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Pulp Fiction Quotes

"You won’t know the facts until you’ve seen the fiction."

R 1994 · 2h 34m
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Pulp Fiction
Confrontation Over Best Intentions
Brett Look, I'm sorry, I-I didn't get your name. I got yours, uh, Vincent, right? But-But I-I never got your...
[to Jules]
Jules My name is Pitt, and your ass ain't talking your way outta this shit.
Brett No, no, no. I just want you to know how – I just want you to know how sorry we are that-that things got so fucked up with us and-and Mr. Wallace. I-I-It...we-we got into this thing with the best intentions. Really. I never...
[rising; Jules motions him to sit down]
Jules Oh, I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue. You were sayin something about "best intentions"? What's the matter? Oh, y-you were finished? Oh, well, allow me to retort. What does Marsellus Wallace look like?
[silence]
Brett ..What?
[unsure of how to respond]
Jules What country are you from!?
[angrily throws the small table in the room]
Brett Wha-what?
[starts hyperventilating]
Jules What" ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in "What"!?
Brett What?
Jules ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT!?
Brett Yes!!
Jules THEN YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING!
Brett Yes..!
Jules DESCRIBE WHAT MARSELLUS WALLACE “LOOKS” LIKE!
Brett Wha-what I—?
Jules SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! SAY "WHAT" AGAIN! I DARE YA! I DOUBLE-DARE YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!! SAY "WHAT" ONE MORE GODDAMN TIME!
[points gun directly in Brett's face]
Brett H-H-He's black...
Jules GO ON!
Brett ...He's bald...!
Jules Does he look like a bitch?!
Brett What? AGHH!! Anh..!!
[Jules shoots Brett in the shoulder]
Jules DOES! HE! LOOK!... LIKE! A BITCH?!?!
[furiously shouting at the top of his lungs]
Brett NO!
Jules Then why'd you try to fuck him like a bitch, Brett?
Brett I didn't...!
Jules Yes, you did! YES, you DID, Brett! You tried to fuck him.
Brett No... no....
Brett Yes...!
[gasping for breath]
Jules Well, there's this passage I've got memorized, it sorta fits the occasion. ] 25:17: "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is He who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for He is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD... ...when I lay My vengeance upon thee.
[[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel; begins pacing about the room; pulls out his gun and aims at Brett]
Marvin Oh fuck. I'm fucked. Oh fuck, oh fuck.
Vincent Is he a friend of yours?
Jules Hmm? Oh, Vincent, Marvin. Marvin, Vincent.
Vincent Better tell him to shut the fuck up, he's getting on my nerves.
Jules Marvin. Marvin. MARVIN! I'd knock that shit off if I was you.
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Pulp Fiction
Breakfast Choices in a Tense Encounter
Jules Looks like me and Vincent caught you boys at breakfast. Sorry about that. Whatcha having?
Brett Uh, hamburgers.
Jules Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast! What kind of hamburgers?
Brett Uh, Ch-cheeseburgers.
Jules No, where'd you get them? ], ], ], Where?
[[McDonald's; [W:Wendy's|Wendy's; [W:Jack in the Box (restaurant)|Jack in the Box]
Brett Um, ].
[[W:Big Kahuna Burger|Big Kahuna Burgers]
Jules Big Kahuna Burgers! That's that Hawaiian burger joint. I hear they've got some tasty burgers. I ain't never had one myself, how are they?
Brett ...They're good.
Jules You mind if I try one of yours? This is yours here, right?
Brett Yeah.
Jules Mmm, this is a tasty burger! Vincent, you ever had a Big Kahuna Burger? Want a bite? They're real tasty.
[Vincent shakes his head]
Vincent Ain't hungry.
[pulling out a cigarette]
Jules Well, if you like burgers, give them a try sometime. Me, I can't usually get em because my girlfriend's a vegetarian, which, pretty much makes me a vegetarian. I do love the taste of a good burger. You know what they call a ] with cheese in France?
[turns to Brett; [w:Quarter Pounder|Quarter Pounder]
Brett Um, no.
Jules Tell em, Vincent.
Vincent Royale with cheese.
Jules Royale with cheese." Know why they call it that?
Brett Uh, because of the metric system?
Jules Check out the big brain on Brett! You're a smart motherfucker. That's right, the metric system. What's in this?
[smiles at Brett; places burger back down on table, pointing at Brett's drink]
Brett S-Sprite.
Jules Sprite, good. You mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down with?
Brett Go right ahead.
Jules Ahh. That hit the spot. You. Flock of seagulls. You know why we're here? Why don't you tell my man Vincent here where you got the shit hid at?
[he takes the cup and slowly yet surely drains the contents; he places the cup back down; he dusts his hands and approaches Roger; Roger nods]
Marvin It's over there –
[pointing]
Jules I don't remember askin you a goddamned thing! You were saying?
[suddenly a bit hostile; tense pause before he speaks back to Roger]
Roger It's in the cupboard. No, the one by your knees.
