Rescued by Ruby Movie Quotes
Matt Zarrella
We found the body. We got a tip from a neighbor. Buried under the deck, covered in three inches of cement. It's a miracle Ruby even caught the scent. You made the wrong call. You should have trusted your K9.
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Matt Zarrella
Stay ready and you won't have to get ready.
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Matt Zarrella
You're official. Promoted to full-status K9 unit.
Dan
Thank you.
Seamus Brady
Told you he'd come through for you.
Matt Zarrella
You did.
Dan
But you had him help me?
Matt Zarrella
He's my best scout.
Dan
Scout?
Seamus Brady
Matt's always been rooting for you.
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Dan
I always thought if I had a partner with a superpower, it would cover for my weaknesses.
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Dan
You're the lady from the shelter.
Pat Inman
You found my son?
Dan
That wasn't me. It was Ruby. She led the way.
Pat Inman
[laughing happily]
Ruby.
Dan
Go ahead, girl.
Pat Inman
[petting her]
Oh, Ruby. Who's a good girl? Who's a good girl? Oh, I knew there was goodness in you.
Matt Zarrella
You all know each other?
Pat Inman
She was supposed to be put down, and then he came along. You saved a life, you know?
Matt Zarrella
And then she saved your son's. Wow.
Seamus Brady
Now there's a wink from above.
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Dan
Um, I'm looking for a German shepherd?
Pat Inman
You lost one or are you hoping to adopt?
Dan
Um, adopt. Adopt. Sorry.
Pat Inman
[giving him a clipboard of paperwork]
Contact info here.
Dan
Oh. Um, okay. Uh...
Pat Inman
We don't get many purebreds. Could be a year or more.
Pat Inman
We got a lot of great dogs. I mean, let me take you out back. Take a look. You never know.
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Dan
Zarrella's gonna call and release me from his unit.
Melissa O'Neal
I'm so sorry.
Dan
No, I'm... I'm the stupid jerk Zarrella always thought, a guy who doesn't know his own limitations or his dog's. I'm sorry, Mel.
Melissa O'Neal
I don't care if you're in the K9 unit. We can manage without the extra money. I married you, not your job. My husband has his own superpowers. His big heart. His boundless energy. His ability to hyper-focus on things. How he forgives. How he never gives up. How he trusts in something bigger than himself.
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Dan
Sir, I know you think I don't have the right temperament, that-that I'm easily distracted, maybe not much of a reader, but, uh, for the job, I think intuitive skills and people skills are more important than being speedy with the paperwork. Plus, I love dogs. I'm ready for this. I'd really like to try out, sir.
Matt Zarrella
Aren't you already qualified in a bunch of other trooper specialties?
Dan
Yes, sir, I am. Uh, hostage negotiating, EVOC training, peer-to-peer counseling, honor guard, boat team, dive team, but K9 is my dream. You know that, sir. I mean, I think you know that, sir. Sorry, sir. I don't... I don't mean to presume to know what you know or think.
Matt Zarrella
I'm a fan.
Dan
Thanks.
Matt Zarrella
But also a truth-teller. K9 team requires calm and focus. You're all over the place. You can't even sit still. Who knows where your mind is.
Dan
It's here, sir.
[he accidentally drops his stress-relief ball]
Matt Zarrella
I appreciate the candor and the persistence, but I don't see it.
Dan
You do this because you care about people, sir, the same as me. You want justice. You want endings to stories. Sometimes happy endings. Sometimes just closure.
Matt Zarrella
The department has no money for new dogs. The German shepherds we use come from Czech Republic or Germany and cost over $10,000 each. I know how much you want this, how long you've waited. I'm a short guy. I barely made the height requirement. I had to work twice as hard to get to the same place as everyone else.
Dan
I'm used to working ten times harder.
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Dan
Uh, you wouldn't know anyone with a German shepherd to give away, would ya?
Seamus Brady
[chuckling]
Nope.
Dan
I, uh, I need one to try out for the K9 unit.
Seamus Brady
Don't tell Zarrella you heard this from me, but you don't need a German shepherd. Not technically. I've seen it before, up in Mass. See, what you're needing is, um, a young, good-sized dog who's curious, and agile, and has spirit.
Dan
And costs nothing.
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Dan
Excuse me, sir. How many juice boxes have you had this afternoon? All right, license and registration, please.
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Pat Inman
[Ruby is returned by yet another family]
That dog looks like Ruby, right? But it's not. It's a new dog.
Rick McGuinness
She's had so many chances. We can't keep unadoptable dogs. She'll be put down tonight.
Pat Inman
Rick, no. Ruby's never had a real home. She thinks this is home. We are her home. And when somebody takes her, she thinks she's just visiting, like going to the vet and we're gonna pick her up. You know how these dogs are. Their family drops them off here, and day after day they just wait, expecting their person to come and get them. They'll wait and wait. Sometimes they wait a very long time. It's heartbreaking. Ruby just knows how to get back home. It can take a while before someone as loyal and loving as a dog can commit to someone new. Nobody's given Ruby that chance.
Rick McGuinness
Pat, come on.
Pat Inman
One more day. I've got people I can call. Please.
