Stop shouting, Baboon! Maitika kill chief!
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) · 63 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Jungle 2 Jungle (1997): in 30 of its 63 quotes
Most scenes with: Michael Cromwell (22), Richard Kempster (5), Charlotte (5)
This your village, Baboon? (Michael: Yep, this is my village) It's big.
More lines from Mimi Siku
2 quotesAngel on table.
Scenes with Mimi Siku
27 scenesHoko!
Hoko; bird. Bird who can't sing: Hoko Ono.
You Pinari now. Choose a name.
Choose for me.
Ukumay.
What?
U-Ku-May.
What does it mean?
It means "Sound of rain on river water."
"Ukumay." It's pretty. [kisses Mimi, and they kiss passionately]
Talk about your wind instruments. Oh! [man farts in his face; disgusted] Oh, ease up on the fruit, for God's sakes. [Spots Mimi Siku walking] Mitsubishi!
Mimi Siku.
Hi, uh, Mimi Siku. I'm Michael Cromwell. Patricia-- Oh, um, Paliku tells me that, um... that I-I'm-- I'm your father. That's a nice pot you have. [Mimi Siku speaks Pinare] Do you understand any English? [Mimi Siku strokes cheek in a gesture] Well, Patricia, or Paliku, wanted me to say something paternal to you. And I gotta admit that this isn't easy for me. I don't have any regrets. Well, I have regrets. But then again, ♪ Too few to mention. ♪ Ha! [Mimi Siku then walks over to a Pinare girl giving her a pot]
Is it much further? These shoes cost me $500. Whoa. [Snake rears up] Hey! Hey-hey-hey! [Mimi shoots snake with sleeping dart from blowgun] Good shot!
Buradu.
Okay.
Scared of snake?
No, scared of snake bite. Ugh. [Mimi drops snake into Michale's hands; disgusted] Eww. [to Mimi] This buradu is dead, right?
Sleeping. We kill it before we eat it.
No, no, no, no. I do not eat snake.
Lizard guts.
You know, actually, the snake filled me right up.
No-no-no-no. I make it for you. [plopping lizard guts into Michael's hand] Tastes good.
Oh.
Now you here, you stay with me all the time?
I'd like to, Mimi Siku, but I can't.
Why?
I have a whole another life where I live.
Another son?
No. You're the only son I have.
I'll teach you to hunt. Tomorrow I've got to go to my village.
I'm a trader. That's what I do, okay?
Thi-- This in your village, yes? Woman who hold fire up sky's butt?
I've never-- I've never had her described quite like that. Yes, she's in my village. We call her the Statue of Liberty.
When I'm a man, will you take me to Statue of Liberty?
Sure. Why not? Yeah. When you're a man, I'll take you to the Statue of Liberty.
Wakatepe?
Sleep time.
Mimi, don't move! [Mimi wakes up] Don't move! There's a giant spider on you! [tarantula moves off of Mimi] Don't move! What's it doing? [sarcastically] Oh, great! [alarmed] It's now comin' up to me! Damn, it's chasing me. Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to hurt you, but I will. [picks up rock and holds it up] I will crush you like... a bug! [throws rock but misses] Mimi, don't! No, no! I can handle this! Go to the village, save yourself! [walks onto log and tarantula follows] No, no, don't! Back! Gee! Ah--! [he falls into water; Mimi laughs in amusement as Michael emerges from the water; Mimi puts Matika in custom carrier]
If you scream, Matika attack. If you're calm, Matika nice. But Kukuve always mean.
Who's Kukuve? [Mimi points to alligator behind him] Huh? [turns head to see Kukuve snarling while swimming to him; alarmed] AAH! This place is a nightmare! [runs away]
Baboon! Baboon!
Baboon! Baboon!
The hair on your chest reminds them of a monkey. "Baboon" is your Pinare name.
Baboon? That's the best they could come up with?
At first, they wanted to go with "Man Who Must Be Smarter Than He Looks."
If we get to pick our own names, I'd like to pick this: "Man Who's Extremely Well-Endowed."
Sorry. It's already taken. [points to man surrounded by women, and the man thanks Patricia in Pinare]
The chief is telling the forest that Mimi's no longer a child.
Are they finished?
Almost. But to become a tribal leader someday, Mimi has to perform a special task that the chief will give to him. He says he's very proud of Mimi Siku, and, as his father, you should be too.
