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A Culinary Dilemma Unfolds in the Kitchen
Remy
It's locked. Hmm.
Gusteau
Remy, what are you doing in here?
Remy
Emile shows up...I said not to... He goes and blabs - it's a disaster! Anyway, they're hungry, that food safe is locked, and I need the key.
[harassed]
Gusteau
They want you to steal food?
Remy
Yes. No...it's complicated! It's ]. They don't have your;–– ]!
[[family; [ideals; The cardboard Gusteaus start speaking]
Gusteau's Barbecue Spare-Ribs
Ideals? Hah! If Chef Fancy Pants had any ideals, you think I'd be hawkin barbecue over here?!
Gusteau's Microwave Burritos
Or microwave burritos?
Gusteau's Tooth-Pickin Chicken
Or tooth, I say, Tooth-pickin Chicken? S'about as French as a Corn Dog!
Gusteau's Corn Puppies
Roof! Rumming roon!
Gusteau's Barbecue Spare-Ribs
Ha! We're inventin new ways to sell out over here!!!
Gusteau's Haggis Bites
Will ye be wantin some Haggis Bites, then?
Gusteau
I cannot control how they use my image Remy! I am dead!
Remy
Can you guys SHUT UP?! I've got to think! Word's getting out if I can't keep them quiet. The entire clan's going to be after me with their mouths open and... Here it is. Hey. Your will! Oh, this is interesting. Mind if I...?
[the cutouts then stop talking; finds the key and spots his will]
Gusteau
Not at all.
Remy
Linguini? Why would Linguini be filed with your will?
[upon seeing Linguini's name in Gusteau's file]
Gusteau
This used to be my office.
[Remy reads Gusteau's will and the letter Linguini's mother wrote.]
Remy
He's your son?!
[shocked]
Gusteau
I have a son?!
[also shocked]
Remy
How could you not know this?!
Gusteau
I am a figment of your ]! You did not know, how could I?!
[[imagination]
Remy
Well, your son is the rightful owner of this restaurant!!
Skinner
No! No! The rat! NOOOOOOOO--!!!
[enters the room; spots Remy; gasps; Remy grabs the papers and runs off. Skinner dashes outside to catch him, only to bump into Lalo riding a motor scooter]
Lalo
Sorry, chef!
Skinner
The rat! It's stolen my documents! It's getting away!
[pushes Lalo off the scooter, and drives off to find Remy]
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Conflict Over Culinary Authority
Linguini
And that's another thing. Your opinion isn't the only one that matters here. Colette knows how to cook too, you know. All right, that's it! You take a break, little chef. I'm not your puppet, and you're not my puppet-controlling-guy!
Skinner
The rat is the cook...!
[gasps]
Linguini
You cool off and get your mind right, Little Chef. Ego is coming and I need to focus!
Remy
You stupid…
Emile
Wow. I have never seen that before.
Git
Yeah, it's like you're his fluffy bunny or somethin'.
Emile
I'm sorry, Remy. I know there are too many guys. I tried to limit…
Remy
You know what? It's okay? I've been selfish. You guys hungry?
Git
What are you kiddin'?
Remy
All right. Dinner's on me. We'll go after closing time. In fact.
Rats
Yeah?
Remy
Tell dad to bring the whole clan.
[Linguini walks back into his new apartment, but notices Remy's tiny bed is empty]
Linguini
Little Chef?
[Cut to the empty kitchen, Remy leads his clan inside]
Django
Oh, this is great, son. An inside job, huh. I see the appeal.
Remy
Shh!
[Remy opens the food safe. The rats start steals food, but they hear someone unlocks the door. The rats hide in safer places, avoid being seen]
Linguini
Little Chef? Little Chef? Oh, hey, hey, Little Chef. I...I thought you went back to the...the apartment. Then when you weren't there, I, uh, I don't know...It didn't seem right to leave things the way that we did, so...Look, I don't wanna fight. I've been under a lot of pressure. A lot has changed in not very much time, you know? I'm suddenly a Gusteau. And I gotta be a Gusteau or, you know, people will be disappointed. It's weird. You know, I've never disappointed anyone before, because nobody's ever expected anything of me. And the only reason anyone expects anything from me now is because of you. I haven't been fair to you. You've never failed me, and I should never forget that. You've been a good friend. The most honorable friend a guy could ever ask... Ugh. What is this? What's going on? What...Hey. You're...You're stealing food? What...How could you? I-I thought you were my friend! I TRUSTED you! GET OUT! You and all your rat buddies! And don't come back, or I'll treat you the way restaurants are SUPPOSED to treat pests!
