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Desperation Behind Locked Doors
Dr. Frankenstein
Love is the only thing that can save this poor creature, and I am going to convince him that he is loved even at the cost of my own life. No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door or you will undo everything I have worked for. Do you understand? Do not open this door!
Inga
Yes, Doctor.
Igor
Nice workin with ya.
[sarcastically]
Dr. Frankenstein
Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. What's the matter with you people? I WAS JOKING! Don't you know a joke when you hear one? HA HA HA! Jesus Christ, let me out of here! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! MOMMY!!!
[panicking, turns back to the door; turns to the Monster, then back to the door; sarcastically; begins pounding on the door; outside, Frau Blūcher stops Inga and Igor from trying to open the cell]
Frau Blucher
Nein!
[blocking the door as Inga and Igor again try to open the cell]
Dr. Frankenstein
Hello, handsome! You're a good looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you, people hate you, but why do they hate you? Because...they are JEALOUS! Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a GOD! And listen to me, you are not evil. You...are...GOOD! This is a nice boy. This is a good boy. This is a mother's angel. And I want the world to know once and for all, and without any shame, that we love him! I'm going to teach you. I'm going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. Together, you and I are going to make the greatest single contribution to science since the creation of fire!
[turns back to the Monster, deciding a different approach...; the Monster looks momentarily wrong-footed; the Monster starts to cry; he hugs him]
Inga
Dr. Fronkensteen! Are you all right?!
[from outside]
Dr. Frankenstein
MY NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN!!!
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Loneliness and Unexpected Encounters in Frankenstein
Igor
I! I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me.
[singing; scatting]
Dr. Frankenstein
Igor!
Igor
Froadrick!
Dr. Frankenstein
How did you get here?
Igor
Through the dumbwaiter. I heard the strangest music from the upstairs kitchen and I just...followed it down. Call it...a hunch. Ba-dum SHI!
[does a rimshot]
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Confusion Over Werewolf Encounter
Inga
Werewolf!
Dr. Frankenstein
Werewolf?
Igor
There.
Dr. Frankenstein
What?
Igor
There, wolf. There, castle.
Dr. Frankenstein
Why are you talking that way?
Igor
I thought you wanted to.
Dr. Frankenstein
No, I don't want to.
Igor
Suit yourself. I'm easy.
[shrugs]
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The Challenges of Creating a Giant Creature
Dr. Frankenstein
The minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed. I resolved therefore to make the Creature of gigantic stature." Of course, that would simplify everything.
[reading his grandfather's work]
Inga
In other words...his veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.
Dr. Frankenstein
Precisely.
Inga
He vould have an enormous schwanzschtücker.
[her eyes get wide]
Dr. Frankenstein
That goes without saying.
[ponders this a moment]
Inga
Woof.
Igor
He's going to be very popular.
[to the audience]
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Invitation to Play in the Hay
Inga
Hallo. Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay? It's fun. Roll, roll, roll in ze hay.
[Dr. Frankenstein stutters; begins to roll in the hay]
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Mispronunciation of a Name
Igor
Dr. Frankenstein?
Dr. Frankenstein
Fronkensteen.
Igor
You're putting me on.
Dr. Frankenstein
No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen.
Igor
Do you also say "Froaderick"?
Dr. Frankenstein
No..."Frederick.
Igor
Well, why isn't it "Froaderick Fronkensteen"?
Dr. Frankenstein
It isn't; it's "Frederick Fronkensteen.
Igor
I see.
Dr. Frankenstein
You must be Igor.
Igor
No, it's pronounced "eye-gor.
Dr. Frankenstein
But they told me it was "ee-gor.
Igor
Well, they were wrong then, weren't they?
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Desire for Creation and Life
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
LIFE!!! LIFE! DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!! GIVE MY CREATION... LIFE!!!!!
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Struggling with Identity and Destiny
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
I am not a Frankenstein. I'm a Fronkensteen. Don't give me that. I don't believe in fate. And I won't say it. All right, you win. You win. I give. I'll say it. I'll say it. I'll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!
