Mr. Fox:
[
in a cellar with many of the other animal characters] Allright, let's start planning. Who knows shorthand?
[
Linda raises her hand]
Mr. Fox:
Great! Linda! Lutra Lutra - you got some dry paper?
[
she holds up some paper]
Mr. Fox:
Here we go. Mole! Talpa Europea! What d'you got?
Mole:
I can see in the dark.
Mr. Fox:
That's incredible! We can use that! Linda?
Linda Otter:
Got it.
Mr. Fox:
Rabbit! Oryctolagus Cuniculus!
Rabbit:
I'm fast.
Mr. Fox:
You bet you are. Linda?
Linda Otter:
Got it.
Mr. Fox:
Beaver! Castor Fiber!
Beaver:
I can chew through wood.
Mr. Fox:
Amazing! Linda!
Linda Otter:
Got it.
Mr. Fox:
Badger! Meles Meles!
Badger:
Demolitions expert.
Mr. Fox:
What? Since when?
Mrs. Fox:
[
Mr. Fox and Kylie are sneaking through the Fox family's kitchen, Kylie is wearing a bandit mask; Mrs. Fox sees them from a doorway] Another book party?
Mr. Fox:
[
surprised] Oh! I didn't see you sitting in the dark over there.
[
grins sheepishly]
Mr. Fox:
Yeah! No actually, there's a fire. I just got the call; they said maybe it's arson. I've got to interview the marshal and see if it's...
Mrs. Fox:
Kylie,
[
turns on the light]
Mrs. Fox:
is he telling the truth?
Kylie:
[
turns to Mr. Fox] I... I don't want to be put into the middle of this!
Mrs. Fox:
[
notices something off to her right] Why is he wearing that bandit hat?
[
points to Kris, who is halfway out the door leading to the kitchen from the starwell leading upstairs; Kris pulls his bandit hat up to unobscure his face]
Mr. Fox:
His ears were cold. He's not with us.
[
to Kris]
Mr. Fox:
Go back to bed.
[
Kris leaves and closes the door]
Mrs. Fox:
If what I think is happening is happening - it better not be.
[
from trailer]
Mr. Fox:
A TITANIUM Express card?
[
whistles]
[
from trailer]
Mrs. Fox:
You know, you really are... fantastic.
Mr. Fox:
I try.
[
from trailer]
Mr. Fox:
[
looking at an electric fence] Huh. This could be difficult.
Squirrel:
It's fatal for humans, but we got enough fur to keep the voltage from getting to us. Let's go!
Ash:
[
the boys are breaking into Mrs. Bean's kitchen; Ash addresses Kris] You should probably put your bandit hat on now. Personally, I- I don't have one, but I modified this tube sock.
Kristofferson:
You look good.
Ash:
Yeah, I do.
Mr. Fox:
[
sighs] Who am I, Kylie?
Kylie:
Who how? What now?
Mr. Fox:
Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I'm saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who am I? And how can a fox ever be happy without, you'll forgive the expression, a chicken in its teeth?
Kylie:
I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds illegal.
[
from trailer]
Mr. Fox:
Honey, I am seven fox years old. My father died at seven and a half. I don't want to live in a hole anymore, and I'm going to do something about it.
[
tears into his toast in an animalistic manner]
Badger:
In summation, I think you just got to not do it, man. That's all.
Mr. Fox:
I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.
Badger:
The cuss you are.
Mr. Fox:
The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?
Badger:
No, you cussing with me?
Mr. Fox:
Don't cussing point at me!
Badger:
If you're gonna cuss, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss!
Badger:
You're not gonna cuss with me!
[
Both start snarling at each other, and then settle down]
Mr. Fox:
Just buy the tree.
Badger:
Okay.
Mr. Fox:
[
Mr. Fox, Ash, Kris, and Kylie are on a motorcycle, and Mr. Fox refers to a quadruped wolf at the edge of a snowy forest] I don't think he speaks English or Latin.
Mr. Fox:
[
loudly, to the wolf] Pensez-vous que l'hiver sera rude?
Mr. Fox:
[
aside] I'm asking if he thinks we're in for a hard winter.
[
Coach Skip is teaching Kristofferson the rules of Whackbat]
Coach Skip:
Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox. Finally, you count up however many score-downs it adds up to and divide that by nine.
Kristofferson:
Got it.
[
Kristofferson comes to Ash's defense after seeing Beaver's son forcing him to eat mud]
Kristofferson:
Don't do that.
Beaver's Son:
[
Looking at Kristofferson's feet] Why'd you take your shoes off?
Kristofferson:
So I don't break your nose when I kick it.
Mrs. Fox:
Excuse me? Am I being flirted with by a psychotic rat?
Bean's Son:
Dad is on fire!
Ash:
There are a lot of attitudes going on here... don't let me get one, too.
Mr. Fox:
A Titanium Card? How did you qualify for this?
Kylie:
I pay my bills on time.
Mr. Fox:
That was pure wild animal craziness.
Rat:
The boy is being held in an apple crate on top of a gun cabinet in the attic of Bean Annex.
Mr. Fox:
Would you have told me if I hadn't killed you first?
Rat:
Never.
Mrs. Fox:
This story's too predictable.
Mr. Fox:
Predictable? Really? Then, how does it end?
Mrs. Fox:
In the end, we all die. Unless you change.
Mr. Fox:
The whole time I was putting paw over paw with your mother digging beside me, and I thought to myself: I wonder who this little boy...
Ash:
Or girl!
Mr. Fox:
Right, 'cause at the time we didn't know. I wonder who this little boy or girl is gonna be? Ash, I'm so glad he was you.
Mr. Fox:
Redemption? Sure. But in the end, he's just another dead rat in a garbage pail behind a Chinese restaurant.
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