Alan Parrish In the jungle, you must wait until the dice read five or eight.
Played by Robin Williams 
Jumanji (1995) · 47 quotes
Jumanji (1995) · 47 quotes
Most-quoted character in Jumanji (1995): in 26 of its 47 quotes
Most scenes with: Peter Shepherd (13), Sarah Whittle (9), Judy Shepherd (8)
I got it! Colonel Mustard in the Library with a wrench.
More lines from Alan Parrish
8 quotes Alan Parrish Alan Parrish I'M BACK! MOM! DAD! I'M HOME! I'M BACK! IT'S ME! IT'S ME, ALAN, MOM AND DAD! I'M HOME! [lowers voice] I'm back.
Alan Parrish I've seen things you've only seen in your nightmares. Things you can't even imagine. Things you can't even see. There are things that hunt you in the night. Then something screams. Then you hear them eat, and you hope to God that you're not dessert. Afraid? You don't even know what afraid is.
Alan Parrish Beware of the ground on which you stand, the floor is quicker than the sand.
Alan Parrish [opens the closet door in Peter and Judy screams in pains with the leeches]
Oh, sorry! [closes the closet door in kids stop screaming. He kicks the Alan's room in grunts; whispers] I'm back. My bike. Somebody rolls for five or eight?
Alan Parrish STOP GIVING ME THINGS THAT COME APART!
Alan Parrish You think monkeys, mosquitoes, and lions are bad? That's just the beginning. I've seen things you've only seen in your nightmares. Things you can't even imagine. Things you can't even see. There are things that hunt you in the night. Then something screams. Then you hear them eating, and you hope to God that you're not dessert. Afraid? You don't know what afraid is. You will not last 5 minutes without me.
Alan Parrish Find my parents!
Scenes with Alan Parrish
17 scenes Young Alan Parrish Maybe I don't want to be a Parrish.
Not till you start acting like one.
Young Alan Parrish I guess I'm not ready for Cliffside, then!
We're taking you there next Sunday! And I don't want to hear another word about it!
Young Alan Parrish You won't! I'm never talking to you again!
Alan Parrish Are you my little sister?
No. I'm Judy and he's Peter.
What happened to you? You shave with a piece of glass?
Alan Parrish What happened to you? The Clampetts have a yard sale?
Alan Parrish [in terror]
"A hunter from the darkest wild... makes you feel just like a child."
What is it?
Alan Parrish Van Pelt.
Alan, you wrestled an alligator for me.
Alan Parrish It was a crocodile. Alligators don't have that little fringe on their hind leg.
My mistake.
Miss Magruder
[Fade to 1969: BRANTFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE; Young Alan Parrish is riding through Brantford on his bike]
Hi, Alan.
Young Alan Parrish Hi, Miss Magruder.
Frank
Good afternoon, Alan.
Young Alan Parrish Hey, Frank.
Bill
All yours, Alan. [holds traffic for him]
Young Alan Parrish Thanks, Bill.
Billy Jessup
[Billy and his goons see Alan riding and decide to chase him on their bikes]
Get him!
Billy Jessup
Prepare to die, Parrish! Hey, Parrish, what's the rush?
Bully
He's goin' to his dad's factory! Alan wants his daddy now!
Billy Jessup
[Alan rides up to the factory, drops his bike and heads inside]
Go ahead, Parrish. Run to Daddy. We'll be waiting.
Young Alan Parrish [Alan closes the door and breathes a sigh of relief] [he walks upstairs to see Carl]
Hi, Carl.
Hey, Alan, my man, I gotta show you somethin'. Come here. Now, I've been workin' on this for almost a year. I got an appointment this afternoon with your father to show him this. [shows him the prototype of the shoe he's been working on] Go ahead. Take it. So what do ya think? Ya think he'll like it?
Young Alan Parrish What is it?
What is it? Man, this is the future. If I can get Wilt Chamberlain to wear 'em... I predict there'll be a pair of those in every closet in America. That's gonna be the height of fashion. [concerned] What's wrong?
Young Alan Parrish [Alan looks outside to see Jessup and his gang circling around]
Nothin'.
[Alan absent-mindedly places the prototype on the conveyor belt]
Alan! Thanks, Bob. What are you doing here? I've told you before. This factory isn't a playground. It's dangerous.