[pointing in kitchen; Vincent starts rummaging through the cabinets; Vincent finds the briefcase and takes it out as he unlocks it, the contents inside glowing golden yellow as he takes his cigarette out of his mouth in shock]
Jules We happy? Vincent. ...we happy?
[Vincent looks at him]
Vincent Yeah, we happy.
[he closes the case and locks it again]
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Pulp Fiction
Tension and Negotiation in a Hostage Situation
Jules Vincent! Be cool! Yolanda! It’s cool, baby. It’s cool! We still just talking! Come on, point the gun at me! Point the gun at me! There you go! And Vincent, you just hang back and don’t do a goddamn thing. Tell her we still cool.
[She points her gun at Jules while still looking over at Vincent; To Ringo]
Ringo We still cool, Honey Bunny.
Jules How we doing, baby?
[To Yolanda]
Yolanda I gotta go pee. I wanna go home.
[Nervously]
Jules Just hang in there baby, you’re doing great, I’m proud of you. And Ringo’s proud of you. It’s almost over. Tell her you’re proud of her.
Ringo Proud of you, Honey Bunny.
Yolanda I love you.
Ringo I love you too, Honey Bunny.
Jules I want you to go in that bag and find my wallet.
Ringo Which one is it?
Jules It’s the one that says “Bad Motherfucker” on it. That’s it. That’s my bad motherfucker. Open it up, take out the money. Count it. How much is there?
[Ringo looks through the bag and finds a wallet engraved with “Bad Motherfucker”; Ringo takes out a large amount of cash from the wallet]
Ringo About $1,500.
Jules Ok. Put it in your pocket, it’s yours. Now with the rest of the wallets and the register, that makes this a pretty successful little score, huh?
Vincent Jules, you give that fucking nim-rod $1500, I’ll shoot him on general principle.
Jules No, Yolanda, Yolanda, he ain’t gonna do a goddamn motherfucking thing! Vincent, shut the fuck up! Come on, Yolanda. Stay with me, babe. Now I ain’t giving it to him, Vincent. I’m buying something for my money. Wanna know what I’m buying, Ringo?
[She points the gun at him again]
Ringo What?
Jules Your life. I’m giving you that money so I don’t have to kill your ass. You read the bible, Ringo?
Ringo Not regularly, no.
Jules Well, there's this passage I've got memorized, Ezekiel 25:17: "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is He who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for He is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you." I’ve been saying that shit for years and if you heard it, it meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this morning that made me think twice. See, now I’m thinking maybe it means you are the evil man and I’m the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here is the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you’re the righteous man and I’m the shepherd and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish. And I’d like that but, that shit ain’t the truth. Truth is, you’re the weak and I am the tyranny of evil men. But I’m trying, Ringo. I’m trying real hard to be the shepherd. Go.
[Uncocks his pistol; To Ringo, after a brief pause]
Vincent I think we should be leaving now.
[Walks over to Jules]
Jules Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.
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Pulp Fiction
Cleaning Up a Messy Situation
The Wolf Okay, first thing. You two, take the body, stick it in the trunk. Now, Jimmie, this looks to be a pretty domesticated house. That would lead me to believe that in the garage or under the sink, you've got a bunch of cleaners and cleansers and shit like that?
Jimmie Yeah, yeah, Mr. Wolfe, under the sink.
The Wolf Good. What I need you two fellas to do is take those cleaning products and clean the inside of the car. I'm talking fast, fast, fast. You need to go in the back seat, scoop up all those little pieces of brain and skull, get it out of there, wipe down the upholstery. Now, when it comes to upholstery, it don't need to be spic-and-span. You don't need to eat off it, just give it a good once-over. What you need to take care of are the really messy parts. The pools of blood that have collected, you got to soak that shit up. Now, Jimmie, we need to raid your linen closet. I need blankets, I need comforters, I need quilts, I need bedspreads. The thicker the better, the darker the better. No whites, can't use em. We need to camouflage the interior of the car. We're going to line the front seat and the back seat and the floorboards with quilts and blankets. So, if a cop stops us and starts sticking his big snout in the car, the subterfuge won't last, but at a glance, the car will appear to be normal. Jimmie, lead the way. Boys, get to work.
Vincent Please" would be nice.
The Wolf Come again?
Vincent I said a "please" would be nice.
The Wolf Get it straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please". I'm here to tell you what to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fucking do it and do it quick. I'm here to help. If my help's not appreciated, lots of luck, gentlemen.
Jules No, no, no, Mr. Wolfe, it ain't like that. Your help is definitely appreciated.
Vincent Mr. Wolfe, listen. I don't mean disrespect, okay? I respect you. I just don't like people barking orders at me, that's all.
The Wolf If I'm curt with you, it's because time is a factor. I think fast, I talk fast, and I need you guys to act fast if you want to get out of this. So pretty please, with sugar on top, clean the fucking car.
Vincent Don't give me that look, alright? I can feel your look.
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Pulp Fiction
Uncomfortable Silences
Mia Don't you hate that?
Vincent What?
Mia Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?
Vincent I don't know. That's a good question.
Mia That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.
