The Karate Kid (1984)

Randee Heller: Lucille

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• Daniel : [throwing his bicycle into a dumpster after being beaten up]  This damn bike! I hate this bike. I hate this frickin' bike! Stupid bike.

  Lucille Larusso : Daniel! What's the matter? Why did you throw your bike away?

  Daniel : Because I felt like it.

  Lucille Larusso : Please look at me when I'm talking to you.

  [sees Daniel's bruised face] 

  Lucille Larusso : Oh my god!

  Daniel : Mom.

  Lucille Larusso : Can you tell me what's going on and don't tell me about another bike accident?

  Daniel : What do you want to hear mom?

  Lucille Larusso : I want to hear the truth!

  Daniel : No you don't want to hear the truth. All you want to hear about is how great it is. Well it may be great for you but it SUCKS for me! I hate this place! I HATE IT! I just want to go home. Why can't we just go home?

  Lucille Larusso : Listen to me. I cannot help you unless you talk to me

  Daniel : I gotta take karate. That's it.

  Lucille Larusso : You took karate!

  Daniel : No, not at the Y. At a good school.

  Lucille Larusso : But fighting doesn't solve anything Daniel.

  Daniel : Yeah well neither does palm trees mom.

  Lucille Larusso : That's not fair!

  Daniel : Like it was fair coming over here without asking me how I felt about it. Right, that was real fair.

  Lucille Larusso : You're right. I should've asked.

  Daniel : Well I just want to go home. That's it. I don't understand the rules here and I just want to go home.

  Lucille Larusso : Let's clean you up and maybe we can figure the rules out together. What about your bike?

  Daniel : It's safer taking a bus.

• Lucille Larusso : Look at those palm trees. Damn! You know what that means?

  Daniel : Yeah. Watch out for falling coconuts.

• Lucille Larusso : [singing]  California, here we come. California... oh, what's the matter, Daniel? Don't you like my singing?

  Daniel : I don't like the song, Ma.

• [they arrive at their new home] 

  Lucille Larusso : This is it. This is the end of the line.

  Daniel : You're telling me.

• Lucille Larusso : [DELETED SCENE: At their apartment, Daniel's mom is reading the fine print on the All-Valley Tournament application]  ... This says I won't hold anybody responsible if you're injured. Are you NUTS?

  Daniel : Mom, I've gotta do this.

  Lucille Larusso : Do WHAT? Get KILLED?

  Daniel : Nobody gets hurt, Ma.

  Lucille Larusso : Then why do I have to sign anything?

  [She crumples the application and throws it away] 

  Lucille Larusso : Good night, Daniel.

  [after she retires, Daniel rescues the application and un-crumples it. Then he signs his mother's name to it]