Even Stevens (TV Series)

Influenza: The Musical (2002)

Shia LaBeouf: Louis Stevens

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Quotes 

• Louis Stevens : Oh, Tawny, please don't worry about it. I always find a way.

  [burst into song] 

  Louis Stevens : I'm not strong, I'm not fast, when it comes to endurance, I just can't last! So I'll get out of gym, like I have in the past!

  Alan Twitty : Like the time you wore that useful bodycast!

  Louis Stevens : I always find a way!

  Alan Twitty , Tawny Dean : [chorus]  He always finds a way!

  Tawny Dean : No one can produce an excellent excuse like you!

  Louis Stevens : What can I say?

  Louis Stevens , Alan Twitty , Tawny Dean : [chorus]  He always finds a way!

  Tawny Dean : A pathetic wheeze, a powerful sneeze...

  [Louis coughs] 

  Alan Twitty : Like the time he fills your ears up with cottage cheese!

  Louis Stevens : And said it was because of my sweat allergies! That one got me out of gym with ease.

  [chorus] 

  Louis Stevens : I always find a way!

  Alan Twitty , Tawny Dean , Other Students : He always finds a way! He can easily create ways to abbreviate! His gym period stay.

  Louis Stevens , Alan Twitty , Tawny Dean : [chorus]  He always finds a way! He always finds a way!

  Coach Tugnut : [pops up from inside a locker]  But not today!

• Ren Stevens , Louis Stevens , Classmates : Sixth period!

  Ren Stevens , Louis Stevens , Classmates : Sixth period!

  Ren Stevens , Louis Stevens , Classmates : Sixth period!

• Steve Stevens : That was some sneeze, son, are you alright?

  Louis Stevens : No, not really, I got a lot of... uh... lot of flim... ehm, you know... A lot of mucus... So I'm calling it "flucus."

• Louis Stevens : So, am... Am I burning up, or...?

  Steve Stevens : I don't know. I'm just resting my hand while I'm looking for something.

• Ren Stevens : I don't wanna psych anyone out, I just really like school.

  Louis Stevens : Oh, I really like school too, except for the classrooms, teachers and tests.

  Tawny Dean : Oh, like Coach Tugnut's physical endurance exam.

  Louis Stevens : Yeah, exactly. Like that. You know, I'll never take that test.

  Ren Stevens : How are you gonna get out of it?

  Louis Stevens : Ehm... Uh... Well, I... eh, right now, I'm not, uh, in liberty to say.

  Ren Stevens : What does that mean?

  Alan Twitty : Uh... That just means he hasn't figured it out yet.

• Louis Stevens : ['Tripped over dog']  Did it.

  ['Tounge-ache'] 

  Louis Stevens : Did it.

  ['Couch-potato Ankles'] 

  Louis Stevens : I did that twice!

• Louis Stevens : [singing]  I brought you soup! Delicious chicken soup!

  Ren Stevens : NOOOOOOOO!

• Eileen Stevens : We all wanted to tell you how we feel.

  [breaks into song] 

  Eileen Stevens : They'll be no award, you missed a day of school.

  Donnie Stevens : You never should've gotten influenza.

  Steve Stevens : It's just an award, it doesn't mean a thing.

  Louis Stevens : [hops up onto the counter]  I think that we should sing another stanza!

  [the family forms a chorus line] 

  Louis Stevens , Steve Stevens , Donnie Stevens , Eileen Stevens : It's just an award. It's just an award. It's just an award. It's just an award.

  [song ends as Ren screams] 

• Louis Stevens : So Mom and Dad made you come to school too, huh?

  Ren Stevens : No. I begged them to let me go, and I still had to sneak out.

  Louis Stevens : Oh, really? I like that, Ren. Twitty, take a note. Every time I'm dealing with my parents, do everything backwards.

  Tawny Dean : It's called reverse psychology. Actually, it's very effective.

  Louis Stevens : Hm.

• Louis Stevens : [after getting "green nose"]  Mommy can I have my buttercup!