[enters the kitchen; Remy emerges; Remy comes to his senses; Emile falls and spits out grapes on Linguini's neck; turns the light on in the pantry, the rats start running away; looks at Remy, realizing he's being deceived; bursts the door open, as all the rats flee; slams one door, then the other and storms off from inside]
Remy
You're right, Dad. Who am I kidding? We are what we are, and we're rats. Well, he'll leave soon, and now you know how to get in. Steal all you want.
[brokenhearted; starts to leave]
Django
You're not coming?
Remy
I've lost my appetite.
[leaves]
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Conversations About Animals and Interests
Linguini
Monday was my first time. But I've been taking out the garbage lots of time before that…
Skinner
Yes, yes. Have some more wine. Tell me, Linguini about your interests. Do you like animals?
Linguini
What? Animals? What kind?
Skinner
Oh, the usual, dogs, cats, horses, guinea pigs, rats.
Remy
I brought you something to -- AGH!!!!! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! SPIT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW!
[comes out with scraps of gourmet food; sees Emile eating the garbage]
Remy
I have got to teach you about food. Close your eyes. Now, take a bite of thi -- NO! NO, NO! Don't just hork it down!
[Emile does; hands him some cheese; Emile inhales it]
Emile
Too late.
[swallows]
Remy
Here. Ah, chew it slowly... Only think about the taste.
[hands him another piece]
Remy
See?
Emile
Not really.
Remy
Creamy, salty sweet... an oaky nuttiness... You detect that?
Emile
Oh, I'm detecting nuttiness.
Remy
Close your eyes. Now taste this.
[hands Emile half a grape]
Remy
Whole different thing, right? Sweet, crisp, slight tang on the finish?
Emile
Okay...
Remy
Now, try them together.
Remy
Uh-huh?
Emile
It might be the nuttiness...
Remy
See?
Emile
Could be the tang...
Remy
That's it! Now, imagine every great taste in the world being combined into infinite combinations, and tastes that no one has tried yet! Discoveries to be made!
Emile
I think...
Remy
Uh-huh?!
Emile
You lost me again.
Remy
Yeah...
[groans]
Emile
But that was interesting. Most interesting garbage I ever-- HEY! What are we doing?! Dad doesn't know you're alive yet! We've got to go to the colony! Everyone will be thrilled!
Remy
Yeah! But…
Emile
What?
Remy
The thing is, I kind of have too…
Emile
What do you have to more than family? What's more important here?
Remy
Well, I… It wouldn't hurt to visit.
Skinner
Have you ever had a pet rat?
Linguini
No.
Skinner
Did you work in a lab with rats?
Linguini
No.
Skinner
Perhaps you lived in squalor at some point!
Linguini
Nopety nopety no.
Skinner
You know something about rats! You know you do!
Linguini
You know who know do whacka-doo. Ratta-tatta. Hey! Why do they call it that?
Skinner
What?
Linguini
Ratatouille. It's like a stew, right? Why do they call it that? You’re gonna name a food, you should give it a name that sounds delicious. Ratatouille Doesn’t sound delicious, it sounds like rat and patootie, Ratpatootie, which does not sound delicious.
[sharing more wine]
Skinner
Regrettably, we are all out of wine.
[drops the wine on the trash can]
Django
My son has returned. And finding someone to replace you for poison checker has been a disaster. Nothing's been poisoned, thank gosh, but it hasn't been easy. You didn't make it easy.
Remy
I know. I am sorry, Dad.
Django
Well, the important thing is that you're home.
Remy
Yeah, well, about that…
Django
You look thin. Why is that?
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A Bold Culinary Challenge from Anton Ego
Anton Ego
Yes, I'd like your heart roasted on a spit.
