Dreams can begin small. You just have to... bet it all. Bet it all!
And Lucky Day wins.
Shark Tale (2004) · 53 quotes
Tied for 7th most-quoted character in Shark Tale (2004): in 11 of its 53 quotes
Most scenes with: Oscar (10), Lenny (7), Sykes (5)
Dreams can begin small. You just have to... bet it all. Bet it all!
And Lucky Day wins.
All right, I totally betrayed you, but before we work this out I got a small thing to take care of.
Oh, yeah? What's that?
Sharks are coming to get me!
And they should! What did you expect? You just take credit for killing a shark and then everything would be fine and dandy for the rest of your life?!
Uh... yeah. But don't worry. Me and Lenny, we're gonna take care of this...
Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's with the "we"? I don't want any part of this!
Hey, too late now, veggie boy. They'll be looking for you, too!
Point taken. What's the plan?
Good morning. Can I help you?
One wash and mouth, please.
Hot wax?
Please.
Kelp Scrape. We're having a special, what do you say?
Why not? It's mating season, and I'm feeling lucky! [leaves]
Whale of the wash, and the price... [blissful sigh] Oh, my gosh. [camera pans to Angie doodling her crush on Oscar] May I suggest a barnacle peel? Removes lines and salt damage. Good.
OH, MY GOSH! [quickly hides her secret paper] Hi Oscar!
Thanks for covering for me. [over the phone] Hey yo, Angie needs to get her freak on! Could ya hold for one moment please? Thanks, dawg! [hangs up]
Oscar!
Come on, Ang! Dance with me, mama! ♪ You might not ever be rich! ♪
Oscar! You're gonna get me fired!
You? Fired? [scoffs] That can't happen, 'cause then I'd have absolutely NO reason to come to work.
Oh, you don't mean that.
'Course I do. You're, like, my best friend. [Angie gasps; then when Oscar's not looks, dramatically pretends to jab herself in the heart with her pen. When Oscar turns back to her, she quickly hides the pen with a sheepish giggle] Listen, tell me what you think about this. This is like the best idea ever, all right. It's a sure thing, guaranteed cash extravaganza. Bottled water.
Oh, no.
All I need is an advance on my paycheck from the boss and, Ang, I am out of this place. I mean, I am... pschoo!
Oscar. Instead of getting in Mr. Sykes' face with another get-rich-quick scheme, go do something you're actually good at: your job, which by some miracle you still have.
Oh. I almost forgot. I brought you some breakfast.
You didn't. Kelpy Kremes?
Your favorite. By the way, you're still on hold.
Oh, my gosh! Thank you for holding. Busy, busy. Go. How can I help you? No, I'm sorry. Mr. Sykes is at a meeting right now. He won't be back till later.
5,000 clams?! You borrowed 5,000 clams from Mr. Sykes? Oscar, why do you get yourself into these situations?
I don't know, Ang. It's just hard, all right, because I'm a little fish in a big pond. A really big pond. The ocean. I'm a nobody. I want some of that.
Mrs. Sanchez?
What? Ew. No. That. The top of the reef, where the somebodies live. I wanna be rich and famous like them, but I'm stuck down here.
Well, what's wrong with down here?
I'll tell you what's wrong with down here. Remember my dad? He worked at the Wash his whole life. [voiceover] He was the #1 tongue scrubber. Every year for 25 years. To me, working at the Wash, was the coolest job in the ocean. But then I learned something I will never forget.
Oscar's dad's a tongue scrubber!
Tongue scrubber! Tongue scrubber! Tongue scrubber! Tongue scrubber! Tongue scrubber! Tongue scrubber!
My dad was the greatest. But nobody loves a nobody. I want to be a somebody.
Oscar, you don't have to live at the top of the reef to be a somebody.
What's the difference? If I don't pay Mr. Sykes back by tomorrow... I'm dead anyway, so...
Wait here.
What's this? A pink pearl?
Mm-hm.
Where'd you get that?
My grandmother gave it to me. She said it started from a tiny grain of sand, but then, after a while, it grew into something beautiful. Dreams can begin small too.
No. No, I couldn't...
Take it. It'll get you the money you need for Mr. Sykes.
Lenny, if you want to make Pop happy, you've got to kill something.
