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Flubber

Flubber (1997) - Quotes

Audience Score
57

Catch It If You Can

Taglines: Catch it if you can!

Understanding the Concept of Flubber

Taglines: What is flubber?

The Essence of Imagination and Innovation

Taglines: The stuff dreams are made of.

Weebette's Concerns About Flubber's Behavior

Weebette: [to Sara; to Flubber] Mom. Mom. Flubber's gone. Get back here!
Weebette: When we get to the hotel, I don't care what you say. I'm not sharing a room with him. Look at him. He's gross. He bounces all the time. He squeaks. He phase-shifts. I mean, he's a quasi-plasmoid. If it's hot in Hawaii, I hope he melts.

Suspicion Surrounds Brainard's Involvement

Chester Hoenicker: Brainard had something to do with this.
Wesson: I-It's the same stuff we saw the other night, over at his house.
Chester Hoenicker: (sarcastically) Right.

Struggles of Love and Understanding

Weebo: Um, Professor? Why the long face?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: I think you know why.
Weebo: [Showing a picture of Sara] Maybe a Sara issue?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [[emotion; [passion; Weebo records Phillip Brainard on her display screen; [Truth; [love] Wish I understood human beings. Wish I understood women. Wish I understood ]s and ]s. Wish I understood any of that. If I did, I woudn't have had to spend my entire life in a laboratory trying to figure out how the world works. I would've been out in the world trying to figure out why it works. I know I love her, Weebo. Every neuron in my limbic system is saturated with phenylethylamine. That triggers euphoria, elation, exhilaration. ] is, Weebo, I'm not absent-minded because I'm selfish, crazy, or inconsiderate. I'm absent-minded because I'm in ] with Sara.
Weebo: Oh, Professor.

Flubber's Role in the Basketball Game

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Weebo--I've solved all our problems!
Weebo: [showing an image of Dumbo on her display screen] I'm all ears.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Flubber is going to the basketball game.

Business Deal and Lighthearted Banter

Chester Hoenicker: You came to repay your loan?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: No.
Chester Hoenicker: I know you didn't. I was just having a little fun.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: I'm here to sell you the Flubber.
Chester Hoenicker: You been to your house recently?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Yes.
Chester Hoenicker: Do I really need to buy it?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Flubber's a very quixotic substance. It's very difficult to handle. Have you tried to do anything with it?
Chester Hoenicker: My man are working on it. It won't be a problem.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Well, I could make it a lot easier for you. If you give us a 30 day extension on the loan, I'll tell you everything I know... and make you a great deal on Flubber.
Chester Hoenicker: I'll give you the 30 days, and after that you give me two years. Whatever you come up with over the next two years is mine.
Sara Reynolds: That's not fair.
Chester Hoenicker: Shop somewhere else, lady.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Sara. Sara. I'll do it.

Reassurance in a Moment of Fear

Father: There's not a darn thing to be afraid of, pal. How can anything get in your window? It's closed, okay?

Debating the Rules of Fair Play

Rutland: Hey, are you blind? They're doin something illegal out there.
Refree: Coach, nowhere in the rule book does it say anything about jumpin too high. Now sit down!

Potential Sports Applications of Flubber Technology

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [high-pitched voice] This definitely has applications in the field of sports. Ho, ho, ho! Yes!

Unexpected Consequences of a Golf Ball Experiment

Chester Hoenicker: All right. One more time, what happened?
Wesson: He took a golf ball. He rubbed this cream on it and then the golf ball took and...
Wesson: ...popped Smith in the head.
Smith: Several times.
Wesson: I got hit with a bowling ball.
Smith: Repeatedly.
Chester Hoenicker: Were you drinking?
Wesson: No.
Smith: Two beers at dinner. Wesson had a white wine.
Wesson: With dinner.
Wesson: It's this stuff he's got, sir. It's... I don't know what it is. I don't know where it come from, but...
Wesson: ...It will give you one heck of a headache.
Chester Hoenicker: Oh... goodness.

Acceptance of Individuality in Relationships

Weebo: [[woman; [love; [man] I believe that a ] should ] a ] for what he is, not for what she wants him to be.

A Farewell from Professor Brainard

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [to Sara, before he attempts to fall out the window with the flubber springing him back up] Ta-ta, my love.

Conflict Over Brilliance and Betrayal

Wilson Croft: I won't deny that I hate you for your brilliance. I'm petty, corrupt. I probably would have gone mad trying to compete with you in pure thought. But, uh, I'm not an innovator like you, Phil. I'm an adapter. And to that end, I have profited from your ideas.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Why are you here?
Wilson Croft: Well, to be honest, I'm here this weekend to steal your fiancée. And make her my wife.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Well, I think you'll be sadly disappointed.

Conflict Over Ideas Between Friends

Wilson Croft: What happened between us, Phil?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Well, I just got tired of you stealing my ideas, Wilson.

Car Sickness Discussion in Flubber

Weebo: Maybe you should just go without me.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Why?
Weebo: Because I get car sick.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Oh, come on. You're not gonna blow chips.
Weebo: No!
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: You don't have a stomach.
Weebo: I have a queasy gyro.

A Cautionary Exchange Between Friends

Sara: Phillip, please, be careful.
Phillip: [[wrong] Don't worry. There's no chance that anything could go ]!

Morning Routine in Flubber

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: I'm up!
Weebo: Phillip, it's 6:00. Are you awake?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [[day] Up and ready for a new ].
Weebo: [[morning] Oh, what a beautiful ].
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Oh, what a beautiful day. I can't find my socks.
Weebo: They're in your shoes.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Where are my shoes?
Weebo: They're on your feet.
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: Thank you.

Balancing Work and Excitement

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: I was just gonna, you know, grade my lunch, eat a few tests and hope for the best.
Martha George: [about the excitement of getting married] How do you hold in it?
Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [thinking she meant waste] Well, like everybody else, Martha. I just cross my legs real tight.
Martha George: [gets a little tickled by that answer] I was talking about your excitement.

Love on a Subatomic Level

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [[cell; [atom] I love you with every ], with every ]. I love you on a subatomic level.

Teaching Motivations and Values

Professor Philip "Phil" Brainard: [[money] If we were interested in making ], we wouldn't have become teachers.