[in Linguini's dream; laughs evilly]
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The Paradox of Culinary Expertise
Anton Ego
Amusing title, "Anyone Can Cook!". What's even more amusing is that Gusteau actually seems to ] it. I, on the other hand, take cooking seriously and no, I don't think anyone can do it.
[first lines; [belief|believe]
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Caution Against Kitchen Dangers and Misunderstandings
Django
First of all, we are not thieves. Secondly, stay out of the kitchen and away from the humans. It's dangerous.
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The Passion for Food and Critique
Anton Ego
I don't like food, I love it. If I don't love it, I don't swallow. I will return tomorrow night with high ]. Pray you don't ] me.
[Linguini gulps nervously; [expectations; [disappointment|disappoint]
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A Cook's Identity Amidst Hunger
Gusteau
What are you doing?!
[chastising Remy]
Remy
I'm hungry! I don't know where I am, I don't know when I'll find food again!
[sighs]
Gusteau
Remy, you are better than that. You are a cook! A cook makes; a thief takes! You are not a thief.
Remy
But I am hungry...
Gusteau
Food will come, Remy. Food always comes to those who love to cook.
[chuckles; his image disappears into the bread crumb]
Woman
You think I'm playing, Francois?! You think I am playing?!
[aiming a gun at her husband]
Francois
You don't have the guts!
Remy
DOG!
Remy
Paris? All this time, I've been underneath Paris?! Wow. It's beautiful.
Gusteau
The most beautiful.
[as a sign on his restaurant]
Remy
Gusteau's? Your restaurant? You've led me to your restaurant!
Gusteau
It seems as though I have. Yes. There it is! I have led you to it!
Remy
I gotta see this.
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A Call for Culinary Innovation
Anton Ego
Surprise me....!
[looks at Remy in the kitchen door-window]
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Searching for Signs of Hope
Remy
I waited. For a sound. A voice. A sign. Something.
[voiceover]
Gusteau
If you are hungry, go up and look around, Remy. Why do you wait and mope?
[as a book illustration; Remy is shocked. He looks under the page Gusteau's image is under]
Remy
Well, I just lost my family...all my friends. Probably forever.
Gusteau
How do you know?
Remy
I...uh... You are an illustration. Why am I talking to you?
[catches himself with a scoff]
Gusteau
Oh, you just lost your family, all your friends. You are lonely.
Remy
Yeah....well, you're dead!
Gusteau
Ah, but that is no match for wishful thinking! If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead! Now go up, and look around!
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The Value of New Perspectives in Criticism
Anton Ego
In many ways, the work of a ] is easy. We ] very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our ]. We thrive on ], which is ] to write and to read. But the bitter ] we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more ] than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the ] and ] of the new. The ] is often unkind to new ], new ]s. The new needs ]. Last night, I experienced something new, an extra-ordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me ]. In the past, I have made no ] of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize, only now do I truly ] what he meant. Not everyone can become a great ], but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's ], nothing less than the finest chef in ]. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more.
[in his review; [criticism|critic; [risk; [judgment; [w:Varieties of criticism|negative criticism; [fun; [truth; [meaning|meaningful; [discovery; [defense; [world; [talent; [creation; [friendship|friends; [wikt:to the core|to my core; [secret; [understanding|understand; [artist; [opinion; [France]
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Caged Perspectives on Freedom and Hope
Gusteau
So, we have given up.
[appears next to Remy]
Remy
Why do you say that?
Gusteau
We are in a cage, inside a car trunk, awaiting a future in frozen food products.
Remy
No, I'm the one in a cage. I've given up. You...are free.
Gusteau
I am only as free as you imagine me to be. As you are.
Remy
Oh, please. I'm sick of pretending. I pretend to be a rat for my father, I pretend to be a human through Linguini, I even pretend you exist so I have someone to talk to! You only tell me stuff I already know! I know who I am! Why do I need you to tell me?! Why do I need to pretend?!
Gusteau
Ah, but you don't, Remy. You never did.
[chuckles; puts his hand on Remy's shoulder; disappears]
Django
No. My other left!
