E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - A Farewell Without Words
Gertie: [tearfully]
I just wanted to say goodbye.
Michael:
He doesn't know goodbye.
E.T.:
Be good.
Gertie: [kisses E.T.'s nose]
Yes.
E.T.:
Thank...you.
Michael:
You're welcome.
E.T.: [to Elliot]
Come.
Elliot:
Stay.
E.T.: [after touching his heart light and then touching his lips]
Ouch.
Elliot: [after repeating the gesture; tearfully gives E.T. a farewell hug for a couple minutes]
Ouch.
E.T.: [after touching his finger to Elliot's forehead, his fingertip glows]
I'll be right here.
Elliot:
Bye.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Questions About E.T.'s Behavior and Health
Scientist:
Does he sleep at night?
Mary:
I don't know, I don't know. What's the matter with Elliot?
Scientist:
Have you noticed any surface sweating?
Mary:
No.
Scientist:
Has it lost any hair?
Gertie:
He never had any hair.
Scientist:
Are the children all right?
Mary:
Yes.
Scientist:
Has it built anything or written anything down?
Michael:
Uh, no.
Scientist:
You said it has the ability to manipulate its own environment?
Michael:
He's smart. He communicates through Elliot.
Scientist:
Elliot thinks its thoughts.
Michael:
No, Elliot...Elliot feels his feelings.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - A Family's Urgent Call for Understanding
Michael:
Mom, would you come with me?
Mary:
What is it?
Michael:
Mom, just come with me.
Mary:
Micheal, what?
Michael:
Mom, remember the goblin?
Mary:
What are you talking about?
Mary: [annoyed; Michael opens the bathroom door, showing E.T., Gertie and Elliot]
Michael. That's terrific.
E.T.:
Moooooom.
Elliot:
We're sick. I think we're dying.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - A Call for Attention and Response
Elliot: [upon seeing E.T. in a dress, hat, wig, and jewelry]
Oh, God!
E.T.:
Elliot.
Elliot: [still frustrated]
What?!
E.T.:
Elliot! Elliot!
Gertie: [Elliot sees electronics and supplies together in the closet]
I taught him how to talk. He can talk now. Look what he brought up here all by himself. What's he need this stuff for?
Elliot:
E.T., can you say that? Can you say E.T.'? E.T.?
E.T.:
E.T.
Elliot: [laughs in amazement]
Ha! Ha!
E.T.: [waddling away]
E.T.! E.T.! E.T.! Be good.
Gertie:
Be good." I taught him that too.
Elliot:
You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
E.T.: [gives Elliot a newspaper and points at a comic picture]
Phone.
Elliott:
Phone"? He said "phone"? He said "phone"?!
Gertie:
Can't you understand English? He said "phone".
E.T.: [points to closet]
Home?
Elliott:
You're right. That's E.T.'s home.
E.T.: [scurries over to the window and points his long finger towards it]
E.T. home phone.
Gertie:
E.T. phone home.
Elliot: [understanding what E.T. means]
E.T. phone home. E.T. phone home!
Gertie:
He wants to call somebody.
E.T.:
E.T. phone home.
Michael: [shocked]
My God, he's talking now.
E.T.:
Home.
Elliot:
E.T. phone home?
E.T.: [pointing at the window again]
E.T. phone home.
Elliot: [softly]
And they'll come?
E.T.: [taking off the hat and wig]
Come? Home. Home.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Debating E.T.'s Intelligence and Understanding of School
Michael: [about E.T.]
Did you explain school to him?
Elliot:
How do you explain school to a higher intelligence?
Michael:
Maybe he's not that smart. Maybe he's a worker bee who only knows how to push buttons.
Elliot:
He's too smart.
Michael:
All right. I just hope we don't wake up on Mars or somethin surrounded by millions of little squashy guys.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Reassurance in Uncertainty Among Friends
Michael: [in awe, upon seeing E.T.]
Elliot?
Elliot: [while looking at the hiding E.T.]
I'm keeping him.
Gertie: [still got her mouth covered by Michael]
What is it?
Elliot:
He won't hurt you, Gertie. He won't hurt you, Gertie. He's not gonna hurt you.
Gertie: [as Michael uncovers her mouth]
Is he a boy or a girl?
Elliot:
He's a boy.
Gertie:
Was he wearing any clothes?
Elliot:
No. But, look. You can't tell, not even Mom.
Gertie:
Why not?
Elliot:
Because, um, grown-ups can't see him. Only little kids can see him.
Gertie: [snapping back]
Give me a break.
Elliot: [imitating Dracula; tosses Gertie's stuffed animal to Michael]
Vell, do you know vhat's going to happen if you do tell? Do it, Mike. We have to.
Gertie: [tugging her doll with Michael]
Give it to me!
Elliot: [to Gertie]
Promise?
Gertie:
Yes.
Elliot: [to Michael]
Do you promise?
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Halloween Costume Conversation Among Siblings
Gertie:
What are you going as for Halloween?
Elliot:
I'm not going to stupid Halloween.
Michael:
Why don't you go as a goblin?
Elliot:
Shut up.
Mary:
It's not that we don't believe you, honey.
Elliot:
Well, it was real, I swear!
Mary: [changing the subject]
What are you going as, Gert?
Gertie: [with steak in mouth]
I'm going as a cowgirl.
Elliot:
So, what else is new?
Michael:
Maybe it was an iguana.
Elliot:
It was no iguana.
Michael:
Maybe, uh...uh - You know how they say there are, uh, alligators in the sewers?
Gertie:
Alligators in the sewers.
Mary:
All we're trying to say is maybe you just probably imagined it. It happens.
Elliot:
I couldn't have imagined it!
Michael:
Maybe it was a pervert, or a deformed kid, or something.
Gertie:
A deformed kid.
Michael:
Maybe, uh, an elf or a leprechaun.
Elliot: [stands up angrily]
IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT, PENIS-BREATH!
Mary: [laughs; laughs, but regains composure; clears throat]
Elliot! Sit down.
Elliot: [sitting down]
Dad would believe me.
Mary:
Maybe you oughta call your father and tell him about it.
Elliot:
I can't. He's in Mexico with Sally.
Gertie:
Wh-Where's Mexico?
Mary: [leaves the table and walks to the window]
Excuse me.
Michael: [softly to Elliot]
I'm gonna kill you.
Mary:
If you ever see it again, whatever it is, don't touch it, just call me, and we'll have somebody come and take it away.
Gertie:
Like the dogcatcher?
Elliot:
But they'll give it to a lobotomy, or do experiments on it, or somethin'.
Mary:
It's your turn to do the dishes, fellas.
Michael:
I set and cleared.
Elliot:
I set and cleared.
Michael: [quickly]
I did breakfast.
Gertie:
I did breakfast.
Michael:
What's the matter, Mom?
Mary: [emotionally; about the kids' father]
He HATES Mexico.
Michael: [to Elliot]
Damn it, why don't you...grow up? Think how other people feel for a change?
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