The Country Bears (2002) - Quotes

Preparing to Move On from the Past

Roadie: All right, it's time to lose those guys.

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Apology to Big Al

Roadie: I'm sorry, Big Al.

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Searching for a Missing Chicken

Roadie: Have you seen my chicken?

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A Night of Revenge and Destruction

Reed Thimple: [laughs] And since that day, I've been plotting my revenge waiting for the day I'd destroy the place that brought me misery. Well, that day...is TONIGHT!!!

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Determination in the Face of Adversity

Reed Thimple: This is not over! Bears!

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Appreciation for the Sound of Crunching Wood

Reed Thimple: Do you like the sound of crunching wood? I do.

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Devastation at Country Bear Hall

Reed Thimple: [after destroying a model of Country Bear Hall] Oh no, Country Bear Hall has been crushed!

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Decision Against Performing Without a Key Member

Ted Bedderhead: Nah we're not doing the show. Not without you.

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Apology and Acknowledgment of Friendship

Ted Bedderhead: Really, I want to tell you that I'm sorry. I was mad... not at you... and I'm sorry. And that thing you wrote in your journal about us being great when we're together. It's true.

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Character Clarification in The Country Bears

Ted Bedderhead: Mr. Chicken is a girl.

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Understanding Comes with Time and Experience

Ted Bedderhead: Um, look, I, uh... mmm... I hope you know how lucky you are. It only took you three days to understand something that took me ten years to figure out.

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Reminder About Left Items on the Bus

Ted Bedderhead: You, uh, left you stuff on the bus.

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Finding Your Way In and Out

Ted Bedderhead: People are waiting for me. You found your way in. You can find your way out.

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Nostalgia and Change in Perspective

Ted Bedderhead: That was a long time ago, Kid. Things change. Frankly, your little nostalgic field trip you know, is Kind of pathetic.

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Definitive Decision to Move Forward

Ted Bedderhead: Look, that's where I started out. I'm not going back. When I said I was finished, I meant it.

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Ted's Reluctance to Reunite

Ted Bedderhead: What, what, what, what makes you think I'd get back together with you guys?!

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Financial Reasons for Leaving Country Bear Hall

Henry: Why? $20,000, that's why. You don't got it, I don't got it. Good-bye, Country Bear Hall.

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The Beauty of Music's Notes

Henry: The music. The millions of notes that floated up there... Some of the best darn notes ever.

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Nostalgia for Iconic Music Performances

Henry: I tell you, a lot of great music was on that stage. There's Flat and Scruggs, Liver Lips McGrowl, Gomer. Jimi Hendrix opened here for Vanilla Fudge. But nobody, but nobody was like the Country Bears. Huh! Place would be packed... people sitting everywhere even up in the rafters. You know, sometimes I'd up there just to hear the notes.

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A Busy Weekend Venue for Gatherings

Henry: Yeah, this place would fill up every weekend night.

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Family Bonds and Confrontation

Fred Bedderhead: Aw, Ted, you don't gotta lie to us. You're family. And you're going. (punches Ted in the face, knocking him down on the stage)

Admiration for the Country Bears

Fred Bedderhead: [reading] Aw, Beary left his stuff. Hmm... "My Hero," by Beary Barrington, fourth grade. "My hero is really heroes and my heroes are the Country Bears. Whenever I'm sad I play one of their songs and I forget why I was even sad at all. And if you'd met my brother you'd know why I was always sad. I can't really say Zeb is my hero, or Fred, or Ted or even Tennessee. But as the Country Bears, what they can do together Makes them my heroes. I'd like to meet them someday. That would be cool." It says here "a+, but is everything about the Country Bears?

Nostalgia for Uniqueness at Country Bear Hall

Fred Bedderhead: I guess I miss the old days at Country Bear Hall. We was kinda... different, you see? And, uh, at Country Bear Hall you could be different and still fit in. Yup. Different. Mm-hmm.

Bears' Unique Contribution to Country Music

Beary Barrington: Did you know the Bears made the only country song ever to be recorded in Polish?!

Feeling Different and Unique

Beary Barrington: I don't know. Sometimes I feel... different. Like Dex and me. We don't look the same. Our eyes are different colors and he has freckles, and I don't. I think.

Questioning Identity and Family Connection

Beary Barrington: Mom? Am I adopted?

Identity and Belonging in Unlikely Situations

Dexter Barrington: I mean, picked you up, man. You were left alone. They brought you home They showed you a bunch of Barney videos and they pretended you were their son. You don't belong here.

Family Dynamics and Childhood Memories

Dexter Barrington: Forget it. That? That's the day Mom and Dad got you.

Birth Certificates and Ranger Tracking

Dexter Barrington: See this? This is my birth certificate. Here's yours. The Rangers used this to track you.

Sharing Baby Pictures of Two Characters

Dexter Barrington: [holding up a baby picture; holds up another picture of a park ranger holding a bear] Okay, This is my baby picture, and uh... this is yours.