[to Git]
Remy
Dad! Dad, I'm in here! I'm inside the trunk! What the...Dad!
[inside Skinner's trunk, mumbling; Git pushes another statue off the building; it falls and lands onto Skinner's trunk]
Emile
Hey, little brother!
Remy
Emile! I love you guys!
[Django and Emile release him from Skinner's cage; affectionately; runs toward the restaurant]
Django
Where are you going?!
Remy
Back to the restaurant! They'll fail without me!
Django
Why do you care?!
Remy
BECAUSE I'M A COOK!!!
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Questioning the Future of Ratkind
Django
Take a good long look, Remy. Now, this is what happens when a rat gets a little too comfortable around humans. The world we live in belongs to the enemy. We must live carefully. We look out for our own kind, Remy. When all is said and done, we're all we've got.
Remy
No.
Django
What?
Remy
No. Dad, I don't believe it. You're telling me that the future is, can only be, more of this?
[gestures to the rat-catcher shop]
Django
This is the way things are. You can't change nature.
Remy
Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence, and it starts when we decide.
[begins to walk away]
Django
Where are you going?
Remy
With luck, forward.
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A Chef's Disappointment in a Rat
Auguste Gusteau
But you don't, Remy. You never did!
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Kitchen Chaos Over a Missing Soup
Skinner
The soup! Where is the soup?! Out of my way! Move it, garbage boy!! What is-? You are cooking?!?! How dare you cook in my kitchen, boy! Where do you even get the gall to do something so monumentally idiotic?!?! I should have you drawn and quartered! I-I'll do it! I think the law is on my side! Larousse, draw and quarter this man! After you put him in the duck press to squeeze the fat out of his head!
[shows up]
Linguini
Oh, no, no, no, oh, no, don't let them...don't eat...
[pointing; the soup is about to be taken out to be served]
Skinner
What are you blathering about?!?!
Linguini
...The soup!!!!
[points]
Skinner
Soup?! Stop that soup! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[sees the soup going out; runs to stop it; bursts into the dining room to the stares of the diners, retreats back into the kitchen where the staff looks at him in confusion, climbs up the step stool and watches through the window as Mustafa serves the soup]
Solene LeClaire
Uh, waiter!
[tasting the soup]
Skinner
Linguini! You're fired! F-I-R-E-D!! FIRED!!!!
[gasps, angrily]
Mustafa
Uh, she wants to...see the chef.
[peeps in]
Skinner
B-But he...
[clears throat and goes out to the dining area to speak with Solene]
Colette
What did the customer say?
[grabs the spoon and tastes the soup, surprised; Skinner comes back with a stunned expression]
Mustafa
It was not a customer. It was a critic!
Colette
Ego?
Skinner
Solene LeClaire.
Colette
LeClaire! What did she say?
Mustafa
She likes the soup.
[Remy, hiding under a strainer, is getting ready to go out the kitchen window]
Gusteau
Wait.
[stops Remy]
Remy
What do you mean, wait? You're the reason I'm in this mess!
Gusteau
Someone is talking about your soup.
Skinner
What are you playing at?
[sipping the new soup; growling at Linguini]
Linguini
Um, uh...am I still fired?
[uncertain]
Colette
You can't fire him.
Skinner
What?!
[shocked]
Colette
LeClaire likes it, yeah? She made a point of telling you so! If she write a review to that effect and find out you fired the cook responsible?
Skinner
He's a garbage boy!
[scoffs]
Colette
Who made something she liked! How can we claim to represent the name of Gusteau if we don't uphold his most cherished belief?
Skinner
And what belief is that, Mademoiselle Tatou?
Colette
Anyone can cook"!
[Skinner looks around at the other cooks, who are smiling with approval]
Skinner
Perhaps I have been a bit harsh on our new garbage boy! He has taken a bold risk, and we should reward that, as Chef Gusteau would have. If he wishes to swim in dangerous waters, who are we to deny him?
[pondering]
Remy
Hmm?
Gusteau
You were escaping?
Remy
Oh, yeah.