Or, I could find an old, sick fish and just wait.
It's getting around, the other day at the restaurant, you know how fish talk. Biddi-bip, biddi-bop, this-that, the other, then how you doing? Boom! Forget about it, ya dead.
Okay, seriously, I can't understand wise-guy, so you're gonna have to be specific.
Oh specific? You want specific? [smacks him] Be a shark for once in your life!
Ow! [downhearted] Oh, what am I going to do?
Oh, Lenny, forget it about, okay, look, we do a couple practice runs, badda-bing, badda-boom, Pop's happy, you're a shark, life goes on, capisce?
Okay, okay, capisce.
Wait, wait... Whoa. Bingo. Right there, dead ahead. You see it? TV Dinner. [the two hunker on the outer border of the divot] Don't get easier than this.
All right. Come on. Eye of the tiger. Frankie, I can do this! What if I can't do this?
Then don't bother coming home.
Good point! All right. [swims to the bottom of the wasteland]
Hit him in the tail again. I like the funny face he make.
On the face. Yeah.
BLOW OUT! [they swim away in panic]
Uh... Guys? Guys, don't leave me alone. Come on, there could be sharks out here!
Oh, no. Wait. I'm sorry. No, no, no. I'm not gonna…
Lenny.
What?
Like this. [makes animalistic chews motions and sounds, Lenny licks Oscar's back, only to recoil in disgust]
Just get it over with. Wait a minute. Do me a favor, don't chew me. I'm not for that.
I'm not gonna eat you.
Come on! Don't do the whole head trip thing with me.
Listen to me. Don't move until I tell you. [bites the seaweed free]
Ahhh! Back up! [Lenny makes animalistic noises as he fans the sand around him to make a cloud and obscure Frankie's vision]
That's it, Len. There you go, buddy! That's it. Wave those fins, baby! Dig in!
Huh?
Now, when I turn around, you take off. Tastes just like chicken. [Turns around acting like he has devoured Oscar] Mmm. Mmm.
Oh, no! [Lenny looks and notice Oscar is still there.] OH!!!
What did I tell you?!
I'm sorry. I didn't get it. You want me to go now?!
What are you doing?! Just go!
That's it! I've had enough to here! [snarls. Having enough of Lenny not eating Oscar, Frankie charged right at Oscar to eat him.]
Oh, no!
Hurry! Swim! No, Frankie, wait!
NO!!! Get you boy! Get you boy! EEF! EEV! OH, NO!
Frankie! [bites the chain of the anchor and throws the anchor to the other side]
I'm here, Frankie.
Come closer.
Yes, what is it?
I'm so cold...
That's just because we're cold-blooded. [Frankie angrily slaps him] Ow!
Frankie, no.... [gasps, wailing] NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! [sobs] This is all my fault! I'm so sorry, Frankie! How am I ever gonna explain this to Pop...? [gasps] Oh, no! [tearfully swims away and passes Oscar, who squeaks and lands in front of the now-deceased Frankie]
Watch it! Back up! I'm crazy! I be tripping! [makes karate moves and noises until he accidentally kicks Bernie]
Ow! What the...?! [Oscar, Ernie, and Bernie start screaming loudly; Oscar hides behind the dead Frankie, protesting]
Don't hurt us! We're sorry! It was all Ernie's idea! [Ernie nods, then looks at Bernie angrily. Then they were surprised]
Oscar?
Did you kill that shark?!
Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Exactly how it looks; that's how it is.
What happened?
Oh, you... You want to know what happened.
Yeah.
You're standing on top of a shark. Go on, Mon.
Well, I'll tell you what happened. [Cut to the outside of the Whale Wash, as Oscar tells lies to the fish about killing the shark]
Big old shark, about 75, 100 feet long. So, he's swimming at me, right? With teeth like razors.
Razors.
And I was all like, "You come at me like that? You come at the O like that?"
Hey, do the muscle thing! The muscle thing!
Oh, right, right, right, right. So I told that dude, I said, "You see this guy?" [points at right bicep] And I pointed like this, "Well, he's got a brother, and he lives right over here." [points at left bicep] "And I think it's time for a little..."
Family reunion! [Everyone cheers]
You see, mon. I told you.
