The Witches (1990)
Jasen Fisher: Luke
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Quotes
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Helga : Real witches are very cruel, and they have a highly developed sense of smell. A real witch could smell you across the street on a pitch-black night.
Luke : She couldn't smell me. I've just had a shower.
Helga : Oh yes, she could. The cleaner you are, the more a witch can smell you.
Luke : That doesn't make sense.
Helga : Oh, yes it does. A dirty child, it is the dirt she smells. A clean child, it is the child.
Luke : Wow. I'll never have a shower again, and I'll have you for an excuse.
Helga : Well, just not often. Only once a month is probably safe.
Luke : So a witch could smell me right now?
Helga : To me you smell of raspberries and cream. But to a witch, you would smell absolutely disgusting.
Luke : What kind of disgusting?
Helga : Like... dog's droppings.
Luke : I don't believe it.
Helga : You don't believe it? What's more, to a witch you would smell of FRESH dog's droppings.
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Woman in Black : Hello, young man. What a magnificent tree-house. Did you build it yourself?
Luke : My dad and I did.
Woman in Black : [opening her purse] I've got something for you here. Something I think you'll like.
[Her eyes glow. Luke gasps]
Woman in Black : Jump down, and I'll show you.
Luke : No!
Woman in Black : What?
Luke : No, thank you very much.
Woman in Black : It's worth a lot of money...
Luke : This is private property.
Woman in Black : [pulling a snake out of her purse] There's nothing to be frightened of, I just wanted to give you this. I find him on my walks, he's quite harmless. See? Little boys love snakes. Here, he's yours.
Luke : [calling] Grandma!
Woman in Black : Look, I'll leave him here if you like, then you can come down on your own and get him. They wriggle away quite quickly... UNLESS you tell them not to.
[she whispers to the snake]
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Luke : Grandma! Grandma! Wake up, Grandma! Please, Grandma!
[Miss Ernst and Miss Irvine enter the room]
Luke : My grandma!
Miss Ernst : An old adversary I have discovered... very old...
Luke : If you hurt my grandma...
Miss Ernst : Silence!
[caughts Luke]
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[last lines]
Luke : Don't forget Bruno!
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Mr. Stringer : I'm sorry, madam, but I cannot permit mice in my hotel.
Helga : How dare you say that when your rotten hotel is full of rats anyway?
Mr. Stringer : Rats? There are no rats in this hotel!
Helga : I saw one this morning running along the corridor, into the kitchens.
Mr. Stringer : Madam, you only arrived in the hotel this afternoon.
Helga : [scoffs] Morning, afternoon, I saw a rat in your hotel, and if matters do not improve, I shall have to report you to the public health authorities.
Mr. Stringer : Look, madam, I'm not prepared...
Luke : The cakes in the lounge are nibbled around the edges, too. I can show you.
Helga : If you are not careful, the health people will order the whole hotel closed before everyone gets typhoid fever.
Mr. Stringer : You can't be serious, madam!
Helga : I have never been more serious in my life. Now - will you or will you not let my grandchild keep his hygienic and perfectly harmless pet mice?