[remembers]
Skinner
Since you have expressed such an interest in his cooking career, you shall be responsible for it. Anyone else? Hmm? Then back to work! You are either very ]y or very unlucky! You will make the soup again, and this time I'll be paying attention! Very close attention! They think you might be a cook, but do you know what I think, Linguini? I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little... RAAAAAAT!!!!
[to Colette; to Linguini, in a low, menacing voice; [luck; sees Remy and gasps; grabs a broom and hits Remy with it]
Horst
Get the rat!
[Everyone attempts to catch Remy]
Skinner
Linguini! Get something to trap it!
Horst
It’s getting away! Get it, get it, get it!
Linguini
What should I do now?!
[has trapped Remy in a jar]
Skinner
Kill it!
Linguini
Now?!
Skinner
No! Not in the kitchen! Are you mad?! Do you know what would happen to us if anyone knew we had a rat in our kitchen? They'd close us down! Our reputation is hanging by a thread as it is! Take it away from here, far away! Kill it! Dispose of it! GO!
[Linguini runs outside and heads for the Seine River on his bicycle. He's about to drop Remy into the river, but stops when he sees Remy looking at him sadly]
Linguini
(You know what?!) Don't look at me like that! You aren't the only one who's trapped! They expect me to cook it again! I mean, I'm not ambitious. I wasn't trying to cook. I was just trying to stay out of trouble! You're the 1 who was gettin fancy with the spices! What did you throw in there?! Oregano? No? What, ro...uh, rosemary? That's a spice isn't it, rosemary? You didn't throw rosemary in there? Then what was all the flipping and...all the throwing the... I need this job. I've lost so many. I don't know how to cook, and now I'm actually talking to a rat as if you... Did you nod? Have...Have you been nodding? You understand me? So I'm not crazy! Ha! Wait a second, wait a second...Uh, I can't cook, can I? But, you...you can, right? Look, don't be so modest, you're a rat for Pete's sake. Whatever you did, they liked it. Yeah. This could work. Hey, they liked the soup...! Ah! They like the soup. Do you think you could...do it again? Okay, I'm gonna let you out now. But we're together on this, right? Okay....
[Remy shakes his head; Remy shakes his head again; again; sinks down on the wall with a sigh; gasps; Remy nods; Remy shakes his head; Remy shrugs modestly; falls and accidentally knocks the jar into the river; dives in and reappears soaking wet with Remy; sniffs; Remy nods; Remy nods]
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Rats and Their Unique Culinary Abilities
Remy
This is me. I think it's apparent that I need to rethink my ] a little bit. What's my problem? First of all, I'm a rat. Which means, life is hard. And second, I have a highly developed sense of taste and smell. Flour, eggs, sugar, vanilla bean. Oh! A small twist of lemon.
[voiceover, narrating; [life; speaking]
Emile
Whoa, you can smell all of that? You have a gift!
[pops out of the Napoleon]
Remy
This is Emile. My brother. He's easily impressed.
[voiceover]
Django
So you can smell ingredients! So what?
[sarcastically; deadpan]
Remy
This is my dad. He's never impressed. He also happens to be the leader of our clan. So, what's wrong with having highly developed senses? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't eat that!
[voiceover; Django prepares to eat a rotten apple core when Remy smells something; speaking; snatches the core from Django's hands]
Django
What's goin’ on here?
Remy
Turns out that funny smell was rat poison. Suddenly, Dad didn't think my talent was useless. I was feelin’ pretty good about my gift. Until Dad gave me a job. Clean. Clean. That's right. Poison checker. Cleanerific. Cleanerino. Close to godliness. Which means clean. Y'know: "Cleanliness is close to..." Never mind. Move on. Well, it made my dad proud.
[voiceover; Remy smiles proudly; cuts to him sitting, bored, on a stump as other rats bring him food; voiceover; speaking; a rat looks in confusion; voiceover]
Django
Now, don't you feel better, Remy? Eh? You've helped a noble cause.
Remy
Noble? We're thieves, Dad. And what we're stealing is, let's face it, garbage.
Django
It isn't stealing if no one wants it.
Remy
If no one wants it, why are we stealing it?! Let's just say we have different points of view. This much I knew: If you are what you eat, then I only wanna eat the good stuff. But to my dad...