We were right there. Right here.
Pardon me. Move it!
Oh. Sorry. Sorry. She seems so nice on TV.
Oscar, Katie Current. As the first fish in history to ever take on a shark and win, tell me: Does this mean you're now protector of the reef, new sheriff in town, the big kahuna?
Katie, I'm gonna keep it real. I can call you Katie, right?
Of course.
Any shark try to mess around in Oscartown is going down! [crowd cheering]
Yeah, it's poetic. In the heat I get poetic.
Oscar. Hmm. Oscar.
Get out of here, you barracudas. Any further questions will be fielded by me.
And you are?
I'm his manager. Sykes, with a "y".
And I'm his financial advisor. [everyone turns confused to Joe] You want to see my puppets? [raspy voice] Hello.
Could you excuse us for a moment, please? [to Sykes in a hushed tone] My manager?
Kid, you're a superstar. We're gonna make a fortune! Just let me handle it.
What about the 5 Gs?
Forget the 5 Gs. From now on, we're partners.
So what are we talking about here?
I'm thinking 90-10 split.
That's generous.
You're the I'm 10 I take my 90 off the top.
I don't think so.
Talk to me.
You get 15.
70.
20.
75.
Dude, you're going the wrong way.
50/50.
You happy?
No. You happy?
No.
Deal. [They dap one another up successfully]
My manager and I are now prepared to take your questions.
Oscar, are you going to continue working here at the Wash?
Please, I barely work here now. [everyone laughs]
Keep it up, kid. You're slaying 'em.
No. He's slaying sharks.
Hey, that's good. That's good, I like that. Oscar the Sharkslayer.
Whoa! A sharkslayer.
You heard it here first. From now on, any shark tries to bother this reef, it's his funeral.
Here he is. The Sharkslayer. [Mary J. Blige: "Got to Be Real"]
Let's get this party started right!
Sykes.
Pound that dog. Pound it. [dancing awkwardly] Oscar, raise the reef. Raise the reef, buddy.
Oh, yeah. Hot.
Come on, cabbage patch. Cabbage patch.
Wait, you're gonna break my gift.
Come on. You didn't have to get me anything. What'd you get me?
What does every bachelor pad need?
A lava lamp? How did you know I love lava lamps? You know what, I'm gonna put it right here next to my other one. [the other lava lamp in question is massive and green] Hey, come on, Ang. I wanna show you the best thing about this place. [staring out at the rest of the reef] How great is this view?
Top of the reef. It's amazing.
I know. It's beautiful, right?
Like you...r new apartment. It's... Wow. Awesome. What I'm trying to say is that I'm proud of you.
Yeah. It was nothing, really, you know. Hey... Hey, oh, you know what, wait right here. Don't move. I'll be right back. Girl, you are gonna flip.
You're back.
You know, Ang...Where I am now, this whole new life I got, and all my dreams coming true... In a weird kinda way, I never could have done it without you.
Oh, sure you could. Well, probably not. [chuckles]
Ang. Here. [he pulls out a box]
Oh! Oscar!
I know. I know. I'm just sorry that it took so long.
That's okay.
My grandmother's pearl.
With interest! Now, I don't forget anything, and I never forget who my friends are. Ang, I...
Oh, hi. I'm not interrupting something, am I?
Yes, we're talking.
No. Hey, Lola. Wow. You're here. You, er, you gotta come best my meet friend, Angie. Uh, uh, eat my best men, Wangie...?
Your best friend? Oh, that's sweet. So you won't mind if I steal him for a while, will you? [they enter the penthouse again] So, look who's a somebody after all.
Well, you know...
SHARKS! THE SHARKS! ON THE- ON THE EDGE OF THE REEF! THEY'RE GREAT WHITES! [Everyone panics]
EVERYONE, GO HOME! SPEND THE LAST FEW HOURS Y'ALL HAVE WITH EACH OTHER! [everyone stops screaming and looks at him with a belief pauses out] Oh...! I mean...that's how it used to be around here...but not since Oscar came to town!
So, Lola, baby, just wait here and I'm gonna be right back. I'm gonna go take care of these sharks.
Go get 'em, tiger.
Woo! Biceps, triceps.
All right, Oscar.
Go get 'em, Oscar.