Well, I am very proud of him, considering the fact that I just found out a couple days ago I had a son, and I'm standing about four feet from a witch doctor. [the Witch doctor speaks to Michael in Pinare and Michael hisses at him; chief talks about Mimi's task, and the villagers cheer in agreement]
The chief has given Mimi the task of bringing fire back from the Statue of Liberty.
You promised to take me to New York when I become a man, Baboon.
And when you're a man, I will.
In this tribe, he is a man, and he wants to go now?
No-no-no-no-no-no-no. Tomorrow, we fly to Caracas, we sign the divorce papers, then I get in a big, steel bird and fly back to New York City.
Yakuza.
Did you promise to take him or not?
Maybe. Mimi Siku, I have to be back on the exchange floor. I'm gettin' married. I cannot take you tomorrow.
Here, if you make a promise, you keep it. "Tomorrow," "Can't," "Maybe." These words don't mean anything to Mimi. He doesn't understand them.
It's not my fault he doesn't understand. You're his mom, you brought him down here to live with the Pirates of the Caribbean. Maybe you should have taught him better English.
This is the most important day in your son's life, and he wanted you here to share it with him. And now, you're going to humiliate him in front of the whole tribe by not keeping the first promise you ever made to him?
Baboon, I-- I want to go.
Mimi Siku, I am-- I'm very sorry.
You made wakatepe with me. [Mimi turns and walks away past tribe]
Excuse me, Mr. Cromwell, [Michael wakes up] but the young man you're with is urinating on the exit door.
Thank you.
Me happy to be with you, Baboon.
This your village, Baboon?
Yep. This is my village.
It's big. [later] Where are all the animals?
Up in their offices, where they work.
Okay. [hands Mimi a magazine] Take a look at that. [puts up arms like a bodybuilder] Baboon must go fight the chief.
Look at this! Cromwell, look at this. Coffee is at 88, and it's dropping like a brick! By tomorrow morning, it could be 85 or lower.
We'll just wait it out. Something'll happen. The market will turn around.
But what if it doesn't?
You remember what happened in '91?
You can't always depend on a natural disaster.
It doesn't have to be a natural disaster. We can hope for an assassination.
Oh, would you take it seriously for one minute?
Just a minute, I'm trying to lighten this guy up.
Stop it. Stop it! Now, come on. Behave yourselves here! Now something better happen fast, [Mimi Siku puts Matika on floor] or I'm gonna throw your butts out the window! What the hell do you hotshots think about when you make these deals? You seem to have forgotten, Cromwell, that you were investing the company's money. When you invest the company's money and win, the company's behind you. But when you screw up like this, [Michael put newspaper on Matika] you're both on the hook for any loss we take.
That would be over a million dollars.
Now, that's not my problem. And by the way, Cromwell, [Michael has realized Mimi's pet tarantula Matika is heading to Langston] when somebody is playing with millions of dollars of my money, I generally like them in the country. [Matika starts crawling up Langston's leg] This country!
Stop-- Stop yelling, please.
This is still my office! I'll shout, I'll yell, I'll scream as much as I want! When I made you shareholders in this company, it was to share profits, not losses!
Not losses is right! We're not here to share losses! We're here to share profits! Profits! Profits! [sees Matika crawling towards him] Huh? [pointing to window] Look up! It's an alien circle with Mickey Rourke's picture in it. Look, look, look, look, look! Up, up! Look! Look up! Look up!
He just found out that he has a son.
Look, look, look, look, look!
Stop shouting, Baboon. Matika kill chief.
Catch the damn spider, will you, please? [Mimi does so] Thank you. I-I-- I said I was gonna go fight the chief, not kill the chief. Around here, only... postal employees kill chief. Do you understand? [walks back in office] Boy, whatever you do in Venezuela, do not try the chili del fuego.
So, Mimi, how old are you?
The roots of the Yomano tree have broken ground three times in my life.
So, I guess that would make you around--
13.
13. 13. You know, I have a daughter around that age. Karen.
Will I meet daughter?
Yeah, yeah. She's just up at Charlotte's now. She's trying on her dress for the wedding. [Mimi is mingling with clam basket] What are you doing?
Feed Matika.
What's Matika? [Mimi turns clam basket showing Richard Matika and Richard slams his face against window screaming in alarm]
The rainforest is a very hot issue. Being associated with this, uh, jungle bloke, it can only help you.
Where's the rain forest?
Brian, find out where the rainforest is.
Right.
Mimi Siku, this is Charlotte, and, uh, Charlotte, this is Mimi Siku.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Mimi Siki.
