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Barbarella Quotes

"See Barbarella do her thing!"

PG 1968 · 1h 38m
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60
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28 quotes
Space Age Adventuress and Her Bizarre Adventures
Taglines The space age adventuress whose sex-ploits are among the most bizarre ever seen.
Exploring the Unknown of Tau Ceti
Barbarella Why would anybody want to invent a ]?
[[weapon]
President How should I know?
Barbarella I mean, the ] has been pacified for centuries… sir.
[[universe]
President What we know of it. The trouble is, we don't know anything about Tau Ceti or its inhabitants.
Barbarella You mean they could still be living in a primitive state of neurotic irresponsibility?
President Precisely.
Barbarella Something must be done!
President Yes. And you are the girl who must do it.
Barbarella Why me?!
President Barbarella! I have no armies, or ]… and I can't spare the Presidential Band. Besides, you're a five-star, double-rated astronavigatrix. Your mission, then.
[[police]
President Find Durand Durand, and use all of your incomparable talents to preserve the security of the ].
[[stars]
Secret Password Reveal in Barbarella
Dildano Our rendezvous point will be at 1600 hours. And our password will be… "]".
[[w:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch|Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]
Barbarella You mean, the secret password is "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"?
Dildano Exactly.
The Origin of Many Complications
Barbarella A good many ]tic situations begin with screaming.
[[drama]
A Poetic Reflection on Mortality
Barbarella This is really much too poetic a way to die!
Confrontation Over the Positronic Ray
Durand Durand I speak of the ]… the ] of pure evil!
[[dignity; [nobility]
Barbarella What have you done with the positronic ray?
Durand Durand Oh, so that's it.
Barbarella What does it do?
Durand Durand All persons and objects in its path are de-minimalized to the fourth level.
Barbarella You mean—
Durand Durand That's right. Replaced in the fourth dimension, irretrievably.
Durand Durand Whoever succeeds in killing her will be put immediately to a horrible death. Hence my prudence.
Durand Durand I find horrible the idea that one could do to me, that which I do to others.
Confrontation Between Barbarella and the Great Tyrant
Great Tyrant So, my Pretty-Pretty, we meet again.
Barbarella You! The little one-eyed wench!
Great Tyrant You have a good memory, Pretty-Pretty. Yes, sometimes I like to go among my people. Be like them. Ordinary. "]", as you would call it. So… I'm your little one-eyed wench. I'm also the Great Tyrant.
[[Evil]
Barbarella Well! That's nice.
Great Tyrant It amuses me immensely! Now I suppose you're interested in the whereabouts and welfare of a certain party, yes?
Barbarella W— yes, I am! I'm here on the orders of the President of the Republic of Earth. I'm here to find Durand-Durand.
Great Tyrant I'm not talking about him! I'm speaking of the angel!
Barbarella Pygar?
Great Tyrant Yes, Pygar. He has escaped the labyrinth. ]. He has destroyed twelve of my black guards. Crime. And he dares to deprive me of a ] unique in Sogo — an Earthling. Crime! Crime!
[[Crime; [pleasure]
Barbarella Where is Pygar?
Great Tyrant You want your fine-feathered friend?
Great Tyrant There he is.
Barbarella Pygar!
Great Tyrant Amusing, isn't it, Pretty-Pretty? Don't you feel like playing?
Barbarella De-crucify the angel!
Great Tyrant What?
Barbarella De-crucify him or I'll melt your face!
Great Tyrant So it was a trick, was it? You should have saved your tricks for… for…
Concierge For the ], Your Majesty?
[[birds]
Great Tyrant Yes! Yes, the birds! The birds! Give her to the birds!
Confusion Over Political Identity and Password
Dildano The password — quickly!
Barbarella I don't understand!
Dildano Are you not a political prisoner?
Barbarella I don't think so.
Dildano Then you're not one of us.
Barbarella I'm from Earth.
Dildano Earth! Planet of the ]s! W-w-will you join our cause?
[[revolution]
Barbarella What cause? Who are you?
Dildano I-I'm Dildano, head of the revolutionary forces. This is our headquarters.
Barbarella I suppose you realize you've saved my life.
Dildano A life without cause is a life without effect.
Barbarella Well, I-I'm sure I could get you a substantial recompense from my government.
Dildano Earth woman. Shall I tell you what I would like?
Barbarella I think I know.
Dildano No! No, not like that! Like on Earth, on-on-on Ea— on Earth! The pill! I-I-I have the pill!
Barbarella But… uh… Couldn't we do it your way? I don't want to change your ]s.
[[tradition]
Old-Fashioned Ways Have Their Merits
Mark Hand And now, Barbarella… don't you agree with me? That in some things, the old-fashioned ways are best after all?
Barbarella What? Oh, that. Yes, I must admit it was rather… interesting. Still, I see what they mean by saying it's distracting.
Who Will Save the Universe?
Taglines Who can save the universe?
The Nature of Love and Angels
Pygar An ] does not make love, an angel is ].
[[angel; [love]
Barbarella - Dialogue 2
President Barbarella?
Barbarella Mr. President!
President Love.
Barbarella Love.
Barbarella Just a moment — I'll slip something on.
President Don't trouble yourself. This is an affair of state.
Barbarella - Dialogue 17
Dildano The time is right! The Queen is in her Chamber of Dreams.
Barbarella What about the key?
Dildano Ah, the key.
Dildano There is the secret key.
Dildano Where?
Dildano It's invisible, of course. Only an invisible key can open an invisible wall.
