Mirrormask (2005)
Stephanie Leonidas: Helena, Anti-Helena
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Quotes
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Helena : Riddle? Riddle. So have you thought of an answer yet?
Gryphon : You can't pass. I give up, I think, no wait, wait... Fine. What's the answer?
Helena : Okay. It's a herring.
Gryphon : But a herring isn't green.
Helena : You can paint it green.
Gryphon : But a herring doesn't hang on a wall.
Helena : You can nail it to a wall.
Gryphon : But a herring doesn't whistle!
Helena : Oh, come on. I just put that in to stop it from being too obvious.
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Black Queen : You need a pretty frock and a happy smile.
Helena : A smile?
Black Queen : With a smile on your face everything will seem brighter because from now on we are... what?
Helena : I don't know.
Black Queen : Tell her.
Black Queen's Guard : Uh, not at home to Mr. Grumpy, your majesty.
Black Queen : Exactly.
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Helena : You are not my boyfriend, you know, even if this is my mom's dream.
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Helena : [of the Shadow Princess, her double in the real world, who's probably having a good time] Yeah, eating chips and snogging boys and smoking and everything!
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Helena : [during opening credits, playing with sock puppets] Ha! You may think I'm a hardhearted black sock, but underneath this dark woolly exterior is a naked pink foot.
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Anti-Helena : Of course, if I use the Mirrormask it may upset things a bit. But you can't run away from home without destroying somone's world.
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Valentine : What did you say your name was?
Helena : Helena.
Valentine : Helena. Helen. Helen-nun-nuh... it's a bit drab, isn't it? You know, you should think about changing that. Go for something with a bit of dignity and style, mixed with a bit of romance. Something like... 'Valentine'.
Helena : Why? What's your name?
Valentine : Valentine.
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Helena : [talking about the charm] What does it look like?
Prime Minister : I don't know.
Helena : Well... how big is it?
Prime Minister : I don't know.
Helena : Well... what kind of places could it be in?
Prime Minister : I don't know.
Helena : What do you know?
Prime Minister : I think I'd know it if I saw it.
Helena : Would you?
Prime Minister : I don't know... What if I have seen it and I didn't know it. What if it was the chicken!
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Valentine : This place is ready to collapse into a heap of rubble. It can't be safe.
Helena : You're such a coward. It's perfectly- WAAAAHH!
[she falls through a hole in the floor]
Valentine : [looking down the hole] Coward, eh? I prefer to think of myself as... Prudent. Cautious. And unlike some people I could mention, STILL UP HERE!