Young Alan Parrish Dad, can I have a ride home? [The belt starts up]
Look, Alan. Is Billy Jessup picking on you again? Son, you're gonna have to face him sooner or later. Look, if you're afraid of something, you've got to stand and face it. Now, run on, son. Carl, you should know better than to let the boy play in here.
Sorry, sir.
Now, what was it you wanted to show me?
Just a minute, sir. [looking for the shoe]
What the devil-- [the shoe has been shredded]
Man Get an extinguisher.
Who did this? Well? [Alan walks down the stairs as Sam pulls what’s left of the shoe off the belt]
Billy Jessup
Just because you're a Parrish doesn't mean you can hang around with my girlfriend.
Young Alan Parrish We're just friends.
Billy Jessup
Not anymore. Get him! [they beat him up and steal his bike]
Bully
Let's go!
Billy Jessup
Okay, I've got his bike.
Young Alan Parrish Jerks! [wipes blood off his chin]
Young Alan Parrish [walks toward the construction site and pulls out the box Caleb and Benjamin buried in 1869. He opens it and pulls out a game titled Jumanji as a worker looks suspiciously at him. He runs off with the game]
Wow. Neat.
[Alan opens the rules drawer and takes the Keratin Rhinoceros and the Metallic Elephant tokens. He suddenly drops the tokens to hear his mother, they are magically drawn towards their starting points.]
Alan. Are you home? [Notices blood on his shirt and lip] Oh, Alan, not again. Come on.
[trying of recite his speech]
Hard work, determination, a cheerful outlook-- attributes that have exemplified the Brantford spirit since our forefathers first settled this town. Despite the harshness of our native clime and the granite of our soil... we have--
Prospered.
I knew the whole damn thing this morning.
You'll know the darn thing tonight.
Sam Parish
All right. Let's go.
Sam. We have to talk to Alan.
Young Alan Parrish Okay.
I told your father what you told me this afternoon. It wasn't just Billy Jessup.
Look, if I'd known that, Alan, I wouldn't have--
Young Alan Parrish It's okay, Dad.
But I want you to know I am proud of you. I mean, you faced them, even though you were outnumbered. And since you took it like a man, your mother and I have decided that you're ready to go to the Cliffside School for Boys. There. [gives him a brochure for Cliffside]
Congratulations, sweetheart.
Young Alan Parrish [shocked]
You don't want me living here anymore?
Alan.
It's always been the plan that you go to Cliffside when you were ready. I mean, Parrishes have been going to Cliffside ever since the 1700s. Even your Uncle Skylar went there.
Young Alan Parrish Look at this. Parrish Hall.
It's the main dormitory.
Young Alan Parrish [upset]
Oh, this is great. Kids are on my case here because I'm a Parrish. Just wait till I'm living in a building named after me.
Young Alan Parrish Good. Why don't you live in it?
I did! I wouldn't be who I am today if it weren't for my years there.
Young Alan Parrish Maybe I don't wanna be who you are. Maybe I don't wanna be a Parrish.
You won't be. Not till you start acting like one.
Sam--
Get your coat!
Young Alan Parrish [mad]
I guess I'm not ready for Cliffside then!
We're taking you there next Sunday! And I don't wanna hear another word about it!
Young Alan Parrish You won't! I'm never talking to you again!
Don't!
Sam--
What?
Nothing. Just--
[they leave]
I said, red fur and long tail.
[Alan jumps up on Carl’s cop car]
Get down off of my car, please. And get up on the sidewalk.
Alan Parrish What year is it?
It was brand new.
Alan Parrish No. What year is it?
Uh, 1995, remember?
Alan Parrish '95.
You got some I.D.? Oh, let me guess. You left it in your other Tarzan outfit, right?
Alan Parrish Twenty-six years.
Are you from around here?
Alan Parrish I was! But I've been in Jumanji.
Indonesia. He was in the the Peace Corps.
Alan Parrish [looking at Carl's badge and whispering to himself]
Bentley. Carl Bentley, the Soleman.
Yes, sir. He's our uncle.
Does he always dress like that?
Well, yeah, he's a vegetarian.
