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Gertie: What are you going as for Halloween? Elliot: I'm not going to stupid Halloween. Michael: Why don't you go as a goblin? Elliot: Shut up. Mary: It's not that we don't believe you, honey. Elliot: Well, it was real, I swear! Mary: [changing the subject] What are you going as, Gert? Gertie: [with steak in mouth] I'm going as a cowgirl. Elliot: So, what else is new? Michael: Maybe it was an iguana. Elliot: It was no iguana. Michael: Maybe, uh...uh - You know how they say there are, uh, alligators in the sewers? Gertie: Alligators in the sewers. Mary: All we're trying to say is maybe you just probably imagined it. It happens. Elliot: I couldn't have imagined it! Michael: Maybe it was a pervert, or a deformed kid, or something. Gertie: A deformed kid. Michael: Maybe, uh, an elf or a leprechaun. Elliot: [stands up angrily] IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT, PENIS-BREATH! Mary: [laughs] Elliot! [laughs, but regains composure] Sit down. [clears throat] Elliot: [sitting down] Dad would believe me.

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Michael: [in awe, upon seeing E.T.] Elliot? Elliot: [while looking at the hiding E.T.] I'm keeping him. Gertie: [still got her mouth covered by Michael] What is it? Elliot: He won't hurt you, Gertie. He won't hurt you, Gertie. He's not gonna hurt you. Gertie: [as Michael uncovers her mouth] Is he a boy or a girl? Elliot: He's a boy. Gertie: Was he wearing any clothes? Elliot: No. But, look. You can't tell, not even Mom. Gertie: Why not? Elliot: Because, um, grown-ups can't see him. Only little kids can see him. Gertie: [snapping back] Give me a break. Elliot: [imitating Dracula] Vell, do you know vhat's going to happen if you do tell? [tosses Gertie's stuffed animal to Michael] Do it, Mike. We have to. Gertie: [tugging her doll with Michael] Give it to me! Elliot: [to Gertie] Promise? Gertie: Yes. Elliot: [to Michael] Do you promise?

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Mary: What are you doing, Gertie? Gertie: I'm going to play in Elliot's room. Mary: Okay, don't let them torture you. Gertie: I won't, Mary.

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Michael: [about E.T.] Did you explain school to him? Elliot: How do you explain school to a higher intelligence? Michael: Maybe he's not that smart. Maybe he's a worker bee who only knows how to push buttons. Elliot: He's too smart. Michael: All right. I just hope we don't wake up on Mars or somethin' surrounded by millions of little squashy guys.

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Gertie: Here he is. Mary: [absently] Here's who? Gertie: The man from the moon. [as Mary unknowingly hits E.T. with the refrigerator door] But I think you've killed him already. Mary: Just as soon as I unload this stuff, okay? [inspects a small basket of cherry tomatoes] Medbugs. Gertie: I want you to meet somebody. Mary: Gertie, I've gotta go pick up Elliot. Will you be a good girl until I get back? Gertie: Momma, he can talk! Mary: [thinking she meant Elliot] Of course he can talk. I'll be back in 10 minutes. Stay there.

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Elliot: [upon seeing E.T. in a dress, hat, wig, and jewelry] Oh, God! E.T.: Elliot. Elliot: [still frustrated] What?! E.T.: Elliot! Elliot! Gertie: I taught him how to talk. He can talk now. [Elliot sees electronics and supplies together in the closet] Look what he brought up here all by himself. What's he need this stuff for? Elliot: E.T., can you say that? Can you say 'E.T.'? E.T.? E.T.: E.T. Elliot: [laughs in amazement] Ha! Ha! E.T.: [waddling away] E.T.! E.T.! E.T.! Be good. Gertie: "Be good." I taught him that too. Elliot: You should give him his dignity. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. E.T.: [gives Elliot a newspaper and points at a comic picture] Phone. Elliott: "Phone"? He said "phone"? He said "phone"?! Gertie: Can't you understand English? He said "phone". E.T.: [points to closet] Home? Elliott: You're right. That's E.T.'s home. E.T.: [scurries over to the window and points his long finger towards it] E.T. home phone. Gertie: E.T. phone home. Elliot: [under

