Young Rock (TV Series)

Working the Gimmick (2021)

Bradley Constant: Dwayne Johnson (Age 15)

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• Waffle : Five-finger boost, huh? You know, you remind me of me.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : No offense, Waffle, but me and you are not the same.

  Waffle : I was once a poor kid trying to impress people that don't matter.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : You gotta see this girl. Trust me, she matters.

  Waffle : I promise you, in ten years, she won't. The only things that really matter are your family, your integrity, and freezing your eggs if you're a lady.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : That's real bleak, Waffle.

  Waffle : It's not bleak. It's about priorities. If I could do it all over again, I would have cared more about the people who, you know, cared about me.

• Gabe : Why'd you say your name was Tomas?

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : 'Cause it sounds way cooler than Dwayne. Look, new school, new name. And now that I look rich, I'm finally getting attention from girls, like Karen from algebra.

  Gabe : Big hair Karen?

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : Fine-ass Karen. The one who front-knots her PE shirt.

  Gabe : Oh!

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : [taking his jacket off, Gabe sees a big blue stain on his shirt]  I couldn't get the security tag thing off, so I banged it with a rock, and all this ink exploded out.

  Gabe : Just tell people you spilled your blueberry wine.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : Hmm. Anyway, the best part is, Karen invited me to a party tonight.

  Gabe : So life is good, huh?

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : It is.

  Gabe : Well, it's not gonna last. Fine-ass Karen aside, the reason why these girls haven't been giving you the time of day isn't 'cause you look poor. It's 'cause you look like an undercover cop. Like Johnny Depp from "21 Jump Street."

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : No one thinks that.

  Gabe : Dwayne, everyone thinks that.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : [seeing all the students in the cafeteria staring at him]  I'm 15!

  Gabe : You have a full mustache, and you're bigger than a dad. You look like you work at an auto-parts store.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : Whatever, man. None of that matters now that I got a girl into me.

  Gabe : Yeah, but that girl thinks you're rich, and you're not. And you ain't fooling anybody riding the bus.

• Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : When is Dad getting back with the car?

  Ata Johnson : When the wrestling convention is over. He's getting paid to sign autographs. We could use the money.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : We could also use the car. I'm boxing pizzas after school. You're cleaning houses, like, five towns away, and we both have to take the bus.

  Ata Johnson : What's wrong with taking the bus? There was a man sitting across from me playing the flute yesterday. It was beautiful.

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : Karen will think I'm poor if she sees me riding the bus.

  Ata Johnson : Who's Karen?

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : Can't we just get another car? Look, I got some money saved. I can get us one.

  Ata Johnson : How much money?

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : $103.

  Ata Johnson : Dewey, you won't be able to get a car for that. But, you know what you could do?

  Dwayne Johnson (Age 15) : Borrow the other 16,000 from you?