Jojo Betzler
[clarifying to his friend Yorki his position]
Yorki, you're my second best friend. First place is reserved for the Führer. So unless you're Hitler hiding in a fat little boy's body, I'd be happy with second place.
Played by Roman Griffin Davis 
Jojo Rabbit (2019) · 46 quotes
Jojo Rabbit (2019) · 46 quotes
Jojo Betzler. Ten years old. Today, you join the ranks of the Jungvolk in a very, special... training weekend. It's going to be intense. But today, you become a man. I swear to devout all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Adolf Hitler. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him. So help me, God.
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7 quotes Jojo Betzler
Jojo Betzler
[fearfully asking Elsa to come out of her secret room]
Excuse me, little girl? Umm... Jew girl in the wall? Yoohoo... Jew???
Jojo Betzler
OK, here's the situation. If I tell on you, you’ll be in big trouble and I don’t think you want that. But then you’ll tell on me and my mother and we’ll be in trouble which I don’t want. And if you tell my mother I know, then she’ll kick you out, which you don’t want. And if I tell my mother I know, then you’ll cut off my Nazi head, which I also don’t want. So it's a Mexican stalemate.
Jojo Betzler
[a fake letter from Elsa's fiance Nathan]
Dear Elsa, this is hard for me to say but, I don't want to marry you anymore. I found a new woman, and we laugh a lot, and do the tongue kiss.
Jojo Betzler
[a second letter apologizing]
I just wanted to let you know that I don't want to break up with you now. I don't want you to kill yourself over me, which a couple of girls have done in the past, and it's pretty stressful. I need you to stay alive. Thank God you've been taken care of by that kid, who I must say is a remarkable young man beyond his years. And brave too.
Jojo Betzler
No news from Nathan today, I'm afraid. He's probably doing something amazing, like reading a book or growing a beard.
Jojo Betzler
[after the war, Jojo realizes how horrible Hitler was, and attempts to kick him out of his life]
**** OFF, HITLER.
Scenes with Jojo Betzler
6 scenes
Adolf
Heil me, man.
Jojo
[neutral]
Heil Hitler.
Adolf
Whaat? You can heil me better than that.
Jojo
[slightly more lively]
Heil Hitler.
Adolf
Just throw it away, don't even think about it.
Jojo
[more forceful]
Heil Hitler.
Adolf
No you're overthinking it. "Heil Hitler."
Jojo
[overthinking it]
Heil, Hitterler.
Adolf
Who's Hitterler? Do you even speak German?
Jojo
[loudens voice]
Heil Hitler!
Adolf
That's not a heil. This is a heil: "Heil!"
Jojo
[same]
Heil Hitler!
Adolf
[playfully]
"Heil Hitler!"
Jojo
[same]
Heil Hitler!
Adolf
[stressing the playfulness]
"Heil Hitler!"
Jojo
[finally playful]
Heil Hitler! [getting it right] Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!
Adolf
[simultaneously]
Ooh, that's it! You've got it! Heil Hitler! Have a great day! Heil Hitler! You can be the best! Heil Hitler! You can do it! Heil Hitler!
Both
[rapidly]
Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! HEILHITLERHEILHITLERHEIHITLERHEILHITLERHEILHITLER HEIL HITLERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jojo
[goes outside]
HEIL HITLERRRRR!!! WOAHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Trainee
[lecturing how soldiers must be ready to kill the enemy. When asked if they are able, Jojo reluctantly says yes]
Trainee
Johannes. Can you kill?
Jojo
[reluctant]
Of--of--of course. I-- I love killing.
[Jojo is told to kill a rabbit; he refuses]
Jojo
[Jojo and Rosie spot a public gallows, where anti-Nazi people are hanged]
What did they do?
Rosie: What they could.
Elsa
I'm not a ghost, Johannes. I'm something worse, but I think you already know that, don't you? You know what I am.
Elsa
[Jojo knows it, but is afraid to say it. He shakes his head--]
Yes. Say it. SAY IT!
Jojo
A Jew.
Elsa
Gesundheit.
Adolf
[after discovering Elsa, Jojo runs to his room, asking Adolf for advice]
How did she get control like that?
Jojo
She must've used her powers! Mind control.
Adolf
Ah, typical. You see how fast she moves?
Jojo
Yes!
Adolf
Ah, like a female, Jewish Jesse Owens, and now she's got your fancy knife.
Jojo
Mmmph! My knife!
Adolf
Ah, like a female, Jewish Jesse Owens, Jack the Ripper. You're definitely in a pickle, my friend. What to do... what to do...
Both
Got it!
Jojo
I'd negotiate! / Adolf: You're gonna burn the house and blame Winston Churchill. Or negotiate. Hmm.
Adolf
[Jojo fails at negotiating. He goes back to his room, depressed]
She's pretty rude, you know. That's just my two pfennige. And now she's got TWO KNIVES!
Jojo
I KNOW!
Adolf
How you're gonna chop up stuff?
Jojo
I DON'T KNOW!
Adolf
Oh and she's still up there, that thing, that-- that-- that...
Jojo
Jew!
Adolf
Ah, Jew! Ah, what we're gonna do bout that Jew?
Jojo
You think of something.
Adolf
Oh, now I'm the expert?
Jojo
STOP OFFERING ME DAMN CIGARETTES! I'M TEN!
Adolf
Alright, sorry I'm STRESSED OUT! OK, let's talk like turkeys. You can't let your mother know or that Jew will cut off your Nazi head BUT... there's no reason this thing in the attic needs ruin your life-- in fact... you could use it to your advantage.
Jojo
How?
Adolf
When someone tries to use mind powers on me, you know what I do? Use mind powers back on them. Remember last year, when that one-arm pirate, von Stauffenberg, tried to blow me up with a table bomb?
Jojo
Yeah, you survived.
Adolf
Correctumondo. But the only reason I survived, apart from having bomb-proof legs, is that I outwitted old-von Stauffy. I let him think I was dead when in actual, I was absolutely fine. But pretending I was dead, I drew out all the traitors. So what you're going to do?
Jojo
Pretend I'm dead?
Adolf
Exactly-- no. No, what I mean is this: make her feel safe and then she'll drop her guard and then YOU will be the one in control.
Jojo
Reverse psychology!
Adolf
Don't complicate things. Just use my backwards mind power trick, and everything will be fine. [sees watch] Oh, I have to go. We're having unicorn for dinner at my place tonight. Concentrate, Jojo! Remember, a Jew living in your wall is better than two Jews flying around with their bat wings climbing down chimneys and eating innocent Nazis. And don't give her any more knives! Tschüss! [proceeds to jump out of the window]