Pulp Fiction
A Conversation on Violence and Retirement
Vincent You ever seen that show Cops? I was watching it one time, and there was this cop on, and he was talking about this gunfight he had in the hallway with this guy, right, and he just unloaded on this guy, and nothing happened, he didn't hit nothing. Okay, it was just him and this guy. I mean, you know, it's freaky, but it happens.
Jules Look, you want to play blind man, go walk with the shepherd, but me - my eyes are wide fucking open.
Vincent The fuck does that mean?
Jules I mean, that's it for me. From here on in, you consider my ass retired.
Vincent Jesus Christ...
Jules Don't blaspheme.
Vincent God damn it, Jules...
Jules I said don't do that!
Vincent Hey, you know why the fuck you fucking freaking out on us?
Jules Look, I'm telling Marsellus today, I'm through.
Vincent But why don't you tell him at the same time, why?
Jules Don't worry, I will.
Vincent Yeah, and I bet you ten thousand dollars he laughs his ass off.
Jules I don't give a damn if he does.
Vincent Marvin, what do you make of all this?
Marvin Man, I don't even have an opinion.
Vincent Well, you gotta have an opinion! I mean, do you think that God came down from Heaven and stopped the-
[Turns around, sloppily pointing his gun at Marvin; Vincent's gun goes off, killing Marvin instantly and covering the car's interior in his blood and brains]
Jules Oh! The fuck's happening?! Ah!
Vincent Oh shit!
Jules Man!
Vincent Aw, man, I shot Marvin in the face.
Jules WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?!
Vincent Well, I didn't mean to do it, it was an accident.
Jules Oh man, I seen some crazy ass shit in my time, but this...
Vincent Chill out man, I told you it was an accident, you probably went over a bump or something!
Jules Hey, the car ain't hit no motherfucking bump!
Vincent Hey, look man, I didn't mean to shoot the son of a bitch, the gun went off, I don't know why!
Jules Well look at this fucking mess, man! We're on a city street in broad daylight here!
Vincent I don't believe it, man!
Jules Well, believe it now, motherfucker, we got to get this car off the road! You know cops tend to notice shit like you're driving a car drenched in fucking blood!
Vincent Just take it to a friendly place, that's all!
Jules This is The Valley, Vincent! Marsellus ain't got no friendly places in The Valley!
Vincent WELL, JULES, THIS AIN'T MY FUCKIN’ TOWN, MAN!
Jules Shit!
[''Pulls out a cell phone and extends the antenna]
Vincent What you doing?
Jules I'm calling my partner in ].
[[W:Toluca Lake|Toluca Lake]
Vincent Where's Toluca Lake?
Jules It's just over the hill here, over by Burbank Studios. If Jimmie's ass ain't home, I don't know what the fuck we gonna do, man, cause I ain't got no other partners in 818. Jimmie, yo, how you doin', man? It's Jules. Just listen up, man, me and my homeboy in some serious fucking shit, man. We're in a car we gotta get off the road pronto. I need to use your garage for a couple hours...
[over the telephone]
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Pulp Fiction
Gourmet Coffee and Dark Realities
Jules Mmm. Goddamn, Jimmie. This is some serious gourmet shit. Me and Vincent would've been satisfied with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice, right? Heh. And he springs this serious gourmet shit on us. What flavor is this?
Jimmie Knock it off, Jules.
Jules What?
Jimmie I don't need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I'm the one who buys it. I know how good it is. When Bonnie goes shopping, she buys shit. I buy the gourmet expensive stuff cause when I drink it, I want to taste it. But you know what's on my mind right now? It ain't the coffee in my kitchen. It's the dead nigger in my garage.
Jules Oh, Jimmie, don't even worry about that.
Jimmie No, no, no, no, I don't want to think about anything. I want to ask you a question. When you came pullin in here, did you notice a sign on the front of my house that said "Dead Nigger Storage"?
Jules Jimmie, you know I ain't seen no shit...
Jimmie Did you notice a sign on the front of my house that said "Dead Nigger Storage"?
[shouting]
Jules No, I didn't.
Jimmie You know why you didn't see that sign?
[shouting]
Jules Why?
Jimmie Cause it ain't there, cause storing dead niggers ain't my fucking business, that's why!
[still shouting]
Jules But Jimmie, we're not gonna store the motherfucker.
Jimmie No, no, no, no, no, don't you fucking realize, man, that if Bonnie comes home and finds a dead body in her house, I'm gonna get divorced? All right? No marriage counseling, no trial separation, I'm gonna get fucking divorced, okay? And I don't want to get fucking divorced. Now man, you know, fuck, I wanna help you, but I don't want to lose my wife doing it, all right?
Jules Jimmie, Jimmie, she ain't gonna leave you.
Jimmie Don't fucking "Jimmie" me, Jules, okay?! Don't fucking "Jimmie" me. There's nothing that you're gonna say that's gonna make me forget that I love my wife, is there?! Now look, you know, she comes home from work in about an hour and a half. Graveyard shift at the hospital. You gotta make some phone calls? You gotta call some people? Well, then do it. And then get the fuck out of my house before she gets here.