Alan Parrish [notices 2 monkeys inside Carl's car]
Get out of there! [Screeches and makes monkey noises; to Judy, Peter, and Carl] Monkeys! Monkeys.
Uh, he suffered a head injury a few months ago.
[the monkeys discharge the shotgun and drive away]
Hey! Hey-- What? Don't you move! Freeze! Hey!
Alan Parrish Don't move. Don't move.
Hey, wait a minute! Where are you going?
Alan Parrish To find my parents!
Alan Parrish [they arrive at the factory, which is now rundown]
My dad used to make shoes here. They were the best shoes in New England. [barges into the office] Hey! Sorry.
Shoe Factory Bum [his dog attempts to get up, but he stops her]
Easy, girl.
Alan Parrish Sorry. Do you know what happened to this shoe factory?
Shoe Factory Bum Yeah, it folded up, like everything else in this town. Hey, it's pretty cold out there. How 'bout some coffee?
Alan Parrish Why would they close Parrish Shoes?
Shoe Factory Bum Well, when his kid ran away, Sam put all he had into trying to find him. His time, his money. Everything. After a while, he stopped comin' to work. He just quit caring. I don't think anybody loved his boy more than Sam did. Here. You're gonna freeze out there. [gives him some clothes]
Alan Parrish Thank you. Are the Parrishes still around?
Shoe Factory Bum I see 'em now and then.
Alan Parrish Yeah?
Shoe Factory Bum They're over on Adams Street.
[they’re now standing in front of Carol and Sam’s grave]
Our parents are dead too. They were in the Middle East negotiating peace when--
Alan Parrish I bet you miss him, huh? Me too.
Ready?
Yeah.
Alan, ready?
Alan Parrish There is no "ready." [Judy rolls the dice. Nothing happened]
I'll try it again. [Judy rolls the dice again. Nothing happened] It's not working.
Alan Parrish Oh, no. It's not your turn.
Yeah. I rolled first and then Peter twice 'cause he got doubles, and now it's my turn again.
Alan Parrish No, look. Two of those pieces are yours, right? Whose are the other pieces? The elephant was mine. You're playing the game I started in 1969. I'm gonna have to play. It's not my turn.
Whose turn is it?
Alan Parrish Sarah Whittle. [All 3 walk up to a Tudor-style house] This is where she used to live.
This place gives me the creeps.
Alan Parrish We used to play on this porch. I knew she still wouldn't live here. Probably married Billy Jessup and they're living in a trailer park. Come on, let's go.
Maybe she'll know where Sarah went.
Of course she'll know where Sarah went. She's a psychic.
Alan Parrish Good point. I remember the porch being bigger.
Do you have an appointment?
No, we're just trying to find someone.
Madam Serena can't see you right now.
Alan Parrish Maybe you can help us.
Alan Parrish We're looking for someone who used to live here.
Well, then you must know Sarah Whittle.
Alan Parrish Sarah?
No, I don't go by that name anymore.
Alan Parrish [stick his hand in the door]
Sarah Whittle?
What do you want?
Alan Parrish 26 years ago, you played a game with a little boy down the street. A game with drums.
How do you know that?
Alan Parrish I was that little boy, Sarah.
Alan... [she faints]
Gun Salesman [Van Pelt walks into a gun shop and places his gun on the counter]
What can I do for you?
I want a gross of these. [hands him a bullet]
Gun Salesman You know, they stopped making these in 1903.
Damn. I shall need a replacement weapon.
Gun Salesman Well, there's a waiting period, and you'll have to... fill out these. [he places a stack of forms on the counter as Van Pelt drops some coins] Or I could fill these out. Louise. [Louise stops what she's doing and changes the "Open" sign to "Closed".] [hands Van Pelt a new gun] Now, anyone asks, you didn't get this here. You're not a postal worker, are you? [Van Pelt looks at the salesman as if to say, "are you crazy"?]
Alan!
Alan!
Alan Parrish Quiet. Okay. No!
Sarah and Judy
Peter!
Are you okay?
I can't believe you did that. That was so cool. You gave me chills.
It was great. Alan.
Alan Parrish It's nice work. Come on, gimme the game. Let's go.
Alan Parrish [Carl notices Alan]
Oh, no. Act natural.
Hey!
Alan Parrish Hide the game.