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Michael: Mom, would you come with me? Mary: What is it? Michael: Mom, just come with me. Mary: Micheal, what? Michael: Mom, remember the goblin? Mary: What are you talking about? Mary: [annoyed] Michael. [Michael opens the bathroom door, showing E.T., Gertie and Elliot] That's terrific. E.T.: Moooooom. Elliot: We're sick. I think we're dying.

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Scientist: Does he sleep at night? Mary: I don't know, I don't know. What's the matter with Elliot? Scientist: Have you noticed any surface sweating? Mary: No. Scientist: Has it lost any hair? Gertie: He never had any hair. Scientist: Are the children all right? Mary: Yes. Scientist: Has it built anything or written anything down? Michael: Uh, no. Scientist: You said it has the ability to manipulate its own environment? Michael: He's smart. He communicates through Elliot. Scientist: Elliot thinks its thoughts. Michael: No, Elliot...Elliot feels his feelings.

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Keys: Elliot, I've been to the forest...Elliot, that machine. What does it do? Elliot: [while being sick] The communicator? Is it still working? Keys: It's doing something. What? Elliot: I really shouldn't tell. He came to me. He came to me. Keys: Elliot, he came to me, too. I've been wishing for this since I was 10 years old. I don't want him to die. What can we do that we're not already doing? Elliot: He needs to go home. He's calling his people, and I don't know where they are. He needs to go home. Keys: Elliot, I don't think that he was left here intentionally. But his being here is a miracle, Elliot. It's a miracle. And you did the best that anybody could do. I'm glad he met you first.

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Elliot: E.T., stay with me. Please... E.T.: ...Stay. Elliot: Together. I'll be right here. I'll be right here. E.T.: Stay, Elliot. [whispers] Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Scientist: The boy's coming back. We're losing E.T. Elliot: E.T., answer me, please. Please.

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Gertie: [about E.T.] Is he dead, Momma? Mary: I think so, sweetheart. Gertie: Can we wish for him to come back? Mary: Yeah. Gertie: I wish. Mary: I wish, too.

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Keys: They're gonna have to take him away now. Elliot: They're just gonna cut him all up. Keys: Would you like to spend some time alone with him? Elliot: [staring at E.T.'s body in the plastic bag] Look at what they've done to you. I'm so sorry. You must be dead, 'cause I don't know how to feel. I can't feel anything anymore. You've gone someplace else now. I'll believe in you all my life, every day. E.T., I love you. [closes the lid, and starts to walk away] E.T.: E.T. phone home! Elliot: [laughs with joy] Ha, ha, ha! E.T.: Home, home, home. Phone home. Elliot: Does this mean they're coming? E.T.: Yes. Elliot: Ha, ha! E.T.: E.T. phone home. E.T. phone home. Elliott: [fearing that the scientists might hear him] Stay. E.T.: E.T. phone home. Elliott: [covering his mouth] Shut up. E.T.: Phone. Phone home. Elliott: Quiet! E.T.: Phone, phone, phone. Elliott: Would you shut up?

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Gertie: [tearfully] I just wanted to say goodbye. Michael: He doesn't know 'goodbye.' E.T.: Be good. Gertie: Yes. [kisses E.T.'s nose] E.T.: Thank...you. Michael: You're welcome. E.T.: [to Elliot] Come. Elliot: Stay. E.T.: [after touching his heart light and then touching his lips] Ouch. Elliot: [after repeating the gesture] Ouch. [tearfully gives E.T. a farewell hug for a couple minutes] E.T.: [after touching his finger to Elliot's forehead, his fingertip glows] I'll be right here. Elliot: Bye.