Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Albert Brooks: Jacob the Tiger

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Quotes 

• Tiger : [Jake the Tiger is about to be taken, by John and Lucky, to the hospital for an operation]  ... Wait a minute. The dog gets to ride up front?

  Lucky : Stop looking at me like I'm a side dish.

  Tiger : Don't flatter yourself.

• Tiger : [atop an observatory]  ... And now, on the day I end it all, I'd like to leave Margaret the bearded lady my rhinestone collar and my wet-dry shaver. I'd like to leave Jack the midget nothing. It's too late for you, Jack. You're a short...

  [John's Range-Rover pulls up at the main entrance, far below. With John are Lucky and both of the Rats] 

  Tiger : ... Hey, get out of there! You're in my landing space!

  Rat #2 : [from the Range-Rover]  See if you land on your feet, Road-Kill.

  Lucky : [following John up to confront the tiger]  ... Coming right up - one order of man, side of dog.

  Tiger : Good-bye, cruel world. Oh no, I just remembered. I wanted to leave the whip to the baboon. One of the few animals which enjoy that kind of thing.

  Dr. John Dolittle : [attempts to talk the tiger out of jumping from the observatory]  Hey, whoa. Take it easy now... Remember that song "Eye of the Tiger," from ROCKY 3? When Rocky was fighting Mr. T, couldn't beat him - then Apollo Creed played "Eye of the Tiger" for him. Rocky beat the snot out of Mr. T because of "Eye of the Tiger." Because that song moved Rocky inside...

  [He sings the song, way out of tune, to demonstrate] 

  Dr. John Dolittle : ... Not Eye of the Moose, not Eye of the Bull, Eye of the TIGER.

  Tiger : That's it. I'm jumping.

  Dr. John Dolittle : Listen, I'm a doctor. Maybe I can help you. If I can't, then you can eat me AND Lucky.

  Lucky : Or just him.

  Tiger : All right. I just hope you're a better doctor than you are a singer.

  Lucky : Good job, Doc. Although, seeing a tiger jump 5 stories would have been really cool.

  Tiger : I heard that.

• Dr. John Dolittle : [Trying to keep the Tiger from jumping off a tower]  There's been plenty of great tigers.

  Tiger : Oh yeah? Name one

  Lucky : How about Tony?

  Dr. John Dolittle : Tony the cereal tiger?

  Lucky : Well I didn't hear you come up with anything.

• Tiger : [John is about to operate on Jake, the tiger]  Have you ever done this operation before?

  Dr. John Dolittle : Yeah, once in medical school. But it was to a cadaver. But my professor told me I did such a good job that, had my patient not been dead, he would've lived.

  Tiger : [sarcastically]  Very comforting, Doc.

• Tiger : [stares at Rodney]  Jungle prey...

  Rodney : Uh-oh.

• Tiger : I just might hang myself by my underpants! I can get underpants! Well, not really.

• Tiger : He's not coming back. I can't believe I fell for it.

  [sits down] 

  Tiger : Oh, boy, I'm getting dizzy.

  Lucky : Hey, you don't look so good.

  Tiger : Yeah, look who's talking? One of the three, you know.

  Lucky : Uh-oh!

  [runs off] 

  Tiger : I'm in bad shape. Ow, my head.