Dumbo (1941) - Quotes

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Timothy: Dumbo, you're flyin'! You're flyin!

Dopey: Why, he flies jus like one o us!

Fats: A livin air-plane.

Dandy: Well, now I've seen everythin'!

All Crows: Well, I been done seen about everythin', when I see a elephant fly!

Fats: [[wind] With the ].

All Crows: When I see a elephant… fly!

Timothy: Way to go, Dumbo! Wait'll we get ta the Big Town!

Dandy: Whoa; them city-folks is sure in f'r a sur-prise!

Timothy: [After the crows sing "When I See an Elephant Fly"] Alright, you wise birds! This has gone far enough!

Dandy: Quiet, gentleman! The Reverend Rodent is gonna ad-dress you.

Timothy: [He turns away and blows his nose. The crows cry; they walk away] You ought ta be ashamed of yourselves. A bunch of big guys like you, picking on a poor little orphan like him. Suppose you was torn away from your mother, when you was just a baby? Nobody to tuck you in at nights. No warm, soft, caressing trunk to snuzzle into. How would you like to be left out alone, in a cold, cruel, heartless world? And why, I ask ya? Why?!? Just because he's got those big ears, they call him a freak! The laughingstock of the circus! And when his mother tried to protect him, they throw her into the clink! And on top of that, they made him a clown! Socially, he's washed up! Oh, but what's the use of talking to you cold-hearted birds? Go ahead! Have your fun! Laugh at him! Kick him now that he's down! GO ON! We don't care. Come on, Dumbo.

Dandy: Hey, brother! Wait up! Don't go way feelin like that. We've done seen the light. You boys is okay.

Timothy: Please. You've done enough.

Dandy: [The other crows agree; They huddle up; Whispering; He plucks a feather off Specks’ tail, and gives it to Timothy] But we's all fixing to help you. Ain't that the truth, boys? You wanna make the elephant fly, don't you? Well, you have to use a lot of chology. You know, psy-chology. Fellas, gather round... First you, uh... Then after that, you... Use the magic feather! Catch on?

Timothy: [looks at the feather, which briefly glows; rushes to Dumbo, giving him the feather; Dumbo looks at the feather, puzzled] The magic feather? Yeah, I gotcha. Dumbo! Look! Have I got it! The magic feather! Now you can fly!

Timothy: Don't pay any attention to them scarecrows. Come on, Dumbo. Let's go back to the circus.

Dandy: [the crows laugh again] So long, boys!

Timothy: I wonder how we ever got up in that tree, anyway. Now, let's see...Elephants can't climb trees, can they? Nah, nah, that's ridiculous. Couldn't jump up? Mm-mm; it's too high.

Dandy: Hey there, son! Maybe y'all flew up?

Timothy: [excited] Maybe we flew up. Yeah, maybe we- That's it! Dumbo! You flew! Boy, am I stupid. Why didn't I think of this before?! Your ears! Just look at em, Dumbo- why, they're perfect wings! The very things that held ya down are gonna carry ya UP and UP and UP! I can see it all now! DUMBO! THE 9TH WONDER OF THE UNIVERSE! THE WORLD'S ONLY FLYING ELEPHANT!

Specks: Did you ever see an elephant fly?

Deacon: [[w:horse-fly|horse-fly] Well, I've seen a ]...

Fats: [[w:dragonfly|dragonfly] Ah, I've seen a ]...

Dopey: [giggling; [w:housefly|housefly] I've seen a ]!

Dandy: [singing] I've seen all that, too! I seen a peanut stand, and heard a rubber band! I seen a needle that winked its eye! But I been done seen about everything when I see a elephant fly!

Timothy: [groaning after Dandy blows the smoke from his cigar in his face] Oh, those pink elephants...

Dandy: [the crows laugh] Ah! Pink elephants! Mmmm-mm!

Timothy: [[bird] What's so funny? What are you ]s doin down here, anyway?

Dandy: [the crows laugh again] What are we doin DOWN here?! Well, hear him talk!

Timothy: [the crows laugh again] Fly up a tree where you belong.

Dandy: Say, look here, Brother Rat!

Timothy: [springs up in fury] BROTHER RAT?! Now listen! I ain't your brother and I ain't no rat! See?!

Dandy: [the crows laugh again] Uh-huh. And I suppose you and no elephant ain't up in no tree, either!

Timothy: [angrily; does double-take and panics; they fall. The crows laugh] No! No, me in no tree and I'm no... Huh? Tree? Dumbo! Dumbo, wake up! Wake up, Dumbo! Don't look now, but I think we're up in a tree! .

Specks: Well, looky here! Looky here!

Deacon: My, my! Why, this is the most irregular sight I've ever seen!

Dopey: [rubbing his eyes] Well, I just can't believe my eyes!

Specks: They ain't dead, is they?

Fats: [smirks; looks unsure] No. Dead people don't snore... Or do they?

Dandy: What's all the ruckus? C'mon! Step aside, brother! Mmm...What's cookin round here? What's the good news? What's fryin', boys?

Specks: Just look down there, brother!

Fats: And prepare yourself for a shock!

Dandy: [sees Dumbo and Timothy] OHO! Well, hush my beak!

Dopey: Go ahead. Wake em up, brother.

Specks: Yeah, find out what they're doin up here.

Deacon: Yeah.

Fats: And ask em what they want.

Dandy: Okay, boys. Leave it to me.

Matriarch: Oh, I never thought I'd live to see the big top fall.

Prissy: Because of that Dumbo, I never can show my face there again.

Giddy: Oh, look at my beautiful tail!