[voiceover; Remy pushes the garbage away]
Django
Food is fuel. You get picky about what you put in the tank, your engine is gonna die. Now shut up and eat your garbage.
Remy
Look, if we're going to be thieves. Why not steal the good stuff in the kitchen, where nothing is poisoned?
Django
First of all, we are not thieves. Secondly, stay out of the kitchen and away from the humans. It's dangerous.
Remy
I know I'm supposed to hate humans, but there's something about them. They don't just survive. They discover, they create. I mean, just look at what they do with ].
[voiceover; [food]
TV Gusteau
How can I describe it? Good food is like ] you can taste, ] you can smell. There is excellence all around you. You need only be aware to stop and savor it.
[[music; [color]
Remy
Oh, Gusteau was right. Oh... mmm... yeah. Oh, amazing... Each flavor was totally unique.
[voiceover]
Remy
But -- combine one flavor with another, and something new was created!
[voiceover]
Remy
So now I had a secret life. The only one knew about it was Emile. Hey, Emile. Emile. I found a mushroom. Come on, you're good at hiding food. Help me find a good place to put this. He doesn't understand me, but I can be myself around him.
[voiceover; voiceover]
Emile
Why are you walking like that?
Remy
I don't want to constantly have to wash my paws.
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Unraveling the Truth About Gusteau's Son
Skinner
No...no...no, no, NO, NOOO!! NOOOOO!!!!
[kicking the drawer]
Talon
The DNA matches, the timing works, everything checks out. He is Gusteau's son.
Skinner
T-T-This can't just happen! The whole thing is a set up! The boy knows!! Look at him out there pretending to be an idiot! He’s toying with my mind, like a cat with a ball! Of...something!
[gestures to the windows; Linguini is working in the kitchen]
Talon
String?
Skinner
Yes! Playing dumb! Taunting me with that rat!
Talon
Rat"?
Skinner
Yes! He's consorting with it! Deliberately trying to make me think it’s important!
Talon
The...rat?
[confused]
Skinner
Exactly!
Talon
Is the rat...important?
Skinner
Of course not! He just wants me to think that it is! O-ho, I see the theatricality of it! A rat appears on the boy's first night, I order him to kill it, and now he wants me to see it everywhere! Ooooh!! It's here! No, it isn't, it's here! Am I seeing things, am I crazy, is there a phantom rat or is there not?! But, oh, no! I refuse to be sucked into his little game...of...
[high voice, mockingly; ranting to himself; stops and looks at Talon]
Talon
Should I be concerned about this? About you?
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Demand for the Ratatouille Cook's Identity
Skinner
No. It can't be. Who cooked the ratatouille?! I demand to know!
[takes a bite of the ratatouille; barges into the kitchen; sees the kitchen full of rats and gasps]
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A Culinary Communication Challenge
Linguini
OW! You little-- Ow! Ow! AAAAAAAAHHHHH!! AAAAAAAAHHHHH!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK, LITTLE CHEF!!! I'M GONNA LOSE IT, IF WE DO THIS ANYMORE! We gotta- We gotta figure out something else! Something that doesn’t involve any bitin or nipping or running up and down my body with your little rat feet! The Bitin', NO! Scamperin', NO! No scamperin or scurryin'! Understand, little chef?! Little chef? Oh, you're hungry. Okay. So let's think this out. You know how to cook, and I know how to appear human. We just need to work out a system so that I do what you want in a way that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat chef-- Oh, would you listen to me?! I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane! In a refrigerator talking to a rat about cooking in a gourmet restaurant! I will never pull this off again!
[laughs as he reaches for a tin of spice, Remy signals him to stop and bites his hand; swats Remy, who scampers inside his chef uniform top and bites his chest; He giggles, keeps swatting Remy from inside the uniform, and he keeps on biting his chest, causing him yelp and yell in pain from being bitten. He swats him one and two last times, and he bites him; Panicked, he turns, lurching from his station to the food safe, and closing himself inside. He takes out Remy and opens his shirt, revealing rat bite marks on his chest.; furiously; Remy drift away to the shelving of cheese; gives Remy a small piece of cheese]
Skinner
Linguini?