Rick McGuinness
You have until the end of the day, but the vet comes at 7:00.
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Dan
Uh, this year's my last chance. The applicants have to be under thirty, and I'm twenty-nine.
Sergeant Amanda Grinnell
I'll write the letter of rec again, but I'm not the one standing in the way of you trying out. It's Zarrella. His K9 unit, his academy.
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Dan
[searching for Ruby after she runs away]
Ruby, where are you? Come back! You didn't let me down. I let you down. I'm the one who's gotta change. I have to trust. Really trust.
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Dan
[Dan discovers Ruby's run away in the night]
She's gone, Mel. It's my fault. I pushed her, I stressed her, then I blamed her for not performing. I didn't think she could do it, and then she didn't. I mean, so what if she's not a K9 dog? She's still a great dog.
Melissa O'Neal
She's our dog. All of ours.
Dan
I know. I'm gonna find her.
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Matt Zarrella
Daniel O'Neal. Like clockwork.
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Pat Inman
The taller the hat, the closer to God.
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Melissa O'Neal
Come sit with us. I don't even let my third-graders eat while standing.
Dan
I failed third grade. And fourth.
Melissa O'Neal
You're exaggerating.
Dan
Oh, you'd have failed me.
Melissa O'Neal
Never. You would be my favorite. Teacher's pet.
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Sergeant Amanda Grinnell
Weather continues to be unseasonably warm. Not even May, but keep an eye out for stranded motorists, carry extra water for overheating radiators. No matter the heat, hats stay on. I'm talking to you, Two Towers.
Tommy Two Towers
You got it, Sarge.
Billy Two Towers
You got it, Sarge.
Sergeant Amanda Grinnell
And of special interest to O'Neal. It's that time of year. Tryouts for the K9 academy are coming up May 15.
Sam Johnson
Right on, my brother.
Dan
Eighth time trying to get in is gonna be the charm.
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Matt Zarrella
Dan, there's a boy missing. Bring Ruby and meet the unit. I'll text you the address.
[getting no response]
Matt Zarrella
Dan!
Dan
Ruby's not here. Uh, she ran.
Matt Zarrella
Well, go get her! You're no K9 unit without a partner.
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Rick McGuinness
[after Ruby gets sprayed by a skunk]
Oh, my gosh! We've got skunk soap.
Pat Inman
Perfect. Thank you. Come on, Ruby.
Rick McGuinness
She knows a family's picking her up.
Pat Inman
Well, she doesn't wanna leave us.
Rick McGuinness
No, no, no, she doesn't wanna leave you.
Pat Inman
Well, I'd take her home, but my husband would leave me.
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Melissa O'Neal
Well, we don't have $10,000. And with one kid here and another on the way, we already have our hands full.
Dan
Say what you just said again?
Melissa O'Neal
I'm pregnant.
[laughing]
Dan
That's geat! Oh, Mel! Oh.
Melissa O'Neal
K9 dogs live with their officer partners 24/7, right?
Dan
Yeah, it's no trouble at all. They're trained. You wouldn't have to lift a finger.
Melissa O'Neal
I'm thinking now maybe it's not the right time for the K9 thing. Remember how we were building the deck when I was carrying Finn and you promised me a quiet pregnancy if it happened for us again?
Dan
Look, it... it's not the right time for K9 unit. It-it's the only time, Mel. I-It's a... it's a step up, a raise. We'll finally be able to pay off college loans, save for our kids, maybe get a bigger house someday.
Melissa O'Neal
So what's the plan?
Dan
I'll get back to you.
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Pat Inman
[after Ruby gets sprayed by a skunk]
Oh, Ruby! Oh! And you have a date with a family. Oh! Somewhere in you is an adoptable dog.
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Seamus Brady
Where's Ruby?
Dan
I, uh, wish I knew. I've been looking all day.
Seamus Brady
Dogs don't leave a good thing.
Dan
I messed up. I didn't trust her. I... I let pressure get to me. I did to her what people do to me. Underestimate me, count me out. That's why I work harder.
Seamus Brady
To prove 'em wrong.
Dan
Yeah, you know, to... to show I measure up. I'm not the stupid, hyperactive kid who couldn't read.
Seamus Brady
And have you proved it?
Dan
Yeah.
Seamus Brady
I mean to yourself.
Dan
Sure.
Seamus Brady
Oh, turn your blinker on. Pull over at Katt's here.
[Dan pulls over to let him out]
Seamus Brady
I'm thinking you're the one who's lost, not Ruby.
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Seamus Brady
It's the K9 unit.
Dan
Yeah.
Seamus Brady
Searching for drugs somebody tossed out of a vehicle last night.
Dan
That's some of Matt Zarrella's team down there. Best of the best. Like a Navy SEAL Special Ops team. 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, compared to six million in people. Their sense of smell's 100,000 times more acute than ours. If we can sense a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of coffee, a dog can detect a teaspoon of sugar in...
Seamus Brady
In two Olympic-sized pools filled with water.
[shaking hands]
Dan
Uh, Daniel O'Neal. Rhode Island state trooper, Wickford Barracks.
Seamus Brady
Seamus Brady. Retired maintenance, Scituate Barracks.
Dan
Well, it's good to meet ya.
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