The Pirates of Penzance (1994 TV Movie)
Simon Gallaher: Frederic
Quotes
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Frederic : Oh, it breaks my heart to betray the honored father of the girl that I adore!
The Pirate King , Ruth : Awwww.
The Pirate King : Break it.
Ruth : Yes.
Frederic : And yet, as one of your band, I have no alternative!
The Pirate King : No, no, no, no.
Frederic : It is my duty to tell you that General Stanley...
The Pirate King , Ruth : Yes?
Frederic : Is...
The Pirate King , Ruth : Is...
Frederic : No...
The Pirate King , Ruth : No...
Frederic : [sighs] General Stanley...
The Pirate King , Ruth : Yes?
Frederic : Is...
The Pirate King , Ruth : Is...
Frederic : No...
The Pirate King , Ruth : No...
Frederic : Oooorrr...
The Pirate King , Ruth : Oooorrrghhh...
[They clap Frederic on the back]
Frederic : Orphan!
The Pirate King , Ruth : WHAT?
The Pirate King : Well, it's better than being an "Oooorrrghhh."
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[Pirates still trying to catch their breath after "With Catlike Tread"]
Frederic : Hush, hush... Not a... word... I see a light inside.
The Pirate King : [Silence. Frederic nudges the Pirate King] Yeah... the light's... great...
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Major-General Stanley : I assure you, Frederic, that such is the anguish and remorse I feel at the abominininibible... at the abdomininibib... such is the anguish and remorse I feel at the... abominable...
Mabel Stanley : "Snowman"?
Major-General Stanley : No! The abominable...
Frederic : "Falsehood"!
Major-General Stanley : Yes! "Falsehood," thank you, Frederic... by which I escaped these easily deluded pirates, that I would go to their tall, simple-minded, gallivanting, purple panted... yet strangely attractive... chief and confess all!
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[Frederic has told the Pirate King and Ruth that Major-General Stanley is not an orphan as he claimed]
Frederic : And more than that: he never was one.
The Pirate King : Hold that
[hands Frederic his sword, then faints. Gets up again]
The Pirate King : Frederic, am I to understand...
[pauses to clutch his head]
The Pirate King : ... ouch... that in order to save his contemptible life,
[takes his sword back from Frederic and threatens him with it]
The Pirate King : he dared to practice an incredulous simplicity?
[Frederic squeaks an affirmative answer]
The Pirate King : Then our revenge shall be swift, end...
Frederic : "Kind"!
The Pirate King : No, no, no, no!
Frederic : "Merciful"!
The Pirate King : No, no, no! Swift and... you know... abominable!
[Members of the orchestra hold up score cards all reading "10"]
Frederic : Oh, well done!