[passes the food safe, but stops to hear Linguini swears]
Linguini
We gotta communicate. I can't be constantly checking for a yes or no head shake from a rat--
[The door to food safe suddenly opens to see Skinner shocked. Linguini shuts the light off, but Skinner turns it back on to see Remy hiding in his toque.]
Skinner
The rat! I saw it!
Linguini
A rat?
Skinner
Yes, a rat! Right next to you! What are you doing IN HERE?!
[turns his head to Linguini]
Linguini
I'm just familiarizing myself with, you know, the vegetables and such.
Skinner
Get out. One can get too familiar with vegetables, you know!
[Linguini exits the food safe]
Linguini
That was close. Are you okay up there? Whoa. How did you do that? That's strangely involuntary!
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Emile's Greeting to His Brother
Emile
Hey there, li'l brother!
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The Importance of Food Choices
Django
Food is fuel. You get picky about what you put in the tank, your engine is gonna die. Now shut up and eat your garbage.
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Uncertainty in Understanding
Emile
I don really know.
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Exploring the Gourmet Kitchen Experience
Remy
I can't believe it. A real gourmet kitchen, and I get to watch!
[on top of a window at the restaurant looking down into the kitchen]
Gusteau
You've have read my book. Let us see how much you know, huh? Which one is the chef?
Remy
Oh! Uh...Oh, that guy.
[pointing to Skinner]
Gusteau
Very good. Who is next in command?
Remy
The sous-chef... There. The sous is responsible for the kitchen when the chef's not around. Saucier, in charge of sauces. Very important. Chef de partie, demi chef de partie, both important. Commis, commis, they're cooks. Very important.
[pointing to Horst; pointing to Lalo; pointing to Larousse and Pompidou; pointing to Colette and another cook]
Gusteau
Ah, you are a clever rat. Now, who is that?
[points to Linguini, clumsily cleaning up the kitchen]
Remy
Oh, him? He's nobody.
Gusteau
Not nobody. He is part of the kitchen.
Remy
No, he's a plongeur or something. He washes dishes or takes out the garbage. He doesn't cook.
Gusteau
But he could!
Remy
Uh, no.
[dismissively]
Gusteau
How do you know? What do I always say, Remy? Anyone can cook.
Remy
Well yeah, anyone can. That doesn't mean that anyone should.
Gusteau
Well, that is not stopping him. See?
Remy
What?! What is he doing?! No... No! No, this is terrible! He...He's ruining the soup! And-And nobody's noticing it?! It's your restaurant! Do something!
[to Gusteau]
Gusteau
What can I do? I am a figment of your imagination.
Remy
But he is ruining the soup!!! We have got to tell someone that he's the-
[slips from the window and falls into the kitchen]
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A Chef's Influence on Culinary Aspirations
Emile
Okay Who's Gusteau?
Remy
Just a greatest chef in the world. Wrote this cookbook.
Emile
Wait. You read?!
Remy
Well, not excessively.
Emile
Oh, man Does Dad know.
Remy
You could fill a ], a lot of books, with things Dad doesn't know. And they have. Which is why I read...which is also our secret.
[[book]
Emile
I don't like secrets. All this cooking and reading and TV-watching while we... read and cook. It's like you're involving me in ], and I let you. Why do I let you?
[stammers; [crime]
Django
What's taking those kids so long?
[about his sons]
Remy
L'Aquilla Saffron. Italian, huh? Gusteau says it's excellent. Good thing the old lady is a food lover...
[sniffs]
Gusteau
Forget mystique. This is about your cooking.
[on TV]
Remy
Hey! That's Gusteau! Emile, look!
Gusteau
Great cooking is not for the faint of heart. You must be imaginative, strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work. And you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul. What I say is true - anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great.
[on TV]
Remy
Pure ].
[sighs; [poetry]
TV Narrator
But it was not to last. Gusteau's restaurant lost one of its five stars after a scathing review by France's top food critic, Anton Ego. It was a severe blow to Gusteau, and the brokenhearted chef died shortly afterwards, which according to tradition, meant the loss of another star.