I don't believe this. Every time there's trouble, I run into you.
Alan Parrish Me? I don't know what you're talking about.
Alan Parrish I'm not going anywhere.
Just a second. You can't take him. He's--
Her fiancé.
Wait a minute, I thought you said he was your uncle.
Alan Parrish It's all right. I'll be back soon.
Remember you said you'd never abandon your friends?
Alan Parrish We'll finish the game later. Okay?
Later?
Alan Parrish Van Pelt. Van Pelt.
I suggest you all go home now.
Alan Parrish Okay.
Now how are we supposed to finish the game?
We can't. We can't finish it without him.
What?
What happened?
I thought I could end the game myself. I was only ten spaces away.
[Reads a notice in the center of the board]
"A law of Jumanji having been broken; you will slip back even more than your token."
You tried to cheat?
No. I tried to drop the dice so they'd land on 12.
Oh, okay, honey. Well, that would be cheating.
Peter, your hands! Look at your hands!
[The magic from Jumanji turns Peter into a Monkey due to cheating]
Ray, come in, this is Willie. They cleaned out Larry's Hardware, and they're headed for Parrish Common. I can't stop 'em, Lorraine. You gotta get the National Guard down here now!
What is this about? I know you know.
Alan Parrish Yes, I do, but you wouldn't believe me even if I told you, Carl.
Wait a minute. How do you know my name is Carl?
Alan Parrish I know a lot more than that. I know you used to work on the stamping line at Parrish Shoes. They used to call you Soleman.
Soleman. Yeah, that's right. I was in there too, until old man Parrish fired me.
Alan Parrish He fired you?
Yeah, man. And I had something I could've turned this whole town around.
Alan Parrish Your shoes.
Right.
Alan Parrish Listen, Carl, I know it doesn't mean much after 26 years, but I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Sorry for what?
Alan Parrish It's me, Alan. [screeches to a halt]
Thank you. Come on.
What's going on?
Apparently there's a sale happening. [monkeys on a police motorcycle ride by] You just saw three monkeys go by on a motorcycle, didn't you?
Yes.
Good girl. Come on. [they go up to an ATM but discover it's out of service] Well, maybe we can bail him out with a check.
Thanks. You tell that sniveling coward from me, if he wants-- Hey! Get out of my way!
[Peter is trapped in a car due to a rhino crushing it]
Hey! Help me! Get me outta here!
It's all right.
Oh, my God, Peter.
Come on. [They run to Sir Sav-a-Lot.]
He doesn't know I'm here, so this isn't gonna work. I'm going.
Don't move or I'll blow your blinking brains out!
Call the cops!
That should do it, don't ya think?
Oh, yeah.
Alan Parrish If you let me go, I can stop all this. It sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone, but it's true. Please. You gotta help me on this.
[removing the handcuffs]
I know I'm gonna regret it. Just hold still. There. I let you go. Now what are we gon’ do? [throws the handcuff keys and handcuffs Carl to the door]
Alan Parrish You are gonna stay here.
Those are my keys!
Alan Parrish It's for your own good. You just stay there.
My handcuff keys. Wait.
Alan Parrish This is something I have to do.
Alan!
Alan Parrish You'll thank me someday.
Hostage situation at Sir Sav-a-Lot involving a woman and two children. Sounds like the armed perpetrator in the pith helmet and khakis you reported. Carl? Come in, Carl.
Lorraine, come in. Lorraine!
Alan Parrish What's Sir Sav-a-lot?
It's a discount store.
Alan Parrish Move over.
Wait. Gently.
Alan Parrish All right. Don't worry. I've done this before once.
Alan Parrish Where's Sir Sav-a-Lot?
Monroe and Elm.
Alan Parrish The Episcopal church.
No, it's not a church anymore. Now it's a Speedy Burger, or at least it was. I don't know what's left of it. People in this town are goin' loopy.
Judy!
Alan Parrish We got company.
It's all right. That's a traffic cop. He'll back us up. [The same monkeys from before ride up]
Here's the game.
Come on. Get outta here.
Alan Parrish I got it.
Okay!
Stop your cringing, woman. I could have shot you at any moment.
Then why didn't you?
You didn't roll the dice. Alan did.
There it is. Hit the brakes. Hit the brakes!