Jules Hey, that's Kool & the Gang. You know, we don't wanna fuck your shit up. All we wanna do is call my people and get them to bring us in, that's all.
Jimmie You don't wanna fuck my shit up? You're fucking up my shit up right now! You're gonna fuck my shit up big time if Bonnie comes home. So just do me that favor, all right? The phone is in my bedroom, I suggest you get going.
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Pulp Fiction
Understanding Fiction Through Its Facts
Taglines You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction
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Pulp Fiction
A Conversation About Dietary Choices
Vincent Want some bacon?
Jules No, man. I don't eat pork.
Vincent Are you Jewish?
Jules Nah, I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
Vincent Why not?
Jules Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
Vincent Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
Jules Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin nothing that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces.
Vincent How about a dog? Dog eats its own feces.
Jules I don't eat dog either.
Vincent Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
Jules I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Vincent Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Jules Well, we'd have to be talkin about one charming motherfucking pig. I mean, he'd have to be ten times more charming than that ] on ], you know what I'm saying?
[[w:Arnold Ziffel|Arnold; [w:Green Acres|Green Acres]
Vincent That's good.
[laughing]
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Pulp Fiction
The Logic of Robbing a Coffee Shop
Yolanda This place? A coffee shop?
Ringo What's wrong with that? Nobody ever robs restaurants. Why not? Bars, liquor stores, gas stations; you get your head blown off sticking up one of them. Restaurants, on the other hand, you catch with their pants down. They're not expecting to get robbed. Not as expectant, anyway.
Yolanda I bet you could cut down on the hero factor in a place like this.
Ringo Correct. Just like banks, these places are insured. Manager? He don't give a fuck. He's just trying to get you out the door before you start plugging the diners. Waitresses? Fuck it. forget it. No way are they taking a bullet for the register. Busboy, some wetback getting paid a dollar fifty an hour, really give a fuck you're stealing from the owner? Customers are sitting there with food in their mouths; they don't know what's going on. One minute, they're having a Denver omelette; the next minute, someone's sticking a gun in their face.
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Pulp Fiction
The Illusion of Aging in Business
Marsellus Wallace This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers. Motherfuckers who thought their ass would age like ]. If you mean it turns to vinegar...it does. If you mean it gets better with age... it don't.
[to Butch; [wine]
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Pulp Fiction
Acceptance of Finality and Loss
Taglines Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
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Pulp Fiction
Discussing Weapons for a Deal
Jules We should have shotguns for this kind of deal.
Vincent How many of them are there?
Jules Three or four.
Vincent Is that counting our guy?
Jules Not sure.
Vincent So, it could be as many as five guys in there?
Jules It's possible.
Vincent We should have fucking shotguns.
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Pulp Fiction
Exclusive Invitations and Uncommon Choices
Taglines Girls like me don't make invitations like this to just anyone!
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Pulp Fiction
Reflections on a Shared Experience
Jules Man, I just been sitting here thinking.
Vincent About what?
Jules About the miracle we just witnessed.
Vincent The miracle you witnessed. I witnessed a freak occurrence.
Jules What is a miracle, Vincent?
Vincent An act of God.
Jules And what's an act of God?
Vincent When God makes the impossible possible. But this morning, I don't think it qualifies.
Jules Hey, Vincent, don't you see? That shit don't matter. You're judging this shit the wrong way. I mean, it could be that God stopped the bullets, or He changed Coke to Pepsi, He found my fucking car keys. You don't judge shit like this based on merit. Now, whether or not what we experienced was an "according to ]" miracle is insignificant. What is significant is that I felt the touch of God. God got involved.
[[:w:Edmond Hoyle|Hoyle]
Vincent But why?
Jules Well, that's what's fucking with me. I don't know why, but I can't go back to sleep.
Vincent You serious? You're really thinking about quitting?
Jules The life?
Vincent Yeah.
Jules Most definitely.
Vincent Oh, fuck. What'cha gonna do, then?
Jules Well, that's what I've been sitting here contemplating. First, I'm going to deliver this case to Marsellus, then, basically, I'm just going to walk the Earth.
Vincent What'cha mean, "walk the Earth"?
Jules You know, like ] in ]: walk from place to place, meet people, get into adventures.
[[w:Kwai Chang Caine|Caine; [w:Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]
Vincent And how long do you intend to walk the Earth?
Jules Until God puts me where He wants me to be.
Vincent And what if He don't do that?
Jules If it takes forever, then I'll walk forever.
Vincent So you decided to be a bum?
Jules I'll just be Jules, Vincent; no more, no less.
Vincent No, Jules. You've decided to be a bum. Just like those pieces of shit out there who beg for change, sleep in garbage bins and eat what I throw away. They got a name for that, Jules: it's called "a bum". And without a job, a residence or legal tender, that's exactly what you're going to be: a fucking bum.
Jules Look, my friend, this is just where you and I differ.
Vincent Jules, look, what happened this morning, I agree, it was peculiar. But ], I...
