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!
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A Unique Fairytale Experience Awaits
Taglines
A fairytale like no other.
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Inspiration from Taking Bold Actions
Max
Y'know you inspired me, doing what you did, going off on your own like that.
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Embracing Uniqueness as a Source of Beauty
Taglines
What makes us different makes us beautiful.
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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.
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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]
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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?
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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]
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Unexpected Encounter with a Licking Incident
Max
Good God, he licked me.
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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!
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True love may be closer than you think
Taglines
Sometimes true love is right under your nose.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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