Mimi Siku.
Mimi Siku.
This your female, Baboon?
This is my female.
And as his female, I'd like to invite you to dinner tonight with Fiona Gluckman. She's the fashion editor of Elle magazine. Very major. [to Michael] She wants to see the sketches for my wedding trousseau. [to Mimi] And if you're available, I'd love for you to join us. Is there anything special you like to eat?
Lizard guts.
Lizard guts?
Yes, but very lean.
Great earrings. [spots Mimi attempting to urinate in potted plant; shocked gasp] Honey!
Oh! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Mimi, Mimi, Mimi. Do you remember what we talked about, using the toilet on the airplane? Let's continue to do that. [to Charlotte] I will find the men's room for him, and we will see you tonight. [to Mimi] Come on, Mimi.
Will he be wearing the loin cloth to dinner?
I'll get him some clothes.
Oh, that's very good. Very-- [to Michael] Bob Montgomery. [to Bob Motgomery] That's wonderful. Listen. So, Bob, I'm standing with Michael Cromwell, and, you know, considering our long history together, you're the first person we wanna make this offer to. Are you ready? 5,100 tons of coffee beans. [Bob Motgomery guffaws and hangs up on Richard as Mimi walks on the exterier ledge of window] We're dead. Okay?
Baboon!
Ah!
Baboon!
He's doing a Fay Wray! [he faints]
Michael! Mumu!
Mimi! Come back inside!
Statue of Liberty, Baboon.
You do as I tell you.
Get this!
Come look!
No, no, no! Come back here! Mimi, Get back in here.
Cool.
Move. Get outta my way. Come on. Mimi! Watch out, watch out, watch out. Mimi! Mimi!
Get the wide-angle lens!
Get out of the way, please! Mimi! Wait, wait, wait! [starts walking out of window]
Statue of Liberty, Baboon. Statue not far, Baboon.
Mimi, you stand right there.
We go now?
We'll go tomorrow, okay? Whoa. Ahhh.
People down there so far from us.
I'd like to keep 'em that way, okay? I'm gonna die up here.
Nothing bad happened, Baboon.
I just hate heights. Whoa. Oh.
Pinare secret: [Moving Michael to wall] Don't look down.
Just for the record, it's not that big a secret. [brings Mini back inside and the crowd applauds]
Yeah!
Don't you ever, ever, ever do that to me again! When I tell you to do something, I mean it! Do you understand me?!
Mimi Siku sorry.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Mm, sorry. I was just worried about you out there. I really was. All right? Well, um, we should go.
Baboon scared?
Yes, Baboon scared. Baboon not know he could be so scared. Baboon's pants a little damp.
Oh, my God! Oh, Charlie, this is fabulous!
Mimi, get down.
When I saw the shoulders on this gown, I plotzed. I said to myself, "Fiona, this, this is the future of fashion."
Oh, no. Remember what I told ya? Forks go on the left side. This side. Small fork on the outside. Take your Knife, put it over next to the spoon. The blade-- Blade in. Perfect. Yeah. Might wanna work on that one too.
In Lipo Lipo, we eat with hands.
In New York, New York, we eat with forks.
When are we gonna eat? I'm famished. [snorts]
A little champagne? Gino, why don't you show her the bridesmaids sketches?
Show me, show me, show me, show me. Oh, I'm loving this. [sniffs] Ah!
What is taking so long with the food?
I'll give them a call.
I don't eat meat, I don't eat dairy or nightshade vegetables, and, of course, I don't touch preservatives.
Cat fat.
Mm-hmm.
We eat cat.
Excuse me? [doorbell rings]
That must be the food.
Oh! Finally.
Gino, Louis.
Coming.
Cat's job, feed people.
No, not here. Here, cat's job is to sleep and lick crotch.
Oh, Charlie, it smells so good! I can't stand it! Of course, this is much too much for me. Did they forget my tiramisu? [they arrive in kitchen and Mimi is squatting on table eating cat food; gasps in shock] Oh, God!
This much tasty. Your female makes good food, Baboon.
Ohh! [faints again]
Oh, Louis, you are such a cliché.
You had no right to change the rules.
What rules?
When we talked about having children, we agreed that you would be my child and that I would be your child, and now I find out that you've had a child all along.
Wait a second. Are you saying that I knew that I had a child?
Well, if I had a child, I certainly would have known.
