Emile I don' really know.
Played by Peter Sohn 
Ratatouille (2007) · 105 quotes
Ratatouille (2007) · 105 quotes
10th most-quoted character in Ratatouille (2007): in 6 of its 105 quotes
Most scenes with: Django (4), Remy (3), Linguini (2)
Hey there, li'l brother!
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I knew it!
It's my... Second, third, fourth... Fifth time. Monday was my first time. But I've been taking out the garbage lots of time before that…
Yes, yes. Have some more wine. Tell me, Linguini about your interests. Do you like animals?
What? Animals? What kind?
Oh, the usual, dogs, cats, horses, guinea pigs, rats.
[comes out with scraps of gourmet food]
I brought you something to -- [sees Emile eating the garbage] AGH!!!!! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! SPIT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW!
[Emile shamefully spits out the garbage; Remy sighs]
I have got to teach you about food. Close your eyes. [Emile does; hands him some cheese] Now, take a bite of thi -- [Emile inhales it] NO! NO, NO! Don't just hork it down!
Emile Too late. [swallows]
Here. [hands him another piece] Ah, chew it slowly... Only think about the taste.
[Emile tastes the cheese slowly; everything behind him fades to black as a faint yellow-grey visualization appears along with a low bass melody]
See?
Emile Not really.
Creamy, salty sweet... an oaky nuttiness... You detect that?
Emile Oh, I'm detecting nuttiness.
Close your eyes. [hands Emile half a grape] Now taste this.
[Emile tastes the grape; light violet visualizations appear to a vibraphone melody]
Whole different thing, right? Sweet, crisp, slight tang on the finish?
Emile Okay...
Now, try them together.
[Emile tastes them both at once; both melodies slowly begin to merge and get progressively louder as the visualizations grow and change shape little by little] Emile Okay... I think I'm gettin' a little something there...
Uh-huh?
Emile It might be the nuttiness...
See?
Emile Could be the tang...
That's it! Now, imagine every great taste in the world being combined into infinite combinations, and tastes that no one has tried yet! Discoveries to be made!
Emile I think...
Uh-huh?!
Emile You've lost me again.
Emile But that was interesting. Most interesting garbage I ever-- HEY! What are we doing?! Dad doesn't know you are alive yet! We've got to go to the colony! Everyone will be thrilled!
Yeah! But…
Emile What?
The thing is, I kind of have too…
Emile What do you have to more than family? What's more important here?
Well, I… It wouldn't hurt to visit.
Have you ever had a pet rat?
No.
Did you work in a lab with rats?
No.
Perhaps you lived in squalor at some point!
Nopety nopety no.
You know something about rats! You know you do!
You know who know do whacka-doo. Ratta-tatta. Hey! Why do they call it that?
What?
Ratatouille. It's like a stew, right? Why do they call it that? You’re gonna name a food, you should give it a name that sounds delicious. Ratatouille Doesn’t sound delicious, it sounds like rat and patootie, Ratpatootie, which does not sound delicious. [sharing more wine]
Regrettably, [drops the wine on the trash can] we are all out of wine.
My son has returned. [Rats cheering] And finding someone to replace you for poison checker has been a disaster. Nothing's been poisoned, thank gosh, but it hasn't been easy. You didn't make it easy.
I know. I am sorry, Dad.
Well, the important thing is that you're home.
Yeah, well, about that…
You look thin. Why is that? A shortage of food, or a surplus of snobbery?
No, I'm the one in a cage. I've giving up. You are free.
I am only as free as you imagine me to be. As you are.
Oh, please I'm sick of pretending. I pretend to be a rat for my father, I pretend to be a human through Linguini, I pretend you exist so I have some much to talk to! You only tell me stuff I already know! I know who I am! Why do I need you to tell me?! Why do I need to pretend?!
[Git pushes a statue off the building, smashing open the trunk of Skinner's car] [to Git]
No. My other left!
[inside Skinner's trunk, mumbling]
Dad? Dad, I'm in here! [Git pushes another statue off the building] I'm inside the trunk! [it falls and lands onto Skinner's trunk] What the... Dad?