[Oscar goes to the elevator and growls, but the elevator closes, prompting the random fish that already panicked earlier to burst out sobbing, meanwhile, two sharks search for Lenny.]
Psst! Lenny? Where are you? [Oscar sneaks back to the storage room]
Hello, Oscar.
What, Oscar, forget something?
W-W-Well, I-I-I—
Maybe your forgot... [slams the door, revealing Lenny behind it] ...your shark?!
Uh...SHARK! SWIM, ANGIE! I'LL COVER YA! Quick, before it's too late! YOU GO ON WITHOUT ME!
Oh, stop it! Your pet shark told me everything!
I don't know! I like her!
Thanks you too. [then furiously to Oscar] WHAT were you THINKING, bringing him here?!
Well...I just… I'm still working out the kinks...
Kinks?! You LIED! Everybody thinks you "slayed the shark!"
Who am I to tell them that they're wrong?
How could you lie to me, Oscar?! ME?!
Don't take it personally! Come on, I lied to EVERYBODY! [Angie glares at him] All right, I totally betrayed you, but but listen, I-I got just one little problem I got to take care of.
Oh, what's that?
SHARKS are COMING to GET ME!!
And they should! I mean, what did you expect? You just take credit for killing a shark and then everything would be fine and dandy for the rest of your life?!
Uh...yeah. But don't worry. Me and Lenny got it, we're gonna fix it...
Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's with the "we"? I don't want any part of this!
Hey, too late now, veggie boy. They'll be looking for you, too!
Point taken. What's the plan?
OSCAR! Here's the plan. You tell the truth. [to Lenny] And you, go home. [Oscar and Lenny both stare at each other and then they both laugh]
All right, look, this is what we're gonna do. We're gonna paint you up all bloody. Just a mess, right? Then you gonna swim out and meet the sharks before they get here. And you're gonna say, "Stop. Don't y'all. Don't go no farther! That Sharkslayer's crazy, man!" "He beat me senseless. He's a stone-cold killer, man!" Then you could tell 'em I'm huge. Tell 'em I'm handsome. Throw that in, say I'm buff.
You are going way too far.
Actually, he hasn't gone far enough.
Exactly. What?
You need to slay a shark, and I need to disappear. Here's what we're gonna do...
Hey, Angie, can you hand me the blue 1? Thank you.
Oscar and Lenny. What a team, baby. Give me that, give me some fin.
High fin. Low fin.
Yo, did you see me? I was like... [makes kung fu noises] I was crazy.
When you punched me, and the crowd was...
Yeah, they ate it up. You didn't know I had it in me, did you? It was like an Oscar-splosion.
How good was I?
Oh, you was the bomb!
Thank you. Thank you. And hey, hey, hey, Casanova! I saw your big finish on the news. Nice smooch, lover boy. [winks at Oscar]
lxnay on the iskay, man. That's private. [After Angie sees Oscar kissing Lola]
PRIVATE?! The entire reef saw you do it!
Hey, whoa. Somebody's in a bad mood. Come on, Ang, lemme see that smile. Show me the smile, baby—
Knock it off!
Eh... What has gotten into you?
ME?! Oh, I swear, sometimes, I wanna take your big, dumb, dummy head and just... [punches her hand] Nnnyyyahh!!!
Ang, Ang, what is the problem?
Problem?! There's no problem! I don't have any problem! Miss Perfect is the one with the problem!
Um, hey, you guys.
What you got against Lola?
Not my lips. That's for sure.
Okay. What's going on?
Uh, I'm gonna stay out of this one.
Look, why would you even care about Lola anyway?
I don't!
You don't?
No!
No what?!
I don't know!
Hey guys, you wanna get...
NOOOOO!!!
Just tell me, Oscar, 'cause I'm curious - why do you think she's interested, huh? Do you think for one minute that she would even be with you if you weren't the rich and famous Sharkslayer?
Oh, you guys, please don't fight.
Are you that blind?!
At least she treats me like I'm somebody!
Yeah, but would she love you if you were nobody?!
