Dumbo (1941)
Noreen Gammill: Catty the Elephant
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Quotes
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[after the pyramid accident]
Elephant Matriarch : Oh, I never thought I'd live to see the big top fall.
Giddy : Because of that Dumbo, I never *can* show my face there again.
Fidgity Elephant : Oh, look at my beautiful tail!
Elephant Matriarch : I just like to spank the daylights out of him, I...
[she raises her trunk from her cast, but the pain stops her, and she groans as she lowers her trunk back into the cast]
Prissy : Oh, that won't be necessary, dearie. They fixed him good.
Elephant Matriarch : What do you mean?
Giddy : What did they do?
Fidgity Elephant : Did they beat him?
Giddy : What is it, Darling?
Fidgity Elephant : Tell us!
Elephant Matriarch : Come, come, I demand to know!
Prissy : Oh, well... they've gone and made him... oh, dear, I just can't say it.
Elephant Matriarch : Out with it!
Prissy : Made him a clown.
Fidgity Elephant : A clown?
Giddy : No!
Prissy : Yes!
Elephant Matriarch : Oh, the shame of it. Let us take the solemn vow.
[all the elephants raise their trunks]
Elephant Matriarch : From now on, he is no longer an elephant.
[they touch trunks together]
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[Dumbo's ears are revealed, and the other elephants gasp]
Elephant Matriarch : Is it possible?
Giddy : Isn't there some mistake?
Prissy : Just look at those... those... E-A-R-S.
Fidgity Elephant : Those what? Oh, ears!
[Takes one of Dumbo's ears]
Fidgity Elephant : Oh, these! Aren't they funny?
[laughs]
Fidgity Elephant : [Mrs. Jumbo slaps her on the trunk, while the others gasp in terror]
Prissy : What a temper!
Fidgity Elephant : What did I do? Tell me, did I say anything?
Elephant Matriarch : A perfectly harmless remark.
Fidgity Elephant : I said they're funny looking, they *are* funny!
Prissy : They certainly are.
Giddy : After all, who cares about her precious little Jumbo?
Prissy : Jumbo? You mean Dumbo.
Elephant Matriarch : Dumbo!
[All laugh]
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Fidgity Elephant : Can you bear it? When she doused the ringmaster, I just thought I'd die!
Giddy : Well personally, *I* think she went a bit too far.
Elephant Matriarch : After all, one musn't forget one is a lady.
Fidgity Elephant : Oh, you're right, dear.
Giddy : Oh, well, I suppose that's mother love.