Emile Hey, Little Brother!
Emile! [Django and Emile release him from Skinner's cage; affectionately] I love you guys! [runs toward the restaurant]
Where are you going?!
Back to the restaurant! They'll fail without me!
Why do you care?!
BECAUSE I'M A COOK!!!
[Meanwhile in the kitchen] [to Linguini]
It's your recipe! How can you not know your own RECIPE?!
I didn't write it down, it just came to me!
Well, make it come to you again, ja? BECAUSE WE CAN'T SERVE THIS!!
Where's my order?!
Can't we serve them something else?! Something I didn't invent?
Larousse
This is what they're ordering!
Make them order something else! Tell him we're all out!
Pompidou
We cannot be all out. We just opened.
Larousse
I have another idea. What if we serve them what they order?!
We will make it! Just tell us what you did!
I don't know what I did!
We need to tell the customers something!
Then tell them... tell them... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! [flees the kitchen and runs back into the office]
LaRousse
[puzzled]
Eh?
Emile Don't do it!
Remy! Don't! Stop!
Emile They'll see you! STOP!
We are not talking about me! We are talking about what to do right now!
Chefs
RAAAAAT!!!
Remy!
Get my knife!
[Linguini sees and gasps in his office] [jumps in front of the chefs]
DON'T TOUCH HIM!!! [whispers to Remy] Thank you for coming back, Little Chef. [to the chefs] I know this sounds insane, but... well, folks, the truth sounds insane sometimes, but that doesn't mean it's not. Uh, the truth. And the truth is, I have no talent at all, but this rat, he's the one behind these recipes, he's the cook! The real cook. He's been hiding under my toque. He's been controlling my actions. He's the reason I can cook the food that's exciting everyone. The reason Ego is outside that door. I know it's hard to believe, but, hey, you believed I could cook, right? Look. [showing the chefs how Remy pulls a couple of his hair locks to control his arms] This works. It's crazy, but it works. We can be the greatest restaurant in Paris and this rat, this brilliant Little Chef, can lead us there. What do you say? You with me?
[Horst steps up, but takes off his apron, and leaves in disappointment. Both Emile and Django hide as the rest of the chefs leave. Colette is the last to leave. She raises her hand, about to slap Linguini, but she doesn't and instead sighs in disappointment. She climbs on her motorcycle and rides off. Both Linguini and Remy are sad. Linguini looks through the window, and sees Anton Ego, who gives him a glare. Linguini sadly walks back into his office, leaving Remy behind. Meanwhile, Colette rides in the streets in sadness. She stops and notices the cookbook in the window entitled "Anyone can cook".]
Waiter
And tonight, before the dessert course, we present for your pleasure, the traditional cheese trolley. To start, we have an excellent Clochette: creamy, very nice, very light. Next, a Brebis: hearty, with a surprising bite, I think you'll find. And finally, the pièce de résistance, a very special, very rare...
Woman
RAT!!!
Man
[Remy notices with a startled gasp, as the customers scream in shock, then he runs away by the trolley and rushes into the chef's room]
It's a rat!
[Remy runs away by the falling kitchen objects, then jumping on the table, and he screams as the scene freezes]
This is me. I think it's apparent that I need to rethink my life a little bit. I can't help myself. I... I like good food, okay? And good food is... is hard for a rat to find.
I don't want to eat garbage, Dad! I... [notices Emile, who is eating a piece of garbage] What is that?
Emile I don't really know.
You don't know, and you're eating it.
Emile [mouth full]
You know, if you can sort of muscle your way past the gag reflex, all kinds of food possibilities open up.
This is what I'm talking about. [the title card appears] I don't think any of this would've come up, but we happen to live in Paris, France. And it's so easy to find good food in Paris, it's just...
Emile [The scene resumes, Remy screams and dashes towards the door with utensils sliding down, hitting the door, then the text puts up "Dinner will be served... Summer 2007"] [off-screen]
Gotta rethink your life.
