MannyI was, back in Guatemala. I came here for a better life. Pretty great decision, eh?
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Flint LockwoodHave you ever felt like you were a little bit different? Like you had something unique to offer the world, if you could just get people to see it. Then you know exactly how it felt to be me.
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Flint LockwoodMy dream was to help my hometown, a small island hidden under the A in Atlantic, called Swallow Falls. We were one of the leading exporters of sardines, until the day Baby Brent Sardine cannery closed when everyone realized that sardines... are super gross. So everyone was stuck eating all the sardines that nobody wanted. Frozen, boiled, dried, fried, candied and juiced. Life was gray and flavorless, but when things seem hopeless, I stared down at defeat, and found hope.
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Sam SparksThat's peanut brittle. If either of us touches it, we'll go into anaphylactic shock.
Flint LockwoodActually, I'm not allergic to peanuts. I might have said that to get you to like me.
Sam SparksAnd you thought having a food allergy would make you more attractive?
English Weather ReporterA town that is truly topped with ice cream.
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Sam SparksYou may have seen a meteor shower, but I bet you've never seen a shower "meatier" than this.
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'Baby' Brent[running while carrying a pair of giant scissors]I really shouldn't be running with these!
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Earl DevereauxI'm as mad at Flint as you are. In fact, the minute he steps out of that car, I'm gonna slap him in the face! I know he made the food, but that food was made to order, and now it's time for all of us to pay the bill.
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Sam SparksWhen I was a girl, I had glasses, I wore my hair in a ponytail, and I was totally obsessed with weather. Other girls wanted a Barbie, I wanted a Doppler Radar Turbo 2000. All the other kids made fun of me. They kept teasing me with this lame song. I mean, it wasn't even clever.
KidsFour Eyes! Four Eyes! You need glasses to see!
Sam Sparks[Holding spoonful of jello]It's a solid, it's a liquid, it's a viscoelastic polymer made out of polypeptide chains but you eat it! I mean, it tastes good!
Flint LockwoodI don't even know the rules. Is there like a point system, or is it to the death?
Sam SparksNo. You never? I mean, look, even Steve is throwing chocolate snowballs. Ew.
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Flint LockwoodThe machine emits microwave radiation to mutate the water molecules. The more we ask it to make, the more clouds it takes in, the more radiation it emits, the more the food molecules could overmutate. I think that's what's making the food bigger.
Mayor ShelbourneHere's what I heard: Blah, blah, blah, science, science, science... Bigger! And bigger is better. Everyone's gonna love these new portion sizes.
Mayor ShelbourneWho needs the approval of one family member when you can have it from millions of acquaintances? Not to mention that little cutlet Sam Sparks... and me? I've always felt you were like a son to me, Flint. And I'm going to be so proud of you tomorrow when you cut that ribbon, save the town, and prove to everybody what a great inventor you are. So here's the cheese: You can keep it going, get everything you've ever wanted, and be the great man I know you can be. Or, you can turn it off, ruin everything, and no one will ever like you. It's your choice... choice... choice...
[the word "choice" continues to echo, until it's revealed that the Mayor is whispering it repeatedly to Flint]
[Sam puts Flint's Monkey Thought Translator on Tim's head]
Tim Lockwood[in a robotic voice]I'm proud of you, Flint. I'm amazed that someone as ordinary as me could be the father of someone as extraordinary as you. You're talented, you're a total original, and your lab is breathtaking. Your mom, she, uh, always knew you were going to be special. And if she were alive today, she'd tell us both: I told you so. Now, uh, look, when I take this thing off, and... you hear me make a fishing metaphor, just know that fishing metaphor means...
Tim Lockwood[Tim takes off the Monkey Translator and speaks in a normal voice]I love my son.
Earl Devereaux[addressing Flint]You see my beautiful son, Cal?
Cal Deveraux'Sup.
Earl DevereauxI love him so much, he's my only son. I wanna provide a bright future for him, one where you don't ruin the day with one of your science deely-bopper thingies!
Flint Lockwood[Holding spoonful of jello]It's a solid, it's a liquid, it's a viscoelastic polymer made out of polypeptide chains but you eat it! I mean... it tastes good!
[Flint hooks the jumper cables up to the FLDSMDFR]
Earl DevereauxMy chest hairs are tingling, something's wrong!
[Earl leaps into action]
Mayor ShelbourneWell, here it is, the attraction the whole world has been waiting for: Sardine Land!
[Brent cuts the ribbon with the ceremonial pair of golden scissors]
Mayor ShelbourneWith rides and exhibits, and featuring Shamo, the world's largest sardine... and his flaming hoop of glory! Those of you in the splash zone, look out.
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Fran LockwoodHoney, I think your shoes are wonderful.
Young FlintEveryone just thinks I'm a weirdo.
Fran LockwoodSo? People probably thought that these guys were weirdoes too. But that never stopped them.
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Fran LockwoodThe world needs your originality, Flint. You just have to grow into it. And i know that you're gonna do big things someday.