I DID!!! [Oscar is stunned; sadly swims her back on him] Before the money... and before the fame. [turns back to Oscar] Before the lie. To me, you were somebody, Oscar. Now you're nothing but a fake. A sham. A con. You're a joke. [Oscar felt hurt at Angie's words, Angie looked down]
Here I come... [pops out from behind the curtains] Tah-dah! [singsong] Sebastian the Whale-Washing Dolphin! [mimics dolphin clicks, but looks at them when calming down]
Angie...
No, forget it! Just go! 'Cause I'm tired of hearing how everything you had in your life wasn't good enough. Including me. [Oscar then sadly swims away]
Angie?
Oh, honey, I'm...I'm sorry. Go...Go back and do it again.
Hey, come on. [wipes her tears away] It'll be okay.
Will you stop screwing around? This'll never work. We're dead. We're dead!
Thank you, Sykes. Thank you. My man Sykes just begged me not to murder-lise all y'all up in here, all right. Now, I might listen to him, but then again I might not. And that depends on the individual behavior of all the individuals in here, individually. Ain't that right?
Look, he's got dolphin muscle.
My uncle Vito got whacked by one of those.
All right. Now which one of you sardines called this meeting?
That would be me. So, this is the Sharkslayer. I've been looking forward to meeting you. I feel like we're practically family. You know that? Funny, ain't it? I brought my kids into the world, full of love and care, and you took them out. You know who I am? Do you know who I am? I'm the Don. The boss of the Great White Sharks.
Hey, Boss, I saved you a seat.
I've been running this reef since before you was born. And if you thought a guy like me can't get to a guy like you... Guess what? You thought wrong. [He lifted up the cover to reveal the gagged Angie.]
Pfft! Man, you the one who's wrong. I barely even know that girl. What's your name, miss?
ANGIE!
Oh, yeah? Well, I say he's bluffing.
Marone, if I wasn't married.
How ya doing, pretty lady?
Lola. We meet again.
You know, Sharkslayer, there's only one thing I like better than money. Revenge.
Oh! I'm in love.
Your sharkslaying days are over. And there ain't nothing you can do about it. [Oscar laughs. Lenny and Sykes laugh]
Huh? What's so funny?
Ow.
You got nothing. Nothing! Sebastian, take her out. [As commanded, Lenny swoops down and "eats" Angie. Oscar hums U Can't Touch This]
Can't touch this.
Can't touch this.
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Stop. Oscar time. [After Lenny "eats" Angie] Okay, new rules. Nobody, I repeat, nobody, makes a move without my OK. I am the Panama Canal, baby. From now on, everything [places a spoon on Giuseppe's nose] flows through me.
Heh?! What'd he do?! What'd he do?! I can't see it!
You don't lose a tooth, you don't grow one back without my okay, okay?
If you sneeze, you don't wipe that boogie without my okay, okay?
Okay.
And you don't say "okay" without my okay! Okay?! [one of the orcas faints, Lenny starts gagging]
Uh-Oh. Okay, thank you all for coming. We gotta go.
Oh, and one more thing. What is with all y'all living in the Love Boat?
Oscar...
Y'all are supposed to be the mob. Get yourselves a real hideout.
Oscar!
What?! [Lenny makes a last gag and retches out Angie, a violin, a sidewalk sweeper, a radio box and a Louisiana's car license plate]
The horror! THE HORROR! [one of the sharks eats the Louisiana's license plate; retches out a beach ball]
No, I am not okay! He ate me!
I couldn't take it. The taste was killin' me!
Lenny? Is that you? You're alive? [hugs Lenny] I thought I lost you. [noticed his disguise] What are you wearing? Huh? What is that? [Dejected, Lenny takes off his black and yellow scarf, then scrubs his nose with his sponge and takes off the red rubber band. The sharks gasps in assortment]
Hey, Boss, it's Lenny, he was wearing a disguise so we couldn’t recognize him, but now he's not wearing a disguise, so we do recognizing him.
Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me, are you out of your mind?! Do you have any idea how this looks?!
This is the best sit down I ever been to.
What are you doing with this guy?! He took out your own flesh and blood, Frankie!
But Pop, just listen...
But nothing! You never take sides against the family! Ever?!
Hey, Don Lino, sir. Listen, it's not his fault. This is between you and me.
