Russell Good afternoon. My name is Russell.
Voiced by Jordan Nagai 
Up (2009) · 75 quotes
Up (2009) · 75 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Up (2009): in 24 of its 75 quotes
Most scenes with: Carl Fredricksen (15), Dug (4), Alpha (2)
The wilderness must be explored! Caw-caw, roar!
More lines from Russell
6 quotes Russell Russell What is it?
Russell Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?
Russell I could help you cross the street?
Russell I steered us with my wilderness explorer GPS. Boop, beep, beep, beep, boop. With this baby, we'll never be lost! [accidentally throws the GPS out the window] Oops.
Russell I know this may seem boring, but I think the boring stuff is what I remember the most.
Scenes with Russell
17 scenes
Russell No.
Time to earn it!
[Both screaming]
Russell Good afternoon. My name is Russell. And I am a Wilderness Explorer in Tribe 54, Sweat Lodge 12. Are you in need of any assistance today, sir? What is it?
No!
Russell I could help you cross the street.
No!
Russell I could help you cross your yard.
No!
Russell I could help you cross your porch.
No!
Russel
Well, I gotta help you cross something.
Uh... no, I'm doing fine.
Russell Hi, Mr. Fredricksen! It's me, Russell.
What're you doing up here, kid?
Russell I found the snipe and I followed it under your porch, but this snipe had a long tail and looked more like a large mouse.
Let's play a game. It's called "See Who Can Be Quiet The Longest."
Russell Cool! My mom loves that game! All right then.
Russell Hey, I love dogs.
We found your dog! Wonder who he belongs to.
Russell Sit, boy. Hey, look, he's trained! Shake. Uh-huh. Speak.
Hi, there!
Oh, yes! [Carl screams] My name is Dug. I have just met you and I love you!
Gamma
[The dogs are searching in the forest for Kevin]
Hang on, I–I picked up the bird's scent!
Beta
Wait a minute, what's this? [sniffs the ground] Chocolate, I smell chocolate!
Gamma
I'm getting prunes and denture cream! Who are they?
Beta
Oh, man, Master will not be pleased. We better tell him someone took the bird. Right, Alpha?
[in a squeaky voice]
No. Soon enough the bird will be ours yet again. Find the scent, my compadres, and you too shall have much rewarding from Master for the toil factor you wage.
Beta
[Trying his best not to laugh]
Hey, Alpha, I think there's something wrong with your collar. You must have bumped it.
Gamma
[not trying to hide his laughter at all]
Yeah! Your voice sounds funny!
[They both stop laughing]
Mayhaps you desire to– SQUIRREL! [All of them turn their attention to a nearby tree; slight pause, Gamma whimpers] Mayhaps you desire to challenge the ranking that I have been assigned by my strength and cunning.
Beta
No, no, no… but maybe Dug would. You might wanna ask him.
Gamma
Yeah. I wonder if he's found the bird on his 'very special mission'.
Do not mention Dug to me at this time. His fool's errand will keep him most occupied. Most occupied, indeed. Ha ha ha! Do you not agree with that which I am saying to you now?
Beta
Sure, but the second Master finds out you sent Dug out by himself, none of us will get a treat. [he and Gamma whine]
[Lunges and growls at them]
You are wise, my trusted lieutenant. [presses a button on Beta's collar with his nose and barks] This is Alpha calling Dug. Come in, Dug.
Why Yes. The bird is my prisoner now.
Gamma
Yeah, right. [screen shows Kevin]
Impossible. Where are you?!
Come tomorrow, I will have the bird, and then you will like me. Oh! Gotta go!
Russell Hey, Dug. Who are you talking to? [screen turns off]
Beta
What's Dug doing?!
Gamma
Why's he with that small mailman?!
Beta
Where are they?!
[pushes a button that shows where Dug is on the map]
There he is. Come on! :[They follow to where Dug is]
Russell You gave away Kevin. You just gave her away.
This is none of my concern! [turns his anger to the group] I didn't ask for any of this!
Master, it's all right.
I'm not your master! And if you hadn't shown up, none of this would had happened! Bad dog! BAD DOG!
[Dug, insulted and hurt by those words, walks away; then Carl turns to Russell] [calmly, but firmly]
I'm going to Paradise Falls if it has to kill me.
Russell Tents are hard. Wait.
Wait, aren't you super wilderness guy... with the GPMs and the badges?
Russell Yeah, but... C–Can I tell you a secret?
No!
Russell Alright. Here goes. [quickly] I've never actually built a tent before. There, I said it! Phew.
You've been camping before, haven't you?
Russell Well... never outside.
Well, why don't you ask your dad to help build you a tent?
Russell Ah, I don't think he wants to talk about this stuff.
Why don't you try him sometime? Maybe he'll surprise ya.
Russell Well, he's away a lot. I don't see him much.
He's gotta be home sometime!
Russell Well, I call often… but... Phyllis told me I bug him too much.
Phyllis? You call your own mother by her first name?
Russell Phyllis isn't my mom.
Oh...
Having guests is a delight! More often I get thieves, come to steal what's rightfully mine...
No!
[picks up the lantern]
They called me a fraud, those... [illuminates the room, revealing a skeleton of Kevin's species, festooned with maps of the area] But once I bring back this creature, my name will be cleared! Beautiful, isn't it? Oh, I've spent a lifetime tracking it... Sometimes, years go by between sightings. I've tried to smoke it out of that ghastly labyrinth where it lives. Can't go in after it. Once in, there's no way out... Lost so many dogs... Here they come, these bandits that think the bird is theirs to take! But they soon find this mountain is a very dangerous place.
