MouseHunt (1997) - Quotes

Taglines: You don't need to be big to be a hero.

Taglines: The squeak shall inherit the earth.

Taglines: The Mouse Never Dies

Taglines: Who's hunting who?

Taglines: The funniest movie of the year!

Lars: I didn't even know he was there!

Ernie: Just think of all the trouble we could have saved ourselves if we just threw fruit at him in the first place!

Ernie & Lars: Again?

Maury the Handler: He's spent most of his life in that box, I expect...

Ernie: You're a stupid cat, aren't you? Yes, you are! And you're ugly, too, extremely ug...

Leslie: Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor, over here! Mr. Mayor! Do you think your recent triple heart bypass affect your campaign strategy?

Mayor McKrinkle: Now, Leslie, I'm just here to eat.

Ernie: [French accent; [honour] Ah, monsieur le maire, Madame maire, welcome to Chez Ernie. What an ] it is to have you in my humble bistro. Suivez-moi. You brought the little ones. The little bicycle thieves. Bonjour! Our very best table. Have you lost little weight?

Mayor McKrinkle: Oh, I--

Ernie: I think so! I think you may be buff! Je suisse enchante pour votre beaute. You know what I mean?

The Mayor's Wife: [chuckles] Oh, Monsieur Ernie...

Ernie: [enters the kitchen to cook the lobster loaf and sighs; A cockroach in Ernie's father's box of cigars opens the lid, and scurries toward the food; stops the waiter; puts a fire on Duck a l'orange, brings all of the food and places on the table] Excusez-moi. Au revoir, les enfants! The air's not so thin at the top. Just like the old man to die before I hit it big. Remember, everyone. Attention to detail is vital! Presentation is everything. No, no, no, no, no! These I must deliver myself. Duck a I'Orange avec du quack sauce... And for ze Mayor, la specialite de la maison, Lobster Loaf a la Ernest ou la bibliotheque. Bon Appetit.

Mayor McKrinkle: [exhales] Oh.

Ernie: Ah, bonjour!

Leslie: Chef Ernie. How does it feel to be serving the mayor on the eve of his campaign reelection?

Ernie: Well, Leslie... May I call you Leslie?

Leslie: Ah, of course.

Mayor McKrinkle: [eats the lobster loaf almond without noticing the cockroach in his food, mistakenly biting his head off] Crunchy! Hmm. I love the almonds.

Ernie: Leslie, cuisine, she is a fickle mistress...

Becky: [notices the cockroach's body; picks the cockroach's body up with a fork and sees his head missing] EW! Look! A cockroach!

Betty: That's only half a cockroach.

Becky: Daddy, you ate the head!

The Mayor's Wife: [clutches the mayor's shoulder; the mayor immediately spits his food and spews the cockroach's head out onto the table and chokes from his vomit as the cockroach's head crawls. Becky and Betty grab knives, and start trying to stab the cockroach's head, which crawls away to avoid getting killed. The mayor holds himself, coughs while clutching his chest in agony until he falls off, then collapses to the floor, screaming, much to his wife's shock, causing her to scream too when the news reporters crowd around him, due to this causing him to have a heart attack from the shock and fall over unconscious when he swallows the cockroach and passes out] Honey, are you OK? Not again!

Reporters: [Ernie just stands there, looking quite aghast by this, as the news reporters now crowd around him, demanding to know if he intended to murder the mayor or if it was an accident] Was this an accident or did you murder him...?

Paramedic: Clear!

Betty: That's it.

Becky: I can do that better!

Lars Smuntz: [Lars points to the hole on the floor] Look! You blew a hole in the floor!

Lars Smuntz: [as Ernie blasts the house apart with a shotgun; Ernie levels the shotgun at him, and Lars relents] Are you crazy? You're blowing the whole house up! The only thing you haven't hit so far is the mouse! Why don't you give someone else a chance with that gun? You're doing a wonderful job.

Lars Smuntz: [explaining to Ernie how April apologized to him; [nature] She just showed up at the factory, took off her coat, and begged me to take her. We made love in a way that I've only ever seen in ] films.

Lars Smuntz: [[Christmas] Ernie, It's ]. Instead of dwelling what we don't have. We should be thankful for what we do have.

Lars Smuntz: [quoting his father; [chaos] A world without string... is ].

Ernie Smuntz: [Doing taste tests with the mouse; The mouse takes a bite of the string cheese and throws it down; He gives him the next string cheese; The mouse eats it all up; [w:The Walt Disney Company|some people who have used a mouse as a spokesperson] Here you go, knock yourself out. No good, huh? Otis, more curry! Okay, try this one. Eh? It's mozzarella and herring. You can taste the herring, right? I've also got a great idea for a caviar-brie swirl and a peanut butter and jelly-provolone for the kids. But I really want to talk about marketing. You should be our spokesperson. I know ] and it seemed to work out pretty well...

Ernie Smuntz: [Upon seeing the box, returned for insufficient postage] I told you, you should have weighed him.

Ernie Smuntz: [holding a tiny box, addressed to [[w:Fidel Castro|Fidel Castro; He chuckles evilly] ] in Havana, Cuba] Aw... I forgot to put holes in the box!

Ernie Smuntz: [when Lars accidentally smacks Ernie's hand with a hammer] Are you trying to kill me?!!

Ernie Smuntz: [when Lars accidentally hits Ernie with a broom] What are you doing, ya stupid nitwit?!

Ernie Smuntz: Pop's lucky string! That son of a bitch ate it!

Ernie Smuntz: Hasta la vista, you little rat bastard!

Ernie Smuntz: I don't think we're dealing with an ordinary mouse.

Ernie Smuntz: Yeah, I was on top once, too. And there's only one way to go from there, and that's down, baby! Down!

Ernie Smuntz: [He rings a counter-bell, looking around at the diner's customers] No capers? But that's just grilled cheese. What's the point? Why don't they eat out of a trough? Alright! Which one of you palateless sheep sent my sandwich back?