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Penelope Quotes

"A fairytale like no other."

PG 2008 · 1h 44m
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67
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17 quotes
Speeding Up the Snack Time Debate
Jessica What was that?
[after Penelope scares off a room full of potential suitors]
Penelope Just speeding things up!
Jessica (looks at the junk food on the table) And now you’re just going to make a pig of yourself?
Penelope (opening a mini-pack of Ho-Ho's) No, that’s already been done for me!
Jessica Stop that! (knocks Ho-Ho's out of her daughter’s hand)
Penelope That was the last of the Ho-Ho’s! (gets up in a rage) Where’s your credit card? I’m going to the store!
Jessica No, no, no! Hey! Look, you want more Ho-Ho’s? We’ll send Jake for some!
Penelope (fighting for her mom’s purse) I’m old enough to get my own!
Wanda (takes a handful of popcorn) Pick me up some chocolate!
Jessica (glares at Wanda) One man Penelope, one man!
Penelope And he’ll run too, they always run! I mean, why can’t you accept that? For seven years, I’ve been watching them run! Do you have any idea how that makes me feel? Do you?
Jessica I’m sorry but we just can’t stop!
Penelope We can because as much as I want to believe that there’s one man who won’t run away, one man who... who... (stares at the TV set and sees Max)
Jessica Sweet loving angels of all things merciful!
Penelope (shocked) Did he see?
Wanda He had to. He was there!
Jessica (hurriedly) Who cares? Just go!
Wanda Yes! Go!
Penelope No! I can't just...
Jessica and Wanda Oh, just go!
A Unique Fairytale Experience Awaits
Taglines A fairytale like no other.
Inspiration from Taking Bold Actions
Max Y'know you inspired me, doing what you did, going off on your own like that.
Embracing Uniqueness as a Source of Beauty
Taglines What makes us different makes us beautiful.
Understanding Happiness in Different Perspectives
Penelope And we lived happily ever after - well, happily ever after so far at least.
[telling her class her story]
Child #1 I don't get it. What does it mean?
Penelope Well, what you think it means?
Child #2 Rich people stink!
Child #3 It's always the mother's fault.
Child #4 It's not the power of the curse - it's the power you give the curse.
Unexpected Blooms and Comparisons
Penelope Helleborus orientalis. They're amazing; they bloom even in the winter.
Annie That's cool.
Penelope They just pop up without any help from anyone.
Annie Kind of like my ex-boyfriend, if you know what I mean.
[laughs]
Character Descriptions and Misunderstandings in Dialogue
Duty Cop Detailed description?
Jessica Wilhern Brown hair. Brown eyes. A unique... ly pleasant personality.
[pauses]
Franklin Wilhern Think pig.
Duty Cop So she's a fat girl?
Questions About Unusual Features
Journalist #1 Do you have any other pig parts?
Penelope No!
Journalist #2 With such a large nose, do you smell better than the rest of us?
Penelope You tell me.
[laughs]
Unexpected Encounter with a Licking Incident
Max Good God, he licked me.
Unconventional Dating Expectations and Perceptions
Penelope I'm not the one who ran, Mother!
Jessica Well, of course they run, dear. When you spring yourself on them like that! Do you think I showed your father my mole on our first date? No. I had the good sense to wait until after we were married!
[suddenly angry]
Penelope I didn't show him my "mole", Mother. I showed him (leans over the bannister) my face!
True love may be closer than you think
Taglines Sometimes true love is right under your nose.
Breaking the Curse of Appearance
Wanda Wait! He's still a blue-blood! He can break the curse.
Penelope Max, I know this face repulses you... And I wouldn't, I wouldn't dream of asking you to accept it.
Max No... No... No...
Penelope But this isn't me, the real me is inside here somewhere just waiting to get out and you can make that happen and once the curse is broken I'll be just like anybody else.
Max What if the curse doesn't get broken? What if the curse can never be broken?
Penelope Then I'll kill myself. I promise, I promise I will. Marry me, Max. Marry me.
Max I can't.
Penelope Get out.
Max I'm...
Wanda Get out. Get out!
Concealing Secrets Behind a Bad Nose Job
Annie So what are you hiding from the law or is it just a bad nose job?
Penelope Mhm, bad nose job.
Revealing True Identity After a Lifetime of Hiding
Taglines She's been hiding all her life. Now she'll show the world just who she really is.
A Strained Father-Son Relationship
Edward Vanderman Jr. Try to remember - I'm your son.
Edward Vanderman Sr. That's exactly what I'm trying to forget!
Reflecting on Past Relationships During Halloween
Max All Halloween I've been running into someone I used to know.
Penelope This someone - she meant a lot to you?
[wearing a pig mask]
Max Yes, yes she did.
Penelope What happened?
Max I couldn't give her what she wanted.
Penelope What did she want?
Max To be free.
Mother-Daughter Conversations on Beauty Standards
Jessica Wilhern What? I'm being her mother! That's what mothers do with daughters; they talk about how to look prettier.