My daughter is really into *Madagascar *lately, so we’ve been watching it almost daily. It’s OK, not great. But the penguins amuse me, and in particular this one line cracks me up every time. Background: the plot is put into motion by the penguins’ relentless quest to get to Antarctica, during which they hijack a cargo ship.
Around the middle of the film, there’s a cut from the main characters, stranded in Madagascar, to the four penguins standing next to the ship’s anchor, which is embedded in the ice of the frosty wasteland that is Antarctica. They stand for about 30 seconds, silently watching the howling wind swirl endless flakes of snow against a dull white/gray background. Then one penguin turns to the others and says, “Well, this sucks.”
(You know, I typed up that long description, and then realized I could probably find it on Youtube- it’s really only 20 seconds I see.)
What lines or scenes from kiddie movies tickle you?
From Madagascar 2, when the Penguins steal the jeep from the tour group and the old NYC lady tries to stop them and they run her down.
“Is…she dead, skipper?”
Skipper: (in a harsh voice): “No!” Then he runs her over again.
I’ve never seen the Madagascar movies, but my two year old loves loves LOVES the TV show spin off, The Penguins Of Madagascar.
In one episode the penguins find Maurice painting a ridiculous portrait of Julien as king. That cute little thing Mort is holding up the canvas. When the penguins enter the scene, Julien has some dialogue I can’t remember and Mort pops up from behind the canvas and proudly declares “I’m an EEEEAAASSEEELLLLL!!”. I’m not sure what was so damn funny about that, but I sure found it more amusing than my two year old did.
I found it on Youtube, although it’s of terrible quality. Mort’s an easel.
I’m also fond of this little exchange. That’s a damn funny show, overall.
There was an episode of my two year old’s other favorite show, The Fresh Beat Band, where they had terrible trouble trying to work out exactly how to lead a marching band. One of them danced around but didn’t lead anyone anywhere. The other didn’t dance but marched everyone around in circles. And the third guy marched in a straight line just fine, but really fast. Watching that dude running around screaming “MARCH! MARCH!” while an entire marching band ran thier asses off to keep up with him sent me into minor hysterics for some reason.
I love “You! Higher Mammal!” and use it IRL (in Madagascar it’s “You! Higher Mammal! Can you read?” IIRC). Also “Smile & wave, boys, smile & wave”.
There’s also "Excited!"and “Helping!” (said in robotic vocoder tones, as per “Steve!” in Cloudy, With Chance of Meatballs) - I say those a lot.
As a parent, I’m very fond of Elasticgirl’s line in The Incredibles. “I know what I said! Listen to what I’m saying now!”
There’s also a great scene later, where they’re all running from the bad guys, then they stop, turn around, dispatch one, and then pause and gaze into each others eyes, saying “I love you” in unison.
Then they go straight back to fighting bad guys again.
Also, pretty much any line of Edna Mole’s. But only with the accent done right.
ETA: Thought of another one we quote all the time round here. From Veggie Tales: The Jonah Movie - Khalil’s interaction with the motivational tape. “You…are a Skilled Metal Worker.” “I am a skilled metal worker! I did not know that!”
The Emperor’s New Groove is one of my top ten favorite movies ever. Just about every line slays me. But the first time I saw it, this is the part that made me pee myself a little:
Kuzco and Pacha are fleeing Yzma and her soldiers. As they go, Pacha is dosing Kuzco with Yzma’s potions in an effort to return him to his human form. Kuzco gets impatient and says, “Let me choose the next one!” He grabs one, swigs it…
and turns into a huge whale. The fugitives are suspended over a chasm on a tiny bridge. Just before it snaps, Kuzco warns, “Don’t you say a word.”
I love the one when they’re trying to get him over his obsession with Julien’s feet. ‘They’re just feet, not love!’ Then there’s the part when he looks like he’s about to hug the pop-up foot target, then grabs a bat and smashes it to splinters.
And, the penguins themselves.
From the popcorn episode:
Skipper: Tell me something I don’t know.
Kowalski: Without mucus, your stomach would digest itself.
Skipper: Tell me something else I don’t know. Something less… disturbing.
Do the Star Wars movies count? My favorite line is from The Empire Strikes Back:
Luke has tried, and failed, to use the Force to lift his X-Wing out of the swamp. His efforts cause it to sink entirely below the surface. Yoda concentrates and lifts it out, levitating it gracefully to a landing on solid ground. Luke, amazed, says, “Master, I…I don’t believe it!”
Yoda replies, "That is why you fail."
It’s not said harshly, it’s just the master teaching the student: believe, and it is possible.
There’s a new animated Transformers, far more kids-oriented than the 80s cartoon. Anyway, Optimus Prime is lecturing a bunch of children, and one kid keeps interupting him to ask questions. One that cracked me up:
“When you turn into a robot, where does your trailer go?”
In **Toy Story **at the end when Buzz and Woody are flying through the air and Buzz yells, “We’re not aiming for the truck!” and lands Woody in the car with the boy who loves him.