Hello! You're a woman. Of course you'd know. You're there when you have it. Look, there's no magical bond between a father and son that spans the continents. The only reason I know I have a child is because you insisted I go down to the Amazon to finalize the divorce.
Oh, so, now you're saying that you having a child is my fault? I don't think so, Michael.
Mimi's just visiting. I wanna show him a good time. After that, he goes back home, and we can go back to being the way we were. Entirely wrapped up in ourselves.
Promise?
My little darlings. Ah. Ooh. Are your little bellies empty? Oh. Bonjour. Ah. Bonjour. We are all so happy today, n'est-ce pas? [Mimi shoots a pigeon out of the French woman's hand, and the woman screams and cries]
What's goin' on up here? [to Mimi] Did you-- [brings Mimi inside] Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Go! Go! Mimi, you can't do this! You do not kill birds around here for breakfast! If you're hungry, ask me. I bought some stuff for you. This is what kids love. [holds up cereal box] Cap'n Crunch.
What is?
This is cereal! [reading the ingredients on side of cereal box] It's just corn, brown sugar, yellow #5 and zinc oxide? They've added a sunblock to it. You pour this on this, and that's your breakfast. Enjoy yourself. [in Charlotte's bedroom] Charlie. Come on. Wake up, sweetheart. Wake up. Charlie. Bloomingdale's burned down.
Mimi's having breakfast out in the kitchen. I will be home before lunch. Bye.
Wait. I can't watch him. Women's Wear is coming to the loft.
You don't need to baby-sit him. He'll be fine. Now go back to sleep.
Mmm.
Mimi, I gotta get goin' here. [Mimi has poured the cereal and milk on the counter] No. No! This isn't-- No. No, it's not your fault. I didn't mention that you usually put this in a bowl.
When we go to Statue of Liberty?
Uh, tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
I know I told you we were going today, but I can't today. I-I-- The Baboon's makin' some very big trades today.
Me go trade with Baboon.
Baboon go alone. I'd like to be around you, but, but I'm obligated to go.
What means "obligated"?
Obligated. It means... when you do something that you don't really wanna do.
Okay. Baboon obligated.
And will you promise Baboon one thing? You won't shoot any more animals? And don't eat the cat. I'll bring food home.
Matika? [lifts up Charlotte's bedspread; Charlotte notices and screams in alarm] Nice pushibushi.
That is the last pushibushi you're gonna see around here, you little savage!
Help a guy out. Spare change for food? Help a guy out. Spare change for food? [Mimi hands him a dead pigeon] Huh?
Eat.
Hmm.
Much night fun.
Girl's mother: [grabs her daughter] Honey, come on.
Mom!
Right there.
That way?
Right-- Right there.
Thanks.
And on top of everything else, didn't I tell you to wait in the apartment--
I want to see Statue of Liberty.
I said we'd do that tomorrow.
Always tomorrow! You're too busy for Mimi Siku! I want to see Statue to Liberty, I go.
Look, Mimi, I've got a life here. I can't change everything just because you showed up.
Then why you bring me here?
I was obligated.
You obligated be with me?
Mimi. [runs off and alongside traffic with Michael in pursuit] Mimi? Mimi! Mimi, come here! Stop! Come back here! Whoop! Mimi, I didn't mean that!
You said "obligated"!
I didn't mean that. Now, stop! Look out! Mimi, come on! [vehicle almost hits Mimi and Michael grabs him] Get out of the street! Come on! Get out of the street! [pulls Mimi to sidewalk]
I want to go home. You not want Mimi Siku here!
I want you here. I'm sorry. Look, stop, stop. Look. [pants heavily from all the running] Sorry I said that stuff. I was just angry.
You always angry at me. "Don't do this! Don't do that!"
This is New York. This is a dangerous jungle.
Mimi Siku not scared. Mimi Siku a man.
No, you're not a man. You are an adolescent.
Adolescent?
Yes. An adolescent. But you don't have a wife. [exhales] You don't have a family to support. You are free to do whatever you want.
You're an adolescent.
What?! No, no, no, no! I am not an adolescent. I'm a man.
I'm a man too.
Not here you're not a man. You're a 13-year-old boy running around in a loin cloth.
I'm a man, too!
Okay, okay. You're right. You are a man. But you're gonna have to learn what men do in my jungle.
And you have to learn how to breathe when you run. [Michael gives him a "Point taken." look]
Okay, first lesson. Ooh! You wanna go someplace in my village, all you gotta do is wave your arm. Wave your arm. [Taxi pulls over]
Magic.