[dreaming; pauses]
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A Doctor Offers Unconventional Help
Dr. Frankenstein
You know, I don't mean to embarrass you, but I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.
Igor
]?
[[Ignorance|What hump]
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A Question of Vermicelli and Movement
Student
Dr. Frank... Fronkensteen.
[Dr. Frankenstein gives him a stern look]
Dr. Frankenstein
Yes?
Student
Isn't it true that ] preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with a voluntary motion?
[[Charles Darwin|Darwin]
Dr. Frankenstein
Are you speaking of the ] or the spaghetti?
[[worm]
Student
Why the worm, sir.
Dr. Frankenstein
Yes, it does seem I read something about that incident when I was a student. But, you got to remember that a worm, with very few exceptions, is not a human being.
Student
But wasn't that the basis of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?
Dr. Frankenstein
My grandfather was a very sick man.
[getting annoyed]
Student
But as a Fronkensteen, aren't you the least ] about it? Doesn't bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue for you?
[air quotes; [curious]
Dr. Frankenstein
You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a ]. Dead is dead!
[getting more annoyed; [Madness|lunatic mind]
Student
But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys!
Dr. Frankenstein
Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I'm talking about the central nervous system!
[raising voice]
Student
But sir...
Dr. Frankenstein
I am a ], not a ]! You have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of mending a broken nervous system!
[shouting; [scientist; [philosopher]
Medical Student
But what about your grandfather's work, sir?
Dr. Frankenstein
My grandfather's work was doodoo! I am not interested in death! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life! Class...is...dismissed.
[jams the scalpel into his leg, lets go of the scalpel and it sticks upright out of his leg, grasps it again, then slowly crosses his legs to block the scalpel from view]
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Restoring the candle to its place
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
Put...the candle...back!
[Inga pulls the candle, but the revolving bookcase spins around, trapping Dr. Frankenstein in the process]
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Conflict Over Relationships and Masculinity
Inspector Kemp
A riot is an ungly thingk...undt, I tink, that it is chust about time ve had vun.
Elizabeth
Oh. Where you going?...Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones and then you're out with the boys to boast and brag. You better keep your mouth shut! Oh...I think I love him.
[After they had sex, the Monster hears the violin, and follows it; to herself]
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The Search for Life's Sweet Mystery
Inga
You know, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. In the transference, the monster got part of your wonderful brain. But what did you ever get from him? Oh my goodness, I don't believe... Oh, sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you! At last, I know the secret of it all!
[Dr. Frankenstein moans suggestively and approaches her in bed; gasping; emits several somewhat painful-sounding moans and grunts; singing]
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A Gentle Refusal for Evening Comforts
Frau Blücher
Would the doctor care for a...brandy before retiring?
Dr. Frankenstein
No. Thank you.
Frau Blücher
Some varm milk...perhaps?
Dr. Frankenstein
No...thank you very much. No thanks.
Frau Blücher
Ovaltine?
Dr. Frankenstein
NOTHING! Thank you! I'm a little - tired!
Frau Blücher
Then I vill say...goodnight, Herr Doctor.
Dr. Frankenstein
Goodnight, Frau Blücher.
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Challenging Mortality Through Scientific Ambition
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, "I am man!", our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens! We shall mock the earthquake! We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself!
[While preparing for the creation of the creature; both Igor and Inga turn the wheel, which the chains has lifted up the creature on the operating table along with him]
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A Humorous Exchange on Physical Attributes
Dr. Frankenstein
What knockers.
Inga
Oh, thank you, doctor.
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Monster's Unique Expression of Emotion
Monster
UU-EE ONA UIIIITTTZZZZ!!!
["Putting On The Ritz"]
Monster
UU-EE ONA UIIIITTTZZZZ!!!
["Putting On The Ritz"]
Monster
UU-AA UU-AA!!!
["Super duper"]
Monster
UU-EE ONA UIIIITTTZZZZ!!!
