Babe (1995)
Danny Mann: Ferdinand
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Quotes
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Ferdinand : I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount to much in the broad scheme of things.
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Ferdinand : Look, there's something you should know.
Babe : Yes?
Ferdinand : Humans eat ducks!
Babe : [Gasps] I beg your pardon?
Ferdinand : Ah, most ducks prefer to forget it, but the fact is that humans like to eat plump, attractive ducks.
Babe : Ohhh, I don't think so. Not the Boss, not the Boss's wife.
Ferdinand : Oh, come on. Humans don't eat cats - why?
Babe : Well, they're...
Ferdinand : They're indispensable: they catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters - why? They make eggs with the hens and wake everyone up in the morning.
Babe : Right.
Ferdinand : I tried it with the hens: it didn't work. So I turned to crowing, and lo! I discover my gift. But no sooner do I become indispensable than they bring in a machine to do the job. Ohhhh-oh-oh. the treachery of it - a mechanical rooster!
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Babe : [relieved that he's alive] Ferdinand!
Cow : If you're out here, who's that in there?
Ferdinand : Her name's Rosanna.
[They watch the Hoggett family carve the roast duck]
Ferdinand : Why Rosanna? She - she had such a beautiful nature.
Babe : Oh, Ferdinand...
Ferdinand : I can't take it anymore.
Cow : [disapprovingly] Really.
Ferdinand : The fear's too much for a duck. It - it eats away at the soul! There must be kinder dispositions in far-off gentler lands.
Cow : The only way you'll find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are.
Ferdinand : 'The way things are' stinks! I'm not gonna be a goner, I'm gone! I wish all of you the best of luck.
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Narrator : [Ferdinand has persuaded Babe to help him steal the Hoggets' new alarm clock] Now the duck knew exactly what he had to do. The alarm clock had to go. His very life depended on it.
[Ferdinand and Babe peer into the Hoggets' bedroom window, seeing the clock on the bedside table]
Ferdinand : Do you see it?
Babe : Yes.
Ferdinand : Good.
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[Ferdinand and Babe are planning to steal the Alarm clock behind the dog house outside the Hoggett farm house]
Babe : So I go through the kitchen, across the living room.
Ferdinand : Good, good, good!
Babe : I go into the bedroom...
Ferdinand : Yup!
Babe : ...Get the mechanical rooster...
Ferdinand : Yep!
Babe : ...And bring it out to you.
Ferdinand : What about the cat?
Babe : Oh, I'll *quietly* bring it out to you.
Ferdinand : Excellent.
Babe : I don't think I can do it.
Ferdinand : Nah!
Babe : It's against the rules. Only dogs and cats are allowed in the house.
Ferdinand : I love that rule. It's a good rule. But *this* is bigger than rules! This is life and death!
Babe : What?
Ferdinand : Mmm-Hmmm... Follow me.
[Ferdinand waddles into the dog house; Babe lingers at the entrance]
Ferdinand : Hello?
Babe : [Babe enters the dog house]
Ferdinand : Look, there is something you should know: Humans eat ducks!
Babe : [gasps] I beg your pardon?
Ferdinand : Oh, most ducks prefer to forget about it. But the truth is, humans like to eat plump attractive ducks.
Babe : Oh, I don't think so. Not the boss. Not the boss's wife.
Ferdinand : Come on! Humans don't eat cats. Why?
Babe : Well, they're...
Ferdinand : They're indispensable! They catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters. Why?
Babe : Well, uh... I-I...
Ferdinand : They are indispensable. They make eggs with the hens and wake everybody in the morning. I tried it with the hens. It didn't work. So I turned to crowing... and Lo! I discovered my gift! But no sooner do I become indispensable, then they bring in a *machine* to do the job!
[moaning in despair]
Ferdinand : Oh-ho! The treachery of it... A *mechanical rooster*!
Babe : Oh, dear me.
Ferdinand : Oh, dear you?
[Ferdiand sighs]
Ferdinand : [forlorn] I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount in the broad scheme of things... but pig... I'm all I've got!
Babe : So... why do you want me to do it?
Ferdinand : [groans] I'm allergic to cats.
Babe : Oh.
Ferdinand : [sadly] They make me sneeze.
Babe : Don't worry. I won't wake the cat.
[Babe heads for the dog door in the Hogget's front door]
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[Babe, having entered the butcher shed by mistake, sees Ferdinand, covered in yellow paint and flecks of dirt]
Babe : Ferdinand! Everyone's been looking for you!
Ferdinand : Shh!
Babe : [talks softly] What is this place?
Ferdinand : [whispers] What's happening out there?
Babe : Well, Rex isn't very happy. Boy, all these new rules! See, I'm not allowed to--oops!
Ferdinand : Not allowed to what?
Babe : [remembering Rex to not talk to Ferdinand, mumbles with his mouth closed] Allowed to speak to you.
Ferdinand : Huh?
Babe : [muffled still] Allowed to speak with you.
Ferdinand : What?
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : [faintly] Pig, pig, piggy!
Ferdinand : [panics hearing her] You didn't see me, all right?
Babe : And--and I didn't see you, all right? Oops.
[Babe runs out of the shed]