Contrasting Perceptions of Earth Beings
Barbarella I'm from the ] Earth. My name is Barbarella.
[[planet]
Pygar But you're soft and warm! We're told that Earth beings are cold.
Barbarella Not all of us.
[slyly smiling]
The Start of Dramatic Situations
Barbarella That's screaming! A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.
Concerns About the Chamber of Ultimate Solution
Barbarella Pygar, come. Tell me what that means.
Pygar Chamber… of Ultimate… Solution".
Barbarella I don't like the sound of that.
Choices in the Face of Death
The Chamber Ye who have chosen to die, be welcome! To terminate the bitterness of ], you are entitled to select from three exciting and surprising forms of ], one of which awaits beyond each of the doors you see before you. Should you fail to choose, you will be given to the Mathmos. There is no appeal.
[[life; [death]
The Nature of an Angel
Pygar An angel has no ].
[[memory]
The Mathmos Protects Itself from Innocence
Barbarella Where are we?
Great Tyrant In the Mathmos, and alive!
Barbarella I can see that, but why?
Great Tyrant It seems the Mathmos has created this bubble to protect itself from your innocence.
Great Tyrant You are so good, you made the Mathmos vomit.
A Grateful Offer and Unexpected Proposal
Barbarella I'm so grateful for what you've done, I hardly know how to begin to thank you. I'm positive I can get you some sort of recompense from my ]. I mean, if— if there's anything you need, or that I can do, please tell me.
[[government]
Mark Hand Well, you could let me… make love to you.
Barbarella Make love", did you say?
Mark Hand Yes!
Barbarella What do you mean? You don't even know my psychocardiogram!
Mark Hand Eh?
Barbarella Well, on Earth, for centuries, people haven't made love unless their psychocardiogram readings were in perfect confluence.
Barbarella Do you have any pills?
Mark Hand Pills?!
Barbarella Oh, never mind. I have some here.
Mark Hand Uh, b-b-uh… what is this pill?
Barbarella It's an exaltation transference pellet, of course.
Mark Hand Hmm. I know nothing of this.
Barbarella I see. Well, on Earth, when our psychocardiogram readings are in perfect confluence, and we wish to "make love", as you call it, we take an exaltation transference pellet, and remain like this — here, let me show you…
Barbarella … for one minute, or until full rapport is achieved.
Mark Hand Ah! I don't care for that!
Mark Hand This! This is what I mean. This! The bed.
Barbarella That?! But nobody's done that for centuries! I mean, nobody except the very poor, who can't afford the pills and the psychocardiogram readings.
Mark Hand Why not?
Barbarella Cause it was proved to be distracting and a ] to maximum efficiency! And… and because it was pointless to continue it when other substitutes for ego support and self-esteem were made available.
[[danger]
Malfunction of the Excessive Machine
Concierge I don't believe it! Wretched, wretched girl! What have you done to my Excessive Machine?! You've undone it! You've undone me! Look! The energy cables are shrinking! You've turned them into faggots! You've— you've burned out the Excessive Machine! You've blown all its fuses!
Barbarella My goodness!
[sighing]
Secret Keys and Military Ambitions
Dildano She sleeps alone in a room above the Mathmos, surrounded by a wall of impenetrable energy, to which she alone has the secret key. There exists, however, a second secret key, which my agents have located, and is now in my possession. You want to discover the whereabouts of Durand Durand. I want to capture the Black Queen. You follow my meaning.
Barbarella If you really do have the second secret key… why haven't you used it already?
Dildano Ah!
Dildano Ah. Ah — ah! Because our forces have not as yet been strong enough! The capture of the Black Queen, ah… has to be associated with a military… coup! Hmm. With your weaponry and spacecraft, this can be brought about. With the Black Queen in your control, you can get her to divulge the whereabouts of Durand Durand!
Barbarella Yes, I see.
Dildano Good.
Barbarella's Daring Adventures Await
Taglines See Barbarella do her thing!
Musical Tribute to Barbarella's Charm
Singer Barbarella, psychedella / There's a kind of cockle shell about you…
Chorus Barbarella, Bah-Barbarella…
Perceptions of Warmth and Coldness in Beings
Pygar But you're soft and warm! We're told that ] beings are cold.
[[Earth]
An Invitation to Play in Barbarella
Great Tyrant Hello, Pretty-Pretty.
Barbarella Hello.
[uneasily]
Barbarella Thank you very much.
Great Tyrant Do you want to come and play with me? For someone like you I charge nothing.
Great Tyrant You're very pretty, Pretty-Pretty.
Barbarella My name isn't Pretty-Pretty, it's Barbarella.
Confrontation Between Barbarella and the Great Tyrant
Barbarella Wake up, Your Majesty! You must wake up!
Great Tyrant Vade retro, Earth girl! I know you don't really exist. {{hnote|'Vade retro is Latin for get thee behind or go away', as in Vade retro me, Satana ('get away from me, Satan').}}
Barbarella That may be, Your Majesty, but we'd better stick to what we see.
Delight in Desire and Confusion
Great Tyrant Tell me, my fancy, fuzzy freak — what do you think of, when you make love to Barbarella?
Pygar Make love? I do not understand.
Great Tyrant Don't be coy with me — you are in no position. If only you had one eye in your head…
Great Tyrant … you would see what a delight I am! My face, my body — all my things are a delight! An exquisite delight.
Pygar What is it you want?
Great Tyrant I shall share my delights with you. You shall make love to me.
Pygar An angel does not make love. An angel is love.
Great Tyrant Then you're a dead duck. Guards! To the Mathmos with this winged fruitcake!