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A riot is an ungly thingk...undt, I tink, that it is chust about time ve had vun.

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[After they had sex, the Monster hears the violin, and follows it] 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! [to herself] Oh...I think I love him.

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Student: Dr. Frank... [Dr. Frankenstein gives him a stern look] Fronkensteen. Dr. Frankenstein: Yes? Student: Isn't it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with a voluntary motion? Dr. Frankenstein: Are you speaking of the worm or the spaghetti? 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: [getting annoyed] My grandfather was a very sick man. Student: But as a [air quotes] Fronkensteen, aren't you the least curious about it? Doesn't bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue for you? Dr. Frankenstein: [getting more annoyed] You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind. Dead is dead! Student:

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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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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: What hump?

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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: [shrugs] Suit yourself. I'm easy.

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Dr. Frankenstein: What knockers. Inga: Oh, thank you, doctor.

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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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Igor: [singing] I! I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me. [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. [does a rimshot] Ba-dum SHI!

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Dr. Frankenstein: [reading his grandfather's work] "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. Inga: In other words...his veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size. Dr. Frankenstein: Precisely. Inga: [her eyes get wide] He vould have an enormous schwanzschtücker. Dr. Frankenstein: [ponders this a moment] That goes without saying. Inga: Woof. Igor: [to the audience] He's going to be very popular.

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Dr. Frankenstein: What a filthy job! Igor: Could be worse. Dr. Frankenstein: How? Igor: Could be raining.

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Dr. Frankenstein: [after failing to bring the creature to life] Nothing. 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. [begins walking away but then runs back and starts beating up the creature; furious] SON OF A BITCH! BASTARD! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! Inga: Stop it! Stop that! Stop it! You'll kill him! Dr. Frankenstein: [pounds on the creatures chest in rage before being restrained] I DON'T WANT TO LIVE! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE! [whimpers] Igor: [to the audience] Quiet dignity and grace. [rolls eyes] Dr. Frankenstein: Oh...mama...

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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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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 brain that you gave me...was it Hans Delbruck's? Igor: [crosses arms] No. Dr. Frankenstein: [holds up hand] Ah. Good. Uh...would you mind telling me...whose brain...I did put in? Igor: And you won't be angry? Dr. Frankenstein: I will not be angry. Igor: [shrugs] Abby...someone. Dr. Frankenstein: Abby someone? Abby who? Igor: Abby Normal. Dr. Frankenstein: [sotto] Abby Normal? Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name. [he and Dr. Frankenstein laugh] Dr. Frankenstein: [slowly] Are you saying... [stands] that I put an abnormal brain... [puts hand on Igor's hump; increasingly angry] into a 7 and a half foot long...54- inch wide... [grabs Igor by throat] GORILLA?!?!?! [strangling Igor] IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME?!?!

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Dr. Frankenstein: That music...... Frau Blucher: Yes. It's in your blood - it's in the blood of ALL Frankensteins. It reaches the soul when words are useless. Your grandfather used to play it to the creature HE was making. 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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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: [sarcastically] Nice workin' with ya. Dr. Frankenstein: [panicking, turns back to the door] Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. [turns to the Monster, then back to the door] What's the matter with you people? I WAS JOKING! Don't you know a joke when you hear one? [sarcastically] HA HA HA! [begins pounding on the door; outside, Frau Blūcher stops Inga and Igor from trying to open the cell] Jesus Christ, let me out of here! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! MOMMY!!! Frau Blucher: [blocking the door as Inga and Igor again try to open the cell] Nein! Dr

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