Quotes for
Arthur Denton (Character)
from Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Wilbur Force: No novocaine. It dulls the senses.

Wilbur Force: [reading an article from "Pain" magazine in the waiting room of the dentist; giggling] "The patient came to me with a large hole in his abdomen, caused by a fire poker used on him by his wife. He almost bled to death and gangrene had set in. I didn't give him much of a chance. There were other complications. The man had cancer, tuberculosis, leprosy, and a touch of the grippe. I decided to operate."

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Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

[the masochistic patient meets the sadistic dentist]
Arthur Denton: I think I need a root canal. I definitely need a long, slow root canal.

[while undergoing a torturous procedure by Orin Scrivello, DDS]
Arthur Denton: It's your professionalism that I respect.

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