["Putting On The Ritz"]
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The Monster's Quest for Acceptance and Love
Monster
For as long as I can remember, people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body, and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness, I decided that if I could not inspire love, which was my deepest hope, I would instead cause fear! I live because this poor, half-crazed genius has given me life. He alone held an image of me as something beautiful. And then, when it would have been easy enough to stay out of danger, he used his own body as a guinea pig to give me a calmer brain and a somewhat more sophisticated way of expressing myself.
[After Igor and Inga switched Dr. Frankenstein and the Monster's brains from their bodies by using experiments, using proper English to convince Inspector Kemp and the angry mob about the situation; looks down at the unconscious Dr. Frankenstein]
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Embracing Failure with Passionate Reactions
Dr. Frankenstein
Nothing.
[after failing to bring the creature to life]
Inga
Oh, Doctor, I'm sorry.
Dr. Frankenstein
No. No. Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace. SON OF A BITCH! BASTARD! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?!
[begins walking away but then runs back and starts beating up the creature; furious]
Inga
Stop it! Stop that! Stop it! You'll kill him!
Dr. Frankenstein
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE!
[pounds on the creatures chest in rage before being restrained; whimpers]
Igor
].
[to the audience; [Hypocrisy|Quiet dignity and grace; rolls eyes]
Dr. Frankenstein
Oh...mama...
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The Legacy of Music in the Blood
Dr. Frankenstein
That music......
Frau Blucher
Yes. It's in your blood - it's in the blood of ALL Frankensteins. It reaches the ] when words are useless. Your grandfather used to play it to the creature HE was making.
[[soul]
Dr. Frankenstein
Then it was you all the time.
Frau Blucher
Yes.
Dr. Frankenstein
You played that music in the middle of the night......
Frau Blucher
Yes.
Dr. Frankenstein
to get us to the laboratory.
Frau Blucher
Yes.
Dr. Frankenstein
That was YOUR cigar smouldering in the ashtray.
Frau Blucher
Yes.
Dr. Frankenstein
And it was you... who left my grandfather's book out for me to find.
Frau Blucher
Yes.
Dr. Frankenstein
So I would...
Frau Blucher
Yes.
Dr. Frankenstein
Then you and Victor were...
Frau Blucher
YES. YES. Say it. He was my... BOYFRIEND!
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Reflections on Bathroom Etiquette and Family Advice
Igor
You know, I'll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him. The things he'd say to me.
Dr. Frankenstein
What did he say?
Igor
What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night? Why don't you get out of there and give someone else a chance?
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A Brief Conversation Between Friends
Dr. Frankenstein
Igor, may I speak to you for a moment?
Igor
Of course.
Dr. Frankenstein
Sit down, won't you?
Igor
Thank you.
[sits on the floor]
Dr. Frankenstein
No no, up here.
Igor
Thank you.
[sits on a chair]
Dr. Frankenstein
Now...that ] that you gave me...was it Hans Delbruck's?
[[brain]
Igor
No.
[crosses arms]
Dr. Frankenstein
Ah. Good. Uh...would you mind telling me...whose brain...I did put in?
[holds up hand]
Igor
And you won't be angry?
Dr. Frankenstein
I will not be angry.
Igor
Abby...someone.
[shrugs]
Dr. Frankenstein
Abby someone? Abby who?
Igor
Abby Normal.
Dr. Frankenstein
Abby Normal?
[sotto]
Igor
I'm almost sure that was the name.
[he and Dr. Frankenstein laugh]
Dr. Frankenstein
Are you saying... that I put an abnormal brain... into a 7 and a half foot long...54- inch wide... ]?!?!?! ]?!?!
[slowly; stands; puts hand on Igor's hump; increasingly angry; grabs Igor by throat; [Gorilla|GORILLA; strangling Igor; [Stupidity|IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME]
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A Lighthearted Take on Difficult Tasks
Dr. Frankenstein
What a filthy job!
Igor
Could be worse.
Dr. Frankenstein
How?
Igor
Could be raining.
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