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Fear of Change and Familial Blame
Young Norman Bates
What... What did I do?
Norma Bates
Nothing, nothing, nothing!
Young Norman Bates
What's wrong!
Norma Bates
They're closing down the highway and building a new one. They couldn't build it closer to the motel because then the world could still see us! Oh, what am I going to do?! How am I going to live?! You! Just like my father, never a drop a sympathy! It's because of you, that I can't hold my water, that's why I'm always running to the toilet, did you know that?!
Young Norman Bates
Yes, I know.
Norma Bates
I regret the day that I ever had you! Not one thing you've ever said or done has been worth all this! Not one blasted thing! I should have killed you in my womb! You sure as hell tried to kill me getting out of it!
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Norma Bates Expresses Anger and Disgust
Norma Bates
You dirty little bastard! Go out there and throw this in the garbage!
Norma Bates
No! Go as you are! Maybe the rain will wash some of the dirt out of your system! Pig! Dirty little pig! Dirty as your whole whore-mongering sex!
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Questioning Influence and Responsibility
Chet Rudolph
Where does that boy get his ways?
Norma Bates
Not from me.
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Norman Bates' Distress Over Blood and Mother
Norman Bates
Mother! Oh God, mother! Blood! Blood!
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Clever Remarks Amidst Tension and Violence
Gloria
You've got a tongue like an elephant's memory.
Connie Bates
No, Norman. No more blood, please. No more blood.
Fran Ambrose
Maybe girls are too smart to get caught.
[on the lack of information of girls commiting matricide]
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Communication Breakdown Between Fran and Norman
Fran Ambrose
Are you there?
Norman Bates
I said yes.
Fran Ambrose
We didn't hear you.
Norman Bates
I nodded.
Fran Ambrose
We can't hear nods.
[smiling]
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Identity and Names in Psycho IV
Fran Ambrose
Well, we have to call you something.
Norman Bates
You can call me...Ed.
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Faith Without Substance
Norman Bates
All that faith and no potatoes.
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Confronting the Past in a New Journey
Norman Bates
You get in the car, I'm gonna get rid of the past for good.
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Desperation for Freedom in Psycho IV
Norma Bates
Let me out of here! Norman! Do you hear me, boy? Let me out!
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Respect for the Dead
Norma Bates
Don't you have any respect for the dead?
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Rejecting the Incest Tragedy Narrative
Norman Bates
Fran, if the doctor is trying to turn this into some incest tragedy, tell him to forget it.
Fran Ambrose
Forget it, doc.
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Confrontation of Past Actions and Future Intentions
Norman Bates
I never wanted to kill her.
Dr. Leo Richmond
But you did kill her, and several others, and now you tell us you're going to kill again.
Norman Bates
Oh, I've killed before, and now I'm gonna have to do it again.
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Norman Bates and His Trusty Umbrella
Norman Bates
Just me and my trusty umbrella.
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Maternal Control and Identity Conflict
Norma Bates
Get off of me! You are going to learn to forget all about that filthy thing of yours! Here put this on! Girl! Yes, girl! Mama's little girl!
Young Norman Bates
No, I'm not a girl!
Norma Bates
Here get in there. You will stay locked in there until you learn to say "no" to your mother when she you you're a girl. And you'll probably have to make wee wee, and you'll squat over this! That's all that thing of yours is for, making wee wee! You clear on that! Answer me! You clear on that, Norma!
Young Norman Bates
Mother, please. Mother, please let me out! Please, mother!
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Questioning Identity and Expectations
Chet Rudolph
You're not a girl, are you? You know, your mother swore to me you was a boy! You know, she said you wasn't too badly hung, either. Well, that's what she said!
Young Norman Bates
Shut up!
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A Young Norman Bates Takes Responsibility
Norman Bates
I was practically running the motel single-handedly by the time I was 15. I was the man of the house, she used to call me that. She depended on me, especially when she was scared. She was scared to death of thunder and lightning.
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A Tense Confrontation Between Mother and Son
Norma Bates
Get that whore out of my house!
Young Norman Bates
She's not a whore, mother.
Norma Bates
I said get rid of her! Or do I have to do it myself?
Young Norman Bates
No mother, I'll get rid of her.
Norma Bates
Kill her!
Young Norman Bates
Kill her? I can't, no! No I can't!
Norma Bates
Alright, alright! Then I'll do it for you.
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On Respect and Vulnerability in Relationships
Young Norman Bates
You take my father's robe off!
Chet Rudolph
Oh a... no underwear. You see Norman, you only want to be naked around a lady when you're having sex with her. Any other time, it just ain't respectful.
[Holding half a piece of toasted bread and flailing it about Norman's face]
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