Matriarch: [raises her trunk from her cast, but the pain stops her, and she lowers her trunk back into the cast] I just like to spank the daylights out of him, I...

Catty: Oh, that won't be necessary, dearie. They fixed him good.

Matriarch: What do you mean?

Prissy: What did they do?

Giddy: Did they beat him?

Prissy: What is it, Darling?

Giddy: Tell us!

Matriarch: Come, come, I demand to know!

Catty: Oh, well... they've gone and made him... oh, dear, I just can't say it--

Matriarch: Out with it!

Catty: Made him a clown.

Giddy: A clown?

Prissy: No!

Catty: Yes!

Matriarch: [all the elephants raise their trunks] Oh, the shame of it. Let us take the solemn vow. From now on, he is no longer an elephant.

Ringmaster: [After the elephant pyramid has been built] Ladies and gentlemen, you have now seen the impossible accomplished in front of your faces. Seven jungle giants, each one weighing...

Matriarch: [straining under all the other elephants] That windbag! Why doesn't he come to the point?!

Ringmaster: And now, I present the world's smallest little elephant, who will spring, from this springboard, to the top of the pyramid, in a grand climax! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… Dumbo!

Ringmaster: [[pyramid] Ladies and gentlemen, we will now present for your entertainment, the most stupendous, magnificent, super-colossal spectacle! On this tiny, little, insignificant ball, we will construct for you: a ]! Not of wood, not of stone...

Catty: To hear him talk, you'd think he was going to do it.

Elephant Matriarch: The stuffed shirt!

Ringmaster: [his shirtfront rolls up, and he pushes it back down] ...a pyramid of ponderous, pulsating, PULCHRITUDINOUS… PACHYDERMS! I give you: the elephants.

Prissy: Gaining a little weight… aren't you, honey?

Catty: You're no cream puff yourself, "dearie".

Matriarch: Quiet up there! Tend to your work, girls.

Ringmaster: [in a tent, talking to Joe the janitor; [idea] Have I got an ]! What an idea!

Timothy: [to Dumbo, amused] Huh! He never had an idea in his life.

Ringmaster: [[elephant] Just visualize: one ] climbs up on top of another elephant, until finally, all seventeen elephants have constructed an enormous pyramid of pachyderms! I step out! I blow the whistle! The trumpets are trumpeting!

Timothy: [eagerly] Yeah!

Ringmaster: AND NOW COMES THE CLIMAX...!

Joe: [beat] Yeah? What is the climax?

Ringmaster: [chuckles and shrugs] I don't know.

Timothy: I knew he never had nothin'.

Ringmaster: [getting into bed; [dream] Well, maybe it comes to me in a vision while I ]. Good night, Joe.

Joe: Good night, boss.

Timothy: Climax. Climax! Dumbo, you're a "Climax"! I'll be back in a minute; I'm gonna take care of your future!

Smitty: [laughs cruelly, then mockingly makes fun of Dumbo] Ain't that the funniest thing you ever saw? Look at his ears! Nah nah nah!

Kid 1: Hey, guys, lookit! Smitty's an elephant!

Kid 1: You can't hide him from us.

Kid 2: Yeah, his ears are still stickin out.

Kid 1: Come on!

Kid 2: We wanna see him!

Kid 1: We wanna laugh.

Kid 2: Sure, that's what we came for.

Kid 1: Hey, the biggest slingshot in the world.

Smitty: Hey! Cut that out! You're hurting me! Help!

Kid 2: Let's get out of here.

Ringmaster: [sees Mrs. Jumbo furiously throws haystack at the boys; angrily whips Mrs. Jumbo] What's going on? Down. Mrs Jumbo, down! Surround her. Tie her down.

Ringmaster: Down! Calm down! Tie her down!

Narrator: Through the snow and sleet and hail...through the blizzard, through the gale...through the wind and through the rain...over mountain, over plain...through the blinding lightning flash...and the mighty thunder crash...ever faithful, ever true...nothing stops him! He'll get through!

Lion: [yawning; cut to three tigers relaxing] Oh, dear... *

Timothy Q. Mouse: [As Dumbo falls off the platform, losing the feather on the way; At the last moment, Dumbo opens his ears and soars over the crowd] Dumbo! C'mon, fly! Open them ears! The magic feather was just a gag! You can fly! Honest, you can! Hurry, open them up! PLEASE! WHEE! We did it! We did it! Let's show them, Dumbo! Power dive!

Timothy Q. Mouse: Remember, you come of a proud race. Why, you're a...a pachyderm, and pachyderms don't cry. What does crying get you, anyhow? Nothing but the hiccups!

Timothy Q. Mouse: [To Dumbo; Beat; Beat] Well, that's more like it! Y'know, your mother ain't crazy; she's just broken-hearted. Ain't nobody's fault you got them big ears… oops, I stepped in the mud that time. Aw, gee, Dumbo! I think your ears're beautiful! Sure! s a matter of fact, I think they're decorative! Y'know, lots of people'd think your ears're famous! All we gotta do is build an act! Make y a star! A headliner! Dumbo the Great! The Great What? Y'know, Dumbo, we gotta think of an idea. Not just any idea; something colossal!

Timothy Q. Mouse: [To the elephants, while scaring them] So you like to pick on little guys, huh? Well, why don't ya pick on me?!

Casey Junior: [Puffing up the hill; Going down the other side of the hill] I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I… Think… I… Can! I… Thought I could! I thought I could! I thought I could! I thought I could! Woohoo!

Casey Junior: [whistling] All aboard! Let's go!