What did I ever do to YOU?! You took Frankie away, and you turned Lenny into a dolphin! [turns furiously] I'M GONNA GET YOU! [Oscar shrieks, Don Lino starts chasing him]
Oscar, look out!!!
Oscar, swim! [opens the door] Swim for your life! [Don Lino gets wedged in a porthole while chasing Oscar]
Huh?
You still hungry, big guy? Well, say hello to my little friends! [A bunch of shrimps appear and attack Lino]
Try again.
Hello, Sykes' Whale Wash; And the price... [sees Don Lino chasing Oscar; alarmed] OH MY GOSH!
All right. [not knowing] Hey, you got it right! [suddenly sees Don Lino also. They swim away in fear]
Okay, somebody needs to get me out of the bubble. Today.
The Sharkslayer does it again. This time, luring two sharks into his death-trap of hygiene.
Wait no.
Oscar, you're the somebody everybody wants to be. The top of the food chain. Tell our cameras how it feels to be you.
Angie.
Oscar, get me outta here, quick. I need a head start to get as far away as possible.
Look what you did to him.
It's a big misunderstanding. If you just--
Sharkslayer. Over here! One more question sharkslayer.
Sharkslayer. [in slow motion] Sharkslayer.
STOP! I AM NOT A REAL SHARKSLAYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRER!!!! [the crowd stops cheering and stares in disbelief, and Angie stops to look back] I lied.
Okay... [to Don Lino] It was an anchor that killed Frankie. I didn't have anything to do with it, and neither did Lenny.
Because you always wanted me to be like Frankie. I'll never be the shark you want me to be.
What is your problem?! So your son likes kelp, so his best friend is a fish, so he likes to dress like a dolphin! So what?! Everybody loves him, just the way he is. Why can't you? Don't make the same mistake that I did. I didn't know what I had...until I lost it.
Can you get me outta this, so I can hug my kid, and tell him I'm sorry?
Come here, you. [hugs Lenny] I love you, son. No matter what you eat, or how you dress.
Oscar?
Angie? Oh, Angie. I wish I knew now what I knew then. I mean...I wish you knew...what I knew...before this...
You're blowing it, man!
Mind your business, all right?! It's emotional...and it's pressure! [turns back to Angie] What I'm saying is...I didn't need the Top of the Reef. Everything I ever wanted...was right in front of me the whole time.
But what about being a somebody?
I'm a nobody without you. [Angie smiles. Crazy Joe pulls out his puppets making kissing noises] [awkwardly: to Joe] You're not helping. [chuckles]
Oh. Come here, you big dumb, dummy head! [kisses Oscar]
I never told you two this, but you're the best henchmen a guy ever had. Come on, group hug.
Sorry, man. Come, Sykes, try again, mon. Don't fret.
Forget it. The moment's gone.
So, uh, Lino... Uh, Don... We cool, right? I mean, like the reef is safe? Walk the streets, you know, without... aaah! You know.
Yeah, we're cool.
Oscar. Excuse me. You've lost everything you lied so hard to achieve. Tell me, what's next for you?
Come on, everyone's waiting, Mr. Manager.
All right, I just gotta put the finishing touch on my new desk. Love ya, Pop.
Yo, dog.
Sykes.
All right, partner, let's see what you can do.
Sykes and Oscar's Whale Wash is now open for business.
Yo, E, B. Let's get this party bumping.
Yo, yo. It's E and B on the wheels of steel.
Yo, Christina. Missy. How about we have a little Oscar-licious fun? Don't try this at home. Warm it up. I be warming it up. Okay, Jimbo, let it go!
Hey, Angie, sorry Pop and I are late, but we brought some new customers.
Hey, how ya doing?
Wow.
OK, guys, come on in.
Come on, snap your fin. Snap it. You're not snapping it.
I'm snapping it, I'm snapping it!
That's okay, a lot of great whites can't do it, yo.
Yo?
Yo, what's up?
What's up with what?
Yo-yo-yo, yo-yo-yo, yo-yo-yo-yo...
OK, dude, I pimped your hide.
All right.
Check me out.
Hey. You think this is funny? What am I, a clown to you?
Keep up with me. Don't let me lose ya. You know I'll lose ya.
In your face.
What you got?
You don't want none of this.
You gotta be kidding. Break it down, fellas. You got served.