Dumbo Quotes

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 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!

Ringmaster 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 ...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.

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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 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 Oh, the shame of it. Let us take the solemn vow. From now on, he is no longer an elephant.

Timothy Alright, you wise birds! This has gone far enough!

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

Timothy 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 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 The magic feather? Yeah, I gotcha. Dumbo! Look! Have I got it! The magic feather! Now you can fly!

Timothy Q. Mouse 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 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!

Casey Junior 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!

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

Dandy 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 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 Well, I've seen a ]...

Fats Ah, I've seen a ]...

Dopey I've seen a ]!

Dandy 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!

Specks Well, looky here! Looky here!

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

Dopey Well, I just can't believe my eyes!

Specks They ain't dead, is they?

Fats 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 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.

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 Oh, dear... *

Ringmaster Ladies and gentlemen, you have now seen the impossible accomplished in front of your faces. Seven jungle giants, each one weighing...

Matriarch 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 Have I got an ]! What an idea!

Timothy Huh! He never had an idea in his life.

Ringmaster 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 Yeah!

Ringmaster AND NOW COMES THE CLIMAX...!

Joe Yeah? What is the climax?

Ringmaster I don't know.

Timothy I knew he never had nothin'.

Ringmaster 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!

Timothy Oh, those pink elephants...

Dandy Ah! Pink elephants! Mmmm-mm!

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

Dandy What are we doin DOWN here?! Well, hear him talk!

Timothy Fly up a tree where you belong.

Dandy Say, look here, Brother Rat!

Timothy BROTHER RAT?! Now listen! I ain't your brother and I ain't no rat! See?!

Dandy Uh-huh. And I suppose you and no elephant ain't up in no tree, either!

Timothy 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! .

Smitty 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 What's going on? Down. Mrs Jumbo, down! Surround her. Tie her down.

Ringmaster Down! Calm down! Tie her down!

Casey Junior All aboard! Let's go!

Timothy Q. Mouse So you like to pick on little guys, huh? Well, why don't ya pick on me?!

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!