Here Come the Littles (1985)
Donavan Freberg: Tom Little
Quotes
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Tom Little : [referring to Augustus] His voice gives me the creeps; I wonder what he looks like.
Lucy Little : He's probably 20 feet tall, with beady eyes and long, pointy fangs for teeth!
Tom Little : [sarcastically] You're real fun to be with, Lucy.
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Lucy Little : [hugging/kissing Tom with relief, after he escapes being hurt while attempting to extract a piece of cheese from a mousetrap] Oh, you could have gotten yourself killed! I'm very angry at you, Thomas Little!
Tom Little : You're angry at me, and you're hugging and kissing me? I'll never understand girls!
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Lucy Little : Watch it! Don't fall in!
Tom Little : I never fall; I've got perfect balance!
[yells as he loses his balance and fails into Henry's suitcase, which he had been sitting on the edge of]
Lucy Little : Tom!
Tom Little : Get me out of here!
Lucy Little : [sarcastically] Who could that be calling? It couldn't be my brother, he's got perfect balance!
Tom Little : Will you stop clowning around and give me a hand?
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Dinky Little : [looking around Augustus' attic for Tom, Lucy and Grandpa] Kids? M-Mr. Little?
Tom Little , Lucy Little : [emerging from a trapdoor] Hi, Dinky!
Dinky Little : [jumps back, yells out with fright, then calms down] Hi, kids. I was just exploring this old place. You know how Daredevil Dinky loves adventure!
Dinky Little : [adjusts his scarf, which gets caught on a nail, cries out] Aaah! Something's grabbing me!
Lucy Little : [dislodging Dinky's scarf] It's just this ferocious nail.
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Lucy Little : [crying, thinking Tom has been swallowed by a cat] Oh, Tom, what'll I do without you? You're the best brother a girl ever had! Kind and good and brave...
Tom Little : [emerging suddenly from atop the cat's back] And smart!
Lucy Little : Tom!
[hugs Tom with relief as he climbs down and runs to her]
Lucy Little : And stupid for letting us think you were swallowed!
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Tom Little , Lucy Little : [spotting Grandpa landing in Augustus' house, after plunging down the chimney] Grandpa!
Grandpa Little : [hugging Tom and Lucy] Thank goodness you're OK!
Lucy Little : Yes, but Mom and Dad won't be unless we can get home in time to warn them.
Tom Little : In two days, Augustus is gonna send bulldozers to tear down Henry's house.
Grandpa Little : You are a heartless, vicious old man, Augustus!
Lucy Little : Not only that, but he also slurps his soup.
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Dinky Little : [seeing his glider being torn to pieces by a cat] My glider!
Tom Little : A cat!
Lucy Little : How are we gonna get home in time now?
Tom Little : I know! Dinky can tame the cat, and we can ride home on his back!
Dinky Little : [shocked by the suggestion] Huh?
Tom Little : Didn't you once tell me you were a lion tamer?
Dinky Little : Of course. The greatest! But I can't tame that cat; I need special equipment that I don't happen to have.
Grandpa Little : [disgusted] Such as courage.
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Lucy Little : This is fun, like a potato sack race.
Tom Little : If Augustus sees us, we'll be mashed potatoes!