Francine Fishpaw Minicam?!
Played by Divine 
Polyester (1981) · 21 quotes
Polyester (1981) · 21 quotes
Most-quoted character in Polyester (1981): in 10 of its 21 quotes
Most scenes with: Lulu (3)
I wish I could be more like you, Cuddles, always optimistic. I look into my future and all I see is a long, dark highway, filled with endless tollbooths and no exits.
More lines from Francine Fishpaw
3 quotes Francine Fishpaw Francine Fishpaw Oh, everything smells so much better now.
Francine Fishpaw Do you think I'm made of steel, Miss Lu-Lu?
Scenes with Francine Fishpaw
6 scenes Francine Where did you get that outfit?
Francine That's a new garment, Lulu. I can smell it! Have you been shoplifting again?
I bought it with money I saved!
Francine What money? You don't have a job.
Boys at scool give me money.
Francine For what?
For dancing at lunch period!
Francine You dance lewdly for the boys at lunch period?
For a quarter I will!
Francine's Mother [walks in on Francine on the toilet]
Can't you do that later? I don't have all day you know! I'm missing valuable shopping time!
Francine Mother, please, I'll be out in a second.
Francine's Mother I don't know why you bother, you've always retained your fluids!
Francine Lulu, you have failed every single subject again!
Oh no Mom, they changed the grading system! F is for Fantastic!
Francine You little liar. It's a good thing you're not Pinocchio, your nose would be a mile long!
I need money for a cab. Have you forgotten today's the day for my abortion?
Francine Lulu, there's a living thing inside of you. Oh Lulu, have the baby. We'll raise it together, We'll get a little bassinet and some Pampers. Oh Lulu, that baby is part of you!
It's stealing part of me, you mean! I can feel it like cancer, getting bigger and bigger like the blob! One day it'll rip me open, and it'll be there in my life, ready to rob me of every bit of fun I deserve to have!
Francine I really don't know what to say.
AA meeting crowd
SAY IT! SAY IT! SAY IT!
Francine My name is Francine Fishpaw...
AA meeting crowd
AND? AND? AND?
Francine And I am an alcoholic!
Principal Kirk
Is Dexter ill today?
Francine Why, no, Mr. Kirk. Dexter's in school.
Principal Kirk
I'm afraid he's not, Mrs. Fishpaw. Dexter's truancy problem is way out of hand, and the Baltimore County School Board have decided to expel Dexter from the entire public school system.
Francine Oh Mr. Kirk... I'm as upset as you to learn of Dexter's truancy, but surely expulsion is not the answer!
Principal Kirk
I'm afraid expulsion is the only answer. It is the opinion of the entire staff that Dexter is criminally insane.
