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[about the morgue] Don't know why they keep locked doors around here. Nobody wants in, and ain't nobody gettin' out.

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Swiss Woman Doctor: You killed him! Herbert West: No I did not. I gave him life.

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Cain: What were you researching? West: Death.

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Megan: You... didn't say why you left Switzerland. West: There was nothing more I could learn there.

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Dan: You couldn't call, or write a note. [regarding the death of Rufus, his cat] West: I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know. And what would a note say, Dan? 'Cat dead; details later'?

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Dan: God, why does it make that sound? [as Rufus is being reanimated a second time] West: Birth is always painful.

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Dan: It was dead! [regarding the reanimated Rufus] West: Twice.

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West: I will show you, then you will help me. Dan: No! West: Yes you will. That is why I brought the infernal beast back to life in the first place.

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This is the freshest body that we could come across, save of killing one ourselves, and every moment that we spend talking about it costs us results. Now will you give me a hand!

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Dan: Oh, man, if we get caught-- West: Well, what will they do, embalm us?

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West: [reading toe tags in the morgue] Burn victim... Here's your meatball... Shotgun wound to the head... Dan: ...Aw, God, he's ripe! West: [singsong] ...Malpractice...!

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Dan: We failed. C'mon, let's go; somebody'll be coming any minute! West: [striking the corpse angrily] He failed! Not I!

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Dan: Herbert, you're insane, now what happened here? West: I had to kill him! Dan: What?? He's dead? West: ...Not anymore.

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Hill's Head: Weeeeesssssssst... West: Yes, doctor, it's Herbert West! What are you thinking? Hill's Head: Yoooooooouuuuu... West: [taking notes] You... Hill's Head: Baaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaard...!