[[W:water into wine|water into wine]
Jules All shapes and sizes, Vincent.
Vincent Don't fucking talk to me like that, man.
Jules If my answers frighten you, then you should cease asking scary questions.
Vincent I'm gonna take a shit. Let me ask you something, when did you make this decision? When you were sitting there eating that muffin?
[pauses, looking annoyed]
Jules Yeah, I was sitting here, eating my muffin and drinking my coffee and replaying the incident in my head, when I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity.
Vincent Fuck. To be continued.
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Pulp Fiction
Threats and Consequences in a Tense Encounter
Butch You okay?
Marsellus ...Nah, man. I'm pretty fucking far from okay.
Butch What now?
Marsellus What now? Let me tell you what now. Imma call a couple of hard, pipe-hittin niggas to go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. You hear me talking, hillbilly boy?! I ain't through with you by a damn sight! Imma get medieval on yo ass!
[to Zed]
Butch I meant, what now between me and you.
Marsellus Oh, that "what now." I tell you what now between me and you. There is no "me and you". Not no more.
Butch So we cool?
Marsellus Yeah, we cool. Two things: don't tell nobody about this. This shit is between me, you, and Mr. Soon-to-be-living-the-rest-of-his-short-ass-life-in-agonizing-pain rapist here. It ain't nobody else's business. Two: you leave town tonight, right now, and when you gone, you stay gone, or you be gone. You lost all your LA privileges. Deal?
Butch Deal.
Marsellus Get your ass out of here.
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Pulp Fiction
Establishing Rules for a Critical Situation
The Wolf Okay, gentlemen, let's get our rules of the road straight: We're goin to a place called Monster Joe's Truck and Tow. Now, Monster Joe and his daughter Raquel are sympathetic to our dilemma. The place is North Hollywood, so a few twists and turns aside, we'll be goin up Hollywood Way. Now, I'll drive the tainted car. Jules, you ride with me. Vincent, you follow in my Acura. Now, if we come across the path of any John Q. Laws, nobody does a fuckin thing til I do something, all right? What did I say?
[to Jules]
Jules Don't do shit, unless.
The Wolf Unless what?
Jules Unless you do it first.
The Wolf Spoken like a true prodigy. How about you, ]? Can you keep your spurs from jinglin and janglin'?
[to Vincent; [w:Lash LaRue|Lash LaRue]
Vincent Mr. Wolfe, look, the gun went off, I don't know why. I'm cool, I promise you.
The Wolf Fair enough. Now, I drive real fuckin fast, so keep up. If I get my car back any different than I gave it, Monster Joe's gonna be disposing of two bodies.
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Pulp Fiction
Determined Pursuit of Butch by Marsellus Wallace
Marsellus Wallace I'm prepared to scour the earth for that motherfucker. If Butch goes to Indochina, I want a nigga hiding in a bowl of rice ready to pop a cap in his ass.
[Putting out a hit on Butch]
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Pulp Fiction
Legal Nuances of Smoking in Different Places
Jules Winnfield Okay, so, tell me about ].
[[W:Cannabis in the Netherlands|the hash bars]
Vincent Vega So what you want to know?
Jules Well, ] is legal there, right?
[[Hashish|hash]
Vincent Yeah, it's legal, but it ain't a hundred percent legal. I mean, you can't walk into a restaurant, roll a joint, and start puffin away. They want you to smoke in your home or certain designated places.
Jules Those are hash bars?
Vincent Yeah. Breaks down like this, okay: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and if you're the proprietor of a hash bar, it's legal to sell it. It's illegal to carry it, but that doesn't really matter cause, get a load of this, all right; if you get stopped by the cops in Amsterdam, it's illegal for them to search you. I mean, that's a right the cops in Amsterdam don't have.
Jules Oh, man. I'm going, that's all there is to it. I'm fucking going.
[laughing]
Vincent Yeah, baby, you'd dig it the most. But you know what the funniest thing about Europe is?
Jules What?
Vincent It's the little differences. I mean, they got the same shit over there that we got here, but it's just...it's just, there it's a little different.
Jules Example?
Vincent All right. Well, you can walk into a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. And I don't mean just like in no paper cup; I'm talking about a glass of beer. And in Paris, you can buy a beer at McDonald's. And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
Jules They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?
Vincent Nah, man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.
Jules What do they call it?
Vincent They call it a "].
[[w:fr:Royal Cheese|Royale with Cheese]
Jules Royale with Cheese.
Vincent That's right.
Jules What do they call a Big Mac?
Vincent A Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it "].
[[w:fr:Big Mac|''Le'' Big Mac]
Jules Le Big Mac." What do they call a Whopper?
[in mock French accent; laughs]
Vincent I don't know, I didn't go in a Burger King, You know what they put on French fries in Holland instead of ketchup?.
Jules What?
Vincent Mayonnaise.
Jules Goddamn.
[makes a grossed out face]
Vincent I seen them do it, man, they fucking drown them in that shit.
[chuckles]
Jules Yuck.
