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Bringing Down the House
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Georgey: [reading an article from an adult magazine] Dad, what's a rack? Peter: It's a country.
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Howie: I'd like to dip you in Cheez Wiz and spread you all over a Ritz cracker, if I'm not being too stuble. Charlene: Boy, you some kind of freaky! Howie: Oh, you have no idea. You got me straight trippin' boo!
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We have to brush your hair differently. You look like a fag.
Mrs. Kline Dialogue
Peter: I message for you. Howie says, "The cool points out the window and you got him all twisted up in the game." Charlene: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.
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Charlene: I kicked it off the heezy and bounced... for real, though! Peter: What did you just say?
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Ashley: [to Peter, about Charlene] What is she doing here? Charlene: Oh. Get used to it, twiggy; you're going to be seeing a lot more of me around here! Ashley: [to Peter, about Charlene] Not without a broom in your hand. Charlene: If I HAVE a broom, it's only because I'm here to sweep up the white trash! Ashley: Save it for the Y.M.C.A, Jemimah. Charlene: Bitch! I will kick the bulimia out of your ass!
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[to Charlene] Oh, just one moment... you know, there's a lovely, sad, Negro spiritual... Ivy's brother used to... uh, are you all right? Anyway, Ivy's brother used to sing this when he came in from the tobbaco fields... Mmmm... "Mama, is master going to sell us tomorrow? Yes, yes, yes! Mama, is master going to sell us tomorrow? Yes, yes, yes! Mama... is master going to sell ME to-mor-or-or-row..."
Mrs. Arness Dialogue
Howie: Do me a favor, precious: don't ever scare me like that again, or I'm going to give you a nasty spanking... if I'm not being too subtle! Charlene: [smiles] He's such a damn freak!
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Peter: Charlene, what is this particular taste? It's familiar, yet... what is it, some sort of an herb, like sage? Charlene: Naw... it's more like a milk of mint. Peter: Well, whatever it is, the taste is explosive! Charlene: Well, good then! Enjoy!
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Mike: (Charlene's hanging Mike by his feet off the top of a house after finding out he got rough with Sarah to have sex with her) Please don't kill me! Oh God! Pull me up! Charlene: Yo Sarah! Mike has something he wants to say, Charlene: Say sorry! Mike: I'm sorry! Charlene: Say sorry! Mike: (louder) I'm sorry! Charlene: Say no means no! Mike: No means no!
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Ashley: Compliments of Tae-Bo: 2 hours a day 5 days a week. Charlene: Compliments of the hood: 24 hours a day all my life!
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Charlene: Pretend I'm your wife. Talk dirty to me. Peter: Um, okay... I wanna kiss you A LOT! Charlene: No no no! Dirtier... Peter: I wanna give you - an aromatherapy massage! Charlene: Try harder! Peter: I wanna have SEXUAL INTERCOURSE with you! Charlene: I give up!