I'm a vegetarian.
I eat dirt.
Miss Spider No one will be eating you, James.
Naw, she'll just puncture your head and suck out the brains!
Miss Spider That I am saving for you.
Whoa! Pretty fast, long legs. Oh-oo-oo!
7th most-quoted character in James and the Giant Peach (1996): in 6 of its 57 quotes
Most scenes with: Centipede (4), Grasshopper (4), James Henry Trotter (3)
Scenes with Miss Spider
6 scenes Miss Spider Miss Spider Sorry. Thought you were the Spider.
Miss Spider Excuse, I thought you were the Centipede.
Miss Spider I prefer to be alone.
I was alone for a long time once. I think it's much nicer to have friends, don't you?
Miss Spider I would not know.
They would be your friends too - the others, I mean - if you'd just let them.
Miss Spider No, it is in their nature to have fear of me. This I cannot change.
You're very kind to me.
Miss Spider Maybe this is because you are kind to me first.
Miss Spider [nods]
Mm-hmm.
You were my first friend. I mean, since I went to live with my aunts. They hated me!
Miss Spider Shh. Do not think of them now.
But what if they find us? What if we don't make it to New York? I'll die if I have to go back to the way I was! They can't make me!
Miss Spider Nobody can make you do anything, James, if you do not let them. You are a brave boy. [kisses his forehead] Now to sleep. You have had a very "tired-making" day.
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!
Hello, James!
I told you they were real!
Hello, old boy!
Miss Spider Requesting clearance to land!
Narrator
They ate that peach all the way down to the pit. And set it up in Central Park as a permanent home. And James Henry Trotter, who was once the saddest and loneliest little boy you could find, now had a loving new family, and all the friends in the world.
Miss Spider James, dinner is ready.
Kid
Hi, Miss Spider.
All right. Nearly finished. And -- And then -- And then the seagulls...
Narrator
And since James' visitors begged him again and again to hear the story of his adventure with the giant peach, he wished for a way to share it with everyone. [the narrator reveals his true self as the old man with the crocodile tongues]
Old Man
And that is exactly what you had just seen. [catches a crocodile tongue and winks at the audience as the movie ends]
Sorry. Thought you were the Spider.
Miss Spider Excuse, I thought you were the Centipede.
Hey Glowworm, how about some lights.
I can't hear you, dear. I will have to turn my light on.
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