Maybe I don't want to be a Parrish.
Sam Parrish Not till you start acting like one.
Played by Jonathan Hyde 
Jumanji (1995) · 47 quotes
Jumanji (1995) · 47 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in Jumanji (1995): in 5 of its 47 quotes
Most scenes with: Alan Parrish (5), Peter Shepherd (2)
Scenes with Sam Parrish
5 scenes Sam Parrish I guess I'm not ready for Cliffside, then!
Sam Parrish We're taking you there next Sunday! And I don't want to hear another word about it!
You won't! I'm never talking to you again!
Miss Magruder
[Fade to 1969: BRANTFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE; Young Alan Parrish is riding through Brantford on his bike]
Hi, Alan.
Hi, Miss Magruder.
Frank
Good afternoon, Alan.
Hey, Frank.
Bill
All yours, Alan. [holds traffic for him]
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.
[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?
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?
Sam Parrish [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.
Dad, can I have a ride home? [The belt starts up]
Sam Parrish 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.
Sam Parrish Now, what was it you wanted to show me?
Just a minute, sir. [looking for the shoe]
Sam Parrish What the devil-- [the shoe has been shredded]
Man
Get an extinguisher.
Sam Parrish Who did this? Well? [Alan walks down the stairs as Sam pulls what’s left of the shoe off the belt]
Sam Parrish [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.
Sam Parrish 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.
Sam Parrish [Alan is at the table eating dinner]
Well, we're on our way.
Okay.
I told your father what you told me this afternoon. It wasn't just Billy Jessup.
Sam Parrish Look, if I'd known that, Alan, I wouldn't have--
It's okay, Dad.
Sam Parrish 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.
Alan.
Sam Parrish 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.
Look at this. Parrish Hall.
Sam Parrish It's the main dormitory.
[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.
Sam Parrish [sternly]
It was named after my father.
Good. Why don't you live in it?
Sam Parrish I did! I wouldn't be who I am today if it weren't for my years there.
Maybe I don't wanna be who you are. Maybe I don't wanna be a Parrish.
Sam Parrish You won't be. Not till you start acting like one.
Sam--
Sam Parrish Get your coat!
Sam Parrish We're taking you there next Sunday! And I don't wanna hear another word about it!
You won't! I'm never talking to you again!
Sam Parrish Don't!
Sam--
Sam Parrish What?
Nothing. Just--
[they leave]
[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.
[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]
Sam Parrish [transition back to 1969, with Young Alan and Sarah hugging] [entering the house]
I forgot my speech notes.
Sam Parrish I've only been gone five minutes.
It seems like a lot longer to me.
Sam Parrish See, I thought you told me you were never gonna talk to me again.
Sam Parrish 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.
How about father-to-son?
Sam Parrish All right. Hey, I gotta get going. I'm the guest of honor.
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.
Sam Parrish I'm glad you told me, son. Thanks.
Bye, Dad.
Sam Parrish Good-bye.
Alan. They're not there. It's 1969. They don't even exist yet.
