Hobo This is an official, authentic, genuine ticket to ride.
More lines from Hobo
5 quotes Hobo Hobo I hop aboard this rattler any time I feels like it. It's like 'm the king of this train. Yeah, the king of the Pol Ex. In fact, I am the king of the North Pole!
Hobo One other thing. Do you believe in ghosts? [Hero boy shakes head no] Interesting.
Hobo There's no sleepwalking on the Polar Express.
Hobo This will be interesting.
Scenes with Hobo
5 scenes Hobo Is there something I can do for you?
'm looking for a girl.
Hobo A gir...? [Starts laughing] Ain't we all?
Hobo What exactly is your persuasion on the big man? Since you brought him up.
Well, I... I want to believe. But...
Hobo But you don't wanna be bamboozled. You don't wanna be led down the primrose path. You don't wanna be conned or duped, have the wool pulled over your eyes. Hoodwinked. You don't wanna be taken for a ride, railroaded.
Hobo We gotta make the engine before we hit Flat Top Tunnel.
How come?
Hobo So many questions. There is but one inch of clearance between the roof of this rattler and the roof of Flat Top Tunnel. Savvy?
[The Conductor carries a light as they enter another train car, know as the Abandoned Toy Car.]
Ah, the forsaken and the abandoned. Mind your step now. These... These poor toys have suffered enough. Being left to rust and decay in the back alleys and vacant lots of the world.
What are they doing here?
It's a new concept the boss came up with. Instead of being thrown away, they're collected, refurbished. He calls it... re-by-cycling, or something like that.
Makes me wanna cry seeing toys that were treated this way.
These hopelessly entangled string puppets and marionettes pose a particular problem. We found that the nimble fingers of our workforce here at the North Pole are best suited for working out these knots and tangles, don't you think? Oh, thank you. Uh-oh. Double-locked here.
Hobo [The door shuts. Hero Boy continues looking at the toys and has gotten lost in the dark train car. He walks towards the door and bumps into a marionette of Scrooge who clasps his shoulder, Hero Boy stops walking, he turns nervously.] [As Ebenezer Scrooge]
You are just like me, my friend. A SCROOGE!
Hobo [Hero Boy gasps in horror and jumps back in fright]
Ebenezer Scrooge! North Pole, Santa Claus, this train-- It's all a bunch of humbug!
Hobo [Hero Boy looks up and notices the Hobo up on the roof, puppeteering Scrooge.] [Continued as Scrooge]
A bout of indigestion! Oh, yeah, I know what you are! YOU'RE A DOUBTER!!!
Hobo [Hero Boy screams and flees frantically, trying to find the door, but with all the puppets and marionettes in his path, it makes it almost impossible to get out.]
A DOUBTER! YOU DON'T BELIEVE! YOU'RE A DOUBTER!! YOU DON'T BELIEVE!!!
[Hero Boy reaches the door and instantly slams it shut, he has returned to the car where all the kids are sitting.]
[After the train arrives at the North Pole and stops in front of the giant tree in the city's center...] [organizing the children and lining them up]
Alright. Alright, ladies and gentlemen. 2 columns, please. Shorter in the front, taller in the rear. Even-numbered birthdays on the right, odd-numbered on the left. No pushing. No pushing. But let's not dilly-dally, it's 5 minutes to midnight.
Hey, what gives? It was 5 minutes until midnight 4 minutes ago.
Exactly! Columns of 2! [counts the children] 1, 2.
Question.
[looks at Billy inside, thinking that Billy can choose to see Santa or not]
No one is required to see Santa. [to the children] Ladies and gentlemen, you do not have to hold hands...
[Hero Boy and Hero Girl climb aboard the observation car, but unbeknownst to them, Hero Boy accidentally steps on a lever which uncouples the car. Inside...] [to Billy]
Look, you have to come with us.
[feeling depressed and left out and thinking Christmas is not important to him]
Christmas just doesn't work out for me. It never has.
But Christmas is such a wonderful and beautiful time. It's a time for giving and being thankful, for friends and family. People hang decorations and lights. And then Santa comes and leaves presents under our Christmas trees.
[sighs]
Look, I don't know if Christmas is gonna work out for you or not, but this is Christmas Eve. Don't stay here by yourself.
Yes, come with us. We'll go together.
[Billy then decides to come with the two and have the chance to meet Santa. But just then, the observation car jerked and started to roll backwards, and its lights go out. It was uncoupled from the train. The three go to the platform at the back and feared what would happen next.] [assuring]
We're gonna be okay. [They get diverted onto another track downhill.] MAYBE NOOOOOOOTT!! [gasps] The emergency brake. The emergency brake! [hurries to the front of the car] There's no brake! I CAN'T FIND THE BRAKE!!
Hobo [materializes next to the manual brake]
Take a break, kid! How 'bout a nice, good hot cup of Joe?
