Time Bandits 1981 quotes

24 quotes · 7 characters
Time Bandits (1981) poster
Characters
Benson Jerold Wells
Kevin Craig Warnock
Randall David Rappaport
Robert Derek Deadman

Time Bandits quotes

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Evil

Oh, Benson! I feel the power of evil coursing through my veins, filling every corner of my being with the desire to do wrong! I feel so bad, Benson!

Benson

Good! Good!

Evil

Yes, it is good, for this is the worst kind of badness that I'm feeling!

Evil

Oh, Benson... Dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.

Benson

Oh, you say such nice things, Master.

Evil

Yes I know, I'm sorry!

Evil

Suddenly, I feel very, very good.

Robert

Oh, I'm sorry, Master.

Evil

No, it'll pass, it'll pass.

Benson

Shall I bring them in, Master?

Evil

Yes, Benson. Bring them into the Time of Legends!

Evil

What sort of Supreme Being created such riffraff? Is this not the workings of a complete incompetent?

Baxi Brazilia III

But He created you, Evil One!

Evil

What did you say?

Baxi

Well He created you, so He can't be totally— [Evil blows him to bits]

Evil

Never talk to me like that again! No one created me! I am Evil. Evil existed long before good. I made myself. I cannot be unmade. I am all powerful! [Minions applaud]

Cartwright

But why, if that's the case, are you unable to escape from this fortress? [Evil obliterates him]

Evil

It's a good question. Why have I let the Supreme Being keep me here in the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness?

Robert

Because you—

Evil

Shut up. I'm speaking rhetorically.

Robert

Oh, of course.

Evil

I let Him keep me here in order to lull Him into a false sense of security.

Evil

When I have the map, I will be free, and the world will be different, because I have understanding.

Minion

Uh, understanding of what, Master?

Evil

Digital watches. And soon I shall have understanding of video cassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how He spends His time! Forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!

Robert

Slugs.

Evil

Slugs! He created slugs. They can't hear! They can't speak! They can't operate machinery! I mean, are we not in the hands of a lunatic?... If I were creating a world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one! [accidentally zaps a minion, who screams] Sorry.

Kevin
[referring to Agamemnon,an ancient Greek king]

The money wasn't important to him.

Randall

He didn't have anything to spend it on, did he? Stuck out in Greece. Lowest standard of living in Europe.

Kevin

I'll never get the chance to meet Robin Hood again.

Randall

Oh, stop moaning. He's obviously a dangerous man, unbalanced if you ask me. Giving away what isn't even his!

Kevin

That's what Robin Hood always did. Even I know that.

Randall

Of course, you know it all.

Kevin

He was one of my heroes.

Randall

Heroes! Heroes! What do they know about a day's work?

Kevin

Is it always like this after you've done a raid?

Fidgit

I don't know. We've never done one before.

Kevin
[Long pause]

But I thought you were international criminals.

Randall

Going to be. Going to be.

Randall

Look, do you want to be leader of this gang?

Strutter

No, we agreed: No leader!

Randall

Right. So shut up and do as I say.

Robin Hood

And how long have you been a robber?

Strutter

Four foot one.

Robin Hood

Good lord! Jolly good. Four foot one? Well that-that-that is-is- a long time, isn't it?

Robin Hood

Oh yes, and believe you me, the poor are going to be, well not just absolutely thrilled, but also considerably less poor. Aren't they Redgrave?

Redgrave
[Gibberish]
Robin Hood

You see- what did he say?

Marion

He says yeah, what with Christmas coming up and all.

Robin Hood

The poor are going to be absolutely thrilled. Have you met them at all?

Randall

Who?

Robin Hood

The poor.

Randall

The poor?

Robin Hood

Oh, you must meet them. I'm sure you'll like them. Of course they haven't got two pennies to rub together but that's because they're poor!

Supreme Being

I should do something very extroverted and vengeful to you. Honestly, I'm too tired. So, I think I'll transfer you to the undergrowth department, brackens, small shrubs, that sort of thing... with a 19% cut in salary, backdated to the beginning of time.

Randall

Oh, thank you, sir.

Supreme Being

Yes, well, I am the nice one.

Wally

Vermin, that is not meant to be eaten.

Vermin

You never know 'till you've eaten it!

[After the group had been taken prisoner by Evil and left to rot in a cage hanging over a void, Vermin notices a rat coming down the rope towards them. He quickly grabs the rat and starts eating it with a loud crunch.]

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Vermin

Rat, anybody? Might be the last meal you get.
[Vermin takes another bite before offering the half-eaten rat to Randall who refuses it instantly] :

Randal

Oi, leave off!