Remy
Gusteau is dead? RUN! NO! You'll lead her to the colony!
[shocked; the old Lady turns off TV, sees Remy, and screams; Emile runs in the other direction]
Emile
HELP, REMY, HELP!
[stuck on the ceiling lamp]
Remy
Emile, start swinging the light! I'll try to grab ya! EMILE, SWING TO ME!
[the old lady only hears the sounds of squeaking]
Django
Evacuate! Everyone, to the boats!
Remy
The book. Excuse me. Move, move.
Django
Go, go, go, go. Move, move, move.
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Embrace Imagination and Fearlessness in Cooking
Auguste Gusteau
You must be imaginative, and strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work, and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your ]. What I say is true. Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great.
[[soul]
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Unexpected News About Gusteau's Restaurant
Anton Ego
What is it, Ambrister?
Ambrister
Gusteau's...
Anton Ego
Finally closing, is it?
Ambrister
No.
Anton Ego
More financial troubles?
Ambrister
No, it's...it's...
Anton Ego
Announced a new line of microwavable egg-rolls?! What?! What?! Spit it out!
Ambrister
It's come back. It's...popular.
Anton Ego
I haven't reviewed Gusteau's in years!
[partly spits out a mouthful of wine, before checking the label, then roughly swallowing the rest of the wine]
Ambrister
No, sir.
Anton Ego
My last review condemned it to the tourist trade.
Ambrister
Yes, sir.
Anton Ego
I said: "Gusteau has finally found his rightful place in history right alongside another equally famous chef, Monsieur Chef Boyardee.
[goes over to his file cabinet and takes out a copy of his last review of Gusteau's]
Ambrister
Touché.
Anton Ego
That is where I left it! That! was my last word! The last word!
Ambrister
Yes.
[cowering]
Anton Ego
Then tell me, Ambrister, how could it be...popular?
[removes his glasses]
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A Rat's Culinary Dilemma with Skinner
Skinner
You may think you are a chef, but you are still... only a rat. So! I have in mind a simple arrangement; you will create for me a new line of Chef Skinner frozen foods, and I, in return, will not kill you. Au revoir, rat!
[captures Remy in a cage]
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The Debate on Culinary Excellence in France
TV Narrator
Although each of the world's countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth: The best food in the world is made in France. The best food in France is made in Paris. And the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau. Gusteau's restaurant,is the toast of Paris, booked five months in advance. And his dazzling ascent to the top of fine French cuisine has made his competitors envious. He is the youngest chef ever to achieve a five-star rating. Chef Gusteau's cookbook, Anyone Can Cook!, Climbed to the top of the bestseller list. But not everyone celebrates its success.
[first lines]
Anton Ego
Amusing title, "Anyone Can Cook!". What's even more amusing is that Gusteau actually seems to ] it. I, on the other hand, take cooking seriously and no, I don't think anyone can do it.
[[belief|believe]
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Seeking Perspective on Culinary Experience
Mustafa
Do you know what you'd like this evening, sir?
[taking Ego's order]
Anton Ego
Yes, I think I do. After reading a lot of overheated puffery about your new cook, you know what I'm craving? A little perspective. That's it. I'd like some fresh, clear, well-seasoned perspective. Can you suggest a good wine to go with that?
Mustafa
With what, sir?
[confused]
Anton Ego
Perspective. Fresh out, I take it?
Mustafa
I am, uh...
Anton Ego
Very well. Since you're all out of perspective and no one else seems to have it in this bloody town, I'll make you a deal. You provide the food, I'll provide the perspective, which would go nicely with a bottle of Cheval Blanc 1947.
Mustafa
I'm afraid... uh... your dinner selection?
Anton Ego
Tell your chef Linguini that I want whatever he dares to serve me! Tell him to "hit me with his best shot"!
[stands up angrily]
Skinner
I will have whatever he is having.
[to another waiter, in a lower and gruff voice]
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Office Dynamics in Ratatouille Scene
Skinner
You! Get out of my office.
[gasps; angrily points to doorway]
Colette
He's not in your office. You are in his.
[Reveals the will and letter. Horst shoves Skinner out the door]
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