[grossed out]
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Pulp Fiction
Discussion about a motorcycle and chopper
Fabienne Whose motorcycle is this?
Butch It's not a motorcycle, baby, it’s a chopper.
Fabienne Whose chopper is this?
Butch It's Zed's.
Fabienne Who's Zed?
Butch Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
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Pulp Fiction
Explaining the Importance of Family Linens
The Wolf How we coming, Jimmie?
Jimmie Uh, pretty good, I got-I got it all here, but, uh...Mr. Wolfe, you gotta understand something--
The Wolf Winston, Jimmy, please, Winston.
[interrupting]
Jimmie Okay. You gotta understand something, uh, Winston--'--oh no, thank you--this is our best linen here, and it's a, it was a wedding present from my Uncle Conrad and Aunt Jenny, and they're not with us any more, and I really want to help you guys out--
[The Wolf offers Jimmie a cigarette; he demurs]
The Wolf Let me ask you a question, Jimmie. If you don't mind?
[interrupting; before lighting his cigarette]
Jimmie Oh, no, no, please do.
The Wolf Your Uncle...Conrad? And Aunt Jenny...were they millionaires?
[after lighting his cigarette]
Jimmie No.
The Wolf Well, your Uncle Marcellus is. And I'm positive that if Uncle Conrad and Aunt...
Jimmie Jenny.
The Wolf ...Jenny were here, they would furnish you with a whole bedroom set. Which your Uncle Marcellus is more than happy to do.
The Wolf I like oak, myself. That's what I have in my bedroom. How about you, Jimmie? You an oak man?
Jimmie Oak's nice.
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Pulp Fiction
Tension and Forgiveness in a Heated Exchange
Jules Oh man, I will never forgive your ass for this shit. This is some fucked up repugnant shit.
[while cleaning the bloodied car]
Vincent Jules, did you ever hear the philosophy that once a man admits that he is wrong, that he is immediately forgiven for all wrongdoings? Have you ever heard that?
Jules Get the fuck outta my face with that shit. The motherfucker who said that shit never had to pick up itty bitty pieces of skull on the account of your dumb ass.
Vincent I got a threshold, Jules, I got a threshold for the abuse that I will take. And right now I’m a fucking race-car, alright, and you got me in the red. And I’m just saying, I’m just saying that it’s fucking dangerous to have a race-car in the fucking red, that’s all. I could blow.
Jules Oh, oh, you ready to blow?
Vincent Yeah, I’m ready to blow.
Jules Well I’m a mushroom cloud layin’ motherfucker, motherfucker. Every time my fingers touch brain, I’m "Superfly TNT". I’m "The Guns of the Navarone". In fact, what the fuck am I doing in the back? You the motherfucker should be on brain detail. We’re fucking switching. I’m washing the windows, and you picking up this nigga's skull.
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Pulp Fiction
The Nature of Uncomfortable Silences
Mia Wallace Don't you hate that?
Vincent Hate what?
Mia Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?
Vincent I don't know. That's a good question.
Mia That's when you know you've found somebody really special: you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence.
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Pulp Fiction
Laundry and Loyalty in Pulp Fiction
Ringo In the bag. What’s in the case?
[Approaches Jules in the diner, pointing his gun at him; Notices the briefcase Jules is holding]
Jules My boss’s dirty laundry.
Ringo Your boss makes you do his laundry?
Jules When he wants it clean.
Ringo Sounds like a shit job.
Jules Funny, I was thinking the same thing.
Ringo Open it.
Jules Afraid I can’t do that.
Ringo I didn’t hear you.
[Slightly agitated]
Jules Yes you did.
Yolanda What’s going on?
Ringo Looks like we got a vigilante in our midst.
Yolanda Shoot him in the face!
Jules I hate to shatter your ego, but this ain’t the first time I’ve had a gun pointed at me.
Ringo You don’t take your fucking hand off the case, it’ll be your last.
Manager Stop causing problems, you’ll get us all killed! Give them what you got and get them out of here!
Jules Shut the fuck up, fat man! This ain’t none of your goddamn business!
Ringo Be cool, Honey Bunny, be cool. I got it under control. Now, I’m gonna count to three. If you don’t open that case, I’ll unload in your fucking face. We clear? 1… 2… 3.
[To Jules; Cocks his pistol]
Jules Ok, Ringo, you win. It’s yours.
[Places the briefcase on the table]
Ringo Open it.
Yolanda What is it?
[To Ringo; Ringo doesn’t answer. He stares at the case, mesmerized]
Ringo Is that what I think it is?
Jules Mmm-hmm.
Ringo It’s beautiful.
Yolanda Goddamnit, what is it?
[Giggles nervously]
Yolanda YOU LET HIM GO!!! YOU LET HIM GO!!! LET GO OF HIM!!!
[Jumps on top of an adjacent booth, pointing her gun and yelling at Jules]
Jules TELL THAT BITCH TO BE COOL!!! SAY “BITCH, BE COOL"!!
[To Ringo; Yolanda continues yelling]
Jules TELL THAT FUCKING BITCH TO CHILL!!! CHILL THAT FUCKING BITCH OUT!!!