You know, magic would be if he understands English. Fulton Fish Market on the double.
Okay. [speaks foreign language]
Mmm. Here you go. Thanks, buddy. Now this is America, huh? Mmm.
Tastes like lizard guts.
Oh, lizard guts. [spits out hot dog and throws the rest in trash]
Many tribes in your village, Baboon.
Yeah, I guess there are.
Music.
What? What?
Come, Baboon! We dance!
I don't dance in public.
Come. I'll show you. [Mimi starts Michael dancing and everyone in the vicinity all join in dancing]
Pretty cool. I haven't danced like that since I was a little kid. Oh. You'll get used to those shoes. Huh? Here. Why don't you give her the flowers? [calling to Charlotte] Charlie, how'd that interview go? You home, Charlie?
Michael, I'm in here!
Charlie?
Michael, I've been in this bathroom for hours!
Make sure you open a window!
Michael! I'm being attacked by a giant spider!
Oh! I can see it! Move away from the door! Move away from the door! [to Mimi] Grab this thing. Come on. Come on.
Do something!
I'm doing something. I'm gonna fight it. Stay away from the door! Look at that. Oh, it's a big one! It's a big one!
Be careful!
I'm gonna put it in the wastebasket. Don't come out here yet. It's still moving. [to Mimi] Put the thing back in its box.
What?
It's as big as an ox!
You bad girl, Matika. [putting Matika in clam basket] Stay here.
Charlotte's mad. She doesn't like me.
No, no, no, no. Come on. It's not you at all. It's me. She's afraid of change.
Why did Paliku leave you, Baboon?
Boy, um.. I probably took her for granted.
So, now you're with Charlotte?
Yes, I am.
Many females in your village, Baboon.
Mm-hmm.
Why you pick only one?
Well, when you pick one to love, it's very different. It's like there's a big picture of her in front of your face at all times. And the picture's so big you can't see any other females.
Well, I try harder to make Charlotte like me.
Wait. Wait. Wait. Now.
Give me coffee certificates.
You don't think I would keep certificates around my house?
Ow. Ow. Ow.
Dad keeps everything in the bookcase...
Andrew-- [Jovanovic still holds Richard's hair] Ow.
...behind the (Holy) Bible and Judith Krantz.
Thank you, Andrew. [rummages through Richard's bookshelf] Oh. Scruples. Could not put it down. [finds coffee certificates] Oh!
All right, so, uh, you have your certificates. And I would appreciate it if you would just take them and leave my house.
Sit.
Sure.
First, I teach never to make fool of Jovanovic again. Rope him down.
"Rope him down"?
I have an idea. [hands him blowgun and sleeping darts] You'll need these.
What? What?
Karen, time to come inside, baby!
I want you to have this. [Karen takes gift and kisses Mimi's cheek]
Well, Mimi, here's all your stuff. Better get going, huh? Your dad's waiting. [Michael and Mimi are about to leave] Bye, Michael. Bye, Mimi.
Come on. I'm gonna take you someplace.
Come on. Come on. Come on. Excuse me. Excuse me. Come on. Last time I was here, I bought that for your mom.
I want to go back home.
You sick?
No.
You sure? [Mimi nods] All right, um, but we got to come back here in a couple of days. Tell you why. 4th of July. It's like that Fanenteyou celebration of yours. But here, it's big. There's boats everywhere that you can see, and thousands of people, and at night, they shoot off fire in the sky, like you've never seen.
I failed the chief, Baboon.
How did you fail the chief?
Didn't get the fire from the Statue of Liberty. The fire isn't real.
W-- The fire's in here. [regarding Mimi's heart] Chief knows that.
I miss Paliku. I want to go back home.
Home. All right.
Ouch. Oh. Almost forgot. You'll be needing this. [produces Mimi blowgun]
You keep it.
No, Mimi.
No, no, no. If you kill a fly, you'll be a real Pinare.
Yeah, like that's gonna happen. You know, I will practice. That way I can come down and hunt with you. [he and Mimi laugh lightly]
You'll never come to Lipo Lipo.
American Airlines announces the final boarding call for Flight 935 to Caracas, Venezuela.
Time to go. [PA announcer continues indistinctly] Thanks for the blowgun. Mimi, I got you somethin'. It's for you. But I want you to open it in the plane; Don't open it now. I also got ya...this. [pulls out Statue of Liberty lighter and ignites flame; chuckles]
Fire from Statue.
Wakatepe.
Wakatepe.