Russell [notices the skeleton]
Hey, that looks like Kevin! Right?
"Kevin"?
Russell Yeah, that's my new giant bird pet. I trained it to follow us.
Follow you? That's impossible! How?
Russell [pulls out a chocolate bar]
She likes chocolate!
Chocolate?
Russell Yeah, I gave her some of my chocolate. She goes ga-ga for it.
But it ran off! [takes Russell's chocolate bar] It's gone now.
[Beat, Muntz glaring]
You know, Carl? [illuminates a shelf of flight caps] These people who pass through here, they all tell pretty good stories. A surveyor, making a map. [knocks one flight cap over] A botanist, cataloging plants. [knocks another cap over, then picks up a third] An old man, taking his house to Paradise Falls. [drops the cap, glaring at Carl] I mean, that's the best one yet. I can't wait to hear how it ends. [grins sinisterly]
Russell My knee hurts.
Which knee?
Russell My elbow hurts. And I have to go to the bathroooooooom. Bathroom.
I asked if you had to go not five minutes ago!
Russell I didn’t need to goooo theeeeennn! [falls to the ground;the house drags him] I don't want to walk anymore. Can we stop?
Russell, if you don't hurry, the tigers will eat you.
Russell Let it go! Stop! KEVIIIIIIIIN!!
Russell I'm gonna help Kevin, even if you won't!
No, Russell! No!
Pete Docter on Up (2009 film)[edit]
Darn thing! Come on, Russell, would you hurry up?
Russell I'm tired and my knee hurts.
Which knee?
Russell My elbow hurts, and I have to go to the bathroom.
I asked you about that five minutes ago!
Russell I didn't need to go then! [falls to the ground; the house drags him] I don't want to walk anymore. Can we stop?
Russell, if you don't hurry up, the tigers will eat you.
Russell There are no tigers in South America. Zoology.
Oh, for the love of Pete. Go on into the bushes and do your business.
Russell Okay, here. Hold my stuff. I always wanted to try this. Mr. Fredricksen, am I supposed to dig the hole before or after?
Russell Oh, it's before!
Get down, you're not allowed up there! [Kevin eats the balloon and swallows it and the ballon pops; she spits it out] You come down there right now! [Kevin comes down and hides behind Russell] Sheesh, can you believe this, Ellie?
Russell Ellie? Hey, Ellie, could I keep the bird? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. She said for you to let me.
But I told her no! [to Russell] I told you no! N-O.
Well, thanks for keeping us dry anyway, Ellie.
Russell Which one's the front?
Oh, boy.
Russell Is this step three or is this step five? There. All done. That's for you. [the pole catapults the tent cover in the air, then it plummets down the cliff] Oh, tents are hard.
Wait, aren't you super wilderness guy with the GPMs and the badges?
Russell Yeah, but... Can I tell you a secret?
No!
Russell Alright. Here goes. [quickly] I've never actually built a tent before. There, I said it!
You've been camping before, haven't you?
Russell Well... never outside.
Well, why didn't you ask your dad to help build you a tent?
Russell Ah, I don't think he wants to talk about this stuff.
Why don't you try him sometime? Maybe he'll surprise ya.
Russell Well, he's away a lot. I don't see him much.
He's gotta be home sometime.
Russell Well, I call often... but... Phyllis told me I bug him too much.
Phyllis? You call your own mother by her first name?
Russell Phyllis isn't my mom.
Oh...
Russell But, he promised me he would come to the Wilderness Explorer Ceremony and pin on my Assisting the Elderly badge. So, he can show me about tents then, right?
Hey, why don't you get some sleep? Don't want to wake up the traveling flea circus.
Russell Mr. Fredricksen, Dug says he wants to take Kevin prisoner. We have to protect her. [yawns] Can Kevin go with us?
All right, she can come.
Russell Promise you won't leave her?
Yeah.
Russell Cross your heart?
Cross my heart. [to himself] What have I got myself into, Ellie?
I will have many enjoyments from what I am about to do, Dug.
Dog
[After Dug put the Cone of Shame on Alpha which his deep voice from translator broke, all dogs gasp] [shocked]
He wears the Cone of Shame?!
[in a squeaky]
What, what? Do not just continue sitting, attack!!! [All the dogs started laughingly] But, no, no! Stop your laughing! Get this off of me!
Listen, you dog! SIT! [Alpha obeys, so do the dogs]
Dogs
Yes, Alpha.
"Alpha"? I am not Alpha, he is... Oh.
Russell Oh, I can't do it!
Russell!
Russell Huh?
Caw, caw, raar! Caw, caw, raar!
Russell You leave Mr. Fredricksen alone! [to the fighter dogs] Hey, squirrel!
Squirrel? Where? Where's the squirrel? I hate squirrels.
Camp Master Strauch
...and by receiving their badges, the following Explorers will graduate to Senior Explorers. For Extreme Mountaineering Lore. Congratulations, Jimmy. For Wild Animal Defensive Arts. Congratulations, Brandon. For Assisting the Elderly... Uh, Russell? Is there someone that...
Excuse me. Pardon me. Old man coming through. [to Camp Master] I'm here for him.
Camp Master Strauch
Congratulations, Russell. Sir...
Russell, for assisting the elderly, and for performing above and beyond the call of duty, I would like to award you the highest honor I can bestow: The Ellie Badge.
Russell Wow.
Camp Master Strauch
Alright, I think that covers everybody... So let's give a big Explorer Call to our brand new Senior Wilderness Explorers! Ready everybody!
All
Caw, caw, raar! Caw, caw, raar!