Jules CHILL!!!
Ringo Just chill out, Honey Bunny!
Jules Alright now tell her it’s gonna be alright!
Ringo It’s gonna be alright!
Jules PROMISE HER!
Ringo I promise!
Jules TELL HER TO CHILL!
Ringo Chill out, Honey Bunny!
Jules Now tell me her name.
Ringo Yolanda.
Jules Alrght, now, Yolanda! We’re not gonna do anything stupid, are we?
Yolanda Don't you hurt him!
Jules Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're all gonna be three little Fonzies here, and what's ] like?
[[w:Fonzie|Fonzie]
Jules Come on, Yolanda! What's Fonzie like?!
Yolanda Cool?
Jules What?
Yolanda Cool.
Jules Correct-a-mundo! And that's what we're gonna be - we're gonna be cool. Now Ringo, I’m gonna count to three. When I count to three, I want you to let go of your gun, put your palms flat on the table and sit your ass down. But when you do it, you do it cool. You ready? 1… 2… 3…
[Ringo does as he’s told]
Yolanda Ok, now you’re letting him go!
Jules Yolanda, I thought you were gonna be cool. Now when you yell at me, it makes me nervous. And when I get nervous, I get scared. And when motherfuckers are scared, that’s when motherfuckers accidentally get shot.
Yolanda Just know; you hurt him, you die.
Jules Well, that seems to be the situation. But I don’t want that! And you don’t want that. And Ringo here definitely doesn’t want that so let’s see what we can do. Now here’s the situation: normally both of your asses would be dead as motherfucking fried chicken, but you happen to pull this shit when I’m in a transitional period and I don’t want to kill you, I want to help you. But I can’t give you this case. Because it don’t belong to me. Besides, I’ve been through too much shit over this case this morning just to hand it over to your dumbass.
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Pulp Fiction
A Family Legacy Through a Watch
Captain Koons Hello, little man. Boy, I sure heard a bunch about you. See, I was a good friend of your dad's. We were in ] together over five years. Hopefully, you'll never have to experience this yourself, but when two men are in a situation like me and your dad were for as long as we were, you take on certain responsibilities of the other. If it'd been me who'd - not made it, Major Coolidge would be talking right now to my son Jim. The way it turned out, I'm talking to you. Butch. I got somethin for ya. This watch I got here was first purchased by your great-grandfather during the ]. It was bought in a little general store in ]. Made by the first company to ever make wristwatches. Up til then, people just carried pocket watches. It was bought by Private Doughboy Erine Coolidge on the day he set sail for ]. This was your great-grandfather's war watch and he wore it every day he was in that war, and when he'd done his duty, went home to your great-grandmother, took the watch off, put it in an old coffee can, and in that can it stayed until your granddad, Dane Coolidge, was called upon by his country to go overseas and fight the Germans once again. This time they called it ].
[To young Butch; [Vietnam War|that Hanoi pit of hell; Sits down, holds up a gold wristwatch with no band; [World War I|First World War; [W:Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, Tennessee; [Paris; [World War II]
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Pulp Fiction
Contemplating the Consequences of a Homecoming
Marsellus Well, say she comes home. What do you think she'll do? ... Oh, no fucking shit, she'll freak. That ain't no kinda answer. I mean, you know, I don't. How much, a lot or a little?
[calmly]
Jules You got to appreciate what an explosive element this Bonnie situation is.
Jules Um, she comes home from a hard day's work, finds a bunch of gangsters in the kitchen doing a bunch of gangster shit, there ain't no telling what she's liable to do.
[voice over]
Marsellus Yeah, I grasp that, Jules. All I'm doing is contemplating the if's.
Jules I don't wanna hear bout no motherfucking if's! All I wanna hear from your ass is, "You ain't got no problem, Jules. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them niggas out, and wait for the cavalry, which should be coming directly"!
Marsellus You ain't got no problem, Jules. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there and chill them niggas out and wait for The Wolf, who should be coming directly.
Jules You sending The Wolf?
[pauses and becomes calm]
Marsellus Oh, you feel better, motherfucker?
Jules Shit, negro! That's all you had to say!
[laughing]
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Pulp Fiction
Dining Experience and Celebrity References
Mia ]"] Don't you just love it when you come back from the bathroom and find your food waiting for you?
[Returning to the table after "[[Cocaine|powdering her nose]
Vincent We're lucky we got anything at all, I don't think Buddy Holly's much of a waiter. Maybe we should have sat in Marilyn Monroe's section.
Mia Which one? There's two Monroe's.
Vincent No there's not. That is Marilyn Monroe. That is Mamie Van Doren. I don't see ] she must have the night off or something.
[points behind Mia at a waitress dressed as [[Marilyn Monroe; points at another waitress dressed as [[Mamie Van Doren; [Jayne Mansfield]
Mia Pretty smart.
Vincent Yeah, I got my moments.
Mia So, did you think of something to say?
Vincent Actually, I did. However, you seem like a really nice person, and I don't want to offend you.
