm Hello, James!
I told you they were real!
Hello, old boy!
Requesting clearance to land!