Alan Parrish I'm hittin' 'em.
Hit the brakes!
Alan Parrish I'm hittin' the brakes!
He should be here any moment.
Alan Parrish [the car plows into the store knocking shelves over and burying Van Pelt in paint cans]
Sarah! You're all right?
Yes.
Alan Parrish Where's Peter?
I'm here.
Alan Parrish Oh, great.
Self-help tape
So remember, circumstances are never ever out of your control. End of tape three.
To update on the events unfolding in Brantford, New Hampshire where at least 98 people have been hospitalized with symptoms ranging from fevers and rashes to violent seizures. Local resources have been strained to the breaking point. State health officials are asking anyone experiencing symptoms to dial 9-1-1. [Nora gets out of the car and witnesses zebras, elephants, and rhinos run by. As they do this, a monkey jumps into the car. She shuts the door and drives off. The monkey screeches, startling her and she drives into a ditch]
Alan, talk to him. Please?
Alan Parrish What? We don't have time for this, okay?
I know, but he's a kid and he was trying to help.
Alan Parrish All right.
Thank you.
Alan Parrish [to Peter]
I warned you about this, Peter. No, you wanted to play the game. What, are you crying? You don't cry, all right? You keep your chin up. Keep your chin up. Crying never helped anybody do anything, okay? You have a problem, you face it like a man.
Alan Parrish I'm sorry. Twenty-six years buried in the jungle and I still became my father. It's okay. Come here. I'm sorry. Hey. It's all right. Remember what you told me? It's all right to be afraid.
It's not that.
Alan Parrish What is it? [whispers in Alan's ear] Okay. Ready? [pulls Peter's tail out of his pants] Don't worry. We're gonna have you turned back into your old self in no time flat. 'Cause we're gonna go in here, and together, we're gonna sit down, we're gonna finish that game, no matter what. [The house has turned into a swamp] Suddenly, I feel right at home.
Lorraine, this is Carl. I know who's behind this. I'm headin' to the Parrish place. Gimme backup. Lorraine?
Wait!
Now what?
Stop! Wait, stop!
Is there a problem, ma'am?
Can I have a ride home?
Where do you live?
Jefferson Street. The old Parrish place.
Do you have children? A boy and a girl?
Oh, my God! What happened?
Get in. I'll explain it on the way. [a vine from the game has taken Carl's cop car] Fine! Take it! We gotta get to that house.
Alan Parrish [?]
Come on. Okay, it's my turn. I've got it. Colonel Mustard in the library with a wrench. Clue.
Alan Parrish [Alan rolls a 7 and the elephant game piece moves seven spaces, nearly reaching the crystal ball.]
"Beware the ground on which you stand, the floor is quicker than the sand."
Alan!
Alan Parrish Help me.
Okay. Stay calm. Don't struggle. Stay calm.
Alan Parrish I'm calm.
Alan! Grab on!
Alan Parrish Pull. Okay, I got it. Pull!
Stay calm!
Alan Parrish Come on.
Oh, good! I got you.
Alan Parrish Stop giving me things that come apart!
"There is a lesson--"
All right.
"There is a lesson you will learn:
I got you.
sometimes you must go back a turn." [the floor becomes quicksand; Sarah tries to pull Alan up, but also gets stuck]
Did I hurt you?
Alan Parrish Oh, no.
Oh, dear.
Alan Parrish Oh, thank you, Judy. Thank you. That was quick thinking. Sarah and I would like to get out of the floor, so it's your turn, Peter.
Okay.
I thought I lost you again.
Alan Parrish Thanks for stickin' around this time.
"Need a hand while you just wait, we'll help you out, we each have…eight?"
Alan Parrish [spiders appear]
What's that? What is it?
Nothing. Waah!
Alan Parrish You don't go "Waah!" for nothing.
Oh, my.
Alan Parrish Peter! My dad kept an axe in the woodshed. Go get it.
Okay.
Alan Parrish Hurry! Go, go, go!
[Peter runs out to the woodshed. He picks up the axe trying to open the shed with said axe; he then breaks the fourth wall by looking at the camera and then runs back inside.]
Sarah!
Judy? Peter?
Aunt Nora, it's me, Peter.