Mia Ooh! This doesn't sound like the usual mindless, boring, getting-to-know-you chit-chat. This sounds like you actually have something to say.
Vincent Well, well, I do. But you have to promise not to be offended.
Mia No, no, no, no, you can't promise something like that. I have no idea what you're going to ask me. So you can go ahead and ask me what you're going to ask me and my natural response could be to get offended. Then, through no fault of my own, I would've broken my promise.
Vincent Let's just forget it.
Mia That's an impossibility. Trying to forget anything as intriguing as this would be an exercise in futility.
Vincent Is that a fact?
Mia Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?
Vincent All right, all right, here goes; what did you think about what happened to Antoine?
Mia Who's Antoine?
Vincent Tony Rocky Horror. You know him.
Mia Fell out of a window.
Vincent Hmm, hmm, well that is one way to say it. Another way to say it would be that he was thrown out. Another way would be was he was thrown out by Marcellus. And yet, even another way is to say that he was thrown out of a window by Marcellus because of you.
Mia Is that a fact?
Vincent No, no, it's not a fact, it's just what I heard. It's just what I heard.
Mia Who told you?
Vincent They
Mia They" talk a lot, don't they?
Vincent They certainly do. They certainly do.
Mia Don't be shy Vincent, what else did they say?
Vincent Well, I'm not shy --
Mia Did it involve the "F word"?
Vincent No, no, no they say that Antoine had given you a foot massage.
Mia And?
Vincent And? And nothing. That's it.
Mia You heard Marcellus threw Tony Rocky Horror out of a four-storey window for giving me a foot massage? And you believe that?
Vincent Well, I mean, at the time I was told it sounded reasonable.
[chuckles]
Mia Marcellus throwing Tony out of a four-storey window for massaging my feet seemed reasonable?
Vincent No, it seemed excessive but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. I mean I understand that Marcellus is very protective of you.
Mia A husband being protective of his wife is one thing, a husband almost killing another man for touching his wife's feet is something else.
Vincent But did it happen?
Mia Only thing Antoine ever touched of mine was my hand when he shook it. At my wedding.
Vincent Really?
Mia Truth is nobody knows why Marcellus threw Tony out that four-storey window except Marcellus and Tony. When you little scamps get together you're worse than a sewing circle.
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Pulp Fiction
Disagreeing on the meaning of foot massages
Vincent It's layin your hands in a familiar way on Marsellus new wife. I mean, is it as bad as eatin her pussy out? No, but it's the same fucking ballpark.
[about a foot massage]
Jules Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stop right there. Eating a bitch out and giving a bitch a foot massage ain't even the same fucking thing.
Vincent It's not. It's the same ballpark.
Jules Ain't no fucking ballpark neither. Now, look, maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but, you know, touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't the same fucking ballpark. It ain't the same league. It ain't even the same fucking sport. Look, foot massages don't mean shit.
Vincent Have you ever given a foot massage?
Jules Don't be telling me about foot massages, I'm the foot fuckin master.
Vincent Given a lot of them?
Jules Shit, yeah. I got my technique down and everything, I don't be tickling or nothin'.
Vincent Would you give a guy a foot massage?
Jules Fuck you.
[pause]
Vincent You give them a lot?
Jules Fuck. You.
Vincent You know, I'm getting kinda tired, I could use a foot massage myself.
Jules Yo, yo, yo, man, you best back off. I'm getting pissed here. This is the door.
Vincent There it is.
Jules What time you got?
Vincent 7:22 in the a.m.
[looks at his watch]
Jules No, it's not time yet. Let's hang back. Look, just cause I wouldn't give no man a foot massage don't make it right for Marsellus to throw Antoine into a glass motherfucking house, fucking up the way the nigga talks. That shit ain't right. Motherfucker do that shit to me, he better paralyze my ass because I'd kill the motherfucker. Know what I'm saying?
[they go into an empty hallway]
Vincent I ain't saying it's right. But you're saying a foot massage don't mean nothing, and I'm saying it does. Now, look, I've given a million ladies a million foot massages, and they all meant something. We act like they don't, but they do, and that's what's so fucking cool about them. There's a sensuous thing going on where you don't talk about it, but you know it, she knows it, fucking Marsellus knew it, and Antoine should have fucking better known better. I mean, that's his fucking wife, man. He ain't gonna have no sense of humor about that shit. You know what I'm saying?
Jules That's an interesting point. C'mon, let's get into character.
[pause]
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Pulp Fiction
The Dangers of Pride in Combat
Marsellus Wallace The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts. It never helps. You fight through that shit.
[to Butch]
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Pulp Fiction
Unexpected Reactions in a Tense Situation
Jimmie I can't believe this is the same car.
The Wolf Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet.
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Pulp Fiction
Frustration Over a Forgotten Family Heirloom
Butch Coolidge Shit! Of all the fucking things she could fucking forget, she forgets my father’s watch! I specifically reminded her; bedside table. On the kangaroo. I said the words “don’t forget my father’s watch”.
[Driving back to his apartment to retrieve his father’s gold watch]
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