[shocked at Peter's appearance and seeing Alan’s legs protruding from the ceiling]
Oh, God! [she backs into the closet]
Sorry, I can't talk right now. I'll explain later. [locks her in the closet]
Alan Parrish [The other dice stops at 2, making number 3 and lets Alan's token reach the goal and he effectively wins the game and the words "Jumanji" appear in the crystal ball.]
Jumanji.
Alan Parrish [louder]
It's Jumanji. [Van Pelt gun crooks and fires]
[jumpa out in front of the bullet]
No, Alan, no! [Van Pelt shoots a bullet which disintegrates as he and everything from the game gets sucked back in]
[transition back to 1969, with Young Alan and Sarah hugging] [entering the house]
I forgot my speech notes.
Young Alan Parrish [Hugs Sam]
I'm so glad you're back.
I've only been gone five minutes.
Young Alan Parrish It seems like a lot longer to me.
See, I thought you told me you were never gonna talk to me again.
Young Alan Parrish [sadly]
Whatever I said, Dad, I'm sorry.
Look, Alan, I was angry. I'm sorry too. I'm sorry. Look, you don't have to go to Cliffside if you don't want to. Let's talk it over tomorrow, man-to-man.
Young Alan Parrish How about father-to-son?
All right. Hey, I gotta get going. I'm the guest of honor.
Young Alan Parrish Dad? Back in nineteen six-- I mean, today in the factory, it wasn't Carl Bentley's fault. I put the shoe on the conveyor belt.
I'm glad you told me, son. Thanks.
Young Alan Parrish Bye, Dad.
Good-bye.
Young Alan Parrish [remembers something]
Holy smokes! Judy and Peter!
Alan. They're not there. It's 1969. They don't even exist yet.
[Last lines; Alan and Sarah throw the game into the river.]
I'm starting to forget what it's like to be a grown-up.
Young Alan Parrish
That's okay. As long as we don't forget each other.
Or Judy and Peter. Alan, there's something I've been wanting to do and I better do it before I feel too much like a kid. [She kisses him]
Young Alan Parrish
They probably don't teach driver training in the sixth grade, huh?
All
[Fade to 1995 where Alan and Sarah are hosting a Parrish Shoe Company Christmas party. Alan and Sarah are now married and expecting a child, as Sarah is shown to be pregnant]
God and sinners reconciled. Joyful all ye nations rise. Join the triumph of the skies.
Merry Christmas. Wanna try one of these?
All
Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark, The herald angels sing
Alan Parrish [on the phone, to Sam]
No, Dad. It's a new cross-trainer. It's doing fabulous. It's not a bra. It's a shoe.
Honey, they're here.
Alan Parrish Dad, I gotta run. Merry Christmas. We'll pick you up at the airport. You'll be the best Christmas gift of all. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. They're here.
Come on. Let's go.
Alan Parrish Pardon me. Jim, glad you could make it.
Jim Shepherd
Thanks. This is my wife, Martha.
Alan Parrish Hi, Martha. This is Sarah.
Martha Shepherd
Hi, Sarah.
Jim Shepherd
Where are the kids?
Alan Parrish Oh, my God, there they are.
Martha Shepherd
How'd you know?
A guess. A guess, of course. They're your kids.
Jim Shepherd
You're right. These are our children. Judy and Peter. Kids, say hi to Mr. and Mrs. Parrish.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Alan Parrish You're just like we remembered you. I feel like we know so much about them because, you know--
You've told Alan so much about them.
Alan Parrish And I told her.
Yeah.
Alan Parrish I'll go get the presents.
Sure, honey. Well, we love children.
Alan Parrish Merry Christmas.
Cool!
Alan Parrish So, when can you start?
Jim Shepherd
Well, actually, Martha and I were thinking of taking a little skiing holiday in the Canadian Rockies.
Alan and Sarah
No! [all chatter stops]
Alan Parrish Sorry. We-- We just--
Need you to get that marketing done on the new line… pronto.
Jim Shepherd
No problem. I could probably start next week. That'd be great.
Alan Parrish Let me introduce you to the rest of the folks you'll be working with. Come on in. Our house was your house. Is, anytime you like.
All
We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year
French speaking Girl
[fade to a distant beach where the game has washed up]
What's that noise?
[credits roll]
